Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14939, John Hodges, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Hodges, John Abigail
NUMBER _____
W 14939
CONTENTS

Rep.
185.
Massachusetts
Abigail Hodges widow of John Hodges who was a private in the Massachusetts Militia for 13. Months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1843 and sent to
A. Bapett Taunton Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 43.

4741
Abigail Hodges Widow of
John Hodges admitted no papers Pm 13 mths - $43.33 Age 14 Apr 59 on over 1775 - Pm 8 mo. Capt Colch. Col. Walker mths.
died 26 April 1802
A. Bapett, Tamar mths

I William Copeland of Mansfield in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts being Ninety years of age, do testify & say, That I was an inhabitant of the Town of Norton, in Said County during the Revolutionary war, and that I was well acquainted with John Hodges late of Said Town of Norton deceased, and that the said John Hodges died in the Said Town of Norton more than thirty years since, leaving a widow - namely Abigail Hodges - whose maiden name was Wheaton, and that the said Abigail Hodges is now living in the said Town of Norton, and that she has not intermarried with any person since the death of her late husband the said John Hodges, but remains the widow of the said John Hodges up to the present day. And I do further testify & say that the said the John Hodges was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served one campaign, or term, of five months as a private soldier in that war in a company of which I was a Lieutenant. Said company was commanded by Captain Samuel White of Said Mansfield, in Colonel Caneys Regiment & Gen. Fellows Brigade - Paine was Major - Said service was performed in the Summer & fall of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six. Said company was marched to New Haven in Connecticut & from there was taken by water to New York & was stationed about four miles from the City of New York near the Hudson river - And I further testify & say that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining of a pension for the widow of the said John Hodges deceased. Nov 11 th 1838. W m Copeland

State of Massachusetts } Be it known that on the Bristol County - } first day of Nov r 1838. personally appeared William Copeland subscriber to the above within affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. Before me Corom d Leonard Justice Peace And I do further certify that the said William Copeland is a credible witness. Corom d Leonard Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Andrew Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Cornel Leonard is a Justice of the Peace in for said County and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this first day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty nine - A Bassett

I Isaac Bapeth of Barre in the county of Worcester & State of Massachusetts being Eighty two years of age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with John Hodges late of Norton in the county of Bristol now in said State deceased and that the said John Hodges was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served under one campaign, or four, of eight months in that war in a company with me, the said company was commanded by Capt. Silas Cobb of said Norton and it was the first part of said war, namely, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five, and the said campaign closed with that year, our said company was in Colonel Walker's Reg t & Nath l Leonard was Lieutenant Colonel, and was stationed at a place called Squantum, and at other places in the vicinity of Boston. And I do further testify and say, that the said John Hodges deceased was the husband of Abigail Wheaton, who is now living in the said Town of Norton, and remains the widow of the said John Hodges deceased. and I do further testify and say that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining of a pension for the above said widow.
Isaac Bapeth
October 27. 1838.
State of Massachusetts Worcester County, ss 1838 Be it known that on the 30 th day of October personally appeared Isaac Bapeth subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. Before me Lyman Sibley Justice Peace
And I do further certify that the words, "deceased, and served," were erased in the above affidavit before the same was signed, and also that the said Isaac Bapeth is a credible witness.
Lyman Sibley Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Gloucester, ss. I, Charles L. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Gloucester, do certify that Symon Sibley is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that the signatures of his name within written are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do here- unto set my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. L. Prentiss, Register.

I Snellum Babbitt of Savoy in the county of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts being seventy seven years of age, and now in the city of Boston in said State do testify & say, that I was well acquainted with John Hodges late of Norton in the county of Bristol & State of Mass ts deceased, and that the said John Hodges was the husband of Abigail Wheaton. Who (as I understand) is now living in said Town of Norton, and is the widow of the said John Hodges deceased. And I further testify and say, that the said John Hodges was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served one term or campaign in a company commanded by Captain Silas Cobb in the year 1778. Said company was stationed at a place called Squantum - & at other places near Boston - the said company was in Colonel Walker Regiment & Nathaniel Leavitt was Lieutenant Col. I served a part of the said eight months campaign in the same company with the said John Hodges, but my services were done as substitute for Levi Babbitt, I know the said John Hodges served in said company while I was there, and I understand at that time, that he served the whole of the said eight months, and have not the least doubt of that fact in my mind. I was at that time (I mean at the time of the said war) an inhabitant of the said Town of Norton, and I do further testify, that I have no interest whatever, in the obtaining of a pension for the said Abigail Hodges widow of the said John Hodges deceased, and we were called Massachusetts Troops -
Snellum Babbitt
Boston 13. Sept. 1838.
State of Massachusetts } Suffolk County } Be it known that on the 13 day of September 1838. personally appeared Snellum Babbitt Subscriber to the above affidavit, and made oath that the same is true in all its parts.
Before me Geo. Morey, Justice Peace And I do further certify that the said Snellum Babbitt is (in my opinion) a credible witness. George Morey

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office Sept. 13. 1838.
I hereby certify that the within George Morey is a father of the Pears for the County of Suffolk. Witness the Seal of the State
John P. Bigelow Secy of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I am clerk Barnett Registrar of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate is the Judge of said Court of Probate — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of February eighteen hundred thirty nine — A. Barnett

November Second One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty. Married Each to the other Mr. John Hodges of Norton and Miss Abigail Wheaton of Mansfield by the Rev. Roland Green
I Wm B. Bates Certify that the foregoing is a True Copy of the Record of Said Town of Mansfield with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows Nov. 2 d 1780
Wm B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield
I Wm B. Bates above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Mansfield, County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, and the above is a True extract from the Records of Said Town with the above named exception as Certified by me
Wm B. Bates Town Clerk of the Town of Mansfield Mansfield Octo. 30 th 1838
State of Massachusetts } Be it known that on the 30 day of Octo, Bristol County } 1838. personally appeared William B. Bates subscriber to the above to the above certificate & affidavit & made oath that the same is true in all its parts Before me Crom Leonard Justin Rice
And I do further certify that the Said William B. Bates is (in my opinion) a disinterested, & Credible Witness.
Crom Leonard Justin Rice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this fourth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Open Court Abigail Hodges a resident of the Town of Norton in the County of Bristol, Massachusetts, aged Seventy Seven years, Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled "an act, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Hodges late of Norton in the said County of Bristol deceased, Who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and served a number of campaigns, or terms of service, in that war, which were as follows, namely He enlisted and entered the service of his country on the last of April or first of May Seventeen hundred and seventy five immediately after the Lexington Battle, and served eight months in a company commanded by Captain Silas Cobb in Colonel Walkers Regiment, Nathl. Leonard was the Lt. Colonel, and said Regiment was stationed at a place called Squantum and at other places near Boston, his services closed at this time with the year 1775. see Isaac Bapeth & Solomon Babbitt affidavits -
He again enlisted and entered the service, and it was in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six, and served five months in a company commanded by Captain Samuel White, William Copeland was Lieutenant, in Colonel Crary's Regiment and General Fellows Brigade he was marched to New Haven in Connecticut, and from there to New York and was stationed principally near the Hudson river not far from four miles from the City of New York. This last tour she believes to have been continuous service see William Copelands affidavit -

She believes her said husband to have rendered much more Service in said war, than what she has been able to prove, but as he always entered the Service from the said Town of Norton, she believes his Services may, on that account be designated on the rolls from the Services of any other Soldier who might be of the same name, and she refers to the rolls, now in the Pension Office at Washington for proof of other Services of her said husband in the Continental Army, in the State of New York, New Jersey &c, but she does not know under what her said husband was drafted and served one or more campaigns on, and about the Island of Rhode Island but she is entirely unable to fix the time or the name of the officers under whom he served, & she refers to the rolls, in the Pension Office for proof.
She believes her said husband never had a written discharge except for his Services in the State of New York &c, and those discharges were considered of no value, and were destroyed many years ago.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Hodges on the second day of November Seventeen hundred and eighty, and that her said husband the said John Hodges died on the twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and two, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, at the time above stated. See certificate & affidavit of William Bates, also of William Copeland —
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written Before me Abigail Hodges Hirer Prescott Judge of Probate —

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14939
Abigail Hodges
Widow of
John Hodges
Min. Rev. War.
Act: Mar 3 rd 1848
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts
Abigail Hodges, widow of John Hodges, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 26th: April, 1802 of Bristol Co in the State of Mass who was a private in the Compys commanded by Captain Cobb of the Regt commanded by Col: Walker in the Mass: Mil a line for 13 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of June 1839 and sent to A. Basset Taunton, Mass:
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $129.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 21.66
$151.65
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. Stewart Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 95

State of Massachusetts Bristol County - } /
On this eight day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty three. personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the said County of Bristol Abigail Hodges a resident of Norton in the said County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843. Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Hodges who was a private and served several campaigns or terms of service in said war. but by reason of age and the impaired state of her memory she is unable to declare the exact amount of all his services in that war. But she has some recollection of hearing him say that he served one campaign of eight months in that war, under Capt Silus Cobb. of said Norton. but she refers more particularly to the proof which was annexed to her declaration that she made at the time when she was pensioned under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1830. now on file in the pension office at Washington by which she was allowed forty three dollars & thirty three cents annually for five years. She further declares that she is still a widow. and has never intermarried since the death of her late husband the said John Hodges and refers to the affidavit of Josiah King which is herunto annexed.
witness Henry W. Smith Nancy Smith
Abigail no. X Hodges mark -
State of Massachusetts Bristol County - } /
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written by Abigail Hodges the declarant who is to me personally & well known Before me Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace

I Josiah King of Norton in the county of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being eighty years of age. do testify & say. That I have been well acquainted with Mrs Abigail Hodges of said Town, for more than fifty years, now last past And I do further testify and say that the said Abigail Hodges is the identical person who was the wife and is now the widow of John Hodges late of said Norton deceased. And that she is still living & a resident of the said Town of Norton and is the same Abigail Hodges who was pensioned for five years under the Act of Congress of July 7 th 1832. and that she has not intermarried since the death of her husband. The said John Hodges deceased. Dated April 8 th 1843.
Josiah King.
State of Massachusetts Bristol County - ) on the 8 th day of April 1843. personally appeared Josiah King a credible & disinterested witness and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts. Before me Groom - Leonard Justin Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I, Anselm Barrett, Register of the Court of Probate in the said County do hereby certify that Everard Leonard whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates, was, at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace in the said County -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of April 1843 -