Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,185, Abner Hathaway, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hathaway, Abner
S. 44185
CONTENTS

12.052 Q New York.
D 1st, Oct. 1827. See letter to P. Agt. May 23. 1835
Abner Hathaway.
of Fort Ann in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months - 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1819 &
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of June 1819 and sent to Henry Thorne, Esq. Fort Ann, N.Y.
Amount to 4th of March 1819- Portion of - Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 4 \frac{22}{30} 37.06 $: 37.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued. Washington County.
Abner Hathaway, Fort Ann, N.Y. 1777-1819. See letter to P. Agt. May 23. 1835.

3959 Abner Hathaway (Rev.)
Henry Thorne, agt.
Hartford, N. H.
Recd. May 26. 1819.
Col. Alden's Massach. Reg t
1777-78-9 m s . Roll.
9 th April 1819.
Admitted

I Jonathan Wood Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abner Hattaway did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and Examination had had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that the said Abner Hattaway is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Dated the ninth day of April 1819
Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington Common Pleas
In Washington County, State of New York,
Theodore Shipherd Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Washington do certify that Jonathan Wood Esq. by whom the above certificate was made is one of the Judges of the said court acting under the authority of the said state, and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 3 rd day of May A.D. 1819.
T. Shipherd Dep. Clerk

State of New York
Washington County
ss.
I, Oliver Hathaway of the town of Fort Anne in the County of Washington in the State of New York aged fifty nine years and upwards, do according to the act for bounties in the United States of America entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" make the following declarative under oath, that is to say, I do solemnly declare that I was on the eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen a resident citizen of the United States residing in the town of Fort Anne County and State aforesaid and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for subsistence - I do further declare that I was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution against the common enemy for more than two years in various stations during said war on the continental establishment. That I belonged to the company commanded by Oliver Soper in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Reed in the Massachusetts line - in which I enlisted on or about the first day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, in which I served one whole year being the term for which I enlisted therein was discharged at the expiration of said year's service at the place then called "Goshen" as near as I can recollect - no discharge in writing given to me, but was.

discharged by parole - That some time in the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy, I enlisted for eight months in the company commanded by Captain - Reading in the Regiment, commanded by Colonel -
of which Regiment one Major was Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts line, in which I served for the said term of eight months, was discharged at Valley Forge Pennsylvania State, - That in May or June in the year one thousand - Seven hundred and seventy eight, as near as I can recollect, I enlisted for nine months in the company commanded by Captain in the Regiment commanded by Colonel -
Also in the Massachusetts line in which I served nine months was discharged at Cherry Valley, New York State had a written discharge which I have not got do not know where it is - That I afterwards served six months in the Continental line commanded by Major Knapp as near as I can recollect, the name of the Captain is out of my recollection -
Sworn to subscribe & declare this 24th day of April 1847 before me Jonathan Hood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington
Alner Hathaway

In the matter of Abner Anthony's Declaration
E U
direct to Henry Miller Fort Lee Wash C. N.Y.
12-052
Sept 1899

State of New York Washington county } ss.
On this 29 th day of August 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record of record and the court of common pleas held in and for the county of Washington in the state of New York. Ebenezer Hathaway aged sixty years, resident in the town of Caton county of Washington aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that on or about the first day of December Seventeen hundred and seventy five he enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Oliver Soper in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Reed in the Massachusetts line in which he served one whole year, being the term for which he enlisted, being discharged at the expiration of said year. Service at a place then called Goshen as near as he can recollect, that in May 1777, he enlisted for eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Reading in the  Reynolds commanded by Colonel of which Regiment one - Basset was lieutenant Colonel - That in May or June 1778, as near as he can recollect he enlisted for nine months in the company commanded by Capt. in the in the Regiment commanded by Col. Colonel in the Massachusetts line in which he served nine months as stated in his original declaration the date whereof is the 9 th day of April 1810. made before Jonathan Ward Esq., one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county was forwarded to the war department, and that he has received a pension from the said 9 th day of April 1810 as may appear from the certificate of the Secretary of War dated the 15 th day of June 1810, numbered 12,052. and.
I Ebenezer Hathaway do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever 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" paid on the eighteenth day of March the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars and righted. That I have not now 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."
Schedule of my estate real & personal, newspapers, clothing, and bedding excepted. Real Estate I have now except the use of one fourth part of an orchard making fifteen to eighteen Barrels of cider a year, meaning that the whole orchard making the said fifteen to eighteen barrels a year of which orchard I have a right to the one fourth part and no more, the cider will overage from one dollar & a half to two dollars a barrel. and allowing the ordinary expenses of getting the apples & making them up may encage me about three dollars. — a year.
I have a right to the use only of one quarter of a place put up for a house, place is covered, nothing more close to it, the part to which I have a right to the use of being a small room about ten feet square & other little privileges of like kind consequence might be worth of finished off the old house a year. — may be worth in its present & situation three dollars and seventy five cents a year.
  one loom $14- 14-0   Personal property, — one ax 5/ scraps of old iron 8/ one rake 4/ $1. 75   two broken sickle 10/ one old horseshoe 2/6 " 37 1/2   one barrel 3/3 three old half puncheons 3/ " 75   one chest 5/ one Table 12/ six chairs 14/ " 4. 00   one looking glass 3/ one tin Kettle 5/ one dish kettle 3/ 1. 37 1/2   one tin pan 3/6 one tin funnel 1/4 one old coffee pot 1/6 " 54   four tea cups 10/ one basin 10/ two plates 3/ " 58   one pitcher 1/ two spoons 3/ six knives & forks 2/6 " 52 

one tin paint 3/6. one tin furniture 1/4 one old copper pan 1/6 four tea cups 10/6. one basin 10/6. two plates 3/6 " 58 one pitcher 1/6. two spoons 18/6. six knives & forks 2/6 " 52 one basket 2/6. one tub 1/6. one new tub 2/6. two hairnets 1/6 " 8/6 one schythe snath 3/3. one tansing iron 4/6. one basket 18/6 " 99 one hammer 2/6. one pair pincers 1/6. four nails & shafts 1/6 " 54 one note dated 16 Sept. 1819. $20. due in two years with an indorsement of $5.33. balance } 13. 67 Feb. 01. 70 Almon Hathaway
Almon's said Almon's testimony that Justice upon his oath declare that his leg amputation & Browne's medical to below part in his breast, inward form since weakness, bodily indisposition, constantly, more the care of Physicians all last winter, that he has no family.
sworn to once statement in the 20th day of August 1870 before me Aspin Lawrence
Almon Hathaway
Philo P. Phelps

I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing with and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in valuation of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty six — dollars and seventy five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 20th day of August. 1820 D. Shepherd Clerk
In the matter of } Declaration Ebenezer D. Mansfield
Un
paid to Henry Miller
Fort Penn. Wash. C.P.
N.Y.
12-052
12-052
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His to aThaway ago All
May 28, 1904 Albertine E. H. Chie
44 185
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44 185
Abner Hathaway Dis Ben Far
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ALBERTINE E. HATHAWAY
LAWYER
81 CLARK STREET, CHICAGO
TELEPHONE CENTRAL 3156
CHICAGO, May 17, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
S i r:--
Will you kindly send me abstract of the Revolutionary Record of Abner Hathaway, whose name appears in the list of pensioners published by the War Department in 1834, and who is listed as then residing in Washington County, N.Y., and having been placed on the pension roll on June 16, 1819.
If the above request is in any manner informal, I shall esteem it a favor if you will furnish me with the information which will enable me to correct the same.
Respectfully yours,
Albertine E. Hathaway

Offic l Bank U States
New York May 21 1835
Sir
I enclose for your examination the Papers in the case of Abner Hathaway formerly a Rev o : Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency who died on the 27 th of Octo r : 1827; The claim is now made by the Administrator on the Estate of the Widow, she having died without receiving the Balance of Pension due her.
I am very respectfully
Sir
Your obed Servt
Isaac Lawrence Pres t . Acting as Agent for Pensioner.
James I Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.