Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44446, for William Hutchins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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continental mass. N.Y.C.
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Hutchins, William
S. 44446
CONTENTS

7567 / Dued June 3 1825 / New Hampshire Roll
1891 May 8 M c Alister history Prior
William Hutchins
of Salem — in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three years 1776.
Disbursed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of March 1819 and sent to John Sherburne Esq r Judge Portsmouth N.H.
arrears to 4th of March 1819 11 m th 31 222:58 semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819 — 120 —
$ 342:58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent September 8th 1820 to Elias Dutton Salem New Hampshire June 3-1826 as -

Wm. Hutchinson Declaration
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Wm. Hutchinson

I William Antetmus of Salem in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire being now in the eightieth year of my age, depose and make Oath that I was in the service of the united States in the revolutionary war in Captain Moses M c Farlands company in Col John Nixons Regiment in the Massachusetts line eight months at winter-hill near Boston - that on the second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I was appointed by order of Congress an ensign in the fourth Regiment of foot in said Nixons Regiment, my Commission signed by the late President John Hancock - That I served in that office and as a Lieutenant until the twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, when I was discharged on account of my family, by General Poors recommendation from from Col Gilleys Regiment for the service of the United States, with the thanks of Major General Sullivan, as will appear from my commission & discharge - That I never have received any pension from the United States - I further depose that I have no property of my own except a life estate of my wife in a small tract of land with four buildings,

which in our advanced age is insufficient for our support, the little personal property I had by my wife being nearly expended - and should she decease before me I shall have neither property, house or home — William Hutchins April 1. 1818
Sworn to & declared before me on the 7 th day of April AD 1818. and I John S. Sherburne District Judge of the United States for said District do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Hutchins did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration & that he is in reduced circumstances in life & in need of assist- ance from his country for support. and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Se- cretary of the department of war in regard to the proceedings the act in that case made & provided J. S. Sherburne
United States of America - New Hampshire District ss. —
Be it known that John S. Sherburne Esq r who hath subscribed the foregoing Certifi- -cate is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court & Judge of the District Court of the United States for said District. Witness the seal of said Circuit Court the 27 th day of July A.D. 1818 — Peyton R Freeman Clerk

We James Alexander & James Osgood both of Salem in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say, that we are near neighbours of William Hutchins mentioned on the foregoing page & believe the said declaration is true, which he has subscribed. that he has no property of his own, and that which he possesses in right of his wife, is not more than sufficient after paying for the labour of improving it, to support more than the wife, and that he really stands in need of relief James Alexander James Osgood
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss April 1. 1818 Then personally appeared the above named James Alexander and James Osgood and made oath that the above affidavit by them respectively subscribed contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth before me
John Lewis Jus. Peace

No 7567 William Hutchins 7567-
60N
Send back the
Sept. 10/19
By what tenure does the Pensioner hold the real estate worth mentioned?
John P. Dutton, Esq. Salem
21 St Sept 10/20

District of New Hampshire ss -
On this 20 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record by the laws of the United States before John S. Sherburne Judge of said District, William Hutchins aged eighty one years resident in Salem County of Rockingham in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz - I the said William Hutchins served in the Company of Moses M c Farland in Col John Nixon Regiment in the Massachusetts line at Winterhill near Boston eight months - that on the second day of March 1776 I was appointed an Ensign in the fourth Regiment of foot commanded by said Nixon, my commission signed by John Hancock President of Congress - that I served in that office & as a lieutenant until I was on account of my family by General Pools recommendation discharged from the Service, with Major Gen. Sullivan's thanks on the 25 th day of June 1779 as will appear by my discharge now in the War department - My original declaration is dated April 1 st 1818 - Number of my pension Certificate 7567. - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is

contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed —
I am a farmer - but from my advanced age am unable to labour much - I have no children living with or near me nor have I any able to sup- -port me & could not live without public or private charity. — I have the improvement of forty acres of land of an ordinary quality & the use of some house hold furniture & farming utensils during the life of my wife now in the 80 th year of her age who I lately married & is now a cripple and at her decease the whole estate will go to a devisee & legatee of her late husband - I have constantly to keep a nurse for her and have paid already to nurse & Doctors thirty dollars out of my former pension
William Hutchins
Schedule of my property necessary clothing and bedding excepted -
Said Farm might rent for $50.00 I have an old house & two cows which I purchased with my pension money - value 50.00 Five kitchen chairs of my own 2.00 102,50
William Hutchins
Sworn to & declared on the 20 th day of June 1820 before the District Court of the United States held at Exeter in said County of Rockingham in & for said District - attest. Peyton R Freeman Clerk
I Peyton R Freeman Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire do certify that the foregoing oath & declaration & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court & I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in

said Schedule is one hundred & two dollars In testimony whereof, I have here to set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day of June AD 1820 —
Peyton R. Freeman Clerk

March 3, 1936
William Hutchins-S.44 S.44446 James Hutchins- W.23377 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Edward V. Howlett 53½ Huron Street, W. Pontiac, Michigan
Dear Madam:
The data which follow pertaining to William Hutchins were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 44446, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William Hutchins served eight months at Winter Hill near Boston in Captain Moses McFarland's company, Colonel John Nixon's Massachusetts regiment. He was commissioned, March 28, 1776, ensign and served in Colonel John Nixon's regiment, was also Lieutenant, and resigned his commission, June 25, 1779 at which time he was in Colonel Cilley's New Hampshire regiment.
William Hutchins was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818; then a resident of Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
In 1820, he was eighty-one years of age, his wife, Hannah, was then seventy-nine years of age. He had married the said Hannah about ten years previous to this time; she was the widow of Nathaniel Belnap or Balknap, whose father was Obadiah Belnap (Belknap) of Salem, New Hampshire.
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The Revolutionary War record of James Hutchins (name also found Hutchens) which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23377, based

upon his service in that war.
James Hutchins was born December 9, 1760.
While residing in Weare, New Hampshire, he enlisted sometime in December, 1775, served as a private in Captain Jeremiah Gilman's company, and in Colonel John Nixon's regiment; he was discharged February 2, 1777. While in the service he was under his father, Lieutenant William Hutchins, part of the time
James Hutchins was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, then a resident of Fishersfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He died September 28, 1826 in New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
James Hutchins married December 23, 1783, Susanna Emerson; she was then of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and he was of Londonderry, New Hampshire.
The widow, Susanna Hutchins, was allowed pension on her application executed August 31, 1838, then aged seventy-six years and living in New London, New Hampshire. She died January 10, 1858
It is, also, shown in this claim that William Hutchins, father of James, was born March 27, 1739, and married March 27, 1760, Abigail Flood, who was born July 12, 1738. Abigail died August 29, 1809, and William Hutchins married September 18, 1810, Hannah Belknap (Belnap). She died April 2, 1824 and he died June 3, 1826.
The children of William Hutchins and his wife, Abigail-
   James  born  December  9,  1760    Judith  "  November  28,  1763    Sarah  "  February  28,  1766    Joseph  "  March  21,  1768    Abigail  "  April  7,  1770    Hannah  "  September  15,  1772    Ruth  "  January  15,  1775    William  "  August  15,  1779   

The children of James Hutchins and his wife, Susanna-
   Elener  born  November  14, 1784     John  "  April  15, 1786     Sarah  "  April  25, 1787,  died May 2, 1787    James  "  April  6, 1788     Susanna  "  January  7, 1790     Betsy  "  October  5, 1791     Abigail S.  "  February  26, 1793     Amos  "  June  17, 1794     Isaac E.  "  May  20, 1797     William  "  March  27, 1799    
The following data are found in this claim-
Nathaniel Belnap married Hannah Hutchins, July 11, 1770.
Nathaniel Belnap was born April 11, 1746.
Hannah Belnap was born May 6, 1741.
Mary, wife of Obidiah Belnap, died November 3, 1798, aged eighty-six years.
Elizabeth, wife of David Hutchins, died May 12, 1799, aged eighty-eight years.
David Hutchins died August 12, 1799.
Nathaniel Belnap died October 12, 1803.
Hannah Messer, sister of the soldier, James Hutchins, was in 1838 of New London, New Hampshire. John Hutchins, son of the soldier, was also residing there in 1838.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1924-July 25. Hist. to Florence H. White-See letter in James Hutchens W. 23377 aug. 1936-Nick 3-which to Mrs. Edward V. Harlett
Always look up claim of 44446
This man's son James Hutchens W. 23377 for family record.
INVALID.
Very
File No. 44446
William Hutchins
Lieut. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I N C O N G R E S S.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to William Stephens Gentleman
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Ensign in the fourth Regiment of Foot commanded by Col. John Nixon
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are, therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of
Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign
And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
By Order of the Congress.
John Hancock President
March 20 th 1776
W. Estlin Esq. Thomas Jefferson

State of New-Hampshire. }
ROCKINGHAM ss.
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Nathaniel Rogers Esquire, Judge of Probate in and for the County of Rockingham, sendeth. GREETING.
K NOW Ye, that at a Probate Court, held at Exeter in said County, on the Day of the Date hereof, the Instrument, a Copy of which is hereunto annexed, purporting the last Will and Testament of Obadiah Belknap late of Salem in said County  Cooper deceased was presented for
Probate by Hannah Belknap & Jesse Cross — the Executors therein named & Thomas Dow & Benjamin Gordon two of the —
Witnesses, whose names are thereto subscribed, being then present—made solemn Oath that they saw the said Testator sign, seal, and heard him declare the said Instrument to be his last Will and Testament. That he was then to the best of their Judgment, of sound and disposing mind, and that they with John M c Bayley Samuel Alexander Esq r Esq r & Nathaniel Peabody Esq r subscribed their names together as Witnesses to the Execution thereof in the Presence of the said Testator —

Lt. by Hutchins of Col. Col. Alleys Regiment on (on the recommendation of Gen. Gen. Hooe, and on account of his Family, which at present pressingly demands his presence and attention) is hereby at his own request discharged the Service of the United States with Major Gen. Sullivan's Thanks for his services Given at Head Quarters Wyoming this 25. day of June 79 By Major Gen. Sullivan Colonel
Geo. B. Armstrong

Jeremiah Hutchins of lawful age testify and say that William Hutchins of Salem in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire married about ten years since the Widow Hannah Belknap who is mentioned in the Will a copy of which is hereto annexed & marked thus E. I was present at the marriage. the said Hannah is now totally helpless. I am confident the income of the land the use of which she has during her life is not sufficient for their comfortable support being but a small part in order in Government. & from their advanced ages, would need charity; but for the assistance of the Government in allowing the farm to rent for fifty Dollars per annum is as much as it is worth & would not be sufficient to support them July 31. 1820                      Jer. Hutchins
Rockingham ss Then the said Jeremiah Hutchins made oath to the above affidavit by him. subscribed & further certify he is a credible and respectable man.
Nelas Bretton Just of the peace

I John Woodbury 2 d of lawful age testify and say that I have lately visited Mrs. Hutchinson wife of William Hutchinson now on the pension list and that she is totally bedridden and from every appearance she never will be better.
July 31. 1820
John Woodbury } one of the Selectmen of Salem
Prockingham ss July 31. 1820
Then he said John Woodbury 2 d made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and thereby he is a credible & respectable witness.
Silas Bolton Justice of Peace

Salem N.H. July 31. 1820
Hon J. C. Calhoun
Sir you will see by the Will hereto annexed the ten the tenure by which Mr. Hutchinson holds the land he occupies. The use of it is given by Diadiah Belknap father of Mrs. Hutchins  Hutchinson first husband. He is not tenant by Courtesy, for there is no issue, and the remainder vests in the two devisees named in the will immediately upon the death of Mrs. Hutchinson now 90 years old & helpless, occasioned by falling backwards into the cellar two thirds of the land is in a state of nature and they can only cut their necessary fuel, - the buildings old & miserable - Fifty Dollars annum cannot support two such aged people and they must have land to the Town before now, had it not been for his former pension The old Gentleman wishes me to say to you that he lost his property by the revolution. Please return me the copy of the Will and the information of his being continued on the list of 10 - If more witnesses are wanted. fifty can be obtained Yours respectfully Silas Botton

Will of Obadiah Belknap late of Salem Dec d
Copy

To all people unto whom these presents shall come, Greeting
I know ye, That I the undersigned Obadiah Belknap of Salem in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, Cooper, being far advanced in old age, & laboring under bodily infirmities, but of sound mind & memory, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, and do hereby & by these presents, give, devise, bequeath & dispose of my Estate, real & personal in the manner & form following. That is to say, Imprimis - It is my Will, & I hereby order & direct that all my just debts & necessary funeral charges be paid out of my Estate & discharged by my Executors hereinafter named in convenient time after my decease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son William Belknap, if he be living, but to his legal representatives if he be dead, the sum of Fifty dollars, to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named, within five years after my decease; which, with what he has heretofore had, will be his full share & portion of my Estate -
Item I give and bequeath to my son Peter Belknap, if he be living, but to his legal representatives if he be dead the sum of Fifty dollars to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named, within five years after my decease; which with what has already been given me  to him will be his full share & portion of my Estate.
Item . I give & bequeath to my daughter Hannah, wife of Elisha Prescott, if she be yet alive, but to her legal representatives if she be dead, the sum of Fifty dollars, to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named, within five years after my decease: which, with what she has before received, will be her full share & portion of my Estate.
Item , To my daughter in law Hannah Belknap, widow of my son Nathaniel Belknap late of Salem aforesaid, tanner deceased, who in his life time had long been the supporter of my declining years, & by whose death I have become heir at law to the Estate now in my power to devise, I do hereby give, devise & bequeath during her natural life, the full & complete use income occupancy & improvement of all my Estate, real, personal & mixed, whether in fee, possession or remainder, that of right doth or may either by law or equity belong or appertain to me over & above what shall be necessary to pay my just debts necessary funeral charges, legacies herein before devised & ordered

To be paid, & the cost & charge of settling my Estate, which Real Estate, consists chiefly in the homestead farm, containing about One hundred & thirty acres of land, with the buildings thereon in said Salem - about twelve acres of Forrest land in Winham & a piece of Meadow land in Atkinson, being part of the Estate of which my said son Nathaniel dec d , died, seized; for her my said daughter in law Hannah Belknap, to have, hold, use, occupy & enjoy all & every part of my said real Estate during her natural life; but to have & to hold the said residue of personal estate in fee simple forever.
Item I do hereby, give, devise & bequeath to Nathaniel Belknap Dusten, a minor, son of Ebenezer Dusten of Salem afores d Yeoman, and to Nath l Belknap Esq r a minor son of John Esq r of said Salem Yeoman, all the residue & remainder of my interest and Estate, of, in, & unto, all the lands, buildings, & real Estate of every name & description herein before mentioned, the use, income & occupancy of which I have herein before devised to my said daughter in law, Hannah Belknap, during her natural life, to be divided into equal moieties as to value and quantity, immediately upon & after the the decease of the said Hannah Belknap, being during the expiration of her term & from thence forward, & forever thereafter being so divided, to be held and enjoyed in severality by them the said Nathaniel Belknap Dusten, & Nathaniel Belknap Esq r respectively & by their respective heirs & assigns in separate moieties as an absolute Estate of inheritance in fee simple forever.
And lastly, I do hereby & by these presents appoint, constitute & ordain my aforementioned daughter in law Hannah Belknap, together with the aforementioned Esq r Esq r , Executors of this my last Will & Testament; And do hereby order & direct them generally & specially to perform & execute this Testament. And I do hereby utterly revoke & disannul all former & other or wills Wills, in anywise by me heretofore made & executed; declaring this Instrument and this only to be my last Will & Testament. In witness & confirmation whereof, I the said Testator have hereunto set my hand & seal, this

Fourteenth day of October, Eighteen hundred & three
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said his Testator Obadiah his Belknap his Seal Testator Obadiah Belknap, as and for his last Will and Testament in presence of us, who, in his presence & at his request and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses -
Thomas Dow, Jno N. Bayley Benj a Gordon James Alexander Geo C. Bopp Nath l Peabody
I Do therefore prove, approve and allow of the said Instrument as the last Will and Testament of the said Deceased, and do hereby commit the Administration thereof in all matters the same concerning, and of his Estate whereof he died, seized, and possessed in said State unto them the aforesaid Executors
well and faithfully to execute the said Will and Testament, and to administer the Estate of said Deceased according to the same who accepted of their said trust and are directed to exhibit an inventory of said Estate according to Law
and they shall render an account (upon oath) of their Proceedings therein, when lawfully thereto required.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County. Dated at Exeter aforesaid, the fourteenth Day of October Anno Domini, 1803
W m Parker Reg s N o D. Rogers

Fourteenth day of October, Eighteen hundred & Three.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Senator Obadiah his  his Belknap Seal and Testament in presence of us, who, in his presence & at his request and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses -
Thomas Dow, Jno M. Bayley Benj a Gordon James Alexander Geo C. Lapp Nathl Peabody
Copy Examined J s W m Barker Reg d
Dead ten

M H Mather JLG Jan'y 27 1891 Mrs. H. Latham V. H. at  the V W (not soldier 15,474)
Jan'y 27 1891 Mrs. H. Latham V. H. at  the

15474
Onarga Decatur Co Ill Jan. 27-1891
Pension Commissioner Washington City D.C. Sir
If it is consistent with the rules of your office, I would ask you for information, as follows. If the information cannot be given please notify me.
William Hutchinson was a soldier in the war of the rebellion was in Capt. Jeremiah Gilman Co. in the 1 st Reg. of N.H. Col. Joseph Cilly commanding - he was also in Capt. Nathaniel Hutchinson Co. of same Reg. William Hutchinson resided in Ware N.H.
He drew a pension for many years and a part of the time resided in Wapemack County New London N.H. I understand the records of your office show the age of the applicant when he applied for a pension, also the date of his death and his age - If you can give me the date of his application and his age at that

time, or the date of his death and his age at that time I can determine the date of his birth, which is the item much desired for. It may be his application will show the date of his birth. Please give his rank and rate of pension. This information is wanted for genealogical purposes.
Sincerely M. H. Messer
Osawatomie Co. Illinois,

GENERAL RICHARDSON CHAPTER PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
U.S. Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Sgt Wm Hutchins , b. 1739, Newbury Mass., d. New London, N.H. 1826 was placed on pension roll of N.H., 1818, for 3 yrs service in the Mass. Line.
His wife (1st) was Abigail Flood, b. 1738, d. 1809, m. 1760.
I would like whatever data the application may show as to the children of the soldier . Am trying to identify my great great grandmother, Sarah Hutchins who m. John Ford , and whose oldest child was Jacob , b. 1787 or abt. that date.
Thanking you. I am
Respectfully
May Rockwell Howlett (Mrs Edw V.) 53½ Huron St. W., Pontiac Mich.

March 3, 1936
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Edward V. Howlett 53½ Huron Street, W. Pontiac, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Lieutenant William Hutchins, born in 1739 and a pensioner on the New Hampshire roll in 1818, and of his first wife, Abigail Flood, who died in 1809.
The Revolutionary War record of William Hutchins is furnished herewith as found in pension claim, based upon his service in that war. You are, also, furnished the Revolutionary War record of James Hutchins, son of the William Hutchins, referred to herein, as much family data are contained in his claim for pension, which may be of interest to you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
July 25, 1924.
Florence H. White, 438 Meriden Road, Waterbury, Conn.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44446, it appears that William Hutchins served eight months at Winter Hill near Boston in Captain Moses McFarland's Company, Colonel John Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, dates not given .
He was commissioned March 28, 1776 Ensign in Colonel John Nixon's Fourth Massachusetts Regiment.
He also served as Lieutenant in Colonel Gilley's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged June 25, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
In 1820, soldier was eighty one years old and referred to his wife, Hannah aged seventy nine years, widow of Na-
1820 81 1739

thaniel Belknap, whom he had married ten years prior, and stated that he had no children living near him.
He gave no further data as to his family in his claim for pension.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23377, it appears that James Hutohens or Hutchins was born December 9, 1760 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
While residing at Weare, New Hampshire, he enlisted in December 1775 and served as a private in Captain Jeremiah Gilman's Company, Colonel John Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, his father William Hutchins was Ensign and Lieutenant in said company, soldier was discharged February 2, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while a resident of Fisherfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He died September 28, 1826 in New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
Soldier married December 23, 1783, Sueanna Emerson of Haverhill, Massachusetts, she was allowed pension on her application executed August 31, 1838, while a resident of New London, New Hampshire, aged seventy six years.

The children of James and Susanna Hutchens or Hutchins-
   Elener  born  November  14,  1784.     John  "  April  15,  1786.     Sarah  "  April  25,  1787,  died May 2, 1787.    James  "  April  6,  1788.     Susanna  "  January  7,  1790.     Betsy  "  October  5,  1791.     Abigail S.  "  February  26,  1793.     Amos  "  June  17,  1794.     Isaac E.  "  May  20,  1797.     William  "  March  27,  1799.    
The records in this claim also show that William Hutchins, father of James, was born March 27, 1739 and married March 27, 1760, Abigail Flood, who was born July 12, 1738 and she died August 29, 1809, he married September 18, 1810, Hannah Belknap and she died April 2, 1824 and he died June 3, 1826.
The children of William and Abigail Hutchins-
   James  born  December  9,  1760.     Judith  "  November  28,  1763.     Sarah Sarah  "  February  28,  1766.     Joseph  "  March  21,  1768.     Abigail  "  April  7,  1770.     Hannah  "  September  15,  1772.     Ruth  "  January  15,  1775.     William  "  August  15,  1779.    
You were furnished on June 7, 1921, the history of Moses Huff of Arundel, Maine, owing to a lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, it is not the practice of the Bureau to send the same history twice to the same person.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
only James who served in Mass James