Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46047, for Peter Hunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Continental (Mass.)
Hunt, Peter
NUMBER
S 46047
CONTENTS

3116. New Hampshire
Peter Hunt of Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Pirate in the Company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col Whitecomb in the  line for 
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 20 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec 1832 and Suit Peter Whitwick Exeter N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 60- Semi-ann. allowance ending Mar 31  20- $80-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H C Clerk Book D Vol. 1 Page 161

4415
Peter Hunt
Private
1. Year
Adams
not a roll of col
W's trans
Proof of service
required
520-
Peter Chadwick &
Exeter
N H

BRIEF in the case of Peter Hunt of the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 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? 87 years.  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 1776 Mar. 1 — — As a Private on continental establishment. Gen. not recollected. Capt. Haim's Company Col. Whitecomb's Regt.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Anhurst Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No testimony but his affidavit - has lost his discharge.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sevin Pelt Examining Clerk.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Indiana for the County of Rockingham in
Peter Hunt from No 4. 415-

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss.
ON this ninth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter in said County
Peter Hunt a resident of Exeter
in the County of Rockingham and State of
New-Hampshire, aged eighty seven 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, 1832:
That he enlisted in the month of March 1776 into Captain Haines company in Col Whitecomb's Regiment in the line of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the continental establishment of the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war for the term of one year. That he joined said Regiment at Boston shortly after the British troops had had left that place. That he remained there and at Dorchester heights until the month of August of the same year when he marched with said Regiment to Secondborough through what is now Vermont - and remained there until the latter part  month of September when he was taken sick and sent to the Hospital at the head of Lake George and remained in said Hospital until the first of October when he was discharged by Doctor Potts the Chief Surgeon of the Hospital. That he was so sick that it took him three weeks to reach Amherst Massachusetts where he resided when he entered the service. That he has lost his discharge - That from his great age & loss of memory he cannot recollect the names of any officers or captains. Major Lynch That since he left the service he has resided in Boston Portsmouth & the last sixteen years in Exeter aforesaid. That he has lost his discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Peter Hunt
Attest  Richard Block,

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Peter Hunt from 104.415-
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of Maine do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Hunt for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9th day of August Anno Domini 1832
Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
COPIED BY ADY
September 25, 1928.
Mrs. C. W. Wood, 1801-12" Avenue, Moline, Illinois.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 46047, it appears that Peter Hunt, while residing at Amherst, Massachusetts enlisted in March 1776 and served one year in Captain Haynes' Company, Colonel Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832, at which time he was living at Exeter, New Hampshire. There are no Yarns etc.
In order to make a search of the records of this bureau, for a soldier named Benjamin Chamberlain, some of the following data is essential: the war in which he served, approximate dates of his birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

1928-Sept 25-1st En Mrs. G. W. Wood adu. 1928-Dec 10-Mrs. G. W. Wood adv. date of appli. for pen. adv.
Invalid
WIDOW, 53.
Rev
46 047
File No.
Peter Hunk
Private
PA Militia
Rev War
Act June 7 1832
Index: Vol. 1st , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Exeter Oct. 28 th Nov 10 1832
Sir
I take the liberty to acquaint you the situation Peter Hunt with the certificate of the Rev. Mr. Roseland and Judge Smith to his character. And beg leave to add that from my personal knowledge of Mr. Hunt and from witnessing his examination I am have no doubt that he states truly - He is now far distant from the place where he resided prior to entering the service - and which from poverty and want of body he is unable to revisit to procure testimony if by chance there should be any yet in existence - a literal compliance with the rules you have estab- lished is with him utterly impossible - but if in your discretion you ever deviate from the letter of those rules this is a case which I think calls for the exercise of that discretion - I am the more urgent in this case from no- ticing

Being how much the feelings of the poor old man were excited when he learnt that his name was not on the Rolls of the Regiment for fear that he should be suspected of having stated falsely -
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Peter Chadwick
Hon d Lewis Cass Secretary of War -

Pension Office
NO FEE
Nov. 17
Genl Lewis Cass
N. H.
Rev. Chase
Secretary of War City of Washington

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
December 10, 1928
Mrs. G.W. Wood 1301-12" Avenue Moline, Illinois
Madam:
I advise you that in the Revolutionary War claim for pension of Peter Hunt (S. 46047) it appears that he applied for pension August 9, 1832 , at which time he was aged eighty-seven years and residing in Exeter, New Hampshire.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Benjamin Chamberlain, as described by you.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

New Hampshire Historical Society
Concord, N.H.
April 16th, 1928.
Otis G. Hammond, Director
Mrs. G. W. Wood, 1801 12th Avenue, Moline, Illinois.
Dear Madam:-
Yours of the 3rd has been referred to me by the Secretary of State.
Benjamin Chamberlain of Lyndeborough, N.H., was not born until 1770. His father, Jonathan, was in the Revolutionary service.
No Peter Hunt appears on the New Hampshire Rolls. There was a Peter Hunt in the Massachusetts service, who afterwards moved to New Hampshire and was pensioned as a resident of Exeter, N.H.
Yours very truly,
Otis G. Hammond
Director.
OGH/M
Pension Commissioner, Washington - D. C.
July 9 - 1928
Dear Sir: Can you give me any additional information in regard to Peter Hunt? I also want to know about Benjamin Chamberlain, a son of Samuel. Respectfully yours, Mrs. G. W. Wood, 1801 - 12 Ave, Moline, Illinois

December 27. 28
Bureau of Pensions:
Gentlemen: Washington D. C.
I am enclosing yours of the 25 th of September - as the best way to call attention to the date on which Peter Hunt was allowed a pension, 1832 so many years after service gave rise to the thought that an error might have been made in typing,

Benjamin Chamberlain served in the Revolution, was born and lived be- fore and after the war in Chesterfield Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel and Abigail Hill Chamberlain, born some time after 1711 - married Susanna Barron in 1758. His Brother Jonathan born 1711 - enlisted in Captain Peter Clark's Company, Londesborough N. H. 1777 - joined the Continental Army at Saratoga. I have

I am sorry to trouble you again but the date is so important that I feel I must be sure.

no further data.
Thankin' you for your trouble -
Respectfully yours, (Mrs. G. W.) M. L. Wood
1801-12 Avenue, Moline, Illinois

Exeter New Hampshire
November 10 th 1832
We William F. Rowland, a clergyman residing in the town of Exeter New Hampshire and Jeremiah Smith, formerly chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of New Hampshire, also residing in said Exeter, do hereby certify that that we are well acquainted with Peter Hunt, a resident of said Exeter, and have so been for fifteen or sixteen years last past - that we believe him to be of the age stated in his declaration made before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature on the ninth day of August A.D. 1832 which declaration is hereto annexed and that from our acquaintance with him we have full faith and confidence in his veracity, honesty and good intentions, and that he served in the Revolutionary war as stated in his said declaration; and we further certify that he is industrious and correct in his conduct, although afflicted with poverty and infirmity of body. -
W. F. Rowland
Jeremiah Smith
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. Nov 10 th 1832
Sworn to before me Richard, Justice of the Peace

6 I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Supreme Court of Jurisdiction for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Peter Chadwick before whom the within certificate was sworn is Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham and that his signature to the certificate thereof is genuine - And I further certify that William F. Rowland is a Clergyman as he states in his certificate and Jeremiah Smith was formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court as he states in said certificate - and that they are entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Said Court this tenth day of November Anno Domini 1832.
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham