Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18005, Isaac Hall, Mass. Privateer
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(3-1776) 
Service Mass. Privateer
Hall, Isaac
Number S. 18005
Contents carded
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New Hampshire
Isaac Hall of
to Cheshire in the state of N H
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain (blank) of the regt commanded 
by Col Books in the (N H crossed out) Mass 
time for 13 Mos 12 Days
& Privateer 

Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of 44 Dollars 62 cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of pension issued the 5th day of April 1833 and sent L G Mead Cheshire Ss. N H

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833         $89.24
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "   22.31 
                                                          ________                                                        
                                                         $111.55
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by T H Mc Blair Clerk, Book E Vol 1st Page 90
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire Ss. On this 10th day of August AD 1832
personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting in Keene in said County Isaac Hall a resident of Chesterfield in said County aged 71 years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth, on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. At the commencement of the Revolution War I lived in Raynham, County of Bristol, Mass.
1. When the British came to & burned Warren R. Island the Company of Militia to which I belonged turned out and marched - I with the rest - then on to Howlands Ferry - After I got to Warren and the enemy had retreated a part of our men returned home & they inlisted (enlisted) to stay longer - I inlisted [enlisted] at Warren, to stay 3 months - My inlisting [enlisting] officer was Ebenezer Dean of [illegible] Mass. John Shaw of Raynham was our Lieut. - We were stationed through the winter at Howlands Ferry and Tivertoown (Tiverton) - At these places I served out my three months & then returned home - At the time
2. the American Army did not go on to Rhode Island under the command of General (otherwise called "Spawny") Spenser, I was at at Tivertown (Tiverton), under the command of grl. (Gen) Spenser - At this time I was in the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Shaw of Raynham. At this time, I volunteered & served in [illegible] Shaw's 
3. company six weeks - In 1782 a call was made for soldiers to go and fill up the deficient Regiment in the Continental Service- I turned out as a volunteer from Raynham - we went to Springfield Mass. where we passed muster & then marched & joined the army at West Point -- I was here attached to a company commanded  a Lieutenant whose name I do not recollect - Mc. Inder was Quartermaster of the Regiment - & Col. Brooks, afterwards Governor of Massachusetts was Colonel of the Regiment Patterson's Brigade; - at this time I inlisted [enlisted] for six months - was at the Jerseys when Andre was taken and hung -
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after marching in the Jerseys- I returned to
West Point, where I was dismissed, having served out the period of my enlistment -. Here I took a written discharge, which I recollect to have been long since the war was over, but which I now lost. In the year in which the 
4 British left Rhode Island. I enlisted for three months, to go to Providence R.I. - under Lieut  Zebulon Feild [Field] of T[illegible]. we staid (stayed) in Providence a while, having our quartering in Providence College - we then went on to Rhode Island after the British left where I recollect I was employed occasionally in screening hay, to put on board vessels - I staid (stayed) on the Island until my three
months expired, when I returned to Raynham -
During the war - the year that the French Fleet came to R. Island, I went out as a Sailor or marine on Board a Privateer, to ensure against British vessels - the name of the Privateer was the "Black Prince" - commanded by Capt Elias Smith of Beverly - We brought in six prizes - one having on board a couple uniforms. guns, caps &c for a British Regiment.  At this time
I was on this service three months - I have no documentary evidence by which I can prove these services - nor do I know of any person living who was in the service with me. I was born at Raynham of ? a. d. 1760. Have a record of my age in my Bible, taken from my father's family record - have lived in Westmorland & Chesterfield in County of Cheshire, since the War - I never had any written discharge except at West Point - by whom signed I don't recollect - Genl. Washington and Lee were at New York - Rev. Elihu Smith and L. G. Mead Esq. [Esquire]
[Isaac Hall crossed out]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except this present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of this agency or any State
Sworn to, subscribed this day & year aforesaid, Isaac Hall
Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
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7073
Isaac Hall
Private 13 mos 12 days
W.C. E

on roll of Colonel
Brooks's Regt 1780
6 Months
4 objections 
Dec 20, 1832

$44.62

L. G. Mead
Chesterfield
NH
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7073

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Hall of Chesterfield County of Cheshire in the Stat of New hamshire (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?  71

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  (In 17) crossed out 1778 no date
Duration of Service.  3 Months,
Rank.  private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Ebenezer Dean.

Period. 1778 no date
Duration of Service.  1 Months, 12 Days
Rank.  " (private)
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Genl. Spencer - Cap Shaw

Period. 1780
Duration of Service. 5 Months,
Rank.  " (private)
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Col Brooks

Period. 1779 no date
Duration of Service. 3 Months,
Rank.  " (private)
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Lieut. Field

Period.  no (date) crossed out
Duration of Service. (3 Months,) crossed out
Rank.  (Leut.) crossed out 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
(Privateer blackprince) crossed out 
Captain Smith

5.  In what battles was he engaged:  none mentioned

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Raynham County of Bristol Mass

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls:  Tradition

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentions.  

W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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7073
Grace Hall


L. G. Mead
Chesterfield NH
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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 Isaac Hall 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?  -

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period of periods of the was when he served?  No. the years in which he engaged in his 1. 2. & 4.  enlistments not mentioned

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 officer under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  No (crossed out)

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June7, 1832?  (blank)

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?  Yes 

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?   - 

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of a least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes

XIV.  + If the applicant has produced 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? -
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been 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? - 

XVI.  ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  and, if no, which of them is not so answered?  Yes
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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 that 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."
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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 grand of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four mons is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

+ 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 (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.

++ 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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P      18005
INVALID.
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File No. 18005
Isaac Hall
Pri   Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 166

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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7073
I. Hall

Declaration
Chesterfield
Cheshire Co.
N.H.
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We Elihu Smith a Clergyman, residing in Chesterfield aforesaid, and Larkin G. Mead residing in the same Chesterfield, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy one 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 -
                                       Elihu Smith
                                       L. G. Mead 

Sworn to and inscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate 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 Elihu Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Chesterfield aforesaid and that Lakin G. Mead who has also signed the same is also a resident of said Chesterfield and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
     Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

I Asa Paker Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Hall for a pension - 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of August A.D. 1832
    Asa Parker Regr. of the Court of Probate
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public residing in Chesterfield within & for the County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire, Isaac Hall, known to me was the same Isaac Hall who signed & swore to the written declaration, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the particular years in which the services were rendered in his - 1. 2. & 4th terms of service - From the consideration he has given the subject since he made his former declaration - he thinks the first term of service was rendered A.D. 1778 - The 2nd term he thinks was in the same year - and that the 4th term of service was A.D. 1779 - Isaac Hall
                                    (illegible) 
                                      Larkin G. Mead, Not. Public

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my notarial seal.  the day & year above written - 

Sworn & subscribed this 1st day of (illegible) A.D. 
18(illegible)