Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5513, Samuel Hinckley, Mass.

SERVICE
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Hinckley Samuel Hinckley or
S. 5513
CONTENTS
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 11 th 1841.
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," The widow of Samuel Hinkley a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Forty one Dollars and 10 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March to the 15 th June 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Parry
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

15.46 Massachusetts
Samuel Hinkley
of Hampshire in the State of Mass ts who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lutnam of the Reg t commanded by Col. Hutchinson the Massachusetts line for 9 mos. & 10 days.
Samuel Hinkley Records corrected May 9, 1907.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 41 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of June '33 and sent application Northampton Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 82.20 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 20.55
$102.75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 33
Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 15 June 1840. Age Notified 18. May 1841
77 Massachusetts

211460
Samuel Kenokly Mass
Samuel -
3.10 private 11.10
6 mo. Supt 30 $41.10
Samuel Kenokly Northampton Mass

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 subjouined 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. Those 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, shewing the Service of Samuel Hunkley  County of Hampshire State of Mass
   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.     Ent. 1775 3 10 Privt. Capt. Putnam 25 years   Vol — little over 3 Water Genl. Washington Worcester County Living Witness   Ent. 1776 6 Sergt Col. Butcher Mass   Col. Converse   Capt. Page  
Service as water not allowed I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. 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 _____ 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 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 [j] 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.

Samuel Hinckley's application for a Pension March 1833-
Pension 24460 Office
Ms. p.
Ms. 12

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Twenty Seventh day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the  the Circuit court of Common Pleas now sitting, Samuel Hinckley a resident of Northampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy five 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, to wit, directly after the news of the Lexington
Battle reached Brookfield in the County of Worcester in S. Massachusetts where I was born & brought up. The latter part of April 1775 the Minute Company so called which was raised in the three Parishes in Brookfield was called together Capt. Perses Putnam commanded the Company, my Father was Lieut. and Daniel Shays, who headed the Rebels in this State in 1786, was a Sergeant in the same Company. I was a private - we marched to Cambridge near Boston and had one of the batteries assigned us for a Bravack. Putnam was promoted to a Brig d when Gen l Washington came on in July following & took command of the Army - Gen l William Ward was the Com d er in Chief before Washington came from the South. I was absent just three months and ten days during that campaign.
In the fall of the year 1775 my brother Job Hinckley enlisted as a private, I do not remember the name of the Capt d . I think Col o . Hutchinson commanded the Reg t . Capt. Welch was Surgeon of the Reg t , and he took my Brother for his waiter - When Boston was evacuated in March 1776, the Reg t my Brother was in was the first that marched into Boston. My Father heard the Reg t was ordered to New York - He sent me to Dr. Welch to take my Brother's place for a few weeks & for my Brother to come home on a visit - Soon after my Brother got home he was joined with the Small Pox & died it being about the last of June following my Brother came to the Island of New York's Neck his place as waiter to Dr. Welch and I came home. I was absent a few days over three months. In a few days after I got home I think the first of Aug t 1776 Col o . Conner's next door neighbors to my Father were called upon to fill his reg t , and march as soon as possible to the White Plains in the State of New York - I enlisted as a Soldier in Capt. Paige's Company in Conner's Reg t . and having found two short Campaigns before I was appointed a Sergeant - we marched to the North River near Fishkill and we were with two or three other Reg t s to guard the Stores there and South of it at places. After Fort Washington was taken in Nov r . 1776 the British forces came to the Chequamegon River which runs through across the River near Fort Washington to be removed from the British Vessels piled up the River filled with troops, it was said they were going up to get possession of the Stores, the British Army were on land pressing up the River. The Ships anchored just at evening nearly opposite where Col o . Conner's Reg t was stationed - we lay on our arms during the night just over the River of a Hill and in the night a breakfast was raised at the margin of the River opposite to the Ships and a cannon was placed there in the dark & just as day broke a shot was put into one of the Vessels and a broadside was let off from the Vessels - a Cannon Ball that off a Day's shot of a Tree took away the top it fell on my Leg and we buried it. I was placed in the Hospital and remained there until the first of Feb y when my Father sent for me and got me home - I was more than four months after I got home under the care of Dr. Hildreth and some new doctors my my Leg - The Skin larger than a Dollar as now to be seen on my Leg - The Skin reddish to the Bone - I suffered every thing but death that con d ition & after I got home - In the three times I was out I naturally spent twelve mo. Th d Oct r 1776 - I hope the Secretary of War will allow me some money or all the time I was confined after I got home - being laws man the more. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Samuel Hinckley
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest J Stoddard Clerk
We, Oliver Stearns a Clergyman residing in the town of Northampton and Shubael Wilder residing in Northampton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hinckley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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 day and year aforesaid.
Attest J Stoddard Clerk  Shubael Wilder
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. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Oliver Stearns who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Northampton and that Shubael Wilder who has also signed the same, is a resident in Northampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest J Stoddard Clerk
I, Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hinckley for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Twenty Seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three .
J Stoddard Clerk
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I Sarah Bond of Enfield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut widow and relict of Dr Bond late of said Enfield Deceased, now on a visit in Northampton in Massachusetts, I testify and say, I was born in Brookfield in the County of Worcester in Massachusetts, being now in my Eighty Seventh year of age, I resided there in my father's family until I married — I perfectly remember in the Spring of the year 1775 hearing of a battle, called the "Lexington Battle" I was then in my tenth year of age, My brother Samuel Hinckley then in his eighteenth year of age, marched with his gun & Pouch soon after the report of said Battle, with a Company called "Minute Men" The Company assembled near my father's house — my said brother was absent three months — Soon after he returned home, my brother Job Hinckley, then in his seventeenth year, enlisted as a Soldier, and left home for Boston, or near there, and was taken by Doct r Welsh, a Cousin of mine, as his waiter. Doct r Welsh was a Surgeon in the army, as I was informed, and in the winter following, or early in the Spring of 1776 when Boston was evacuated by the British Troops, my father was informed the regiment Doct r Welsh was Surgeon of was ordered to New York, my Father sent my oldest brother, the above said Samuel Hinckley to Doct r Welsh to take my brother Job Hinckley peace, and for Job to come home on a visit — about a week after Job came Home he was taken down with the Scurvy and had it badly — It was three months before he was able to go to New York to join the Reg t . Samuel then returned home — In the Summer of the same year 1776 Col o Converse our next neighbour was appointed a Col o of a Reg t and my said brother Samuel went with him into the army — It was said to be the White Plains in the State of New York — I forget what time of the year it was, but think it was in Haying time in July or early in August — My father sent a man said Sleigh in the winter following and brought him home — He was wounded in the covering on his Leg — the Scar, of the bigness of a dollar, is now as visible as it was 50 years ago — a neighbour of ours by the name of John Ceyres of the same age of my brother who went with him was killed, as was said, with a Cannon Ball — and further saith not —
Sarah Bond
Ha. ps o 1832 Dec 20 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Sarah a credible person & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by me subscribed before me.
Charles P. Huntington Justice of the Peace.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Charles P. Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty ninth day of March
A. D. 183 2
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War Washington

Northampton March 29. 1833
Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War
Sir
I have made my application for a Pension and have stated my services as accurately as possible. I have stated my services and a part of my sufferings in the campaign of 1776. The wound I rec d . in that service came near loosing my leg. It was all of four months after I got home before I was able to bear any weight on my leg or to use it. I hope you will consider me on that account - I see no difference between being in a hospital in the army or in my Father's house - Money would not tempt me to hazard, or to endure, what I did that year, and the former part of the year 1777.
I am Sir with sincere respect, your humble servt.
Samuel Binsdley

Rev Mary ✓
5513
INVALID.
File No. 0023
Samuel Hinckley ★
Sgt. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: —Vol. M , Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Samuel Hinckley ★ Records corrected. May 9, 1904. S