Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18038, Caleb Hodgdon, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hodgdon, Caleb
S. 18038
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CONTENTS

521.846 Maine 21896 Caleb Woodson of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hinckley of the Regt. commanded by Col. McComb in the New Hamp. line for 6 months — "Mass."
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Nov. 1833 and sent to N. Coffin Wheaton
  Arrears to the 14th of Ap. '33  $ 50    Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap. '34  10     $60  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book E,
Vol. 1
Page 21.
J. C. Stiles Clerk,
Hon. E. H. Haley 13th July 1854.

Pension Office.
13 th July 1854.
Sir,
In reply to yours of 10 th inst. I would inform you that Caleb Hadgdon of Maine was pensioned under Act 7 th June 1832, at the rate of $20.- per annum for six months service, which was all he affected. His heirs have no claim, unless it can be shown that Caleb left a widow, and that she survived him a sufficient length of time to entitle her under the Act of Congress. Neither Mr Washington Neal nor any other person has made application for annuity or pension for Caleb's service.
Hon. E. W. Farley. House of Reps.

Hon. W. M. Farley July 13/54

76 Caleb Hodgson
27052
Wm at 6 Month Capt Hunkley Col McCobb's Bay
Nathl Coffin Esq Wiscapet Mass

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Court of Common Pleas , at a special session thereof holden at Wiscasset in said County, by the Hon. Nathan Weston one of the Judges of said Court on the 30 th day of May A. D. 1832 in the matter of the application of Caleb Hodgdon for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of May A. D. 1832 3 Nathl. Coffin CLERK.
business of the ... Shepshed was. The company was separated into three parts or guards each commanded by a Sergeant. His (Hodgdon's) part of the company was stationed near the lower end of Squam Island — an Island situated between the Kennebec & Shepshed Rivers — another part was stationed on a little Island called Hodgdon's Island — the other part on Sawin's Island — a row boat kept up communication with these several posts. His brother, Thomas Hodgdon (now dead) was a Sergeant in said company & commanded the guard on Squam Island — The declarant served out the six months fully & was verbally discharged by the commander of the guard (Sergeant Thomas Hodgdon) on Squam Island — Captain Hinckley's company belonged to Col. Noble's Regiment as declarant understands.
And to the Interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War Department he answers as follows — That he was born in Gloucester (Cape Ann) in Massachusetts in the year 1789 — Has no record of his age to his knowledge — lived on Squam Island when called into service, said Island belonged then to the town of Edgcomb in the County of Lincoln, but lately it has been incorporated into a town called Westport, has lived there since the Revolutionary war & now lives there — voluntarily enlisted — has already stated such officers as he can recollect & the general circumstances of his services. He having been out on actual duty six months in guarding the coast against the enemy — He was verbally discharged by the commanding officer of the guard (Sergeant Thomas Hodgdon) on said Squam Island — He can refer to any who know him to testify as to his character for truth & veracity & his belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution but he will particularly state the names of Daniel Mendrick & Moses Hleff.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Caleb Hodgdon
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Nathan Weston
Judge of said Court.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.3
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, }
Supreme Judicial Court May Term 1833
ON this thirteenth day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before Nathan Weston , Judge of the Court of  Sup. Jud. Court now sitting, Caleb Hodgdon a resident of Westport in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine , aged
Seventy four 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, viz: - That in the spring of the year 1779, he thinks in March or April he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Hinckley's company at Boothbay in the County of Lincoln for six months - the business of the company was to guard the coast near the mouths of Kennebec & Sheepscot rivers. The company was separated into three parts or guards each commanded by a Sergeant. His (Hodgdon's) part of the company was stationed near the lower end of Squam Island - an Island situated between the Kennebec & Sheepscot Rivers - another part was stationed on a little Island called Hodgdon's Island - the other part on Sawy's Island - a row boat kept up communication with these several posts. His brother, Thomas Hodgdon (now dead) was a Sergeant in said company & commanded the guard on Squam Island - The declarant served out the six months, fully & was verbally discharged by the commander of the guard (Sergeant Thomas Hodgdon) on Squam Island - Captain Hinckley's company belonged to Col. McComb's Regiment as Declarant understands: -
And to the Interrogatory propounded under the instructions of the War Department he answers as follows - That he was born in Gloucester (Cape Ann) in Massachusetts in the year 1759 - has no record of his age to his knowledge - lived on Squam Island when called into service, said Island belonged then to the town of Edgcomb in the County of Lincoln, but lately it has been incorporated into a town called Westport, has lived there since the Revolutionary war & now lives there - voluntarily enlisted - has already stated such officers as he can recollect & the general circumstances of his services. He having been out on actual duty six months in guarding the coast against the enemy - he was verbally discharged by the commanding officer of the guard (Sergeant Thomas Hodgdon) on said Squam Island - He can refer to any who know him to testify as to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution but he will particularly state the names of Daniel Mendiack & Moses Clapp
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Caleb Hodgdon
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathan Weston
Judge of said Court.

WE, Daniel Hendrick a Clergymen and Moses Huff residing in the same town are well acquainted with Isaac Hodgson to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
residing in the town of Edgcomb hereby certify, that we who has subscribed and sworn years of age; that he
Daniel Hendrick Moses Huff
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss....Sworn and subscribed this thirtieth day of May A. D. 1833
Before me, Isaac Bailey Justice of the Peace
who is a Justice of the Peace Waltham Weston
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 Daniel Hendrick who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergymen resident in the town of Edgcomb and that Moses Huff who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of Edgcomb and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Waltham Weston Just S.P.C.
State of Maine.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Ser. Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a Justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this thirtieth day of May A. D. 1833
Nathl. Coffin
CLERK.
Isaac Hodgson 27052
Rev. at 6 Mouth Capt. Knapp Col Mr. Scott, Pres
Nathl. Coffin Waltham Weston Moses Huff

March 14, 1936
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BA-J/MCS Caleb Hodgdon, S. 18038
Mr. George Wharton Rice Hotel De Soto Tampa, Florida
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 18038, based upon the military service of Caleb Hodgdon.
He was born in 1759 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.
While living on Squam Island which was situated between the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers and belonged to Edgecomb but was later incorporated into a town called Westport, he enlisted in March or April, 1779, and served six months as private in Captain Hinckley's company in Colonel McCobb's Massachusetts regiment and was engaged in guarding the coast near the mouth of the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 30, 1833, at which time he was living in Westport, Maine.
His brother, Thomas, served as sergeant in the same company with him and was dead in 1833. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Caleb Hodgdon.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

P 18038 INVALID.
1931 Mar. 19. hist. to Mrs. Fred C. Lilly Mrs 1936 Mar. 14. hist. to Mr. Geo. Wharton Rice Mrs
File No. 18038
Calif. Hodgdon Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Overseer Chase's depon. in Caleb Rodgoms case. also, M c Cluff's depon. ~

I Ebenezer Chase of Cagecombe in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, aged sixty eight years, on oath testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Caleb Hodgdon of Westport in said County believe him to be seventy four years old or upwards. Said Hodgdon & myself in March 1779 enlisted as private soldiers in Captain Hinckley, Company of Militia, which Company belonged to Col. M c Cobb's Regiment as we then understood. Our business was to guard the coast near the mouths of Kennebec & Sheepscot rivers, and we were stationed among the islands. I well recollect that said Hodgdon was stationed near the lower end of Squeam Island. We were out on actual duty the whole of the time for which we enlisted. I well recollect that said Hodgdon served out said six months fully in said Company & was verbally discharged at the end of said time on said Squeam Island. Said Hodgdon now lives on said Squeam Island, which has lately been incorporated into a town by the name of Westport.
Ebenezer Chase
State of Maine
Subscribed to August 20. 1832. May 30. 1833. Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Chase before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Sere Bailey Esq. whose name is there affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name, so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fourth day of June A. D. 183 2 3
Nathl. Coffin
CLERK.

I Moses Hleff of Edgcombe in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, aged seventy one years, on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Calib Hlodgdon of Westport in said County & believe him to be seventy four years of age or upwards. In the spring of the year 1779. I enlisted in Capt. -tain Hinckley, Company for six months - said Hlodgdon enlisted into the same Company - a part of the Company was drafted out to go to Penob- -scot on the Bagecum expedition - I went to Penobscot - said Hlodgdon re- -mained with the other part of the Company at Boothbay to guard the coast. I well recollect that when I returned from Penobscot I found said Hlodgdon at Boothbay, stationed on the coast - he was in a part of the Company that was stationed near the lower end of Igoum Island - said Hlodgdon served out the six months & at the end of it was discharged as we all were. I well recollect that Capt. Hinckley would not enlist men by for a less time than six months, & I heard him say he had re- -ceived orders not to enlist for a shorter time.
Moses Hleff
State of Maine Lincoln ss. May 30. 1833. Personally appeared the above named Moses Hleff, before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed in my presence. The afore- said Deponent is a disinterested person of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed -
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

Obadiah Frost's depon. th in Calib Hodsdon's case

I Obadiah Trask of Boothbay in the State of Maine, aged sixty seven years on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Caleb Hodydon of Westport in said State, and know that he was out in the Revolutionary War as a soldier, he & myself enlisted in March 1779. I think that was the year, in Captain Hinckley's Company of Militia, for six months, he served said Hodydon served the time out & was discharged with the rest of the Company on Squeam Island, verbally by the Captain - we were both in one mess, and I well recollect him, and that he served the whole of the six months - our business was to guard the mouths of Sheepscot & Kennebec rivers. I believe him now to be seventy five years of age or upwards - he lives now on Squeam Island, which has of late been incorporated into a town by the name of Westport. —
Obadiah Trask
State of Maine —
On this day personally appeared the above named Obadiah Trask to me Jeremiah Bailey, one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said county of Maine & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth, maketh oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit, in whose testimony confidence may be placed —
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

I Obediah Trask of Boothbay in the State of Maine, aged sixty seven years on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Caleb Hodydon of Westport in said State, and know that he was out in the Revolutionary War as a soldier, he & myself enlisted in March 1779. I think that was the year, in Captain Hinckley, Company of Militia, for six months, he served said Hodydon served the time out & was discharged with the rest of the Company on Squeam Island, verbally by the Captain - we were both in one mess, and I well recollect him, and that he served the whole of the six months - our business was to guard the mouths of Sheepscot & Kennebec rivers. I believe him now to be seventy five years of age or upwards - he lives now on Squeam Island, which has of late been incorporated into a town by the name of Westport. —
Trask J. N. Coffin
State of Maine —
11 — named Obediah Trask
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Vere Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fourth day of June A. D. 1832. 3
Nathl. Coffin CLERK.

No. of Reps.
Washington, July 10 th 54.
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Com te of Pensions,
Dear Sir.
Thank you to inform me whether the books of the Pension Office show any pension to have been recd, or now due, to Caleb Hodgdon, of Maine, or any arrears of pension due his heirs. — Mr. Hodgdon was a revolutionary soldier.
Also whether any claim has been made by persons purporting to be his heirs, for pension due said Caleb Hodgdon, and if so made, by whom.
I am. Very Respectfully Yr obed Servt. E. M. Harley
P.S. I think the books will show that one Washington Neal has been claiming the pension supposed to be

due said Hodgdon or his Heirs. I am advised that said Heir is not le- gally nor equitably entitled to any amount of Pension there may be due, nor to any other claim growing out of the services of said Caleb Hodg- don.

MRS. FRED A. LILLY STATE CHAIRMAN GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, MAINE D. A. R. 35 ACADEMY ST., HALLOWELL, MAINE
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary Service desired of Caleb Hodgdon , Westport, Maine, ,
Mrs. Fred A. Lilly 35 Academy St Hallowell, Me.,

Hotel De Soto
MANAGEMENT STACY ADAMS AND W.P. HOLMES
TAMPA, FLA.
February 26, 1936
Hon. A. D. Hillier Executive Assistant to the Administrator, Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Your letter relative to the Revolutionary War record of David Reed 2d (S. 18563; BA - J/LB) has been sent to me by Miss Elizabeth F. Reed, of New York City, for use in my historical and town account of military and naval service of Boothbay (Maine) men during the early wars of this country. Since you have been very considerate and courteous in furnishing the details of this and other soldiers I hesitate to be considered exacting. I now have the record of all except three of the soldiers of the Revolution living at Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine, in 1836. Therefore I respectfully ask if you will be patient with a final request for the details of these men in order to complete the account? I may add it is the intention of the D. A. V. to place markers at the graves of soldiers when identified; some already have been so marked.
The soldiers mentioned, probably taken from the Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835, were:
Asa G. Baker - Thomas Decker, aged 86; and Caleb Hodgdon, aged 97. Hodgdon lived at or near Boothbay on an island called Jeremy Squam (Jeremisquam) or Squam up to 1829, when, as part of the town of Edrecomb, it received its present name of Westport.
Very respectfully,
Geo. Wharton Rice
Handwritten notes on the left margin: Civis & Myrtle 7/9/14 Old mile post P.O. Revere 34 Reg. Mass Inf. P.O. Box 127. Pen com. 2/25/36 sent

March 19, 1935
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Mrs. Fred A. Lilly 35 Academy Street Hallowell, Maine
Caleb Hodgdon, S. 18038 BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Caleb Hodgdon of Westport, Maine.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 18038, based upon the military service of Caleb Hodgdon.
He was born in 1759, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.
While living on Squam Island which was situated between the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers and belonged to Edgecomb but was later incorporated into a town called Westport, he enlisted in March or April, 1779, and served six months as private in Captain Hinckley's company in Colonel McCobb's Massachusetts regiment and was engaged in guarding the coast near the mouth of the Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 30, 1833, at which time he was living in Westport, Maine.
His brother, Thomas, served as sergeant in the same company with him and was dead in 1833. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Caleb Hodgdon.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Death not on Agency book

March 13, 1936
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Mr. George Wharton Rice Hotel De Soto Tampa, Florida
Thomas Deeker, S.35243 Caleb Hodgdon, S.18038 Asa G. Baker, O.W.I.File 19533 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Asa G. Baker, Thomas Deeker and Caleb Hodgdon, all of whom received pensions and in 1836 were living in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine. You state that you request these records in order to place markers at the graves of the soldiers.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of the Asa Baker described by you; however, the War of 1812 records show a claim for pension made by one Asa or Asa G. Baker, of Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine. That record and the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Deeker and Caleb Hodgdon are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator