Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44421, Benjamin Hicks, N H

SERVICE
NUMBER
H H
Hicks, Benjamin
S 44421
CONTENTS

10.910 R New Hampshire
Benjamin Hicks
Jefferson in the state of New Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Poor of the New Hampshire line, for the term of 1 year - 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of May 1819 and sent to Samuel A. Pearson Lancaster, Coos Co. New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 11 mo 1/2 - 89.3 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 48..
$137.3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to John William Coggeshall Lancaster, N.H. Aug 19 Sep 1820

Benjamin Hicks application — April 1 st 1818
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proviso for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war had county of Coos, who being by no means their according to law, both on the one make the in said State, personally appears
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State of New-Hampshire.
Coos, ss. ON this first day of April A. D. 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the second District, in said State; personally appears Benjamin Hicks resident in Jefferson in said county of Coos, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision 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:— as hereto annexed viz:
I Benjamin Hicks, now resident in the town of Jefferson County of Coos and State of New Hampshire on oath testify and declare that I have served as a Soldier in the Army of the United States on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war in the New Hampshire line in the manner following (to wit)
In January, in the year 1776 I enlisted into Captain Phillip Tilton's Company and Col. Poor's Regiment at the expiration of said term, I engaged to remain in the army six weeks longer at which time I received an honorable discharge by time and accident my discharge is lost
I further testify and declare that gam know, for advanced in life, my circumstances as to property are very indigent and am in need of assistance for support from my country and consider myself entitled to a pension from the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress, to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
Lancaster April 1 st 1818. Witness Mrs Lovijoy
Benjamin Hicks

B. Hiker
and all the things that are to come in the future. But the things that are to come in the future are not yet here. So we must wait for them to come. But they will come, and when they do, we will be ready for them. For we have been waiting for them all along. And now they are here. And we are ready. And we will be ready for them to come. For we have been waiting for them all along. And now they are here. And we are ready.

absolutely that he is reduced in his circumstances and needs 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 above said.
Wm Lovejoy
I, WILLIAM LOVEJOY, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the second District in the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Hicks did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, for the full term of nine months & longer at one time as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid, and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support. — And I do 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 before mentioned acts of Congress.
and I also further certify that I am personally acquainted with Benjamin Hicks, the applicant aforesaid and know he is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support — and I also certify that the Court of which I am a Justice is a Court of Record —
Wm Lovejoy
State of New Hampshire-ss
I John Willson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William Lovejoy before whom the above declaration was made, was at the date thereof and is now, a Justice of said Court, that the above signature is in his own proper hand writing, and that to his acts and attestations as Justice as aforesaid, full faith and credit is and ought to be given — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lancaster this 24 th day of December A.D. 1818 John Willson Clerk

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Benjamin Hick's Declaration of Schedule
July 1820.
10.910
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Pt. 1019

State of New Hampshire Coos. ss. At the Court of Common Pleas held at Lancaster within and for the County of Coos. being a Court of record by Law established on the second Tuesday of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Present the Honorable
William Lord of } Esquire Associate Justice John Penhallow } Esquire
Personally appeared in open Court Benjamin Heiske aged Sixty three years resident in Jefferson in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz) in Capt Philip Tilton's Company & Col. John Brown Regiment in the New Hampshire line that his original declaration is dated April 1 st 1818 and that he has received a pension his pension certificate is numbered 10,910 and I do solemnly swear 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 in any manner disposed of my property or of any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any prop- erty or securities contracts or debts due to me not have any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed as follows (viz)
14 Sheep valued at $17.50 1 yearling heifer 5.00 1 Swine 7.00 $29.50 Benjamin Heiske

And I further declare that since by occupation as labored my health very great for a portion of my aged wife Abigail aged 50 years very much out of health unable to do anything for seven years past of consequence I have an daughter living with me 36 years of age totally incapable of doing anything for her own support or mine and generally in debt I have no other dependance than that of my Pension or Charity for support
Benjamin Keith
Sworn to and declared at Lancaster on the 11 th day of July A.D. 1820 before the Justices aforesaid - Attest John Willson Clerk
I John Willson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Coos aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and schedule thereto 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 twenty nine dollars fifty cents. — In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 11 th day of July A.D. 1820
John Willson Clerk

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
December 15, 1926.
Mrs. F. T. (Beulah G.) Jackman, General Delivery, Concord, N. H.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 44421 , it appears that Benjamin Hicks enlisted in January 1778 and served one year and six weeks, as a private in Captain Philip Tilton's Company, Colonel Poor's New Hampshire Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while living in Jefferson, Coos County, New Hampshire. In 1820, he was sixty-three years old and his wife, Alice was fifty-four years of age and he had a daughter thirty-six years old, but did not state her name. There is no further data on file as to family. The dates and places of his birth and death are not on record.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to any soldier named Josiah Tilton.
You, or anyone designated by you, may examine and collect data from a reasonable number of Revolutionary

War pension claims, by calling at the bureau.
In any future correspondence, please furnish your full address, giving number and street of residence.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

44421
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44421
Benjamin Hoickes
Fin. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1936. Dec. 15: Heirs to Mrs. F.F. Jackman. au

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no address except Concord N.H. on envelope

NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA MRS. JOHN LAIDLAW BUEL PRESIDENT
U. S. Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly send me the pension records of Josiah Tilton if he was born in 1709 or 1743 & lived either in Kingston, Gilwanton in Nottingham or thereabouts.
There was a father & son same name & am wondering if the one referred to in the Pension list of Rev. War Rolls is either one of these.

Would also like the record of Benjamin Hicks (Hick) lived in Lee, N.H. & Jefferson, N.H. & referred to in Rev. Doc. Vol 30 as a pensioner (P. 238, 411) and in 1840 was 85 yrs old.
If there is any charge for a speedy reply please inform me as I am inclined to pay for the information.
I understand there is a limit of time requests. Is it possible to have someone there do this work for a reasonable remuneration? I have quite a number more to be informed on. Cordially yours.
(Mrs. F.T.)
Beulah G. Johnson
Dec. 11. 1926.
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Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
(Revolutionary War Dept.)