Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 906-200, John Hubbart, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
P. J.
Hubbart, John
PL 106-906-200- Lieut Issued May 18, 1792 to John Blanchard , assignee No papers
CONTENTS

R.S.
Hubbart, John.
B.L.W. 906-200 Lieut. Issued May 18, 1792 to John Blanchard assigned No papers.

14 Hawthorn St. Cambridge, Mass. March 8, 1939
My dear Miss Finch,
I am trying to find the parentage of two ancestors of mine. John Hubbard was born in Newport, R.I., Oct. 9, 1738 and died in Providence, May 13, 1833. He married 1759 Sarah Baker, born in South Kingston, R.I., Sept. 4, 1741 and died, probably in Newport, March 28, 1816.
Lossing's "Pictorial History" tells of the British under Prescott, turning Hubbard, his wife, and 10 children out into the Hubbard mill, while they occupied the house in Newport for two years. Hubbard later found his belongings smashed and used "treasonable language" against the British. They put him on a sloop-of-war to take him to Halifax for imprisonment, but he escaped. Hinton's "History of the U.S." and The "Penny Magazine" have views of Hubbard's mill as it appeared about 1832 — Also the "Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge".
As for Hubbard himself I can find no record of him anywhere in Newport, possibly because the old records, which were sunk at the time of the Revolution, have not as yet been deciphered. In S. Kingston the records which remain after a fire contain no mention of the birth of a Sarah Baker. I have looked in

Providence where Hubbard died, but even there his death is not recorded!
In the Providence Public Library I have found records of a John Hubbard who fought in the Revolution. If he is my John Hubbard perhaps you can be of help to me for I understand that the pension records contain information about the men's families. From the Providence Library I have learned the following:
Vol. 2 of Samuel Greene Arnold's "History of R.I." publ. 1899 mentions officers recommended by Gen. Washington in June 1780 and appointed in Col. Angell's command. Here the name Lt. John Hubbard appears.
"Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army 1775-1783" by Francis B. Heitman, publ. 1914, gives John Hubbard of R.I., Ensign 1 st Canadian (Livingston's) Reg., Dec. 18, 1776; transferred to 2 nd R.I. Reg. Feb. 1, 1779. Lt., May 18, 1779; + served until 1783, being retained in Olney's R.I. Battalion until May 14, 1781.
I am coming to you as a last resort, for I have exhausted all other possibilities. I certainly shall appreciate hearing, if you have on record anything concerning the families of John Hubbard or his wife. Thanking you very much for your trouble, I am, Sincerely yours, (Miss) Katharine Fernald

May 4, 1959
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Miss Katharine Fernald 14 Hawthorn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts
JOHN HUBBART B.L. Wt. 906-200 BA-J/MSF:MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of John Hubbard who was born October 9, 1738, in Newport, Rhode Island, married Sarah Baker who died in 1816, and he died in Rhode Island in 1855. You furnish several citations in regard to officers of the Revolution with the name John Hubbard.
Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service of soldiers in that war.
The record has been found of only one John Hubbert, under any spelling of that surname, who served in the Revolutionary War in the Rhode Island troops. The records show that bounty land warrant No. 906, for two hundred acres of land, was issued May 18, 1798, for service of John Hubbard, as Lieutenant in the Rhode Island Line, War of the Revolution. The warrant was issued to John Blanchard, assignee.
There are no statements on file which were made by the applicant for this bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early claims for bounty land when the War Office was burned in 1800. This office has, therefore, no further information in regard to that officer, and no information, whatever, in regard to his family.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the bounty land granted for service of John Hubbert, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. B. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator