Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15455, Henry Hill, Conn.

SERVICE
born-
Bill, Henry
NUMBER
S 15455
CONTENTS
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Connecticut 17732
Henry Hill. —
of Lebanon in the State of Conn. t who was a Pte & Sergt in the Conn. Co. commanded by Captain Babcock of the Regt commanded by Col Brown in the Conn. t line for 11 1/2 months.
6 mo. Sergt. 30.00 5 1/2 mo. Private. 18.33 48.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 48 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Dr. Nelles Lebanon Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1833, 120.83 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/4 wa '34, 24.17
$ 145.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk Book E Vol. three Page 19.

Hung Hills Application for Res...
No 5278
adm 6 mo lease 5.72 per $48.33
1832
Mr Walter

State of Connecticut New London County Probate district of Lebanon p.
On this 7 th day of July A D 1832 Personally appeared in open court before Denison Nuttall Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said district of Lebanon now sitting being a Court of record having a seal and Clerk - Henry Hill a resident of the town of Lebanon in said district County and State aged eighty nine years on the 5 th day of May last past 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 to wit Captain Stephen Babcock of Southamp- ton in the State of Rhode Island and Lieutenant Samuel Babcock the Colonel of the regiment was Robert Brown the month and year I do not recollect my business was to guard the Rhode Island coast in the vicinity of Point Judith at the time the British were lying off the coast and were in possession of New York I was drafted into the service as a militia man and should say that from the best of my recollection I was in

the service upwards of three years during the revolutionary war my memory has become so imperfect through the infirmities of age that it is impossible for me distinctly to recollect times and periods of entering and leaving the service the rank Captain under whom I served was Samuel J. Potter also under Captain Lock also under Captain Segars also under Captain Perris Gardner also under Lieutenant Tift at one time I served from some time in October 1777 or 78 to March or April following I spent in taking the ship Scars lying near Point Judith Point I was at New- Port on Rhode Island about a month and was in hellish engagement the three first years of the war I was in ser- vice almost the whole time and so much neglecting my own business as to be unable to pay my rent the latter part of the war I was not so constantly en- gaged in the public service my prin- cipal business was to guard the coast from the incursions of the enemy and it is difficult for me to state partic- ularly see the officers as we had some- times one and sometimes another

and the militias of Rhode Island at that time were poorly organized I was sometimes in Colonel Sand's regiment sometimes in Colonel Potter's and some times Colonel Dyer's. I was born in the year 1743 I believe, in the town of East Greenwich County of Kent and State of Rhode Island and have lived in Lebanon for about twenty years and had previously resided one year in Ashford and three years in Mendham in the State of Connecticut. I have no record of my age except what has been kept by my sons by taking his record from my old bible which is worn out. I lived in South Kingston in Rhode Is- land when called into service I was first sergeant of our own company after guarding the shores I am acquainted with Elder Asahel Brown Colonel Isa- ak Loomis who live in the same neighborhood that I do and can testify as to my character for veracity I have also for fifty years or more been ac- quainted with Mr. Stephen Cheaps live now of this town towards Lebanon and who then resided at South Kingstown R.I. and who was with me a part of

The time in the service I have no dis- charge and no documentary evidence I hereby relinquish every claim which ever to pension or annuity except the pensions and declares that my name is not on the pension rolls of the army of any state. I know of no living witness to my service except Stephen Chapman Swain and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry Hall
We Esau Brown a Clergyman residing in the town of Lebanon County of New London and State of Connecticut and Isaiah Loomis Jr. residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Hall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the Esau Brown day and year aforesaid
Isaiah Loomis Jr

I Stephen Chapman of Lebanon in the County of New London our State of Connecticut being sixty nine years of age being  having  affirmed  sworn before me say that I was born and brought up in South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island that I have been acquainted with Mr Henry Hall now residing in said Lebanon and applying for a Pen- sion under the late Act of Congress of the U. States for more than fifty years I know him where he re- sided in said South Kingston and where he was first drafted into the service during the revolu- tionary war and I was in the same ser- vice as a substitute under Capt Amos Stephen Babcock we  and  were served together under said Bab- cock about one month in friend- ing the coast near Point Judith at which was some time after Boston neck in R. I. I was again with him under Col. [?]

Brown was our Colonel the next term I was with David Hill was Then we took the ship Serapis we were together under Captain Locke at this time since before to letter per to the hands of a friend the letter Dyer was not Colonel at  then that time said Hill was with me at New Port in Rhode Island a month of not longer Potter was our Colonel I was knowing to said Hill being in full view expectation he was there only about six weeks I was one month with him under Captain Morris Gardner I was with him at several places several days at a time the whole of which besides other  other  times  who mentioned  times  would amount to between three and  three months the old gentleman was with a number of times then I was not with him it is my impression that he served nearly three years for he was at  at  at  at the whole time

I know that Mr. Hill has always possessed a fair character for veracity and that what he states can be relied upon. He has always been an honest industrious man. Detached Lebanon July 7 th 1832
Sworn and subscribed Stephen G. Champlaine the day and year aforesaid
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 affi- dant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Col. Brown who signed the fore- going certificate as a clergyman resides in said Lebanon in the neighborhood of said Hill and that Colonel Isaac Leaming who also signed the same is a resident in the said Lebanon in the neighborhood of said Hill and is a credible person

and that their statement is entitled to credit
I William Watters Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the dis- trict of Salem do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orig- inal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Hiss for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal this and of said Court this 17 th
of A D 1832
Wm Watters Clerk

P 15455
INVALID.
File No. 15455
Henry Hill
Sergt Pre-war
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Lebanon Ct
Free
May 10 -
Genl Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
District of Columbia
May
10
1848

Libenon 66 May 17 1883
Hon Lewis Cope Secretary of War Sir
The enclosed are the original & a supplemented paper of Henry Hill in relation to his claim for a pension - The papers of Asa Tiffany relation to his claim for a pension were forwarded the 19 th of Oct last and have not since been heard from If not received at the War Depart pleas let me know
Yours respectfully O D Mison Nettles

State of Connecticut New London County Probate Court Dist tract of Lebanon
On this 17 th day of May A D 1833 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate in for the district of Lebanon aforesaid now sitting Present Demison Mattes Judge Henry Hall a resident in said Lebanon after ninety years the 5 th day of instant May who being first duly sworn, according to his oath on his oath made the following declaration in addition to the one already made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That in the fore part of the war of the revolution when the British first came to Rhode Island according to the best of my recollection in the fall of the year 1776 I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer private in the militia of Rhode Island the company to which I belonged was com- manded by Stephen Babcock of South King- ston (R. I.) Lieutenants and Ensigns close out now residents. That Charles Dyer of North Kingston (R. I.) was his lieutenant that he served under said Babcock three months I think it was soon after I served under Bab- cock as I was drafted and served under  captain Thomas Potter and was appointed and officiated as first sergeant in said Potter's company and accord- ing to the best of my recollection served as aforesaid six months under said Potter he believes it was in 1777 - and he was stationed at and near Point Judith (R. I.) and was occupied both under Captain Babcock and Captain Potter in in guarding the Rhode Island coast against the British

that he was one month on the Island of St. Helena or (R.I.) during Sullivan's expedition. Captain Samuel J. Potter his Captain he thinks was not there but his Lieutenants were. Dennis Tift of South Kingston foresaid Charles Dyer forementioned was at this time my Colonel and the Jonathan Mason of Richmond (R.I.) his Major.
He afterwards afterwards served under Captain Timothy Lock of said South King- town as a volunteer not less than half a month and went on to the Island of St. Helena with said Lock and was there stationed during said half month this he thinks was at the time the French were there under Rochambeau. He was also on said Island of St. Helena one month under Captain Parrie Gar- ner of South Kingston foresaid and acted as a private in the R.I. militia and was occupied in keeping guard the British and French had then gone. One Beely was his Colonel and Mas- on his Christian name does not recollect was his Major. He says according to the best of his recollection he served in the war of the Revolution not less than two years but from loss of memory at the ago he cannot state more particularly than he has as foresaid told that he served not less than six months as a Sergeant as foresaid and five months and a half as a pri- vate as foresaid that he knows of no living witness to any part of his foresaid service except Stephen Champlin

of said Lebanon where deposition is made that his first application that he was born in Greenwich  Greenwich  County of Kent May 5. 1743 he has no record of his age except what is mentioned in his first statements. He resided in South Kingstown R.I. when called in the service of the United States as aforesaid and has since that time resided as mentioned in his first statements. He was called into the service aforesaid as mentioned in the foregoing statements and was never a substitute for any one else. He received no officers except such as he has mentioned in his original and supplemental state- ments and no other circumstances of the service he never received any written discharge and has no document any evidence whatever he never received any Commission and has already men- tioned that he is acquainted with the Rev. Dea. Brown and Isaac Loomis 2 of his neighborhood who have already testified to his reputation as in his first application.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pensions and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State.
Subscribed to and acknowledged the day and year aforesaid
Henry Hill

Stephen Champlin duly affirmed and subscribed that the deposition annexed to the original statement of Henry Skill the said Cham- plin as known to this Court and in the opinion of this Court is a man of credibil- ity the said Henry Skill also duly sub- scribed and was sworn to this supplemental statement which in the opinion of the Court is entitled to credit the said Skill has been as partic- ular as his mind and memory will ad- mit which appear to be much better and improved from D. etc.
I John Mattles Clerk of the Court of Pe- titions in and for the district of Columbia hereby certify that the foregoing contains the supplemental proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Henry Skill for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office and of said Court this 17 day of May A 1833
Attest John Mattles Clerk
48.33 16.66 30
120.83 74.17 96.66