Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,845, Emanuel Hodggets, Mass.
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SERVICE    NUMBER
Mass     Hodggets, Emanuel   S. 32.845
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4,440

Massachusetts
Emanuel Hodggets
Capt Walcott      Private
Massachusetts Line

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
1778.  9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 27th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th of Nov. 1818 and sent to John Hooker Esqr. Chief Justice Stockbridge Berskshire C?

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818. 4 8/30  
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1818      
34.13 + 48.00 = $82.13 (handwritten) 

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818} 
Continued (handwritten)
Great Barrington Bershires
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Emmanuel Hodggets
affidavit --

[illegible]
Correct

I John Hooker [illegible] do hereby certify that
from evidence given me I am satisfied that the
& named Emmanuel Hodgets is in reduced circumstance,
[illegible]
from his country for [illegible]

John Hooker
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District of Massachusetts
Berkshire County, ss.

On this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord 181 before the subscriber Chief Justice of the Circuit Court including County, personally appeared Emanuel Hodggets aged 68 years, resident in the Town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, in the said district--who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions 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 Emanuel enlisted !! May 1778 in Farmingham in the State of Massassachuetts in the company commanded by Captain Walcott, Colonel Marshall's regiment of the Brigade General  Patersen Massasschuetts Line for nine months & in the spring of 1779 again enlisted for six months 1R Company & in the fall of 1779 enlisted again in the same Company for 6 months. That he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the Spring of 1780 having for each 22 months or contained then when he was discharged from service at West Point State of New York---which discharge is destroyed or lost. That he was in the battle of Terrytown on the Banks of the Hudson where rec 3 wounds in the head & 2 upon the Body; - and that he is reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his County for support; And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.

John Hooker    Emanuel Hodgets
[handwritten signatures of both above]

I John Hooker chief Justice _______ do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Emanuel Hodgets 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.

John Hooker [handwritten signature]

I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, Clerk of the Court in County do certify and attest, that the  abovenamed John Hooker is Chief Justice of the Court and that the foregoing is his signature.  In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written. 

Joseph Woodbridge [handwritten signature]
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Emanuel Hodggets
4440 Nov. 18
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DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, SS:
On this third day of July 1820; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of record; for said Circuit; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in  point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine imprisonment, Emanuel Hodggets  aged about 69 years, resident in Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows; in the regiment commanded by  Colonel Marshall in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated April 27th 1818 and that his pension certificate is numbered 4,440
    
And I do solemnly swear, 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, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed--schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted--to wit: 

[hand written] I have one cow worth twenty Dollars - which I have purchased with my pension money--one spring pig worth two Dollars--two old chairs worth twenty five cents--one old [illegible] worth one Dollar--one old Dish kettle worth sixty six cents. one old copper tea kettle worth one Dollar & 50 cents--one iron mallet worth twenty five cents--one old table worth fifty cents--two old pine chairs worth one Dollar & fifty cents each--one pair of old shovel & tongs worth thirty two cents--4 old castiron milk pans--worth twenty five cents-- [illegible] tea cups & saucers & five [illegible] plates worth thirty three cents--six knives & forks worth forty two cents--
   
That I am by occupation a Gardner or Farmer--that I have a wife named Phoebe aged forty nine years------that the number of my family residing with me is three that their names and ages are as follows:   Caty aged seven--Maria aged three years -- Nicholas aged eleven months--that I have no real Estate
[signed] Emanuel Hodggets
   
Sworn to and declared on the third day of July 1821, before the said court Parker L Hall,____ [handwritten signature]
     
I Parker L. Hall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule there to annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty one dollars.
    
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my and affixed the seal of the said Court on the ninth day of August 1820

Parker L. Hall  [handwritten signature]
Clerk of the Court For the County of Berkshire.
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32 845
Revy INVALID
File No.   32,845
Emanuel Hodggets
In Rev War

Act 18th March 18__
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870]