Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21321, Heman Hinckley, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | NUMBER
Mass | Hinkley Heman | W 21321
or Hinkley Lydia
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14006
3866
New York
Herman Hinckley
allowance in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hamblin of the Eighth commanded by ________ in the [unintelligible] ma zone for 13 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1833 and sent to 
Ashley Samson Rochester

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $86.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 21.66
$108.32

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 59
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[illegible] | 6909
Albany, New York
[illegible] | Lydia Hinckley
[illegible] '46 | [illegible]
E B Holmes 16 Feb '46 | widow of Heman Hinckley
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March,1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
17th day of May 1845
and sent to Hon. T.J. Peterson
Rochester, N York
[Acts of March 3, 1843. ]
Recorded in Book A of June 17, 1844,
Vol. 2, Page 77
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faint [illegible] left side of document
13.844
Heman Hinckley
Monroe County, New York
admitted.
13 mo. Private.
Ashley Samson Agnt.
[crossed out] Ashley Rochester
Monroe County, New York
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BRIEF in the case of Heman Hinckley
County of Monroe in the state of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? A court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76 years & 9 months
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.
Years, Months, Days | As a | Gen.
Enlisted in 1776 | 2 Months | Private | Capt Hamblin [illegible] Smith
Enlisted - do | 3 Months | " | do
Enlisted 1777 | 8 Months | " | Capt Nye.
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Barnstable County, Massachusetts
7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & living witness who from service in 1776
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Amy Robinson Examining Clerk.
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Intentions of marriage entered by Jasiah [illegible] Clerk
Heman Hinckley and Lydia Lovell
both of Barnstable May thirteenth
one thousand and seven hundred and
seventy seven.
Barnstable June 19th, 1840
I Calvin Stetson town clerk of the
Town of Barnstable County of Barnstable Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby
certify that the above is a true copy
of the record of said town in my
custody, with the exception of the
date which is expressed in the record
in fair legible figures as follows
"May 30th 1777 | Town Clerk
Calvin Stetson | of Barnstable
I Calvin Stetson above named
depose and say that I hold the office 
of Town Cleark in the Town County and 
State aforesaid and that the above 
is a true extract from the records of
said town, with the exception above named
and certified by me
and I further depose and say that I
have the custody of the records of said
town and have thoroughly and carefully
examined the same and confirmed herein
no record of the marriage of the said Heman Hinckley and Lydia Lovell
Calvin Stetson | Clerk of the town of Barnstable
Barnstable [illegible]
June 19th 1840 Subscribed and sworn to
before me, Lothrop Davis | Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Barnstable
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Courts
of Common Pleas within and for
said County of Barnstable hereby
certify that Lathrop Davis Esquire
is a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County duly commissioned
and qualified and that the within ┃
signature purporting to have been
made by him is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and
the seal of said Court this
Nineteenth day of June A.D.
Eighteen hundred and forty
Timothy Reed Clerk
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I Enoch Hinckley of Barnstable in
the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth ┃
of Massachusetts aged eighty nine years
depose and say that I am the brother
of Heman Hinckley formerly of said
Barnstable, and who did service in the
war of the revolution, that he was married 
to Lydia Lovell daughter of Silas
Lovell, at said Barnstable, sometime in
the year 1776 or 1777, by the Rev. Oakes Shaw,
then the settled minister in said town-
I cannot state the precise time of the year
when the marriage took place. I was
married in December 1778, and my said
brother had then been married a year
at least. He and his wife, the said
Lydia, removed many years ago to
Lee, in the Western part of this State, and
hence into some part of the State of New York
where he died a few years since
and his widow Lydia Hinckley is now
alive and resides at the place as I am
informed, where her said husband died
and is, as I understand, an applicant
for a pension
I further depose that I was present
at the marriage of the said Heman and
Lydia at the house of her said father
Silas Lavell | Enoch Hinckley
Barnstable
June 16. 1840
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County [illegible]
Be it known that on this sixteenth day
of June A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty
before me Nymphas Marston Esq one of the
Justices of the peace in and for
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said County of Barnstable personally
appeared Enoch Hinckley the within
named deponent and made oath
that the within deposition, by him
subscribed in my presence is true
and I certify that said deponent is credible
witness 
Nymphas Marston Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Barnstable 
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the
County aforesaid hereby certify that
Nymphas Marston Esquire is a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
by commissioned and qualified
and that the above signature purporting
to have been made by him is his
[illegible] signature
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Court this sixteenth day of
June AD Eighteen hundreds
and forty
Timothy Reed Clerk
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5031
Papers of H. Hinckley
To obtain Pension
in 30 May 77
[illegible] 1831
May 18, 1777
[illegible]
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State of New York
Monroe County SS. At a Circuit Court holden at the
courthouse in the County of Monroe & State of
New York on the 23d day of October 1840 before
the Hon Nathan Dayton Circuit Judge personally
appeared in open Court Lydia Hinckley a
resident
of the town of Yates in the County of
Monroe & State aforesaid aged Eighty seven years
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
that she is the widow of Heman Hinckley
deceased who was a soldier in the army of the
revolution & who received a pension of forty three
dollars and thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and who
departed this life on the 9th day of October
in the year of our Lord 1836 in the town of
Greece in the said County of Monroe
that she was married to the said Heman
Hinckley in the month of June in the year
of our Lord 1776 in the town of Barnstable
in the State of Massachusetts by the Revd
Oaks Shaw; that she has four children
living: their name and ages are as follows,
Zenas aged sixty years residence Gates, Monroe
County & State of New York, Mary Stanger aged
fifty eight years, residence town of Lee,  Berkshire County Massachusetts: Lucretia Ball
aged fifty six years, residence town of Gates
Monroe County New York: Benjamin Hinckley
aged forty three years residence unknown:
that during the Revolutionary war she resided in Barnstable aforesaid that in
the year 1783 in the month of July & he
and her said husband moved to the town
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ofsee in the said County of Berkshire; that in
the fall of 1816 she and her said husband moved 
to the town of Gates County of Monroe & State of
New York that they lived thereafter together
in the town of Gates & the town of Greece adjoining
until the death of her husband as
above stated. That she and her said husband
always lived together after their intermarriage
except he was absent on duty
as a private in the army of the revolution
till his death. That she now resides in
the town of Gates in the family of
Zenas Hinckley her son and that she
has no property and is wholly dependent
upon her friends for support-
Sworn to & subscribed the day and
year first above written-
Lydia her X mark Hinckley
I certify that the aforegoing deposition was subscribed
and taken in open court before the said circuit
Judge on the day & year first above mentioned -
Ephraim Goss Clerk
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[crossed out]
Justice of the Peace
New York
Monroe County SS: I Ephraim Goss Clerk of said
County do hereby certify that Caleb B. Corser
Esqr the person before whom the aforegoing
affidavit was taken and who defaced the aforegoing certificate
was an acting Justice of
the Peace at the time thereof duly
authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits
that I am acquainted with his hand writing
and that the signatures to the Jurat of the
above affidavit and certificate appear to be
in his or her own hand writing
[illegible] whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of office
of said clerks this 22nd day
of April 1840.
Ephraim Goss Clerk
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At a Circuit Court holden at the court
house in the county of Monroe in the
State of New York on the 22d day
of April 1840 before the Hon Nathan
Dayton Circuit Judge personally
appeared in open court
Nathan Ball who first being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he is aged
seventy three years and resides in the town of
Greece in the County of Monroe  &
State of New York; that Heman Hinckley and
Lydia his wife in the year 1783 moved from
the town of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts to the town of Lee in said State;
where they resided until the fall of 1816 when
they moved to the town of Gates in the State of
New York, and that during all the
period aforesaid this deponent was well
acquainted with them and they lived together
as husband and wife, until the said Neman
Hinckley died; which was in the month of
October in the year 1836; that he said Heman
Hinckley was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier
he drew a pension; that his widow Lydia
Muckley is now living and resides with Dwight
Hinckley a grandson, in the town of Greece,
in the County of Monroe, that she is unable
by reason of old age and bodily infirmity to
attend court to have her testimony taken
and she is in needy circumstances being
destitute of property-Nathan
Ball
I certify that the aforesaid deposition
was subscribed and taken in open
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court before the said circuit
Judge and also that the deposition of Zenas Hinckley was also
duly taken & subscribed in
open court before the said
circuit Judge-- which is hereunto
annexed-
Ephraim Goss Clerk
Zenas Hinckley being first duly sworn
deposed and says that he is the son 
of Heman Hinckley and Lydia Hinckley
above named; that he is sixty years
of age: that his father Heman Hinckley
died on the 9th day of October 1836; that
his mother Lydia Hinckley is now living and
resides in the family of her grandson
Dwight Hinckley in the town of Greece
in said County: that she is by reason
of old age and bodily infirmity unable
to travel from her residence to the court
house to have her testimony taken
in open court; that Heman Hinckley
drew a pension and the annexed is
his original pension certificate & further he
saith not. Zenas Hinckley

Subscribed & sworn in
open Court this 22d day
of April 1840
Ephraim Goss Clerk
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The matter
of 13,844
Heman Hinckley
Pension Applicant ⎬
Declaration, Affidavits &c
Vol 36
Page [illegible]
Capt Elisha Nye
June [illegible] 1777
3 months
Vol 20 [illegible] - march say 2 mo
Capt Hamlin
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State of New York
Monroe County SS:  On this 6th day of October per Oct 4th 1832 personally appeared in open court before
Peter Price Samuel Castle and James Smith
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Heman Hinkley a resident of the town of Greece in the County of Monroe and State aforesaid aged seventy six years and
nine months, who being first sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served
as herein stated. That some time in the winter or Spring of the year 1776 and about one month before the British vacated Boston he enlisted for the term of two months in a
company commanded by Captain Michael Hamblin and Lieutenant Benjamin Smith.  That he enlisted in the town of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts and he together with his company marched directly from the place where he enlisted to Roxbury joined the detachment at that place General Washington
and Gen. Putnam were there.  (1st period of service 2 months) That a part of said detachment were ordered to go to Dorchester Hill, that he went with said detachment that they were entrenched there that they filled barrels with sand to roll down on the
enemy. That they cut down apple trees and drew them down near the foot of the hill to obstruct the enemy.  That while there the British fired at them and killed
two men. That they had rolls of screwed hay laid along to protect them from the enemy as they passed up and down the hill. That he served faithfully for two months
at that place and was there discharged. he does not recollect of having received a written discharge-
He further says that to the best of his recollection some time in the month of December of the year 1776 he again enlisted at Barnstable aforesaid for the time
of three months in a company commanded by the said Captain Hamblin, That soon after enlisting he marched
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together with the company to which he was attached to
Bristol in Rhode Island. (2nd period of service - 3 months) That the company to
which he was attached was stationed at Bristol Ferry for the purpose of preventing the British from coming over to the main land and while at that place he was frequently drawn out to stand centry [sentry], that he served for three months and was discharged at Bristol receiving no written discharge. He further says that some time in the spring and to the best of his recollection in the month of April of the year 1777 he again enlisted under Captain Elisha Nye for the term of eight months. (3rd period of service 8 months) That he enlisted in the town of Barnstable in the County and State of commonwealth aforesaid and marched from said place to Falmouth in Massachusetts
and from thence went by water to Nashawn Islands a general term for a cluster of small islands that the company to which he was attached together with one other company were stationed there for the purpose
of protecting the country from the enemy and preventing them from stealing cattle and sheep & he was ordered from one island to another as circumstances required and stood centry [sentry] frequently. That he was discharge ed after having served eight months but did not receive a written discharge
He further says that he knows of no person now living who can testify to the whole of his service in the revolutionary war but that
Nathaniel Bassett of the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts can testify to a part whose affidavit he has procured and is hereto annexed and to which he refers.
He further says
that he was born in the town of Barnstable aforesaid
in the month of January of the year 1775 and that he has
a record of his age in his family bible at home, and
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also thinks it is on record in the said town of Barnstable that he lived in Barnstable aforesaid from
the time of his birth until about six years after he had
done service in the war. He then moved to Lee in
Massachusetts where he lived till the year 1816 or
thereabouts and from thence he moved to the town of
Gates now Greece in the County of Monroe and
State of New York where he has ever since resided
and now resides.
He further says that he is well known
to Samuel Drake & Ralph Clapp
who live in his neighbourhood and who have for
a long time been acquainted with him.
He further says
that 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 any state.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and
year aforesaid | Heman Hinckley

James Smith Judge
Monroe County Courts
Mr Ralph Clapp a clergyman residing in the town of
Greece in the County of Monroe and State of New York
and Samuel Drake residing in the same
place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Heman Hinckley who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
seventy six years and nine months old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood 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 | Ralph Clapp
Samuel Drake
James Smith Judge
of Monroe County Courts
And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
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and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War department, that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as
he states. And the Court further certify that it appears
to them that Ralph Clapp who signed the preceeding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of
Greece County of Monroe and State of New York and
that Samuel Drake who also signed the same is a
resident of the said town of Greece and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to
credit
Peter Price | Judges of the County Courts of Monroe County
Saml Castle
Joseph Sibley
I Leonard Adams clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Heman Hinckley for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
office this 5th day of October
1852
L. Adams Clerk
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Nathaniel Bassett of Lee in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. being seventy four years of age deposeth and saith that in January 1776 this deponent enlisted into a Company of State troops under Capt Elisha Nye and was stationed on Naushon Island for the defence [defense] of the sea coast, this Defendant there became acquainted with Heman Hinckley then of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; said Hinckley was a soldier in the State service at the same place and did duty there, the said Defendant thinks the said Hinckley belonged to Capt Myers Company but is not confident whether said Hinckley belonged to Capt Myers or Capt Grannis [sp] Company; the said Hinckley continued doing duty in one of said Companies for about ten months; when he with other soldiers were discharged. It is the belief of this deponent that the said Hinckley performed about two months of the said service at the neighborhood of Boston, immediately preceding and at the time the British evacuated Boston in March 1776 but of this, this deponent is not confident.  The said Hinckley subsequently moved into Lee aforesaid, when this Deponent was well acquainted with the said Heman Hinckley for about thirty years; when the said Heman Hinckley moved from said Lee into the State of New York and now resides as this Deponent is informed and believes in the town of Gates in the County of Monroe & state
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of New York. The said Hinckley, as 
long as this deponent was acquainted with
him always maintained a good
reputation for that veracity; which
reputation this deponent has never
[illegible] questioned.  And further saith
not 
Nathaniel Barrett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire ss. Lee August
24th 1832
Then Nathaniel Bassett
personally appeared and made at
[illegible] oath to the truth of the foregoing
deposition by him subscribed
before me. 
Wm Porter Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been for more than
thirteen years well acquainted with
Nathaniel Bassett who has subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing deposition
that the said Bassett is a credible
person and that his statement is
entitled to credit
Wm Porter Justice of the Peace
within & for the County of Berkshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss:
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas being in the County
of Berkshire, do hereby certify; That William Porter Jr. Esq. before whom the within foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire. And that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand affixed the seal
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of the said Court of Common Pleas
at Lenox on this twenty eighth
day of August one thousand
and eight hundred and thirty two.
Chas Sedgwick Clerk
I Alvan Hyde a Clergyman residing in
Lee in the County of Berkshire aforesaid
hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Heman Hinckley formerly residing
in Lee aforesaid but now residing in Gates
in the County of Monroe and State of New York for more than forty years, that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he was reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided in Lee to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion
Alvan Hyde
Sworn & subscribed the 1st day of September
AD 1882 before me Wm Porter Jr Justice of the Peace I also certify that Alvan Hyde who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lee & that his statement is entitled to credit
Wm Porter Justice of the Peace
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Lee Mass | 18 [illegible]
Sept 2
Mr Heman Hinckley
Gates
Monroe County
New York
[upside down]
Heman Hinckley
Pension Affidavit
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10158
Lydia Hinkley
Ny
Act of July 38
vid Let 25 mo 40 to G.
H. Chapin
admd
6 mo pri
20$
]crossed out][illegible]
G H Chapin Esq
Rochester
N.Y.
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State of New York
Monroe County
ss:
On this fourth day of May in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty three personally appeared before me John
E. Patterson a judge of the County courts of said
County of Monroe, Mrs Lydia Hinckley, to me
personally known, a resident of the town of Gates
in the said County of Monroe aged eighty nine
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
July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows:" that she
is the widow of Heman Hinckley a pensioner
who was a soldier in the army of the revolution about
the period of the commencement of the war, and
as this deponent being in the Massachusetts line
of troops, that he was in the battle of Bunker
Hill and served about eight or nine months
as such soldier. She further declares that she
was married to him the said Heman Hinckley in
the month of June (the precise day she is unable to state) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy Seven-
That her husband the aforesaid Heman
Hinckley died on the ninth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty six at the town of

Greece in the County of Monroe and State of
New York.
That she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first
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State of New York Monroe County SS.
On this fourth day
of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and
forty three personally come before me John E Paterson
one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County
of Monroe Lydia Hinkley and being duly sworn
according to law says that by reason of old age and infirmity of body she is not now able to write her name
intelligibly and therefore makes her mark which is an informal Cap
her
Sworn to and subscribed | Lydia X her mark Hinckley
the day and year first above
mark
written before me
John E. Paterson

I John E Patterson one of the Judges of the courts of the County of
Monroe and State of New York do hereby certify that I
have been personally acquainted with Lydia Hinckley
who has sworn to and executed the foregoing affidavit
for more than twenty years past and know her
to be the widow of the within named Heman Hinckley
and that she is a person of good moral character and
her statement can be relied upon with certainty, and
I further certify that she is unable to appear in open
Court to make her declaration
Dated May 4th 1843
John E Paterson
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State of New York }
Monroe Country ss. } I hereby certify that of the date of the foregoing affadavit [affidavit] John E. Patterson Esquire was a Judge of the County Courts of said County of Monroe duly qualified in all respects [illegible] to law to take said affadavit [affidavit]
And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said judge and verily believe the signature above purporting to be his is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common pleas of said County this fifth day of May 1843

James W Smith, clerk
of Monroe County
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Payments to be made
at New York
by [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York

Capt Nyes Company
Col Bassetts Regiment

price
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[illegible]
[illegible] 1833

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Heman Hinckley of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of The Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Three dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 6th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three

John Robb
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.} J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Mass   Hinckley Herman   W21321
Hinkley
Lydia
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State of New York}
Monroe County}

On this the twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty five appeared before me Caleb B Corser a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monroe. Lydia Hinckley a resident of the Town of Gates in the county of Monroe State of New York aged ninety two years. Who, being first duly sorn 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 pay Aid on the 3rd March 1843 granting pension to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Heman Hinckley who was a private in the army of the Revolution of the United States. And that the number of the Regiment to which Heman Hinckley belonged is forgotten if ever known. But that Mr. Heman Hinckley belonged to the Massachusetts Militia. And the annual amount of His Pension which he received under the Act of 7th July 1838 was twenty dollars  she further declares that she is still a widow
I do hereby certify that Lydia Hinckley the person named in the foregoing declaration is personally known to me and that the said declaration was sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written.
Caleb B Corser
Justice of the Peace

Her
Lydia X Hinckley
Mark
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Know all men by those present that I Lydia Hinckley of the Town of Gates County of Monroe State of New York widow of Heman Hinckley a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do appoint and constitute John J Cowry of Albany my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive for me the agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the city of Albany. My Pension from the fourth day of March 1843 to the fourth day of March 1845

Witness my Hand and Seal this the twelfth day of March 1845

Her
Lydia X Hinckley
Mark

Sealed and delivered in presence of | Caleb B Corser
James Ball

State of New York}
Monroe County}

Be it known that on the twelfth day of March 1845 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said county personally appeared Lydia Hinckley above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her Act and Deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year last above mentioned and I certify that the name John J Cowry was invested as attorney before its execution
Caleb B Corser
Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
City and County of Albany}

Be it known that on the [blank] day of [blank] 1845 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said county of Albany personally appeared John J Cowry the Attorney  named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made Oath that the same was not given by harm of any sale. transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of the pension herein authorized to be received by her sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me
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Pension Agent Albany,
Dear Sir. After the failure of Mrs Lydia Hinckley to obtain a pension on her last application under Act /43 I addressed a letter to our representation in congress giving a full statement of Mrs Wease, stating she was a pensioner under act of /38 and that her papers were in the pension department. deterring our Representative to lay my letter upon the Coms [commissioner] of Pensions and get his directions, in answer to my requests they have kindly furnished me with the act and declaration of [illegible] and the letter of Mr. Edwards a copy of which I enclose. In making out his papers for Mrs H I have complyed [complied ]with the Comr [commissioners] directions so far as I can and I understand them. Should anything more be wanting I wish Sir you would explicitly state wherein the present papers are defective.
Caleb B. Corser

Pension Office
January 28, 1845

Sir
In answer to the enclosed letter, I have the honor to state that all that is required of Mrs Lydia Hinckley is to make such a declaration as the enclosed printed sheet directs. No further proof as to her marriage or to the service of her husband is wanted.

I have the Honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obd Servant
J L Edwards

Hon T S Patterson
House of Representatives
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State of New York
Monroe County Clerks Offices: I certify that Caleb B. Corser Esquire, was at the date of the within certificate of acknowledgement and affadavitts [affidavits] severally subscribed by him a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monroe aforesaid, duly authorized to take the same that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County this 19th day of March 1845

Ebr J Hill
Clerk of Monroe County
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7345
New_York_

Lydia Hinkley
widow of Heman Hinckley
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9th: October, 1836 of Monroe Co. in the State of N. York who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Hamblin - of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Massachusetts line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany-
at the rate of 20 - Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th: day of June 1843 and sent to G. H. Chapin, Rochester, N. york

Whole amount due . . . . $100_00

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. M. Stewart - Clerk.
Book A Vol. 2 Page 04-


Repd June 21
See letter to Hon. T. J. Paterson,  Oct. 1.1844 Same Jan 28 1845.
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Rochester 14th May 1845

Col J L Edwards
Dear Sir
Will you do me the favor to look over Mr Courser letter and the pension paper and advise me if you can furnish the required certificate? It appears That pension agent at Albany decides that it is necessary to present the certificate at that office --in order-- before the pension can be paid.
Mr. Chapin the attorney who obtained the pension is dead and the certificate cannot be found. If you can put this matter straight you will confer a favor upon the parties interested and oblige. Your Obd and Humble
Servant
Tho J Paterson
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[written on the left vertically]
Jan 28. 1841
Mass.
L. Hinckley
M. Lewis

G.N. Briggs
MC
Hon G. N. Briggs
HR

[horizontally]
[black round stamp:] WASHINGTON CITY DC JAN 25
J L Edwards Esq
Comms of Pensions
Washington City
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27 Jan. 41

Sir
I am required to inquire after the case of Mrs Lydia Hinckley of Ogden N. York. Some time since I found you an additional paper in the case of Mary Loomis of Hinsdale Mass. I shd [should] like to hear from it as soon as convenient

Yours
G. N. Briggs
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V                        5031
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House  of Representatives
       April 27. 1840

Col. J. L. Edwards commissioner of  Pensions

Jim,  Please examine the enclosed pension papers & inform me of your determination & other remarks _  I will thank you to return in Chapin's letter when you write
                         Very respectfully   
                             T R. Strong
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Dec 29 1845,

Reece
Lydia Hinckley

L.C.

[faint illegible]

[stamp]
PAID

[vertically]
[seal]
Rochester
December 23
NY

[written]
Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington D.C.
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                           Dated Dec 20th 1845

Hon J. L.  Edwards.
              Dear Sir, At the request of Mrs Lydia Hinckley, widow of the late Herman Hinckley, Soldier of the Revolution & Pension.
I have dictated this letter of Enquiry to you asking information relative to an Act of Congress providing full pay to surviving widows of Soldiers of the Revolution. The pay of Herman Hinckley husband of Lydia Hinckley  was $40 per annum. Lydia Hinckley his widow receives half pay (to wit) $20 per annum.She is informed that the Law of Congress provides for her the full pay of her late husband (viz $40 per annum). If this be the case Sir & it is not inconsistent with your duties as an officer of the government  will you be so kind as to direct me what measures to take to return to Mrs. Hincklley the arrears of her pension.

                             With much respect
                             Your obt svt

                                   C. B. Corser


N.B. Please direct to            ?  Monroe  NY
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                               Ho. of Reps
                               Feby, 6, 1841


Hon. J. L. Edwards,
            Comr. of Pensions

            Dr Jim,
                        Enclsed you have the letter of C.B.Courser Esq. on of my constituents _

                       Can you furnish me with the information which he desires? 
          Please return to me Mr. Courser's letter with your reply.
 
                               Respectfully
                                Yours _
                                E. B. Holmes.
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                 Ms. Ref. Apfril 12- '42

Min J L Edwards
          Sir _

I enclose to you a letter I received, G Chapin Esq and ask for it your early attention _
                                   Respectfully _    
                                            T. Childs
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                            Rochester N.Y. 26th Sept. 1844

Col. J. L. Edwards,

Dear Sir

    Did the act extending the time for the payment of widow pension become a law? If so is Lydia Hinckley wife of Herman Hinckley, who died 9th Oct 1836 v when wife is inscribed on the pension roll at $20 _ per anum  entitled to continue to issue that amount under the act_
You will oblige me if you can tell me why no more was awarded to her at the time the pension was granted, her friends seem to think she is entitled to a much larger amount.
                  With sentiments of Distinguished                  Consideration, I remain your Obedient Servant

                             Thos J Paterson
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Sir,
I have your favor of Nov. 9. inst. informing me that the original declaration in t6he case of Mrs Lydia Hinckley must be returned to the Pension Office before a final decision can be had_

The papers on the former application were returned to me with the objections and printed instructions as to what the department required. The original declaration taken before a Justice of the Peace were informal;it was therefore taken out of the papers and the declarations made by him in open court was substituted. The original declaration, I am quite confident, was destroyed; its preservation being considered at the time of no consequence.
                         Very respectfully,
                           Your Obt. Svt.
                                Graham H. Chapin.



Hon. J.L. Edwards.
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Oct 27,  40
for
Rev Case
Lydia Hinckley



    Hon. J R Poinsett
                Secy at War
                   Washington D.C.
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                       Rochester N York Oct. 23, 1840

Sir,
Enclosed are the papers of Lydia Hinckley in support of her application for a pension. They were submitted to the department last Spring but were returned because they were defective__
Additional proof has been obtained and the case is again submitted for consideration.
                              I am very respectfully,
                                 Your Obt Svt,
                    Graham H Chapin


Hon.  J.R.Poinsett
           Secy at War _
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Taken April 5th 1845


Dear Sir,
Presuming upon your good will and hitherto kind services in behalf of the destitute & unfortunate Widow of the immortal band, of Patriot Soldiers of our Revolution who fought & Bled & sacrificed all for that glorious freedom  which is ours to enjoy.
Most confidently in behalf of Mrs Hinckley & her family  upon whom fall her support take the liberty to trespass upon your valuable time to lay before the Com of Pensions the claims of which ever acknowledged Must be sworn
Enclosed in the Pension Claim which he prepared as approved in According with the directions of the Comr. of Pensions & forward to the Pension Agent at Albany. He has sent the papers back with his objections to their accuracy. Which you will find written in pencil on the bottom of the sheet & signed by him. If I understand him rightly that declaration is sufficient to entitle the widow Hinckley to a Pension Certificate. Which the Agent Signed is necessary
I mentioned in my last letter to you that the papers containing the necessary proof of Mrs. H's claim. Was something lodged in the Pension Department;  The young Mr Hinckley of our place undertook in the first Instance to establish the claim of Mrs. H & being totally ignorant of such business employed Mr Chapin, now deceased of your city to prepare the papers.  They  succeeded in obtaining her particulars for 5 years under the Act of /38. Mr. Chapin being now dead We have no clew to Mrs H's certificate or other papers, which the originally proffered
(over)
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Only from the opinion of the Mr Hinckleys,
I make this somewhat lengthy statement that
know what to do viz. the matter, & to show to the Comr. of Pensions, that this claim is found upon one already established rec.
If I do not apprehend the comr. to agree rightly if it is not asking too much of one who is already been too severly tasked I wish you would obtain All the information necessary in this case & forward to me as soon as convenient. It may perhaps be necessary to lay this communication before the Comr. of Pensions which you are at liberty to do.

I am Sir with much respect your Obt.Svt.
                        Caleb B Corser
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                        Rochester N.Y.  March 29  1843


Graham H. Chapin
Pension for Mrs. Lydia 
Hinckley

C140,  Rec Apl 5 July 43
Pension Office

Lydia Hinckley
Ny Case
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                                    Hon: J. L. Edwards
                                     Commissioner of Pensions
                                       Washington D.C.

9  May  1838   DOC.
     NY

Lydia Hinckley
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                                   Rochester NY May 5, 1843

Sir,
I send enclosed herein the declaration of Mrs. Lydia Hinckley widow of Herman Hinckley deceased, a pensioner, 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."
In asserting her claim she also relies upon the proofs  already on the files in your department.
    Be pleased to communicate to me at your earliest convenience , your decision in the case.
                              I have the honor to be
                                 very respectfully,                         
                                         your obt svt
                                    Graham H Chapin


Hon. J. L. Edwards
         Court of pensions-
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6909
May 17 48

Lyd Hinckley
N.Y. Re:
decln 1843
$20 per annum
acts 1843 & 1819
R 1844      586

Send cert: to
Hon. T. J. Paterson
Rochester
N. York

Hon. T.J. Paterson

(up left side) Comm. of Pensions  Washington
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5031
Lydia Hinckley
Rejected
(pointing finger image) requested to apply under act of 1838 m[illegible] to G. H. Chain April 7, 1843

Act July 4, 1836

(second piece of paper)
5031  N.Y.
Lydia Hinckley
let to Hon. T. R. Strong 29 April 1860
to Hon G.H. Chapin  9 Nov. 1840

Rejected
to G. H. Chapin Esq.
Nov. 25, 1840
" Hon. G. N. Briggs
Feb. 2, 1841
" Honble T. Childs
April 14, 1842
Get July 1836
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 81321
Lydia Hinckley
wid of
Heman Hinckley
Priv Rev. War

Act March 3rd/43 June 14th
Index: Vol. A, Page 336

[Arrangement of 1870.]