Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,962, Abijah Hubbard, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental (conn.) Hubbard, Abijah
8 44962
{ P.D. Wt. 5986-100-Private Issued Dec. 14, 1792. no papers.
CONTENTS

4,425
New York
Abram Hubbard Capt Sumner Sergeant Co. H
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Nov r 1818 and sent Hon ble J. C. Hubbard House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4 mo \frac{22}{30} = 37.86 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar: 1819 = 48.00
Sheldon 85.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Connecticut Line War
Hamilton. Madison Co.

Continued
Notif n sent Nov. 15 th 1820 to J. H. Hubbard
Hamilton, N. Yk s

Abijah Hubbard Rev. Pensioner.
J. H. Hubbard
Hamilton
Nov. 15. 1820
4425 March 1819

State of New York } Madison County } ss
Schedule
On this fourth day of XXXX  October one thou- -sand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the court of common pleas of the said county of Madison in open court the said court being a court of record (established as such by the laws of the state of New York) for the said county of Madison Elijah Hubble aged sixty four years resident in Hamilton in said county who being first duly sworn accor- -ding to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit : that on the nineteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven at Westches- -ter in the State of Connecticut he enlisted in the Company of Captain Benjamin Tallmadge in the Regiment of Infantry Cavalry commanded by Colonel Elias Sheldon, to serve during the war that he continued to serve in the said Regiment until the month of May one thousand seven hun- -dred & eighty three when he was discharged at Samson in the State of Connecticut, & he further declares that his original declaration was dated April thirteenth one thousand eight hundred & eighteen & that his pension certificate now in his possession is numbered four thousand four hundred & twenty five and was dated November seventeenth one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift -sale or in any manner disposal of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to dis- -minish it or to bring myself within the pro- -visions 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 18 th 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 to wit: Real estate I have none & no securities debts or contracts due to me.
Personal property I have
   one Gas well $17.00 Brook up. 41.66   one grating heater 15.00 2 old feather beds   one hogs 7.50 & bedding being used   2 Pigs 1.00 potatoes of bedding 30.00   one hoe .31 six knives & forks 1.00   one pair shovel & tongs 1.00 12 earthen plates 1.00   one iron shovel .50 six tea cups & saucers .75   1 pair andirons .75 1 Green pot .25   1 axe (old one) .37 2 tea pots 1.00   six kitchen chairs (40 years old) 1.13 1 tea canister .37   one kitchen table 1.25   one cherry table 1.75   1 iron kettle 3.00   1 kitchen pot .50   1 iron dish kettle .40   1 iron spider .20   41.66  
2 that he owes to different persons the sum of about thirty dollars
That his family consists of himself & his wife Sarah Hubbard age fifty nine years, of feeble health who has been sick for the space of four months & unable to contribute to the support of his family, that he is by occupation a farmer & his ability to procure it the one third part as much as that of an able bodied man
I sworn to & subscribed in open court this 4 th day of October 1820 Elijah Hubbard J. Bell, Clerk

I Jarvis N. H. Hunt Clerk of the County of Addison do hereby certify that the foregoing Abstract and the Schedule 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 Seventy Six Dollars and three cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this fourth day of October 1820
J. N. H. Hunt Clerk of the court for the county of Addison

Proceedings the case of Abijah Hubbard an Ind. Rev. Soldier
Correct
Forwarded by J. H. Hubbard Hamilton Madison County New York. If further attain the certificate to be sent to him

State of New York Machias County ss. }
Abijah Hubbard late of Machias in the County of Machias & State of Connecticut & now of Hamilton in the County of Machias & State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served as a private soldier & sergeant in the Continental army of the United States in the companies & regiments following to wit: On or about the first day of January one thousand seven hundred & seventy six this deponent enlisted as a private soldier in a company of infantry commanded by Ebenezer Sumner as Captain - the Regiment of Colonel Parsons (whose Christian name as this deponent believes was Holden) in the Connecticut line, where this deponent served for one year, & on the nineteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven this deponent enlisted to serve during the then exist- ing war in a company of light dragoons com- manded by Captain Benjamin Tallmadge - the Regiment of Colonel Philip Sheldon in the Connecticut line as a private, & in the same company subsequently commanded by Captain Stanton & then by Captain John Lord. This deponent continued to serve as a private soldier & non commissioned officer without interruption

and that defendant further saith that he is now in his sixty third year, that he is a useful citizen of the town of Hamilton in the County of Madison & State of New York, that he is now in reduced & indigent circumstances, & has no other means of support than his daily labor affords him, & that his country bounty will relieve him from poverty which he has no other means to avert Sworn before me this thirteenth day of April 1818 Abijah Hubbard Samuel Payne (a judge of Madison Court, pleas)
State of New York } Maccian County ss } I, Shermain Smith, late of Middleton in the County of Middlesex, State of Connecticut & now of Hamilton in the County of Maccian & State of New York, being duly sworn, deponeth & saith that he has been personally acquainted with the above mentioned obligor, subscribed for the space of eighteen years, & that he is a man of truth & ver- acity, this deponeth further, saith that the said obligor, at present, is in indigent & impoverished circumstances, possessed of no other property as this

deponent believes, then or ever of a little house- hold property, in the whole worth not exceeding fifty dollars, & that he is dependent on his daily labor to procure his bread. This depo- nent further says that from his intimate ac- quaintance with the said Abijah he is con- fident he has no other property than as above stated.
Seen before me this thirteenth day of April 1818 } Nehemiah Smith
Samuel Payne / a judge of Madison law. place
State of New York
Maclean County ss. I Samuel Payne one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Maclean in the State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the above named Abijah Habbard did serve in the army of the United States, upon the continental es- tablishment, in the revolutionary war, or states in the above affidavit against the common enemy, & that he is now in indigent and reduced circumstances & I herewith transmit his affidavit, & the affidavit of Nehemiah Smith being the testimony had before me together with the honorable

discharge of the said Abijah to the Secretary for the Department of War according to the directions of the act of Congress for certain persons engaged in the late & present service of the  for certain persons engaged in the late & present service of the dated April the thirteenth one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
State of New York Office Madison County
Daniel Payne
I certify that Daniel Payne was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison on the thirteenth day of April 1818 duly qualified and also that the signature above appears to be in his proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 15th day of May 1818
W. H. Hough D. P. Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hubbard, Abijah GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5986 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 14, 1792 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

I. A. P. O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May _____, 1893
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abijah Hubbard , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany 1776 12 mo Pri Ebenezer Sumner J. H. Parsons Conn   March 1777 War 1148 of Benjamin Talmadge Elisha Sheldon do        
Battles engaged in, not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middletown Conn
Date of application for pension, April 1818
Residence at date of application, Hamilton, Madison Co N.Y.
Age at date of application, in his 63 d year
Remarks: Alludes to his wife Sarah aged 59 year He was awarded the badge of Merit for 6 years faithful Service
Very respectfully,
A. G. Bayne Esq
U.S. Army, retired
Hartford Conn
Commissioner.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Abijah Hubbard Lieut in the 2 Regt Light Dragoons Regiment , having faithful- ly served the United States six years & ten months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 12th Day
June 1703
G. Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
Trumbull Adjutant
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment;
Wm. J. Whiting Adjutant
THE above Abijah Hubbard Lieut has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for six years Years faithful Service.
Oliver H. Don Col

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 12 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Handwritten: L. d'W. d'Avr. Dec. 11. 1782
Handwritten: Abijah Hubbard Sergt. 1st Troop
Handwritten: Hubbard Abijah Hubbard 844962 p. 11-8 p. 11-4

44 962 INVALID. Rev
File No. 44.962
Abijah Hubbard Sergt. Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1893, May 29. Hist. to A. B. Payne, Hartford, Conn. F.S.
Nov. 14/98. Geo. A. Hubbard New Haven, Conn. See I. 12, 656.

Alma Insurance Company of Hartford.
Hartford, May 12, 1893. B
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I greatly desire to obtain from your records of date and place of death of Abijah Hubbard, who enlisted as a private March 19th, 1777, from Middletown, Conn., in the First Troop of Connecticut Cavalry, and was thereafter, on Nov. 1st, 1780, promoted to be Sergeant, in which rank he appears as a Connecticut pensioner resident in New York under the Act of 1818. This information is required by two ladies who are applicants for admission to the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and I will esteem it a great favor if you can afford me the information at an early date. If the information is not in file in your Department, will you kindly forward and refer it to the proper office in your city.
Yours truly,
A. C. Bayne
M. H. King E. O. Weeks

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hubbard, Abner GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5927 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 31, 1791
to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.