Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24433, Asa Hill, Continental Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental
Hill, Asa
W. 24733
Mass
Sarah
Privateer
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12.118 R
Massachusetts
Asa Hill
of Gardner in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Amos of the Massachusetts for the term of Thirteen Months
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of June 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of June 1819 and sent to Hon: Solomon Strong, Worcester Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  67.03    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48.00    8 Mo. \frac{15}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $117.03  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

March 1840
Library of Congress Washington D.C.

Sarah Hoile
Child of Sarah
Married
Oct 24/7 1835
Moved 1780
Died 1828
Allan from Oct 24/7 p. 54.16
11. 1/2 p. 36.64
sum $90.80
Mr L Lincoln
AR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Mr. Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty second day of October, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } County of Worcester } ss
On this eighteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight . Sarah Hill personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the said County a resident of Gardner in the county of Worcester — 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 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Asa Hill , late of said Gardner , de d who was a * private in the Massachusetts line, in the war of the Revolution ; that according to the best of her knowledge & belief, he served eight months at Chelsea in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy five , in Captain Sprague's Company Col. Gerrish's Regiment ; that he afterward served eight months in Capt. Richardson's Company, at West Point ; & that he enlisted & served in the Artillery Company commanded by Capt. Henry Burbank , in place of his brother James Hill ; that he was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818; that his name was placed on the Pension List-Roll of the Massachusetts Agency on the 22 d June 1819 ; that his pension commenced on the 16 th June 1818 ; & that his pension was suspended by the act of 1 st May 1820 ; That he was a resident of Stoneham at the time of the above mentioned service, & she positively declares that she is the widow of the said Asa Hill , & has never been married since his decease
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Hill on the seventeenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Asa Hill died on the tenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & twenty eight that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. : at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Loasa Hill
Mr. Patton Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 26. 1838.
I hereby Certify , That Joshua Prescott Esq is a _____ Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex _____ in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court: and he, been a justice as aforesaid for the three months last past.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss Town of Reading September 10 th 1838
I Daniel Pratt Jr. the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of Marriages in the Records of the Town of Reading in said County of Middlesex, that there appears is contained the following entry of Marriage viz. Seventeen hundred and eighty, August the seventeenth, Asa Hill and Sarah Bancroft were married by the Rev d Thomas Haven.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz.
1780.
August 17. Asa Hill and Sarah Bancroft were married by the Rev d Thomas Haven.
I Daniel Pratt Jr. Depose and say, that I hold the office of Town clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of the Town of Reading with the exception above named as certified by me
Daniel Pratt Jr. clerk of said Town of Reading.
State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss. Town of Reading. Sept. 10. 1838
Then the above named Daniel Pratt personally appeared and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, were true -
Before me
Isaac Prescott Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester, ss.
I, Joseph Whitney, 2 d of Gardner in said County of Worcester, of lawful age, do depose and say, that I was with Asa Hill the husband of Sarah Hill at the time of his death, that he died in the month of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight. and I do further depose and say, that I have lived near the said Sarah Hill ever since the death of her husband, and that she has not been married since the death of her husband, Asa Hill, but still remaining his widow.
Joseph Whitney 2 d
State of Massachusetts } ss Worcester County }
Be it known that on the 25 th day of September 1838 before me Smyrna Glazier a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester, personally appeared Joseph Whitney 2 d above named and made oath in due form of law that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true
Smyrna Glazier Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that Joseph Whitney 2 d the above named Defendant is a person of truth
Smyrna Glazier Jus. Peace
certify that deponent is person of truth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester, ss. I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Worcester, do certify that, I, Myron G. Linsley, Esquire, is a justice of the peace in and for said county — and his signatures to the certificates hereto annexed, are in his own proper hand writing. —
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said court, at Worcester, this second day of October, in the year 1838. —
Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk

State of Massachusetts Worcester County } ss
Be it known that on the 22 nd day of September 1898 before me Smyrna Glazier a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Worcester personally appeared Timothy Heywood within named, and made oath in due form of law that the within Affidavit by him subscri- bed is true
Smyrna Glazier Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the Timothy Heywood the within named deponent is a person of truth. Smyrna Glazier Jus. Peace
may be used in any court of law or equity in the said County of Worcester and elsewhere as may be lawfully required.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, ss.
I Timothy Heywood, of Gardner in said County, of lawful age, do depose and say, that I lived near Asa Hill, the husband of Sarah Hill, at the time of his death, that he died in the month of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and I do further depose and say, that I have lived near the said Sarah Hill, most of the time since the death of her husband, that she has not been married since the death of her husband, Asa Hill, but remains his widow! —
Timothy Heywood

Gardner June 4 th 1810
We the Subscribers Selectmen of Gardner do certify that Asa Hill has lived in this Town for fourteen years last past and we are well acquainted with his circumstances in life which are moderate and that he owneth money and has no help of any consignment but himself and he has one stiff knee and other ways failing as to labour, and we have not the least doubt of his serving his Country in the Revolutionary War as set forth in his declaration therefore we consider him not only very needy but deserving the assistance of his Country to make his life comfortable in his old age
W m Birdford } Selectmen W m Whitney } of James Scollay } Gardner

See file  application for pardon
18 June 1888 - private Massachusetts line knows reg t of artillery 76 Thirteenth months
Wanted the judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the applicant. Wanted the deposition of two credible and disinterested witnesses to the truth of the above statements.
Admitted by the direction of Mr Jas. L Edwards serving to 77 eight Knox Rest. mail
16 Service 12 Feb this last proved by James Hill
signed as the foregoing is a true copy of the original of the original. Dated this 10th day of June 1888 Richard B. D. Clarke

I James Hill of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex do testify and say that I served in the Company under the command of Capt. Sprague then in the Regt. Com. by Col. Garish afterwards by Col. Baldwin in the service of the United States that I served from the first of May to the first of January A.D. 1776 then was discharged that I enlisted again in said service in the same month in the company commanded by Capt. J. Barbecks Company of Artillery that I served in said company about six weeks then went into the company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Neely that my Brother Asa Hill served in the same companies to wit: in Capt. Sprague & Capt. Barbeck, in the first eight months in the second one year & six weeks
James Hill
Stoneham May 23, 1810
Middlesex ss
On the twentythird day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, the aforesaid deponent was examined, and cautioned and sworn agree- able to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Asa Hill to be used as evidence to substantiate his having served in the Revo- lutionary war
John Milton justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts
I Asa Hill a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gardner in the County of Franklin in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first day of May. 1778
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the eleventh day of February, 1781
as a Soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Sprague's  Company the Regiment  Colonel Baldwin , eight months, and afterwards in the Company of Capt. Harry Burbank in Cob. Knox's Regiment of Artillery , thirteen months and and half and that I left the service on the 11th February, 1781 .
and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty eight years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Asa Hill.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this sixteenth day of June 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 service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, the undersigned one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Massachusetts, which Circuit includes the County of Worcester along with the abovenamed Asa Hill ,
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, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Jon. Leavitt

State of Massachusetts Worcester ss.
I, the undersigned Clerk of the Court in & for the County of Worcester aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jonathan Leavitt, whose signature is subscribed to the within cer- tificate, is one of the Judges of the Court there- in mentioned. And the seal hereunto af- fixed is the seal of said Court for said County of Worcester. Dated this twentieth day of June A.D. 1818 —
Abiah Bliss, Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Hill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (for his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. M. F. 24,433
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1, 1775 to Jan. 1, 1776 Pri. Sprague Gerrish Loammi Baldwin Mass.   Jan. 1776 13 1/2 mos. " Henry Burbeck Henry Knox "   1778 9 " " names of officers not stated.   1779 Engaged in Privateer service until end of war.  
Battles engaged in, Taking of Burgoyne. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stoneham, Mass. Date of application for pension, Dec. 9, 1818. His ch. was at Residence at date of application, Middlesex Co. Mass. Age at date of application { B. Jan. 12, 1760, at Stoneham, Middlesex Co., Mass. { Died March 10, 1828.
Remarks:
Soldier mar. Aug. 17, 1780, at Reading, Mass. Sarah Bancroft; she was allowed pension on an appli- cation executed Oct. 18, 1838, while 78 yrs. old and a resident of Gardner, Worcester Co. Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Reported
5195
Massachusetts
Sarah Neill
widow of Asa Neill
who was a Private Artillery & Infry in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April, 1844 and sent to
Sumner at Gardner, Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 44

1.714
Massachusetts
Sarah Hill widow of Asa Hill dec d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 10 th March 1828 of Worcester in the State of MS. who was a Private in the Comp y G. commanded by Captain Burbank of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gerish in the MS. time for 13 mos. 14 th of Artill y " " " of Inf ry .
Inscribed on the Roll of MS. at the rate of 90 Dollars 83 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Jan y 1839 and sent Home S. Lincoln Hoo of Reps
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1838 $227.07 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39, 45.41
$272.48
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by N. C. Madison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1st Page 95
Declarations to S. Glazier at to Hon. C. Hudson Feb 23. 1844

5594
Sarah Hill

State of Massachusetts } ss. Worcester County
On this Eleventh day of March A.D. 1844 Personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace within and for the the County of Worcester, Sarah Hill a resident of Gardner in said County aged Eighty four 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 3 d of March 1843, Granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Asa Hill who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
and that she received a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838 of ninety Dollars eightythree Cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written, before me - and I certify that the said Sarah is personally known to me as I have resided in the same Town with her more than thirty years.
Witness
Inverness Sherwood
Smyrna Glazier, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. Jos. G. Merrill Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said County, certify that Smyrna Glazier, above named, is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County, duly qualified, & that the signature of her name above written appears to be in his own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester this twelfth day of March 1844.
Jos G. Merrill. Clerk

on roll
June 1 1977
Sept 10 '78

AB I was in the Militia 3 months in 1777 and was at the taking of Burgoyne one month at prospect hill guarding Burgoyne's troops in Jan y . 1778 in the Spring of 1778 I enlisted in the Militia for eight months and went to West Point and helped to build Fort Putnam and from there to Kings ferry and there helped to build a block House and there I had until my time was out
In 1779 I went a privateering and followed it until we obtained our Independence I sailed two cruises in the Pilgrim one cruise in the Maccawey in which I was taken and carried to New York one cruise in the Grand Fork two cruises in the Mohawk. and was at the taking of Lighthead's forces and at the Conclusion of the War was not one but the other Asa Hill

Dear Sir Map line Col B. D. ...
Return this with the form which is en- -closed and in all cases the credibility of Witnesses must be certified by a Magistrate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that James Burrough Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits of Mrs. Borland & Jonathan Weston have been made, is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and his name thereto subscribed, is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Courts this 16 th day of Decem- ber 1818.
Abraham Biglow

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within and for said County of Worcester , certify, that my nephew, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit has been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this ninth day of December,
A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
Application of Asa Hild.

I Asa Hill do certify that the first of May one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five I enlisted in the Continental Service in Capt. Sprague's Company then belonging to Col. Garioh's Regt. afterwards Col. Loammi Baldwin Regt. and served until the first of January 1776 at which time I was regularly Discharged and in the Month of January 1776 I enlisted in Capt. H. Burbeck's Company of Artillery in Col. Wm. Burbeck's Regt. but after leaving Cambridge for New York the Company was Commanded by Capt. Lt. Harry Burbeck and was in Col. Henry Knox Regt. in which Station I served until the Eleventh of February 1777 as I staid six weeks after my enlistment was up and then was Honorably discharged by Capt. H. Burbeck who not only gave us his thanks but the thanks of Genl. Washington for our prompt Consent to stay six weeks after our times expired
I was born in Stoneham Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts on the 12 of January 1760 am now on the verge of 59 years Asa Hill Worcester ss. December 5 th 1818 Then personally appeared Asa Hill and made Solemn oath that the above declarations by him signed are true in all their parts,
Before me Smyrna Glazier Justice of the Peace
I certify that Asa Hill above named is a credible person.
Smyrna Glazier Justice of the Peace

J. Hill
a u 5195
S. Hill

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office Boston September 2 d 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Lewis H. Bradford was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
William Pitts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Worcester COUNTY, }
On this twenty sixth day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Sarah Hill a resident of Gardner in the county of Worcester aforesaid aged Eighty eight 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Asa Hill who was a resident of Gardner
and who was a private of Artillery & Infantry in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of ninety dollars and eighty three cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Hill 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Mary W S Bradford  Louis H. Bradford Justice of the Peace.
* Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Louis H. Bradford Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Louis H. Bradford is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
and the Seal of said Court, this 18
CLERK.

5394 Mar 23 24
Mass Mar 3 1843
Sarah Hill
Hon. James L. Edmonds Commissioner of Pensions Washington District of Columbia
Free
$90:83 per ann
Everett Mass March 18 43
To the Penhonia at Gardner Mass.

State Center, Iowa.
June, 12, 1912
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have found in the D. A. R. Magazine that Asa Hill, born at Gardner, Mass. born in 1769 and died in 1828. He married Sarah who died in 1849 and was born in 1760..He was a Pensioner I think.
Can you send me the Revolutionary service, regiment and company also date and place of enlistment.
Thanking you for any information you can give me.
Very truly yours.
Miss Mae Ferguson. State Center Ia.

3789
July 19 45
South Salem N.Y. July 14
Hon. James L. Barrow Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington District of Columbia
map. Mar 3 rd 1843 Sarah Hill

Gardner July 10 th 1843
Hon. J. L. Edward
Dear Sir
I have not seen the act the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of March 1843 - When Mrs. Hill came before me to take the oath of identity I did not know but that a witness would be required and for that reason she subscribed her name in the wrong place - By the direction of the Register I have erased her name and the witness, and she has now subscribed in the proper Place
I am with great respect your Obedient Servt Ebenezer Glazier

Page
WIDOW, &c.
June 18, 1912. History to Miss Mae Ferguson. fr.
File No. 24453
Sarah Hill wid of Asa Hill Pr. New Mar.
Act Feb 24 48
Index: Vol A , Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]