Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,864, Joseph Hodgkins, Continental Mass.
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SERVICE
Continental
Mass

Hodgkins, Joseph

NUMBER
S. 32864
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See letters to Asa Andrews 
Ipswich Mass, 25 May 1829- 
July 28. 1829. 

[pencil] Date of death not on AB

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11677 
Massachusetts 
Joseph Hodgkins
of Ipswick [Ipswich] in the state of Massts. who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow of the Massts. line, for the term of 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of the 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of April 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of June 1819 and sent to William Wetmore 
Boston Mass 

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  10 mo 90/30 6/31 = 218.58 
Semil-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819     120 
= $338.58 

{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818.} 

[pencil]
not entitled
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Jos Hodgkins
Captain
Bigelows Mass Regt
Feby 1777 to May 1779

[checkmark] found on rolls.
Service admitted.

[over this paragraph is the word Admitted."]
The judge is desired explicitly to testify under the Seal of the Court that he satisfied the applicant is in reduced circumstances and needs the support of his County


Certified
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I Joseph Hodgkins a citizen of the United States residing at Ipswich in the District of Massachusetts do on oath testify & declare that in the war of the revolution, in the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five I entered into the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of May, in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine in the Massachusetts line of the army, as follows, viz. from the month of May 1775 to the first of February A.D. 1777 as Lieutenant in Capt Nathl Wades company in Col. Moses Littles regiment, & from February A.D. 1777 to May A.D. 1779 as a Captain in Col. Timothy Bigelow's regiment when I left the service being honourably discharged & that I served without interruption or absence the period aforesaid. That by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, my subsistence being on the dower of my wife in her late husbands real estate of small value & at her own disposal & being myself embarrassed with debts.

And, that I hereby relinquish all right & claim to every other pension heretofore allowed me by any law of the United States if any such right I have or any such pension hath been so allowed, of which I am altogether ignorant.
 Joseph Hodgkins  [signature]

Col. Hodgkins possessed some real estate but during the revolutionary war, by means of his necessary expenditures in the army & to furbish his family, become impoverished & embarrassed by debts, as is well known to the people in his County. 
[signatures]
Wm Wetmore
Asa Andrews
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District of Massachusetts ss 

Be it Remembered that on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, pursuant to a law of the United States entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" made & passed on the 18th of March AD 1818 

Personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesd & presiding for advice the within named Joseph Hodgkins and after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth he maketh oath to the declaration subscribed the same in my presence & on examination duly made by me the [said] Judge it appeareth to my satisfaction that the [said] declaration is true. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court 
Wm Wetmore [signature]

May 1. 1819. I now certify that the said Joseph Hodgkins is, as appears to my satisfaction, by good & sufficient evidence to me produced, in such reduced circumstances in life so poor as to require the assistance of his Country for his support. Witness my hand & the seal of the sd Court as hereunto affixed 
Wm Wetmore [signature]
[seal]
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11677
Joseph Hodgkins June 1819 Not Entd
Not[?] entitled
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of 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 fine and imprisonment, Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich resident in Ipswich in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 11677 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, Joseph Hodgkins late a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the Seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen"
[here appears a box containing the initials L.S.]
"Given at the War of Office of the United States, this eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. L. Edwards in the absence & on behalf of the 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
Homestead two acres & old buildings thereon, one & an half acres of land on other side of way & three acres near the same, four acres on Scotts lane, the pendar lot 2 acres. 26 acres at Scott's hill of pasture land 4 acres on town hill, a small house & barn & ten rods of land, a new right on Turners hill } $1205.00

Four acres of wood land in West Parish
2 acres in Hamilton 2 acres in Essex and six acres in common fields } 220.0.
= 1425.00

Personal Estate
One pair of Oxen five cows, 12 sheep, 1 horse, 2 swine -   167.33
One Wagon, one cast, three chains, two yokes one hoe 1 shovel forks } 48.50

24 chairs - four tables, pots & kettles
knives & forks one desk  } 20.25
= 1661.08
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Owes to Margaret Crocker Note ----300.00
Thomas Wade Note ------- 200.00 
Andrew Nichols Note  ---- 100.00 
Eunice Caldwell note  ----50.00

Small debts to amount of one hundred dollars ----100.00 

Nathl Harris Note-- - 60,00 
= 810.00 
1661,80 
whole property 851,80

 April 1775 enlisted  & appointed as a Lieutenant in Capt. Nath. Wade's Company Col. Moses Little's Regiment for eight months and served the whole time, in 1776 January engaged and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in same Company & Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the continental Establishment for one year and served thirteen months and was discharged, engaged in first of 1777 as a Capt. and was commissioned in Col. Timothy Bigelows Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the Continental Establishment and served till June 1779 and was then honourably discharged was in the battle of Bunker hill at Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains & Princetown and in several battles at the capture of Burgoyne & his army and at Newport. 
Is aged seventy seven years, is on account of age unable to labour - his wife Lydia is aged sixty six. His family consists of himself and wife & three grandchildren dependent on him.
Joseph Hodgkins. (signature) 

 Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Joseph Hodgkins  made oath that the aforesaid schedule & statement by him subscribed, are true, before me 
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.
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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. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit, 
I, Joseph Hodgkins 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 thereof, with intent thereby so to 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. 
Joseph Hodgkins.  [signature] 

Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820. 
Then the abovenamed Joseph Hodgkins took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me Stephen Minot 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 eight hundred fifty one dollars eighty cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker Clerk [signature] 

[seal]
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February 27, 1937 
XXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/EEL Joseph Hodgkins S. 38864 

Mr. Howard Bush Hodgkin 
Colby Road, Winchester 
Kentucky 


Dear Sir: 
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.23854, based upon the military service in that war of Joseph Hodgkins. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joseph Hodgkins are not shown. 

Joseph Hodgkins entered the service in May, 1775, place of residence at that time not shown, was appointed lieutenant of Captain Nathaniel Wade's Company, Colonel Moses Little's Massachusetts Regiment, and served until January 1, 1776, on which date he was commissioned 1" lieutenant of Captain Nathaniel Wade's Company, Colonel Moses Little's 12" Regiment of Foot, and served as such officer for thirteen months: in February, 1777, was commissioned captain in Colonel Timothy Bigelow's Massachusetts Regiment, and served until May or June, 1779. He was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Princeton, in the battles at the capture of Burgoyne and his army and in the battle at Newport. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while residing in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was referred to as Colonel Hodgkins, no explanation for the rank given. 

In 1820, he stated that he was aged seventy-seven years and his wife, Lydia, aged sixty-five years and that he had three grandchildren living with him, but did not give their names or any names of children. At that time he referred to the late husband of his wife, but did not give his name or date of his death nor any data in regard to his marriage to said Lydia, nor is the date of marriage of Joseph Hodgkins to Lydia shown or her maiden name, date and place of birth or names of her parents.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Hodgkins (S.23854), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 

Joseph Hodgkins, Certificate No. 11677, issued June 8, 1819, rate $20 per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Massachusetts Agency. 

Very truly yours 
[unsigned]

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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32864
Revy   INVALID
File No. 32
82,864
Joseph Hodgkins
Capt Rev War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index: --Vol. 2 Page DG1
[Arrangement of 1870.}

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1927 Nov 22 - Herbert T. Wade advised
Cost of photos - MMHF - 
1927. Dec 7 - Phots to Herbert
T. Wade  - MMHF - 
1937- Feb 27 - Hist to H.B.
Hodgkin, E. L.
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IN CONGRESS 

The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carlina, and South Carolina, to Joseph Hodgkins Gentleman

We reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, Valour, Conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be First Lieutenant of Captain Nathaniel Wade's Company, in the 12th Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Moses Little - 
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of First Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging.  And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Lieutenant And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress. 
By Order of the Congress,  
John Hancock President [signature]

Attest Chas Thomson Secy. [signature]

January the 1st 1776
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Joseph Hodgkins placed on roll June 8, 1819 & dropt from Roll. 

See letter to A. Andrews 
July 28. 1829
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James L. Edwards Esquire
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Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts July 20th 1829

Sir
I herewith enclose the new & additional evidence in the case of Col Joseph Hodgkins for pension, which I wish you may find conformable to the form sent me by you for which I have to thank you-- I am Sir with great respect Your obdt Servt

Asa Andrews  [signature] 

James L Edwards Esquire
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Inventory and appraisal of all the real and personal estate of Colonel Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, taken by us the subscribers under oath.


Homestead, two acres of land and old house & Barn - - - -$225,00
Three acres of land near the homestead-- - - -120.00
Twenty six acres at Scotts hill- - - -130.00
Four acres in Scotts lane - - - -90.00
Four acres of woodland at the West Parish (little wood on it) - - - -24.00
Two acres d.o Hamilton - d.o- - - -12.00
Two acres d.o-- Essex - --d.o - - - -16.00
Six d.o acres d.o - Common fields---
d.o 66.00
One pair oxen, two cows, six sheep - - - -74.00
Cart, Three chains, one yoke- shovel, hoe & fork--- 30,00
Furniture exclusive bedding and clothing.-- - -20.00
= $807.00

We Jabez Farley, Joseph Farley, & Samuel N. Baker         all of Ipswich in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, esquires, testify, depose and say that we have appraised the real and personal estate of Joseph Hodgkins late an officer in the Revolutionary war, and that in our opinion it is unproductive property, and has much lessened in value within a few
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Years, and we further testify that he was an officer, and that he is now from age and infirmity, unable to provide for himself and family 
Ipswich June 11th 1829 
[signatures]
Jabez Farley 
Joseph Farley 
Samuel N. Baker 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss.    Be it remembered that on this 12th day of June A.D. 1829 Jabez Farley Joseph Farley & Samuel N. Baker, Esquires appeared and made oath that the lands & personal Estate of Joseph Hodgkins by them appraised was at the real & true value thereof before me 
[signature]
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum
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I Nathaniel Wade testify depose and say that have been much in Col Joseph Hodgkins family for twenty years past & for ten years past have assisted him in his business & been his agent in settling with his creditors & other business and that his real Estate sold since June 1820 has been applied as follows to wit he paid 
Margaret Crocker -- and Interest}  300..00 
Thos Wade Note & Interest to admr } 200..00 
Andrew Nichols note & Interest }100..00 
Eunice Coldwells note & Interest } 50..00
Nathl Honis note & Interest } 60..00 
=710..00
and small bills due for services to a laborers Mekanicks & other debts due  and for Wood Provisions & Cloathing } 150..00

& Groceries since June 1820  --}  350.00 
= 1210..00 

I testify also that the above Debts were honestly due from said Hodgkins & that he has paid them I further say that Margaret Crocker has gone out of the Commonwealth and that Andrew Nichols Eunice Caldwell & Nathl Honis are absent - & I further say that he is infirm & his land of small income after paying labourers & taxes & cannot be sold at present as real Estate is unsaleable at present in
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present state of business-- which is depressed & that his land could not be sold at one half of the appraisal if the sale was now made at auction- 
Nathl Wade [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss
Be it remembered that on this 11th day of June A.D. 1829 the above named Nathaniel Wade appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum for said County & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, and I certify that said Wade is a person of truth & veracity & that full credit is due to him 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum
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I Martha H. Pulsifer, testify & depose & say that I have resided in the family of Col Joseph Hodgkins for nearly twenty years. I have frequently purchased bread from the Baker, meat from the carts that almost daily call at the Door, that the money for which he sold land partly was paid for such things as bread, meat & for groceries from the shops & as I thought were absolutely necessary  I further say, that Margaret Crocker to whom he was indebted in June 1820 as by his Declaration then made is gone out of this Commonwealth 
I know that he actually owed her the sum then stated, and since, said Hodgkins has paid her in my presence the three hundred Dollars & Interest out of the money he received for lands sold since said June, that his age & infirmities render him unable to gain & subsistance & that he has received but little income from his lands. 
Martha H. Pulsifer  [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex SS. 
Be it remembered that on this 11th day of June A.D. 1829 the above Martha H Pulsifer appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace of the Quorum for said County and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her
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Subscribed, and I further certify that said Martha H Pulsifer is a person of good character for truth & veracity & that full credit is due to her.
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum  

I William Wade administrator of the Estate of Thomas Wade deceased testify and say that I knew that Col Joseph Hodgkins owed the deceased on the third Monday of June 1820 two hundred dollars, and I know that said Hodgkins paid said deceased by several indorsements the greater part of said note in his lifetime, and settled a balance with me after his decease 
William Wade admin  [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss. 
Be it remembered that on this 11th Day of June A.D. 1829 the above William Wade admr appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit and I further certify that said Wade is a person of truth & veracity & full credit is due to him 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex, SS.,

 I John Prince Junr. Clerk of of all the judicial Courts of the said Commonwealth within and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Asa Andrews Esquire before whom the Sworn foregoing affidavits were (taken is crossed out) sworn was at that time and now is a justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that his signature affixed the same is genuine 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Salem in said County this tenth day of July Anno Domini 1829. 
John Prince Clk (signature)

[seal]
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I John Pingree testify depose & say that the note dated March 25th 1826 and on which was due to me from Col Joseph Hodgkins & which note was subscribed by him the sum of ninety one Dollars & fifty cents as I on the 14th day of March last made oath to, is now due to me, and that said note was given to me as a balance due to me for Wages as a labourer, I had laboured for him three years & at the rate of one hundred & twenty Dollars by the year, he had paid me a part of my wages the above note was given for the balance.
John Pingree [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss   Be it remembered that on the eleventh Day of June A.D. 1829 the above named John Pingree appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum for said County & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit. And I further certify that the said John Pingree a person of good character for truth & veracity that full credit is due to him - 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quarum
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James B Sawyer, testify depose & say that the note dated April 14th 1827 Subscribed by Joseph Hodgkins and in which there was due on the 14th day of March 1829 thirty seven Dollars & ninety Eight cents is still due to me & was for money I lent him at that time and is the same I then testified to - so help me God 
James Sawyer [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss
June 11th 1829. Be it known that on this day James B. Sawyer appeared before me Asa Andrews Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum for the said County of Essex and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit & I further certify that said Sawyer is a person of good character for truth & full credit ought to be given him. 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum  

I Samuel N Baker testify depose & say that the note dated April 1st 1828 with the Interest which made oath March 14th 1829 is still due to me & that it was given to me by Col Joseph Hodgkins for groceries consisting of Sugar coffee Molasses & articles of Cloathing delivered to him from Nov 15th 1822 & up to January 23rd 1827 so help me God 
Saml N Baker  [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss. Be it known that on this eleventh day of June A.D. 1829 Samuel N. Baker above named appeared & made oath before me one of the Justices of the
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Peace & of the Quorum for said County of Essex to the truth of the above affidavit & I further certify that the said Baker is a person of good Character for truth & veracity & full credit ought to be given him. 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace &
of the Quorum for sd County 

To Thomas Knowlton testify depose & say that the note subscribed by Col Joseph Hodgkins & given to me dated April 1st 1826 amounting on the 14th Day of March 1829 to twenty Dollars & & fifty three cents as I then made oath to is still due to me and was given to me in my business as a barber for shaving him from August 1830 to the Date of the note and was a fair charge & is honestly due to me. So help me God
Thomas Knowlton [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Be it known that on the eleventh Day of June AD 1829 Thomas Knowlton above named appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum for said County and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit & I further certify that the said Thomas is a person of good Character for truth & veracity & that full Credit ought to be given him
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum
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I John Kimball Junr. testify depose & say that the note subscribed by Joseph Hodgkins & given to me, dated January 1st 1829 amounting to sixteen Dollars & fifty cents on the 14th Day of March 1829 & to which I then made oath is still due to me & was given to me for my business as a Cooper for making & repairing his Corks tubs & barels [barrels] previous to the adjustment of our amounts & for the balance & that it is an honest & true Debt
John Kimball Jr [signature)\] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS June 11th 1829. Be it remembered that on this Day John Kimball Junr  abovenamed appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum for said County of Essex and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, and I further certify, that said John is a person of good character for truth & veracity & that full credit ought to be given him
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum  

I William Warner testify depose & say that the note subscribed by Col Joseph Hodgkins & given to me dated February 13th 1828, amounting to fourteen Dollars five cents on the 14th Day of March 1829 & to which I then made oath is still due to me & was given to me for carding wool & dressing cloth I being a Clothur, for him & his family since the year 1821 & is a past Debt so help me God -
 William Warner [signature]
  Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Be it remembered that on this eleventh Day
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June A.D. 1829 The Above named William Warner appeared
and made oath to the truth of the above before me
the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace and
of the Quorm for said County of Essex, and I further
certify that the said William is a person of good
Character for truth & veracity & full Credit ought
to be given him.
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum

I Amos Jones testify before & say that the notes 
Subscribed by Col Joseph Hodgkins dated December 3rd 1824
& another note Subscribed by him dated April 21st
1826 payable to me & on which were due March 14th
1829 Sixty Seven Dollars & seventeen cents to which
I then made oath, and that the said notes were given
to me for Blacksmiths work & materials for making
& mending farming tools & shewing Horse & oxen
from February 27th 1821 to the Date of said notes
that it is an honest & bona fide Debt so help me God
Amos Jones

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS Be it rememberd that on the eleventh day 
of June A.D. 1829 Amos Jones above named appeared &
made oath to the truth of the above before me
the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace and
of the Quarum for said County of Essex, and further
certify that the said Amos Jones is a person
of good Character for truth & veracity & full 
Credit ought to be given him
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace of the Quorum
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I Thomas Ross testify depose & say that on the 14th day of February 1825 Col Joseph Hodgkins & myself adjusted our accounts for sadlers work & business in my line of Business as a saddler for a number of years previous to that time and there was a balance of thirty Dollars due to me which sum is now honestly & actually due from him & to which I made oath on the 14th Day of March 1829 so help me God
Thomas Ross  [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.   Be it remembered that on this Eleventh
day of June A.D. 1829 Thomas Ross abovenamed appeared & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum for said County further certify that said Ross is a person of good character for truth and veracity & full credit is due to him
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of  the Quorum.
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I Mary Baker testify depose & say that the note Subscribed by Col Joseph Hodgkins due to me and dated April 27th 1826 on which there was due on the fourteenth day of March 1829 fifty two Dollars & Seventy five cents to which I then made oath, is now due to me & that it was given to me for money & lent to him so help me God-- 
Mary Baker [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS.
Be it remembered that on this eleventh day
of June A.D. 1829 Mary Baker above named appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me one of the Justices of the Peace & of the Quorum, and I further certify that she is a person of good character for truth and veracity & full credit is due to
her.
Asa Andrews
Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum. [signature]

I Hannah Hoyt testify depose & say that a note Subscribed by Col Joseph Hodgkin and due to me & an account due from him to me both amounting on the 14th day of March last to one hundred & Seventy three Dollars & forty four cents are now due to me & that the note was given to me for about eight years, wages for services in his family before the date of the said note & fifteen Dollars & 50 cents for wages since the note was given to which I made oath to on the 14th of said March
to help me God.
Hannah Hoyt [signature]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex SS.
Be it remembered that on this Eleventh
day of June A.D. 1829 Hannah Hoyt named on the preceding page appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum for said County & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit-- and I further certify that the said Hannah is a person of good character for truth and veracity & that full credit is due to her 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum.

I Stephen Coburn testify and say that the account due to me & Company & which I made oath to on the 14th of March last amounting to [illegible] Dollars and [illegible] cents is now due & that it consisted of
articles in our line of business as Shopkeeper &
was coffee, Sugar, tea, molasses & oil & charged December 18th 1827 & up to January 31st 1829 so help me God
Stephen Coburn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex Ss. Be it remembered that on this Eleventh Day of June A.D. 1829 the above named Stephen Coburn appeared before me one of the Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit & I further certify that he is a person of good Character for truth & veracity & full credit is due to him.
Asa Andrews
Justice of the Peace -
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I Aaron Wallis testify and say that the note subscribed by Col Joseph Hodgkins due to me & dated January 23rd 1829 is now due to me & to which I on the 14th day of March last made oath that four Dollars seven cents were then due to me & is now due that the said note was given to me for labor performed for said Hodgkins & is a just debt so help me God 
Aaron Wallis [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss Be it remembered that on this 11th day of June A.D. 1829 the above named Aaron Wallis appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above A & I further certify that he is a person of good Character for truth & full credit is due to him 

Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum 

I William Wade testify & say that the note due to me from Col Joseph Hodgkins dated January 23rd 1828 to amounting to ninety nine dollars & Sixty five cents on the 14th Day of March last to which I made oath at that time is now due & that the note was given to me for an account due from him to the deceased & consisted of charges for services performed & for grain & other things & for a small note 
William Wade [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
Be it remembered that on this eleventh Day of June A.D. 1829 the above named William Wade appeared
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before me the Subscriber one of the justices of the Peace & of the Quorum and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, & I further certify that the said William Wade is a person of good character for truth and ty & full credit ought to be given him
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum [signature] 

I Michael Brown testify depose & say that the note due to me from Col Joseph Hodgkins dated January 23rd 1826 amounting to twenty six Dollars & ninety four cents on the fourteenth day of March last & to which I then then made oath is now due & that the note was given to me for an account for blacksmiths work is a bona fide Debt due from him to me 
Michael Brown [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss. Be it remembered that on this eleventh day of June A.D. 1829 the above named Michael Brown appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit & I further certify that the said Michael Brown is a person of good Character for truth & veracity & full credit ought to be given him. 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum
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List of Debts.
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We the Subscribers Creditors of Col. Joseph Hodgekins of Ipswich testify depose & say that said Joseph Hodgkins is actually & bona fide indebted to us Severally, in the several Sums named set opposite our names by note or account as hereafter stated to Wit
William Wade one note dated Jan 9th 1828 which with the interest due thereon amounts to the sum of $99.65. } $99.65,

Michael Brown one note dated Jan 23, 1826 with the interest due thereon amounts the sum of $26.94. } $26.94.


Saml N. Baker one note dated April 1st 1828. which with the interest due thereon amounts to the sum of $27.33 } $27.33

Hannah Hoyt one note dated May 11th 1828 which with the interest due thereon amounts to the sum $157.94
also due to me for 31 weeks services a 50 cents per
week amounting to $15.50 } $173.44


John Kimball one note dated Jan 1. 1829. which with the interest due thereon amounts to the sum of $16.50 } $16.50

Mary Baker one note dated April 27th 1826 which with the interest due thereon amounts to the sum of $52.75 } $52.75
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continued
Amos Jones one note dated Dec 5th 1824.
which with interest due thereon amounts to the sum of $36,30 - One other note dated Apr 21, 1826
amounting with interest to the sum of $30.79 } $67.17.

James B. Sawyer one note dated April 14. 1827
which with interest due thereon amounts to the sum of } $37.28.

John Pingree one note dated March 25, 1826.
which with the interest due thereon amounts
to the sum of $91.50.  }  $91.50. 

Aaron Wallis one note dated Jan 23, 1829
which with the interest due thereon amounts
to the sum of $4.08 } $4.08

Ammi Smith one note dated Decr 12th 1827
which with the interest due thereon amounts
to the sum of $23.00  } $23.00

S. Coburn & Co. an acct for supplies of groceries
amounting to the sum of $25.33  }  $25.33
1826

Thomas Knowlton one note dated April 17th
amounting with the interest due thereon
to the sum of $20.53 } $20.53

William Warner one note dated Feb 13
1828 which with the interest due thereon
amounts to the sum of $14.05 }  $14.05

Thomas Ross an acct adjusted Feb 14, 1825
the balance now due is $30.00 } $30.00
= $770.32

[signatures]
James F Sawyer
Michael Brown
Stephen Coburn & Co
Sam J Baker
Mary Baker
John Kimball Jr.
William Warner
Amos Jones
Thomas Ross
John Pingree
Hannah Hoyt
Aaron Wallis
Thomas Knowlton
William Wade
Ammi Smith
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Inventory and appraisment of all the Real and personal 
Estate of Colonel Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, taken this day, by us the subscribers, under oath.

Homestead, two acres of land and old House & Barn - $225.00
3 acres of land near the homestead ---120.00
26 acres at Scotts Hill ----- 130.00
4 acres in Scotts lane -----90.00
4 acres of wood-land West Parish, (little wood on it) ---24.00
2 acres ____ do. ----- Hamilton --- do. ----12.00
2 Acres ____do. ------Essex------ do. ----16.00
6 Acres ___do. ------Common fields-- do. ----66.00
one Pair oxen - two cows - six sheep -----74.00
Cart, Chains, 1 yoke, shovel, hoe and fork --- 30.00
Furniture, exclusive of Bedding and clothing ---- 20.00
= $807.00

We Jabez Farley Joseph Farley and Saml N. Baker all of Ipswich in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts Esquires testify Depose and say that we have appointed the Real and Personal Estate of Joseph Hodgkins late an officer in the Revolutionary war, and that the above is the true value thereof, and that in our opinion it is unproductive Property and has much lessened in value within a few
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years, and we further certify that we knew that he was a meritorious officer and is now from age and infirmity unable to provide for himself and family 
Ipswich, March 7th 1829 - 
[signatures]
Jabez Farley 
Joseph Farley 
Samuel N. Baker 

Essex ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Be it known that on this seventh day of March 1891 The above named Jabez Farley  Joseph Farley and Samuel N. Baker appeared and took & Subscribed the above oath before me 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace 
[signature]
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I Nathaniel Wade of Ipswitch in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts testify depose and say that I have been intimate & acquainted with Col Joseph Hodgkins for about twenty years last past & for ten years past have assisted him in his business & been his agent in settling with his creditors and other concerns, and that the real Estate sold since his declaration in June A.D. 1820, has been disposed of as follows to wit, that in the sale to Sarah Law Eighty Dollars was lost to him in an insolvent Estate which was Debtor - and that he has paid Eight hundred & ten Dollars his former Debts stated in his Declaration in June 1820 and that his age & infirmities disenable him from doing business or labor and that the residue of his land unsold since June 1820 is unproductive & in consequence of his inability to labor, produces him but little income after the Expense of hiring labor & taxes and that, he has intended, the residue of the proceeds of the Sales of the real Estate stated in the Copies of said Deeds for support of himself & his wife who aged about seventy one years and that it has been insufficient for their support & that he hath contracted the Debts stated by his Creditors for the real Necessities of life & that in the Deed to John S. Appleton only about two hundred Dollars of the consideration paid belonged to said Joseph Hodgkins 
Nathl Wade [signature] 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss.  Be it remembered that on this 14th day of March A.D. 1829 personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Wade & took & Subscribed the above oath before me 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace [signature]
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Nathaniel Wade
Affidavit
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I Martha H. Pulsifer testify, depose & say that I have resided in the family of Col Joseph Hodgkins, of Ipswich and that I know that a large part of the proceeds of the Sales of his real Estate since June A.D. 1820 & contained in his declaration at that time made has been applied to the payment of his Debts then due or in his Declaration - and that on account of his age & infirmities his real Estate has produced very little income after taking out the expense for labor & taxes and he has expended the residue of the proceeds of Sales of land for the support of himself & his aged Wife that his is now embarrassed with Debts for necessary supplies for his support 
Martha H. Pulsifer [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss. Be it remembered that on this fourteenth Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty nine personally appeared the above named Martha H. Pulsifer and took & Subscribed the above oath before me Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace  [signature]
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Affidavit of
Martha H. Pulsefer
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Affidavit of Jabez Farley + others
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex SS. Be it known that on this 14th Day of March A.D. 1829 personally appeared before me the Subscriber James B. Sawyer Michael Brown Stephen Coburn Samuel N. Baker Mary Baker John Kimball Junr William Warner, Amos Jones, Thomas Ross, John Pengree, Hannah Hoyt, Aaron Walis, Thomas Knowlton William Wade & Ammi Smith and severally made oath that the several sums coned out against their respective names, were actually truly & bona fide due to them from Joseph Hodgkins therein named- 
Asa Andrews Justice of the Peace [signature]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex ss. I John Prince Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Asa Andrews Esqr before whom the forgoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Salem this twenty third day of March A.D. 1829. 
John Prince Clk [signature]
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Jos. Hodgkins.
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Schedule on the third monday of June 1820 the following change has been made in my property in my Declaration to be restored on the Pension Certificate No 11677 to wit -

[here follows a table with three columns labelled:
To whom sold
When sold
On what articles paid for
The third column appears to be one whole paragraph}

John S. Appleton | August 13th 1821. 
William Dodge | Oct. 23. 1822. 
Amos Gould | July 18th 1823
Sarah Low | March 29, 1825
Stephen Low | March 29, 1825
David T. Kimball | January 31. 126 [1826]

On what articles paid for:
Received payment in Cash except about eighty dollars on bad debt [illegible].  The residue has been aplied to the payment of eight hundred and ten dollars debts I owed in June 1820 at stated
at that time, & for the support of myself & family

Joseph Hoskins [signature]

Essex, SS. Court of Common Pleas March A.D. 1829
The above named Joseph Hodgkins took and subscribed the oath & declaration aforesaid in open Court 
Att: [attest] John Prince jr. Clk

I, John Prince, jr. Clerk of the Court aforesaid do
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule have been admitted to the Record of the said Court and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the Schedule aforesaid is eight hundred
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hundred and seven dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Salem on this twenty third day of March A.D. 1829.
John Prince jr. Clk. [signature]

[seal]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex, ss.   At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at Ipswich within and for said County of Essex on the third monday of March A.D. 1829, personally appeared in open Court the same being a Court of record for the said County of Essex proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings & having the power of fine and imprisonment Joseph Hodgkins resident in said Ipswich aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following   Declaration,  in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of 18th day of March 1818 the 18 day of May 1820 and the first day of March 1823, that he the said Joseph Hodgkins in April 1775 engaged and was appointed a Lieutenant in Capt. Nathaniel Wades Company infantry and Col. Moses Little's regiment
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for eight months & served the whole time and in January 1776 engaged and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the same company and regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment for one year and served thirteen months & was discharged and at the end of said Thirteen months, again in the year 1777 he engaged as a  Captain and was commissioned in Col Timothy Bigelow's regiment in the Massachusetts Line on the Continental establishment & served till June 1779 and was then honorably discharged, that he was in the battle and retreat at Long island and the Battle of Harlem Heights and White plains and at the Battle of Princeton & in several engagements with the enemy at the Capture of General Burgoyne and his army and at New Port. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred & eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of
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my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to 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 18th day of March 1818 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 stated, and contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -

Homestead, two acres of land and old House & Barn - - - $225.00
3 acres of land near the homestead ---120.00
26 acres at Scotts Hill ----- 130.00
4 acres in Scotts Lane -----90.00
4 acres of wood-land West Parish, (little wood on it) ---24.00
2 acres ____ do. ----- Hamilton --- do. ----12.00
2 Acres ____do. ------Essex------ do. ----16.00
6 Acres ___do. ------Common fields-- do. ----66.00
one Pair oxen - two cows - six sheep -----74.00
Cart, Chains, 1 yoke, shovel, hoe and fork --- 30.00
Furniture, exclusive of Bedding and clothing ---- 20.00
= $807.00

Joseph Hodgkins [signature]
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I further declare that I am indebted to and owe the following persons the sums annexed to their names, to wit:- 
William Wade a note of . . . . . $99.65 
Michael Brown a note of . . . . . 26.94 
Samuel N. Baker a note of . . . . . 27.33 
Hannah Hoyt a note of . . . . . 173.44 
John Kimball a note of . . . . . 16.50 
Mary Baker a note of . . . . . 52.75 
Amos Jones a note of. . . . . 67. 17 
James B. Lawyer a note of . . . . . 37.98 
John Pingree a note of . . . . . 91.50 
Aaron Wallis a note of . . . . . 4.08 
Anne Smith a note of . . . . . 23.08 . 
T, Coburn & Co a note of. . . . . 25.33 
Thomas Knowlton a note of . . . . . 20.53 
William Warner a note of . . . . . 14.05 
Thomas Ross an acct . . . . . 30.00
= $770.32
Joseph Hodgkins [signature]

I also declare that I am unable to labour on account of my extreme age, that my family consists of myself my wife Lydia aged seventy five years and very infirm and grand children all dependant on me, and that since the exhibition of my Schedule
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Copy.
Joseph Hodgkins to 
David T. Kimball
Page 53

Know all Men by these Presents, 
That I Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire in consideration of One hundred and Fifty Dollars paid me by David T. Kimball of Ipswich aforesaid Clerk the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said David Tormey Kimball and his heirs and assigns a certain tract of land lying on on Hill in said Ipswich containing four and an half acres more or less, which of Samuel Sawyer butted and bounded as follows, viz, beginning at the westerly of land formerly Robbins by brook street, thence running northwesterly by said Street twelve rods and an half to a stake and stones, thence running North 48 [degree symbol] E. Thirty rods and ten links to a stake and stones, thence running No 35 [degree symbol]  E. twenty eight rods ten links to a stake standing by a spring in the corner between land of Thomas Caldwell and land formerly of said Sawyer, thence running southerly by land by of said Sawyer, thence running more westerly by land formerly of Nathaniel Dennis and said land formerly of Robbins to the bounds first mentioned; or howsoever otherwise the same may be bounded or described; but reserving liberty for the heirs of said Nathaniel Dennis and their heirs and assigns forever to pass over the southerly end of the piece in the way heretofore used, to land set off to said Nathaniel out of his Fathers Estate. 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the afore-granted premises to the said David J. Kimball his Heirs and Assigns, to his and their Use and Behoof forever. AND I for my self my heirs, executors, and administrators, do covenant with the said David T. Kimball and his Heirs good Right to sell and convey the same to the said David T. Kimball And that I for myself my heirs, executors, and administrators, will warrant and defend the same premises to the said David T. Kimball his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We the said Joseph Hodgkins and Lydia Hodgkins wife of said Joseph who hereby in consideration as above relinquishes all her right of Dower in the premises above granted have hereunto set our hands and seals this thirty first of January Day in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six 

Joseph Hodgkins ______ seal
Lydia Hodgkins _________ seal

Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, - 
Thomas Ross 
Nathaniel Lord jr

Essex ss. 
Feb. 2. 1826. Then the above named Joseph Hodgkins and Lydia Hodgkins acknowledged the above Instrument to be their free Act and Deed--before me, 
Nathl Lord Jun Just, of Peace.

Essex ss.  Recd. Nov 29, 1827.  recorded & examined by Amos Choate Regr 

True copy of record; Book 246 leaf 185.
Attest Amos Choate Regr
Page 54

Copy
Joseph Hodgkins et ux
to Stephen Low
Page 55

Know all Men by these Presents, 
That we Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire and Lydia his wife in consideration of the sum of three hundred Dollars paid to us the said Joseph and Lydia Hodgkins by Stephen Low of the same town of Ipswich 
mariner     "    "    "
the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto him the said Stephen Low his heirs and assigns one half of a certain piece of land lying in Ipswich aforesaid containing about one quarter of an acre be the more or less bounded as follows, viz, on Annables Lane |so called| running southeast to land of the widow Elizabeth Kinsman, thence by said land southwest to land of Elizabeth Gage, thence by said land northwest till you come to land of Ezekiel Dodge Jr, then North east to the bounds first mentioned; also the half of the house which now stands premises, free of all incumbrances whatever.
Also the half of a lot of land with a barn on the same, containing seventeen rods and three links bounded by land of Thomas Burnham northwest; on  land of the heirs of Nathaniel Treadwell 3d Northeast, on land of Ephraim Kendall southeast 

To have and to hold the granted premises with the appurtenances to the said Stephen Low his heirs and assigns, to his or their use and benefit forever.  And we the said Joseph & Lydia Hodgkins for our selves our heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant with the said Stephen Low his heirs and assigns, That we are --- lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances: that they have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Stephen Low ____and that we will, and our heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said Stephen Low his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of any persons. 

In witness whereof, we the said Joseph and Lydia Hodgkins have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty ninth day of March and Twenty Five day in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  and twenty five

Joseph Hodgkins ______ seal
Lydia Hodgkins       seal

Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, -
Martha H. Pulsifer
Jabez Farley

Essex ss.
March 29. 1825. Then the abovenamed Col. Joseph Hodgkins and Lydia Hodgkins acknowledged the above Instrument to be their free act and deed--before me,
Jabez Farley Just, Peace

Essex ss. Recd. April 6. 1825.  recorded and examined by Amos Choate Regr

True copy of record; Book 238  leaf 22.
Attest Amos Choate Regr
Page 56

Copy
Joseph Hodgkins et ux
to Sarah wife of Stephen Low
Page 57

Know all Men by these Presents, That we Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq and Lydia his wife 
in consideration of the sum of three hundred Dollars paid to us the said Joseph and Lydia Hodgkins by Sarah Low of the same Town of Ipswich Trader wife to Stephen Low

the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto her the said Sarah Low her heirs and assigns one half of a certain piece of land lying in Ipswich aforesaid containing about one quarter of an acre the same more or less bounded as follows, viz, on Annables Lane so called, running southeast to land of the widow Elizabeth Kinsman, thence by said land southwest to land of Elizabeth Gage, thence by said land northwest till you come to land of Ezekiel Dodge Jr, then North east to the bounds first mentioned; also the half of the house which now stands premises, free of all incumbrances whatever.

The half of a lot of land with a barn on the same containing seventeen rods and three links bounded by land of Thomas Burnham northeast; on land of the heirs of Nathaniel Treadwell 3d Northeast, on land of Ephraim Kendall southeast.
 
To have and to hold the granted premises with the appurtenances to the said Sarah Low her heirs and assigns, to her or their use and benefit forever.  And we the said Joseph & Lydia Hodgkins for our selves our heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant with the said Sarah Low her heirs and assigns, That we are --- lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances: that they have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Sarah Low ____and that we will, and our heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said Sarah Low her heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of any persons. 

In witness whereof, we the said Joseph and Lydia Hodgkins have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty ninth day of March and Twenty Five day in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  and twenty Five

Joseph Hodgkins ______ seal
Lydia Hodgkins  _____ seal

Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, -
Martha H. Pulsifer
Jabez Farley

Essex ss.
March 29. 1825. Then the abovenamed Col. Joseph Hodgkins and Lydia Hodgkins acknowledged the above Instrument to be their free act and deed--before me,
Jabez Farley Just, Peace

Essex ss. Recd. April 6. 1825.  recorded and examined by Amos Choate Regr

True copy of record; Book 238  leaf 24.
Attest Amos Choate Regr
Page 58

Copy
Joseph Hodgkins to 
Amos Gould
Page 59

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth Esquire
For and in consideration of the sum of Eighty five Dollars paid to me in had, well and truly paid, at or before the signing, sealing and delivery of these presents, by Amos Gould of the same Town and County yeoman

the receipt whereof I the said Joseph Hodgkins do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and, by these Presents, do grant bargain and sell unto the said
Amos Gould and his heirs and assigns forever one New Right or lot of land in Turner's Hill pasture so called situated in Ipswich afoursaid being number Eleven described and bounded by the Proprietors records may appear - may appear reference thereto being had  

To have and to hold the said granted premises _____ " _____ " _____ " _____ " _____ " _____ "  unto the said Amos Gould his heirs and assigns, to his or their only proper use, benefit, and behoof forever.  And I the said Joseph Hodgkins to avouch myself the true and lawful owner of the said described premises _ _ 

and have in myself full power, good right, and lawful authority to dispose of the said lot of land _____"

And I do, for myself & my heirs,  executors and administrators hereby covenant, and agree to warrant and defend the said piece of land __

against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whatsoever, unto him the said Amos Gould his heirs,  executors administrators, or assigns.

In witness whereof, I the said Joseph have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of July  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  and Twenty Three

Joseph Hodgkins ______ seal
Lydia Hodgkins ______ seal

Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, -
Jabez Farley
Thomas Burnham

Essex ss.
July 18. 1823. Then the abovenamed Joseph Hodgkins and his wife Lydia Hodgkins personally acknowledged the aforesaid Instrument by them signed and sealed to be their free act and deed--before me,
Jabez Farley Just, Peace

Essex ss. Received January 28. 1824.  recorded and examined by Amos Choate Regr

True copy of record; Book 231  leaf 148.
Attest Amos Choate Regr
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Copy
Joseph Hodgkins to 
William Dodge
Page 61

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth Esquire

in consideration of the sum of Two hundred and eighty Dollars to me paid, by William Dodge of Ipswich aforesaid merchant

the Receipt whereof I do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said William Dodge and his heirs and assigns a certain lot situate and lying in Ipswich aforesaid known by the name of The Pinder lot and bounded as follows, beginning at the easterly corner thereof on Pinders Lane so called then running northwesterly by land of Ebenr Lord junior then running southwesterly by said Lord's land and land of said William Dodge, thence running southeasterly by said Dodge's land, then northeasterly by Pinder's Lane to the bounds first mentioned; containing about Two acres by the same more or less - being the same I purchased of John Hodgkins by his deed dated July 18. 1816. may appear.


To have and to hold the afore-granted premises to the said William Dodge and his heirs and assigns, to his or their use, benefit, and behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said William Dodge " "  " his Heirs and Assigns, That I have good Right to sell and convey the same to the said William Dodge

And I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said William Dodge " " his Heirs and Assigns forever, against he lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons. 

In witness whereof, I the said Joseph and I Lydia Hodgkins wife of said Joseph for the consideration afoursaid relinquishing all my right of Dower in the above described premises 
have hereunto set our hands and seals this Twenty Third Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty Two

Joseph Hodgkins seal
Lydia Hodgkins seal

Signed, sealed, and delivered by said Joseph in presence of us, 
Charles Kimball Nathl Lord Jr
and by said Lydia Hodgkins in presence ofess 
Enoch Pearson jun  George Haycock 

Essex ss.
Nov. 5. 1822. Then the above-named Joseph Hodgkins acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free act and Deed--before me,
Nathaniel Lord jr Just. of Peace

Essex ss. Received December 27, 1823. recorded and examined by Amos Choate Regr

True copy of record; Book 734 leaf 81.
Attest Amos Choate Regr
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15822 
3 - 2233 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Finance Division 
Nov. 29 1927 
Chief Rev and 1812 Wars Section 
I have this day received from Herbert T. Wade check in the amount of $7.35 requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith. 

Photos mailed & finance Div. ntfd - Dec 7 11927

O.. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
H.G.L.

to C.C-
Nov 3d
(no ctf)
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[Letterhead]
HERBERT T. WADE
10 EAST 43RD STREET
NEW YORK
TELEPHONE 6093 MURRAY HILL
October 13, 1927.
The Honorable,
The Commissioner of Pensions,
The Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me if it will be possible for me to have copies made by photostat or otherwise of the applications for pensions and supporting documents in the case of my great, great grandparents, Colonel Nathaniel Wad, and Captain Joseph Hodgkins of Ipswich, Mass., who served in the American Revolution and who died October 26, 1826 and September 25, 1829, respectively. The pension of Colonel Wade was granted, I believe, in April, 1818, and that of Captain Hodgkins at approximately the same time, The writer is engaged in preparing biographies of these two men and while he probably has much material nevertheless he would like to check it up with the official documents on file.
If this material is available for reproduction will you be good enough to let me know if it can be done by the Bureau at my expense or whether I must employ outside assistance.
Appreciating any interest you may manifest in this matter, I am
Very truly yours,
[Signature] Herbert T. Wade
Herbert T. Wade
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.   1-681     PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 19368
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.   November 30, 1927
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSION    Deliver to Room No. 5023

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job photostatic copies of 48 pages from Rev. War pension claim of Joseph Hodgkins, S. 32864 Mass. Troops. 
No. of copies 1 of each page shall form be kept standing?  ___days
For further information see M. M.H. Finch  Room No 5033
Phone No 541.

Approved
A.D. Withersson [signature]
Chief Clerk of Bureau Croty Recd

Margaret M. H. Finch [signature]
Chief of Branch or Division.

NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate  
Multigraph   single or double space?      Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph  one side or both sides?     Facsimile signature?
Folding    once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling   Once? Twice?   Side?   End?  

Electric typewriter    Fill in addresses?      Dated? 

Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size  Cards size
Proof list   Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)   Corrections
Fill in letters   Tabulation sheets

Photostat X   Size actual  Official use?    Repay? Yes $6,32.
Blue Print   Size   Official use?  Repay?
Remarks


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Telephone 6093 Murray Hill

BUR [illegible]
                          HERBERT T. WADE
                            10 EAST 43RD STREET
                               NEW YORK  

Check # 403                                                                       $7.35
                                                                    
Referring to - Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
                                               November 25, 1927
[stamp] FINANCE DIVISION ROOK KEEPERS DESK NOV 29 1927  BUREAU OF PENSIONS                                               

The Honorable, Winfield Scott
   Commissioner of Pensions, 
     U.S. Department of the Interior, 
         Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

I beg to thank you for your kind letter of November 21st in which you inform me that I can have photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War claims for pensions of Nathaniel Wade (S. 33334) of Ipswich, Mass and Joseph Hodgkins (S32864) of Ipswich, Mass.

Noting your statement that the total number of pages to be copied is 49 and that the charge is 15 ¢ a page, I am enclosing herewith my check to the order of the Secretary of the Interior for $7.35.

Kindly send these photostats when completed to the undersigned at the above address. 

                                                   Very truly yours,

                                                    Herbert T. Wade [signed] 

   [stamp]  U.S. PENSIONS OFFICE
               NOV. 26 1927
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section        MMS&F
                                       
November 21, 1927

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Herbert T. Wade
10 East 43rd St.
New York City.

Sir:

     I have to advise you that photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary war claims for pension of Nathaniel Wade (S33334) of Ipswich, Massachusetts, will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.(Two certificates).

The number of pages to be copied in the first named is seven, and in the last named is forty-two.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

                                       Respectfully, 

                                                    Winfield Scott
                                                     Commissioner


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                                             WINFIELD SCOTT
                                              Commissioner.
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                                                    February 27, 1937
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Mr. Howard Bush Hodgkin
Colby Road
Winchester, Kentucky                     HA-/EEL
                                                        Samuel Hodgkins - H. 5092

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Joseph Hodgkins, of Massachusetts, also, to know if there are any records of soldiers of Virginia with that surname, and further, whether or not the name is shown of more than one child of Samuel Hodgkins (R. 5092) by his first wife.

     There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War of any soldier with the surname Hodgkins, variously spelled.

     The papers in pension claim, R.5092, have been reexamined and no record found of any other children of Samuel Hodgkins, the soldier, prior to 1831 (the year in which he married Lydia), than that of Elizabeth. The statement of Lydia, soldier's widow, reads "that her said husband had one child by his first wife named Elizabeth who married Aaron Berget and has moved to Indiana, who was born on the 13 day of July 1784."

     The record of Captain Joseph Hodgkins, of Massachusetts is furnished you herewith.

                                   Very truly yours

                                   A.D. HILLER
                                   Executive Assistant
                                   to the Administrator.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51- 12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Hodgkins, Joseph   GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER. 4426 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 16. 1792
to ___ not shown-

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.