Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7655, David Hawes, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hawes, David Hannah
No. 7655
B.L.H. 15445-160-55
CONTENTS

15-736 Massachusetts
David Haves
of Norfolk in the State of Mass. who was a Mate in the Company commanded by Captain Lunt of the Regt commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass. line for 7 mos & 16 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 25 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Feb y 1833 and sent E. J.
Leland  Portbury  Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $50.22 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r 12 55
$62.77
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Albion Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 o Page 33

Letter to P Skague 22 Aug 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from the 4 Sept 1834 to the 4 March 1835 and from 4 Sept 1835 to the 4 Sept 1837. Agent notified 27 Aug 1838.
Norfolk

819 Massachusetts Nannah Hawes, widow of David Hawes Mah who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars //
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Dec. 1857 and sent to
Willis Fisher Franklin Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 40 Vol. 1
Book A

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E. G. Leland Roxbury B. Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 3 d 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of David Hawes is borne on three several Rolls, of Capt Aaron Guild's Company in Col. Whitney's Regiment — That he served there from May 19. 1776 six months and fifteen days — His name is also on one other Roll which does not indicate the time of service.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this twenty first day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Pleas now
sitting at Wrentham in and for said County, David Hance a resident of Wrentham in said County, aged 74, 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 7th A. D. 1832. (That he was born at said Wrentham, & that there is a record of his birth in the Town records of said Wrentham)
THAT he was in the United States service from the first 19th day of May A. D. 1776, to the same day of Dec A. D. 1776 as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in Capt. Guild's Company that he was residing at Wrentham
when he entered the service; that he Volunteered and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Aaron Guild, in Col. Whitney's Regiment
: that he marched from Franklin to Boston, from Boston to Hull from or Nantasket and was dismissed at Nantasket
: that he was in no battle and had no written discharge
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first  day of A. D. 1777, to the same  day of in A. D. 1779 as a Private in the service at Rhode Island : that he was residing at Wrentham
when he entered the service; that he Volunteered and served for the period aforesaid under the command of officers whose names he has forgotten
: that he marched from Wrentham to Providence  from Providence to Newport where he was discharged
: that he was in no battle and had no written discharge That he has no documentary evidence of his service & there is no record of his service in the War Department
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 1777, to the day of A. D. 1777 as a Private in the service at Rhode Island : that he was residing at
when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from to from to from to
: that he was in no battle
THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18 as a in the and that at the time of his application, he was residing at
We William Fisher residing in Franklin and Joseph Fiske residing in Wrentham in the County of Norfolk do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Hance who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid  William Fisher Joseph Fiske  Subscribed & sworn to before me  Secretary of State

He hereby relinquishes 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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Sub
David Hawes
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier.
and served as he states, & the court further certify that it appears to them that William Hughes who has signed the preceding certificate is a son, brother or nephew of the said soldier, and that the said Hughes is a resident of the county of ... and that the ... is entitled to a pension ... of the said court, Judge of Probate.
I Samuel Haver, Esq. of the court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Hawes for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haver

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848 making further provision for surviving widows of Soldiers of the Revolution Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Dorchester County ss
On this sixteenth day of February 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Dorchester Hannah Hawes a resident of Wrentham in the County of Dorchester aforesaid aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 29th of July 1848 granting Pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war
That she is the widow of David Hawes late of Wrentham aforesaid, deceased, and who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and also a Pensioner under the act of 7th of June 1832 at the rate of about twenty five Dollars 11 / 100 per annum
That she was married to the said David Hawes on the thirteenth day of November 1797 and that the said David Hawes died on the twenty fourth day of March 1842 in the 86th year of his age
She further declares she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above written } Hannah Hawes
In presence of Groomans A Abbott Willis Fisher
Before me Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace
The figures 12 were erased by me Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace also the figures 448 on the date 1848 were erased from 1850

p. 47
June 26/50 Hannah Hawes.
Evidence in Support of the claim of Hannah Hawes, Widow of David Hawes a Revolutionary Pensioner - to a pension.
Ref d to Com tee of Pensions Dep t . Interior June 28 th 1850
At 25 J. 3. 48.

Thereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the within Substant Affidavit of David H. Haws and am fully satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth in the within Declaration made and subscribed by me That David Haws was a person who appeared by Power of Attorney in the department created before me. Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island, &c.
County of Providence
On this 28 day of April
A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Eliab D Whipple
a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid,
Hannah Hawes
aged 77 years, now resident in
the Town of Wrentham the County of Norfolk and State of  Massachusetts  in said County , who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of David Hawes
who was a private in Capt.
com-
pany, and in a Regiment commanded by Col.
in the war of the Revolution, and that her said husband was in actual service more than Six months in said war, and was honorably discharged.
And she further declares that she was married to David Hawes
on the 30 day of November A. D. 1797 by Rev Mr
Benjamin Wood a minister of the gospel and that her name before marriage was Hannah Batchelder
and that her said husband died on the 24 day of March A. D. 1852 and that she is now a widow.
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $25.00 per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her said husband's services in said war; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying pensions in the City of Boston. And she further declares that when she made a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855, and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has never made any application for Bounty Land before the present.
Attest Eliab D Whipple
Hannah Hawes
We Simon Sedgman and William H. Sedgman residents of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Hannah Hawes in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Simon Sedgman William H. Sedgman
Interlocutory and Final were made before me this day

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
Eliz D Whipple Justice of the Peace
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
PROVIDENCE,
May 7 th
A. D., 1853
I, Asa S. Westcott
Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Eliz D. Whipple was on the 28 th day of April A.D. 1853 a justice of the Peace in said County of Providence
duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
Asa S. Westcott Clerk.

I Harvey Bradish of Upton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify, that I am Town Clerk of said Town, and have in my possession the town records & that the following is a true copy of records, (excep- ting the date which is expressed in figures thus (August 20 th 1797)
Marriage is introduced between Mr David Thomas of Worcester & Miss Hannah Batchelder of Upton, August twentieth Seventeen hundred and ninety seven
I further testify that I have carefully examined the records, and I find no record of any marriage from February 28 th 1796, (the year the Rev Benjamin Wood was ordained over the Church and Congregations of the Town of Upton) until March 5 th 1799, which was solemnized by the said Benjamin Wood Attest Harvey Bradish Town Clerk.
Worcester ss September 14 th 1850 Personally appeared Harvey Bradish above named and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me, Elijah Stock Clerk Lester Pease

*The words which are crossed out and the word (interlined) beyond the asterisk (*) and the word (interlined) altered from the word (interlined) written
 Memorandum. David Hawes was born Aug. 4 th 1758 and died March 24 th 1842 aged 83 years 7 months and twenty days
I Darius Hawes of Wenham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age to wit: Fifty years of age, do testify That the Memorandum hereto attached is a faithful record of the Birth, age and Death of my Father David Hawes as made by myself, being his only child surviving him, That I have lived with him from my birth to the day of his death, That no public record of his death is to be found of his death That my father was a pensioner under the act of 1832 June 7 th and that his widow and my Mothers name is Hannah Hawes That I made thorough search for town record of the marriage of the said David Hawes & Hannah Hawes where in the town of Upton her native town & where they were married could find none, no return having been made as officiant for about three years by Rev. Benjamin Wood who married them,
Darius Hawes
Subscribed and sworn to before the subscriber a justice of the peace for the County of Norfolk State of Massachusetts this twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Fifty Before me Willis Fisher Justice Peace

I hereby further certify That I am personally acquainted with the parties named in the within affidavit and have been with the said David Flower, deceased, from the time before his marriage to the time of his death, and with Hannah Flower since her marriage and their son David Flower from his infancy to the present time and I have no doubt of the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Will m Fisher Justice of the Peace

No 25627
David Hawes Norfolk County Massachusetts
70 Parks 9 Mr 16 day
E. S. Leland Roxbury Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of David Hawes County of Norfolk Massachusetts
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Served 1776 - 6 16 private Capt Guild, Col Whitney 74 years Wrentham Traditionary evidence & one piece   Vol. 1779 - 1 - officers not recollected Massachusetts Documentary, not authenticated and not correctly attached   7 16  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. H. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ your _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Mr Camp

No. 713. Hannah Rowe, widow of David  Clapp ,
insperado
he to claimant
3 d July 1830
Lit. Hon. Horace Mann 9 th Sept 1850
Act 29 July 48.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 25 th 1830.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Willis Fisher was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. Wallcut
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. On this second day of March, one thousand eight hundred fifty, at Upton, County and State aforesaid, at the request of Hannah Perkins, widow of Daniel Perkins late of Framingham deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States, Personally appeared Margery Bradish, Lydia Perkins, and Abigail Batchelder. Before me Elijah Stoddard a Justice of the Peace, within said for said County, and was duly sworn by me, to testify the truth of the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, relating to the cause, for which this deposition is taken, to enable the said Hannah Perkins to the Pension, to which her late Husband was entitled, at the time of her Marriage with Daniel Perkins, and they each of them upon oath, depose and say, that said Marriage was solemnized at Upton, on the thirtieth day of November, one thousand seven hundred, and sixty seven. (Nov 30. 1867) in their presence, and have hereunto subscribed our names.
Margery Bradish Lydia Perkins Abigail Batchelder
Subscribed and sworn to this day and year above written
Before me Elijah Stoddard Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, CHARLES W. HARTSHORN, Clerk of the
Judicial Courts, —
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that
Elijah Stoddard,
on the second day of March AD 1850 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the deposition of Margery Bradish and others —
hereunto annexed to be genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said
County ,
this twenty third
day of April ,
, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty —
Chas. W. Hartshorn Clerk.
Fees 25 cts paid by A. H. W.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
On this 30 th day of June A D 1856 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for said County Hannah Hawes of the Town of Wrentham in said County who being duly sworn according to law subscribed the following Supplemental declaration in order to obtain all means of pension due her late husband David Hawes deceased under the act of June 7 1832 & also for the increase of her own pension which has been granted her under the act of Congress of July 29 1848 And she the said Hannah further declares that her said husband the said David made an application for a pension in his life time under the aforesaid act of June 7 1832 which was granted at the rate of $25.00 only payable at the Agency for paying pensions in Boston, per annum, which pension he continued to receive up to the time of his death, and she further declares that her said husband was only allowed for about seven months and a half as a private, according the evidence then produced; that since his death and recently, further evidence has been found in the archives of Massachusetts of four months & three days service as a private in Capt. Aaron Guilds Company in Col. Whitneys Regiment from August 18 th 1776 stationed at Hull, as will fully appear by the certificate of the Secretary of said Commonwealth hereto annexed

Wherefore she claims as his widow an increase of his pension from the fourth of March 1831 up to the time of his death, for the additional services now proved to have been performed by him. And the said Hannah further says that after his death she applied for & obtained a pension under said act of Congress of July 29 1848, for the same amount per annum as had been received by her said husband, to wit, the sum of $25.11 per annum payable at the Agency for paying pensions in said Boston. But she now claims an increase of her pension for the additional services of some months & then days aforesaid and requests that the same may be allowed to her, pursuant to the provisions of said acts of Congress,
and she the said Hannah further declares that she was lawfully married to said David Hawes November 30 th A.D. 1797 and that he died on the 24 day of March A.D. 1842 and since his death she has continued his widow and is now his widow, & for the evidence of her marriage & the date of his death she refers to the application, she made to obtain her pension & the evidence she produced, - now in the proper Department at Washington
Hannah Hawes

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss. Frampton June 30th 1856 Personally before me the abovenamed Hannah Haines and made Oaths to the preceding Declaration by her signature and I further certify that she is personally known to me and her description and I also certify that she is the Widow of David Haines late of Wrentham who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his Death
Willis Fisher Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 5 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed. on the 8 th day of October 1855. Willis Fisher was Commissions for the term of Dureffes a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
A. D. With Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
January 17, 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of David Hans is borne on pay roll of Capt. Aaron Guild's Comp. Col. Whitney's Regt. from Aug. 1. 1776. 4 mos. 3 days, as private, from Wrentham. Roll dated Hull Nov. 26. 1776.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis DeWitt
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Concord, July 21 st 1856
Dear Sir -
I have the honor to enclose the application
of Hannah Haws, widow of David Haws for arrears of pension due her late husband at the time of his death under act of June 7 th 1832 & for an increase of her own pension as his widow under the act of July 29 th 1848 - It will appear from the endorsed certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that additional evidence of his services has been found in the Archives of that State amounting to 4 months & three days - David Haws in his life time always alleged that he was not allowed so large a pension as he was justly entitled to as I have been informed & the additional evidence since discovered proves the fact - I have therefore to request that the arrears of pension be ordered to be paid to her and

that her own pension may be increased I restore her pension certificate hitherto allained & request that a new one may be granted -
I am very Respectfully Yours at Dept Betsy Powell
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.)

Franklin September 25 th 1850 To the Commissioner of Pensions
Herewith enclosed I send an affidavit of the Town Clerk of the Town of Upton where the Deborah Hannah Hawes was married showing what is on record in regard to her marriage and what is not. Mrs. Hawes has not received your communication of the 3 rd July having little or no correspondence and living some 5 or 6 miles from the P.O. where it was directed and it not being forwarded it still probably remains there, Any communication you hereafter make on the matter of her pension whether for further evidence or a certificate Please direct to my address at Franklin Mass.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully your Humble Servt Willis Fisher
J. L. Edward Comm. r of Pensions Washington. D. C.
P.S. you will see that the same Magistrate officiated in the present affidavit as in the one you have before I supposed another certificate would be unnecessary
W. F.

Home of Abt. Aug. 30 th 50.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir,
Willis Fisher
Esq. of Franklin Mass, informs me that he sent to your office, about the 1 st of July last, (as he thinks,) a claim for a Pension, in behalf of Hannah Hawes of Wrentham, widow of David Hawes, he having been a petitioner under the act of 1832:2, as he has heard nothing from it, he desires me to make inquiry whether you have received it.
By enabling me to answer him, or by forwarding to me the paper for him (if ready) you will much oblige,
Yours very truly, Horace Mann.

Kannah Downs, mile p Davin -
Map -
Aug 29 July 1848 Ad? 7 mi 16 d Pin - $25. 11 from H - Mch 1848
Let me know Willis Fisher Franklin Map -

Mass.
Fruitland Nov 1 st 1850
To the Commissioners of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I sent by mail directed to your Office some two months since an affidavit of the Town Clerk of Upton Mass. in order the more fully to establish the claim of + Hannah Hawes the Widow of David Hawes late of Deerfield deceased expecting the same would be received & hoping it might be sufficient for granting the prayer of the petitioner I have learned nothing from it. I send this note for information or instructions as the case may require
Respectfully your most Obedient & humble Servt
William Fisher
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington D. C.

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7655
Hannah Hawes
Wid"
David Hawes
First Rev War
Act: July 29  1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, August 23. 1838.
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," Daniel Haver a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency , at the rate of twenty five Dollars and eleven Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1834 to the 4 th of March 1835 , and from the 4 th of Sept. 1835 to 4 th Sept. 1837 Respectfully, yours,
Abias N. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.