Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23286, Thomas Hinkley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hinkley, Thomas Mary
N. 23286.
B.L.H. 9069-160-55
CONTENTS

72.962 - Sept 16/55 died
Mary Winkley wid. Thomas Winkley prim.
Rev. William Sergeant of Wade
Miss Troop
Rev. - War.
July 48 - 1873
Forston
ad 160 acs Oct 20/55
Dodge
M. Weston Belgrade Me.
Vol. Rev. 3.

1073, Name
Mary Hinkley widow of Thomas Hinkley who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of August 1848. and sent to
G. M. Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1,

Extract from the Records of the Town of Augusta, formerly part of Hallowell. viz:
Mr. Thomas Hinkley and Mrs. Mary Sayler were married March tenth. A.D. seventeen hundred eighty one by
James Howard, Esquire. Justice of the Peace."
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, except the date, which is entered in the record in fair, legible figures as follows. viz: "March 10. 1781."
Daniel Pike, Town Clerk of Augusta.
I, Daniel Pike, do upon oath state that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Augusta, County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception of the date as certified by me.
Daniel Pike.
State of Maine,
Kennebec ss:
of Aug st 1838.
Subscribed known to this 22 d day
Before me W m Woart Esq r Jus Pacis
William Woart Esq r is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec Nathan Weston

State of Ohio } ss City of Painesville } ss On this twenty third day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Cyrus Weston Esquire a justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths within the county and State, Ephraim Williams aged seventy five years and Martha Rollins aged seventy years residents of Belgrade who being duly sworn according to law do depose testify and say that they are personally acquainted with Mary Hinkley whose name was Mary Taylor before marriage who here present has signed and acknowledged the annexed declarations and application for Bounty Land Warrant. The said Mary Hinkley is the widow of Thomas Hinkley late of Belgrade and that we were personally acquainted with the said Thomas Hinkley and Mary Hinkley in the lifetime of the said Thomas Hinkley and that the said Thomas Hinkley and Mary Hinkley lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and were the parents of a family children and that she is the identical Mary Hinkley who receives a revolutionary pension for services of Thomas Hinkley who was a revolutionary soldier. W. M. G. Rollins Ephraim Williams Martha Rollins Widows, Azel H. Rollins
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons.
Cyrus Weston justice of the peace

1218 Mary Hinkley Widow of Tho d Hinkley
Me
act 7. July 3 88
Married in 1787
Died in 1821
age 2.190 - Sept 6 - 128
admd
emo. 1201 Sept 5
32:ff
No deduction
Germantown Augusta Maine

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 MAINE.
County, ss.
On this twentyfirst day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine Mary Hinkley a resident of Dayton in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy nine 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Thomas Hinkley , late of Hallowell Maine , who served as a Sergeant for (as she believes) about nine months in the year 1778 and 1779 in Capt. Seymour's Comp y & Col. Wadsworth's Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops . — She refers for proof of his service to the Records in possession of the War Department where she supposed it exists. At the time he entered the above service, he was a resident of Hallowell , in the District of Maine . She further declares, that she was married to the said Thomas Hinkley on the sixth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Hinkley died on the tenth day of December , Eighteen hundred & twenty one ; 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; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She also states, that her name before marriage was Mary Taylor & that she was married to the s d  Thomas Hinkley in Hallowell , Maine . —
Mary Hinkley
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me (the applicant being from age and infirmity unable to appear in open court) Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.

State of Maine.
On the twenty first of August, 1830, Mary Hinkley, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. I am satisfied, that she was married to Thomas Hinkley, late a revolutionary soldier of the United States, on the tenth day of March 1701, that the said Thomas Hinkley deceased on the tenth of December, 1821, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon: Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing transcript contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Mary Hinkley for a pension.
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this first day of September A. D., 1838.
Thomas Swan

I Jane Bouch of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec State of Maine aged seventy five years do testify and declare upon oath that I was well acquainted with Thomas Hinckley that I was present in the town of Hallowell at the marriage of the said Thomas Hinckley and Mary Taylor that the marriage was solemnized by James Howland Esq in the month of March 1780 and that his widow has remained unmarried since the decease of the said Thomas Hinckley
his Jane L Bouch mark
State of Maine County of Kennebec ss.      Augusta, August 21. 1838 Sworn and subscribed, the deponent being a credible person Before me Nathan Weston C.J. J.F.C.

72.962
Claim of Mary Linkley TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
PRESENTED BY
ATTORNEY,
MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
State of Maine, } ss. COUNTY OF Penobscot }
On this twenty third day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, Cyrus Weston Esquire a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Sinkley aged ninety five years, a resident of Belgrade County of Penobscot in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical widow of Thomas Sinkley deceased who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain in the Regiment of the Revolution commanded by in the war
that he was a Soldier at Rhode Island on or about the day of A. D. 18 for the term of eighteen and continued in actual service in said war for the term of eight months nearly and was honorably discharged at on the of A. D. 18 as he believes will
appear by the muster rolls of said Company. That he did not receive a written certificate of discharge, having been verbally discharged. She further declares that she is the identical Mary Sinkley who received a pension as a revolutionary and that she has received said pension nearly twenty years her pension is thirty two dollars a year and she would refer to her application, on file which she obtained her pension as the widow of a revolutionary soldier Thomas Sinkley
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3, 1855. And refers to his former declaration made under act of upon which he obtained a pension Land Warrant No. for thirty two dollars a year acres, which he having legally transferred and disposed of, is not within his power now to return.
He further declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under any other act of Congress, nor made any application therefor, than the one above referred to, under act of upon which he obtained the said Land Warrant No. for acres, and the one now presented.
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Sinkley in Hallowell in March 1807 by one Samuel A. Dyer of the place and that her name before marriage was Mary Taylor and she knows of no need of evidence of her marriage and that she is now a widow her husband died at Hallowell the 10th of August 1852
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Sinkley who signed and executed the above declaration, and is now present, to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in said claim.
Cyrus Weston Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss: COUNTY OF Penobscot }
PERSONALLY APPEARED Abel Sinkley and Stephen White citizens of Belgrade the said County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Mary Sinkley and that he is the person now present who signs and executes the foregoing declarations. and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Abel Sinkley Stephen White
Sworn to and Subscribed before me, this twenty third day of March A. D. 185 5 and I certify that the said Abel Sinkley and Stephen White are credible and respectable citizens. and that I know them
and also that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be Cyrus Weston JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
I know all men by these presents. That I, Mary Hinkley of Bethel in the County of Washington and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed Cyrus Weston of Bethel in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twelfth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five . Witness: Mary Hinkley  Mary Hinkley 
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Kennebec ss:—On the twelfth day of March 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Mary Hinkley and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his free act and deed.
Cyrus Weston Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } COUNTY OF Kennebec } ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Cyrus Weston Esq. before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Jud. Court for the County aforesaid, this eleventh day of April 185 5
Wm Stratton CLERK.

Thomas Hinkley, W. F. 23,286 Mass.
An order to Thomas Hinkley & Simneon Clark to march to Georgetown and place themselves under com- mand of Capt. John Lamont and Capt.
John Berray, signed James Cocks, Capt., and dated Hallowell, July 22, 1778, has been re- moved from this case in order to send it to the War Dept. Sent to War Dept.
F. W. Jan. 16, 1913.
May 9, 1911.

1072 Mary Hinkley
$32 per ann
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Wenoboc ss. } On this sixth day of May A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Wenoboc and State of Maine, _____
Mary Winkley a resident of Belgrade in the County of Wenoboc 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Thomas Winkley who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Thomas Winkley at the rate of thirty two dollars and _____ cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Thomas Winkley having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Mary Winkley
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Erastus D. Bartlett
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Thomas Winkley deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Erastus D. Bartlett
Justice of the Peace.

State of Ohio
Tuscarawas County p. I the Subscriber, Clerk of all the Indiana Courts held for and within the said County of Tuscarawas, do hereby certify that Erastus Washburn is a Justice of the Peace, as within stated, and that the within signed transcript to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Ohio.
The eighth day of May A.D. 1843
A. R. Nichols

Mary Hinckley
Ad
1285
admitted
∴ Geo W Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this twentieth day of July A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Mary Hinkley a resident of Belgrade in the County of Kennebec aged Eighty nine 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 second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Thomas Hinkley who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Thomas Hinkley at the rate of Thirty two dollars and _____ cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS: Nancy Rogers Ariel Hinkley
Mary Hinkley
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Ariel Hinkley
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Ariel Hinkley
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Ariel Hinkley is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this — 26th — day of July in the year 1848.
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

1285.
Maine
Mary Winkley widow of Thomas Winkley who was a Sergeant in the Mass. line for about 12 days
Report 2
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of August, 1843 and sent to
Geo. W. Morton Augusta, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 5.

Maine 3249
Mary Hinkley widow of Thomas Hinkley, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 10 th December 1821 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Ser t in the Company commanded by Captain Lemuel of the Reg t commanded by Wadsworth in the Mass s line for 6 mos 12 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 32 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of June '39, and sent to Gen. W. Morton, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of March — $ 96.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 16.00 $ 112.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 15 Page 115

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23286
Mary Kinkley Wid of Thomas Kinkley Sergt Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 72962
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 16, 1855.
Thomas Sintley Rev. War
Warrant 9069-160-55
C. M. Sketon Belgrade Me

✓ Ans? Gen. W. MacLean Mar. 12. 38

✓ 9069
✓
160 Acres

On the twenty first day of August, 1930, I received the declaration of Mary Hinkley for a pension. Considering her sex, and the infirmities incident to her advanced period of life, she being seventy nine years of age, I felt myself justified in certifying her inability to attend in open court.
Nathan Weston
C. J. State of Maine