Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,397, Jacob Hazen, Mass.

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Hazen, Jacob
S. 35,397
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5761. Maine
Jacob Hanson
Capt Means Private
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Abigail K. Harris Paris Oxford County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818  \frac{7}{30} = 33.86 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar 1819  48
$81.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued on the roll under the act of 1 st May 1820 revaluation just to the Block 11  1820 Paris May
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April 1838, from 4 th March 1843 to 13 August, 1843. Agent notified 20 th April 1845.

Jacob Haxon
Private
2 d Mass s Regiment
May 18 th 1781
Nov. 1783
April 10 th 1818
admitted

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Moser Leuinky or Jonathan Sparrow of Westbrook
in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Jacob Hagen of Bridgetown in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town Westbrook aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Pease , Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
Cumberland ss. Westbrook April 28 1818 Perfiant to the foregoing power I have taken the deposition of Samuel Hagen Esquire and hereby certify that the deponent is a man of the first credibility and veracity Moser Leuinky Esq. of the Pla

I James Means of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was a revolutionary officer in the service of the United States; That by the Muster roll of the Company under my command Jacob Horgan entered into the service of the said States, and was mus- tered from April nineteenth seventeen hundred and eighty one, until October the eleventh seventeen hundred and eighty three, and faithfull- ly performed his duty during said time - and was discharged upon general order in the month of November seventeen hundred and eighty three From the company I then com- manded in the second Massachusetts Regi- ment -
James Means
Cumberland ss. Westbrook April 28 th 1810. Personally appeared James Means Esquire and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me Moses Greenleaf Esq. Clerk

To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge of the United States for Maine District.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Jacob Hagen of Providence in said Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for Year & a half on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Providence aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Capt. Mearns Company of the 2 d Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 15 th day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that he left said service on or about the last day of November one thousand seven hundred and 1783, was honorably discharged at West Point by Capt. Mearns which he has been, & he is fifty six Years of age.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Jacob Hagen
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the Twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, ALBION K. PARRIS, District Judge of the United States for the Maine District, Jacob Hagen the above named appli- cant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Jacob Hagen farther offered in evidence the deposition of James Mearns , an officer in the Revolutionary army taken in pursuance of Decimus Potestatem by me granted.
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Jacob Hagen served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy, and that, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this Twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albion K. Parris

Jacob Hazen
N o 5761-
Continued 25 June 1819
2

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 14th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford. Jacob Hazen the aged fifty eight years, resident in Bridgton 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, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. James Mearns in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20th day of April A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5701 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Jacob Hazen
Sworn to and declared, on the 14th day of June A. D. 1820.
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
BEFORE
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:— one axe — one shovel — one hoe — one bureau — one desk — one swine — brockey ware to the value of one dollar — two pots — one small kettle — one old brass kettle — one tea kettle — one pail — one spinning wheel — Jacob Hazen

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jacob Hazen who by occupation am a farmer which I am un able to pursue by reason of a total loss of the use of my arms and other infirmities.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Hannah Hazen wife of said Jacob 54 feeble -   Adeline daughter of said Jacob 17 able to labour -   Betsey - do - 14 subject to fits - unable to do any thing whatever -   Jacob son of do 10 - a well child -  
I Thomas Clark ss. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 twenty two dollars and cents $ 22 00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of _____ A. D. one thousand eight hundred and _____
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Jacob Hays , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 35,397
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 19 - Jan 2, 1781 Pvt. James Mearns Spert 2 Mass.   Dec 1780 1783        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr 28, 1818
Residence at date of application, Brighton Me
Age at date of application, 56  died Aug. 13, 1843.
Remarks: 1820 - 2nd Harnach need ch. Adeline 17 Betsey 14
Jacob 19 -

35 397
Rev INVALID.
1907 Jan. 9. History to A.C. Shepley et 1910 March 30. To Mrs Elizabeth M. Macerackin
File No. 35,397
Jacob Hagen Pr. Rev. D.D.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

910 N. Lawrence Ave Wichita - Ka -
EUNICE STERLING CHAPTER WICHITA, KANSAS
Pension Department
Dear Sir -
Can you give any record of the Revolutionary Services of Captain Jacob Hazen who drew a pension from Maine. He was Captain of a Maine or Mass. Co. I don't know which. Sincerely
(Mrs) Elizabeth W Maceracken Registrar D.A.R.
March 14 th 1910 -
MAR 15 1910

COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED OF LONDON.
315 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO.
Canton, Ill., Dec. 21, 1906.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
I am endeavoring to ascertain the name and war record of one Hazen of Massachusetts who served in the Revolution and I will be very appreciative if you will lend me your assistance in the matter. The only data I have is, that his daughter's name was "Betty" Hazen and she married one Jonas Lawrence; and that he also had a son Ned Hazen.
It may be that this Hazen's name was Moses, or Benjamin but I am not positive.
If you can supply me with this information, I will be very grateful.
Thanking you in advance for your kind reply, I am,
Very truly yours,
A. C. Shapley 46 E. Elm St., Canton, Ill.
P.S. Was there a Jonas Lawrence of New Hampshire, who served in the Revolutionary War? A.C.S.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
January 27, 1846.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The children of Jacob Wagen, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wilkins Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and _____ Cents per annum  month , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1843, to the 13 th August 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward L. Cass Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.