Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19819, Philip Hooker, Continental (R. I.) Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (R.S.) Mass.
Hooker, Philip Hannah
N 19819
Privateer.
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll 1817
Philip Hooker Private Rhode Island line 1776. 13 months in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of July 1818 and sent to Hon: Saml Patnam Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 Semi-annual ending
4 mos 17/30 — $ 36.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Marblehead Esq. C o

Notificalion sent Oct. 18. 1820. to Ichabod Tucker, c. aldm. c. Weaf.
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Report Lt Col. D. P. King August 12 '46
Same, March 19 th 1847
Massachusetts 3666
Hannah Hooker widow of Philip Hooker who was a Private in the Rhode Island line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of December 1843 and sent to James Gurney Marblehead Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 44

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior , register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
Philip Hooker,
late of Marblehead in said county, gentleman, deceased, intestate, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum; that he died on the twenty third day of March, A.D.
1832; that he left a widow, named Hannah Hooker , who was afterward pensioned at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and died on the thirty first day of October, A.D. 1843; that she left six children, and no more, viz. Eliza- beth Goss, Mary Chapman, Martha Hammond and Stephen C. Hooker, all of said Marblehead , and Hannah Kingsbury and Sarah Hooker , both of Amsterdam in the county of Montgomery and state of New York ; and that they all were of full age, and are all still living, except said Sarah Hooker , who has since deceased; and that it is the request of a majority of said children, being all, who live in this state, viz. the first named four, that Martha Hammond , of said Marblehead , widow, who was, and still is, executrix of the last will and testament of said Hannah Hooker deceased, should claim and obtain any arrears of pension, that may have been due to said Hannah Hooker deceased, for their use and benefit; ——— as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of July , A. D. 1846.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex County ss. On this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty six. Personally appeared before the Hon. David Cummings one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hannah Hooker a resident of Marblehead in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy six 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 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Philip Hooker late of said Marblehead, deceased, and that the said Philip, her late husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as stated in his declaration made in his application for a Pension under the Act of March 18 th 1818, which Pension the said Philip received from the United States several years before his death. All of which will more fully appear on reference to the Rolls and Records on file in the War Department.
She further declares, That she was married to the said Philip Hooker in this town of Marblehead by the Rev d William Whitwell on the 28 th day of July in the year 1778. That her husband the aforesaid Philip Hooker died March twenty third in the year of eighteen hundred and thirty two; and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear on reference to the proof documents annexed.
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me David Cummings
Hannah X Hooker. mark

I John Prince of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn do testify and say that I am seventy four years of age, and that I was born and brought up in said town of Marblehead, and personally knew Philip and Hannah Hooker from the time of their marriage, said Philip Hooker drew a pension from the United States under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, and said Philip died in this town of Marblehead in the year 1832, leaving said Hannah his widow, who has not since married.
John Prince
On this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty six, personally appeared before me the above named John Prince Esquire, and made oath to the above affidavit, by him subscribed; and I certify that the said affiant is a person of credibility; and I further certify that the within named Hannah Hooker cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court.
Davis Cummings for C.C.P.

State of Massachusetts. } County of Essex . . . . . } 55.
On this twenty-seventh Day of July, A. D. 1846, personally appeared before me, James Gregory, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Essex. Martha Hammond, a resident of Marblehead, in said County, widow, aged nearly fifty-four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath and from the best of her knowledge and belief testify and declare - that she is a Daughter and the Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Hannah Hooker, late of said Marblehead, widow, deceased, testate: that her said Mother was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the laws of July 7 th , 1838, and March 3 d 1843, at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum, - by and through the Revolutionary Services of her husband, Philip Hooker, also late of said Marblehead, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the law of March 18 th , 1818, as a Private, at the rate of ninety-six Dollars per annum, and died on the twenty-third Day of March, A. D. 1832.
She further declares that at the time her said late mother, Hannah Hooker, made her legal Declaration claiming the benefit of said law of July 7 th , 1838, on the thirtieth of August, 1838, she then declared that after the public Army or Land Services therein set forth as having been performed by her deceased husband - he "was in much Privateering Service in the said War": that she afterwards ascertained that one of these vessels - if no more - in which he served - was a Public Vessel, to wit - the Massachusetts State Brig Freedom, and she accordingly made a supplemental Declaration claiming for this last named service, on the 27 th of April, 1840, which resulted in an increase of her Pension from $66.66 to eighty Dollars per annum - the Certificate for which was issued the thirtieth day of June of the same year: that after her said late mother had executed her original Declaration

— under the said Law of 1838, it occurred to her that her said husband was actually in Public Naval Service — in the Penobscot Expedition — after her marriage to him — and the Hon. Department was so informed in the letter of her agent accompanying the Declaration , dated 17th of September, 1838, which letter requested as a favor in behalf of her mother — that if the rolls of that Expedition among the Massachusetts Documents (then in Washington) bore the name of her husband the Declaration and papers might be returned to her, — it being her intention in such case — as intimated in said letter to present her claim to the benefit of the 3 d section of the law of July 4th, 1836.
She further declares that her said late mother did not again marry after the decease of her said husband, Philip Hooker, and that she herself died on the thirty-first day of October A.D. 1843, while a Pensioner under the Act of 3 d of March of that year: that after much research and inquiry Declarant and her friends were led to believe that her said father, Philip Hooker, was engaged and went on a cruise the very year of his marriage, and shortly after it, as a seaman in the Massachusetts State Brig Tyrannicide , (besides serving as aforesaid in the Penobscot Expedition after his marriage,) and she accordingly filed an Application to this effect with the Hon. Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, which resulted in the issuing of a Certificate — hereto annexed with the Application — corroborative of the truth of the facts therein set forth: that she therefor makes this her legal Declaration as the Executrix of her said late Mother, Hannah Hooker, and in behalf of all her children — as fully named and set forth in the Certificate of the Court annexed hereto — with the view of claiming for them and their use the benefit of the 3 d section of the law of July 4th, 1836, from the twenty-third day of March A.D. 1832 — the date of the decease of her said father — to the thirty-first day of October, A.D. 1843 — the date of the decease of Hannah Hooker her mother mother aforesaid.
Witnessed by Amos Humphrey Elizabeth E. Gregory
her Martha X Hammond mark
(Certified next page.)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year before me the said Justice aforesaid, and Amos Humphreys p. and Elizabeth C. Gregory the two witnesses who have subscribed their names as such - in the presence of and before me -
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 30 th 1846
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Nathaniel Lord h d was Register of the Court of Probate — and James Gregory was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their 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 C. Cabot, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Feb. 27. 1846
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Phillip Hooker, is borne upon a List of men in Capt Broughton's Company, in Col Glover's regt, who received of Col Asa Whitecomb, Paymaster for the Army at Cambridge, one month's pay, as ordered by Congress. Said List is dated, Cambridge, June 27. 1775. — Upon a Return of said Company and Regt, as a private of Marblehead, not dated. Upon an order of same for Military Coats, dated January 6, 1776. — Upon a Memorandum of the time and entry of the officers and crew on board of the Brig Freedom, Capt John Clouston, as a seaman from Feb 4 1777 to January 23 1778. — Upon a Muster Roll of the Brig Tyannicade, John Allen Gallet Esq, Commander as Master, from July 28 to December 18 1778

4 Months & 21 days, No roll of Capt. Thomas Symonds for the year 1776
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Foster;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

(1) APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE the Daughter of BY THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of Massachusetts, County of Essex , Town of Marblehead.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to late father, Philip Hooker's services furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my service in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Marblehead , in the County of Essex , and State of Massachusetts , in the year 1775, as a Private , in the Company commanded by Captain Nicholson Broughton , in the twenty-first Regiment of Massachusetts Foot , and served as follows,* viz:— at the siege of Boston from some time in the month of May of the said year of 1775, to the close of said year, when said Regiment was Disbanded and he was Discharged.
After the Discharge of my said late father, Philip Hooker , from said Glover's Regiment, he again enlisted, sometime in the month of January 1776, for the term of one year, and served as a Private during the whole of 1776, in the Company of Capt. Francis Symonds , of a Rhode Island Regiment , commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock —mostly in the—
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

—neighborhood of the City of New York, when the term of his enlistment expired, when he was discharged at "High Hills," in said State of New York & returned home to Marblehead.
After the discharge of my said late father from said Hitchcock's Regiment, he did not again serve in any Land service, but was engaged all the remainder of the War in the Public Naval Service and the Privateering Service . And among other Public Naval service performed by him in said War, he went and served one or more cruises in the Massachusetts State Brig Freedom , John Clouston Commander —in the year 1777. Also one or more cruises in the Summer and Autumn of the year 1778, in the Massachusetts State Brig Tyrannicide , at the time she was commanded by either Jonathan Haraden or a Capt Hallett . Also other Naval Service , which she cannot now describe—during all which terms of service his place of residence was said Marblehead.
I am now 53 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state said late father's my services more fully than above stated.
And I do hereby constitute
of
my Attorney in the premises.
WITNESS my hand, this twenty-fifth day of December,
A. D. 1845.
Signed by said Martha Hammond in my presence,
James Gregory,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Martha X Hammond mark
Witness by Amos Humphreys Jr.

1817
Philip Hooker
July 18 18 Cont. P. Dick 5. 1820
on this the test of the said Court, at Albany in said County of Essex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed dollars
copy exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the prop- from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is that the foregoing Cash, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied J. HARRISON HUCKLE, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify
John Wetmore Judge of said Court
took and subscribed the foregoing Cash before me from the aforesaid
Philip Hooker
Philip Hooker
a Judge of said Court as a mediator, to wit: taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Philip Hooker and at the same time he presented to the Court the following Cash

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Philip Hooker resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1817 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Philip Hooker late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 18th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No real estate - Served in Capt. Broden's company, Col. Glover's Regiment, Massachusetts line, and in Capt. Symonds company Col. Hitchcock's Reg. Rhod I. line.
1 broken desk 1.00 1 case of old drawers 5.00 7 old chairs 1.33 - $ 7.33 1 walnut table cracked 2.00 1 pine table 50c 1 fry kettle 50c 3.00 1 dish kettle 25c 1 iron pot 1.00 1 tea kettle 75c 1 pr tongs & shovel 25c 2.25 1 pair of andirons 1.00 1 looking glass 4.00 1 tub 12c 1 hatchet 12c 5.24 4 old knives & forks 17c 1 doz. of plates 1.00 1/2 doz tea cups & saucers 50c 1.67 $19.49 Philip Hooker
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore above named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Philip Hooker do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Philip Hooker
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Philip Hooker took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nineteen dollars forty nine cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July — A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Philip Hooker , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W.F. 19819
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 18. 1775 Dec. 1. 1775 Pvt. Nicholas Broughton John Glover Mass.   Jan. 1. 1776 13 mos. Francis Symonds Daniel Hetchcock   Feb. 4. 1777 Jan 23 1778 John Colovston Ship "Freedom" Privateer   July 28. 1778 Dec. 18 1778 John Allen Hallet Ship "Tyrannicide" Privateer   And was in the Penobscot Expedition.  
Battles engaged in, Harlem Heights, Long Island; Princeton. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marblehead, Essex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr. 12. 1818. His claim was allowed, Residence at date of application, Marblehead, Essex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 69 yrs.
Remarks: He married at Marblehead, July 28, 1775 Hannah Chapman. He died at Marblehead March 23. 1832 and she was al. pen. on an ap. Oct. 31. 1836 while a resident of Marblehead aged 76 years; She died Oct. 31. 1843. Children: Elizabeth Foss; Mary Chapman; Martha Hammond ae 53 in 1845; Stephen B. Hooker; Hannah Kingsbury; Sarah Hooker. (In 1845 Soldier was referred to as Philip Hooker S.F.)
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Philip Hooker -
18 Apr.
Patron
Salem Mass
(R.I.)
not on rolls -
DH
adm d -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Philip Hooker aged sixty nine of Marblehead - in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That about the first day January A D 1776 he was enlisted in the Company of Captain Francis Symonds Col Daniel Hitchcocks Regiment of the Rhode Island line and marched to Charlestown and continued in the vicinity of Boston sometime was then marched to New York was in the battles at Harlem Heights Long Island and at Princeton. That he continued in the service of the United States in Hitchcocks Regiment for the term of thirteen months was honorably discharged and that he never had any written discharge
That the Declarant is infirm ; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support ; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
Philip Hooker

AFFIDAVIT.
I John Wooldridge of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do on oath depose and testify,
That I am well acquainted with the within named Philip Hooker and that I was a private soldier in the Company of Cap. Francis Symonds Col. Hitchcocks Regiment with the within named Philip Hooker thirteen month viz from January 1776 to February A.D. 1777 and that I believe the Decla- -ration within made by him the said Hooker to true and correct
John Wooldridge

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam Esquire one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court said Commonwealth
the aforementioned Philip Hooker & John Wooldridge and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned Philip served more than NINE MONTHS , to wit, from the day of January A. D. 1776 — to the day of February A. D. 1777 — at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Montpelier , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen:
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass. } 3

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Gore
I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial court, that the within signature is his proper hand - writing & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court
Salem April 20 1818 - Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

1916 Aug 11: History to Mrs. Rachel H. Johnson.
M.B.H.
Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No.
19819
Hannah Hooker
Widow of
Philip Hooker
Prv. Rev. Bm
Act:
Mar. 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol.
104
Page
349
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 1363
Hannah Hooker, — widow of Philip Hooker, dec who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 — and who died on the 23 March 1832 of Essex Co in the State of Mass. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Symonds of the regt commanded by Col Hitchcock in the R. Island line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massalts at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Increased from $66.66
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of June 1840, & sent to J. A. Gregory, Esq. Marblehead, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $320.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4/4/40 40.00
Deduct former payment $360.00
{ Act July 7 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk. Book A. Vol. 1. Page 9

let of James Gregory Esq June 12. 1840.
Massachusetts 1,363.
✓ Hannah Hooker, widow of Philip Hooker, an who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 24 th March 1832 of Open in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bangs of the Regt. commanded by Colonel ... in the ... line for ...
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Oct. '38, at ... and ... Gregory, Marblehead, Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. - $166 66 2 / 3 Semi-annual allowance during 33. 33 $199 98
Jas Gregory Marblehead Mass.
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Sec. Elliot.
Recorded by ... Clerk, Book ... Vol. ... Page 94

Hannah Hooker widow of Philip,
let to Jas. Gregory Esq. June 12. 1840
Issue new. cert. $89 new -

Hannah Hooker Mass.
Rejected
Ans: Reuben Baldwin Dist. 7-1836 - do S C Phillips Dist 19.1837.
act 11 July 1836

Commonwealth of } Massachusetts
Town of Marblehead } Town clerk October 27 th 1836. Office
I Richard Homan do on oath declare that I am Clerk of the Town of Marblehead in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have the custody of the records of said Town, and that it appears that Mr. Philip Hooker and Hannah Chapman both of Marblehead aforesaid were joined in marriage by Rev. William Whitwell July 28 th 1778.
Rich d Homan, Town clerk.
Essex ss
Marblehead October 27 A.D. 1836.
Then personally appeared Richard Homan, the subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me,
James Gregory, Justice of the Peace

Marriage certificate of Phillip & Hooker Hannah Chapman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss.
I John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County do certify that Hon. David Cummings is a Judge  Justice of the Court of Common Pleas  Peace in said Commonwealth & that his signatures hereon are genuine & do further certify that James Gregory is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signatures hereon are genuine Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem November 15, 1836.
John Prince Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 March 1818. Philip Hooker — late a private — in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars — cents per month, to commence on the 18 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen —
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this Sixteenth day of July — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. H. Calhoun Secy of War

Philip Hooker
Payable on the 1 st March & 1 st Sept r of each year, at the Branch Bank N o Boston Mass
Recorded

Marblehead, July 31 st 1846.
Honored Sir;
I have the Honor to forward herewith the Declaration of Martha Hammond, executrix of the last Will and Testament of Hannah Hooker, late of this town, Resolutory Pension under the law of March 3 rd 1843, - claiming in behalf of herself and the other children of Mrs. Hooker the benefit of the 2 nd Section of the law of July 4 th , 1836, in lieu of the allowance made to her mother under the laws of '38 and '43.
On reference to the letter of the undersigned, as the agent of Mrs. Hooker, which accompanied her original Declaration, - which letter is dated 17 th , of Sept. 1838 - it will be seen that after Mrs. H. executed her Declaration it occurred to her that her husband, Philip Hooker, was in Public Service  after she was married to him - in the Pombier Expedition - and the return of her Declaration and papers was requested in case the name of her husband should be found on the rolls of that service.
It is perfectly obvious that in these ancient claims

— it is next to impossible, in most instances, for the aged and infirm widows of the Veterans of the Revolution to name all the particulars of the services performed by the husband, and especially so, when their services were so varied and performed at so many different periods as were Hooker's. It will now be seen by the Declaration of the Applicant and the Certificate of the Hon. Secretary of the Commonwealth annexed thereto — that Hooker actually enlisted in entered the Public Naval Service on the very day of his marriage — July 28th, 1778; and there can be no doubt whatever — at least by the citizens of this town and those who knew the parties — that the claim is as just a one as was ever presented for Your Honor's decision.
I am, with very great respect, Your Honor's humble servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Ho. of Reps Washington Aug 5. 1846
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit the declaration of Martha Hammond of Marblehead in my District, and I respectfully fully solicit your early attention and favorable decision
With great respect
Yr obedt serv't Danl P. King
Col James L Edwards Comm. of Pensions
With respect to the bravery or the value of the services of these Marblehead sailors, I know it is unnecessary to say anything to you — they were distinguished as the most patriotic and brave when & where bravery & patriotism were the rule and not the exception —

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
Oct r 5 1820.
SIR,
1817
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. G. Edwards
To Mr. Philip Hooker U S Pensioner
[Handwritten initials or mark]

Marblehead, June 25 th , 1840.
Honored Sir, -
I duly received your favor of the 12 th inst. relative to the Supplemental Declaration of Hannah Hooker, widow of Phillip Hooker, law of July 7 th 1838, stating that the Roll of the Brig Freedom show but six months' service instead of nine , as claimed by the widow, & that you waited for further advisement from her.
In answer, I would respectfully observe, that Mrs. Hooker was not married to her said late husband until the year after this service was performed, & that I am instructed by her to state, that she declared for nine months' service on board her through information of its alleged length given her by Mary Kelly, who claimed for nine months' service of her first husband, Joseph Passington, on board the same vessel, from March to December of the same year - which length of service she thinks was allowed in the pension granted her.
By reference to the affidavit of Hannah Hanson, forwarded in support of Mr. Hooker's claim, it will

be seen that she swears to "one cruise if no more" performed by Hooker & his comrades named by her in the said Brig. It is therefore quite possible that Hooker might have been in her the cruise following, which ended, it would seem, about the fall of the same year of 1777, & if so, this will make up the nine months declared for.
Mrs Hooker, however, instructs me to say, that she desires to claim for no other service than what the Rolls of the Freedom clearly show & confirm.
I have the Honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Vol. 39. p. 28
Philip Hooker
Low P.M. 4th Rev
4 1777 6 mo.
On roll -

Marblehead, May 5 th , 1840.
Honored Sir:
At the request of Mrs Hannah Hooker, who is already a Pensioner under the Law of July 7 th , 1838, for the Revolutionary Service of her late husband, Philip Hooker, deceased - who was a Pensioner under the Law of 1818, - I have the Honor herewith to forward to you a Supplemental Declaration of hers, claiming certain omitted services which she had forgotten to particularise & declare for in her original Declaration.
It is however but just to Mrs Hooker to state, that, upon reference to her said original Declaration (a copy of which is now before me,) she declared her said late husband was in much Privateering service in the War after his before described Army Service &c.
Her Pension Certificate is also forwarded herewith.
I have the Honor to be,
with great respect,
Your Honor's obl. servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington (D.C.)

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Hannah Hooker, of Massachusetts, widow of Philip Hooker, deceased, — who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and died on the twelfth — day of December, 1838, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twelfth — day of December, — one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
W. P. Poinsett Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Payment to be made at Boston, by Franklin Haven, Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Massachusetts.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year thereafter. First pay- ment to be made 31st De- cember, 1838
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 94 by
S. A. Elliott Clerk.

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, John Melzard — of Marblehead in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS, Fisherman do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That in the month of January 1776 Philip Hooker who subscribed the annexed declaration entered from Col. Glover's Regiment into Capt. Francis Symonds Com- any, Col. Hitchcock's Reg. t of the Rhode Island Line in the American Revolutionary war, and that he continued in the service until the month of February 1777. That he was in the Battles at Harlem Heights, Long Island and Princeton, and was honorably discharged at Chat- ham near Morris Town in the month of February 1777. I was all the time with him and know the declara- tion by him made due time Phillip Hooker John Melzard
Essex ss. June 23 d . 1818. Then John Melzard personally subscribed and made solemn oath to the above written affidavit. Before me Ralph N. French J. Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforesaid Deponents, John Woodcock age 75 John Woodcock
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass ts .
I, Ichabod Tucker , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Ralph H. French Esq. who has certified the aforesaid depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker , Clerk.

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Hannah Hooker
$ 80
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James Gregory Marblehead Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. } ss. Marblehead. County of Essex . . . .
On this twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1843, personally appeared before me James Gregory, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Essex, Hannah Hooker, a resident of said Marblehead, aged nearly 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 March 3 d 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served "during the Revolutionary War."
That she is the widow of Philip Hooker, who was a Private in the Company of Capt. Nicholson Boughton of the 21 st Regt. of Foot, commanded by Colonel John Glover in the year 1775: Also a Private in the Company of Capt. Francis Symonds of the Rhode Island Regiment, of Col. Hitchcock's command in 1776: Also one or more cruises in the Massachusetts State Brig Freedom, John Clouston Esq. commander in 1777 - all in the said Revolutionary War.
She further declares that she was pensioned for said service on the thirteenth day of June, 1840, - under the law of July 7 th , 1838, to the amount of eighty dollars per annum, and that she is still a widow. Witnessed by E. C. Brown Hannah her Hooker mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written — is personally well known

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 26. 1843—
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation James Gregory was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
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.
Wm. A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, James Gregory, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a resident of Marblehead in said County, — Do on my oath testify and declare — that on the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, I forwarded to the Pension Office, Washington, the legal Declarations of Sarah Homan, widow of Edward Homan, and Sarah Homan, widow of John Homan, and Hannah Hooker, widow of Philip Hooker — all made and forwarded with the view of claiming Revolutionary Pensions under the provisions of the law of Congress passed July 7th, 1838: that I now find entered on my journal a synopsis of the letter which accompanied said Declarations, — an extract of which entry — as it stands on my said journal — is word for word exactly as follows: "Stated also in said letter that it was believed the husband of Hannah Hooker was in the Penobscot Expedition, and that if he was, his widow was entitled to the benefit of the law of July 4th, 1836, and that if his honor would deign to cause the Rolls of that Expedition (then understood to be among the Massachusetts Documents at Washington) to be examined, and Hooker's name should be found thereon, it was requested as a favor in behalf of the widow and her friends that her documents should be returned, together with the requisite particulars of the service so found."
And I do on my oath as aforesaid further testify and declare that said entry is a true synopsis of the letter referred to: that said Hannah Hooker did declare to me at or about the time she made her said Declaration, that her husband the said Philip Hooker did perform Public Naval Service after she was married to him, and at the same time stated

— that she could not then name the particulars of it, except that she well knew he was in the Penobscot Expedition: that after travelling around the neighboring country a great distance for her without being able to find any witness living who could testify to said service — to enable her to claim the benefit of the said law of July 4th. 1836, she was then advised by her friends to claim the benefit of the five years law of July 7th. 1838, — she having, under these circumstances, no other alternative left but to claim that or nothing : that since the receipt of a letter from the honorable Commissioner of Pensions — directed to the Hon. Daniel P. King and dated August 12th. 1846, — respecting the claim of the heirs of said Hannah Hooker — I have made diligent enquiries without being able to find a single soul living of all those who served in the Massachusetts State Brig Tyrannicide in the summer and autumn of 1778 — — the cruise in which Philip Hooker is understood to have served in her.
And I do further testify and declare that I have enquired of aged people of this town — who were well acquainted with many people of this town and vicinity at the time of the Revolutionary War, who all with one accord declare that they never knew any other person of the name of Philip Hooker, either in the course of the War or since (excepting a son of said Philip who was born in or soon after the War) besides the late husband of said Hannah Hooker, deceased .
James Gregory, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts } ss. February 24th. 1847. County of Essex }
Then personally appeared the above named James Gregory, who is personally well known to me as a Notary Public, Justice of the Peace for said County of Essex, and made solemn oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me — William J. Sleeper — (Authentication over) Justice of the Peace

House of Representatives, Washington, Mar. 3 rd . 1847 I hereby certify that the within named William Fabens, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the State of Massachusetts duly qualified and constituted according to law to act as such, and that the within named James Gregory is also a Justice of the Peace and a Notary Public for said County - duly qualified as aforesaid.
Daniel D. King - , Member of Congress.

State of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead. County of Essex ——— }
On this thirtieth day of August, A. D. 1838, personally appeared before me, David Cummings Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & a Court of Record, within & for said State & County. Hannah Hooker, a resident of said Marblehead, aged Seventy-seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, at her oath, & from the best of her knowledge & belief make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "The Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of Philip Hooker, who was a Private in the Company of Captain Nicholson Broughton, of the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel Eben Dyer, in the War of the Revolution: That her said husband resided in Marblehead at the time of his enlistment, & enlisted in said Corps & in said town, in the eight months' service, as a volunteer, on the eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord 1775: That he continued in said Corps doing his duty in & about said Marblehead until the 22 nd day of June following, when he marched with said Regiment to Cambridge, near Boston, & joined the American Army stationed there under the command of General Ward: That General Washington arrived soon after, & took the command: That in the course of her said husband's attention to his duty around said Boston he was wounded by a musket ball in the ankle, which troubled him much through life afterward: That he continued with said Regiment, doing his duty at said Cambridge & around said Boston, until the thirty first day of December following, when said Regiment was discharged, the term of enlistment having expired.
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doing his duty at said Cambridge, around said Boston, until the thirty first day of December following, when said Regiment was discharged, the term of enlistment having expired.
She further declares that her said husband again entered the service immediately after his said discharge: that he enlisted at said Cambridge as a Private & volunteer, for the term of one year, in a Company commanded by Capt. Francis Symonds (formerly of said Glover's Regiment) which was attached to a Regiment of Infantry of the Continental Army, Rhode Island Line, commanded by Colonel Hitchcock — on or about the first day of January A.D. 1776: that he continued with said Regiment doing his duty at said Cambridge & around Boston, until the the fourteenth of March following, when he marched with said Regiment to New York: that the British evacuated Boston the same day said Regiment marched: that her said husband continued with said Regiment doing his duty, after its arrival at said New York, in & around the City & neighboring Country, until the term of his service expired, & was accordingly discharged at a place called "Fish Kills," whither they had gone into winter Quarters — & on or about the first day of January A.D. 1777, then returned home.
She further declares that her said husband was in much Privateering service, after his said Army service in the said War, & was imprisoned 19 months at one time in the Canadas, but that she does not at present recollect of any other public

service performed by her said husband in said War than that which she has herein stated. — That her said husband was a Pensioner under the Act of March 18 th , 1818; that he was Pensioned on the 18 th of July of that year, & that he continued in the receipt of the same up to the time of his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Hooker, on the twenty-eighth day of July in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight; that her husband the aforesaid Philip Hooker, died on the twenty-third day of March eighteen hundred & thirty two, & that she has remained a widow ever since his death; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witness James Gregory
Hannah her X Hooker mark
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written — the said applicant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court. Before me, David Cummings
I, Reuben Cahoon, of Marblehead, in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on oath testify, & declare that I was well acquainted with Philip Hooker, the late husband of Hannah Hooker, who has signed the above Declaration, & I do well know that said Philip died at home in said Marblehead, in the month of March A.D. 1832. And I do further know that said Hannah Hooker still remains a widow & has not married since his death attest Reuben Cahoon J. Gregory
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, September 13 th 1838. County of Essex ——— }
Then the above named Reuben Cahoon, a constable of the said town of Marblehead & a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.

Extract from the Records of Marriages in the Town of Marblehead, County of Essex, State of Massachusetts
Seventeen hundred seventy eight, July Twenty eighth.
Philip Hooker and Hannah Chapman, both of this Town.
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of Marriages, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows viz July 28.
I, Richd Homan, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Marblehead, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Richd Homan Clerk of the Town of Marblehead.
Marblehead September 13th 1838
Essex ss
Then personally appeared Richard Homan, a credible witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me, James Gregory, Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. David Cummins is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County. That James Gregory of Marblehead Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas, at Salem this 15 th day of September A. D. 1838
John Prince Clerk.

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Hannah Hooten
Mass.
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Jas Gregory Marblehead Mass

I, Hannah Hooker, of Marblehead in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on my oath testify & declare, that I am in the Eightieth year of my age; that I am the widow of Philip Hooker, the identical person who was a Pensioner under the law of March 12th, 1818; that I myself am now a Pensioner under the law of July 7th, 1838, for part of the Revolutionary Services of my said late husband; that at the time I made my legal declaration under the said law of July 7th, 1838 - on the thirtieth of August of the same year of 1838, I stated that my said late husband was in much Privateering Service after his Army service thereon described : that since that time I have ascertained that one, at least, of the vessels he served in was a Public vessel, to wit the Massachusetts State Brig Freedom John Clouston Esq r Commander. That I make this Supplemental Declaration, with the view of obtaining the benefit of said omitted service; that my said late husband - with a great many other Marbleheadmen - entered the Public Naval Service & served on board said Brig, from sometime in the month of March, 1777, to sometime in the month of December following: that my said late husband, shortly after his entry into said Naval Service proceeded on a cruise in said Brig, & after capturing a number of Prizes went to France, where they took in a cargo of Soldiers Clothing & munitions of War, & returned safe home to the Port of Boston - having captured more prizes on the homeward passage - & after an absence of nine months altogether .
She further declares, that she has no documentary evidence, & does not know of a single person living who served on board said Brig with her said late husband: That the accompanying affidavit of one of the female companions of her youthful days - whose late husband & relatives were in much service in said War - is the only proof she can produce in support of this above mentioned term of her late husband's service, & she therefore begs to refer to the Roll of said Brig Freedom understood to be among the Massachusetts Documents in the War Department, Washington, in proof of the service hereon stated & declared.
Witnessed by Hannah her Hooker mark
Mary Brown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } ss. Marblehead, April 27th. 1840. County of Essex . . . . .
Then the above named Hannah Hooker personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit & declaration, & signed the same before me the subscriber.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, & affixed my Notarial Seal, the day & year last above hereon written.
James Gregory, Notary Public.

I, Hannah Hanson of Marblehead in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do on my oath testify & declare that I am in the Eighty-first year of my age; that I am the widow of Henry Hanson, who was in much service in the Revolutionary War, & on account of whose services I am now a Pensioner under the law of July 4th, 1836, to the amount of Seventy Dollars & Eighty-eight cents per annum; that I was well acquainted with many of my late fellow townsmen both in the War of the Revolution & since that period, & well recollect the services performed by many of them in said War: And I do further testify & declare that I was well acquainted with a considerable number of Marblehead men who performed service on board the Massachusetts State Brig Freedom, John Clouston Esq. commander; that my said late husband's brother, Stephen Hanson (who boarded with me & my said husband at the time), & also his Cousin John Hanson, John Chapman & Philip Hooker ; belonged to said Brig & went a cruise in her sometime in the year 1777. I cannot swear positively how long they served on board said Brig, but I am certain that they, including said Philip Hooker , did belong to said Brig & serve one cruise, if no more, as I have stated.
And I do further declare that said Philip Hooker has now been dead for several years, & that Hannah Hooker who is understood to have signed the Declaration herein, is now a widow & has not intermarried since his death.
Witnessed by J. Gregory
Hannah her X Hanson mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } ss Marblehead, April 27th. 1840. County of Essex . . . . .
Then the above named Hannah Hanson, who is well known to me to be a lady of good moral character & a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit by her in the presence of me the subscriber signed & subscribed.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, & affixed my Notarial Seal, the day & year last above herein written.
James Gregory, Notary Public.

Rev.-1 C. B. R.
Falconer. N. Y.
Aug. 9. 1916
Pension Department, Washington. D. C.
Gentlemen, About
two weeks ago I sent a communication to your department asking genealogical information and have received no reply. I am very desirous to obtain such information very soon and my uncle Judge Warren B. Hooker of Fredonia N. Y. tells me that your card system of looking up such matters makes it possible for it to be

handled easily and ex- peditiously.
I am wondering if my request was in any way unreasonable or why I have received no reply.
I shall be grateful, indeed for any information as soon as possible for the local chapter of D. A. R. is very soon to be organized.
Very respectfully.
Mrs. Della Hooker Johnson Falconer.
N. Y.

(G.B. 523 on envelope, )
Rev. New York Falconer. N. Y.
July. 27. 1916
Pension Department, Washington. D. C. Gentlemen,
I am trying to prove my eligibility to join the D. A. R. and understand your department has been of very great service to many desirous candidates. My ancestor is a certain Daniel Hooker of Littleton, Massachusetts and I shall greatly appreciate such information as you are able to give regarding the following persons whom I understand

2 We are here on your rolls.
(1) James Hooker, born in 53973V- 1760 resided in Poultney, Vt. (2) Mary Hooker born in 1752 resided with Chas. Hooker at Middlebury Vt. W16297 (3) Hannah Hooker born in 1730 Charleston, Mass. resided with Jonathan Winslow. see Worentulo Charleston W 27429 (4) Hannah Hooker born in 1758 Marblehead, Essex Co. Mass. W19819 DK
Your prompt attention will be very greatly appreciated.
Very respectfully &c. (Mrs.) Della Hooker Johnson