Oliver Hopkins

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

Oliver Made these statements:

I enlisted at Providence in Rhode Island and joined the army at Boston on the 25th day of April 1775 under the command of Capt. Stephen Kimball, Lieut. Jonathan Smith and in Col. Hitchcock's regiment and Served nine months and ten days. I was at Roxbury at the time of the Battle of Bunker's Hill and was discharged. About the tenth day of September 1776 I again entered the service and served three

months under Capt. James Williams, Lieut. Bacon and in Col. John Cook's Regiment in the town County and State of Rhode Island. We were guarding the shore when the British came in and the troops went to a place called Howland's Ferry and I was there again discharged. I again Entered the army about the 20th day of October 1777 at Providence in Rhode Island and served under Capt. Isaac Pain and Col. Cornwall. It was what was called Gen. Spencer's Expedition and Served forty days. In the latter part of July 1778 I again entered the Service under Capt. Gideon Cornwall and Col. Green in the town of Middletown and Served twenty days in Gen. Sullivan's Expedition and was discharged. About the first day of Jan 1779 I entered the Service under Capt. Edwards, Col. John Caldwell in the town of Warwick

State of Rhode Island, we were guarding the Shore. This service was done as a Substitute for Jonah Hopkins my father one month. I then went right on and served one month more in Capt. Isaac Hopkins Company and under the said Col. Caldwell as a Substitute for Oliver Carver.

He Hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, he further says that he served in the Revolutionary Army one year four months and a half.

1st I was born in a town now called Foster in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island in the year 1756. 2nd I have no record of my age 3rd Lived in Scituate now called Foster when I entered the service. 4th I went as a volunteer except the two times that I went as a substitute as Stated in my deposition one month for Jonah Hopkins my father and one month for Oliver Carver 5th I have Stated under what officers I served in my deposition 6th I received a discharge for my first nine months Service at Boston, Signed by Lieut. Col. Cornwall. I know not where it is now. Signed, Oliver Hopkins

On the twenty eighth day of October Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Nine Personally appeared before the Subscriber William Berry Esq a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cortland and State of New York the same being a Court of record, Susanna Hopkins resident of Virgil in the County of Cortland and State of New York aged Eighty four 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 pension made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 - That She is the Widow of Oliver Hopkins who was a Pensioner under Act of Congress Passed 7th June 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver Hopkins on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen Hundred and seventy seven 1777

in the Town of Foster in the county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island by a priest by the name of John Williams - That her Husband the aforesaid Oliver Hopkins died on the Seventh day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Nine and that She has remained a Widow ____ that ___ as Will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto

I Josiah Westcott of Scituate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 58 years do say upon oath that I am the town clerk of the Town of Scituate and have been for twenty five years ______, and that as such am keeper of the Records of Marriages in Said Town, that I have carefully examined the Records of marriages in Said Town for the Year 1777, by which it appears that Oliver

Hopkins of Scituate Son of Jonah Hopkins and Susanna Bennet of Scituate Daughter of Josiah Bennet were lawfully Joined together in Marriage on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven.

Revolutionary War Veteran

Oliver Hopkins. Lapeer Pioneer: Revolutionary soldier, one of Washington's men. DAR records list him as a Private.

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

Oliver Made these staements:

I enlisted at Providence in Rhode Island and joined the army at Boston on the 25th day of April 1775 under the command of Capt. Stephen Kimball, Lieut. Jonathan Smith and in Col. Hitchcock's regiment and Served nine months and ten days. I was at Roxbury at the time of the Battle of Bunker's Hill and was discharged. About the tenth day of September 1776 I again entered the service and served three months under Capt. James Williams, Lieut. Bacon and in Col. John Cook's Regiment in the town County and State of Rhode Island. We were guarding the shore when the British came in and the troops went to a place called Howland's Ferry and I was there again discharged. I again Entered the army about the 20th day of October 1777 at Providence in Rhode Island and served under Capt. Isaac Pain and Col. Cornwall. It was what was called Gen. Spencer's Expedition and Served forty days. In the latter part of July 1778 I again entered the Service under Capt. Gideon Cornwall and Col. Green in the town of Middletown and Served twenty days in Gen. Sullivan's Expedition and was discharged. About the first day of Jan 1779 I entered the Service under Capt. Edwards, Col. John Caldwell in the town of Warwick State of Rhode Island, we were guarding the Shore. This service was done as a Substitute for Jonah Hopkins my father one month. I then went right on and served one month more in Capt. Isaac Hopkins Company and under the said Col. Caldwell as a Substitute for Oliver Carver.

He Hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, he further says that he served in the Revolutionary Army one year four months and a half.

1st I was born in a town now called Foster in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island in the year 1756. 2nd I have no record of my age 3rd Lived in Scituate now called Foster when I entered the service. 4th I went as a volunteer except the two times that I went as a substitute as Stated in my deposition one month for Jonah Hopkins my father and one month for Oliver Carver 5th I have Stated under what officers I served in my deposition 6th I received a discharge for my first nine months Service at Boston, Signed by Lieut. Col. Cornwall. I know not where it is now. Signed, Oliver Hopkins

On the twenty eighth day of October Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Nine Personally appeared before the Subscriber William Berry Esq a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cortland and State of New York the same being a Court of record, Susanna Hopkins resident of Virgil in the County of Cortland and State of New York aged Eighty four 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 pension made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 - That She is the Widow of Oliver Hopkins who was a Pensioner under Act of Congress Passed 7th June 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver Hopkins on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen Hundred and seventy seven 1777

in the Town of Foster in the county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island by a priest by the name of John Williams - That her Husband the aforesaid Oliver Hopkins died on the Seventh day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Nine and that She has remained a Widow ____ that ___ as Will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto

I Josiah Westcott of Scituate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 58 years do say upon oath that I am the town clerk of the Town of Scituate and have been for twenty five years ______, and that as such am keeper of the Records of Marriages in Said Town, that I have carefully examined the Records of marriages in Said Town for the Year 1777, by which it appears that Oliver

Hopkins of Scituate Son of Jonah Hopkins and Susanna Bennet of Scituate Daughter of Josiah Bennet were lawfully Joined together in Marriage on the Sixteenth day of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven.