Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29241, Nathaniel Hobart, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER _____
Hobart, Nathaniel
S. 29241.
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75- Phys
15844 Massachusetts
Nathaniel Hobart of Abington in the State of Mass o who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Reed of the Reg t commanded by Col. Thomas in the Mass o line for 9 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July 1833 and dated at Boston
Land Fly month Disap a Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathaniel Hobart Clerk, Book Vol. 2 nd Page 31

12286
Nathaniel Hobart
Pratt 9 Mo
14 06
May 17 1893
S 402
J. H. Lord Esq Plymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Roberts of Abington in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Newbern  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  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.     19 June In 1775 8 Private Genl. Reed Col. Thoms   Fall 1777 1 " Genl. Howe Col. Coynes  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abington W.C. Co.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Clutter Examining Clerk.

Nathaniel Hobart
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Nathaniel, son, of Aaron Hobart and Elizabeth his wife, was born Oct 13 th 1750.
Abington Aug 13 th 1832.
A true copy of Record
Daniel Thaxter Town Clerk.
With the within and for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, now sitting at Hanover in said County, Nathaniel Hobart, a resident of Abing- ton in said County, aged Twenty-Three years, who being 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 viz -
I, Nathaniel Hobart of Abington, Plym o County, Mass s do hereby declare, that on the day after the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) The company of militia in Abington, commanded by Capt. William Reed and to which I belonged, set out on their march for Boston - When we arrived at Milton an order came to march to Moorfield, to meet a British force there, part of which was on shore and part on board of transports in the Bay. The company accordingly marched for the latter place, and after halting a short time at Hanover, arrived there, but not until the enemy had

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Certificate of the Birth of Nath l Hobart.

Declaration of Nathaniel Hobart
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before Wilkes Wood Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills & within and for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, now sitting at Hanover in said County, Nathaniel Hobart, a resident of Abington in said County, aged Seventy-Three years, who being 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.
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I Nathaniel Hobart of Abington, Plym t County, Mass s do hereby declare, that on the day after the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) The company of militia in Abington, commanded by Capt e William Reed and to which I belonged, set out on their march for Boston - when we arrived at Milton an order came to march to Norfolk, to meet a British force there, part of which was on shore and part on board of transports in the Bay. The company accordingly marched for the latter place, and after halting a short time at Hanover, arrived there, but not until the enemy had

gone. While at Mansfield I enlisted as a Private, under Capt. Reed for a period of eight months service from the time of enlistment, and most if not all the members of the Company did the same. I enlisted on the twenty-seventh day of April - which I ascertain from an examination of a first part of Capt. Reed's orderly book, now in the possession of Maj. Luke Nash. Reed's Subalterns were, Samuel Brown Lieut and David Cobb, Ensign - his company was a Regiment commanded by Col. or Gen. Thomas of Kingston, who afterward died of the small pox in or toward Canada - Our Company immediately after enlistment, marched to Roxbury - Street near Boston and was there quartered first in dwelling-houses in Roxbury-Street and afterwards in tents on the Plymouth old road about a mile from the Street. I do not recollect any very important occurrence, while in the service. Our duty was mostly watching the enemy & keeping him in Boston - I remember however being one of a Detachment sent to occupy Dorchester- Heights; the night before Bunker Hill Battle and that another Detachment went down into the Bay and burnt the Light House - I remained in the service at Roxbury until the latter part of November, when on account of sickness in my father's family, it became it necessary, I

should go home, which I accordingly did, having been discharged on procuring a substitute for the remaining four or five weeks of my term of service. The name of the substitute, who was a stranger to me and whom I do not recollect ever to have seen since, I do not remember - Whether I ever had a written discharge I cannot say - Presume I had one, if it was the practice then to give discharges - If I had one it is lost, and I am unable to find it - There are no members of this company now alive except myself, Deacon Jacob Pool and M c ay. Luke Nash whose depositions relating to my application accompany this Dec- laration. — I further declare, in the fall of the year 1777, while living in Abington and where I had always before lived, I went on Alarm as it was called to Bristol in Rhode-Island as a Volunteer Deacon in a company commanded by Nathan Snow - Where Reg t cannot say, positively, but believe Col. Cady's The distance was about sixty miles, and I was from home or well or I can remember about one month - I have no documentary evidence relating to this service or that before mentioned - As appears by the annexed certificate of the Town- clerk of Abington I was born in Abington & am now over seventy three

of age - In regards my character for morality &c - I refer to James Bates, Micah Pool and John Lusk Esq: the present Members of the House of Rep s from Abington and May. Genl. Benjamin King - Since the Revolutionary war, after graduation at Cambridge College in 1784, I have lived in Abington till 1797 - Then about nine years, in that part of Maine, called Piscataqua county - next about four years in the City of New York - and since, in the place of my present residence - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declare, that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of my State.
Nathaniel Hobart
Abington Aug h 22 d 1832 -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
By the Court, Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hobart for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty second day of August in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

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Nathaniel Hobart
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

12286 Wash. Robert
J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Michael Robert Abington  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses' as to his service? on If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes  NO Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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, deposeth 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
¶ 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 accompany the papers.

I Luke Nash of Abingdon, Floyd County, Massachu- etts, do hereby testify and say, that in the spring of the year 1875, I enlisted for eight months in a company of militia raised in Abingdon and commanded by Capt. Williams Reed of said town. The company consisted of forty-three persons including officers, non-commissioned officers and privates. The number I ascertain from the Company Orderly Book, now in my possession, and which I obtained from the widow of the late said Capt. Reed. In the list of privates of this company, con- tained in this book is the name of Nathaniel Robert of Abingdon. I distinctly recollect, that the said Robert, enlisted & served in this company and I had supposed, until he completed the term of his service, until he informed me he procured a substitute for the last four or five weeks - There are no members of this company now alive, to my knowledge, except myself the said Nathaniel and Dea r Isaac Pool - I am a Rev d . Puritan. Luke Nash
Abingdon Aug t . 13. 1882
(over)

Plymouth Is. Aug th 13 1832.
Then personally appeared, the within named Luke Work and made oath to the truth of the statement by him submitted. —————
Deputy Aaron Hobart, Jr. Peace
Plymouth Is. May 30. 1833.
I the above named magistrate, hereby further certify, that the above named Luke Work is a man of veracity & his testimony entitled to credit. —————
Aaron Hobart, Jr. Peace

We, Daniel Thomas, a Clergyman of the Congregational Denomination, and James Bates Esq. both of Abingdon Plym o County Mass a hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Hobart of said Abing- don, who is about making application as we are informed for a Pension under an act of Congress passed 7. June 1832, entitled "An act supplemen- tary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" - that we believe him to be seventy-three years of age - That he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - It would be inconvenient for us to attend Court to make this certificate - Abingdon. Plym o Co o Mass a . Aug t 13. 1832.
Daniel Thomas. James Bates
Plymouth p Aug t 13. 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Thomas, a Clergyman of the Congregational Denomination and James Bates Esq. now a Representative of Abingdon in the Legislature of Mass a - both residing in said Town & within one mile of Nathaniel Hobart - and severally made oath to the truth of the Certificate by them above signed - Before me.
Aaron Hobart. Jus. Peace

I, Jacob Pool, a resident of Houson, since October last but always before, of Abington, Plymouth County, Mass a . do testify and say, That a day or two after Lexington the Battle, a company of militia was raised in Abington by voluntary enlistment, to go against the Enemy at Boston. I enlisted into the company as a the next day for eight months , and was appointed one of the Sergeants, in which capacity I served until my time was out. Our Capt was William Reed — Lieut, Samuel Brown and Ensign, David Cobb — Nathaniel Hobart of Abington, with whom I have always been well acquainted, enlisted the same time I did and served with us at Roxbury, until a short time before his eight months expired, on for- cause to substitute whom he procured for his substitute I cannot say, or I do not remember. Mr. Hobart is men of veracity, and I should not doubt any state- ment, he would make, in regard to his application for a Pension —
Jacob Pool
Houson Plym a Co. Mass a .
August 13. 1832
(over)

Plymouth Jp. Aug h 13. 1832
Then personally appeared the within named Deacon Jacob Pool & made oath to the truth of the statement by him subscribed —
Before me. Aaron Hobart. Jn. Revere
In the commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Jp. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Aaron Hobart Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that I believe his name written above & upon all the annexed certificates to be true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty first day of September in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord
Plymouth Jp. May 30. 1833.
I the above named magistrate hereby further certify, that the above named Deacon Jacob Pool is a man of veracity & his testimony entitled to credit —
Aaron Hobart. Jn. Revere