Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,524, Hezekiah Hamlet, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.H.

Hamlet, Hezekiah

NUMBER
R. 4524

CONTENTS
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE

County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this 28th day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Amherst 
within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,

Hezekiah Hamlet a resident in the town of Dunstable in said county who being 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, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
about the first of July 1776 he enlisted for five
months and served said term out in Cap(tain) . Barns or perhaps Baron's company (he supposes of militia), in Col(onel). Wingate's regiment.   The other officers of the company and regiment whose names he remembers 
but were Lieut(enant) Gilmore, Ensign Scobey, Lieut(enant) Col(onel). Conner and Adjutant Underwood.   He was stationed or Mount Independence. The regiments of Col(onel). Stark and Col(onel). Poor were stationed at
or near the same place

In the fall of 1777 he enlisted for two months and served in Capt(ain). Clark's company of N(ew). H(ampshire). Militia.  The other officers of the company he does not recollect nor does he know what regiment he belonged. He went first to Bennington, Vermont as ordered-- staid(stayed) there a few days-- was then ordered to Stillwater and joined the army and remained with it till after the surrender of Burgoyne and was after that event dismissed before his term of service was out   How long he was in this service it is not in his power to state, but he is confident it was more than one month. He believes a part of the company went to Fort Edward were there a few days, but on account
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of being unwell he did not go. He received for his service one months pay

He was born at Nottingham, N(ew).H(ampshire)  June 22. 1756. He
has no record of his age, but his birth is recorded upon the records of Nottingham When called into the service he lived in 
- Lyndeborough N(ew) .H(ampshire). Since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Litchfield, Nottingham Londonderry, and for about thirty years past in Dunstable, N(ew).H(ampshire). in the last of which places he now lives.    He received no written discharge from the service. Deacon Elijah Leach and Capt(ain). Thomas Robey of Dunstable are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for truth &
their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State,
and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
(signed) Hezekiah Hamlet

(signed) Edmund Parker Judge of Probate

We Samuel H. Tolman, a Clergyman residing in the town of Amherst  in the County of Hillsborough aforesaid and Isaac Foote residing in Dunstable in the county aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hezekiah Hamlet who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is  
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
(signed) Samuel Tolman
(signed) Isaac Foot
(signed) Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Samuel H Tolman who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Amherst and that Isaac Foot
who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Dunstable and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

(signed) Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate 

I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Hezekiah Hamlet for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord  one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 

(signed) C H Atherton 
Register of Probate,
for said county of Hillsborough 

(seal affixed)
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.

At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Hezekiah Hamlet and the following answers given in oath to wit:

1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer,  at Nottingham N(ew) H(ampshire) 
June 22, 1756

2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?   I have no record.   My my birth is recorded on the record of Nottingham

3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,   When called into the service I lived Lyndeborough, N(ew). H(ampshite),  Since the war I have lived in Litchfield, Nottingham Londonderry, and for about thirty years part in Dunstable, N(ew).H(ampshire). in the last of
which places he now lives

4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, I enlisted

5.  State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I believe all the particulars within my recollection required by this interrogatory are stated in my foregoing declaration.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become
of it? Answer, I received no discharge


7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Deacon Elijah Leach & Capt(ain). Thomas Robey  of Dunstable  & Samuel H. Tolman,  who is the Clergyman living nearest to me  

Certified by (signed) C. H. Atherton  Register.
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No 89
Hezekiah Hamlett
8541
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NH 8541-
Hezekiah Hamlet.

on Roll of Capt(ain)
Barron Co(mpany). Col(onel) Wangal?
Reg(imen)t period of service not 
mentioned-- on Roll
Capt(ain) Clarks Co(mpany). for
25 days only

4 mon(th)s & 25 days
Rejected 
No(vember) 22 1832
Titus Brown
(lined out CH Atherton Esq(uire) 

Franceston? 
N(ew) H(ampshire)
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NH 8541

BRIEF in the case of Hezekiah Hamlet
of Dunstable in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (left blank)

3. How old is he? 76

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(table begins) 

Period.
about In 1776 July 1
Fall of 1777 believes

Duration of Service.
Years    Months,   Days
------       4          -----
------       1          -----

Rank.
As a
Private-
---

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt(ain) Barnes or, Barron Col(onel) Wingate
Cap(ain)  Clark

(table ends)

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lyndeborough N(ew).H(ampshire) 

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
(signed) Sam(uel)  J Potts
Examining Clerk
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August 16, 1939
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Mr. Thurlow M. Gordon
Wright, Gordon, Zachary & Parlin
65 Wall Street
New York City

HEZEKIAH HAMLET
R. 4524
RA-7/MMF: MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request a complete copy of the papers in pension claim, R. 4524, based upon service of Hezekiah Hamlet in the Revolutionary War, the
soldier whose record was furnished you January 30, 1939, in order to determine the place of his residence during the period 1786-1790, also the date of his death, or to know where that date might be recorded.

Photostatic copies of papers on file in the claim cited above will be furnished you for twenty-five cents a page. The number of
pages to be copied is three. 

Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Veterans
Administration, Arlington Building, this city.

It may be stated that the additional information you state you desire is not shown in this claim. The date of his death is not shown nor residence in 1786-1790. It is suggested that the date of his death  might be recorded in Dunstable, New Hampshire. 
 
It is suggested, further, that information in regard to his military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War
Department, this city.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Ex'f.   OLD WAR 

No. 4524
(lined out Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.)

REJECTED
Hezekiah Hamlet

P. O. 
1852 List of Rejected + Suspended
claims showed cause of Service
rejection as followsshows cause of
ection, as follows:
"He did not serve six months"
Enlisted:   18 
Discharged:   18
Application filed:   18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney
P.O. 

(sideways on left margin) 
1939 Jan(uary)  30  Dtest(?) to Thurlow M Gordon  MLB
1939 Aug(ust) 16  Cost plus tax (ditto) (ditto) MNJ
1939 Sept(ember) 12  Photo mailed to Thurlow M Gordon Acc(ountin)g DW notified same day MLB
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Hezekiah Hamlet
N(ew) Hampshire
act June7, 1832
Rejected See letter
15 March 1844 to Hon(orable) 
A. H. Sevier (Did not draw
this letter of 4 pages as it pertained to so many call? and only ref(erence) to this sol(dier)  was that he did not serve six months MLB. )
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September 12, 1939

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Mr. Thurlow M. Gordon
C/o Wright, Gordon, Zachry & Parlin
Sixty-three Wall Street
New York City 

HEZIKIAH HAMLET
R. 4524
BA-J/MMIF:MLB

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herewith, as requested, photostatic copies of three pages of the originals thereof,  on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R. 4526, based
upon service of Hezekiah Hamlet in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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NO. 473
RA-J/MLB

September 6, 1939xxxx
WAR & NAVY, Branch 970

REV. & 1812 WARS SECTION XXXXXXXXX
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Rev(olutionary). War claim for pension of
Hezekiah Hamlet 
File No. R. 4524   Actual        one of each page 

75 cents              3 pages 

Kindly leave margin of 1-1/2
inches at top of each page
and return papers in folder with
corresponding name and number.

Chief, Rev(olutionary) & 1812 Wars Section
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Rev(olutionary) + 1812

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WRIGHT, GORDON, ZACHRY & PARLIN
(COTTON, FRANKLIN, WRIGHT & GORDON)
SIXTY THREE WALL STREET
NEW YORK 

CABLE ADDRESS "OTTOFRANK"

BOYKIN C. WRIGHT
THURLOW M. GORDON
WALLACE P. ZACHRY
CHARLES C. PARLIN
EDWARD L. WILLIAMS
HAROLD FREINDEL
JAMES A. FOWLER, JR.
GEORGE H. SAVAGE
CLIFTON MURPHY
JOHN T. CAHILL
R. GRAHAM HEINER
JAMES D WISE
BLACKWELL SMITH
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August 25, 1939

(Stamp  RECIEVED AUG(ust) 29 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV 
Reader No. 22
VET(eran)S ADM(inistration) )

(stamp 5715) 

Veterans Administration
Washington DC

Dear Sirs--

Hezekiah Hamlet
R.4524
BA-J/MMHF: MLB

Referring to the above matter - & to your letter of August 16, 1939-- I should like very much to have photostatic copy of the pension claim of Hezekiah Hamlet for services in the Revolution 

I enclose my check for 75c -(3 pages at 25c per page).  Please sedn the photostatic copy to me at my home address --
433 East 52nd St-- New York City N(ew) Y(ork) 

Thank you for your trouble in this matter 
Very truly yours
Thurlow M. Gordon
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(letterhead begins) 
WRIGHT, GORDON, LACHRY & PARLIN
(COTTON, FRANKLIN, WRIGHT & GORDON)
SIXTY-THREE WALL STREET
NEW YORK 

CABLE ADDRESS
"COTTOFRANK"

BOYKIN C. WRIGHT
THURLOW M. GORDON
WALLACE PZACHBY
CHARLES C. PARLIN
EDWARD L WILLIAMS
HAROLD F. REINDEL
JAMES A. FOWLER, JR.
GEORGE H.
SAVAGE
CLIFTON MURPHY
JOHN T. CAHILL
R. GRAHAM HEINER
JAMES DWISE
BLACKWELL SMITH
WILLIAM W. DULLES
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(stamp  begins) 
REC(EIVE)D
FEB(ruary) 17 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM
READER4
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February 13, 1939

Veterans' Administration
Washington
D. C.

File ref. Hezekiah Hamlet
R. 4524-- Ba-J/MLB
Attention of A. D. Hiller

Gentlemen:-
I received and wish to thank you for your letter
of January 30 with regard to Hezekiah Hamlet. This information is exceedingly interesting to me. I should appreciate it very much if I could obtain a complete copy of his application
for a pension ( R. 4524 ) and of any supporting papers which may have accompanied it.   I am particularly anxious to know where he was living during the years 1786 to 1790, and
I think that the information given in this application may perhaps be what I require.

I am surprised that he is recorded as not having received a pension as I had been informed by the New Hampshire Historical Society that he had received one. But perhaps he may have received one from the State of New Hampshire itself.

If there is any charge for copying the material I
desire, I should be glad to pay it.


Very truly yours,
(signed)  Thurlow M. Gordon 

TMG: MS

P.S. I am particularly anxious to ascertain
the date of his death. If there is any
place-- either in her department or in the War
Department or elsewhere - where this might be recorded I should appreciate it if you would let me know   TM Gordon
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January 30, 1939
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HEZEKLAH HAMLET
R. 4524
BA-J/MLS

Thurlow M. Gordon
435 East 52nd Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Hezekiah Hamblet (Hamblett
or Hamlet) who, you state, was born June 22, 1756, in Hudson, New Hampshire, and in 1832 was residing in Dunstable, New Hampshire or
Massachusetts, where you think he received a pension on account of his service.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Hezekiah Hamlet, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War
records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 4524, based upon his service in
 that war. 

Hezekiah Hamlet (as soldier signed) was born June 22, 1756, in Nottingham, New Hampshire, where his birth was recorded. The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, Hezekiah Hamlet enlisted about July 1, 1776, served as private in Captain Barron's company, Colonel Wingate's New Hampshire regiment, stationed on Mount
Independence, and was discharged after having served a tour of four months. He enlisted in the fall of 1777, served as private in Captain Clark's New Hampshire company, was ordered to Stillwater where he remained until after the surrendered of Burgoyne and was then discharged after having served one month. 

After the Revolution, the soldier resided in Litchfield, Nottingham, Londonderry, and about 1802 moved to Dunstable, Hillsborough
County, New Hampshire.

While living in Dunstable, New Hampshire, Hezekiah Hamlet applied for pension August 28, 1832, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, but his claim was not allowed as he did not render six months service as required by the pension law.---
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[illegible]
next time
It is not stated whether Hezekiah Hamlet were ever married, nor is
the date of his death shown in this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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435 East 52nd St
New York City
Dec 10- 1938
The U.S. Pension Office
Washington DC
Dean Sirs-
I have been trying to
find the date of the death of
a certain Hezekiah Hamblet
(or Hamblett - or Hamlet)
who was born in Hudson N. H.
June 22, 1756- and received a
pension for services in the
Revolutionary war. He was
living in Dunstable (N.H. or Mass ?)
in 1832- I assume that

[In round stamp] REC'D DEC 13 1938 MAIL SUB.DIV. VETS ADM READER 4
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The records of the Pension
Office will probably show
the date when he stopped
drawing a pension & the date
of his death.
I should appreciate it
very much if you could
give me these dates - and
also where he was living
at the time.
Thanking you for any trouble
that you may take in the matter.
Very Truly yours
Thurlow M. Gordon
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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
Hezekiah Hamlet --- 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? 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?
no-
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?
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?
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?
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 --- days, 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.
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 affidavits must be properly 
authenticated, as above directed.
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.
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