Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10807, Enos Hadley, Mass. N.H.
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Service Mass. N. H.

Hadley, Enos

Number 
S. 10807

Contents
Carded
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2373
New Hampshire
Enos Hadley 
[page torn] Hillsboro in the State of N H
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the N H line for 6 mos 15 Days
N. H. and Mass. Febr 20 [17]85 Records completed

Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Nov 1832 and Just S M Richardson Pelham N H

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $32.49
Semi=anl [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar [18]33 10.83
[Total] $43.32
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7,1832.}
Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk
Book D Vol 1st Page 160
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State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough SS
On this twenty eighth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared before the Court of Probate of Wills &c for said County of Hillsborough, holden at Amherst within and for said County of Hillsborough, Enos Hadley, a President of Pelham in said County of Hillsborough, aged about seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That some time in September A. D. 1776, he enlisted as a Volunteer into company of militia, then raising in Nottingham West, now Hudson & the neighboring towns where he then resided, for three months, to go to White Plains, in the State of New-York. Soon after his enlistment he went to Hollis in said County of Hillsborough, where the Company passed Muster, and chose their Officers. Mr Read was chosen Captain, Mr Spaulding Lieutenant and Joel Lund Ensign and Thomas Wasson Orderly Sergeant. They marched to said White Plains, and were attached to Colonel Baldwin's Regiment. The Brittish had driven General Sullivan from Long Island, and he thinks he commanded at White Plains at this time. That his duty was pretty much fatague while stationed there, that he assisted in erecting a Breastwork nearly three miles in length, & that the enemy used frequently to throw Cannon Balls at them while at work, but without much effect. That while stationed at White Plains, an attempt was made by the Enemy to rescue about 36 Tories, who were confined in the Court house there, but they failed in the attempt. That his term of service expired some time in December, but on what day he does not now recol[l]ect, & that he received no written Discharge at this time, but was discharged verbally. He further states that he served at this time the full term of three months [note to left] 3 months, as will appear by the accompanying affidavits of Jonathan Burbank and John Wright, likewise Sergeant Thomas Wasson's list in part on which the name of said Hadley is bourne which was found amoung said Wasson's old papers
He further states that In the forepart of the summer of AD 1780, if he rightly recolects, he voluntarily enlisted into the Regular service of the United States as one of the six months levy, so called, under Captain David Prouty; and was attached to Colonel Nixon[']s Regiment and General Nixon[']s Brigade. Immediately after enlisting, he went to Springfield in Massachusetts, and there passed muster, and from thence marched to West Point, where he was stationed with his company several weeks. The company to which he belonged then marched
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to Morris Town where it was stationed five or six weeks, That they were then ordered to march to a town which he does not now recolect, in the State of Pensylvania, and on the march thither he was taken sick with a Fever, and sent to the Hospital which was a Barn in Pensylvania. He remained sick in this place about a month, when he was sent to the General Hospital and there remained under the Doctor's hands until he was discharged; which discharge is hereunto annexed. He further states that he lived in Hudson, then Nottingham West in said County of Hillsborough when he enlisted to perform his first tour of duty, & when he enlisted the second time, he lived in Spencer in Massachusetts. That he was born in Amesbury in Massachusetts the 23d day of October A.D. 1755, & that there is a record of his birth on the town Books of said Amesbury. That he now lives in Pelham aforesaid and has lived there for the most of the time since the Revolutionary War. [note to left] 6 months
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, except the present & he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Enos Hadley
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate.
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
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I Charles H Atherton Register & Clerk of the Court of Probate for the said county of Hillsborough, Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the application for a Pension of the said Enos Hadley
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate at Amherst in said County this 28th day of August Anno Domini 1832
A H Atherton Register
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9161
Enos Hadley

W. C. E.
on Roll of Capt Read's Co Col Baldwin's Regt N. H. State Troop on Roll Col Nixon's Regt enlisted 12 July 1780 for 6 mos [illegible] 27 Oct 1780 3 mos & 15 days
6 Months & 15 days
admitted
$21.66
S. M. Richardson
Pelham N H
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9161
Brief in the case of Enos Hadley of Pelham Hillsborough Co in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ----
3. How old is he? 77
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.
Sept [17]76 | Years, X Months, 3 Days [blank] | private | Capt Read Col Baldwin
Summer of [17]80 | 6 [months] | [blank] | Capt Prouty Col Nixon
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Nottingham NH & Spencer Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living Witnesses -- a Discharge
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The affidavits not attached to a sealed paper
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W C Easton Examining Clerk.
X a Roll of service
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Rev. War Section.
October 17, 1919.

Mr. Amos Hadley,
Department of the Interior.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the sixteenth instant, addressed to Dr. F. D. Byington, Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Pensions, you are advised, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 10,807, it appears that Enos Hadley was born October 23, 1755 in Amesbury, Massachusetts and while residing at Nottingham West, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, he enlisted in September 1776 and served three months, as a private, in Captain Read's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia. While living at Spencer, Massachusetts, early in the summer of 1780, he enlisted under Captain David Prouty, served as a private in Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged October 26, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while residing at Pelham, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. There is no data on file as to his family, and the date of his death is not on record.
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For the date of last payment of his pension, name of person paid and date of his death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Deaprtment [Department] citing all of the following data; Enos Hadley, Certificate No. 2373, issued November 24, 1832, rate $21.66 per annum to commence March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Hampshire Agency.
Very respectfully,
G M [illegible] Commissioner.
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[left had side of page]
1919 Oct 17 Hist to Mr Amos Hadley

10807
Rev War Invalid.
File No. 10,807
Enos Hadley
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 163

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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This list of Men of Capt Reed[']s co was removed from the case of Enos Hadley S. F. 10807 which was filed as evidence in the claim.

Above list Sent to War Dept Oct -- 1905

FMe Feby 16, 1905
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Morris Town October 27th 1780
Ordered two Days Provisions
for Aa. Storman AQMr
Jas Dunham
[illegible] three days, Provision,
For John White A C [illegible] D White
Served the Above Encluding the whole that was Allowed to go home with
For Moses Churchill Jos Williston
[sideways right] S.F. 10807 Enos Hadley Mass
[sideways middle section] No 14 Discharged Enos Hadley
2115/18 
400 C 3/3 h
36 1-13 h 
40 36/4
8.3.4 40 /16
8h 5/13h
200/200 101
32 0 10 13/330.13.4
[right side middle section] 22.69 11 16--00 7

2600 66.13.4/ 2666.13.4 330 13.4/2336 0.0 66.13.4/2269.6.8
100 13/3000 100/130/0 
66.19
22.69 2269--68 16 7/2285.13.8
.4.4 26.13.4 200/
2600 65 1 13.4/2666 13.4  330 13.4/2336 0.0
35 15 / 50
[sideways notation illegible]
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No 14
The Bearer hereof Enos Hadley a Six Months Levy belonging to Col Nixon's Regmt in General Nixon's Brigade being deemed unfit for further Military Duty is Discharged the General Hospital with Leave to go home agreeable to orders from His Excellency the Commander in Chief dated Octr 17 1780 and all Commissaries on his road to Spencer town (Bay State) are to furnish him from Post [illegible] with Provisions to the amount of Twenty days on the whole specifying the number of Days of each issue on the Back hereof untill the same be Completed. Oliver Spencer C[?] Super[?]
General Hospital Octr 26th 1780
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Miss Wilson

Department Of The Interior Washington
October 16, 1919.
My dear Doctor Byington:
Will you please inform me, if convenient, if the name of Enos Hadley appears on the list of Revolutionary War pensioners.
I think he was from New Hampshire or Massachusetts. If found on the list will you also please give me a brief of his record - age, date of enlistment, rank, regiment, company, date of discharge, and date of death.
Cordially yours,
Amos Hadley

Dr. F. D. Byington,
Chief Clerk,
Bureau of Pensions.

S10807
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9161
Enos Hadley

S M Richardson
Pelham N H
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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 Enos Hadley which require further proof or explanation.
I. 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? [blank]
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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? [blank]
XIV. [cross symbol] If the applicant has produce a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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. [double cross symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No as to 5th
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 [blank] year [blank] months and [blank] days. I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as [blank]: 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 the 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 for four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
[cross symbol] 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 be 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.
[double cross symbol] Quere XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
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John Wright Deposition

affidavit John Wright for Enos Hadley
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I John Wright of Lawfull age Depose and testify that I served in the Army of the Revolution in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Captain Read Company and Colonel Baldwin[']s Regiment of Newhampshire Militia for the term of three Months and I knew Enos Hadley of the said Company and that he served in the said Company for the term of three Months. I also testify that I know this same Enos Hadley that applys for this Deposition to be the same Enos Hadley that served in the said Company for the said term.
John Wright

State of Newhampshire Hillsborough SS July 16th, 1832
Then the above named John Wright mad[e] solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true before me
Israel Hunt Justice of the Peace
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I, Jonathan Burbank of Hudson in the County of Hillborough and State of New Hampshire of lawful age on my oath depose and say that [crossed out] I enlisted into the service in the revolutionary, a number of men was sent for from Nottingham West (now Hudson) in the month of September A.D. 1776 -- I enlisted fore one of them, & was at the battle of White Plains, the time I enlisted for was two months certainly & I do not know but three, my belief is that it was between two & three months. Mr Enos Hadley of Pelham then in the County of Rockingham but now in the County of Hillsborough enlisted at the same time I did, & Continued in the service with me until I returned, we messed together the whole time we were out. I have no doubt but Mr. Hadley served two and a half months in the Revolutionary war at this time & I don't know but three. Jona Burbank

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough SS July 6th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Burbank, and made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me, Sam M Richardson Justice of Peace
I hereby certify, that Jonathan Burbank, is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity. 
Saml M Richardson Justice of Peace