Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7816, Wakeman Hull, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Hull, Wakeman Esther
N. 7816
CONTENTS

8,254
4
Pennsylvania
Nathaniel Hall
of Mount Pleasant in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of March 1819 and sent to Abisha Woodard Esq. Judge Bethany Wayne County Pa.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 $82.05 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sep 1819. 48 -
Continued $130 63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Wayne County
let 25 April 1837 to G. Williams.
Historical Soc December 23, 1840 John H. Bryant J. Wayne Pa.

3488
Pennsylvania, Phila
Esther Hull widow of Con n Wakenaw Hull who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 21 st day of Jan'y / 54 and sent to
S. M. Knight Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 105 Vol. A
1676

Application for a Pension
Wakeman Hull
of
Muyne County Pennsylvania.
25. April 1818
Wakeman Hull, Priv.
Bradley's Com. Regt.
1777 to 1783
The Judges certificate of names & circumstances of Aptical is wanting -
Logan County Pa.

Pennsylvania
Wayne County ss.
On the twenty fifth day of April 1818. before me the Subscribers of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared Wakeeman Hull aged fifty nine years resident in Mount Pleasant Township in the said County of Wayne who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
That he the said Wakeeman Hull enlisted on the 11. day of February 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Josiah Lucy belonging to the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Philip B. Bradley; that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the 9 th day of June 1783 when he received an Honorable discharge from said service with the Badge of Merit for six years faithful service in said Army. That he was in the Battle of Monmouth - and several other inferior skirmishes. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Abisha Woodward
I Abisha Woodward Judge &c: as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Wakeeman Hull did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Bethany 9. May 1818.
Abisha Woodward

Wayne County
I Sheldon Norton Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne Do certify that Abisha Woodward is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Wayne as appears from the records in my keeping and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court the 1. day of June 1818.
Sheldon Norton. Scty
Wayne County
I John H. Woodward Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Wayne do hereby certify that Abisha Woodward Esquire within named is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Wayne as appears from the records of his commission and qualification recorded in my office and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his judicial acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County the 9 th day of May Anno Domini 1818.
John H. Woodward, Rec d

Pennsylvania
Wayne County
I Misha Woodward one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne as aforesaid Do hereby certify that Wake man Rule in the foregoing declaration named is in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support. Misha Woodward
Bethany 8 Feby. 1819

Naselle River
W. O. 1000 8261
20 Mar 19
Sep 19
Con

District of Pennsylvania } Wayne County } ss.
On this 29 th day of August Anno Domini 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas & being a Court of Record for the said County of Wayne having been created and expressly made such by the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania See act of 2 nd day 1722 & 3 rd that in an Hull aged about sixty two years and eleven months resident in Mount Pleasant Township in the said County of Wayne, who being first duly affirmed according to Law doth on his solemn affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. First in the fifth Connecticut Regiment Col. Philip B. Bradley and the Company of Capt. Josiah Lacy where he served three or four years when that regiment was broken up and dissolved then he was put into Col. Heman Swift Regiment which the 2 nd Connecticut Regt. where he served until the end of the war - June 9. 1783 - when he received an honorable discharge with the badges of merit for six years faithful service. During that time he was under several Captains which name he cannot recollect but the last one he thinks was Capt. David Strong. Date of Original Declaration 25 th April 1818 Number of Pension Certificate 3.264.
And I the said Mahenian Hull do further solemnly sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has my person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed Affirmed to and declared in open Court on the 29 th day of August 1820 before } Mahenian Hull Alvah Thomas }

Schedule of the property of Nathaniel Hull I have two three year old heifers, and two of one year old two calves two hogs, two small pigs, one plough one chain, one old sugar kettle, one small kettle, one tea kettle, one chest, one stand, one small trunk, four chairs two wash tubs, two pails, one table, one great and one small spinning wheel, two bowls, two razors, six plates five knives and forks, five spoons, five cups and saucers, one teapot and some other things scarcely worth mentioning four empty barrels, some poultry, one dog, one new and one old Bible, and a few other books, two old axes, one pry- ing bar, shovel and tongs - My occupation is to work on the land but I have none of my own neither have I any contract with any person for any, I am unable to do but little in account of my feet being frozen in the Army - My Wife Deborah is about fifty five, middling healthy considering her age - I have some debts standing against me and some due me, I think that if a balance was made that I should fall in debt - Affirmed to and subscribed in Nathaniel Hull - open court the 29 th day of August A.D. 1820 before me -
Sheldon Norton
Filed Aug: 29 1820
Pennsylvania } Wayne County } ff
I Sheldon Norton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne do hereby certify that the foregoing affirmation and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty five dollars -
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Bethany the 4 th day of September A.D. 1820 -
Sheldon Norton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County

State of Pennsylvania Wayne County
C. P. Waller & John A. Gustin being duly sworn depose and say that they have examined the "family records" of Wakeman Hull as contained in the Family Bible and that they find the following Entry
"Wakeman Hull and Esther loan was married the 8 of January 1822"
Which said Entry they verily believe to be in the hand writing of said Wakeman Hull and to have been entered in said Bible at the time or near the time of said marriage, and said depo- nents further say that they have no interest in the application of said Esther or in any proceeds growing or coming therefrom
Sworn & Subscribed
before me December 17 th 1853
John W. Dutcher Clerk
C. P. Waller
John A. Gustin
State of Pennsylvania Wayne County
I John M c Intosh Clerk of the several Courts of Wayne County, Holden at Honesdale this 17 th day of December 1853 hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that the above stated entry was duly made in the Family Bible of said Wakeman Hull and in his hand writing & that the above named C. P. Waller & John A. Gustin are men of integrity and personally known to me as such. And I have reason to believe and do believe that they have no interest in the

Case above referred to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 17 th day of December A.D. 1855.
John M. Mitchell Clerk

State of Pennsylvania § 88. On this twenty eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record personally appeared Mrs. Esther Hall who is to me known as a resident of the town of Haysmart in the County of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania aged eighty two 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3 d February A.D. 1853, viz:
That she is the widow of Wakeman Hall of said county deceased, who was a Private in the Connecticut Continental line in the war of the Revolution, and a Pensioner under Act of 1818 at the rate of $96. per annum which he received at the agency at Philadelphia. That there is no public record of her marriage. That she was now married to the pensioner before Eighteen hundred, but was married at the time hereinafter mentioned viz; as will appear by the copy of her private family record which is correct and genuine, attached. She further declares that she was married to the said Wakeman Hall on the (8 th ) Eighth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two (1822) as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Wakeman Hall died on the Eighth (8 th ) day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833). She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise. Thos M c Kay Judge
Esther Hall
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. any time a lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending, and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 28 th day of June 1853.
Witness C. B. Waller Thos M c Kay
Esther Hall
State of Pennsylvania § County of Wayne § It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Common Pleas a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Wakeman Hall who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States,
died on the eighth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty three; and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Esther Hall widow above named and Esther Wife of Moses Miller (a daughter) William & Ephraim two sons.
Witness my hand this twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1853.
Thos M c Kay Judge
State of Pennsylvania § County of Wayne § I do hereby certify that Hon. Thos H. Tracy whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 29 th day of June A.D. 1853.
John McIntosh Notary Public

✓
16 Mar 33
Will the 3 rd Auditor state time of death of Parsons, & to whom paid?
J. Burt Esq. Fr. 3 rd Aud. Jan. 5. 54
Resp. 7. S. Cole For Comm.
Waltham Hall, Act 1818 $8 per month, Paid to 11 Mar 1833. It appears that he died 16 Mar 1833.
J. Burt Auditor

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7816
Esther Hull
Wid.
Wakeman Hull
Brn. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 3 rd 53
Index:—Vol. 64 , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hull.

Brief in the case of Esther Hall, wid. of Wake in a Wayne County and State of Pennsylvania act Feb. 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or increased )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
marriage & identity proved by Certificate of Court, & copy of family records.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
allowed for $96 per ann. from Feb. 3 rd 1853
Name and residence of Agent
S. M. Knight Esq., Punol.
J. P. Adams Examining Clerk.

Rev. G. Miller Apr 25 1831
22
Record Vol. 41

War Dept. Pen. Office April 25 th . 1837
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry respecting the case of Mrs Esther Hall widow of the  peninsular William Hall who was a revolutionary soldier, I have to inform you that she is not entitled to the benefits of the act of 4 th July 1836. She was married to her late husband in 1822, and the 3 d section of the above mentioned act which provides for the widows of revolutionary soldiers, embraces none who did not marry during the revolutionary war. Enclosed herewith is a copy of the act of 4 July 1836.

Washington
Dec 30. 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo Esq. Counsel of Penns. Ex. Secy.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration &c of Mrs. Esther Hull widow of Wakeman Hull decd. late pensioner Pa. roll, for the benefits of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 d February 1853.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Servt
L. M. Knight

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hull, Wakerman GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5932 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 3, 1794 to Joseph Coles Field
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.