Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13398, Ashbel Hitchcock, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hitchcock, Ashbel
S13398
CONTENTS
Carded

New York 1880
Ashbel Hitchcock
of Otsego in the State of New-York who was a Teamster in the Company commanded by Captain Tuttle of the by in the Connecticut line for 21 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of 70 Dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1833 of and sent to Hon. W. G. Angel
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $140 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sep. 4. '33 35 175
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. H. Stokes Clerk Book E. Vol. A. Page 21
Deed
Letter to A. Hargreaves and 3 rd Auditor 12 June 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 th Sept March 1836 to 30 Nov 1836 the day of his death. Age Notified 30. Aug 1839.
power of Atty from M c Master filed with Pension

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 24 th , 1839.
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," The children of Ashbel Hitchcock a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany — Agency, at the rate of Seventy — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 30 th Novr., 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Alvin E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Hon. W. G. Angle H R

BRIEF in the case of  Asahel Hitchcock  County of Otsego  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1779. 20 July Discharged in Feb. Teamster Gen. Gushen Tuthill, Continental Army   " 1780 Feb. Discharged in Nov. " Capt. Hart   " 1780 Nov. Discharged about 1 st Jan. " do. do.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bristol town, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the seal. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
Feb. 23. 1833.

Asheville Hitchcock
M. Brown Atty.
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By consent of Hon Wm. G. Angel -
21. mo. Leicester
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Otsego Common Pleas Of October Term 1832
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York } ss Otsego County
On this 16 th day of October 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego being a Court of record & now sitting Abel Hitchcock a resident of the Town & County of Otsego State of New York aged 67 years on the 15 th of July 1832. 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 by which he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & served under the following named officers. To wit
In the year 1779. This deponent was a resident of the Town of Bristol in the County of Hartford State of Ct. & on the 20 th day of July of that year the first day of which he was 14 years of age he enlisted into the Continental Army of the United States in a Company commanded by Captain Gershon Tuttle in the limit line for the term of Nine Months . He was transferred to the team dept. & had the charge of & drove a pair horse team. He enlisted at Bristol & went to Hartford where his term was finished him by the Col. He shortly went to Fishkill on the Hudson River with his company. Here he remained a few days & then crossed the River over to New Jersey to Pumptown from thence to Falls then called

Wotaway falls from thence to Piangwoac From thence we crossed over the River to White Plains. Our employment was to draw forage & provisions for the Army when ordered by Col. Little from White Plains he was wounded to a place Yellowhill from thence he crossed over to Piangwoac again & in a few days to Stony  Stony point on the East side of the Hudson between West Point & Stony Point. In the month of February he was discharged. On the same day he again 9 th enlisted for the term of Nine Months as a Wagoner in a Company commanded by Col. Jonathan Hott in the 6 th Troops. The Col. then gave me a furlough for ten days & I went home. At the expiration of the ten days I returned & took my team at Stony Point. During this enlistment I was frequently ordered out to transport baggage for the Massachusett & Rhode Island Troops at one time & as I now recollect in the month of October I was sent with the Mass. line to Fishkill. It was during this enlistment that Arnold escaped & Andre was hung. This deponent saw Genl. Arnold in his Barge & the American Sentinel fire upon him from Stony point when Arnold raised the flag & sailed around the Point to the British Ship. He also saw Major Andre an hour or two before he was hung while he was under guard but he did not see him hung. This deponent was engaged in his usual employment as a wagoner whenever ordered until November when he was discharged.

He immediately upon the same day enlisted into the same company under the same captain in the same business for another term of Nine Months . This deponent was in the service of the army & went with them to the south in the following year when Cornwallis was taken as this he was about 7 miles from York Town from thence he returned to Stony Point with the Connecticut troops but was not discharged until about the first of January following. He had written discharges at each time but they are now either lost or destroyed as he does not now know where they are. He has no documentary or other evidence except what is here withdrew of his services. He hereby dis- =guishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. He was born in the town of Southington in the county of Hartford & state of Ct. on the 15 th day of July 1765. The record of his age as written in his father's Bible is now in the possession of his brother Isaac in Ct.
He moved from Bristol to Litchfield in Mass. & from thence to this place since last January when I now live. He was a acquaintance while in the service with Sub Patterson of the Mass. Troops & with Col Migs of the Rhode Island Troops for whom he often drew baggage. Has often seen Genl. Wayne at Stony

Point & Genl Washington at New Blount Point of Musk Point at Morris Town N.J. also La Fayette at York Town His Service was extremely arduous & very arduous from the parties & scouts of the enemy constantly on the look out to capture the foraging parties & baggage He was obliged generally to have a guard with him in his excursions for the benefit of the troops Sworn & subscribed the 16 th
day of October 1832 in Spencertown Horace Lathrop Clerk
Abiel Hitchcock
el Hitchcock y. servant

Otsego County ss: Mr Daniel Nash a Clergyman residing in the Town of Richfield County of Herk Co & John Connick a resident of the Town of Otsego as certify that we have been well acquainted with Asahel Ditchcock who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit for more than twenty five years that we believe him to be 67 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a man of truth & veracity & to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed This 20 day of Sep r 1832 before me Frederick H. Norton Commissioner of Deeds of Otsego County.
Daniel Nash Missionary of the Prot. Epis. Church in the State of N. York
John Connick

and the said Court hereby declare their opinion of the interrogatories the Mother so far putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Abel  Hitchcock was a Revolutionary Soldier as he states
And the Court further certify that Daniel Nash who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman & a resident of the Town of Richfield in Otsego County Other John Smith who has also signed the same is a resident of the Town of Otsego & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
J. O. Munn E. Root } Judges J. Page
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Abel Hitchcock for a pension and I further certify that Adonai H. Gorton before whom the within affidavit was sworn to has been maestro was at that time a Justice of the said Court & has been sworn to the said Court that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signature thereto attached to be his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of October 1832.
Horace Lathrop. Clerk
to Hampton from thence to falls then collect

Rev. Mar
13398 INVALID.
File No. 13. 398
Askel Witchcock Teamster Beer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]