Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,913, Caleb Hammet, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Hammer, Caleb
S. 44,913
CONTENTS

3135.
4
New York Roll
Calib Harnett Capt Hawkins
Mirante Rhode Island Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11. of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. of Septm 1818 and forwarded to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $ 38.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 4. 1819. 48 00
arrs 4 mos. 24/30 $ 86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
9 months 1779
Phelps Ontario Co
Certification sent to Stephen Phelps Esq 29 Sep 1820 Canandaigua New York

N 4R Claims of Calib Emmet April 11 th 1818
Not on the rolls
To The Honorable Subt. of War
Stephen Phelps Adm. Canandaigua

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office
ss: In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the forego- ing Certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Gen. Pleas  one of the Justices of the Court in & for the County of Ontario acting un- der the authority of said State & that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 13 th day of April A.D. 1818
Thos M c Naughton CLK
Andrew

State of New York } Ontario County }
Caleb Hammet of the Town of Phelps in the County of Ontario and State of New York formerly from the Town of Warwick in the State of Rhode Island being duly sworn doth depose say and declare that he the Deponent was and now is a Natural Born and Now is a citizen of the United States and that he the deponent served this country in the War of the Revolution against the common Enemy and that he enlisted in as a private soldier in June 1775 for Eight Months in Capt. Thos. Holden's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Varnum in the Rhode Island line and that after having served his time out he enlisted for one year in Capt. Gary's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Varnum aforesaid and served out the same. And that he the deponent then enlisted again in June 1777 for nine Months in Capt. Hamet's company under General Varnum and served out the said time and that he enlisted in June following for nine Months in the Artillery under Capt. Garree and after having served out said nine Months he was dismissed. And that he the deponent enlisted and served six Months under Lieut. Burlingame in the Regiment commanded by Col. Green. And the deponent further saith that he never received any Discharges for the above services. And that he is Sixty Nine years of age and is reduced to Indigent circumstances and is unable to provide for himself and he the deponent therefore prays that he may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" and further the deponent saith not Caleb Hammet

The foregoing Declaration Sworn to and Subscribed at Canandaigua. This Eleventh day of April 1818 before me
Stephen Phelps as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York

State of New York } Mortgage County } I, Gideon Dother of the Town & County of Mortgage aged fifty one years being duly sworn saith that he is personally knowing to the fact that Caleb Hammet of Phelps in the County of Ontario did serve for the term of nine months from some time in June 1778 until about the first day of March 1779 in Captain Gage's Company of Artillery of the Rhode Island Line and was discharged at Norwich in the State of Rhode Island at the date last aforesaid - That this deponent was a soldier in said company all that time & was discharged with him - That he was acquainted with him before he enlisted & has been ever since - Further saith he also Caleb Dother of the Town & County of Mortgage aged fifty six years who being duly sworn saith upon that he was personally knowing that Caleb Hammet of Phelps in the County of Ontario was a soldier in Captain Gage's Com- -pany of Artillery of the Rhode Island Line from some time in the month of June 1778 until some time in the month of March 1779. That this deponent served for the same period in a Guard Ship & Stationed in Narragansett Bay and was discharged in March 1779 - That he paid a short time on the way home his return home found the said Hammet there, that he was not present said that he was discharged, but then understood & believed that he had服ed out the term of his enlistment & was regularly discharged, that he was acquainted with him before he enlisted & has been
the Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq r of Canandaigua who is my Agent Canandaigua April 11 th 1818 - Caleb Hammet

was from — for the earth not —
Gideon his  mark + Brother
Caleb his  mark + Brother
I certify that on the fifteenth day of September in the year 1818 the above named Gideon Rother & Caleb Rother came before me & testified to the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed — & that I am personally acquainted with them & they are in my judgment men of truth & veracity & worthy of credit — In witness whereof I have hereunto at my hand the day & year first above said —
Joshua Forman First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Onondaga
Onondaga County Clerks office September 15. 1818
I certify that on the date of the above Certificate Joshua Forman was duly Commissioned and sworn as first Judge of the said County and the signature to the same is his proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and set my name at the time of the date above written
Truman Adams Clerk

State of New York Ontario County } ss On the Eleventh day of April 1818. I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York do hereby certify that it hath satisfactorily appeared to me that Caleb Stannet of the Town of Phelps whom I know and whom I have cautiously examined on oath touching the facts set forth in his said declaration or deposition herunto attached served this country in the War of the Revolution against the common Enemy and that the facts set forth in the said declaration are substantially true and correct and that he is in indigent circumstances and in need of support from government and in my judg- ment and belief is entitled to the Benefit of provisions of the Act referred to in said declaration or deposition - Given under my hand at Canandaigua the day and year above written -
Stephen Phelps
The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq r of Canandaigua who is my Agent Canandaigua April 11 th 1818 - Caleb Stannet

Case of Caleb Naumett
C
3133 29 Sept 1878
Mar 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Caleb Sammet aged seventy one years, resident in the town of Tnelys 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:
For the term of one year - that he enlisted in November in the Year 1775 as a private in Capt Hawkins Company in Col. Tarrion's regiment in the Rhode Island line & then served under Capt Hawkins & was then discharged under the command of Capt Crary of the same regiment on the last day of December 1776.
and that he made application for a Pension on the eleventh day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 3135 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, viz.
  one third of an acre of Land with a house on the same sixteen feet by eighteen, clapboarded with a battlement roof & a stick chimney and not finished 35.00   1 bible, 50 - 1 meat bbl. 50 - 1 Sugr Sub - .25 - 1.25   3 pails, 75 - 1 dam d pot. 25 - 1.00   1 damag d tea kettle .25 - 2 dish plates $1.50 - 1.75   1 spider, 50 - 1 bake kettle 1.00 - 1 lad iron, 25 - 1.75   1 warming pan 0.50 - 4 cups & saucers, .19 - .69   6 pewter plates, 75 - 1 teapot, 12 - .87   7 iron spoons, 25 - 1 linen wheel, 50 - .75   1 axe, 25 - 1 wedge, 25 - 1 look glass, 25 - .75   five old chairs, 62 - 5 milk vessels, 62 - 1.24   1 por. kitchen table, 25 - 1 Cow 12.00 - 12.25   1 hogst d - some old knives & forks, 12 - 4.12 
$74.92
Caleb Sammet

And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by my old age and infirmities of body, I am not able to do any labor more than one third part of the time, and that my family consists of my wife aged seventy one years and very infirm in body — Caleb Haggart
Sworn & declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in open Court before me J. Dales a Judge of Ontario Com Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Hosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 seventy four dollars and 82 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 nd day of August 1820
J Van Hosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

In reply to your request of Aug. 26 , received Aug. 29. 1910 for a statement of the military history of Caleb Hammet a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ser. File 44,913.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 8 mos Pvt. Thomas Holden Varnum R.I.   1 year Hawkins and Grang Varnum "   June 1777 9 mos Hammett "   June 1778 9 mos Garzia Coglan "   6 mos Lt. Burlingame Greene "  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr. 11. 1818. This claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, in 1820; Phelps Ontario Co. N.Y. to
later residence given Age at date of application, 69 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife aged 71 yrs, but did not state her name.
one

The above is the only Caleb Hammet, Harriet or Hammett found on the Rev War pens records.
7

W.H.S.
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. Max D. 1/9/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Sardinia Erie Co. N.Y.
Soldier Caleb } Harriet } Harriett
Service _____
Additional Service N.Y.
Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
Env. F. 44,913 Hammet
No other Env. & any service
" Wid. _____ " " "
" Reje. at all.

Rev See
105 Carlton Ave. S. E. H
Grand Rapids, Mich.
October 26, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly inform me if the war record of Caleb Hammett, a veteran of the
✓ Revolutionary War, is on file in your office, and the charge for making a certified copy in that event.
Very Truly Yours,
Irene M. Ridge

44 913
Recy INVALID.
File No. 44 913
Caleb Hammet Priv. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March, 1818.
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1910 Sept 9: Hist to Miss. E.D. Dakin. M.B.H.
1915 Oct. 29: Hist. to Mrs. J. M. Budge. M.B.H.

Buffalo Aug. 26 th 1910.
Pension. Bureau.
Rev. Records. Dept.
Gentlemen.
Will you kindly send me the Pension Record of Caleb Hamel (Hammell) who is credited to Sardinia Erie Co. N.Y. in the published list 1840 and oblige
Miss E. D. Wakim 256 Hudson St Buffalo N.Y.