Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5408, for Converse Hunting, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hunting, converse
R. 5408
CONTENTS

The order requiring the declaration to be made before a count of blood. must be issued by the Commission in this case.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 9 th 1850 —
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation George M. Brewster was a Justice of the Peace — And on the 24 th of October 1849, William Bennett was a Justice of the Peace; both for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. D. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Hon. Thomas Kimball, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Respectfully represents Connors Hunting, of Houlton- ton, in said County, that he was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and is entitled to receive a Pension from the United States, on account of his services as such Soldier, the evidence of which services, is now in his possession; and that he is desirous of making the required Declaration, in order to obtain such Pension, but by reason of age and bodily infirmity, is unable to attend personally in Court, for that purpose.
Wherefore your Petitioner prays that some suitable person may be duly authorized to take the Declaration of your Petitioner, for the purpose aforesaid, out of Court, Houltonton,
Nov. 13, 1819.
Attest Wm. Bennett Jr.
Connors Hunting marks.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
October 29 1849.
I 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 Laurence Hunting is borne
on a muster roll of Capt. Thomas Moay's Co. 1st Col. Eleazar Wild's detachment, as a private of Needham, at Hull & Castle, from 9th to 29th Dec. 1776. 20 days. — On a pay roll of Capt. Thomas Moay's Co. 1st Col. E. Brooks' Regt. guarding at Cambridge, as a drummer from Nov 5. 1777 to Apr 3. 1778. 4 mos. 28 days. — On a pay roll of Capt. Eben. Battell's Co. guarding stores in and near Watertown, as private, from July 2 to 17. 1778. 15 days. — On a muster roll of Capt. Thomas Newcomb's Co. in Lt. Col. Joseph Webb's Regt. posted at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. as a private from Sept. 10 to Dec. 6. 1781. including 11 days to return. 3 mos. 6 days. Signed to an order in Treasury for payment of wages for service in Capt. Thomas Newcomb's Co. Col. Webb's Regt. in New York in 1781. dated Braintree, Feb. 25. 1783.

FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, by the of the party who rendered the service.
County of Worcester , State of Massachusetts , Town of Hubbardston .
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Convers Hunting in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Needham , in the County of Norfolk , and State of Massachusetts .
He enlisted from the Town of Needham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 , as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas May , in Col. Welds Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
about two or three weeks in the winter of 1776-7 in the vicinity of Boston; and again in the autumn of 1777 and winter of 1777-8 about three months, at a place called, Prospect hill, in Cambridge or Charlestown, in Col. Brooks Regiment a part of the time; — and also two other short terms of time in the spring and summer of 1778. — and again in the autumn and winter of 1781, in the Company com- manded by Captain Thomas Newcomb, in
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

a Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Webb, which was stationed a part of the time at a place called Gallow hill, about 7 miles below West Point in New York, for the term of three months, and afterwards went to Philadelphia, and was there the day that Gen. Washington arrived with the troops of Lord Cornwallis as prisoners.
I am now 89 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this twenty fourth day of October A. D. 1849.
Signed by said in my presence,
Gonver Hunting W m Bennett Jr. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Gonver his Hunting mark
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Interrogatories propounded to Convers Huntington , of Healdlandston in the County of Norfolk , Massachusetts, an applicant for a Pension, And the Answers to such interrogatories.
1 st Interrogatory. When and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the Town of Needham , in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1760, on the 5 th day of February .
2 d . Have you any record of your age? and if so where is it?
Ans. I have a record of my age, which is now in my own possession.
3 d . Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Ans. I was living in said Needham , when called into service, and after the Revolutionary war I removed to the Town of Healdlandston , and have lived there ever since.
4 th . How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom.
Ans. The Town of Needham was called upon to furnish a number of men for the service, and I volunteered.
5 th . State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. I served, according to the best of my recollection, in five

in Capt. May, (or May's) Company, in Col. Myles Regiment, about two or three weeks in the winter of 1776-7. in the vicinity of Boston, and again in the Autumn of the year 1777 and winter of 1777-8. about three months at a place called Prospect Hill in Cambridge or Charlestown, in Col. Brooks Regt a part of the time and also two other short terms of time in the Spring and Summer of 1778. and again in the Autumn and winter of 1781. in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Newcomb in a Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Myles, which was stationed a part of the time at a place called "Galloway's Hill" about seven miles below West Point in New York for the term of 3 months, and during this time I went to Philadelphia to drive cattle for the use of the Army and was there the day that General Washington arrived with the troops of Lord Cornwallis at Princeton, and during the greater part of this last term I did the duties of a corporal, in place of my corporal Ezra Huntington.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? And if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received any discharge from the service.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. I named names Rev. Dea. B. Bradford

of Houlinderton, a Collyer and William Bennett Esq. Esquire of Houlinderton, who are acquainted with me.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Norfolk County, ss. To Geo. M. Brewster, the commission specially appointed for the purpose, by the Hon. Thomas Hinman, Judge of Probate for said County of Norfolk, do certify that on this seventeenth day of November A.D. 1849, I propounded the foregoing interrogatories to Conner Hunting the Declarant named in the annexed Declaration, he being first duly sworn, and his answers thereto, I have written down, following the interrogatories respectively.
Geo. M. Brewster, Comr.

The undersigned she declared to be made before a court of record heretofore by the Commission in this Cause

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester County, ss. To George M. Prentiss, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, Greeting.
Whereas Conners Hunting, of Hubbardston in said County of Worcester, has made application to me, the undersigned, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County aforesaid, setting forth that he is entitled to a Pension from the United States on account of services as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and is desirous of making the necessary Declaration in order to obtain such Pension, but is unable, by reason of age and bodily infirmity to attend personally in Court for that purpose; and praying that some suitable person may be duly authorized to take such Declaration out of Court.
Therefore, reposing confidence in your prudence, wisdom and fidelity, I do hereby request authorize and empower you to take the Declaration of the said Conners Hunting, under oath, which being reduced to writing in your presence and subscribed by the said Hunting, you are requested to return together with this Commission, to said Court of Probate.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of said Court to be affixed, at Worcester this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
M c Kimball

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Worcester, }
On this seventeenth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, personally appeared before the subscribers a commission specially authorized by the Hon. William H. Kimball, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the said County of Worcester, Commonwealth, a resident of Middleborough, in said County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, after on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he was born in Needham, in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the year 1760, on the 5th day of May. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted as a Volunteer and private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas May, (or Mayo) in Col. Wells Regiment, and served as follows, viz; about two to three weeks in the winter of 1776-7 in the vicinity of Boston, and again in the autumn of the year 1777 and winter of 1777-8 about three months, at a place called Prospect Hill, in Cambridge or Charlestown, in Col. Brooks Regiment, a part of the time, and also two other short terms of time in the spring and summer of 1778.

And again in the Autumn and Winter of 1781, in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Newcomb, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Webb, which was stationed a part of the time at a place called "Gallows Hill" about seven miles below West Point, in New York, for the term of three months, and during which time he went to Philadelphia, and was there the day that General Washington arrived with the Troops of Lord Cornwallis as Prisoners. During the greater part of this last term also the duties of a corporal in place of one corporal also reporting. That he never had received any discharge from the Service. That he has a Record of his age, which is now in his own possession. That he entered the Service from the aforesaid Town of Dedham, and that after the Revolutionary War he removed to the aforesaid Town of Houltonston, and has resided there ever since. That by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot speak positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served no less than the periods herein before mentioned. And he offers the certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereto annexed, as proof of his service; and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
And 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.
And he refers to Rev. Dana D. Bradford, a clergyman, and William Bennett Jr. Esquire,

both of said Houlton, to whom he is known, who can be enquired of, as to his character for veracity &c.
Attest W m Bennett Jr.
his Conver s Hunting mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. M. Prentiss, Commissioner. And I certify, that the above named Declarant is unable from age and bodily infirmity, to appear in open Court. Geo. M. Prentiss, Comm.
We, Diana B. Bradford & a clergyman residing in the Town of Houlton, in the County of Penobscot, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and William Bennett Jr. also a resident of said Town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Conver Hunting, of the said Houlton, who has subscribed, and sworn to the Declaration above written; that we believe him to be eighty nine 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.
D. B. Bradford.
W m Bennett Jr.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me, Geo. M. Prentiss, Com r of Justice of the Peace.
And I, the said Commissioner, do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I do further certify, that it appears to me, that Diana B. Bradford, who has signed the foregoing

certificate, is a clergyman resident in the aforesaid town of Haliandston, and that William Pennell, Jr., who is personally known to me, is a credible person; and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Geo. M. Prentiss, Comr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Meriden, p. J. Charles G. Prentiss. Register of the Court of Probate within and for said county of Meriden, do certify that Thomas Hinnicutt, Esquire, is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned, and qualified, and qualified , and that his resignation to the Annexed Commission is genuine; And that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Hinnicutt for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Meriden, this seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Reg.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5408
P. O.
Converse Huntington
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

No 37596
Converse Locations Map
St. & Wm. L. Henderson
May 2 1848.
George H. Prentiss 2 May 1850
" " March 14/51.
" " July 9/51
city June 1852

Private Office, Worcester, March 11 th April 14, 1851.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir.
I have just received a letter from "F. S. Evans for Commissioner", enclosing a copy of your letter to me under date of March 14, '51, which miscarried, - in relation to the application of Conner Hunting , for a Pension; and to which allow me to make some reply; for I feel that it is due to the old Soldier. You say, "The reason he assigns for not sooner making this demand against the Government, is not only in itself unsatisfactory, but it is contradicted by the revelations he himself makes." "That as the law offers its help to the watchful, not to the indolent, he cannot demand to be put in a better condition, so far as the production of testimony is concerned, than he would have been if he had asserted his claim immediately, after the Act of 7 th June 1832".
That his Brother, Abner Hunting , was a Pensioner, and was living, when the present applicant discovered the nature of the Act, is true; but the reason for not taking his testimony, to prove the service of Conner Hunting was not, as would appear from your letter, " because he was unable to attend the Court "; but because he was incapacitated, from old age and loss of his mental faculties, to testify . And I believe, that upon referring to the Additional Declaration of Conner Hunting

you will find that such is the reason assigned for not taking Moses Huntington's testimony, who was the only person known, who could testify to the service.
I fear you do the old Policy wrong in saying "he preferred to wait until this last witness was dead, and now asks us to dispense with all evidence , because he did not choose to avail himself, of any which is could be found."
I must say that I was struck with the distinctness and clearness of the Declarants answers to many questions propounded by me, at different times, and his recollection of the events which transpired, during his service; and I saw nothing, and could learn nothing, which led me to doubt , in the slightest degree, that he served as his Declaration sets forth; and if the case is deemed by you "exceedingly suspicious," as your letter finds, I fear that it must be owing to my want of ability in putting his plain and simple statements into the form of a Declaration, to conform to the rules of the Department.
The Certificate of the Secretary of State, showing the service of Moses Huntington, taken with the Declaration, I considered as evidence , and such evidence as would, be in any case be the most satisfactory .
And considering the character of the Applicant, the affidavits of as shown by his neighbors and Townsmen, to be unimpeachable, I had not a doubt but that

his claim would be allowed. Numerous witnesses would testify to his good character, and to his mental capacity; but we must rely upon his own statement and the evidence which is furnished by the Rolls, to substantiate his claim.
I hope, Sir, that upon a further consideration of the case, the claim will be allowed, without further testimony. If however, anything further is wanted, I will endeavor to follow any suggestions you may make.
Pardon me for addressing you at so great length, and believe me, Very Respectfully,
Your Ob t Serv t
Geo. M. Prentiss.

Probate Office, Worcester, Mass. Jan. 9, 1880.
James L. Edwards, Esq. Comm. of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
I enclose Declaration and accompanying papers, for obtaining Pension for Mr. Lemuel Hunting, upon which, if Certificate is issued, please forward to me.
I ask also, for leave to trouble you, to forward to me, at your earliest convenience, if, in accordance with your usage, what acts, regulations &c, are in force, in regard to pensions, or allowances, to any who served as Privateers .
I am also requested to ask if any Land Warrant was issued, about 1826, to one William H. O'Brien, who served in last war with G. Britain. I suppose the Records in your Department should.
Will you also, give me the date of a Power of Attorney, which I suppose is returned to your Office, as a voucher from the Boston Agency, upon which a payment of James Dickey's Pension was made, which fell due March 4, 1849, or if not in your Office, inform me with whom such things are lodged. I wish this, in order to investigate a matter in which I fear wrong has been done.
Perhaps I am asking too much, but I am desirous

of doing all the business of this kind, faithfully , and if possible to your acceptance, and beg to be informed when I am asking too much.
Very Respectfully,
Your Ob st Serv t ,
Geo. M. Prentiss,
P.S. Since writing the above I have been applied to, for assistance in obtaining Pensions for two widows, whose husbands died in the service in the War of 1812, with Great Britain.
I find no forms for these particular cases, in the published Laws and Regulations relating to Pensions. If you have forms of declarations &c. for cases of this kind , will you have the goodness to forward them to me, with any instructions, or suggestions which you deem proper.
I suppose these widows are also entitled to Dowry Land.
Respectfully,
Geo. M. Prentiss,

State Office, Mansfield, Mass. Nov. 29, 1850.
J. L. Edwards Esq., Commr. of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed please find additional Declaration of Commr. Hunting of Hulkebardston, together with the affidavits of three of his Townsmen and neighbors, and who are all men of good standing and respectability. The original Declaration I forwarded to you Nov. 23. 1850.
A great number of like affidavits might be obtained from those who are well acquainted with Mr. Hunting, but I presume the enclosed will be satisfactory and sufficient.
Mr. Hunting retains his faculties remarkably, and remembers events which transpired during the Revolution, as well as those of later date, with great distinctness and clearness; and I find no one who speaks of him in any other terms than of respect for his truthfulness and uniform good character.
I hope Sir, that I may have the satisfaction, ere long, of handing to Mr. Hunting, the assurance, in the form of a Pension Certificate that he is entitled to receive the bounty, provided for him by Government, and to which I feel assured, he has a just claim.
Very Respectfully, Your obedt Servt
Geo. A. Prentiss.

House of Representatives April 21, 1858
Sir
I enclose you the evidence in the case of Gamaliel Hunting of Middle- burytown Mass.
Respectfully Yours Chas. S. Doot.
Charles Hudson
James L. Edwards Esq Counsel of Pleas

No 37596 Converse Hunting map act 7 June 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 11 th 1848.
I 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 Converse Wentling is borne upon a Master Roll of Capt Thomas Mayo's Company in Col Ebenezer Wild's Regt, as a private of Needham, from the 9 th to the 29 th of December 1776, 20 days. This service was at Hull. — Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Thomas Mayo's Company, in Col Eleazer Brooks's Regt, guarding at Cambridge, as a Drummer, from November 3 1777 to February 3 1778, 3 months and 28 days. Upon another roll of said Capt Mayo's Company, in Col Brooks's Regt, as a Drummer, from February 3 to April 3 1778, 2 months. — Upon a Pay Roll of the men who guarded the Stores in and near Watertown, under the Command of Capt Ebenezer Battelle , as a private from July 26 1778, 13 days. — Upon a Muster Roll of Capt Thomas Newcomb's Company in Col Joseph Webb's Regt, for service at Peak's Hill

New York, as a private from September 10 to December 31, 1781, including allowance of 14 days to return home, 3 Months and 6 days.
Also signed to an Order with Moses Huntington or Treasurer of Massachusetts, for payment of service in Capt Thomas Newcomb's Company Col Joseph Webb's Regt. New York in 1781.
The order is dated "Braintree, February 28, 1783."
The foregoing is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by said documents.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Cushman,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Three large, faint, circular scribbles or loops drawn in pencil or light ink in the upper center of the page.
Three more large, faint, circular scribbles or loops drawn in pencil or light ink in the center of the page.
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I am now 85 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this thirti day of April A. D. 1848. Attest  Simon J. May  Gerrit  his  mark  Flushing
Signed by said in my presence, Wm Bennet JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I hereby certify that Wm Bennet is an acting justice for the County of Worcester Charles Hudson Me.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester, ss.
On this twenty-fifth day of November, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Commissioner specially appointed and authorized by the Hon. Thomas (Barnicutt), Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the said County of Worcester, Conner Hunting, a resident of Halescandston, in said County of Worcester, aged ninety years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in addition to his Declaration made heretofore, to wit; on the seventeenth day of November A.D. 1849, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That the reason of his so long delaying to make application for a Pension is, because he was not aware, until a short time before the making of his said Declaration, that a Soldier who served in the Revolutionary war, a term of six months, was entitled to receive a Pension.
And he further states that, after he was informed that he was entitled to a Pension, he was not acquainted with any person by whom he could prove his service except his Brother Moses Hunting who was then and continued until his death

to be, incapable from age, and loss of his faculties, to give his testimony to prove the same; and That he, the Declarant now knows of no person by whom he can prove his divorce.
That immediately after learning that the Rolls in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts bore his name, he took measures to procure a Pension.
Attest,
his
Juliana Hunting Conner Hunting mark.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid, to wit; the twentyfirst day of November A.D. 1850.
Geo. M. Prentiss as aforesaid
And I certify, that the above named Declarant is unable from age, and bodily infirmity to appear in open Court.
Geo. M. Prentiss, Court

6.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, ss.
Be it known, that before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Worcester, personally appeared David Bennett, of Houltonston, in said County, generally known to me as a respectable and disinterested person and whose statements are entitled to credit, who, on this twenty third day of August 1880, being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Lemuel Hunting, of said Houltonston, and that he is the only person residing in said town by the name of Lemuel Hunting, that he has known said Hunting since his, (said Bennett's) boyhood, he being now aged sixty-six years and that said Hunting has ever sustained the character of a respectable Citizen and a person of truth and veracity unquestioned. That said Hunting has ever been reported to have served in the Revolutionary War, and that he is brother to Moses Hunting, late of Westminster, in said County, deceased; who was a Pensioner of the United States for years before his death. That from his recollection of said Hunting in his early years, he believes that he must be now about ninety years of age. That said Hunting is generally considered by his neighbors and townsmen to have been a soldier of the Revolution and entitled to a Pension, and that he, said Bennett, has no doubt that the statements made by said Hunting in his application for a Pension are true.
David Bennett
Subscribed and sworn to, on this 23 d day of August A.D. 1880.
Before me, Geo. A. Prentiss, Justice of the Peace.

do. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Worcester. ss.
I, John Morse of Halesborough, in said County, aged fifty-nine years, do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Conner Hunting of said Halesborough and have always lived in his immediate neighborhood. That he is the only person of the name of Conner Hunting, in said town, and from my recollections of him in my early days I think he must be now about ninety years of age. That he has ever sustained the reputation of an intelligent, respectable and honest man and of veracity unquestioned. That he has always had the reputation among his neighbors of being a Revolutionary Soldier. That my father Samuel Morse of said Halesborough is now a Pensioner of the United States for his Revolutionary services, and I remember among my earliest recollections of my father's naming persons who were Revolutionary Soldiers, and among them Conner Hunting, and his brother Elias Hunting, with whom I was acquainted and who was up to the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States. That said Conner Hunting although very aged retains his mental faculties to a remarkable degree, and I should rely confidently upon any statements which are, may have been, or may be made by him.
That he is a person who has not generally taken part in celebrations, but from my knowledge of the belief of Miss Tournier I am sure that a plan would be assigned him among the Soldiers of the Revolution.
And I further state that I have no doubt of the rights of said Conner Hunting to receive a Pension.
John Morse
Worcester, G. Nov. 21. 1850. Then personally appeared the above named John Morse, and made oath to the truth of the above statements,
Before me,
Geo. M. Prentiss, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Middlesex ss. I, Aaron Grimes, of Middlesexton, in said County, aged Seventy-two years, do depose and say that I have heretofore acquainted with Lemuel Huntington, of said Middlesexton, from my boyhood, having lived in his immediate neighborhood during that time, that I was also acquainted with his brother Moses Huntington, and that I fully concurs in the statements made concerning said Lemuel Huntington, by John Morse, in his affidavit written upon the preceding page of this sheet. Aaron Grimes
Worthington, Nov. 21, 1880.
Subscribed and affirmed to, by the above named
Aaron Grimes. Reference,
Geo. A. Prentiss, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss. I William Adams Assistant Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that George A. Prentiss, on the 2 nd day of August and on the 21 st day of November, A.D. 1880, was, and now is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of the Commonwealth to administer oaths; and that his signature to the foregoing affidavits, marked A. B. C. & D. are genuine.
Given under my hand, and seal of said County, this twenty-eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
W. Adams, Ass't Clerk.