Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17503, for Jonathan Hutchison, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hutchison, Jonathan or Hutchinson
S. 175-83
CONTENTS
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15,363.
Massachusetts 15365
Jonathan Hutchinson
of Hampden in the State of Mass ts who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Tilden of the Reg t commanded by Col. Ely in the Connecticut line for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1833 and sent Wm. G. Bates Westfield Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March '33 - 93.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 23.33
$116.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 33

21799 Abraham Patitenson Map
Almit as a private 14 months 4/11/66
J. Willard
Wm G Bates Westfield Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Hutchinson  of Hampton  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he?  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17/6 enlisted 2 Private Gen. Silas Dinsmore Maj d Ledyard   18/78 entered 6 " Capt. Robinson Col. Ely   18/78 drafted 6 " Capt. Huntington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Windham County Conn t  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? one of the witnesses is not Confirmed Credible 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Jonathan Hutchinson's Declaration for Pension under Act June 1832.

State of Massachusetts County of Hampden p-
On this twenty seventh day of August A D 1832 personally appeared Jonathan Hutchinson of Southwick in said County, in open Court now sitting in Springfield in for said County, before Oliver B Morris Esq. Judge of Probate in for said County, being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the united States under the following named officers & ser d as herein after stated - that he was drafted in Lebanon in the Mindham County, Connecticut, in the Spring of the year (but I do not recollect the month positively) to go to New London, & I stayed there two months. Capt. David Tilden commanded the Company & Abram Burnet was Lieutenant both of whom are deceased. I cannot recollect in what year I was drafted as above, but I think it was in the year 1776, tho' it might have been in 1777. Maj. Sedgwick was then commanding the same man who afterwards was killed with his own sword, as I have heard, after he had surrendered it. While I was there I was employed in building Fort Trumbull & part of the time in guarding Fort Griswold.
That he next enlisted as soon as said two months expired, for six months, & was in the company commanded by Capt. Eben Robinson. Lt. Col. Arnold, & Col. Ely were the regular officers. That he first went to New London, & from there he went to R. Island under the command of Genl. Spencer. From there, that he was called along

the towns on the sound, from Peekskill point thro New Haven &c to Harlem River. While on the top of the hill this side of the river I saw a skirmish between our men & a scouting party of British. It took place near the "Half-moon Battery" as it was called. It was expected that the main body was to be called into action - but it was not. My six months expired while I was here & I returned home. —
That next time, he was a substitute for his brother, Ephraim, who was drafted. I took his place under an agreement that he should take my place in three months - but the officers would not let me go because I had learned the discipline - I join'd the army in the Jerseys at Parachinas, I think it was called, then went to Orange town then to the North River - this was in the year 1778 I think - I was in one of the first companies that went to that point after Arnold tried to give it up. Lt. Col. Huntington of Norwich was our Captain - He chose a number of men for his company to receive train; & I was one of the men so chosen. We were all of a height, viz six feet & two inches - I think that we were in Starks Brigade, tho I was changed so often that I cannot recollect distinctly my officers - I am confident that Genl Stark discharged us at the expiration of our time in the Highlands. It was then winter - the snow had fallen, & we were at the time engaged in making barracks. I had a written discharge, but tis lost, as I never expected to get anything & took no care of it. I do not recollect the time when I advised was drafted this time, but it was in the Spring - Genl Washington

was at the head of the army a part of the time during the last service spoken of above. - I saw at this time six months - that he was born in the year 1760 June 20 th in said Lebanon, Andover Parish, where he resided till the close of the War - that he is now seventy two years of age - that the record of his age is in said Lebanon in the town books & that from the fact that he removed to Southwick after the War, there is no person in that place who can testify as to his reputed service. There is no clergyman in said Southwick. But I can get evidence from any of the old people in Lebanon who can testify that they have heard of my being in the service, & from the people in Southwick who can testify as to my having always told of my having been in the service. I can also refer to Elijah Bates Esqr. of Westfield, or to Hon. John Mills of Southwick for testimony as to my age & character -
From my advanced age I may may be mistaken as to the particular periods of my service, but the whole time was fourteen months. I know of no living person who knows of my service from actual knowledge, except that  that  James  James  Hutchinson  Hutchinson hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed the day before aforesaid. Jonathan Hutchinson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I, Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Hutchinson for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have at my hand and seal of Office this twenty fourth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty two.
Justin Willard Register

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File No. 503
Systematic in the new
Act: June 1902
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

21/7/97 Johnathan H. Linton

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Johnathan Hutchinson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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 or periods of the war when he served? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 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 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 pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
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 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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

I Daniel Berton of Suffield Connecticut aged 73 years do testify say -
That in the spring of the year 1777, my brother Abie entered the United States service, & in the summer of that year I took his place, and served in the Company of Capt. Elder Robinson, Lieut. Col. Amos (I think) & Col. Ely, in the Connecticut line. For a- then Hutchinson then of Lebanon Ct. now of Southwick Mass served at the same time in the same comp- any, & was in the same mess with me. We first marched to New London & Groton Count, where Col. Sedgwick had the chief command. We then marched to Providence, Little Compton & R. Island Tiverton. Here Genl. Spencer was in chief command, & we were I think in the brigade of Genl. Douglass. We at least on one occasion addressed as a command of the Brigade. We then marched back to New London where I left the service on account of my health, & my brother took my place. The term of enlistment was either six or eight months. During this term I was in the service about four or five months & during the term I was in it, Mr. Hutchinson served as above stated in the same Company with me. My name was then spelled Barstow.
Suffield Ct. 22 Aug - 1832. Daniel Berton
State of Connecticut
Hartford County. p. Suffield 22 August 1832
Personally appeared Daniel Berton & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. And I certify that Berton is a man of integrity & veracity. Before me H. C. Gay Just Peace

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } ss.
I, Sand Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford do hereby certify, that Wm. C. Gay, before whom the foregoing affidavit of
Daniel Beater was taken, was, on the twenty second day of August last, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hartford, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, & that the signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this ninth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred & thirty three
Sand Griswold, Clerk

Jonathan Hutchinson
21799

I Israel Loomis of Coventry in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say that Jonathan Hutchinson now of Southwick in the County of Hampden & State of Massachusetts but formerly of Coventry aforesaid was drafted into the service of his country with the Deponent in the spring of the year 1776 or 1777 & served at New London & Groton two months in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt Daniel Tilden Abraham Burrup of Coventry was Lieutenant That the aforesaid Jonathan Hutchinson at the end of said two months enlisted in the line of Connecticut State Troops for six months & was ordered to Rhode Island & further the Deponent saith not.
Dated at Hebron 17th August 1832
Israel Loomis
State of Connecticut Tolland County of Hebron On this 17th day of August 1832 Personally appeared Israel Loomis & subscribed the foregoing Deposition & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office the day & year above written
Leonard Hendece, Notary Public

State of Connecticut
I, Thomas Day, Secretary of said State and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, that Leon and Ben- der Esq., whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, in his proper hand writing, is and at the date of said certificate was, a Notary Public within and for the County of Tolland in said State; duly appointed, commissioned and qualified; that the seal annexed to said certificate is his genuine Seal of office; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, the ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Thomas Day