Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17502, for Israel Hunting, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass.
Hunting, Israel
S 17502
CONTENTS
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75 Joseph
Step 1 Massachusetts Israel Hunting Needham in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Camp commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stone in the Mass line for 3 Mo. 11 Ds.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass'tts at the rate of 44 Dollars 35 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct. 1833 and unto Mrs. Ware Needham
Arrears to the 14th of Sep d  $111.37 Semi-ant. allowance ending Jan y 24 22.27 $133.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { dated June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Col. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 35

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Israel Whitney Esquire, before whom the annexed Deposition purports to have been taken
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature on the same  the genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this fifth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jairus Ware

Daniel Hunting of Needham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman. Aged Twenty nine years. Do testify and say - That Israel Hunting of Needham in the County and Commonwealth above named - Enlisted into the United States Service as a Soldier in April 1775 for the term of eight months and went to Cambridge and Staid there the time enlisted for - Again in July 1776 He enlisted again into the United States Service for five months and went to Tiendaroque and Staid the five months in the Service
And further your deponent saith not
Witness to the mark Israel Whitney
Daniel his Hunting mark
Norfolk ss Needham June 17 th 1833
Personally appeared the above named Daniel Hunting and made oath to the Truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Israel Whitney Justice of the peace
I further certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Daniel Hunting for forty years past - that he is a man of veracity and is entitled to full faith & credit
Needham June 17 th 1833
Israel Whitney Justice of the peace

Wael Hunting 15 209
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J Ware Dedham Mass

BRIEF in the case of Israel Hounting of Woodburn in the State of Miss (Act 7th 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? 78 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. As a Gen.     19 April In 1775 11 Private Col. Smith   1 May 1775 2 " Col. Hellen Gen. Paterson   1 July 1776 5 " Col. Hellen Col. Warren  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Waukena Ohio  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cottle Examining Clerk.

Israel Hunting the son of Daniel Hunting and Eleanor Hunting his wife, was born April 23 1758.
A true copy from the town records
Attest
Isa Kingsbury Town Clerk
Wadsworth June 12 1833
Done
I am requested to forward these papers in the case of Dea Hunting a Town file in my office it appears. Dea Kingsbury is Town Clerk the present year, & the above is his true signature July 6. 1833 J. Ware Clerk

Israel Hunting
15209
6

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable John D. Sleeper of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, Isaac Hunting a resident of Needham in said County, 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, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Needham on the twenty third day of April A. D. 1758, and that there is a record of his birth in the town records & in his bible : that he was in the United States service from the nineteenth day of April A. D. 1775, to the about the 11th day of May A. D. 1775 as a private in the Infantry : that he was residing at Needham when he entered the service; that he turned out on the alarm given at Lexington and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Hellen Aaron Smith
: that he marched from Needham to Menotomy (so called) in Cambridge when he met the British on their return from Concord : that he served with
of the regular troops; and
were known to him: that he was in battle
regular officers
and at the end of his service received a discharge
meritoriously 1775
: that he left the service on or about the first of May and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Needham
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the about the first day of May A. D. 1775, to the about the first day of January A. D. 1776 as a private in the Infantry
that he was residing at Needham when he entered the service; that he enlisted for the term of eight months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Hellen & John Bacon Lieutenants
: that he marched from Needham
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
Gen. Putnam,
a regular officers were  was known to him: that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge meritoriously and left the service on or about the first of January 1776.
and left
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the about the first day of July A. D. 1776, to the first day of December A. D. 1776 as a private in the Infantry & part of the time in Artillery
that he was residing at Needham when he entered the service; that he volunteered for five months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Stow in the Infantry & Capt. Warren in the Artillery
: that he marched from Needham to Secondusoga under Lieut. Bullard of Capt. Stow's Company & the same day he received was transferred to the Artillery : that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge meritoriously and left the service on or about the first of December 1776.
and left

At the time of Brinker Hill Battle he was at his station in a fort near present hill & recollects that one Patterson was Colonel.
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.
Israel Hunting
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. J. M. Williams Jr. C. C. P.
We Thomas Boyes a Clergyman residing in the town of Needham and Benjamin Stark a Justice of the Peace residing Needham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Hunting who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Thomas Boyes Benj. Stark
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Boyes who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Needham; and that Benj. Stark Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in Needham and a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. M. Williams Jr. C. C. P.
I James Ware Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Israel Hunting for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
James Ware

L. S. D. 6,13,4
Nedham February 9 th 1778 then the Select men granted a bill of to Israel Hunting for Services done in the present war and ordered Mr. Isaac Fuller town treasurer or his successor in said office to pay the same
I have copy from Nedham town book of records
Attest
Asa Kingsbury town clerk
Nedham June 9 th 1833

Needham February 28 th 1777 When the Select-men granted a bill to Israel Hinckley of Seven pounds, that he was to have of the town as an encouragement to enlist to go to Canada; which is in full for said Service; and ordered Mr. Amos Fuller town treasurer or his successor in said office to pay the same -
A true copy from Needham town book of records
Attest
Asa Kingsbury town Clerk
Needham Jan y 12 th 1833

At a legal Meeting held by the inhabitants of the town of Nedham December 9 th 1777. — It was put to the vote of the town, to see if they would accept of the second part of the report of the Committee relating to the arrest that recst to Ticonderoga in July 1776. and it passed in the affirmative.
A true copy from Nedham town book of records
Nedham June 9 th 1833
Asa Hovey town Clerk

17 502 INVALID.
File No. 17.502
Small Hunting
Bi Rec 77
Act: June 7" 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 436
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 20 th 1833.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Israel Hunting, as a Private, is borne on a roll of Capt. Aaron Smith's Company of Militia, in Col. William Heath's Regiment, who marched in consequence of an Alarm on the 19 th of April, 1775, - where he is allowed for seven days' service and travel.
Israel Hunting's name, as a Private, is borne also on the Muster-Roll of Capt. Samuel Hilton's Company, in Col. John Paterson's Regiment, having enlisted April 26, 1775, and serving to August 1, 1775, - where he is allowed, for service and travel, three months and twelve days.
End. The said Hunting claims for eight months on this last service, - but the rolls in this Office, for said service, do not extend beyond August 1, as above.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy -

E. J. Bangs, Esq., Calif. State

Israel Hunting 15209
J. W. Hall Dedham Mass.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Israel Huntington  Abraham  Ellis which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes  XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ month and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
It would be advisable for Mr. Huntington to apply to E. D. Bangs, Secy of State of Mass for proof of his service.

Supplementary Declaration of Israel Hunting

Norfolk July 2 nd 1833.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, Israel Huntington of Needham, who being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he served the periods below in the Revolution war
  1st Service {  As a minute man at Lexington & Cambridge in April 1775 - as proved by Secretarys certificate  }  mo,  days,    0  7  
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
Jonathan H. Cobb Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions were taken
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to on each of said papers being two is genuine and true.
3
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this fifth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three
Jairus Ware

Norfolk July 2 nd 1833.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, Israel Hunting of Needham, who being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he served the periods below in the Revolution war
    mo.  days    1st Service {  as a minute man at Lexington & Cambridge in April 1775 - as proved by Secretarys certificate  0  7  
  2 nd Service {  as a private in Capt Keltons company in the eight months service, in 1775 is proved in part by the Secretarys certificate & in full by the deposition of Daniel Hunting herewith transmitted & the notes of the town of Needham also, copies of which are sent.  8. 0  
  3 rd Service {  as a private in Capt Stows Company till he got to Scituate in Infantry afterwards the remainder of the term as a private in artillery in Capt. Warrens Company as proved by the deposition of Joshua Whiting & Daniel Hunting & by the notes of the town copies of which are transmitted  5. 0     13. 7  

Making the whole period of my services for which I claim a pension thirteen months & seven days I was probably mistaken as to the name of the Captain, that I was under in the artillery at Leondroges in my former declaration in which I stated Capt Warren , as Mr Whiting says we were in Capt Stow company all the time though Capt Stow was not present on account of sickness. On account of old age & consequent loss of memory, I cannot swear positively as to the Captain at Leondroges.
Israel Hunsdagg
sworn & subscribed
before me Jonathan H. Cobb Justice of Peace.

Norfolk Jrs.
July 2 d 1833
Personally appeared Joshua Whiting of Dedham seventy five years of age & on oath depose & says that he was in the Revolutionary service with Israel Hunting in his campaign at Secondogee five months in the year 1776. We marched from Needham under Lieut. Bullard of Capt. Stow's Company, Capt. Stow himself having preceded us, a few days. When we arrived at Secondogee Capt. Stow & some of his men & we among the number, were transferred to the Artillery, Capt. Stow was taken sick & we were under Lieut. Baxter, the most of the time, we served our time out & were regularly dismissed & came home together, through the woods & lay in the woods two or three nights in the snow & rain all of which I well remember.
Joshua Whiting
before me
Jonathan H. Cobb
Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that the said Joshua Whiting

is a man of truth & respectability & a credible witness Jonathan H. Cobb Justice of Peace.
Spencer Joshua H. H. H.