Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16602, Aaron Hibbard, Conn.
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(8-1776)
Service
Number
[handwritten] Conn.   Hibbard, Aaron  W.16602
[handwritten] Sarah
Contents
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1027.
New Hampshire
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Aaron Hibbard
of Bath in the State of NH
who was a Fifer in the company commanded
by Captain Childs of the regt commanded 
by Col Bradley in the NH [crossed through]
line for 2 years from 1777.
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Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of 88 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of October
1832 and Sent Ira
Goodall Bath NH
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $132--
Semi=annl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 - 44
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$176
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book D Vol 125 Page 160.
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2207
New Hampshire
Sarah Hibbard
widow of Aaron Hibbard
dec
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the - 1835
of Grafton in the State of N.H.
who was a fifer in the Co commanded
by Captain Childs of the regt commanded
by Col Bradley in the NH [lined through]
line for 2 years                Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 88 dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 Day of April
1839- and sent to Goodall
Woods, Bath, N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $264.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 44.00
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$308.00
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Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by DMcCurdy Clerk,
Book A. Volume 1. Page 42
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Marriage Aaron Hibbard to Sarah Merrill
fourteenth Octr one thousand seven hundred
eighty nine

Mr. Jacob Hurd Just o Peac
A true copy from the town records of Bath
with the exception of the date which is expressed
on the record in fair legible figures
and letters as follows [illegible] 14th Octr 1789
Attest William V Hutchins} Town Clerk
of Bath

I William V Hutchins above named depose
& say that I hold the office of Town Clerk
in the Town of Bath aforesaid County of
Grafton & State of New Hampshire & that the
above is a true extract from the records
of Said town with the exceptions above
named as certified by me
September 14th 1838 William V. Hutchins} Town Clerk
of Bath 
aforesaid

State of New Hampshire
Grafton SS. September 14th 1838 -
Sworn to before me - 
Andrew S. Woods, Justice of the Peace -
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No 5510
Aaron Hibbard
by Wife
on roll of Col P B 
Bradley's Regt Cont Line
enlisted 8 Apl  1777 3 years
discharged 18 April 1780
Achn
JLE
2 years Fifer
$88 per annum
[Ira]  Goodall
Bath NH
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BRIEF in the case of Aaron Hibbard
of Bath 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?
3. How old is he? 71-
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1777 Apr 8th
Duration of Service.
 Years,  Months, Days
3.        ----        ----
Rank.
As a
 Fifer
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.

Cap Childs - Col Bradley -
Cap Chapman
says he served the campaign of 1781, but does not specify the
service as he ┃
deems it unnecessary
In what battles was he engaged? Germantown - Monmouth
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodstock
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & documentary
evidence-
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
above mentioned.
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam J. Potts
Examining Clerk.
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Aaron
Col Hibbard
regular troops

No. 5510
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton
On this 14  day of August 1832
personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Probate in of
said County Aaron Hibbard a resident of Bath in the County
of Grafton State of New Hampshire aged Seventy one years
who first being 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in
the year 1777 with Capt Josiah Child(s) and served in his Company
in the fifth regiment of the Connecticut line under
the following named officers and as in his narrative as
follows Viz.------


That I entered the service of the United States by enlistment on the 8th April 1777
That I enlisted at Woodstock in the State of Connecticut
where I there [illegible] with Capt Josiah Childs into his
Company in the Regiment recommended by Phillip B. Bradley
 being the 5 Regt CT line  I was then 16 years old.
I enlisted as a fifer for three years & served it all
out in said Company Regt.  Lt Col. Mead Kelley & James Johnson were our field officers - Lieutenant Chapman &
E[rest of name illegible] Strong Company officers for a time. & then
Chapman was Captain & Lieutenant Palmer was
a subaltern for time in the Company. I left the
service on the 6th of April AD 1780 being honorably
discharged It was two days before my turn was
out but as my neighbors were going there
the Col gave me mine & a pass to [every] [illegible]
both [our]  last. I was discharged at Springfield in
New Jersey. When I first enlisted I was sent to Abing 
town in Connecticut or Pomfret to heal the small
Pox at the Continental pest house then after [illegible]
of that was marched to Tolland under Lieut Chapman 
&  went to a place called old orchard over North River
just above Peeks Kill in N.Y. & there joined our
regiment after a few weeks was marched to a place 
called [illegible] [illegible] in New Jersey. & there joined 
Genl Washintons army. We lay there several weeks
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we had several skirmishes in this vicinity with the [illegible][illegible] ]illegible] the British Army then laying at at N. York City- then we crossed the Delaware & went to Germantown & had a foggy battle there & a hard one Then we went to Delaware state after Hessians but getting wet in crossing a river near this & it being cold in this month of November our men built fires to stay warm which the enemy discovered & fled - from there we went to Valley forge & there eventimes we went into the wood & made our huts & cut our firewood part of the winter & spring I was in the hospital- I went to Bethlehem Hospital part of the time - I marched with the army from Valley Forge to Monmouth & was in that battle went to  Brunswick and celebrated July 4 with Gen. Washington & all the army- We paraded (,) all fired 13 rounds of Cannons & then a regimental fire & a field between each regiment a grand display and a great drink of rum to [illegible] off- Then we marched to White Plains in N. York & lay there some time & then went to Reading in Connecticut & wintered there- In the Spring following we went to Peeks Kill N. York & lay there & at Fredericksburgh Heron Pond until July & then our Army took Stony Point [illegible] the river & we were expecting to attack [illegible] [illegible] on Verplancks Point but did not then we went to winter quarters at [Bastian] Ridge in or near Morris Town in New Jersey- during the winter we marched to Springfield where the [illegible]  made some movements  & killed one of our company a black Fiddler- we  guarded the lines there until my time was out & then I was discharged in waiting & had a pass & both [illegible] lost- I enlisted again the year Commonwealth  was taken & served the company of 1781 but suppose above is enough & I do not discount other [summary]
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I remembered in the militia as the three years [illegible] [reasonable] is sufficient. I resided in Woodstock in Connecticut before & until I enlisted [JY] annex proof from the [records] of Connecticut of my service  He humbly relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the [pursuant], and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed to day & year a foresaid in open court before the Judge thereof.
Aaron Hibbard
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named  applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. 
Edward Webber
I Moses Dow Regentes of the Courts of Probates aforesaid do hereby certify that the above & foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Hibbard for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office & of said Court this 14 day of August AD 1832 Moses Dow
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2 
Mr. Samuel Hutchins
Wells River
Vermont
[stamp] ----FORD AUG 8
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I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts
for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it
appears from the accounts in the office, in the
settlements with the Regiment commanded by Colo.
Philip B. Bradley, that Aaron Hibbard (underlined) was allowed
pay from the 8th day of April 1777 to the first day
of January 1780 as a Fifer, & pay from the 1st day of
January 1780 to the 18th day of April 1780 as a 
Corporal.

Comptrollers Office   Elisha Phelps
Conn. July 11th 1832 }

Court of Probate August 14 1832
State of New Hampshire

 Grafton ss- Ordered by the Court that the foregoing certificate
be attributed to the declaration of Aaron Hibbard this
day taken by this Court as documentary evidence
therein
by order of the Court
attest Moses Dow Register
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of New Hampshire,
County of Grafton} SS
On this Sixth day of Sept AD 1838 personally appeared before the Judge of
(handwritten lines added) of the Court of Probate of Wills [illegible] in [illegible] of [illegible] County of Grafton in open Court to Sarah Hibbard a resident of Bath in the County of
Grafton and State of New Hampshire, aged Sixty six years, who being first duly sworn
according to law; doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow
of Aaron Hibbard who was a fifer in the army
of the revolution, and served as a musician three years nearly as he always
informed her in the Continental army in the Connecticut 
line he drew a pension under this act of June 7th
1832 of eighty eight dollars a year. This proof of his service
is all at the war department so far as She knows
to which documents she refers for proof of these(?) parties
where(?) of his service(?).- She learnt from him that he
enlisted as a fifer for three years in Captain Childs
Company or the continental establishment & served
in that & other companies for that period & afterward
he served again but how long or what company
she does not remember- that after his death in
February 1835 she proved she was his widow & drew
his amount of pay from Sept 4 1834 to Feb'y 12
1835 when he died. she has no record of his service
or of this marriage except as record in
her family bible which she produced in
Court Certifies that it has been there a
long period from twenty five to thirty
years- to her recollection & was copied
from an older one worn out & put into this
the service of 3 years was from April 1777 to April 1780

She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron Hibbard on the fourteenth
day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine that her husband
the aforesaid Aaron Hibbard died on the 12th day of February
AD 1835 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service -- but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated and that she has not since been
married to any other person but is now his widow. -- The record of Marriage was always [illegible]
in the old bible as above & she also remembers that time well--
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year as above written, before
Sarah Hibbard
Edward Webber Judge of Probate
Moses Dow Register of the Court aforesaid do hereby
certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Sarah Hibbard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth
day of September A.D. 1838
Moses Dow
Download
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Mrs. Sarah Hibbard
declaration  ----
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I Hagen A Hibbard depose & say that I was present at the death of my father Aaron Hibbard who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the Act of June 7 1832. He died February 12 1835 & my mother Sarah Hibbard is his widow & has lived with me was since he died- I have seen the record of our ages being fourteen children in all in the old family bible was seen & was remembered  & the record of the marriage  of my father & mother has always been there as it is now  & it is as follows 
Family record- Marriages Aaron Hibbard to Sarah Merrell October 14 1789 by Jacob Hurd Justice of the Peace I am now twenty six years old, my oldest sister is 47 years old last Oct. The figures are plain & are in my Father's hand writing- There are also  his account of his service 3 years in Josiah Child's company in Col. Ridgeley's Regt. Cont. line from April 1777 to 1780 & also to his other service in 1781 & [illegible] short period service
 Hagen A Hibbard
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Hagen A Hibbard 
affidavit
in Mr. Hibbard case
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I, David Sutherland of Bath, County of Grafton, New Hampshire, do testify and say that I have been acquainted with Aaron Hibbard and his wife Sarah for upwards of 30 years. I had always understood he had been a soldier of the Revolution, and latterly a pensioner of the government. On the twelfth day of February 1835, he died instantaneously at the house of one of his neighbors, as I find by my Book of Rounds, which as minister of the place I have kept for many years. I solemnized his funeral. From long intimacy with the family, in particularly with his Widow, Sarah Hibbard, I have every reason to believe that her declaration in application for the pension granted by the Government to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers is true in this letter.
Bath, N.H. Sept. 7, 1838
David Sutherland

State of New Hampshire- Grafton ss. September 6, 1838
Sworn to subscribed before me- and I further
certify that said officiant is known to me and
is a credible witness.
Andrew S. Woods Justice of the Peace
( name underlined)
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Rev. D. Sutherland
affidavit
in Mrs Hibbard's case
sworn
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Per WIDOW, &c
File No. 16602
Sarah. Hibbard
Widow of
Aaron Hibbard
Fifer, Rev. war
Act: July 7th, 1838
Index:-Vol. Q, Page 335
[Arrangement of 1870.]