Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18083, for Thomas Hunt, New York

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New York
Hunt, Thomas Jerusha
NUMBER
W18083
B.L. Wt 987-200-Lieut
Issued July 18, 1791
No papers
CONTENTS

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4883
New York also
Jerusha Hunt widow of Thomas Hunt who died on the 25th Dec 1818 of Stillwater in the State of New New York who was a Lieut or Capt in the ---- commanded by Captain----- of the ----- commanded by NY in the New York line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 410 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of
August 1849, and delivd a day Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the
Recorded by Henry Robinson, clerk, 
Book C  Vol 1 Page 118

Letter
J. F. Bullard
Nov. 24, 1844
Date of death not on app

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The Book of ----

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Thomas Hunt was born in the year
1749,  July the 27th
on Saturday 
Jerusha Woodworth was born in the year
1757, April the16th on Monday
married to Thomas Hunt February the 9th 1773

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and now have
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Mary Hunt was Born in the year
1774 March the 22 on Sunday
Hannah Hunt was Born in the year
1176 April the first day on Monday
Teams Hunt was Born in the year
1718 February 29th on Friday
Elisabeth Hunt was Born in the year
1780 March the 11th on Thursday

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Edward Hunt was Born in the year
1782 April the 22 on Monday
Pammela Hunt was born in the year
1784 October the 23 on Monday
the 28 on Monday
Annah Hunt was born in the year 1786

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Edward Hunt was Born in the year
1745
1784
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Annah Hunt was Born in the year
1786 December the 3 on Sunday
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Thomas Hunt was Born in the year
1789 April the 4 Saturday

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John Hunt was Born in the year
1791 June the 27th on Monday
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Seth Hunt was Born in the year
1793 August the 23 on Friday
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Moses Hunt was Born in the year
1795 November 30 on Monday
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Moses Hunt was born in the year 1797
June 14th Monday

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Stillwater

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Juannah died June the 25, 1795
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Moses Died October the 2, 1796
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Mary died March the 28 1794
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Moses Hunt died October the 6th, 1799
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Moses Hunt younger Died October 5, 1801

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Elisabeth Hunt was born June 26 on Tuesday 1800
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Haley Hunt was born May 20, 1803
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 died January 26, 1840

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Stillwater June

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State of New York
Saratoga County Clerks Office
I James W. Horton Clerk of the County of Saratoga in said State of New York, do hereby
certify that Augustus Baches Esqr before whom the declaration of Jerusha Hunt purport to have been subscribed and sworn, and before whom the affidavit of Ephraim Hunt purport to have been sworn & subscribed was at the dates the same the Saratoga County Judge duly authorized by law to take the same and that his name subscribed to the Jurat of said declaration and affidavit purporting to be
his I believe is his genuine Signature. And further and certify that George W. Malone Esqr before whom the affidavit of Benjamin Toms purport to have been subscribed & sworn
was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace duly elected and qualified, and that his name subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit purporting to be his I believe is his genuine signature.
I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office this
28th day of June 1848
James W. Horton
Clerk

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7199
Jerusha Hunt
wife of Thomas
NY
Oct 4 July 1836
Married 1773
March 1793
admitted
Lieut + Captain
Cap. 1 Year  $260
Lt 11m         156.66
                   $416.66
Com 4 March 1833
Ser Papers 
Record of Margarth
papers of Mr Holms
A. Ray Esq
Pot

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of New York
Saratoga County 
On this twenty third day of June in the year
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before me Augustus Bockes Saratoga County Judge personally appeared Jerusha Hunt a resident of the town of Stillwater in said County aged Ninety one 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 the 4th of July 1836
That she is the widow of Thomas Hunt who in the Revolutionary war resided in said town of Stillwater and was engaged in the military service in defence of his country from the begining to the end of the war.
That in consequence of extreme old age and infirmity she unable to give the particular incidents of her husbands services but according to the best of her knowledge and
belief her husband the said Thomas Hunt was an Officer in the Continental army and served in different grades during the war.
That she believes he was first a Sergeant and afterwards and Ensign and Lieutenant and near the close of the war she believes he was a Captain but how long he served in each grade she does not now remember; but distinctly recollects that he was absent from home and she believes on duty as a Soldier for the most part of his time during the Revolutionary war
That sometimes he returned home on leave of absence of his commanding officer, that he sometimes remained at home only a few days and at other times he

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remained at home several weeks
That he has frequently told her of the several battles he was engaged in, and also the different places he was stationed during the war but cannot remember any particulars
nor does she know of person living who was with her husband in the Revolutionary war; neither does she remember the names of all the officers under whom he served, the name of Captain Walker, Colonels Costland, Dubois & Wysenfelt she still recollects, but whether
her husband the said Thomas Hunt served under either or all of them she is unable to say
She however believes that her husband the said Thomas Hunt was at the battle at or near Fort Stanwix and also believes he was engaged in several of the battles and skirmishes under General Washington, against our common enemy the British Indians & Tories,. That she lived in the neighborhood where the american
army under Gates was stationed previous to
the surrender of General Burgoin & his army, and was acquainted with Genl Schuyler,  Col Vanschoick and several other officers, who several times visited at her house while the army was in the neighborhood, And at other times she with her little children in company with some of the neighbors & inhabitants who
were compelled to flee for safety from their neighborhood and sojourn a while in Dutches County for fear of the enemy who were expected from the north. That she believes her husband the said Thomas Hunt has had several commissions, which since his death have either been lost or destroyed by fire, that his sword he carried during the war is still in possession
of one of her sons.
She further declares that several years since she was

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advised to apply for a pension at which time she was able to maintain herself. She is now dependant upon her children and at their solicitation she is now persuaded to apply to which she believes she is honestly entitled
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Hunt on the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand Seven hundred Seventy three, that the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Daniel Garnet
clergyman of the Congregational Church in said town of Stillwater, that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Jerusha  Woodworth, and that her husband
the said Thomas Hunt died on the 25th day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred & Eighteen and the has ever since remained a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
She further declares that she knows of no living persons to prove her statement neither has she any documents in her possession, that due and diligent search has been made in the vicinity of the church in which the then Clergyman Mr Garnet presided but no records appear in existence in said church.  That she had a family record which a few years since
she gave to one of her neighbors to prove the marriage was of Mrs Anna Holmes who  was an applicant for a pension & believes her record is now on file in the pension office at Washington to which she would respectfully refer for further proof of her marriage.
Jerusha Hunt X
Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, and believe said applicant to be a respectable citizen & her Statement entitled to full credit and further certify that from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend Court
A. Bockes
Saratoga County Judge Counsellor

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State of New York
Saratoga County

Benjamin Toms of the town of Stillwater County of Saratoga County and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is Eighty six years of years of age and was well acquainted with Jerusha Hunt of the same place who is the widow of Thomas Hunt deceased who were near neighbors to deponent as long as he can remember
That said Jerusha Hunt was married to her husband the said Thomas Hunt before the Revolutionary war.  That deponent does not remember the exact date but well remembers that deponent was ten years of age at the time the marriage took place that the ceremony
well remembers that deponent was ten years of age at the time the marriage took place, that the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Camel Clergyman of the Congregational Church in said town, and that
maiden name previous to her marriage was Jerusha Woodworth. That deponent has ever since continued to be neighbor to said Jerusha Hunt, that the said Thomas + Jerusha Hunt have lived together as man and wife
and had several children with whom deponent was also well acquainted, that said Thomas Hunt died nearly thirty years ago and left his widow the said Jerusha who has not intermarried but is still the widow of the said Thomas Hunt and for whose service in the Revolutionary war she is now an applicant
for a pension.
Deponent further saith that in the early part of the new station deponent was informed that said Thomas Hart was continually engaged in defence of his Country that deponent was not called out until after the surrender under of Gen Burgoins army, when he was detailed as
guard to the British prisoners until they arrived in the State of Connecticut when deponent was taken sick and remained in that vicinity until after the revolutionary war. that after he returned deponent was

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informed that said Thomas Hunt had been engaged in defence of his country more or less every year from beginning to the end of the revolutionary war but how long and in what capacity  deponent not now remember and further this deponent saith not
Benjamin Thomas
X
His mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this
19th day of June 1848 by said deponent a
reputable citizen entitled to full credit
& after reading the forgoing affidavit acknowledge the facts contained therein to be true that in consequence of infirmity he is unable to write  his name
George W Neilson Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
Saratoga County ss
Ephraim Hunt of the town of Stillwater County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is forty seven years of age and is one of the Sons Jerusha Hunt, who was the widow Thomas Hunt deceased,
That his father the said Thomas Hunt died on the 25th day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen in said town of Stillwater, and that his mother the said Jerusha (whose maiden name was Woodworth) has ever since the death of her husband remained a widow and is now an applicant for a pension That deponent has made diligent search for the record of her marriage but no record in the church in which Mr Camel officiated as Clergyman can be found, and that
her family record has been delivered to Hiram A. Ferguson to prove the marriage of Miss Anna Holmes who was an applicant for a pension & deponent believes said record is with her papers on file in the pension office at Washington. Deponent further saith that he has often heard his father the said Thomas Hunt relate the events of the revolution in which he was personally engaged but owing
to the lapse of time since his death deponent cannot remember particulars, but always understood and verily believes that he was engaged as an officer from the begining
to the end of the revolutionary war; that deponent does not remember to have seen his commissions which he believes must have been lost or destroyed several years
since, but deponent ever since the death of his father the said Thomas has had a sword in his possession which his father informed him he had carried the during the revolutionary war
Deponent further saith that his father the said Thomas Hunt has often told deponent & others of several battles

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and skirmishes he was engaged in during said war and also the different places he was stationed but cannot State any more particulars and further this deponent
saith not
Ephraim Hunt
Subscribed Sworn before me this 23d
day of June 1848. And I further certify that I am
personally acquainted with the said Ephriam Hunt and believe him to be a credible person
whose statement is entitled to the fullest credit
A. Bockes
Sar Co Judge
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7100
Jerusha Hunt wife of Thomas
Act 4 May 1936
Married 1773
----- 1793
admitted
Lieut + Captain
Capt, 1 year $260
Lt - 11m        156.66
                     $416.66
Com 4 month 183-
See papers Mrs Holmes
Record of Marriage with papers o Mrs Holmes
A. Ray Esq

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March 30, 1938

THOMAS HUNT
W. 18083
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Henry Hunt
Room 549, Times Plaza Hotel
510 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herein the record of Thomas Hunt as shown in the papers on file in claim for pension, W. 18083, and in the claim for bounty land, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Hunt was born July 27, 1746. The place of birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Stillwater, New York, Thomas Hunt entered the service in the early part of the Revolutionary War, served as sergeant,
then as ensign, no details given. November 21, 1776, he was made 2" Lieutenant; he was commissioned November 9, 1777, Lieutenant in the 4 New York Regiment, and served until January 1, 1781; he was commissioned
Captain November 2, 1781, in Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Wiessenfels' New York regiment and served to the end of the war. He was n the battle of Fort Stanwix and in other battles, names not stated. 
On account of the above noted service, Thomas Hunt was allowed two hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 987, issued July 18, 1791. If you desire information in regard to location of that land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance
Thomas Hunt died December 25, 1810, in Stillwater, New York.
Thomas Hunt married February 9 or 19, 1773, in Stillwater, New York, Jerusha, daughter of Ephraim Woodworth, a captain in the Revolutionary War. Jerusha Woodworth was born April 16, 1757; the name of her mother is not stated.

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Jerusha Hunt was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, Captain Thomas Hunt, in the Revolutionary War on her
application executed June 23, 1818, while a resident of Stillwater, New York. She died April 7, 1849.
The following names of children of Thomas Hunt and his wife, Jerusha, are shown
Mary        Hunt born March      22, 1774; died March 28, 1797
Susannah    "      "      April           1, 1776   "     June    25, 1795
Jeams          "      "     February   29, 1778   '
Elizabeth     "      "      March      17, 1780
Edward        "      "      April        22, 1782
Pammela     "      "      October   23, 1784
Annah         "      "      December  3, 1786
Thomas       "      "      April           4, 1789
John            "      "      June           27, 1791; died July 8, 1811
Selph (?)      "      "      August       23, 1793
Moses         "      "      November  30, 1795; died October 2, 1796
Moses         "      "      June            15, 1797
Haley(?)       "      "     May             20. 1803

The following data appear also:
Moses Hunt Yong, born October 5, 1799, died October 9, 1801
Zilva Wing (questionable, not clearly written) died January 25, 1840
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1937 Oct 29 -8. 29 Hist to Mrs G. W. West
l(rec ltr in BLW. 912 300 & Hunt MLB
1938 Mar 29 -Hist to Henry Hunt (Rec ltr in BLM.924-200, of Ephraim Hunt)MLB
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18088
Jerusha Hunt
Wid of
Thomas Hunt
Capt Rev War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:--Vol. A, Page 388
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct. 3, 1903. Hist to E L Hunt-Oneida N.Y.
Mch 17, 96- Hist to Mrs. E. A. Sleight MR
1922 Sept 13 Hist to Fred H. Dewon
1931 - July 24, Hist to Stanley s S. Gillam - MLB
1931 - Aug 21- Ad Mrs SS Gilliam that place of birth names of parents of sol are not given in claim GEL
1932- Sept 16 - Ad Mr SS Gilliam- that as stated in letter of Aug 21-31 no date as to place of birth names of parents + no enlistment papers - etc EEL
1935, Feb 5 Hist to Clinton M Hunt - MLB
1936-May 17-Hist to H. Minot Pitman -EL
1937 Mar. 10 Hist to Miss Ruth Patrick
(see to left)

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Jerusha widow
Tho. Hunt
Mem: approval for

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Alex Ray Esq Albany Nov  of 1848
My dear Sir
The case pending before the Comm of Pensions which I desire you to attend to for me, as I stated in a previous letter, are those of
Elizabeth widow of Moses Hunter, the widow
of Thos Patterson who recently died at an advanced age without obtaining her pension of her husband was an officer and Jerusha widow of Thomas Hunt all of Saratoga County, NY
I am prepared at present to give you information only respecting the last case. The widow Hunt was a daughter of Ephrain
Woodworth a Captain, and under or with whom her husband husband Thomas Hunt served part of the time. He was an officer
of the rank of Lieutenant and he had towards the last of his service (which extended from 1777 to 1783) command of a company though he was probably never Commissioned as a captain. The family have exhibited to me the sword which he wore while in the service, and no doubt can be entertained of the correctness of the widows declaration. Strong parole proof has also been obtained in the case which is on file with her papers. She was married on the 9th Feby 1773 & is now 92 years of age. A Congregational Clergyman by the name of Campbell married her in the town of
Stillwater N.Y. where she still resides. The Church the Revd Mr Campbell preached in still stands

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but the congregation is scattered, and no records are extent. She showed me her family record giving the date of her marriage and the time of her children's births the two oldest Mary & Susannah were born in March 1774 & April 1st 1776 clearly bringing her case under the act of 1836. Unfortunately this accord is only a copy made about two years ago, from the original, which she says is now in the Pension office, on file in the papers in the matter of the application of one Anne
Holmes widow of the Thos Holmes for a pension. The occasion of that record having been filed in the Holmes case, was for the purpose of fixing or determining the date of Mrs Holmes Marriage by the age of one of Mrs Hunts children & in prosecuting Mrs Hunts claim, that record it may be important to refer to. As to the proof of her marriage,( she was adduced a witness who was present at the ceremony) I presume it will be found satisfactory certainly with that record. Thos Hunt is recognized in the papers of Genl Schuyler & I hope you will be able to find proof of his service at Washington.
Thos Hunt died in 1828, and no claim for a
pension was therefore instituted on his account. She says she knew of many cases of
her friends having applied for pensions who
failed after repeated trials, and as there as
appeared so many difficulties in the way

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she was deterred from applying on her
own account though the subject was talked
of in & by her family for the last eight or nine years. His sons were ignorant of the pension laws & indisposed to encounter the vexations and expenses of prosecuting the claim. claim. These are her reasons for not applying before for a pension. She thinks she gave a reason for not applying before in her affidavit
G.L. Yates

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CAPTAIN THOMAS HUNT Jan.17, 1935

Captain Thomas Hunt enlisted as sergeant, 4th Regt. N.Y. troops under Col. Henry B. Livingston 1775, made ensign 1775, second Lieut. 1776; First Lieutenant in November 1777 after battles of Bemis Heights. Served as Captain 1778 to 1782. Regiment later under Lieut. Col. Pierre Requier and Lt. Col. Frederick Weissenfels of Rye, N.Y.  Was captain under Weissenfels a long time, including western New York expedition against the Indians.
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Captain Thomas Hunt was born July 27th, 1746. Died at Stillwater, or Stillwater Township, Saratoga County, New York, December 25th, 1818. Married Jerusha Woodworth, (born April 16, 1757, lived at Stillwater till her death, April 7, 1849.) (daughter of Captain Ephraim Woodworth and Anna Moore) at Stillwater, on February 19th, 1773. Had 14 children, namely; Mary b. March 22, 1774; Susannah b. April 1, 1776; James b. February 29, 1778; Elizabeth b. March 17th, 1780; Edward b. April 22, 1782; Pammela b. October 23, 1784; Annah b. December 3, 1786; Thomas b. April 4th, 1789; John b. June 27th, 1791; Sylvia b. August 23, 1793; Moses b. November 30, 1795; Moses b. June 15, 1797; Ephraim b. June 26, 1800; and Mahala (Haley) b. May 20th, 1803 (S. S. Gillam letter dated 5/10/34 to C. H. Hunt.)
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It is established that Captain Thomas Hunt came from Dutchess County, New York. Probably from the northern edge, near Livingston Manor. He lived all of his lifetime afterward, from 1772 to 1818, on a farm of 125 acres about a mile south of Ketchum's Corners in Stillwater Township. (S. S. Gillam letter date May 10th, 1854 to C.W. Hunt)
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In list of members of the society of the Cincinnati, Original Heredity and honorary, appears the name of Thomas Hunt (Captain)?
Original Member, Mass, and Lieut. Thomas Hunt, Original member, 4th N. Y. Regt, N.Y. and South Carolina. In list of Original qualifying members appear- Captain Thomas Hunt - Page B62 Memorial Vol. 1931.
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Extract from list of officers in the Continental Army possibly eligible for membership in the Mass.  society of the Cincinnati who
did not join contains Thomas Hunt Colonel 1st U. S. Infantry (was crossed out)
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Institution of Society of the Cincinnati, N.Y .by Schuyler states on page 243. Lieut, Thomas Hunnt 4te Regiment died December 1796
at Charleston, South Caroline, eldest son of Jesse Hunt, Sheriff of Westchester County,  N.Y. under the crown and descendant of Thomas
Hunt, Shrewsbury, England, High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1656. Descended from Hunts Point, N.Y. Hunts
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In letter from W. T. Hoffman dated 12/21/35
Stillwater -  Tom Hunt was another pioneer of Stillwater. He resided in the eastern section of the town about 1/2 mile out. On this farm
resided later his son Ephraim and the latter son Charles.
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Eunice Tryler - by Grafton.
Capt. Thomas Hunt - pages 15, 17, 19, 20, 63, 70, 71.
Col. Thomas Hunt -?-  wounded at Yorktown. Pg 13.
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Descent of Comfort Sands Family - by Temple Prime 1897
Page 21 - Thomas Hunt of Grove Farm, Westchester County, New York
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Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War  Page 524
Thomas Hunt - Watertown -- Captain with Col. Henry Jackson's Reg't. in Army from 2/1/1777 - 12/31/1779. (Probably a different Thomas Hunt)

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Waterford, N.Y.
13 Nov. 1849
Sir
Some time within two years past a pension was granted to Jerusha Hunt widow of Thomas Hunt as I understand., She died April 9. 1849 & left children & also grand children whose parents were dead. The question arising
whether such grand children are entitled
to any share. I am not able to decide
the question without further information. Will you please send me a copy of the certif granted & also one opinion upon the law question if consistent with your position.  
Hon I.L. Edwards
I much oblige them & Yours Truly
E.F. Bullard

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E.F. Balland
Nov. 26: 1869

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Pension Office
Nov 26, 1849
sIR,
In answer to your letter of the 13TH inst
respecting the case of Elisha Hunt widow of
Thomas Hunt, I have to inform you
that her pension is due and payable to the surviving children only; Her grand children are
not entitled.
It is not customary to place on file copies
of the pension certificates issued from this Office
Mrs. Hunts certificate was issued on the
9th of Augt 1849 entitling her to a pension of
$416.66 per annum from the 4th of March 1831,
it of course, ended on the day of her death,
E. F. Bullard, Esq.
Waterford
Saratoga Co
NY

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No 1.

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General Land Office
July 12th 1849
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 12th inst.
inform you, that Revolutionary land
Warrant No 987 issued for the services of Thomas Hunt appears from the books of this Office to have been located by Mathias Denman with other warrants amounting to 4000 acres, upon the 2d Quarter of Section 3 in Township 2. of Range 11  in the United States Military District in Ohio, and was patented to said Denman in Feby 1800. The warrant having been destroyed
by fire in the War of 1812, no information can be given in regard to its assignment,
I am very if
Your Observant
J Butterfield
Commissioners
Alex Ray Esq
Present

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Washington
July 24. 1849
James L Edwards Esq
Sir
In your letter of the 3rd in the case of
Mr Jerusha Hunt widow of Thomas of New York an applicant for act 36 you say
"No record evidence has been exhibited showing her identity as the widow of Lieutenant Thomas Hunt who received Land from the United States, nor any reason assigned under oath by the claimant why such evidence has not been exhibited"
On the receipt of your letter I addressed
a communication to the commissioner of the General Land Office requiring to be informed, what disposition has been made of Land Warrant No. 987 issued in the name and for
the services of Thomas Hunt who was a Lieut in the New York .line
I enclose you his reply, to stating the warrant and in the name of Thomas Hunt had been located by Mathias Denman with other warrants amounting 4000 acres, then showing there was no location by Hunt of his
State warrant. In relation to the New York Land
the Ballot Book shows the land was transferred by Hunt to another person. This readily accounts for the widow  making a statement in her declaration relative to the Lands and simply because she knew nothing about them

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the additional evidence herewith submited
No 2 is a certificate from the Deputy Secretary of State of New York exhibiting the fact of Thomas Hunt having been commissioned
in 1776 as a Lieut and deranged saw 1781 and further that it appears from the "minutes of the council that Weisenfel Esq by was appointed Lt. Col of a qr of Levies on the 2 Nov. 1781. and that Thomas Hunt was appointed a Captain. " And it is further certified that the records of his office furnish no means of determining the residence of said Thomas Hunt. But there appears to have been but one Thomas Hunt in service as an officer of
any grade in any of the New York Reg and but one in the series to wit the said Thomas Hunt who was appointed a Captain
No 3 a certificate from the Comptroller Office
Albany confirming the sgn Sec of State certificate, that there was but one officer by the name of Thomas Hunt in the
New York Continental line up to Jan 1781.
N. 4 Is a certificate from the Comptroller by which it appears Dec 1-- 1781. Thomas Hunt was paid as a Capt of the Levie $76.9.4 and on the 31 Dec 1782. $128.00
All concerning that Thomas Hunt was appointed a after his service as a Lieut of the continental line. And it must be bore in mind that the widow in her declaration asserted under oath before her husband left the service was appointed a Captain.

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as this additional and must be very satisfactory
evidence now presented, meets all the point of
Objection to the allowance of the claim. I hope
pension certificate will issue at once.
I remain to
Your
Mar. One
Alex Ray

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James L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
War Department

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Washington Nov 18. 1848
Sir
I endow you with a letter from Giles F. Yates
Esq. in the case of Mr Jerusha Hunnt widow of Thomas with act 1836. New York: also a letter from the applicant to Mr Gates appointing him her attorney, and from Mr Gates to myself.
I am informed Mrs Hunt is 92 years of age,
a fact calculated to elicit our feeling in her behalf and must therefore respectfully request on behalf of the venerable Lady, permission to see her declaration for the alleged service of the husband Thomas Hunt dec.
Mr Gates further says in his letter, the original record of a marriage was loaned about two years ago, Mr Ann Holmes, to prove her marriage the birth of one of her (Mrs Hunts children, and refer to Msr Ann Holmes paper on file in your office as the marriage is an important point in the case to be settled.  by you will allow me to examine the record
of marriage filed in Mrs Holmes case.  Presumed made 36 or 18 New York
in and compliance will oblige
or more, on the
Alex Ray
James L. Edwards
Comn of Pennon

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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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Washington
4 December 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir
Allow me to request the favour of an examination by you of the claim of Mrs Kerusha Hunt widow of Thomas Hunt of Saratoga Co., N.Y. for a revolutionary pension. Mr.
Yates the Agent is now here, and can attend to
the case immediately providing  you can now
give him a hearing.
Respectfully Yours
Hugh White

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Washington Nov 1848
Sir
Apreably to the request in my letter of the
10th in the case of Mr Jerusha Hunt widow of Thomas act 1836 New York. You were pleased to allow me to examine her declaration which appears in all particulars to be with the
statement given by Mr Bates letter enclosed in mine to you. The widow states, that owing to extreme old age (92) she cannot give the particulars incidents of her husbands service
but according to the best of her knowledge,
he entered the service as a Sergeant, promoted to an ensign, and subsequently appointed a Lieut and served during the war. She further gives from recollection the names of officers with, or under whom she thinks
husband served, but produces no evidence of service;
States her husband related to her from time to him the batt
in which he was engaged, and finally conclude her statement
according to Mr Lot letter; her for eight years it has been
talked or in the family of the making application for
pension, but delayed in consequence of the difficuly other in
counted in establishing the claims, and not make the
.
application of the solicitation of her children.
on examination of my new York records, I find
her husband Thomas Hunt was appointed a 2nd Lewis
an early period. 1st Lieut. of the 4th N. York Dec. 9th Nov 1777
and deranged 1st Jany 1781. Consequently repaired as an office
the end of the war as alleged or the widow. or New York
Balloting Book for this service. And the rolls of your of
to which I beg to refer you, will be no done conclusive this

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showing more than two years service.

She states her marriage took place in Feb. 1773 that after a most diligent search for the church records they could not be found, and she knows of no one living to prove her statements. She further states the original record of the marriage was loaned some years ago to her neighbor Anna Holmes, an applicant for a pension to prove
(W Holmes) Marriage by the birth of one ? (Wm Holmes) children.

Supposing the read replied to may have been
filed with Mr Holmes application, you were good enough also me to make the examination and from as I supposed the record of W Hunt marriage with Wm Holmes papers, suspended under and 1808 N York

The ancient record bearing evidence of its
erness, must clearly and satisfactorily establish the marriage to have taken place in Feb 1773 the time specified in Wm Hunt declare

made several years subsequent to the time of loaning the record.

I have to remark, that in my experience in
business, have never met with a claim more clearly defined by an applicant unsupported by advisement. The absence of her husband from home in the service of his country, the fleeing for safety from the enemy with the little
children, the sword worn by her husband in the war of the revolution, now in possession of the family, the commission on or destroyed, all are given with such simplicity force and truth by the venerable body, that I am

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constrained to appeal to you for an immediate reexamination of the case.

W Hunt's advanced age 92 years upon me this appeal, as an exception to your well established rule. ___ be supposed she can live much longer, should her claim be allowed, it may add consolation and comfort in her decline of life, and enable her to do it ____of it as he ___ her wishes.

Hoping you may yield to my urgent and most hearfelt request,

I remain with ......

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Hon Hugh White

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Pension Office
Decem 23rd 1848

Sir, 

In answer to your letter of the request respecting the case of Jerusha Hunt. I have the honor to inform you that her family record filed in the case of  __ Holmes is deemed sufficient to establish her marriage prior to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, But Claimant has not furnished the ___ and proof of her husband's service required by my letter of 24 Oct last to Hon PH Silvestri.

The regulations require that the date of the Commensure and the duration of each line of service for which a claim is asserted with names the company and field offering  umom?  when they  ___ ___be specifically set forth and that the name of the commissioned officer shall be established by the __ of his "commission" or some ____ or instrument of minting testament to a commission or promise of a commission. These regulations should___ be comp__ with

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and the failure of Mrs Hunt to assist her
claim until this day renders their fulfilment
particularly so in this
Applicant states that her husband
in an offer in the New York Line. There
a Lieutenant Thomas Hunt belonging to that
Line, who was commissioned in 1776 and continued in service until 1781, when in consequence of the consolidation of several regiments into two he became supernumerary. ___Warrant which was issued to him in 1791. But there has not been 
 But there has not been a particle
of evidence produced identifying that officer 
with her husband. Clear and direct proof when this permit before a pension can be granted to Mrs. Hunt for the service of that officer.


Hen Hugh White
House of Reps

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Pension Office
February AD 1849
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 4th (Illegible)  and
in reply I have to state that in your communication of the 4th of Decem last which appears
to be in your hand writing (Illegible)  
calling up the case of Jerusha Hunt you say "M
Gates the agent is now here", from which it
supposed that your communication to this
office respecting my claim was made at the insistence of  Giles F. Gates of Albany. There is a
letter from sales to Shearen Ray of this
city requesting M.R. assistance in the petitition
of Mr Hunts claim, Is it possible that he
be
the agent

Hon Hugh White
House Reps

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Top cut off

Aug. 2, 49

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Pension Office
Aug 2 1849
Sir
In reply to
letter
of the 30th ult. I have to inform you
that a letter was addressed to Mr
Nathan Sack of this city in
the case of Olive Hays, widow of John Hays under Act 7 July 1838, and in the case of Olive 
Hotchkiss on the 24th November
last an extract from which is
herewith enclosed which will show
what proof is required.

In the case of Jerusha Hunt widow
of Thomas Hunt, a letter was addressed
to A. Ray Esqr on the 5th April last stating
the objections to the claim, a copy
of which is enclosed. He was also 
adressed on the 3d ult, requiring further
proof as printed out in my letter to him
of the 5th April last
Hon.
P.H. Sylvester
Coxsackie
N. Y.

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W.Z

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Comptrollers Office
Albany July 19 1849

I hereby certify that there is now on file in this office
"Pay Abstract of the late Second New York Regiment for the
months of Augt. Sept. Oct. Nov & Decem 1780, audited by
Peter Curtenius State Auditor", which also containing an abstract of
the pay of the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Artillery Regiment for the same
period; and that the name of Thomas Hunt, Lieutenant
appearing thereon as a deranged officer of the fourth Regiment and
that he received the sum of (L53.6.88) fifty three pounds six shillings and eight pence.

Also, that his name appears in a list of "Deranged officers from the late Second, fourth and fifth Regiments" and that he is charged as having "received from the State trust", the sum of (L21.06.08) Twenty one pound, six shilling and eight pence. 

Also in the abstract of pay of "The Officers of the of New York; Deranged in January 1781 for the three months of their pay accrued in 1780". His name appears as a Lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment, and there received , or been entitled the sum of (L32) Thirty two pounds.

And further that from the examination of the books in this office, it does not appear that any servicing were performed
by any other commissioned officer of the said name of
Thomas Hunt, during the time specified in the above
certificate. The books of this office do not give the residence of said
Hunt

Court of Hancock
Alck
Philip Phelps Dep Comp

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Pension officer 
July 3, 1849

Sir,
The testimony of witnesses
exhibited to in the case of Mrs Jerusha
Hunt widow of Thomas Hunt, as
evidence of identity has been examined
and filed with the the other papers under act
4th July 1836. In my letter to you of
the 5th April last, record as well as
(illegible) evidence was required to record

No (illegible) evidence has been exhibited showing her
identity as the widow of Lieutenant Thomas
Hunt received Land from the U
States,
nor is any reason assigned under
oath by the claimant why such evidence
has not been exhibited, Lieutenant Thomas
Hunt received a land warrant from the
State of New York in 1790 which was transferred
to another person. There may be
same
record evidence in the office of
the Secretary (Comptroller) of State of New York relative to the transfer of said land sharing

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the plai of Hunt's widow or evidence of some other character which will identify him as the claimants husband. It should also be shown by the Comptrollers certificate whether any other person of her husbands name served as a Sergeant, Lieutenant or Captain in the States  or any other military corps belonging to New York

A Ray
July 3, 49

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State of
New York
Secretary of States Office
Albany, Febr 15th 1849

I hereby Certify, that it appears
from M.S. Volume remaining on file
in this office entitled
"Copy of a Register
taken from the Rolls showing the names
Alphabetically, Rank, dates
of Commissions
and enlistments, period enlisted for and
occurrences of the officers, non-commissioned
and privates of the New York Line of
the late army", the following named
Officers in the 4th Regiment of said Line
served as follows to wit.

Abram Hyatt Lieut Nov 1776 1s Lient 9 Nov
---
77, deranged " Jany 87
Thomas Hunt Lieut 9th Novr 77- 2 Lieut 21st Nov
2
76 must to Jany 81
then deranged
Benjn Walker Capt 21 Nov.
76 and
de Camp to
Baron Steuben Sept 78
must to Jany 82
I further certify that it also appears
from said Mrs. Volume that Fredk Weisenfelt

was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonelon

the 21st Novr 76, in the 2d Regiment & a
Colonel on the 26th April 79 transferred
---
-
Deranged 1st Jany 81, 4th Regiment-
Arch Campbell
Dep. Sec. of State

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Alex Ray
April 5  '49