Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4748, Samuel Hathaway, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hathaway, Samuel. Sarah
R. 4748
CONTENTS

Leah Hathaway's Declaration
W2884
(Maf:
Marries 24 aug, 1780.
Will 15 Jan 1780- 4748 15 Jan 1780-3 years admission - described 22 June 1780-
Rejected - husband - deserted -
Vol 28 - p. 269 - June 24 th '83 - balance to Saml Hathaway in Mar- shalls regt £ 6.1.3-
Vol 9 - p. 414 - described

State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Franklin }
On this tenth day of October, A.D. 1837 personally appeared before the Hon Richard E. Newcomb Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the county of Franklin aforesaid, Sarah Hathaway a resident of Gill in the County of Franklin aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836; That She is the widow of Samuel Hathaway who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution. That her said husband was in the service most of the time during the Revolutionary War from the year 1775 to the close of the War, under different enlistments-as a private. That her said husband enlisted from Middleborough or Free town in the State of Massachusetts, which are adjoining towns. That she can not state the various times when he enlisted- nor the length of the time he served under his various enlistments. That according to her best recollection she has heard her said husband say that he served under Capt. Amasa Doper, and in Capt. Tubbs' Company. and she thinks others which she can not now recollect. That she had heard her said husband mention, as his General Officers, Gen. Putnam - Gen. Gats, and Gen. Arnold. That she has heard him say, which she verily believes, that he was in the Army at Roxbury Massachusetts, at the time of the battle at Bunker's Hill in 1775. and that he was in the battle at Monmouth, and that he was with the army at Still Water, New Point - Valley Forge, and other places. That he was a prisoner in irons in Gen l Burgoyne camp, at the time he surrendered to the Americans, having been previously taken prisoner by a party of Burgoyne's men & Indians. and that when he was taken he was stripped, and dragged through the bushes & brambles, and otherwise cruelly treated. Also that he was at an other time he was taken prisoner by the British and confined in a prison ship at New

New York, where the sufferings from hunger, filth, vermin and other hard treatment, were so severe, that many of his companions died, of want, or feeding on substances abnoxious to human life - that during his confinement frequent offers were made to remove him from his sufferings, if he would join the enemy, but that he refused the offer, and chose rather to die under his suffering than to desert his country, and its cause.
She further declares and says, that when she was married to the said Samuel Hathaway which was in the month of August in the year 1780 - he had left the Army & came home on a furlough, was married to her and in a few days left her & returned to the Army. That she has always understood & believes, that when they were married the said Samuel Hathaway was under an enlistment, for & during the War, and as she merely believes served to the close of the war, as he did not return home to stay until peace was declared.
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence of her said husband's service, tho' she well recollects of seeing papers, and discharges relating to his revolutionary services, which he took with him when he went to his son's in Patsdam N.Y. which said papers, she believes are now all lost or destroyed.
That she has stated her said husband's services as a Revolutionary Soldier, to the best of her knowledge & belief that from old age, & the length of time, she can not now recollect all the particulars, of his said services, nor all the names of the officers under whom he served.
She presumes, if she could hear names mentioned she could recollect other officers under whom he served.

She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hathaway, on the twenty fourth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty; that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Hathaway, died on the twenty seventh day of June in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to, and subscribed Sarah Hathaway on the day and year above written before
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate
And the Judge of said court doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter that Samuel Hathaway the late husband of the said applicant, was a revolutionary soldier and served as stated in said declaration that the said Sarah was married to the said Samuel at the time therein stated - that the said Samuel died at the time mentioned in said declaration, and that the said Sarah hath ever since remained, and is now his widow.
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate
I Elijah Alvord, Register of Probate for said county of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Hathaway, widow of Samuel Hathaway for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this thirteenth day of October A. D. 1837
E. Alvord Reg. Prob.

Extract from the Records of the Town of Pelham in Mass ts
"August Twentysfourth , one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty . Then was joined in marriage Samuel Hathaway of Middlebury and Sarah Stephens of Pelham"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date , which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows - viz, "August 24. 1780."
Rufus Groot } Town Clerk } of Pelham
I Rufus Groot, depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Pelham aforesaid in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Pelham, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Rufus Groot } Clerk of the Town over                            } of Pelham -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampshire County }
October 31 st 1837
Personally appeared the within named Rufus Good who is a credible witness and made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Cyrus Kingman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Cyrus Kingman above named, that he is a Justice of the peace for said County of Hamp- =shire, and that he made the abovenwritten official certificate at my request & that the same is in his hand writing —
Geo. Grinnell Jr
Ms. b. —

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss: George N. Hathaway of the Town of Potsdam in the County of St Lawrence aforesaid personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid County and being by me duly sworn makes oath and deposes that he is fifty four years of age, that he is the oldest son (having a sister older) of Samuel Hathaway formerly a soldier of the revolution. That at the period of the earliest remembrance of the deponent he resided with his parents in the Town of Greenfield in the State of Massachusetts, and his mother Sarah Hath- away now resides in the Town of Gile in said State part of the old Town of Greenfield. That his father the said Samuel Hathaway died at the house of the deponent in the said Town of Potsdam on the 27th day of June 1816 (twenty one years ago) aged about 68 years. That from the earliest recollection of the deponent his father was reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution, by all his fam- ily and acquaintances, and that he served the greatest part of the time of the revolution as was as a soldier of the Revolutionary army  armies , having at some period of the war enlisted for during the war. The deponent well recollects that when he was a child his father drew from the Government his bounty land as such soldier. For about 5 years previous to the death of his father, he resided in the family of

often deponent at Potsdam also be died, and that at his death had papers relating to his services in the revolutionary war as the deponent understand & believes, but that the said papers were con- sidered of no consequence, and have been long since destroyed - The deponent cannot state the contents of any of them. He well recollects his father's often stating his campaigns & particularly his sufferings as one of the prisoners in the prison ships at New York, & particularly his suffering at the battle of Monmouth from heat & thirst. His father used to boast that he had served many years & was personally in most of the scenes of active conflict during the revolution. The deponent cannot remember distinctly the particulars of his father's service nor the officers under whom he served excepting a Major Tubbs under whom he served. The deponent further states that his said mother is still a widow residing in the Town of Gile aforesaid.
John Reed
Sworn & subscribed before me on this 17th day of July 1837 } G. V. Hathaway
S. Beddow } Justice of the Peace
To Honorable Council: In the justice before where the fore- going deposition was read and taken & certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent the said George V. Hathaway and that he is a man of integrity, truth & veracity whose statement may be relied on - Dated July 17th 1837
S. Beddow } Justice of the Peace

G. A. Hathaway's
Dep
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

St. Lawrence County Clerk's Office } ss } To All whom these Presents shall come I, Silas Baldwin, Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence in the State of New York do hereby certify that Silas Baldwin Junior before whom the foregoing deposition of George W. Hathaway purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and sworn: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said deposition and Certificate purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 17. July 1837
A C S W H R

Charles Paine's
Deposition - in behalf of the Sarah Hathaway Widow of Samuel Hath- away.

I, Charles Paine, of Deerfield, in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify, and say, that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and that soon after I enlisted into the army, after the battle of Bunker Hill, I became acquainted with a soldier, in the camp, at Cambridge, in this State, of the name of Hathaway, and according to the best of my recollection, his christian name was Samuel. I understood in camp that he was from Middlebury or Fruitland, in this State, but don't recollect which. I believe he belonged to Capt. Knapp's company, in Col. Spencer's Regiment - at any rate, I am confident he was in the company, that the Shaws and Bennetts were in. Hathaway was with us on our march from Cambridge to Saratoga - at the capture of Burgoyne, and till the fall of 1777, but I don't recollect going with him that winter. After this, Hathaway was with us on an expedition to the White Plains.
In the spring of 1778, I was discharged from the army. I believe Hathaway was there at the time. Early in the same season, after I had planted my corn, I rejoined the army. I then went to West Point and marched to New Jersey - was at Morristown, Washington, and other places, in that State. Hathaway was with us through that campaign.

We witnessed the Execution of Major Andross. Gen. Howe was Major General. - Glover and Nickerson were Brigadiers. Major Buffington was Muster Master. Capt. Soper was with us during the campaign - I have been on guard with him. I knew Capt. Tappan in the same campaign. But it is a great while since, and you know, I am very old. There are a great many things, that I cannot remember distinctly. I should have kept a better mem- orandum, if I had thought. I should have called upon in this way.
Charles Paine
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin S.S. September 13-1839. Then personally appeared the above named Charles Paine, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement, by him subscribed before me - Aaron Arms, Justice of the Peace
These may certify that I have lived more than twenty one years in the same neighborhood with the above named Charles Paine, and that, though his head is whitened, as is believed, by more than a hundred winters, yet he is a man of sound mind. His character for integrity is good, and I believe he does honor to the profession of religion, which he has made.
A. Arms J. Peace V.P. Arms Prof. etc

This certifies that I am personally acquainted with Charles Paine & have been for more than twenty years. He is now a member of the church of which I am pastor. His character as a citizen & a christian is unexceptionable. His memory, tho' broken as it respects more recent events (as is usually the case with very aged people) is strong & retentive with respect to events that transpired 20 years ago, and it is to be presumed that his recollection of Revolutionary facts is correct. From Mr. Richards Pastor of the 2 nd Cong. Ch. Dec'd
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Franklin, do hereby certify, that Aaron Arms is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signatures to the certificates herunto annexed, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I herunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield this nineteenth day of september A.D. 1839 E. Alvord Clerk.

Secretary's Office
Boston Oct. 2. 1884.
Dear Sir,
Our "army books" do not credit Heathway with any service subsequent to Dec. 31. 1779 at which date he is marked " discharged ". In the books for 1780 he is credited for "desertion on the delay of payment of his wages to the 31 st of December 1779 5 14 5" & for "interest on the above sum from January 1 st to December 31 st 1780 6 10"; both sums amounting to 6 1 3 which was paid to him "June 24 1783". Not a word or intimation appears on any our books that Heathway  deserted . The settlement of his account three years after the alleged desertion would seem to imply that there must be an error in the supposed desertion.
Our army books do not come down later than 1780, so that for aught that I know Mr. Heathway may have served again subsequent to

That year, but , I repeat, we have no evidence at all of his service in any regiments in that year & no evidence of his having deserted in any year, & on the contrary at the close of the last service of his, of which we have any evidence, he is marked " Discharged "
Very respectfully
Your friend as ever John P. Bigelow
Hon. George Brannick,

base of Sarah Hathaway
Dupo. Willis boy

I Willis boy of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years, and now a Pensioner of the United States, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Samuel Nathaway in the revolutionary Service, he belonged to a Town near Boston in Massachusetts. I think the Town of Brookton below Boston, when I entered the Service in the year 1781, at Nelsons Point, opposite Westpoint, I found him there, and I joined the same Company with him, it was Capt. Peter Gloyne's Company and Col. Smith's Regt. being as I believe the 6 th Regt. in that year, we continued to Service together in the same Company until the men who enlisted during the War were discharged, which was I think in April 1783 when he left the Service.
I further testify and say that I knew the said Nathaway in the Service in 1780, I think in Capt. Allen's Company - Genl. Glover was our Brig d General during the time we served together, and we were Stationed most of the time on the North River
Willis boy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss. - } May 15. 1839. Then personally appeared Willis boy, who is well known to me as a person of truth and a credible witness, and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit - before me Stearman County Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Hon. Stearman County above named is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire and the above certificate is in his own handwriting Geo. Greenell W

ms 1000 -
Ja. L. Edwards Esq Court of Sessions

Greenfield Mass, May 18 1839
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
Sir
I enclose the Deposition of Willis Coy of Amherst in my District in aid of the application of Sarah Hathaway Widow of Samuel Hathaway
Her papers, when I left Washington, were in the hands of Dr. Crump, to be re-examined with some new evidence filed from the Office of the Secretary of State of this Commonwealth, since the former examination. —
I now have to request that the case may be again taken up and examined with Mr Coy's deposition & the other evidence in the case. —
What I have always believed, respecting the alleged " disention " is, I think, now reasonably proved, namely, either, that the entry of the fact on the Book was through mistake , or the disention was a mere

technical affair, and immediately excused and overlooked - For the certificate of Mr Bigelow, our Secretary of State shows that Hathaway, long after the supposed desertion , was paid his wages , earned before, with interest on the same.
Pay a real  deserter his wages, and interest on the amount!! - Impassible, incredible! -
But, Sir, permit me to say, that the testimony herewith enclosed, of Mr Gay, was discovered only 3 or 4 days ago. The man was unknown to Mrs Hathaway; and his testimony was sought & procured by Genl. Ebenezer Mattoon, an old revolutionary officer & a pensioner, resident in Amherst. - This widow is poor and has no relatives or friends in this part of the State to make active exertions in hunting up evidence. -
I knew Samuel Hathaway well. He served as a soldier in the prime establishment several years, after the revolution. Indeed, his home for years, might be said

to be the camp . And it is a strange thought to me and others who knew him, that he could ever have deserted . The proof from the Rolls et aliiunde . Shows much service performed by the man. The entry, " deserted ", has all the a suspicious appearance as to its correctness, considering the circumstances of the case. He does not appear to have been under an enlistment in June 1780. if I recollect aright —
But, did he indeed desert the service of his country, then or ever? Early in the war of Independence, — a short time a prisoner, about the time of Burgoyne's surrender — a sufferer on board the Prison Ship! and serving out a three years enlistment in the revolutionary Army — fully paid for that service, afterwards . — How  such a man Is such a man to be branded with infamy by such an entry in such a Book ? —
But I make these remarks more in reference to the character of the old soldier, than to the widows present claim to a pension. I know she must show service done after the marriage which was in August 1780 — — What I would urge is, that, if she shows any service after the marriage , the Department shall, etc in fixing the rate of pension , if necessary

go back of the month of June 1980. & give her the benefit of his prior service! -
Hathaway died in 1817 - and before pensions were much talked of - And the widow can only offer the gleanings of old reminis- cences, without aid from late conversation with him -
Will you have the goodness to report to me? -
I am, Sir, respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Geo. Grennell Jr
Jas. L. Edwards Esq Dear Sir,

Greenfield Dec. 10 th 1839
Sir
At the request of Mrs. Sarah Hathaway I forward the deposition of Mr. Charles Paine, asking that it may be examined, to see whether it will afford any aid to the Department in establishing her claim for a pension under the act of July 4-1836. It is possible that the Rolls of some of the officers mentioned by the deponent may show a service after June 20-1780- Mrs. Hathaway is, as yet, unwilling to relinquish her claim under the act of July 4-1836-confidently believing, as she says, that her husband did much service after June, and the 24 th of Aug. 1780-
Will the Department do me the favor to look at the rolls of Capt. Lebedee Reding. in Genl. Bradfords Regt. for the purpose of seeing whether there is any evidence of service there? Mrs. Hathaway says, her husband was entitled to bounty lands-
Should there be no proof of the service required, after the examination of the additional evidence enclosed , I shall endeavour, if possible, to persuade her to make a new declaration under the act of July 7-1838- according to your suggestion contained in your letter to Hon. Geo. Grennell Jr. under date of May 31-1839-
I am very respectfully yours
Jas. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Almon Brain and atty. for Mrs. Hathaway
(over)

P.S. An answer is desired as soon as consistent with the duties of the office.

Greenfield Nov. 17-1837
Sir
A letter addressed to Sarah Hathaway of Gile, endorsed by you, has been delivered to me. Wherein you state, the papers in support of her claim has been received, but no letter or memorandum accompanied them to show by whom they were transmitted to the Pension Office.
Her papers were prepared & forwarded by me as her Attorney. In the hurry of business. I probably forgot to accompany them with a letter or to endorse my name upon them.
Any communication can be addressed to me or to the Hon. Geo. Grenell Jr. M. C. upon the subject of her claim.
Yours very respectfully, Almon Brainard
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

South Deerfield, Mass. October 10-1839
To the Honorable Mr. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir I trust you will permit me to address you without formality. I do it at the request of a widow - and, Sir, it is needless to say to you, that the widow's appeal is not to be disregarded. I refer to Sarah Hathaway , of Gill, in this State, widow of the late Samuel Hathaway of Torrington, in this State, formerly a revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Hathaway states that she has applied for a pension on account of her husband's services in the army and that documents have been forwarded to support her claim, but that she is in ignorance of the state of her affairs in your office, and in short, that the business is enveloped in mystery. I have recently been trying to assist her - and on that ground, I suppose, she requests me to write, and ask you, Sir, to drop me a line, inform - me of the state of her business in your Department, and, if there be any deficiency in testimony in support of her claim, to point it out.
My feeble hand, Sir, must plead my excuse for my bad writing. - By complying with this request, Sir, you will very much oblige the old lady, and -
Yours, very respectfully,
Saron Brown

Greenfield Jany 1-1840
Sir
I should be glad to hear from the application of Mrs Sarah Hathaway, widow of Sarah Hathaway as soon as convenient, consistent with the other duties of the Department. In looking into the case, I take the liberty of suggesting that the mark of desertion upon the rolls in June 1780 is probably a technical one, and controlled by the certificate of the Secretary of State, which shows also, a service after the 24 th of Aug. 1780 - the time of the marriage, as marked by you in your letter to Hon. Geo. Grennell Jr. under date of May 31-1839. I believe there are two witnesses to the services of the claimant's husband after the marriage.
If the Massachusetts Rolls are now being indexed in compliance with the resolve of the Legislature, passed April 5 th 1839 - perhaps they may show furnish some evidence of the service of Sarah Hathaway, after Aug. 24-1780 -
I would also respectfully inquire whether, any action has been had on the application of Mrs. Hannah Smith of Colerain in this County, widow of Pomer Smith, since the furnishing the last additional evidence? and whether any decision in the case has been made? -
I am very respectfully yours &c Almon Brainard
Lat L. Edwards Esq Comm te of Pensions.

Sam Hathaway (Warsman) in Mass Line did he receive Bounty Land and what was his next?
M c Gordon
6/22/60
Not returned on the records of the Mass s Line on file in the Office among those entitled to bounty lands from the U.S. No warrant has ever issued in his name or in his right.
M c Gordon

Rejected
see let. to Hon d G. Greenleaf Dec. 6, 1837.
do - do - May 31 - 39. Let to Aaron J. Bruns, Oct 16, 1839. Let to G. S. Buffum July 21, 1840.
4 July 31
Massachusetts

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4748
P. O.
Sarah H. Haway
Service: with Samuel
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 27 th 1838.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Samuel Hathaway of Freetown served as a Private in the "Major's Company" Marshall's Regiment from January 15 th 1777, to December 31 st 1779 - Thirty five months and sixteen days - at 40/ per month.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Mary Robinson Dept.
I Mary Robinson wife of Jeremiah Robin- son of Westport in the County of Westport aged 65 years before and say that I was well accom- panied with Daniel Hetherington in his life time and know him from the time I was nine or ten years of age I was born in Middlesex in the State

Mary Robinson Dep.
I Mary Robinson wife of Jeremiah Robinson son of Worcester in the County of Worcester aged sixty seven depose and say that I was well acquaint- ed with Samuel Hetherway in his life time and know him from the time I was nine or ten years of age I was born in Middleboro in this State and lived there till I was about ten years of age when I went to Wrentham in this State to live. While I lived in Middleboro said Hether- way came home upon a furlough as it was then said from the Revolutionary Army. This was in the year 1779 or 80 according to my best recollection & belief. While at home on his furlough at that time he was published, as it was called, to my sister Sally sometimes called Sarah Stevens or Stephens as it was sometimes spelled. I recollect his going away from Middleboro at that time with  to my mother who then resided with her family in Pilgrim in this State for the pur- pose of being married to my said Sister, she then residing with my mother. and I then understood from the members of the family & others and have always so understood that he was then married to my said Sister. I was not present at the marriage but I know that after his return from the Army after the Peace he lived with my sister as man and wife & they had

two children, and were always reported to have been married at the time I have spoken of. The marriage took place in the time that said Hetherway was at home said to be over a fortnight as I have stated, and I know that after that time he was absent from home. in the service in the Revolutionary army as it was said. After the war said Hetherway and my sister lived in Newtown awhile and after that removed to that part of Greenfield which is now called Gill, and they lived there until the death of said Hetherway which took place as I was then informed while he was on a visit at Potsdam in New York about twenty years ago. I know that my sister has never married since and she is now present while I am making this Deposition.
I well recollect that it was said that said Hetherway was in the Army while he was away from home during the Revolutionary war, and that it has always been said and understood that he was a soldier in the Revolution. I was as I have stated young at that time but my impression is that he was in the Army some time previous to his being married and that he afterwards remained in the Army till Peace. Of this however I speak from what was then spoken

of for I was not a member of my mother's family at the time of the marriage nor for some years after that took place
Mary Robinson
born near west of Mason church Shoreham. In July 28 th 1837 Then the above named Mary Robinson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed in my presence Before me I further certify that the Deponent is well known to me & is entitled to full faith and credit as a witness
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace
I Jeremiah Robinson of Shoreham in the County of Worcester aged seventy three years Depose and say that I became acquainted with Samuel Hathaway spoken of in the above Deposition in the year 1792 or 1793. He was then living in that part of Greenfield now called Gill and was living with his reputed wife Sarah or Sally Hathaway who is now present. They were living as man and wife and had then with them one son having previously lost a daughter as was said I knew him & saw him from time to time till towards the time his death. He said Sarah has since remained his widow not having been again

married. She is now present at the making of this deposition.
Jeremiah Robinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss July 28 1837 Then the above named Jeremiah Robinson appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him sub- scribed in my presence - before me - & I certify that he is entitled to full faith and credit as a witness & that he is well known to me Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Norfolk ss - I Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, being a Court of record, certify that Emory Washburn who administered the foregoing oaths to said Jeremiah & Mary Robinson, is a justice of the Peace within said County & duly authorized to administer such oaths and that the foregoing signature of his name to the certificates aforesaid, is in his very hand writing - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the Seal of said Court to be Affixed at Worcester, this twenty eighth day of July A.D. 1837 - Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk

Potsdam August 1 st 1839
Hon George Grennell Jr
Sir,
Yours of the 17 th ulto has just come to hand and before this time you have I hope recd my answer to your first Communication accompanied with with my Deposition to the facts connected with my Father's service as far as my recollection would serve me.
My Deposition was made with extreme caution in consequence of repeatedly hearing my Father Discoursing with old Revolutionary Soldiers about the several Battles they were in I was fearfull of making statements as applicable to my Father which in truth might only belong to his Companions in Arms.
But since I wrote you facts have come to my recollection which had before escaped my memory and if they will be of any use in this case to strengthen my former Deposition I am willing (and my wife also) to make oath to the following.
1 st We have often heard Father say that he served his Country thirteen years. Commencing in 1775 and served untill the close of the war (Revolution) 2 d I remember while I lived at home a little while before I was of age fully Father enlisted for 5 years and served the time partly in Springfield and partly in Portsmouth and also some months (untill he was taken sick) During the late war with Great Britain. These added together would give 13 years. 3 d We have heard Father say that he was twice taken Prisoner by the British. once he was confined in the Prison ships at New York where his suffering from hunger filth vermin and other hard treatment was so severe that many of his Companions died of want or on feeding on substances obnoxious to human life. During which time repeated offers were made to remove him from his sufferings if he would only join the British. But that he resolutely Disdained the offer and said he would rather die under his trials.

1775 4 th During the Battle at Bunker Hill, he was in the American Army and lay at Roxbury. 5 th That he was taken by a party of General Burgoyne's men (French and Indians) stripped and dragged through the brush and brambles and other cruelly treated. And was a prisoner in Irons in General Burgoyne's Camp when he surrendered to the Americans.
I would just add that I am acquainted with the Honorable Messrs Wright and Gillet members of Congress for this State to whom I would refer for Character.
With Due Respect I am Hon d Sir your most obt serv t Geo Hathaway
Potsdam St Lawrence Co NY
P.S. I received a letter from my Mother in which she wishes me to sell my land in Gill. It is my intention to visit Mass s next fall if possible, in the mean time I would say in case My Mother does not get her pension if she likes to live with me I will try and make her as comfortable as possible.
An answer would be Thankfully Received and is earnestly requested.

Amount paid Thomas Marshall, his Offtmen to make good the depreciation of their waggons &c for the pub Svcs since in Cont army - Also for advances to sundry deserters in 1781 Made them disfem their desertion 18th Reg Vol 31. p 112.
Samuel Hathaway £71. 5. 8 amt wagg
Boston. 21 Sept. 1787

MS Hathaway base —

Col Thomas Marshall Regt. Sand Hattaway enlisted Jan 15. 1777 Mank? deserted Jan 22. 1780 Capt Sopris Co -

Mr. Grinnell requests Dr. Grinnell to examine Rolls 46 for evidence of Saml. Hattaway's Service - subsequent to the time of alleged disputation
= Please look at Final settle
= also. Rolls of Henry Jackson's Regt.
= Hattaway enlisted in Bristol County

Hathaway

Army Books in Mr. Bigelows office ought to shew Samuel Hathaway's pay as a private in Jacksons (Henry) Regt. or Marshalls It is material to shew that he was paid his wages from 1 June '80 to 1 Jan'y '81 - and to ascertain whether he re-enlisted after Jan'y 81.

Walker Wood
Sept. 1837
Mrs Hathaway's base
$4. due
Indy loan
Chas H.
Greenfield
Hon. Geo. Grenell p. m. 6.
Yrs

Middletown. Septm. 21 st 1837.
Mr. George Grennell,
Sir Yours of 11 th of August enclosing a certificate of the service of Eben r Willis Jr was duly received - The name subscribed to that certificate is Samuel Purington a man whom I well recollect. has been dead I presume 30 years. He was never Town-Clerk - But from the best information I have been able to get was the Clerk of a military Co m y in the time of the war of the Revolution commanded by Col s Alusha Fishbarn or Col s James Shaw perhaps by both in succession. Purington was not in the war except on alarms or short trips. It is very probable he made the certificate but I cannot find any one sufficiently acquainted to attest to his hand writing. A Daughter of Samuel Purington now resides in the almshouse of Fairhaven 20 miles from me who is old enough & supposed capable to give some information on this subject & the handwriting. Nathaniel Sprague Spooner, Esq. lives not far from her in Fairhaven who would be a good man to consult her & take her affidavit if deemed necessary.
With reference to Samuel Hathaway's Widow. I have procured the deposition of Joseph Smith which is authenticated & enclosed and contains all the information that I can find here upon that subject.
Yours respectfully William Wood
Expenses incurred 5.00 Rec d 1.00 4.00

Nye, is the name of Purington's at Fairhaven if I am not mistaken -
Yours
Dear George Grennell Jr. M. L. C.
Greenfield
Mass
John Wood Sept. 1837 Mrs. Hattaway's base $4. due Indy. term

I Josiah Smith of Wareham in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that in the time of the Revolutionary War I was acquainted with Samuel Hathaway, who then lived in Freestown in the County of Bristol & State aforesaid, that early in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven the said Samuel Hathaway enlisted into a company commanded by Amasa Soper, who lived in said Freestown, to serve for the term of three years, I enlisted and served in said company as the clerk, we commenced our march from Taunton in said county and arrived at Bunkerhill, on the sixth day of March in said year, according to my recollection, and said Hathaway served in said company the time for which he enlisted, In the first engagement or skirmish with Burgoyne Hathaway was missing, and I supposed he was killed and returned him so, until the surrender of Burgoyne when he again joined our company, having been taken a prisoner in the first skirmish.
Josiah Smith
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County } ss. Be it known that on this fourth day of September 1837 Josiah Smith above named (whom I certify to be a credible witness), personally appeared before me and deposed the above Deposition & subscribed his name thereto, and made oath in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me Seth Miller Jr Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Seth Miller Junior Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Plymouth & that the above is his true and

Josiah Smith's
Dep

genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Pro- bate for said County this nineteenth Day of September 1837.
Jacob H. Loud
Jurist Smith
Dep

To Hon Geo. W. Cump
Sir
Will you have the goodness to examine and report for my use. The facts in regards to the service of Saml. Hathaway the husband of Sarah Hathaway, an Applicant for a pension as his widow -
State, as shown by the records, the date of his enlistment, term of service, time of alleged desertion - pay to him - and any ap s of rating &c. - officers &c - any other facts -
I am, Sir,
with great respect
yr ob t Serv t
Geo. Greenell Jr,
June 11. 1838 -