Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 24411, Samuel Hawes, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hawes, Samuel Haines
N 24411
Jemima
CONTENTS

9184 Connecticut
Samuel Haines - of Hartford in the State of Conn who was a Pri - in the Conn commanded by Captain Collins of the Reg commanded by Col. Heiman in the Conn State Troops 8 mo Ser t - 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 - day of April 1833 and Ser t N. H. P. Perry Kent, Conn Arrears to the 4th of March 31 $133.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 33 / 3333 $166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. S. Dutton Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 17

222.
Connecticut Simona Hawes widow of Samuel Hawes
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Dollars 11.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of June 1848 and sent to
Julius B. Harrison New Milford Con.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 281, Vol. 1
Reported

N o . 3391
Declaration of Interest. There was an order to obtain the books of the late J. G. Langford June 7. 1832.

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield }
Probate Court District of Kent
S.S. at Kent -
On this 31 st day of July A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Nathl. P. Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate constituting said Court for the District of Kent now sitting, Samuel Hawes of Warren, in the County of Litchfield aforesaid and State of Connecticut aged Eighty 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 th 1832 That he was born in a place then called Oblong now called South East A D 1752 15 th October. He has a record of his age it is in the Bible at his Home in Warren. He was then living in Warren then a part of, & called, Kent, when he entered the service of the United States. He has lived in said Warren ever since the Revolutionary War and now lives there. That about the 1 st of April A D 1775. he entered the service of the United States, by enlisting into the Company of State troops under Captain Pletcher, Capt. of Kent then so called. Lieutenants Morgan Noble & John Swift.

Colonel. - - Herman, of Woodbury then Litchfield County General Schuyler. He marched from Kent aforesaid through Greenbush & Albany, to P'keepsie & then joined the regiment. he was stationed with the Com- -any at Lake George north landing to prevent & bring over prisoners for the main army. he was discharged at P'keepsie about the 1 st day of December 1775 Cannot tell the exact time. He served during the whole time for Eight months. That a short time after he entered he was appointed Orderly Sergeant and he sold and served as such until he was discharged and he received a warrant, so called, which is lost. he had no written discharge, and none were given to the soldiers, except the Colonel at the head of his regiment read a discharge or dismission, thinks the warrant was signed by Col. Schuyler.
That about the 1 st day of May 1776, he again entered the service of the United States by enlistment into the Company of Capt Ebenezer Cook of Washington, in Litchfield County. John Bliss & John Ransom Lieutenants. Ensign Sedacius Dury Col. Remus Swift Lieut. Col. Jonas Haskins. went from Kent soon after entering the service through Barrington & Bennington, remained at Bennington some days, when his regiment was ordered marched for White Hall. then called

Wheeler's Creek... remained about 3 months went from there to Fredericksburg, & continued in the service there, until his term of enlistment expired, which was about the 1 st day of December A.D. 1876. Lebedee Hunter served with me in this campaign as written discharge was given personally.
About the first day of September A.D. 1877 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer into a company of volunteers John Bliss was Captain. I was appointed & did the duty of Orderly Sergeant. marched immediately by way of Halfmoon now called Waterford to Bassing Heights above the 25 th September A.D. 1877, joined the army was engaged in the Battle of the 7 th October of the same year. The Company of volun- teers were ordered out to rejoin the army. He as- sisted in taking care of the wounded &c. He served at this time as volunteer just about one month was duly discharged, but never received a specific written discharge in person. He states that he has one evidence to wit John Barlow of Kings who will testify to the service during the first campaign of Lebedee Hunter as to the second & third terms of service. That Judah Eldred. George Starr Esq. Homer Sackett. Lyndon Curtis, Sherman Hartwell

who reside in said Warren (which Town at the time of the Revolutionary War was a part of Kent) and in his present neighbourhood I can & will testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolu- tion, he being known to them well, that he has no other evidence except such as is herewith afforded and has no documentary evidence. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore- said Samuel Hales
We Benjamin Carter and George Starr both residing in Warren Litchfield County and State of Connecticut hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hales who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, — Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Benjamin Carter George Starr

And the said Court doth hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the claimant forgoing Applicant was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and served as he states
That to procure a clergyman would be at considerable expense and trouble. That the aforesaid Benjamin Gaster and George Starr both residents in the Town and neighborhood of the applicant, and who signed the prece- ding certificate are men as respectable as any in the Town of Warren, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Frederick Shittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate of the District of Kent aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of this Court in the matter of the app- lication of Samuel Hawes for a Pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Court this 31 st day of July 1832 Frederick Shittenden Clerk of Court

I Nathaniel P. Perry Judge of the Court of Probate in the District of Kent aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick Chittenden of following is Clerk of said Court and that the foregoing signatures pur- porting to be his are his genuine sig- natures and his own proper hand writing and the seal affixed is the seal of the Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 31 st day July A d 1832.
Nath l P. Perry Judge

I Josiah Finney of Manner Litchfield County and State of Connecticut Seventy six years of Age being duly sworn and giving to Law do depose testify & say that about the last of May or the first of June A.D. 1776 Samuel Hawes of said Warren entered into the service of the United States by enlisting at the same time on the same day with myself & Ebenezer Huntington. That he the said Hawes marched with myself to Ben- nington from there to White Hall, then called Skeensborough. After serving there about three months He went to Mount Independence Tienderoga & served in the same company with myself to my knowledge six or seven months in the said service of the United States and was discharged when the said company was discharged the last of Nov: 1776.
Josiah Finney State of Connecticut Litchfield County } Probate Court. } District of Kent } ss. at Kent. —
Be it Remembered that on this 31 st day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared

Isaiah Finney Esq. subscribed to the fore- going deposition and in open court made solemn oath to the truth of the same, the said Finney is a credible witness and a person of veracity
Frederick Chittenden
Clerk of Court

I John Barlow of Kent Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut aged eighty four years and being duly sworn do depose and say, That I was present and heard of Samuel Hopkins of Warren Litchfield County read the statements, which he made under oath the 31 st July A D 1832 to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7, 1832. and do say that I have been for a long time acquainted with him and do know that he served in the United States Service in the year 1775 as he has therein stated. I was in the Company with him, & was at Landerberg where when the said Samuel Hopkins was there and he served about eight months as near as I can recollect. I have seen his warrant as Orderly Sergeant and know that he served as orderly Sergeant. there & there John Barlow

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } }
Probate Court, District of Kent for Kent
Be it Remembered that on this 31 st day of July A D 1832 Robert  John Barlow personally appeared subscribed to the foregoing and within Deposition and in open Court made solemn oath to the truth of same. That the said Robert Barlow is a creditable person and sustains a good and true character for truth & veracity.
Frederick Whittenden Clerk of Court

I Lebedee Sturtevant of Kent, Litchfield County State of Connecticut. Aged seventy four years and being duly sworn doth depose and say that I enlisted & served in the State troops with Mr. Samuel Hawes of Warren in Housatonic, in the United States service I believe we enlisted on the same day. we were discharged at the same time. we went from Kent by way of Bennington Vermont to White Hall, & after about 3 months to Tienderoga I know that he served faithfully for six or seven months, at least six months in the said service of the United States from May 1776 to Decr. 1776. for further particulars reference may be had to my statement under oath the 31 st July 1832 to the provisions of the act of Congress June 7, 1832, as to that term of service. I also saw him at the Battle of the 7 th Octr 1777, as a volunteer soldier at Bemis Heights. he served about one month, as near as I can recollect. Lebedee Sturtevant

State of Connecticut } Litchfield County }
Court of Probate District of Kent p at Kent —
Be it Remembered that on this 31. st day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared Leahidee Sturtevant Subscribing to the within foregoing Deposition and in open Court made solemn oath to the truth of the same. The said Sturtevant is well known to the Court, is a credible person & sustains a good character for truth & veracity.
Frederick Hiltunen Clerk of Court

3268 Jemima Haves
Con at 7 July 38
M 82 d 36
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$66 66 100
Died March 36
Pen. Com: 9. March 36
Geo C Woodruff Litchfield Con

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & Pensions to certain widows"
State of Connecticut }
County of Litchfield } ss District of Litchfield
On this 17 th day of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within & for the District aforesaid Jerimiah Hawes a resident of Warren in said District aged seventy seven 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 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Samuel Hawes who was a private & sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, in the Connecticut Line of the Continental army as she believes. That the said Samuel Hawes was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $66.66 per ann d & was the identical person named in the annexed Pension certificate That when he entered said service he resided in S d Warren & that as he was a Pensioner she makes no particular statement in relation to his service but for particulars refers to his original application for a Pension & to the record & documentary evidence of it in the War Department That her maiden name was Jerimiah Palmer &

That she was married to the said Samuel Hawes in the 26 th day of April 1782 by Justus Sackett Esq. a Justice of the Peace at West in Warren in 1 st County it then being a part of the Town of Kent — That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Hawes died at Warren on the 8 th day of March A.D. 1836; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st of January 1794 viz at the time above stated & that she has remained a widow ever since the death of said Samuel Hawes Jemima Hawes
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written Before Phinehas Miner Judge of Probate For the District of Litchfield
And said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated & set forth in the foregoing declaration of Jemima Hawes are true
Phinehas Miner Judge of Probate For the District of Litchfield

I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Litchfield Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jemima Hawes for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17 th day of November A D 1838
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

"Samuel Haws and Jerimiah Palmer were joined together in marriage April Twentysixth, one thou- sand seven hundred eighty two by Justus Sacket Justice of Peace"
I Philip Judd Town Clerk of Kent in Litchfield County Conn do certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "April 26 th 1782" And I Philip Judd above named do depose & say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Kent in Litchfield County, Conn, & that the above is a true extract from the Records of s d Town with the exception above named, as certified by me
Dated at Kent the 10 th day of Nov r 1838
Philip Judd Town Clerk
Litchfield County, Conn, ss Kent Nov r 10 th 1838 Personally appeared Philip Judd Town Clerk of Kent to me well known & who is entitled to credit & who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Nathl C. Perry Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Noble Day Geo. C. Woodbury & Nathl P. Perry Esq's are
Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that their commission
was dated on the 29 th day of May A. D. 1838 and will expire on
the 20th day of June, A. D. 1839 and that the preceding signatures which purport to be theirs respectively are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
17 th day of Nov r A. D. 1838
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

Connecticut 2010
Rep?
Jemima Hawes
widow of Samuel Hawes who was a Private & Sergeant in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to N. Perry New Milford, Con.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 68.

Connecticut - 2929
Leah Haws widow of Samuel Haws,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '22 and who died on the 8 th March 1836 of P. & S ty in the State of Conn. who was a Setchfield in the County commanded by Captain Curtis of the Reg t commanded by Hogun in the Conn. line for 16 m th
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March 1836. 9 March 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of May '39, signed Rev. C. Woodruff , Setchfield, Conn.
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $199.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 33.33
$233.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Bussey Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 185

Very  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24411
Jemima Hawes Wid of Samuel Hawes Sergt Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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24 May
J. L. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Pleas Washington City (P.C.)

Itchfield Conn May 29 th 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
I have rec d from your office a Pension Certificate for Jerimiah Hawes, accompanying which was the enclosed which seems to have been the Certificate of her late husband. Presuming it was sent me by mistake I return it to you.
Respectfully Yours
Geo. P. Woodruff

Samuel Haine,
admit 8 w d berg 8 w d pindle, $66.66
5 10 11 12 13 15
W P Perry Esq Kent Ct
Page 88

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Haines which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
None assigned
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
The best evidence of his rank, his warrant, is not accounted. (As John Barlow in a pension with the Pensions)
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Not satisfactorily in each instance (As John Barlow one of the witnesses is & has been a pensioner for a long time)
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Saint Lawrence Con. act 7. June '32 when last paid? G. M. C.
21. May 39
p'to 4 March 1836
JA

Samuel Hawes $66.66
Payments to be made at Hartford by Rev. W. S. M. Banks Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 17. by E. S. Bullock Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Hoarves of the State of Connecticut who was a Private and Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
Lew C. Chap
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

21823 Jeremia Hawks
$66:66 per acre
N. Perry New Milford Conn

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Litchfield }
On this 21 st day of June 1843 personally appeared before me Nathaniel Perry a justice of the Peace within & for said County. Jermina Howes a resident of New Milford in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged 83 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following de- -claration in order to obtain the bene- -fits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served dur- -ing the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Samuel Howes who was a private & sergeant in the Army of the Revolution. She also declares that her said husband was a pensioner at the rate of sixty six dollars & sixty six cents for and on under the

Act of June 7 th 1832. She thereupon declares it unnecessary to state the particulars of his service or the Corps or Regiment in which he served. She also declares that she received an annual pension at the rate of Sixty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum under the Act of July 7 th 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Jemima Hades
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year first above written Before me and I certify that the said Jemima Hades is person- ally known to me to be the person above represented who received a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1843.
Nathaniel Perry Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Perry Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 8 th day of June A. D. 18 43 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 18 44 & that the preceding signature which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 23 rd day of June A. D. 18 43
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

Geo. Woodruff Litchfield Bedford Conn

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848. entitled an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution -
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss New Milford May 23 rd 1848
On this 23 rd day of May 1848. personally appeared before the subscriber Julius B. Harrison a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Teresia Hames a resident of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged 87 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd of February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of Samuel Hames who was a private and Sergeant during the war of the Revolution - That she was a pensioner under the act of 17 th June 1844. at the rate of Sixty Six Dollars and Sixty six cents per annum -
She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written. Before Me -
her Teresia Hames mark
Julius B. Harrison Justice of Peace
I further certify that the declaration above named is personally known to me, and is the identical person who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration
Julius B. Harrison Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That
Julius B. Harrison
is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,--having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Julius B. Harrison to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at New Haven this 23 d day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson
Secretary of State.

I Gideon Taylor of New Milford (formerly of Warren) Litchfield County State of Connecticut being of lawful age & duly sworn do depose & say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Hanks of Warren of S d County & State and late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and that I was taken with him and saw him die which was on the 8 th day of March 1836
And at his death he left a widow whose name is Jerimiah Hanks who has ever since remained his widow and unmarried date at New Milford the 14 th day of November 1838. Gideon Taylor
State of Connecticut ss New Milford Nov 14 th 1838 Litchfield County ss Personally appeared Gideon Taylor to me well known to be the person described in and who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Noble Day Justice of Peace

I William Hopkins of the town of Litchfield Warren County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Hawes late of 1 st Warrendale & late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that I attended him on the night of his death & was present at the moment of his decease, & that he died at 1 st Warrendale on the 8 th day of March A.D. 1836 and that he left at the time of his death Jerimiah Hawes of 1 st Warrendale his widow who has ever since remained his widow & unmarried. (Dated at Litchfield November 17 th 1838)
William Hopkins
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield Nov 17 th 1838 Litchfield County }
Personally appeared Mr. Hopkins to me known to be who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, Probate Court, Simsbury County, District of Kent at Kent -
On this 28 th day of January A.D. 1833. Personally appeared before Nathaniel P. Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid in open court now sitting. Samuel Hawes of Warren in said Litchfield County, and is the same identical Samuel Hawes, who on the 31 st day of July A.D. 1832 made declaration on oath before this Court to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress 7 th June A.D. 1832, returned with objections & is herewith again transmitted, and now being first duly sworn according to law, says, that as to the first term of service mentioned in said Declaration, says, he may possibly be mistaken with reference to the exact time of his entering the service, i.e. the months in the year 1775, He knows that troops were raised very early in this State and country and that he was among the very first enlisting, if it was not the first of April he thinks it must have been as early as the beginning of May 1775, always has said & believed that he served eight months, succeeding the enlistments that he might not have been discharged until the first of July 1776.

his warrant of xxxx  a serjeant was signed by Colonel Reinhard, that he kept the warrant among his papers for twenty years or more, that one day his son Ebenezer Hawes then a lad of about 6 years old by some means got hold of the 1 st warrant, was pleased with the seal, that the declarant's wife and himself thought it to be of no use and let the boy have it, and so it was lost or destroyed. The declarant has not seen it nor heard of its being in existence for twenty years past.
That as to the second term of service he served as a private, he had the promise from the enlisting officer Major Major of the appointment of serjeant, but Nathan Slosson being a particular friend of the 1 st Lieutenant got the appointment. The applicant, willing to do his duty to his country and recurring the idea of sharing it said then he enlisted for office, served out his time as he ought, that he served at least seven months in his second term of service and in the year 1776

That in his service of one month at the Battle of Bunker Hill & in the year 1777, he did the duty of an Orderly Sergeant, all were volunteers & the Captain appointed him to do that duty, yet he had no warrant, and the declarant says that since his original declaration was sent out he has found by accident a witness by the name of Isaac Eldred whose deposition he herewith encloses and knows of no other person than tho' John Tuttle he herewith read, That he served in the service of the United States at least sixteen months
in the service of the United States for which he claims a pension
The declarant says that he never served as orderly Sergeant in his said first campaign but as a Sergeant & that it was an entire mistake in his first declaration as to the word "orderly".
Samuel Hawes Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Francis Chittenden
Clerk of said Court

By referring to the Record of the War Department, John Barlow, whose dep- osition accompanies these papers, will be found to have been for a long time and is now a prisoner for services in the Revolutionary War. Rendered by him.

Charles Eversitt of the Town of Warren, in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut a clergyman, residing in S d Warren do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Hawes who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I never knew a man who sustained a better character for integrity & truth, his character is irreproachable. I believe him to be Eighty one years of age, that he is reputed & believed universally in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & I unhesitatingly concur in that opinion.
Charles Eversitt
Sworn and subscribed this 28 th day of January A D 1833, in open Court
Frederick Chaplin and Clerk of Court
And the Court do hereby declare his opinion in addition to that declared in the certificate heretofore in & herewith accompanying this last declaration for Samuel Hawes, that the said applicant, since known as he states, he is well known to the Court and sustains an excellent reputation for moral integrity, worth and his statement entitled to the fullest credit. And the Court further certifies that Charles Eversitt who has described the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the vicinity of the applicant, and in the Town
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of Warren, and his statement is still to credit.
I Frederick Chittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent do hereby certify that the foregoing cont- ains the original proceedings (in connection with those herewith accompanying & attached) of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Haines for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this 28 th day of January A.D. 1833.
Frederick Chittenden Clerk of said Court.
I Nathan P. Perry do certify that Frederick Chittenden is clerk of said Court, and that he signed the foregoing, when his name and signature purports to be placed. as witness my hand at Kent this 28 th day of January A.D. 1833.
Nathan P. Perry
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent in the County of Rutland State of Connecticut.

I Judah Eldred of the town of Winfield, County of Herkimer, State of New York aged seventy eight years, being duly sworn according to law do testify and say that in the year 1775 I was in the United States Service in the army of the Revolution in the same Company with General Howe of Warren. Litchfield County State of Connecticut now an applicant for a Pension I know him well and well remember that he served at Ticonderoga as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt Ebenezer  Ebenezer Curtis. That he served eight months. Also in 1777. I remember he was also in the service of the United States and was present at the taking of General Burgoyne and served there one month. and at the last time he also did the duty of an orderly Sergeant
Judah Eldred
State of Connecticut Litchfield County
Probate Court District of Kent ss at Kent -
On this 29 th day of September A.D. 1832 Personally appeared before Nathaniel P. Hovey Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for said District Judah Eldred signer of the foregoing deposition and in open Court made solemn oath to the truth of the matters therein stated. The Deponent bears an

good a reputation for truth veracity as any man, and has been known to the Court for fifteen years, and is a credible Witness.
Frederick Chittenden
Clerk of Court