Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13363, Abel Hinsdale, Conn.
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(8-1776)


SERVICE                                                       (a star)                                                                      NUMBER
Conn.                                                            Hinsdale, Abel                                                       S.13363


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Contents
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Connecticut
9403
Abel Hindsdale
of Farmington in the State of Conn.
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hopkins of the Regt. Commanded
by Col.          in the Continental
line for 6 Months.
Conn. Line (star above Conn.)
aprx 3/do
Records corrected do.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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13363
INVALID.       Aroham written sideways with a check mark
File No. 13,363
Abel Hinsdale
Priv.Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 170
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4174
Admitten
Private burn
Continental. Troops
Col Swifts
buro
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BRIEF in the case of Abel Hinsdale
of       in the State of 
(Act 7th June,1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.    Duration of Service   Rank   Name of General and Field Officers
                                                                    under whom he served.
              Years, Months, Days   As a   Gen,

In 1781-           6-                      Private   Col. Swifts Reg

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
7. Is his statement supported by living witness, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentications? and if so, in what respect?
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
E.D. Bullock
Examing Clerk.
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No 41734
Abel Hinsdale (underlined)
Rolls-
enl July 10th 1781
6. mons
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Declaration in order to obtain the beneifit of the 
act of Congress paped 7th of June 1832,
State of Connecticut 
                                  } Litchfield  Aug. 1 1832
County of Litchfield
 
On this 1st day of August of 1832 personally appeared
in open court before the Hon Court of Probate for the
District of Litchfiels in said County now sitting
Abel Hinsdale of Torrington in said County and resident
in said town afed 67 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
p[provision made by the act of Congress paped June 7th 1832. That he entered 
into the army of the selected state in the year1781 and served in the Regimant of Col
Webb (I think the 3d) of the Connecticut line under the
following named officers, to  it Capt Hopkins
(as a detachment of our company with the levity +
I believe the Ensign was sent to the South I have
no recollection of their names ) I entered the service
at Harwinton 6t where I then resided in June 1784
I enlisted, to fill up the regular, which were ____
for nine months but part of the nine months was 
expired out the time of my enlistment. I joined the
Regiment at a place then called Fredericksburg east of Dobbs Ferry __________ on the North River, where
two brigades of the Connecticut Line under General
Huntington of PArson then were. We were engaged
in no battles but continued at Fredericksburg Philipaburg + Peekskill
until we went into Winter quarter at the Highlands
where I remained until the period of my enlistment
(__) the last of December, I received or written
discharge signed by Col Swifts Commnd, which
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I have since cash-
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to pension 
or immunity except the _____ and declares that 
my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency
of any date  Abel Hinsdale
Sworn to and  subscribes
the day and year afore to, before me
Frederick Wolcott Judge of 
Probate Court
district, Conn
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
soldier and served as he states
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of
Probate Court in district
Connecticut