Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18866, Job Haskell, Mass. N.H.
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(3─1776)

SERVICE  
Mass.  
N.H.

Haskell, Job

NUMBER 
S. 18866

carded

CONTENTS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

28737
Vermont
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Job Haskell
of Tunbridge in the State of Vermont 
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Ballards of the Regt commanded 
by Colo Fry in the Massachusetts 
Militia, for 18 mos and 23 days.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, 
at the rate of 112 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 
1834, and sent D. Cobb  Strafford VT
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 - - - - - -187.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept [1834] - 31.22 
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$218.54
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester  Clerk
Book E  Vol. 3  Page 72
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Vermont, Orange County } ss  
On this 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Titus Hutchinson, Daniel Cobb & Thomas Jones Judges of the Court of Orange County now sitting Job Haskell, of Tunbridge  in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged eighty  seven years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
He enlisted as a corporal in April 1775 the next week after the battle at Lexington for the term of eight months at Amesbury Ms. [Massachusetts] in Capt William H Ballard's company Enoch Page Lt. - Poor, Ensign, marched to Cambridge Ms., where he joined the Regt. James Fry, Col. Brickett, Lt. Col. - Poor, Maj. was employed in erecting a Fort on Prospect Hill & breastworks on Cable Hill & Plover Hill & one other Fort on breast works called Putnam's Fort, here he remained the whole term of his enlistment was Discharged & went to Hampton Falls where he lived
In the Last of Nov. 1776 he again enlisted as a substitute for one Ebenezer Page for the term of three months at Chichester N. H. into Benj. Sia's company - Kimball Lt. to go on winter campaign in the state of New York from Chichester he marched to Concord N. H. then to Worcester Ms, then to [Dartmore?] Ct, then to Hartford Ct, then to Danbury Ct.  The company being destitute of a Fifer & Capt Jos Pearsons having two in his company, he was transferred to Capt Pearsons company & the Fifer a black man to Capt. Sia's company the soldiers joked him for being swaped [swapped] for a negro, from there to a plain then called Pitts hill or Pitch Hill in the State of New York where were four companies as he understood of New Hampshire men here he was on scouting parties after the Tories & guarding the Highlanders - till his enlistment expired which he thinks was on the first of March '77 when he was discharged & went home.
He again enlisted at Chichester in the month of July 1777 as a Sergeant for the term of six months in Capt. Joseph Pearson's company & Joseph Dow Lt. Jonas Leavitt Ensign from there marched to Exeter N. H. from there to Providence R.I. four companies of N. H. forces were here Col. Joseph Center's commander took boats  Landed at a plain called Warwicks Neck in sight of the British guards ships here he was on guard & fatigue till he marched 

[note: a few numbers in left margin(1-3 and "on roll 5.10"]
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marched to a place called Seconnet or Conchasett about thirty miles toward the cape where we lay till Burgoyne surrendered when we returned to the neck here we remained till first of Jany his enlistment being out, was dismissed & returned home.
In August 1778, he was Capt of the militia in Chichester N.H. when he received orders from Col. McCleary to get all the volunteers he could & go to Rhode Island in haste to join Gen. Sullivan  he obtained about six men from his company rode to Howlands Ferry was ordered to cross with the horses did so was stationed upper part of town of Portsmouth not far from Decater hill.  Gen. Whipple commander of the volunteer forces from N.H. John Sherman his aide Wenton Pickett guard, in a few days all who had horses were ordered to leave left the Island & went home.  he was out in this service a few days over six weeks
He was born at Hampton Falls N.H. 1744 Nov. 22nd - O.S. has no record of his age[.]   when he first enlisted was living in Hampton Falls afterwards at Chichester N.H.
Since the revolutionary war has lived in Chichester N.H. & Strafford & Tunbridge Vt where he now lives
he volunteered in the service except his second enlistment & then was a substitute as stated, has already stated the names of the officers he can recollect & the general circumstances of his services, excepting that when at Warwicks Neck the first time the militia were all called out & great movement made towards Rhode Island
he never received a written discharge or sergeant's warrant
He is known to Elder George Hackett, Capt. John Moody, Col. David Knox, Ebenezer Hackett Esq= & many others in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, he has no documentary evidence, & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his 2nd & 4 enlistments

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State to his knowledge.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  
[signed] Job Haskell

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] H.E.G. McLaughlen  Clerk
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I Deborah Bacheldor of Strafford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged seventy three years, depose & say that I have been acquainted with Capt Job Haskell of Tunbridge in said Orange County from my childhood to the present time, at the commencement of the Revolutionary War he & I lived in the same town, he in that part called Hampton Falls & I in the part called Hampton Town, the said Town of Hampton N.H. being then divided into two parishes 
he lived with his Father.  I am first cousin to the said Haskell. 
 Within a few days after the Lexington battle the said Job Haskell enlisted into the army as a Corporal for eight months, this I believe because while he was in the war I was frequently at his Father's house at Hampton Falls "backwards & forwards every now & then" & he was absent eight months.  I also recollect it was stated he enlisted as a corporal & when he returned from the war he was called Corporal.  Capt Haskell moved from Hampton Falls within a year or two after the war commenced to Chichester, N.H. now called Pittsfield.  In 1783 I moved with my husband to Loudon N.H. & lived about two miles of said Capt Job Haskell & often heard him converse about his war campaign & about his taking the place of Ebenezer Page for three months & being swaped [swapped] for a Black man, a Fifer, at the time he went to the State of New York.  I also recollect of his stating his last enlistment was for six months that he went to Rhode Island & was a Sergeant in his last enlistment.  I also recollect of having his wife complain that her husband (the said Haskell) had been gone a great deal in the war.  When I moved to Loudon the said Job Haskell was called Capt Haskell & I understood he had some years previous been a [called Capt Haskell - crossed out] Captain of a Militia company.  He has since borne the same title
I do not now recollect of his informing me about any service he did in the war when he was a Capt of the Militia, - when he made a statement I always believed [end of page]
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believed him for every lady used to say when Capt Haskell said a thing was so, it was so --
[signed] Deborah Bacheldor

Subscribed & sworn to this 18th day of February 1834 before [signed] Daniel Cobb  {Councillor & ex officio Just. Peace

I certify that the above named Deborah Bacheldor is a credible person & to me well known
[signed] Daniel Cobb {Councillor & ex officio Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Orange County ss}  I H.E.G. McLaighlen Clerk of Orange County Court do hereby certify that Daniel Cobb who has affixed his name to the foregoing is a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths & that the same is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Chelsea this sixth day of March AD 1834
[signed] H.E.G. McLaughlen  Clerk
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7646
Job Haskell

Aug 1778
Pri. Cap [Pai??]  117 ds

30/117/3
90
27

j

Admit as private - 18 mos & 22 days $112.44

[illegible]

Per roll. Capt Sias 5.10
     [Capt] Parsons 3 27
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   .  .  .8.7
  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .1.15
[total] 18.22

[?] July 1834
D. Cobb
Strafford

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333/1888/ 5,4
1665
1230

3/371

/1888/
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
18 June 1833 
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim. under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, ( thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Job Haskell, Orange Co. Vermont

1775 - 8 mos - Corporal -Col. Fry - 87 - Mass - Living as to one term traditionary
1776#- 3 mos - Private - 
1777* - 6 mos - Sergeant - Col. Center
1778 - 1 mo, 12 days - Capt. - Col. McClary

#  on roll - 5 mos 10 days
*  """""""" - 3 mos 27 - Pr


I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

It cannot readily be admitted that the above service is insusceptible of proof, and the regulations require the production of the best to be had,  The [?] of the first and last tours must be satisfactorily shown before they can be admitted.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
   This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops." "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers. &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.   Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
   Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
   As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of_____}
County of_____ } ss.
   On this_____day of_____personally appeared (a) before_____A.B. a resident (b) of_____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of_____aged (c)_____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with _____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers:
    [in brackets:]  Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  (L.)  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [end of brackets]

   He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency for the State of
   Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A.B.
     [in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court.

   And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
   I_____of the Court of _____do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_____for a pension.
   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____day of_____&c.

   If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
   Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
   (k)  We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
   Sworn to and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
    [in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
   And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
   I,_____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this _____day of_____&c.

   Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
   If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  [end of page]
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person  will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the county in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
   The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State Troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
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 services.
6.  To a Soldier {  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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.

   The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
   The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons---one of whom should be the nearest clergymen, if one lives in  the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergymen, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
    The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
   Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
   Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of Court or County, under his seal of office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
   No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authorized before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

  (a)  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
   (b)  The declarant must make his declaration in the cpounty where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
   (c)  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
   (d)  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
   (e)  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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."
   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 [in italics:] about three or four months, [end italics] in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
   (f)  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
   (g)  The opinion of the Court is always required.
   (h)  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
   (i)  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
   (j)  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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
   [double brackets]  The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops.  The proof required by rule [?] note (j) applies to continental troops only.
   (k)  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
   (l)  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
   (m)  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCB/eel

April 6, 1929
Lucinda Haskell Dickinson
50 Prospect Street
Ashtabula, Ohio
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18866, it appears that Job Haskell was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, November 22, 1744, old style.
While living in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, he enlisted in April, 1775 and served eight months as a corporal in Captain William H. Ballard's Company, Colonel Joseph Frye's Massachusetts Regiment.
While living in Chichester, New Hampshire, he enlisted in November, 1776, and served three months as a private in Captains Benjamin Sims' and Parsons' (not Pearson See N. H. State Papers)  New Hampshire Companies; he enlisted in July, 1778, and served six months as a sergeant in Captain Joseph Parsons' Company in Colonel Joseph Senter's New Hampshire Regiment; while serving as a captain of a company of militia in Chichester, New Hampshire, he was ordered to join General
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Sullivan on his expedition to Rhode Island and served from some time in August, 1778, six weeks as a private in Capttain Joseph Parsons' New Hampshire Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 22, 1832, while he was living in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont.
The soldier's wife is referred to but her name is not stated.
No charge is made for this service.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C

[stamp]  U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 25 1928

Will you please send me information necessary for joining D.A.R. regarding Job Haskell a Revolutionary soldier - He drew a pension which is recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 3 Page 72
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by Henry H. Sylvester
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[page 2]  

Law of June 7 - 1832-
If there is a fee for this kindly write me & I will remit -
Respectfully-
Lucinda Haskell Dickinson
50 Prospect St
Ashtabula Ohio
---
Aug. 23-1928-
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[stamp]
LAW DIVISION
AUG 7 1911
RECEIVED

Sir 
Kindly look up the pensions numbers of one Job Haskell of New Hampshire.
Both he & his father were in the revolution & one got a pension. He was born in 1744, died in 1837.
Would you name one or two battles he was in ?
Mrs. Susie H Burtch
226 East 5th St
Hutchinson
Kansas
Aug. 3. 1911
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2 [cents] Postage Stamford and addl. Env rec'd FNB.

Hearthstone,
Jefferson, Ohio.
11 / 28 / 22.
Rev. Sec W
The Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -- Please send me information as to the services rendered by
Job Haskell in the Revolutionary War, and also in what regiment he inlisted.  His record you will find in
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 72 -- Henry H. Sylvester, Clerk.
I am enclosing you stamped addressed envelope for answer, and thank you for your trouble. If there is any fee, I shall be glad to pay it.
Very truly yours,
[signed]  Isabelle H. Lampson
.
(Mrs. R. D. Lampson.)
.
P.S. Also his title if any.


[stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
A
DEC 1 1922
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18866
INVALID.

File No. 18,866
Job Haskell
Pri Rev War 

Act:  June 7th '32
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 167

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.


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1911 Aug 10 Hist. to Susie H, Burtch  V.L.M.
1922, Dec 22 hist to Mrs. R. D. Lampson - Eu --
1929, Apr. 6., hist to Lucinda H. Dickinson
M.C.S.
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ion as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Job Haskell S.F. 18866
April, 1775 . . . 8 mos . . .Corpl . . .Captain William H Ballard . . Colonel James Fry . . . .Mass
Nov 1776 . . . 3 mos . .Private . . Captain Benjamin Sias , Pearson. . N.H. 
July 1777.. . . 6 mos. . . .Sergeant. . . Captain Joseph Pearson. . Colonel Joseph  Senter. . .N. H. 
1778 . . .[check mark] . .Capt of Chichester Militia .. NH
Aug. 1778 . . 3 weeks . . Pvt . . Captain Joseph Pearson . . NH

Battles engaged in, none are stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hampton Falls N. H. 
Date of application for pension, Aug 22, 1832. His cl was not al. 
Residence at date of application, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt
Age at date of application, b at Hampton Falls, N.H. Nov 22, 1744, (old style). 
Remarks: Soldier's wife is referred to but no name is stated.
Very Respectfully,  
Commissioner.
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Strafford  March 17th 1834
The papers in the case of Capt. Job Haskell after making further exertions and obtaining more testimony are herewith returned to the War Department for final decision, there being no probability of obtaining further evidence.  I have taken the liberty which I presume is consonant to the wishes of the Department to give a brief Statement of the evidence as applicable to the different enlistments

In 1775 8 months Corporal}  The evidence of this enlistment & service is comprised in the affidavits of Wells, Miller & Mrs. Deborah Bachelder.  Wells states he enlisted for 5 months in 1775 in last of July or first of August, when he joined the army  Haskell was there as a soldier & in the same company with him the said Wells, & he understood Said Haskell had been in the service sometime before but how long he does not remember
Mrs D. Bachelder's affidavit states such facts as constitute the best kind of traditionary evidence
David Miller's affidavit - traditionary 

In 1776, 3 months}  The affidavit of Mrs. D. Bachelder as above & relates further facts

In 1777, six months as Sergeant}  affidavbit of David Miller contains positive proof - affidavit of Mrs. D. Bachelder  Traditionary

In 1778 1 month & 12 days}  No corroborating testimony - the said Job Haskell in reply to the Question contained in a letter from War Department - says he did receive a commission as Captain in the Militia in the Spring of 1778 & he is very confident it was signed by Gen. Badger - which he has lost.

I am personally acquainted with the above named Deponents (except N. Wells) & I know they rank in the first class for credibility.  David Miller & Jethro Bachelder (husband of D. Bachelder) are what we call [forth?] [illegible]  [end of page]
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"forehanded Farmers"  Capt Job Haskell's character for truth & veracity has not only never been questioned but is equal to any persons among us
Capt Haskell informs me he has no hopes of obtaining better testimony than he now presents, having sent again into New Hampshire for that purpose he finds his former statements correct - "that his former associates are either dead or gone to parts unknown," had Nathaniel Wells been now living he thinks he should be able to remove some doubt which the Department have heretofore had about his first enlistment.  Mr. Wells stated in his affidavit that Job Haskell had been in the army sometime before he Wells joined it.  by reexamining the affidavit of Mr. Wells the Department may come to the conclusion that Wells' statement as to the length of Haskell first service, does not disagree with Haskells.  Wells states nothing about Haskells grade in the service - to remove this objection & obtain a more full & particular statement from Wells a person (Wells, Moody) was sent to Gilmanton N.H. with the affidavit of Wells & two or three [unknown] therein to obtain a new one from Wells, but upon the persons arrival there Wells was dead.  The affidavit returned & the [unknown] erased
I am very respectfully yours &ct
[signed]  Danl Cobb
P.S. Capt. Haskell's service was all in the Militia

[upside down]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm Pensions
City of Washington
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[along the side]  Vt  July 23

Strafford [NH?]  July 17 pres

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington  DC
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Strafford  July 17, 1834

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir  Yours of 1st July instant advising me that I may have a Pension Certificate for Sixty two Dollars & forty four cents per annum, is received
I have concluded to accept of such Certificate for my revolutionary Services & request you to forward the same to Daniel Cobb of Strafford Vermont
I am respectfully yours
[signed] Job Haskell

Attest [signed] Danl. Cobb
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Job Haskell's
Declaration

7646

Pension [illegible]  6, 12


Communication from War Department 
to be made to Daniel Cobb
Strafford N.H.
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Affidavit

Nathl. Wells for Job [Haskell -- covered up]


[writing at bottom illegible]
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I Nathaniel Wells of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire formerly of Pittsfield in said State aged eighty two years, depose and say that I enlisted as a soldier into the Company commanded by Captain William Ballard in Col. Fry's Regiment in the Militia establishment in the Massachusetts line sometime in the last of July or first of August in the year 1775 for the term of five months and well and faithfully served in the revolutionary war the said term of five months at Cambridge in Massachusetts and then was discharged the last of December
And I further depose and say that Job Haskell now of Tunbridge in the State of Vermont and formerly of Pittsfield* in the State of New Hampshire was in and belonged to the aforesaid Company and Regiment and did well and faithfully serve in said war with me the whole term of five months and I think he was discharged the same time that I was.  I further depose and say that the said Haskell was at Cambridge when I went there and I understood he had been in the service sometime before but how long I do not remember
[signed] Nathaniel Wells

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss}  September 4th 1832
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year last above written
Before me [signed] John Wells  Just. Peace

[I here]by certify that the within named deponent is a credible witness
before me [signed] John Wells Just. Peace

*Then a part of the Town of Chichester N.H.

Just. fees 50 cts
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GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING.
KNOW YE, that John Wells, of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Strafford commissioned and sworn on the tenth day of August 1832, since which date he has held said commission

in the said State, duly commissioned and Sworn, and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court, within and out of State.

In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be affixed.

Given under my hand, at Concord, this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three and in the fifty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
[signed] Samuel Dinsmoor

BY THE GOVERNOR.
[signed]  Joseph Robinsin  Deputy Secretary of State..
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I David Miller of Strafford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged seventy one years depose and say that  I am & have been acquainted with Job Haskell of Tunbridge in said Orange County who is now making application for a pension before Orange County Court, under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832[.]   ever since I was  small boy I think for more than sixty years past, I lived in the town of Hampton Falls N.H. at the time of the battle at Lexington Ms, within ten or fifteen rods of said Haskell I understood said Haskell enlisted soon after said battle, the first time I saw him after he was absent was in the winter following  I have always believed & now do that said Haskell was during his absence above stated in the American Army
In 1777 sometime previous to the surrender of Burgoyne's army I was in the service with the said Haskell & in the same company said Haskell was Sergeant of the company, Joseph Pearsons Capt., Jos Dow Lt, Jones Leavitt Ensign, he the said Haskell enlisted into said company as Sergeant for the term of six months & served his time out  I was discharged at the same time said Haskell was & further the deponent saith not
[signed] David Miller

Sworn & subscribed to this 22nd day of August 1832 Before 
[signed] Daniel Cobb{ Ast Judge of Orange County Court

I certify that the above named David Miller is a creditable person & to me well known
[signed] Daniel Cobb  Judge of Orange County Court
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State of Vermont   Orange County Clerk's Office
24 August AD 1832
I H.E.G. McLaughlen Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that Daniel Cobb before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a judge of Orange County Court Duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day & year above written
Attest  [signed]  H. E. G. McLaughlen
Clerk
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss.}  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in said Orange County Job Haskell who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & 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 & in the following grades for eight months he served as a Corp[oral in Capt Ballard's Company in the year 1775.  For three months as a private in Capt. Sia's & Pearson's Company in the years 1776 & 1777 [.]  For six months he served as a Sergeant in Capt Pearson's company in the year 1777 & forepart of the year 1778.  For six weeks in 1778 when he was Capt. of the Militia in Chichester N.H. he volunteered & joined the company commanded by Capt Jos Pearson's on Rhode Island & served in said company as a private said six weeks making in the whole of his service in the Revolutionary War Eighteen months & one half & for such service I claim a pension, and I further depose and say that the officers & soldiers with whom I was acquainted are all dead or gone to parts unknown except Mr. David Miller.  I have sent to Gilmanton N.H. for the purpose of obtaining proof & learning where my brother soldiers were but have not been able to obtain proof or information about them.  Nathl. Wells whose Deposition is annexed is now dead, my design was to have obtained a more full statement from him about my services said Wells died in Jany last as I am informed & verily believe. 
[signed] Job Haskell

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this first day of August 1833
[signed] Daniel Cobb {Judge of the Court & Jus. Peace ex officio

I certify that Job Haskell above named is a credible person & to me well known
[signed] Daniel Cobb {Judge of the Court & Jus. Peace ex officio

State of Vermont
Orange County ss}  I Harris Hale Clerk of Court of Orange County certify that Daniel Cobb is magistrate as above [covered by seal] & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of office & subscribed my name this first day of August in the year 1833
[signed]  Harris Hale {Clerk of the Court of Orange County
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We, George Hackett, a clergyman residing in the town of Tunbridge, County of Orange & State of Vermont & John Moody  residing in the Tunbridge aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Job Haskell, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. 
[signed] George Hackett   John Moody

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after 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 certify, that it appears to them that George Hackett, who has signed the preceding Certificate, residing in Tunbridge, is a Clergyman, and that John Moody who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credable [credible] person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
[signed] H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk

I H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk of the County Court of Orange County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court int he matter of the application of Job Haskell for a pension.  In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 24th day of August AD 1832.
[signed] H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk