Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37068, William Hamlin, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hamlin, William
S. 37068
CONTENTS

8123
L
Maine
William Hamlin
Wiscasset  Dist: in the state of Maine
was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherman of the Connecticut line, for the term of 2 years
scribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of March 1819 and sent to Ser t Bailey, Esq r , Wiscasset - Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 - \frac{17 \frac{1}{2}}{30 \frac{3}{4}}  05. 56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819.  40. 00
$133. 56
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69-20
Lincoln
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Lincoln County -

Notification sent the 5 th July 1820, to Jeremiah Bailey, Esq.
Wiscasset - Maine

37. 068 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37,068
William Hamlin Dr Rev Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1894 Sept. 20 Visit to
Hon. H. P. Andrews
Audubon, Iowa

William Hamlin - Private Colonel Shearman's Regt Connecticut Line 1751- to 1753
dec 14 th April 1818
Admitted.

I William Hamlin of Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty-five years on oath do testify & declare, that I am a citizen of the United States & residing in said town of Wiscasset - that after serving three months as a private soldier in the militia at New London in Capt. Chapley's company, I enlisted in the war of the revolution as a private soldier in the infantry for six months & served out that time in Capt. Chapman's Company, Col. Bradley's Regiment & Huntington's Brigade, being I think the 2 nd Brigade of the Connecticut line, on the Continental establishment, at the end of said six months, I received a regular discharge at the Highlands so called, I think, in the State of New York in Dec. 1780. - Afterwards, I think in February 1781, I again enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the Continental establishment, for and during the war, in a Captain's Company whose name I do not now recollect, as I was but a short time in said Company, but it was in Col. Shearman's Regiment, & Huntington's Brigade, being I think the 2 nd Brigade in the Connecticut line, as above - soon after the last enlistment I was transferred into Capt. Douglas' Company for about seven months, & then was

transferred into of light infantry, Col. S. B. Webb's Regiment, I do not recollect what Brigade, but it was in the Connecticut line, and I served in said Com- pany about seven months, & then was transferred into Capt. Comstock's company in Col. Swift's Re- giment being the 2 nd Connecticut Regiment in the Connecticut line, but I do not recollect what Bri- gade — I continued in said Capt. Comstock's Com- pany until the close of the war, & then received a regular discharge, after serving faithfully the time I enlisted for, being about two years & four months, I was discharged by Col. Swift at West Point in the State of New York on the 7 th day of June 1783, which discharge I have lost & I have also lost the the first discharge mentioned in this declaration. —
And I further on oath testify & declare, that from my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support —
April 8. 1818 —
William Harrison
I also hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any, may be or hath been so allowed —
William Harrison

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred eighteen, pursuant to a law of the United States entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18 th of March 1818 personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the county of Lincoln in the Commonwealth aforesaid, the same being a court of records of said county, the aforesaid William Hamlin, and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he makes oath to the declaration aforesaid and subscribes the same in my presence, And on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appears to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true,
Jer Bailey
I John H Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the county of Lincoln hereby certify that the aforesaid Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court of Probate above named, and that his signature to this caption is genuine, and that the seal aforesaid is the seal of said Court.
John H. Sheppard.

62 William Hamlin
(0123)
Sept 1819
Barley
...of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the fees hereinafter mentioned are not chargeable from the several persons who have been respectively admitted to the several offices of the said Court; and I do further certify that the several persons who have been respectively admitted to the several offices of the said Court are not chargeable with any fees for their respective admissions...
STATE OF MATTER
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for the County of ...
CONCLUDED of the several persons who are
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STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twenty first day of June 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, William Hamlin aged fifty nine years, resident in Wiscasset 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 private in the company commanded by Capt. Douglass in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shearman in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8123 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me. William Hamlin
Sworn to and declared, on the 21st day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
One of the 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 - a little decayed furniture - No income except pension, and before that was received, I had assistance towards support from the town - Wm Hamlin
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Hamlin who, by occupation am a labourer which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity and great debility -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Mary 57 - weakly and not able to work   daughter Mary 18 - common health & ability   Susannah - 16 - infirm and weakly   grand child Eliza Ann 8 - not of ability to support itself   Wm Hamlin   Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 five dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.