Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14919, Benjamin Hoyt, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
No. 86.
Hoyt, Benjamin or Hoyt
No. 14919
Sarah
CONTENTS

1375 Potsmouth N. Hampsh.
Isaac Hoyt widow of Benjamin Hoyt decd.
who died on the 20th March 1795 of Stratford Co in the State of N.Y.C. who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Brewster of the Regt. commanded by Col. Long in the N.Y.C. line for 11 Mos & 4 days N.Y.C.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth N.H. at the rate of 55 Dollars 67 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Sept. 1837 and sent Walter Woodman, Dover, N.Y.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837 $361.85 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 38 27.83
$389.68
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by H.C. Addison Clerk, Book 7. Vol 2. Page 26

Declaration
of Sarah Hoyt, in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. }
On this Eighteenth day of July A.D. 1837, personally appeared before me Henry B. Nutt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Strafford, Sarah Hoyt a resi- dent of Rochester in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty-eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the fol- lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress pas- sed July 4. 1836 That she is the widow of Benja- min Hoyt who was a sergeant in the army of the Revolution. He enlisted in August 1776 as a sergeant in the Company of Capt John Brewster of said Rochester and from that time served in the army till the last of August of the first of September in the year fol- lowing; that until March from August he served at Portsmouth, when he came home and staid about a week to prepare to go as he said to

Ticonderoga to join the rest of our forces; that he then departed on said service and did not re- turn till August or September as before stated. When he returned he said he had been during all said time in the service aforesaid; and this was always afterwards said by him and others and I believe the same to be true. I am unable to state whether he went by  west Northward in Capt Brewster's company or in some other, but I believe he was transferred to some other company. I have no documentary evidence of his said services. I further declare that
I was married to the said Benjamin at Newington in the County of Rockingham in the year Seventeen hundred and sixty six, that my husband the aforesaid Benjamin Hoyt died on the twentieth day of March A.D. 1795; and that I have remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
2m Sarah * Hart- mont.
I swear to and subscribed the day and year first above written before
Henry B Hunt Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

State of New Hampshire Strapford. July 18, th 1837 I certify that the within Sarah Hoyt cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court
Henry B. Rust Judge of the Court of [Signature] Common Pleas
Shofford County ss. State of New Hampshire I Francis Cagnewell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Shofford hereby certify that Henry B. Rust is a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas and that the foregoing sig- natures purporting to be his are genuine I also certify that Charles W. Woodman and William Emerson Esquires, before whom the an- nexed affidavits purport to have been taken are Justices of the Peace for said County and that the foregoing signatures purpor- ting to be theirs are in my belief genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this twenty second day of July AD 1837. F. Cagnewell Clerk

I John Adams of Newington in the county of Rockingham a State of New Hampshire de- pose and say that I have in my possession the original records of my Great-Grandfather Rev Joseph Adams who was formerly Parish minister of said Newington, that in said records there is the following entry made, as I have no doubt, in the hand-writing of said Joseph Adams. The entry is in words & figures following, to wit "A D 1766 Benjamin Hoit of Scarborough & Mrs Decr 16 Sarah Loring were married "
I further certify that I live in the family mansion formerly occupied by said Joseph Adams & by his descendants from the time of his decease to the present time, & that said records have been always kept in the family, as I have no doubt, and have never been altered, interlined or erased
August 18. 1837
John Adams
State of New Hampshire On the eighteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven the above John Adams, who is person-

ally appeared known to me and is a man of good reputation for truth & veracity whose statements are entitled to full credit, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me John P. Hale justice of the Peace & Innom for the State of New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire
Shafford County ss. J. Francis Cagwell Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for said County hereby certify that John P. Hale Esquire is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this nineteenth day of August Anno Domini 1837.
J. Cagwell Clerk

Elisabeth Hoy affidavit
See Roll "Sept 3 rd to Aug 7 '77" Sergt. see Songs Regt. Bundle 21. No 2.
11 mo - 4 days $55.16 per ann, commencing 4. March 1831.
W.H. State troops Capt. Long Brewster Col. Long
Messrs. Keab & Woodman Donii W.W.

I Henry Buzzell of Rochester in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was seventy seven years of age last February. That in the month of September AD. 1776 I enlisted as a Soldier in the company comman- ded by Capt. John Brewster in the regiment of Colonel Long. That, when I joined said company, Benjamin Hoyt late of Rochester aforesaid deceased, was a Sergeant in the same Company, and from that time served with me in the same Company till at Portsmouth New Hampshire till near or in the month of March Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, I don't recollect of having seen said Hoyt in the service afterwards, we were ordered off to the North very suddenly, and marched there in different small squads detached from one another and said Hoyt might have been there and that knowledge escaped my recollection. When said Hoyt was at Portsmouth he was generally known and talked of as a married man who had a family at Rochester.
July 10. 1837
Henry Buzzell
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss.
Sworn to and subscribed before me Chas W. Woodman Jus. Peace
I certify that the statements of said Buzzell are entitled to belief
Chas W. Woodman Jus. Peace

I John Rollins being eighty one years of age do hereby certify that I was in Captain John Brewster Company in Colonel Pierce Long Regiment and was well acquainted with Benjamin Hoyle formerly of Rochester in the state of New Hampshire Deceased and he was a Sergeant in said Brewster Company and stationed at Great Island Portsmouth February 1777 we thence went to Ticonderoga in March and I was with him until the first of September following when we were dismissed at John Rollins still Water
State of New Hampshire
Phelpsford ss Attest July 14. 1837 sworn to and subscribed before me.
William Emerson Justice of the Peace
This certifies that the statements made by the aforesaid Rollins are in my opinion entitled to credit
William Emerson Justice of the Peace

Elizabeth Hoyt of Rochester New Hampshire widow of Brock Hoyt late of Rochester aforesaid depose and say that I am in my eighty  ninth ninetieth year of age that I lived in Rochester during the Revolutionary war very near to Benjamin Hoyt; I well recollect that said Benjamin went down to Great Island Portsmouth as a soldier, that after he had been there as long time he sent up to my husband to come down and take his place for a short time while he came home, that he said Benjamin came home and staid a very short time and then went back to Portsmouth, that my husband did not return from Portsmouth for some two or three months, and not till some considera- ble time after Benjamin returned to Portsmouth, and I recollect that during the summer afterward said Benjamin was away in the army and the his wife and present widow Sarah Hoyt was left alone with several small chil- dren, but none of them was old enough to help her considerably. The time month when Benjamin re- turned I do not recollect. He has been dead about forty years and his widow wife is still alive has been since and still is a widow.
Elizabeth Hoyt
July 10. 1837 State of New Hampshire Stratford N.H.
Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th day of July 1837 before me Charles W Woodman Jus. Peace

here I certify that the statements of the within- named Elisabeth Hoyt are in my opinion entitled to belief
Charles W Woodman Jus Pace

Rev-WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14919
Sarah Hoyt
Widow of
Benjamin Hoyt
Sergt. Prov. Mar.
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. a , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dover N.H. Aug. 18 1837
Dear Sir
Enclosed we send a new affidavit relative to the marriage of Widow Sarah Hoyt; You will perceive the necessity of using figures in the affidavit so far as they are used in the original record.
Respectfully Your Aff. Servt
Hale & Woodman
Geo W Crump Esq Acting Com r of Pensions

Dover New Hamp — July 22 1837
Sir,
Enclosed you will find the declaration of Widow Sarah Hoyt of Rochester N.H. for a pension under the Act of 4 th July 1836 with the accompanying evidence. We think this evidence will be satis- factory to prove one year's service of her late husband, as sergeant. Perhaps you may find documentary evidence in your office of his whole service and, whether he was only sergeant or was an orderly sergeant.
The Certificate may be forwarded to us
With high respect Your Obt Servt
Hale & Woodman
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

see let. to Messrs. Hale & Woodman, Aug. 14, 1837.

Aug 23
M.A.
Mr Evans
add E
Sarah Hoyt
Mr Camp Acting Sec'y of Pension Washington D.C.
PAID

2345
July 26
N.H.
4 July '36
3 rd Sec.
Sarah Hoyt Benjamin
Stafford Co N.H.
Wadsworth Tadousi S.P.
John Solomon Pay Loan of Pension Office Hale & Woodman
Sarah Hoyt Mrs.