Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,888, Shubel Hinkley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hinkley, Shubel
5. 29,888
CONTENTS

29 888 INVALID. Rev
1912 Feb. 27. Hist. to Mrs. H. H. Crane, C. 1919 May 5. Hist. to Mrs. A. E. Brandt.
File No. 29,888
Shubel Hinklez His Rev Was
Act: June 1 st 189 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]

History to Mrs. Adela E. Brand, Apt. 7- The Revere, Washington, D. C.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Shubel Hinkley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. Bld 29.888
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1776 to April 1, 1776 Pri. Benjamin Godfrey Carey Mass.   July 1, 1776 to Jan. 1, 1777 " Thos Hamilton ✓ "        
Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chatham, Barnstable Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 17, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Chatham, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Jan. 18, 1749 Chatham, Mass.
Remarks: This claim was allowed. No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

DR. H. H. CRANE 133 STATE STREET BANGOR, MAINE
February 15, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly write me if the name of Shubal Hinckley appears on the list of pensioners of the Revolutionary War?
Thanking you for the favor. I am very truly (Mrs) H. H. Crane

21.932 Massachusetts Shubel Hinkley
Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Godfrey of the Regt. commanded by Col. Caley in the Massachusetts line for 8 months
Miles
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov. 1833 and scutto David Barnstable
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1833 13.33 $79.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Col. Caley Clerk Book E. Vol. 11. Page 35.
84 Barnstable

27/15
Sturtevant Hoosick Columbia.
Brate Smith Adm'd
Abner Davis Agt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Barnstable ss.
On this Seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Stephen Russell of the Court of Probate Judge now sitting at Barnstable in and for said County, Isaac Hinkley a resident of Chatham in said County, aged Eighty three 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Chatham on the Eighteenth day of January - A. D. 1749, and that there is a record of his birth as he supposes in Chatham : that he was in the United States service from the first day of February A. D. 1776, to the first day of April A. D. 1776 as a Private in the Militia or State Service : that he was residing at Chatham in Massachusetts when he entered the service; that he Enlisted for two months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Benjamin Doolittle & Col Cary was Colonel : that he marched from Chatham to Roxbury
: that he served with the regular army and assisted in building the fort on Dorchester hills & was there when the British left Boston - of the regular troops and General Washington among the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a discharge but not in writing - : that he left the service on the first day of April A.D. 1776 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Chatham
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first day of July A. D. 1776, to the first day of January A. D. 1777 as a Private in the Militia or State Service : that he was residing at Chatham when he entered the service; that he Enlisted for six months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Thomas Gannett
: that he marched from was stationed at Chatham as a guard to protect the coast from the invasion of the enemy: that he served with no troops but the Company with which he served & none of of the regular troops; and officers were with him & no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on the first day of January A.D. 1777 -
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of  A. D. 17  , to the  day of  A. D. 17  as a  in the  : that he was residing at  when he entered the service; that he  and served for the period aforesaid under the command of 
: that he marched from 
: that he served with 
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him; that he was in  battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on 
and left

I Joseph Young of Chatham in the State of Massachusetts aged sixty nine years do testify and say that I was a soldier during the greater part of the revolutionary war that I then well knew the within named Shubel Hinckley during the said war and have ever since known him and during the war when I was at home I lived in the same family with him. I well know he served as he has stated in his decla- ration two months at Boston in the beginning of the year 1776 when the British army was driven from Boston - I also well know he served six months with troops sta- tioned as a guard at Chatham and I often saw him there & further the deponent saith not - Joseph Young
Bar 1. 11. 32
Probate Court at Harwich in said County September 17th. 1832.
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Young in open court and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed in court. And I certify that in the opinion of the court, the said Joseph is a credible witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court the day & year aforesaid
Abner Davis, Regr

Joseph Young Esq & Mr David Kendricks are neighbors & can testify as to his character for veracity & reputation that he served as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Shubel Hinckley
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Attest, Almon Davis, Regr. of the Court of Probate.
We Joseph Young _____ residing in the Chatham and David Kendricks _____ residing in Warwick
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shubel Hinckley - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. and further state he is a man of truth
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Attest, Almon Davis, Regr. of the Court of Probate.
Joseph Young David Kendricks
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Joseph Young Esquire who has signed the preceding certificate, is a _____ resident in the town of Chatham ; and that David Kendricks who has also signed the same is a resident in Warwick and both credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nympha Weston Judge
I Almon Davis Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Shubel Hinckley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Almon Davis, Regr.