Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,265, Elijah Hawes, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hawes, Elijah
S 13265
CONTENTS
Carded

1100 1100 Connecticut
3700 2 Elijah Haws
Roll of 2 Co. in the Regt of Artillery who was a Private in the Battery commanded by Captain Dutton of the Regt. command by Col. Ward in the Myles line for 10 mos. 47 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Cont. at the rate of 34 Dollars 10 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of June 1833 and granted to be complete 1833. for Cramps Non Sin Qu
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833 $68 20 Semi-annual allowance ending at 4th of Mar. 1833 17 05 $85 25
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. Col. Gils Clerk
Recorded by book C. Vol. 2. Page 18.

State of Connecticut } District of Stafford County of Tolland } Probate Court, September 26 th 1832
On this 26 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford in the County and State aforesaid, now sitting, Elijah Hawes of Union in the District County and State aforesaid, age seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits 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 -
1 st tour - Immediately after the alarm occasioned by the battle at Lexington in April 1775, I turned out with others and marched to Cambridge Mass, & then remained in Worcester in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. In two or three days after I arrived at Cambridge Mass, (viz) on the 24 th day of April 1775, I enlisted into the service for eight months, into a company of State troops, in the Massachusetts line. Capt Jonas Hubbard commanded the company - John Smith and William Gates Lieuts. We belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Ward of Southborough Mass, Major Bigelow. We were first stationed in Cambridge college a few weeks, and then were stationed at a fort east of the college called C802 - where we continued until July. In the mean time a part of our Regt. was ordered to Bunker Hill. The battle having commenced, We marched immediately to Charlestown, but before we got to the hill we met our troops on the retreat, we were within the reach of the shot of the British. After the battle we returned to the fort at Cambridge. In July our Regt. was ordered to Dorchester where we were stationed at the works and kept guard on Dorchester heights, day and night. We continued there until the 1 st day of January 1776 when I was discharged and returned to Worcester, having served eight months and seven days.

2 nd Issue In the month of September 1786, Jonathan Phillips of S d Worcester was drafted for a term of duty of two months. On account of the situation of his family he did not like to go, and I agreed with S d Phillips to go in his place as a substitute. I was accepted as a substitute for S d Phillips, took his gun, and joined a company commanded by Capt n Ebenezer Lovell. Lieut s Wilson and Harrington. We marched to Springfield, thence to Hartford Conn n , and thence to New Haven Connecticut, where we stayed 2 or 3 days and then marched through Stratford, Fairfield and Danford to Danystown in the State of New York. We belonged to a Reg t commanded by Col. Denny, Major Bliss, the Major. We were stationed at Danystown with another Reg t commanded by Col. Tyler, - and kept up a guard at several points on the North River. A party of the enemy then lay in the river near Dobbs Ferry. A short time before we were discharged there was an alarm that the enemy was about to attack us with a superior force. We then fell back from the river three or four miles, and continued there until our time expired. Having served two months I was discharged and returned to Worcester.
I have no other proof of my services, except the Depositions of James M c , Farlane and Susan Gates which are herewith transmitted. I have no documentary evidence of my services and know of no other persons, whose testimony I can procure to prove my services, —
I hereby relinquish every claim, whatever, to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, —
In answer to the interrogatories put by the Court as prescribed by the War Department,
I was born in the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts on the 26 th day of August 1755. I have been informed that my birth was recorded in the records of S d Town of Sutton but I have never seen it.
When I was about eleven years old my father moved with his family, to the Town of Worcester, in S d Worcester County, where

I live when called into the service and until the year 1789. In 1789 I moved to the Town of Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut and have since and resided there ever since. I was called into the service as stated in this my declaration. The first term I enlisted, and the second was a substitute for Jonathan Phil- lips as herein stated.
In my first term General Howe was commander in chief until Genl. Washington arrived at Cambridge about the 1 st of July, Genl. Putnam was at Cambridge also Genl. Lee, Col. Sheldon.
In my second term Putnam , Lord Sterling, but do not recollect any other Officers except those named in my declaration.
I never received any written discharge, I am known to William Foster Esq., Robert Lawson Esq., Nathaniel Vowell Esq. David Larson, Obijah Sessions and Stuart Hammond now living in my present neighborhood, who can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
Elijah Haves
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
We Robert Lawson and Nathaniel Vowell both residing in the Town of Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elijah Haves who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he sustains a good character for veracity, and that his declarations are entitled to full credit that he is reputed and believed in the neighborho- od where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Robert Lawson
Nathaniel Vowell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the S rs Courts 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 Robert Lawson and Nathaniel C. Smith Esqrs. who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Town of Union, in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, — and that James M c Farland and Simon Galt, whose Depositions are herewith transmitted are credible persons and their testimony entitled to credit, —
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Clergymen now residing in the Town of Union, have resided in the Town but about six months, and are not particularly acquainted with the aforesaid applicant and know nothing of his reputed services as a soldier of the revolution.
Passed by the Court, Calvin Fiske, Clerk
I Calvin Fiske, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applications of Elijah Haines for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office this 29 th day of September A D 1832,
Calvin Fiske, Clerk
A true copy certified from record
by Calvin Fiske, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Calvin Fiske and with his hand writing — that he is Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford, and that his signature and the seal of the Court appended to the foregoing certificate are genuine.
J. V. H. Crawford, Collector of Customs,
June 4, 1833.
New London, Ct.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
August 13, 1924
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sutton 23 N. University Ave. Provo, Utah
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13265, it appears that Elijah Hawes was born August 26, 1755, in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted April 24, 1775, served as a private in Captain Jones Hubbard's Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill and was discharged January 1, 1776.
He enlisted in September, 1776, and served two months in Captain Ebenezer Lovell's Company, Colonel Denny's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, while a resident of Union, Tolland County, Connecticut.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

To the ...
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Admitted 355 10 mo 27 days Chp. Militia
33 1/2 77 34 1/2
J. H. Crawford Esq. Parsons New London Connt

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Cliph Hays which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
¶ QUERE V. 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 period mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

PROVO DRUG CO.
23 North University Avenue
PROVO, UTAH
July 18, 1924
Pension Bureau, Dep't of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Will you give to me the pension record of Elijah Hawes, Private, who served in the Massachusett's Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.
This Elijah Hawes received a pension in 1832 while residing in Folland County, Connecticut.
I desire this record information to complete family records and will appreciate any information that you may give me.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Seaton

Reborn
13.265 INVALID.
File No. 13. 265
Elijah Humes Dis. New War
Act: June 7th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 434
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 Aug. 13 Histed Mrs Elizabeth C. Hutton mcs

I James McFarland of Worcester county of Worcester State of Mass aged 73 years do on oath de- pose and say that in Sept 1778 I entered the service as a militia man for two months at Worcester in a company comman- ded by Capt. Lovell, Lts Wilson & Harrington in a company in a regt under Col. Dana, Maj. Clapp - Gen. Benj. Lin- coln. I marched to New Haven and remained there a few days when I marched to Tarrytown New York where I remained till my time expired when I was honourably discharged by verbal dismis- sion, that Elijah Hense was a member of the same company during the whole of the said time and at its expiration was honourably discharged by verbal dismission that he was well known to me then and is now.
Worcester Sept 3 d 1832
Then personally appeared before me the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above and here- by that he is well known to me and I believe is entitled to credit
Emory Washburn Jur of the Peace

I Simon Gates of Worcester in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 76 years do testify & say that I was in the War of the Revolution with Elijah Haws of Union in the County of Holland & State of Connecticut but formerly of Worcester in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1775 at Cambridge and Dorchester in Massachusetts eight months under the command of Capt. Jonas Hubbard of Worcester in Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment of Southboro and was at the battle of Bunker Hill and at the expiration of the term of eight months we were honorably discharged from said service & further the Deponent saith not
Simon Gates
Worcester ss. September 4. 1830
Then personally appeared Simon Gates above named & made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed and I further certify that said Gates is well known to me & is entitled to full credit
John Clarke Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Worcester do certify, that John Clarke and Emory Washburn, Esquires, before whom the annexed Depositions of Simon Gates and James McFarland were signed and sworn to, are Justices of the Peace within and for said County - and that the signatures of said Justices to the certificates of the oaths of said Deponents, appear to be in their own proper hand writing. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. —
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.