Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,320, for William Hutchings, Massachusetts
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Mass
HUtchings, William
S.22.320
B.L.H.2002-160-55
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82
Maine 
William Hutching, of Hancock in the State of Maine was a private in the company commanded by captain   of the regt commanded by McCobb in the Massachusetts for 6 1/2 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Jul 1833 and sent to Claimant [Carti]
Arrears to the 4th of March [missing numbers] .32
Semi-anl. allowance ending [Se]   83
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John Law, M.
4 Pensioner
" Pension Agent
increase
Perunto 121.66 pran
the increase to Jany 1, 1864
as pr act
April 1. 1864
Mch. 865, P. P.
Ventner
1844 Jany
30
Jos Williamson Copies of

military service
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5298 Act March3d/ 33
Recd March 19 33
William Hutchings, prvt
Capt. Benj Lemon
Col M Cobb Mass Mil.
Ent June 26 1781
Dis Dec 1 1781
War of the Revolution
Now U.S. Pensioner
Admit [] July 3d /33
B Ripton
Sent to Geo B. Moody May 18/55
Vol H 2_ 123
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DECLARATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF
"An Act granting Bounty Lands to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States, passed March 3, 1855
STATE OF MAINE, county of Hancock SS.  On this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, William Hutchings a resident of Penobscot in the County of Hancock aged ninety years, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following DECLARATION, in order to obtain BOUNTY LAND in virtue of the provisions of the Acts aforesaid.  That he is the identical William Hutchings who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Benj. Lemon in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. McCobb in the War with Great Britain of the Revolution that he continued [w] a [cl ] service A.D. 18 for the term of more than 6 months and was honorably discharged

That owing to qreat age & infirmities he may not be accurate in all respects & mite not undertake to give [] & that he draws a pension of twenty one dollars & 66/100 per annum for his said service - & he refers to the proofs upon [which] he was pensioned-

That he did not receive any printed or written discharge, but was discharged verbally; that his service will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Company, and that he has not received Bounty Land under the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1855 nor any other act and has made no application therfor. And I hereby constitute and appoint GEO. B. MOODY, of Bangor, Esquire, my Attorney for me, and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid, and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes therein expressed.
Wm. Hutchings
WITNESS, 
Selm Conner
Edwin Hardwell

SWORN TO and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned.  And I certify that I hereby performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.  Also that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid claim and no concern in the prosecution of it. 
Pelatiah Leach Justice of the Peace
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5298
Bounty Land Claim Revolutionary
Act of March 3, 1833
William Hutchins

Geo. B Moody
Agent & attorney
Bangor
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the Wesley Leech resident of Penobscot in the state of Maine and John F Peterson resident of said Penobscot on oath depose and say that we are well acquainted with William Hutchings and know him to be the person he represents himself, and who signed the foregoing Declaration, and a Revolutionary Pensioner
Wesley Leach
John F Peterson
 STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Hancock ss. March 10 1855
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, and I certify that the said John Conner Edwin Hardwell Wesley Leach & John F Peterson are well known to me and entitled to credit.  Also that I have no interest in the result of the claim aforesaid, and no concern in the prosecution of it. 
Pelatiah Leach Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT, ss.
I Nathan Weston, Jr. Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Peletiah Leach Esquire, is and was, at the date of his certificates hereunto annexed, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Hancock that he is and was then duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for the State aforesaid, this fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five. 
Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of Maine Hancock ss
On this twenty sixth day of September A.C. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Job Nelson Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the county of Hancock aforesaid now setting William Hutchings a resident of Penobscot in the County of Hancock aforesaid aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832-

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein Stated.  In a Regiment of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb. He does not recollect that there was any Lieut Col with the regiment) Major White - George Ulmer was Adjutant of the regiment in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Lemmonds, Lieut Samuel Lemmonds Ensign, not recollected, 
that he entered the service at New Castle, then  in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now in the State of Maine where he then resided in the spring of the year 1780 or 1781 as a volunteer, for six months & served a little more than six months & was discharged about Christmas the same year, the day of the month he does not recollect. That he joined the regiment at a place called Cox's Head, at the mouth of Kennebec River, now in the State of Maine, where he was stationed during the whole time of his service, six months, & was there discharged after having served a little more than six months. That he was born in the year 1764 at York then in Massachusetts, now in the state of Maine that he has no record of his age
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That he has no written discharge.
That he now lives, & has lived ever since the Revolutionary War, in the town of Penobscot aforesaid. That there were no continental troop stationed near him during his service.
That Charles Hutchings & Jeremiah Jones whose depositions are hereto annexed, know of & can testify to his service as above stated_
That the Rev. William Mason & Pelatiah Leach Jr Esquire are his neighbors, & can testify as to his charactre for veracity, & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever as a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state.   Wm Hutchings
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid Before me  J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
We William Mason a clergyman residing in the town of Castine adjacent to Penobscot aforesaid & Pelatiah Leach a magistrate residing in said Penobscot hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hutchings, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we ___ in that opinion
William Mason
Pelatiah Leach Jr
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Before me J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant, was a revolutionary.
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soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Mason who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Castine aforesaid & that Pelatiah Leach Jr who has also signed the same is a magistrate resident in Penobscot aforesaid & is a credible person & that this statement is entitled to credit
J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
I Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Hutchings for a pension. And I further certify that Job Nelson is Judge of the Court of Probate, within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid, & that the signatures annexed purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty-sixth day of September A.D. 1832
Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate
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I Charles Hutchings of Penobscot in the County of Hancock and State of Maine yeoman of Lawful age do testify and say that I was knowing and do now recollect of my Son William, now William Hutchings of said Penobscot, enlisting for an serving as a Soldier in the Massachusetts State Troops or volunteers stationed at Coxes Head at the mouth of Kenebeck River in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty or eighty one, and in a Regiment or Brigade Commanded by or of which Samuel McCobb was Colonel and in the Company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Lemmonds, and that he the said William Hutchings being then a Minor did by my consent enlist and serve as aforesaid for the term of six months and was honorably discharged therefrom. Dated at Penobscot this twenty fourth day of September A.C. 1832
Charles Hutchings  X his mark

Hancock ss September 24th 1832. Then the aforesaid Charles Hutchings was examined and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of the aforesaid William Hutchings and to be used for the purpose of obtaining a Pention is the cause of taking this deposition. 
Pelatiah Leach Jr Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine Hancock ss
I Hlz Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the Count of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that Pelatiah Leach Esquire before whom the written deposition of Charles Hutchings was sworn to is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this twenty sixth day of September A.D. 1832.
Hlz William Register of the Court of Probate-
Hancock ss May 22 1833 I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Charles Hutchings whose deposition was taken by me on the 24th day of Sept last & contained on the other side of this paper & that he is a credible man & his statement entitled to full credit
Peletiah Leach Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Hancock ss I Hlz Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that Pelatiah Leach Jr is a Justice of the Pece for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty eighth day of May A.C. 1833
Hlz Williams Register of the Court of Probate
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice within for the County of Hancock in the State of Maine William Hutching, who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that, by reason of old age, & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades-
For six months & fifteen Days I served as a private & for such service I claim a pension
Wm Hutchings
 State of Maine Hancock ss. Subscribed & sworn to this 22 day of May A.D. 1833
Before me, Francis B Morgan, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Hancock ss I Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that Francis B. Morgan is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hancock aforesaid & that the signature annexed purporting to be his, is genuine- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1833-
Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate
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October 8, 1931
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. F. W. Hauser
716 South 3rd Street
Saint Peter, Minnesota

Dear Madam:
In reply to your request of recent date for the record of William Hutchings, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are informed that the data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22320, based upon his military service in that war.  
William Hutchings, son of Charles Hutchings, was born in 1764 in York, Massachusetts (Maine).
While residing in Newcastle, Massachusetts (Maine), he enlisted in the spring of 1780 or [crossed out] 1781, served six and one half months as a private in Captain Benjamin Lemont's company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts regiment.
After the Revolutionary War he lived in Penobscot, Hancock County, Massachusetts (Maine).
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, while a resident of Penobscot, Maine.
He died May 3, 1866.
In 1832, soldier's father was living in Penobscot, Maine; there is no reference to his mother and none to his wife, but the following children survived him:
Alfred Hutchings
Eliakim W. Hutchings
Mary Snowman
Tryphena Wardwell
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Children continued -
Mary Wardwell
Sarah McDonald
Lavina Wardwell
Charlotte Veazie
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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23320 Invalid
Revolution
File No. 22,320
William Hutchings
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 195
Arrangement of 1870

Mch. 11 - 1903
How to get date of last paym N. A. Leonard, DePue M's [De Peters, Minnesota?]

1906. Mar. 12. Aud Ins. for date of death AW
1909 Oct. 28 Hist. to Mrs. O. J. Ledyard.  T.L.M.
1909 Dec. 14. Hist. to Jas. S. Sammons copy of letter in 8.7.33258. L. Cook
1922 - July 1 - Hist to Miss Amy I. Goodrich MmH
1923 June 25 Hist to Edith E. Shepard
1931 Oct. 8 Hist to Mrs F W Hauser - MLB
1935 - Dec. 10 - Hist. to Mrs. R. Schmidt. I.L.L.
1937 - March 17 - Hist. to M. M. Lewis- I.L.L.
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No. 5298
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
Received Mar 19th, 1855
William Hutchings, pr
Capt. Benj. Semona
Col. McCobb. Map Mil.
Rev. War
Warrant 2022 -160 55
G.B. Moody,
Bangor, Me.
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2022

Neo Any
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I Jeremiah Jones of Brooksville in the County of Hancock and State of Maine of lawful age Testify and say that I have been acquainted with William Hutchings now a resident of the town of Penobscot, ever since some time during the Revolutionary War, and that during the latter part of the war I lived within fifty rods of his Fathers house and know that he, the said William, served as a Soldier with the Troop or Volunteers then stationed at a place called Coxes head at the mouth of Kenebeck River, now in the State of Maine, I should think a term of six months or more. 
Brooksville September 26th 1832
Jeremiah Jones

Hancock ss On the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the aforesaid deponent was examined and cautioned and sworne, agreeably to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of William Hutchings.
Pelatiah Leach Jr. Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Hancock ss
I Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify, that Pelatiah Leach Jr. Esquire before whom the written deposition of Jeremiah Jones was sworn to is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the signature, thereto annexed purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty sixth day of September A.D. 1832.
Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate -
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Hancock ss May 22 1833
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Jones whose deposition was taken by me on the 26th day of Sept last & contained on the other side of this paper & that he is a credible person & his statement entitled to full credit
Pelatiah Leach Jr. Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Hancock ss
I Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid Do hereby Certify that Pelatiah Leach is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hancock aforesaid & that the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1833
Hlz. Williams Register of the Court of Probate
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[No] 11776
H
6 1/2 months
[H] 21.66
Claimant Castine Me.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Hutchings which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes
III. IF the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  --
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  no - see Quere 5
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -
XIII. If the applicant has no  documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? -
XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No See Quere 14
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For ____ year ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some   persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was no employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
H P
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No 5298 - Ac t March 3. 1855-
Additional Evidence

Geo. B Moody
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 23, 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 William Hutchings is borne on roll of Capt. Benjamin Lemonte Comp Col Samuel McCobbs Regt. from June 26 to Dec. 1. 1781. 5 mos. 10 days as private. Name written "Hutshon"

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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State of Maine
 County of Hancock 
Town of Penobscot
The Secretary of Massachusetts is requested to furnish evidence of the service of William Hutchings in the Revolution-
He was a native of the town of Old York _ in the State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the town of New Castle in the year 1781 as a private in the col commanded by Capt. Benj Lemons in the Regiment under Col. Sam. McCobb and served as follows 
viz six months as a Private at the mouth of Kennebec River, call'd Cox's Head - Rec a Discharge from Geo. Ulmer Aigt of the Regt.

I am now 90 years of age - I am the Party above named & draw a Pension of $21.66 dollars per annum under the act of 7th June 1832 - witness my hand this 10th day of June 1855.
Wm. Hutchings  X his mark
Attest Charles V. Tilden
Signed by said William Hutchings in my presence
Charles V. Tilden Justice of the Peace
G. B. Moody
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Edith Elaine Shepard
Riverdale
New York City
May 7th 1923
W.S. Comissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear sir, Kindly send me a statement of the Revolutionary War record of my ancestor William Hutchings of Castine Me, as I wish to join the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
William Hutchings was the last New England Revolutionary pensioner and the last but one on the rolls. He died in 1866.
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His declaration made for the purpose of obtaining a pension as a soldier of the Revolution, is on file in the Pension Office at Washington. According to this statement he enlisted in a Mass. regiment commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb and was in Capt. Benj Lemonts Company   He was mustered in at New Castle in 1780 or 81 for six months service.  He joined his regiment at a place known then as Cox's Head upon the Kenebec River.
The above facts I am giving for the purpose of facilitating the search for his name.  They were taken from the book entitled History of Castine Penobscot and Brookville Me. by George Augustus Wheeler, A.M.  M. D.  (pages 203, 204, 205)
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October 20 - 1909
Record and Pension Office,
Pension Clerk,
Dear Sir: -
Would you please give me a copy of the pension papers of Wm. Hutchings of Penobscot, who served as private in Capt. Benj. Lemonts Co., Col Samuel McCobbs Regt, engaged
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June 20 - 1781 service to Dec. 1781. He died May 2, 1866.
Thanking you in advance I am yours truly
Estelle F. Ledyard.
Address
Mrs. A.J. Ledyard
788 High St Bath Maine
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507 West 52nd St.,
New York, N.Y. May 22/22
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C..
Dear Sir,
Kindly send me a statement of the Revolutionary War record of my ancestor William Hutchings of Castine, Me. as I wish to join the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
William Hutchings was the last New England Revolutionary pensioner and the last but
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one on the rolls. He died in 1866.
I give the following facts for the purpose of facilitating the search for his name.  They were taken from the book entitled History of Castine Penobscot and Brooksville, Me. by George Augustus Wheeler, A.M.M.D. (Pages 203 204, 205) "His (Wm Hutchings) declaration, made for the purpose of obtaining a pension as a soldier of the Revolution is on file in the Pension Office at Washington. According to
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this statement he enlisted in a Mass. regiment commanded by Col. Samuel McCobb, and was in Capt. Benjamin Lemont's company. He was mustered in at New Castle in 1780 or '81 for six months service. He joined his regiment at a palce known then as Cox's Head upon the Kennebec River etc. 
Yours truly,
(Miss) Amy I. Goodrich
(Amy I. Goodrich)
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Revolutionary Pension
Look on Maine under act 1818 if in this act & 1832 papers may be all together
if this act let me know to get [no papers]
1832
Belfast, Maine Jan. 21st, 1874
Hon. J. H. Baker,
Commissioner of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.,
Sir:
I am preparing a biographical sketch of William Hutchings, the last surviving Revolutionary pensioner in Maine, who died Oct. 6, 1865 [date crossed out} May 3 66 [inserted] at the age of one hundred and one.  As the details of his service as furnished me, are not so satisfactory as I desire, I take the liberty to request an abstract of the evidence on file in your Department, under which his pension was granted. 
Very respectfully yours,
Joseph Williamson
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465 Broadway
Hastings - on- Hudson
New York
November 30 
Received Dec 2 1935
Mail Sub. Div.
Vet. Adm Reader 10

Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please tell me how I may obtain proof of the fact that William Hutchings, (born at York Maine, October 6, 1764, died at Penobscot Maine, May 2, 1866) served in the American Revolution.  I have been informed that he was granted a pension and at death was the last New England pensioner and the
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last but one upon the rolls. Are there any records of the names of his wife and children? I also would like to know if William Hutchings' son Eliakim, who served in the War of 1812, was granted a pension and if there is any record of the names of his wife and children.  Any information which will help me to obtain this facts will be of value to me.
Sincerely,
Mrs. R. Schmidt
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3-397. (Old No 3-399.)
On desk
O.W. and N. Div. Division
AW Ex'r.
Fw. File No 22320 William Hutchings Rev. War
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., Mar. 12, 1906

Sir:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Willima Hutchings a Revolutionary War Soldier pensioned under the Acts of June 7, 1832 and Feb. 27, 1865 by certificate No. 18211, Cf. issued July 31, 1833 Maine Agency, showing date of death of soldier, date of last payment of pension and to whom paid.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 17th 1906.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:  In reply to your letter of 12th inst. in case of William Hutchings, Certificate # 18211 Act 32 and Special Act. Portland Agency, Roll, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U.S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show payment to have been made at $421 66/ per 12 months to 3 May 1866, date of death, in August 1866. His son, Alfred Hutchings was authorized by the other children to receive the accrued pension, whose names were Eliakim W. Hutchings, Mary Snowman, Tryphena Wardwell, Mary Wardwell, Sarah McDonald, Lavina Wardwell, & Charlotte Veazie.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully, Robert S. Person. Auditor.
By F. T. Dunham Deputy Auditor.
Reply Showing Payments. Pension Division.- Form 3577.- Ed. Nov. 26-04-3,000.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
St Peter Minnesota
25 Sept 1931
Captain Richard Somers Chapter
Saint Peter, Minnesota
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir-
Please send me copies of [ ] Pension records of the following Rev. soldiers-
William Hutchings 1764-1866 - who served as Private in a Mass Regt Col. Samuel McCobb - in Capt. Benjamin Lamonts Co- also Moses Hutchings 1754-1836. He served as Ensign in Capt. Donaldson's Co Va Troops - 1778 as Indian spy & later as Lieut- in Capt Armistead Shelton's Co. He was born in Culpeper Co. d. in Pittsvania Co. Va. 
Mrs. F. W. Hasuer
716 S. 3d at St Peter Minnesota

Received Sep 29 1931 receipt section Pension Files sub division
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March 3, 1937
Received Mar 4 1937
M.M. Lewis Research and Statistics Genealogical Service with Cited Authority
Telephone Watkins 9-7751 9-7752 9-7753 9-7754
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Gentlemen:
We are interested in obtaining the Revolutionary War pension record of William Hutchins, who was born in York, Maine, June 10, 1764, and died in Penobscot, Maine February 5, 1866.
The information we have concerning William Hutchins is that he was the last remaining pensioner of the Revolution, and on his statement for his pension stated that he enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Samuel McCubb (or McCutt), and was in Captain Benjamin Lamont's company. He was mustered in at Newcastle, Maine, in 1780 or 1781 for six months service. He joined the regiment at a place called Corps Head on the Kennebec River, was stationed there during the entire period of his service, and was discharged at that place.  He received $21.66 per year, which was increased in 1865, as he was one of the four remaining Revolutionary soldiers.  William Hutchins married Mercy Wardwell. 
May we thank you for any information you may be able to give us?
Very truly yours, 
the American historical Society, Inc.
M. M. Lewis
M. M. Lewis M.H.
MML: M
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
2
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
remont
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, [illegible]
Residence at date of application,[illegible]
Age at date of application,[illegible]
Remarks:[illegible]
COLONEL.
STATE.
Mary
in
Martha
the
Lavina Wardreth and
-
Very respectfully
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December 10, 1935.
Mrs. R. Schmidt
465 Broadway
Hastings on Hudson, New York
BA-J/ILL
William Hutchings
S. 22320
Eliakim Hutchings
W.C. 16524
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Hutchings who died May 2, 1866, also the record of his son, Eliakim Hutchings, who served in the War of 1812.
The records of William Hutchings, the Revolutionary War soldier, and of Eliakim Hutchings, who served from Maine in the War of 1812, are furnished herein from claims for pension based upon their service and disability in those wars.
William Hutchings-S.22320.
William Hutchings, the son of Charles Hutchings, was born in the year 1764, [side note "Oct 4 in Harper's" ] in York Massachusetts (later Maine); the day of his birth, and name of his mother are not shown.  His father lived in 1832, in Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine. 
William Hutchings, while a resident of New Castle, Massachusetts, volunteered in the spring of 1781 and served six and one half months as private in Captain Benjamin Lemont's company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts regiment, stationed on the Kennebec River.  [side note "Description of this soldier in Harpers _ _ Vol 1"]
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, at which time he resided in Hancock, Maine, where he had resided ever since the Revolutionary War. His pension was increased by Special Act of Congress, dated February 27, 1865. He died May 3, 1866, in Penobscot , Maine. 
In 1855, one Edwin Wardwell witnessed the soldier's signature in Penobscot , Maine, no relationship to the family was stated. [side note "Next time put this paragraph last."]
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The pension which was due at the time of the death of William Hutchings was paid to his son, Alfred Hutchings, in behalf of himself and the other children whose names were given as, Eliakim W. Hutchings, Mary Snowman, Tryphena Wardwell, Mary Wardwell, Sarah McDonald, Lavina Wardwell and Charlotte Veazier. The name of the soldier's wife is no shown, nor the date and place of their marriage, nor date of her death. There are no further data regarding the soldier's family, in the papers in this pension claim.

Eliakim Hutchings - W.C. 16524
Eliakim Hutchings was born in Penobscot, Massachusetts, later Maine; the day of his birth and names of his parents are not shown in this claim for pension. 
While a resident of Penobscot, Massachusetts, he enlisted April 16, 1814, served as sergeant in Captain Benjamin Poland's company, 34" regiment of U.S. Infantry, marched from Castine to Plattsburg, New York, and there, while on duty in camp on July 28, 1814, accidentally fell against a fixed bayonet which wounded him severely in his right side; he was in engagements near the bridge at Plattsburg, and in the battle there September 11, and continued in service until July 20, 1815, when he was discharged at Plattsburg. At the time of his discharge, the soldier aged about twenty-two years.
Eliakim Hutchings was allowed pension on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound on his application executed September 1, 1851 at which time he resided in Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine. The soldier died September 6, or 10, 1872 in Bucksport, Maine. 
Eliakim Hutchings married January 6, 1866, in Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, Judith Nichols of Brooksville; he was then of Penobscot.  She was then the widow of Thomas Nichols who died April 18, 1860 in Brooksville, Maine. no reference made to previous marriage of soldier.
Judith Hutchings, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on account of his service in the War of 1812 on her application executed April 11,

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1876, at which time she resided in North Penobscot, Hancock Couty, Maine. Judith Hutchings was then aged seventy years; the date and place of her birth, and her maiden name are not shown.
In 1878, when soldier's widow made application for her pension, Annie L. Nichols and Fannie C. Hutchings, witnessed her signature. In 1879, one J.M. Hutchins of North Penobscot, Maine, inquired regarding her pension.  No relationship between these two persons and the soldier's family was stated.
In 1844, Lewis Wardwell of Penobscot, Maine, stated that he served with Eliakim Hutchings in the War of 1812. One John R. Wardwell was a Justice of the Peace for Penobscot, Maine, then; one Jeremiah Wardwell was also a Justice of the Peace for Hancock County, Maine, in 1851. No relationship of these persons to the soldier's family was stated. 
In October 1878, Isaac Stover and Lorana Stover, both of Brooksville, Maine, stated that they were present at the home of Mrs. Judith Nichols when she married Eliakim Hutchings; no relationship to either party was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of Judith Hutchings you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Judith Hutchings, widow of Eliakim Hutchings,
Certificate #16524
Issued January 30, 1879
Rate $8 per month
Commenced March 9, 1878.
Act of March 9, 1878.
Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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March 17, 1937.
M.M. Lewis
80-90 8th Avenue
New York City, New York.
BA-J/ILL
William Hutchings 
S. 22320
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Hutchings, a pensioner of Maine, who died February 5, 1866.
The data given herein were found in pension claim, S.22320, based upon service of William Hutchings in the Revolutionary War.
William Hutchings, son of Charles Hutchings, was born in the year 1764, in York, Massachusetts (late Maine); the day of his birth and the name of his mother were not given. His father was living in Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine in 1832.
William Hutchings, while a resident of New Castle, Massachusetts, volunteered in the spring of 1781 and served six and one half months a private in Captain Benjamin Lemont's company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts regiment, stationed on the Kennebec River. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, at which time he resided in Penobscot, Maine, where he had resided ever since the Revolutionary War. His pension was increased by Special Act of Congress, dated February 27, 1865. The soldier died May 3, 1866, in Penobscot, Maine. 
The pension which was due at the time of his death of William Hutchings was paid to his son, Alfred Hutchings, in behalf of himself and the other children whose names were given as- Eliakim W. Hutchings, Mary Snowman, Tryphena Wardwell, Mary Wardwell, Sarah
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McDonald, Lavina Wardwell and Charlotte Veazie. The name of the soldier's wife is not shown, nor the date and place of their marriage and date of her death.
There are no further data pertaining to the family of William Hutchings.
In 1855, one Edwin Wardwell witnessed the soldier's signature in Penobscot, Maine, but did not state any relationship to the family.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator
He was not the last Rev. W. pensioner-

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