Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,897, Noah Hobart, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Hobart, Noah
S. 29,897
CONTENTS

Dr. 984 Massachusetts
Isaac Hobart of Salem in the State of Mass. o who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cushing of the Regt commanded by Col Grafton in the Mass. o line for 2 Years
Cont'd on back
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Oct 1833 and sent to Isaac Hobart Salem Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending March 1834 240.00 $480.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Abigail M. Clerk, Book Vol. Page 35
Specy 78
H96. Comg 30 Apr 1828 of 20 Sept 1829 27.44

9082
Noah Hobart
Emale Ryans and
Wm. V. Gilbee U. S. Senate

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Noah Hobart , a resident of Salem , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in April or May 1775 at Hingham he enlisted as a Volunteer private in a Company commanded by Capt. Lincoln and served therein Eight months guarding the coast: it was in the Massachusetts Militia: whether that Company was under any Field Officers he cannot recollect: he was stationed in the vicinity of Hingham.
That in the beginning of 1776 he enlisted at Hingham as a Volunteer private in Capt. Cushing's Company in Col. Greaton's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army & served out his term of one year: which was duly proved on his application under Act of Congress of 1818 as on file in War Department, when he was placed on Pension Roll of Mass ts . Agency his Pension Certificate is N o 14.666 dated 20 Sept. 1819: his name was dropped on account of property.
That in Feby 1777 at Hingham he enlisted as a private in a Company of Artificers under Capt. Thayer of Waltham, the name of Col. or Major he can't recollect: in March 1777 he marched with his Company for Albany from Boston: as soon as he had  the destination of Albany  arrived at  at Albany he was taken down with a severe fit of Fever & Ague: Capt. Thayer had orders to go on to Sackett's Harbor and ordered the applicant not to go but gave him a Furlough to return home till he should recover: he returned to Hingham his residence and continued sick and under the medical attendance of Doct. Thaxter, now dec d , six months: there is no one living that he can find that knows these facts

He was born in 1756 at Hingham in Mass ts - lived there till he was 24 years old - then removed to Salem, which has ever since been his home: he never had a written discharge, or a certificate of his birth. He was a volunteer. He is known to Rev. C. W. Upham, and to Hon. Nathl. Silsbee: -
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.
Noah Hobart
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. A. N. N. N.
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Charles W. Upham a clergyman, residing in Salem aforesaid, and Joseph E. Sprague Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Salem aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Hobart who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 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.
Charles W. Upham J. E. Sprague
Subscribed and sworn to before
Rev. Morris Gust. Pease

I Israel Whiton of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say, that I am acquainted with Noah Hobart of Salem in the County of Essex and Com- monwealth aforesaid, that he served eight months in the year one thou- sand seven hundred eighty five, from May to the end of the year, as a private soldier in Captain James Lin- coln's Company which was enlisted & em- ployed in guarding the coast. I served with him — Hingham 4 Aug st 1832. Israel Whiton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth, Town of Hingham this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, the above named Israel Whiton and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed is true: And thereby certify that the said Israel Whiton is personally known to me, that he is a Creditable person & that his statement aforesaid is entitled to full credit.
Ebenezer Gay Jus: Peace

I Israel Whiton of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say, that I am acquainted with Noah Hobart of Salem in the County of Essex and Com- monwealth aforesaid, that he served eight months in the year one thou- sand seven hundred ninety five, from May to the end of the year, as a private Soldier in Captain James Lin- coln's Company which was enlisted & em- ployed in guarding the Coast. I served with him — Hingham 4 Aug st 1832. Israel Whiton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth, Town of Hingham this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, the above named Israel Whiton and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed is true: And I hereby certify that the said Israel Whiton is personally known to me, that he is a Creditable person & that his statement aforesaid is entitled to full credit.
Ebenezer Gay Jus: Peace

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 certifies that Charles W. Upham who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Salisbury and that the said Joseph E. Swayne who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Salisbury and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. A. White
Signed and sealed anew, this twenty second day of May, A.D. 1833.
Nathl. Lord Jr.
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Hobart for a pension, and that Ebenezer Gay and Benjamin Merrill are Justices of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths and their signatures on the annexed affidavits are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August , A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Lord Jr.

14.666
Noah Hobart Sept 10,
Salem
Mass
Mar 1820
age 64
caulker
infirm -
estate $627.00
debts - 256.00  $371.00

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of 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, Noah Hobart resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 14,666 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, Noah Hobart late a Private 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 thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
***** L. S. *****
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
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,
Table listing items and their values: A wooden house with about thirteen poles of land... $600.00; Three tables $3.25 - nine chairs 4.50... 7.75; Lot of crockery ware for family use... 2.00; Old carpet $1 - Wandirons, shovel & tongs $4... 5.00; 6 kitchen chairs and old desk... 2.45; Looking glass 0.75 - lot iron ware 2.25... 3.00; 6 old silver tea spoons... 1.25; 6 knives and forks - lot tin ware 0.75... 1.25; Lot of old carpenter's tools... 4.00; Total $626.90
He is sixty four years old and a caulker by trade,

but is infirm and often afflicted with rheumatism, so that he cannot earn much by his manual labour.
His family consists of his wife aged 60, four daughters, Lukey aged 36 - Hannah, 34 - Lucy, 28 - Ruth, a widow, 26 and her child Ruth - Elizabeth aged about one year, who depend on him for support except what little they can earn.
He served all the year 1776 in Capt. Cushing's Company in Col. Greadon's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line.
He owes two hundred & fifty seven dollars & ninety three cents, to wit,
To Thomas Brooks . . . . $ 68, 06 Jn o . Brooks . . . . . 11.26 Jn o . S. Hobart. . . . . 145, 68 Brooks & Foster . . . . . 9, 43 Sam l . Watkins . . . . . 23, 50 257, 93
Noah Hobart.
Sworn to and declared, before
W m 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. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Noah Hobart — 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.
Noah Hobart.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Noah Hobart took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m 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 six hundred and twenty six dollars & 70 cts and he owes $257.93
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

Madame,
Ans In reply to your request of 19 ult , received 24 ult for a statement of the military history of Noah Hobart  S.F. 29.897 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April or May 1775 8 mos Priv Lincoln Mass.   Jan 1776 1 yr " Charles Cushing John Preston "   Feb. 1777 1 mo " Thayer "  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hingham, Mass. Date of application for pension, April 30. 1818. His claim allowed Residence at date of application, Salem, Essex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born 1756. Hingham Mass.
Remarks: In 1820, wife name not stated, 64 yrs of age; four daughters, Sarah, 36 yrs of age, Hannah, 34, Lucy, 28, Ruth, (a widow) 26; and her child, Ruth Elizabeth, about 1 yr of age. The above noted is the only Noah Hobart of Mass found on the Rev War pension records.
Very respectfully,  Mrs L Bancroft Sant  441 N. 4th St  Newark Ohio
✓ Commissioner.

to L.H.
29 897 Rev INVALID.
Mch 14. 1910. Hist sent Mrs L. Bancroft. Hart.
File No. 29, 897
Noah Hobart
Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14.666 Massachusetts
See letter to Hon. N. Silbee April 11. 1831 —
Letter of Augt 1833 6
B Merriile
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Noah Hobart of Salem, Mass. private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greateon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Noah Hobart
of Salem in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greateon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of April 1818
certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sept 1819 and sent to P Wainwright Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 136.80
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th March 1820 48
Not entitled $184.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Signature

United States Massachusetts District } ss.
Boston 30. April A.D. 1818
To Ebenezer Gay of Hingham Esquire and Jerome Lushing of said Hingham Esq. or either of them
You are hereby appointed by the District Judge for the said District, to take any evidence to be used before said Judge, on the application of Noah Hestart of Salem for a Pension. Any Depositions taken to be returned sealed, to the District Clerk, together with this Order.
Witness the seal of the Massa- chusetts District at Boston this thirtieth day of April A.D. 1818
Will Davis Clerk Massachusetts District

I Joseph Hill of Bingham in the District of Massachusetts Yeoman testify say that I was a private soldier in the Company commanded by Charles Cushing in the Col l John Greaton's Regiment, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & twenty six - That Noah Ho- bark then of said Bingham now of Salem in said District was also a private in said Company when it was stationed at Cambridge - That we marched from Cambridge in March in said year to New York Upon thence to Canada. That I con- tinued in said Company till the su- ceding month of December, when I was taken sick & carried to the Hospital at Albany - That when I left said Company Hobart was still in it doing duty as a private.
I further say that I always understood said Hobart enlisted for a year & continued in the service until

That year elapsed - Kennebec 29 July 1819. Joseph Hill
Plymouth ss: On this twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord One thou- sanded eight hundred & nineteen, personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Plymouth, the above named Joseph Hill; who is personally known to me to be of good reputation for truth; who being Carefully examined & duly Cautioned to testify the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth, made so- lemn oath to the truth of the above de- position by him subscribed. Taken by order of the District Court of the District affirmed, to be used before said Court on the application of Noah Hobart of Salem for a pension - Allen Kelley Jas. Pease

I Israel Whiton of Hingham in the District of Massachusetts Yeoman testify that Noah Hobart formerly of said Hingham now of Salem in said district, in the month of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & twenty six, enlisted as a private in the Company Com- manded by Charles Cushing in Col d John Creator's Regiment for the term of one year - that he proceeded with said Regiment from Cambridge to New York & from there to Canada. That after serving said term he was honorably discharged at Mount Inde- pendence & returned home. Further say that I was also a private in the same Company & enlisted at the same time with said Hobart. Hingham 29. July 1819 - Israel Whiton
Plymouth ss: On this twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thou-

said eight hundred & nineteen personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Plymouth, the above named Israel Whiton; a person well known to me to be of good reputation for truth; who being carefully examined & duly cau- tioned to testify the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth, made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Taken by order of the Dis- trict Judge of the District aforesaid to be used before said Judge on the application of Deborah Hobart, of Salem for a pension.
Israel  Ebenezer Gales Jus: Peace

Admitted
No 544.1
Noah Hobart Jr.
Greatons Mass. reg t
176 one year
30 April 1818
Corrected & Admitted
Further evidence of service and the judges certifi- cate of indigent circumstances
Wainwright
30 July 1819. New evidence marked B. & C.

United States
Massachusetts District
Noah Hobart of Salem, in the County of Essex and District of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States under 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 maketh oath - That he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for one year, in manner following, viz - Enlisted in January 1776, in the company commanded by Captain Charles Cushing - in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Greateau - and served in Cambridge, New York - and Canada - in said corps, until the last of December of the same year - when he was honorably discharged, at Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga, but not in writing his time having expired - and is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country. -
Noah Hobart
Massachusetts District } Boston 30. April 1818 }
Sworn to before me
J. Davis Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.
30. April. Comm. issued to Elmer Gay & Jerome Cushing Esqrs. of Hingham or either of them to take evidence -

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30. July 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Noah Hobart by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Davis { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 15 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Isaac Hobart subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions 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;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M. D. Osgood
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Salem, Mass'tts, Nov. 2, 1833
The undersigned citizens of Salem hereby certify that we have many years well known Mr Noah Hobart, of this town who was a Soldier of the Revolution and is now applying for a Pension; his character for veracity, integrity, and all the moral virtues is unimpeached and in more than a common degree secure to him the full confidence of all who know him. — he has resided here fifty years. Implicit credit ought to be given to his word.
Rev John Prince
Nathl West
Nathl Dinsbee
Amos Hovey
Samuel Chamberlain
Gam l Woodges.
Nathl West Jr.
Benjamin Fabens
John Gardner
Brig d Merrill
Warwick Dufresne jun r
Samuel Johnson
William Fabens.
John Page
Gideon Ducker
John Brooks
Sam l Ropes
Col n S t Wilson
Mich d Shepard
Thos Saunders
M. Townsend
Joseph Adams
Joseph Beattie
Elizabeth Pate
James Sleeper
Isaac Pease
James Perkins

I Daniel Cain of Kingstown in the Dis- trict of Massachusetts Yeoman testify & say that I was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & served in the Regi- ment commanded by Col: John Greaton in the expedition to Canada. That Noah Hobart then an inhab- itant of Kingstown aforesaid now of Salem in said District, was a private in said Regiment during the whole of said expedition - That the said Regiment was enlisted for one year & that the time employed in said expedition occupied nearly that time - Daniel Cain
Plymouth Jr. On this first day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & eighteen personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Plymouth the above named Daniel Cain who being carefully examined & duly cautioned

To testify the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth, made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed - Taken by order of the District Judge of the District aforesaid, to be read before said Judge on the application of Abah Hobart of Salem for a Pension
Before me Oliver May Jus: Peace
Further Certify that Daniel Cain, the Depo- nent within named is personally known to me & is of good reputation as to truth - Guilford 29 July 1819
Oliver May Jus: Peace

To the Honble John Davis Judge of the District Court for the District of Mass: tt The Deposition of Daniel Carr to be read in said Court on the application of Noah Hobart for a Pension - Taken & sealed up by me Edw. L. Gay Clerk

Art.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by W. Conboy Claim No. March 5 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Noah Hobart
Service Mass. Rev.
Additional Service _____ _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except Old Inv. File 29,897. _____ _____ _____

441 N 4th St. Newark, Ohio. Feb. 19-1910
Commissioner Pensions
Dear Sir=
Please give me the rev. file of Noah Hobart of Hingham Mass. who served as capt. in the Revolution in Mass. mar. Silence Stowell Nov 13 1783 & d. at Salem Mass. Mch. 27-1843- Am seeking proof for D.A.R. papers

Very truly yours Mrs L. Barkdoff Fant Registrar Heluck Chapter S.A.R.
FEB 25 1910