Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,417, William Hobson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hobson, William
S. 35,417
CONTENTS

5716. Maine
William Hobson Capt Emerson, Private - War Mass.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Jan y 1819 and sent to George Thackhurst Esq. Judge Saco. Maine
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 \text{ Mths } \frac{22}{30}  37:86    Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819  48:—     1 85:86  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Buxton - 07/4/20
Notification sent to Mr. B. Small Esq. 19 Oct 1820 Homburh Maine

William Hobson
5710
Garden
Con
Party

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment as Alfred from day to day, on the nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Ch: Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this nineteenth day of July — in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said County  William Hobson aged ninety — years, resident in Buxton — in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Emerson — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the thirteenth day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5,716 — was granted. And 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, 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 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
William Hobson
Sworn to and declared, on the 19 th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene Ch. Justice }
and Judges of the said Court.
Att. Daniel Sewall, Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
1 cow — a few articles of household furniture
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Hobson who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am un able to pursue by reason of old age —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     None ~~~~~  William Hobson  William Hobson   
STATE OF MAINE.
York ss. W.B. Sewall — Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the cc. York — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto an- nexed, 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 seventeen dollars and fifty — cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of July — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
17.50
W.B. Sewall — { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York 

William Hobson Private
March 80 w 24 Dec. 17 83
Adm.
G. T. Saco Maine

I William Hobson of Buxton in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty eight years. do declare, That I entered in the the Army of the United States as a private soldier, under Captain Emerson at Roxbury about the first of March A.D. 1780 in Colonel Tufts Regiment in the Massachusetts Line for three years, which time I served regularly & was discharged by General Knox on the 24 th day of December A.D. 1783. and was stationed at West Point & at New Windsor & many other Places which I cannot recollect - my discharge is here to annexed - I have no pension, & from my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support - I am a Citizen of the United States -
April 13. 1818
William Hobson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss -
Be it known that on the 13 th day of April A.D. 1818 - before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named William Hobson & being duly sworn on a full oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him in my presence subscribed, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress

Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war, which declaration being signed & sworn to as aforesaid, I George Thacher one of the Justices do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Hobson did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy of the United States in his declaration, & that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had before me to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions in the Act of Congress aforesaid —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this Thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & eighteen —
George Thacher

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
AWJ November 8, 1924.
F. C. Bissell, 1009 W. Blvd., Hartford, Conn.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 35417, it appears that William Hobson enlisted at Rowley, Massachusetts, March 1, 1780 and served as a private in Captain Emerson's Company, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 24, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of Buxton, York County, Massachusetts, aged eighty eight years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

35 417 Rev INVALID.
1924 Nov. 8 - Hist to J.C. Bissell
File No. 35-417
William Hobson
Dis Rev was
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany
Major-General H. O. WILSON, Commanding the Army and District of Hudson's River.
Being entitled for Three Years' Furlough, I am hereby honorably discharged from the service of the United States.
Given under my hand in the City of Albany, N. Y.
May 11, 1864.
178
By the General
Discharged in the Muster of the
Hobson, Wm. Mass S 35417

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
William Hobson a Soldier in the Massachusetts Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the 24 Day of Dec
1783
By the General's Command,
H Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph H. Bowers Capt.
and Adjutant
D

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
President HON. ERNEST E. ROGERS
Vice-Presidents ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL HON. H. WALES LINES MALCOLM D. RUDD
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Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 W. Boulevard, 370 Laurel St., Hartford HARTFORD, CONN.
Historian FRANK B. GAY
Chaplain REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY
Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP
Trustee to National Society HERBERT H. WHITE
DELEGATES
Clarence Horace Wickham, at large Edward W. Beardsley Eli C. Birdsey Robert F. Bradley William H. Burr F. Joseph Chatterton Frank A. Corbin Edgar J. Doolittle George S. Godard A. McClellan Mathewson John M. Parker, Jr. Edgar L. Pond George H. Sage Charles E. P. Sanford Andrew J. Sloper Levi T. Snow Alfred Spencer, Jr. Major Charles H. Sprague Rev. Harris E. Starr Tracy B. Warren Martin Welles William S. Welles Arthur E. Woodruff Rollin S. Woodruff
OTHER MANAGERS
William H. Allen Isaac W. Birdseye John C. Brinsmade John N. Brooks *George F. Burgess Louis R. Cheney Charles Hopkins Clark Albert F. Corbin William H. Corbin *Frederick A. Doolittle Wilson H. Lee William Maxwell Edward J. Morgan *Henry F. Parker *Charles A. Quintard George C. Ross *Malcolm D. Rudd Frank E. Sands *Charles G. Stone Earnest C. Simpson Harry R. Williams *Secretaries of Local Chapters, ex-officio
Oct. 23, 1924.
U.S. Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send Revolutionary record of William Hobson, a pensioner living in Maine, under law of 1818, Private in Massa- chusetts regiment.
Sincerely,
F. C. Bissell
Registrar.