Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37078, Ezekiel Hacket, Mass.
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(3-1776) 
Service Mass

Hacket, Ezekiel

Number S. 37078
Content
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1189
Aril 29  Anne Hacket - no bounty land due of Capt to child - minor March 1855 - Widow probably not entitled to pension till 1853 but even if she was there is no law for heir children to claim it after death
Prior

No certificate sent December 20 1820 to D.C. Vose, Augusta, Maine

11, 423
Maine R

Ezekiel Hacket
of Lewiston in the Dist: of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout of the Massachusetts line, for the term of two year & 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of June 1819 and sent to Robert C Vose Esq
Augusta District of Maine

Arrears to 4th of May 1819. 10 90/30 & 4/31 mo $86.36
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819 - $48--
$134.36

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Lincoln County
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Ezekiel Hacket,
Lewiston Lincoln Co.
Pr. Col Sprouts Mass
Reg. 1780 to 1782
3 years
April 11. 1818

Judge: Certificate as to claimants, circumstances wanted

Admitted.

Proof 
David Paul
Ana Miller
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ezekiel Hacket, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Lewiston, in the said County of Lincoln, in the District of Maine, on the eleventh day of April, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed. 
An I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a musician, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
Nathan Weston hon C. [illegible]
C. C. C. Please 2nd E. Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Kennebec, SS.

The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: Dated at August, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Asa Miller aged sixty nine years, upon oath testify and declare, that being myself a soldier at the time, I  know that Ezekiel Hacket served as a musician in the continental service for the period, and in the company and regiment by him within stated.
Asa Miller

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
[illegible] On the fifth day of May AD. 1819 Asa Miller above named being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed, the same having been just read to him.

Before me,
Nathan Weston C. J.

C.C.C. Pleas
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I Ezekiel Hacket aged fifty five years, a citizen of the U. States born in New Gloucester, Maine, was of Lewiston, Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in February 1780 I enlisted as a piper, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the period of three years, in Capt Clements company, C A. Sprouts regiment Massachusetts line, but was soon afterwards transferred as a fifer to Capt John Lunt's company, Col. Tupper's regiment, Massachusetts line. I served in the army until October 1781 when at Dobbs Ferry I was taken a prisoner by the enemy and carried to Fort Washington in irons. I remained there until the 16 of June 1782 and then made my escape and went to West Point where I found my regiment had marched to the southward. remained there an invalid, among the invalids until September 1782, when & where in consequence of a breach occasioned by overs training in fifing, being unfit for duty, I took a pass from Lieut Jude Morrill, commanding the invalids, to return home. I took no other written discharge. My pass is not now to my knowledge in existence. From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge name on army pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Ezekiel Hacket
His Mark X

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln SS
On the eleventh day of April AD 1818, Ezekiel Hackett, above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him signed the same having been first dutifully read to him.
Before me,
Nathan Weston 
Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, second Easter Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I David Paul of Lewiston Main, of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare that I know that the within named Ezekiel Hacket served as he has within stated, as I served in the continental army with him. From his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth. 
David Paul
His mark  X

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln SS
On the eleventh day of April AD 1818, David Paul, above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him.
Before me
Nathan Weston
Chief Justice C. Court C Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

I am satisfied that the above named David Paul is a credible and disinterested witness.
Nathan Weston 
May 5. 1819.

Ezekiel Hacket, 
Lewiston Lincoln Co.
Pr Col Sprouts, Mass
Reg. 1780 to 1782
3 years
April 11 1818

Judge: Certificate as to claimants, circumstances wanted

Admitted.

Proof
David Paul
Asa Miller
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38 80 290

Ezekiel Hacket
11423

Lincoln County

Declaration in take made on the court of the County where declarant resides.

Sept 1819

R. C. Vose. August
Maine
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Lincoln Fs. Circuit Court of Common Pleas
August Seem 1820
Received & filed
Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk

A true copy

West 
Nat Coffin Clerk
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Copy
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State of Maine.
Kennebec County, SS.

On this third day of June, 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston. Jun. chis. Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ezekiel Hackett, aged fifty eight years, resident in Lewiston in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Clements and Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of Nearly three years. 

that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the eleventh day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 11423. And I, the said Ezekiel Hackett do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Writen of N. Weston Jr
Ezekiel Hacket
his mark  X

The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
One old house, small and unfinished, of the value of twenty five dollars. One cow of the value of fifteen dollars. One swine of the value of four dollars. Old household stuff consider necessary bedding, not exceeding three dollars in value. One axe worth one dollar and fifty cents. Two old axes and one old hoe all worth one dollar. I have no debts due to me that can be collected and I owe as much as thirty five dollars. My income does not exceed five dollars a year. I have no trade and from age and infirmity having a bad rupture and unable to labor. My family at home consists of myself, my wife Susan aged forty nine, my daughter Polly aged eleven, my son Ezekiel aged nine; who is unable to
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labor, my son Joseph aged six years, my son Amos aged four, and my daughter Lucy aged one year.
Except the foregoing, and my necessary clothing and bedding, I have no property or income whatever.
Witness N. Weston Jr.
Ezekiel Hacket
his mark  X

Subscribed, Sworn to and declared by the oath and schedule on the third day of June 1820, Before me Nathan Weston Jr
C. J. C. C. C. Pleas

A true Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk


38 80 290  Ezekiel Hacket 11423  Lincoln County  Declaration in take made on the court of the County where declarant resides.  Sept 1819  R. C. Vose. August Maine
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On answer to that part of your letter of the 11th last claiming land & pension which the widow of Ezekiel Hacket, a revolutionry Soldier did not recieve, you are advised that the Soldier was not entitled to bounty land in his life time for the reason that he only served to 1782 whereas the law required he should serve on the continental establishment to the end of the war in 1783 - although a later law - March 3. 1855 provided bounty land for a shorter period of service, yet no person was entitled to the same, except a surviving widow or in case of her disease, a child who was a minor on the 3rd day of March 1855
From the Statement of the Soldier in his pension papers it is doubtful
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whether she would have been entitled to pension without she survived to 1853, but even if she was entitled & neglected to apply for it in her life time there is no law existing which will give to her her children or other descendants, the right to claim the same after death
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Ezekiel Hacket died March 1841 & never had land - (widow) survived him 12 years & "got no pension" - heirs claim land & arrearages of pension dated April 11. 1889 Ladew Lewis Co. Was [illegible]
Letter of Amon Hacket
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11& 20
109 Sycamore Street
Somerville, Mass
Nov 12. 1900

To Commissioner of Pensions

O. W. & N. Division
Nov 16 1900
RECEIVED.

Dear Sir,
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of services rendered during the Revolutionary War by one Ezekiel Hackett a pensioner from Greene, Maine. It is possible he lived in Lewiston, Me. when he applied for his pension. If there is any charge for making out such a statement please enclose a bill for same
Respectfully yours
(Mrs) Sethena A. Ladd

Pension
Nov 14 1900
U. S.
OFFICE
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37078
Reoy INVALID.

File No. 37,078
Ezekiel Hacket
Liu Rev Was

Act: 18 March 18

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov - 17 - 1900- H. its Co
Mrs. L. H. Ladd
Somerville Mass
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State of Maine.

I Nathl. Coffin Clerk, for the County of Lincoln of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is forty nine dollars and fifty cents, not deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August 1820.
Nath. Coffin Clerk of said Court for the County of Lincoln