Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,379, Hackaliah Whitney, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Whitney Hackaliah
S 6379
CONTENTS
carded

2007.
Massachusetts
Hachaliah Whitney
Resident in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain of the Regt - command
Col Webb in the State
time for 8 Mos 9 Days
3rd Adm Col. 6/56 6. book, Col. 9/56 Set same Oct 18/56
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 27 Dollars 65 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Nov 1832 and due to Hobson of Worcester now present
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 41.47 Semizant. allowance ending 4 June 33. 13.82 $55.29
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk Book D - Vol. 27. Page 93.
07

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathan Wood of Milford in the county of Norfolk do testify and say that I was born on the twelfth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty and that Hachaliah Whitney a son of Milford in the county of Worcester was a soldier in the Revolutionary war of the United States and served in the company of capt Howard's Regiment of Col. Webb three months and was stationed at Pitskill New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and further the deponent saith not
Nathan Wood
Worcester ss. on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined and sworn according to law to the truth of the foregoing deposition aforesaid by me subscribed taken by me
John C. Chaplin Justice of the Peace

Whereas I certify that I am acquainted with the within deponent and am of opinion that full credit ought to be given to his testimony aforesaid by him subscribed
John Blashfield Jr. Partner of the Firm

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathaniel Loring of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex do testify and say that I was born on the twenty second day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty one and I served as lieutenant in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Howard in the regiment of Colonel Webb of Boston three months in the revolutionary war of the united States was stationed at Pittsfield New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that Hephzibah Whitney Brown of Milford in the County of Worcester was a soldier in said company and served as a private during the whole of said three months and further the deponent said not
Worcester ss on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined and sworn according to law to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken by me
John Chaplin Jr Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss I notify that I am acquainted with the aforesaid deponent and am of opinion that full credit ought to be given to his testimony aforesaid by him subscribed
John Chaplin Jr Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Corbett of Milford in the County of Worcester do hereby certify and say that I was born on the twenty second day of November in the year seventeen hundred and sixty one. and that Hachaliah Whitney now of Milford was a soldier in the revolutionary war of the United States six months in Col. Andrew Peters Regiment. in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty and passed muster at Springfield Mass on the seventh of July & served six months from that time in the company lately commanded by Capt Roberts and further the deponent said not John Corbett
Worcester ss
on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined and sworn according to law to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed to him by me
John Gladwin Jr Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss
I certify that I am acquainted with the aforesaid deponent and am of opinion that full credit ought to be given to his testimony aforesaid by him subscribed
John Gladwin Jr Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ezekiel Jones of Milford in the county of Worcester do testify and say that I was born on the eleventh day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred fifty eight that Blackiah Whitney now of Milford was a soldier in the Revolutionary war of the United States and that he served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Peters in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty and passed muster at Springfield on the seventh day of July and served six months from that time in the company lately commanded by Capt. Roberts and further the deponent saith not -
Ezekiel Jones
Worcester ss.
on the twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the above said deponent was examined and sworn according to law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed taken before
John Bliss Jr. Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss.
I certify that I am acquainted with the above said deponent and in my opinion full credit ought to be given to his testimony aforesaid by him subscribed
John Bliss Jr. Justice of the Peace

Hadaliah Whitney
9 M. adnula
8 M. & 9 days
see Rolle for bone sc
#2765-
W. B. W. war M. of. p.
on Rolle 15 Pigeon Island
8 July 1780 6 mo. old
17 Dec 1780
5 mo. & 9 days

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Worcester ss. On this Twenty Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before Nathaniel Page, Judge of Probate in the County of Worcester Hachaliah Whitney a resident of the Town of Milford in said County of Worcester & Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, for the term of six months; that he passed muster at Springfield in Massachusetts on the seventh day of July that year, and marched directly to White Point and there joined the army; that he served in the continental service, during said six months as a private soldier, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Andrew Peters, in the Company then lately commanded by Capt. Roberts; that he left the service the first day of January 1781; that he resided in said Milford when he entered said service; that he was not engaged in any battle, during said term -
And the said Hachaliah Whitney, on his oath, doth make the following further declaration, that he in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one, he enlisted for three months in the service of the United States, in the Massachusetts Militia, and served during that time, in the Regiment of Col. Webb of Boston, in the Company commanded by Capt. Howard; that he was stationed at Peekskill in the State of New York; that he entered the service the latter part of September 1781, and left it in December following; that he resided in said Milford at the time of his enlistment; that he was a volunteer; that he was in no battle during said three months; that, through Springfield in Massachusetts, to join the army, and returned through Hartford in the State of Connecticut; that the said Col. Webb's Regiment to which he belonged

erved, during said three months, with three Continental Regiments, and that he had no written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Nathaniel Gurney Hukiah Whitney Notary Public in the County of Worcester
We Adin Ballou a clergyman residing in the Town of Mendon in the said County and John Cobett residing in Milford in said County certify that we are well acquainted with Hukiah Whitney who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Adin Ballou John Cobett
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Nathaniel Gurney Notary Public in the County of Worcester
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the person who signed the foregoing
certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Mendon in said County of Worcester, and John Cobett who also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Milford in said County and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit -
Nathaniel Gurney Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Whitney for a Pension, and that John Glaplin Jr before whom the annexed affidavits were made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester in full and that he signed the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Probate Court this 28th day of August A.D. 1832.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court Probate for said County in Massachusetts.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c. 9
State of Massachusetts
Be it known that before me
County of Suffolk  Worcester
John S. Scammell a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Abigail Whitney aged 52 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the only Daughter of Nathaliah Whitney of Milford who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Massachusetts and that he died on the fifteenth day of November 1848 and that her mother named Abigail Whitney died on the fifteenth day of December 1838 and that they were married on the 29 day of June in the year 1786 and that they were residents of Milford in the State of Massachusetts and that they resided there about 40 years, and that she now resides in Bellingham and that furthermore She BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution to  John S. Scammell as my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers my rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due me as the only heir of Nathaliah Whitney who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity she is or may be entitled. To arrears of Pension due her
IN WITNESS WHEREOF She has on this twelfth day of September 1856 hereunto signed her name and affixed her seal.
Abigail Whitney mark
Witness: Sylvester Dorr
Witness: M. H. Fox
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this twelfth day of September 1856.
John S. Scammell
J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me John S. Scammell a Justice of the Peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Sullivan Summer and Levitt Albee residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Nathaliah Whitney was a Revolutionary soldier and that Abigail Whitney was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the Daughter of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Sullivan Summer Levitt Albee
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
John S. Scammell J. P. State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester
to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That John S. Scammell Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court, this twenty sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty six
W. Smith Atty Clerk.
9 If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
Please Return the Result of this application to Elias Cook Bald Hill

12 June 29 th 1886. Arrests at Milford "Hackalick Whitney and Abigail Nelson Both of Milford" A true copy of record Warrant
Milford Sept. 12. 1886.
C. F. Chase (Town clerk)

Apr. 2/44 Phil. Herald to Mr. Mills, Jr., 7 N. 126th St. N.Y. City
Spoken Hand
6379
INVALID.
File No. 6379
Hezekiah Whitney Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. M , Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Isaac Ladd Whitney
Mar 10 1832
free E Cook P.M.
Cole
Commissioner of Pensions Pension office Washington City D.C.

Archibald Whitney
Ms. A. 1. 1832
pa
Edin Cook P.M.
J. H. Minot Esq Commissioner Col Pension Office Washington D.C.

Mr. Commissioner of Pensions,
My dear Sir,
I am desirous of joining the "Sons of the American Revolution" and to do so I must know the revolutionary record of one of my ancestors, namely, Major Hachaliah Whitney, Born April 5, 1762 and died Nov. 14, 1848.
He lived in the town

of Milford, Mass. and I find that he was still on the revolutionary pension rolls in 1840.
I would be glad to obtain as complete a record as possible and if you are not the proper authority to apply to, kindly forward this request to the proper one. I enclose a stamped envelope.
Thanking you in advance I am,
Yours etc.
William Kelley 7 West 26 St. New York City.

Bald Hill Norfolk Co Mass Oct 14 th - 1856
Sir
Enclosed please find the Certificate of the Revolutionary Service of Hunkaliah Whitney which should have been sent you with the application of Abigail Whitney for back pay due her father Hunkaliah Whitney and also for an increase of pension that was due her father as he drew for 6 months instead of nine or more as he was entitled
Very Respectfully yours
Elias Cook
Hon
J. Minot Commissioner Washington D.C.

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office. October 8. 1856.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of 6th instant, I would state, that Hackaliah Whitney, a pensioner of the Massachusetts Agency, at $27.65 per annum, under Act of June 7th 1832, was paid to 4th September 1848. as appears from the records of this Office.
The papers are herewith returned.
Very respectfully, Your ob't. serv't.
Wm. S. Dwyer Acting Auditor
Hon.
J. Minot Comm: of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
Aug. 19 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Hukaliah Whitney , is borne on descriptive list of s i xi m th s. men in the year 1780. Age, 18; Height, 5. 7; Complexion, Light; from Milford. Worcester County. Marched from Springfield under command of Col. Kent July 8. 1780 for six months. Roll of service not in this office.
Also on pay roll of Capt. John Hayward Comp. Col. Webb's Regt. from Aug. 23. to Dec. 4. 1781 3 m th s. 22 days, travel included.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis C. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The application of the attorney for the heir Heir of the party who rendered the Service State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk Town of Bellingham August the 15 th 1856
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby Requested to furnish Evidence from the Rolls in his office of the Revolutionary Services of Hockaliah Whitney he was a Native of Milford and a pensioner in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts he went from the Town of Milford and Served Six months at one time and three at another
my knowledge of the Service will not allow me to state more fully than above stated
Nelson Whitney Attorney
{ Signed in my { Presence { Elias Cook Justice of the Peace

Additional Evidence in the claim of Abigail Whitney Child of Habkaliah for an increase of an increase of $ Back pension