Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23384, for Asa Hutchinson, New Hampshire

SERVICE
No 26
Hutchinson, Asa Eunice
NUMBER
No 23384 B.L.W. 26594-160-55
CONTENTS

4907
Name
Emmie Hutchinson widow of Asa Hutchinson K. H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 53
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
26 th June
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of June 1849 and sent to
Glenn Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 14, Vol. 1

Maine
11.372
Isa Hutchinson
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company - commanded by Captain Cross - of the Reg't - commanded by Col. Peabody. in the New Hampshire for Troops
18 th 1/4 Do - Private - 51. 53
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of 51 Dollars 53 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of April 1837 and sent to R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 103.06 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 25.76 128.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 20

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Act March 3/55
March 31/55
Eunice Hutchinson, Widow of Asa Hutchinson - private
No. 26594-18
N.H.
Rev. War.
Pensioner
Me Feb 48 - 49078
ad: 1600000, May 16/56
Boyle
Mr
On Aug 13
Emery O. Bean Readfield Maine
Emery O. Bean. Aug 13/55
Me Feb 48 - no 49078
Vol. H(2) = 132.

2455 Isa Watchinson
Private New Hampshire Troop Comp C: Peabody's Regt 10 months
Emerson's Co: Mooney's Regt 5, 14 6 months 16 months as a private.
Applicant affirmed, testified by Judge in open court apl. 4. 1833.
Admitted 15. 14 days 5-1. 53
R. L. Rose, Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
ON this seventeenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Asa Hutchinson a resident of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 with Captain Crops and served in Col. Peabody's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: viz, Crops Capt &
Peabody Col. That he enlisted in said Company & Regiment in March or April 1778 for the period of ten months, that he served at Rhode Island, was there at Sullivan's defeat & was discharged at Bristol  Bristol Ferry in January or February 1779 having served out the full term of his enlistment. That he again enlisted in April 1779 for six months in Capt. Emerson's Company in Col. Morse's regiment of the same line, that he served at Rhode Island. & was discharged at Providence having served out the full term of his enlistment in January 1780.

State of Maine.
We Daniel Wentworth a Clergyman, residing in the town of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and Elias Craig Esq. residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Hutchinson who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Wentworth Elias Craig
State of Maine.
ss.—Sworn and subscribed this Twenty fifth day of July
A. D. 1832
Before me,
Ebenezer O. Lovsey Justice of the Peace.
The Rev Daniel Wentworth is a clergyman residing in Fayette and Elias Craig Esq. a resident in said town is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Weston Jr.

I Nathaniel Lyford of Livermore, Oxford County, Me. aged seventy years & upwards do upon oath testify & declare, that I well know Asa Hutchinson of Fayette, Kennebec County, Me., that I well know that he served in capt. Emerson's company & Col. Mooney's regiment from April 1779 to January 1780 as he has stated. I was a soldier in capt. Ezekiel Worthen's company & Col. Mooney's regiment from July 1779 to Feby. 1780 & frequently saw the said Lyford while in the service & a part of the time was quartered in the same house with him. I have no doubt that he served as he has first stated in capt. Cross' company & Col. Peabody's regt. as I know him to be a man of veracity entitled to full credit.
Nathaniel Lyford
Subscribed and sworn to July 17 1832, the deponent being a credible witness. Before me Nathan Weston Jun Not S.P.C.
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, be- fore whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Asa Hutchinson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17 th day of July
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in Amherst N.H. in December November 1759, I believe his age to be of record in that town: That his home was at that place during the Revolutionary War, & afterwards until he removed to Fayette about 33 years ago, where he now resides. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never received a written discharge from the service. That any of his neighbors will testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. He names the Rev. Daniel Wentworth & Elias Bragg Esq. That from his first service he was discharged at Bristol ferry in R.I. & not at Butts hill.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Asa Hutchinson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr. Not S.P.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
State of Maine
April 14, 1833.
It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant, by reason of age & infirmity, cannot without prejudice to his health appear in open Court to renew his declaration & again to make oath to the same.
Nathan Weston Not S.P.C.
Feb 17

Eunice Hutchinson widow of Asa, Maine Act of Feb 1848.
Married 1785 Husband died 26 June 1848 Adm d $51.53 per an., for 26 June 1848.
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine.

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress entitled "an Act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the revolution". Approved February 2-1848
State of Maine Kennebec County } S.S.
On this eleventh day of June 1849 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Probate for said County, it being a court of record, Eunice Hutchinson a resident of Fayette in said County, aged 86 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 act of Congress, passed Feb 2 d 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the revolution" That she is the widow of Asa Hutchinson , late of said Fayette, who was a revolutionary pensioner, of the United States on the Maine roll under the act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of Fifty one dollars and fifty three cents per annum, which pension was paid to him by the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Portland in the state of Maine, to the fourth day of March 1848, from which time to the day of his death June 26 th 1848 it was paid to her at the same agency, as his widow, that she refers to a declaration made by him of his service

in the Revolution, in support of her claim. She further declared that her Maiden Name was Eunice Davis, that she was married to the said Asa Hutchinson on the fourth day of August, Seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her husband the aforesaid Asa Hutchinson, died on the twenty sixth day of June 1848, since which time she has remained unmarried. Eup Hutchinson
Attest
Dan Williams
Worcester ss. Probate Court - June 11. 1849
Personally appeared in open Court, the above named Eunice Hutchinson & made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by her signed was true & correct according to her best belief and knowledge.
Before me
Dan t Williams Judge of Probate

State of Maine —
Kennebec County ss-
I the subscriber Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the Hon. Daniel Williams is the Judge of said Court and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Ernice Hutchinson for a pension — I do further certify that it has been satisfactorily proved in said Court that Asa Hutchinson the late husband of the said Ernice died in the Town of Fayette in the County of Kennebec aforesaid on the twenty-sixth day of June A D 1848- and that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832
Witness my hand and seal of said Court of Probate this twenty first day of June A D 1849.
Francis Davis "

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Claim of Eunice Hutchinson TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
PRESENTED BY
Ebenezer A. Bean ATTORNEY, Readfield MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
State of Maine, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this twenty first day of March personally appeared before me, Emory A. Bean a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Eunice Hutchinson aged Ninety one years, a resident of Fayette County of Kennebec in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Asa Hutchinson deceased who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain ... in the Regiment of ... commanded by ... in the war of
that he was Mustered at Amherst or Manchester N.H. on or about the day of A.D. 18 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Rhode Island on the day of A.D. 18 as she believes will
appear by the muster rolls of said Company. That he did not receive a written certificate of discharge, having been verbally discharged. - She further states that she was married at Amherst New Hampshire to said Asa Hutchinson on the day of July A.D. 1785 by one Jeremiah Brown a Minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Eunice Davis. That her said husband died at Fayette on the twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1843, and that she is now a widow. That her said husband left a pension on the pension roll in the name of Asa Hutchinson as will appear from the records of the Pension Office. That she is not able to state fully the facts of his service but refers to papers on file. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3, 1855. And refers to his former declaration made under act of ... upon which he obtained a Land Warrant No. ... for ... acres, which he having legally transferred and disposed of. She further states that she is now receiving a full pension of fifty dollars per month from the Pension Office for her services in the Revolutionary War, and she refers to the papers of said Pension Office for proof, and to the act granting said bounty land.
He further declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under any other act of Congress, nor made any application therefor, than the one above referred to, under act of ... upon which he obtained the said Land Warrant, No. ... for ... acres, and the one now presented.
Witness, Emory A. Bean
Eunice X Hutchinson mark
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Eunice Hutchinson who signed and executed the above declaration, and is now present, to be the identical person who served as aforesaid, and that she is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in said claim.
Emory A. Bean Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
PERSONALLY APPEARED Asa Hutchinson and Joseph Gile citizens of Fayette in the said County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Eunice Hutchinson and that she is the person now present who signs and executes the foregoing declarations, and acknowledges the same and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be - Asa Hutchinson Joseph Gile
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this twenty first day of March A.D. 1855 and I certify that the said Asa Hutchinson and Joseph Gile are known to me to be credible and respectable citizens.
Emory A. Bean JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, _____ of _____ in the County of _____ and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed _____ of in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this _____ day of _____ in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-_____
Witness:
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF _____ ss:—On the _____ day of _____ 185____ personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his free act and deed.
_____ Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Kennebec } ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Emery O'Beauf before whom the within declaration, & affidavit, and power of attorney , were made and executed, 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 thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this — 27 — day of March 1855—
Thos M'Stratton CLERK.

Extract from the Records of the Town of Amherst New Hampshire
I David Russell testify and say that the ancient Records of the Town of Amherst are in my possession; and among them under the head of Marriages by Rev. Jeremiah Barnard I find the following: Asa Hutchinson and Ennis Davis Married August Fourth Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Five.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows:
1785 August 4 th Asa Hutchinson to Ennis Davis both of Amherst.
I David Russell above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
David Russell Hillsborough St.
January 6 th 1849
Personally appeared the above named David Russell and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true. Before me Bailey Doolittle Jus. Peace.

State of New Hampshire.
Hillsborough COUNTY, ss.
I, Percy Dorr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Darius  Percy Dorr is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the fourteenth day of June 1847 and will expire on the fourteenth day of June 1852 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this sixth day of January 1849
Percy Dorr CLERK.
The word "Darius" in the above was written and erased by me P. Dorr Clerk
Sold by John F. Brown, 171, Main-Street, Concord, N. H.

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23384
Emmie Hutchinson
Wid of
Asa Hutchinson
Brn Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 860
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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26.594
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Maine Roll, Oct 7 June 1832, Asa Hutchinson, Pri, $51.53 per annum.
To what time last paid? Died 26 th June 1848 p o to his death M ts . Pension Office
3 rd Auditor's Office
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Hon J. S. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Hon J. C. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Augusta Maine June 22. 1849
Sir,
I send you the enclosed papers for the purpose of having a claim Emmice Hutchinson has for a pension under the Act of Feb. 2. 1848 allowed. Her late husband Asa Hutchinson was pensioned under the Act of June 7. 1832 for $51.53 per Ann. The pension was paid at the "Claim Agency" to him to March 4. 1848. from this time to the day he died (June 26. 1848) it was paid to her being his widow. Should the papers be satisfactory, I would respectfully request you to allow her claim, and send me as her agent, a certificate for her.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt Geo W. Morton.
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City.

I Howard B. Lovejoy of Fayette in the County of Tennessee and State of Maine, do depose and say that for upwards of forty years prior to the death of Asa Hutchinson I was acquainted with him and his family living for that period in the same neighborhood with them. I know that he was a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of June 7. 1832. He died in the month of August 1848. His relict widow Eunice Hutchinson is still living in said town of Fayette. I have always understood that she was the wife of his youth and the mother of his children, many of whom are now living upwards of sixty years of age. They lived together as husband & wife till his death as reputable persons. Howard B. Lovejoy.
State of Maine
Tennessee County, S.S. On the 20th day of June 1849 personally appeared Howard B. Lovejoy, above named, who is a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
Rev W. Norton Justice Peace

State of Maine.
Kennebec County ss - I, William M. Stratton, clerk of the Jud. Courts for said County, hereby certify that George W. Morton Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Kennebec, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature within written is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court this 20 th day of June Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and Forty nine.
W. M. Stratton