Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,864, Jeremiah Hathaway, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J.
Hathaway, Jeremiah
S. 29,864
CONTENTS

15986 Massachusetts
Jeremiah Hathaway
of Dorchester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer R.D. commanded by Col Elliott in the Regt line for 8 months P.M. of Infantry , 12 " " " Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 76 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1833 and sent Newton.
Jeremiah Worcester (step) Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $133.34 Sem-ant. allowance ending Apr , 38.38 $191.72
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. Woodson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 34

3877 Jeremiah Hathaway. V
(It is requested that the Certificate, if any is granted, may be forwarded to Edw. D. Bangs)
Worcester, Mass.
Rec d May 17. 1819.
Jeremiah Hathaway Oath
Col Elliotts Reg t of Artillery Rhode Island Line
1777-18 year
The Judge must look to the inaugural circumstances of the appointment, also to the credibility of the witnesses.

State of Massachusetts I Jeremiah Hathaway a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Hardwick in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the last of March A.D. 1777—
I entered and was engaged in the Continental Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of March 1778—
as a Private Soldier— against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Joshua Sawyer's Company, Col. Robert Elliot's Regiment of Artillery, in the Rhode Island Line, and that I served faithfully therein during the term above mentioned, having enlisted for what was called the fifteen months service—
and that I left the service in the month of March 1778 as aforesaid, when our terms having expired, the whole Company was discharged; and I never received any written discharge and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Sixty two years and one Month—
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed. Jeremiah Hathaway
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty eighth day of April the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Charles Jackson one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
the abovenamed Jeremiah Hathaway and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Wm John Ingersoll Clerk
Chas. Jackson, Just. S. J. Court

3547 Jeremiah Hattaway. V
(It is requested that the Bar bificate Mary's grants, may be forwarded to Edw. D. Bangs)
Worcester, Mass.
Rec. 2 May 17. 1819.
Jeremiah Hattaway date
Col Elliott Regt of Artillery Rhode Island Line
1777-18 year
The Judge must come by to the inaugural Cer- emonies of the ap- pointment also to the Pres- entability of the metaphys-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Charles Jackson Esq. is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth and that the within signature is his proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & Nineteen
John Ingersoll Clerk

Jeremiah Hathaway
Application
15143
Please forward the Pension Certificate to Newton H. Lincoln Worchester Mass.
PRINTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester now sitting, Jeremiah Fletcher a resident of Gloucester , in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy five 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He was born in Berkley in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the tenth day of April 1737 - as appears by an record of his father's kept of his family - He continued to reside in said Berkley till about the first of April 1776. when he voluntarily enlisted into the Revolutionary service , and into a company of the Rhode Island State troops commanded by Capt. Myles Riggs in Col. William Richmond's Regiment . The name of his Lieutenant was Fiske and his Ensign Henry Alexander . He enlisted at Newport Rhode Island for the residue of the year for which said company had been enlisted and which was for the term of about eight months - he continued in said service from the time of so enlisting until some time in the month of November following when he was discharged with the other members of said company and returned to his father's house in said Berkley - he continued all said time at Newport , where said Regiment and a company of artillery were stationed - while said troops were at Newport , a British brig laden with provisions, arms and clothing came into the harbor, supposing that the British troops were there - the brig, with a British Lieutenant and Sergeant on board were taken - a short time before said company was disbanded, a company of of Militia marched into Newport . When stationed at Newport our Regiment went on an expedition to a place called by the Soldiers  Saints harbor on Long Island , where we took about 40 British troops and and a number of stands of arms - we killed the commanding officer of the station and lost Samuel Robinson , the second sergeant of our company - We returned from this expedition by way of Neshannan , Saybrook , New London , Sturminster &c. and were discharged at Newport the day after our return - our term of service having been out several days - he served under said enlistment about eight months -
About the first of March 1777. he enlisted again into the revolutionary service and into a company of Rhode Island State troops commanded by Capt. Joshua Ledyard in Col. Robert Elliot's Regiment . Samuel Gladstone was our Capt. Lieutenant and Philo Park our Ensign - he enlisted at Tiverton , in Rhode Island where said company was stationed and which had been enlisted for the term of  fifteen months - about a year or a little more of said fifteen months was unexpired at the time he enlisted - he continued in service with said company at Tiverton till some time in May when the company was removed to a station a place called  England Ferry on the borders of Tiverton & Little Compton where we continued till the beginning of December when the company the Regiment with said company was removed to Providence , where he continued with said company till the latter part of January or the first part of February 1778. when he was detached, with a sergeant and eleven other men and marched to Pawtucket where he and the sergeant and men were stationed in a fort till the time of the enlistment of said company had expired in March 1778. when he was marched back to Providence , Nayta off and dismissed and returned home to Berkley - Genl. Spencer commanded the Rhode Island and other troops at Tiverton and vicinity - he was not much respected by the soldiers  men .

where we continued till the beginning of December when the Company the Regiment with said Company was removed to Providence, where he continued with said Company till the latter part of January or the first part of February 1778. when he was detached, with a sergeant and
eleven other men and marched to Pawtucket where he and the sergeant and men were stationed in a fort till the time of the enlistment of said Company had expired in March 1778. when he was marched back to Providence, paraded off and dismissed and returned home to Berkley - Genl. Spencer commanded the Rhode Island and other troops at Tiverton and vicinity - he was not much respected by the soldiers - There was no engagement between
an the American side with the British while stationed at or near Tiverton - at one time Capt. Sawyer's company of which I was a member were marched in the King's Creek into a point of land opposite to the British encampment and as soon as it was light enough to see them we fired on them but could not ascertain that we did them any injury, but they immediately struck their tents and marched out of our reach - it was reported that we killed one man in his tent - at one time while at Tiverton, boats were collected and the troops mustered and embarked for the purpose (as it was said) of making an attack on the British, but after being together on the hulk near the boats till some time in the night the troops separated and went to their respective quarters.
That he went from Berkley to Tiverton in the same Company to live in 1779. when he lived about six years when he moved to said Haverwick where he has resided till the present time. Haverwick is about 24 miles from the town of Worcester - Maj. Seth Ginkley of said Worcester, Samuel Ginkley of Haverwick, Daniel Puggles Esq. of Haverwick are well acquainted with me and can state as to my whereabouts for veracity - I received no discharge at the time of my discharge dismissal under either of the aforesaid enlistments -

We Seth Hinkley of Worcester in the County of Worcester & Harmon Chamberlain of the same Worcester
We Barzillai Briggs  a clergyman residing in the  of Haverhill  residing in  Haverhill hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seth Hinkley Jeremiah Hathaway who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Seth Hinkley Barzillai Briggs Harmon Chamberlain
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Maj r Seth Hinkley who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of Worcester and that Harmon Chamberlain who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Reg d Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Hathaway for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Probate Court this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the said Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Jeremiah H. Hathaway Application 15143 Pension Certificate to Pension Service Newton Station Boston Mass

Jeremiah Hathaway Maps.
Parts of Arty 12th " " Inf 8 20 5 06
May 28 1835
P 409
15145
50 26.65 76.65
N & L.
Messrs Newton & Lincoln
Worcester Mass

BRIEF in the case of Col of Worcester
Jeremiah Hathaway in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     R. S. State Troops   April In 17 76 enlistment about 8 Private Gen. Riggs Col. Duniarey   1st March 1777 " about 12 " Gen. Hovey Col. Elliot  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish took prisoners at B. & P.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bristol Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional and 4 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? length of service is not exactly specified 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

15145-
Jeremiah Hathaway
Mrs. Newton & Lincoln Worcester Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jeremiah Hathaway which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? Certified by two citizens 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

29864 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,864
Jeremiah Hathaway Rev War
Act: Same as 29864
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. Pratt,
2 affidavits -
Fruitvale

I James Briggs of Bighton in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman do depose & say that I was a private Soldier in the Rhode Island State service in the war of the Revolution when it ended & the army was disbanded ; and that Jeremiah Hathaway now resident in Hardwick in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman, was in the Rhode Island State Service as a private soldier; that he served against the then common enemy in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Abraham Briggs in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Richmond in the Rhode Island State Line - That from the best of my recollection the said Hathaway served from about the first of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and seventy six to about the last part of November of the same year, when he was discharged at Newport in the State of Rhode Island - The reason of my stating as above is, that I served in the same company with said Hathaway and was discharged at the time when said Hathaway received his discharge & when the company was disbanded; the soldiers in this company served in what was called the One years service. James Briggs
Bristol ss. July 2 d 1832 Then personally appeared James Briggs who signed the foregoing declaration & affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me, Barzillai Crane Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. I James Sproat Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol do hereby certify that Barzilla Crane Esq. whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. J. Sproat
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. I Barzilla Crane one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Bristol do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with James Briggs whose signature is affixed to the within affidavit, and that I consider him to be a person who sustains a good moral character and the truth of whose statements may be relied on. Given under my hand at Berkley this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty two. Barzilla Crane

William Pratt of Freeport in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, and who was a lieutenant in the Continental Army of the war of the Revolution when it ceased and the Army was disbanded, do depose and say that Jeremiah Hathaway now resident in Haverwick in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid Yeoman, was in the Service as a private; that he served against the then common enemy in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Edmund Rigg in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Richmond in the Rhode Island State Line - That from the best of my recollection, he the said Hathaway served from about the first of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty six to the last or latter part of November of that year, when he was discharged at Newport in the State of Rhode Island - The reason of my stating as above, is this; I enlisted as a musician in the same company in the month of November A.D. 1775 and served in said company until the last or latter part of November in the year of our Lord 1776 when the company was discharged, the soldiers in this company having served in the same and in the service, which was called the "one year service."
William Pratt
Bristol ss. July 2 d . 1832 Then personally appeared William Pratt who signed the above declaration and affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the above same -
Before me, Nathaniel P. Hathaway, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. I, James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol do hereby certify that Ebenezer P. Houghton Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the peace, in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
J. Sproat

Sept. 10th 1832, I certify that I am well acquainted, and have been for many years past, with William Pratt who subscribed the within declaration, and that he is a credible person, & that from his character for truth , the within statement of his, is entitled to the fullest credit —
Chatham D. Hatheway, Justice of the Peace —
respon n! —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. June 12 th 1833. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester aforesaid Jeremiah Hattaway who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the lapse of time since the transac- tions mentioned in his declaration made before the Judge of Probate for said County of Worcester on the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1832. he can not state positively the identical days of his enlist- ments and discharges at the several times men- tioned in said declaration, but he is positive that under the instrument first mentioned in said declaration, he served in the Revolu- tionary service as a soldier and received his pay from the proper officer for the full term of eight months, and that under the instrument mentioned secondly in said decla- ration he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary service and received pay from the proper officer for the full term of one year, and that his service under said instrument was for a full days over one year, and for such service he claims a pension - And the said Jeremiah Hattaway further testifies on oath as aforesaid that the reason why he did not procure the affidavit of a Chyrgeyman to his belief of the age of the said Jeremiah and the reputation in his neighborhood of his Revolutionary service is, that the Chyrgeyman of the town where he resides has been recently settled in the ministry

in said town and his knowledge of such repres- sion could not be satisfactory evidence
for as such Matthew ay
Sworn to before me this subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Worcester this 12 th day of June 1833
Oliver Newton Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with both Ginkley and Gannan Chamberlain who made affidavit to the age and their belief in the Revolutionary services of Jeremiah Guthaway as appears by the declaration of said Guthaway dated October 18 th 1832, and that they are men of integrity, in whose declarations proper confidence may be placed - and that the said Ginkley and Chamberlain have resided in said town of Glandwilt until within a few years - And I further certify that Jeremiah Guthaway who signed and swore to the affidavit contained on this paper is known to me and is the same person who signed the declaration above mentioned, dated on the 18 th of October 1832, and which is hereto annexed
Oliver Newton Justice of the Peace

For Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol Co. ss.
I James Sprague Clerk of the County of Bristol aforesaid, do hereby certify that Appollas Tobey Esq. before whom the within Affidavit of Simon Chase and Ezra Chase appears to have been made, at the date thereof was a Justice of the peace. duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that his name subscribed thereto, appears to be his own proper signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Taunton in the County of Bristol on the 14th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen.
James Sprague Clerk of said County Bristol ss
I hereby also certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Simon, Chase and Ezra Chase, and know them to be men whose veracity may be depended upon.
Com. Jas. Sprague

4 I Simeon Chase and Ezra Chase Both of Berkley in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age To Give Evidence to testify and say that we enlisted in to Service in revolutionary war against the common enemy in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven and Jeremiah Dathaway of Wadsworth in said Commonwealth was in the same Company which was comman- ded by Capt. Joshua Sawyer in Col. Robert Elliott Regiment at the time we enlisted and that the said Jeremiah Dathaway continued in the Service in said Company until the campaign ended which was some time in the months of March Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight the Service we performed was in Rhode Island State and was fifteen months service  one year and further saith not

Simeon Chase Ezra Chase
5 Bristol ss. Commonwealth of Mass achusetts. April 15 th 1819 then Personally appeared Simeon Chase and Ezra Chase and after being cautioned to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed
Before Apostles Peace Solely Justice of the