Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45400, Nathan Hubbard, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Hubbard, Nathan
S. 45400
CONTENTS

15.135
New York
Nathan Hubbard
of Middlebury in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 13 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Sep. 1819 and sent to Isaac Wilson Esq Middlebury N. York
  arrears to 4th of  Sep. 1819  125.96    emi-anl. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820.  48.00    5 Mo. 19 4/31 30   $173.96  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Revolutionary claim to Nathan Hubbard Sep 1819 Isaac Wilson Esq Middlebury N. York

base of copy Nathan Hubbard.
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15735
13 Sept 1819
Mar 20

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this 19 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Nathan Hubbard aged Seventy three years, resident of the town of Geneseo in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
for the term of one year in Capt. Moses Soley's company in Col. Whitecomb's Regiment in the Massachusetts line commencing in January 1776
and that he made application for a Pension on the Thirteenth day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 15,135 And I 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, 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 18th day of March, 1818. 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, viz.
  One yoke of Oxen 56.00   One Three year Old Heifer 12.00 One Iron pot 1.75 13.75   One two year old Heifer 10.00 One Small Chain .63 10.63   One pair And Irons .87   One tea Kettle 1.00 One pair tongs .50 1.50   One tramel .75 One table 1.50 One chain 1.00 3.25   One chisel & One gouge .75 One square 2.00 2.75   Three planes 2.50 Three augers 1.00. 3.50   One Set Screw tools 1.50   $ 93.75 
Nathan Hubbard And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a carpenter and that by means of age and bodily infirmities I am unable to perform any labor and that my family consists of my wife aged twentytwo years very infirm and unable to perform any labor
Nathan Hubbard
Sworn to and declared on the 19 th day of August 1820 in Open Court before me Stephen Bates
a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Dusen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 Twenty three dollars and seventy five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 19 th day of August 1820
J Van Dusen
Clerk of the Court of sessions, for said County.

Nathan Hubbard
13. May
Col. Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regt.
1776. - 1 year.
Admitted
The testimony of two disin- terested & credible witnesses, to prove the services of the Applicant, as is within stated, duly to be taken & authenticated, is re- quired.
Two witnesses has proved the services
Admitted

State of New York. ss. On this 13 th day of May Genesee County } in the year 1818. Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of com- mon pleas in and for said County, personally appears Nathan Hubbard, aged seventy one years Resident in the Town of Middlebury in the County of Gen- see who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following dec- laration in order to obtain the provision of a late 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". That he the said Nathan Hubbard enlisted in the continen- tal service on or about the 1 st of January 1776 in Capt. Moses Sells Compy in a Regt, Commanded by Col. Whitcomb, of the Massachusetts line was in the bombardment of Dorchester Points & con- tinued to serve to service in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the 1 st of Jan y 1777 when he was honorably & regularly dischar- ged (discharge since lost) having served the year the full period of his enlistment, and that subse- quently he did considerable service for shorter periods, That he is in reduced circumstances

and stands in need of the Assistance of his country for support, that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services and that he never received any pension from the United States. Sworn to and Declared this 13 th day of May A. 1818 before me. Isaac Wilson
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Hubbard, did serve in the Revolu- tionary War as stated in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy, and that from my own personal knowledge I am satisfied that he is in reduced circumstances and absolutely in need of the assistance of his country for support. I now transmit the testimony and proceedings had and taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the act of Congress before mentioned.
Dated this 13 th day of May in the year 1818.
Isaac Wilson

State of New York } Genesee County } B. J. Simson Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac Wilson before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State and that the same is his signature. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & County Seal at Batavia the 20 th day of June A.D. 1818.
Simson Cummings by Sam. Lake Dep. Clerk
at the

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
M. E. C. Inv. 45,400.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
October 11, 1897.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning Nathan Hubbard, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on May 13, 1813, at which time he was seventy-one years of age and residing at Middlebury, N.Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Soule and Col. Whitcomb. Place of enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Milton H. Wilson, 1100 Forest Ave., Evanston, Ills.
1878 71 1747

Oct 26 1897
Handwritten signature or initials, possibly "M. A. ...".

W. B. B. P. 1100 Forest Ave Evanston Ills Oct 1 st
Mr D. J. Murphy Dear Sir.
I am trying to get a certificate of Military service of my great grandfather Mathan Hubbard who fought in the Revolutionary War . He enlisted in New York state. I think from Washington Co. His wife's name was Lucy Kelsey. His father was Mathan Hubbard . Can you help me in this. I was told at the

Newberry Library in Chicago that if I write to you they thought you could give me a certificate of services. I will be glad to pay for any trouble this may be to you.
It will greatly oblige me if you can send me any information that will help me in this. My friends are urging me to join the Daughters of the Revolution here in Evansville it is a chapter composed of friends of mine. Most Earnestly
Mrs. Milton H. Wilson

45 400
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45 400
Nathan Hubbard
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 11/97 Mrs. Milton H. Wilson. Ensign Ills.

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Nathan Hubbard
Whitecomb
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15735
13 Sept 1819
Mar 20
not signed by the Eagle

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this tenth  fourteenth day of July  August 1826 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Nathan Hubbard aged Seventy three years, resident of the town of Geneseo in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
For the term of One year in Capt P. Mose's 10th Company in Colonel Whittcomb's Regiment in the Massachusetts line commencing in January 1776
and that he made application for a Pension on the thirteenth day of Decr 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 15,135 And I 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, 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 18th day of March, 1818. 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, viz.
  One yoke of Oxen - $ 56 00   One three year old Heifer - - - 12 00   One Cow " " " " - - - 10 00   One Iron Pot - - - 1 75   One small kettle - - - 63   One Pair Andirons - - - 87   One Tea Kettle $1.00 One Pair Tongs 0.50 1 50   One Trunk 0.75 One Table $1.50 One Chair 1.00 3 25   One Chair & George 0.75 One Squat $2.00 - 2 75   3 Plans 2.50 3 Augers $1.00 Set door tools $1.50 5 00   $93 75 
Nathan Hubbard
And I do further swear and declare that I am by Occupation a carpenter and that by age and bodily infirmities I am unable to perform any labour and that my family consists of my wife aged Seventy two years very infirm and unable to perform any labour
Nathan Hubbard
Sworn to and declared on the 19th day of August 1826 in Open Court before me
Moses Atwater
a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 Twenty Three — dollars and Seventy five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twenty first day of August 1820
J Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

I Seth Hubbard of Lenoxfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I am well acquainted with Nathan Hubbard now a resident (as this Deponent is informed and believes) of Middlebury in the County of Genesee in the state of New York — and know that the said Nathan Hubbard was a private soldier in Capt Moses Loals Company & Col. Whitcomb's Regiment of the Massachusetts line as a years man during the year 1776 and know also that the said Nathan Hubbard served one year and was honorably discharged — This Deponent being a soldier in the same Company and Regiment at the same time further the Deponent saith not Seth Hubbard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss - Lenoxfield July 9 th 1819 —
Personally appeared the above said Seth Hubbard well known to me as a respectable and credible man and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed according to law — before me Ebenezer Root Just. of the Peace

I Zenas Wheeler of New Marlborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Nathan Hubbard who was a Soldier in the Revolution war and now a resident (as this deponent is informed and believes) of Middlebury Genesee County and State of New York, and know that the said Nathan Hubbard was a private Soldier in Col. Whitecomb's Regiment of the Massachusetts line as a yearman during 1776 and know that the said Nathan Hubbard served one year and was honorably discharged this deponent being a Soldier in the same Company & Regt. and further saith not. Zenas Wheeler
State of Massachusetts -
Berkshire ss. on the sixth day of July AD 1819 Personally came before me the above named deponent Zenas Wheeler to me known to be a credible witness and being by me duly sworn according to Law & made solemn Oath to the truth of the of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Before me Benj t Wheeler Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire: I Joseph Woodbridge a Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Berkshire, do certify & attest that Erastus Beck and Benjamin Wheeler are Justices of the peace, within & for the same County, duly commissioned & acting under the Au- thority of this Commonwealth & that the foregoing are their Signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this tenth day of July A.D. 1818.
J. Woodbridge Clerk
Nathan Hildreth