Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29227, Samuel Hinkley, Mass.

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Hinkley Samuel or Hinkley
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15740
Massachusetts
Samuel Hinekey
of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Newell of the left command by Col. Hovey - in the Western line for One
Mch
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1833 and sent to Newton Lincoln Worcester
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Septm. 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 32
72 Pension

Samuel Hinkley Maps
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Newton & Lincoln Worcester Maps

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Hinkley  Co of Worcester  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Frankfort  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     1st July In 1777 militia 6 Private Genl Mwell Col Meyes  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester Co Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Dayton
Examining Clerk.

Samuel Hensley
15137
Should a pension certificate be issued on this application it is requested that it may be sent to Newton & Lincoln Worcester

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Samuel Hinckley a resident of Hoodwick in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Twenty Five 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. He was born in Hoodwick on the sixteenth day of May 1757 and his birth is recorded in the books of said town of Hoodwick . When called into service he resided in said Hoodwick and has lived there since he left there until the present. On the first of July A.D. 1777 he enlisted as a soldier in the revolutionary war in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Merrill in the Regt of Col Danforth Hovey was Colonel. with Col Bradley . The company was raised in the towns of Hoodwick, Brimfield, New Braintree, Leicester, Brookfield and Leicester . He enlisted for six months as a private soldier, and was mustered with part of the company at Brookfield in said County and marched under Capt Merrill through Leicester, Upton, Mendon, Smithfield to Providence in Rhode Island and joined the other part of the company which had arrived before and for a few days previous under Lt Samuel Dester . The company then marched, early the next morning to a place then called Bldykes New-Town on the Narragansett Bay where they arrived on the same day - he continued at this place guarding the shore against the incursions of the British - no other company was stationed at this place - on the last of August or first of September he with said company went by water to Simsbury going across the faciety of Bristol in Rhode Island by way through the sound and to Bristol - there were several companies and Regiments at Simsbury under the command of General Spencer - The militia were called in for the purpose of making an attack on the island of Thicket then in possession of the British - one night he was detailed with about two hundred men, as a front guard, and moved down to the shore, where boats had been collected, and the army was afterwards drawn up expecting to cross over to Bristol - after waiting some hours the troops were moved back to their quarters - we went the next night also - there was no attack made or battle fought - the British frequently fired from the island upon the men engaged in bringing boats, and on the shore but killed none. He remained with said company until the first day of December 1777, about that time the company marched to Providence , where they were stationed until the first of January 1778, when he was verbally dismissed having completed his term of service - He received no discharge - he immediately returned to Hoodwick with his brother Seth Hinckley . Joshua Colesby returned to Hampshire , who is now living and can testify to his services, and with several other persons whose names he does not recollect. He recollects Capt Wilson and company at Simsbury , but at this distance of time he cannot state the names of others.
He has no documentary evidence - The deposition of the Rev Asahel Cramb , and of Seth Hinckley , are the best testimonies it is in his power to produce.
He resides at the distance of twenty four miles from Worcester where the Court is held, and cannot procure the attendance of a large number from that town, without great inconvenience. He is acquainted with Daniel Nuggles Esq. and Jeremiah Hathaway , both of said Hoodwick who can testify to his character for truth and the general belief of his revolutionary services.
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nath Paine Esq. Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester  Saml. Hinckley

We Daniel Ruggles Esqr  a Clergyman residing in the  residing in Hardwick and Stephen Johnson Esqr residing in Dana both in the County of Worcester hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hinckley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before NATHL DAME Esqr Prob
Daniel Ruggles Stephen Johnson
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Hinckley  Dan d Ruggles , who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman  resident in the Town of Hardwick and that Stephen Johnson who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Dana both in the County of Worcester and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
NATHL DAME Esqr Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Stephen Wheeler Register , Clerk 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 Samuel Hinckley for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said Court of Probate this 14 th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Stephen Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

Samuel Henikley Depo.

I Joshua Crosby of Enfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Samuel Hinkley of Haverwick in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid about fifty eight years. About the first of July 1777. I enlisted into the revolutionary service and marched in the company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Newell, of Col. Hays' Regiment, into the State of Rhode Island and continued to do duty as a soldier in said Company for six months, and till about the first of January 1778. when said Company was dismissed and returned home, the term of service for which I enlisted having then expired. Said Samuel Hinkley marched with me as a soldier in said Company from said Haverwick to Rhode Island and continued to do duty therein as a soldier until my return to said Haverwick after said Company was dismissed, when he returned then with me. I always understood that said Samuel Hinkley enlisted into said service for the term of six months - that was the term of his service as aforesaid and the term for which I enlisted into said Company. Joshua Crosby
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. On this nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the above named Joshua Crosby has finally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed in my presence. Before me Oliver Newton Justice of the Peace

I Seth Hinkley of Warrenton in the County of Warrenton and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I have been acquainted with Samuel Hinkley of Glendale in said County from my early childhood. About the first of July 1777 I enlisted into the revolutionary service and marched in the Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Newell of Col. Hays' Regiment from said Glendale into the State of Rhode Island, and continued to do duty as a soldier in said company for six months and until about the first January 1778. when said company was discharged and I returned to said Glendale, the term of service for which I enlisted having then expired. I saw said Samuel Hinkley enlist into the same service at the time I so enlisted - he marched with me in the same company from Glendale and continued to do duty therein as a soldier with me until my return to said Glendale after said company was discharged, when he returned there with me - we both enlisted for the term of six months and both continued in said service till said term was fully completed.
Seth Hinkley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Warrenton ss. On this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the above named Seth Hinkley personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed in my presence Before me Oliver Newton Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Rejoice Newton, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Joshua Crosby and Seth Hinckley were made, and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, and that his signatures thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas, this twenty second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Worcester ss. June 22 nd 1832. I hereby certify that the foregoing Depositions are all personally known to me, that they are generally persons of credibility and that their several Depositions are entitled to full confidence.
Rejoice Newton Justice of the Peace

29 227 Rev INVALID.
1912 June 18 Hist to Mrs. E. E. Cain V. 2. p. 11
File No. 29, 227
Samuel Hinckley Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jefferson, Iowa, June 11-1912.
Bureau of Pensions, Record-Dept.
Washington. D.C.
I wish to obtain, if possible, from your record of the Revolution was pensions the service of David Allen . served under cols John Blair, Lewis Van Horn enlisted in Albany Co. Militia 16 th Reg't.
2  Samuel Hinckley (Hinkley). enlisted probably from R.I. died at Hardwick Mass. Jan 19-1849.
3.  only one but not a descendant  David Sprague b. Mch 11-1731. d in Greenwich N.Y. Dec 22-1821. born in Hingham Mass. Situate R.I. Had eight sons our tradition says they

Were also in the war.
Thanking you for any help you may give me
Sincerely
Mrs. B. B. Cain - Jefferson. Iowa.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., June 18, 1912
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Hinckley 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.     July 1. 1777 July 1. 1778 Pvt. Ebenezer Fowell Donforth Rogers Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hardwick Worcester Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 14 1832 His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Hardwick Mass. Age at date of application, b in Hardwick Mass May 16 1757.
Remarks: _____ _____ _____  Brother Seth Hinckley
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.