Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15454, Daniel Hix, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Hix, Daniel
NUMBER
S 15454
CONTENTS
carded

15320
Massachusetts
Daniel Hix
of Bristol in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Putnam in the War time for 8 Mo 9 Days
78 Bristol
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 27 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1832 and [blank] [blank] Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1830 $03.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 2 Sept 1830 13.83
$69.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 33,

25267
Elder Daniel Hix
Winston County
Miss-
Recd 8 Mar 9 days
1827.66.
Mr J L Hodges Peanut

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Massachusetts, County of Bristol, ss.
On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally in open court, at Probate Court held at New Bedford within & for the County of Bristol, by the Hon. Abigail Baylies, Judge of the Probate of Wills & for said County Bristol, now sitting Daniel Hix of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, ten months & two days, 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 & served as herein stated, viz. That he enlisted voluntarily at Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, sometime in the month of April, as nearly as he is now able to recollect, A.D. 1775 as a private in the service of the State of Massachusetts, under Lieut. Levi Bowers of Rehoboth, who was the recruiting officer, at the time, in that town. For a term of eight months and some time in the course of the same month, on the beginning of the next, of the same year, I marched with several others under his command to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts where we were formed into a company of infantry, and placed under the command of a captain Danforth of some place in Connecticut, whose Christian name and place of residence is not now remembered by me. A person whose surname was Blackwell was first Lieutenant of said company, and the above named Levi Bowers was 2 d Lieutenant. These are all the officers of said company now recollected by me.
At the time of my first entering said service, as aforesaid

David Brewer was colonel and Rufus Putman was Lieutenant colonel of the regiments to which I was attached. The said Brewer however, was soon afterwards broke for some misconduct, as I was informed, and the command of the regiment then devolved on said Lieutenant colonel Putman, without receiving the appointment of Colonel, & no Lieutenant colonel, having been appointed. The above are all the field officers of the regiment to which I belonged that are now recollected by me.
I entered said service as aforesaid and performed duty in the station aforesaid in said company and regiment for the period of eight months, with the exception of an absence of about three weeks, immediately preceding the termination of the period of my enlistment, when on account of sickness, I obtained leave of absence, and owing to the approximation of the term of my enlistment, received a regular discharge for the remainder of the term of service.
I have now no data by which I can fix the period of my discharge as aforesaid but according to the best of my recollection it was in the month of December and some where from the middle to the 20th of the same year.
I also served as a substitute for another person, for the period of one month, in what was called the boat company under the command of Captain Ichabod Wade of Rehoboth, in which I believe was called Spencer's expedition for the purpose of driving the British from Rhode Island. I cannot be positive as to the year, but believe it to have been in the year AD 1777, and some where about the months of August or September of that year, but the precise time of my entrance & quitting said service is not now recollected. I have no recollection of any other officers superior or inferior in the service to which I was then attached, saving that of said Capt Ichabod Wade. I resided in Rehoboth in the county of Bristol and state of Massachusetts, at the several periods of service as aforesaid. In the first period of service, as aforesaid

I was a voluntary and in the latter as substitute as before stated.
I was not engaged in any battle.
The country through which I marched on my first term of service, was from Rehoboth to Samson & thence to Roxbury and the intervening towns, and during the campaign in occasional marches from one station to another in Roxbury and Dorchester.
And in the other terms of service, from Rehoboth to Swanzey then crossing Nades Ferry to Princeton and thence to Trenton  Princeton during said service in occasional removals from Trenton to Princeton.
In the first period of my service as aforesaid, I well recollect that Levi Roundville and a soon by the name of Ingraham and on other by the name of Wallbridge, the Christian name, of the two last named persons, not being recollecting, were captains in the same regiment to which I belonged. Since I have now no recollection of the names of any other officers belonging to said regiments, nor the names of any other continental regiments or companies with which I served as aforesaid.
I recollect of nothing further, that I apprehend can be particularly useful in investigating my claim to a pension unless the same shall be developed in answer to the questions hereafter to be proposed.
The only persons, that I now recollect whose testimony can be procured is Gamaliel Richmond formerly of Highton but now resident in Fairhaven and Joseph Case of Rehoboth who was a member of the same company with me.
The testimony of said Richmond, I have already obtained, and the same will be forwarded herewith.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and I moreover declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the of any state whatever.
Question 1 st . By H. Baylies Judge of Probate &c.
Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, by said H. B.
I was born as I have been informed in Rehoboth, in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, and in the year 1755 November thirtieth.
Quest 2 d . as above. Have you any records of your age; and if so, where is it?
Answer as above No, I have not.
Quest 3 d . as above. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer as above. I lived at the time I was called into service as aforesaid in Rehoboth, in said County of Bristol and since that that period I have lived in _____
Southworth in said County of Bristol, where I now reside.
Quest 4 th . as above. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer as above. In the first period of service as aforesaid, I was a the volunteer, and in the latter, a substitute; But the person for whom I was a substitute I cannot now recollect and I recollect on that subject is that he was a Rhode Island man.
5. 26 th
Question, as above. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
And did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?

between us above. I have already stated the names of all the regular officers, who were with the troops when I served, as aforesaid, and I have now no recollection of any other continental regiments or militia regiments, than I have stated in the preceding declaration, which I pray may be taken as my answer thereunto to the above branch of the aforesaid interrogatory - and as to the general circumstances of my service, I have the liberty of having a little more particular, than in the above declaration.
On my first arrival at Roxbury as aforesaid, I with the company to which I belonged, was quartered in a house at Roxbury until the battle of Bunker Hill, and from that we were quartered in tents, at the respective posts assigned by the company to which I belonged, part of the time in Roxbury, and part of the time in Dorchester.
I was at Brooklyn, during the first period of service as aforesaid and saw Charlestown when it was burnt by the British - to be seen at the foot of  the fort at  Brooklyn where the same was situated
to the end of tour of service, as aforesaid, I recollect nothing very material. I recollect of being quartered part of the time at Lewiston, in the State of Rhode Island a part of the time in Free town - when at Free town, was quartered upon the premises of a Esq. Brightman - and as to receiving a discharge as aforesaid I did receive discharges, at the end of said tours of service, but by whom they were signed I do not now recollect. I further state said discharges have been lost by me.
Quest. 7th State the names of persons to whom you owe one Person in your present neighbourhood, and of who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Anscombe as above. I am I trust known to all my neighbours in the vicinity of my residence, and to a very numerous class of people, much beyond the compass of my personal acquaintance, who I trust can testify both as to my character for veracity, as also their beliefs of my services as a soldier of the revolution - But as I am asked the question, I will name of the many in the circle of my residence, and also in the town of Sandwich, whom I have preached alternately for more

than thirty years, and where I still continue to dispense the word of life, according to the ability given me.
In Dartmouth the place of my residence, I refer to Lemuel Reed Thomas Faunce, John Raper Esq. Gideon Rogers, Nathan Pierce David Wilson, William Cummings, John Chase, Richard Collins
and Howard Tripp of Bristol my associate in the ministry in Dartmouth, and in Fair Haven Alden Spooner Esq. Obadiah Davis, Humphrey Davis, Capt. Ephraim Simmons, Brown William Garrison, Nathaniel S. Spooner, and Cyrus E. Goss, Rev. Pardon G. Dearing & Reed
Mr Gould -
Daniel Hild
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. J. Baylies, Judge of Probate
We Howard Tripp a clergyman, residing in Dartmouth, Port in the County of Bristol and Nathaniel S. Spooner residing in Fair Haven in said County of Bristol, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Eld. Daniel Hild, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years old & rising; that he is respected and beloved, in the neighbourhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Howard Tripp Nath. S. Spooner.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
H. J. Baylies, Judge of Probate

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 Howard Trippe who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Dartmouth in said County of Bristol & that Nathaniel S. Spencer Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Fairhaven in said County of Bristol, is a credible person and That their statement is entitled to credit — H. Baylies, Judge of Probate —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Bristol ss.
I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Hix of Dartmouth in said County, for a pension —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said Court the day & year first above written — Anselm Bassett

Bristol J. April 22 d . 1833. Then personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, John Daniel Hix of Southworth in said County of Bristol, who is the same person named in the declaration annexed & made by him for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 - who being sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot positively know, as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades viz as a private in Captain Sanfords company as stated by him in his original declaration for the term of eight months in the year 1775 excepting an absence of about three weeks as therein stated & during said period he was employed in Roxbury & Dorchester, in building forts guarding & performing other acts of military duty with said company. He also served as a private & as a substitute under Captain Ichabod Wade for the period of one month in Spencers expedition & during said time he was principally employed in rowing boats & guarding the coast in Newton and for such service he claims a pension
Daniel Hix
Before me
Anthony L. Groom Justice of the Peace
my commission was confirmed and commission expires

I Gamaliel Richmond now resident at Fairhaven in the county of Bristol aged seventy seven years November 23 d . 1831 and duly qualified to give evidence do testify & say, — That I enlisted as a private in the volunteer company of state troops raised by Massachusetts, during the revolutionary war, which company was commanded by Capt. Peter Pitts of Dighton, in the month of April 1775: for a term of eight months and about the first last of said month I marched to Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts under the command of said Pitts, and served in said company as a private for the term of eight months, the period of my enlistment as aforesaid, in Roxbury & Dorchester, which ended on or about the first of December in the same year — and after the expiration of said term I again enlisted as a sergeant of a company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Davis of Boston for the term of three years and afterwards served in that capacity as sergeant major until the conclusion of the war. And I do further testify and say that soon after my arrival in Roxbury for the first term of my enlistment as aforesaid, I became acquainted with the present Elders Daniel Hix, now now resident in Dartmouth in the county of Bristol and now an applicant to the Secretary of War of the United States for a pension, who was then a private in Capt. Danforth's company of infantry and of the Massachusetts state troops, and very distinctly remember of said Hix's serving as a private in said company for the whole or nearly whole of said term of eight months. I have no recollection of his absence during any part of said term. The reasons for my recollection of said Hix's service as aforesaid, are that said Hix and myself then lived in adjoining towns — He living in Rehoboth & I in Dighton in said county of Bristol and we were on that account on very familiar terms — and from an additional circumstance, upon the conclusion of the war, when I returned I learnt that said Hix was engaged in the ministry and from having frequently seen & heard him preach the gospel since that period — And further the deponent saith not. September 29 th 1832. Gamaliel Richmond
Bristol ss. On the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, the above named Gamaliel Richmond, the deponent was examined and confirmed and sworn

agreeable to law to the disposition aforesaid by him subscribed. Taken at the request of Daniel Hix of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol, Clerk and to be used by him as evidence of his service in the state troops of Massachusetts during the war of the revolution, before the Hon. Lewis Laps, Secretary of war of the United States in order to enable said Daniel Hix to obtain the benefit of the act to be passed June 7 th , 1832.
The cause of taking said deposition is, that the deponent lives more than thirty miles from the place of hearing the application of said Hix for a pension under the aforesaid law of the United States. And I the subscriber further certify that said Richmonde is a credible person.
Jonathan D. Spooner
Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts.

I Israel Goff of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the seventy fourth year of my age - testify and say - That I am personally acquainted with Elder Daniel Hicks of Dartmouth in said county of Bristol but formerly of said Rehoboth and that I enlisted with him as a soldier in Rehoboth under Lieutenant Levi Bowen in the first eight months service in the Revolutionary war - in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and that we marched under Lieut Bowen to Roxbury near Boston and joined the Company of Capt Danforth given name do not recollect first Lieut I think was McKnight under Colonel Br of Lt Col Rufus Putnam Officers from the State of Connecticut And that I did serve with the said Daniel Hicks under the above-named officers in Roxbury & Dorchester and in that vicinity during the term of eight months - we were employed in building forts and guarding etc - we served our time out and were hereby discharged and returned home in the month of January AD 1776 - Elder Daniel Hicks was an inhabitant of Rehoboth in time of the revolutionary war - at the time that he enlisted under Lt Bowen Israel Goff Rehoboth April 17. 1833
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss - Rehoboth April the 17 th AD 1833 Then personally appeared Israel Goff and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true - before me Samuel Bullock Justice of the peace
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Israel Goff the above said Deponent and that his character is good for truth and veracity certified by Samuel Bullock Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Amos Bassett, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said county of Bristol, do hereby certify that Nathaniel L. Homer and Samuel Bullock are Justices of the Peace in for said county of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths and that the signatures to the foregoing affidavits purporting to be theirs are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this fourth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty three Amos Bassett

15454
INVALID.
File No. 15454
Daniel Heix
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]