Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,438, Richard Hoit, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental (Mass.)
Hoit, Richard Hoyt. or
S. 445 438
CONTENTS

17. 679 1/2  New Hampshire  Richard Hoyt
of Grafton Co in the state of N.H. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel L. Baldwin of the Mass Hs line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 6 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of September 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. of August. 1820 & handed  Edward Evans Esq
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 44.76 Semi-annual all'ce ending 1 Sept 1820 48 5 mo 14/30 4/3 8 $92.76
40 3.73 1. 3 44.76
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
John Peary June 28 1823

120

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
June 30, 1853.
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 28, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the Adm rs of Richard Hoyt, dec d ,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1836 to the 1 st Jan'y 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brookehead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Richard Hoyt
17 Sept 1819
Madam I am

Will the Judge explain how it is that the applicant's acceleration is dated Sep 11/94 and one of the witnesses, official is dated Sept 18/94 - That explained, a certificate will issue in this case.
See letter of 18 Evans.
Richard Plant Falmouth
Private
96 to 97
Robbin Chap to
Sept

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton ss.)
ON this seventeenth day of September 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court for the probate of wills &c for said County personally appears Richard Hoyt of Grafton aged sixty three years, resident in the said State
in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the 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 Richard Hoyt enlisted in Brookfield the last of Decr 1775 in the State of Massachusetts for one year in the company commanded by Captain Colb Robinson of the Plymouth and commanded by Col Lacon Baldwin  the line
; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the first of January  seventeen hundred & seventy seven , when he was discharged from service in the State of New Jersey or Pennsylvania ; that he was in the battles of and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Edward Grew Judge of prob
I, Edward Grew Judge of the Court for the probate of wills &c
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Richard Hoyt is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of assistance from his country for his support & did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In for money when of I have hereunto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said Court the day & date above written
Edward Grew Judge of probate

Richard Hoyt by his Guardian
1767
Con
J. L. B.

Sessions To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Rockester within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the first Tuesday of January  February 1821 Richard Hoit aged sixty five , resident in Strafford said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary cloth- ing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
That he has no property of any description
Richard Hoit by his Guardian Thomas Hoit
And the said following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
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, enti- tled "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 annex- ed and by me subscribed.
And the said war as follows, viz.
doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary
(The said Richard Hoit being adjudged by the Judge of Probate a distracted person this blank is not filled)

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 17 Sept. 1819 — and the number of his pension certificate is 17079 — That his occupation is that of a La bouche en France — not able to procure it being insured — That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
his wife aged 62 years not able to labour —
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the Third
day of January 1821.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
} Richard Hoit by his Guardian Thomas Hoit
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
Sessions at a court of Common Pleas holden at Rochester within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the Third day of Jany. 1821 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH,
SAMUEL QUARLES,
} Associate Justices of said Court.
Daniel Gale Esq John Wheeler Esq Thomas Hoit
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Thomas Hoit as Guardian to Michael Hoit having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is _____ dollars _____ cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
Sessions I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the Third day of January 1821.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

Record Division.
July 31, 1911.
Mrs. Sarah H. Johnston, Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 27 th and received the 29 th instant, relative to Richard Hoit, you are advised that the only Revolutionary War pensioner by that name is Richard Hoit or Hoyt, Sur. File No. 44,132, whose pension certificate, numbered 17,679, was issued August 4, 1820, while he was a resident of Tuftonborough, New Hampshire.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

44 438
lay
INVALID.
File No. 44 438
Richard Hoyt
Prin. Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: Vol. 3, Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Lang Substation Officer
Lebanon N.H. Dec 18 th - -
Free
order
Department of War
100
Pension Office
Washington City
Admitted

Empire N. H. Dec 15 th 1819
Dear Sir
The reasons of the application of Richard Hoyt for pension being subsequent to the date of one of the affidavits in support of his claim are as follows.
Mr Hoyt has been supported by his son whose means are the result of his own industry, said son being at Concord in August 1818 & Mr Eliot being called upon to testify for persons claiming pensions & noting that the service was the same he had heard his father mention & that Eliot was personally acquainted with his father he took the affidavit you refer to at that time.
The old gentleman has infirmity being such as to render it imprudent (in the judgement of his son) to go from home & the prospect of his own means are so small that his son never aided him to make his application until Sept 1819.
I thought the fact of his service made equally certain by the affidavit taken prior as subsequent to his declaration I therefore transmitted the same as such.
I am Respectfully yours, &c &c
Edwards
J. L. Edwards Esq

John Elliot Affairs Richard Hart
194 62 64

I John Elliot late a soldier in the Revolutionary Army do hereby upon oath, that in December 1775 I enlisted as a soldier in the Col. Robertson company of Loammi Baldwin's Regiment in the continental service, for one year. that in the same month Richard Hatt of Amosbury Massachusetts enlisted into the same company & Regiment & for the same period, & I further certify that the said Hatt, served out one full year in the above company & Regiment, & that he had the reputation of having performed his duty honestly & faithfully while in service. Also that he was discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey, as near as I can recollect, in January 1777 by Loammi Baldwin the Col. of said Regiment
State of New Hampshire } Concord August 18 th 1818. John Elliot County of Rockingham } Be known that on this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1818 personally appeared John Elliot and in my presence subscribed the foregoing affidavit, & thereupon made solemn oath that the same is just & true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the County & State aforesaid on the day aforesaid Joseph Law
Notary Public - Testify that the above deposition is a credible person, Joseph Law, Notary Public,

Daniel Lany, Appoint

I Daniel Lacy of Dorchester in the State of New Hampshire do hereby say that I was personally acquainted with a private soldier in the army of the revolution by the name of Haight (his christian name I do not distinctly recollect but think it was Richard) who enlist- ed into Capt Isaac Shearman Company & Col Leavitt Bullock's Regiment in the Massachusetts line for the term of one year in A.D. 1776 - in the month of December & that he faithfully served said United States against the common enemy the full Period of his engagement & was honorably discharged from said service the first of January A.D. 1777
October 19 th 1819 Daniel Lacy
State of N. Hampshire Grafton ss. October 19 th 1819 Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Lacy to me well known a man of truth & integrity & made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me Inter testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & have affixed my Notarial Seal the day & date above written
Edward Evans } Notary Public

MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL WASHINGTON, D. C.
July 27th
Dear Miss Waloon
I find the pension of Richard Hoit - File 44438 is not - the Richard Hoit my father's claim. She gives the same file p. 38 file 44438 of the pensioner. Her says her pension was 17679 - will you look and see if there is another pensioner by that name - they say their ancestor was born 1759 in Exeter N.H. died in Burlington
Sincerely yours Sarah H. Johnson

Onion Hill or Plant
File 44438 Cfs 17,679
Richard Hoyt of Eastonboro, N.H.
Birth Prob. d. Jan 14 1837. not admitted to this period stated. at Mrs. H. Quincy.

Pension Office June 23/1883
Sir Richard Hoyt, N H Rolls , Concord Agency , was pensioned under Acts 1818 & 1820, at $96 per annum. Please state to what time he was paid.
Very Respectfully I am for form of pension,
I Part H rs . On Portsmouth Roll, and 3 Auditor Paid to 4 th Sept. 1836.
F Burd Scrivener.