Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23332, Thomas Hobbs, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hobbs, Thomas Abigail
W. 23332
B. L. Mt. 3643-160-55
CONTENTS

Reprinted Jany 26/49
3397
Maine Abigail Hobbs, widow of Thomas Hobbs who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Jany 1849 and sent to
C. C. Bourne Heubner MS
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1,

SAH E.E. Brown July 14/55
One July 18 - no 3397
Vol. No. 46. D
20.923
Act. Mar. 3/55
March 28/55
Abigail Hobbs wid. of Thomas Hobbs mrr.
Husband Recd. Pension under act. July 7 th 1838, Certificate No. 143
Widow Recd. Pension under act. Feb. 2 nd 1848, Certificate No. 3.397.
Revolutionary War.
Capt: Daniel Clark Col: Joseph Prince. (Mass: Mil:)
Ad: McAllen Aug: 10/55, Boston.
3643 ip Aug 11/55
E. E. Brown (Bourne) Kennedy Maine

20,923

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred,
March 21
A. D. 18 75 .
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Edward E. Powne Jr. in com
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
York
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commis-
sion is dated
Nov 12
A. D. 18 78
A. D. 18 71 and will expire
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be
his is
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire
Clerk.

State of Maine } ss. County of York }
On this sixteenth day of March A.D. 1855, before me, Edward E Bourne Junr a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of York aforesaid, personally appeared Abigail Hobbs, a resident of Wells in said county of York, aged eighty six years, who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Hobbs deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and who served as stated in her declaration for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 by which she received a certificate No 145 And she further declares that she had been, and now is a pensioner under the act of February 2 d 1848 as the widow of said Thomas Hobbs, as will appear by her certificate No 3397. And she further declares that she has not been married since the decease of said Thomas, but is still a widow - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3 d 1855 - never having received Bounty land before -
Attest
Abigail her X Hobbs - Mark
Martha Hobbs Clara Hobbs

State of Maine } York ss } We Martha Hobbs and Olive Hobbs of Wells in the county of York and State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Hobbs, the within named applicant, in our presence, and that we do well know that she is the identical person who has received, and is still receiving a pension as the widow of Thomas Hobbs, late of said Wells, deceased.
Martha Hobbs Olive Hobbs
State of Maine York County ss. The foregoing declaration of Abigail Hobbs, and said affidavits, were

sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid - And I certify that I know said affiants to be credible persons - and that claimant is the person she represents herself to be - that she is in the receipt of her pension as the widow of Thomas Hobbs, and that I have no interest in the claim.
Edw d E Broune Jr Justice of the Peace

Abigail Hobbs' Declaration May 6. 1858

State of Maine
York County ss. On the sixth day of August 1830. before the Court of Probate for the County of York personally appeared Abigail Hobbs, a resident of Wells in the County of York, aged seventy years who being duly sworn, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows". That she is the widow of Thomas Hobbs who was a soldier in the company of Captain Daniel Clark, stationed at Port land in the year 1780, for the term of two  eight months. At the time of his enlistment he lived in Wells.
She further declares that she was married to said Thomas Hobbs on the thirteenth day of November seventeen hundred and fifty  eighty seven. That her husband the aforesaid Thomas Hobbs died in the month of September eighteen hundred and eight. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but no marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, nor at the time before mentioned. Witness - Wm. A. Hayes - Abigail Hobbs
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year before mentioned
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate York County, Maine -

Extract from the Records of the Town of Wells in the County of York and State of Maine Under the head "Persons joined in Marriage, seventeen hundred and eighty seven November fif- teenth Thomas Hobbs & Abigail Patten",
And the same is a true Extract from the Records of said Town with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows, "1787 Nov 15 Thomas Hobbs & Abigail Patten",
Nich d Gilman Clerk of the Town I Nich d Gilman above named of Wells depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in said Town of Wells in the County Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me. —
Nich d Gilman
10/10/38 Town of Wells
State of Maine
York County ss Aug 8 1838 Personally appeared Nicholas Gilman who is a credible wit- ness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him sub- scribed
Before me
Edward E. Bourne
Justice of the Peace

Abigail Hobbs 276
admitted Pr 7 mo. $23 \frac{33}{100}
one roll rolled & page 60 for 7 mo from May 9 to Oct 8 1880
E. E. Bourne Kennebunk Me

I David Hatch of Wells in the County of York and State of Maine, Gentleman, do on oath testify and declare that I was sergeant of the company of Capt Daniel Clark at Portland eight months in the year 1780. I further testify that Thomas Hobbs of Wells was a soldier in said company during said eight months when he was honorably discharged - and that Abigail Hobbs is his widow having been married to said Thomas more than fifty years ago - I know this by the time I had been married - said Thomas Hobbs died about thirty years since, and the said Abigail his widow is still living having never been married since his decease -
David Hatch
State of Maine York County ss. Aug 8 1838
Personally appeared David Hatch who is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed
Before me.
Edward E. Bourne Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that William A. Hayes is Judge of said Court of Probate and that Edward E. Bourne is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed, and purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
John Skeele } Register of Probate } York County.

2 Mar Apr 23 West to 29 Hobbs city.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23332
Abigail Hobbs
Wid of
Thomas Hobbs
Prn Rev. war
Act Feb 2 d  1/48
Index: Vol A , Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 20923
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 28 53 , 1853
Abigail Hobbs wid of Thomas Hobbs pi Capt Dan Clark Col Joseph Prince Mass Mil Rev Star
Warrant No 3642-160-530
O. C. Bourne Kennebec Me

Maine 143
Abigail Hobbs widow of Thomas Hobbs
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the month of Sept. 1805 of York Co in the State of Me. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Clark of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Me. line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sept. 1838 and sent C. C. Burns Kennebec Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $46.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 11.66
$ 58 32
{ Act July 7, } . 1838. }
Recorded by Book A.
Vol. 154
Page 11
Clerk,

Maine
Abigail Hobbs widow of Thomas Hobbs who was a Private in the Mass. line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July, 1843. and sent to E. E. Dourne, Kennebec, Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4. Vol. 1. Page 5.

3643
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Neo Thrus

Margaret Hobb - Thomas
Mr - at 2074 48
Hon
Boynton
Minot
Com te of Pensions
Washington D.C.
REC'D

Vol. 2, #96: 48, me
Boyle

U. S. Treasury Department.
Mem.—
Write to Compt. of Pensions
March 4 th , asking statement of rank & service of —
Thomas Hobbs who is said to have been at Ticonderoga and is thought to have com- -manded a Company, as at the close of the war, he was addressed as Capt. Hobbs
Jonathan Knowell who was a major or colonel at close of the war of the Revolution

U. S. Treasury Department.
These men were residents of Berwick Maine - so they probably were in the Massa- -chusetts line -
The information is mounted so as to enable some of the great-grand children of the men to join the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, and for no other purpose.
Th. H. Hobbs ledger clerk Very truly

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 4, 1892
Hon. Green B. Ramm Comt of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to ask you to furnish me with a statement of the rank and service in the Revolutionary war of the following named officers;
Jonathan Spowell who was a Major or Colonel at the close of the war
Thomas Hobbs who is supposed to have commanded a company at Niagara.
These men were residents of Berwick Maine , (at least Hobbs was) and, as Maine was then a part of Massachusetts, I presume their names will be found on the rolls of that Colony or of New Hampshire.

2 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
189
This information is required to enable some of their descendants to join the Societies of the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution.
Very respectfully
Yours abt Servant
Thomas J. Hobbs

117 aa 823

State of Maine.
TOBIE, SS.
I,
William Trapton
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, do hereby certify that
Edward E. Bourne is an acting justice of the Peace
in and for said county,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed ; that he is
duly commissioned and qualified to act as such ; that his commission is dated the fifteenth day of June A.D. 1848 and will expire on the fifteenth day of June A.D. 1855,
and that the
his is following genuine.
signature purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this twenty second day of August
Anno Domini 1848.
William Trapton, Clerk.

State of Maine } York County. ss. }
On this twenty first day of August A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me Edward E. Bourne a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Abigail Hobbs a resident of Wells in said County of York, aged eighty 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 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Thomas Hobbs a private who served as stated in her original declaration for a pension, and that she received under the act of June 17 th 1844 a pension of twenty three dollars, and thirty three cents.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness
Jane Hatch
Abigail her X Hobbs mark
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written
Before me
Edward E. Bourne Justice of the Peace
I certify that the aforesaid Abigail Hobbs is personally known to me and is the same person who received a pension under the act of June 1844.
Edward E. Bourne

778 Abigail Hobbs.
Admit, privates $23.33.
Maine Agency
Send to
E. E. Bourne
Hennecumb
Maine

State of Maine York County ss
On this seventeenth day of April 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Abigail Hobbs, a resident of Wells in the County of York, aged seventy five 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 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Thomas Hobbs, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and who served in the company of Daniel Clark as stated in her original declaration - and that she received a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents a year.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed
Abigail Hobbs
on the day and year above written.
The said declarant being personally known to me, as the same Abigail Hobbs who received the former Pension.
Edward E. Bourne Justice of the Peace
Notary - Maine

State of Maine York County Ss
I William Hammond Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of York and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Edward E Bourne Esqr is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 25 day of June A D 1841 and will expire on the 25th day of June A D 1848 and that his signature hereinbefore written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this twentyfifth day of April A D 1843
Wm Hammond } Register of the Court of Probate } for the County of York

Hernebrook Me. March 26 55
to Sir
I enclose the application of Lydia Millet, Susan Rhodes, Abigail Thomas, Mary Lord, Mary Grown, Abigail Hotts Jolly Remond Nason and Hannah Paul for Bounty Land - The first six are Revolutionary pensioners - The husband of the last was not long enough in the service - But that he served the 4 months, will appear by his own declaration referred to - No evidence of Revolutionary service can now be had here -
Yours respectfully
Hon L P Waldo,
E E Bourne
Comr of Pensions,
Washington D C

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
Aug. 1 st 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Thomas Hobbs is borne on pay roll of Capt (Danie Clark's) Comp Coy Joseph Pim's Regt from May 9. to Dec. 8 th 1780. 7 mos as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Higginson Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
18
Sir :
Be pleased to file a declaration in this office, agreeably to the accompanying regulations, and search will be made for the revolutionary service of and the result forwarded to your address. Particular attention is called to the second regulation.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz:—
1. Every application requiring search or certificate must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant; and the signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate.
2. In all cases where the application is made by any person other than the claimant, a power of attorney, attested by a magistrate , authorizing such person to act in the claimant's behalf, must accompany the application.
3. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom he served; and no search will be made until after the filing of such written application.
“Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.”
“The application must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
“The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various officers under whom he served, as well as the nature of such service.
“The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after the filing of such application, by himself, or by one of his Clerks, alone, and must be accompanied by the original application of the claimant or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary and the Seal of the State, of the circumstances which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.”
The following is an extract from a letter received by the Secretary from J. E. Heath, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, dated March 19, 1852:—
“I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst., accompanied by a copy of the Regulations now in force in your office in the examination of your Revolutionary Rolls; and, in reply to your questions, have to state that, in my opinion, the said Regulations could not be relaxed in any particular without serious injury to the Government and the rights of individuals justly entitled to the benefits of the Revolutionary Pension Laws. Indeed, even with those guards around your rolls, I am satisfied they are frequently used by unscrupulous individuals to sustain applications not embraced by the laws, and as a means of obtaining exorbitant fees.”

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
Made by the Attorney of the widow of the party who rendered the service.
County of Yerh ss State of Maine Town of Camden Aug 1 1855-
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Thomas Hobbs - in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Wells - in the County of Maine and State of Maine
He enlisted from the Town of Yerh - in the County of Maine and State of Maine in the year 1780 as a Private - in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Clark - in Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:— eight months in 1780 at Portland -
E. E. Bourne Atty
Signed by E. E. Bourne in my presence Hosea N. Dickey Jus. of Peace
* Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now more fully than above stated.
years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services
Witness my hand, this A. D. 18
day of
Signed by said in my presence,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. }

Kennbunk Me. Aug 3 1855
Dear Sir
I enclose record evidence of the service of Thomas Hobbs, to be used in the case of Abigail Hobbs, asst. for Bounty Land NO 20923.
Yours respectfully
E. E. Bourne
Wm - Munroe.
Com of Pensions Washington D.C.