Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13402, Daniel Hickok, Conn.
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Conn
Hickok, Danial
S13402
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9309
Connecticut

Daniel Hickok
of Danbury in the State of Conn 
who was an Ensign in the com 
by Captain Benedict of the Reg commanded
by Col _________ in the Conn 
line for 9 1/2 mo
cop in Col Waterburg
p 9 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 275 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May 
33 and sent claimant
Danbury Con

Arrears tot he 4th of March 33  $550.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 33   137.50
___________
$687.50

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk

Book E Vol. 3 Page 17

Let. to Hon. J. J. Whitt [illegible] as to 
service of O. Benedict, Sept 21 1837

[written on side margin]
D. Dec. 24-1835  A 13
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County }ss
On that 28 day of August 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the district of Danbury within and for said district in said state the same being a court of record, Daniel Hickok of Danbury who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
I was born at said Danbury in the year 1748. I am now eighty four years of age. That in the Month of May 1775 I recd an Ensign from Mission from the governor of Connecticut with an order to enlist men for the service of the Sates (which Commission and order accompanies this declaration) and agreeably to said order I immediately commenced enlisting men for the term of seven months. I soon had orders to march with the company commanded by Capt Noble Benedict to the Northward as for as Ticonderoga where I served on this tour seven months. 7 months
Early in January 1776 the regiment to which I belonged was ordered to New York & I accordingly marched with my company to New York where I was in service two months & a half.    2 1/2 months
On my return home from New York in the spring of 1776 I was appointed Captain in the militia and received a commission (which is herewith annexed) soon after (to wit) in the same summer I was ordered to march my company to New York which order was obeyed & I was in service at this time two months & a half.    2 1/2 months
In the year 1777 I was ordered out with my company near the Hudson river and marched them as far north as Redhook on said river at the line. I was in service one month & a half.   1 1/2 month
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Soon after my return from Redhook I was again called out with my company towards New York and marched to a place called Sawpits & was at the time in service two months.     2 months

In the year 1778 there was a detachment of militia and I was detached to command a company. I was ordered onto the seaboard. From thence I was sent by Col. David Humphrey on to the lines and was directed to report myself to Genl Putnam at Peekskill at the time I served two months.    2 months

In the summer of 1779 I was ordered with my company on to the seaboard to [smudge] watch the motions of the enemy and was in service at this time about one month.    1 month

Rec of [illegible] taken       Months
1775 at the northward    7 as Ensign
1776 New York    2 1/2
1776 in New York    2 1/2
1777 near the Hudson river     1 1/2
""" [illegible]    2  as Captain
1778 in the lines & at Peekskill   2
1779 on the seaboard    1
____________
18 1/2 months

Being examined in Court the said Daniel HIckok saith that under said enlisting orders in 1776 he enlisted seventeen men. That he served with the said regiment of Colonel 
Waterburg of the Connecticut sate troops the whole campaign. Served at the siege of the Fort of St. John. He did not go to Montreal but in the month of November and about time before the [illegible] of said Fort. He was sent to Ticonderoga in [illegible] of a few British Prisoners taken at [illegible] He then received furlough to return home
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from General [illegible] and arrived home in the latter part of November returning in December 1775. He served in the town seven months.
That in the winter of 1776 he served the foresaid term of two and a half months, as Ensign in the said regiment aforesaid, [illegible] troops commanded by Col Waterbury at New York. Lieutenant Colonel Whiting and Major Hobley were officers in the said regiment. That all his service as Captain was in the militia of Connecticut.
That when he re enlisted the service in 1777 he entered about the 2nd of October 1777 and [illegible] to the orders from Colonels Cooke, Beardsley and Mygatt for the dates at which he's said the terms of service [illegible].
That all the documentary evidence [illegible] is hereunto annexed. That he was dismissed with his duties as the Captain the greater part of the time he [illegible] the said office near Vermont, after the later of said many years. Recollect anything of service other than thee above specified.
That on his last mentioned term of service in July 1779, he was engaged in actual combat with the enemy at [illegible] and also at Fairfield. And that after the British embarked on board their ships, he was ordered to [illegible]. Served the [illegible] as of his said company. The said Daniel Hickok hereby [illegible] every claim to [illegible]
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on annuity, except the [illegible] and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state. Herein to and subscribed in open court [illegible].
Daniel Hickok

The said Daniel Hickok Justice saith that in the month of August 1779, the whole regiment to which he belonged and which was then commanded by Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley, was ordered into the service of the United States and that he served as the Captain of the said company of the said regiment in [illegible] of said order six weeks at [illegible] Pound in the county of [illegible] and state of New York. The said regiment during the said term of service was stationed at and near said [illegible] Pond. Where a large body of Connecticut militia was stationed under the command of General Wadsworth. In this service he was employed six weeks.

He also [illegible] the orders he received from his commanding officers, due orders from said Colonel Beardsley dated June 22 1779 from said Peekskill saith his company and [illegible]. Mr. Dougal he believes obeyed the said order and served there three weeks about he cannot distinctly recollect. He knows he was there on several tours but at this tour in June 1779 his recollections is not distinct. The said order is [illegible]. He saith he remembers that he joined said regiment at his company at Ridgeburg as a place of the [illegible] and [illegible] have been in [illegible] name of the order and he cannot recollect the date. [illegible]
Daniel Hickok
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Hickok of Danbury in the State of Connecticut
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?
84 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.  Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
May In 1775  7 2 months 15 days as Ensign Capt Benedict
1776        ""
Spring 7 2 months 15 days Captain
77  1 month 15 days ""
"" 2 months Col. Humphry
78 2 months "" Col Waterbury
79 1 month "" 
Month of 1779    13 - 15
1 - 12

5. In what battles was he engaged? Norwalk. Fairfield.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Danbury

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Documentary proof

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect?
Correct

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

Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SE

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

AWF/[illegible]

May 7, 1930.

Mrs. Anson Marston
College Campus
Ames
Iowa.

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13402, it appears that Daniel Hickok was born in 1748 at Danbury, Connecticut.

He enlisted May 1, 1775 and served nine and one half months as ensign in Captain Noble Benedict's 6th, then Colonel David Waterbury's 5th Connecticut Regiment, and was at the siege of St. John.

He enlisted May 23, 1776 and served two and one half months as captain of the 9th Company of the 16th Regiment of Connecticut Militia; in 1777 three and one half months as captain of the same company and same regiment; in 1778 two months as captain of the same company and same regiment, and in 1779 one and one half months as captain of the same company in Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battles of Norwalk and Fairfield.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, at which time he was living in Danbury, Connecticut.

He died December 24, 1835.

There are no data as to family.

Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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June 7 Hist to
N Asticox
William
[illegible]

1919 Aug 13. History to T. B. Warren 179 Solders Hill St Bridgeport Conn. (see his letter in James Warren Comm
S45452. AW.)

1930 May 7 Hist to Mrs. Anson Marston [illegible]

Rev War
13.402  94

INVALID
File No. 13,402
Daniel Hickok
Capt & Ensign Rev. War

Act June 6 1832
Index: Vol. 1 Page 174

(Arrangement of 1870)
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[illegible]
9 1/2 mo at Ensign
9 mo at Captain
$275

claimant
Danbury CT

Sundry documents taken out placed on file
RE
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Hickok which require further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

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EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ________ year ________ months, and _________days, I served as a ______________. For ___________ months and ___________ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions rarely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particular respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

Quere XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

QUERE SVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Hon T. T. Whittlesey
Ans. Sept 21, 1837,
invited to call & see 
examiner Hickok's papers 
for the purpose within stated.

M. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions


Sept 19
Hon. T T. Whittlesey
AR
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House of Rep. Sept 19th 37

M. Edwards
Sir,
I am requested to examine the papers of Daniel Hickok to find out the service of Oliver Benedict, at the Pension office.
Examine the papers of John Rogers of Weston, CT, and ascertain what the difficulty is.
I also enclose the within letter.
Yours very respectfully
T T. Whittlesey
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss.
I the undersigned a Notary Public in & for said County of Fairfield residing in Danbury in the said county duly appointed and sworn do hereby certify that Oliver Shepard Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate of Captain of the foregoing deposition of Nathaniel Hoyt is a justice of the Peace, in & for said Fairfield County, duly appointed & commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths, and take depositions and was such Justice when the said Deposition purports to have been sworn before him that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of the said Oliver Shepard is in his proper hand writing and that full faith & credit are due to his attestations as such Justice of the Peace. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at said Danbury this 1st day of August 1832.
Reuben Booth [crossed out]
Notary Public [crossed out]
Reuben Booth
Notary Public

[written in margin]
Nathaniel Hoyt
Deposition
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I Nathaniel Hoyt of Danbury County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut age eighty years being duly sworn do depose and say that I was knowing Daniel Hickok of said Danbury serving in the war of the revolution & one time in particular (to wit) in the month of Jan. 7 1776 he was [illegible] to New York & served as an Ensign in Capt Noble Benedicts company from the first of January until the last of March about two months and a half.
Nathaniel Hoyt

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss.
On this 4th day of August 1832 at Danbury in the said county [illegible] appeared Nathaniel Hoyt the above named deponent before me and subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the [illegible] same and I certify that he is a man of good character for truth & veracity, and a credible witness.
Oliver Shepard Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} ss.

I the undersigned a notary public within and for said county duly appointed and sworn, residing at Danbury in said county, do hereby certify that Oliver Shepard Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate of Caption of the foregoing deposition of Thaddeus Morehouse, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County, duly appointed and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions. And that the signature within written purporting to be the signature of the said Oliver Shepard is in his proper hand writing. And full faith and credit are due this attestation as such Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal at Danbury aforesaid this 1st day of August A.D. 1832.
Reuben Booth Notary Public
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I Thadeus Morehouse of Danbury Fairfield County & State of Connecticut aged eighty three years, being duly sworn do depose and say that Daniel Hickok of said Danbury was rec'd an Ensign commission in the Connecticut state troops and was attached to the company commanded by Capt Noble Benedict in the Regt under Col. David Waterbury of which company I was a member & that in the spring of the year 1775 said regiment was ordered into service and was most of the campaign at the northward in Canada & then the said Ensign Hickok was with said company a part or all of said campaign.
Thadeus Morehouse

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County }ss. Danbury
On the 1st day of August 1832 sworn & subscribed before me. {illegible] I hereby certify that the deponent contains a good character for truth & is a credible witness.
Oliver Shepard Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Taylor of Danbury Fairfield County & State of Connecticut aged seventy years being duly sworn doth depose & say that I am well acquainted with Captain Daniel Hickok of said Danbury who hath applied for a pension. That the said Daniel Hickok in the month of August 1779 was a captain of militia in this state in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley, that said regiment in that year in the month of August was called out & stationed at [illegible] pond in the state of New York. Said Daniel Hickok served at that place as captain for the term of six weeks. I served the same time in his company.
Samuel Taylor

August 1st 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court & the said Court of Probate certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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We Erastus Cole a clergyman residing in the town of Danbury and Oliver Shepard residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Hickok who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be eighty four years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court. 
Erastus Cole
Oliver Shepard
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Erastus Cole who hath signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, residing in the Town of Danbury and that Oliver Shepard who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Danbury and is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of Probate for this district of Danbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Hickok for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said office this 1st day of August 1832.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County }ss.
I Reuben Booth of Danbury in said county, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said county & state do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esq. who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of said Court of Probate is Clerk thereof, duly appointed and sworn, and was such Clerk at the tie the same purport to have been certified. And that the signatures preceding and all the signautres attesting the proceedings of said court hereunto annexed purporting to be the signature of the said Edward Taylor, are in his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to his attestations are due credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Danbury aforesaid this first day of August A.D. 1832.
Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut
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I Phineas Taylor of Danbury County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy two years duly sworn do depose and say that I have long known Captain Daniel Hickok was knowing to his serving in the war of the Revolution & particularly in the year 1776 he was called to New York with the company under his command in which company I served as a private soldier. He was in service in New York at this time two months and a half according to my best recollection & belief.
Phineas Taylor

August 1st 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court & the said Court of Probate certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

The deponent further says that the said Daniel Hickok in the month of July 1779 served at Fairfield & Norwalk when those towns was burned; with his company and was in the actions fought at those places, after which he marched with his company to the town of Hanford, and then discharged.
Phileas Taylor

August 1st 1832 Sworn & subscribed before open court [illegible] Probate certifies that the deponent [cut off]
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I Eliud Taylor of Danbury County of Fairfield & state of Connecticut aged seventy four years being duly sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Captain Daniel Hickok of this place and was knowing to his serving in the war of the revolution & particularly the time he mentions in his declaration in the year 1777 near the Hudson river & also at the Fairfield and also in 1778 in a [illegible] of militia on the lines & Peekskill, who on the seaboard in 1779 in all the above mentioned times he served as a Captain and that the times of service declared by him is correct (to wit) six & a half months.
Eliud Taylor

August 1st 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court, and the said Court of Probate certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness. The words also at the [illegible] before signing.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

And the deponent further say, that the said Daniel Hickok when Ensign in Capt Noble Benedicts Company in the year 1776 was ordered to New York & marched then at the first of Jan & continued in New York in service until March two months & a half.
Eliud Taylor

August 1st 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court and the said court of probate certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD SECTION

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C., __, 19___________

S13402

IN reply to your request of __________, received _____________ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Hickok a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
May 1 1775 9 1/2 mos Ensign Captain Noble Benedict 6 Com Colonel Waterbury 5th Regt 
May 23 1776 2 1/2 mo Capt   of the 9th co  of the 16th regt Militia
1777 3 1/2 mos Capt
1778 2 mos Capt
1779 1 1/2 mos Capt Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley

Battles engaged in Siege of St John, Norwalk & Fairfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Aug 1 1832 his cl. was [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Danbury Conn.
Age at date of application b. at Danbury Conn in 1748
Remarks: No family data
He died Dec 24, 1835 A. B. 

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Colony of Connecticut.} JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire,
Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America.
Daniel Hickok    GREETING.
By virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, in and by the ROYAL CHARTER, to the Governor and Company of the said Colony, under the Great Seal of England, I DO, by these Presents, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, [illegible] and appoint you, the said Daniel Hickok to be Captain of the [illegible] Company in the 19th Regiment of the [illegible] inlisted and assembled for the Special Defence and Safety of HIs Majesty's said Colony You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in leading, ordering and exercising said Company, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding [illegible] obey you as their Ensign and yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from Me, or the Commander in Chief of the said Colony for the Time being, or other your superior officers, according to Military Rules and Disciplines, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you.

GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of the said Colony at Hartford the first Day of May in the 15th Year of the Reign of His Majesty King GEORGE the Third, Annoque Domini, 1775.

Jon. Trumbull

By His Honor's Command
George Wyllys [illegible]
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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire
Captain- General, and Commander in Chief, of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, In America.
To Daniel Hickok   Gent GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this Colony accepted to be Captain of the ninth company on [illegible] in the 16th Regiment in this Colony. Reposing Special Trust and Confidence, in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, I do by Virtue of the Laws of this Colony, me [illegible] appoint and impower you to take the said [illegible] is, to your Care and Charge, as their Captain [illegible] carefully and urgently to discharge that Trust; exercising your inferior officers and soldiers in the Use of Arms, according to the Discipline of War; keeping them in good Order and Government; and commanding them to obey [illegible] their Captain for the Service of this Colony. And you are to observe all such Orders and directions, as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from me, or from other your superior officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of this Colony, in Hartford the 23rd Day of May Anno Domini, 1776.
Jon. Trumbull

By His Honor's Command
George Wyllys Sec'ry
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Ames, Iowa.
Feb 26, 1930

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Please send me a copy of your records concerning Daniel Hickok, of Bethel Conn, who was placed on the pension roll for service as ensign and Captain of Conn Militia. I think he lived from 1748-1835 and was about 84 when he received a pension.

Mrs Anson Marston
Ames, Iowa.
College Campus

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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir
Can you give me any information in reference to Birthplace etc of Daniel Hickock who served in the Revolutionary Army and who with others, was granted a pension by act of Congress June 7th 1832 during 1st session of ["congress" crossed out] 23rd Congress.
Please accommodate me with all the particulars that you can and greatly oblige.
Yours Truly
W. A. Hickok.
28 Goodwill Ave
Meriden Conn.