Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13457, Elijah Hill, Conn.
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service
Conn.
Hill, Elijah
Esther
Number
N.13457
CONTENTS
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Attested to P Agent 13 April 1843
Massachusetts 5297
Esther Hill
widow of Elijah Hill
who was an Artificer
in the
Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
Sixty
Dollars
-
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
[illegible]
day of April 1844 and sent to 
Hon. J. Rockwell
House of Reps
Fol.
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1
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I Eber C Alford of Canton Hartford County State of
Connecticut of lawfull age depose and say that in
the year 1778 I was in the service of the United States
principally at West Point in the company commanded
by Capt Moses Cook that Elijah Hills then of Simsbury
Hartford County Connecticut was an associate in the U. S. 
service at West Point during that year in the same
Company under command of said Capt Moses Cooks-- that we were both of us engaged in mechanical service during
the period we were at West Point in construction of
fort; in which business we were together engaged during
nearly the entire year of 1778 excepting about two months which was spent at Fishkill by the entire Company under
command of said Capt Cook in erecting Barracks getting
out timber etc.
Dated at Canton this 28th day of September AD 1843
Eber
Alford
County of Hartford ss Canton 28th day of September AD 1843.
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid Eber
Alford who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition appeared before me and after being examined made solemn oath to the same deposition which is taken at the request of
Ester Hill Widow of Elijah Hill deceased before me and I
certify that the said Eber C Alford is a credible witness of unimpeachable 
veracity -
W. H. Pollock Justice of Peace
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District of Connecticut,
HARTFORD COUNTY, SS.
County Court, Clerk's Office.)
I, 
Lorrain T Pease Esq.,
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Hartford,
and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commissions of the Justices
of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY -- That William H Hallock Esquire was
on the 28th day of Sept 1843, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice
of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the
laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS,
and other instruments; that his Commission is dated the
8th day of June
1843, and
will expire on the 20th day of June, 184 ; that I am acquainted with his
hand writing, and that the
signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this
30th day
of Sept
1843
L T Pease Clerk.
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Esther Hill 10490
-
application for Pension
Mass.
Act. 7. July
'38 
m 79.
Artificers - 100 W. Omitted
Aug 78 - say 10 mo.
Adm
10 mo Artificer
$60.
Hon J Rockwell
H R
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I Polly Steward of Richmond in the
County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, aged forty six years
do testify & say that I am the Wife of
Henry Steward of said Richmond &
the Daughter of Elijah Hill late of New
Canaan Columbia County, State of New York
deceased & Esther Hill now of said
Richmond, Widow of said Elijah that the
said Elijah who was my father died
at said New Canaan on the first day
of July in the year one thousand Eight
hundred and eleven. -
I then lived in
his family, was present when he died
& attended his funeral & well recollect
the fact of his death & funeral. l said
matter, Esther Hill has never
intermarried since his decease, but
still continues the Widow of the said
Elijah ____
Polly Steward

5. Jan 15. 1844

Commonwealth of Mass
Berkshire County
January 15th 1844.
subscribed and sworn to, by the
said Polly Steward before me - and I certify
that the said Polly, is a credible witness-
William P. Walker Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire
I, Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court
of Probate for said County of Berkshire
do certify that the Hon. William P Walker
is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified, and was so on the
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fifteenth day of January AD 1844
That
I am well acquainted with his hand writing
and that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his
is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said Court
this nineteenth day of January AD 1844
Henry W. Bishop Regr Prob.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire
On this fifteenth
day of January
in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty
four personally appeared before the Judge
of Probate in & forsaid County at her residence
in Richmond in said County, (she being by
reason of bodily infirmity unable to appear in open Court.) Esther Hill, a resident
of said Richmond aged Eighty six years
who being first duly sworn according to Law
on her oath making the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838.
entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
That she is the Widow of Elijah Hill
late of New Canaan in Columbia County
in the State of New York, deceased, who was
Soldier in the War of the Revolution & [illegible]
as will appear by the accompanying proof
to which & he refers for the particulary of
his services, the same having taken place
prior to her marriage to him.
She further declares that she was
married to the said Elijah Hill on the
twenty ninth day of September Seventeen
hundred & seventy nine - that her said
Husband the aforesaid Elijah Hill died
on the first day of July in the year Eighteen
hundred & Eleven- that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the
Service, but the marriage took place facioing
to the first day of January Seventeen hundred
& ninety four. viz: at the time above stated
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She also declares that she has not intermarried
since the death of the said Elijah Hill, but
still continues his widow.
her
Esther Hill
S. Jan 15. 1844
Mark
Subscribed and sworn to, on the fifteenth day of
January 1844. aforesaid, by the said Esther Hill,
at her residence in Richmond aforesaid, she being
by reason of infirmities and old age unable to
attend in open Court
Before me, William P. Walker Judge of Probate.

Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
Berkshire p.  I Henry W Bishop Register of the Court
of Probate within
& for said County do certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the Judge of said Court in the
matter of the application of Esther Hill for
a pension. That the Hon. William P Walker
is the judge of said Court duly commissioned
and qualified & that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand the seal of
said Court this nineteenth day
of January AD 1844
Henry W Bishop Regt Rob.
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File no. 13457
Esther Hill
Widow of Elijah hill
Artificer Rev. War

Act: Mar 3d 1843
Index: - Vol. A, Page 335

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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I Rufus Tuller of the Town of Simsbury in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut of Lawful age (viz) (seventy six years old the 11th day of December Instant) after being duly cautioned to speak the whole truth depose & say - that my sister Ester Tuller was married to Elijah Hill at the House of my Father Isaac Tucker then in the Parish or Society of West Simsbury since made a Town by the name of Canton. That this took place a great many years since I cannot recollect precisely the year but I believe before the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty I distinctly recollect it was before I arrived to the size or age of manhood. The marriage was solemnized by the Revd Elam Potter a Presbyterian Clergyman who was then preaching in said Society but was never settled there, & after the marriage solemnized the Revd Mr. Potter soluted the Bride this I distinctly recollect. From the last mentioned circumstance being fresh in my recollection I have no doubt I was present & saw them married, my said sister remained at my Father's house in Canton then Simsbury a few months said Hill was frequently there. They then commenced housekeeping at said Hills Father in the Society of West Simsbury. They next removed to Barkhamsted, & from thence to Old Simsbury, & from there to Berkshire County Mass - afterwards to new Canaan as I believe in the state of New York where said Elijah Hill died some years since. They had a family of several children. My said sister now resides in Richmond Mass. I visited her about two years since. I further know that my said sister Ester & said Hill lived together as man & wife until his death. I frequently visited them at their house, & they also visited me, & further the deponent saith not.
Simsbury December 5th 1843.
Rufus Tuller
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State of Connecticut
To Wit} County of Hartford Ss. Simsbury
December 5th 1843

Personally appeared before me Rufus Tuller signor of the within deposition with whom I am personally acquainted & after being duly cautioned to speak the whole truth, made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition or affidavit by him subscribed, & I further certify that the deponent is a highly credible witness. Certified & signed,
[illegible] Jeffery O. Phelps Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire Ss.
On this sixth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty four personally appeared before George J. Tucker a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county, Esther Hill, a resident of Beckworth in the County of Berkshire aforesaid aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed March 3d 1843, granting pensions to the widows of certain soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Elijah Hill deceased, who was a soldier viz an Artificer in the Revolutionary War and died on the first day of July 1811. That she has received from the United States a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, for five years at the rate of sixty dollars per annum on account of the said services of the said Elijah, decd. She further says that for proof of his services - her marriage to said Elijah and his death, she refers to her former declaration & the accompanying proofs, on the files of the pension office.
She also further declares that she has remained unmarried since the said Elijah's death but still continues his widow.
Esther Hill X her mark

Sworn & subscribed this sixth day of April 1844 before me. And I certify that I am acquainted with the said Esther Hill & knows her to be a credible witness & am satisfied that her foregoing statements are true.
Geo. J. Tucker Justice of the Peace
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Berkshire Ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Berkshire do certify that George J. Tucker Esq before whom the foregoing deposition of Esther Hill was sworn & subscribed is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this sixth day of April 1844.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk
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State of New York
Onondaga County Ss.
Samuel Humphrey of the Town of LaFayette in said County being duly sworn saith, that he served as an Artificer in the Army of the Revolution and is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he was well acquainted with Elijah Hill of Simsbury, County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, was brought up within a half a mile of said Elijah Hill and that they both served in the Revolutionary Army together in Captain Moses Cook's Company for the term of one year, commencing in the year 1778 and ending in the year 1779 & that about two months of said year was spent at Fishkill getting out timber &c for Barracks, and the residue of the time they worked together at West Point, building Forts and getting out timber for Batteries, Barracks &c.
And further this deponent saith not.
Samuel Humphrey

Sworn and Subscribed this 2nd day of February 1844 Before me
Levi Wells Justice Peace

Onondaga County Ss. I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Humphrey, and that he is a credible witness whose statements may be fully relied upon.
Levi Wells
J. Peace

Feby. 2d 1844
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State of New York
Onondaga County Clerks Office}Ss.
I certify that Levi Wells Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature - also that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Syracuse this 5th day of February AD 1844.
Chas T. Hicks Clerk
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8227
Massachusetts

Esther Hill
widow of Elijah Hill
[crossed out "who was a pensioner under the Act of"] and who died on the 1st July 1811 of Berkshire Co. in the State of Mass. who was an Artificer in the company commanded by Captain Cook of the Regt commanded by ~~ in the ~~ line for ~~.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 60 Dollars ~~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of March 1844 and sent to Hon. J. Rockwell, House of Representatives.

Total Amount $300~

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 59.

repd.
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Merchants Bank
Boston 10th Apl 1844

Sir:
Application was this day made to me to pay a pension to Esther Hill widow of Elijah Hill for 5 years under the law of 1838 at $60.00 per annum. This name was reported on the 23d Ult under the law of 1843 but not under the law of 1838. Under these circumstances I have deferred payment until the receipt of your reply.
I am very resply
your obt sevt
Franklin Haven
Pension Agent

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
Washington D. C.

8229
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Town Clerk of Simsbury
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Town Clerks Office JS Simbury Hartford County
Connecticut September 28th 1843
I Moses Ensign Town Clerk of the
town of Simsbury aforesaid hereby certify
that I have carefully examined the records
said town and cannot find a record
the marriage of Elijah Hill to Esther
Fuller
Moses Ensign Town Clerk of the town of
Simsbury
Sworn to before me the day and year
before written -
Jeffery P. Phelps Justice Peace
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District of Connecticut
HARTFORD COUNTY.
County Court, Clerk's Office. SS .

County Clerk's Office Hartford
I, Lorrain T Pease Esq.,
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Hartford,
and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commissions of the Justices
of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY -- That Jeffrey Phelps Esquire
was on the 28 day of Sept
1843, ever since has been, and now is,
a Justice
of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the
laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS,
and other instruments; that his Commission is dated the
8th day of June 1843, and
will expire on the 20th day of June, 1844; that I am acquainted with his
hand writing, and that the
signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this
30th day of Sept 1843.
L. T. Pease Clerk