Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,876, for Thomas Hunter, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy
Hunter, Thomas
S. 32,876
Residence in 1818 - Hadley, Mass.
CONTENTS

4,137
Massachusetts.
Thomas Hunter,
private Frigate Boston - Fucker's marine corps Mass
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Nov. 1818. and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. Northampton, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mo. 18/30 36.80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00
Duplicate of Act of Pension 4.80 Revolutionary claim, 48.00 Nov 25 1819 { Act 19th March, 1818. } 52.80
Hadley Hampshire Co.

No 23
Thomas Hunter
1819
Nov 1818
CW
May 1819

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820:
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, Thomas Hunter in said County, who, aged sixty eight years, resident in Hadley , being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
as I enlisted into the Continental service in April 1777 as a Marine on board the Frigate Boston of 36 Guns Capt Samuel Saltonstall Commander. Capt Saltonstall Captain of Marines and continued on board the same Ship one year & 9 months and was then Honorably discharged for which I have received Pension Certificate No. 137 dated the 23 rd day of November 1819 he applied for a Pension on the 17 th day of April 1818
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th 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 following schedule by me subscribed.
$30.00 Sundry articles of house hold furniture $10.00. One Cow 50 c one Hoe 75 = $41.25 I have a Wife aged sixty seven years very infirm I have no occupation but that of Farmer and am unable to labour but a little
Thomas Hunter

I have a Wife aged sixty seven years very infirm I have no occupation but that of Farmer and am unable to labour but a little
Thomas Hunter
Sworn to, and declared, on the
fifth
day of
July
1820,
Attest,
Josiah Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty one dollars, and twenty five cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.
Josiah Dwight

Thomas Hunter's application for a pension.
admitted

I Thomas Hunter of Atteley in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Testify and say that in the year 1779 I enlisted as Marine aboard the Frigate Boston Captain Palmer was Captain of Marines and Captain Samuel Sucker commanded the Frigate, we sailed in Company with the Warren the Dun and the Providence; The Squadran was Commanded by Comadore Whipple.
I further testify & say that we sailed from Boston in April 1779 was Cruising about in various directions untill June of the same year, when we returned to Boston, That in November next following we sailed from Marblehead in said Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the Honorable John Adams for Burdeaux in France, where we left (I think) some time in January 1780 was Cruising generally about the coast of France until sometime in March in the same year when we returned to Boston in Massachusetts, At which time and place I was Discharged having served out the time for which I engaged, I received no written Discharge, as I remember if I did I have lost it, during my service as a Marine on board said Frigate we took thirteen Prizes.
And I further say that I have never received from the Government any portion from the Government, and from my reduced Circumstances I am in need of assistance from my Country for support. I am sixty six years of age.
April 17 th 1818
Thos Hunter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss April 17. 1818 Thomas Hunter came before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate of wills &c. being a Court of Record in said County and being carefully examined I cautioned to testify the whole truth made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and I am satisfied he served in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy as he has stated in his above deposition. Taken and sworn to & sealed up before me - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid - Laurence Hinkley Judge of the Court aforesaid

I Samuel Porter of Hadley in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify & say I have for several years known Thomas Hunter signer to the within Deposition and I consider him to be a man of truth and veracity & have no doubt but he has given a true & correct statement in his Deposition on the other side - he is a poor man - April 17. 1810
Sam Porter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire Is April 17. 1810 Personally appeared Samuel Porter Esq. signer of the above deposition & made solemn oath that the same is the truth & nothing but the truth Before me Samuel Hainckley, Judge
Thomas Hunter's application for a pension.

Invalid
Boy 
Army 
File No. 32846
Thomas Hunter
Priv. 2nd Marine
Frigate Boston
Rev-War
Act March 18. 1818.
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payable on the 4 th of March and 4 th of Sept r in each year, at the Branch Bank U.S.
Boston Massachusetts.
Returned with due Letter Feb y 25 th 1820
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818, — , —
Thomas Hunter, late a private — in the Marine corps of the United States during the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — dollars cents per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this — fifth — day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Thomas Hunter's affidavit, Nov. 17. 1819.

I Thomas Hunter of Hadley in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty three  nine years of age Testify and say that on the 17 th of April 1818 I made oath before Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate in said County "that in 1779 I enlisted as a mariner on board the Frigate BOSTON under Capt. James Palmer, and Capt. Shepper commanded the Frigate & we sailed in company with the WATSON, the DELFIN, and the Providence under Commodore Whipple, from Boston in Massachusetts in April 1779 and in May  June following we returned to Boston & in Nov. following we sailed from Marblehead with the Hon. John Adams on board to Bordeaux in France where we left him in Jan'y 1800 & in March following we returned home and I was then discharged from service - we took during our service 13 Prizes" - I further stated that I was in reduced & in very indigent circumstances. Further more I declare & say under oath that I have never received a Pension certificate from the Hon. Secretary of War for my said services in pursuance of the act of Congress of March 10. 1818 - and further said not. Nov. 17. 1819
Thos Hunter.
Hampshire ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts Nov. 17. 1819 Then personally appeared Thomas Hunter signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate & a Justice of the Peace in & for said County.
I further certify said Hunter is considered to be a man of veracity - J. Hinckley Just. Peace