Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2564, Hale Hilton, Mass.
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Mass.
Hilton, Hale
Elizabeth
W. 2564
B L Wt 13880-160-55
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Mass.
Hilton, Hale
Elizabeth
W. 2564
B L Wt 13880-160-55
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Declaration of a widow who has NEVER HAD a Land Warrant
State of  Massachusetts
COUNTY OF  [illegible]
On this third day of April A. D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Hilton aged seventy five
years, a resident of Beverly [illegible] in the State of Mass
who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Hale Hilton
deceased, who was a musician in the War of the Revolution and a Revolutionary Pension  under the
Act of March 18 1818 at the rate of $196 per annum 
She further declares that she was herself pensioned at the same rate as her said late husband on the tenth day of November 1833, under the provisions of the text
of February 3 1833 ( Section second)
She further states that she was married to the said Hale Hilton in [illegible]
Mass, on the first day of February A D. 1807 by one     a     
that her said husband died at Beverly Mass on the twentieth day of
August AD. 1841 and she begs to refer to the [illegible] device
upon which she was pensioned as aforesaid in [illegible] of all the facts and
details of a claim, including such particulars thereof as are not herein set forth and declared
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855" and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent
for her to JAMES GREGORY & SON, of Marblehead, Mass.; and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.

 
 
Elizabeth Hilton
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75,108 E Hilton
Copies in E Doc
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We Hannah C Cole and Enice Haskell
residents of  Beverly in the State of Mass
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Hilton in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we know
she still remains the widow of said Hale Hilton Revolutionary Pensioner Deceased.
[signature] Hannah D Cole
{signature] Eunice Haskill
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim
[signature] Charles Davis
Justice of the Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Essex. ss.
To all people to whom these presents shall come.
I Asahel Huntington, Clerk of the Court Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, do
certify, that Charles Davis esquire, before whom the accompanying declaration & affidavit were was made was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Salem, on this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
[signature] A Huntington, Clerk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.

At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A.D. 1820.

Present, Hon. Samuel Dana, Chief Justice.
Hon. William Wetmore, and Hon. Stephen Minot, Associate Justices.

In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of finde and imprisonment, Hale Hilton of Beverly, resident is said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1.126 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,

"War Department.......Revolutionary Claim,
"I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Hale Hilton late a musician "in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the Sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
"Given at teh War Office of the United State, this 30th day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18.

J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,

Schedule,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, 
Real estate appraised at $500.00

Mortgaged to the person that it was bought for 890.00

1 cow 15. 2 [illegible] 1.00 gardening tools 1.50 ----17.50

pot & tea kettle 1.00 dutch oven 25 C iron kettle 50c------1.75

2 doz. plates 50c 1 doz. knives & forks 33c 1/2 doz. spoons 1.00------1.83

crockery 1.50 looking glass 1.50 15 chairs 4.75-----7.75

3 tables 3.50 1 writing desk 1.50 chest drawers 3.00----8.00

Large chair 1.50 2 candle sticks 50c 2 lamps 50c------2.50

1 meal chest 75c 2 pieces old carpets 75c stove 1.00------2.50

clothes horse 25c candle moulds 25c 2 pr shovel & tongs 2.50----3.00

tin kitchen 25c 2 pr andirons 2.00 1 pr bellows 25c----2.50

floor brush 15c Books and light stand 2.00 sick stand 50c----2.65

grates 25 tine ware 30c-----.55
[total] $50.53

The debts below are of long standing and are so hopeless that the creditors will take a small part and give up

I owe debts on note to Jonathan Davis Esq Boston $230.50
Charles Bradbury Boston notes 524.00
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[schedule of debts continues]
Samuel Coolidge Boston note $240.45
Bemis & Eddy Boston note 93.00
[total] 2088.45

And mortgae as above for $890.00

I have had debts to a large amount given up beside what is here due-

I am sixty years of age, have a wife forty years old, two nieces, viz. Hannah Cole, twenty years of age, Elizabeth Cole, seven years of age which I am under obligation to support they having no home but mine, & I have no trade nor stock to trade on and am unable to labor, and have not good health being in years- I served the first eight months in 1775, & the whole of the year 1776 in the revolutionary war in Col Hutchinsons Regiment the 27th, and in the Massachusetts line, Low's Company, stated in my original declaration which is now in the hands of the War Department - my occupation was that of a merchant and trader, one of the most unhappy as there are of all people the most helpless when they are stripped of their property - as I am, I have not been taxed for any property for some years and am destitute of the means of living and have received charitable donations even from a number of my creditors, although I could not pay them what I owed them and others-
Hale Hilton

Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge within named
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following oath,
taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
Hale Hilton do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States
, on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereon with
intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the  revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen and
that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due
to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me
subscribed. So help me GOD.
Hale Hilton
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Hale Hilton
took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied
from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is
the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing bal
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex,
in this 17th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker
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2835
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Hilton
widow of
Hale Hilton
who served in the Revolutionary 
war
, as a Musician
Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
 96   Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of November 1853
and sent to
James Gregory & Son
Marblehead
Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under [illegible]
February 2, 1848, Page 48. Vol a
(18)
Reg [illegible] 55 - 75-108
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[illegible]
Elizabeth Hilton wid.
Hale Hilton, musician
Pension
Elizabeth Hilton wid: Hale
Fifer
Mass Contl line
Revolution war
[illegible]: 160 A C[illegible] Jany 9 1856
Mass Feb 53 [illegible]
Boynton
James Gregory & Son
Marblehead
Mass
[illegible]
[diagonal across above:]
No D880 SS Jany. 12/56
[lower left edge: illegible]

[illegible]
Vol [illegible] 4.10
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Massachusetts Roll
1126
Hale Hilton
Musician                         4
Massachusetts line 1776   one year
In the Army of the United States during Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 6th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818
and sent to Saml Putnan, Esq.
Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
[illegible] month 29/30
$39.73
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
Con V notific Ponte
Hon. N. Silsbee
H Rep Jany 24
1821
[illegible]
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State of Massachusetts }
County of Essex } SS

On this fifth day of July A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Hilton, a resident of Beverly, in County & State aforesaid, aged seventy three 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 Act of Congress passed on the 3d. February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of Hale Hilton, who was pensioned as a musician, in the War of the Revolution, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, under the provisions of the Act of March 18th 1818.
That her said late husband was a resident of Beverly and was paid his pension at the agency for paying pensions at Boston, Mass. And she begs to refer to the evidence upon which he was pensioned in proof of her title to the benefits of the said law of Feb. 3d, 1853.
She further declares that she was married to the said Hale Hilton on the first day of February A.D. 1800 that her said husband died on the twentieth day of August A.D. 1841 [?] that she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a widow.
Elizabeth Hilton
Sworn to a subscribed on the day and year above written.
before me, N.S. Howe Judge of Probate
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I. Hannah D. Cole. of Beverly, in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, do on my oath testify and declare, that I am in the fifty third year of my age that I was well acquainted with Hale Hilton late of said Beverly Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who died on or about the  day of August A.D. 1841 That said Hale Hilton left a widow named Elizabeth Hilton who ii understood to have signed the declaration hereon and I do well know that said Elizabeth Hilton is now a widow and has not [crossed out] married since the decease of her husband Hale Hilton aforesaid.
Hannah D. Cole
Sworn to and subscribed on this fifth day of July A.D. 1854 I believing the above witness to be every way credible & credible before me Charles Davis, Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts County of Essex, Town of Ipswich
"List of marriages returned by Revd. Doctr Dana"
"Eighteen hundred and one, February first, Hale Hilton, of Beverly, and Elizabeth Dennis of Ipswich."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the  record in fair legible letters & figures as follows, viz.
Alfred Kimball, Clerk of the town of Ipswich
I Alfred Kimball above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with exception above named as certified by me.
Alfred Kimball, Clerk of said Town
Subscribed & duly sworn to before me this eighth day of July, A.D. 1853
Geo. R. Lord, justice of the peace.
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I, John Picket
of Beverly aforesaid
on oath testify, that I well know Hale Hilton within
named, having long resided in the same town with him - I know
that he served the whole
of the year
1776 in Capt. Low's Company, and I served in
the same company
that year.
John Pickett
Affidavit additional
I Thomas Putnam of Danvers, Merchant, on oath testify that I know Hale Hilton of Beverly served all the year
1776 as a Fifer in Low's Company in Hutchinson's Regiment
on the Continental establishment. I served in the same Regiment.
Tho. Putnam
[illegible] June 15, 1818
That the above named
Thomas Putnam subscribed and made
oath to the above affidavit
before me
Ely Merrill Just. Pacis
I Ephraim Emerton of Salem,
Mariner on oath
certify that I know Hale Hilton of Beverly served
all the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Six
as a musician
in Capt. John Low's Company
in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment on the Continental
Establishment. I having held a Commission
in the same
Regiment with Capt. Low which Commission
is sent on to the Sect'y of war with my declaration
of service: 
Ephraim Emerton
the
[illegible] Fr. June 15th 1818
The above named Ephraim Emerton, Subscribed
and made oath to the above affidavit before me
Benj. Merrill Just. Pacis
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Hale Hilton of Beverly in Massachusetts on oath

makes the following Declaration:
That in May A.D. 1775 he enlisted as a Musician in
Capt. John Low's Company of foot in Col. John Mansfield Regiment in the Massachusetts line for eight months, and served the whole of
said term; and on the expiration thereof was honorably discharged:
That on or about the 1st January 1776 he again enlisted as a
musician in the same company in Col. Israel Hutchinson
Regiment in Massachusetts Line for the term of one year: that
he marched to New York with the army and in the retreat
through the Jersies into Pennsylvania, and soon after the capture
of the Hessians, having completed his term of service, was
honorably discharged.
He never had a written discharge
That Capt. John Low is alive & resides about seventy miles
distance; that his certificate is annexed and is genuine.
That the declarant is 58 years old and from his reduced
circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his
country for support: and he hereby relinquishes all his claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the
United States
Hale Hilton
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Beverly, March 27th 1818

This may Certify that Mr. Hale Hilton
in Consequence of the loss of his Property
has been reduced in his circumstances and taxes
On Personal Property
has been taken off for the three last
years he having satisfied us that he is
not able to pay them & he has need of assistance having
No Real Estate [illegible] and Consequently no Income or means and is in need of the Bounty of Congress
Josiah Obear, Joshua Lovett assessors
Rufus Putnam
Jonathan Griffin - Collector
Benj. Lamson - Assessor
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Israel Hutchinson was Lieutenant Col. for the first eight months Col. Mansfield  
Colonel Israel Hutchinson as Col. the years serving in 1776

Danvers March 30th 1818
This may certify that Mr Hale Hilton
Served
in my Father's Regiment in
Capt John Low's company in the
Continental army in the campaign
of 1775 & the whole of the year 1776 until
the time expired for which he was engaged
Is. Hutchinson
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Additional Proof.
I, John Low Esquire of Lyman in the county of
York, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
do on solemn oath testify and depose as
follows: 
That I was captain of a Company of foot in the
27th Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded
first by Colonel Mansfield and afterwards by Colonel
Israel Hutchinson in the Continental Establishment
in the Revolutionary war. that Hale Hilton of Beverly, State of Massachusetts served as a musician
in my company all the time he has in his
annexed declaration stated, and he was honorably
discharged at the expiration of said term of service
John Low
Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
Essex Ss Beverly June 12th 1818. Personally
came John Low Esquire a member of the Legislature of the
State of Massachusetts, and made solemn oath to the truth
of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Tho. Stephenson Just. Pacis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the
aforenamed Deponents, John Low Esquire, John Pickett
and Thomas Putnam and Ephraim Emerton
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary
Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy
more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I
further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant
is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance
from his country for support, and is in actual poverty
and distress.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this
fifteenth day of June
Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just
S.J. Court of Mass

I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial
Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court,
that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the
within named Thomas Stephens junior Esq. and Benj. Merrill Esq. who certified the
aforewritten deposition, are Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex,
duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker 
Clerk
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PRINTED BY T. C. CUSHING, SALEM
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Hale Hilton
6 April
not on [illegible]
D N
Correct
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Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
On this fifth day of April A.D. 1818
the said Hale Hilton and the said John Picket
personally came before me Samuel Putnam Esq one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth and severally subscribed and made oath to the
aforewritten Declaration and affidavit by them respectively made.
and it appearing to my satisfaction that said
Hale Hilton served one whole year at one period of the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment against the common Enemy, I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to
the Secretary of the Department of War
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Salem this sixth day of April A.D. 1818
S. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Mass
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of the Court aforesaid
certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said
Court. that the above is his signature, and the Seal of said Court is affixed
Atty.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
Dec 18th 1855
I hereby Certify, That from an examination of the
Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the
name of
Hale Hilton is borne on the [illegible]
of Capt John Low Camp Col. Mansfield Reg't
dated Oct. 6, 1775 as Fifer from Virginia
name also borne on [illegible] of Capt. Low's
Comp Col. Israel Hutchinson Regt. dutied
Camp on Winter Hill Oct. 21, 1775 as Fifer
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary
Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz:
1. Every application requiring search, or certificate must be made to the Secretary,
in writing, by the claimant or by some person duly authorized by the claimant; and the
signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate.
2. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will
allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom
he served; and no search will be made until after the filing of such written application.
"Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The application must be made to the Secretary in writing, by the claimant, or by
some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by
a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
---
"The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow,
the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various
officers under whom he served, as well as the nature of such service.
"The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after the filing
of such application, by himself, or by one of his clerks alone, and must be accompanied
by the original application of the claimant, or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary, and the seal of the State, of the circumstances
which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application, with
the individual who rendered the service.
J. L. EDWARDS, COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS."
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APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES
made by the widow of the party who rendered the service. 
State of Massachusetts
county of Essex
town of Beverly

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to
furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of Hale Hilton, my late
husband in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the town of   in the county of   and State of   
He enlisted from the town of   in the county of   
and State of
in the year
1775
as a Privateer Musician
in the Company commanded by Captain
Lowe
in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Israel Hutchinson and he served in
said Capt Lowe's Company all the balance
of the year of 1775. Also enlisted again
January, 1776, and served all that year, for
which sense he was pensioned as a musician
at the rate of 96 dollars per annum under the
act of March 18th 1818; and he continued receiving his said pension until his decease which happened

*here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, etc. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
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in Beverly in the said
County of Essex
his place of residence, on the 20th of
August
1841.
and for all further
particulars she refers the Hon Commissioner
of Pensions to the declaration of her said
late husband claiming said pension and the
Evidence
which accompanied it
I am now 75 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services of any said husband more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this fourteenth day of  December A.D. 18 [illegible]
Elizabeth Hilton, by
James Greens, her atty
Signed by said Elizabeth Hilton was above
in my presence,
John Sparhawk Justice of the Peace
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omonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston July 19th 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations N. S. Howe
was Judge of the Court of Probate
Charles Davis and George R. Lord
were Justices of the Peace and all
the County of Essex

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted;
and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written

E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Marblehead November 5th. 1853
Honored Sir:
In obedience to the requirements
of your Honor's form of the 29th of September last
him of the 20th of September last, in the case of Elizabeth Hilton, widow of Hale Hilton,
late a Revolutionary Pensioner, deceased --
an applicant
for the benefit of the act of 3d of February last, We now have the honor to enclose herewith the affidavit of two
credible witnesses [illegible]
all the proof demand in your said form

We have the Honor to be, with good respect, Your Honor's humble servants
James Gregory & Son

Hon. Loren P. Waldo,
C[illegible] of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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Beverly Ms B. [illegible] free
Hon'ble
Nathaniel Silsbee
Member Congress
Washington
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Beverly Jan 23d 1821

Mr Nath Silsbee

Sir by the advice of Mr Benj Crowningshield
and Mr Tucker Clerk of the Court whose Certificate with Col.
Mansfield, the sheriff I have enclosed
I have taken the Liberty to request that you would Present my case at the War office to Mr. Calhoun
my Pension is Suspended On Account of a wretched
House & Land Apprais'd by select men of Beverly at $500, & the property is mortgaged to Doct White
of Boston of whom I bought it some time since
Principle & Interest now due $896, which is 396
more than it will bring if I had any property
in it it would have been taken from me by some
of my numerous Creditors I am Repeatedly call'd on
to pay up the Interest & part of the Principle
I have kept him quiet thus far with the Hopes
of obtaining my Pension to pay the Interest & leave a trifle to live on as soon as I am notified
that I am struck off I shall be ordered off
the place into the street, & should be more comfortable
to Remain & pay the interest if my creditor will let me. He however is no relation nor even an acquaintance
and I Expect no favour more than is for his Interest
if I am turned
off & am oblig'd to give up my
Home I must then call for my Pension
Altho distrest by the loss of a year this could never have been 
the Intention of Government I have no property & owe many thousand dollars my C[illegible] can throw me into Prison when they choose, I have no trade nor means of Living &
am past 61 years old. There is none more destitute than myself
if the Rules of the War Office are such
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that I can be allowed my Pension it will
Alleviate the Distress of Sir your
Humble Servant
Hale Hilton


Washington 9 Jan. 1821.
Mr Ichabod Tucker & Mr William
Mansfield are both known to me, the first as Clerk of the
Court & the other as deputy Sheriff, in the County of Essex
State of Massachusetts, both men of respectability
Nath Silsbee
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Salem Jan'y 3 1821
Hon. Nath. Silsbee, Sir, I have long been acquainted with
Mr Hall Hilton of Beverly. He has formerly possessed
property,
but for several years last past. I have understood that he had no property. It appears by the
application he made to the Court here, under oath,
which has been forwarded to the war office, that his debts
exceed the amount of his estate several thousand dollars
his estate real & personal was appraised by Josiah Lovett one of the
Select men of Beverly under oath to wit Personal $50 - 58 and
the real estate House land at $500. His real estate is under 
Mortgage to Wm White of Boston for $800. and the interest two
years
I believe him to be a fair candidate for the pension
awarded by government,
If consistent with your avocations,
you would examine his papers, and speak a good word
for him to the sec't at war. you will confer a great favor
on an old soldier who has sustained a good character in
life, and is now reduced by losses at sea and French depredations in 1797
Please to excuse the liberty I take in behalf
of a distressed brother, and accept my sincere wishes for your
health and happiness and allow me to describe myself your friend and humble Serv. 
Ichabod Tucker [illegible]
T.O
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Salem (Mass) June 3 1821
Him may certify that I have had
several Executions against Hale Hilton
of Beverly in the County of Essex and
he having no property, I have returned
them wholly unsatisfied, and I also
believe him to be destitute of property
& in distress.
W Mansfield Dep Benefit
of said County

Hon. N. Lilsby
Washington
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Appl. of Elizabeth
Hilton, widow of
Hale Hilton,
Essex Co.,
Mass.
D, 18

Act 3d Feb. 1853
$96.00 per an
Com Febr, 3d, 1853
Rec.

Jas. Gregory & son
Marblehead,
Mass.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINES[S]

Commission
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Marblehead, Mass.
July 25, 1853

Honored Sir;
We have the honor
to forward herewith the Declarations of Mary
Newhall and Elizabeth Hilton for claiming,
Pensions under Act of Feb 3d, 1853.

With Great respect,
Your honor him, suits[?],
James Gregory & Son. 

Hon. Loren P. Waldo,
Commissioner of Customs,
Washington D.C.
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[the first sentence is illegible]
NY[?] Place is from their signatures
on the sealed [illegible] [signature illegible]

Hon. Jame Gregory & Sons
Marblehead 
Mass.
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We, Eunice Haskell and Alpheus Davis both
of Beverly in the County of Essex and State of 
Massachusetts, do on our oaths testify and declare
that we are well acquainted with Elizabeth Hilton of
said Beverly, the identical person who is well known to
us as an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension as the
widow of Hale Hilton, late of said Beverly, Revolutionary
Pensioner, deceased, whose pension was paid at the Massachusetts Agency.
And we do further testify and declare that said Elizabeth
Hilton's maiden name was Elizabeth Dennis and that
she is the widow of said Hale Hilton and has not
intermarried since his decease.
Eunice Haskell

State of Massachusetts,}
County of Essex and}
town of Beverly....} SS. October 27th 1853.
Then the above named Eunice
Haskell and Alpheus Davis, both credible witnesses,
personally appeared and made oath in due form of law to
the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed.
Before me, Charles Davis Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 1# 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles Davis was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[signature] E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Pension Off.
7" Nov. 1853
Sir
Please Certify that to which the within named pensioner was paid, or the date of his death
Very Respy,
[signature] S. Cole
Hale Hilton, act 1818 $8.00 per month. - Died 20th August 1841, Paid to his death.
[signature] Saml. S. Rind
Actg. Auditor
Francis Burt, Esqr.
Auditor, Treasury
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No. 2705
Elizabeth Hilton, Wid. of Hale
Let to J. Gregory & Son 29 Sept/53
Act 3d Feby, [date torn]
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Hilton, widow of Hale, Essex County and State of Massachusetts, act 3d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase") [for increase marked through]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 18" March, 1818, & Contd.
Record evidence of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
[signature] Jas. Gregory Hon. Marblehead, Mass.
Name and residence of Agent
[signature] J C Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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Ric: Ev' 20 Aug 41
Boynton
Pri: act 153, Mass
Boyton
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13880
160 Acres
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Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2564
Elizabeth Hilton Widow Hale Hilton
Merc - Rev War
Act:  Feb, 3 1853.
Index:—Vol. A, Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]