Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15474, for William Hutchins, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. H
Hutchins, William
NUMBER
S. 15474
carded
CONTENTS
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5909
New Hampshire
William Hutching
of Cheshire in the State of N H
who was a Segt in the company commanded
by Captain   of
the regt commanded
by Col Reed in the NH
line for 3 mos Segt
3 mos Corpl

Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of 44 Dollars 32 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued  the 19th day
of Feb 1833 and Sent to
H Hubbard H of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $66.48
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 mar 33 22.16
$88,64

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by T H Mc Blair Clerk
Book D Vol. 1st Page 161
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9023
Wm Hutchins
3 mo Sergt
8 ds Corporal
adm
MCE
The official character & [illegible]
Ma 19 1832

Hon H Hubbard
HR
$29.32
15
$44.32
Thm Edwards
Keene Cheshire NH
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9020
BRIEF in the case of Wm Hutchins of Westmoreland
Cheshire Co  in the State of New Hampshire
Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 82
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[chart]
Period.
75 on alarm at Lexington
about 1 May - Dev
76
77

Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
8
2
1

Rank.
As a
Corporal
Orderly Sergt
Ditto

Names of General and field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Hinds -Reed
Capt Jas Burt Col Ashley
Capt to Coles Col Ashley

5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Westmoreland N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no certificate & seal magistrate signature in affidavits
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No Clergyman's Certificate
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
[signature] W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration of William Hutchins of Westmoreland
Cheshire Co N.H.

No 9023
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Declaration
 in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th,
1832 
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this Eighth
day of August 1832 personally appeared
Before the Hon Aaron Matson Judge of
Probate for said County of Cheshire
William Hutchins resident of Westmorland in the County of Cheshire
and State of New Hampshire
aged Eighty two years, last Decr who
being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served
as herein stated-
1st In the year 1775 on the alarm from Lexington marched
from said Westmorland to Cambridge Mass. Soon afterwards about 1st of May enlisted for eight months and
served in Capt Jacob Hinds Compy in Col James Rudd
N. Hampshire Regiment as a Corporal
stationed on winter Hill most of the time - and
dismissed there in December at the end of my eight
months.-
2d In 1776 volunteered for two months, and so as orderly
sergeant in Capt Joseph Bucks County in the
Regt - marched to Ticonderoga - thinks in August
marched on Mount Independence dismissed
there at the end of the two months
3d In 1777- I volunteered and served as an orderly
Sargeant in Capt John Collis Company in Colo.
Ashley's Regiment. I joined the Company at
Westmorland aforesaid in mediately marched &
joined the American Army at Otter Creek 
I was in the service at this time one month, & was
stationed at sd Otter Creek, during the most of the time 
[illegible] Westmoreland, when I went into the service
each time, and belonged to the New Hampshire Militia
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present,
and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
[[signature]William Hutchins
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me 
[signature]Arron Matson Judge of Probate
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
[signature] Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

I Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire aforesaid
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of William Hutchins
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth
day of August A.D. 1832
[signature] Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate
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15474
INVALID.
File No. 15474
William Hutching
Sergt Rev War
-
Act: June 7"" 32
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 186
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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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
Wm Hutchins 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?
yes
.
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?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
No
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
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?
the official character & signature 
of the Magistrate who administer the oath of Witnesses not certify
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
No as to
year
and
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: Formonths
and days, I served as a . For months
days, I served as aand
for such service I claim a pension."
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Wm Hutchins case
Affidavit of Nathan Goodenow
to all the [illegible]
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I Naum Goodenow of Westmoreland in the County of
Cheshire & State of Newhampshire aged Eighty years
do testify & say that I have known William
Hutchins of Westmoreland aforesaid for about sixty
years past, that some time in the month of April
in 1775 there came in express to Westmoreland &
the said William Hutchins enlisted under Capt Isaac
Butterfield & Marched to Lexington and was in the
service one month - that about the first of May
next following the said Hutchins & this Deponent
enlisted in the service of the United States in
Captain Jacob Hinds Company & Col. James
Regiment in the Brigade commanded by Genl
Sullivan & marched to Cambridge Massachusetts
that the said Hutchins was Corporal & served out
the full term of eight months of
that in the autumn
the year 1776 this deponent was in a company
with the said Hutchins of volunteer under Capt.
Joseph Burt in Col. Ashley, Regiment & marched
to Ticonderoga, that said Hutchins served at this
term two full months & served as orderly Sargeant
that in the month of August 1777 the said Hutchins company with this deponent volunteered under Capt
Cole in Col Ashley, Regiment & marched to
Otter Creek in the State of Vermont to assist the
Army against the incursions of Genl Burgoine that
he served at this period more than one
month - & that said
Hutchins during this period of service was orderly
Sargeant - & further this Deponent saith not.
[signature] Naum Goodenow

State of Newhampshire
Cheshire
Sworn to & subscribed
this sixth day of August A.D. 1832
Before me Nathan E. Babbitt Justice of

State of Newhampshire
Cheshire S.
Augt C. 1832 I certify
the said Nahum Goodenow is a credible
witness Nathan G. Babbitt Jus. Peace
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Cheshire ss December 25. 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the [indicature
Counts in sd County certify that
Nathan G. Babbitt is a Justice of
the Peace in and for said County &
that the two foregoing official signatures
are his - In testimony whereof
I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior
Court of Indicature
[signature] S Hale, Clerk
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Hutchings case
Wm Goodenow affidavit
So all the [illegible]
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The affidavit of Nathan Goodman of Westmoreland in the county of
Cheshire and State of New hampshire aged Eighty years who testifies
and says that he has known William Hutchins of Westmoreland
aforesaid for about sixty years past that a few days after the
Lexington fight in 1775 a little past the twentieth of May then
came [illegible] to said Westmoreland and the said William
Hutchins volunteered under Capt. Isaac Butterfield and marched
to said Lexington and were in the service one month
That are the first of May 1775 the said Hutchins and
this deponent enlisted in the service of the United States in
Capt Jacob Head Company [illegible]James Reeds Regiment
in the Brigade commanded by Genl Sullivan and marched
to Cambridge Massachusetts, that the said Hutchins was
corporal and served
out the full term of Eight months
in the autumn of the year 1776 this deponent
with the said Hutchins in a company of Volunteers
under Capt Joseph Burt in Col Ashleys Regiment
marched to Ticonderoga that said Hutchins served
in this period two full months he served or orderly
Sergeant
That in the month of August 1777 the said Hutchins
in company with this deponent volunteered under
Capt Cole and at Ashleys Regiment and marched
to Otter Creek in the State of Vermont to [illegible]
the army against the incursions of Gen Burgoyne that he served at this period one
month - that in this period of service said Hutchins
was orderly Sargeant and further saith not
[signature] Nahume Goodnow

State of Vermont
Windham County
Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of July AD 1832
Before me [signature] Asa Keyes Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County ss. I certify that Nahume Goodnow who
has signed the above affidavit is a man of truth
and veracity to whose testimony full faith and
credance ought to be given
July 28, 1832
[signature] Asa Keyes Register Justice of the same
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office,
New Fane, January 3d A.D. 1833
I certify that Asa Keyes 2d Esquire is one of the
Justices of the Peace within and for the
County of Windham aforesaid, and that the
within are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have herein
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the said County Court on the day and year 
above written -
[signature] James Elliot, Clerk