Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28757, Elihu Hastings, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Hastings, Elihu
NUMBER
S. 28757
CONTENTS

8380
New York
Elihu Hastings
of Paris — in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chapin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Willis — in the N.Y. Militia line for 2 years —————
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Decr. 1832 — and sent to A. C. Gray Clinton
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $ 120    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mo. '33  40     $160  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 127

9078
admitted 2 years.
80 ff

State of New York
Tioga County, ss: On the 26 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two - personally appeared before the in the Court of Chancery of the State of New York (a Court of record) before the Vice Chancellor of the fifth district of the State aforesaid Elihu Thomson - aged eighty and years & upward 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 named officers and served as herein stated - That he volunteered in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five in the company of Militia - in the Mass- achusetts line - commanded by Captain Chaplin - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Williams - That he was stationed at Roxbury - Charleston &c - near Boston - and served eight months - That he was at Bunker Hill the day after it was taken - & had been - stationed in the neighbourhood of Boston - previous to the Battle of Bunker Hill but was at home on a furlough - at the time of said battle. That he enlisted or volunteered at Hatfield - in Massachusetts - That in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six - this deponent volunteered at Hatfield aforesaid - in the company of Infantry - commanded by Captain Samuel Fairfield - of Williamsburg - Mass t . That this deponent does not recollect the name of the Colonel of the Regiment - That said company was in the Massachusetts line - That he was stationed at Boston
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4 or 5 mo } in said last named company - four or five months - That in nineteen hundred & twenty seven - this deponent - volunteered - at Hatties aforesaid - in the company of Infantry com- manded by Captain Lyman - of Northampton in the Regiment commanded by Col Wells & Lieut Col Mays - or Col Mays & Lt Col Belle - and was at Tyconderoga - when that place was surrendered - & was present at the surrender of Burgoyne: That the term of service at Tyconderoga - was four 4 or 5 mo } or five months - That in the year seventeen hundred & twenty six or seven went from Hatties aforesaid as a volunteer in the company of Infantry commanded by Captain Samuel White - of Whitcomb - but that this deponent does not recollect the name of the colonel who commanded the Regt to which said company was attached - and was at Tyconderoga - That the term of said last named service was Six Months
5- mo } That in the year 1780 - this deponent was a volunteer or drafted - he does not recollect which - in a detachment commanded by Col Taylor - in the Massachusetts line - about months - It was present at the execution of Major Andre - & this deponent believes said detachment was under the command of Major Wilson of Mass - that they were stationed the most of said five months at Westpoint - and this deponent says that he was also - in said service at Albany &c - but cannot now state the name of his commanders - &c - That - in the said term of said service in 1776 - this deponent was a corporal - & during the other terms - some time a private & cannot

at this time recollect - father particular - except that for his services when at Westport this deponent - was paid for his services - & from that circumstance believes he was then a substitute - That he hereby renun- -ces - every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State  Elihu Hastings
State of New York
Onion County - be Asahel Asahel S. Norton a clergyman residing in Gristly in said county - & Samuel Gristly Seth Hastings residing in Gristly aforesaid  knoweth that we are acquainted with Elihu Hastings - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is respected and beloved in the neighbour- -hood where he resides - to have been a soldier of the revolution - and that we concur in that opinion - Samuel Gristly Sworn & Subscribed the day & } Seth Hastings year aforesaid } Asahel S. Norton.
N. W. Miller Vice Chan.
was stationed at Boston

Interrogatories - prescribed by the War Department - to be put to applicants - for pensions under the act of Congress - passed June 7 th 1832
1 st Where and in what year were you born; 2 d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it; 3 d Where were you living when called into service -; Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War -; and where do you now reside; 4 th How were you called into service -; were you drafted; did you volunteer; or were you a substitute; and if a substitute for whom -; 5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served -; such as continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; if so by whom was it given & what has become of it; 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood - and who can testify as to your character for veracity;

Eliza Hartings - The applicant, named in the affidavits herunto annexed, having been duly sworn true answers to make to the interrogatories hereinabove contained prescribed by the War Depart- ment to be put to applicants for pensions under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 respect and says - That in answer to the first of said interrogatories, he was born in Hatfield - in the County of Hamp- shire & State of Massachusetts - in the year seventeen hundred and fifty one -
That in answer to the second of said interrogatories - That his age is recorded in his family record - now (as this deponent believes) in the possession of his brother & contained in a bible.
That in answer to the third - interrogatory of said interrogatories - His deponent was living at Hatfield - aforesaid, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five - and in that year enlisted - at Hatfield as aforesaid. That he continued to reside at Hatfield two or three years, after the close of the Revolutionary War - That he resided in Washington - in the State of Connecticut nine or ten years - next after living - Hatfield & then removed to - the Town of Paris (now Kirkland) in the County of Oneida & State of New York - That he resided in his last named place of residence - till two years since - when he removed to that part of the former Town of Paris - which now
That he was stationed at Boston

retains the name of Paris — and has resided — in said last named Town of Paris for the term of two years last past — That to the fourth interrogatory of said interrogatories — this deponent answering says, that he volunteered — in said service, that he was not a substitute — except at Westpoint, that he believes he was a substitute while at Westpoint — but is unable to state for whom —
That to the said fifth interrogatory — this deponent answering says — that when he was at Roxbury — in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five — that Colonel Hayer and Feller of Massachusetts — & Adjutant Beman were at the same station —
That to the sixth of said interrogatories, this deponent answering says — he received a discharge — in writing — in the year 1777 from said service — but does not recollect by whom said discharge was signed — nor can this deponent testify — to any other fact connected with the disposition of said discharge. That in answer to the seventh of said interrogatories — this deponent depose — that the Hastings & Asahel Horton & Samuel Gridley,
are persons living in his neighbourhood to whom he is known — and who can testify as to his character for veracity.
Eliza Hastings
Sworn the 26 th day of July, 1832. before me in open Court.
M c Williams vice Chanc.

In Chancery
Before Nathan Williams Esq s Vice Chancellor of the fifth circuit of the State of New York - at a court - held at the City of Utica - in the County of Oneida - & State aforesaid - being a court of record by statute -
And the said court hereby certifies its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories, prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the said court further certifies, that it appears to said court - that said Nahul Norton who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Kirkland  Oneida & County aforesaid - and that Seth Hastings - who has signed the same is a resident of Kirkland - in said county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. Williams Vice Chan.
1842
was the War Stationed at Boston

I James Watson Williams clerk of the court of the Court of Chancery for the Fifth Circuit of the state of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court, in the matter of the application of Eliza Harkings for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office - This 18 th day of Feb. 1832
J. Watson Williams Clerk in Chancery 5 th Circuit N.Y. by A.H. Williams Deputy Clerk

County of Yates. I George Sherman clerk of the said county of Yates, in the State of New York do hereby certify that Henry A. Miller Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Yates, and duly empowered by law to administer oaths. And further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof, at Penn Yan this 5 th day of September 1832.  George Sherman clerk
State of New York Onida County ss. Nathan Judd - of Paris in the county of Onida & State aforesaid, being duly sworn, deposeth & says - That he is well acquainted with Henry Hastings, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration - and that he has been acquainted with said Hastings for thirty - years last past. That said Hastings is a man of truth & veracity and that his statement is entitled to credence.  Sworn to & subscribed - Nathan Judd This 8 th day of Sept r 1832  Nathan Judd
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 8 th day of Sept r 1832.
Wm Doolittle Justice of the peace
note - That the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office at Boston

State of New York
Gates County, p. Oliver Hastings, of Jerusalem county and state aforesaid, aged 75 years, personally came before me Henry A. Warner, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace of the county of Gates, this 4th day of September, 1832, and on being duly sworn testifies and says, that he was knowing to Elisha Hastings serving in the Revolutionary war, as a Private and Corpor- al, to wit: for nine months in the year 1778 in the Militia or Volunteers at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts; for upwards of six months in the militia in 1777 at Mount Independence and at Stillwater; and for six months in the militia in 1780, at West Point and on the border of New- Jersey. This deponent was a Soldier of the Revolution, and was in the service with the said Elisha during the whole of the time mentioned in 1777. This deponent further says, he has been acquainted with the said Elisha since his earliest remembrance, and that he is a man of truth and verac- ity.
Oliver Hastings
Sworn & subscribed this 4th day of Sept 1832 before me H. A. Warner Esq. Justice of Gates County.

State of New York
Onida County ss: I George Brown - Clerk of the County of Onida - do hereby certify that, United Doolittle Esq of Paris in said County - was a justice of the peace, in it for the County of Onida, at the time the annexed affidavit signed by Elnathan Fudd bears date, And I do further certify, that I am well unacquainted with said Justice to said writing, & that his signature - subscribed to said affidavit - is the said Justice - to said writing and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand: and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas - of the County of Onida, this 20 th day of September - 1832
Geo Brown Clerk Joseph B. Read Deputy Clerk
that said company was in the magistrates line - that he was stationed at Boston

9078 Elihu Hastings
admitted 80 -
Arch d C. Library Clinton — N. Y.

BRIEF in the case of Elihu Hastings of Paris in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775. Volunteered 8 Private Capt. Chapin   1776 " 4 or 5 mo Col. Williams 3 Mass. Militia   1777 " 4 or 5 " " Capt. Fairfield " "   in 1776 or 1777 " 6 " Capt. Lyman - Col. Wells " "   1780 about 5 " Capt. Sam l White " "   Adj. Taylor, Major Wilson " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hatfield Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

28 757 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28,757
Elihu Hastings Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]