Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,352, Thomas Hodgkins, Conn. Continental
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SERVICE
Conn.             
Continental

Hodgkins, Thomas
Tryphina

NUMBER
W. 23,352
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No. 11.766
Vermont
Thomas Hodgkins
Old Pensioner
of Rochester in the State of Vermont who was a Pri. Serge & Lt. in the company commanded by Captain Dyer of the Regt commanded by Col. Durkee in the Connecticut line for 13 mos pr. 1 mo Sergt. 6 mos Lt. 
$43.33
5.00
80.00
______
$128.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 128 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of June 1833 and sent to W. Palmer Woodstock Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  256.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833   64.16
_________
$320.82

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 68

See letter Feb 22 1836 to Hon. H. Everett H. R.
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Windsor Vermont 109[cut off]
Tryphena Hodgkins
of Windsor Co in the State of Vermont
who was a Conn on the           commanded
by Captain            of the          commanded
by                     in the
widow of Thomas Hodgkins
decd late a priv: Sgt & Lt in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Windsor
at the rate of 128 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. amt pd
to husband to 23 July 1835 to be deducted

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of oct 1836 and sent Jesse Gove Rutland Vermont

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836    $705.81
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 37  44.16
                                                      $769.97

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 1  Page 38


certificate returned to the office by Jesse Gove, and sent to him a second time
3 Dec. 1836- let to Hon W S Cade
Jan. 26, 1839

order to pay 6 April 1839
T Lumpkin Aprl 23 1857
Hon J Madison
May 2, 1851
Died July 29, 1852 (ab)
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20602
Thomas Hodgkins

odd papers wanted
4 Sept '19

admitted
13 mo. Private $43:33
1 mo. Sergeant   5:00
6 mo. Lieutenant 80:00
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                         128:33

on Roll as a Pensioner

Walter Palmer
Woodstock
Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
                             183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which mist be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Thomas Hodgkins of Windsor County, Vermont

Period when the service was rendered: Enl 1776
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 year
Rank of the claimant: Capt. Dyse
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: 
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers: Col Durkee
Battles in which the applicant engaged:
Country through which he marched: from Windham to Cambridge Mass & then to New York & New Jersey
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Windham Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Documentary evidence & living witness

Period when service was rendered: Vol'd 1777
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 month
Rank of claimant: Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served:
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers: Parker
Battles in which applicant was engaged"
Country through which he marched:
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period:
Evidence which the declaration is supported:

Period when service was rendered: " 1781
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 month
Rank of the claimant: Sergt.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: 
Names and Tank of the General and Field Officers: McLellin
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched: 
Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present time:
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: 1782
Duration of the claimant's service: 6 months
Rank of the claimant: Lieut.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Durkee
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers: 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched:
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: aged 76
Evidence by which declaration is supported: as to his being a Lieutenant- Traditionary evidence

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," a;; persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four classes of cases are embraced by this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval service
4. Indian spies

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, will be in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicants resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of
County of} ss.
On this     day of    personally appeared (a) before      A. B. a resident (b) of    in the county of     and State, Territory, or District of     aged (c)   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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)   , with    and served in the    (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.}

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.       A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above         named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of            do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                    for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this      day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of the applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be        years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, 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 certifies, that it appears the them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the       
I,            Clerk of the Court of          do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                for a pension.
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this      day of     &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commissions; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And is a Substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did your ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier in the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe  he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direst proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may made the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend a Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State of Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such service, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not confirming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot sweat 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      year     months, and      days, I served as a              . For       months and      days, I served as a                ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as to 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 or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pension merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which mist pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he 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.
*The notes [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note[j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Thos Hodgkins
Declaration

20602
wrote to claimant 
(a roll of [illegible]
company in his
possession
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State of Vermont
Windsor County, ss.}
On this 29 day of November A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of now sitting, Thomas Hodgkins a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy six 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the united States under the following names officer, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1776 he lived in Windham Connecticut the first of January the said year he enlisted into Capt Dyse company in Colo Durkee Regiment (State Troops or Continental) for one year marched to Cambridge Mass & then to New York & to New Jersey in the year 1777 he volunteered for one month & went to Chatham New Jersey joined Colo Parker Regiment, stayed there till his time was out & returned home in the year 1781 he volunteered as a Sergeant & went to Groton Con & joined Colo McLellins Regiment & was stationed at Fort Griswold staid or a month then returned home the evidence of which he believes now in the War Department of the United States- Sept 3rd AD 1782 he was appointed a Lieut (as by his said commission accompanying this declaration & also his pension certificate accompanying the same} under Capt Benja Durkee went to New London Con was stationed at Fort Trumbull staid there about ten months then went to Fort Griswold staid there till the first day of March AD 1784 then had orders to discharge the men then under his command which he did & gave up the keys of the fort to the Agent appointed for that purpose & returned home- he knows of ne person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except the testimony accompanying this & the testimony now in the War Department.
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He was born in Western Massachusetts the seventh day of June AD 1756 & he has a record of his age in his Bible in 1786 he removed to Rochester Vermont where he has ever since lived & is known to most of the inhabitants in that town & in the towns adjoining & in particular to Hon Elias Keyes & Willard Caryl Esquire who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name s not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State except that of Vermont.

Thomas Hodgkins age 76

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
L A Marsh Register

We, Elias Keyes residing in Woodstock and Willard Caryl residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Hodgkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Elias Keyes
Willard Caryl

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
L A Marsh Register

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, 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 certifies, that it appears to them that Elias Keyes and that Willard Caryl who has signed the same, is a resident in Woodstock and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Lyndon A Marsh Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hodgkins for a Pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set me hand and seal of office this 29 day of November A. D. 1832

L Marsh Register
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158
Thos Hodgkins
11.606
Sept 1819
CM
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State of Vermont
Windsor County....ss.} At a special term of the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and holden at Woodstock in the County of Windsor, on the last Monday in July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty.
On this second day of August 1820, being the third day of said term, personally appeared in open Court,(the same Court being a Court of record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c) Thomas Hodgkins aged sixty four years, resident in Rochester in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: that at Windham in the state of Connecticut about the first day of Jany 1776 he enlisted as a private in a recruiting party and the same month joined a company at Cambridge Mass commanded by Capt. Thomas Dyer in Col. John Durkee's Regiment of the Connecticut line on the continental establishment- the term of his enlistment was one year and he served in said corps untill January 1777, when at Trenton in New Jersey at the solicitation of the commander in Chief he volunteered in the second corps and served one month when he was honorably discharged at Chatham (NJ) He was in the battle of Trenton tat he made his original declaration on the tenth day of April 1818 has received a Pension Certificate, No. 11606. 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 being myself within the provisions of ac 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 that what is contained the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. viz. 1 old sword which I had in the revolutionary war                                   12.00
1 knapsack .25, 1 canteen 25, 6 sheep & lambs 9.00, pigeon 1 cow 15.00 1 foot wheel 50   28.00
1 great wheel 1.50, 2 old chairs 50,1 kettle 300, 1 broken pot .50, 1 tea kettle & iron Boson 67  6.17
shovel & tongs 1.00, 1 teapot & 1 sett cups & saucers 100, 6 plates 1 old case knives & forks 75   2.75
1 earthen milk pans .50, 1 old cherry table& candlestand 100, 1 broken frying pan 34   1.84
2 old meal chests & 3 old pails .50, 1 old reel 2 cider boards & 1 meat tub 2.25    2.75
1 pr old fire dogs, 3 old chairs & 1 very old brass kettle 460 1 tin canister, jug of 2 bottles 67   5.75
1 decanter & 1 tumbler 40, 1 pewter platter 1 plate & 1 bason 1.25, 1 tin bason & 4 spoons 20  1.85
1 Bible 1 Psalm Book & 1 Serman Book 1.00 1 sickle 25 1 rake 20 3 earthen pots 50    1.95
2 old trunks 1.00 1 hatchet 1.00 1 axe 1.00  3.00
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$65.58
I owe to Doct. Trask, 100.00 Dec. Denison 20.00 Doc. Danforth 10.00    130.00
Doctor Fay 7.00 Doct Huntington 5.00 Dean Briggs 7.00       19.00
Carryl & Fullerton 5.00 Stephen Parkhurst 3.00 [unk] Williamson 156.00       164.00
Doct Hooker 20.00 other debts & contracts amt to 600.00     620.00
----------------------$933.00

Deponent is by occupation a farmer and has been out of health for five years and is now able to do but little labor, his family [unk] [unk] him conisits of his wife named Trippana aged sixty years.

Thomas Hodgkins

Sworn to and declared on the second day of August 1820, before said Court.

Attest, Benja Swan Clerk

State of Vermont
Windsor County...ss.} I, Benj. Swan Clerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Windsor, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto 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 Nothin dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this seventh day of August 1820.

Benj. Swan Clerk of the Supreme Court for Windsor County
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No 291
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State of Vermont
Rutland County, ss.}
On this 20th day of September, 1836, personally appeared before the Honorable County Court now sitting at Rutland within and for said County of Rutland, Triphena Hodgkins of Rochester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 76 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 4th, 1836:
That she is the widow of Thomas Hodgkins who was a private and sergeant in the militia, and Lieutenant in the Militia, or the Connecticut Line of the Continental Arm of the Revolution, under Captain Benjamin Durkee of the same troops, in the war of the Revolution; as set forth by the said Thomas Hodgkins in his several declarations heretofore made him, and now remaining in the War Office of the United States, under the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and of the 7th of June, 1832; to which said several declarations, and their accompanying proofs or documentary evidence, the said Triphena doth hereby especially refer.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Thomas Hodgkins on the 20th day of June, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty; that her husband aforesaid died on the twenty third day of July, 1835; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed.

Triphena Hodgkins her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me

Wm Kittredge Judge Rutland County Court
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I do by certify that the said Triphena Hodgkins is a credible witness
Wm Kitteredge Judge of Rutland Co Count
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I, Ephraim D. Briggs of Rochester in the Count of Windsor and Sate of Vermont, of lawful age, do depose, testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Thomas Hodgkins Esq. late of Rochester in the County of Windsor aforesaid, a revolutionary pensioner of the united States; and that I was present, and know that the said Thomas Hodgkins died on the 23d of July, 1835. And I do further testify and say, that I am personally acquainted with Triphena Hodgkins, and know that she is the widow if the said Thomas Hodgkins, deceased; that the said Triphena hath not intermarried since the decease of her said husband, and that she is now a simple woman. And further this deponent saith not.

Ephraim D. Briggs

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss.}
Be it known, that on this 20th day of September, 1836, before me the subscriber, a Magistrate in and for said County of Rutland, personally appeared the Hon. Ephrain D. Briggs who hath subscribed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said deponent is a credible witness.

Wm. Kitterdge Judge of Rutland County Court
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss.}
I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify, that the Honorable William C. Kittredge is one of the Judges of said County Court; that the said Court is a Court of record; and that the several foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, his genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

R. Pierpoint
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I, John Durkee of Stockbridge in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 74 years, do depose, testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Thomas Hodgkins Esq late of Rochester in said County, deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States: that I am, also, well acquainted with Triphena Hodgkins of the same Rochester, who is my sister, and is the widow of the said Thomas Hodgkins, deceased: and, that I was present, at Windham in Connecticut, on the 20th day of June, 180, when the said Thomas and Triphena were then and there lawfully married by one Jacob Simons, Esquire, then a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Windham in said State of Connecticut, who had lawful authority to join people in marriage. And I further depose and say that the said Thomas and Triphena, ever since their marriage aforesaid, until the day of his decease, have lived together as lawful man and wife. And further this deponent saith not.

John Durkee

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.}
Be it known, that on the twenty second day of September, 1836, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Windsor, personally appeared the said John Durkee who hath
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subscribed the preceeding deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath, in due form of law, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do certify that the said John Durkee is a credible witness.

Justin Morgan Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.}
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby certify that Justin Morgan is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Windsor, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his name above written is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affix the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of September eighteen hundred & thirty six.

Benj Swan Clerk
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I certify that Ezra McCollom Esquire, whose name is subscribed in this own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windsor, duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this Office, this twenty-fifth


Triphena Hodgkins Vt.
Act 1836

Stephen Thomas
Junes 1852
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Know all Me by these Presents that I, Hiram Hodgkins of Rochester in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, do hereby constitute and appoint Stephen Thomas of West Fairlee in the County of Orange & State of Vermont, irrevocably my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of my mother Triphena Hodgkins late of Rochester deceased to a Pension under the act of Congress passed I think 1836.

Hiram Hodgkins

Witness my hand and seal this 4th day of May 1852.
Wm Whitcomb
Ezra McCollom

State of Vermont
County of Windsor} Be it known, that on the 4th day of May 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and to take acknowledgements, personally appeared Hiram Hodgkins the above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.

Ezra McCollom Justice of Peace

I, Hiram Hodgkins of Rochester in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that Triphena Hodgkins late of Rochester in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont was my mother that at the time of death she was the widow of Thomas Hodgkins, that I have been informed that they were both entitled to a larger amount of pension than what they drew in their lifetime and the foregoing Power of Attorney is genuine in order to obtain the increase to which they were entitled.

signed Hiram Hodgkins

Sworn to and subscribed this 4th day of May 1852
Before me,

Ezra McCollom Justice of Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT
Office of the Secretary of State, 
Montpelier, May 25th 1852

I certify that Ezra McCollom Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windsor, duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of this Office, this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.

Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State

Triphena Hodgkins Vt.
Act 1836

Stephens Thomas
June 1852
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January 28, 1932
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Arthur W. Buell
Salt Creek Gas Plant
Midwest, Wyoming

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of January 9, relative to Thomas Hodgkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23352, of Thomas Hodgkins, based upon his military service in that war.

Thomas Hodgkins was born June 7, 1756, in Western, Massachusetts.

While living in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, he enlisted January 1, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Thomas Dyer's company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut regiment, and was in the battle of Trenton. He was retained in the service one month and served in Colonel Parker's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in 1777 and served eight months as private, officers not stated. In 1781, he volunteered and served one month as sergeant in Colonel McLellan's Connecticut regiment. On September 3, 1782, he was commissioned 2" Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Connecticut company which was ordered for the defense of the town and fort at New London; he was stationed at Forts Griswold and Trumbull. It was also stated that he served as adjutant and quartermaster, but no details of this service are given. He was discharged about February or March, 1784.

In 1786 he moved to Rochester, Windsor County, Vermont.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, while residing in Rochester, Vermont.

He died July 23, 1835, in Rochester, Vermont.
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Soldier married June 20, 1780, in Windham, Connecticut, Triphena or Tryphena Durkee. In 1820 she was aged sixty years and residing in Rochester, Vermont, where she was still living in 1850.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 20, 1836, at which time she was living in Rochester, Vermont.

In 1852, Hiram Hodgkins, sonof Thomas Hodgkins and his wife, Triphena or Tryphena, was living in Rochester, Vermont.

Triphena or Tryphena Hodgkins died July 29, 1852.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23352
Triphena Hodgkin
Wid of
Thomas Hodgkins
Sgt Rev War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:-Vol. A, Page 351

1921 Aug. 18, History to Mrs. L. J. Hathaway
1932 Jan. 27 Hist. to Mr. Arthur W. Buell MLB
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1921 Aug. 18, History to Mrs. L. J. Hathaway
1932 Jan. 27 Hist. to Mr. Arthur W. Buell MLB

Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 23352
Truphena Hodgkins
Wid of
Thomas Hodgkins
Sgt Rev War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index:- Vol. A, Page 351

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Jonathan Trumbull Esquire
Governor, Captain General and Commander in Chief of the State of Connecticut--
To Thomas Hodgkins: Gents-- Gruling--
You being by the Governor and council of [illegible] appointed to be 2d Lieutenant of a company ordered for Defence of the Town and Forte at New London-
Reposing especial trust and confidence in your fidelity, courage, and good conduct, I do, by virtue of the Laws of this State [illegible] hereunto enabling appoint and impower you Said Thomas Hodgkins to be 2nd Lieutenant of Said Company-
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising Said Company in Arms  [illegible] officers, and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good order and discipline hereby commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant, and yourself to observe and follow with Order and instructions, as you shall from time to time receive one or the Commander in chief of Said State for the time being, or other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, pursuant to the trust hereby reposed in You.
Given under my hand and Seal of Arms at Lebenon, this third day of September In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty two- and in the seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America
Jon Trumbull
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11606
Vermont
Thomas Hodgkins
of Rochester in the state of Vermont
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of June 1819 and sent to William Strong Esq Windsor County Vermont.

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10 mo 21/30 6/31 83..63
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 6 Sept 1819  48..
                                                     -------------
                                                      $134..63

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

continued

Notification sent October 23d 1820 to Benjamin Swan, Windsor, Vermont
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11606
Vermont
Thomas Hodgkins
of Rochester in the state of Vermont
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for the term of 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of June 1819 and sent to William Strong Esq Windsor County Vermont

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10 mos 21/50 4/51 86..63
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 6 Sep 1819  48..
                                                    ----------------
                                                       $134..63

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

continued

Notification sent October 23d 1820 to Benjamin Swan, Windsor, Vermont
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To what time was Thomas Hodgkin a pens under act 1832 at $128.33 Vt. last paid.
D. D. Addison

Mass. H's
3d Auditors Office}
He died 23d July 1835 arrears paid to that period
JH
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House of reps
January 16 1839

Sir
Sarah Sparks says that her husband, Stephen Sparks, gave a deposition in the case of Thomas Hodgkins who was placed on the pension roll (Vermont) under the act of 1818., wherein she suppose he (Stephen Sparks) described his own service. She was not married to him till 1783, and will find much difficulty in describing his service. Can she be permitted to avail herself of her husbands description of his own service, in the Deposition referred to, as a guide in making out her Declaration? Of so, will you please send me a copy of his Deposition, or so much thereof as described his service, or inform me that I may examine it at your office.
I have lately recd a letter from you in reply to one from me requesting that information might be obtained from the rolls in your office. The information now sought I presume there can be no objection to communicating.

Respectfully yours

William Slade

J. L. Edwards Esq
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Bellows Falls Vt
April 1

J. W. Evans

Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Pension Agency
Breehof [unk] Halls
March 31, 1839

Sir
I enclose Tryphena Hodgkins voucher for all years pension.

Your obt servt

William Henry Clerk
for Nathl Fullerton Page

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
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for Mr. Meacham

Mrs. Chamberline
[unk]
Hodgkins
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Himsburgh Jan 16 1857
Dear Sir
Inclosed you will receive the Declarations of Mrs. Chamberlain Mrs. Rider and Mrs. Hodgkins all claiming increase of pensions. Please send them to the Pension Office & when you get answers inform me- in the case of Mrs. Rider probably a new Certificate will your allowing increase from the 1st July 1848.
By this mail also I write to D.D. Addison of Washington who may call on you about the case of Mrs. Hodgkins. It may be he can render aid in the case.
I am Respectfully & Truly
Your Obliged Sr
Henry Reed

Hon James Meacham
M.C. Washington
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Washington D;C.
Jany, 9th, 1851

Sir,
Thomas Hodgkins was pensioned under the Act of 7th June 1832, as a Private, Serget, and Lieutenant Vermont Roll at the rate of $128 per annum,. His widow received under the Act of 1836, at the same rate. They claimed that he was only active as a Lieut, but acted also az an adjutant and a Quarter Master, This claim was sent me by Mr. Henry Weed some six months ago. I recently applied to the State Department for evidence of his service as a Quarter Master. The Hon Daniel Webster informs me through his clerk, that he has as yesterday sent to you evidence shewing that he was a Quarter Master.
Than the humble his very respy Th Lumpkin
Hon J.E. Heath
Commr. of Pensions
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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, Burlington Vt.
by Heman Allen Esq.
agent for paying
U. States Pensioners




Recorded
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1848, Thomas Hodgkins late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension Lost, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

J. L. Edwards
in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War
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Wd Tryphenea Hodgkins decl
for increase of Pension
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.}
On this 20th day of December AD 1850 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for sd County, personally appeared Triphena Hodgkins a resident of Rochester in sd County aged ninety one years and after being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the full benefit of the law of July 4th 1836, by an increase of pension.
That she is the widow of Thomas Hodgkins late of sd Rochester deceased who was a pensioner of the united States at the rate of one hundred and twenty eight dollars & thirty three cents per annum under the law of June 7, 1832. That the sd Thomas died on the 23d day of July 1835. That subsequent to the death of her sd husband she has been placed on the pension roll under the law of law of July 4th 1836 at the same rate of pension her husband received (viz $128.33) and is now in the receipt of sd pension for the facts referenced may had to the files in the Pension Office.
She further states the sd Thomas Hodgkins served under Col Durkee & Col McClarnaid. That he entered as private & was promoted to Sergeant and Lieutenant and also served as Adjutant and Quartermaster as he often said and
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declarant well remembers that her sd husband provided himself with a horse and equipage for the purpose of doing his duties as a staff officer. The pistols which he procured he sold to James Whitcomb and the sword she has now in her possession.
She further states that her husband often stated in his lifetime that he should be allowed a much larger amount of pension then he received: She now prays that the case of her late husband may be re examined and she allowed such increase of pension as she is entitled to by existing pensions laws.

Tryphena Hodgkins her mark X

Charles H. Sylvester

Sworn to before me on the 20th day of December 1850. And I hereby certify I am personally acquainted with the sd Tryphena Hodgkiss and that she is a person of truth and credibility. And I certify that she signed by making her mark.

Sumner A Webber Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier, December 30th A.D. 1850
I certify that Sumner A. Webber Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windsor duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given,
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Deal of this Office of Montpelier, this thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State
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J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Feb 4
Lt. Tho Hodgkins 
on Wb
Hon H Everets
HR
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Washington 3 Feb 1836
Sir
I request a statement of the military service of Lt. Thos Hodgkins a revolutionary Pensioner for the purpose of ascertaining whether he was entitled to [illegible] pay or bounty land
Respectfully
Your Ob Set
Horace Everell
J.L. Edwards 
Comr of Pensions
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Oct 4
Triphena Hodgkins
wid of
Thomas Hodgkins
V.
Sec pay 1818
Adm. $128.33 per ann.
Commencing 4 March 1831
deducting and same as her husband a may [illegible] [illegible] for that time under the Act of June 7 1832
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Rutland Vt. 27 Sept 1836

Sir
I transmit herewith the declaration of Mrs. Triphena Hodgkins, thewidow of Thomas Hodgkins Esq, late of pensioner of the United States, whose names is inserted at p. 150 of the printed Vermont Pension Roll.
I understand from Mrs. Hodgkins, that she has drawn the arrears of her husband's pension that accrued from the 4th of March to the 23d of July last, the day of his decease.
Please communicate through,
Sir,
Your obt servant

Jesse Grove


Honble James L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
City of Washington
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The Commission
is not of
Continental 
Establishment
If proof of service
under
Col: Durkee be
produced this case will be admitted.

Admitted

Thomas Hodgkins
10 Ap 1818  private
Durkee's regt Connecticut
'76 one year


free
Secretary for the Department of War
Cathington City
Pa.
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} On this tenth day of April AD 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court within and for said Windsor County, personally appeared Thomas Hodgkins aged sixty one years resident in Rochester in said Windsor County and for a long time hath been a resident there, who being first duly sworn by me according to law, doth, 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 the said Thomas Hodgkins enlisted for the term of one year in the month of January AD 1776 in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Dyer and regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee and served the same and one month longer when he was dismissed but received no written discharge that said service was in the Connecticut line, that in 1777 he enlisted for eight months and served the same, that he, in September 1782 entered on service by virtue of the enclosed commission signed by Jonth Trumbull then Governor of the state of Connecticut dated at Lebanon the third day of September 1782 and served accordingly as second Lieutenant at Fort Trumbull in New London in said State of Connecticut untill February 1784 when he was honorably dismissed. That while in said [line is missing] battle at Trenton in the State of New Jersey and that he is in reduced circumstances and stand 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.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year first above written.

William Strong Judge Windsor County Court

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} On this 12th day of June AD 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court within and for said Windsoe County, personally appeared Benjamin Durkee of Tonbridge in the County of Orange and State aforesaid who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, that the said Thomas  Hodgkins served one year and eight months as stated in the goregoing declaration of the said Hodgkins, that he the said Durkee was then a [unk] officer commissioned by the authority of the continental congress and that said Hodgkins was under him in the same company when he performed said services and that he the said Durkee was Captain when the said Hodgkins served as 2d Lieutenant as stated in said declaration of said Hodgkins, and performed the same under him the said Durkee, and the said Durkee further declares that he always considered that said Hodgkins was a legal Lieutenant in the continental service according to the custom adopted by  board of war- by vitue of the Commission mentioned in said declaration of said Hodgkins . Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid being said 19th day of [unk] William Strong Judge Windsor County Court
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.} I William Strong first Judge if the County court within and for said Windsor County that do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid Thomas Hodgkins did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Windsor County court this fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Christ, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

William Strong Judge Windsor County Court
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The Deposition of Stephen Snooks at Lewisten testifies and says that he has been well acquainted with Thomas Hodgkins now of Rochester in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont for more than forty five years and knew of his enlisting in January 1776 into the company of which Benjamin Durkee was Ensign and was afterward commanded by Capt. Thomas Dyer. This was in the town & county of Windham & state of Connecticut. 
And the Deponent further says that in February 1776 he the Deponent enlisted and went to Cambridge and he there found the said Thomas doing duty as a private in Col. John Durkees Regiment and in the company aforementioned. And in May following the Deponent enlisted in the company with the said Thomas, that he knew him to remain in said company in constant duty that he knew him to be in the Trenton battle that on the first day of January, he volunteered for one month which he served out and on the second day of February the said Thomas was discharged at Chatham.
Dated at Lewiston this 5th day of April 1819.
Stephen Snooks
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State of Vermont
Addison County ss} Lewis[?] April 5th 1819
Personally appeared Stephen Snooks signer of the within deposition and after being duly cautioned made solemn oath that the same contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me
Henry Olin Chief Judge of Addison County Court

This may certify that I am well acquainted with the character of Stephen Snooks the maker of this deposition and that full full faith & credit is due to his testimony.
Henry Olin Judge
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Benj. Durkee's Afft
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I Benjamin Durkee of Tunbridge in the County of Orange & State of Vermont, do depose & say that during the Revolutionary War in the year AD 1776 I was an Ensign in Captain Thomas Dyers company, Col John Durkee's Regiment, Connecticut Line, that I well knew Thomas Hodgkins while a private in said company; That I knew the said Hodgkins enlisted into the service of the United States about the 1st of January 1776; That he joined said company soon after his said enlistment & continued to serve for the space of one year; That at the expiration of said period of enlistment for one year the said Hodgkins continued one month longer in the service of the United States; That the said Hodgkins was, during his said period of service a good and faithful soldier; That I believe he was honorably discharged that the said Hodgkins is now a resident in Rochester Vermont & he is the same person who I understand has made application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818.
Dated at Randolph's in said Orange County this first day of May AD 1819.

Benj. Durkee

State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} At Randolph in said County of Orange this 1st day of May 1819 personally appeared Benjamin Durkee, before me Dudley Chace Chief Judge Sup. Ct. & Justice of Peace throughout the State & after being duly cautioned & made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth.

Dudley Chace Chief Judge S. Ct. & Just. of Peace this State

 I Dudley Chace Chief Judge Sup. Ct. & Justice of Peace throughout the State do certify that Benjamin Durkee above named with whom I am well acquainted is a credible witness.

Dudley Chase Chief Judge S. Ct. & Just. of Peace this State
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Affidavit
Stephen Cleveland
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I Stephen Cleveland of Bethel in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont aged 68 years testify & say, that in the year 1782 I enlisted in to Capt Benja Durkkees company Con State Troops, & was stationed at the Fort in New London Con & served there one year during which time Thomas Hodgkins was a Lieut in said company & did duty as such during said year, & when I left the said service the said Hodgkins was there. How long he staid after I left the said service I do not know.
& further Deponent sayeth not.
Stephen Cleveland.

State of Vermont
Windsor County Ss.} Woodstock Nov. 29th 1832
Then Stephen Cleveland personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth & the said Cleveland is well known to me to be a credible witness.
Walter Palmer
Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerk's Office 5th December 1832
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court so hereby certify that Walter Palmer was at the time of signing of the above, was one of the Justice of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I hereto annex the seal of said Court, the day & year last above.
Benj. Swan
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Record Rev
Middlebury Vt
July 31
Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Kindly give the military history of Lieut. Thos. Hodgkins born 1756 died July 20th, 1835 at Rochester, Vt. if he or his widow applied for pension,
Also please give military history of Capt. Joseph Durkee born 1733 died 1796 Rochester Vt. if he or his widow applied for pension. Your kind attention to this matter will  greatly oblige.
Yours truly,
Grace Tupper Hathaway
(Mrs. L. J.)
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THE MIDWEST REFINING COMPANY
MIDWEST, WYOMING
Jan. 9, 1832

Research Engineering Field Division

Director of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

The Adjutant General, Washington, D. C., has referred me to you as possibly being able to supply some additional information relative to the Revolutionary War service of an ancestor of mine named Thomas Hodgkins.

Family tradition has it that he was Colonel in the Continental Army and that he was with the army through the winter at Valley Forge. I have a sword which he is supposed to have carried through the Revolution and I am very anxious to get his record as completely as possible.

The Adjutant General has sent me the following: "The records show that one Thomas Hodgkins served as a Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Company of Matresses, Connecticut. One record shows that he enlisted August 21, 1782; another that he enlisted January 21, 1784, and was discharged March 6, 1784, with one month 15 days service. He served at Fort Trumbull. Nothing additional has been found as to his service.

One Thomas Hodgkins is shown to have served as a private of Abbe's Company, 3d Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllys. He enlisted May 26, 1777, for 8 months, and was discharged in December, 1777."

My Thomas Hodgkins married Tryphena Durkee and she is reputed to have lived to a great age and to have survived him many years. They had a daughter Eliza Hodgkins who married Ephraim Dean Briggs at Rochester, Vermont, Oct. 4, 1810. Eliza Hodgkins was born at Rochester, Vt., Dec. 14, 1790, and died at the same place May 1, 1867.

The above is all of the data which I have to work from. There may have been more than one Thomas Hodgkins concerned in the above records. The fact that my Thomas married a Durkee and that, in one place above, Thomas is shown to have served under a Capt. Durkee, indicates a connection.

I shall greatly appreciate any additional information which you can give me.

Very truly yours,

Arthur W. Buell

Arthur Whitcomb Buell
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3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D, C, ------, 19

W. 23352

In reply to your request of ------ received ----- for a statement of the military history of Thomas Hodgkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
Jan 1776. | 13 mos | Pvt. | Captain Thos Dyer, Colonel John Durkee, Colonel Parker | Conn. 
1777 | 8 mos | Pvt | officers not stated
1781 | 1 mo | Sgt | Colonel McClellan
Sept 3 1782 to Feb 1784 | 2nd Lieut. | Captain Benj. Durkee } Stationed at Fort Griswold & Trumbull

Battles engaged in, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr 10, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Rochester, Windsor Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, b. Westown Mass June 7, 1756, d. July 23, 1835.
Remarks: He mar. at Windham Conn June 20, 1780 Triphena or Tryphena Durkee. She was al. pens. on her ap ex. Sept 20, 1836 while living at Rochester Vt aged 76 yrs. Son Hiram lived there in 1852.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.