Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,101, Jonas Hastings, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hastings, Jonas
S. 31,101
CONTENTS

Massachusetts was Hastings deed Mittlerzeit in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded Captain Frost of the Regt commanded Col Howe in the Revolution for 16 months Mass
scribed on the Roll of Boston the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & Endg 26 May 1844 (due) Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of October 1837 and sent to Elijah Clark treas to the 4th of Brighton semi-annual allowance ending Mass
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by Book C. Vol. 2, Page 37

Jonas Hastings.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
on this ninth day of August A.D. 1836 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Concord within & for the County of Middlesex Jonas Hastings of Upton in said County of Middlesex aged seventy four years who being 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 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following name officers & served as herein stated that is to say - That after the evacuation of Boston by the British troops in March 1776 a building for a magazine for military stores for the continental service was erected upon the left bank of the Charles River about seven miles above Boston in Watertown in said County together with a guard house & entry box. That gun powder & other military stores were from time to time brought up the river in boats & put therein, & so in like manner removed; and that Sergeant Stephen Whitney, Abraham Whitney, Erskine Whitney, Jonathan Whitney, John Conovan, Cornelius Derron and Jackson & I said Jonas Hastings were detached from a militia company in said Watertown, I then living there, the commander of said Company I do not remember but it was in the Regiment commanded
after

by Col. Grant of said Watertown, to serve as a officer officer for said magazine; that we entered early upon that service in the year 1740 & continued in that service twenty four months, we were volun- teers at the time of our detachment & received our regular pay & rations.
We went down the river in a boat once in six weeks & drew our rations from Commissary Devers upon Long-Wharf in Boston excepting fresh meat for which we had an order upon Jonas White of said Watertown; when we were discharged the stores had all been with- drawn excepting five cedar barrels of gun powder, I have an engraving found on the above men who served with me on said gun takes dead. And
That in the summer of 1740 sixteen militia men were called for from said Watertown to serve three months at Fort Starwick from the day of arrival I was detached & marched in July - our destination was altered to Rhode Island where in Capt Ephraim Foster's company & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Cyprian Bowditch Marlborough Capt Foster was of that part of Cambridge in said County vulgarly called Montomery I served three months fortifying Bull Hill & was regularly discharged. He relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or an

unity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - I was born in Waltham in said County on the thirtyfirst day of July 1762 - my birth is entered in my deceased fathers bible now in hand - I lived in Watertown 'til after the revolu- tionary war & for the last fifty one years I here lived in Stow
I am known by the Rev d John L Sibley late minister for Stow now off Cambridge, Rufus Hosmer & Daniel Conant both of Stow who can testify as to my character for ve- racity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Yonas Hastings
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year afore- said - J. P. P. Gay Wrote.
We the subscribers Rufus Hosmer & Dan- iel Conant both of Stow within named & John L Sibley a clergyman of Cam- bridge in said County lately officiating in said Stow as such hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Yonas Hastings who has subscribed & sworn to the above & that we believe him to be seventy four years old, that he is respected & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a sol- dier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
John L. Sibley.
Rufus Hosmer Daniel Conant
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
J. P. P. Gay Wrote
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after

After the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears that John L. Sibley, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman lately residing minister in Stow, now of Cambridge - that Rufus Hosmer & Daniel Conant both inhabitants of Stow are respectable & credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Fay Clerk
I, Isaac Pitkin Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonas Hastings for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office on the day & year first above expressed.
Isaac Pitkin Reg.

31101 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31101
Jonas Hastings Rev War
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let to Hon. Wm. Parmach Dec 18th 1844 (19)
Elizabet Leferski June 1845 " Same June 19. 1845.

Elijah Platts case vs Jonas Hastings children of —
Mr Parsons
23 33 1 14 77

Brighton Nov. 23 rd 1844.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the Documents in behalf of the children of Jonas Hastings of Sherborne deceased. This claim to a pension has remained unanswered for six or eight years past, & was probably forwarded to the commission by Francis Fishley, Bost & Brabate. The length of his service in all, is not so much as was expected,
Very Respectfully Yours Ebenezer D. Clark Elijah Clark
Hon. William Parmenter M. C. at East Cambridge Mass,

Ms 34022 Jones Hastings
Original
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Weston Ms Aug 12 th
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Rec d Aug 17. 1836 original Map
Dr Cumt Rev J. L. Edwards
Cannon of Brown
City of Washington

Ms 34022 Jonas Hastings Original Maps.
Weston Me Aug 12 th
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Recd Aug 17. 1836 original map
Robt. Merrill Col. 7th reg. vol. force
Dr Cummins
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington.

East Cambridge county of Middlesex, Mass.
Wm J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
I herewith forward the application of Jonas Hastings to be placed upon the Pension Roll, when examined & asked upon, you will please to make return to me,
I am very respectfully Yours
Isaac Tinker

Brief in the case of Jonas Hastings decd. County and State of Massachusetts, act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of Service; Record.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Elijah Clark, Brighton, Mass.
J. F. Kirby Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss: Probate Office July 23. 1857
I Samuel O. Fay judge of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove that Jonas Hastings late of Stow in said County, deceased died at said Stow on the twenty sixth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred & forty four, & at the time of his decease was claimant for a pension for his services in the war of the Revolution, & that he left no widow - and that John Hastings, Richard Hastings, Eliza McLaforest, born Hastings, Mary Hastings and George Hastings are children & sole heirs at law in fee to said Jonas Hastings, who are all now be- lieved to be living. Given under my hand Seal of Office this twenty third day of July A.D. 1857
S. O. Fay

✓ V p 34,022
Jonas Hastings dec d .
Mass:
Act 7 June 1832.
16 mo pri - $53.33
to 26 May 1844, when he died.
Payable to
John Hastings, Richard Hastings, Eliza H Laforest Mary Hastings & George Hastings only children.
Elijah Clark, Brighton Mass:

Washington Dec 14. 1844.
Sir
I send you my Pension Papers which have been left & forwarded to my care by Mr. Elijah Clark as they are of course as has been intimated in your letter subject to the rules which apply to Agents for obtaining Pension - The list following
Abijah Brown
Abijah Matthews
Lavina Amundson
Vira Fay -
Children of Mr. Badger
Mary Tyler
Mrs. Dana -
Jonas Hastings children of
Valley Newton -
Respectfully
Yours sincerely
W. P. Armstrong
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions

Brighton June 16 th 1845.
Dear Sir,
In answer to yours of date the 9 th inst respecting the case of Jonas Hastings of Shrewsbury deceased, I have to state, that my object in obtaining a copy of the claims which he made, is first to see if there can be evidence found in the Secretary's office, or otherwise, that will prove the service which he rendered, and secondly that a reexamination agreeable to his own personal statements may probably be more successful, and perhaps desirable by the Secretary, and thirdly to ascertain how far his children's statements of his services varied from his former claim, as he stated in his declaration.
Very Respectfully Yours O. H. St. & Co. Elijah Clarke
Hon. J. L. Purnell commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Butts, Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Middlesex hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Jonas Hastings late of Stone in said County who was reputed to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, died at said Stone on the twenty sixth day of May last (1844); and that he left no widow; that he left at his decease four children only, to wit, John Hastings Richard L Hastings, Eliza Hastings, Mary Hastings & George Hastings who are all now living and of full age.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty third day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & forty five.
Isaac Butts Reg of Prob.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 2 1844.
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 James Hastings is found upon a pay roll of Capt Ethan Dugdale Col Cushing from Sept 12 1777 June 28 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Phineas Stearns, at Groton Heights March 11 1776 5 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Geo Maynard Col Cushing from Aug 21 1777 6 days; upon a pay roll of Capt Stephen Frost Col Hovey from July 3 1781 June 5 days.
No other service is found on the rolls in this Office.

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 application, 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. Parry, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

T. Eliza Hastings of Stow in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, forty nine years of age. Do Testify and say. That Jonas Hastings my father died at his residence in this town on the 26 th of May 1849. That my Mother Francis Hastings died in April 1842. That my father the said Jonas Hastings rendered service in the War of the Revolution from the town of Watertown his native place of residence as he always stated, and as has ever been reputed by his friends and our relatives. That near ten years since he made an application to the Pension Office at Washington for a Pension. That there was more proof than required in support of the services which he rendered, and that before he obtained proof his mental faculties failed him and was at the last part of his life deranged, and on that ac- -count his claims have remained unsupported by the addi- -tional evidence required, and I now request in my own beha- -lf, and in behalf of my Sister & three Brothers, that the Secretary of this State, will examine the Rolls & Documents in his Office for the proof of my said fathers service, and that ac- -cording to the best of my recollections, of my fathers statements of his service. He was an apprentice to a Mr. Whitney a cooper in Watertown aforesaid, and that near the year 1778, he engaged rendered service as a guard of Continental Stores at Watertown. I am not able to recollect the name of the officers that commanded guard but refer to the Rolls of Col. Griffin, Col. North & Col. Heath & Col. Hastings & the Rolls of the officers commanding the guard of Stores & Powder Magazines at Watertown from 1777, to 1780, and that in 1780, I think my said father engaged and rendered

Three months service at Rhode Island in left S. Frost company in Col. Howes Regt. being at that time resident of Watertown aforesaid,
Eliza Hastings
Miscellaneous .. fr. Stow June 20. A D 1824
Then personally appeared Eliza Hastings, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed.
The words "the & my" on the first page were interlined before signing & making oath.
Before Me. Elizah Chaplin Justice of the Peace
it contain all the facts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 17 1851
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Ivers Phillips was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
Nucula Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss.
Know all Men by these presents that we Eliza H Laforest & Mary Hastings of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester, late of Stow in the County of Middlesex, in said Commonwealth, do hereby constitute & appoint Elijah Clark of Brighton State of Massachusetts, our true and lawful attorney, for us, and each of us & our heirs, to prosecute any claim we, or each of us, may have on the General Government of the United States, by virtue of the services of our father, Jonas Hastings, deceased, who the said Jonas Hastings was in the War of the Revolution and of a Pension due him at the time of his death for such services, and the said Elijah Clark, is authorized to take all necessary proper & legal steps in the prosecution of said claims on our behalf, in the same manner as we each of us for ourselves would do.
Signed & delivered in presence of,
Eliza H Laforest Henry L. Ladd Mary Hastings
Worcester ss June 19 1837. Then personally appeared Eliza H Laforest & Mary Hastings, and acknowledged the above power of attorney by them subscribed, to be their free act & deed. Before me, Ivers Phillips Justice of the Peace

Brighton, Mass. July. 24. 1851
Dear Sir,
The letter from the Commission of Pensions of Nat. June. 19. 1849 remains in my hands. and I herewith enclose to you the claims. Documents. of the children of Jonas  Hootings . late of Stow . deceased. under the act of June. 7. " 1832.
Very Respect your Gbt. S. H. C. Elijah Clark
Hon. J. P. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington. City, D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 17 18 51.
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 Jonas Hastings is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Phinehas Stearns Co. marched from Watertown to Dorchester Heights March 1776. as private 5 days.  Also on rolls of enlistment at Watertown, to guard the Powder Magazine in that town, from July 2. 1778. & on pay rolls of a Co. under Serg. t Stephen Whitney, as guards to the Powder Magazine in Watertown from July 2. 1778 to July 17. 1779. 12 mo. 15 d. as private, at £ 4 per mo.  Also on receipts for his wages as guard to Powder Mag. t to Aug. 1779. for £ 54. at £ 4 per mo.  Also upon a pay roll of Capt. Stephen Frost's Co. lev. d Cyprian Hovey's Regt. for service at R.I. as private from July 31 to Nov. 1. 1780. inclusive, 3 mo. & 5 days.
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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 application, 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.
Mark Nathan
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Eliza H. Lofgren, of Fitchburg, in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age. Depose & say, that Jonas Hootings late of Estow, in the County of Middlesex my father, was claimant for a Pension from the United States, in consideration of his services in the War of the Revolution. I therefore for myself and in behalf of my Brothers and Sisters, request the Secretary of the Commonwealth to examine the Rolls & Documents in his Office for proof of the services of the said Jonas Hootings, a native of Watertown, and according to the best of my knowledge, he was in the service at Dorchester Heights in the year 1776 under Capt. Stearns, that in 1777, he was under Capt. Maynard in Boston, and immediately after he enlisted & rendered service  service  for  for  eighteen  eighteen months service as one of the guards of the Powder Magazine at Watertown, under Capt. Brown & Sergeant Whitney, and that in the summer of 1780, he engaged & rendered there or four months service at Brattle Hill, in the State of Rhode Island, under Capt. Stephen Frost in Col. C. Howard Regiment.
Eliza H. Lofgren
Worcester ss. Fitchburg, June 19 th 1877. Subscribed & sworn to by the said Eliza H. Lofgren. Before me, Ives Phillips, Justice of the Peace

Brighton June 5/45.
Elijah Clark.
About claims of Sarah Jay & Jonas Hastings.
P. 190. See June 9/45.
Division office.

Brighton June 5 th 1845.
Dear Sir,
Admitted to Pensions Certificate issued this day 9 th June 1845
The Declaration of Mrs Sarah Day of Hoburn widow of John Day was made on the Twenty sixth day of December 1843. for a Pension agreed to the act of 1838. and was forwarded to the commissioners of Pensions Dec. 29 th — This case was not answered until August 31 st 1844. when the evidence of the Marriage & proof of 12 months 10 days service was admitted. but a year's service in Col. J. M. Barnum's Reg't of Rhode Island. was not allowed unless further proof. and as there was no further proof to be found. The commissioners of Pensions was informed of the fact. and has so been informed through Hon. Wm. Parmenter. but no letter or certificate has been received up to this date. which happens to be out of usual time. and is tedious to a poor aged ladies patience.
Will the commissioners of Pensions state what service James Hastings of Stow (now dead) claimed in his declaration under the act of 1832. which claim is now on file in the Pension Office. and being the same referred to in the last part of his. to Hon. Wm. Parmenter of date December 19 th 1844.
Very Respectfully yours (S td )
Elizab Clark
Hon. W. L. Marcy Secretary of War Washington City D.C.