Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21753, John Hawkins, R.I. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I. Sea Service
Hawkins, John Mann, Nancy Mann
Nr 21753 B.L.Wt. 27570-160-55-
CONTENTS
(Former widow)

908 Rhode Island Nancy Mann widow of John Rawhine R.S. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1848 and sent to
Markkin Greene Borlance R.S.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 16. 76
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 14 Vol. 3.

46.696 (lesser man 3/85 Rev Apr 2/85
Nancy May Nancy Bank formerly wife of John Hawkins, Priest
Capt J. H. Scott Col Saml. Hitchcock
27570
Man of the Revolution
M. J. Pensioner RB. July 48 908
AW: 16095 Rev May 17/52 J. W. W. J.  W. J.
JK JK
Benj a Lowell Providence R.I.
Cir B. Lowell Sept 8/55 S. Hon. C. T. Gann Mch 18/56
July 48 908
Vol. No. 29. —

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 25 th day of July, A D 1843 personally appeared before me Josiah Westcott Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Nancy Man now resident in the City of Providence aged 76 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" & the act of Congress passed August 23 1842 and she further declares, that in the month of January A D 1785 and according to her best re- collection the twentieth day of the month she intermarried with John Hawkins of North Providence in said County & lived with him as his wife until he departed this life in December 10 A D 1786, at which time at the But she has no record of her marriage she was married in Providence by the Rev Mr Manning & her first & only child by said John was born April 1, 1786 as will appear by the record in the old Bible, The two old letters hereto annexed dated in

in April, on board "Black Dove", in 1785 were received by her about three months after her marriage, she then lived as a widow until she married Daniel Sellan who belonged to Chester in the State of Vermont & lived with him as his wife until he was lost at sea in the year AD 1800 - He went to sea & was lost & since that period she has lived a widow -
And she the said Nancy further declared that her first husband served in the war of the Revolution, that in 1775 he enlisted as a private in Col. Hitchcock's regiment & she believes in Capt. John Sturges Company & marched to Roxbury near Boston in the fall of the year he & a number of others belonging to said regim. were enlisted out of it to go on board the Brig Washington under the command of Capt. Simon Martindale, a vessel fitted out by order of General Washington to intercept supplies going to the British then in possession of Boston, that he had not been on board said Brig a great while before she was taken by the enemy & her crew made prisoners of war, that her husband the said John & others of the crew were all carried to

England & there kept as a prisoner of War until the war ended & peace was established, when he came home, And She further declares, that she often heard the above mentioned facts & circumstances from him before their marriage & during the short time they lived together as husband & wife, That the old Bible herewith annexed is one he brought from England with him & was presented by the London Bible Society to his wife when a prisoner of War, & was used by him & often the peace brought home In confirmation of this she refers to the Bible itself in which it will be seen it was the "Gift of the Bible Society London 1781", And she further declares that when the act of divorce of July 7 1838, was passed she thought herself entitled to a pension under said act but was informed her second marriage cut her off from its provisions, but at that time there were a number of persons living who were acquainted with all the facts in her case & among them were Ephraim Bowen & David Hawkins but they are now both dead She was not married to her first husband prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time above mentioned
Vancy Elson

12 Providence In the City of Providence July 25 A.D. 183.
Personally appeared before me, the above named Nancy Mann and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration before her Signed, and I further certify that from old age and infirmity she is unable to write her name, and also certify that her statements are entitled to full credit.
Josiah Westcott Justice of the Peace of Lawrence Place

46 67 1/2 Nancy Manna

State of Rhode Island, &c.
County of Providence
On this 31 st day of March A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Robert Wright, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, Nancy Mann aged 87 years, now resident in the City of Providence in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she was the widow of John Hawkins, formerly, who was a private in Capt. Talcott's company, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Hitchcock in the war of the Revolution, and that her said husband was in actual service more than twelve months in said war, and was honorably discharged.
And she further declares that she was married to said John Hawkins on the 20 th day of January A. D. 1788 by Rev. James Manning a Baptist minister, and that her name before marriage was Nancy Hunting and that her said husband died on the 10 th day of December A. D. 1786 and that she is now a widow.
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ 80 per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her said husband's services in said war; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying pensions in the City of Providence. And she further declares that when she made a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855, and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has never made any application for Bounty Land before the present.
We, Samuel Warner and Joseph A. Carr residents of the City of Providence in said State upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by said Nancy Mann in our presence and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Samuel Warner Joseph A. Carr

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year within written; and I certify that I know the affiant to be a creditable person; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Robert H. Knight, Justice of the Peace.
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
PROVIDENCE, April 3 rd A. D., 1855
I, Amasa L. Westcott
Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Robert H. Knight is and was on the 31 st day of March A. D. 1855 a Justice of the Peace for the city of Providence in said County
duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Amasa L. Westcott Clerk.

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK,
And with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised,
By his Majesty's special Command.
Appointed to be read in CHURCHES.
CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the University and sold by John Francis & Chas. Rivington, Benjamin White, Edward Dilly, and Francis Bagrott, in London; and T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge.
CUM PRIVILEGIO.
Bible and Testament no other family edition and first edition

Providence March 28 28 1786 Jeremiah Hawkins
185 14 1786 Providence March 1 John Hawkins Born Friday 10 3/4 o'clock
Departed this Life Jeremiah Hawkins on Tuesday March the 1786
son of John Hawkins and Nancy his wife son named John and the 1 on Saturday

L. W. B. W. 21753.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
May 15, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Hawkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Nancy Mann, former widow of John Hawkins, made an application for pension on July 25, 1843, at which time she was 76 years of age and residing at Providence, R. I., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served under Capt. Angel and Col. Hitchcock. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. H. C. Hawkins,
449 Dunham Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Sloop Pole Star New York April the 16 1785 My Dear Thos (come with us) Kind Love to you all Hoping that they will find you as well as they Leave me well & I heard last Thursday from Alexandra after a passage of 16 Days I received your letter the 29 of March and was glad to hear you was well and all the family but scatter but Sam Told By Miss Creelman since I have been there that He as got well my Dear you must not think it Hard that I don't come Home Now for the owners as I was the vessel Away That I went out in for the's are I am on Board Now and giving me great inconvenience which makes me Stay Bye Dear We shall sail from here Tuesday or Wednesday for Virginia which I cant expect Answer from your far Father I have sent you three Barrels of flour and my Dear I hope you will take care of the old folks Do expect to be to Home By the middle of May I want for Nothing But your Company as We have sent you one Hundred of Cotters Remember me to Father and mother Sister and Brother and Friend and so I must close and remain your Loving Husband untill Death John Hawkins.
We might the lower A Bole perished my Love un till our Happy meeting

Hogg Wed Jan 28th 1878 my Dear Mrs. [unclear] with my kind Love I am Hoping that thou wilt find you as well as they have since we hired them last Sunday from Alexandria after a passage of 16 Days Received your letter the 19 of March yes I was I was glad to hear that you was well and mother you was that far the was no better but I am told by Mr. Crum since that Birt and that He has got well which I am glad to hear I have sent you Three Baisels of flower by Mr. Crum the owners as I had the Hoop I went out in for this one I am on board now and giving you good news in your to go in there which I hope my Dear your worst make yourself as well I want for nothing but your Company we are going back to Alexandria and from there to New Orleans to New Orleans we shall sail in about 9 Days write as soon as you receive this I hope to hear from you my Dear Love After the so I hope it won't be long before I can see them for being so far from you gave me a great deal of onesies but as time is dull in New Orleans and the Hoop that is on board of belong there make me stay by her and so I must leave and remain your loving Husband John Hawkins Love the Heavens above me to father and mother and brothers and sisters and all our friends Happily ever

46.616. Oct March 2/55 Rec'd April 5/55
Clancy Man formerly widow of John Hawkins Private
Capt Talbott Col Don't Hitchcock Revolutionary War (Pensioner)
Adm'd 160 acres May 15/56
CR 27.510 May 23/56
Benjamin Coe Providence R.I.

Mr. Boynton with Wren answer to Senator Jones -

Providence Feb. 7 1856
De Sir
I took the liberty a short time since to write you respecting the claim of Nancy Mann formerly the widow of John Hawkins for Bounty Land. The objection to granting it was the absence of "recorded evidence" of his services, I stated what his services were in the war of the Revolution; that he enlisted in Col. Hitchcock's Regiment of R. I. Troops in 1775 & was stationed near Boston, & that he was taken from his regiment to go on board the Brigantine Washington a vessel fitted & manned by the express orders of General Washington, that said vessel was taken by the British & brought into Boston, from whence all the crew were carried to England & there remained prisoners of war during the whole war, He was a prisoner for seven years & upwards, - Respecting the capture of this vessel I referred to one of Washington's letters, as "recorded evidence" of the capture

of this report but did give not give the date or where to be found - I can now give both. In General Washington's letter to Congress dated "Cambridge December 14 1775" he says "I will make application to General How and propose an exchange for the Ethan Allen, I am much afraid I shall have a like proposal to make for Captain Martindale of the armed brigantine Washington and his crew, which, it is reported, was taken a few days past by a man of war & carried into Boston We cannot expect to be always successful" etc. The above is an extract from his letter of the above date & can be found in an edition of his letters "printed by Manning & Loring Boston 1795 & copied by official permission from the original papers preserved in the office of the Secretary of State Phila- delphia"
I think the commission of Pensions must admit, that Washington's official letters must be considered "recorded evidence" of any fact which he states It is true Washington does not state that this report was captured, in so many

words, but he states the fact as "reported" & which report was true at the time of his friend. This letter is "recorded evidence" of the capture of the vessel & loss of together with the Bill presented to Hawkins when a prisoner in England proves his imprisonment also. It also proves a "battle" between the Brigantine Washington & the British "Man of war" which is sufficient of itself as regards to the 3 d section of the act of March 3, 1855. If the record of the fact of Mrs. Mans being pensioned is not recorded proof of service I believe Washington's official letter is, and evidence that cannot be questioned.
The above extract of his letter is from Vol. 1, page 62.
In behalf of this poor widow I have to request your kind office & to believe me very Respectfully Yours Truly Benja Cowell
Mrs Mans claim is $46,696
Hon C. S. James

Providence Feb 18 1856
My dear Sir
Will you be kind enough to inform me if any thing has been done with the claim of Harry Man formerly widow of John Hawkins for Battle land under recent act of Congress. I wrote you sometime since the circumstances with regard to his services capture & imprisonment. He was a soldier in Col. Hitchcock's regiment of R.I. Troops in 1775. Stationed near Boston was detached to go on board the Brigantine Washington from Nantucket, which was taken by the British & carried to England was there a prisoner of war for seven years. I wrote you that a record of his imprisonment must be found by a Bible given him by the London Bible Society when in prison. This Bible I sent to the Commissioners of Pensions when Mr. Man obtained a pension & is now in the Pension office. I also referred to a letter of General Washington dated "Cambridge Dec 14 1775"

wherein Gen Washington speaks of the capture of Capt Martindale, - this reference was made in a second letter I wrote you upon the subject of her claim for Bounty Land, - and I thought it would be sufficient "moral evidence" within the meaning of the act - not having heard from you since I wrote I take the liberty to make the inquiry whether Mr. Allen is a very respectable age a common & would be happy to hear something about her claim -
Yours Respectfully Benja Lowell
Hon C. J. Faxon

Permitted Oct 30 1843
Sir:
I herewith enclose the application of Mrs Nancy Mann formerly widow of John Hawkins for a pension under the acts of Congress of July 7, 1838 & Aug 23 1842. In reference to the services of John Hawkins, there is now no person living who served with him but I trust the evidence herewith enclosed will be satisfactory. The old Bible a gift of the Bible Society in London, while he was a prisoner corroborates the testimony of the witnesses, whose affidavits are annexed. This Bible John Hawkins brought home with him after the war, and it has been in her possession ever since and its appearance fully confirms the account which she has given of it in her declaration.
I remember a few years ago a woman by the name of Emme  Emm Burlingame widow of William Burlingame, of this State, applied for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836. Her husband was also one of the crew of the Washington under Capt. Markland when that vessel was captured & he too was carried to England and there kept a prisoner of war until peace. In that case Col Ephraim Bowen

was the principal witness if I recollect rightly and it was upon his evidence the pension was granted I refer you to the evidence he gave in that case to prove all the circumstances relative to the fitting out & capture of the Washington. I also refer you to two letters of General Washington of Dec 11 & 31 1775 to Congress extracts of which are herewith enclosed relative to the capture of that vessel. In further confirmation I refer to the affidavits of Samuel Warner & Joshua Speance, both men of high respectability as to what David Hawkins in his life time told them respecting the services of John Hawkins. It fully confirms the statement in regard to his marriage I presume the evidence will be equally satisfactory - The birth of his eldest son April 1, 1786 is recorded in the A. B. Bible & the two old letters dated April 14 & 16 1785 from his husband on board the "Sheep Dove" show that at that time they were husband & wife
Hoping & expecting the evidence will be satisfactory in this case I am respectfully your obedt servt Betsy Powell
J. L. Edwards Esq

27570
160 acres

7700 H Cleveland O April 21 1897-
Sir
We have it by tradition that John Hawkins of Providence Rhode Island served as a seaman in the war of the Revolution and that little or nothing was known of him after his sailing - However I find in published records that the Council of that State in February 1786 ordered that Nancy Hawkins a widow of John Hawkins who was taken prisoner early in the war be paid 44 pounds - Presuming that she eventually drew a pension from the General Government I desire that an examination be made for the purpose of ascertaining the facts as to his enlistment, service &c. also the year of the suspension of her pension -
Very Respectfully
H. C. Hawkins
449. Dunham Ave.
To the Honorable Commission of Pensions

I Sarah Ann Warner of Providence in the County of Providence, being now forty six years of age, do hereby certify and say, that Nancy Mann of said Providence an applicant for a pension is my mother, and Daniel J Mann the second husband of my mother was my father, my father was lost at sea when I was a very young child, as I have always understood, and ever since that period my mother has remained a widow & is now a widow and resides with me.
Sarah A Warner
Providence Is. in Providence October 26. on 1843
Personally appeared the above named Sarah Ann Warner and made to the truth to the above affidavit by her subscribed. And I further certify that she is a credible witness.
Franklin Green
Sw. Place

I George Whipple of Barrillville in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island on oath do testify & say that I am now eighty four years of age, that during the war of the Revolution I lived in North Providence in said County, and was born and brought up in that town, and I further testify that I was well acquainted with John Hawkins and lived a near neighbor to him, In the early part of the war of the Revolution in 1775 according to my best recollection, that said John was an enlisted soldier and went down to Roxbury, and from thence as I have always understood was taken out of the Regiment and put on board a vessel in the service of the United States and was soon taken prisoner and carried to England and there remained until the war was over
George Whipple
Providence So. In Providence October 26. 1843
Personally came the above named George Whipple and acknowledged to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me. Franklin Greene.
Justice of the Peace
I also certify he is a Credible witness
J. Greene
Justice of the Peace

I Sarah Hawkins of North Providence in County of Providence on oath do testify & say that I am now 83 years of age that I was acquainted with John Hawkins formerly of said North Providence, He married a girl by the name of Nancy Lunding, soon after the war of the Rebellion & soon after I married my hus- band & came to Rhode Island to live - Before & during the war I lived in Rhode Island & was not acquainted with John Hawkins but soon after the war became acquainted with him his wife the said Nancy she is now the widow of her second husband Daniel Tilton & lives in Providence Attest Josiah Westcott
Sarah in X Hawkins mark
Providence in North Providence August 23. 1818 Personally appeared before me Sarah Hawkins and made oath to the truth of the above and foregoing statement. By me Sigismund Wood I further certify that she is a credible Witness Josiah Westcott. Justice of the Peace Providence, R.I.

Joshua Sprouse of Wrentham in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in my fiftieth year do testify & say that about four or five years ago Samuel Warner of Providence & myself called on an old gentleman by the name of David Hawkins of South Providence in the State of Rhode Island. I called to make inquiries about the services of Thomas Sprouse during the war of the Revolution. Mr Samuel Warner called on him to obtain some information respecting the services of John Hawkins. He knew nothing respecting the services of my father, but with respect to the services of John Hawkins he told us as follows as near as I can recollect. He said that John Hawkins & himself in the year 1778 enlisted in the same regiment, Hitchcocks regiment at Belvoir and one Angel was the Captain, but I am not sure as to the name of the Captain; and David Hawkins further told me, that soon after their arrival in Roxbury, David Hawkins enlisted out of the regiment to go on board a vessel in the employ of the United States under the command of Capt Martindale, that soon after said vessel went to sea she was taken by the British & the crew made prisoners of war & carried to England, and he told me that he never returned till the war was over Joshua Sprouse

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. Mendham Aug 16. 1843. Then personally appeared the above-named Joshua Spooner and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true - And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Joshua Spooner and that he is a credible witness.
Before me
Samuel Warner Just.
Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 29. 1843
I hereby Certify, That
Samuel Warner Jr. of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk is a Justice of the Peace for said County I have been such since Feb. 18. 1843
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his 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.
Forest Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

8522 R. Island
Another
Waney Man, formerly son of John Hawkins
was a pensioner under the Act of who died on the 10 Dec. 1786
Providence in the State of R.I. was a Pri in the Co
commanded by Captain of the Rev War line for 2 years
scribed on the Roll of R. Island the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of July 1844 and sent to B Powell Providence R.I.
Total amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Swann Clerk, book Vol. 1 Page 111

I Samuel Warner of Providence, in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a- ged fifty-seven Years and upwards, on oath, do depose and say, that a few Years ago I went in company with a Mr. Joshua Spence Junior Wrentham in the State of Massachu- setts, to see a man named David Haw- kins, then resident in North Provi- dence, but now deceased, to make enqui- ries about the services of Thomas Spence in the war of the Revolution. He said Thomas was the father of said Joshua. He said Joshua had obtained some informa- -tion, that his father and one John Haw- -kins had enlisted during the war of the Revolution, and had gone off together. He said David Hawkins told us that he remem- -bered nothing about Thomas Spence, but he said, with regard to the services of John Hawkins, he had a distinct recollection. He said that John Hawkins was his kins- -man, that in the Year 1775, he and the said John enlisted in the same regiment, in Hitchcock's regiment, and went down to Roxbury, near Boston; that soon after they arrived there the said John Haw- -kins was enlisted out of said regiment to go on board of a vessel in the employ

of the United States under the command of Captain Martindale, that, soon after, the vessel went to sea, and was taken by the British, and the crew made prisoners of war, and were carried to England, and the said John did not return till after the war was over. The above is the substance of what the said David told us, according to the best of my recollection. He also called on Col. Ephraim Bowen, who is now dead. Said Bowen told us that he fitted out the vessel which Martindale commanded by order of Gen. Washington, and related many circumstances in regard to the expedition, and I think Col. Bowen told me there were a number of men who went from this vicinity, but he had no muster-rolls of the crew.
Samuel Warner
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Providence ss 3 In Providence on this Twenty- Sixth day of August, A. D. 1843, personally ap- peared Samuel Warner, subscriber to the aforegoing deposition, and made oath of the truth of the same, and I do certify that said Samuel Warner is a credible wit- ness. Before me, Samuel S. Snight, Justice of the Peace.

Nancy Alan
all 5817
Admitted
Franklin Greene Providence RI

State of Rhode Island, } ss. COUNTY of Providence
On this Nineteenth day of June , 1848,
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Providence Nancy Mann, formerly widow of John Hawkins a resident of Providence in the county of Providence & state aforesaid aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war:—That she is the former Widow of John Hawkins , who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension of Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and } ss. year above written, before me,
Franklin Greene Justice of the Peace.
Nancy Mann
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Franklin Greene Justice of the Peace.
State of Rhode Island, } ss. COUNTY of Providence
I John W. Smith , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the county aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that Franklin Greene is a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid, and is fully authorized to act in said capacity, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Providence , on this Nineteenth day of July 1848
John W. Smith clerk

I, Thomas Whipple of North-Prvi- dence, in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island &c, aged Seventy Six Years, almost seventy-Seven Years, on oath do depose and say that I was acquainted with John Hawkins for- merly of said North-Prvidence, and the husband of Nancy Mann, who now resides in Prvidence. In the beginning of the Revolutionary War, 1775, although I was Young, I have a distinct recollec- -tion that said John Hawkins was a soldier and went down to Boston, in Col. Hitchcock's regiment, according to the best of my recollection, and from that regiment he went on board a vessel fitted out by the United States, by order of Gen. Washington, and was soon after, taken prisoner and carried to England, and never returned until after the war was over. The name of the vessel, or of the com- -mander of the same, I do not recol- -lect, after he returned, he married a girl by the name of Nancy Sweeting, as I understood, Thomas Whipple

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations,
Providence ss } In South Providence, on this Twenty-First day of July, A. D. 1873. personally appeared Thomas Whipple, subscribe to the aforesaid deposition before me, and made oath to the truth of the same, and I do certify that said Thomas Whipple is a credible witness.
Amalie B. L. Druight.
Public Notary.

10252 Nancy Man
R.I.
act 7. July 38
m 85. d 86
adm d
2 years Marine
$80.
also act. March 40
$80.
Benjamin Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island v Providence Corporation.
Providence, R.I.
I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Josiah Westcott, who has signed two of the annexed certificates, was on the days of the dates thereof, a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Providence, duly elected; — that Gamaliel Lyman Braght, who has signed three of the annexed certificates, was on the days of the dates thereof, a Justice of the Peace within & for said City of Providence, and a Public Notary within & for said County of Providence, duly elected in — and that Franklin Greene, who has signed two of the annexed certificates, was on the days of the dates thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said City of Providence, duly elected.
In Attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of October, A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.

Resk 21.753
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21753
Nancy Mann Former widow of John Hawkins Dis. New Mass
Act: Feb 24. 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 15. 1899 History to Mr. H. C. Hawkins, 149 - Dunham Av. Cleveland. @
Feb. 27-1900 Miss Jennie P. Baker Genesee Ills. - Wis.

21753
1775.
Capt. John Shagwell Col. Kitahook
Brig "Washington"
Capt. James Martindale
Captured by enemy
Taken to England &
Kept prisoners till
Close of war
No Battle

5817 R. Island.
rep 9. July 4/46
Nancy Man. formerly widow of John Hawkins who was a Private in the Rev War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1846. and sent to
J. Cornell Esq. Providence R. Island
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 92

Extrats from Gen Washington, Letters

Extract of a letter from General Washington to Congress dated "Cambridge Dec 11 1775" "I will make an application to General Howe and propose an exchange for Mr Ethan Allen I am much afraid I shall have a like pro- posal to make for Capt Martindale of the armed Brigantine Washington and his men which it is reported was taken a few days past by a man of War and carried into Boston" (see page 62 Vol 1 of the edition of Washingtons official letters published in Boston 1795)
Extract of another letter from General Washington to Congress dated "Cambridge Dec 31, 1775" (from same edition of letters) "Captains Temple & Harrison take under their care Mr Kirkland Captain Mathews & Robinson will accompany them. The two latter were taken prisoners by Lord Dunmore who was sending them to Boston from where there is little doubt but they would be forwarded to England to which place I am credibly informed Captain Martindale & the crew of the Washington are sent"

I, Richard M. Field, of the City of Providence, do certify & say, that I am City Clerk of said City, & have by virtue of my Office, the custody of the Records of the Births & Marriages which have taken place in said City, and I further certify that I have examined all said Records between the years 1780 & 1800, and I cannot find the record of Marriage of John Hawkins & to Nancy Sweeting, and I also certify that I have reason to believe that many Marriages have taken place since the war of the Revolution, in said City, which have never been brought to be recorded.
Attest
Richard M. Field City Clerk
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. Providence Fe. 3 In Providence, on this twenty-seventh day of Aug. October, A. D. 1843, personally appeared Richard M. Field, City Clerk of the City of Providence, known to me as such, and made oath of the truth of the same.
Before me. Samuel Lyman Dright. Justice of the Peace.