Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18858, Phillips Hatch, Mass.

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Hatch, Phillips
S. 18858
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Maine 11.534
Phillips Hatch
of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Bracken of the Regt commanded by Col North in the Mass'ts State Troops
15 Mo Service $ 60.00 * Col. North's
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 50 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May and sent to 1833 N Coffin Wiscasset Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 30.00
150.00
Revolutionary War Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. D. [unclear] Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 20
26 th March 34 dup: ipd V sent Hon Mr Kevenagh HT

MERCHANTS BANK.
$ 20.00
PORTLAND,
March 3 1848
Received of the President of the Merchants Bank, as Agent for paying Pensions, Twenty Dollars 00 Cents, being for 12 Months 22 Days Pension due to Philip Natch from the 4 day of September 1847 to the 4 day of January 1848 for which I have signed Duplicate Receipts.
J. H. Shute
Advertiser Office.

Final Payment FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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Phillips Hatch -
22408
A. D. 183
CLERK.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Bay of Court of Common Pleas this

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, }
ON this 27 th day of Novem r 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before John Ruggles Justice of the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting, Phillips Hatch a resident of Bristol in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine , aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. As a private in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Thomas Bracket of the Massachusetts Line from the latter part of April 1775 to the latter part of October the same year when I was verbally discharged at Bristol by the said Bracket. Also as a private in the same company under the same Captain from the latter part of April 1776 to the latter part of October the same year when I was verbally discharged at Bristol by the said Bracket. I was during the most of the above terms of time stationed with others as a guard on Vinalhaven Island so called in Bristol but during said time I was once marched to Boothbay when an English man of war came into that harbor. I was also once on Monhegan Island & retook a vessel in that harbor from the English. I also served as a private under the same Captain from the tenth day of January 1777 to the tenth day of April the same year during said time I was marched from Bristol Maine to Kingston on Rhode Island where I was verbally discharged by said Bracket on the day last mentioned While at Rhode Island the company to which I belonged was attached to Col. North's regiment. I volunteered for the two first named terms of service & was drafted for the third. I went as a substitute for John Briggs, having offered to go in his stead at the time he was drafted for the same service.
And to the Interrogatories propounded by the department he answers that he was born in Scituate in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the year 1756. No record that he knows of - was living in Bristol Maine when called into the service has lived in Bristol ever since & now lives there, I was a volunteer for the two first terms of service, not drafted for the third, but was as above, a substitute, I do not recollect the names of any officers except what I have before named, do not recollect any general circumstances of my service except what I have above stated. I have also above stated how & by whom I was discharged - said Hatch further saith that James Langton of said Bristol was with me during all the above service and can testify to my having served as above.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Phillips Hatch John Ruggles Judge of said Court.

WE, Henry Chamberlain & John Sproul residing in the town of Bristol  hereby certify , that we are well acquainted with Philip Hatch  residing in the who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Henry Chamberlain John Sproul
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss....Sworn and subscribed this twenty seventh day of November
A. D. 1832
Before me,
John Ruggles J.L.C.P.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Chamberlain who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in the Town of Bristol and that John Sproul who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and one credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. It also appears that there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of said applicant, who could, without too much inconvenience attend said Court
State of Maine.
John Ruggles J.L.C.P.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
LINCOLN, ss....I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that
Esq. whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this day of
A. D. 183
CLERK.
Philip Hatch
22408

Know all men by these presents that we Phillips Hatch John Hatch William M Hatch Fanny Tomlinson Margaret Laughton & Jane Hatch all in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine and children of Phillips Hatch a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Hsley of Portland, State of Maine our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Portland State of Maine the balance of said pension from the fourth day of September 1827 to the fourth day of January 1828 being the day of his death -
Witness our hands and seals this 22 d day of March 1828 -
Sealed and delivered
in presence of
P. M. Wells
John M c Michael
Phillips Hatch
John Hatch
W m M Hatch
Margaret Laughton
Jane Hatch
Fanny Tomlinson
State of Maine } Lincoln County }
Be it known that on the 22 d day of March before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Phillips Hatch John Hatch W m M Hatch Margaret Laughton Jane Hatch & Fanny Tomlinson above named and

acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written.
Peaslee M. Wells Justice of the Peace
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22408
Phillips Hatch Lincoln County Maine
15 m's
$ 60.-
Nathan Colinck Lincoln County Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Phillips Hatch Lincoln County Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol April 1775- 6 ser. Capt. Bracket Me. 76 Bristol   April 1776 6 " " Col. Worth R.I. Maine Traditionary   July Jan. 1777 3 Living Witness   1 3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
B. Newman CLk

April 14, 1938.
Sadie E. Gilbert Pemaquid Beach Maine.
BA-J/ILL Phillips Hatch S. 18858
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Phillips Hatch, who was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and, you state, served as Captain the the Revolutionary War.
The record of Phillips Hatch is furnished herein as found in pension claim, S. 18858, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War; it is the record of the only soldier with that name found on the pension records of this office.
Phillips Hatch was born in the year 1756, in Scituate, Massachusetts; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Bristol, Massachusetts, he enlisted the latter part of April 1775, and served as a private in Captain Thomas Brackett's Massachusetts company until the latter part of October; he enlisted in April 1776, served as a private in Captain Thomas Brackett's Massachusetts company until the latter part of October of that year; during said services, he was stationed principally guarding islands in the harbor and was in an engagement when a British vessel was retaken. He enlisted January 10, 1777 and served three months in Captain Thomas Brackett's company, Colonel North's Massachusetts regiment, during which he marched to Tiverton, Rhode Island. It is not shown that he served as a officer in the Revolutionary War.
Phillips Hatch was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832, at which time he resided in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine; he had resided there ever since the Revolutionary War. He made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name

of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Phillips Hatch Certificate #11534 Issued May 16, 1833 Rate $60 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Pemaquid Beach, Me. April 5, 1938.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the service record of Phillips Hatch who served as Captain in the Revolutionary War. Enlisted from Mass. I believe he was born in Scituate, Mass. The War Department has re- ferred me to you. Yours respectfully Sadie E. Gilbert Pemaquid Beach Maine

P 18858
INVALID.
1948- April 14. Dist. B Sadie F. Barker - L.L.
File No. 18858
William Ketch
Butcher
Act: June 7 th 1921
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Philip Hatch

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Lincoln ss.
On this twenty second day of February - 183 4 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Lincoln personally appeared Phillips Hatch who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Brannan in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nathan in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Maine that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the twenty fifth day of January 183 4 , at or near Mistol being in the possession of Peaslee M. Wells was he lost or destroyed by fire.
Phillips Hatch
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Roger Hanley Justice of The Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics , and insert, in lieu thereof, “but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one”
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
□ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
□ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
□ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

I Peasee M. Wells of Bristol in the State of Maine on oath do testify & say that I had in my possession the pension certificate of Phillips Hatch who has signed the within affidavit that the same was destroyed by fire on the twenty fifth day January 1834
Peasee M. Wells
Lincoln ss. Feby. 25. 1834 Personally appeared Peasee M. Wells & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Roger Hanley Just. of the Peace
I Henry Chamberlain of Bristol on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Phillips Hatch of Bristol & know him to be the same person described in the within affidavit
Henry Chamberlain
Lincoln ss. Feby. 25. 1834 Personally appeared Henry Chamberlain & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Roger Hanley Just. of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Peasee M. Wells & Henry Chamberlain are in my opinion men of veracity & disinterested witnesses
Roger Hanley

(Deposition of James Laughton taken for Phillips Hatch)

I James Laughton of Bristol in the county of Lincoln & state of Maine aged ninetyone years on oath do testify & say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven Phillips Hatch of Bristol aforesaid was a private in a company of Infantry in the service of the United States commanded by Capt. Thomas Mackett & that he served therein at Giverton on Rhode Island three months. I further say that the said Hatch was a private in the same company in the same service in the year 1775 & served therein six months. I further say the said Hatch was a private in the same company in the same service in the year 1776 & served therein in that year six months. The two last named terms of service we were stationed on the Island of Rhode Island. I know the said Hatch performed the above services as I was the orderly sergeant of said company during the whole time.
James Laughton
Lincoln p. Nov. 20. 1832 When the above named James Laughton made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed taken at the request of Phillips Hatch.
Before me Peasee M. Wells Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above named James Laughton is in my opinion a man of veracity & a disinterested witness.
Peasee M. Wells

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Bristol — in said county, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the 27 th day of November A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Phillips Hatch for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 27 th day of November A. D. 1832. Nathl. Coffin CLERK.

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Roger Hanley Esq. whose name is affixed thereunto to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known. In TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this sixth day of March A. D. 1832.
Nath. Coffin CLERK.

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Pease M. Wells Esq. whose name is therein affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signatures to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 27 th day of November A. D. 1832. Nathl Coffin

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STATE OF MAINE. } ss.
Cumberland County,
Be it Known, That on the 3rd day of April 1848 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by the laws of the State to administer oaths, personally appeared John the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorized to receive, by virtue of the foregoing Power of Attorney, either by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of, to any person whatever.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above written. Before me,
Chas. D. Sanborn
Justice of the Peace.
1848

11,534 Phillips Hutch
$ 60.00 11 ✓
Payments to be made at Portland by Pres. of the Maine Bank Agent for paying Pension on, in the Agency of Maine, under the act of June 7. 1832.
Portland Me 27 th 1848 Box 105 @ 284
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1— Page 20 by Recording Clerk.

Ebenezer Hovey
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
Duplicate. —
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Phillips Hatch _____ of the State of Maine _____ who was a private, in the Revolutionary _____
_____ Mar _____ is entitled to receive Sixty _____ dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of March — one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four —
John B. M c Lean Secretary of War.
This certificate is issued in pursuance of the provisions of the act "to provide for a pension on the death of the Revolutionary War pensioners" passed March 3, 1831.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

No 11.534.

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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

State of Maine
County of Lincoln
I Arnold Blaney Register of the court of Probate held at Wiscasset in and for said county on the 28 th day of February A D 1848. do hereby certify that satisfac- tory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Phillips Hatch was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty dollars per annum was a resident of the county of Lincoln in the State of Maine and died in the town of Bristol in the State of Maine in the year A D 1848 on the fourth day of January that he left no widow but left children whose names are as follows viz Phillips Hatch , John Hatch , William M Hatch , Jane Hatch , Fanny Tomlinson & Margaret Laughton
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Wiscasset this 30 th day of March in the year of our Lord 1848 -
Arnold Blaney
{ Register of the court of Probate Lincoln county