Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20571, for John Hutchinson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hutchinson, John Adams, Mary
W. 20571
Former widow
CONTENTS

117 New York Albany Mary Adams widow of John Hutchinson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Corporal Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of June 1848 and sent to
S. Jenkins Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 4
Reported

John Hutchison and Mary Collins Married December 4 th 1782 - by Lemuel Barnard Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above is a true transcript of the records of the Town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire Mass. in my possession Edward F. Ensign Clerk of the Town of Sheffield
Berkshire ss - Sheffield December 29 th 1845 - Then personally appeared the above named Edward F. Ensign and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him signed Before me Billings Palmer Justice of Peace
Berkshire ss - Sheffield Dec 29. 1845 - I hereby certify that the above named Edward F. Ensign is at the present time the Clerk of the Town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire Mass -
Billings Palmer Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Berkshire do certify that Billings Palmer Esq. before whom the within named Edward F. Ennis was, sworn to the within certificate was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace within said Court duly commissioned & qualified & that the within the within Signature, purporting to be his, are genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 29- day of December 1845.
Charles Sedgwick the

12. 575.
act 43 6684
act 44
580
Mary Adams
N. Y.
Act 7 July, '38.
Adm d .
2 yrs. Corporal:
$88.
Also acts '43 & '44.
John F. Curtis, Esq.
Huron,
N. Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838 - the 23rd of August 1842 - the 3rd of March 1843 and of 17th June 1844 granting Pensions to certain Widows
State of New York } County of Wayne } ss.
On this 17 th day of January 1846 personally appeared before the Subscribers a Judge of the Court in & for the County aforesaid Mary Adams of Marion in said County Aged Seventy-seven Years - After being duly sworn according to Law. state on her oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838 - the 23rd of August 1842 - the 3rd of March 1843 and the 17th of June 1844 Granting Pensions to certain Widows - That she was the Widow of John Hutchinson who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - That he enlisted in the Winter of 1779 in Housatonic (which was then in the State of Connecticut, but now Pennsylvania) in a Company commanded by Capt. Durkee; that Account thinks for three years, and served as a Sergeant or Corporal - Thinks he served under an Officer by the name of Spalding but does not know the grade of said Spalding's Officer - That her said Husband was wounded while in the Service of the United States - She also Declares that she was Married to the said John Hutchinson in the town of Sheffield Berkshire County Massachusetts in October 1782 Seventeen Hundred & Eighty two - That the said John Hutchinson died on the 5th day of October 1804 - Eighty four - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but that the Marriage took place before the first day of January 1794. viz. all the time above stated - She further Declares that after the death of her aforesaid Husband she was Married to Reuben Adams in 1813 and that the said Adams died in March 1835 since which time she has remained a widow
Sworn to & Subscribed before me Mary Adams This 17 th day of January 1846
Amos Snyder a Judge of Wayne County Courts
I certify that the above named applicant Mary Adams is a highly respectable person that I have seen her to be of the age represented by her - and that from bodily infirmity she cannot attend the court to make this her declaration
Amos Snyder a Judge of Wayne County Courts

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss. Personally appeared before the Subscribing a Judge of the in & for the County aforesaid Julia Rich of Marion in said County Aged Fifty three years last June - After being first sworn according to law upon oath & said that Mary Adams who by then presents is applying for a Pension as the widow of John Hutchinson is this deponent's mother and that the said John Hutch- -inson who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution was this deponent's father - That she recollects hearing her said father tell frequently about his having been a soldier in said war and thinks he received a wound while in the service of the United States - That her said parents were living together as husband and wife at the time of this deponent's first recollection & continued to do so until the death of this de- -ponent's said father which took place 1804 Eighteen hundred and four - That her said mother married again in 1813 to Reuben Adams That the said Reuben Adams died in 1835 since which time her said mother has remained a widow
Sworn to & subscribed before me This 17 th day of January 1846
Julia Rich
Amos Snyder a judge of Wayne County Courts
I certify that Julia Rich who has signed the above affidavit is a highly respectable person and worthy of credit
Amos Snyder a judge of Wayne County Courts
Answer to John P. Burts. Marion Wayne Co NY

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss Personally appears before The subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Thomas Young of Marion aged Sixty seven Years; after being duly sworn and -ding to law deposes and saith for the space of about twelve years previous to the year 1803. This deponent lived in the town of Sheshequin near Bradford County in the State of Pennsylvania That for the space of five or ten years previous to 1803 this deponent was well acquainted with John Hutchingson - That at the time this deponent first became acquainted with the said John Hutchingson he had a wife and several children. That the said Hutchings- -on was a highly respectable person. That he had the reputation of having been a soldier in the war of the Revolution - That it was a subject frequently talked of in the neighborhood in the where he then lived - in consequence of his having been wounded while in the service of the United States - That this deponent has seen the scar occasioned by said wound - That this deponent removed from the said town of Sheshequin in the year 1803 to the town where this deponent now lives - That five or six years after this deponent first removed to this town - The widow of the said John Hutchingson came to live in this town and has resided here ever since - That a few years after the said widow removed to this town she was married to Reuben Adams who died about ten years since - That this deponent was well acquainted with the family of the said John Hutchin- -son for the space of about ten years previous to 1803. That this deponent is sure that the present applicant for a pension Mary Adams - is the identical person who was living with the said John Hutchingson as his wife fifty three or fifty four years since Subscribed and sworn before me Thomas Young On this 28th of January 1846 } John F. Curtis. Justice of the Peace
I certify that the said Thomas Young who has signed the above affidavit is a highly respectable person and worthy of full credit John F. Curtis Justice of The Peace

State of New York Wayne County Clerk's Office
SS: I hereby certify that Amos Snyder before whom the within affidavit was taken on the seventeenth day of January A.D. 1846 was at the time of taking the same a judge of said county, duly qualified to take the same. And also that John T. Curtis Esq. before whom the affidavit
on the twenty eighth of January A.D. 1846, was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified to take the same. And I certify that I am well acquainted with their hand writing and verify their signatures to the within instruments as respectively genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this twenty eighth day of January A.D. 1846
D. B. Gervie Clerk
10373

State of New York County of Ontario ss. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a sister of Mr. Pease in and for the county aforesaid Julius Hutchinson of Seneca in said county aged sixty two next May - after being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith: That Mary Adams who is applying for a Pension as the widow of John Hutchinson who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, is the deponent's Mother, and that the above named John Hutchinson was the deponent's Father - That this deponent has always understood and believed that his said father Emigrated in an Early day from Old Con- -necticut the Wyoming Now in the State of Pennsyl- -vania, where he enlisted in the war of the Revolution This deponent has often heard his said father relate the history of his services and from such Relations this deponent always has the impre- -ssion that his said father served three or four years as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution This deponent thinks he has heard his said father speak of Capt. Dunkey, and has the impression that he served under that officer - This deponent is sure he cannot be mistaken about his said father being a Soldier in the war of the Revolution because he received a wound in battle which did made him an invalid the remainder of his life - That his said father died in 1804 Eighteen hundred and four That his said Mother married again in 1813, to Reuben Adams That the said Reuben Adams Died in 1835, Eighteen hundred & thirty five - Since which time his said Mother has remained a widow
Subscribed & sworn before me This 26 th day of January 1846
Chas. Folsom
Julius C. Hutchinson a justice of the peace in the town of Seneca in said county

I certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Julius Hutchinson who has signed the within affidavit that he is a highly respectable person and that any statement he may make may be fully relied on
Chas. J. Folger
A Justice of the Peace in the town of Seneca in said County
State of New York
Ontario County Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that Charles Folger Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signatures to both the foregoing certificates are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County at Canandaigua this 28th day of January A.D. 1846
R. Murray Jr Deputy Clerk
Answer to John H. Curtis, Warren Wayne Co. NY

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of _____, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 4 Pa.                
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, _____  Residence at date of application, _____  Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____  _____  _____
Very respectfully,

to Mr.
20-571 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20-571
Histo recd P.
Mary Adams Widow of John Hutchinson Coop. New Mar
Act: Feb 21 1/8
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Gen. notes made by N. Sept. 1883.
Feby. 19-1897. History D. M. Dunning - Auburn - N.Y.
June 4, 1904 Miss Nancy C. Mo 1906 may 26 hist to abn. of

Reported
10.078
New York
Mary Adams for Widow of John Hutchinson who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 5th Oct. 1804 of Wayne Co in the State of New York who was a Capt in the Comp y commanded by Captain Duer of the Reg t commanded by Conn. in the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of June 1846 and sent to J. H. Curtis Warden M. H.
Total amount, $ 440.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by S. D. Rumpkin Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 147.

Albany.
7801
Reported
New-York
Mary Adams for widow of John Hutchinson who was a Captain in the Revolution
Husband died 5th Oct. 1809
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of June, 1846 and sent to J. H. Curly Esq Hearne Wayne Co N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
10th June, 1846
Recorded in Book Vol. 22 Page 70.

admitted,
L. Jenkins Albany N.Y.

State of New York
Wayne County ss. On this twenty eight day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Wayne, Mary Adams, a resident of the Town of Marion in said County, aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War: -
That she is now the Widow of Reuben Adams, and was formerly the Widow of John Hutchinson, on account of whose services as a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, she was pensioned under the Acts of 3 d March 1843 & 17 June 1844, & also under the act of 7 July 1838 - and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17 June 1844, was eighty eight dollars.
She further declares that she is still a Widow Sworn to & subscribed on the day & Year above written, before me
Peter Boyer
Justice of the Peace -
I certify that the above Declaration is personally known to me Peter Boyer Justice of the Peace (over)

State of New York Wayne County ss: I hereby certify that Peter Boyce Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the within affidavits or Declaration, and certificate and before whom such affidavits or declaration purports to have been taken was, at the time of taking such a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, qualified and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same. Further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the jurats of said affidavits or Declaration, and also to the said Certificate in each of them Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County and of the courts thereof at Lyons this Fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Eight.
S. B. G. Smith Clerk of Wayne County. (Subscribed)

Albany May 15. 1848.
James L. Edward, Esq., Commishr. of Pensions,
Sir, I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Mary Adams, for the purpose of obtaining her pension Certi- ficate under the act of 2 d Febry. 1848.
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Samuel Jenkins.

W
John F. Curtis Esq.
Huron Wayne Co N.Y.

Comptrollers Office, Connecticut Hartford January 24. 1846
I certify that, on application for evidence of the service of John Hutchinson in the Revolutionary War, I have examined the documents in this office relating to that war, and find in the record of "Settlement with 2 Companies from Wyoming Commanded by Cpts Beaman & Durdlee before 1780" the name of John Hutchinson, who is entered as Corporal, and as having commenced service January 1 st 1777 and to have served as such to January 1 st 1780. - 3 years - and credited ————— $ 79-4-
Also, In the record of "Settlement with the 1 st Connecticut Regt. John Durdlee Esqr for the year 1781" is the name of John Hutchinson, Corporal, who is stated to have commenced pay Jan 1 st 1781, and to have been received pay till Decem 31. 1781 - 12 mos amount of wages ————— $ 26-8-
A Carrington Comptroller

Sir
It is my impression that Northumberland County did not belong to Connecticut. The name of Henry Beekman does not appear in the Wyoming Companies nor have we any account of a party called the Flying Camp. I send you, I think, a full and aught to be an available certificate in the case of Mr. Hutchinson -
Respectfully
A. Cassington Camp

State of Massachusetts } County of Berkshire } ss, Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County Aforesaid Samuel Harmon of Sheffield in said County Aged 75 Years - After being duly sworn according to law Deposeth on his oath - That from the earliest period of his recollection he was well acquainted with John Hutchinson who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - That from his personal and intimate knowledge of the said Hutchinson, this deponent is sure that the following history of the said Hutchinson is true viz - That the said John Hutchinson's native place was here Sharon in the State of Connecticut, when this deponent first knew him - That in early life he emigrated to Wyoming - a Colony then belonging to Connecticut, but now in the State of Pennsylvania - That while at Wyoming he enlisted in the Service of the United States - This deponent thinks in the year 1777 and served as an uncommissioned officer there at four years - That he was wounded and left the Army in 1787 and returned to Salisbury Ct. - was married to Mary Collins of Sheffield, Berkshire County Massachusetts the year after he left the Service - Resi- -ded in Sheffield, eight or ten years after he was married - then removed to a place called Sheshequin in the State of Pennsylvania where the said Hutchinson died some thing over Forty Years since - Sworn to & subscribed before me } This 18 th day of February 1846 } Samuel Harmon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Berkshire ss. Sheffield February 18, 1846. Then personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for the said County Aforesaid Samuel Harmon the signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and I certify furthermore that for the last two years I have personally acquainted with the said Samuel Harmon the signer of the above affidavit; that I consider him to be of the age represented by him, that his m- emory appears to be good and his mind nearly unimpaired by age - that I consider any statement he may make to be entitled to full credit Oliver P. C. H. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss: Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Oliver Brewer Esq. of Sheffield, do hereby certify that he was at the date of the foregoing Certificate & now is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified - and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate purporting to be his is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Taunton this tenth day of February 1846. Charles Sedgwick Clerk
Answer to the Honble Oliver Brewster Esq

O. M. H.
1287
C
Tidioute, Pa.,
May 19, 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir - Please send me the pension record of John Hutchison who served as a private in the Revolutionary War and who was pensioned, I believe, Mar. 4, 1789, and died in Westmoreland County prior to 1803 - Westmoreland Co., Pa. Also kindly send me the pension record of Giles Stephens who died in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1833 - Age 86. These gentlemen are both ancestors of mine. If either or both left widows, please send their pension records.
Yours sincerely, (Miss) Nancy C. Morrow.

Office of
1826 22/1769
Auburn Gas Light Company.
Auburn, N. Y. May 27 1897
U.S. Pension Office Washington D.C.
I desire to obtain information through your Department if possible to establish that John Hutchinson born at Sheffield Berkshire Co Mass about 1755 was a Revolutionary Soldier.
The information that I have is as follows He married Mary Collins born in 1764 at Sheffield Berkshire Co Mass & who died at Marion Wayne Co. N.Y. Feb'y 5 th 1852.
Soon after John Hutchinson's death his widow on Nov 7 th 1813 married Reuben Adams who died March 28 th 1835.
According to the memory & statements of persons now living the widow Mary drew a U.S. Pension of $8.00 per mo until her death in 1852 as the widow of John Hutchinson a Revolutionary Soldier after the death of her second husband. If you can support this statement from your records you will greatly oblige Sincerely D. M. Dunning.

OFFICE OF J. W. MORROW, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Monaca, Pa., May 24, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- I sent you a communication last week, but as the one who mailed it did not know I had left it unsealed to put a stamp in, it may not have reached you. Then I may have been asking more than you can do, and if so, kindly do not trouble, but let me know.
Have been very anxious to learn the early location of my great-grandfather Hutchison (sometimes Hutchinson) whose given name was James, and my great-great-grandfather, whose given name was John. I think John Hutchison must have died in Westmoreland, now Indiana county. James Hutchison died in Armstrong county before 1837. How long I do not know. He was a resident of Indiana county at the time of its organization. Am also anxious to learn if they were soldiers of the Revolutionary War, so if I am not asking too much, will you not kindly send me a copy of the pension certificates of any Johns and James Hutchisons who drew pensions and whom you think might "fill the bill." James Hutchison was married to Martha Findley, a niece of Mrs. Findley who was quite prominent in the early history of western Pennsylvania.
I would also like a copy of the pension certificate of William McFarland who was a member or soldier in the War of 1812, if he drew a pension. He was born in Ireland. His wife was Nancy Stewart and they settled first in

Indiana county. He died in Armstrong county near Rural Valley, in 1866 or 1867, at the age of 97. Some claimed he was 105.
Hoping I shall hear from you soon, and thanking you for your kindness, I am,
Yours sincerely, (Miss) Nancy C. Morrow.