Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23689, Joseph Hawkins, Conn. Vt.
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Conn.
Vt.

Hawkins, Joseph

S.23689
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Examd (Examined) with Orig. Rolls
Aug. 1883. C. S. P.

Died June 14, 1835 (AB)

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1061
Vermont
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Joseph Hawkins
of Castleton in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Leavenworth of the Regt. commanded by Col. Meigs in the Connecticut line for 9 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of October 1832 and sent to Pensioner
Castleton, Vt.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832   $45.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending
 4th March 1833                      $15.00
$60.00
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{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by JM Suffield, Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 62.
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Joseph Hawkins
Declaration
No. 1406
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State of Vermont}
County of Rutland}
On this 30th day of July AD 1832, Personally appeared in open court before Almon Warner Judge of this Probate Court for this district of Fairhaven in said County, now sitting Joseph Hawkins a resident of Castleton in the County of Rutland aforesaid, aged seventy three 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 act of Congress passed, June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, He was drafted about the first of April AD 1777, in Derby in the County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut to supply the deficiency in the Continental line of that State, and served in the regiment commanded by Col. Meigs, in the company commanded by Eli Leavenworth, in which company Levi Hotchkin was Lieut., David Tomlinson Ensign. That he went in company with five others drafted from said Derby to join said Company, then at Horn-neck on the White Plains, and at Fairfield was detained as a Guard of the United States stayed at that place about a month - that he then went through Norwalk, Stanford and Horn-neck, and in a few days went from that place to White Plains, was stationed at the last place mentioned, a short time, and then marched to Peekskill, and from then to Fishkill, about the time the British fleet went up the Hudson River, and burned the town of (illegible) - that at Fishkill he was taken sick and ordered to the hospital at Danbury, Ct., that when he arrived at the hospital at Danbury, Ensign Tomlinson who had the charge of the hospital, consented that he might return home, when he arrived a short time before the term of service for which he was drafted expired, - that he remained sick two or three months after his term of service expired - that he had no discharge, - that he received his pay in March after his term of service expired  in Continental money from the said Ensign David Tomlinson, for nine months, That the Brigade to which the said Regiment belonged was commanded by General Parsons, that at the time
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That in the year 1780 he volunteered as one of the militia of the State of Vermont, for one month, and served under Capt. Hutchins, who was under the command of General Ethan Allen, - that he was stationed at Castleton aforesaid, and during that time went to Crown Point, and Chimney Point, on Lake Champlain, as a scout.

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

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   (signed) Joseph Hawkins

We, Joseph Steele, a clergyman residing in the town of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont and Jonathan Deming residing in the same Castleton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Hawkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
(signed) Joseph Steele
(signed) Jonathan Deming

I Moses Hawkins of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont being duly sworn, testify and say that I was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, and that my brother Joseph Hawkins now residing in Castleton aforesaid, was drafted in the Spring of the year 1777 to serve in the Continental line in Derby in the County of Newhaven & State of Connecticut, and saw him at different times while he was in said service, and recollect that he came home sick
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he was drafted as aforesaid he was a resident of the town of Derby aforesaid - that he was drafted for nine months, that he was born at said Derby on the 26 day of July, 1759 and knows of no record of his age except one made in his Family Bible within the last ten years, that since the revolutionary war he has resided and still resides in Castleton aforesaid, that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person except his brother Moses Hawkins whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(signed) Joseph Hawkins

We Joseph Steele, a clergyman residing in the town of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont and Jonathan Deming residing in the same Castleton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Hawkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid.
(signed) Joseph Steele
(signed) Jonathan Deming

I Moses Hawkins of Castleton in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont being duly sworn testify and say that I was in the Service of the United States in the revolutionary war, and that my brother Joseph Hawkins now residing in Castleton aforesaid, was drafted in the Spring of the year 1777 to serve in the Continental line in Derby in the County of Newhaven & State of Connecticut, and saw him at different times while he was in said service, and recollect that he came home sick
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as stated in the foregoing declaration by him subscribed and sworn to.
Sworn and subscribed
this day and year aforesaid.
(signed) Moses Hawkins

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 Joseph Steele who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Castleton in the County of Rutland aforesaid and that Jonathan Deming, who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Castleton and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Selah H. Merrill, Register of the Court of Probate for the district of Fairhaven do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hawkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 30th day of July AD 1832.
(signed) S.H. Merrill
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1406
Joseph Hawkins
Castleton Rutland County
Vermont

admitted

Private 9 months.
$30.00

send to Pensioner as
above.
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BRIEF in the case of Joseph Hawkins
of Castleton, Rutland County in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
[Answer]  In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[Left Blank]
3. How old is he?
[Answer] 73 Years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period: April/Spring In 1777
Duration of Service: 9 Months
Rank: Drafted Private 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt. E. Leavenworth, Lt. Levi Hotchkin, Col. Meig's Regiment

Period: In 1780
Duration of Service: 1 Month
Rank: Volunteer
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt. Hutchins, General Ethan Allen

[TOTAL TIME SERVED] 9 + 1 = 10 Months 
*deduct 1 month short/ 9 [months served]
*found on Rolls of Meig's}
 Regt. for 8 months only.}

5. In what battles was he engaged?
[Answer] None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
[Answer] Derby, New Haven Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
[Answer] Living witness & Traditionary.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
[Answer] They are not.

I CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

(Signed) Robt [Robert] Fowler
Examining Clerk.
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October 13, 1935
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Mr. H.D. Hawkins
23 Packard Avenue
West Somerville, Massachusetts

Joseph Hawkins, S.23689
Joseph Hawkins, W. 7660
BA-J/MLS

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Joseph Hawkins, of Rutland County, Vermont, and Joseph Hawkins, of Windsor County, Vermont, both of whom received pensions.

Their records are furnished herein.

Joseph Hawkins
S. 23689

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 23689, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Hawkins.

He was born July 26, 1759, in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Derby, Connecticut, he enlisted about April 1, 1777, and served as private in Captain Eli Leavenworth's company, Colonel Meig's Connecticut regiment, length of tour nine months. He volunteered in 1780, place not stated, and served one month as private in Captain Hutchins' company, under the command of General Ethan Allen in the Vermont troops, stationed at Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, from which he went on scouting parties to Crown Point and Chimney Point on Lake Champlain.

Joseph Hawkins was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, while a resident of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont.

No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

He died June 14, 1835. (A.B.)
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In 1832, Joseph Hawkins' brother, Moses Hawkins, was a resident of Castleton, Vermont.
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Joseph Hawkins
W. 7660

You are furnished below the record of Joseph Hawkins, as shown in pension claim, W.7660, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Hawkins.

He was born November 5, 1759, in Providence, Rhode Island; the names of his parents are not given.

He enlisted in January, 1776, at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, served as private in Captain Jonathan Carriel's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged April 1, 1776. He enlisted in May or June, 1776, and served as private in the same company and regiment, engaged in building fortifications, length of tour nine months. He enlisted in the winter of 1777 and served three months as private in Captain John Emerson's company, Colonel Mory's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in April, 1777, served as private in Captain Elijah Danforth's company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battles of Stillwater, Bemis Heights and at the taking of General Burgoyne, and was discharged January 1, 1778. In January, 1780, he shipped on board the frigate "Deane", Captain Nicholson, then lying at Providence, Rhode Island; about March, following, he sailed on a cruise and after having captured several prizes, including one loaded with provisions for the British Army, he was detached by the captain on board one of the prizes and sent to the Island of Cape Francoway (?), under Isaac Bridges, prizemaster, then took passage on a vessel bound for Beverly, Massachusetts, and while on his way there, was taken prisoner by the British frigate, "Intrepid", carried to Plymouth, England where he was held prisoner for eighteen months and set free when peace was ratified between America and Great Britain.

Joseph Hawkins was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, while a resident of Windsor County, Vermont.

In 1833 he moved from Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont, to Bath and Copley, Summit County, Ohio, to live with his children who had moved to Ohio. In 1835 he gave as his place of residence, Bath, Medina County, Ohio.

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The soldier died at Bath, Summit County, Ohio, November 17, 1848, and was buried in the State of Ohio.

Joseph Hawkins married April 3, 1832, Mrs. Abigail Vose, widow of Thomas V. Vose, who died February 27, 1830. Joseph Hawkins and Mrs. Abigail Vose were married at the home of one Joseph L. Vose, in Bridgewater, Vermont (his relationship to Thomas V. not stated).

In 1849, Joseph Hawkins' widow, Abigail, moved from the State of Ohio to Vermont.

Abigail Hawkins was allowed pension on her application executed May 3, 1853, at which time she was residing in Pittsfield, Rutland County, Vermont, with her stepson, Thomas V. Vose, then aged fifty-nine years. No reference was made to the former marriage of Abigail Hawkins' former husband, Thomas V. Vose. Abigail Hawkins died February 26, 1854.

In 1833, soldier's brother, Samuel Hawkins, then aged sixty-three years, was a resident of Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont.

The following family data are shown in the claim:
Ambrose Evarts, born March 24, 1740, died July 4, 1815, married first wife, Ruth Grave (?), March 28, 1764, who was born December 29, 1745, and died October 15, 1805; married his second wife, Hannah Bishop, December ___, 1806.

The following names of children of Ambrose Evarts and his first wife, Ruth, are shown:

Lucretia Evarts, born March 29, 1766, married January 27, 1790, Meigs Stephens or Stevens, who died April ___, 1846, aged eighty-three.

Linns or Lynns Evarts, born March 20, 1769, married March 5, 1797, Rhoda Griswold, and married February ___, 1822, Betsey Cooper. He died January 14, 1850. No reference made to death of Rhoda.

Pierson Evarts, born April 21, 1771, married June 16, 1794, Elisabeth Shelley, and married April 4, 1800, Cynthia Doud (?). He died March 21, 1822, no reference was made to death of Elisabeth.

Abigail Evarts, born May 2, 1774, married October 7, 1804, Thomas V. Vose, who died February 27, 1830, aged seventy-two years six months. She married April 3, 1832, Joseph Hawkins, who died November 17, 1848.

In 1853, Joseph L. Vose and Theresa Vose were residents of

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Pittsfield, Ohio, and testified that they were present at the marriage of Abigail Vose to Joseph Hawkins, but did not state any relationship to Abigail.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1934 Oct. 13 Hist. [History] sent
Mr. H. D. Hawkins
(See ltr. inclu M 7660 of Jos. Hawkins)
MLD.

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Revolution
23689
INVALID.
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File No. 23,689
Joseph Hawkis
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th, '32 [1832]
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 168
[Arrangement of 1870.]