Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23311, John Hodgkins, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hodgkins John Abigail
N 23311
CONTENTS

Maine John Hodgkins
of Lincoln Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dodge of the Infy ; commanded by Col Little in the Mass ap d  line line for 8 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July 1833 and sent to M c Intosh Bath
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53. 32 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept — 13. 33
$ 66. 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Willis Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 22

Maine
Abigail Hodgkins
widow of John Hodgkins, Decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of June, 1832 and who died on the 8th March, 1835 - of Lincoln in the State of Maine - who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Dodge - of the Regt. - commanded by Col: Little - in the Mass: militia for 8 months -
Resided on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of May 1839 and sent to Nathl: Lypton, Bath, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March 39' $ 79.98 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 4 - 13.33
$ 93.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M c Stearns Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 11

3372
Abigail Hodgkins Wid of John
Me
Married 1779 died 1835. At July 7. 1838
Allow $26.66 per ann, capt. Dodge Col Little Mass Militia
Nathl Grooton Bath Me

State of Maine Lincoln Js.
I Jacob Smith Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Lincoln do hereby certify that the Hon. Nathaniel Grooton is the Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, and that his signature within written is genuine. —
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 20 th day of November A. D. 1838.
Jacob Smith Clerk,

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss. Be it known, that on this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared, before me Nathaniel Grooton Judge of Probate in and for said County of Lincoln the same being a Court of record & keeping a record of the estates of persons deceased in said County - Abigail Hodgkins, and caused the annexed declaration to be reduced to writing and the same being read and understood before her she subscribed her name thereto, and made solemn oath that the same is true. I further certify that said Abigail is unable thro' bodily infirmity to attend in person That her husband, John Hodgkins died in Bath on the eighth day of March, in the year 1835. aged seventy seven years, and that his estate was duly administered by the real & personal in the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln and that Abigail Hodgkins within named was known to be his widow & now is such.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & set the seal of said Court. Nathaniel Grooton Judge of Probate for said County

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838. entitled an act granting half pay or pensions to certain widows.
State of Maine } on the thirteenth day of No - County of Lincoln } vember A.D. 1838. Personally appeared before me the subscriber Nathl. Groton Judge of Probate in and for said County, the same being a Court of record, on the day & year aforesaid Abigail Hodgkins, widow a resident of Bath, in the County aforesaid aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838. entitled an act granting half pay to certain widows - That she is the widow of John Hodgkins formerly John Hodgkins the fifth, late of said Bath, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and entered the service in the latter part of April 1775, under Capt. Abraham Dodge of Norwich, and in Col. Little's regiment, and marched immediately to Cambridge, and was at the battle of Bunker's hill, on the 17 th of June of that year, under the immediate command of Lieutenant Lord, after the action returned back to Cambridge and remained there till January the first 1776 when he was dis -

charged, that upon the evidence furnished by him a pension was granted to him, before his decease of twenty six Dollars & sixty six cents per annum a copy of which she annexes to and makes a part of her case. She further declares that she was married to her said husband, at that time, called John Hodgkins 5 th at that part of Ipswich, now called Hamilton in the State of Massachusetts, on the ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy nine, by the Reverend Menasseh (after a minister of the Gospel of that town. And that her husband the aforesaid John Hodgkins died at said Bath, on the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty five aged seventy seven years, that her maiden name was Abigail Lord, that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, and at the time above stated, and that she has never been married to any other person.
Witnesses Mary A Turner Abigail Hodgkins

I George W. Kelley of Hamilton in the county of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that John Hodgkins and Abigail Lord, both then of Ipswich were joined in marriage September ninth Seventeen hundred Seventy nine as appears by the records of marriages made by the Reverend Manasseh Cutler then minister of the gospel in said Ipswich, (now Hamilton.) The following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures.
"John Hodgkins 5 th to Abigail Lord both Ipswich Sept. ninth Seventeen hundred Seventy nine." The following is a true copy from the records in words and figures, as it stands upon the said records in fair legible words and figures "John Hodgkins 5 th to Abigail Lord both Ipswich Sept. 9. 1779."
Geo. W. Kelley Pastor
I George W. Kelley, above named depose and say that I am a minister of the gospel, in the town of Hamilton, county and Commonwealth aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages made by the Reverend Manasseh Cutler, then of said Hamilton, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Geo. W. Kelley Pastor.
Essex ss. Nov. 6. 1838
Then George W. Kelley above named subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate
Before me
Chas. P. Lord Jus. Pax

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate esquire, for said county, hereby certify, that Otis P. Lord, before whom the foregoing affidavit of the reverend George W. Kelly purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of November, A.D. 1838.
Nath. Lord jr.

War Department
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th of June 1832 John Hoagkins of the State of Maine, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war is entitled to receive twenty six Dollars & sixty one cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831. and payable semiannually on the 4 th of March & 4 th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this thirty first day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
John Robb
acting Secretary of War
Examined & countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Recorded in the Pension Office books E. Vol. 1. Page 23. by W. L. Williams Clerk.

John Hodgkins
24.
No 2,695 ✓
Deposition of Timothy Ross inclosed -
Admitted
8 mos
$ 26.00
St. Croton Eng
Bath
N.Y.

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Bath in said county, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the eleventh day of August, A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of John Hodgkins for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14 th day of August A. D. 1832. Nathl. Coffin CLERK.
as a retinue, about the last of April 1775, under Captain Abraham Dodge of Ipswich, and Lieutenant Samuel Lord, and marched immediately from Ipswich, to Cambridge, and there joined Colonel Little's regiment, - that he was on Berkner's and  at Breeds Hill in the action on the seventeenth of June 1775, under Lieutenant Lord aforesaid, and Col. Little - that he retreated to Cambridge - and was afterwards stationed on Prospect Hill, and remained with the rest of the army in actual service, till the first day of January 1776, when he was discharged, his term of service having expired - making a term of service of eight months - that he lived in Ipswich, when called into the service. - In 1787, he removed from Ipswich to Wolwich in in the state of Maine, and again in 1816, he removed from Wolwich to Bath in said State where he now

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Bath in said County on the 11 th day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before JOHN RUGGLES, Esq. one of the Judges thereof,
John Hodgkins a resident of Bath in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he
entered the service, as a volunteer, about the last of April 1775, under Captain Abraham Dodge of Ipswich, and Lieutenant Samuel Lord, and marched immediately from Ipswich, to Cambridge, and there joined Colonel Little's regiment. That he was on Berkner's Hill, at  in the action on the seventeenth of June 1775, under Lieutenant Lord of our side, and lost Mr. Little. That he retreated to Cambridge - and was afterwards stationed on Prospect Hill, and remained with the rest of the army in actual service, till the first day of January 1776, when he was discharged, his term of service having expired - making a term of service of eight months - that he lived in Ipswich, when called into the service. In 1787, he removed from Ipswich to Wolwich in in the state of Maine, and again in 1816, he removed from Wolwich to Bath in said State where he now

1776, when he was discharged, his term of service being final - making a term of service of eight months - that he lived in Ipswich, when called into the service. In 1787, he removed from Ipswich to Wolwich also in the state of Maine, and again in 1816, he removed from Wolwich to Bath in said State where he now lives - from the remote situation of Bath from Ipswich, and the length of time since he agreed he does not know of any person now living except Timothy Dyer of Topsham who can testify to his services - He further on oath testifies that he was born in Ipswich in the county of Essex Essex and province of Mass- Bay in 1756 September 30 - the now present - that he was always a volunteer, and never a substitute - and never recd. any written discharge - That he is known in the town where he lives to Rev. John W. Ellingwood. Hon Percy Tallman - David Stinson, Post Master of Bath, who can all attest to his character for truth and veracity -
John Hodgdon
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid
J. Ruggles Jus Cbt

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
John Hodgkins
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
John Ruggles
Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for the State of Maine.

I, John Ellingwood of Bath, in the county of Lincoln clergyman do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Hodgkins, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion.
John Ellingwood.
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
John Ruggles Jus. C.C. Pleas
David Stinson
I, David Stinson of Bath in the County of Lincoln and a justice of the Peace in said County certify that I am well acquainted with John Hodgkins who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion.
David Stinson
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
John Ruggles Jus. C.C. Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John H. Ellingwood who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in Bath and that David Stinson a justice of the Peace and that their statement is correct to the best of their knowledge.
I, Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John H. Hodgkins for a pension.
John Ruggles Jus. C.C.P.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.
Lincoln ss. At the Court of Common Pleas December Term A.D. 1832
The name of Peter Tallman is errand in the above record & the name of David Stinson inserted by direction of the same Judge & his signature & my own by our own knowledge & consent re main to the Record as it now is.
In testimony whereof I again affix the seal of the court & sign my name
Nathl. Coffin Clerk

King
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23311
Abigail Hodgkins wid of John Hodgkins vs Mass Mil
Act July 7 th 88
Index: Vol. A , Page 35-1
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. Houghton Me. June 7. when paid Due 8 th March 1835 per that period 1H HAH

I, Timothy Ross of Topsfield, County of Essex and State Massachusetts, of the age of Eighty two years, testify and say, that I was a private soldier in Capt. Abraham Dodge's company, Moses Little Col. of regiment James Lord Lieut. being a regiment of the Massachusetts line of the Conti- nental establishment in the army of the United States of America in the revolutionary war. On oath declare that John Hodgkins of Bath County of Lincoln State of Maine, on or about the first of May in the year 1775, enlisted in said company under said Capt. Abraham Dodge & in the same regiment & war; and that he served in the said company eight months & then verbally discharg'd, about the last of December of the same year Sixteen hundred & seventy five. Timothy Ross
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. The 31st. day of August 1832, Then Timothy Ross above named, appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit.
Before me Joseph Dennis Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. I Joseph Dennis a justice of the Peace in the County of Essex further certify that Timothy Ross above named is a person of truth & accuracy & entitled to credit on oath. Joseph Dennis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I John Prince clk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County being a Court of Record, certify That Joseph Dennis Esq r within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his within signatures are genuine - In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem, This eighteenth day of December A.D. 1832
John Prince clks