Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14956, Caleb Hubbard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Hubbard, Caleb Lucretia
W. 14956
CONTENTS

5741  Massachusetts  Onkel Houbapa of Franklin in the State of Mass who was a Pr d M ch the Company commanded by Captain Leonard of the Reg t commanded by Col d Woodbridge in the Mass line for 13 months Printed D r M ch S r J t .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 53 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Feb y 1833 and sent March 9  Greenville House of Rep s
Arrears to 4th of Feb y 1832 $79.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 33 26.67  $106.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. G. Adson Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 a Page 99
99 Franklin

Rev. Correc d New Certificate issued April 2 d 1851 and sent to Edmund J. Johnson, same day also new notification
Massachusetts Mercia Hubbard, a widow of James Caleb Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a { Private 8 th Inf ty Master's Reg t
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1848.
7 th April 1851 Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of March 1851 and sent to
Edmund J. Johnson Amherst, Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 58 Vol. 2

Lucretia Hubbard Persian declaration

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836. and of the Act of Congress of the 2 d February 1848, entitled 'An Act Making further provision for surviving widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution!'
State of Massachusetts Franklin County.
On this fourteenth day of May 1850. personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court for said County. Lucia Hubbard a resident of Sunderland in the County aforesaid, and State aforesaid, aged Eighty three 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 4 th day of July 1836. and the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of February 1848. entitled 'An Act Making further provision for surviving widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution' That she is the widow of Caleb Hubbard who was a Private & Sergeant in the army of the Revolution, & in. fifty three 3\frac{3}{4} dollars, for a pension, annually.
She further declares that she was married to the said Caleb Hubbard on the second day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and

hundred and ninety two. That her husband, the aforesaid Caleb Warland died on the seventh day of April last: and that she has remained a widow ever since, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, in the fourteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and fifty.
Before
Lucretia Skilland
Geo. Grinnell justice of the peace and judge of Probate for the County of Franklin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin S. S. Probate Office. May 14. 1852.
I Wendell S. Davis, Register of the Court of Probate in said County hereby certify that George Grinnell is the judge of said Court for said County, that his signature above is genuine, and that the declaration and attestations aforesaid were done this day in open Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said Court, at Greenfield, this fourteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Wendell S. Davis. Register of Probate

Caleb Hubbards Sunderland D
1 st term of service provided by the affidavits Tim y . Henderson Simon Pomeroy
2 nd term by - Jonathan Perry Tim y . Gullin
3 rd term by Leno rd blank only
4 th term by Jon a Field & Isaac Sunderson
Caleb Hubbards
the S.W.H.
Mr. Garm de

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Caleb Hubbard a resident of Sunderland in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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.
I the above named Caleb Hubbard do declare and say that I was born in Sunderland then County of Hampshire & Franklin on the twenty third day of April in the year 1754. In the autumn of the the year 1774 I enlisted as a minute man, to be ready at a minute's warning, in case of any emergency; this was done under the authority of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts , so called - The British Troops were then quartered in Boston. I, with others hired a British Deserter, to instruct us in the use of arms, that autumn and the following winter. Immediately after hearing the alarm occasioned by the Battle at Lexington on the ninth of April 1775. I left my home and repaired to head Quarters at Cambridge in the vicinity of Boston, and enlisted in Capt. Noadiah Leonard's Company and Col. Benjamin in Pringles Woodbridge's Regiment to serve until the first of January following - I did my duty on Bunker Hill at the Battle in June and did serve all said term, and was dismissed and returned home the first week in January 1776. - In August 1776 I enlisted in a detachment of Militia to reinforce the Northern Army, to serve until the first of December following & did serve all of said term and did not return home until the seventh of said December - on the alarm when Generals St. Clair and
Schuyler were driven from Ticonderoga and Mount Independence by General Burgoyne on the sixth of July 1777. I left my home, and with the Northern Army at Mohawk Creek I tarried with the army a few days and obtained leave absent and returned home and was absent from home four or five weeks - I tarried at home but a few days, when the alarm of the battle at Burningtown on the sixteenth of August took place. I then volunteered again in Capt. Joseph Starrows's Company & Col. Wells's Regiment and was stationed first at Dull's Mill , then at Battenkill and lastly at Fort Edward in Gen. Stark's Division and I was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant in said Wells's Regiment and did my duty in said Regiment until Gen. Burgoyne surrendered on the 19th of October 1777. and immediately after I was dismissed and returned home - I was born in Sunderland aforesaid as above stated in the year Seventeen hundred and fifty four, and the same is recorded upon the Book of Records of said town of Sunderland , where I have lived from the time of my birth to the present time, upon the farm where I first saw the light, except about four years, that I resided in the adjoining town of Leverett - I never volunteered when I went into the Service, and I never received any regular or written discharge, and so far as I recollect, it was not the practice in the Massachusetts Militia to give such discharges, but merely to dismiss the Soldiers as their terms of service expired. In my Cambridge campaign I well remember the excitement in camp when Gen. Church's teaching was discovered; a guard was kept at the house, where he was confined. I was on guard on the night when Major Moore commanded a few days before he was killed at Bunker Hill - and I was on fatigue at the first Fort erected that broke ground at Fort No. 1. East of Cambridge near Charles River . We also built a Fort No. 2. on the height East of the College - I went, Gen. Putnam commanding, the first night they broke ground on Cobble Hill for a fort nearly complete, it was called Putnam's Im-

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.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
Caleb Hubbard
WE, the undersigned hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the person of  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood  believe him to be  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 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
Attest E. Alvord
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Hubbard for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.
2.2 e. 9.

varie Fortress - this occurred I believe in the latter part of, November. I remember an alarm in the night that the Regu- -lars had landed at Lishman's Point, but it proved to be a false alarm; it being only a small foraging party in pur- -suit of some cattle, kept by a man living there, which were all carried off except one - the company to which I belonged waded on to the Point through water near knee deep, it being high tide, and were fired upon by a British Soldier, that lay near the Point, and from Boston, one man only was killed, who was one of Col. Thompson's Riflemen - The day of Bunker Hill Battle, the company I was in was much annoyed in crossing Charlestown Neck by the firing of the British Gun on Man of War at Charlestown Ferry place, a floating Battery at Wininimissitt Ferry and from Copp's Hill in Boston, and the company broke to pieces considerably, some ran one way and some another - I went forward with some others, and as I rose the Hill I saw Col. Gerrish attempting to hide himself under a cask of hay, which circumstances I was afterwards called upon to testify to, at his trial for cowardice, before a Court Martial - I have always considered the time of service I rendered my country in the war of the Revolution at different periods, to be fifteen months or a few days over -
Caleb Dhubbard

BRIEF in the case of  Caleb Hubbard of the County of Franklin in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 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.     In 1775 Apr. 19 — 8 15 Private Col. Woodbridge, Capt. Leonard   to the first week in July 76 — 3 12 do. not named Col. Brewer   " 76 Augt. — 8 3 do. not named Col. Wells   " 77 July — 2 2 nd W. Sgt. Col. Wells, Capt. Simmons   " — 2   He states his time of service to be 1 yr & 3 mos 15 mos  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunkerhill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sunderland  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  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.
Levin Bell  Examining Clerk.

No 14.
Ingraham Hubbard,
Mass
Admitted to order of the Commonwealth -
Marryed Oct. 2 1792
He died 7 th April 1850
Admitted Oct. 2 nd Feb 1848
to
Commonwealth 7 th April 1850
when he died
July 29, 1848.
Feb. 2, 1848.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Edward Dickinson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificates on the papers hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Edward Dickinson and believe his signature to said certificates is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight and fifty .
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

I Ashley Hubbard of Menduland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of full age, do hereby state that I am the son of Caleb Hubbard of said Menduland, deceased, and have always resided in the house with him.
He was a United States Pensioner, and died on the seventh day of April last.
My Mother, Lucretia Hubbard, whose maiden name was Lucretia Ashley, is living still in the house with me.
Ashley Hubbard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss, May 4. 1850.
Then personally appeared Ashley Hubbard well known to me, to be a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him above subscribed.
Before me Edward S. Perkins Judge of the Peace

I Joseph Ashley of Severn in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do hereby say that I was present at the marriage of Leah Hubbard Esq. of Sunderland with Lucretia Ashley. She is my sister. The marriage was solemnized by the Rev. Henry Williams, at my father's house in said Severn, on the second day of October in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety two. Mr. Williams died more than thirty years ago. said Leah Hubbard died at her house in said Sunderland, on the seventh day of April last, leaving my sister: the said Lucretia, his widow who is now living. He was a Preacher of the United States.
Joseph Ashley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hampshire County ss. May 4. 1850.
These persons appeared Joseph Ashley, well known to me, & a credible witness, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him duly subscribed.
Before me Edward D. Russell Justice of the Peace

Genl. Rolls
Lucia Hubbard,
wid. of Jacob, who was a private t. in Capt. Leonard's Co., Col. Woodbury, Mass. Regt.
Admitted Oct. 2, 1898.
for 13 mos. private
+ 2 months Master left.
$53.33 per Ann
To commence April 7, 1880, when he died,
To
Edward Dickinson,
Northurst,
Mass.
Entry of Genl. Rolls to account of his wife, Lucia, for services rendered during her life.

La.
I herewith return the letter of Mr. Tollett relative to the case of Mona Quick, and am at a loss to understand its object, as Mr. 2 was summoned under the act of July 4, 1836 & the 24th of June last and has only one set to you.
Very short. I think it was a short story.

Unhushk, Mass. Feby 14. N 57.
J. E. Heath Esq. Com. of Pensions. Sir,
I have rec d your favor of the 8 th inst. in relation to Lucretia Hubbard's application for a Pension. You say that the "date of Mrs. Hubbard's marriage must be established by record proofs - and the day of her husband's death, by the Certificate of a Court of record. before the claim can be admitted."
You say, also, that the Regulations under the Act of July 29. 1848. are herewith enclosed. I do not find the copy of the Regulations enclosed, & presume that they were omitted to be sent, through the haste of business. I can not, therefore, have the benefit of hearing them before me.
I believe the Affidavit of the Town Clerk of Leverett, where Mr. & Mrs. Hubbard were married, in which custod y the records are, states that the records of the town were consumed by fire many years ago, & therefore no record of the marriage is in existence.
I suppose this evidence prepared the way for the introduction of the evidence

of witnesses who were present at the marriage according to the rules established under all previous laws, under which widows claimed pension - I hope the new construction may be given to the law under which the present application is made.
As I understand that the fact of the death of the husband, & the way of the death must be proved before a Court of record, and by the proper officer of that Court, certified - the applicant can have that done -
I have requested the Hon. Geo. Ashmun our Representative in Congress, to call on you and endeavor to explain the matter to you.
If the proof is deficient, in the form of its authentication, it can be supplied, but a record can not be proved to exist, which has been destroyed.
The application is of so clear & undoubted a character - the husband of the applicant having been well known to Mr. Ashmun - that I hope the most reasonable construction may be put upon the requisites as to the form & kind of proof - of the facts necessary to sustain the application -

It shall be desired of - doing all it can to be even for a very deserving old lady, the pension, to which she is justly entitled. and hope I may be able to show her how to comply with all the forms which are deemed essential.
Yours very respectfully Edward L. Riden

I Jefferson Moore of Leverett in the County of Franklin of lawful age, depon- and say, that I am the Clerk of the town of Leverett aforesaid, and have in my care the Books of records, of the acts of the town, & of meetings. I have examined the records aforesaid, carefully & thoroughly, and can find no entry of any marriage between Lovell Hubbard, now deceased, and Lucinda Ashby, his present wife.
Jefferson Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss. May - 8 th - 1850.
These persons appeared Jefferson Moore well known to me to be the Town Clerk of the town of Leverett in said County, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. Before me Charles Cooley Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin, ss.
I, HENRY CHAPMAN, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Charles Cooley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Charles Cooley and believe his signature to said Certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
H. Chapman, Clerk.

I Timothy Henderson of Arhert in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts before and say that I joined the army at Cambridge, in 1775 immediately after the battle at Lexington, and enlisted and served for eight months in Capt. Nathaniel Leonard's company in Col. Benj. Puggles Woodbridge's Regiment that I was well acquainted with Col. Hubbard who was in the same company with me, and enlisted and served for the same period as I did, and was discharged on or about the first of January 1776 after a service of about eight months and ten days. and do know that he performed the service above mentioned - Tim Henderson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. June 12. 1832 Personally appeared Timothy Henderson the subscriber of the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated
Before me Osmyr Baker Justice of the Peace
And I the said justice do further certify that I have been long and well acquainted with the aforesaid deponent and that his character for truth and veracity is good.
Osmyr Baker

Hampshire
I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Amos Dutton Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of the Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Amos Dutton
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk
en

I Jonathan Perry of Amherst in in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose and say that in the year 1776 I enlisted in the company commanded by Capt Agrippa Wells which was annexed to the regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Brown and served in said company and regiment, at a place called Mount Hope near Tienderoga, from the first of September till the first of December of that year; that I was well acquainted with Caleb Hubbard a private in said company during all said time and do know that the said Caleb Hubbard enlisted and served in said company during all the term of enlistment which was three months
Jonathan Perry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. June 9. 1832 Personally appeared Jonathan Perry the subscriber of the above deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true. Before me Osmyr Baker Justice of the Peace
And I the said Justice do further certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent and that his character for truth and veracity has never to my knowledge been impeached -
Osmyr Baker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
14 Hampshire ss I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Emeryn Baker Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificate is truly the hand writing of the said Emeryn Baker In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk

I Timothy Catlin of Ashfield County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts Depose and say that I enlisted on the 25 th Day of August 1776 in Capt. Agrippa Wells Company and Col d Samuel Brewer Reg t left my home on the first Day of September was Stationed at Mount Hope Near Scituate was discharged the first Day of December was well acquainted with Caleb Hubbard a privat in S d Company and Reg t and do know that S d Caleb Hubbard Did serve all S d term of Enlistment and Did not return home till about the 5 th or 8 th of December. Making a service from Enlistment till he got home of three months and 10 or 12 Day
Timothy Catlin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Franklin ss- June 21 st 1832 Personally appeared Timothy Catlin the subscriber of the above instru- ment and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true
Before me John Williams Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above depon- ent Timothy Catlin is esteemed a man of Truth & veracity Conway Nov r 26 th 1832 John Williams

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss I Elijah Alvord, clerk of the Court of Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do certify that John Williams Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name subscribed to the within certificate to be his true and genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty seventh day of November A.D. 1832 E. Alvord. Clerk

I Lemuel Clarke of Winchester in Pittsfield County State of Connecticut being Twenty Seven Years of age — do depose and say that in the year 1777 I was an inhabitant of Sunderland and State of Massachusetts at the Alarm in July of the same year when St. Lave was obliged to Retreat from Ticonderoga — Left it being drove by Gen l Burgoyne's army — in this alarm — I Well Remember that one Caleb Hubbard a Neighbour of mine with myself Volunteer'd to Oppose the army of Gen l Burgoyne we march'd and Join'd our Retreating army at a place call'd Moses Creek on Hudson River about thirty miles from Albany towards Ticonderoga we staid with the army — four or five Weeks — we set out on this Expedition without engaging for any length of time we Rec d . the Leave of Absence.
Lemuel Clarke
Franklin ss. July 21 st 1832. Personally appeared Lemuel Clarke, the above named DepONENT and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, (and I certify that said DepONENT's character for truth and veracity is good)
Before me Horace W. Taft Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth for the said county of Franklin do certify that the above named Horace W. Taft Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name above subscribed to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832.

Lemuel Clarke Deposition
Sealed Hubbard Lemuel Clarke att
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Jonathan Field of Leominster in the County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Depose and say that in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven in the War at the Battle of Bennington on the Sixteenth of August of that year I volunteered in Capt. Joseph Starrs Company and were annexed to Col Dells Regiment and stationed at Fort Edward in Gen Starks division and continued in said Company and Regiment until General Burgoyne Surrendered on the 17 th of October of the same year. That I was well ac- quainted with Caleb Hubbard of Sunderland County and Commonwealth aforesaid a private in said Company during all said Term and do know that said Caleb Hubbard volunteered and did serve all said Term which was a few days over two Months. Jonathan Field
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss June 16 th 1832
Personally appeared Jonathan Field. Subscribed to the above Deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true
Before me Alpheus Field
Justice of the Peace

I the said Justice hereby certify that the said Deponent within named is well known to me, and that his reputa- =tion for truth and veracity is good
Alpheus Field
Jonathan Field Deponent
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth, for the county of Franklin do certify that Alpheus Field Esq. before whom the within affidavit pur- ports to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And his name subscribed to the above and fore- going within certificate appears to me to be his true & proper signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield on the fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832 E. Alvord Clerk
Col. H. Hulbert for Field off

I Isaac Sanderson of Whately County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Depose and say that in the year 1777 in the Alarm at the Battle of Brimington on the 16 th of August of that year I volunteered in Capt. Jo s Herron's Company we moved to Col. Wells Reg t was stationed at Fort Edward in General Stark's Division and continued in the Company and Reg t until General Burgoyne surrendered on the 17 th of October of the same year that I was well acquainted with Caleb Hubbard of Sunderland County and Commonwealth After a fight in P. Company having all P. officers and to know that Caleb Hubbard volunteered and led some all P. troops which was at for days over two months
Isaac Sanderson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. June the 10 th 1832 Personally appeared Isaac Sanderson the subscriber to the above Deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true.
Before me Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace
Franklin ss. Whately Nov. the 27 th 1832 This may certify that I have been acquainted Isaac Sanderson the above named witness thirty years and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. — Daniel Brown Justice of the Peace

Isaac Hubbard
aff
Grace Sanderson
To the Hon. John
Springfield
Grace Sanderson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth for the county of Franklin do certify that Daniel Brown Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name there subscribed to the within affidavit certificates to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court at Greenfield on the twenty seventh day of November A.D. 1832.
E. Alvord Clerk

I Simeon Pomeroy of Arubert in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose and say; that on the twenty first day of April A.D. 1775, upon the first alarm of the battle of Lexington I left my home and repaired to the headquarters of the army at Cambridge and enlisted, in the company of Capt. Moseiah Leonard, Col. Woodbridge's Regiment; to serve till the first of the next January, that left serve all that period: that Col Hubbard was with me at going to Cambridge and served with me in Capt Leonard's company from that time till the first of January following when we were discharged and were four or five days, in returning to our homes, making a service of eight months and about fourteen days.
Simeon Pomeroy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire /s. June 9. 1832. Personally appeared Simeon Pomeroy the subscriber of the above instrument and solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true - Before me Osmyr Baker Justice of the Peace And I the said justice do further certify that I am well ac- quainted with the deponent and do know that his character for truth and veracity is good Osmyr Baker

Simon Pomeroy deposition
Isaac Hildreth Atty. Simon Pomeroy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when holden at Northampton for the counties of Hampshire Franklin & Hampden do certify that Osmun Baker Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Hampshire. And I believe his name subscribed to the within certificates to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty seventh day of November A.D. 1832
E. Alvord Clerk

12 or 20 '80
Reply Care Frederick A. Hubbard
12 12 18 80
Miss L. Edwards Esq Comt. of Pensioners Washington City D.C.

(Map. 1) Athens Nov. 16. 1830 James L. Edwards Esq. Cust. of Probate Sir,
Your letter of the 7 th inst. is rec d . in relation to Lucretia Hubbard's application for a Pension, and you proceed to state what her declaration should contain. According to my recollection, her declaration contained her maiden name - & when she was married, where, & by whom.
The Town Clerk of the town testified that the records were burned, & that there was no record of the marriage - Then a witness, her brother testified that he was present at the marriage, & I believe, also the entire p. d. Then a son testified to the death of Caleb Hubbard, & the identity of the widow.
He can testify, perhaps, for the Family record - the time of the death.
Have the goodness to send me a copy of the Law of July 29 th 1831, & two blank declarations, under it.
If I am correct in my recollection of the declaration now on file, please state whether the initials named -

your letter of the 7 th . Must ascend be conflined with, where they were referred, or whether I should take the letter as the guide, & make the proof if it can, according to it,
An early answer will be very grateful to the applicant.
Yours very resp y Edward de Burline

Caleb Hubbard
Bruato / year 1 month & 2 Mon's Drmskft
Adm
W Gwynell

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Caleb Hubbard 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  yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes in 2 cases, no in 2 cases but the latter are questions these in one case 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? 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? yes
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Payment to be made at
by
Paym. Franklin Hambley
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Myrselous
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 38, Vol. 2,
Clerk.
H. W. Wightman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Lucretia Hubbard widow of Jacob Hubbard who was a { Private & Quartermaster's Sergeant } in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 7 th April 1850 4 th of March, 1848 , and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior This twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Examined and Countersigned
J. H. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.

Amherst. Mass. March 27. 1857.
Dear Sir:
I have in my a peculiar certificate for Mrs. Lucretia Hubbard, widow of Jacob Hubbard, as it is written.
The husband's Christian name was Ezra - as you will see by reference to the papers in the case.
Will you please correct the error and return it to me.
Yours respectfully
Edward Dickinson

H. R. March 9 th 1857
Dear Sir,
I have just rec d the accompanying letter from Hon Edward Dickinson in reply to yours of the 28 th . —
I know most of the persons named by him, & can have not the least doubt of the facts which their statements tend to prove.
Very respectfully
Hon. J. E. Heath Can't be
W. Ashmun

Concord Feb 28, 1857.
Dear Sir,
I have recd. your note of the 25 th inst. in relation to Mr. Caleb Hubbard's Pendleton letter to you & me. Your Cousin - Parsons. I have sent to Ashley Hubbard, the son, to come & see me about it.
He says that he has to-day been to Middlebury about the hiring of records in Lamoille, and is informed by Capt. Elijah Ingerson of Lamoille, that many years ago, he was the clerk of the Parish, & had the records in his possession, where his house was burned, & the records with it; so that there is no record on the Parish books, of the marriage books.
I have no doubt of the truth of this statement.
The Town Clerk of Lamoille J. Moore, testified that there was no record of the marriage, on books, which were in his possession.
Then, next in quality, in absence of better proof, was the evidence given by Joseph Ashley, the brother of Mr. Hubbard, that he was then present, at the time of the marriage, and saw Caleb Hubbard & Lucinda Ashley, (now Hubbard) married by Rev. Mr. Williams.

Ashley Hubbard testified, that he was the son of Caleb - he was present. that his father died on 7 th April 1830. That the Applicant, his mother, is living & the Widow of Caleb.
Now all this is undoubtedly true - I have known Caleb Hubbard all my life - & know the timing of his death as stated by Ashley Hubbard.
Ashley Hubbard & Jefferson - Horn, are also well known to me; and their y- unimpeachable veracity. So is Joseph Ashley.
Another person who has testified in this case, are well known to me; and have been, as long as I can recollect any thing, and they are each & all entitled to implicit credit.
The evidence which is on file in this case, is the same as that on which many widows have obtained pensions; before - and I do not see what there is wanting to entitle the Applicant to a pension, under the rules established by the Commission, and promoted upon, for a great length of time.
Please hand this with the Office, with my Index Certificate as you may be willing to make - It is so clear a case that I am sorry to have or much trouble about it - Yours truly E. W. Dickerson

I cannot perceive any difficulty in this case if Mr Ashmun will add file a statement of all the facts within his knowledge — the respectability of the parties, the destruction of the records, &c, for the probable period of the husband's death.
Feb 24/51

Tenoria Office, February 24, 1851.
Sir,
At your request I have re-examined the papers in the case of Lucia Hub- bard, and have the honor to state that, if you now furnish a statement of all the facts within your knowledge as to the destruction of the Records of the town of Liberty five and the death of Caleb Hubbard, and now also certify to the re- spectability of the parties who have testified, the claim will be admitted under the act of Feb 2 d 1848.
My letter of the 8 th inst. to Mr. Dick- son, is, herewith returned.
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Your Obedt Servt. J. E. Heath Com. of Pensions.
Hon. George Ashmun, House of Representatives. ✓

Amherst May 24. N 50 J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir:
I enclose your Pension declaration of Lucretia Hubbard, with accompanying Affidavits.
Mr. Hovey is my rem. or my defect, please inform me.
Yours resp Edward D. Root

Mass.
Re: WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14956
Lucretia Hubbard
(Widow)
Caleb Hubbard
Q. M. S. Res. W.
Act: Feb. 2, 1848
Index:—Vol. a , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov. 23. 1903. H. J. L.
Mr. R. H. Rogers Aurora Castle NY

O.W. & N.
2
which - Nationality was he
Nov 18 th 1903
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir
Could you please inform me, if one Caleb Hubbard of Sunderland Mass., was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army. I think he lived near Sunderland or Amherst Mass., in 1846. did he get a Revolutionary's Soldiers Pension, and did he ever receive an increase of pension, how long was

he in the Army and did he hold any office in the Army. we thought he was a Sergeant was he wounded in the army. how old was he when he went into the Army. when & where was he born and when did he die. where did he enlist from. can you tell me his wife's name and did he enlist more than once any information you can give me of him will be thankfully received
Hoping to hear from you soon I Remain Respectfully Mrs Rose Hubbard Rogers Onida Castle Onida Co New York

14956
3-088.
(Old No. 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Caleb Hubbard
Aug. 15, 1832 - 78 Born Apt 23 Sunderland Mass 1754 at
" " " Apt 75 - Sunderland Mass
Providence Leonard Cal Woodbridge Pr 8 mas
Bat Bunker Hill
Aug 76 Apt - Cal - Post - 5 m
77 Apt Jos Starrow Aug Cal Wells
Aug 77
Sept Maj 2 m
Mrs. Lucia Ashley Oct. 2, 1792 Leominster Mass D - Apt. 7, 1850

To what time has Capt. Hubbard, who was a Pensioner on the Massachusetts Roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $53.33 per annum been paid?
Pension office.
Feb. 24/58
Mr. N. W. N. W. Pd. to 4 th Mar. 1850
Q. B. M.

NIASS - N o 14 - Chap
Lucretia Hubbard, widow of Caleb.
Sit. Ed o . Dickinson 7 o Nov. 1850
Let same Feb 8/51
Let Hon. Rev. Ashmun Feb 29/51
3 o Nov Feb 29/51
Act 2 o February 1848.

Lecretia Hubbard
File with papers

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29 th day of July 1848. entitled "An act for the relief of certain widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army".
State of Massachusetts. County of Franklin
On this Seventeenth day of December A. D. 1850, personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Franklin aforesaid, Lucretia Hubbard, a resident of Sunderland in the County aforesaid, aged eighty two 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 July 29. 1848, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army": That she is the widow of Caleb Hubbard who was a Private & Sergeant of the Army of the Revolution.
She further declares that he drew a pension of fifty three dollars & thirty three cents a year — that she was married to him on the second day of October 1811 — that her husband, the aforesaid Caleb Hubbard died on the seven th day

of April 1850: That she was not married to him previous to the expiration of his service but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, to wit, at the time above stated. That her maiden name was Lucretia Ashley.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Lucretia Spalding
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written
Before
Geo. Grinnell Judge of Probate
Franklin vs. Probate Office Dec. 17, 1850.
I Wendell T. Davis, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify, that the above signature is that of the Hon George Grinnell, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Franklin, and that his official acts should be respected accordingly.
In Witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this day & year above written
Wendell T. Davis - Register of Probate