Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36581, Ira Hotchkiss, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Hotchkiss, Ira

NUMBER
S.36581

CONTENTS
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17-217R
Connecticut
Ira Hotchkiss
Of Branford in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years  frm 77

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of May 1820 and sent to the applicant at Branford, County of New Haven Connecticut.

Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820. 22 mos}
                           17/30 & 4/81} 181.41
Semi-anl. all’ce ending 4 Sep 1820

181.41
 48-
———
$229.41

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Ira Hotchkiss
  Copy
17217
Sept 1820
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 6th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.

Personally appeared, in open Court, Ira Hotchkiss — a resident in the town of Branford in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is true and perfect schedule of all income and property, necessary cloathing [sic] and beding [sic] excepted, viz: 

The [use?] and improvement of the following real property belonging to his wife which came to her by decent [sic] from her Father & which  has belonged to her for 22 years last past
½ of an old home of the amend value of $2..
1 ¼ Acres of land on which the same [stands?]              2 __
¾ of a barn Do $4-3 Acres salt meadow $5  9- 
4 Acres pasture Do 1-75 ---------- 1”75
1 looking glass / 40 1 Do/20 1 Old chest with drawers 2—35
1 Old Chest 1”33 / Do/70 12 Old chairs 1”44.     3”47
2 Old tables/ 35 4[?] Old Brass /75 5 Old pewter / 30 -- / -- 40
2 Old wheels/74 Tea cups & saucers 12 1pr Tongs 12 – 98
2 Old [Whas?] / 50 3 Old Barrels / 50-26 Old chain 1.91 – 2 – 91
1 Yoke / 25 1 Ox $25 – 1 Cow $12 1 Calf 2 – 75 1 Old Cart 1-50—41-50
Old sythe & snath / 75 Butte & [Wiges?] / 25 ------ / ----
1 Iron pot & Kittle [sic] --------- 35
$ 68..71

His
Ira x Hotchkiss
Mark
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.

Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 6th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Ira Hotchkiss aged 62 years, resident of the Town of Branford, in the County of New Haven in said State, and being Sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:

That he entered in the month of April 1777 and served three years and [illegible] regularly and Honorably discharged at Springfield in New Jersey

that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 14th day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 17217 And I do further solemnly [blank] that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,“ passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.  And I do further declare that my occupation is farming but am unable to Labour by reason of age & debility and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife aged 65 years and son and long have been unable to support myself without assistance of my son who is himself very poor.  I have no debts due to me & owe diverse persons to the amount of $159.40 all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. 

   his
Ira  X  Hotchkiss
     mark

Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid.  Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is 68 Dollars and 71 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered, in the records of said Court.

 Attest  Henry C Flagg  Clk
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District of Connecticut, ss. 

I, Henry C Flagg, Clerk of the county court in and for the county of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforsaid Schedule, is 68 dollars and 71 cents. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 6th day of july 1820. 

[Signed] Attest Henry C Flagg

I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the county court in and for the county of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C Flagg is Clerk of Said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certification, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law. 

In testimony whereof I haver hereunto set my hand in New Haven this 6th day of July, 1820

[Signed] Isaac Mills, Chief Judge
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Ira Hotchkiss
  of Branford
Col Swift  Regmt
  Hale [or Hall] Compy
March 28 [illegible] 3 yrs
March [illegible]   April 14, 1818
  Correct by Roll
[Inadmissible - crossed out]
[Not on Roll - crossed out]
 Correct by Roll
 Admitted
 Correct by Roll
of [?] L?   Admitted
 S. Baldwin

New Haven  Con -
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State of Connecticut
[District of - crossed out]  , SS.
  On this fourteenth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the [Circuit Court.. - crossed out] Supr Court of the sd State, personally appears Ira Hotchkiss.... aged 60 - years, resident in Branford in New Haven County in said state, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, does on his oath, make the following declaration, In order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United states in the revolutionary war" : That he the said Ira Hotchkiss enlisted in Guilford in the state of  Connecticut in Mar 1777 for 5 years in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Hall... of the 7th Regt in Connecticut line ^ under Col H Swift; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 28th day of February 1780, when he was discharged from service in Springfield  state of New Jersey, that he was in the battles of Germantown & Monmouth, & Flaggs Point or Stony Point. and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. & produces his discharge
  Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
 Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the supr Court of Connecticut
  Ira Hotchkiss
I, Simeon Baldwin Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ira Hotchkiss...... did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
 New Haven  April 14th.  1818
  Simeon Baldwin Judge  as aforesaid
 State of Connecticut
 New Haven County Ss.  New Haven April 14 1818
  I Dyer White Clerk of the Supr Court of sd State for sd County, do certify that the Signature of Simeon Baldwin to the above certificate is the proper handwriting & signature of Simeon Baldwin one of the Judges of Court known to me
  In testimony whereof I affix the Seal of sd Court
  Dyer White
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County Ss
  On this twenty second Day of Sept 1818 before me Simeon Baldwin Just of Peace for County personally appeared General Eli Fowler of Branford in said County to me personally known as gentleman whose Character as to credibility is unexceptionally fair & being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that the applicant Ira Hotchkiss is a resident in the same town of Branford & he has long known him & his circumstances that he is a poor man possessed of no real estate & very little personal - that his taxes have been frequently abated & the deponent fully believes he needs the assistance of his country for support -     Simeon Baldwin
  The said Simeon Baldwin do further certify that it appears to my full satisfaction that the applicant Ira Hotchkiss by reason of his reduced circumstances in life - now needs the assistance of his Country for support
  Simeon Baldwin
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 I Isaac Hotchkiss of Guilford in the County of New Haven being duly sworn to depose the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth do testify and say that I am the Brother of Ira Hotchkiss and am now a little upward of sixty three years old and the Deponent further says that in the Month of June [th] 1777 this Deponent enlisted for 3 years into a Company commanded by Capt Stephen Hall of the 7th Regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Colo Heman Swift and continued to serve in said Company and Regiment untill [sic] the beginning of the year 1780 when the Deponent recd his discharge from Josiah Starr Col Commandant in the absence of Col Swift; the Deponent further says that his Brother Ira Hotchkiss enlisted into the same Company sometime previous to the Deponents enlistment and served in the same Company with this Deponent until they were discharged in the Spring of 1780 - upon the discharge of my Brother he immediately returned to Connecticut and the Deponent hired himself out at Elizabeth Town in New Jersey where he staid for nearly a year - I am personally knowing to my Brother said Ira Hotchkiss having been in the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point having been in them myself with him - My Brother continued faithfully to serve in said Company and Regiment untill [sic] he was honourably discharged - New Haven Novr 17 1819
  Isaac Hotchkiss
Sworn before me
  Wm Bristol a Judge of the Supr Court
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The crime of fraudulent Bankruptcy seems [peca?iarly - particularly?] applicable to the various fraudulent attempts
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36581
INVALID
Revy
File No.  36,581
 Ira Hotchkiss
  Pri  Rev War

Act: 18th March 18[th?]
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 232
 [Arrangement of 1870]
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I John Strang of Durham in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut being duly sworn to testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth do testify and declare that in the Month of January in 1777 I enlisted as [underline] Sergeant [/underline] into the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Hall in the 7th Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Colo Heman Swift, for three years and continued to serve in said Company in the capacity of Sergeant for about three years and six months and the Deponent further says that by order of Capt Hall this Deponent had a rendezvous at Guilford for the purpose of enlisting men in said Company, which was under the charge of this Deponent, and this Deponent further says that he has a distinct recollection that in the Spring of 1777 and this Deponent thinks in the Month of March, he enlisted Ira Hotchkiss into said Company = said Hotchkiss joined the Company immediately and continued to serve faithfully in said Company untill [sic] he was regularly discharged and
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was in the Battles of Germantown Monmouth and Stony Point - The Deponent further says that in the absence of Colo Swift who was absent a short time in Connecticut on account of sickness in his family Colo Starr discharged a number of soldiers - and the Deponent further recollects that he was present and saw the within applicant Ira Hotchkiss receive his discharge from Colo Starr - and this Deponent believes the discharge now shewn [sic] to him dated Feby 28th 1780 to be the genuine handwriting of Colo Starr - The Deponent continued in said Company after a short time after said Ira Hotchkiss left it when he was regularly discharged = and the Deponent has since recd a pension for serving in the same Company - said Hotchkiss was discharged at Springfield in New Jersey. Dated new Haven Novr 20th 1819
   John Strong
 Sworn before me
  Wm Bristol a Judge of the Supr Court