Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33298, Jonathan Hildreth, Mass.

SERVICE
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Hildreth, Jonathan.
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12.167 R
Massachusetts
Jonathan Wilder
of Groton ... in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of June 1818 and sent to judge S. Dana Groton Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819-10 2/3 1/3 $87. 69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819: 48 $135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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[Faint vertical text on the right page, likely bleed-through from the reverse side:] Massachusetts April 13 1818 Jonathan Wilder

Ion a ff. Wiltreth
On rolls 3 yrs. in Alders' reg t .
Adm d .

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Jonathan Hildreth of Groton in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares, that he served in the war of the Revolution , for the space of four years, and ten months , he was at the commencement of the war in the first eight months , service under, the State of Massachusetts , was in the Battle of Bunkerhill - he next served three months , under Capt. John Robbins to clear a road from Newbury on Vermont to Saint Johns - He then served with Capt. Reuben Butterfield in Pete Thatchers Regiment , at Newbury - He next enlisted upon the Continental establishment under Lt. Levi Dyer , in Capt. William Tullon Ballard's Company , in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment , commanded by Lt. Col. Ichabod Alden , who was slain at Cherry Valley , and Lt. Col. John Brooks then took the command of the Regiment . This Major was writing who usually had the command - in this Company he remained for the term of three years , and entirely his time expired when he was regularly discharged, and his discharge, was signed by Major Samuel Darby , he having enlisted, as he believes on the thirteenth day of June , in the year Seven hundred and eighty , the summer after the dark day . - He is now Sixty years old , wholly destitute of property, unable to perform much labor and, he has mislaid or lost his discharge and
he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life
Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at
Groton
Jonathan Hildreth in said county of Middlesex
Samuel Dana

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Jonathan Alderth personally appeared and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed.
from which it appears to me, that the said Jonathan Alderth did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months. And he is well known to me, to be wholly destitute of property
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen . —
Sam d Dana

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John Hildreth
Jonathan Hildreth
Residence
12167
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 182 0 ,
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Hildreth resident Westford - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 17167, now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Jonathan Hildreth  late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen . J. P. Edwards in the absence of J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
The income of eight hundred and thirty four dollars and ten cents which is $50 off by the year to be paid to me from property left to me by a deceased brother since my original declaration was made and forwarded to the war office,
One note due from Abram Parley at spring 21. 60 One do from John Goodhue do 9 00 One do from Nathan Robbins do 10 -- $ 40. 60
And the said John is indebted to the following person in the following sums, to wit To Abel Hildreth on note 17 84

  To Seth Read on acct  6 33    To Asa Hamlin on account  5    To Samuel Wright for on account  5 50    To William Read on note & account  10 31    To Levi Parker on note  5    To Reuben Lighton on note  7 80    To Jonathan Hartwell on account  4    To J Loring on account  4  
59 18
deduct debts due said Hildreth 40 60
balance to be paid out of his income $18 48
Declared & sworn to before S d Dana Judge And the said Jonathan Hildreth having been first duly sworn on oath states and declares that he is sixty two years old, that he has not any family, but is unable to labour except very little having an asthma which prevents it, that his income from the aforesaid prop- erty left by his brother will not support him yearly that he was in the Revolutionary war on the Continen- tal establishment having enlisted for different terms, and particularly for the three years service which he performed that he was at the capture of Burgoyne and in the year 1780 he was honorably discharged being then at West Point, as will more fully appear by his original declaration on file in the war office, that his occupation is that of a labourer
Jonathan Hildreth
Declared & sworn to before S d Dana Judge

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dacia Esq. a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, Jonathan Hildreth do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Jonathan Hildreth
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Jonathan Hildreth took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Sam d Dacia Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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
equivalent to an annual income of fifty dollars & four cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

July 25, 1907.
Hon. B. G. Dawes, Marietta, Ohio.
My dear Mr. Dawes:
In reply to your letter dated the 22nd instant and received the 23d, I have the honor to advise you that one Jonathan Hildreth (Survivor's File #33298) was allowed pension on an application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was sixty years of age and a resident of Croton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts.
He stated that he was in the first eight months service of the Revolutionary War as a Private in the Massachusetts troops; he again enlisted under Captain Jon. Robbins and helped to clear the road from Newbury, Vermont, to St. Johns, three months; he again enlisted under Captain Reuben Butterfield, Colonel Thatcher, for three months; and then enlisted for three years and served in Captain William Hudson Ballard's company, in the 7th Massachusetts regiment on the Continental Establishment, commanded by Colonels Ichabod Alden and John Brooks, until June 13, 1780 (the only date given) when he was discharged at West Point, New York.

Hon.B.G.Dawes.
He also stated that he was at the battle of Bunker Hill and capture of General Burgoyne.
In 1820 the soldier resided at Westfield, Massachusetts. There is no mention of his wife.
The Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau fail to afford any information concerning John and Betty Hildreth of Westford, Massachusetts.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

An engraving by W. J. Kildare (St) in regard to a Soldier in the Revol. War
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Detroit Mich
June 9th 1891
To the commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Can you give me the date of Service of the Regiment of Jonathan Hildreth Junior a Soldier in The Revolution under Washington He died March the 24, 1850 & I think was on the Pension Rolls at the time of his death he was My Grand Father & this inquiry is not to get any Pension but to get evidence of his being a Soldier in 1776 So that I may Join The Sons of The Revolution
Respect Yours
W. J. Hildreth
158 Spruce St. Detroit Mich

B. G. DAWES, M. C. 15 TH DISTRICT OHIO.
House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D. C.
Marietta, Ohio,
July 22, 1907.
Sir:
I will be pleased if you can advise me if the name of John Hildreth of Westford, Mass., appears on the roll of Revolutionary War Pensioners, also if the name of his wife, Betty appears there, and their place of residence at the time of drawing said pension. This information is desired for my personal use.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
B. G. Dawes
The Honorable
The Commissioner of pensions, Washington, D. C.

from town of Boston Mass. Applied for pension April 6 1818 age  age  not given aged 60 yrs. Enlisted June 13 1780, in Capt. Wm H. Ballard's Co of the 6th Mass. Reg. Com. by Col Ichabod Alden Length of service 3 yrs. He states  He states in dis was at the battle of Bunker Hill. Was granted a pension of $8 per month some This is the only person of that reg who applied for a pension Rev War.

PS.
33298 Recy INVALID.
1892 Jan 4 Hist To W. J. H. d. r. d. r. d. r. d. 1907 July 25. Hist. to Hon B. G. Dawes
File No. 33,298
Jonathan Hildreth Rev War
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[Arrangement of 1870.]