Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21380, Hezekiah Hodgkins, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hodgkins, Hezekiah Lydia
W. 21380
CONTENTS

7146,
Ref? see letter
Concord, N. Hampshire
Lydia Hodgkins, dec? who was
widow of Hezekiah Hodgkins
72 50 who was a Pr. & Sergeant
in the Revolution Payable to Peletiah Hodgkins, Aaron Hodgkins & Lucy Garfield, children of Lydia Hodgkins, dec?
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 78 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & end 3 rd April 1843 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of July 1845 and sent to Jacob Walis Fitz William, N. Hampshire
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 16,

Sinebrook March 16 th AD 1776
O my Dear Son wee have a Very Special & Solemn Call to mourning & Lamentation the Lord hath sorely Smitten us with a Heavy & Grievous Blow, & he hath  edus command in a Day of Adversity to Consider and may ye Lord Enable us to Consider & Know how we may sorrow after a Godly manner that this affliction may instrumentally work in us Repentance unto Life which I had not be vaine ed. of and yet us Remember that it is not acceptable or wellpleasing in y e Sight of God that we shew a Little Natural affections for a few Days like the Brutes and then Return to our Sin and folly again with Chearfull ness Nor is it becoming immortal souls made for Eternity to mourn merely or Principally for the Loss of friends But rather more for our Sins which Provake God to take them away that we beg of God to shew us the Evil & Destroy Nature & consequences of all Sin & that he would ate us anew in Christ Jesus unto Love & Good works. ay my Son Strive to realize your mortal state improve Every opportunity you have to Try to pray to For his holy Spirit which we have all Received by Sin against & yet without which we are none of Choice & consequently condemned already & so the Wrath of God abideth on us and we Every moment Exposed to Death as we may frequently see and so to Ever lasting misery & ruin. tho we are & I hope you are in Health at present and Now is our time to prepare for Sickness & Death which may God Enable us to do through Sanctification of ye Spirit & belief of ye truth - I am your affectionate tho Very Sorrowfull Mother Lucy Hodgins the Sincere love of your Mother be with you Continually

Hodkins, Herzeiah Mass W. 21380
Take faith full care of your father's things. & see that all are found & secure soon
M r To Herzeiah Hodgkins at Providence Hill

Linebrook March 16 th AD 1776
O my Dear Son wee have a Very Special & Solemn Call to mourning & Lamentation the Lord hath sorely Smitten us with a Heavy & Grievous Blow, & he hath command us in a Day of Adversity to Consider and say ye Lord Enable us to Consider & Know how we may sorrow after a Godly manner that this affliction may instrumentally work in us Repentance unto Life which shall not be repen- ted of and let us Remember that it is not acceptable or well pleasing in y e Sight of God that we shew a Little Natural affections for a few Days like the Brutes and then Return to our Sin and folly again with Chearfull- ness Nor is it becoming immortal souls made for Eternity to mourn merely or Principally for the Loss of friends But rather mourn for our Sins which Provoke God to take them away that we beg of God to shew us the Evil & Destroy Nature & consequences of all Sin & that he would ate us anew in Christ Jesus into Love & Good works. my son Strive to realize your mortal State improve Every Opportunity you have to Try to pray to for his holy Spirit which we have all Grieved by Sin must & get without which we are none of Choice & consequently condemned already & so the Wrath of God abideth on us and we Every moment Exposed to Death as we may frequently see and to Ever lasting misery & ruin. tho we are & I hope you are in Health at present and Now is our time to prepare for Sickness & Death which may God Enable us to Death through Sanctification of ye Spirit & Belief of ye Truth - I am your affectionate tho Very Sorrowfull Mother Lucy Hoadkins the Sincere love of your Mother be with you Continually

Town Clerks Office, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, January 12, 1839 - Extract from the records of the Town of Topsfield, aforesaid.
"Mr. Ezekiah Hotchkiss of New-Ipswich was married to Miss Lydia Cummings of Topsfield eighteen Decem r one thousand seven hundred eighty"
I certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of said Town of Topsfield with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows:- "18 Decem r 1780"
Jacob P. Towne, Clerk of the Town of Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts.
I Jacob P. Towne, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town County 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 - Jacob P. Towne. Clerk of said Town of Topsfield - State of Massachusetts ss Essex County - January 12 th 1839
Sworn to and subscribed before me B. C. Perkins Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 14 th 1845.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Benjamin C. Perkins was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Bassett;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

11916
Sybil Doughty
Re May 21. 1875.
Mrs. Elizabeth
N.H.
a/c 17 July 1838
No. 80 C 21
Claimant died 184
Copy of Hibernian MS 1844
Before me
Antoinette Baker Judge of Probate
Antoinette Baker P. L. Church Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838.
State of New Hampshire
On this fourth day of February eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Larkin Barker Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Cheshire Peletiah Hodgkins of Troy in said County aged sixty years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the War of the Revolution. 1 st that his Father's name was Hezekiah Hodgkins and was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as he trusts and believes from what he remembers hearing his Father & Mother say about his services and from the best information he can get from inquiry, in the Massachusetts Militia about two years in all at different towns as follows (viz) under Capt Barnard in Col s Little's Reg t in 1775 about eight months. Also served the most or all of the year 1776. under Capt French and Col n Wigglesworth a part or all the time, but that he will not be sure that he was under French the whole time he was out that year, that he might

have been under other officers a part of the time but that he is sure he was in the service in the month of March 1776 (and was then stationed on what was called Prospect Hill near Boston, the reason why he knows he was out at that time is, he now has an old letter dated Linebrook March 16-1776 written to him by his mother Lucy Hodgkins and subscribed to him at Prospect Hill, said Linebrook was then a Parish of Ipswich Mass said letter will accompany this application. Also served about four months in the year 1777 as a Sergeant under Capt Robert Dodge, enlisted that year from the Town of Topsfield where he was then living, he further says that his Father originated from Ipswich Mass and was a resident at that place and Topsfield during the time he was in the service, That his mothers maiden name was Lydia Cummings from said Topsfield, that at the time his Father and Mother were married his Father was a resident of New Ipswich in said State of New Hampshire where he remained a short time before he was married and his mother was a resident of said Topsfield and that they were married in said Topsfield the eighteenth day of December seventeen hundred and eighty as will appear by the certificate of Jacob P. Town Clerk of said Topsfield which will accompany this application.

He further says that his Father & Mother in a short time after they were married removed from said New Ipswich to said Troy where they resided until their decease. He further says his Father the said Hezekiah died in said Troy the fourth day of October 1821, and his mother the said Lydia died in said Troy the third day of April 1843. That she never intermarried but remained the widow of his Father the said Hezekiah until her death which took place the 3 rd day of April 1843 as before stated, and therefore was entitled to a Pension under said act of 1838. That she left only three children (viz), my self Pelethiah Hodykins, Aaron Hodykins, & Lucy Garfield, all of said Troy. (And that he now makes this declaration in his own behalf (and in behalf of his Brother & Sister the said Aaron Hodykins, & Lucy Garfield, they being the only surviving children of the said Hezekiah and Lydia, in order to obtain the amount of Pension which was due their mother under said act of 1838 in right of services rendered by their Father the said Hezekiah as before stated. He further says that his mother often told of making application for her pension soon after the passage of said act, and that he obtained for her a certificate of the marriage and she trusted to him to do the business and that he employed an other

person to do the business and between them both it has been delayed until this time, he further says that his father and mother were not married previous to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place prior to the first of January 1794 (viz) at the time before stated.
Petrick Hodgkin
Sworn to in open Court this fourth day of February AD 1845
Before me
Levi Baker Judge of Probate
11916 Sy am Petrick Hodgkin R May 21 1845 Moses Keene Clerk
A.H. a ct 17 July 1838
No 80 C 21 Claim and 1845
Petrick Hodgkin Declarations
I, Elijah Sanborn Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Petrick Hodgkin for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate, this fourth of February A.D. 1845.
Elijah Sanborn Reg.

September 9, 1937
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Mr. George Fuller Green 719 Rialto Building Kansas City, Missouri
BA-J/EEL Hezekiah Hodgkins-W.21380
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that some Revolutionary War pension claim under the surname Hodgkins might reveal the name of the parents of Lucy Hodgkins Fuller, wife of William Fuller, W.17933, whose record was furnished you, perhaps Hezekiah or Moses Hodgkins.
The Revolutionary War records have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of a Moses Hodgkins and only one upon service of a Hezekiah Hodgkins. Other claims under that surname were searched, also, but no pensioner identified as the father of said Lucy. The record of Hezekiah Hodgkins follows as found in pension claim, W.21380, based upon service in the Revolutionary War which may aid you in some way.
Hezekiah Hodgkins was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was the son of Lucy Hodgkins. The date of his birth and name of his father are not shown. His mother was living in 1776, her address
Brook, a Parish of Ipswich, Mass. While living at said Ipswich, Hezekiah Hodgkins enlisted July 17, 1775, and served to the end of that year as a private in Captain Timothy Barnard's Company, Colonel Moses Little's Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted sometime in 1776, and served in that year in Captain Joshua French's Company, Colonel Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment; length of this service not given; while living at Topsfield, Massachusetts, he enlisted August 15, 1777 and served until December 14, 1777, as sergeant in Captain Robert Dodge's Company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's Massachusetts Regiment; it was stated that he was at the battle of Bennington and was also at Stillwater, but whether he participated in the battle at the latter place, is not stated definitely; the military record shows, also, that Hezekiah Hodgkins served from October 13 to December 31, 1778, as private in Captain John Davis' Company, Colonel Jonathan Cogswell's Massachusetts Regiment.
Wonderful old letter in this case written by his mother to him at Prospect Hill. His father had evidently been killed or died in service.
As state report so agreed so will with Col's son's statement was not given until after he made such statement. I also some statements of his brother's business. Because son did not mention last service. I stated it "the mil. record."

Hezekiah Hodgkins married December 18, 1780, at Topsfield, Massachusetts, Miss Lydia Cummings, date and place of birth and names of her parents not shown. Soldier was then of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and she of Topsfield, Massachusetts and their marriage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Topsfield. His name is borne on the marriage record as Hotchkins.
Shortly after their marriage, they went to New Ipswich, New Hampshire, to reside, and later moved to Troy, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, where the soldier died October 4, 1821, and his widow, Lydia, April 3, 1843.
Three children survived their mother, namely, Peletiah and Aaron Hodgkins and Lucy Garfield. The dates of their birth and name of the husband of daughter, Lucy Garfield, are not stated.
February 4, 1845, Peletiah Hodgkins, then aged sixty years and a resident of Troy, New Hampshire, applied on behalf of himself and his brother and sister, named above, both also of said Troy, for the pension which was due on account of the service of his father, Hezekiah Hodgkins in the Revolutionary War. The claim was allowed.
Sisters of the soldier, Hezekiah Hodgkins, were referred to in 776, but their names were not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

say her war
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
June 13 '99 G.P. Stock
File No. 21380
Milwaukee 1937-Sept 9/17 list of Geo Fuller trans. 8th
Lysia Hodgkins widow of Hezekiah Hodgkin Sergt Rev War
Act: March 30 H.3
Index:--Vol. 1 Page 350
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payable to Peletiah Hodgkins, Aaron Hodgkins, & Lucy Garfield, children of Lydia Hodgkins, dec.
Ref? see letter
New Hampshire 9488
Lydia Hodgkins, dec. who was widow of Merzekeah Hodgkins who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 4 th October 1821 of Cheshire Co. in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Sergeant Private in the company commanded by Captain Barnard of the regt. commanded by Col. Little in the Mass. Militia line for 17 mo. & 13 days Pr 4 a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 78 Dollars 10 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of July 1845. and sent to Jacob Wales Fitzwilliam, N. Hampshire
Total amount, $ 390 : 50
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown — Clerk, Book 2. Vol. 1, Page 31

No 11916 Lydia Hodgkin, dec d Maw of Ezekiah N.H.
act 7 July 1838
Adm o .
act 43. N. 8009
17 mo 13 days pri $58. 10
4 " Supt. 20.00
$78.10
Payable to Felitiah Hodgkin, Aaron Hodgkin and Lucy Kinsfield only surviving children of Lydia Hodgkin, dec d .
Adm d . act 3 March 1843 $78 10
Commencing on 4 March and termi- nating on 7 th April 1843, the day of her death, payable to the above named children
Jacob Males Fitzwilliam N.H.

Whereas I Pethiah Hodgkins of Troy in the County of Berkshire and State of Hampshire aged sixty years Son of Hezekiah Hodgkins and Lydia Hodgkins both of said Troy deceased, and Whereas my Father the said Hezekiah died in said Troy the fourth day of October 1821, and my mother the said Lydia Hodgkins died in said Troy the third day of April 1843, and whereas my mother the said Lydia was entitled to a Pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1834 on account of services rendered by my Father the said Hezekiah in the War of the Revolution and served as I trust and believe from what I remember hearing him and my mother say about his services and from the best information I can get from inquiry in the Massachusetts Militia as follows (to wit) about eight months in the year 1775 under Capt Barnard & Coln Little, Also served the most of the year 1776 if I am not mistaken under Capt French and Coln Wigglesworth, I am sure he was in the service in the month of March 1776 and was stationed on what was then called Prospect Hill the reason I know this is because I have a letter that my Grandmother wrote him dated March 16 th 1776 and subscribed to him at Prospect Hill, Also served a number of months in 1777 under Capt Robert Dodge as sergeant. my Father originated from Ipswich Mass and resided at that place and in Topsfield during the war, I am very sure he resided in Topsfield in 1777 at the time

he was out under Dodge, and whereas my mother the said Lydia was entitled to a Pension under the act of of 1838, and amount of services rendered by my father as before stated, and whereas the amount of said pension now belongs to the surviving children of the said Ezekiah & Lydia, and whereas I the said Peter Titah Hodgkins Aaron Hodgkins and Lucy Gorfine are the only surviving children, I make this decla- ration in my own behalf and in behalf of my brother & sister the said Aaron & Lucy in order that we may obtain said Pension, Therefore know all men by these presents that I the said Peter Titah in my own behalf and in behalf of the said Aaron and Lucy do hereby constitute and appoint Jacob Wales our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to obtain of the Secretary of Massachusetts who now has the old muster rolls in his possession the evidence of said services in order that we may obtain said pension.
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27 th day of January 1845 signed sealed and delivered Peter Titah Hodgkins in presence of Luther Chapman
State of Hampshire
Cheshire County ss I say January 27 th 1845 Then personally appeared the above named Peter Titah Hodgkins and signed the above declaration and Power of Atty and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed
Before me Luther Chapman Justice of the Peace

Fitz William May 16 th 1845
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir enclosed is the declaration of Petetiah Hodgkins for a Pension under the act of 1838, an account of services rendered by his Father Hezekiah Hodgkins, which I trust you will attend to as soon as possible and make return to me at Fitz William N. H. According to the certificate of the Surstry the length of time which Hezekiah Hodgkins served in 1776 under Capt French & Col n Wigglesworth does not appear, but his Son Petetiah say his Father always told him that he served about two years in all, and I trust therefore that you will be willing to allow the most or all of the year 1776 for you will see by the old letter that he was in the service the 16 th of March 1776.
Very truly Yours Jacob Wales
N. B. Petetiah say his Father always told him he served all he ever served, in the years 1775, 1776, & 1777, and therefore if he served two years he must be out the most of 1776. Jacob Wales
N. B. You will allow four months as Supt - J Wales

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 8 1842.
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 Hezekiah Hodgkins of Ipswich, is borne as a private upon a list and muster roll of Capt o Timothy Barnard's comp y , Col. Moses Little's reg t in the 8 months' service of 1775; — enlisted July 17, the list is dated Oct r 9 th ; — Upon an abstract of travel of the comp y , commanded by Capt o Joshua French, in Col. Wigglesworth's reg t , 220 miles from Albany to their respective homes; this service was in 1776, but the length of it does not appear; nor any date upon it, except that of the year, and of the examination and order in Council for the paym t , — the first of which was Jan y 30, and the second Jan y 31, 1777; — Upon an abstract of pay due to Capt o Robert Dodge's Comp y in Col. Samuel Johnson's reg t in Gen l Warner's brigade, for service in the Northern Department, as a Serg t from Topsfield, from Aug. 15. to Dec r 14, 1777, 4 months, and 275 miles travel from Peekskill home; — Upon a pay roll of Capt o John Davis, Col. Jon a
5-13 12 17-13
4 Mr Dug

Coggswell, for Service in guarding and fortifying the posts in and near Boston, as a private from Oct. 13 to Dec. 31, 1778, including allowance for 36 miles travel, 2 months, 21 days. The preceding is all the evidence of service in the case shown by any of the rolls in this office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parris Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire Co.
I Leonard Bisco, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said county in said state of New Hampshire, hereby certify that Luther Chapman whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, unto annexed is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Cheshire, duly commissioned and qualified according to law - and that his signature as written and subscribed to said certificate is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1845.
Leonard Bisco. Clerk

I Abel Baker of Iray in the county of Cheshire (and state of New Hampshire) aged forty seven years, Depose and say that I was formally acquainted with Hezekiah Hodgkins late of said Iray deceased, the said Hezekiah died in said Iray in the month of October 1821, I further say the said Hezekiah left a Widow by the name of Lydia Hodgkins whom I was also well acquainted with, the said Lydia never intermarried but remained the Widow of the said Hezekiah until her death which took place in said Iray the third day of April 1843, I was living within about one fourth of a mile of her at the time she died and attended her Funeral, I further say the said Hezekiah frequently told me he was in the war of the Revolution, if I remember right he told me he was in the Bannington Battle, I further say the said Lydia Hodgkins left only three children which I am well acquainted with viz Petetiah Hodgkins Aaron Hodgkins and Lucy Garfield who now reside in said Iray, I further say that I have been acquainted with the said Hezekiah and his wife the said Lydia ever since I was about seven years of age, I further say that I always understood that the said Hezekiah originated from Ipswich Massachusetts and resided there in the time of the war.
Abel Baker
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss Iray February 20 th 1845. subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written I further certify that the above named As far as I know Abel Baker is a person of strict truth and veracity Brown Nourse

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss.
I Leonard Bisco, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said county in said State of New Hampshire, hereby certify that Brown Harse, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Cheshire, duly commissioned and qualified according to law. And that his signature as within written and subscribed to said certificate is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1845.
Leonard Bisco, Clerk

I Benjamin Gould, of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty four years, do hereby declare, that I did know, and I was acquainted with Horatio H. Hildreth, who was formerly of Ipswich in said Commonwealth, and do know that the said Horatio Hildreth was a private, and served in the Army of the United States, as such, in the war of the rebellion, in a company commanded by Capt. Robert Dodge - He enlisted at Ipswich in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, and served in said company at Littleton the term of six months. I was then a Lieutenant in said company, and knew him when he enlisted, and do know the fact, that to the best of my knowledge he served the time I have above stated.
Newburyport Jan'y 14. 1889.
Benjamin Gould
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss Newburyport January 14th 1889. Then the above named Benjamin Gould, who is well known to me personally appeared, and made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the above written Affidavit by him subscribed in my presence. I do also certify that the said Benjamin Gould, is a respectable and credible witness.
W. W. Hall, Not. Public

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 14 th 1845.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Ward was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parris; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, Lydia Hodgkins dec d late of New Hampshire, widow of Hezekiah Hodgkins, who was a Private and Sergeant in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $78:10 per annum; and having died on the 3  4 th  April 1843  of October 1821 , the amount due, from 4 th March 1836 to the 4 th March 1841, is payable to Peletiah Hodgkins, Aaron Hodgkins, and Lucy Garfield, children of said Lydia Hodgkins, dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th — day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-five,
Secretary of War
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3 d March 1843, Lydia Hodgkins, dec d late of N. Hampshire, widow of Hezekiah Hodgkins, who was a ser t & serg t in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension, at the rate of $78:10 per annum; and having died on the 4 th March 1821  3 d April 1843 , the amount due from 4 th March 1843 to 3 d April 1843, when she died, is payable to Phebeah Hodgkins, Aaron Hodgkins and Lucy Garfield, children of said Lydia Hodgkins, dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Exec. Asst. to Adm'r. Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.

71.17933, mat.
July, 26, 1937
Dear Sir:
Your communications with reference to our William Fuller, Sr. & Jr., received this morning, and for which I now thank you. It gives me an authoritative document for my records, more weighty than the book references in Fuller Genealogies. I am sorry your records did not clear up the parentage of Lucy Hodgkins, as to whether her father was Moses or Hezekiah. I don't suppose the Hodgkins records show it, by any chance?
As, I wrote you once before, I have quite a list of the descendents of William Jr., but you wrote me that you only wanted original documents. However, if you are burdened with any enquiries concerning them, I would be glad to offer what I have.
Cordially yours,
Geo Fuller Green
712 Rich Rd

MILWAUKEE, March 21 st 1899.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Can you furnish me with evidence of the Revolutionary War service of Hezekiah  H. Hopkins who enlisted at Topsfield Mass in alarm of April 19, 1775 and was sergeant in Capt. Dodge's Co. in 1777.?
Respectfully,
G.P. Stickney,
Seiy Wio. Soin. S.A.R.
427 Bradford St.

L. W. B. W. 21380.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 13, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that the heirs of Lydia and Hezekiah Hodgkins made an application for pension February 4th, 1845, dated at Troy, New Hampshire, which was allowed on account of the actual service of Hezekiah Hodgkins as a private and sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of twenty-one months and thirteen days. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Barnard and Col. Little.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. G. P. Stickney,
427 Bradford Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.