Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33277, Seth Hawley, Conn.

SERVICE
Hawley, Seth (with a star above the H)
NUMBER
S 33277
CONTENTS

11.154 Q
Massachusetts
Seth Hawley
of Russell in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for the term of Ten Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of May 1818. and sent to John Hooker Esq. Springfield Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819.  83.96    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819.  48.00    10 Mo. \frac{11}{50} \frac{3}{4} .  $131.96  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notations on full 31st page John Langwell Springfield, Mass.

33 277 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,277
Seth Hawley
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Thomas Abbe of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut depose and say that Seth Hawley now of Phipps in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts did regularly serve in the U States army, in the revolutionary war so called, for the term of Ten months, in Capt Elizer Hubbard's company and under Col. Jedidiah Huntington.
Thomas Abbe
Warrington County ss. Glastenbury Febuary 20th 1819. — Personally appeared Thomas Abbe the above deponent and made oath to the facts stated in the above certificate before me Pardon Brown his Pma
Warrington County ss. Glastenbury Feb y 20 1819 This may certify that the above deponent Thomas Abbe is a man of good moral Character —
Pardon Brown his Pma

I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of the County of Hartford certify that Parson Brown Bear is a Justice of Peace for said County duly commissioned & I believe that the two
foregoing signatures in his name are his signatures Witness my hand & the seal of said Court Hartford in Connecticut Feb. 20. 1819
Thomas Chester Clerk

1397 Case of Seth Hawley.
In. Hooker, Judge.
Springfield, Mass.
Rec. March 4. 1819.
With the  the  Warrant  Warrant  in Huntingdon's Cont. Pug. 65 - 1 Trar dec. 20 Apr. 1818.
1397
Seth Hawley N. Am.

State of Connecticut / County of Hartford February the 20 th 1819 —
Personally appeared Abiel (Sister) of East Windsor in said County, a credible Witness, and made solemn oath, that he has been for many years acquainted with Seth Hawley formerly of Middlesex in said State but now of Rural in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts, that he and said Hawley both entered into the company commanded by Capt. Elizer Hubbard in the Reg t commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington to serve for one year, to common (according to his best recollection and belief) in the Month of December 1775 — in the continental army, that they both joined the army and continued together, and served as private soldiers in said Company & Reg t during said year — and until the Month of December 1776 — or the first of Jan y 1777 — when they were discharged at or near the White Plains in the State of New York —
Before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid. —
February 23. 1819
Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Hon ble Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge
of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampshire
On this twentieth day of April AD 1818 personally appeared before John Brooks Esquire then Justice of the Circuit Court of the Western Circuit of the Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Commonwealth including the said County of Hampshire Seth Hawley a Citizen of the United States & resident for the town of Russell in said County who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that in the thirteenth day of December 1775 he enlisted into the army of the United States into Capt Hubbard's Company & Col Huntington's Regiment in the Massachusetts line then called the Continental Army as a private Soldier to serve for the term of one year & this deponent avers that he faithfully served in said capacity during the whole term & was honorably discharged near White Plains in Dec r 1776 but that his discharge is now lost and this deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life & by reason thereof stands in need of assistance from his country for support
Seth Hawley
April 20.

This application has remained in my hands for the production of the annexed evidence J. Hooker
Mass ts Hampshire County - I John Hooker Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State do hereby certify that on the twentieth day of April A D 1810 the within named Seth Hawley personally appeared before me & being duly sworn, examined upon oath as to the truth of the facts set forth in the within Application & on the twentieth day of Feby A D 1819 produced the annexed Deposition of Thomas Abbe & Abiel Dake, as evidence of his former service in the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war in the Continental Establish- ment more than nine months & that he is now reduced to circumstanced in life & stands in need of assistance from his descendants for support - and I do hereby transmit the same to the Secretary of the Department of War - Sept 20 th A D 1819 John Hooker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts To all Justices of the Peace in the several Courts within said State - Greeting - Whereas I, John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within said State, do hereby certify that John Hooker Esq. is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within said State, duly qualified and that the above signature is his proper signature in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court this twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen John Ingersoll

Let's Rowley
No 15 H
May 1814
CAM
Spring 1815
July 1815

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampden
ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampden
Seth Hawley aged sixty six years, resident in Prusell in S. County who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he enlisted as a soldier in December 1775 in Capt Eleazer Hubbard Company in Col. Huntington's Regt. in the Connecticut line and served constantly in said Company & Regiment for one year and was then honorably discharged that he applied for a pension under the act of March 18 th 1818 on the 28 th of April 1818 & that he is the same person named in the pension Certificate N o 11.154 under said Act. That he is wholly destitute of property and is supported by his Child who is unable to maintain him without injury to his own Family

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.
SCHEDULE.
I have no Estate of any description Jethro Hawley
Sworn to and declared on the 10th
day of July 1820
before The Circuit Court of Common Pleas Attest John Ingersoll Clerk
John Ingersoll
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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  said Hawley is wholly destitute of property Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fourteenth
day of July 1820
{ Clerk of the Court for the County of Hampden
John Ingersoll