Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,398, Stephen Hodsdon, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hodsdon, Stephen
S. 35,398
CONTENTS

7,422
Maine 4
Stephen Hodsdon
of Rumford in the State of Dist Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Me fts line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March, 1819. and sent to F. K. Parris Esq Paris, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 11/30/19 83.96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sep. 1819 48.00
$131.96
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notifica- tion sent to Mrs. Clark Esq 11 July 1820. Paris

Stephen Hodsdon
Private Col Bailey's regt Mass't line 1777 3 years
April 20 th 1818
Samuel
See the judges certificate on file
Stephen Hodsdon

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Stephen Hadsdon the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned, and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The Deposition of Daniel Wadsworth, a fellow soldier with him in the revolutionary war, taken by Eben Linscott, a respectable magistrate appointed by Deedimus Potatem for this purpose; also a regular discharge, given said applicant in said war, all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Stephen Hadsdon the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Stephen Hodsdon
N o 7422.
Continued
5 March 1819
a weekly family
Continued

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. Atabecuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 - July 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford. Stephen Hodsdon aged sixty two years, resident in Rumford in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Derby in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Bailey in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 12th day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7422 was granted. And I do 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Stephen Hodsdon
Sworn to and declared, on the 15 day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
one cow - one swine - one axe - one hoe - one scythe - one loom - one spinning wheel - one tub - two pails - one churn - one pot - two kettles - one pair tongs - earthen, crockery wares - valued at one dollar -
Stephen Hodsdon

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Stephen Hodsdon who by occupation am a farmer which I am un able to pursue by reason of more than one fourth part of the time by reason of infirmity -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support     Anna wife of said Stephen — 63 has been unable to perform any labour whatever for fifteen years past -   Betsey - daughter — 21 — very weakly —   Susan — do — 19 — — do —   Lucy — do — 10 — in health —   Nabby — do — 16 — do  
Stephen Hodsdon
I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 twenty - seven dollars and  cents $27.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty -
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Com. Pleas for said county of Oxford
Stephen Hodsdon
N o 7422 Condenser
Feb 1849
a weakly family
Cont

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Elisha Allen, Ebenzer Linnell and Sheldon Hobbs esqrs. in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Stephen Hudson of Burnham in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Burnham or Alfred in said District aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Larris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I Daniel Wadsworth of Sanford in the county of York and commonwealth of Massachusetts fifty nine years of age V testify and say that I know one Stephen Hobson of Kennebec to be a priest Sol- -der in the company called the second company commanded by by Samuel Parley second Regi- -ment fourth Brigade of the regular Army of the United States I think the said Hobson served three years - the in our company and we were on the Mass- achusetts line. — Daniel Wadsworth
York Jp. Sanford May 16 - 1812 Then the above named Daniel Wadsworth personally appeared and Made Solomon Butts to the truth of the to- -w here Deposition by him subscribed Before me Eben Linnell Justice of the Peace
N B. The above Daniel Wadsworth is a man of truth in this place E. L.

No. 201, Ser. 100 I, Stephen Hodsdon, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Rumford in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the third day of June, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy seven, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America, on the continental establishment for the term of three years as a private soldier in Capt. Samuel Derby's company, Col. John Baileys regiment, and Gen. Leavens brigade in the Massachusetts line, in which company I served the said term of three years, when I received an honorable discharge, which is herunto annexed. I further testify, that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States.
Stephen Hodsdon

35398 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35398
Stephen Hodson Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Topsham Discharge

THE bearer hereof Richard Howden : Soldier in the eleventh Massachusetts Regiment, having served as a faithful good Soldier in the said Regiment, the Term of three years being the full Term or which he enlisted, is hereby discharged from the same.
Given under my Hand, at West Point this Third Day of June — 1780
Simon Lord Capt Ebenezer Dyer Colonel Ebenezer Dyer Lieut. Col. Comm'd
STEPHEN NATHAN NOAH