Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14906, Prince Hinckley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Heinckley, Prince Eunice
W. 14906
CONTENTS

I Silvanus Hunkley of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts aged Seventy Six years do testify and say I was a Soldier of the revolution & enlisted & served nine months on the Island of Nashua I enlisted the last of February or first of March A.D. 1776 and continued in the Service nine months that year, Prune Hunkley who has this day made a declaration I now apply for a pension enlisted at the same time but not in the same company I think I was with him the whole time he was in the Company of Col John Francis —
The year following A.D. 1777 I again enlisted on the first day of March A.D. 1777 for nine months & Prune Hunkley enlisted at the same time & served eight months with us on Nashua Island and we were both dismissed in November  but not together A.D. 1777 & returned home together Elisha Wig was Captain, I well know Prune Hunkley & have always known him I returned about a month after Prune Hunkley and further the Deponent saith not
Barnstable
Silv s Hunkley
Probate Court at Barnstable September 21st. A.D. 1832
Personally appeared the above named Silvanus Hunkley in open Court and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed in Court And I certify that the above named Silvanus is in the opinion of the Court a credible witness In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court the day & year aforesaid
Alvan Davis
Register

27264 Massachusetts
Prince Hinchley of Barnstable in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Nye of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass time for 18 Months private
Barnstable
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ Mass at the rate of 60 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of March 1834 _____ and sent to Hon. J. Reed H of Repres nt
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 . $180- Pens nt allowance ending 4 th Sep r " . 30
$210
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 36

7114
Massachusetts
Eunice Hinckley widow of Prince Hinckley who was a Private Mass. in the Mass a Line
rep
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st 30 th day of March November, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of July '45 and sent to J Reed Barnstable Mass a
[Act of March 3, 1843.] June 17. 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 31

29632
Prince Hinckley Barnstable Mass
Admitted
18 M. mi
Capt. Nye
Honor I. Reed
H. B.

I hereby certify that Prince Hinckley, Son of Silvanus Hinckley, was born in Barnstable, December 27 th . A.D. 1758 as appears from the records of said town.
Attest Josiah Hinckley } Town Clerk
Barnstable Sept 5. 1872.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Barnstable ss.
On this
Twenty first day of Septem
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Nymper  William Marston Judge of the Probate Court now sitting at Barnstable in and for said County, Prince Hildreth a resident of Barnstable in said County, aged seventy three 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, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts
on the twenty fourth day of December
A. D. 1758, and that there
is a record of his birth a copy which is hereto annexed: that he was in the United States
service from the first day of March A. D. 1776, to the first day of December
A. D. 1776 as a Private in the Militia or State Service
: that he was residing at Barnstable
when he entered the service; that he enlisted for nine months
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Cap t John Drown, James Blossom Lieut t
: that he marched from Barnstable to Falmouth & then crossed over to Naskau Island Island
: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and none of the
regular officers
were known to him: that he was in no battle but stationed there to guard &
protect the sea coast and at the end of his service received a discharge
but not in writing: that he left the service on first day of December AD 1776 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Barnstable
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first day of March A. D. 1777, to the first day of November A. D. 1777
as a Private in the Militia or State Service
that he was residing at Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts
when he entered the service; that he enlisted for nine months
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Blesher Nye Stephen Nye Lieut t
: that he marched from Barnstable to Falmouth & then went over to Naskau Island
: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and
none of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle but was there to guard & protect the Island
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on the first of December AD. 1777-
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17
as a in the
that he was residing at
when he entered the service; that he
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge the service on
and left

I am well known to the Rev Enoch Pratt & Mr. Hamlin Crocker my Neighbors who can testify as to my character & also as to my military service in the Revolutionary war
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Prince Hinckley
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Almer Davis Regr
We Enoch Pratt residing in the Town of Barnstable Clergyman and Hamlin Crocker residing Barnstable hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Prince Hinckley - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy three 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. We further testify he is a man of truth -
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Almer Davis, Regr
Enoch Pratt Hamlin Crocker
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Enoch Pratt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of Barnstable; and that Hamlin Crocker who has also signed the same is a resident in Barnstable and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nymphas Marston Judge
Almer Davis, Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Prince Hinckley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Almer Davis, Regr

6365 Eunice Doreen Maw of Prince Mass.
act 3 March 1843

Extract from the Records of the Town of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable State of Massachusetts.
Yrs. "Marriages Solemnized by the Rev. Mr. Oakes Shaw, Prince William and Eunice Goodspeed October twenty fifth Seven teen hundred and eighty four."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures, as follows. Vir. "October 20 th 1704."
Fred m Parker } Town 6th } of Bannister
I Frederick Packer 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 extract from the records of said Town of Barnstable, with the exception above named, as certified by me,
Fred kc Parker { Clerk of said Town of Barnstable.
Sworn and Subscribed
and Subscribed before Me Thomas Bacon } Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Barnstable
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Courts in and for said County of Barnstable hereby certify that Ebenezer Drown of Barnstable in said County Esquire is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature on the opposite side of this paper purporting to have been made by him is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Barnstable this seven- teenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Timothy Reed Clerk

The Pension certificate of Prince Winchly is dated March 17. 1834. and is "Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 2. Page 36. by George Taylor, Clerk."
No. 27.264.

State of Massachusetts Barnstable County ss.
On this fifteenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County, Eunice Winchley a resident of Barnstable, in the County of Barnstable, Aged Seventy Nine Years, Who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on her oath, Make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision Made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 day of March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of persons Who served in the War of the Revolution; That She is the Widow of Prince Winchley of Said Barns= =table deceased, Who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that, he served , as stated in his declaration Made in order to obtain a Pension, supposed to be on file in the proper Department at Washington, to Which She Now refers in support of her claim for a Pension, She further declares

that her said husband was a Pensioner under the Law of the United States of June 7 th 1832, and the Annual Amount of Whose Pension was Sixty dollars per Annum, and that he died on the 30 th day of November last, and that she remains the Widow of said Prince Hinckley, the Pensioner aforementioned in this declaration.
Eunice Hinckley
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and Year before named before me
Ebenezer Bacon Justice of the Peace —
This May Certify that I am personally acquainted with Eunice Hinckley, who signed the above declaration and know, that, she is the Widow of Prince Hinckley, the Pensioner, named in the foregoing declaration.
Ebenezer Bacon Justice of the Peace

for in and all of Barnstable County of Barnstable ss I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Courts in and for said County of Barnstable hereby certify that Eleazer Bacon of Barnstable in said County Esquire is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and was so on the fifteenth inst d and that the signature on the next preceding page of this sheet of paper purporting to have been made by him is his ge- nuine signature -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Barnstable this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Timothy Reed Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Feb y 11 th 1818.
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 Prince Hinkley is borne as a private upon a muster Roll of Capt n John Gann's Sea Coast Comp y , dated Aug. 31, 1776, at the Elizabeth Islands, Sausapanin Cove, where said Comp y was stationed; — service from June 1. — 3 months; — Upon a Muster Roll of the same Comp y & service, under command of the 1 st Lieut. James Blossom, from Sept r 1. to Nov r 21, — 2 months, 21 days; — Upon a pay roll of Lt t James Colman from Capt n Jacob Sevell's Comp y , in Col. Shuman's Reg t . — wages & mileage for service on the alarm at Bedford, Dartmouth & Falmouth in Sept r 1776, 10 days, — and is all the service found in the case. There is no other person of the same name, either from Barnstable or any other place, borne upon any of the records in this office.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office, of the Service of My husband Prince Hinckley in the War of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the Town of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts in the Year 1776, as a private in the Militia of said State, and served in one of the Companies thereof during the Years 1776 & 1777.
I am Now Seventy Nine Years old, and My Memory does Not enable Me to State My husbands Services More fully than above stated.
Witness My hand this tenth day of December A. D. 1844.
Signed by Said Eunice Hinckley in My presence
Ebenezer Bacon
Eunice Hinckley
Justice of the Peace

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County ss
On this twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four before me Nymphas Marston, judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, personally appeared Eunice Winckley, at her place of residence in Barnstable, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing, annexed declaration made and subscribed by her before Elazer Bracy Edgerton as certified by him; and she now adopts and ratifies her signature thereto then by her made in and I further certify that she is well known to me, and is the widow of Brice Winckley, the pensioner, as she describes herself, in her said declaration in and I further certify that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to attend in Court.
Nymphas Marston } Judge of Probate for said County & State
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Barnstable ss
I Timothy Reed Register of the Court of Probate in & for the said County of Barnstable hereby certify that the Hon. Nymphas Marston is the judge of said Court and that the above signature purporting to have been made by him is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this thirty first day of May A.D. eighteen hundred & forty five Timothy Reed Reg t Probate

4355
Eunice Hinckley Widow of Prince, private
Map and on
Act 3 March 1843 *
17 June, 1844. —
6 monthly
Schd. of 20 per annum, commencing 30th Novem- ber, 1843
Act 1893 - No 7976 " 1896 - No 721
J. Reed, Esq. Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Novemb: 13: 1833.
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 Prince Hinckley as a Private in the Sea Coast service is borne on "Capt John Gvannis's Muster Roll from the 1st day of June 1776 to the 31st of August for his Sea Coast Company stationed at the Elizabeth Islands Tarpanlin Cove August the 31. 1776" Time of entry June 1st. Time in service three months Wages per month £ 1. 16. Wages due £ 5. 8. 2. 00
The name of Prince Hinckley is also found on "Lieut James Blossoms Muster Roll bearing date from the 7th day of August 1776 for 72 men in the Sea Coast service stationed at the Elizabeth Islands, where John Gvannis was Capt." "Time of entry Sept. the 1st. Time in the service two months twenty one days. Wages per month £ 1. 16. Wages due £ 4. 17. 2. 2. 21 5. 21
There are no further Rolls of James Blossoms Company found in this office; and

no other Roll on which the name of said Hinckley is found - and I certify that the Rolls relating to said Sea Coast Service, are very imperfect.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Eben Bacon Barnstable Massachusetts Aug 17. 1844.
Enclosed.
The declaration of Eunice Hinckley Widow of Prince Hinckley to obtain a Pension.

Barnstable Aug. 17. 1844.
Sir
I have enclosed the declaration of Eunice Hinckley, Widow of Prince Hinckley a Revolutionary Pension decd. with the proper vouchers and certificates to obtain a Pension. You will please examine them, and make return to me -
I am Sir
Very Respectfully Your Humble Servant
Ebenezer Bacon
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

June 5, 1845
Amended doc
June 5th
March 5 1845
Parishable Ms June 1,
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm a of Pensions Washington City
D.C.

Barnstable Mass. May 31, 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq Comt. Pensions
Sir I enclose the papers in the case of Eunice Minkley an applicant for a pension which were returned by the Department, with further authentication, and evidence of service annexed, which please to examine, pass upon and return solilize yours respectfully D. Reed R.S.

4355
Emma Hemelky Maow of Prince
(Map) Lib to E Bacon
Nov 4th 1844
Lib to Hon. J. J. Patterson Vary. 7th 1845.
Act March 1843.
(Faint vertical text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the paper)

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14906
Ennise Hinckley Widow of Prince Hinckley Priv. Rev. War
Act: Mar 3 rd /43. June 17 th /44
Index:—Vol. a , Page 335
[Arrangement of 1870.]