Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17487, Mason Hobart, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hobart, Mason
S. 17487
CONTENTS
Carded

17769 (17769) Connecticut
Mason Hobart — of Branford in the State of Conn who was a Rec in the Conn commanded by Captain Douglas of the Regt commanded by ————— in the Conn Troops time for 11 Mo ————— 17769 enlistment letter sent with certificate.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of September 1833 and sent to Beach New Haven
Arrears to the 4th of September 1833 $ 83 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31 — 16 66
$ 100 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Root Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 19

Mason Hobart son of Abijah Hobart by Mary his wife, born at Branford Novem- ber first 1752.
A true extract from the Records of births, marriages &c. in Branford —
Attest,
Samuel Finsbie, Town Clerk (Branford July 11 th 1832)

St. Helena No.
PV
No 5358.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Connecticut, } ss. County of New-Haven.
On this 6 th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Mason Hobart Court of Branford now sitting, a resident of Branford in the County of New-Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged 79 years, who, being first 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 7, 1832:—That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:—
His first Campaign was to the Northward at the Capture of St Johns — He enlisted as a Militia man in March or April 1775. The regiment was commanded by Brigadier Gen. Wooster, Andrew Ward was the Lieut. Col. Company was commanded by W m Douglass. Lieut. Samuel Barker went first to Hornbrook then took shipping and went to Albany thence to Half Moon , thence to Skenebo- rough , thence took boats and went to Siconderoga Crown Point , thence to Ile Aux Noix (Ile a Noix) had a skirmish with the Indians at St Johns , Afterwards returned to Ile a Noix where was head quarters. Thence marched to St Johns and took it and then returned home — did not have any further discharge. Returned in Nov. or Dec. of the same year, was confined till the next spring by sickness indu- by fatigue. Was gone about eight months.
The second time in the year 1776 was drafted under Capt. Edward Brockway, a Militia man

declarant does not recollect field officers Cook & Peepel at Branford, went to New York then over to Long Island, I was there but one day thence returned to New York, under Gen. Washington Staid till the shipping came up - then retreated to Harlem & Kingsport, was at the battle just below Kingsbridge and remained on York Island and about that region till dismissed has no written discharge, has no documentary evidence was gone a little more than four months -
Solomon Salvage of Branford in said New Haven county and Enos Hemenway of East Haven in said county and others he believes can be found who can testify to his service in the first campaign to the northward Allen Smith and Benjamin Palmer of Branford can testify to service on Long Island -
Declarant was born Nov. 1 1752 as per certificate hereto annexed, Declarant lived at Branford when called into service, and has ever since lived there - I am known to Timothy P. Gillett Hirgysman and Samuel Gould of my neighbour- hood, who can testify to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution, Age 86 Declarant performed in the whole more than one years service

The Declarant
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, except that of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk
Mason H. Hobart
We, Timothy P. Gillell a Clergyman, residing in said Branford and Benjamin M. Fowler residing in said Branford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mason Hobart who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 79 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk
Timothy P. Gillell Benjamin M. Fowler
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Timothy P. Gillell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said Branford and that Benjamin M. Fowler who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Branford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of Court Attest J. W. Beach Clerk
I, J. W. Beach Clerk of the County Court of New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Mason Hobart for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 16 th day of August 183 7
Attest J. W. Beach Clerk

P 17487
INVALID.
Dec. 28, 1901 Edward Taylor New Haven Conn
File No. 17,487
Mason Hobart
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7" 89
Index:—Vol. / , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5358
Mason. Hobert
ms
11 mo
36.66
Geo. Brach
New Haven
Conn

5358
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Mason  Robert which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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?
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? — no —
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?

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 ?
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — no — Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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 ?
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 ?
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

State of Connecticut New Haven County fr. Be it remembered that at a County Court held at New Haven within the said New Haven County, on the 11 th day of June 1833 The said Court in addition to their Certificate to the pension papers of Mason Hobart of the 6 th of August 1832 hereto annexed, hereby further certify that in their opinion the said Mason Hobart was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in his supplemental declaration annexed & that the several deponents or witnesses whose affidavits or depositions were here taken & sworn before said Court & which are thereto annexed to wit, Enrs Hemingway Allen Smith, Benjamin Palmer, & James Goodrich are respectively persons of credibility, I declare that in our opin- -ion their statements are entitled to credit full faith & credit By order of court attest G. B. Beach Clerk
I G. B. Beach Clerk of the County Court of New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mason Hobart for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand I seal the same this day & date above written G. B. Beach Clerk

Supplement
annexed to the Declaration of Mason Hobart in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. —
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } on this 11 th Day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of New Haven County now sitting Mason Hobart of Branford in the County New Haven State of Connecticut now Eighty years old who being first Duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in answer to the Objections to the admission of his pension Claim in the Brief herewith annexed viz The Duty I done 1775 under Brigadier General Wooton as a private in William Douglass Company of Militia was not less than Eight Months . — and The Duty I done in 1776 in Edward Brockway Company of Militia under Command of General Washington was not less than Four Months I served as a private. — in June 1779 I served as one of the guard to the Royal Navy Defence under Sergeant Samuel Baldwin so long as the Royal Navy was Rising and fitting for sea which according to the best of My Recollection was not less than Three Months .

her Hull was taken from the place where she was Launched and brought into Branford River along side My Land Near to My Dwelling House I provided Board and other Necessaries for the people that fitted her for sea together with Much of her timber & plank for her Hull and the State furnished Materials for Rigging her and Equipping her for sea according to My Recollection she was a full Rigged Brig and of More than one Hundred Tons Burthen and Charles Bond of Milford, at was her Commander she was taken the second or third day out on her first Cruise I have no further services to claim as in 1796 I hired a Man to serve for Me during the War which Exempted Me from Draft &c - The Quorum duty of three months above specified was performed under the authority of the State of Connect. declaration refers for documentary evidence to the Comptroller Certificate &c. annexed to the pension papers of Allen Smith No. 5352. —
According to the Best of My Recollection I served not not up than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades viz one year as a private in the Militia and three months as a guard and for such Services I claim a pension Sworn to & subscribed Stacy Hobart in open Court 11 June 1833. Attest J. W. Beach Clerk

I James Goodrich of Branford County of New Haven State of Connecticut now 75 years old
Depose and say that while I was at work at the Rigging of the Royall New- Defence near the dwelling House of Mason Hobart in 1799 I served as one of the guard stationed for the protection of that Vessel and that Mason Hobart also served as one of the guard for her at that time with me as to the precise length of time Capt Hobart served I do not recollect or it is gone from My Memory. — I further Depose and say that I have always lived a Neighbor to Capt Mason Hobart and that he is considered to be a Man of Truth and Veracity where ever he is known and I believe his Declaration to obtain a pension ought to be entitled to full Credit and I believe him to be Eighty years old Sworn to & subscribed in open Court 11 June 1833 James Goodrich
Attest J. D. Doolittle Clerk

We have  Letter Jonas Hemingway the of East Harn in New Haven County and State of Connecticut.
do depose and say that we enlisted into the service in the spring of 1775 was in the brigade commanded by Gen Wooster, Andrew Ward was the Lieut. Col. our company was commanded by W m (Douglass) we went from Mansfield to Hornbrook, from Hornbrook by water to Albany, thence to Half moon, from there to Skeneborough, and then by water to Ticonderoga where to Lake a Port where we had our head quarters, we marched against St Johns and took it, and the return home was gone about eight months
And I further depose and say that the Mason Hobart was with us on said tour of duty started with us and returned with us and was with us the term of about 8 months that I have for years been acquainted with said Mason Hobart, that he sustains a good character for veracity, that I believe the declaration set forth by him to be true, that I believe him to be seventy nine years of age

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Onas Herring Day 2
Alfred M c Beach Clerk
We Allen Smith and Benjamin Palmer both of Branford in New Haven County
as upon oath That in July 1776 we were drafted under the Command of Colonel Procter as both Colonel Butler's unit. Thompson Col. took shiping at Branford landed at New York, from thence we were ordered across to Brooklyn on Long Island, staid there but one day, retreated from Long Island in the night under com- mand of Gen. Washington, staid in New York until the British shiping came up and landed at North Bay, where we had an engagement with them, the next day we had a warm engage- ment with them at Harlem, we continued about in this region until we were discharged we were on duty four months. That said disponets were in the company with Major Hobart. - That said Hobart was drafted at the

same time that we were and served the same term of time and we were all discharged together
We further depose and say, that we have for many years lived neighbors to Mason Hobart and that he has always sustained a good character for veracity, that we believe the statement set forth in his declaration to be true, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of
age Sworn to before me this 10th day of December A.D. 1842 Attest J. W. Beach Clerk Benjamin Palmer Allen Smith

POSTAL RECEIPT MOSELEY'S NEW HAVEN HOUSE, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Pension Department:
Will you please send me the war record of Mason Hobart of Branford, Connecticut, a pensioner of the war of the revolution.
I very much wish his record as I desire to become a member of the Sons of the Revolution.
Dec 13 1901 RECEIVED Your &c Edward Taylor Box 1449 New Haven Conn.
Dec 5, 1901