Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16292, Richard Hiscock, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wiscock, Richard Sarah.
N. 16292
CONTENTS

Replicate No New York 28. 726
Richard Hiscock
of Onondaga Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Millins of the Reg t commanded by Col. Ward in the Massachusetts for 13 months 22 days
scribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 46 Dollars 75 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of May 1834 and sent to Hon. W. Taylor
Decurs to the 4th of March 34 $ 140.25 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4 34 - 23.37
$163.61
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 112

7963
New York
Sarah Biscock
widow of Richard Biscock
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17th: June, 1840 - of Onondaga in the State of New-York who was a private in the _____ of the Regt commanded by Col: Ward in the Mass'tts _____ line for 3 mos: 22 d - 33 -
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 46 - Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th: - day of Decr 1843 - and sent to Hon. Horace Wheaton, A.R -
Total amount, $233.75
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Nettleton Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 - Page 161
Ref 14th Dec
+

Richard Wiscoc
20358
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State of New York Onondaga County ss
On this twenty fifth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two personally came before open Court in a Court of Chancery held before the Honorable Daniel Morry Circuit Judge of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York & Vice Chancellor therein now sitting Richard Hiscock of resident of the town of Pompey, County of Onondaga & State of New York aged seventy five years the fifteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two, 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 enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five with Capt James Millens & served in the first Regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the following named officers, Col Ward, Lieut. Col. Parsons, Major Bigelow, Capt James Millens, Lieut Perry & second Lieut. Aaron Abbey, that he resided when he so entered the service in the Town of Hopkinton State of Massachusetts, that he enlisted as aforesaid for the term of eight months & soon after his enlistment joined the Regiment at Cambridge & was in the battle at Bunker Hill & soon after said battle was marched to Dorchester, where he remained until his said term of service had expired, which was on the first day of January seventeen hundred & seventy six. That he received no written discharge. That about the first of the month of September following he enlisted in Capt Gardners Company of militia, that he then resided at Hopkinton aforesaid, that immediately upon his enlistment he joined said Company & marched to Kingsbridge in the State of New York. That said Company had previously joined Col. Brooks Regiment of militia that they were met by a detachment of the enemy &

were driven back, & were marched from East & West Chester & from thence to White Plains where he remained until his term of service which was two months had ex- pired, which was about the first of November 1776 That he was in the battle of White Plains. That during this term, he was under the following officers, Col Brooks, Lieut. Col. Stone. Major Bencraft. Capt Gar- diner first Lieut Buchman. Second Lieut John Parmeter. That in July Seventeen hundred & eighty, he again enlisted for the term of three months, with Capt Benja- min Reed in his Company of militia & on the day of his enlistment joined said Company & marched to West Point where he was stationed for a time & then marched to Fish- kill where he remained until his said term of service expired which was in the month of October Seventeen hundred & eighty That during this term he was in no engagement. The Company never joined the Regiment. That during this term he was under the immediate Command of Capt Benjamin Reed, the names of one of the Lieuts. was Dafte & the other Kelly. That the only incident wor- thy of remark during this term of service was the desertion of Arnold & its attendant circumstances That about the first of March in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty one, he again enlisted for the term of for- ty days with Capt. Ammidon in his Company of mili- tia, that he immediately joined said Company & marched to Rhode Island where he remained till said term of service expired. That during this term he was under the Command of Capt. Ammidon. That the Lieut- nants names are not now recollected. That at the time of the two first enlistments above mentioned he resided at Hopkinton above mentioned & at the time of the last two enlistments he resided at Milford in the State of Massachusetts; that he was born at Hopkinton Middlesex County in the State of Massachusetts. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion or an annuity except the present & he declares that

his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Richard Hiscock
Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge Vice Chancellor
We Godfrey Williston & Daniel Gott of the town of Pompey County of Onondaga & state of New York do certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Hiscock who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seven- ty three years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol- dier of the Revolution & that we concur in the opin- ion, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Daniel Gott Godfrey his Williston mark
Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge
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 Revolution- ary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Godfrey Williston who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Pompey, and that Daniel Gott who has also signed the same, is a resident in said town of Pompey, and that both are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Daniel Mosely Vice Chancellor

Daniel Worsley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Hiccock for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and Seal of Office This 25 th day of September 1852
Daniel Worsley Deputy Clerk

In the matter of the application of Sarah Hiscock for a pension — Declaration
To be sent to D Gott of Poughkeepsie County of Ulster 50 State of New York
NY.
Sarah Hiscock
NY.
abt 7 July 38
in 80 d 60
adm.
13 mo. 22 d p.m.
46.75
Hon Horace Wheeler H 2 Dec 9 '43
Horace Wheeler
Hon Horace Wheeler N.R.

State of Massachusetts } Town of Milford } ss I John Erskine town clerk of the town of Milford aforesaid do certify that having examined the records of marriages in the Town Clerk's Office of said town I find the following certificates viz
Intention of Marriages
October 29. 1780 Between Richard Hiscocke and Sarah Gody both of Milford
A list of marriages for the town of Milford 1780 No 8. Nov r 16 Richard Hiscocke and Sarah Gody both of Milford
Dated July 20 th 1843
I John Erskine above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County of Worcester town of Milford and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception of the date at the bottom thereof
Sworn before me The twenty sixth day of July 1843
John Erskine } Clerk of said Town of Milford
Benj a Davenport Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I certify that Benjamin Davenport, Esq. within named, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Worcester, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature, as appears to the certificate on the preceding page hereof, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name, and affix the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, the same being a Court of Record, at Worcester, this first day of August, in the year 1843.
William Garrison, Assistant Clerk of said Court.

2035-8
Richard Hiscocock Onondaga City New York
C.M.
encl.
Asa D.
13 mo. 22 days. pri.
Dear W. Jay Lor-
Samuel Hosley
Onondaga
New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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 Richard Heiscock  Onondaga July 11. 41.
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1775- 8 pr Capt M c Clintock Col Ward Bunker Hill 74 Hopkinton   Sept. 1776 2 " Capt Gar deners Col Brooks White Plains N. York Map- Traditionary   July 1780 3 8 Bramp " Capt Reed — — — —   March 1781 14 Bramp 40 " Capt Sm midon — — R Bramp Milford Map-   13 22  
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, 1862. 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.
[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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court 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) _____ subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____, who has 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.
[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 close 
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 _____, 19____. proof in his power. This is the original. _____ &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 (1) 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 he 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 [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.
Y. Newman

State of New York County of Onondaga } p:
On this Eleventh day of September A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Oyer and terminer of the aforesaid County of Onondaga, Sarah Wiscock a resident of the town of Pompey in said County aged Eighty 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. 1838 entitled "An act Granting half-pay and pensions to Certain Widows": That she is the Widow of Richard Wiscock mentioned in the Pension Certificate hereto annexed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Wiscock on the 16 th day of November One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty as appears by the Certificate hereto annexed, that her husband, the aforesaid Richard Wiscock died on the Seventeenth day of June A.D. 1840; 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.
Sworn to & Subscribed on the day and year above written, before } J. W. Stevens a Judge of the Court
Sarah Wiscock
State of New York
County of Onondaga } On this 11 th day of September A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Oyer & terminer of said County of Onondaga, Luther Wiscock aged forty two years who being first duly sworn

cloth upon and say that his the son of Richard Hiscock (son of the town of Pam- y in San County deceased. That his mother maiden name was Sarah Cady as he has always been informed by his parents. That his said Father died at his residence in said town of Pamy June 17 th 1840 That this deponent was present and saw him at funeral. That his said Father was the same person named in the annexed previous copy etc. and his mother the same person who made the foregoing declaration & That this deponent resides in said town of Pamy
Sworn to and subscribed
Luther (Hiscock)
The above is a true and correct copy
J. M. Stevens
a Judge of Onondaga County

State of Vermont
Orange County ss On this 5 th day of September 1833 personally appeared in open court, before John Watson, George Pettit, Otis Briggs & Samuel Little judges of the court of common pleas & general sessions of the peace, in & for said county now sitting at the court house in the town of St. Albans in said county being courts of record, Richard Nichols residing in the town of Pompey in said coun- ty aged twentyfive years the 15 th day of August last then being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath, make this affidavit to the former declaration to the former declaration made the 25 th day of September 1822 & unto an affidavit that the service first mentioned in said for- mer declaration commenced in April 1775 and the eight months at that enlistment terminated January 1 st 1776 - That the declarant then was mustered at Cambridge, issuing march in company from Hopkinton where he was raised & enlisted That under the second enlistment mentioned in said former declaration, for two months under Captain Gibson the company marched through a part of the county of Worcester in Massachusetts & through Milford & Newhaven in Connecticut to Kingsbridge in the State of New York - That in marching from Hopkinton to Milford as mentioned in said former declaration the company went through a part of Connecticut by way of Plainfield in the State of New York and crossed the North River at Westpoint - That in going to Rhode Island, as mentioned also in said former declaration the company did not get together till the morning after the water rose to the island, from which the company was disembarked on or near the 10 th day of April 1781 That at the time of making his said

former declaration than was no Clergyman, nor is there at this time known the declarant ever preacher who can swear to his reputation as a Soldier of the Revolution, the said Clergyman in said Town of Powney having removed from that Town, but he is well acquainted with Daniel Gatt & Godfrey Williston both of said Town who have both certified to his said former declaration - That he has no document- ary evidence to prove his service during said warfare a written or printed discharge from the service, for any of the terms of service set forth in this or his said former declaration. That since the return of said former decla- rations with printed objections, he has been enabled to obtain the affidavits of Joseph Freeland, Isaac Madden & James Ware which are all the witnesses he can find to prove his said service - That he was born as stated before in Hopkinton, Middlesex County in the State of Massachusetts - on the 15 th day of Sep- tember 1758 - That he has no record of his age - that he removed from Hopkinton aforesaid to the town of Mansborough in the State of Vermont about a year before the close of the War, and from there to Powney aforesaid where he now resides & has resided more than forty years - He recollects seeing General Washington at Cambridge - White Plains & at West Point - General Lee at Cambridge General McDougall at White Plains and General Putnam at Cambridge - That Calvin S. Ball & James Hough are persons to whom the declarant is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution - Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me R. S. HESS Clerk Richard Stock

of Onondaga County } 1
We Calvin S. Ball now and James Hough late of the Town of Pompey, County of Onondaga & State of New York do certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Minnow who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be silently here since also the present month - that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Salikin of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed Calvin S Ball James Hough the 8 year aforesaid before me R. S. Hef clerk of Onondaga County
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the Government that the above named affidavit was a revolutionary Salikin and served as he states - And the Court further cer- tifies that it appears to them that Calvin S Ball and James Hough, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town of Pompey & that both are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Watson
Otis Bigelow
George Pettit

State of New York } Onondaga County } B: S. Reuben S. H. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Hiscock for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of September 1833 R. S. H. Clerk

I David Madden of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, person of the age of Seventy Years do testify & say that I enlisted into Capt. Benjamin Reed's Company on the Fourteenth day of July A.D. 1780. & that Richard Hiscock of said Hopkinton enlisted with me into the same company; I remember that it was the Fourteenth day of July because that is my birth day, & we began our march upon that day. We marched to West Point & the said Hiscock was in my mess sometimes, afterwards he was detached to the East side of the River, & was at the Hospital on the Farm, from which Arnold deserted, & was the first person that brought us particular information of his desertion; the said Hiscock served the same time that I did, & we returned home together; & I had a Certificate from the Secretary of State that I served, at this time, Three months & seven days; we were in Col. Rands Regiment. I also remember that I saw the said Richard Hiscock in the months of February or March A.D. 1781. in a party of soldiers who said they were going to Rhode Island & I saw the said Hiscock in the same party when they returned, Hiscock had a gun & pack on his back; & my impression is that they were gone about sixty days.
David Madden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss. August 5th. 1833. Then the above named David Madden personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true before me. I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said Madden & that he is a man of truth & veracity, Samuel B. Walcott, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Thurney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record in said County of Middlesex, do certify that Samuel B. Walcott Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, and that his name subscribed to the respective Certificates, aforesaid, is his true & proper name.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court the ninth day of August 1833
E. Thurney

I Joseph Freeland of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, of the age of Eighty three years, do testify & say, that in the year A.D. 1775 I was a Sergeant in Captain James Melvin's, of Hopkinton, Company, that Abel Perry of Natick was the First Lieutenant & Aaron Abbey of Hopkinton the Second Lieutenant of the Company, that the Regiment was commanded by Col. Jonathan Ward of Southborough in the County of Worcester, that I very well remember Richard Hiscock, then of Hopkinton, & that I enlisted him into the said Capt. James Melvin's Company for the term of eight months, during which period he served in said Company, beginning in April 1775. We were first stationed in Roxbury near the Punch Bowl Tavern, we were afterwards stationed in Cambridge in Fort No. 2. & quartered in John Tapall's house, said Hiscock was a pleasant, active & obliging man & a good soldier & I well recollect could call the names of the Company without the roll
Attest, Samuel B. Walcott. Joseph Freeland Mary Duntiss his mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex County ss. August 3 d 1833. Then personally appeared the before named Joseph Freeland & made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true before me, Samuel B. Walcott, Justice of the Peace.
I also certify that I am acquainted with the said Joseph Freeland & that he is a person of truth & veracity. Samuel B. Walcott, Justice of the Peace.

By
D Gott Esq r
Pompey
N.Y.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb y 15 th 1834.
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 Richard Hiscock, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. James Mellen's Company, in Col. Ward's Regt. where he is allowed from April 26 th to the 8 th of August, 1775, for services and travel, three Months and thirteen days. ————— m d 3 = 13
Richard Hescoc ck's name is found on a Roll of Capt. Aaron Gardner's Company, in Col. Brooks Regt. — the year and time of service not mentioned.
Richard Hiscock's name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Benj a Read's Company, in Col. John Rands Regt. where he is allowed from July 14 th to October 12 th 1780, for services and travel, three Months and eight days. ————— 3 = 8

Richard Hitchcock's name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Philip Ammidon's Company, in Col. Dean's Regt. where he is allowed from the 4 th to the 18 th of March 1781, fourteen days. 14
Richard Hitchcock claims for further services under Capt. James Mellen, in 1775; - the roll, after the 1 st of August in 1775, is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Esq.

I, James Ware of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Husbandman, of the age of seventy four years, do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Richard Hiscock of said Hopkinton from childhood, & that I well remember that the said Hiscock enlisted into Capt. James Mellen's company of said Hopkinton, in the Spring of the year 1775, for eight months; I was enlisted as a substitute into the same company, in the Fall of same year, & joined the company at Dorchester, I think in the month of September. I found the said Richard Hiscock in the company at that time, & he continued in it to the end of the eight months service. In the year 1781, I think in the month of March, I enlisted for sixty days & went to Rhode Island. I am confident that I saw said Hiscock there as a soldier. I think he was in a different detachment, & I do not know when he enlisted, or how long he served.
James Ware
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County ss. August 5th. 1833. Then the above-named James Ware personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true, before me. I also certify that I am acquainted with the said James Ware & that he is a person of truth & veracity. Samuel B. Walcott, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Elias Durney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of records in said County of Middlesex, do certify that Samuel B. Walcott Esquire, is a Justice of the peace, within & for said County and that his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this ninth day of August 1833.
E. Durney.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Richard Hiseoch a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 16292,
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     26 Apr. 1775 Aug 1. 1775 Pvt. James Mellen Jonathan Ward. Mass   Sept. 1. 1776 2 mos. Aaron Gardner Brooks   July 14 1780 Oct 12 1780 Benjamin Read. John Bane.   Mch 4 1781 Mch 18 1781 Philip Schuyler Dean.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Pompey, Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Sept 15 1758 in Hopkinton. Was died June 17, 1840 in Pompey.
Remarks: He married Nov 16 1780 Sarah Goby of Milford Mass. and she was allowed pension on an ap. of Sept. 11 1843 while a resident of Pompey N.Y. Aged 80 years. Son Luther was 42 years of age & a resident of Pompey in 1843. There is no further family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs J. J. Nichols 6610 Harvard ave. Chicago Ills.

Payments to be made at New York by Pres't Mech. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Richard H. Russell Main Certificate
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4
Page 112 by
Sam H. Page Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Richard Hiscock of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Forty Six — dollars and Seventy five cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 27 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
J. W. C. C. Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Revs New York
Suspended act 7 p '32
letter to 16 Nov '33 D. d. Morley.

THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN
ST. LOUIS Febr. 2, 1914
OFFICE OF THE Director Assistant Botanist
Office Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen —
I very much desire to secure copies of such records as you have in your Bureau of the following past pensioners.
In the "Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary and Military services as returned under act for taking the Sixth Census, in 1840," I find the following pensioners mentioned.
John Lamont , aged 82, listed from Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co. Ohio.
✓ Richard Hiscoc , aged 81, listed from Pompey, Onondaga Co. New York, where he was living with Luther Hiscoc
Nathaniel Thompson , aged 88, listed from Marcy, Oneida Co., New York, where he was living with Ethan Thompson
Trusting that I may be favored with your kindness, I am Very respectfully
Charles Henry Thompson

Mrs J. J. Nichols
6610 Harvard Ave Chicago Ills
No. (4)
I am a lineal descendant on the Paternal side - of
(1) William Hiscock born 1638 Res. Newport R. I married - died May 24, 1704 buried in " " "
2- Thomas Hiscock-son of William born 1686 m. Oct 31st 1703 lived at Westerly R. I 1709 died May 20th 1773
3- Samuel Hiscock married March 16 - 1750 Residence Hopkinton Mass.
* Thomas Hiscock b. Oct. 16, 1754 married H. Cody
4- Richard Hiscock son of Samuel b. Sept. 15 th 1758 married Nov. 16 1780 Sarah Cody. He died August 1840 Resided in Hopkinton Mass. Wardsboro Vt. and Pompey Ct. Y.
5- Joel Hiscock son of Richard - b. Feb. 7 th 1782 married Anna Spring born Oct. 16 1787. she was a resident of Vermont Connecticut.
If there is any Revolutionary war history in this line please give it to me.
I am quite sure Anna Springs father must have been a revolutionary soldier also , Please give that also.

1913 Nov 18. First to Mrs. J. J. Nichols. more 1914 Feb 11. First to Mr. G. H. Thompson.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16292
Sarah Hiscoc Widow of Richard Hiscoc Print Rev. War
Act July 7 th 1818
Index: Vol. a , Page 335
[Arrangement of 1870.]

addison, England March 7, 1894
add. endine Rich. Hescoc.
Rich. Hescoc Hon. Secy of War Finsbury Palace Washington
Miss

Yrs I send enclosed a cert- -icate which with proof before furnished I trust will be sufficient to enable Richard Hiscock to obtain a Pension If granted send the certificate to Mr. Murchison to Ponsury Brann- daga County New York Yours I get Howe Lewis Capt.