Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43660, John Hewit, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Herwit, John
NUMBER
S. 43660
CONTENTS

New York 17.887 John Hewit, R Saratoga County, N.Y. in Utica
Private in Col. Charles Burrell's regt. Connec't. line March 1776 — 11 months.
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll of New-York , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18. of April, 1818.
Paid in A. G. R. 4 Mar. '34 — 1st 1. Sept. '34
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. of Oct. 1820, and sent to H. W. Palmer, agent, Ballston, Saratoga Co. N.Y.
arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820. $: 228.53 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March, } 48. 28 m s 17 } 1821 } $: 276.53 30 }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } and 1 st May, } 1820. }
@ 7 159.
on Civ. Tra. 30. Sept. '34
Transf d to Utica fr 4. March 1834 — Sept. 3. 1834

State of New-York, } ss. County of SARATOGA, }
ON this twenty third day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Stuart
aged 63 years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: From the 2 d day of March 1776. until the last day of January 1777 in a company commanded by Captain John Stevens in the regiment commanded by Col. Charles Burrall in the Connecticut line or the continental establishment in the manner particularly set forth in his original declaration and the affidavits hereto annexed that his original declaration was made on or about the 18 th day of April 1818. and is hereto annexed together with the additional evidence required by the department of war. Benj. Stevens was orderly sergeant of the company
That his original declaration was made on or about the _____ day of _____ 18____ and that his Pension Certificate is numbered _____
AND I solemnly swear — that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and declared on the 23 rd day of August , John Stuart 1820 before me in open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the 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 thirty three dollars and fifty cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty third day of August 1820
Thomas Palmer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga

A Schedule of the real and personal Estate of John Hunt in the declaration and affidavit hereto annexed named his necessary cloathing and bedding excepted made in pursuance of the act of congress in such case provided.
Real Estate I have None
  Personal Property:  One cow  $ 15.00     10 sheep 8g. 2 pigs 4g. other stock 4g. 1 table 4g.  13.50     1 Pot 8g. tea Kettle 4g. 5 knives & forks 4g.  2. —     Plates 4g. 2 pails 4g. 1 axe 4g. scythe 6g.  2.25     Hoe 2g. Bible 2g.  — 50     Meat Tub  25      $33.50  
The said John Hunt owes bona fide debts to several persons for accounts, bills and other necessaries to upwards of Seventy dollars. The said John Hunt is by occupation a carpenter he is totally disabled from pursuing it by reason of old age and a wound in his shoulder received 15 years since. his family residing with him consists of his wife named Mahaly aged 46 years sickly and in feeble health my wife's daughter named Jane Simmons aged 8 years a healthy child. my daughter Elizabeth Hunt aged 3 years a healthy child and my son John Hunt aged 10 months also a healthy child. John Hunt
Sworn to in open court
THOMAS PALMER CLERK

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY. }
ON this eighteenth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, personally appears John Hewit aged sixty years, resident in the town of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga in the said state, 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:" That the said John Hewit
enlisted in February 1776 for one year in the state of Connecticut
in the company commanded by Captain John Stephens Colonel Burnside Regiment and served his time of enlistment in said company - that in the spring of 1778 he enlisted for 9 months in Captain Peabody Company Col. Ennis Regiment of the Connecticut line that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the winter of 1778
when he was discharged from service in New-York (but has not his discharge) and state of Connecticut that he was in the battles at the Cedars (he is a prisoner there with the enemy 9 days) and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
John Hewit
Also appeared before me John Watson who being of me duly deposed and saith that he has personally known to the above named John Hewit serving in the revolutionary war in the year 1776 in the Northern Campaign in the State of New York in the company of Regiment attached by the said John in the above affidavit John Watson
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. Salmon Child
I Salmon Child Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Hewit did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress. Greenfield May 4th 1818  Salmon Child
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss : SARATOGA COUNTY, }
In testimony that the above named
Salmon Child is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, and that the above is his signature, I subscribe my name and affix the county seal, this fifth day of May , in the year 1818
Wm Stillwell Clerk of the County of Saratoga.

John Hewit affidavit
To J. C. Calhoun
See remarks on the second declaration. Secretary of War March 28. 1820. The testimony of Asa Hewit does not relate to the service on which the claim rests. J. Hewit does not prove that the applicant did serve 9 mos. from the time of his enlistment in Feb. 1776. Col. Eno was not on the continental establishment.
It has been discovered that Burils regt was on the continental establishment in 1776. If it can be proved by another witness that the applicant served not less than 9 mos. in 76 in that regiment, the claim will be admitted. The judge who administers the oaths to certify to the disinterestedness and credibility of the witnesses The judge before whom the declaration has been made to certify, he is satisfied that from the evidence circumstances of the app l he recd. the app l of his country app l for support

State of New York Montgomery County
On the eighteenth Day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and and nineteen before me Deacon M c Martin Jr. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appeared John Hewett aged about Sixty two Years resident in the Town of Esopus in the County of Saratoga in the said State Who being by me first duly sworn Doth on his Oath make the following Declaration (in order to obtain the Provisions of 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) That he the said John Hewett in the Month of February 1776 at the Town of Canaan in the State of Connecticut enlisted for the term of One Year in the Company of Captain John Stephens in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Charles Burrill in the Connecticut line & the Deponent believes in the Continental Estab- -lishment - That he this Deponent entered said Company immediately after his enlist- -ment and sometime in March ensuing march- -ed with them to Lake Champlain & Montreal whence he with the said Company together with Captain Dows's Company were sent to a place then called the Cedars under the Command of Major Butterfield an officer from New Hampshire and of Colonel Buckley's Regiment to which our said

Two companies were attached because Col o Burrell with the residue of his Regiment were retarded by the breaking up of the Ice and the high Water in the Spring.
That Said Deponent was taken prisoner at the Cedars together with the whole detachment under Major Butterfield. Kept Prisoners about nine days after which we were by a Cartel Released Marched back to Mount Independence (near Powneborough) (Captain Stephens having been retained) where we continued in Service til the Period of Said Deponents enlistment had terminated when he had a regular discharge he thinks signed by Colonel Burrell the Successor of Colonel Burrell but which Discharge he has lost. The Deponent further States that he is in low and indigent Circumstances in need of the aid of his Country for support.
Sworn & subscribed before me this day & Year aforesaid
John Hewitt
Duncan McMartin Esq.
And I do further declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any Pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States or of any Individual State.
Witness my hand Nov 18 th 1819
John Hewitt
Duncan McMartin Esq.

Joseph Hewit also of Edinburgh duly Sworn Saith that he was personally known to the contestant and departure to the Northern parts of New York of the aforesaid Applicant as by him stated in the annexed Affidavit and known to him being in the Service at Mount Independence after his return from Canada and to his dis- charge as he states; this Deponent further states that he the said Applicant is poor & in need of the aid of his Country for Support - Subscribed & Sworn before me Nov 18 th 1819 Duncan McMartin Jm Joseph Hewit
Aysa Hewit also of Edinburgh duly Sworn Saith that he is well known to all the parts set forth by the Applicant in the annexed Statement excepting that part of it which is related to have happened in Canada which he is only known to by information which he has never heard contradicted by this Deponent having been in the Company Com- =manded by Captain Peter Watson in the same Regiment - this Deponent further states that the said Applicant is poor & in need the aid of his Country for his Support - Subscribed & Sworn before me Nov 18 th 1819 Aysa Hewit Duncan McMartin Jm.

I Duncan McMartin Esq. Judge to as aforesaid Do Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that John Stewart the Appli- cant aforesaid did serve in the Army of the Revolution against the Common enemy as stated by him and by Ezra & Joseph Stuart who are all known to me as men of good reputation and that as by them stated the said Applicant is very poor and in need of the aid of his country for his support. In testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my Name and caused the Seal of Court now Pleas to be hereunto affixed the said 18 th Nov 1819
Duncan McMartin Esq.

See remarks on the first Declaration as to the testimony of a Joseph Heinert not sufficiently proving the time of service which the law requires on the Continental establishment. The credibility of his interest of T. Watson the witness whose testimony was taken on the first Declaration has not been certified by the judge who administered the oath - one additional witness is also required. And as the period of service on Cont. establishment was short it ought to be clearly manifested in the testimony of the witnesses by reference to dates. March 25 th 1820

The deposition of Benjamin Stevens of Canaan in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut of Lawful age is as follows. That John Hewit formerly of Canaan aforesaid was a Soldier in Captain John Stevens, Company and Colonel Charles Burrall's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental Establishment in the Years Service and that he marched with said Company to the Northern Army and that he was taken Prisoner at a place called the Cedars on the River St. Lawrence above Montreal and that after he was released from Captivity he joined the said Regiment on Mount Independence and that he continued in said Regiment untill the Years service expired which was on the last day of January 1777 and on the first day of February 1777 the deponent travelled with the said John Hewit from Mount Independence to Shrewsbury (now called White Hall) on his way home.
N.B. The day of his enlistment I do not know but it was sometime in the Month of February 1776 as we marched from said Canaan the 2 nd day of March. In above mentioned John Hewit I was acquainted with from his Childhood untill he removed from Canaan about the close of the Revolutionary war. There was no other John Hewit than the above mentioned in said Company in that Years Service and further the Deponent saith not
Canaan June 19 th 1820
Benjamin Stevens
Litchfield County S t . Canaan 19 th June 1820 Personally appear'd Benjamin Stevens signer to the foregoing Deposition and Made solemn Oath that the said Deposition contains the Truth the whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth, I do farther testify that the said Benjamin Stevens is a credible and Disinterested Witness - Wath s Stevens Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott clerk of the county court within the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Nathaniel Stevens Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said county legally commissioned & qualified, & that his name sub- scribed to the within instrument is his & and nothing else. —
Witness my hand & the Seal of said court this 20 th day of June A.D. 1820
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

The deposition of Joseph Hewit of Edenburgh in the County County of Saratoga & State of New York, of lawful age is as follows. That this deponent was acquainted with the said John Hewit of the Town County & State aforesaid from the time of his Infancy until the present time & was knowing to his enlistment on the later part of February in the year 1776 into Captain John Stephen's Company in Colo- nel Charles Buerel's Regiment in the Connecticut line for the term of one year & that this deponent saw the said John Hewit at two dif- ferent times in the within the term of the year aforesaid at Mount Independence in actual service in the Company & Regiment aforesaid, and that this deponent further saith that he was knowing to the enlistment aforesaid & that the said John Hewit did leaving home leave home & did March in the Company & Regiment aforesaid from the Town of Canaan in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut on or about the first of March 1776 for the Northern Army, & was gone until some time in the forepart of Febr- uary in the year 1777
Joseph Hewit
State of New York
Saratoga County ss: On the 22 day of August 1820 the above named Joseph Hewit to me known to be a credible & disinterested witness personally came before me & made solemnly oath to the truth of the above affidavit -
John P. Poirier
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga

The deposition of Jonathan Allen of Pigeon in the County of Saratoga, & State of New York of Lawful age is as follows. That John Hewit formerly of Canaan in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, now of the County of Saratoga in the State of New York, he says & believes that this deponent was acquainted with the said John Hewit & knowing to his enlistment on the latter part of February in the year 1776 into Captain John Stephen's Company in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Charles Burrel for the term of One year, and that this deponent did at the time aforesaid go with in Company with the said John Hewit to the Town of Canaan aforesaid and saw him pass Muster & Join the Company aforesaid and Marched for the Northern Army on the 2 nd day of March 1776, and was gone untill some time the forepart of February in the year 1777, and I know this same John Hewit to be the same man who enlisted as aforesaid and was actually gone the term of time above mentioned under that enlistment. Jonathan his Allen mark
Seo
State of New York Saratoga County ss: On the 22 day of August 1820 The above named Jonathan Allen to me known to be a credible & disinterested witness came before me in proper person & made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
John Nivv — one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga

State of New York
Saratoga County ss John Hewitt of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga being duly sworn doth depose & say that in the month of February 1778 this deponent resided in the same house with Joseph Hewitt in the declaration herein above named. He knows that the said Joseph in the said month of February 1778 enlisted at New Marlborough for one year into a company commanded by Capt. Giles Gales in the regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift in Gen. Huntington's Brigade in the Connecticut line. That this deponent at divers times saw the said Joseph in service as aforesaid & knows that in the month of February 1779 the said Joseph returned home from the said service. Dated August 23. 1820
Sworn and subscribed before me This 23 rd day of August 1820 } John x Hewitt John Peck Judge } Clerk
On the 23 day of August 1820 the above named John Hewitt to me known to be a credible & disinterested witness personally appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
John Peck Judge

John Hewit
Filed Aug. 23 d 1820

State of New York } Saratoga County Clerk's office } Ys!
I, Hunloke W. Palmer deputy Clerk of the county of Saratoga aforesaid do certify that John Prior was on the 22 d and twenty third days of August 1820: at the time of taking the within affidavits v o a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas authorized to take affidavits v o in and for the said County acting under the authority of the State. duly sworn and subscribed and that the within are his signatures:
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 d day of September 1820:
H. W. Palmer Deputy Clerk

John Stuart 17,477. orphan - John Stuart
Saratoga Co. N.Y. Copy of affi- davit re original declaration 18 th April, 1818.
Col. Charles Burrill's regiment. Connecticut line, March 1776. to Feb'y, 1777.
Rec d 90 ct 1820.
Service proved by two credible witnesses.
worth $: 33. \frac{50}{100}
H. W. Palmer, agent, Ballston, N.Y. 9. Oct r . 1820.

Examined wall. Bd. of Rev.
Feby. 17. 1897- by Mr. Aspin
43 660 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43 660
John Hewit Pa Her Was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John H. Smith
app. for. Princeton.
War Dept. ment Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. P. Pensions Washington

Rome, Oneida N.Y. August 13 th 1834
Wm J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir. Enclosed is application of John Havell for transfer from New York to Wheeler Agency . Please send certificate to me at this place, and oblige
Your most obedt Servt Which I have the honor Most respectfully to be,
R. V. Johnson

N York
John Hewitt
Rev. 55. Ap. 1838
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Pos 60 State of New York of County of Oneida
On the 9 th day of July 1834 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Oneida, personally appeared John Hewitt, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Stephen in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Burrell in the service of the United States: That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, New York Agency, and that he now resides in the neighborhood of Utica, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. Pension Certificate dated October 17 th 1820, No 17.887. under acts 1818 & 1820. Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid the said John making his mark Jonathan Drown Justice of the Peace his John H. Hewitt mark
Oneida County ss. Benjamin P. Johnson being duly sworn deposes and says that he is acquainted with John Hewitt described in the above affidavit, that he knows him to be the same person therein described and also the same person described in the pension Certificate in his

possession which is described in her affidavit.
J. P. Johnson
Known before me this 12 th day of August 1834 and I certify that the above named J. P. Johnson is a man of credibility, truth and veracity Letts B. Roberts Justice of the Peace
State of New York. Clerk's Office Onondaga Co.
George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Freeman within named and Letts B. Roberts within named are Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such. That I am well acquainted with their hand writing and justly believe their signatures to be in their proper handwriting. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of August 1834.
Geo. Brown, Clerk By John S. Ray, Deputy