Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1543-450, Thomas Hobby, Conn.

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Conn.
Hobby, Thomas
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B.L. # 1543-450
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Nov 2, 1906 R.R. AW

Hobbs, Thomas
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feby 21, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 154.
Rank; Major.
Regt; Colonel Waterbury's
Disability; Wounded in his hip by a musket ball.
When and where disabled; 1770, Lake Champlain.
Residence; Greenwich.
Remarks; Militia.
Evidence complete, excepting that the examining physicians do not precisely state the degree of his disability, only giving it as their opinion that he ought to receive half-pay at least. It appears the claimant is seventy-one years of age.

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Hobby, Thomas
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, page 65.
Rank : Major
Regt. : Col. Waterbury
Disability: Wounded by a musket ball, which passed through his hip.
Date of certificate : Oct. 4, 1792
Monthly allowance : $ 8. 33 1 / 3
Arrears due : $200. 00

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Aug. 13, 1906
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Hobby, Thomas
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 115.
Rank: Major
Regt: Colonel Waterbury's
Disability: Wounded at the siege of St. John's by a musket ball, which passed through his hip.
Where disabled: St. John's.
Residence: Greenwich
Monthly allowance: $8.33 \frac{1}{3}
Arrearages: $200.00
Remarks: This officer became supernumerary after his release from captivity.
Name not found on 1835
Invalid list of Conn.

Hezekiah H. Hovey's Declaration of how- a quattromz — 3
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State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield }
I Menzikiah Hobbley of Greenwich in said County devisee of Thomas Hobbley dec d late of said Greenwich do upon oath testify & declare to the best of my knowledge & belief, That said Thomas Hobbley did enter the Army of the United States & served in the Regiment (its number being unknown to me) under the Command of Col. Philip B. Bradley, of the Connecticut line of that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the end of the war of the Revolution, having been taken a prisoner by the enemy at the capture of Fort Washington & being detained by them as such until the end of said war.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Thomas Hobbley on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; Therefore, Know all men by these presents that I Menzikiah Hobbley, son & devisee of said Thomas Hobbley as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint my son Samuel D. Hobbley of said Greenwich to be my true & lawful attorney, for me & in my name (for the sake of myself & any other persons justly entitled) to receive to receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; of my said attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys

under him for the special purposes above ex- pressed. Witness my hand May 2 nd A D 1829
Attest. Chas. H. Hawley } Justice of Peace } 3
Zebediah Hobbs
Sworn before me May 2 nd A D 1829
Chas. H. Hawley Justice of Peace.
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. May 2 nd A D 1829 Personally appeared the above-named Zebediah Hobbs by me subscribed to the foregoing Declaration, of in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney herein subjoined to be his free act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned
Attest.
Chas. H. Hawley Justice of Peace.
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County ss }
In testimony that the above-written Charles Hawley Esquire was a magistrate, authorized to ad- minister oaths of the acknowledgements &c in the State of Connecticut, at the above date of that his name there subscribed, appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal & subscribed my name of quality, as Fairfield this twentyfirst day of July A D 1829
Thomas B. Babbine Clerk of the County Court for Fairfield County

Copy of Thomas Neobley Will

In the name of God. Amen
I Thomas Hubby of Greenwich in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut being weak of body but of sound disposing mind & memory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same & calling to mind the mortality of the body & that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last will & testament in manner following - viz in the first place I will & bequeath my soul to God who gave it my body to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors, hereafter in this will to be named. Imprimis I give & bequeath unto my son Jabez Hubby & my son Mosekiah Hubby one hundred & seventy pounds New York currency, each to be paid out of my estate in order to make them equal to my son Thomas, for monies I have advanced for him, and then the remainder of my estate after my just debts & funeral charges shall be paid to be equally divided between my said three sons, Thomas, Jabez & Mosekiah, they paying in equal proportion to my two daughters Mary & Sarah viz to my daughter Mary seventy pounds New York currency & to my daughter Sarah one hundred & ten pounds like money, and on their neglect or refusal to make such payment to my said daughters Mary & Sarah that so much shall be set off them in lands by my executors before such division shall be made to my said three sons. Item I give & bequeath to my son Mosekiah his son Mose called the Knapp mare to be his forever & this said mare to be set off to him before any of the above bequest is paid & to be exclusive of the above bequest to him & before the said equal division to my said three sons. And I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint my trusty friends Dr Wm Bush & Mr Israel Knapp executors of this my last will & testament, hereby revoking, annulling & making

void. all other wills & testaments heretofore made by me & declaring this & this only to be my last will & testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my seal in Greenwich aforesaid the 29th day of October A.D. 1783
Published Pronounced & declared to be his last will & testament In presence of Nathaniel Mead Jr John Mead Junr Benj m Banks
Thomas Hobby L. S.
Fairfield County ss. in Stamford Sept r 4th 1798. Personally appeared Nathaniel Mead Junr & Benjamin Banks two of the witnesses subscribing the foregoing writing & made oath that they saw Thomas Hobby late of Greenwich Fairfield County die sign & seal said writing, that they heard him publish pronounce & declare the same to be his last will & testament, that they took him at the same time to be of a sound, disposing mind & memory & that they together with John Mead Junr the other witnesses at his desire & in his presence signed their names as witnesses to the same. — Upon John Davenport Junr Justice of Peace
At a Court of Probates held at Stamford in & for Stamford district Sept r 1st 1798 John Davenport Junr Esq r Judge Present holding said court. Personally appeared W m Bush the Executor named in the foregoing will & exhibited the same for Probate, whereupon the aforesaid will is proved approved & ordered to be recorded. the said W m accepted the trust of Executor & became bound equally to law for the faithful performance of said trust in a Bond of $1000. Sable W m Hobby, surety, which bond is on file Test. Elmer Davenport Clerk

The foregoing is a true copy of the original will for on file in this office, of the proof thereof & of the record of the Probate thereof examined by me —
Stamford Probate Office Apr. 30 th 1829
Sam Lockwood Clerk
To all whom it may concern Greeting!
I Charles Brainerd, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in the State of Connecticut, duly appointed & commissioned under the Great Seal of said State, certify that Sam- uel Lockwood by whom the foregoing copy is attested is & at the time of his said attestation was Clerk of said Court of Probate duly qualified & that the signature "Samuel Lockwood" to said attestation is in his hand writing, & that all his acts as such clerk are entitled to full credit & that his said attestation is in legal & the usual form — In tes- timony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my Seal of Office at Stamford in said State on this Thirtieth Day of April A. D. 1829 —
Chas. Brainerd

Hist. by W. W. H. F.
Rev. and 1812 Section
MCS:MLB
June 19, 1930
Mrs. H. S. Peck 230 S. Clark Street Chicago, Illinois
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Thomas Hobby was born about 1724, place not stated.
He served as major in Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment and was at the siege of Saint Johns where he was wounded by a musket ball which passed through his hip, and as a lieutenant colonel of Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment and was at the taking of Fort Washington where he was made a prisoner.
In 1783 he was living in Greenwich, Connecticut. He died prior to September 1, 1798 in said Greenwich.
Warrant No. 1543 for four hundred fifty acres of bounty land was issued August 31, 1829, on account of his services, to his children, Mary, Sarah, Jabez, Thomas and Hezekiah, the last named son a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut in 1829. Name of soldier's wife not given.
Soldier's grandson, Samuel D. Hobby, son of Hezekiah, was living in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1829.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

To the Hon. John H. Eaton Secretary of War.
Sir Hezekiah Hobbs of Greenwich in Connecticut by his power of attorney which has been by me forwarded to your Department of which is to be found in the Bounty Land Office, empowers me as his attorney to receive the warrant awarded to him as her devisee of Lieut Col. Thomas Hobbs decd. Mr Wm Gordon of the Bounty Land Office, informs me under date of 29 th July ult. that the warrant may be forwarded to me - Please to forward the same for me to Charles Pease of Stamford in Connecticut, or if that will not answer, to me directly at said Greenwich if you will confer a favor upon
Your very respectful obed t Serv t
Samuel D. Hobbs
Stamford Aug t 26 th 1829.
Hon. John H. Eaton -
I am! D. Hobbs whose name is subscri- bed to the foregoing, is the same I am! D. Hobbs whose name is mentioned in the power to which he refers in his father Hezekiah Hobbs will confer it a great favor when the warrant is forwarded

if you will also inform him what steps are meant to be taken by him for the location of the land I generally that measures will be most conducive to his interest in the premises - I know not how far the warrant designates the part of the country in which the land is to be taken - If it furnishes no designation, he will be gratified by being informed (if you can proper- ly give him the information) what location would be most advantageous to him -
I am Sir
very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Chas. Hawley
Stanford Aug t 26 th 1829

Lt. Col. Thos. Hobby N o . 1543
Issued Aug. 31, 1829. to Nicholas Hobby Esq. delivered to Samuel D. Hobby

Stamford (Conn.) July 27. 1829
Hon. John H. Eaton
Sir
I enclose documents prepared for the purpose of procuring a warrant for bounty land due originally to Lt. Col. Thomas Hobbs late of Greenwich in this State. They are made out I believe in the manner recommended by Robt. Taylor Secy of the War Dept Land Office, in a communication addressed by him to me in the subject. I now forward them for examination & will thank you to inform me whether they are in all respects sufficient. If they prove so the Secy of War & Hobbs the person entitled by the letter of attorney, will call at Washington to receive the warrant.
I am with much respect
Your obed Servt
Chas. H. Hildreth

Stamford Dec. 28 th 1829.
I Samuel D. Hobbs of Greenwich in Connecticut attorney of Hezekiah Hobbs of said Greenwich son of deceased Lt. Col. Thomas Hobbs do hereby receive from the War Department of the United States a warrant under the signature of John H. Eaton Sec y of War, dated Aug t 31 st 1829 for five hundred & fifty acres of land in favor of "Hezekiah Hobbs son & devisee of the deceased Thomas Hobbs who was a Lieut. Colonel of the Connecticut Line" of the Army of the Revolution - said warrant being numbered 1543.
Samuel D. Hobbs

Certificate of the Judge of Prob- ate. ————— —————

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
Stanford District, Post Office April 30 th A.D. 1929 - - - - -
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Nehemiah Nobbs of Greenwich in said State, County of District is the son of deceased of Thomas Nob- by late of said Greenwich of late a Lieutenant Colonel in a Regiment of the Connecticut Line in the army of the Revolution, which Regiment was commanded by Colonel Philip B. Bradley. Given under my hand & Seal of Office This Thirteenth Day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine -
Charles Hawley Judge of Probate.

November 23, 1932.
Dr. William S-S. Horton 29 Union Avenue Lynbrook New York.
BA-J/ILL Thomas Hobby B.L.Wt. 1543-450 → John Hobby B.L.Wt. 913-300
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Colonel Thomas Hobby, Captain John Hobby, Lieutenant David Horton and Major Jonathan Horton, soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished below in regard to Thomas Hobby are obtained from the papers on file in the bounty land claim, based upon his service in the Revolution.
Thomas Hobby was born about 1724, place not stated.
He served as major in Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment and was at the Siege of Saint Johns where he was wounded by a musket ball which passed through his hip, and as a lieutenant colonel of Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment and was at the taking of Fort Washington, where he was made a prisoner.
In 1783, he was living in Greenwich, Connecticut. He died prior to September 1, 1798 in said Greenwich.
Warrant No. 1543 for four hundred fifty acres of bounty land was issued August 31, 1829 on account of his services to his children Mary, Sarah, Jabez, Thomas and Hezekiah.
In 1829, the son, Hezekiah Hobby, and his son, Samuel D. Hobby, grandson of the soldier, were residents of Greenwich, Connecticut. The name of the wife of Colonel Thomas Hobby is not given.
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John Hobby- B.L.Wt. 913
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant No. 913 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued April 16, 1792 on account of the service of John Hobby, Captain in the Massachusetts line, War of the Revolution.
This office has no further information in regard to the service of the above noted Captain John Hobby and no data whatever in regard to his family, because of the destruction of papers in such early bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and fails to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of the David Horton described by you, or of any soldier named Jonathan Horton; various spellings of the surname have been searched.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
Dr. William S.S. Horton's letter is in cl. of John Hobby - B.L. Wt 913

April 9, 1925
HARRIET LYMAN REYNOLDS 53 Mason Street Greenwich, Connecticut
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir - Please give me the Revolutionary War Records of the following Lt. Colonel Thomas Hobby Ambrose Reynolds Ebenezer Mead.
I wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the above three men are my ancestors.
Thanking you -
Harriet L. Reynolds

Alma Okla
Feb. 3 - 1920
Pension Dept., Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please let me know about the Pension Thomas Hobby drew. He was born June 12, 1746. Capt. and Col. in Revolutionary war. My ancestor that makes me eligible for D.A.R.
If any expense let me know.
Sincerely, Mabel Hobbie Schaefer 806 College Ave., Alma, Okla.

per B. Kiowa, Kans.
Mar. 31-1922
To the Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
At one time you furnished information to Mabel Schaefer (162164- Ensign Thos. Hobby) concerning one Thos. Hobby who is also my ancestor and thru whom I am eligible to membership in D. A. R's.
Our ancestor, however, was Thomas Hobby, born June 15, 1746, Captain and Colonel in

Revolutionary War.
If you can furnish me any information relative to this Thos. Hobbey I will ap- preciate it very much.
Sincerely
Elizabeth Hobbie McAllister Kiowa - Kans.

230 S. Clark St., Chicago. April 17, 1930.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.            Revolutionary War Records Section.
Gentlemen:
Will you be good enough to advise me whether you have a record of a pension issued to Lieut. Colonel Thomas Hobby of Greenwich, Conn. a soldier in the Revolutionary War? If so, will you be good enough to send me a copy of this record with all the information you may have for which I will reimburse you if you will advise me of the amount.
Thanking you for your attention to this, I am
Yours very truly,
Helen Smith Peck. (Mrs. H. S. Peck)

Yakima, Wash. Jan. 27- 1927.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.P.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me abstracts of the following pensioner's applications? They were all of my family.
✓ Hezekiah Hobby, D. 17488 - ✓ Thomas Hobby - B. L. W. H. - 1543-450. Reuben Rundell, D. 9298 - all of Greenwich, Conn. (N.Y.).
Thanking you for the courtesy, I am,
Very sincerely,
Bertha Scofield Bradbury, (Mrs. H.O.)
401 - East D Street, Yakima, Wash.
✓ W. I. Only list to each

October 31, 1939
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Mrs. W. O. Bradbury Route # 2 Wapato, Washington
BA-J/MLB
See ltr in clu of Reuben Rundle S. 9298
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Reuben Rundel (Rundal) of Connecticut and New York (S. 9298); Hezekiah Hobby of Connecticut (S. 17488), and Thomas Hobby, B.L. Wt. 1543-450.
This office has no further information relative to Hezekiah Hobby and Thomas Hobby, than was furnished you March 26, 1927.
The record of Reuben Rundle (S. 9298) is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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June 12, 1925.
Harriet Lyman Reynolds 53 Mason Street Greenwich, Connecticut.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Thomas Hobby a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut in 1783, served as a Major in Colonel Waterbury's Regiment and Lieutenant-Colonel in Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment, and was wounded in the hip at the siege of St. John.
Four hundred and fifty acres of bounty land issued August 31, 1829, on Warrant No. 1543 to his children Jabes, Hezejiah, Thomas, Mary, and Sarah. There is no further data on file as to his family and no further details as to his service. Dates of his birth and death are not stated.
Respectfully,
WILDER S METCALF Commissioner.

February 18, 1930.
Mabel Hobbie Schaefer, 806 College Avenue, Alva, Oklahoma.
Method:
In response to your letter dated the 3" instant, you are advised that it appears from the records of this Bureau that Thomas Hobby a resident of Greenwich Connecticut in 1783, served as a Major in Colonel Waterbury's Regiment and Lieutenant-Colonel in Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment, and was wounded in the hip at the siege of St. John.
450 acres of bounty land issued August 31, 1829, on Warrant No. 1543 to his children Jabes, Hezekiah, Thomas, Mary, and Sarah. There is no further data on file as to his family and no further details as to his service. Dates of his birth and death are not stated. Re: grandson
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1922, May 6 hist. his Elizabeth H. McAlister - Em.
not stated. Re: grandson Very respectfully, Captured at Fort Hachin for M. G. ...
-The record in 1795

Rev.&1812 Wars Section
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March 26, 1937
Mrs. W. O. Bradbury 401 East D St., Yakima, Washington.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Thomas Hobby was born about 1734, place not stated.
He served as Major in Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment and was at the Siege of Saint Johns where he was wounded by a musket ball which passed through his hip, and as a Lieutenant Colonel of Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment and was at the taking of Fort Washington where he was made a prisoner.
In 1783 he was living in Greenwich, Connecticut. He died prior to September 1, 1798 in said Greenwich.
Warrant No. 1543 for four hundred 70 acres of bounty land was issued August 31, 1829, on account of his services, to his children, Mary, Sarah, Jabez, Thomas and Hezekiah, the last named son a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut in 1829. Name of soldier's wife not given.
Soldier's grandson, Samuel D. Hobby, son of Hezekiah,
See pen. etc. - S. 17488

was living in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1829.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Miss Wilson said see approx. date of birth - & his baptism at Fort Wash - etc