Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,989, Hezekiah Hawley, Conn.

SERVICE
SERVICE loan.
NUMBER _____
W. 17.989
Hawley Hezekiah Anne.
CONTENTS

Connecticut - 564
Anne Hawley, widow of Ezekiel Hawley, and who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar 18 and who died on the 1 st Oct o 1826 of Fairfield in the State of Conn t who was a P er in the Conn t commanded by Captain Portier of the Reg t commanded by Waterbury in the Conn t line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept r '38, and sent to and Edw d Taylor, Danbury, Conn t
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00
$ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burrows Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 184

Connecticut Roll.
✓ (1064) ✓
Hezekiah Hawley, Private 4 Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17. th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. th of June 1818, and sent to Genl. B. Cooke, Esq. Danbury, Conn't.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Since the last payment
4 months 18/30. $36.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
C. D. Gage
(List of field)

781
Anne Pawley widow of Hezekiah
Con:
abt 7. July 38
5 years
Married in 1788.
Died in 1826.
adm
2 years pri
80 $
no deduction
Edw Taylor Danbury Con:

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
On this sixteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Danbury in the County and State aforesaid, the same being a court of record, Anne Hawley a resident of Ridgefield in the said County of Fairfield aged Twenty Nine years, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath, in Open Court make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. Entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows"! That she is the widow of Nathaniel Hawley who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That her acquaintance with the said Nathaniel Hawley, commenced in childhood that they were born and brought up in the same neighborhood and attended School together, That at the commen- cement of the revolutionary war, 1775 she well remembers said Hawley joined a Company in Col. Waterbury's regiment, and she thinks Captain Pootillies, and Early in the Spring, say in April, went to Stamford (the residence of said Colonel Waterbury), to join his regiment, and there marched to Canada, where he had the small pox, so severely, that he was partially depri- ved of his hearing - and where as he stated on his return he had endured great hardships - The said Hawley returned from Canada sometime in the Winter of 1775.6 - That in the year 1776, the father of the said Anne Hawley (Captain Ebenezer Jones had the command of a Company of Militia

and was ordered to march with his Company for the defence of the City of New York, with which Com- pany he marched as a private soldier - but she cannot state to any degree of certainty how long he served in this year - That in the Spring of the year 1777 - he enlisted into the Connecticut line of the Continental Army for three years - and in Colonel Swift's regim- ent. Thinks Major Chapman, was one of the field officers - but cannot remember the Name of his Captain - That the said Hawley served out the period of his enlistment viz three years - and afterwards entered "during the war," as she verily believes in the same regiment and continued in the service until the close of the war - The said Hawley was in the battles of Germantown, and Monmouth. She has often heard him tell of the conduct of General Lee, who was suspended for his misconduct at one of those battles -
That said Ezekiah applied for a Pension under the Act of the 18th of March 1818 - and received a Certificate dated the 30th day of June 1818, that he was inscribed on the Pension roll of the Connecticut Agency - Which Certificate is herewith appended and is hereby surrendered - That by the Act of the 1 st May 1820, he was suspended, and after that period received no more benefit from the said Act of 18th March 1818 - That the declaration of the said Ezekiah Hawley together with the proof offered in support of the same

is on the files in the Office of the Secretary of War at the City of Washington, to which she begs leave respectfully to refer
She further declares that she was married to the said Ezekiah Hawley on the twenty sixth day of October in the year nineteen hundred and eighty eight that her husband the aforesaid Ezekiah Hawley died at said Ridgefield on the first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty six, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January nineteen hundred and ninety four —
Anne Hawley
State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield }
On this 16 th day of August 1838 before the Court of Probate within & for said District of Danbury in the said County and State personally appeared Anne Hawley above named and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same, and I Gilead G. Taylor Clerk of said Court of Probate do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court relating to the claim of the said Anne Hawley for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of August 1838.
Gilead G. Taylor Clerk

I Edward Taylor of Danbury in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut Judge of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in said county and State, do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Gilead G Taylor who hath signed the foregoing & subsequent certificates is clerk of the  the said Court of Probate, and was Clerk at the date thereof duly appointed and sworn That the signatures subscribed to said certificates and purporting to be his is in the proper hand writing of the said Gilead G Taylor, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such clerk, and that the seal impressed upon the said certificates is the seal of said Court of Probate - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Danbury aforesaid the 16 th day of August 1838
Edward Taylor Judge

Hezekiah Hovey & Ann Jones, were married Oct r Twenty Six, One Thousand, Seven Hundred and eighty eight.
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. Tragedia August 16 th 1838
I Nathan Smith Town Clerk of the Town of Bridgewater in the said County and State do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the Record of Marriages, in the Town Records of said Town with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, Oct r 26. 1788,
I Nathan Smith above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract, from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me,
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of Danbury
on this 16 th day of August 1838 before the Court of Probate within and for said District Personally appeared Nathan Smith above named well known to the said Court a person of good character for truth and a credible witness who subscribed the foregoing Deposition and being duly sworn made oath Solemn Oath to the truth of the same
Gilead G. Taylor Clerk

Hezekiah Hawsley Died October first. One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, aged Seventy Years.
State of Connecticut Fairfield County
Bridgefield August 16. 1838
I Nathan Smith Town Clerk of the Town of Bridgefield in the said County and State, do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the Record of deaths, in the Town Records of said Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, October 1 - 1826 aged 70 Years. Nathan Smith Town Clerk of Bridgefield
I Nathan Smith above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State, aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as Certified by me
Nathan Smith Clerk of the Town of Bridgefield
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of Danbury
vs. L.
On this 16 th day of August 1838 before the Court of Probate within and for the Said District Personally appeared Nathan Smith above named well known to the Said Court a person of good character for truth and a creditable witness who subscribed the foregoing Disposition and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Gilead G. Saylor Clerk

I Herkiah Hawley of Bridgefield Fairfield County & State of Connecticut do hereby say that some time in the month of June in the year 1777 the precise day I do not recollect I enlisted as a private soldier into the United States army on the continental establishment into the Company command- -ed by Capt n Albert Chapman which Company was attached to the 7 th Regim- -ent Commanded by Col. Samuel Swift that I enlisted during the war and served in said Reg t until the end of the same and was honorably discharged but have lost my discharge and I further say that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support Bridgefield April 15 th 1818 April 17
55 His sedate Hawley
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss - Danbury Probate District on the 17 th day of April A.D. 1818 Personally came before me Daniel B. Cook Judge of said Court of Probate the above named Herkiah Hawley and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence being in company to me if Jason well known to me as the man who rendered

the services by him attested to in said affidavit, and at the same time exhibited the under affidavits - from Major Albert Richardson under whom he served in 1812 and 1813 part of the time  the time while in the army. Said Chapman's affidavit was taken before Daniel Jacob Esq. a well known and respectable magistrate of Franklin County; by which affidavits and other exhibits to me made I am fully satisfied that the said Hasley rendered the services by him attested to against the common enemy & that he is now in poor circumstances in need of assistance from his County for support, and is justly entitled to a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said District on the day & date within written (in the absence of the Clerk.
Daniel B. Beck Judge of Probate Justice of Peace and one of the Judges of the Common Pleas for Franklin County
Stephen Hasley

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
#17929
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Bezalel Hawley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     3 June 1777 to end of war Pvt. Albert Chapman Hezekiah Swift Conn.   1 Apr 1777 to Winter 77 Doolittle Waterbury   2 1776 ✓ Ebenezer Jones ✓  
Battles engaged in, Trenton Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr 17 1878 this d. was al
Residence at date of application, Ridgefield Conn.
Age at date of application, at Ridgefield Conn
Remarks: Sol. Mar Oct. 6 1788 Anne dau of Capt Ebenezer Jones
Sol d. Oct. 1 1826 at Ridgefield Conn
She was al per on her ap ex. Aug. 16 1838 while living in Ridgefield Conn aged 79 It is not stated
whether they Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1822 Sept. 2. Dist. D.H.R. Dronone 4
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17,989
Anna Hawley Wid. of Hezekiel Hawley Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:—Vol. 64 , Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets New York City
July 10, 1922.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary service of Hezekiah Hawley, who was born in Ridgefield, Conn., 1756 and died in Ridgefield, Conn., on October 1, 1826, and who received a pension from the Governor for his service.
I would like this to establish the claim for membership in this Society, and would thank you if you will give the matter your prompt attention.
Yours very truly,
Henry Russell Browne
Secretary.
HRD. HT
STATE OF NEW YORK

Hezekiah Hawley
Direct Since

I Albert Chapman of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut, being under Oath do testify and declare That some time in the year 1777 I was a Captain in the service of the United States in the revolutionary War, in Col. Heman Swifts Regiment in the Connecticut line and on the Continental establishment. That in the same year Merkiah Holdarley now of Ridgefield in said County enlisted into my Company as a private Soldier, for the term of during the War , and I know that he was in said service for several years and sustained the reputation of a good & faithful Soldier, but at what time he obtained his discharge I do not know Albert Chapman
District of Connecticut Fairfield ss Fairfield County on the 15 th day of April 1818: Personally appeared Major Albert Chapman, subscribed to the foregoing deposition, and made Oath that the matters contained therein are true, before me
April 17
David Judah Jus. Power

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss Danbury August 22 1888
In the accompanying Declaration of Anne Hamby of Ridgefield in said County & State - It is requested that the report in said case on the correspondence in the same be made with Harvey Smith Esq. of said Ridgefield
Respectfully you obt St
Edward Taylor

Payable on the 4 th of March & 4 th of Sept. of each year at the United States Branch Bank, Middletown, Conn.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT,
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1818, Hezekiah Hawley,
_____ late a Private in the Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Eight dollars _____ cents per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
Given at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 30 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and 1818.
J. C. Calhoun Sec y of War.

I Ebenezer Jones of Ridgefield in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Aged Twenty two years, being Sworn according to Law do on my Oath testify and say - That I was well acquainted with Hezekiah Hawley of said Ridgefield from my childhood up to the time of his death, that he was soldier in the Army of the revolution, as I have the best of reasons for believing, and served until the close of the war in the United States Army - That in the year nineteen hundred and eighty eight the said Hezekiah Hawley was married to Anne Jones a Sister of the deponent - That I was present when they were married and from that time to the present have resided within one half miles of the residence of said Hawley - That the said Anne Hawley, who now makes application for a Pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838, and whose declaration is accompanied by this affidavit is now living at the late residence of her said Husband - That she is an American and is the widow of the said Hezekiah Hawley, who served in the United States Service, and rec d the Pension Certificate, which accompanies her declaration - And further, the said Anne sustains a fair character for truth and veracity -
Ebenezer Jones

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } S.R. Probate District of Danbury }
on this 16 th day of August 1858 before the Court of Probate within and for the said District Personally appeared Ebenezer Jones above named well known to the said Court a person of good character for truth and a creditable witness who subscribed the foregoing Deposition and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Gilead G. Taylor Clerk

I Ebenezer Hawley of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Aged forty seven years, being just now coming to Law, do on my oath testify depose and say, that from Childhood I was acquainted with Stephen Hawley of said Ridgefield who as I verily believe was a Soldier of the revolution, and served as a private in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army — That the said Hawley in the year 1818 was placed upon the Pension roll of the United States, and that in by the Act of May 1 st 1820, he was suspended — That said Hawley died at Ridgefield aforesaid on the first day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty six — Deponent was residing in the same house with him at the time of his death, and also attended his funeral — That since that period the late Anne Hawley his widow has resided with deponent — That she herewith transmits a declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 — That she is now unmarried, and the widow of the late  Stephen Hawley who was a Soldier, and to whom a pension as above stated — and that she sustains an irreproachable character for truth and veracity — Ebenezer Hawley

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of Danbury
ss.
on this 16 th day of August 1838 before the Court of Probate within and for the said District Personally appeared Ebenezer Hawley whose name well known to the said Court a Person of good character for truth and a creditable witness who subscribed the foregoing Deposition and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same Gilead G. Taylor Clerk