Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,422, Solomon Hopkins, Navy Residence And Agency - Maine

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy
Hopkins, Solomon
S. 35,422
Residence and Agency - Maine
CONTENTS

Notification sent to Decr 1821 to John Mark Bradbury, Esq. M.P.
13.142 R Maine
Solomon Hopkins
of Saco — (Dist: "Ranger") in the state of Maine who was a maine in the regiment commanded by Colonel Capt: Simpson of the U. S. Navy line, for the term of 1 yr 2 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July 1819 and sent to Geo: Thacher, Esq. Biddeford - Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - \frac{20.4}{20.31} 6 : 74 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Oct. 1819 - 40. 00 $54 74
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued York Co. —

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Oxford within and for the County of York on the fourth Monday being the twenty fourth day of September and by adjournment from day to day, on the 27th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable. Benjamin Greene, Judah Dana and William Widgery Judges of said Court.
ON this 27th day of September in the year 1820, personally appeared — in open court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Solomon Hopkins aged sixty eight years, resident in Saco in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Mariner on board the ship Ranger commanded by Capt. Thomas Simpson to the Regiment  State of Maine on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration made on the nineteenth day of February A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13,142 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Attest D. Granger Seth Spring
Signed Solomon  X  Hopkins mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 27th day of September A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene Judah Dana
Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing, and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real Estate none
Personal estate — a small quantity of very old household furniture
Attest D. Granger Seth Spring
Solomon  X  Hopkins mark

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Solomon Hopkins — who, by occupation am a mariner — which I am unable to pursue by reason of total blindness
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Hannah Hopkins 53 Unable to labour much   Attest D. Lyanger Seth Spring Solomon  his  X Hopkins mark  
STATE OF MAINE.
York ss. I, Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is six dollars and twentyfirst cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentyfirst day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twentyone.
Jere Bradbury { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

Solomon Hopkins - Application for Pension
County of York State of Maine —

Solomon Haskins
Mass:
services as a Mariner on board the Sloop Ranger
July 1770
may 1700 1770
9th Feb. 1819.
Evidence produced
Admitted.

I Salomon Hopkins of Saco in the State of Massachusetts of sixty two years of Age do testify and declare that I served as a Seaman in the War of the Revolution, in Manner follow- ing viz I engaged in the Schoon of War called the Ranged in the Month of June or July 1778 as a Seaman and served on board said Vessel in said capacity & that of quarter Master untill in May 1780, said Schoon of War was in the service of the United States and commanded by Capt Simpson Gray of Portsmouth New Hampshire I was in said Vessel at the taking of the Jamaica Fleet in 1779 and also in capturing the Georgia Fleet and the British Privates called the Hibernia commanded afterwards by J. O'Brien. said Schoon went to Charleston S. Carolina and was stationed there in defense of that place & was in her and captained there in & with said Ship by the British Fleet in May 1780, and made my escape from the Enemy afterwards and got to North Carolina. I am a resident citizen of the United States, I have no Pension, and am from reduced circumstances in need of assistance from my country for support
9 Feb. 1819
Salomon Hopkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Be it known that on the eighth day of February 1819 before me the subscriber one of the justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared Solomon Hopkins of Saco, County of York and Commonwealth aforesaid aged sixty two years who being sworn according to law made oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed on the other side of this leaf in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Forces of the United States in the Revolutionary War" whose declaration then signed & sworn to as aforesaid together with the affidavits of
also sworn to as appears on the right hand page of this paper. -
I George Thacher justice as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Solomon Hopkins did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in his declaration against the common enemy - And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for subsistence And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
George Thacher

I Elijah Hall of Portsmouth late a Lieutenant of the United States Schooner of War Ranger, commanded by Thomas Simpson Esq. Depose and say, that Solomon Hopkins of Saco District of Maine, entered on board the said ship at the Port of Brest France, some time in July 1778 and continued to belong to said vessel, until she was captured, 12th of May 1780, at Charleston South Carolina. Elijah Hall
State of New Hampshire } ss Rockingham County } Portsmouth June 15 th 1819
Personally appeared before me James Ladd Esquire Notary Public by legal authority appointed & sworn, residing in Portsmouth aforesaid, Hon ble Elijah Hall, and upon his solemn oath declared to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed as above written — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day & year above written — ” — James Ladd, Not. Pub.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
J. F. 35422
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Solomon Hopkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June or July 78 1 year Private Thomas Simpson Col. of War Rangers "   He was at the taking of the Savannah Fort, the Georgia Fort, and the Br. Prisoners at Charleston. He was captured with the Rangers at Charleston S.C. May 12, 1780, but escaped and went to North Carolina.  
Battles engaged in, see above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Feb 9 1819  which was at
Residence at date of application, Saco, York Co. Me. (Me District)
Age at date of application, 62
Remarks: His wife Hannah age 53 in 1821
No further family data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

35422 WAINWRIGHT
Survivor's 35422 File No. _____
Solomon Hopkins Mariner Ship Ranges U.S.N. Per. War
Act March 18. 1888
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 Nov. 9. Recd. to Mrs. Solomon. Ans 1916 Dec 26. Mr. Solomon advised if she not appear that though the wife was allowed pension 1920 Dec 23. Recd. to Mrs. Solomon for Mary Feb Nov. 18. Recd. to May. Mary B. Mary and

Rev. K.
November 22 nd 1920.
Revolutionary War Section of the U. S. Pension Office.
Will the clerk of this section kindly send the record of Solomon Hopkins of Saco, Maine. If there is a record of his children, of whom my great grandmother was one, will you also send that. There is one state- ment that he was in Col. Phinney's regiment and one that he was on Sloop of War Ranger. If both are correct

I would like to know it. I know that he had a pension. Thanking you for all information, I am
Very truly yours, (Mrs.) Henrietta M. Barry Box 12, Lexington, Mass.

RECORD NOV 26 1920 DIVISION
I would like to know it. I know that he had a pension Thanking you for all info - motion, I am Very truly yours, (Mrs) Jennie Lee M. Barry Box 12, Lorington, Mass.

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M. L. Holman

MARY LOVERING HOLMAN GENEALOGIST 4 PARK VALE AVENUE ALLSTON, MASS.
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Rev. see
Will you send me a copy of the Pension Record of Solomon Hopkins - of Maine a soldier of the Revolution or of his wife Hannah. He was at one time (in 1790) a resident of Jaco, Maine, and he might have been living there when the Pension was granted or at Old Orchard Me. His service may have been in Mass. or Maine.
Sincerely yours
Mary Lovering Holman
27 Oct. 1916

MARY LOVERING HOLMAN GENEALOGIST 4 PARK VALE AVENUE ALLSTON, MASS.
Rev. Davis 1-8B
Pension Bureau - Washington, D.C.
I have just received from you record of the Pension Services of Solomon Hopkins of Saco, Me. His wife Hannah died in the Poorhouse - Was his Pension continued to her after his death - and if so when was Pension granted to Hannah Hopkins & is there any family data on her pension -
Sincerely yours
Mary Lovering Holman

1703 Rev Camp Bragg North Carolina.
Oct. 29-1921.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior. Washington D.C.
Sir:
I have the honor to request that I be furnished with the military history of the following Revolutionary Pensioner:
Solomon Hopkins--Saco-Biddeford Maine. Served on Sloop Ranger Continental Navy as Pvt. & Quartermaster.
Placed on Pension roll July 29-1819 Pension commenced Feb. 9, 1819 Annual allowance $96.00
Very respectfully,
Henry B. Barry Henry B. Barry Major Q.M. Corps Camp Bragg N.C.

Rev. War Section
December 28, 1916
Mary Lovering Holman, 4 Park Vale Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.
Madam:
In response to your undated letter received the twentieth instant, you are advised that it does not appear that pension was ever allowed to Hannah, wife of Solomon Hopkins, of Saco, Maine, Revolutionary War pensioner, S. File No. 35,422.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Callaghan Commissioner.