Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28762, Samuel Hicks, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Hicks, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 28762
CONTENTS

✓ Maine
Samuel Hicks
of Westbrook in the State of Maine who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Brackett of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years from — 1776 to — 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 88 Dollars per month commence on the 4 day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of June 1832 and sent to Hon. J. Anderson H. R.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $ 88. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep " 44
$ 132.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820.
June 7. 1832
Rec Book D. vol. 1. fol. 64

S Hicks Depo n

I Samuel Hicks of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine testify and say that May 1775 I enlisted under Capt John Brackett of Falmouth in said County for eight months - went to Cambridge & served in Col Finnerys Regt until the last of December following then was discharged & came home
In 1776 I enlisted under Capt Wm Brocken of Falmouth aforesaid to Nov follow- ing in Col Mitchells Regt & was then discharged -
In 1776 Dec 17 I enlisted under Capt John Skillings of Scarborough in said County for three years. - March 6 1777 marched for Ticonderoga joined a Regt commanded by Gen- -eral Francis served under Generals Schuyler, St Clair, & Gates at the capture of Burgoyne's Army as a Corporal; after that marched South far as Pennsylvania and served in Washington's Army until Dec 17 th 1779 then took my discharge signed by Moses Knapp Maj Com at Samuel Hicks
Cumberland ss June 21 st 1832
Personally appeared Samuel Hicks above named and made oath to the foregoing Deposition by him described before me
Geo Dishop Justice of the peace within & for said County -

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
Right Honorable The President of the Senate of the United States Washington D.C. Sir: In accordance with the provisions of the act "to provide for a census of the United States," passed February 12, 1840, I have the honor to submit the following report on the progress of my duties during the past season.
In the discharge of the duty assigned to me by the act aforesaid, I have been aided by the following gentlemen, appointed assistants, viz: Prof. Mathew Carey, Prof. Samuel H. Smith, Prof. John Locke, Prof. James M'Kim, Prof. John Beekman, Prof. John Jay, Jr., Prof. John Jay, Jr., Prof. John Jay, Jr., Prof. John Jay, Jr.
Samuel Hicks
As soon as the results of their labors shall be submitted to you, it will be found that much valuable information has been obtained in relation to the population, agriculture, and manufactures of the country. To each of these gentlemen a particular department of the duty assigned to the board was intrusted, and as far as they have been enabled to make their respective reports, the same have been found highly interesting and useful to the public. In the discharge of the duty assigned to me, I have been aided by the following gentlemen, appointed assistants, viz: Prof. Mathew Carey, Prof. Samuel H. Smith, Prof. John Locke, Prof. James M'Kim, Prof. John Beekman, Prof. John Jay, Jr., Prof. John Jay, Jr., Prof. John Jay, Jr., Prof. John Jay, Jr.

STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Eastern Circuit , begun and holden at Portland within and for the County of Cumberland on the third Tuesday being the day of June and by adjournment from day to day, to the thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benj Green Judah Dana & Wm Widgery Judges of said Court.
ON this twenty seventh day of June in the year above written  1820 , personally appeared
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County of Cumberland  Samuel Heikes aged sixty six years, resident in Westbrook 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 Corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Merrill in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper 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 seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8405 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 on the back hereof, also subscribed by me. Samuel Heikes
Sworn to and declared, on the 27th day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj. Green Judah Dana Wm Widgery
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz : Real Estate forty five & one third Acres of land with a small house & Barn thereon  Personal Estate 1 Yoke of Oxen - 2 Cows, 2 Steers, 10 Sheep 3 Swine 1 Old horse a few farming utensils & a few articles of necessary house hold furniture The foregoing property is certified by a Respectable Justice of the peace to be worth $507 & would not Rent for more than twenty five dollars per Annum.
Samuel Hicks
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Hicks who, by occupation am a Farmer  generally which I am not able to pursue, by reason of a Broken leg & a wound Received during the Revolutionary War. & other Infirmities incidental to old age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Clarissa Hicks wife 45. Tolerably healthy   Abigail Bracket Mother 69 wholly unable to work & entirely helpless   George Baxter 12 as well as boys of this age generally are  
Samuel Hicks

JOHN DOE of the real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding etc.)
Cumberland ss. I George Bradbury Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing Bill and the Schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of 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 five hundred & seven dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court on this eighth day of July A. D. 1820.
Geo Bradbury
JOHN DOE of the real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding etc.)
for the use of the said John Doe during his life and after his death to be divided equally between his children share and share alike

28.762 Very INVALID.
July 17, 1905 History to S. B. Hicks, Seattle, Wash.
File No. 28.762
Samuel Hicks
Coop Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

App. for restoration rejected. See letter April 1829 to H. J. Anderson
Stricken off under Act 1 May 1820 - Notification sent 19th July 1820 to John P. Boyer Portland Maine
8405 4
Maine
Samuel Hicks
of Westbrook Dist. Maine who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Fupper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of March 1819 and sent to Wm. Wiegery Esq. Portland - Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 14 3/4 31 04. 76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 40. 00
$132.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

J. 28, 762
Samuel Hicks
apl 17, 1818, Westbrooke me
63-
May 75 Capt John Bracket 8m Col Finney
Dec. 17, 76 Thombs
Corpl - Capt Basil Thomas John Stillings
Col. Supper
11" Mass Cont -
dis Dec. 17. 79
3 yrs.
both Stillwater + Mon -
wounded during war -
1820 wife Clarissa ae 45
mother Abigail Bracket 69
George Center 12

May 75
Capt John Bracket
Col
Shirney
8m
76 Capt Mc Crocker
Col Mitchell
dis 100-
Dec 17/76 Capt John Skillings
Samuel Thomas Col Henezer Francis
Bery Dupker

Samuel Hichs corporal Col. Tuckers Regt Mar 1 st June 1776 - 3 years
Dec: 17 th April 1818
cor.
on Thoms roll Tuckers regt 3 years, vis. Dec 1776 to Dec 1779 (Corporal)
Admitted.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Samuel Hichs — of Waltham in the Maine District, that he served as a non commission officer & not a soldier in the war of the revolution for the t. of the Mass. in continuation on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Waltham aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a to the Capt. Thoms Company of the Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the day of one thousand seven hundred and and that he left said service on or about the day of one thousand seven hundred and
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this day of 1818.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the day of one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Samuel Hichs the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said
Samuel Hichs — farther offered in evidence the deposition of Daniel Lunt to whose company he belonged & was to be subpoenaed
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Samuel Hichs served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
AN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. all which is herewith certified & transmitted.
Wm Widgery
{ Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27th day of June A. D. 1818.
Rev. Mr. Adkins

I Daniel Lunt of Westbrook in Maine being sixty eight years of age that I personally know Samuel Harker now present that he enlisted in the company of John Skillings was Capt in which I am Lieutenant in the 11th Massachusetts regiment Col Tappan in December 1876 or in January 1877 and continued in said company to which I belonged as Lieutenant until the term for which he enlisted was expired when he was honorably discharged in December 1879 that he is now in reduced circumstances and unable to work much. Daniel Lunt,
Signed & sworn to before me -
As my Adjutant Judge etc -

I Samuel Hicks of Westbrook in the county of Cumberland State of Maine aged Seventy four years on oath declare that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution & served in the whole four years & Eight months the last three years of which I served in Leah Tappens Regiment as will more fully & particularly appear by my application & evidence on file at the War Department on which the evidence certificate was issued dated March 27 th 1879. Afterwards by letter of July 19 th 1880 from J. L. Edwards Esq. I was informed that my name was stricken from the Pension List on account of my property. Now on the oath aforesaid do solemnly swear that the schedule herewith forwarded contains a description of all my property both real & personal & that it is to the best of my knowledge & belief appraised for all it is worth. Therefore apply to be restored to the Pension List.
Samuel Hicks
Cumberland ss. March 25 th 1889 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Hicks & made oath to the above statement by him signed before me John Anderson justice of the peace

We the Subscribers having met at the request of Samuel Hicks of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on the 24 Day of March A.D. 1829 to appraise the Estate Real & Personal of the said Hicks and being well acquainted with the situation of said Estate, Appraise the same as follows to wit - Said Estate consists of Sixty Eight Acres of Land with an Old house & barn thereon
Real Estate
  15 acres mowing & tillage $140.00   15 Ditto pasturing 109.00   5 Do - wood land 48.00   33 unimproved 143.00   68 Total {over old house (improved)} 90.00   Barn 48.00   Amount Real - 578.00   Do personal - 186.00 
Personal Estate
  one yoke Oxen - $48.00   2 Cows - 28.00   10 Sheep - 18.00   1 Swine - 7.00   1 heifer - 9.00   1 Calf - 4.00   plough & wheels old - 8.00   harrow - 5.00   few other old tools - 3.00   House hold furniture - 50.00   1 old sleigh 10 yrs old - 6.00 
$764.00
786.00
The whole amounting to Seven Hundred and Sixty four Dollars according to our best judgment
Wm Thorne Rufus Morrill
Levi Hersey
Westbrook March 24 1829
Personally appeared William Thorne Rufus Morrill and Levi Hersey Three Disinterested freeholders of said Westbrook (in my opinion) and made Oath to the above as a true value according to their best judgment Before me Geo Bishop Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named appraisers are well known to me & the names of general character & judgment & George Bishop whose name is to this paper is a justice of the peace for this Cumberland County duly authorized to administer oaths John Anderson messenger of court Cumberland District

Samuel Nichols
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next.
in Portland, at the Cumberland Bank,
Maine.
Decora

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 10 th of March 1818
Daniel Hicks — late a corporal in the Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist. of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars — cents per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J C Calhoun

Maine Saml. Hicks Westbrook, Me.
not allowed
$40 per share Mar. 1819.
Washington
for the Baltimore Sep. 1819
X

Portland, Maine, July 11 th 1828.
To the Hon. Secretary of the War Department, 
Sir,
Agreeably to the late Pension law you have enclosed the certified copy of Saml Hicks schedule &c. — The estimated value of all his property is probably much beyond what it would sell for, Although he is not actually dependant on public charity yet he is a poor man & really requires the assistance of the pension, to enable him to procure the necessaries of life, he being very infirm & unable to labour. —
I am Sir very respectfully Your obedt Servt
John P. Boyd
Having prepared his papers at our last Common Pleas Court as a petitionary, he requested me to transmit the enclosed.

not pre understood.
Edwards Ely
Devonian Coffee

House of Bishops June 27, 1872
Sir - I enclose you the papers of Mr Hicks for a Pension & if they are insufficient in form will thank you to send me his certificate - If not in form please inform me what evidence is required - & oblige your friend & obed Servt John Anderson

Watbrook. N. Plains (N. H.) June 2 d . 1861.
John Anderson Esq r a member of Congress City Washington (D. C.)

Dear Sir
Westbrook June 21. 1832
I am sorry to trouble you with directions - but my friend Hicks does not like Mr Pope - he wishes you to take special care of his papers - I did not think the deposition necessary as the other papers is sufficient to show that he was in the army & Corporals pay he is entitled to
If any thing is wanted please to write to me -
I have no news to write you - the Cholera in Quebec excites some alarm in Portland, the City authorities will assemble & take measures to prevent the illness, I remain, &c.
In haste Respectfully yours, Geo. Bishop
PS Send the papers back as soon as possible if necessary

L. Hicks War Dept. -

War Department, Pension Office, April 1. 1829
Sir,
The schedule of Samuel Hicks, which you sent to this Office, has been examined. His property amounts to $764, which disqualifies him from receiving a pension under the regulations adopted under the act of May 1. 1820. The regulations of December 26. 1828, allowing persons to receive pensions who have property to the amount of $900 and upwards, have been suspended. Hicks's pension certificate is herewith returned.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.
James L. Edwards
Hon. John Anderson, Portland, Maine.

Samuel Hicks

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
July 19 th 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Samuel Hicks Westbrook, Maine

OW 44 S. B. HICKS & SONS CO.
ESTABLISHED 1899
WIRE ROPE
AND
WHOLESALE HEAVY HARDWARE
J. W. HUPP, PRES. S. B. HICKS, VICE-PRES. F. B. MALLORY, 2ND V. P. A. M. HICKS, TREAS. F. W. HICKS, SEC'Y.
OFFICES: SEATTLE ABERDEEN PORTLAND
TELEPHONES SUN. PRIVATE EX. 66 INDEPENDENT - 393
216-218 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH
SEATTLE, WASH.
June 30, 1905.
Commissioner of Pension, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir :-
On the record of the War Department, I find that Samuel Hicks served in Homs Company, 15th Massachusetts regiment and also designated the 10th Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Benj. Tupper. He enlisted Dec. 13, 1776, and was discharged Dec. 13/1779. The record also shows that he was a private in the 12th Massachusetts regiment July 13, 1780 and served six months and was discharged October 20, 1780. Now will you kindly inform me whether or not, Samuel Hicks received a pension from the government after the close of the war of 1776 and also what date the pension ceased. In the year of about 1800, Samuel Hicks emigrated to either Greece or Parma in Monroe County, New York and I desire to trace his record up and thought possibly you could give me this information, if there was any pension paid to him and where the pension was last sent.
Your reply will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
S. B. Hicks