Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7782, Joseph Hopkins, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hopkins, Joseph Patty
W 7782
B.L.Wt. 34270-160-55
CONTENTS

21326
Massachusetts
Joseph Hopkins
of Middlesex in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Francis of the Reg t commanded by Col. Tupper in the Mass a line for Quebec
Cambridge
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sept 1833 and 1st Class Hirko Est Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Nov 34 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Madison Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 34
71 Middlesex

3476 Massachusetts
Patty Hopkins widow of Joseph Mass Hopkins who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 21 February , 1853.
19 th September Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Jany/54 and sent to
Franklin Hall 39 State Street Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 48 Vol. A
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207329

207329 Act Nov. 3 } ST Aug 28 }
Patty Hopkins (wid)
Joseph Hopkins Rev.
34270 ip July 1/51
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Pensioner
Act June 7 1832
July 53 - 8476
W. Williamstown Mass
Boston
P
H Hall 39 State St Boston Mass
Val H = 2 = 65-

207329
Filed by Franklin Hall 39 State St Boston

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF Middlesex. } ss.
On this Twenty first day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Patty Hopkins aged seventy years, a resident of S. Reading in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph Hopkins who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service; for proof of which facts, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office, upon which a Pension was granted her said husband under the Act of June 7, 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Hopkins on the seventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirteen ; that her name, before her said marriage, was Patty Crooker ; that her said husband died on the nineteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty three at S. Reading and that she is still a widow; and for proof thereof she refers to the evidence on file with her application for a pension under the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 rd February 1852 . Her Pension Certificate is dated
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, and has appointed Franklin Hall, of Boston, her true and lawful attorney for her and in her name to prosecute her claim.
SIGNED AND SEALED IN PRESENCE OF
TWO WITNESSES.
Nathaniel Parker John Pierce
Patty Hopkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Aug. 27 th 1885.
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed.
Joshua Prescott was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Edw. W. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
WE, Nathaniel Parker and John Pierce residents of S. Reading in the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above named Patty Hopkins in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
We further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Joseph Hopkins and Patty Hopkins his wife (now his widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said Joseph Hopkins died at S. Reading on or about the nineteenth day of September 1853, and that she is still a widow, and that we they have no interest in this claim.
Nathaniel Parker
John Pierce
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joshua Prescott
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Boston, January 2 d 1854.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Saml P. P. Fay was Judge of Probate - and Joshua Prescott was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County, ss.
On this twentieth day of December eighteen hundred & fifty three personally appeared in open court, before the subscribed Judge of Probate within & for said County, Patty Hopkins, a resident of South Reading in said County, aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefits of the 2 d section of the Act of 3 d February, 1853:
That she is the widow of Joseph Hopkins, de d , who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and was paid at the Boston Agency. For proof thereof she refers to the evidence on file with her declaration under said law.
She further declares that she was married to said Joseph Hopkins on the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred & thirteen - That her maiden name was Patty Crooker; - That her said husband died on the nineteenth day of September, eighteen hundred & fifty three; - That she was not married to him prior to the second

day of January, 1800 but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow & that she has appointed Franklin Hall her true & lawful attorney for her & in her name to prosecute her claim to a pension under the above named Act.
Attest,
A. A. Prescott
Patty Hopkins
Sworn to, subscribed & acknowledged the day & year above written before me, & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the declarant to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution thereof.
L. P. Day Prob.
I William H. Stevens of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, Physician on oath testify and say, that I am acquainted with Mrs Patty Hopkins the within named applicant for a pension as widow of Joseph Hopkins deceased late of South Reading in said County of Middlesex, and during his life time was acquainted with said Joseph Hopkins, that said Joseph Hopkins was the husband of said Patty Hopkins and was always reputed and believed by his neighbors to have been a soldier of the Revolution and was a pensioner of the

Affidavit of Paternity
United States, that he was attended by me in his last illness, and died on the 19 th day of September 1853, that said Patty Hopkins is now and has been a widow ever since said 19 th day of September 1853, and is the widow of the identical Joseph Hopkins who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner as aforesaid. Stoneham December 22 d 1853
William H. Stevens
Sate of Massachusetts } ss December 22 d 1853. Sworn to and subscribed Middlesex County } before me, and I certify that said William H. Stevens is personally known to me, that he is a credible witness and a resident of said Stoneham. I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of the within named declarant to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution. I further certify that said Patty Hopkins is personally known to me and she is the widow of the deceased Joseph Hopkins, who was a Pensioner and is now deceased as she has declared
Joshua Prescott Justice of the Peace
afp.
per

State of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex & Town of Stoneham. "Stoneham January seventh Eighteen hundred and thirteen Mr Joseph Hopkins of South Reading and Miss Patty Brooks of Stoneham were joined in Marriage by the Rev John H. Stevens."
I, John Hill Jr on oath depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town County & State above named, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Stoneham with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, viz, 7 th 1813
John Hill Jr } Town Clerk of Stoneham, Mass. Middlesex ss. December 12 th 1853. Sworn to & sub- scribed before me, & I certify that said John Hill Jr is Town Clerk of Stoneham, & that I have no interest in the claim of Patty Hopkins to a pension & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Joshua Prescott Justice of the Peace.

Joseph Hopkins.
26167.
Part 2 years lease Francis County Coal Supplies Regt. Map
Isaac Furber Esq. East Cambridge Mass

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ss.
On this fifth ————— day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE SAMUEL P. P. FAY, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Joseph Hopkins ————— , a resident of South Reading , in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
in the beginning of the month of October in the year 1777 he enlisted in Reading & marched to Cambridge where he served in Captain John Dix' company in a detachment which was employed in guarding the Laboratory & State Magazine two months as a private soldier, but he recollects no person who then served with him whose testimony he could conveniently obtain: —
— in December 1777 he enlisted in Reading & marched to Cambridge where he served as a private soldier under Captain Cadwallader Ford in Fort Numburgh for two months: in June 1778 he enlisted in Reading and marched to Rhode Island where he served as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Edgell in Colonel Wood's Regiment six months
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on the 25 th of May 1779 he enlisted in Reading & marched to Rhode Island where he was employed in guarding the inhabitants of Kingston in Captain Beckminsten's company six weeks as a private soldier: —
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He enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1779 on the 17 th day of July in Reading & marched to Westpoint where he served in the eleventh Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Tupper in General Patterson's Brigade, as a private soldier in the company under Captain Thomas Francis to the 17 th of April 1780 nine months, being the time for which he enlisted: in June 1780 he enlisted under Captain Thomas Francis in the same Regiment as before for six months, & served until he was discharged on account of sickness contracted in the service as appears by the discharge annexed.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Jos Hopkins
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. Pay
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Reuben Emerson — a clergyman, residing in South Reading aforesaid, and John Hart — Esquire, a magistrate, residing in South Reading aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Hopkins — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John Hart
Reuben Emerson.
Subscribed and sworn to before
J. P. Pay Prob.

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Reuben Emerson who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in South Reading and that the said John Hart who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at South Reading — and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. May Prob
I, ISAAC FISKE, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hopkins — for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth — day of September A. D. 1832.
Isaac Fiske Reg

Feb 8-1900 Waldo E. Boardman Boston Mass.
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
7782
Patty Hopkins
Wid.
Joseph Hopkins Port. Rev. War
Act: _____
Feby. 34/53
Index:—Vol. _____
8
Page _____
343
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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✓ Also comes

Pension Office Jany. 5. 1854
Sir, 4 m 53
Please certify the date of Joseph Hopkins' death. - Massachusetts roll - act 7, June 1832, $80. pr. ann.
Respy.
F. Burt Esq. } Sy Cole 3rd audr. } for Commr.
Joseph Hopkins, Act 1832, $80 per annum, Paid to 4 March 1853. No death.
F. Burt Auditor

APPROX
Hon. J. Minot
Commission of Pensions.
Washington.
D.C.
207.329

No 20
The Bearer hereof, Joseph Hopkinson a Ser t in the 1st Reg t of Col t Lippins reg t General Patterson's Brigade being deemed incapable of further military duty during the term of his enlistment is discharged by the General Hospital with leave to go home agreeable to order from his Excellency the Commander in Chief dated Oct r 17. 1780: and all commi s aries on his road to Reading (Bay State) are to furnish him from Dec r 1 st to Jan y 1 st with provisions to the amount of twenty days in the stable keeping the number of Bay, on the last day of until the same is completed
General Hospital Oct r 24. 1780 Delivered order
Oliver Spencer Col t Sup t Worcester 12 th Nov r 1780 for Vations being the full of this P W  Dawes M c Spence

Morris Town Oct 23 1780 Ordered three days Provisions For the Garrison at Mr
A. J. Dunham Col. P. P. Stowar 21 Oct 80
Delivered three days provision for William Frost S. C. Spies.
John W. Morrison
Dunbury Nov 1 1780 Issued three days provision for Col. Nathaniel
Issued three days Francis Coney rations at Litchfield Nov 6 1780 White Mt
Vered the above with four days station Nov 9 For Moses Chenickell J. Williston
Hopkins, Joseph Mass W7782

I Thomas Green of Woreham in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of 75 years on oath depose & say that in the latter part of May in the year 1779 I enlisted in Medford in said Middlesex & marched to Rhode Island where I joined Captain Harrison Buckminster's company, which company was detached to guard the inhabitants of Vineyard & I served therein from 2 to 3 months. I was well acquainted with Joseph Hopkins of South Reading, & depose that he served at that time, in that company, exceeding six weeks, as a private soldier.
Thomas Green Middlesex. p. Sept. 19 th 1832. Then the above named Thomas Green personally appeared before me & made oath that the aboven-written deposition by him subscribed is true, & he is a credible & disinterested witness. John Went Justice - P. Hove
I Nathaniel Condry of South Reading of the age of 73 years on oath depose & say that in December 1777 I enlisted in Reading & marched to Cambridge where I served as a private soldier in Captain Cadwallader Ford's company in Fort Number Two. I was well acquainted with Joseph Hopkins of South Reading, & depose that he served at that time in said company in said Fort for three months.
Nathl Condry Middlesex. p. Sept. 19. 1832. Then the above named Nathaniel Condry personally appeared before me & made oath that the aboven-written deposition by him subscribed is true, & he is a credible & disinterested witness.
John Went Justice - P. Hove

I Elias Bryant of Stoneham in Middlesex Massachusetts of the age of 76 years on oath depose & say that in June 1778 I enlisted in Stone- ham & marched to Rhode Island where I served as a private soldier in Captain Benjamin Edgell's company in Colonel Wood's Regiment (I think, but of the Colonel's name I am not certain) for six months. I was well acquainted with Joseph Hopkins of South Reading & depose that he served in the company, at the same time & place six months.
Elias Bryant
Middlesex p. Sept 19. 1852. Then the abovenamed Elias Bryant, a credible & disinterested witness personally appeared before me & made oath that the abovenwritten deposition by him subscribed is true. John Hart Justice Peace
I James Emerson of South Reading in Middlesex Massachusetts of the age of 72 years on oath depose & say that in July 1779 I enlisted in Reading & marched to Westpoint where I served in Thomas Francis' company in Colonel Tappan's Regiment in General Patterson's Brigade for which service of nine months with some other services, my name was some years ago put & now stands on the pension roll. I was well acquainted with Joseph Hopkins of

South Reading & I depose that he served from said period of enlistment in said company at said place, for nine months, the time for which he enlisted.
James Emerson
Middlesex p. Sept. 19 1832. Then the above named James Emerson credible & disinterested witness personally appeared before me and made oath that the above written deposition by him subscribed is true.
John Hart Justice - Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 15 th 1832.
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 Joseph Hopkins has served under Brig
   Captains Colonels Year Entered Ended Whole time of service   m o Days     Ben Edgell Jacobs 1778 July 1 st Dec r 31. 6 2   L t Buckminster Peirce 1779 May 18. July 1 st 1 18   Th s Francis Tupper 1779 July 17. April 17. 9 0   Reading Town Roll. 1780 July 5 th Octo r 27. 4 7   Total Amount Twenty months & twenty seven days 20. 27.  
Edward D. Bangs, Secy.

abnd, 3 Feb 53
Patty Hopkins

Brief in the case of Patty Hopkins widow of Joseph, Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts act 3 February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioner at $80 - Act 7. June 1832 Marriage certified from Town record -
Identity as pensioner's widow proved by affidavit of his attending physician (who proves pensioner's death 19. Sept. 1853) - Identity also confirmed by knowledge of the magistrate -
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Franklin Hall 39 State St. Boston
M c Rae Examining Clerk.

No 4.014.
Massachusetts
Patty Hopkins, widow of Joseph
Act 3. February 1853
Franklin Hall 39 State St. Boston -

29 State St. Boston, Jan 2 nd 1854
Sir,
Enclosed herewith, I forward the application of Patty Hopkins, widow of Joseph Hopkins, dec d . late a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832, at $80. pr annum, for a pension under the revised section of the act of 3 rd Feb. 1853.
I am, Sir, most respectfully Your obed t Servt Franklin Hall
S. P. Waldo, Esq., Comm r of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Mass.
4.014 Patty Hopkins, widow of Joseph
Act 3 Feb. 1853
Admitted $80. pr. ann. Commencing 2 Feb 1853 19 September 1853.
Franklin Hall 34 State Street Boston

39 State St. Boston Aug 27 th 1855.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith, please find application of Mrs. Patsy Hopkins, widow of Joseph Hopkins, de d for land bounty under Act of March 3 rd 1855.
Most respectfully Yours obed t serv t Franklin Hall.
Hon D. Minot. Comm ee of Pensions. Washington, D.C.