Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,681, Ebenezer Hatch, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.   
Hatch, Ebenezer  
or Dimis
Dimmis

NUMBER
W. 15.681

CONTENTS
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4206
Vermont Penttney 
Dimis Hatch
widow of Ebenezer Hatch
who served in the Revolutionary 
Map
war, as a private
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 Dollars
Cents per anum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
12 day of Mch 1849
and sent to 
Wm. Bridges
St. Albany
VT
---
[illegible] on Roll of Pensioners [illegible], and
February 7, 1848, Page 55 [illegible]
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Hiram Fuller, Esq 
affidavit in the case of Mrs Dimis Hatch 
act July 7 1838.
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State of New York
County of Clinton  
I Hiram Fuller of Grand Isle Vermont being duly sworn say that I am acquainted with Mrs Dimis Hatch of Grand Isle aforesaid and know her to be the widow of Ebenezer Hatch who died at Grand Isle aforesaid in July 1831; I also swear that I am acquainted with the family bible left by said Ebenezer Hatch in his life time and now in possession of his widow aforesaid and on this day, cut the annexed record of the birth of Almira Hatch a daughter of said Ebenezer Hatch from said bible, by which it appears that said Almira was born on 2 Sept 1792. Said bible does not contain a record of the marriage of said Dimis Hatch. I have always understood that her husband served in the Revolutionary War and I believe he did - Sworn and published to this 10th September 1869 and I certify that deponent is a credible person} 
Hiram Fuller (signature)

J Douglas Woodward
master in chancey
notary re
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This record was cut out of the family bible by me.
Hiram Fuller
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THE END OF THE APOCRYPHA

Almira Hatch born Sept 2, 1792 
Syllena Hatch born Decem the 5, 1787 
Died February 27 1789
Abijah B Hatch born Octo 29th, 1798
Evalina Hatch born Sept the 18 1800
Elam Hatch born June the 9, 1804
Ebenezer Hatch died July 18 1831
[written across the page] This never was cut out of the family Bible by me
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Philo Berry was married to wife Pruda Landon the 28th day of April 1803
Herman Oliver Berry was born the 7th day of March AD 1806
Mrs Pruda Berry died on the 24th day of November 1806
Philo Berry Esq died on the 12th January 1808
Herman Oliver Berry died February 1808
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Declaration of - 6471
I am Dimis Hatch
widow of Ebenezer Hatch
at July 7. 1838.
Allan 18 mo[months]
Vermont
Examine Massachusetts Rolls'
American Regt. July 1783.
Col Henry Jackson's Regt.
Capt Chas[Charles] Selden aid de[camp]
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act July 7. 1838
State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle On this 25th day of November 1839 personally appeared before Calvin Fletcher - a Judge of the County Courts of said County Dimis Hatch a resident of Grand Isle in said County aged Seventy five years on the 15th April 1839, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".  That she is the widow of Ebenezer Hatch who was a private in the army of the revolution and served as follows as near as she is able to state. He resided at Lee Mass and enlisted at that place as she believes in the year 1780 in a Massachusetts Regiment for three years and served therein two years and until the army was disbanded when he was discharged honorably. She is unable to state the names of his officers. She further states that he was at West Point at the close of the war in 1783 as she believes he belonged to the American Regiment of Infantry, and served therein until 1784. I may be mistaken as to the year in which he served in said Regiment. Perhaps it was in 1783. instead of 1784. I have always understood he served more than two years during the revolutionary war as a private and I believe he did so serve in a Massachusetts Regiment. He may have belonged to Col Jacksons Reg.t - 
she further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Hatch at Kent Litchfield Co. Connecticut by the Rev. Joel Bordwell Presbyterian Minister, on the tenth day of March in the year 1790. Her maiden name was Dimis Berry, That her husband the afore said Ebenezer Hatch died on the 18th day of July in the year 1831. at Grand Isle in said County. that she was not married to him
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prior to his leaving the service, but
marriage took place previous to the first day
of January Seventeen hundred and ninety
four, viz. at the time above stated.
Sworn and subscribed to before me 
this 25th day of November 1839. and I certify
the said Dimis Hatch is a credible person - that she is unable by reason of bodily
infirmity to attend Court [and] she is
afflicted with general
debility and has difficulty in
getting about

[signature]
Dimmis Hatch

Calvin Fletcher Judge of Grand Isle County Court

Hon. John Smith H. R. can [illegible] it is sufficient,certify to in [illegible]writing
11.77
act July 7. 1838
Vermont
John
Allan 18 mo
you
and
son
Examine Massachusetts Rolls
Son
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Case of Dimis Hatch
Act July 7 1838.
addition of evidence
July , 12: 1840
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield
Lodema Clark of Sharon in said County aged Sixty eight years and over being duly sworn 
depose and says that she is a sister of Mrs Demis Hatch, now a resident of Grand Isle in the State of Vermont, that her said sister was married to Mr. Ebenezer Hatch at the town of Kent in said County In one thousand seven hundred and ninety by the Rev. Joel Bordwell a Presbyterian Clergyman. This Deponent was present in the audience and said the marriage ceremony between the said parties performed by the said Clergyman [illegible] in the early part of the month of March of that year but which day of the month she does not now remember. She fixed upon that date from a recollection of her age at the time of said Marriage. She was then nearly eighteen years old. She is now sixty eight years old from the 8th day of April last.
This Deponent has always understood that the said Hatch was a solder in the war of the Revolution but how long he served she does
not know. He lived at said Kent with his said wife about one year, and then returned to  Vermont where he resided until his death which took place as this deponent understood about nine years earlier.
Lodema Clark (signature)
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The Deposition of Nathaniel Berry of Sharon
in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut who testifies and says that he is of the age of seventy four years and over - that this deponent has examined the Records of the town of Kent in said county and can find no record of this marriage of Ebenezer Hatch to 
Demis Berry by the Rev. Joel Bordwell then the Presbyterian Clergyman from Kent. This deponent is quite confident that it is full fifty years since they were married, but has no memorandum from which he can fix the exact date - He remembers, however that it was in the early part of the summer 
This deponent has heard it said then
the said Hatch served in the Army of the Revolution, and he now thinks for three and such was always understood to be the fact.  Soon after they were married they moved to Kennicut where this said Hatch lived until his death which took place several years 
                                           Nathaniel Berry
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State of Connecticut ss County of Litchfield 
July 6. 1840 
I certify that the above named Lodema Clark and Nathaniel Berry personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Depositions by them personally subscribed, and I further certify that they an both credible witnesses -
 Chas. F. Sedgwick Justice of the Peace (signature)

I Richard Smith, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon in the State of Connecticut do herby certify that Charles F Sedgwick Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield in said State and that the foregoing signature by him purporting to be made is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court at Sharon this 6th day of July AD 1840 
Richard Smith, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon (signature)
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
     ---
File No. 15681
Dimis Hatch
    Widow of
Ebenezer Hath

Pri Rev War
       ---
Act Febuary 2nd. 48
Index: Vol. A  , Page 311


(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Demis Hatch

wid of Ebenr (Ebenezer)
Vt

Act July 7 1838

Married 1790
died   1831
Allow 18 mo for
Mass Line

Hon Jn Smith
H R.
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                 1831
Eben Hatch A. Lee
Demis Hatch M 1790 S.
Berkshire

Enlisted 1780 for 3 years
servd [illegible] '84

On the return of 3 year men from Berkshire Co, agreeable to the Act of 1781. See [illegible] 6 men.    Hatch, name not found on the list of any town or said County   See Vol. 9. P 281 -

Vol 2 p 155 53.30
January 1, 1784 [illegible]
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Vermont  5637

     Dimis Hatch
widow of Ebenezer Hatch
who was a pensioner under the Act of 
{line thru above text}
and who died on the 18 July 1831
of Grand Isle Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain  --- of the regt. commanded
by Col. Jackson in the Mass line for 18 months


Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington, Vermont
at the rate of 60 Dollars   Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.


Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July
1840 and sent to Hon. John
Smith, House of Representatives


Arrears to the 4th of March 1840           240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep "    30.00
                                                              $270.00
                                                  Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by   D. Brown  Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2.  Page 41

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New certificate issued & sent
to J.D. Woodward 15. Aug. 1840.
at Plattsburgh, N. York
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64.71 - Act 1838----Vt
Demis Hatch, widow of
Ebenezer.   Let to Hon.
Jon Smith 31 December '39
and dc; (deceased) 28 January 1840


Hon Jn Smith 22 Apl '40
----same---16 July 1840,


Act'38
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3858
Vermont Bur.

Dimis Hatch
widow of Ebenezer Hatch
who was a Private
in the Revolution


Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
to 60 Dollars ---Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.



Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of Decr 1843
and sent to
Wm Bridges
St. Albany
Vt


{Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.  Page 27
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Elam Gilberts affitt
in case of Mrs Hatch.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County  
I Elam Gilbert of West Newton in the said State of Mass. & County as
aforesaid depose & say that I enlisted in April 1782 as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the Eighth Mass. Regiment commanded
by Col. Michael Jackson and Capt Smith, Company in which I did duty until 1783 when all the soldiers were discharged who had enlisted during the war previous to 1782.  After the discharge of the aforesaid soldier the remainder was {word crossed out} inducted in one Regiment, and I was located in the artillery Barracks so called at West point on the lower story, directly over me were the Sargent Major and quarter Master Sergeant the entrance to which was on the outside by means of steps & I perfectly recollect that the person who was their waiter was named Hatch who found and repaired to the said upper story by the said steps.  & the said Hatch according to my best recollection remained there until we were all discharged in June 1784.  my discharge being signed by Henry Jackson Senate Charles Selden & Aidecamp,
    From this time I had no acquaintance with the aforesaid Hatch until 1820 or about that time. I was then residing at Grand Isle Vermont and then became further acquainted with the aforesaid Hatch whose Christian name was Ebenezer & from the best of knowledge & recollection the said Hatch belonged to the second Company of the regiment that was formed after the discharge of the soldiers in 83 this Regiment was designated as the
American Regiment of Infantry,,
        further the deponent saith not
Elam Gilbert (signature)
                                   
Witness
Seth Davis
H. L. Davis.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County ss Nov. 11th 1839
Then the above named Elam Gilbert personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed was true
Before me Seth Davis Justice of
of the peace
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Com'lth [commonwealth] of Massachusetts
Secy's' [Secretary's] Office, Nov. 11, 1839
I hereby certify that the within Seth Davis is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
Witness the Seal of the State
John P Bigelow
Secy of the Comw'lth [Secretary of the Commonwealth]
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Barnabas Berry's affidavit
Case of Mrs. D. Hatch
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State of New York
County of Franklin ss: [sirs] Barnabas Berry of Westville in said County aged Eighty one years being duly sworn says he resided in Kent Connecticut in 1790 and was acquainted with Ebenezer Hatch who then resided in said town. That as Deponant was then informed and believed and Still believes said Hatch during the spring of that year was married to Dimmis Berry at Kent aforesaid. Deponant was acquainted with said Hatch before their marriage and I then understood and believed, and still believes that he enlisted in said town into a massachusetts Regiment for three years in 1780 or 81 + [and] served until the end of the war - Deponant left Kent during the same year (1790) in which said Hatch was married + [and] has since been informed + [and] believes the said Hatch afterward went to the State of Vermont to reside; + [and] lived here with his said wife until the period of his death. Said Dimmis Hatch is a Sister of Deponant he believes she has remained a widow ever since her husband's death. "She" interlined.
[signature in a different hand:] Barnabas Berry
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 20th day of May 1840 and I certify that Deponant is a credible witness-
Henry G. Button Justice

State of New York
County of Franklin ss: [sirs] I the subscriber Clerk of said County certify the Henry G. Button Esq [Esquire] before whom the foregoing affidavit of Barnabas Berry was taken on the 20th day of May was at the said time a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that his signature to the Jurat thereof is genuine - Witness my hand, and official seal this 18th day of June 1840
W.D. Meeker Clerk
[below and on the left is a diamond-shaped image, probably the seal]
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case of Dimmis Hatch
Archibald Collins
aff [affidavit?]
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State of Vermont
County of Addison ss: [sirs] Archibald Collins of Ferrisburgh in said County being duly sworn says he is seventy five years of age and resided in the town of Lee Massachusetts in the year 1780 - and was well acquainted with Ebenezer Hatch then a resident of said town. During said year Deponant saw said Ebenezer Hatch in the uniform of a soldier at Lee aforesaid and was informed by him at that time and place, that he had enlisted into a Massachusetts Regiment for three years - and he tried to pursuade Deponant to enlist. Deponant further says that he has always understood and verily believes the said Hatch served his time out or until he was honorably discharged at the close of the war. During the year 1790 as Deponant was then informed and believed and still believes, said Hatch was married at Kent Conn [Connecticut] to Dimmis Berry. Deponant is confident said marriage was solemnized at the time and place aforesaid from what he was told by the parties and others at the time, about a year after the marriage said Hatch removed from Kent. Conn [Connecticut] - to Ferrisburgh aforesaid and resided there as near neighbor of Deponant and belonged to the same church with him for more than fourteen years when he went to Grand Isle County where Deponant believes he lived with his said wife up to the period of his death in July 1831. He always sustained a fair character, and was reputed a man of considerable prosperity - 
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 16th day of June 1840 and I certify that Deponant is a credible witness. [16th, June, and signature in a different hand] Lansing Hard Justice
[To the right of the above sentence and signature:] The word "Dimmis" a little blotted before swearing.
[signature in a third hand:] Archibald Collins

State of Vermont
County of Addison ss: [sirs:] I the subscriber Clerk of said County certify that Lansing Hand Esq. [Esquire] before whom the foregoing affidavit of Archibald Collins was taken + [and] sworn on the 16th day of June 1840 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in + [and] for said County, and his signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine - Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of June 1840
Saml. [Samuel] Swift Clerk
[in the above paragraph, Lansing Hard matches the signature above; 16th, June, 17th, June, and Saml. Swift are all in a fourth hand]
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Mrs. Dimmis Hatch, affidavit
J.D. Woorward
Plattsburgh N. [New] York

Hon. [Honorable] Jno Smith
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State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle ss [sirs] I Dimis Hatch of Grand Isle in said County in addition to my declaration to obtain a pension being duly sworn say that my Husband Ebenezer Hatch did not apply for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 for the reason as he said that his discharge from the army was burnt in his fathers House at Lee mass [Massachusetts] soon after the revolutionary war + [and] His inability to procure evidence. After the act of 1820 was passed any [?] said his basis not being in indigent circumstances was not entitled to a pension. He possessed a farm + [and] other property in Grand Isle County at that time and for many years preserved [?] + [and] up to the time of his death to the value of two thousand dollars + [and] upwards. Said property has been distributed amongst his children. Before the passage of the act last mentioned he said he was able to live without a pension + [and] was unwilling to incur expense in applying for same though I have frequently heard him say he was entitled to one in consequence of his service. The name of my husbands father was Lemuel Hatch + [and] some of my said Husband fathers family have the name of Ebenezer [can't read word] my said husband. Joseph, Oliver + [and] Jonathan Hatch were Brothers of my husband. I was married at Kent Conn [Connecticut] on the tenth of March 1790 + [and] we lived there one year + [and] then moved to Monkton Vt. resided there two years + [and] then moved to Ferrisburg Vermont + [and] lived there about fourteen years, then moved to Grand Isle in Grand Isle County Vermont where my said Husband resided up to the time of his death on the 18th July 1831 and where I have ever since resided and now reside. Our house was burnt at Monkton Vt [Vermont] when we lived there and all my Husbands old papers were burnt.
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with it: I have no record evidence of my marriage except a record of the birth of my children sent to Pension office 
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 13th of May 1840 & I certify that Deponent is credible person & her statement  is entitled to full [credit] & I certify that said Ebenezer Hatch was reputed in the neighborhood where he resided at the time of his death to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion 
Peter Corbin Justice Peace (signature)

State of Vermont County of Grand Isle ss   I the subscriber Clerk of said County certify that Peter Corbin before whom the foregoing affidavit of Dimmis Hatch was taken and sworn on the 13th day of May 1840, was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that his signature above is genuine.  Witness my hand and official Seal this 14th May, 1840- 
Joel Allen Clerk of said County,  (signature)
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Dtd
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3858
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Declaration 
State of Vermont 
Franklin County ss.}
On this 27th day of September, AD 1848, personally appeared before the subscribing authority a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin afsd, Dimmis Hatch, a resident of Georgia in the County of Franklin & State of Vermont, aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the widow of Ebenezer Hatch, who was a private, and served in the Connecticut line of the army, in the war of the Revolution, & served in the last three years campaign; has no recollection of the Regt nor the names of his officers. she further declares that she drew a pension under the act of July 7th, 1838, and the acts subsequent, of sixty dollars per annum, and that she is still the widow of Ebenezer Hatch, has not intermarried since his, the said Hatch's death. 
Demis Hatch (signature)

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, 
Before William Bridges Justice of the Peace (signature)

Signed in presence of 
A. b. Fuller 
S E Fuller 

over
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I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Dimmis Hatch, and she is the same identical person who drew a pension under the act of 1838 and the acts subsequent thereto, and she is a widow
 William Bridges Justice Peace (signature)

State of Vermont 
Franklin County ss}
I Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of Franklin County Court do hereby certify that William Bridges who has affixed his name to the above and foregoing is a Magistrate duly authorized by land to administer oaths, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine 
[seal]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of County Court, at St Albans, in said County this 28th day of September 
Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk (signature)
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4.2.75
Declaration of
Mrs. Dimis Hatch
for a Pension

$60 per an

Wm. Bridges
St Albans
Vt.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843. Granting pensions for one year to certain widows, who have received pensions under the act of July 7th 1838.
State of Vermont Georgia districts St Albans August 22nd 1843, on this day personally appeared before the undersigned judge of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Georgia, Dimmis Hatch a resident of the town of Georgia in said district, (late of Grand Isle in said state) aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Hatch who was, (as she believes) a private in the Massachusetts line of the army and enlisted at lee in said state of Massachusetts, in the year 1780, for three years and served until the Mex war, she thinks he belonged to Colonel Jackson's Regt of Infantry, and was discharged at West Point NY, not long after the termination of the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she was placed on the pension Roll of the Vermont agency in the year 1839, or forty and received her pension under the act of July 7th 1838. of eighty dollars per annum and is still the widow of 
the said Ebenezer Hatch, late of grand isle [illegible] deceased
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and wishes her pension certificate sent to her attorney Hon William Bridges of St Albans
Franklin County, Vermont.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Dimmis Hatch (signature)

Before me
William Bridges Judge (signature)
[seal]

Attest Julius C Fuller

State of Vermont} 
Georgia District ss } 
St Albans August 22nd 1843, personally appeared before me William Bridges Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the district aforesaid, Daniel G Sawyer a gentleman, of high respectability formerly a resident of Grand Isle, now of St Albans, who is personally acquainted with Mrs Dimmis Hatch the signer of the within declaration, who transcribed and made oath that she is the widow of Ebenezer Hatch late of Grand Isle deceased, he the said lawyer being present at the time of making this declaration.

D. G. Sawyer JP. (signature)

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Probate Court of St. Albans in the District of Georgia the day & year above written
[seal]
William Bridges Judge (signature)
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New Certificate sent 15. Aug. '40
FREE

James L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[postmark Clintonville NY Aug 8]
Brown
Aug 14
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Plattsburg NY Aug't 6, 1840
Col James L Edwards
Commissn'r
Dr Sir
Please to strike out the word "Virginia" in
the enclosed certificate & insert "Vermont"
in which state Mrs Dimis Hatch resides.
The certificate may be returned to me by mail.
Yours respy
J. D. Woodward
for the widow
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Mrs. Dimis Hatch,

Payment to be made at Burlington by H. Lowry Esq. Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Burlington Payable on the 4th March and the 4th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 4th day of September next.  Recorded in the Pension office, in Book A, Vol. 2 Page 41 by D. Brown, Clerk.
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War Department.
Five years Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Dimis Hatch, of the State of Virginia widow of Ebenezer Hatch who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and died on the 18th day of July 1831 is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death. Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty.
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Mrs. Dimis Hatch
Act July 7, 1838 at
The Pension office.
Hon John Smith
H.R.
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Plattsburg Dec. 2. 1837
Hon John Smith HR.
Dr Sir
I wish you to cause an examination to be made at the Pension Office in the case of Mrs Dimis
Hatch one of your constituents.
The Massachusetts Rolls may throw light on the case, particularly those of Col Henry Michael Jackson, Reg't - the "American Reg't"
of Infty formed near the close of the war
Yours True
J.D. Woodward
for the widow.
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Hatch
Mass Rolls
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House of Reps
Washington Decr 16. 1839
Sir
I herewith transmit the declaration of Mrs Dimis Hatch, together with the affidavit of H. Fuller, and a note to me from J D Woodward, and respectfully request and early
consideration of the case
I am very Respectfully yr Obt Sevt
Jno.Smith

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington

Ferrisburg Adden
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Ho. of Reps
Jany 24. 1840
Sir
I herewith transmit a letter (illegible) from the Hon J D Woodward of Plattsburgh NY. and respectfully ask the a further Examination may be made at the pension office agreeably to the request of Mr Woodward
I am Respectfully yr obt. Sevt.
Jno Smith

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Col. Edwards letter in case of Mrs. Dimis Hatch.
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War Department
Pension Office
January 28, 1840
Sir,
I return herewith the letter of Mr. Woodward upon the subject of the claim of Mrs Dimis Hatch, widow of Ebenezer Hatch, dec'd and in reply have to state that the Mass rolls in this office furnish no evidence of his service.
It will be observed that Mr. Hatch died in 1831. If he had served as the widow alleges he would
have been entitled to a pension under the
act of 18 March 1818: it does not appear however, that he ever applied.
I have the honor to be very resp'y your obt sevt
J L. Edwards

Hon John Smith
House of Representatives
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Mrs Dimis Hatch
(additional evidence)


For Jos L Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions

Hon. John Smith
HR
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Plattsburg NY April 15. 1840
Col Edwards

Sir
I enclose the deposition of Elam Gilbert in the case of Mrs Dimis Hatch.  An examination of the rolls of the Reg't described by him may throw light on the case.
Yours respectfully
J. D. Woodward
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Washington Apr 17, 1840
Ho. of Reps.

Sir
I herewith transmit to you
some further evidence in the case
of Mrs Hatch, and ask an early
consideration of the same

I am Sir, respectfully,
Your obt Sert,
J Smith

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington
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Mrs Dimis Hatch
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Comm of Pensions
Hon. John Smith
House of Representatives
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Pension Office, April 22nd, 1840

Sir,
I have received the additional evidence in the case of the claim of Dimis Hatch, widow of Ebenezer Hatch; and have placed it on file with her original papers. The name of a soldier has been found on the rolls of the Mass line, who
received a certificate for the balance of his full pay up to 1st Jany. 1784. But before any favorable decision can be had on this claim, the applicant will be required to furnish the
most satisfactory proof of the identity of her late husband; and an explanation showing why he did not apply under the act of March 18, 1818, he having survived the passage of that act 13 years.

She will also inform this Department of the Christian name of her late husband's father, and whether any of his father's family bore the name of Ebenezer, if such name was not his own. This subject was alluded to in my last letter, under the date of January 28th, 1840.

I have the honor to be,
very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
J L Edwards

Hon. John Smith
House of Representatives
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Jos Tolman Lee


Hon John Smith
H. R.
Washington D.C.
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Plattsburg N.Y. June 29, 1840

Dear Sir,

I enclose additional evidence in the case of Mrs Dimmis Hatch required by the letter of Col Edwards dated April 22nd 1840.

Please to send the papers to the Pension office.

Yours truly, 
J.D. Woodward

Report to the Hon John Smith H.R.

Hon John Smith
H. R.
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Washington July 4, 1840

Sir
I send you herewith a note from J D Woodward Esq. and also additional evidence in the case of
Mrs Hatch. You will please give the papers an early examination.

Yours respectfully
J Smith

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Records
Washington
DC
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Washington July 17, 1840.

Sir
I have in your note of the 16th unit and
have concluded in behalf of Mrs Hatch
to accept a certificate of 18 Mrs. Swain
of her Husband
---
to her the
right of further showing on the subject
if she shall think best.

I am respectfully
W obt St
J. Smith

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.