Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,961, Eli Hudson, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Hudson, Eli Sarah
NUMBER
W. 14.961
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 3192
Sarah Hudson, widow of Eli Hudson, deceased.
who died on the 11 th Dec r 1828. of Worcester Co. in the State of Mass ts - who was a Corp t & Sgt. in the army command by Captain Jas. Allen of the Reg t - command by Col. Baylies in the Mass ts - line for 8 mos. corp t .
6 mos. 7 dys. Sergeant -
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts - at the rate of 60 Dollars 48 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Jan- -uary 1840 and sent to C. G. Prentiss, Worcester, Mass ts -
Arrears to the 4 th of March, 1840 $344.38 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb y 30.00
$574.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk Book 1, Vol. 2, Page 61

(A)
Thomas Hudson
Born December 16 1772
Asa Hudson
Born April 27 1778
Oris Hudson
Born February 25 1780
Eli Hudson
Born April 2 1783
Sally Hudson
Born June 6 1785
William Hudson
Born July - 27 1787

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk. On this Second the day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County, the same being a Court of Records being a Nurse Virginie and said; Sarah Hudson a resident of Hattiesburg in said County aged eighty seven 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 14. A. D. 1836.
That she is the widow of Eli Hudson late of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Maine, who was a private soldier, and she thinks also a Corporal or Sergeant in the war of the Revolution, and served as nearly as it is possible for her to state at her great age and under her partial loss of memory, as follows, to wit:
1 She and her husband were both natives of said town of Bridgewater and she knows that he was out from place to place, and before their marriage she believes he was in the eight months service at Roxbury; and for the evidence of it she refers to the depositions annexed

came to the Rolls in the pension office.
2. After their marriage she knows he was out in the service a great deal, came on several tours. Since she is satisfied that the statement of her husband's services at Providence, made in the deposition of William Stillwell is correct.
3 This declarant also knows that her said husband was out in several other towns of service in the course of the war and after they were married. She remembers this from the circumstance that he was out after they had children, and that she used to be obliged to work out of doors in his absence. But for the reasons above stated it is wholly impossible for this declarant to particularize these services and she has no documentary evidence to support her claim, except that is herunto annexed. She is advised that the panels have taken much pains in procuring evidence for her; but the great difficulty in procuring evidence of services rendered so long ago, and the distance she now lies from Wadsworth, have delayed the preparation of her case, and have prevented her from procuring so much as its merits deserve. She respectfully

believe that her husband was in the service in the whole for two or three years, but the area her friends have been able to procure only the evidence annexed, and after that and on the rolls in the pension office she must not be listed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Eli Hudson at said Bridgewater by the Rev. Mr. Shewe on the seventh day of January in the year one hundred and seventy six; that her husband the aforesaid Eli Hudson, died at said Bridgewater on the eleventh day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and that she has remained his widow ever since his death, as will fully appear by the proofs annexed. As supplemental evidence of the date and authenticity of her marriage she herunto annexes an ancient register of the births of their children, marked (A.) Subscribed and sworn to the day & year first above written Before me, Sarah E. Hudson mark
William Wilson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Bristol

copy from the Book of Records of Marriages belonging to the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Seventeen hundred and seventy six January the seventh Eli Hudson and Sarah Perkins both of Bridgewater by the Rev John Shaw, I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows January 7 th 1776. Mitchell Keith Town Clerk
I Mitchell Keith above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as attested by me —
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk of Bridgewater Mass —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } July 8 th 1839 — Plymouth ss.
Personally appeared the above named Mitchell Keith who is the Town Clerk of said Bridgewater and made oath that the above by him submitted is true
Before me Philo S. Litchfield Just of the Peace

2 Yuron
18. 12. 1872 London Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. C. Mansel-Pleydell

South Hudson -
Apollo Fay Esq. Hartwick
M c S mag

Dear Sisters (W) Boston December 25 th 1828
these few lines leave me and my family well and I wish you the same blessing. mother came to my house yesterday and brought the news of the death of our father which took place on the 11 th inst.
how long she will content herself to stay I am unable to say
I have but few minutes to write therefore I cannot give any particulars, Yours truly
Asa Hudson
PS s
If you should write
Direct your letters to the care of J C Brown

I Appollos Gray of Hardwick in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, being fifty years of age do desire and say that my wife is a daughter of Eli Hudson late of Middlesex County and Sarah Hudson his widow. My said father Hudson died about two years ago, and as I only believe on the eleventh day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight. The letter advising us of his death is herunto annexed and marked (B.) I further testify and say, that my said mother in law Sarah Hudson has not been married since his death and is now his widow. Appollos Gray
Witness my hand this 17 th day of Oct. 1839. Subscribed and sworn to by me deponent who is a man of truth — Refuse me
James M. [?] Probate for [?]

Van Buren Ark.
Oct. 20, 1915.
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Revolutionary Service. Washington D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am sending you a copy of an application for a Pension by Edward Hudson of Randolph County Arkansas. I would like a copy of his pen- sion paper. Is this the same person as the Edward Hudson who is on the Pension Roll of 1840?
Thanking you in advance.
I am yours truly, (Miss) Clara B. Ennis. Chmn. For Locating Revolutionary soldiers
Grave.

Jany. 11, 99.
Thomas O'Willard, Cleveland, Ohio.
Mass.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 14961
Sarah Hudson
Widow of
Eli Hudson
Capt. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CONGR. H. Noble. E. Jay Pinney Thomas C. Willard.
Noble, Pinney & Willard. Attorneys & Counsellors at Law. Society for Savings Building.
Cleveland, O. Dec. 10, '98.
Handwritten initials and marks: au, c, KS
Hon. H. Clay Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- I am about to make application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and will therefore need some help from your department.
Will you kindly send me (first) a copy of the application for a pension by Ahimaaz Sherwin who enlisted at Winchendon, Mass. Jan. 15, 1777, serving three years. He applied for a pension April 10, 1818.
(Second) A copy of the application for a pension of Joseph Lamb who applied for a pension on March 29, 1818 being then a resident of Sheldon, Vermont, together with all correspondence between the department and Joseph Lamb relative thereto.
(Third) Any other information in the department files relative to either of these men or their service in the Revolutionary army.
(Fourth) Will you kindly inform me whether or not Eli Hudson who volunteered in the Revolutionary army from Bridgewater, Mass. was ever a pensioner in your department? If so, please give facts and details.
Your compliance with the above requests will greatly oblige me.
Thanking you in advance for the same, I remain,
Yours truly,
Thos. C. Willard.

Sarah Hudson.
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act 4 July 36
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  22.00  Adm  22.00    7.32   7.32    30.00  8mo Corpl  20.77    1.16   50.09    60.48  6mo. 7.81 1/2   
60:48
no deduction
C.G. Prentiss Worcester Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the court of Probate for the county of Worcester, do certify, that Mr. M. Barton is the Judge of said court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this fourth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

I Azor Howe of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts being in the seventy fifth year of my age do hereby testify & say that I will remember Eli Hudson of Bridgewater that from the age of ten to sixteen I lived with his father in said Bridgewater that during the Revolutionary War Eli Hudson was absent in the Army in different campaigns that in the year 1775 I went to live with his father he was then absent at Roxbury that in the month of January 1776 he married Sarah Perkins of Bridgewater that he went a campaign at Secondaroge for nine or twelve months and which I cannot say that in the year 1780 he was in Lafayette's detachment I think at West Point but I do not recollect the battalions or Col's name I also recollect of his being out several times and I think at the time Col Barton took General Purcell he was in the service in that quarter in the State of Rhode Island  Azor Howe
State of Massachusetts } Plymouth County } Be it known that on the eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine Azor Howe the above affiant who is a man of truth and veracity personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the county of Plymouth and made solemn oath that the above by him subscribed is true  Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the word Lafayette was intimated and correct before signing  Attest Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

I, Lucy Harden of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts do hereby testify & say that I was well acquainted with the Hudson late of Bridgewater that he died while living at our house some fourteen or fifteen years since and that I was present when he died Lucy Harden
State of Massachusetts } Plymouth County ss } July 8 1859.
Sworn to before me the day & year above written
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Leonard of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the eighty first year of my age do upon testify & say that in the year 1775 I was a sifer in the company commanded by Capt James Allen which was mustered into Col Baylies Regiment for an eight months campaign at Roxbury Mass and that Eli Hudson of said Bridgewater was a Private in said company & served therein during the campaign Jacob Leonard
State of Massachusetts } Plymouth county ss } Be it Known that on the eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine Personally appeared Jacob Leonard the above subscriber who is a man of truth & veracity before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the county of Plymouth and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Leonard of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth in the eighty second year of my age do depose testify & say that in the year 1780 I was orderly Sgt in the company commanded by capt Robert Bradford which was in the detachment commanded by Laffayette. I think one Regt was commanded by a Frenchman & an other by Joseph Vose Esq. of Bridgewater Hudson was a Soldier in said detachment but I do not recollect the commander of the company in which Hudson served nor the length of time he served
Jacob Leonard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. Be it known that on the twenty sixth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for & within the county of Plymouth authorized by the Laws of the Commonwealth to administer oaths Personally appeared Jacob Leonard the above affiant who is a man of truth & veracity and made solemn oaths that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace
The words interlined of Bridgewater, was interlined before the enrolment of the oath was written and by me Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

I William Mitchell of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the twenty ninth year of my age do before testify & say that in the 1778 I was a Soldier in the Compa- ny commanded by Capt John Ames which was mustered into Col Sullivans Regiment I think. I well recollect Major Peabody often had the command of the Regiment. Eli Hudson of Bridgewater was a Private in said Company. I think the Campaign lasted three months but of this I am not certain I well recollect we were drafted for three months and then mustered out the time We were stationed at Providence in the State of Rhode Island William Mitchell
State of Massachusetts { Plymouth County } Be it known that before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth on the eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty since personally appeared William Mitchell the above subscriber who is a man of sense & veracity & made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the words and then  and  there  then  at  on the time were erased before signing & sworn to
Philo Leach Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Leonard of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the eighty sixth year of my age do hereby testify & say that I was drummer in the company commanded by Capt James Allen which was mustered into Col Baylies Regiment for an eight months campaign at Roxbury Mass- achusetts in the year 1775 Eli Hudson of Bridgewater was a private in said company & served therein during the campaign
Samuel Leonard
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss } Be it known that on the eight day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the county of Plymouth Samuel Leonard the above affiant who is a man of truth & veracity and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 12 th 1809
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the within attestations Philo Leach was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Hon. James S. Edwards Comm r of Pensions.

Worcester Nov. 4. 1839.
Sir,
I send the application of Sarah Hudson - and also some additional depositions in the case of Patty Moore, whose application was forwarded by me March 14 th . Please send the certificates to me.
Respectfully, Your obedt. Servant, Chas. G. Prentiss.
Hon. J. S. Edwards.