Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2564, Hale Hilton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
William Lloyd
2564
Elizabeth
B.L. Wt. 13880-160-55-
CONTENTS

Mass
Hilton, Hale
2564
Elizabeth
B. L. Ut. 1880-160-55
CONTENTS

State of Massachusetts
COUNTY OF Suffolk
ss.
On this Third day of April , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Hilton aged Seventy five years, a resident of Beverly in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Sarah Hilton deceased, who was a Massachusetts in the War of the Rebellion in the Company commanded by Captain and a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of March 18 1818 Regiment at the rate of $96 per annum commenced by  declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812. She further declares that she was herself pensioned at the same rate as her said late husband on the tenth day of November 1833 under the provisions of the act of February 9 th 1833. (Section Second)
that her said husband  on or about the  day of  A. D. 18  for the term of  and continued in actual service in said war for the  term of  and was honorably discharged at  on the  day of  A. D. 18  but that, to the
best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge. She further states that she was married to the said Sarah Hilton , in Newbed  Mass , in the mid day of February A. D. 1801 before that her said husband  died at Beverly Mass on the  tenth day of August  A. D. 1841  and she begs to refer to the evidence
She further states that she was married to the said  on the  day of  A. D. 18  , by one  a  , and that her  name before her said marriage was  that her said husband  died at  , on the  day of  A. D. 18  and that she is now a widow.
upon which she was pensioned, as aforesaid, in proof of all the facts and details of her claim, including such particulars thereof as are not known to her and declared
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855," and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to JAMES GREGORY & SON, of Marblehead, Mass.; and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Elizabeth Hilton

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We Hannah D. Cole and Eunice Haskell residents of Albany in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Clay L. ... in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and we know she still remains the widow of said Hule H. ... Revolutionary War ... Hannah D. Cole Eunice Haskell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were 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; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Charles Davis
Justice of the Peace.
State of _____
County. _____
We, _____ and _____ having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew _____ who was a _____ in the war of _____ whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than years before his death, which occurred at _____ about years ago; that we know that he died about that time, because _____
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this _____ day of _____ A. D. 18 _____
Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of _____ of the said County and State, and _____ whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the of the foregoing application; that _____ the applicant to buy land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that she is the widow of the who was a _____ and that the said above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this day of _____ 185 _____
Justice of the Peace.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Essex, ss.
To all people to whom these presents shall come.
I Asahel Huntington , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, do certify, that
Charles Davis esquire,
before whom the accompanying declaration & affidavit were was made was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths, and take acknowl- edgements, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Salem, on this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Asahel Huntington CLERK.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Heale Hilton of Beverly resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1,126 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Heale Hilton late a Musician in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ,"
***** * L. S. * *****  "Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30th day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18 "
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  Real estate appraised at $ 500.00   Mortgaged to the person that it was bought of for 890.00   1 cow 15.00 2 waiters 1.00 gardening tools 1.50 17.50   pot & tea kettle 1.00 dutch oven 25 1/2 iron kettle 50 1.75   2 doz. plates 50 1 doz. knives & forks 25 1/2 doz. spoons 1.00 1.83   crockery 1.50 looking glass 1.50 15 chairs 4.75 7.75   3 tables 3.50 1 writing desk 1.50 chest drawers 3.00 8.00   Large chair 1.50 2 candle sticks 50 2 lamps 50 2.50   1 meal chest 75 2 pieces old carpets 75 stove 1.00 2.50   clothes horse 25 candle moulds 25 2 pr. shovel stangs 2.50 3.00   tin kitchen 25 2 pr audirons 2.00 1 pr bellows 25 2.50   floor brush 15 Books and light stand 2.00 sick stand 50 2.65   grates 25 tin ware 30 4.55   $ 50.53 
The debts below are of long standing and are so hopeless that the creditors will take a small part and give up  I owe debts on note to Jonathan Davis Esq Boston - $ 230.50 Charles Bradbury Boston, notes - $ 24.00

  Samuel Bolidge Boston note  $240.45    Bemis & Eddy, Boston note  93.00     2088.45  
And mortgage as above for $890.00
I have had debts to a large amount given up, beside what is here due —
I am sixty years of age, have a wife forty years old, two nieces, viz: Hannah Cole, twenty years of age, Elizabeth Cole, seven years of age which I am under obligation to support they having no home but mine, & I have no trade nor stock to trade on and am unable to labor, and have not good health being in years — I served the first eight months in 1775, & the whole of the year 1776 in the revolutionary war in Col. Hutchinsons Regiment the 27th, and in the Massachusetts line, Lord's Company, stated in my original declaration which is now in the hands of the war Department — My occupation was that of a merchant and trader, one of the most unhappy as they are of all people the most helpless when they are stripped of their property — As I am, I have not been taxed for any property for some years and am destitute of the means of living and have received charitable donations even from a number of my creditors, although I could not pay them what I owed them and others —
Heale Hilton —
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge within named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Hale Hilton 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 whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Hale Hilton
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Hale Hilton took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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 nothing bal ce dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

2835
Massachusetts. Elizabeth Hilton.. widow of Hale Hilton
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Musician
Massachusetts Genl Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of November 1853. and sent to
James Gregory & Son Warblehead Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1853, Page 48. Vol. a
By J. M. 1853
(18)

Elizabeth Wilson in Hale Boston Museum Pension
Elizabeth Wilson in Hale Fifer, Marked line,
Resolution was No. 10 Allen Jan'y 9 1856, No. 10 Feb 53 - 1854
Byron
Will
James Gregory & Co Marked line map
Vol. No. 4.0

Massachusetts Roll.
1,126
Hale Hilton,
Musician, Massachusetts line 1776
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Saml. Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
8 months 29/30 $39.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Con d & N o 1000 South Hon. N. Gilbee 18 Rep. Jan y 24. 1821
Waverly, Esq. C. B.

State of Massachusetts } County of Essex — }
On this fifth day of July A.D. 1882, Personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the County aforesaid.
Elizabeth Hilton, a resident of Beverly, in County & State aforesaid, aged seventy three 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 Act of Congress passed on the 9 th February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Hale Hilton, who was pensioned as a Musician, in the War of the Revolution, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, under the provisions of the Act of March 18 th 1878.
That her said late husband was a resident of Beverly, and was paid his pension at the Agency for paying pensions at Boston, Mass. And she begs to refer to the evidence upon which he was pensioned in proof of her title to the benefits of the said law of Feb 9 th 1853.
She further declares that she was married to the said Hale Hilton, on the first day of February A.D. 1801. That her said husband died on the twentieth day of August A.D. 1881. That she was not married to him prior to the 2 nd day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a widow.
Elizabeth Hilton
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
before me, N. S. Howe Judge of Probate

I, Hannah D. Cole, of Beverly, in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, do on my oath testify and declare, that I am in the fifty third year of my age, that I was well acquainted with Hale Hiltin, late of said Beverly, Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who died on or about the day of August A.D. 1841.
That said Hale Hiltin left a widow named Elizabeth Hiltin, who is understood to have signed the declaration herein, and I do well know that said Elizabeth Hiltin is now a widow and has not intermarried since the decease of her husband Hale Hiltin aforesaid.
Hannah D. Cole
Sworn to and subscribed on this fifth day of July. A.D. 1851. I believing the above witness to be every way credible & reliable.
before me, Charles Davis, Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, County of Essex, Town of Ipswich.
"List of marriages returned by Rev. Doct. Dana."
"Eighteen hundred and one, February first,
Heale Hilton, of Beverly, and Elizabeth Dennis, of Ipswich."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date , which is expressed on the record in full legible letters & figures as follows, viz. — "1801, Feb'y 1st."
Alfred Winball, Clerk of the town of Ipswich
I Alfred Winball above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Alfred Winball, Clerk of said Town
Subscribed & duly sworn to before me this eighth day of July, A.D. 1853.
Geo. R. Lord, justice of the peace.

I, John Picket of Beverly aforesaid on oath testify that I well know Hale Hilton within named, having long resided in the same town with him - I know that he served the whole of the year 1776 in Capt. Low's Company, and I served in the same Company that year. John Pickett
Affidavit addition
I Thomas Putnam of Danvers, Merchant, on oath testi- fy that I know Hale Hilton of Beverly served all the year 1776 as a Fifer in Low's Company in Hutchinson's Regiment on the Continental establishment - I served in the same Regiment
Thos. Putnam
Essex ss. June 15, 1818
The above named Thomas Putnam subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me
Brigham Merrill Just. Pac.
I, Ephraim Emerton of Salem Mariner on oath Testify that I know Hale Hilton of Beverly served all the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Six as a musician in Capt. John Low's Company in Col. Hutchinson's Regiment, on the Continental Establishment. I having held a Commission in the same Regiment with Capt. Low which Commission is sent on to the Sec'y of War with my declaration of Service.
Ephraim Emerton
Essex ss. June 15 th 1818
The above named Ephraim Emerton subscribed the and made oath to the above affidavit before me
Brigham Merrill Just. Pac.

Hale Hilton of Beverly in Massachusetts on oath makes the following Declaration:—
That in May, A.D. 1775 he enlisted as a Musician in Capt. John Low's Company of foot in Col. John Mansfield's Regi- ment in the Mass'tts line for eight months, and served the whole of said term; and on the expiration thereof, was honorably discharged:
That on or about the 1 st January 1776 he again enlisted as a Musician in the same Company in Col. Israel Hutchinson's Regiment in Mass'tts line for the term of one year: That he marched to New York with the army - and in the retreat through the Jerseys into Pennsylvania: and soon after the cap- ture of the Hessians, having completed his term of service, was honorably discharged. He never had a written Discharge.
That Capt. John Low is alive & resides about seventy miles distance: that his certificate is annexed and is genuine.
That the declarant is 58 years old - and from his reduced circumstances in life is now in need of assistance from his country for support: and he hereby relinquishes all his claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States
Hale Hilton

Burly March 27 th 1818
This may certify that Mr. Hale Hilton in consequence of the loss of his Property has been reduced in his circumstances and his taxes Taxes On Personal Property has been taken off for the three last years he having satisfied us that he is not able to pay them & he has not of late been having no Real Estate left and consequently he has he has no income or means & is in need of the Bounty of Congress John Low one of the Overseers of Burly Joshua Lovett Jonathan Griffin Collector David Putnam

Israel Hutchinson was lieutenant col d the first eight months. Col d Mansfield. Colonel Israel Hutchinson was col d the year's camp in 1776.
Dated March 30 th 1810
This may Certify That Mr. Nels Milton served in my Father's Regiment in Capt John Lewis's Company in the Continental Army in the Campaign of 1775 & the whole of the year 1776 until the time appointed for which he was discharged.
H. Hutchinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, John Low Esquire of Lyman York in the County of ESSEX , in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That I was Captain of a Company of foot in the 27 th Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, commanded first by Colonel Mansfield and afterwards by Colonel Israel Hutchinson - on the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War. that Hale Hilton of Beverly, State of Massachusetts served as a musician in my company all the time he has in his annexed declaration stated, and he was honorably discharged at the expiration of said term of service
John Low
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Beverly June 12 th 1818. Personally came John Low Esquire a member of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Tho s Hemenway Just. Pacis.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforesnamed Deponents, John Low Esquire, John Pickett and Thomas Putnam and Ephraim Emerton
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support, and is in actual poverty and distress.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass t }
I, Ichabod Tucker , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Thomas Stephens junior and Benj. Merrill Esq s Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, are Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk.

Hale Hilton
6 Apr
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Connect.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witnesseth. On this fifth day of April A.D. 1818 The said Hale Hilton and the said John Picket personally came before me Samuel Putnam Esq. one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Common- wealth and severally subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Declaration and Affidavit by them respectively made. And it appearing to my satisfaction that said Hale Hilton served one whole year at one period of the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment a- gainst the Common Enemy, I hereby certify the testi- mony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Salem this fifth day of April, A.D. 1818.
S. Putnam Just. S. J. Court of Mass ts .
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of the Court aforesaid certify that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court. that the above is his signature, and the Seal of said Court is affixed
Att o . Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
Dec. 18 th 1855.
I hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Hali Hilton is borne on return of Capt John Vows (comp. Col. Mansfield Regt. dated Oct. 6. 1775 - as Fijn from Virginia) Name also borne on (coat roll of Capt. Vows Comp. Col. Israel Hutchinsons Regt. dated Camp on Winter Hill Oct. 21. 1775 as Fijn.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. W. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz :
1. Every application requiring search, or certificate, must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant ; and the signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate.
2. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom he served ; and no search will be made until after the filing of such written application.
“Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.”
“The application must be made to the Secretary in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
“The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various officers under whom he served, as well as the nature of such service.
“The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after the filing of such application, by himself, or by one of his Clerks alone, and must be accompanied by the original application of the claimant, or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary, and the seal of the State, of the circumstances which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application, with the individual who rendered the service.
J. L. EDWARDS, COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.”

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
in cases made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts county of Essex town of Beverly
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Hale Hilton, my late husband in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the town of _____ in the county of _____ and State of _____
He enlisted from the town of _____ in the county of _____ and State of _____ in the year 1775 as a Private in Musician in the Company commanded by Captain Lowe in the Regiment commanded by _____ and he served as follows, * viz:
Colonel Israel Hutchinson and he served in said Capt Lowe's Company all the balance of the year of 1775. Also enlisted again in January, 1776, and served all that year, - for which service he was pensioned as a Musician at the rate of 96 dollars per annum under the act of March 18th 1818; and he continued receiving his said pension until his decease which happened
* Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

in Beverly in the said County of Essex, his place of residence, on the 20th. of August 1841. and for all further particulars she refers the Hon Commission of Pensions to the Declaration of her said late husband claiming said pension and the evidence which accompanied it.
I am now 75 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services of my said husband more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this fourteenth day of December A. D. 1841.
Elizabeth Hilton, by James Gregory, her atty.
Signed by said Elizabeth Hilton - as above - in my presence,
John Sparhawk JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 29 th 1852—
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations N. S. Howe was judge of the Court of Probate, Charles Davis and George A. Lord were justices of the Peace and all for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Marblehead, November 5th, 1853.
Beloved Sir:
In obedience to the requirements of your Honor's form of the 28th of September last, in the case of Elizabeth Hilton, widow of Hale Hilton, late a Revolutionary Pensioner, deceased — an affidavit for the benefit of the act of 3 rd of February last, — we & now have the Honor to enclose herewith the affidavit of two credible witnesses covering all the proof required in your said form.
We have the Honor to be, with great respect, your Honor's humble servants.
James Gueguen & Son.
Hon. Lemuel A. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Bureau ms 3 bnf — free Hon.ble
Nathaniel, Silbee (Member Congress) Washington

Mr Nath Silsbee
Beverly Jan'y 3 rd 1891
Sir by the advice of Mr Benj o Crowninshield and Mr. Fletcher Clerk of the Court whose certificate with Col o Mansfield, the Sheriff I have Inclosed I have taken the Liberty to Request that you would REpresent my case at the War office to Mr. Calhoun my Pension is Suspended On Account of a strikethrough House & Land Apprais d by Select men of Beverly at $500. & the property is Mortgag d to Doct r White of Boston of whom I Bought it some time since Principle & Interest now due $896. which is 396. more than it will bring if I had any property in it it would have been taken from me by some of my Numerous Creditors. I am Repeatedly call d on to pay up the Interest & Part of the Principle I have kept him quiet thus far with the Hopes of Obtaining my Pension to pay the Interest & leave a trifle to Live on as soon as I am notified that I am struck off I shall be ordered off the Place into the Street. I should be more comfortable to Remain & pay the Interest if my Creditor will let me. he however is no Relation Nor even an acquaintance and I expect no favour more than is for his Interest if I am turned off & am oblig d to give up my Home I must then call for my Pension all the distress by the loss of a Year. this Coats Never have been the Intention of Government I have no Property & owe Many Thousands dollars my C rs loan throw me into Prison when they choose. I Have no trade Nor means of Living & am Past 60 years old. there is none more destitute than myself if the Rules of the War office are such

that I can be allowed my Pension it will Alleviate the Distress of Sir your
Humble Servant
Hale Hilton
Wadsworth 9 th Jan. 1821. Mr. Richard Tucker & Mr. William Mansfield are both known to me, the first as Clerk of the Court & the other as Deputy Sheriff, in the County of Inex, State of Massachusetts, both men of respectability.
Nath Fisher

Salisbury Jan'y 3. 1821
Hon d Nath l . Silbee, — Sir, I have long been acquainted with Mr Hale Hilton of Beverly, He has formerly possessed property, but for several years last past, I have understood that he had no property. It appears by the application he made to the Court here, under oath, which has been forwarded to the War Office, that his debts exceed the amount of his estate several thousand dollars. His estate real & personal was appraised by Josiah Lovett one of the Select men of Beverly under oath to wit. Personal $60.53- and the real estate House & Land at $500. His real estate is under mortgage to W m D. White of Boston for $800. and the interest two years — I believe him to be a fair candidate for the pension awarded by government, If consistent with your avocations, you would examine his papers, and speak a good word for him to the Secy at War, you will confer a great favor, on an old soldier who has sustained a good character in life, and is now reduced by losses at sea and French depredations in 1797 — Please to excuse the liberty I take in behalf of a distressed brother, And accept my sincere wishes for your health and happiness. And allow me to subscribe myself, your friend and humble serv t .
Sebastián Tucker Robert Grant
J.O
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Salem (Mass) Jan 3 1821
This may certify that I have been several Executions against Hale Hatten of Beverly in the County of Essex and he having no property, I have returned them wholly unsatisfied, and I also believe him to be destitute of property & in distress. —
W Mansfield Dep. Sheriff of said County
Henry Linsley Washington

Mrs. of Elizabeth Hilton, mother of Nell Hilton, Essex co., Mass.
D, 18
Age 32 Feb. 1853. $96.00 per An — Comm Feb., 3 d 1853 Rev.
Rev. Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Mass.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commission

Marblehead, Mass. July, 15 th 1839.
Honored Sir;
We have the honor to forward herewith the Declarations of Mary Newhall and Elizabeth Hilton, for claiming Pensions under Act of Feb 9 th , 1839.
With Great respect.
Your Honors hum. serv. James Gregory & Son.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner of Customs, Washington D.C.

1888. Blacus  lobus  coquilletti on the Rubus leaves.
Dear Friend Gregory, I have been thinking of you and your kind words.

We Eunice Haskell and Alpheus Davis both of Beverly in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, do on our oaths testify and declare - that we are well acquainted with Elizabeth Hilton of said Beverly, the identical person who is well known to us as an Applicant for a Revolutionary Pension as the widow of Hale Hilton, late of said Beverly, Revolutionary Pensioner, deceased, whose Pension was paid at the Massachusetts Agency.
And we do further testify and declare that said Elizabeth Hilton's maiden name was Elizabeth Dennis and that she is the widow of said Hale Hilton and has not intermarried since his decease.
Eunice Haskell Alpheus Davis
State of Massachusetts, County of Essex and } ss. October 27. 1853. town of Beverly .... }
Then the above named Eunice Haskell and Alpheus Davis, both credible witnesses, personally appeared and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed -
Before me, Charles Davis Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 1 st 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles Davis was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. D. Phelps Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Off. 7 Nov. 1853.
Sir, Please certify that to which the entire compensation was paid, on the date of his death, Yours Respectfully,
G. R. Colg. Porter Comr.
Heide Hilton, act 1818 $8.00. pr. month. — Died 20 th August 1841, Paid to his death.
Chas. L. Linds
Actg. Auditor.
Francis Dunt. Esq.
Thos. Auditor. Leaving

No 2705
Elizabeth Hilton, Wid. of Hale —
Set to Gregory Jan 29 th 1853
At 3 rd Feby: 1853

Brief in the case of
Elizabeth Hilton, widow of Hale, Essex County and State of Massachusetts, act 3 rd Febry, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the Act of 18 th March, 1848. H.W.P.
Second evidence of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jas Gregory Hon. Marblehead,
Name and residence of Agent
Mass;
H. Broughton, Examining Clerk.

Rev. Mr. 20 Aug. 41 Boston
Boston 153, Mass W. H. D.

P 13880
S No cons

DGV.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25-64  Elizabeth Holton  Widow  Hale Hiltson  Mine-Res. War. Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]