Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 669, Joseph Hook, Md.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE     NUMBER
Md.     Hook, Joseph     W669
Ann

CONTENTS
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32
Maryland
Joseph. Hook
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a Corporal in the Company commanded
by Captain Graybel of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Hunsinger in the German Regt
line, for the term of three years.
from 31 July 1776 to 22 July 1779

Inscribed on the roll of Maryland
at the rate of 88 Dollars per annum, to
commence on the 4 day of March 1831

Certificate issued the 11 of July
1832 and sent to Mr Gott.
of the Comr Genl office

Arrears to 4th of March 1832   $88-
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending 4 Sept " 44
$132

{Revolutionary Claim,}
Act Jun 7. 1832}
Recorded Book D. Vol 7
page 33. BWB
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2160
Maryland. Baltimore

Ann Hook
widow of Joseph Hook
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Corporal
M'd Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
88 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d Feby 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of Septr 1853.
and sent to 
Mrs Ann Hook
care of Alexr,, Gearly & Son
Baltimore 
Md

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Feby. 3. 1853 Page 116 Vol A
1832
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State of Maryland City
of Baltimore Ss
On this Second day of
July AD 1832 Personally appeared before the 
Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
the City of Baltimore aforesaid Joseph
Hook Senior who being duly sworn according
to law deposeth & saith - that he was placed
upon the pension roll under the act of March
18th 1818 but was dropped therefrom on account
of the value of his property. That he served
as a Sergeant in the Revolutionary war in the
Company Commanded by P. Graybell and afterby Chs Meyers in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Honsaker
and after by Col Stricker in the line of the State of
Maryland as set forth in the certificate
of his discharge. remaining filed
together with his former application in
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the Pension office at Washington - That he
resided in the City of Baltimore and State 
aforesaid where he first made application
for a pension and that he still continues
to reside therein
Sworn to before
James Blair
Justice of Piece [Peace]
for the City of Baltimore

I certify the above is the proper 
Signature of James Blair
Justice Peace 
for the City of Baltm.
JH Hook
[illegible]
11 July 1832
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The Honourable the Secretary of War
Will please forward to me at
Baltimore City the pension that may
now be due me for services rendered in the 
revolutionary war and oblige his
Batto 2nd July 1832
Humble svt
Joseph Hook [illegible]
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On this 10th day of May 1853 Personally appeared before
the Orphans Court, Baltimore County, State of Maryland,
Ann Hook, a resident of Said county aged 74 years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853,
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary
War; that She is the widow of Joseph Hook who was a 
Soldier in the Maryland line of the army of the United States in the
war of the revolution and, who in his life time, received a Pension
from the United States on account of his military services in Said War.
She further declares that she was married to the said
Joseph Hook on the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred & twenty one
That her said Husband died on the 18th day of September
Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that she was not married to
him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at 
the time above stated. She further declares that she is now
a widow.   Ann x^her mark^ Hook

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Joshua H Hynes}    Judges of
Isaac Taylor jr}        the orphans
Wm Kirkwood}        court of
                                 Baltimore County
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County Ss
I hereby certify that
Joshua H Hynes, Isaac Taylor Jr and William
Kirkwood Esquires before whom the within
affidavit was made and who have thereto
subscribed their names where at the time of
so doing Judges of the Orphans Court for Baltimore
County in the State of Maryland duly Elected
commissioned and Sworn.

In Testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and affix
the Seal of my office this
Tenth day of May in the year
Eighteen hundred and fifty three
Test Jas L. Ridgely Register of [illegible] for
Baltimore County.
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This is to Certify, that by referring to the Marriage Record of the Late
Revd Dr George Roberts, I find that Joseph Hook, Senr. and Ann Channell,
were married by him on the 17th day of April 1821
George C. M. Roberts

Baltimore.
May 4th 1853.
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[border on all sides of scrollwork]
THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
Baltimore City, Sct.
I hereby Certify to all whom it doth or may Concern, That on the
Sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and twenty one
a License issued from the office of the Clerk of Baltimore County Court, directed to
the Reverend Mr. Roberts or any other person qualified
by Law, to celebrate the rites of Marriage between a certain Joseph Hook
Senior and Ann Channell of 
Baltimore County, according to Law; there appearing to him no lawful cause, or
just impediment, by reason of any consanguinity or affinity to hinder the same, as by
the records of said Court appear, which records are not in my keeping.

In Testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my
name and affix the Seal of the Superior Court
of Baltimore City, this fourth
day of May 1853
Edwd Dowling
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City.
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State of Maryland County of Baltimore S.S.
On this 4th day of May 1853, before me the subscribed for a 
Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for
the County of Baltimore personally appeared Robert Fitch, a
resident of Baltimore County aged 69 years, who being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he was
well acquainted with Joseph Hook late of the City of
Baltimore decd, who was well known as having been
a Soldier in the revolutionary war and as having
received a Pension from the United States; That he
was also well acquainted with Ann Hook, the wife
and now the widow of said Joseph Hook and knows
her at this present time as the widow of said Joseph Hook,
to whom by common report and belief he was lawfully
married on or about the 17 day of April 1821, That
said Joseph has been dead many years and his
said widow Ann Hook is now a resident of Baltimore
County aforesaid. And that he, this deponent is not
interested in the results of the application which she
is now about making for a Pension on account the
military services of her said husband in the war of
the revolution
Robert Fitch
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
first above written, and I do hereby certify that the said
deponent is a person of good character and entitled to credit
Walter R. Jones
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Maryland Baltimore County to wit
I hereby certify that Walter R Jones
Gentleman before whom the within affidavit
appears to have been made and and whose signature is thereto subscribed was at the time of
taking and signing the same one of the State of
Maryland's Justices of the Peace in and
for Baltimore County duly Commissioned and
Sworn
In Testimony whereof I have
hereto subscribed my name
and affixed the Seal of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore
County this 20th day of May
Anno Domini 1853
H. H. Fitzhugh Clerk
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore S.S.
On this 20th day of May 1853, before me the subscriber a Justice
of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore
personally appeared Esther Dunn a resident of said City aged
66 years and made oath according to law that she was acquainted with
Joseph Hook (late of said City, from the year 1797 till his
death in 1837; that she has often heard him tell of his
services and sufferings in the war of the revolution; that in
the year 1821 he was married to Ann Channell, who still
survived her said Husband Joseph Hook, and that to this
deponent's own knowledge, the Ann Hook now applying for a
Pension is the identical widow of said Joseph Hook as above
stated, in the results of which application she, this deponent, is
not interested.

Esther Dunn
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above
written: -  And I do hereby certify that the said deponent is
a person of good character and entitled to credit.-

Maurice Bushe
J P

State Of Maryland, Baltimore City, Sct
I HEREBY CERTIFY that Maurice Bushe
Esquire before whom the
annexed affidavit
as made and who has thereto subscribed her name to was at the 
time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland,
in and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal
Superior Court of Baltimore City, this
---
20th day of May A. D. 1853
Edwd Dowling
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City.
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Revy.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 660
Ann Hook,
Widow
Joseph Hook
Corpl. Revl War
Feb 8, 1853.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 340
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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(illegible) 
Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
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No 1734
Mrs. Ann Hook
Widow of 
Joseph Hook
Let to Alex Cleaery & Son
Aug 5/53
(Bly)

Bro?
Act 30 Feby 1853
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(2,766)
Maryland
 Joseph Hook private
Maryland line 
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

scribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of April 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of September 1818 
and sent to Joseph Hook esqr
to the care Thomas Bailey Esqr Baltimore-
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 37.86

Arrears to 4th of September 1818
4 mo 22 days
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819
37.86
40.
$85.86
{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
76
of the year
City of Baltimore
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(illegible)
Joseph 
Baltimore Co M
32
3 Feb 1853

Regula
Am $88 per annum
Commencing 3d Feby 1853
Ann Hook
Care of
Alex Learley and (illegible)
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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L. P. Waldo Esq
Comr of Pensions
Balt. Sep 20. 1853
Sir
Herewith you have the Deposition
of Dr. Roberts as to the marriage of Mrs Ann
Hook. You already have a certified copy of
the Marriage licence; and the depositions of
reputable persons who knew them as man &
wife
Be pleased to forward the Pension
certificate at your early convenience
Yours &c
Alex Yearley.
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Pension Office,
Sept 23d 1853

Sir
Please certify the time 
to which the within
named pensioner was
last paid; and if in
your power, the date of his
death.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Waldo
Commissioner
F. Burt Esqr
C
Auditor,
Present
See other side
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Joseph Hook
Act 7th June 32 $88 p. an.
Paid to 4th Sept. 1837,
no date of death on our Books
F Burk
Auditor
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State of Maryland Baltimore City to Wit.
On this nineteenth day of September 1853 Before
me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace
in and for said City personally appeared Doct George
C, M. Roberts, and made oath on the Holy Evangely
of Almighty God and said that his father the Late
Doct George Roberts, kept a Marriage Record of Marriages
Solemnized by himself during his life time and that the
same is now in his possession, and the marriage
of Joseph Hook and Ann Channel which did occur
on the 17th day of April 1821 and duly recorded on the same
Sworn to before
W H Bausand


STATE OF MARYLAND
Baltimore City, Sct
I HEREBY CERTIFY that William H Bayzand
Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit
was made and who has thereto subscribed his time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of Superior Court of Baltimore City, this 29th day of September 
A. D. 1853
Edw Dowling
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City.
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Wyoming
July 22 1779
The Bearer Joseph Hook having
Faithfully
served as Corporal in Capt Choret
Myers Company
in the German Regt for the Term of three years
Being the time he enlisted for and specified in his
Inlistment and is hereby Discharged from the same
Whom it
May Concern
Jacob Bunner Capt
Commanding the German Reg
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Joseph Hook

Guard [illegible} 10
[illegible] 6
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore
On this thirteenth day of April in
the
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Eighteen
personally appeared before me the undersigned
Joseph Hook residing in the City of
Baltimore aged sixty two years, an applicant
for a pension under the Act of Congress entitled "An
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States in
1
the Revolutionary War"
and then and there made
the following declaration on oath by me administered - that he enlisted at Baltimore on the
31 day of July 1776 under Capt Philip Graybell
in the German Regiment then commanded by
Col.
Housaher - continuing in said Regiment
under different officers, until discharged at
Wyoming, by Jacob Barner Capt Commanding
of
the German Regiment on the 22d July 1779
as will more fully appear by the original
Certificates hereunto annexed - that his name
hath never been inscribed on any pension
is therefore hath none to belonging
that from his reduced circumstances he needs
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore

I hereby certify that said Joseph Hook, in addition to the above declaration
produces two papers one purporting to be
a memorandum of enlistment dated
the 31th July 1776 and another being his discharge dates
22d July 1779 - Signes Jacob Banner, Comm
German Regiment from which I am fully
satisfied said Joseph Hook served in the
Revolutionary Army against the Common Enemy
on the Continental establishment for the time
therein mentioned
N C
Bull by Court
13 April 1878
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City of Baltimore
Thomas Harwood Clerk of
Baltimore
City Court, 
do hereby certify
the Honorable Nicholas
Brice
Esquire before
whom
the aforegoing procedings
were taken and
Certified
and who has
thereto
subscribed his name,
was at the
time
of so taking and subscribing the same ┃
and
still is Chief Judge of Baltimore
Court duly Commissioned and
qualified and to all his acts as such
full faith and
Credit is and ought
to be given-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the seal
of the said Court this thirteenth day
of
April Eighteen
Hundred and
Eighteen -
TH Harwood Clk
Baltimore City Court
Court
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Joseph Hook Live this day
Voluntarily enlisted
myself in Captain Philip
Graybells Company in
Defence
of the United States of America for the
space of three years unless sooner discharged.
and I do
bind myself to conform to all 
Rules and regulations as are or shall be
in said Army,
Witness my hand this 31st day of July 1776.

Witness Present
Philip Graybill 
Moot Lanh
D M Leagt
George Shaufer
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Calculation too dark to read
Can only see a 32, 5.85 for total of 37.85
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Joseph Hook
Private
Original [illegible]
Apr 14
STAMP - Apr

To the Honorable
The Secretary of War
Washington
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To the Hon Secretary of War

Hon Sir
When the 'Pension certificate' is granted upon the enclosed documinty
- please forward the same directly to me 'Care of Thomas 
Bailey Esquire" Baltimore

Yours with Respect
Yr Mc. Oled Seil
Joseph Hook
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June 25 1832
Reference Tithe
Pension (illegible)
Pension
Office
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Treasury Department
June 23rd 1832

Sirr
I have the honor to refer to you various communications
which have been transmitted to this department under the act passed
the 7th instant "Supplementary to the act for the relief of certain
surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution"
and am with the highest consideration

Your obt Sert
Louis W Lane
Secretary of the Treasury
The Honble the Secretary of War
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L. P. Waldo, Esq    Baltimore May 10th, 1853
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
Herewith I send yo my declaration 
and proofs in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of Feb 3, 1853, granting pensions to widows of soldiers of the revolution who were married subseqent to Jan. 1800.
The proofs of my marriage, Identity & c. being ample, {following underlined -and the proof of my Husbands military services being on file at your office, he having been a Pensioner under the acts of 1818 - and 1832 - to which she respectfully refers you.} 
Any communication to me on this subject be pleased to direct to care of Alex Yearley & Son of this city.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Service
Witness James R. Murray
her
Ann ( X) Hook
mark
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(In bold type)Brief is the case of  (in script) Ann Hook, widow of Joseph Hook, Baltimore (typed) County and State of  (script) Maryland,
 (type) oct (script 3d February 1853

Claim,  ("original,"{ or "for increase.") These words were \ marked out)

Proof exhibited, (BOLD) (if original)

(Typed) Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(Script) Husband was a pensioner under 
the act of June 7, 1832, at $88 per annum
        Marriage proved by certificate of 
issuance of license, and duly verified copy
of private entry of the minister who married 
the parties, ^who is bow deceased - Witnesses
(Next line is \ marked out - (If for increase,) Has additional evidence been filed wince the admission of the claim? if so, what?}
(Script) C. M. Roberts Fitch, and Esther Dunn certified to be credible.