Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21272, Elisha Hall, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Ball, Elisha Asenath
W. 21272
CONTENTS

13.082 Massachusetts
Elisha Hall
of Kingston in the state of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of July 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq. East Bridgewater, Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{27 \frac{1}{4}}{30 \frac{3}{4}} 00. 23 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Oct: 1819 - 40. 00
$136 23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
R Plymouth Coly.

134  Massachusetts  Abeneth Hall of Plymouth in the State of Mass. who was a Major in the Massachusetts commanded by Captain Major of the Massachusetts commanded by Major in the Massachusetts  late  Indio of Elisha Hall decd. who was a Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Octo. 1836 and sent to Lord  Plymouth Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $660.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Oct 1836 60.00  $720.00
July 4, 1836 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Nov June 7, 1832. } Recorded by Abeneth Hall Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 52

Elisha Hall Esq. Kingston 1775
33 m 21 P
apt. 4. 1818. — Col. Brad ford's Reg t Mass. line. fired 3 years — from 1777 to 1780. —
4 th April W.D.
Admitted

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts
I, Elisha Hall a citizen of the United States, now resident at Kingston in the County of Plymouth in the State aforesaid, do on oath, declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons en- gaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as one requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a private soldier, or non commissioned officer against the common enemy; from 1777 to 1780 being what was called the first three years service
That I belonged to Joseph Wadsworth's Company & Col. Gamaliel Bradford's Regiment. till it was reduced & then to Col. Brooks' Regiment and that I left the service in 1780, about February , — that I served by a new enlistment nine months in the same Regiment in the same year and returned home in the beginning of 1781. and had a discharge but have lost it. I have a due bill from C. Sampson Paymaster pro tem. which I herewith exhibit. —
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. I am reduced in my cir- cumstances and stand in need of assistance from my country for support. —
Elisha Hall
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- vice of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the Southern Circuit Mas. including the Counties of Plymouth Barnstable Bristol Norfolk Nantucket & Dukes's the abovenamed Elisha Hall 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 I do further certify, that I am satisfied the said Hall needs the assistance of his country for support. —
Nahum Mitchell.

Dedication of Arenath Hale N o 377
Arenath Hale Widow of Elisha Hale
Admitted Dr Sargent 2 years - Vide Rols of Cal Brunsf. ms
J. H. Lord Esq. Rymouth Ms

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss
On this tenth day of October 1836 personally appeared before the Hon. Walker Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County Asenath Hall a resident in Kingston in said County aged seventy eight 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 11 1836 That she is the widow of Elisha Hall late of Kingston deceased who served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution he enlisted about the year 1776 for three years & served in Capt Woodworth's Company & returned home in the year 1779 & that he served in the Continental Army in the years 1780 81 & 82 in several different enlistments I think he served in all about five years for which service the Elisha Hall was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 She further declares that she was married on the 29 th day of April 1780 that her husband the aforesaid Elisha Hall died on the 17 th day of May 1818 and that she has remained a

Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the reference to the proof annexed
I subscribe Mary Hall Mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me & I certify that the said Mary Hall on account of bodily infirmity is unable to travel to attend Court & that she is a credible person
Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hymouth
Hymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Wilkes Wood Esq is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this seventeenth day of October A.D.
1836.
Jacob H Lord

Copy of Record Kingston

I hereby certify that under the head of "Entries of the Banns of Marriage in 1780" in the Records of the town of Kingston is the following entry on "April 15 Colborne Hall of Kingston to Aseneth Sampson of Duxbury"
Joseph Sampson Town Clerk
State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss. October 10 th 1836 This day personally appeared Joseph Sampson before me Eli Cook a Justice of the Peace in & for Plymouth and made solemn oath that the foregoing certificate by him Subscribed is a true Copy of the original Record now in his possession Eli Cook S. Peace

September 30, 1939
Mrs. H. C. Rothwell 434 Roosevelt Way San Francisco, California
BA-J/AWF Elisha Hall W. 21272
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Elisha Hall, of Massachusetts.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 21272, based upon service of Elisha Hall, in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Elisha Hall, and names of his parents are not given.
Elisha Hall enlisted sometime in 1777, place not shown, served as private and sergeant in Captain Joseph Wadsworth's company in Colonel Gamaliel Bradford's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged about February 1, 1780. He served again in the same regiment, nine months and was discharged early in the year 1781. It is also shown that he served in Colonel Brooks' Massachusetts regiment, dates of this service not given.
He applied for pension April 4, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The pension was allowed.
Elisha Hall died May 17, 1818.
Elisha Hall married April 29, 1780, Asenath

Sampson; they were married at the home of her father in Duxbury, Massachusetts. At the time of their marriage, Elisha Hall was of Kingston, Massachusetts, and she was of said Duxbury. The date and place of birth of Asenath Sampson, and names of her parents are not given.
The widow, Asenath Hall, was allowed pension on her application executed October 10, 1836, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age, and a resident of Kingston, Massachusetts.
In 1836, Andrew Sampson was eighty-seven years old, and living in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Laba or Saba Sampson was eighty-four years old, and a resident of Duxbury, and Betsey Sampson was seventy-five years of age, and living in Pembroke. They were present at the marriage of Elisha Hall and Asenath Sampson; their relationship to the said Asenath is not given.
Joseph Sampson was Town Clerk of Kingston, Massachusetts, in 1836; it was not stated that he was related to the widow, Asenath Hall.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Asenath Hall, widow of Elisha Hall Certificate #134 Issued October 29, 1836 Rate $120.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 4, 1836 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 13, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEIs
Mrs. A.E.C.Hall 243 Bristol Road Webster Groves, Missouri
Dear Madam:
I did not use in my statement to capture the said the three years service in Capt. Wadsworth's Co. from 1776 to 1779 & Wadsworth was not Capt. of said Col. until 1777. Mass. Prov. also gives his service as of 1777 to 1780. see VOL 7- p. 75- You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21272, that Elisha Hall enlisted sometime in 1777, place of enlistment and exact date not stated, served as a private and sergeant in Captain Joseph Wadsworth's Company, Colonel Gamaliel Bradford's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged about February 1, 1780. In the same year he again enlisted in same regiment, served nine months and was discharged about the first of the year 1781.
It also appears that he subsequently served in Colonel Brooks' Massachusetts Regiment, length of service not given.
Pension was allowed on his application executed April 4, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
He died May 17, 1818. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not given.
The soldier married April 29, 1780, Asenath Sampson. He was then of said Kingston and she of Duxbury, Massachusetts. They were married at the home of her father in Duxbury, name of her father not shown. Their Banns of Matrimony were recorded on the town records of Kingston as of April 15, 1780.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 10, 1836, at which time she was aged seventy-eight

years and resided in Kingston, Massachusetts.
She died December 16, 1836.
There is no reference to children.
From AB
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

434 Roosevelt Way, San Francisco, California.
Aug. 15, 1939.
U.S. Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
8 DATE Hall NOTE (For Vet.)
Dear Sirs:
I would like to know if a pension was ever granted to Elisha Hall who served in the Revolutionary War.
His service was as a private in Captain Zenas Wheeler's Co., under Colonel Hopkins, (Berkshire Co., Mass. Regt.) He enlisted July 15, 1776 and was discharged Aug. 4, 1776. service 20 days.
He served also as a private in a company commanded by Lieut. Elrazer Taylor, Col. John Ashley's, (Berkshire Co., Regt.) enlisted Aug. 17, 1777, Discharged Aug. 20, 1777, service 4 days.
He also served in Capt. Taylor's Co., Lieut.-Col. John Collar's (Berkshire Co., Regt.) enlisted Oct 13, 1781, Discharged Oct. 20, 1781. Service 12 days.
If he was pensioned I would like very much to get a copy of it as I am trying to complete his ancestry for a D.A.R. line.
Sincerely,
Mrs. H. C. Rothwell
Address.
Mrs. H. C. Rothwell, 434 Roosevelt Way, San Francisco, Calif.

243 BRISTOL ROAD WEBSTER GROVES, MO.
June 2 nd 1930
Pension Dept.
Sir -
Can you tell me if the Elisha Hall , sergeant in Capt Joseph Hadenworth's Co 12 th Regiment Mass or Elisha Hall sergeant Capt Rufus Lincoln's Co. 7 th Mass Regiment or Elisha Hall private in Capt Peleg Hadenworth's Co. 23 Reg Continental Troops could be Elisha Hall who married Arenath Sampson of Duxbury Mass April 15 - 1780 at Kingston Mass & who died May 17-1818 or May 17-1817

243 BRISTOL ROAD WEBSTER GROVES, MO.
I find at Turner the death given 1817 at Kingston 1818. Age 64 yrs 3 months 17 days. Can not find record of birth or parents. Can you supply these. As I figure it he must have been born Mar. 15 1754.
Would like to know when Eliza H. mustered out.
Yours truly
Mrs. A. E. B. Hall
243 Bristol Rd
Webster Groves Mo.

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
1930-Aug 13-First to Mrs. A. G. C. Hart, Ech 1959-Sept 20-Last to Mrs. H. R. Rothwell and
File No. 21272 Asenath Hall widow of Elisha Hall Sergt Rev War
Act June 14 32 Index: Vol A , Page 315
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Due to Mrs. Elisha Hall ten Dollars & Emancipation & Forty Dollars per money Thompson P.M.P.T. W. Point Jan. 17 1881
40 — 40 10 3/4 — 10 3/4

Massachusetts Senate Hall
United

Plymouth Mass. Oct 17, 1836
Sir
I send herewith the pension applications of Asenath Hall of Kingston & Hannah Freeman of Duxbury.
The Certificates may be sent to me
Yours &c
J. H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Testimony
Ebenezer Hall

I Andrew Sampson of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth aged eighty seven years hereby certify that I was present at the marriage of Elisha Hall to Arenath Sampson at the house of her father in Duxbury in the fore part of the year 1780 I think in April the ceremony was performed by the Rev Dele- -kiah Sanger the then minister of Duxbury I further certify that Arenath Hall is the widow of Elisha Hall of Kingston and that she has not been married since his decease given under my hand this tenth day of October 1836. said Hall was a pensioner under the law of 1818 -
Andrew Sampson
Plymouth ss on the day & year above written personally appeared Andrew Sampson & made oath to the truth of the above certi- -ficate by him subscribed before me I further certify that said Andrew Sampson is a man of good character & his testimony is entitled to credit
Seth Sprague Jr for Dean

I Saba Sampson of Duxbury aged Eighty four years Certify that I was present at the marriage of Elisha Hall to Meriah Sampson at her father's house in Duxbury in April 1780 they were married by the Rev Frederick Sanger minister of Duxbury I further certify that Meriah Hall is the widow of Elisha Hall and that she has not been married since his decease given under my hand this tenth day of October 1886
Saba Sampson
Plymouth ss on the day & year above written personally appeared Saba Sampson & made oath that the above certificate by her subscribed was true before me I further certify that the aforesaid Saba Sam- pson is a person of good character & her testimony is entitled to credit
Seth Sprague Jr. Jur. Com.

I Betsey Sampson of Pembroke aged seventy five years certify that I was present at the Marri- age of Elisha Hall & Meenah Sampson in the spring of the year 1780 at her father's house in Duxbury I further certify that Meenah Hall is the widow of Elisha Hall & has not been married since his decease given under my hand this tenth day of October 1836
Betsey Sampson
Plymouth ss on the day & year above written personally appeared the above named Betsey Sampson & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by her subscribed before me I further certify that said Betsey Sampson is a credible person & her testimony is entitled to credit
Seth Sprague Jr. for Clerk

Joseph Morris
Joseph Morris
5

Josiah Moore pastor of the congregational church in Duxbury whereof Redfield Sanger was pastor certify that I cannot find any record of the marriage of Elisha Hall & Hannah Sampson on the books of the church in my possession given under my hand this Eleventh day of October 1886 Josiah Moore
Plymouth ss on the day & year above written personally appeared Josiah Moore and made Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me I further certify that Josiah Moore above named is a man of good character & his testimony is entitled to credit
Seth Sprague Jr. Jur. Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob N. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Eli Cook & Seth Sprague Jun. Esquires are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the an- nexed papers purporting to be signed by them are their true & genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this seventeenth day of October A.D. 1836.
Jacob N. Lord