Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10844, Jonathan Hobart, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. N.H.
Hobart, Jonathan
S. 10844.
CONTENTS
Carded

10.009.
New Hampshire Jonathan Hobart
of Hollis in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Lt. Colonel _____ in the Battle of Bunker Hill, Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March 1833, and sent Paul Dana of Boston a/b
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 10- $50-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H B Blair Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1 st Page 90

Declaration of No. 1 52 Jonathan Hobart
affidavit sworn 21545 3. Papers. No s 1. 2. 3.
please direct to Sam l Dana Esq r Groton Ms. and place the application on the Boston agency

State of New Hampshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Hillsborough ss.
On this Twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832.
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate , now sitting at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough in the Commonwealth  State of New Hampshire . Jonathan Hobart of Hollis in said County aged seventy nine years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
 1. In the summer A.D. 1775. one Jacob Spaulding being a Soldier in Capt. Reuben Dyer's Company in Col. Prescott's Regiment then in the eight months service at Cambridge, the said Spaulding was allowed to return home, on condition, that he would procure a Substitute for one month, which month I served as his Substitute and was discharged -  2. About the last of December in the same year Capt. Noah Worcester had a Company raised for two months, untill the enlistments for a year could be filled up, I was in that Company, first under Capt. Worcester then under Capt. Walker of Dunstable, and I remained there on duty in that Company untill after the British left Boston and served two months in November A.D. 1776 He engaged to go to Peekskill in New York for three months in Capt. Wm. Walker's  Reuben Dyer's Company in Col. W. Douglass Regiment  Brigade this Company must pass I returned to Worcester in Nov. and from thence in March to Peekskill where I joined the Army and was there encamped with the Regt. and my  other Altho' my engagement was for three months only yet I continued in service some days longer
He

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
By before me Jonathan Hobart Eli Smith Esq. Clerk of Court Samuel Parker Judge of Probate David Rugg - a Clergyman residing in the town of Hales the same Hales in the county of Hillsborough and Jesse Worcester of who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed to day and year aforesaid, Eli Smith
Before me Benj. H. Pool Justice of Peace Jesse Worcester
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Rev. Eli Smith who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hales aforesaid and that Mr. Jesse Worcester of said Hales who has signed the same is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Charles H. Atherton Samuel Parker Judge of Probate Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Hobart for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of Septm in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two.
And I further certify that the name and office of Daniel Abbott Esq. which appears to the Caption on the deposition of Joseph Guele is his proper signature, and that said Abbott is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough. And that Benjamin Poole Esq. as a Justice of the Peace for the same County, and that his name and office in the preceding Certificate appears to be his proper signature.
Septm 29. 1832
CH Atherton Judge

State of New Hampshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hillsborough
Widdowes , to wit,
At the Court of Probate , begun and holden at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough on the Twenty seventh day of August A. D. 1882 On the application of Jonathan Hobart claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer,
In Dunstable then in Mass a , by the running of the State line in 1742, the place was left in Holliston on the 24. Decy. 1753
2. Have you any record of your age, and where?
Answer,
I have no family records, but there is one in Holliston records. —
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
In Holliston N.H. where I now live, & have always lived, except some occasional residence, in Dunstable.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer,
I was always a Volunteer, & went into service on my own motion — except one when I was a Substitute for one Richardson, and three weeks for one Dutton — and one month for Jacob Spaulding.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer,
I saw Col. Gage in Quincy at Peabody they came along & he hailed them they said he knew them, he said he did not, they approached & he cocked his Gun & declared he would fire, upon which they gave the counter sign & passed —
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution? Answer,
Mr. Iose Worcester, Rev. David & Mr. Stephen Dorr Capt. Nathl. Bennett Dr. Noah Hardy, Benj. Mark Harley Esq. and Capt. Christopher Page Marley.
7. Did you ever receive a discharge from Service, and if so by whom and when was it given and what has become of it? Ans r . I never rec d . any discharge from Service. —
Jonathan Hobart Holliston Regt.

Jonathan Hobart
21.5.75
N.11 -
On Role of service of Capt Walker's Company
Private
6 months
ad'm'd
N Hampshire -
520 -
Saml Dano Esq
Gorton Mass

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Hobart  of Hollis in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily  3. How old is he? 79 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Summer In 1775 " 1 " Private Gen. Cap Dear to Prescott   Last of Dec 75 " 2 " Subaltern " Worcester & Capt. Walcutt   Nov 76 " 3 " Private " Walcutt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hollis N. Hamp.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? one witness stated as credible taken not properly attached. I. Dana not entitled to be a Justice of Peace  I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Atkinson Examining Clerk.

1908, Oct. 2, To Q. M. General, U. S. A., War Dept. For Monument. F.W.
Per Wm
10844 INVALID.
File No. 10,844
Jonathan Hooker Brig. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1882
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Offered with the of No. 2 Isaac French in the case
John Holcomb.
1 2 m o at Camb 1775. b.

I Isaac French of Hollis aged 60. do depose and say that I served in the war of the revolution. —
And I well remember and say that in the latter part of the year A.D. 1775. some troops were wanted to supply sustain the army, after the time of the 8 months men should expire, and before the year men could be raised and Boston raised a company
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
1882
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth.
Isaac French who subscribed the annexed Deposition and who is known to me to be a credible Witness.
and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam d Dana
Washington 8 th March 1833.
I hereby certify, that the Hon. S. Dana, whose name is hereunto subscribed, is a justice of the peace of the County Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts. E. Everett

I Isaac French of Hollis aged 80. do depose and say that I served in the war of the revolution. —
And I well remember and say that in the latter part of the year A.D. 1775. some troops were wanted to supply sustain the army, after the time of the 8 months men should expire, and before the year's men could be raised and organized. — And Capt. Noah Worcester raised a company in which Jonathan Hobart was to serve six weeks and they marched to Cambridge, and were stationed near the colleges, and were in Col. Durgin's regiment, where he served ten months until the troops from Connecticut should arrive, when the said Jonathan Hobart was discharged at No. 2. in Cambridge. I was in the company of Dr. Worcester — Isaac French

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Johnathan Stewart which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.