Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16415, Moses Hill, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hill, Moses
S. 16415-
CONTENTS
carded

1599. New Hampshire
Moses Hill
of Sherry in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Brener in the N H Mass. line for 10 Days by 10 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 34 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Nov r 1832 and sent to J. H. Edward Keene N H
  Arrears to 4th of Sep-1832  $ 51.66    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  17.22     $68.88  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Blair Clerk Book D Vol. 1 st Page 160.

Mrs. Hill
9886M
   Period Position of Service Rank Number of Service            
Admiral
Y. M. Edwards
Stearns
M. H.
above mentioned
X (1911) that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
2. Are the papers defective as to form or sufficiency? and if so, in what respect?
of incidental evidence, or by the roll?
3. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
4. In what position was he engaged?
5. How old is he?
Examining Clerk
John A. Smith

BRIEF in the case of  Moses Hill  of  Surrey  in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 Yrs  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 75 " " 14 Private Capt Ballard   75 " 8 14 " do Col Brewster   July 78 " 1 12 " Chap Ballard Col Putnam   19 40 Col Haws  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sherborn Mass-  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Leahoom Examining Clerk.

Declaration 9886 of Moses Hill of Surry Cheshire Co. N.H.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this Sixteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, Before the Hon Aaron Watson Judge of probate for said County of Cheshire
now sitting, Moses Hill a resident of Surry in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged 78 years who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st In 1775 at the alarm at Lexington being a minute man went to Cambridge remained there about two weeks in the Company of Capt Benjamin Bullard of which company Aaron Gardner was first and Nathan White second Lieut. was dismissed and returned home.
2 d In 1775 a few days after the Lexington fight enlisted for 8 months in Capt Bullard's Company Col. Brewer Regt. marched back to Cambridge and onto Bunker Hill was in the Battle of Bunker or Breed's Hill I marched on to the hill while Charlestown was in flames Some time in August went into a Company of Artillery under the Command of Capt Pollard Col. Putnam's Regt Continued till the expiration of the 8 months then volunteered and staid two weeks longer till other troops arrived then dismissed
3 d in July 1778 enlisted again for 6 weeks Capt Ferris Col. Haws Regt Mass. went to Rhode Island was in the battle near Genl Sullivan & retreated off the Island I went up to Pawtuxet and was dismissed then at the expiration of the six weeks
Was born in the town of Sherborn Mass. in the year 1754 has a record of his age in his Bible and supposes there is one in Sherburn was called into the service when living in Sherburn - Soon after the war removed to Gardner Mass. after went to Peru in Vermont and then to Surry N.H. when he now lives - Volunteered every time - at Cambridge recollects Gen. Putnam & Gen. Glover Col. Jonathan Brewer, the Col he served under he thinks was David Brewer at Rho d Island recollects Col. Whitney - Never rec d any written discharge Rev. Perley How and Jonathan

Enoch Whitcomb
Robinson Esq. of Surry live near me and I believe can testify as to my character for veracity and services in the Revolutionary war
That he knows of no persons living who can testify as to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
11th Feb 1832
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
We, Perley Howe and Robinson Esq.  Enoch Whitcomb both of Surry in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire
hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Moses Hill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Perley Howe Enoch Whitcomb
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certi- fies, that it appears to them Perley Howe who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Surry aforesaid and that Enoch Whitcomb who has signed the same is a resident of Surry aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Moses Hill for a pension.
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixteenth day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Parker { Register of the Court of Probate

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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October 16, 1924.
Mrs. C. E. Olason, 509 MacDonald St., Midland, Mich.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16415, it appears that Moses Hill was born in 1754 in Sherborn  Sherburne , Massachusetts.
While residing in said Sherborn  Sherburne , he was a Minute Man in 1775 and at the Lexington Alarm marched to Cambridge and was there two weeks in Captain Benjamin Bullard's Massachusetts Company.
A few days after the battle of Lexington, he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Bullard's Company, Colonel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, in August he was transferred to Captain Pollard's Company of Artificers, Colonel Putnam's Massachusetts Regiment and served in all eight and one half months.
He enlisted in July 1778 and served six weeks as a private in Captain Perry's Company, Colonel Haw's Massachu-

setts Regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 16, 1832, while a resident of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
After the War he lived in Gardner, Massachusetts, also in Vermont. There is no data in file as to his fam.
The above noted Moses Hill is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Moses Hill
no 9886 -
Private
10 Mrs & 10 day
Allnuth
$34.44.
From J. M. Edwards
Stearns N. H.

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

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

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

16.415
INVALID.
File No. 16.415
Moses Hill
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 10 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 Oct. 16 - Hist to Mrs C.E. Clalou - aarg. 1925 Sept 24 Oct. 1 - Hist to Mrs. H.B. Es. Chisholm aarg.

275 Court St. Keene, N.H. Aug. 7-1925.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you tell me whether Moses Hill of Gardner, Mass or his father in any way rendered material service to the cause of independence during

the Revolutionary War? Was either father or son a recognized patriot, soldier sailor or civil officer in one of the several Colonies or States or of the United States or Colonies?
The following is taken from grandmother's Bible Record.
Moses Hill b. in Gardner Mass Aug 24, 1754. Died in Sherry, N.H. May 19-1836. In 1777 he married

Lucy Adams, b in Meafield Mass Aug 1, 1757: died in Surry. N.H. Dec 18-1836.
Tradition says both Moses Hill and his father fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Saratoga and others.
Their daughter, Harriet Byron Hill, told us of having helped her mother to sign pension papers by holding her

hand and helping her to write after she was too feeble to write alone.
If you have no records of these people can you suggest where I might find them. Any information will be very gratefully received.
Very sincerely yours,
Harriette B. G. Chisholm.

Midland, Michigan.
Sept. 21 st 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
I am in search of the Revolutionary records of several Massachusetts ancestors and I was advised in a communication from the Adjutant General's office, to write you in this connection, as their own records were in complete.
First - Deacon Benjamin Brown, born July 3 rd 1720 at Lexington, married Sarah Reed Dec. 23 1742 died at Lexington March 4 - 1802. He served on Committee of Correspondence 1773-1778. Captured British prisoner at Lexington after fight of Apr. 19 th 1775. Served in militia. Reference Hudson's History of Lexington. I desire his definite service record.
Second. His son Benjamin born Jan. 1 - 1744 married Esther Whittmore June 12 - 1769 Lexington. Removed to Templeton (part since called Phillipston) until 1777 then removed to Winchendon, where he died Oct. 20 - 1792. His service is desired.
Have you any record of Marmarick Hill of Med. field (Medway) or Gardner, married Abigail Moulton? His son Moses served in Capt. Joseph Fowell's company, 4 th Regiment, mustered in from Medway Dec. 8 - 1776. He served several times. Have you any other record of Moses?
Hoping to hear that you have some of this valuable information, I am
Yours respectfully
Mrs. Charles E. Clason. 504 Macdonald St. Midland, Mich.