Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,271, John Hatheway, Conn. Continental Mass. And New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hatheway, John or Hathaway
S 13271
Continental
Mass. & New York.
Carded
CONTENTS

12871
8912
New York
John Hathaway
of Warren Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Peters - of the Regt. commanded by Col. Donaldson in the S. O. Ma. June for D. H. ms.
John Hathaway Mass, Continental, Conn. & N. Y.
Records corrected. Mch 6, 1906. P.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1833 and sent to Tho. Washburn C.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 59

12.871 John H. ... for ...
admitted
24 mos. Private
admitted.
24 mos. Private.
7

...the day of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty... ...smallly appeared in open Court where the... ...with... But with just... ...and... ...common... ...in the... ...in the... John... ...town of... ...and... aged 78... ...make the following... ...1832... ...1775... ...for one... ...at the... ...I... ...1776... ...1777... ...1780...

Company of Albany I joined the Company of Field Sherwood in the Albany Regiment at Fort Ann in New Hampshire County New York. I joined Capt. Robert Conner's Company and served in said fort till in October of the same year I was taken prisoner at Fort Ann by a party of 700 or 800 under Major Carlton and there remained till March in Canada and then returned to Albany. I remained there until the 17th of the 10th Company was then ordered to the Prison Island in the St. Lawrence. It landed there and there remained till the fall of the year 1758 (Part of the time in which I was with my Company I remained in Canada in British Service & after being paroled in Albany and then set at liberty. Returning in all from the time of my leaving the Company at Fort Ann till the time of my return to Albany more than two years.
 1 st Question answered in the above information, born in 1758.  2 d I have no record of my age & I had a record but it was destroyed when my house was burned.  3 d I resided in Albany when I was first into service after the battle of the River of the Revolution I moved to Fort Ann in Vermont & resided there 14 years then moved to Galway, Saratoga County New York and stayed there then moved to Still River County where I now reside.  4 th & 5 th Questions answered in as full a manner as I have answered. I have no documentary evidence other than as answered. 
He hereby acknowledges every claim whatever as a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and that I have no other documentary evidence than as answered & have no other means of obtaining this or more evidence than as answered.
John H. Halliday
Subscribed & sworn before me in Open Court this 19 th day of September A.D. 1832 Thomas Archibald Clerk.
John H. Halliday
100

Benjamin Knapp of the town of Chester in the county of Warren being duly sworn makes oath and saith that he is well acquainted with John Hathaway of the town of Athol in said county a Revolutionary soldier and that the said John Hathaway enlisted or joined a company under the command of Captain Adial Sherwood called the New Levy in the summer of the year 1780 for three months said company was raised in the now county of Washington and State of New York Deponent further saith that he enlisted or was enlisted in the said company and that a few days previous to the expiration of the time of service of the said company, the said John Hathaway and this deponent together with the whole company afore said were taken prisoners at Fort Ann in Washington County aforesaid by a company or troop under the command of Major Carlton. From thence the said John Hathaway this deponent and the rest of said company were conveyed as prisoners of war to Montreal in Canada and there kept in close confinement for the space of something more than one year - from thence the said John Hathaway, this deponent and the rest of the company aforesaid were conveyed to Prison Island at Cornwall and there confined part of the time in Irons until the fall of the year 1782 when they were embarked on board a British vessel, transported to Boston and set at liberty - making in all from the time of said enlistment until the time they were discharged more than two years -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day of September A.D. 1832
Benjamin Knapp
John Thurman, Justice of the Peace

State of New York 3
Warren County 3
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do certify that John Sherman Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said justice and verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of September 1832
Thomas Archibald Clerk

State of New York Warren County
Benjamin Fuller of the town of Gran- bury in the county of Warren aforesaid, being duly sworn makes oath and saith that he is well acquainted with John Hathaway of the town of Ulster in said county a Revolutional Soldier and that the said John Hathaway enlisted or joined a company under the command of Captain Adial Sherwood called the Newbery in the summer of the year 1780 for three months said company was raised in the now county of Washington and State of New York - Deponent further saith that he enlisted in said company and that a few days previous to the expiration of the time of service of said company the said John Hathaway, this deponent and the rest of said company were taken prisoners at Fort Ann in Washington County aforesaid by a company or troop under the command of Major Carlton From thence the said John Hathaway, this deponent and the rest of said company were conveyed as prisoners of war to Montreal in Canada and there kept in close confinement for the space of some- thing more than one year - from thence the said John Hathaway, this deponent and the rest of the com- pany aforesaid were conveyed to Prison Island at Can- adale and there confined part of the time in Irons until the fall of the year 1782 when they were embarked on board a British vessel, transported to Boston and set at liberty, making in all from the time of said enlistment, until the time they were discharged more than two years.
Subscribed & sworn before me in open Court this 19 th day of September A D 1832 Thomas Archibald Clerk
BENJAMIN FULLER

And the said Court do hereby declare in their opinions after the investigation of the matter and after putting the foregoing stories presented by the said half sister that the above named applicant John Hothway was a resolution by Solon and served as her sister.
Smith Baldwin First Judge
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Warren State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hothway for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 A D 1832. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this 19th day of September A D 1832. Thomas Archibald Clerk
admitted. 24 hrs. Private.
admitted Private
10/8/31 John Hothway for pension

John Hathaway's Pension papers -
1 st original appli n 2 d Statement & schedule - 3 d affidavits & certificates
Sitts Baldwin St. Cambridge Waverly N.Y. Agent.

John Hathaway
24 April
Jan 4 19 1821—

State of New York } Warren County } ss John Hatheway of the Town of Athol in Said County On this 24th Day of April 1818 affidavit before me William Bishop one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County aged sixty one Years Resident in said Town of Athol who being by me first duly Sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain Persons engag d in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolution- ary War - That he the said John Hatheway enlisted in the Town of Roxbury near Boston in the Company commanded by Nathan Peters and in the Ridgement commanded by Col d Dawson on or about the first of June 1775 and was discharged at New York at the expiration of the Year for which he engag d and that Defendant further Testifies and saith that about the Month of April 1777 he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt John Warner in the Ridgement commanded by Col d Herrick in the State of Vermont and served for the Term of one Year for which he was enlisted during which time he was in the Battle at Bennington and was wounded through the Right arm and also in his right side and was also in the Battle at Stillwater & at the taking of Burgoyne

And this Deponant further saith on oath that he enlisted on or about the first of October 1780 under Capt. Deel Sherwood for the term of Six Months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Livingston of the State of New York and was soon after taken at Fort Ann in the State of New York and carried to Canada where he remained for two years a prisoner and was released on parole and that he is poor and in need of armsmaster and stands in need of a portion of his country for support and that he has not received any portion from government for his services and that he has no other evidence now in power of his said services and further this Deponant saith not  John Hatherway
Sworn & subscribed this 24 th Day of April 1818 before me Witherell Bishop one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas for said County
County of Warren. I, Witherell Bishop do hereby certify that I have personally known the above Deponant John Hatherway for many years past - that I have examined him fully & minutely with regard to the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit and do believe them to be substantially correct and true -
Witherell Bishop

for Solid County
County of Warren. I Kitchel Bishop do hereby certify that I have personally known the above Deponent John Hatherway for many years past - that I have at all times been fully & minutely with regard to the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit and do believe them to be substantially correct and true -
Kitchel Bishop
State of New York Clerk's office Warren County
I certify that by Letters Patent and Qualification Roll now in this office Kitchel Bishop whose signature appears on the annexed affidavit and certificate was a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Warren on the twenty fourth day of April 1818 & I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Kitchel Bishop and believe the signature therein to be his. In Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of our said court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed this 8 th day of May 1818
Miron Brack Clerk

State of New York } Warren County } ss John Hatheway of the Town of Athol in Said County On this 24 th Day of April 1818 appeared before me Nathaniel Bishop one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County aged Sixty one Years Resident in Said Town of Athol who being by me first duly Sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain Persons engag d in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolution- ary War - That he the said John Hatheway enlisted in the Town of Roxbury near Boston in the Company commanded by Nathan Peters and in the Regiment commanded by Col d Dawson on or about the first of June 1775 and was discharged at New York at the expiration of the Year for which he engag d and that Deponent further Testifies and saith that about the Month of April 1777 he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt John Warner in the Regiment commanded by Col Herrick in the State of Vermont and served for the Term of one Year for which he was enlisted during which time he was in the Battle at Bennington and was wounded through the Right arm and also in his right side and was also in the Battle at Stillwater at the taking of Burgoyne

State of New York
County of Warren ss.
Philestus Piny of Johnsburgh in the said county of Warren being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he knows John Hathaway of Athol in the said county - That the said John Hathaway was well known to this deponent during the revolutionary war, - that in the year 1777, the said John Hathaway was in the service as a common soldier under one Capt Harman, in Capt Gay's regiment of the continental line but this deponent does not know how long the said Hathaway served in the above mentioned company, but understood that the said Hathaway retired out of that company in April or March of that year into another regiment - That this deponent was in the service at the time - and verily believes that the said Hathaway was a long time in the service - in the revolutionary war - But the particular terms of his service, and the officers under whom he served this deponent cannot now recollect -
And further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed Sworn this
Philestus Piny
31 st day July 1819 -
Before me -
John H. Baldwin
Jurat of the plea of the said county

Waukesha County
Clerk's Office To. Selbyron Beach Deputy Clerk of the said County Do Certify that Seth Baldwin the within named was on the 31 st day of July 1819. a Justice of the peace of the said County duly appointed and qualified as such, and that the within signa- -ture is his hand writing with which I am well acquainted, - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Com- -mon Seal of the said County this 27 th day of January 1821 - - -
Myron M. Brink Dept Clerk

STATE OF NEW-YORK: ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House, in the town of Caldwell, in and for the County of Warren, on the 19th day of September  January , 1820:
PRESENT, their honors, Walsy Rogers Esquire, First Judge,
John Van Henry Spencer Esquires, Judges.
Personally appeared John Hathaway residing in Adol in said county, and being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he is now a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818: that his Pension Certificate is numbered _____ and that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows,
In June 1775. this deponent enlisted as a Soldier under Capt. Nathan Peters, Col. Donaldson's Regiment of Massachusetts line into the United States service for one year and served the year out faithfully and was discharged at Albany in Sept. the Company was discharged at Albany in New York, he served also one year more in 1777 & 1778. under Capt. Warner in Col. Harnick's Regt. in Vermont - previous to which he had served in the Cont'l militia under Capt. Harman for nearly one year - as is stated in the affidavit of Ph. Pienny hereto annexed. And in 1780. he enlisted under Capt. Sherwood, Col. Livingston's New York regiment, in the United States Service - and was soon after taken prisoner at Fort Schuyler in New York - carried to Canada where he remained a prisoner two years, before he was released, suffering almost every thing, but death, during that time - that he has at this time no other Evidence of his services in this war, except his declaration made on the 24th April 1818 before Judge Bishop and the Certificates and affidavits hereto annexed.
And in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820, I John Hathaway 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.
Subscribed and sworn, this nineteenth day of January A. D. 1820, in open court.
John Hathaway Clerk

A schedule or account of the Estate of John Hathaway, under the acts of congress of the 18 th of March 1818, and of the 12 th of May 1820 I have no real estate whatever
Personal Property
  1. cow - which I value at $15. -  $15.00    1. five pail kettle $3.00. - 1. pot $1.00. - 1. dish kettle $0.75 -  4.75    5 chairs $1.87. - 1. razor 25 -  2.12    Table furniture, knives, forks &c, all worth not more than $3.00  3.00     $24.87  
I was born in Sheffield in Connecticut - aged about 64 years - My family - a wife, aged 62 years, very poor in health, and not able to support any what and one daughter aged 18. years, who resides with me, in tolerable health, - with an infant child of hers - I have no other children who reside with me, and none in any situation to assist me my own health is quite poor - being very infirm in consequence - of old age, ill health - and hard labour, and a hard or weak in my body - John Hathaway
State of New York County of Warren
I, Seth Baldwin, Clerk of the said county of Warren, do hereby certify that on the 19 th day of January 1821, the above named John Hathaway appeared in open Court and subscribed and took the preceding oath, and was then and there examined minutely with regard to his statement of services mentioned in his papers hereto annexed, and also with regard to his Estate, And by order of the said court I do further certify that the whole amount of value of property mentioned in the schedule of the said John Hathaway is Twenty four dollars and Eighty seven cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the common seal of the said county of Warren this 20 th day of January A.D. 1821
Seth Baldwin Clerk

State of New York County of Warren
We the subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Athol in the said County of Warren, do hereby certify that John Hathaway of the said Town of Athol, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, is poor and in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and we beg to recommend him to the considera- -tion of the Secretary of War, under the Act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818.
Dated June 15. 1819 -
Eliza Merrill Sup te Jos J Cameron Town Clerk Duncan McEwan Overseers of poor
Duncan Cameron Amos Bowers

No 12. 871
John Hathaway Warren County New York
admitted.
24 mo. Pivots.
Thomas Archibald Clerk, Warren County New York

BRIEF in the case of John Hathaway  County of Warren in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775 1 As a Private Gen. Capt. Nathan Peters   " " 1776 6 " Col. Donaldson, Genl. Spencer   " " 1777 6 " Capt. Nathan Pomeroy   " " 1780 C. Sergeant Col. Henuh. Genl. Sullivan Capt. John Warner    The Applicant states he was taken prisoner and was kept in close confinement and from the time he joined the company at
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Burington.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford County Connecticut.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Daniel D. Davidson Examining Clerk. "
Fort Ann the whole of his services was more than two years. (part of the time in Irons)

the Sec y of War. — Caldwell et. Y. January 22 d 1821 —
Your favor of the 14 th January inst. was received by the last mail, previous to which time John Bates had made the necessary affidavit on a form, obligingly sent me by the Hon. J. W. Taylor. — which afit I herewith enclose, with another stating the whole facts in this case. — —
I take the Liberty to send herewith the original papers of John Hathaway, under the act of the 18 th March 1818. and under the act of May 1 st 1820. — and by the attention of the War Dept t to this application. — These papers were formerly sent by me to the War office and returned. — It is hoped that the papers disclose sufficient to justify the issuing a certificate for him. —
I am, with perfect respect
Your Ob t Serv t
J. M c Caldwell
John Bates's case taken out of new certificate list 31 st March 1821

the Sec y of War. — Caldwell N.Y. January 22 nd 1821.
Your favor of the 11 th January inst. was received by the last mail, previous to which time John Bates had made the necessary affidavit, on a form, obligingly sent me by the Hon. J. W. Taylor. — which aff t I herewith enclose, with another stating the whole facts in this case. — —
I take the Liberty to send herewith the original papers of John Hathaway, under the act of the 18 th March 1818. and under the act of May 1 st 1820. — and by the attention of the War Dept t to this application. These papers were formerly sent by me to the War Office, and returned. It is hoped that the papers disclose sufficient to justify the issuing a certificate for him. —
I am, with perfect respect
Your Ob t Serv t
J. M c Baldwin
John Bates' case taken out & new certificate sent 31 st Jan. 1821.

M rs . Hathaway.
" 4744
By Col d Donaldson & Herricks - not cou d Engaged for Six months only in Livingston's reg t
See letter to
Seth C. Baldwin
1 Feb y 1821
also to Hon. J. W. Taylor H. R. April 5. 1828.

Rev. name
13241. INVALID.
File No. 13241
John Hathaway * Dis. New War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 434
[Arrangement of 1870.]
John Hathaway * Records corrected. March 6, 1906. P.

REJECTED
4744
P. O.
John H. Hathaway
Service: Consolidated July 22 1887 with admitted Soldier files 13 271
Enlisted: _____ McPhee 18
Discharged: _____ , 18
Application filed: _____ , 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____