Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23680, Mark Hamlin, Conn.
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(8 - 1776) 

SERVICE
Conn.
Hamlin, Mark

NUMBER
S. 23680

CONTENTS
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9999
Connecticut
Mark Hamlin
Couteri in the State of Connecticut
who was a Private in the Compny commanded
by Captain ___ of the Rej commanded 
by Col Grovenor in the Connt
line for 9 months  $30.00
Inscribed in the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 30 Dollars ___ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of July
1833 and sent to John O. Pettibone
Simsbury, Connct.
arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept u.  15.00
$75.00
[Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 18
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 28 May 1840. Agt notified 21 Oct 1844.
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} Ss. Simsbury August 4th 1832.
On this 4th day of August, 1832, personally appeared Mark Hamlin a resident of Canton in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged sixty-seven years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 in open Court, before the Court of Probate for Simsbury District in said County, now sitting.
I Mark Hamlin depose and say that I enlisted into the army of the United States in March 1782 for the term of nine months.
Service to commence according to the best of my recollection the 1st of April then next incuring and served in the 1st Regt 1st Com of Connecticut line under the following officers, viz,
Gel - Huntington commander of Brigade. Col - Grovener commander of said 1st Regt Capt of 1st Co vacant or absent Lieut Hubbard commander of 1st Co (given names of officers not recollected).
That I resided when I entered the United States service in that part of the town of Bristol which has since been incorporated a separate town by the name of Burlington in Hartford County, State of Connecticut.
That soon after my enlistment I was ordered to march from said Hartford County to Litchfield County Connecticut where myself and the company to which I was attached waited several weeks for the arrival of other troops. From thence I marched in a direct [illegible] to the High Lands near West Point New York and was encamped most of the time at Verplancks Point near Kings Ferry so called. That I continued in the regular performance of my duty ins aid service untill near the expiration of the term of my enlistment when the recruitings or nine months men were ordered to perform fortizine duty by repairing to the forest and there cutting fuel for the use of the army the ensuing winter. That proclimation was made to those whose term of service would
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expire on the 1st day of January 1783 that if any individual or individuals would personally cut and cord or certain specified quantity of fuel to be inspected by an officer it should be credited and received in full regs or complete fullfillment of the terms of his or their enlistment. That in consequence of having completed the performance of the alotted labor I was honorably discharged a short time providing to the said 1st day of January 1783 - (exact time not recollected) which discharge has been lost by time and accident.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Mark Hamlin

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me John O. Pettibone Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
John O. Pettibone Judge of Probate

I Benjamin Ely, Clerk of the Court of Probate for Simsbury District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
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Mark Hamlin for a pension. And I also certify that 
John O. Pettibone, who has affixed his name in his own proper hand writing as above, is a Judge of Probate for Simsbury District.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of August 1832.
Benjamin Ely Clerk
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At a Court of Probate for Simsbury District, in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, holden in said District on the 6th of May, 1833, personally appeared in open Court Mark Hamlin of Canton in said District, aged 67 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following additional 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 as a private or soldier, & served as such, at the time & for the length of time mentioned in his former declaration, and under the officers as therein stated.

To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department & propounded by the Court he answers to the
1st. That he was born in Farmington, Feb. 25th 1765.
2nd. That his birth is recorded in the family Bible.
3rd. That he resided in Bristol, when he entered into the service that Bristol was formerly a part of the town town of Farmington; but since incorporated as a town by the name of Bristol; and that he resided in that part of Bristol, which has since been incorporated as a town by the name of Burlington, in which he resided till 26 or 27 years [illegible] he moved to New Hartford in Litchfield County & resided there till the year [illegible], when he moved to Canon in Hartford County, when has ever since 1814, resided, except in this time he resided 2 years in New Hartford, & that he now resides in said Canton.
4th. That he enlisted for nine months.
5th. That he stated the names of the officers in his first declaration correctly.
6th. That he received a written discharge but that the same is lost as he previously stated in the former declaration.
7th. Rev. Jairus Burt & all the inhabitants of Canton.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present,
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and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Mark Hamlin

Whom to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John O Pettibone Judge of Probate

We Jairus Burt, a clergyman, residing in Canton, and Wm H. Hollock residing in the same town of Canton, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mark Hamlin, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 67 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Jairus Burt
Wm H Hollock

Sworn & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
John O Pettibone Judge of Probate

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 Jairus Burt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident
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in the town of Canton, and that William H. Hallock who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town of Canton, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John O. Pettibone Judge of Probate

I, Benjamin Ely, Clerk of the Court of Probate, for Simsbury District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mark Hamlin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 6th day of May 1833.
Benjamin Ely Clerk
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O. W. and N. Division          3-525
FBF               DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Inv File 23680  Bureau of Pensions
Rev. War         Washington, D.C., Mar 9, 1906

Madam,

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Mark Hamlin, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Mar 17 82
Length of Service: 9 mos
Rank: Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered: Lieut. Hubbard, Colonel Grosvenor
State: Conn

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, That part of Bristol now Burlington, Hartford Co, Conn
Date of application for pension, Aug 24, 1832 His lcaim was allowed
Age, Born Feby 25, 1765 in Farmington
Remarks: He left a widow, name not stated no other data as to family. The records of this Bureau fail to show that a claim was filed on account of the Revolutionary services of Ebenezer Hamlin.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Mrs Lou H Garner 
411 Pearl St
Ypsilanti
Mich
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Revolution
23680
INVALID
File No. 23,680
Mark Hamlin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 39"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 168
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1894 Sept 20 Hist to
Hon. H. F. Andrews
Audubon, Iowa
Apr 23/95 Mit. Hist. to Mrs Virginia H. Creighton, 1629 Judson Ave.
Evanston Ill
M.E.L.
Mar. 9. 1906. Hist to Lon H Garmer F.B.F.
H
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O.W. & N.
[stamp] O. W. & N. DIV. FEB 24 1906 FILES
411 Pearl Ypsilanti, Mich
Feb 20th 1906
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
I wish information concerning the war record of my great great grandfather Ebenezer Hamlin, born at Burlington Hartford Co. Conn, about 1740,
Ebenezer Halim was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and I  am told was noted for bravery at Fort Edwards and Ticonderoga. Mark Hamlin son oF Ebenezer born Feb 25th 1765
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also served in the Revolution while very young.
Mark Hamlin's wife was Roxanna Modes who was the daughter of Captain Othaniel Moses who served in the Revolution
I wish to establish my claim to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Please send me as complete a record as possible of the above mentioned.
Lou H. Garner
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O. W. & N. Division

DEPARTMENT OF TE INTERIOR
F. S.        Bureau of Pensions                 M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., April 23, 1895

Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Mark Hamlin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Mar. 1782
Length of Service: 9 mos.
Rank: Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered: Lt. Hubbard, Colonel Grosvenor
State: Conn.

Battles engaged in, None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bristol, Conn.
Date of application for pension: August 4, 1832
Residence at date of application, Canton, Conn.
Age at date of application, Born at Farmington, Conn. Feb. 25, 1765
Remarks: Removed to New Hartford about 1806 and to Canton in 1814

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner

Mrs. Virginia H. Creighton
1629 Judson Ave.
Evanston, Ill.
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H.
Pension Roll Bureau
Washington , D.C.
Gentlemen:
As I am desirous of joining the "Daughters of the Revolution" and as my great grandfather Mark Hamlin was a soldier in the war, drawing a pension from the government until his death which took place at Coutou Conn. about 1840. I would

[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. C. APR. 1 1895
[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES APR 3 1895
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like a certificate of the fact from your office Kindly send the  [illegible] to me at your earliest convenience informing me of the fee due your office for the papers.
which I will remit to you at once.
And oblige
(Mrs.) Virginia Hamlin Creighton
1629 Judson Ave.
Evanston, Ill.
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2316
Mark Hamlin 
Admitted
Private 9 mo
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
22d November 1832

SIR:
I return herewith the papers in support of the claim of the person whose name is hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and this to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards

case of Mark Hamlin

To 
John O. Pettibone, Esq
Simsbury
Connt
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 20th, 1844.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "AN Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Mark Hamlin, dec., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Hartford, Con; Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 4th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 28th May 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.
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I Daniel Bunnel of Burlington in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut being of lawful age do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mark Hamlin (formerly of Bristol in that part of said Bristol now known by the name of Burlington) & now residing in Canton in said County and knew him in the year 1782 & that in March 1782 or to my plain and full recollection in the month of March of the year next, before the close of the war of the American Revolution the said Hamlin enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of not less than eight months to commence in ir about the 20th day of March in said year that he joined the army according to his enlistment in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Grovenor and in the same company in which I the deponent entered the army and served in said army and in the same company in which I served during said term of enlistment and was discharged at the same time I was & returned soon after to his native place of residence in said Bristol as I knew at the time by personal acquaintance. 
Daniel Bunnel

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Burlington
July 2nd 1832 Personally appeared the above named Daniel Bunnel to me personally known as a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
William Marks Justice Peace
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I Solomon Hart of Burlington in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that I am well & personally acquainted with Mark Hamlin of Canton in said County and was personally acquainted with said Hamlin in the year 1782 and that in the latter part of the winter of said year or early in the spring whilst there was snow on the ground said Hamlin enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of nine months as I suppose from information received at that time and according to the best of my recollection said Hamlin left the neighborhood in which I them and now live in the forepart of April of said year to join the army according to his enlistment in the Regiment commanded as I understood by Colo Grovenor that said Hamlin returned from the army at the close of his term after hearing as I understood served out his enlistment but as I was not in the service with him I know this by information received from other at that time & I well recollect that said Hamlin returned from the army to his native place sometime in the winter after his enlistment and saw him on the day of his return & has been well acquainted with him said Hamlin since that time.
Simeon Hart

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. Burlington July 2nd 18325 Personally appeared the above named Simeon Hart to me personally known as a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
William Marks Justice Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford } ss.

I, Jared Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify that William Marks Esquire of Burlington in sd County, was, on the 20th day of June last, & ever since has been, a Justice of the Peace for sd County of Hartford, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, with full power to take Depositions & affidavits &c, & that full faith & credit is due to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court, this twenty third day of Jany, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
Jared Griswold, Clerk Co Court Ham. County Connecticut