Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,349, Thomas Hodgkins, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Hodgkins, Thomas Martha
N: 23, 349
CONTENTS

10.1448 Maine R
Thomas Hodgkins, 4 th  of the town of Monmouth and dist. on the P.R.R. of Norwalk in the state of Maine who was a Private  Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year.
scribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of May 1819 and sent to Sarah Tibbings, Exec. Anna, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 6 2/3 / 30 12.63 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 48.00
$ 130.63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continue
Lincoln County.
Notations sent the 3 rd July 1820, to Thos B. Sprague Esq r Bath Maine

3050
Name
Martha Hodgkins
widow of Thomas
Hodgkins who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a First Sgt
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 8 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to
Wm H Clark Hoff
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1
Reported Jan'y 15/49

14 Thomas Hodgkins 4.
10. 11/48
Sept 1849
Sulverton.

77 STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June 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 Circuit, Thomas Flodgkin 4 th aged Sixty seven years, resident in Woolwich in said Circuit, 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 Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Nathanial Wade in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Little 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 twenty fifth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10448 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 hereto 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Thomas Flodgkin 4 th
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 th day of June } A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Some ordinary household stuff & a fishing boat, measuring 7. 30/5 Tons. " I own John Hanniford $ 30 & John Hodgkins 30 $ 60 Thomas Hodgkins 4 th
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Thomas Hodgkins 4 th who, by occupation am a Mariner which I am as able to pursue as  as at most men of my age.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Martha 64. is in health " my wife   Betsey 15. my daughter is now compe- munity -  
Thomas Hodgkins 4 th Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, 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 Sixty five dollars and
cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Thos. Hodgkins 4 th Private Col. Little, Regt Map-Line 1776-1 year dec 25 th Ap l 1818
16. 62-
26. 66- 40
Admitted.
L Ap. 25.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
To the Hon. John Stebbins , one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the second eastern circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of Thomas Woodworth formerly a Sergeant engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Woolwich county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Thomas Woodworth enlisted into the Capt. Abel  Stearns Company for eight months in May 1775 in June 1776 he re-enlisted into the same Company and Regiment commanded by Colonel Little for one year and continued to serve faithfully as a Sergeant until January  February 1777 at which time he was honorably dis- charged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey which discharge was lost immediately after his return home from the army, and has never since been able to find it
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Thomas Woodworth is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Woolwich county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
That he is sixty five years of age Was at the Battles of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Long Island
Therefore the said Thomas Woodworth conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
Thomas Hodgkins 4th
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Personally appeared Thomas Hodgkins 4th Lincoln COUNTY ss. of the town of Woolwich county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this } 25th day of Apr 1818, } Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the G.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY ss. Personally appeared Thomas Hodgkins 5th — and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that that he is personally acquainted with Thomas Hodgkins 4th and well know that the declaration set forth in this paper is true in all its parts having served in the same Regt and company with him — At 5 —
Sworn and subscribed before me this } 25th day of Apr 1818, } Thomas Hodgkins Josiah Stebbins. a Judge of the G.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln County, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the Second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid Thomas Hodgkins the 4th
who being by me duly Sworn To the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same  has before me testified and declared as therein  expressed and on examination and inquiry it  appears to me that by reason of his absence  circumstances in time, he is in need of assistance  from his country for subsistence WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Thomas Hodgkins the 4th did serve in the Infantry of the United States as a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, this Twenty first day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Lincoln J. Green a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.  Josiah Stebbins.
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln hereby certify that Josiah Stebbins was on the 20 th of July A.D. 1818, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset and that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this 21 st day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Nathl. Coffin

Hodgkins
Me.
at 7 July 38
2119 Epiphany 12  Epiphany 22 Epiphany
adnd 20  Epiphany 21  Epiphany
no deduction A.R. Mikel
Bath Me

EDWARD KENT,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING.
KNOW YE, That Nathaniel Groton, of Bath, in the County of Lincoln, whose name is borne upon the papers herunto annexed, is Judge of Probate, within and for our said County of Lincoln, and that I believe his signature to be genuine — Edward Kent.
duly nominated and appointed, 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 caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this fifth day of November , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight , and in the thirty  third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Sam d P. Benson Secretary of State.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows."
State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss.
On this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight; personally appeared before the Hon. Nathaniel Groton Esq. Judge of Probate for said county of Lincoln - Martha Hodgkins of Woolwich in the County of Lincoln aforesaid, Aged Seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the Widow of Thomas Hodgkins 1 st late of Woolwich aforesaid, who was a Sergeant in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution; for evidence of which she must refer to those papers sent by said Thomas Hodgkins 1 st which were so satisfactory, that the War Department granted him a Pension Certificate No. 10,448 allowing him Eight dollars per month, which sum was received up to his death. See the within certificate from the War Department showing that his name was continued on the Pension Roll.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Hodgkins 1 st on the twenty first day of November in the year seventeen hundred and ninety. That her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Hodgkins 1 st died on the seventh day of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz.: at the time above stated. and that she has not been married to any other person since the decease of said Thomas Hodgkins 1 st .
witness Mmmi R. Mitchell
Martha Hodgkins
State of Maine.
County of Lincoln ss - October 26 1838 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate for said County the same being a Court of record & keeping a record of wills & estates of persons deceased in said County & year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight that Hodgkins above named, and made solemn oath that the above declaration is true. in testimony whereof I have here to set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid Nathl. Groton Judge of Probate for said County of Lincoln

State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss
I Ammi R Mitchell a Magistrate in the County above named, do hereby certify. That I was well acquainted with Thomas Hodgkins 1 st of Woolwich, and have been his agent for getting his Pension Money in Portland, and know that he died about the middle of March in the year Eighteen Hundred & twenty seven. I also know that Martha Hodgkins who has made declaration that she is the widow of said Thomas Hodgkins 1 st ; did reside with him as his wife, and they have children grown up &c so that I have no doubt that said Martha Hodgkins is truly the widow of Thomas Hodgkins 1 st who was a United States Pensioner; as she has remained unmarried ever since the death of said Thomas Hodgkins 1 st .
Ammi R Mitchell
Lincoln ss. October 26, 1838. Personally appeared Ammi R Mitchell above named & acknowledged the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same is true. I further certify that said Mitchell is a man of truth & his statements under oath are entitled to full credit.
Nath. Groom Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln

I Ebenezer Burnham, of Ipswich, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, that Capt Thomas Hodgkins and Martha Choate both then of Ipswich, were joined in Marriage November the twenty first seventeen hundred and ninety, by the Reverend Joseph Dana, then Minister of the Gospel in said Ipswich, as appears by the records of Marriages in the town of Ipswich -
The following is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, "Seventeen hundred ninety, Nov th twenty, first Capt Thomas Hodgkins & Martha Choate both of Ipswich." The following is a true copy from the record in words and figures, "1790 Nov th 21 st Capt Thomas Hodgkins & Martha Choate both of Ipswich."
Ebenezer Burnham Town Clerk of Ipswich.
Ipswich October 15, 1838.
I Ebenezer Burnham, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the town, County, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of Marriages of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me -
Eben r Burnham.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss October 15, 1838.
Sworn to before Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball esquire, before whom the affidavit above written of Ebenezer Burnham purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and seal of office this fifteenth day of October, A.D. 1838.
Nath l Lord Jr.

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
182
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined ; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr.
Thomas Hodgkins 1 st Sergeant, U. S. Pensioner, Woolwich Maine

Thomas Hodgkins

Oct 15
Qu
Annie R. Mitchell Esq Bath Me

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23349
Martha Hodgkins Wid. of Thomas Hodgkins Sergt. Rev. War
Act Feb 2 d 1848
Index: Vol. A , Page 354
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let: Ammi, R. Mitchell 21st. Oct. 1843 -
Maine, - - 21-16-
Martha (Colgkins) widow of Nathaniel Colgkins, Lt. who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. Mar '18 and who died on the 7. March 1829 - of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a P. Sgt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Little in the Mass s line for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 86 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Ap l 39, and said A. R. Mitchell, Bachel, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March - $259.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 43.33 $303.31
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book  Vol. 1 - Page 11.

Maine 4262
Rep?
Martha Hodgkins widow of Thomas Hodgkins who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 86 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of Jan. 1844 and sent to Ammi R. Mitchell Bath, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 6.

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au 4767

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Maine = Lincoln County Ss.
On this Eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of said county of Lincoln; Martha Hodgkins a resident of Woolwich in said county of Lincoln; aged Ninety five 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 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Thomas Hodgkins 1 st who was a Private & Sargent Corporal . That she received Eighty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum, under the act of 17 th June 1844, and under previous acts; 18 Apr 1839 No. 2416 having her Certificate been returned. And she further declares, that she is still a widow.
Witness Ammi R. Mitchell
Martha Hodgkins
Martha her X Hodgkins mark
I certify that the declarant is, and has been many years personally known to me; and that the above was sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me Ammi R. Mitchell Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln, ss :
I, Edmund B. Bowman , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Ammi R. Mitchell Esq
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, as appears by the papers hereunto annexed ; that he is duly qualified to act as such ; that his Commission is dated March 4 th 1847 , and will expire March 4 th 1854 ; and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, for said State, this Nineteenth day of October Anno Domini, 1848.
Edmund B. Bowman Clerk.

We Nathaniel Wade and Joseph Hodgkins both of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquires, Testify depon and say, that we were commissioned, the said Nathaniel Wade a Captain and Joseph Hodgkins as Lieutenant of a company in the Army of the United State in the Revolutionary war on the nineteenth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventyfive in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little - That Thomas Hodgkins the fourth then of said Ipswich now of Woodstock in the County of Lincoln and Commonwealth aforesaid, enlisted into our company as a private soldier sometime in the month of May in said year, to serve until the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six - And we the said Nathaniel Wade & Joseph Hodgkins further Testify depon and say, we were commissioned, the said Nathaniel Wade as Captain & Joseph Hodgkins as Lieutenant of a company in the Continental Army on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the Twelfth Regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Moses Little in the Massachusetts line of the Army, that the above named Thomas Hodgkins the fourth enlisted as a non commissioned Officer in our said company prior to the first day of January aforesaid to serve therein until the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven - and when at Crowx in the State of New Jersey on the first day of January aforesaid, the Commander in Chief requested our company and the other troops under his command to continue in service six weeks longer although the time for which they had enlisted had expired, which request we agreed to, and the said Thomas Hodgkins 4 th continued in the company and did his duty the whole time aforesaid, amounting in the whole to about Twenty-one months and was honorably discharged -
Nathaniel Wade Joseph Hodgkins
Essex ss. June 15. 1888 The above Nathaniel Wade & Joseph Hodgkins Esquires, appeared & made oath to the truth of the above deposition Before John Choate Jr. Clerk Thereby certify that the above Deponants are gentlemen of great respectability, have been members of the Legislature of Massachusetts for many years & have been otherwise employed by their constituents both in the County of Essex and also in the Town where they reside John Choate Jr. Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, Edmund Savage Esq. of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth aforesaid a Notary Public for said County of Essex duly appointed & sworn - Do certify that the within named John Chase is a Magistrate for said County of Essex - and that the signature to the within certificate is to the best of my belief his own proper writing -
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal at Salem the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1818
Edmund Savage Not Public

2216
The widow is not identified Martha Hodgkins
$86.66 per ann.
act 43
Annie R. Mitchell
Bath,
Maine —

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
John Thwing Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
SEAL of the United States District Court for the Middle District
Court this 20 th day of June
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three -
Jacob Smith CLERK.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 rd of March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of Maine - Lincoln County ss.
On this Fourteenth day of June 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned a Magistrate of the county of Lincoln Martha Hodgkins a resident of Woolwich in the county of Lincoln, aged Eighty five - 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 3 rd of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Thomas Hodgkins 4 th deceased, who was a private and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and died March 7 th 1827. And that she has received Eighty six \frac{66}{100} Dollars annually under the act of July 7 th 1838 for the five years; that her pension certificate was No 2416. and was given April 18 th 1839. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Martha Hodgkins
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Before me John Thwing Justice of the Peace
Woolwich October 31 st 1843.
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Martha Hodgkins, and have known her for more than twenty years & I know she has drawn a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838.
John Thwing Justice of the Peace