Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5053, John L Hitchcock, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born.
Witchcock John L. Eunice
P. 5053
CONTENTS

I, Merab Atwater of Cheshire, County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, aged fifty two, depose & say, that I am the daughter of John Hitchcock, who was also sometimes called by the name of John L. Hitchcock - & that the within record of the births of the said John Hitchcock children & all the entries of my father, & the record is in his own hand writing, & the same was made in my presence, except the last entry - my father died in 1801 - & further, that when I was young I have frequently heard my father's mother, say that he left home & went into the Revolutionary Army, when he was about sixteen, & my father if now living would be seventy seven years old - & further saith not
Merab Atwater
Litchfield County ss. Bostwick January 14 th AD 1839. Personally appeared Merab Atwater subscriber to the foregoing deposition, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me, - & I further certify that that the said Merab Atwater is known to me as a credible witness, & further that the word "children" in the sixth line was written before signing -
Hiram Goodwin Just of the peace.

A Record of Children belonging to John and Eunice Hitchcock Born in Cheshire New Haven County
Mirab Hitchcock Daughter of John and Eunice Hitchcock was born in December the 5 th in the year 1786
John Hitchcock Son of John and Eunice Hitchcock was born in February the 28 th in the year 1790
Eunice Hitchcock Daughter of John and Eunice Hitchcock was born in June the 5 th in the year 1796
Lambert Hitchcock Son of John and Eunice was born May the 22 nd  th in the year 1793
Lucy Almeria Hitchcock Daughter of John and Eunice Hitchcock Was born in May 4 th 1797
Anna Hitchcock Daughter of John and Eunice Hitchcock Was Born Sept- 10 1799

or or
Jan 1853
Wear & Caffe. Present,

AFFIDAVIT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY,
STATE OF Connecticut, } ss. COUNTY OF New Haven. }
Be it remembered, That, on this 30th day of November, in A. D., 1852, I, John Hitchcock, do make known and declare that I am the son and heir-at-law to Eunice who was the wife of John L. Hitchcock, a Revolutionary soldier, who served years, under the command of
in the forces raised by the State of Connecticut, and that he and his said wife were married about the month of A. D., 1784, that he died about the month of A. D. and that his said wife also died about the month of July, in A. D., 1849, and that a pension of dollars a year was drawn by said on account of said services, and so continued until the year A. D. 18, since which time nothing has been received by either, or the heirs of either of said parties.
And that claimant is now 61 years of age; and it is understood and believed that there are arrearages of Pension, and other claims due for said services: Now, THEREFORE, the true intent of all this is to qualify and irrevocably appoint and empower ALFRED J. WORKS, of New Haven City and County, State of Connecticut,
as my Attorney, with power of substitution, to investigate, substantiate, demand, and receive the avails of, said claim or claims, and to say and do all things relative thereto, as amply as I might do: hereby ratifying every thing said or done by my said Attorney, or his substitute, in virtue hereof; ALSO, revoking all Powers of Attorney, or other authority previously given for any such purposes.
Attest, James H. Conklin. Wm Goodwin
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, day and date first above named. John Hitchcock
Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above indicated
Wm Goodwin Notary Public.

State of Connecticut } ss. Cheshire Probate District County of New Haven }
On this 21 st day of January A.D. 1839, personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the Probate District aforesaid Eunice Hitchcock, a resident of Cheshire in the Probate District aforesaid aged seventy-one years, who being first duly sworn, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of 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 John L. Hitchcock sometimes known by the name of John Hitchcock, who formerly resided in said Cheshire, and who was a Private in the War of the Revolution. That she has no personal knowledge of the service performed by her said husband except from what she has heard him relate and from what she learned from others who were formerly acquainted with him, but she used frequently to hear him when he was alive speak of being in the service of the United States during the War of the Revolution and of being present at the Battle of York Town and from her knowledge acquired in this way, she verily believes that her said husband enlisted into said service some time in the year 1777 and that he remained in said service for the term of three years —
She further declares that she was married to the said John L. Hitchcock by Reuben Atwater Esquire on the 20 th day of September 1786. That her said husband was lost at sea in the year 1801 and as she received in the month of December of that year — That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the

Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 (was), at the time above stated, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband John L. Hitchcock, and is now his widow, and that the accompanying Record of the birth of their children was made by her said husband in her presence - excepting the last entry was, that of Anna Hitchcock. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid
Before me
Eunice Hitchcock
Silas Hitchcock Judge of Probate for the District of Cheshire
And I also hereby certify that William L. Foot is the Town Clerk for the Town of Cheshire and that his signature affixed to his deposition herunto annexed is genuine, and further that I am acquainted with the fact that John L. Hitchcock and Eunice Hitchcock lived together as husband and wife and that I am acquainted with most of their children, and also that the said John L. Hitchcock was lost at sea at the time stated in the above declaration, and further that Merab Atwater whose deposition is annexed is a credible person, and further that the said Eunice Hitchcock is now the widow of said John L. Hitchcock and that she is a credible person
Silas Hitchcock Judge of Probate for the District of Cheshire

time
I Burrage Beach Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Cheshire in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eunice Hitchcock for a pension, and that Silas Hitchcock is the Judge of said Court and that said Court is a Court of Record and that his name subscribed to the aforesaid certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 21 st day of January A.D. 1839
Burrage Beach, Clerk By

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Eunice Hitchcock widow of John L.
Con. act 7 July '38
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Lambert Hitchcock

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss Cheshire Jan y . 21 st 1839
I W m L Foot of lawful age depose and say that I now am and for a number of years have been the Town Clerk of said Town of Cheshire and register of Marriages &c. That I have carefully examined the records, and cannot find any record of the marriage of John Hitchcock or John L. Hitchcock to Eunice Hudson as the records were formerly kept very irregular. And I further certify that I am acquainted with the fact that said John L. Hitchcock and the said Eunice lived together as husband and wife for a number of years, and as I believe they were legally married. And I further certify that the following is a list of their children on said Town Records viz t Mirab Hitchcock born Decem r 5 th 1786 } Children of John L & Eunice Hitchcock and John Hitchcock — Feb y 28 th 1790 Eunice Hitchcock — June 5 th 1793 Lambert Hitchcock — May 28 th 1795 Lucy Abigail Hitchcock — May 4 th 1797 Anna Hitchcock — Sept 10 th 1799 Elizabeth Hitchcock — Oct 17 th 1801 further the deponent saith not
Attest W m L Foot Town Clerk Cheshire
Sworn to and subscribed This 21 st day of January 1839 Before me
Nicolas Hitchcock Judge of Probate for the district of Cheshire

State of Connecticut County of New Haven } SS n
On this 5 th day February 1852 before me a Justice of the Peace of the town of Cheshire in the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared Eunice Benham of the town of Cheshire in said County, who being duly sworn, declares and says, that she is the child of Eunice Hitchcock formerly of the town and county aforesaid, who was the widow of John H. Hitchcock, the identical person who was a soldier of the War of the Revolution; and that she applied for a pension from the United States, under act of 4 July 1836, on 7 th July 1838, and that her claim was suspended or rejected; that she died on the 20 th day of July 1849, leaving the following surviving children only viz t . Abner  Mercer Atwater, John Hitchcock, Eunice Benham, Lambert Hitchcock and Nancy Hitchcock,
That the object of this declaration is to ask that the proofs filed by the said Eunice Hitchcock during her lifetime may be examined and that the amount due at the time of her death may now be allowed to her surviving children,
Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of February 1852
Eunice Benham
Benjamin S. Judson Justice Peace

Clerk's Certificate.
Sold by Skinner & Sperry, 154 Chapel Street, New Haven.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Robert H. Osborn Clerk,
of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
Benajah Dyer
Esquire
was on the 5 th day of February 1852 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signatures to the instruments hereto annexed purporting to be his, are his genuine official signatures; and that said instruments are executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 14 th day of February A. D. 1852
Robert H. Osborn Clerk.

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss
On this 5 th day of February 1852 before me a Justice Benjamin Ives a Justice of the Peace in and for the town of Cheshire and County aforesaid, duly qualified by law to administer Oaths, personally ap- peared Warren Benham and Wm R Benham two Respectable and credible Witnesses, who being sworn according to law, depose and say, that they were personally acquaint- ed with Eunice Hitchcock of the town and County aforesaid, during her lifetime, that She was the Widow of John L Hitchcock, who was and is reputed to have been a Soldier of the War of the Revolution, and that the said Eunice Hit- chcock was an applicant for a pension from the Uni- ted States, that She died on the 26 th day of July 1849, and that Her  Her children Atwater John Hitchcock Eunice Benham, Lemuel Hitchcock and Nancy Hitchcock are the Children and the only surviving Children of the said Eunice Hitchcock as these deponents well know and believe,
Warren Benham Wm R Benham
Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of February 1852
Benjamin Ives Justice of the Peace

Madison County ss. Joseph G. Cole of Cayuga in said County deposes & says that he belonged to Col Durgan's Regiment of Connecticut troops in the Continental Army of the revolution in the year 1780, that he was well acquainted with John Lee Hitchcock at that time and that said Hitchcock belonged to the aforesaid Col Durgan's Regiment aforesaid and thinks of Capt Tisdell's Company and was stationed at West Point in the State of New York
Subscribed before me the 17th day of Oct 1838
Joseph G. Cole
Benjamin T. Clarke Justice of peace
I hereby certify that Joseph G. Cole who made the above affidavit is well known to me and is a man of truth and veracity
In Henry Sherburn Regiment
Capt. Abijah Garage Darius G. Giffin Sergeant B. T. Clarke Cole Joseph Lieut. Zadoc Howe Nathan Garage Sergeant Surfitt's Regiment Lieut. Capt. Peck Simon Lincoln Sergeant Capt. Theodore Woodbridge Capt. Amos Stanton Capt. Elisha Watson Lieut. Capt. Peck Stephen Hall Asahel Stevens Thomas Connors
John Hitchcock Col Philip B. Bradley John Hitchcock in Col Henry Sherburn Sherburn Regt
John Hitchcock Vol 3 rd 1 st reg Vol 6 14 th Heman Swift 7 th Regiment
Joseph Cole without the 4 th in Col Heman Swift's Regt Served 6 Months 14 days

State of New York
County Clerk's Office ss: I, Alexander Donaldson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Benjamin T. Clarke the person before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn & whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Benjamin T. Clarke and verily believe that the foregoing signatures to the said affidavit & certificate are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County the 18th day of October 1858.
Alexander Donaldson J. Clarke
Feb 25
  Dr. H. A. Andrews, Ansgar Col. Alfred Chapman Col. Almon Dyer "Chas. Davis" "Chas. A. Houghton"  Mr. John St. John Eliz. Chapman William Stockham Rev. Roger Matthews  Sergeant Almon Dyer Sergeant James P. Smith Colonel Rufus  

Philip B. Arnold, Adjutant Capt. Albus Chapman Capt. Albin Prior " Isiah Lacey " Joseph A. Wright
Let John St. John Elijah Chapman William Hucham Lieut. Roger Wadsworth
Sergeants David Mack Sergeant G. W. D. Smith Corporal Rufus
Feb 195
Albany Convention of 1851
Ret. 1858

I, ROYAL B. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT
William Goodwin Esq. is
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Pittsfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Goodwin
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 18th day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
And I certify that the signature of said Goodwin
hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal B. Hinman
Secretary.

1889 Dec 3 H J Hitchcock - history - Prior
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P. O. Sumner Hitchcock Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Old war Div. I. N. P. Ex'r. No. _____
Department of the Interior. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Co. _____ Reg't _____
Return this letter with your reply.
Washington, D.C. December 3 d , 1889.
Sir,
In accordance with your request of the 19 th ult addressed to the Hon. Charles Lyman, you will receive herein enclosed, a statement, on separate sheets, of so much history of John Lee Hitchcock, a Revolutionary soldier from Connecticut, as is contained in the application of his widow for pension.
If the papers of the enlisting officer are on file in the office of the Secretary of State, or the Adjutant General you may obtain information that will enable you to identify his service.
You have expressed the desire for information "in regard to the application for this pension, not with a view to obtain or one", and the circumstances connected with the consideration of the claim is included in the subjoined statement.
No descendants of a Revolutionary soldier are entitled, under existing laws, to pension, arrears of pension, or other gratuity.
Very respectfully
Mr H. P. Hitchcock
Hartford
Conn
Commissioner

John Lee Hitchcock
His name appears in the papers filed by the widow for a pension as above & also without a middle initial letter Mrs John Hitchcock
He having been lost at sea in Dec 1801 before the passage of a pension law under which he would have been entitled, there is no statement of his service military in the war of the Rev, other than that made by his widow & her witnesses
Her was m d Sept 20 1786 to Eunice - she died July 20 1849 Leaving surviving her in 1832 Morab Atwater, John Hitchcock Eunice Biersham Lambert Hitchcock & Nancy Atwater
Her widow Eunice was, Jan. 1839, residing in Cheshire New Haven Co Conn aged 71 years & stated that her husband, John Lee Hitchcock, also known as John Hitchcock, who resided in Cheshire was a private but she has "no knowledge" of his service except what she has heard from relatives that he was in service in said war & present at the battle of Yorktown & she firmly believes that he enlisted sometime in 1777 & remained in service 3 years. She further stated that while in service in Colo. Durkee Regt in 1780 that John Lee Hitchcock of Cheshire served 6 mos in the same regiment with him. Witness stated that he was reported to be a Rev Soldier You are respectfully to be informed with regard to the application of widow
The military record showed that a John Hitchcock was mustered Jan 31 1777 under Capt Sanford in Col. P.B. Bradley regt & so that the 6 mos service in Colo Durkee regt as testified to by a witness in Colo Durkee regt could not have been a part of the John Hitchcock enlistment for 3 years
Col. Henry Sherburne (a R.D. officer) commanded a regt, one half of the members were from Conn & very probable from the Eastern part of the State, one of them from Litchfield John Hitchcock who enlisted in April 1777 for 3 years. Not a witness testified in support of the claim for service for 3 years from 1777 or that he was in service at Yorktown & only one that her husband served 6 mos in Colo Durkee regt in 1780

Her Son Lambert was acting as her agent to procure the pension that he was on for further evidence & identification does not appear to have made another an effort to establish the claim - The amount of pension depended on the aggregate length duration of her husband's service I think you may be able to obtain the information from the list of Revolutionary War soldiers names of children from family record & certified from the records
by the town Clerk of Charlem. (in handwriting of John R. Hotchkiss)  Mirab C Dec 5 1786  John C Feb 18 1790  Eliza C June 5 1792  Lambert C May 28 1795  Lucy Alma C 4 1797 
The following is not in the hand of the father
Anna C Sept 20 1799
The following is not on family record but in town clerk's certificate
Elizabeth C Oct 17 1801
Medium pension State rate town clerk's last part
Widow of Revolutionary War pension

Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers

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Let. to Lemuel Hitchcock Jan'y 25, 1839.
" " Hoon Truman Smith) Augt 11, '42)
" " Hon. W. Bennett of June '32
Act 7 July 1835

Hartford Nov 19 1889
Rev Charles Lyman
My Dear Sir
I am told that my Grandfather John Lee Kitchenc of Cheshire Conn was a Private in the war of the Revolution. My Father Lambert Kitchenc tried to get a pension for his Mother but as he often left the word Lee out when he wrote his name and as there was one or more John Kitchencs on the roll it could not be proved he was one of them. Some years ago I had several letters from pension agents in Washington asking for power to

2 act as attorney in the Case without charge unless successful but as My Father was unable to get it I gave the Matter no further attention. In a letter written by My Father dated Washing- ton January 24 th 1839 he says I think I stand some chance to secure a pension for My Mother but cannot say yet how I shall - succeed. I would like to find out from the pension office what I can in regard to the application for this pension Not with a view of getting one - but to see if I can get testimony to show that I have some claim to be one of the

Sons of the Revolution.
Please pardon me for writing you - but as I know no one in the Pension office - thought you might turn it over it was to some friend there who would take more notice of its coming through you than if I sent it direct
Very Truly Yrs
H. P. Kitchener
Hartford
I forgot to state that my Grand-Mother's Name was Eunice

Madison county's
Joseph G. Cole to me well known Came before me this 30th day of Nov 1858 & made affidavit in addition to what he before stated in relation to the services of John Lee Ditchcock that the said Ditchcock Served six months in the aforesaid Col Durges Regiment &c Sworn & Subscribed before me B. L. Clarke } Joseph G. Cole Justice of the peace } This 30th day of Nov 1858

Comptroller's Office Hartford Jan'y 18 1839
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of John Hitchcock, I have examined the records of settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and find his name in a settlement with the 5th Connecticut Regiment Philip B Bradley Col o before January 1 1780 - where he is entered as a private Jan'y 14 1777 Time of settlement Jan'y 1 1780 Making 2.11.17 11
Henry Wilson Compt o
I also find one other John Hitchcock in Col o Henry Sherburne Regiment who served Three Years from Apr 3 1777
Henry Wilson Compt o