Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4803, Thomas S Hazard, Navy R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Have 92 80
Hazard, Thomas S. Margaret
II 4803
CONTENTS

PENSION ACT OF 1832.
Declaration of Thomas S. Hazard in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. } ss. Hartford COUNTY OF Hartford }
On this 2nd day July 1832 before the Probate Court for the District of Hartford in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being a Court of Record, having by law a Clerk and Seal, personally appeared Thomas S. Hazard a resident of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged Seventy two 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a private in a company commanded by Captain John Topham Lieutenant Philip Morse and Ensign not re collected at Newport in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island on or about the month of May 1775; that said company belonged to a regiment of State troops commanded by Colonel Robert Asst Lieutenant Colonel not re collected and Major not re collected
That he the deponent was enlisted for six months, and continued to serve in the said Corps, until discharged for six months when he was dismissed from the service, at or near a place called Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts ; that when he entered the service, he resided in Newport in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island and was marched from there
to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts , previous to the Battle of Bunker Hill . and remained at Cambridge until the British evacuated Boston when he was marched into Boston and afterwards, was discharged at Cambridge . At Cambridge he saw General Washington  Putnam , Warren . General Warren was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill . The deponent was not marched to Bunker Hill during the engagement but was at Cambridge ready at a moment's warning. He recalls that Captain Webb and one John Carr marched their companies from Newport at the same time with Captain John Topham .

Then as Billington & Vellary Oatley know that said Hazard enlisted & served in this company the full period of six months - their depositions are hereto annexed. They are mistaken as to the time. The applicant is under a strong im- pression that Captain John Topham's company was marched to Cambridge was marched to Cam- bridge before the Battle of Bunker Hill. and which as he distinctly recollects seeing General Warren who was afterwards killed at Bunker Hill or Breed's Hill so called - and he is also impressed with the idea that the British evacuated Boston before he was discharged. His memory however is too much impaired by age and bodily infirmities to recollect dates - but he knows that he served faithfully at least six months as a private soldier in Captain John Topham's company in Colonel Robert Elliott's regiment of Rhode Island State troops at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts.
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The said Thomas S. Hazard further declares upon oath, that he enlisted into the service of the United States as a Sailor or Seaman on board of a Public Armed Ship called the Columbus , commanded by Captain Christopher Whipple - that he enlisted at Newport within the State of Rhode Island, where he then resided, and served as a Seaman on board said Ship at least one year and he thinks much longer but cannot specify the length of time - That he carried off the Courts of Florida - Island of Cuba &c. and took several letters of marque & counter marque from the West Indies ports sent many of them private into Greenwich State of Rhode Island.
That he was wounded in the left arm by a boarding pike and also in the right thigh by

a musket ball during an engagement between the Columbus, and the Enemy's Ship called the "Tartar" manned by Britishmen - she was taken and sent into Boston - This engagement took place (as the applicant thinks) off the Banks of Newfoundland - The deponent cannot recall the period of these services, but believes to the best of his knowledge Thomas Billington & Mary Oatley know & can swear that the said Hazard was an enlisted soldier on board the Ship Columbus - as may appear by their affidavits annexed -
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The said Thomas T. Hazard further declares upon oath, that he served more than one year, as a private Soldier in Captain William Potter's company in Colonel Christopher Greene's regiment - in the Continental line - That he enlisted at Little Rest Hill now called Kings- ton in the State of Rhode Island and was discharged at Danbury in Connecticut - The applicant cannot swear as to year of his enlistment but thinks it was in the Spring of 1778 - While a member of said Company and Regiment he was present in Sullivan expedition when he attempted to drive the British from the of Newport -
The applicant The applicant declares that he was born at South Kingston in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island That some time before the commencement of the Revolutionary war his father family removed to Newport - thence to Jamestown - thence re- turned to Newport - and when the war

Commissary moved to South Kingston near Little Rest Hill on his Grandfathers farm - several years after the war the deponent removed to Andover in the State of Connecticut from Andover to (West) Hartford - from W. Hartford to East Windsor his present place of residence - That he is poor and supports his family by the cultivation of 5 or 6 acres of land belonging to his wife. -
And in reply to certain interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and propounded by the Court, the deponent further declares,
1st. That he was born at South Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island on the 15 day of August - A.D. 1760 -
2d. That the day and year of his birth is  recorded at Said South Kingston in the Town Records -
3d. and 4th. That when he was called into service, he resided at the places or towns as herein before stated; and served in the manner set forth in the preceding declaration.
5th. That the general circumstances of his service are detailed in the preceding declaration, and also the names of such officers, &c. as he distinctly recollects.
6th. That he  received a written discharge from the service at Sandbury in the State of Connecticut which he has long since lost
7th. That he is personally known to many respectable individuals -
who are respectable persons in the neighborhood where he now resides, and can testify as to his character for veracity and also their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. if necessary.
And the said Thomas S. Hazard hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas S. Hazard
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 Thomas, Billington Vellary  Valley
whose affidavits are hereto annexed are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. and that Enoch Parsons Esquire before whom the supplementary affidavit of Vellary Valley was taken is & was a Justice of the peace for said Hartford County and that the deponent purporting to be his is believed to be genuine.
I, Henry Belden Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas S. Hazard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 2 d day of July . A.D. 1873.
Henry Belden Clerk

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed Feb. 3 - 1853. and of every other act with which that may be connected.
State of Connecticut, } S. S. Hartford County, }
Be it known, that on this 10th day of March 1853; Before the Court of Probate for the District of Manchester, in said Hartford County, personally appeared, Widow Margaret Hazard a resident of said Manchester. Aged.
Eighty seven years: who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration.
That she is the Widow of Thomas S Hazard, who served in the Army of the Revolution and who served at the times and in the manner set forth in his own Declaration, now in the Pension Office, at Washington, & as she believes among the suspended cases; & under the act of 1832. To this she would refer, for a more full specification than she can give.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Thomas S Hazard, by the Rev Gordon Peabody, then a clergyman, of East Windsor Connecticut, on the 11 day

of October 1829, viz Oct eleventh Eighteen hundred & twenty nine. She further declares, that her husband, the said Thomas J Hazard, died in Luffield, in said Hartford County, on the 23 rd day of November, eighteen hundred & forty three; and that she still remains his widow.
The declarant further states, that she hereby constitutes & appoints, J. A. Pugh Esq, of Wash- ington City, D. C., her true & lawful Attorney, & Agent, to prosecute said claim with power of substitution: To examine all papers, & docu- ments, in the Pension Office, and elsewhere, and to do all things necessary & lawful in the premises.
Most Alma. Dow Sophia. E. Redfield Margaret H Hazard Mark
Sworn & subscribed before me, on the day & year first named, And I Ralph Cheney sole Judge of said probate Court for the District of Manchester after aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Margaret Hazard, above named, is a respectable resi- dent of said Manchester, and is the same person she represents herself to be, in the fore- going declaration; & she this day acknowledged

the foregoing power of Attorney, to be her act and deed.
Ralph Cheney Judge
I Charles Cheney Clerk of the probate court for the District of Manchester, in Hartford County, do hereby certify, that Ralph Cheney Esq, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had; was at the time of execution, Sole Judge of the said probate court, duly commissioned & qualified, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are in his hand writing
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix the Seal of said court on this 10th day of March 1853
Attest Charles Cheney Clerk

I David Osborne, 2 nd a resident of East Windsor, in Hartford County, Connecticut, do hereby depose, and say, that I am Town Clerk and Register of said Town, and have custody of its Marriage records. And I further depose & say; That I find in its regular place, in the series of entries the following entry viz. Gordon Robbins joined in Marriage Captain Thomas Hazard to Mrs Margaret Rockwell on the eleventh Oct instant East Windsor.
Recd for record Oct Eighteenth Eighteen hundred twenty nine. And I further certify that the above is an exact transcript from the record with exception of the date; which in the original, is in the following words & fair legible figures, as follows. Gordon Robbins joined in Marriage Capt Thomas Hazard to Mrs Margaret Rockwell on the 11 th October instant East Windsor Rec d for record Oct 18 th 1829
David Osborn 2 d . Town Clerk and Register, Sworn to and subscribed on the 31 st day of March 1853 And I certify that the deponent is a credible & respectable man and is as he has described himself to be and has custody of said records & I have also examined them myself this 31 st day of March 1853 and find the facts to as he has stated them in the foregoing certificate & I know said Robbins, he is a clergyman In testimony whereof

In testimony whereof I Jesse Charlton Notary Public for the County & State aforesaid & authorized by law to administer oaths and take depositions do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office at said East Windsor on the 31 st day of March 1853
Jesse Charlton Notary Public

Act 51-11-1933, and Act 10-1933
REJECTED
4823
P. O.
Margaret Hazara
Service: _____
Widow of Thomas S.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1101 Connecticut Thomas S. Hazard Thomas S. Hazard
Suspended for original present further evidence
See letter to S. H. Parsons 17 th Aug 1833.

No. 3017 Nenaut Hazant.
Wid. of-
Thomas — 4803
State Ill. Pough. 8 th Oct. /53
Act 3 rd Feb. 1853.

The deposition of Mary Oatley of South Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged 68 years on oath testifies and says —
That I am the Sister of Thomas S Hazard late of South Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island deceased now resident in East Windsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who is an applicant for a pension under the act passed in June 1832. That said Thomas is about four years older than myself and that said Thomas S Hazard enlisted in the year 1778 in a company commanded by Captain William Potter of said South Kingston now deceased in Colonel Green's Regiment in the revolution- ary war. He enlisted in said Potter's company as a private at a place called Little Bust Hill in said South Kingston now called Kingston. He served as a private in said Potter's company for twelve months at least and I think more but am positive he served twelve months. At the time of his enlistment he lived with his Uncle Benjamin Stanton in said

South Kingston about one mile from our fathers house
Joseph Oatley who was afterwards my Husband enlisted at the same time with my brother, my Husband is now deceased, but he served only six months and my Brother Thomas served twelve months and I think more but will not be positive at this distance of time to any longer time than the twelve months -
I also desire and say that while said Thomas Harard was a private in said Potters company in said Greene's regiment he served under them in Gen l Sullivan's Expedition when said Gen l Sullivan attempted to recapture Newport then in the possession of the British which was in August 1778.
Mary Oatley

State of Rhode Island & Prov. Plantations Washington County ss. South Kingstown April 6 th 1833
Personally appeared the aforesaid Mary Oatley and before deposing as aforesaid was by me carefully examined cautioned & sworn to testify to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth which said deposition was reduced to writing by me in her presence & she signed the same in my presence I also certify that said Mary Oatley is well known to me and that she sustains a fair character for truth and that her deposition is entitled to full & impartial credit
Wilkins Updike Just. Peace
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Washington ss. & Clerk's Office for said Common Pleas & General Sessions of the Peace
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Courts aforesaid do hereby certify that Wilkins Updike Esq. whose signature is hereto prefixed is a justice of the Peace for the Town of South Kingstown in the County of Washington Legally chosen and qualified as the Law requires. That full faith and credit ought to be given to his attestation throughout the United States. I also certify that the above signature is the proper hand writing of Wilkins Updike in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of Office this Eighth day of April A.D. 1833
Sam l Helme Clk

State of Connecticut } ss: Hartford County of Hartford }
Before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said Hartford County personally appeared Mary Oatley named in the within & foregoing deposition. Thomas  Sturtevant Sturtevant who is an applicant for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832 and made oath that said Thomas Sturtevant in addition to the services detailed in the foregoing deposition also served six months in Captain John Lapham's company and Colonel Robert Elliott's regiment in October 1776. as stated in the deposition of Thomas Billington hereto annexed. I have a brother brother in the town of South Kingstown the state of Rhode Island at the time he enlisted and recollect that he returned home from the service at the end of six months according to present impressions - we both lived in our father's family when he enlisted. After he returned from said service I also distinctly recollect that soon after his return from said service he entered on board the ship Columbus and I understood always supposed served as a sailor on board said ship several months - the precise time I do not distinctly recollect it may have been 12 months or longer - I was quite young at that time but distinctly recollect that he was a sailor on board said ship. I also recollect that he served in Colonel Greene's regiment as stated in the within & foregoing deposition sworn to by me the 6th April 1833 before William Upham Esq. at South Kingstown Rhode Island. Benjamin on visit to Connecticut I showed at my brother's request & suggested added the above statement to my deposition heretofore given. I should have then stated the facts but no inquiry was then made in relation to the other services now detailed. I reside when at home at South Kingstown Rhode Island and am 68 years of age sworn to & subscribed.
Given 22nd June 1833
EN: Parsons J. P.      Mary Oatley

The deposition of Thomas Billington of South Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged 79 years on oath testifies & says. That I have always known Thomas S Hazard late a resident in said South Kingston, Rhode Island now living in East Windsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, who is an applicant for a pension under the act of June 1832. That in the year 1776 I knew Thomas S Hazard as a private soldier in Captain John Tophams company of Rhode I- -land state troops and Tophams company belonged to Col Robert Elliot regiment. He enlisted at Newport in said company in October 1776 if I recollect the month right and I believe I do and he served in said company and regiment six months as a private The reason that I know this is, that I happened at the Bendersous House at Newport at the time said Hazard enlisted and were both young men from the same neighborhood and well remember it and he served as much as six months in said company & regiment and it may be more but from my recollection of facts I cannot feel myself warranted in declaring that he served more than six months in Tophams Company & Col Elliot's regiment

That in the year 1777 I was at home on furlough at Little Rest now Kingston Rhode Island and saw said Thomas S. Hazard there and he informed me and so did others at that time that said Hazard was an enlisted Salks on board of the public Armed Ship Columbus then lying in the waters of Rhode Island and under the command of Captain Christopher Whipple. I was not on board of said ship but am confident from the circumstances of his ship and what was said by his family & every body else at the time that he was on board said ship & from my belief and knowledge from other events, said Hazard served in said ship as a Salks one year and it may be more but cannot be certain to a longer period.
That the opponent was a private soldier in Captain William Potter company, late of South Kingston now deceased, that I enlisted in said company for three years and after I enlisted the said Thomas S. Hazard enlisted in the same company for three years. He enlisted in said Cap: Potter company in the spring of the year 1778 at a Rendezvous on Little Rest Hill now called Kingston, Rhode Island and said company was attached to Col Green's Regiment. Said Hazard served as a private soldier in said company & Regiment one year.

out of the Service for which he was enlisted and he was then honorably discharged. he may have served longer than one year but I cannot be sworn to a longer period. He was in the same company & regiment with me in August 1778 on the Island of Rhode Island in Gen: Saltonstall's expedition when we attempted to capture or drive off the British who were in possession of the Island.
Witness to Billington signature William Updike
Thomas his Billington mark
State of Rhode Island } Washington County } ss. Johnstown June 13 th 1833
Personally appeared the above named Thomas Billington and before deposing as aforesaid was by me care- fully cautioned & warned & sworn to testify to the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth, which said deposition was reduced to writing by me in his presence after the same was signed by him in my presence - I also certify that the said Thomas Billington is well known to me and that he sustains a fair character for truth & veracity and that his deposition is entitled to full & implicit credit.
William Updike Just: Peace

The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Washington ss. Clerk's office. Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that William Updike Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within deposition of Thomas Billington is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of South Kingstown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aforesaid legally chosen & qualified as the law requires and that full faith & credit ought to be given to his attestation throughout the United States of America. I also certify that the within signature of William Updike is the proper hand writing of the said William Updike
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of June A.D. 1833
SAM. Helme Clerk

State of Connecticut, } Hartford County, } S. S.
On this 1 st day of March A D 1853. before me Jesse Charlton, Notary Public & authorized by Law to administer oaths and take Depositions thro'out said State, person- ally appeared George Foster Esq, a credible witness, and one of the Selectmen of the Town of South Windsor in said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath depose & say; that he was well acquainted with the late Thomas J Hazard, of East Windsor in Hartford County aforesaid, knew him to be an applicant for a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War, and is also well acquainted with his present widow, Margaret Hazard they lived in my immediate neighborhood, as man & wife for as many as fourteen years in a credible manner; for a short time before his death he removed from this town to Suffield in said County, I heard of his death at the time it took place. and his Widow after his decease removed back into my neighborhood; She still remains the Widow of the said Thomas J Hazard. George Foster
Sworn to and

Subscribed on the day & year first named.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my Seal of office at Said South Windsor, in said County on the day & year first named.
Attest Jesse Cheverton Notary Public
Geo Foster for Mrs Margaret Hegan

Margaret Hazard wid. of Thos. S. Hazard. Ctsu Susp. at 1832 C. S. & Peep

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford, } S. S. Be it known that on this 1 st day of March 1853, before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared, Widow Margaret Hazard, a resident of Manchester in said County; and made oath, according to Law, that she is the Widow of the identical late Thomas I Hazard, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the ben- efit of the Pension act, of June 7 th 1832; & which she believes is now among the sus- pended cases, in the Pension Office in Washington D. C. . That she is directly interested, as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence, or arguments, as my Agent may use, in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding & revoking all powers of Attor- ney & authority heretofore given; I hereby, constituted & appoint S. A. Peugh Esq., of Washington City, my true & lawful attorney

to prosecute the claim of the said Thomas, G Hazard, for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due. And I hereby authorize, my said attorney, to examine all papers, or documents, in relation to said claim, on file in the Department in Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments & to receive for my exclusive benefit the said cer- tificate, which may be issued for said claim; & to appoint one or more substitutes, under him for the purposes herein expressed; to do all things that I may or ought to do I might, or could do, were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney, and Agent, shall lawfully do, in the premises.
Witness Jesse Charlton } George Foster }
Margaret his X Hazard mark
Sworn To, subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day & year above written, & I hereby certify, that I believe the said Widow Margaret Hazard to be directly interested in said claim as set forth & to be the identical party therein alleged. And I am by law authorized to ad- minister oaths, and take depositions.

throughout said State, and I personally knew the said Thomas S Hazard to be an applicant for a Pension before his death, & also that he lived with the present appli- cant as his wife.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto sub- scribe my name; and affix my Seal of office, at said South Windsor on the day and year first written.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public