Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,569, for Moses Hunting, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hunting, Moses
S. 5,569
CONTENTS
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2183 Massachusetts
Moses Hunting
of Hubbardston in the State of Mass ts who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Kelton — of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Putnam in the Massachusetts line for 26 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Nov: 1832 and sent to
of Worcester Mass: Present to L. Tolson
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1832 $ 120
Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 mo' 33 40
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk
Book D Vol. 2 Page 76

Rev. War
5569
INVALID.
File No. 5569
Neeses Mountain
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. m , Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Converse Hunting's depts. for Moose Hunting.
$80 per ann
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.)

I, Converse Hunting, of Walbavden, County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy two years of age, testify & say, that I lived in Needham, County of Norfolk, during the Revolutionary War, and was well acquainted with the fact of my brother Moses Hunting's volunteering at the time of Lexington Battle, his enlistment in the service of the Government at Cambridge. That while he was stationed at Cambridge, (about twelve miles from Needham,) I frequently visited him, and on one occasion took his place for a few days, to allow him an opportunity to visit his parents at Needham. That I also knew of his second enlistment & of his being four months at Dorchester, when I also visited him; it was the next year after his first term. I also recollect his going to Providence, where he remained from three to four months. That I served in the same company with him , during his fifth term of service in New York; we enlisted at Needham, under Capt. Newcomb, Col. Hays's Regt; we were gone three months, & were stationed near Fishkill. I was also in the company with him at Cambridge, guarding Duguay's troops, the prisoners of war. We were there from three to four months, to the best of my recollection. As to his Newport service, I can only say that I knew of his enlisting under Capt. Bullard, but was unacquainted with the place to which he was ordered. And further your deponent saith not.
CONVERSE HUNTING
Worcester County ss August 21 1832
Then the above named Converse Hunting personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. I certify that said deponent is a person of truth and credit and to be given to his deposition. Before me
Nathl. H. Houghton Justice of the Peace

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twentyfirst day of August , in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two , personally appeared in open Court, before Hon Nathl Paine, Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Moses Hunting , a resident of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester , and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he, the above named Moses Hunting, was born on the eighth day of September, A.D. 1758, in Needham, County of Norfolk, Commonwealth aforesaid, where he resided until he was twenty five years of age; then he removed to Grafton, Vt., and three years after, to Hubbardston, where he has ever since resided. That he performed six several terms of service in the army of the Revolution, of which he is unable to produce any other evidence than the testimony of his brother who was at the time acquainted with the fact of his being in the service. That his first term commenced with the beginning of the war, April, A.D. 1775, about which time he enlisted at Needham under Capt. Kelley, Regt of Col. Patterson & Gen. Heath's Brigade, and served eight months near Boston, chiefly at Cambridge. That his second term was under Capt. John Gay, Regt of Col. Francis, at Dorchester, a period of four months; the year he does not recollect, only that it was after the evacuation of Boston. That his third term was in the company of Capt. Ebenezer Butler, Regt of Col. Dyer, three months at Providence. He does not remember the year, only that it was soon after the second term at Dorchester. That his fourth term was under Capt. Moses Bullard, Col. Dyer's Regt, four months, at Newport, R.I. That his fifth term was in Capt. Newcomb's company, Col. Dyer's Regt, three months, chiefly at a place called Gullivers Hill, near Fishkill. That his sixth term was under Capt. May, Regt under Maj. May, four months, at Cambridge, in guard of Burgoyne's troops, the prisoners of war. That his enlistments were made at Needham. That he applied for a pension under the act of 1818, when the deposition of Capt. Kelley was forwarded to Washington, with some other documents, which have not been returned.
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 the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Nathl Paine , Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Moses H. Hunting his mark.

We Samuel Gay , a Clergyman residing in the town of Hubbardston, and Ethan S. Greenwood , residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Hunting , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Samuel Gay Ethan S. Greenwood
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 Rev. Samuel Gay , who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hubbardston, and that Ethan A. Greenwood , who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town,
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register , Clerk 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 Moses
Hunting for a pension. That Nathaniel Floughton before whom the annexed affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester in full credit and that he signed the same
IN TESTIMONY"> IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate this 21 st day of August
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Theophilus Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts