Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,441, for Nathaniel Hutchins, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Hutchins, Nathaniel
S. 35,441
B.L.Wt. 531-300
CONTENTS
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5523.
Maine
Nathaniel Hutchins Captain. 3 years Colo. Colley New Hampshire line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence the 11th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Judah Dana Esq r Fryeburg, Oxford County
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mo 24 d s 96.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 120.00 $ 216:00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine
Date of death not on AB
26 Oct 1820. Fryeburg, Maine Application sent to Com. for Pension

No. 331. Nath l Hutchins, a Captain in the late Mass a Line. Rachel Poor, formerly Rachel Welsh, only Daughter & Heir at Law of Samuel Welsh, dd., who was Assignee of Nath l . Hutchins, a Captain the late New Hampshire Line. —
Warrant issued Oct r 26 th 1810. in fac ie Rachel Poor, dd to David Jewett Poor, Husband to the above written Rachel Poor, & Administrator to the Estate of Sam l Welsh.

Reuben Baldwin June 9 th 1838
531 for 300 acres
Hon. Secretary of War Free Bounty Land Office Washington
Philada Me. May 31. 1838
N o June 6 th 1838

Fryeburgh Oxford County Maine
May 30 th 1833.
Sir
I am requested by the heirs of capt. Nathaniel Hutchins , late of said Fryeburgh dec d . to solicit of the Dep t some information relating to the Land Bounty promised to their late Father, said Nathaniel Hutchins, for services performed as a Captain in the New Hampshire line, in the Revolutionary Army. It is believed that a Land Warrant has been issued in satisfaction of this claim, and that the same has been lost in consequence of the death of Mr Samuel Welch & James Withham, whom it appears undertook its Location, as the attorneys of said Hutchins.
Please to inform me of the number and date of said Land Warrant, and to whom delivered Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Obedient Servant Reuben Baldwin
N.B. Be pleased to transmit your answer to this communication directed to me at " Boston Mass s "
R.B.
Hon Secretary of War Bounty Land Office Washington
N 531 for 300. acrs. of 26 th Oct 1810 - to Rachel Poor, daughter & the other heirs at law of Samuel Welch, assignee of Nathaniel Hutchins, Capt m N.H. line

Warrant delivered to David J. Poor, Husband of Rachel Poor and admitted to the Estate of David Welsh
Free
Office
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Declaration of Capt Nathl. Hutchings
Captain Gillings N. H. Reg t
1777 3 years
admitted
April 11 th 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford - On this eleventh day of April A.D. 1818 before me the Subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate in said County and first associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Com- mon Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Common- wealth, personally appeared Capt. Nathaniel Hutchings, a Resi- dent of Haverburg in said County aged seventy six years, be- ing by me first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision on granted made by the late 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 - I the said Nathaniel Hutchings - served in the war of the revolution from April A.D. 1775 till with in about two years of the close of it - that he entered the army as an Ensign and left it as a Captain - that his commission as a captain was signed by his Excellency John Jay Esq r President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1779 - and in the third year of our Independence, constituting him a Captain in the first New Hampshire Regiment in the army of the United States, to take rank as such from the second day of April A.D. 1779. That after he was appointed a Capt ain by said Commonwealth he was still attached to the first New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Col o J. Gilley. That he is the same named in said Commission, that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill in Arnold's expedition to Canada & at the storming of Quebec where he was taken a prisoner - that he was in a severe engage- ment at Fort Ann. - that he was at the capture of Burg-

guyne - at the Battle of Monmouth - in Gen. Sullivan's expedition against the Indians - I let the now have my commission in my possession to be forwarded to the War De- partment. & that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support - Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid - Judah Dana Judge etc
I Judah Dana Judge etc as aforesaid do certify, that from the foregoing Declaration of the said Nathaniel Hatchings and from an inspection of his said commission of captaincy - which he committed to my care to transmit to the department of War and which is mislaid or lost, so that it can not be found - upon the testimony of two creditable Witnesses - who fully support his said Declaration (one of whom served in his company more than two years) it appears to my satisfaction, that said Capt. Nathaniel Hatchings served who is named in the foregoing Commis- sion - did serve as a Captain in the revolutionary war - as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common Enemy for the term of nine months, on the continental establish- ment - and that from his age, his infirmities and indigence, he is unable to support himself, and really stands in need of assist- ance from his country for support - & I now transmit the pro- ceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforemen- tioned Act of Congress - In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of the said Court of Probate this fourth day of July A.D. 1818 at Sing Sing JUDAH DANA Judge etc

Nathaniel Hutchins
N o 5523.
Lyons
Con
Jan 19

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of July and by adjournment A. D. 1820, before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford. Nathaniel Hutchinson aged 77 years, resident in Fryeburg in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as an Ensign in the company commanded by Capt. John Moores in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Stark in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 11th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5523, was granted. 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 schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Nathaniel Hutchinson
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
a lame horse, a sleigh & harness— I am owing the sum of fifty Dollars.
Nathaniel Hutchinson

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nathaniel Hutchins who by occupation am a husbandman — which I am un able to pursue by reason of old age & infirmities being burst —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Kitty, my wife 76 years Infirm - totally unable to support herself by occasional derangement, Nathaniel Hutchins -  
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, 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 twenty five dollars cents  $ 25.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20th day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clarke { Clerk of the Circuit Court of C. P. for said county of Oxford

February 21, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
RA-J/EEL
Moses Hutchins-S.18042
Nathaniel Hutchins- S.35441
Annie P. Corson 12 Brewster Road Framingham, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Moses and Nathaniel Hutchins, Samuel Thompson and John Colby, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made on account of the service of any John Colby. It has not been possible to identify the record of Samuel Thompson. The histories of Moses and Nathaniel Hutchins are furnished herein as found in their respective claims for pension based upon their military service in the War of the Revolution.
Moses Hutchins S.18042
Moses Hutchins was born August 3, 1766 in Dunbarton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He stated that his father was an officer in the Revolutionary War but did not give his father's name nor is the name of his mother shown.
In the spring of 1780, while residing in Fryeburg, Massachusetts (Maine), he volunteered as a member of a company of militia, and in the spring of 1781, or in August, 1781, was called into active service as a private in Captain John Evans' Massachusetts Company and went to Bethel, on the Androscoggin River, where he acted as an Indian Spy and scout protecting the settlers of that place and the frontiers of Maine from the depredations of the Indians: he returned home in December, 1781, and from April 1, 1782 until December, 1782, and from April 1, 1783
Could not identify Capt John Evans

until December 1, 1783, he engaged in the same service, the last two tours being under the command of Lieutenant Stephen Farington in the Massachusetts Troops.
Lt Stephen Farington in Mass Sol & Sailor
In 1802, he moved from Fryeburg, Massachusetts(Maine) to Lowell, Oxford County, Massachusetts(Maine), of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832.
The name of soldier's wife was not stated. His son, William Hutchins, was a soldier of the War of 1812 and died in the service in 1815. There is no further reference to children.
One Amos Hutchins was also a soldier of the War of 1812 and died in the service; no relationship to the family was shown.
Date of death not on AB
Nathaniel Hutchins S.35441
The date and place of birth of Nathaniel Hutchins are not given.
He entered the service, place not stated, in April, 1775, and served until 1781, when he retired; he served as an ensign in Captain John Moor's Company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment, and as first lieutenant in Captain Henry Dearborn's Company, Colonel B. Arnold's Regiment; he received his commission as captain dated June 16, 1779, to rank as such officer from April 2, 1777, in Colonel J. Cilley's 1 st New Hampshire Regiment; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, went on Arnold's Canadian Expedition, was at the storming of Quebec, where he was taken prisoner, length of time held as prisoner not stated; was in an engagement at Fort Ann, at the capture of Burgoyne, in the battle of Monmouth and on General Sullivan's Indian Expedition.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-six years and resided in Fryeburg, Maine District(Massachusetts).
In 1820, he referred to his wife, Kitty, but gave no particulars in regard to her and there is no reference to any children.
Date of death not on AB
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

35 H41
Reg INVALID.
File No. 85 H41
Nathaniel Hutchinson Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1933 - File 21 - Disk. to Annie P. Carson. Letter in cage of 8th Moses Hutchinson - D. 1804-05 D. 18042

William Lloyd, Esq., M.P., etc.
Dear Sir,
899-802
Hutchins, Nathaniel Cont. N.H. 535441

William Lloyd, Capt. N.H. Coast
Seal from William Lloyd 10th off
899 seal
Hutchins, Nathaniel Cont-N.H. 535441

to all People to whom these Presents shall come Know- ye that I Nathaniel Hutchinson of Grayburgh in the County of York Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq r For and in consideration of the Sum of three Hundred Shillings to me in Hand paid by Samuel Welch of Columbia in the County of Hamilton and Territory of the United States of America Northwest of the Ohio-River
Do hereby remise, release and forever, quit claim to him the said Samuel Welch his Heirs and Assigns all the Right, title, Interest or Pretensions, I the said Nathaniel Hutchinson Esq r have of three Hun- dred Acres Acres of Land, Lying in the County and Territory aforesaid. To all Bounty I am intitled to by Virtue of a Discharge from under the Hand of Brigadier General Stark by George Washington Esq r Orders Esq r General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America. For ser- ving as a Captain in the first New Hampshire Regiment
To have and To hold the above, remised, released, and Quit-claimed Premises to him the said Samuel Welch his Heirs and Assigns forever without any Manner of Claim, Challing or Contrad- -diction by or from me the said Nathaniel Hutchinson Esq r my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, or any other Person or Persons in mine or their Names, Right, or Plead
In Witness whereof I the said Nathaniel Hutchinson Esq r have Hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty Six th Day May of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two, and the Sixteenth Year of the Independence of the united States of America Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence
Nath l Hutchinson
of J. Mason Jeremiah Page

Widow Ab. Mallard late Ab. Welsh } Affid: -
relative to Rachel Poor: - also Letter of Administration on the Estate of Samuel Welsh, issued to David J. Poor. —

State of Ohio Hamilton County, ss.
Personally appeared before me John S. Gane Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Abigail Mallard late the widow Abigail Welch and formerly the wife of Samuel Welch Deceased who being Duly Sworn deposeth and sayeth that her Daughter Rachel Poor  late Rachel Welch is the only heir of Samuel Welch De d and that she was lawfully married to David J. Poor sworn and subscribed before me at Cincinnati this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and ten.
Abigail her Mallard
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our Court of Common Pleas at Cincinnati this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and ten.
John S. Gane Clk. C.P. H. Co. who is Duly authorized by Law to administer oaths.

State of New Hampshire
Shafford. I Benj th Thompson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, do hereby certify that the signature of the within named Jer- emiah S. Page Esq re is his hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 19 th Day of Septem r . A D 1810
Attest Benj th Thompson Clerk

I Nathaniel Hutchins Esq r do testify and say that I comma- nded a company in the first New Hampshire Regiment during the war between Great Britain and the United States of America and I did convey my Military Security Land to Samuel Welch and never conveyed said land to any other person whatsoever September 14 th D r 1810
Stratford J s } State of New Hampshire Atty. Genl. H. H. Smith
Sept. 14 th D r 1810
Sworn to before me Jeremiah Page J s Just Peace
I Benjamin Heath of Lawfull age do testify and say that Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins was the Identical officer and served during the war between Great Britain and the United States of America and I was personally acquainted with him in the time of his service and that he belonged to the first regiment New Hampshire
Stratford J s } State of New Hampshire
Sept. 14 th D r 1810
Benjamin Heath
Sworn to before me Jeremiah Page J s Just Peace

Capt. N. Hutchins, 1 st N.H. Reg. His affi. of the of James Can and Benjamin Heth. —
Sd

I hereby certify that I served as an officer in the late United States Army 2 d Second New Hampshire Regiment. From the commencement to the close of the American war 1775 to 1783 that I was well acquainted with one Nath l Hutchins who served as a capt. in the first New Hampshire Reg t a long time prior to the close of the war was a good officer and suppose him entitled a share of the army land.
Lowersworth Sept r 19 th 1810 James Carr } Mayor in 1783
Stafford, Septemr 19 th 1822
Then the above named James Carr Esquire personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the above Certificate by him subscrib- ed, (to the best of his knowledge and recollection) is just and true before
John Pike just of Dan

State of New Hampshire Stratford ss. I Benj m Thompson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the signature of John Pike Esq. within named is his hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 19 th day of Septem r : AD 1810
Attest Benj m Thompson Clerk

Territory of the United States, North west of the River Ohio Hamilton County, to wit
The United States to all who shall see these presents. Greeting.
Whereas Samuel Welch late of the aforesaid County died intestate whereby it becomes expedient that Oliver Spencer Esq. Judge of Probate duly authorized & Commissioned to grant Letters Testamentary & Letters of Administration in the said County of Hamilton, DO nominate and appoint some suitable and trusty person or persons to collect and administer according to Law all and singular the personal Estate of Samuel Welch deceased.
Know ye therefore that the said Oliver Spencer Esq. hath by these presents authorized and appointed David I. Poore Sole Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of the said Samuel Welch deceased, hereby granting to the said David I. Poore all and singular the powers necessary and by Law required to enable him the said David I. Poore to Inventory, collect sue for and recover all and singular the personal Estate of him the said Samuel Welch deceased and out of the same or such part thereof as shall come to his hand the Debts of the said Samuel to pay and discharge according to Law, and of the rest and residue of such personal estate to make just and Lawful distribution, and the same fully to administer according to the Laws of the Territory.
In Testimony the said Judge of Probate hath hereunto set his hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate at Columbia this nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.
(Signed)
Oliver Spencer Judge of Probate
S.S.

The State of Ohio Hamilton County } Set.
I John S. Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hamilton aforesaid Do hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the original Letters of Administration filed in my Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our Court of Common Pleas at Cincinnati this sixteenth Day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten
John S. Gano Clk. C.P. H. Co.

299 378.
No of orig Pay 299—
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828.
Nathaniel Hutchins of Fryeburg, — in the County of Oxford, — in the State of Maine, — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the Fifth regiment of the New Hampshire line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, four hundred and eighty — dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Maine .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, H. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31. July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Nathaniel Hutchins, Cap d in the New Hampshire line, amounting to Twenty four Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Nathaniel Hutchins is now on the pension list of the Maine — agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Peter H. Haynes And

Oct 1895 Settled at Treasury Concord with Invalid file # 35,441
H. H. Hon. Richa H.

To, Hon. Richard Rush, Secy of the Treasury, Washington City -
National Hospital.
378

Fryeburg, Maine, June 29. 1828-
To Hon Richard Rush, Secy of the Treasury -
Sir,
Enclosed is my application for an increase of Pension under the new Pension Law - together with my Commission - & on the other leaf is a copy of a Certificate which I have lately received from Genl Dearborn, to whose company, when a Captain, I was attached - You will please to forward the arrearages now due me directed to me at Fryeburg, Oxford Co - Maine - as likewise the Commission which I enclose & which I am desirous of keeping.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedt servt Nathaniel Hutchinson,

Copy of a certificate made by Maj. Genl. Henry Dearborn, dated
Portland June 21 st 1828
I certify that capt. Nath l Hutchins of Frye- burg in the State of Maine was a Lieutenant in Col. John Stark's Regiment of Continental New Hamp- shire Troops in May 1775. that he was attached to my Company as first Lieut t in the Detach- ment commanded by Col. B. Arnold which marched to Quebec in the Autumn of 1775. and was made a prisoner of war in Quebec. and after returning home in October 1776, was exchanged and appointed a Captain in the first New Hampshire Regiment in the Spring of 1777, and served in said Regiment until the three New Hampshire Regiments were reduced to two in 1780 or 1781, when he retired with other officers on the conditions of his being entitled to such emoluments as those officers would be entitled to who should serve to the close of the war - (signed) Henry Dearborn, a Lieut. Col. Commandant of a New- Hampshire Regiment at the close of the Revolutionary war -

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Nathaniel Hutchins of Troyeburg, in the County of Oxford, in the State of Maine, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War, at which period I was a captain in the First Regiment of the New Hampshire line, commanded by Col. Cilley.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates), for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22 d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3 rd day of March, 1826, the sum of four hundred & eighty dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions, in the State of Maine.
Witness my hand, this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
Nathaniel Hutchins
Before me Judah Dana a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths, in the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, personally appeared this day James W. Reiley and Andrew McMillor of the said County, who did, severally make oath, that Nathaniel Hutchins, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
Judah Dana Justice of the Peace
I Rufus K. Goodenow clerk of the Court of the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, do hereby certify, that Judah Dana Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in said County and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 25 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
R. K. Goodenow