Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13476, Simon Davis, R.I.
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Service R.I.
Davis, Simon
Hopkins, Chana
Number W. 13476
Former widow
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Rhode Island 3325
Chana Hopkins, former widow of Simon Davis, Decd. who died in the month of August 1783 of Kent Co. in the State of R. Island who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded by Col. Cooke in the R. Island line for 9 months private

Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of May, 1840 and sent to Benjn Cowell, Providence, R. Island

Arrears to the 4th of March 1844 - $270.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 15.00
$285.00
 {Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section Tho}

Recorded by S.A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 90
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State of Rhode Island & In Coventry in the County of Kent & in said State
On this 12 day of November AD 1838 personally appeared before me Stephen Waterman one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Chana Hopkins now resident in Coventry in said County aged 81 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of July 4 1836 & March 3d 1837 now that, in the month of January 1776, she intermarried with Simon Davis of Scituate in the County of Providence, the exact day of the month she does not remember, nor has she any record of her marriage and whether it is recorded or not in the town records of Scituate she does not know.  She well remembers she was eighteen years of age lacking only one week, when she married the said Simon.  That she continued to live with the said Simon until August 1783 when the said Simon departed this life, the exact day of the month when the said Simon died she cannot state nor has she any record of it.  That she then continued to live a widow until the month of September ^as she believes AD 1795 when she intermarried with Stukely Hopkins of Fenton in said county but whether this marriage is recorded or not she does not know.  that
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she continued to live with the said Stukely as his wife until June 1832 when he died.  That since his death she has remained unmarried & is now said Stukleys widow.  And she further declares that her first husband served in the war of the Revolution as a private soldier in various companies & regiments.  But such a great length of time has elapsed & her memory is so broken that she cannot state his officers names or list all them.  He served as a private in Col ^Williams regiment three months. He also served as much as seven or eight months in other regiments all after she was married, he was absent a great deal of the time was often drafted & went away & was gone a month at a time always went when he was drafted & never hired a substitute.  But she cannot specify his service, but must refer to the evidence of those who served with him for the officers names & the amount of services he used to be gone a great part of the time during all the war.  Wherefor she requests that a pension may be granted her agreeably to the acts aforesaid. Her maiden name was Chana Hopkins.
Chana Hopkins
Kent SC  In Coventry November 12th 1838
Personally appeared before me the above named Chana
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Hopkins and made oath to the above Declaration by her signed in my presence. And I further certify that she is too old and feeble to attend court. I also certify that her statements are entitled to full credit.

Stephen Waterman Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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I Thomas Hill of Scituate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island being now fifty one years of age on oath do testify and say that I am the grandson of Thomas Hill of Scituate formerly a Justice of the Peace in said Scituate, and I have now in my possession a Book containing the record of Marriages which said Book has always been called the record of marriages solemnized by my said Grandfather Thomas Hill while a magistrate and it appears by said Book that Simon Davis and Charna Hopkins were married on the Eleventh day of January AD One thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy six the following is an exact copy of the record of their marriage as it stands on said Book word for word and figure for figure to wit
January 11 AD 1776 then married Simon Davis son of Simon Davis to Cheuny Hopkins Dater [Daughter] to Eldr Rhuben Hopkins both of Scituate-
The above is a ture and exact copy as it stands in said Book
Thomas Hill
State of Rhode Island}
County of Providence} ss
In Scituate in said County on 17th day of March AD 1840.  Sworn to and subscribed before me the subscriber.  I also certify that the said Thomas Hill is a person with whom I am acquainted and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness
John Bruyton J. C. C. Pleas
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Chana Hopkins
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I Nathan Hopkins of Foster in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island do testify and say that I am now Seventy years of age and shall be 71 next May  I was born May 21 AD 1769  And I do further testify and say in reference to the marriage of Chana Hopkins formerly the wife of Simon Davis as I stated in my first deposition I was present and saw them married.  it was in January 1776 at the home of Reuben Hopkins my Father and mother were there.  they were invited to go to the wedding and I went with them  I was than a lad of almost seven years but I distinctly reccollect [recollect] the fact from the following circumstances to wit
I remember that as soon as the marriage ceremony was performed the Justice of the Peace who solemnized their marriage stepped up to her and gave her the said Chana a kiss  I was angry thinking he had no right to do so and said something about it and my mother took hold of me and told me to be still.  I also ^remember that when we were going home from the wedding it stormed of snow and my mother lost her apron  and did not find the apron until the snow went off- these circumstances I perfectly remember as well, as if they had happened one year ago.  I said in my former deposition that the Justice who married them was Caleb Hill but on reflection I believe his christian name was Thomas.-  the said Chana was Sister to my father which I suppose was the reason why my Father & Mother were invited to the wedding
Nathan Hopkins
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State of Rhode Island}
County of Providence} ss
In Foster on the 17th day of March AD 1840.  Sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify that the within named Nathan Hopkins is a person with whom I am perfectly well acquainted  he is a very respectable citizen and that his statement is entitled to full credit
John Bruyton J. C. C. Pleas
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State of Rhode Island &c
Providence Sc.  I, John W. Smith clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that John Brayton Esquire, before whom the two aforegoing affidavits were sworn, is one of the Justices of our said Court of Common Pleas; that by law he is duly authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions; and that his two aforewritten signatures are genuine.-
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court at the City of Providence, this nineteenth day of March AD 1840.
John W. Smith clk
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R.I.
Rev Widow, &c.
File No. 13,476
Chana Hopkins Wid
Simon Davis
Priv Rev War
Act: July 4 183__
Index: Vol. A, Page 345
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4759
Chana Hopkins
R.I. suspd
Let Benj Cowell Feby 14, 1840
Act July 4th 1836
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Providence March 23d 1840
Sir
In answer to your letter of Feb 14 Utl respecting the claim of Chana Hopkins formerly the widow of Simon Davis, I have to state that very recently, the record of her marriage with said Davis has been found & a copy duly sworn to is herewith enclosed. It will be seen that it corroborates her declaration & the testimony heretofore & [illegible] taken & I perceive will be satisfactory. I regret to say however that no further testimony of service can be found. I must therefore request that a certificate may be granted for the amount of service admitted vis 3 months in 1776 & six monthly tours in succeeding years, if the testimony does not warrant any more. Most all the surviving soldiers are dead.
I am respectfully yours
Benja Cowell

JL Edwards Esq
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4759
Chana Hopkins
Oct. 18 '39
R.I.
Act 4 July '36
m 76. d 83
admd
9 mo pri
30$
No deduction
Presented by B. Cowell Providence agt
Benjn Cowell
Providence R.I.
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I Oliver Arnold of the Town of Foster in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being Seventy Nine Years of age, and duly sworn according to law, do depose and say- that I was personally acquainted with Simon Davis who formerly resided in the Town of Scituate in the County and State aforesaid (deceased) that the said Simon Davis was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and that he served with me in Colonel Cook's Regiment of State Troops in Captain James Williams' Company three months, most part of the time on the Island of Rhode Island in the fall of the Year 1776, we served on Rhode Island until the British Troops took possession of said Island.  at which time we crossed Howlands Ferry over to Tiverton where we were stationed the remainder part of said three months.  we enlisted in the month of September for three months, and both served the time out and were regularly discharged-
I further depose and say that the said Simon Davis was married to Chana Hopkins daughter of Elder Reuben Hopkins formerly of said Scituate (deceased) prior to the time of the above mentioned service and that the said Simon Davis died in said Scituate more that Fifty years ago
Oliver Arnold
State of Rhode Island}
County of Providence} ss
In Foster January 30th A. D. 1839
Then personally came before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said Town of Foster in the County of Providence Oliver Arnold abovenamed, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed  I further certify that the said Oliver Arnold is a credible person with whom I am acquainted and that he is entitled to full credit as a Witness--
Bennett L Holden
Justice of Peace
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State of Rhode Island &c
Secretarys Office Sept 11, 1839
I Henry Bowen Secretary of said State and Keeper of the Records and the Seal thereof
Do Certify, that at the date of the official certificate annexed the said Stephen Waterman was an associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Kent, Caleb Waterman Justice of the Peace for the town of Coventry in said County; Zuriel Potter associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Providence; William Aplin Justice of the Peace for the town of Providence- John Brayton Justice of the Peace for the town of Foster- William H Smith Justice of the Peace for the town of Providence, and Bennet L Holden Justice of the Peace for the town of Foster- all in the county of Providence, duly elected and Commissioned as appears of record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State the day and year first above written.
Henry Bowen
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I Stephen Young of Scituate in the county of Providence & state of Rhode Island an oath do testify and say, that I was eighty years of age last July. That I was acquainted with Simon Davis formerly of said Scituate and the husband of Chana Hopkins now the widow of Stukely Hopkins. During the war of the Revolution I were knowing to several tours of duty which the said Simon performed in the Militia of Rhode Island as a private soldier. The first tour was in 1777 in Spencer Expedition, when the said Simon served a month stationed at Tiverton about forty miles from home, and I think it was in Captain Jonathan Knights company. I was an enlisted soldier and were stationed at the same place in Col. Crarys Regiment and I frequently saw said Simon on duty in said Knight company. Afterward at Bristol in the spring of 1778 I saw said Simon doing duty in Capt. Simeon Harringtons Company. This was about the time my term of enlistment expired which was in March of that year. Said Simon then served a month I believe stationed at said Bristol. In August
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of the same year in Sullivans expedition said Simon served two tours of a month each. The first month as a substitute for some one and the second for himself. In one of said tours he was in Captain Millers Company. It seems to me the other tour was in Captain Kimballs company, but I am not positive. I was in Captain Caleb Carrs Company, but I saw said Simon frequently while on the Island and know that he was doing duty as a soldier. In August 1780 when the French troops were on Rhode Island, the militia were called out and ordered there and marched to Bristol, and part went on to Rhode Island and part remained in Bristol. I saw said Simon at this time in Bristol doing duty as a soldier, I think in Captain Wilburs Company. How long he served at this time I do not know, but it is my opinion he staid about a month. In the winter following said Simon and myself, served a month together in Captain Knights Company stationed on the east side of Rhode Island. After we had been there about a fortnight, Captain Knight left us and returned home leaving us under the command of Lieutenant Gidean Harris, who marched us up to the west side of the Island where we served our time out before we marched up to the west side of the
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Island, our home where we were first stationed, took fire, but we extinguished the flames, without a great deal of damage. The above is according to the best of my recollection.
Stephen Young

State of Rhode Island Providence &c. Providence Jan 8 1839
Then the aforenamed Stephen Young subscribed and made oath to the aforegoing declaration before me. and I further certify that said Stephen is a credible witness.
W. Aplin Justice of the Peace
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Samuel Kimball
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I Samuel Kimbell of the town of Scituate in the county of Providence, state of Rhode Island & I being now seventy seven years of age on oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Simon Davis formerly of Scituate in said county. He was a soldier in the war of the revolution and served the following named tours to my knowledge. We were called out in the month of March 1777 and went to Warwick in Capt Joseph Kimbells company and in Col Conells Regt and served one month. Said Davis was with us & served said tour of one month. The said Davis and myself were called out again in the month of July in the same year and went again to the same place and served a month in Capt Jonathan Knights company. The two above mentioned tours were about fifteen miles from home. In January 1778 the said Davis and myself were at Providence about eleven miles from home in Capt Conner Smith's Company and served one month on this tour. Again in March of the last mentioned year the said Davis & myself were ordered to Howland's Ferry about 20 miles from home in Capt Joseph Kimball's Company and served one month. Again in July and August of the same year I was with the said Davis at Warwick aforesaid one month in said Capt Kimball's Company. Such a great length of time has elapsed since that I cannot be positive which of the two last mentioned months the last mentioned tour was served in but I distinctly remembered serving said tour of a month as before described.
Samuel Kimbell

Providence ss In Scituate Sept 3d AD 1839
Personally appeared before me Samuel Kimball and signed the above affidavit in my presence and made oath to the same. And I further certify that said affiant is a credible witness.
Turiel Potter Just C.C. Pleas
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I Ephraim Williams of Foster in the county of Providence, aged eighty three years, do testify & say, that I was well acquainted with Simon Davis formerly of Scituate in said county & the husband of Chana Hopkins now his widow, of Stukely Hopkins. I knew her when she was a young girl. She was the daughter of Elder Reuben Hopkins and I well remember the time when she married Simon Davis. It was in the fore part of the War of the Revolution. I was married in November 1780 & she had then been married about four years. Said Simon was a soldier in the Revolution, but I cannot specify his services; but his marriage I well remember.
Ephraim Williams

State of Rhode Island &c.
Providence county ss.
In the city of Providence on this eleventh day of September A.D. 1839, Ephraim Williams, who in my presence signed his name to the above deposition after I had reduced the same to writing, made oath that the facts therein contained are true.
I certify that said Ephraim is a credible witness.
William H. Smith
Justice of the Peace
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I Nathan Hopkins of Foster in the county of Providence and state of Rhode Island being now 69 years of age  and duly engaged according to law do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Chana Hopkins widow of Stukely Hopkins of said Foster deceased and formerly the widow of Simon Davis of Scituate in the aforesaid county deceased. Said Simon & Chana were married in the month of January 1776. I was present when they were married. The marriage ceremony was performed by Caleb Hill Esq. of Scituate in the county aforesaid. They continued to live in Scituate until the time of his death which happened in the month of August AD 1783 according to the best of my recollection and belief. The said Chana after the death of her said husband Simon Davis lived his widow about twelve years after which she married the aforesaid Stukely  Hopkins and continued to live with him in the aforesaid town of Foster until the time of his death which happened in the month of June AD 1832. The said Chana has since continued to live the widow of the aforesaid Stukely Hopkins and has resided in the town of Foster & Scituate since the death of said Stukely until about one year since when she removed to the town of Coventry in the county of Kent in said state where she now resides.
Nathan Hopkins

State of Rhode Island County of Providence ss
In Foster in the county of Providence on the twenty third day of October AD 1838
Personally appeared before me John Brayton a Justice of the Peace in and for said town of Foster in said county Nathan Hopkins above named and being first duly affirmed according to law made a solemn affirmation to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. I further certify that the said Nathan Hopkins is a credible person with whom I am acquainted and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness.
John Brayton Justice of the Peace
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Town Clerks office Scituate January the 2d 1839
I certify that I have examined the records for [illegible] marriages in this office and the marriage of Simon Davis and Chana Hopkins of said Scituate is not recorded in this office and I further certify that there are but few marriages recorded in said office.
Witness Josiah Westcott, Town Clerk

I Josiah Westcott depose and say that I am town clerk of said town of Scituate and that the above facts are true.
Josiah Westcott, Town Clerk

State of Rhode Island Providence &c. Providence Jan. 2 1839
Then subscribed & sworn to before me and I further certify that said Josiah is a credible witness and is town clerk of said town of Scituate.
W. Aplin Jus. Peace
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Deposition of the Rev John Hammond
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Kent sc. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at Coventry, at the dwelling house of the Rev John Hammond on this 24th day of October in the year 1838.
Personally appeared before me the above named John Hammond of said Coventry and after being woefully cautioned examined and sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The words of the following deposition being committed to writing by me, in his presence. He deposes and says, that he has been acquainted with Chana Hopkins, now widow of Stukely Hopkins between 40 and 50 years and that she is a woman of truth and veracity and by credible information that her first husband Simon Davis was a native of Scituate in the said state of Rhode Island and that he did Revolutionary service when ever called upon through the Revolutionary war.
Further the deponent saith not.
John Hammond Pastor
Caleb Waterman Justice of the Peace