Edward Hatchett Jr. (1756 - 1843)

Born 13 Jan 1756 in Chesterfield, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Knewstep (Blagrave) Hatchett — married 18 Dec 1781 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1843 at age 87 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Minuteman Edward Hatchett Jr. served with Lunenburg Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Edward Hatchett Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A052939.

Edward was born in 1756. He served in the American Revolution as both a soldier^[1] and an orderly sergeant.^[2]He likewise served as a soldier in the War of 1812.^[3]He settled in Pittsylvania Co.^[4]and spent the remainder of his life there.^[5][6]He passed away in 1843.^[7]

Research Notes

State of Virginia, Pittsylvania County to wit On the 19th day of May 1834 personally appeared in open Court before James Hopkins, Robert Wilson, James M Williams Jr. and William S Pannill the Court of Pittsylvania County now sitting Edward Hatchett Senior a resident of the County of Pittsylvania & State of Virginia aforesaid aged seventy-eight last January who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a Soldier under Captain John Glenn who was promoted to Major before he marched and he marched under Captain Robert Dixon, Alexander Alynn Lieutenant, Peter Jones Ensign as a minute man in March 1776 and marched from Lunenburg Court House Virginia where he resided in the month of April 1776 and went to Bute Court House North Carolina and from there he marched to Williamsburg Virginia where he joined Colonel Lewis & Lieutenant Colonel Morgan & Major Glenn and from there to Gwins Island [Gwynn Island] in Gloucester County Virginia where they joined the 7th Regiment of the regular Army, he believes under General Mason & he knew Major Nelson: there they cannonaded Dunmore [John Murray, Lord Dunmore, last Royal Governor of the colony of Virginia] [Gwynn Island, July 8-10, 1776] who retreated to the Potomac [River] and the Battalion to which he belonged pursued him to Cherry Point where this deponent remained about one month and was marched back to Lunenburg Court House Virginia in the month of August being Sic remained at home and the company marched to the Long Island on Holston [River] and he never rejoined his Company and was thereafter out of service until 1780 when he enlisted in the regular service and before the Company marched he furnished a Substitute & remained at Home till February 1781 when he volunteered under Captain James Esom, Lodwick Farmer Junior, Lieutenant and Frederick Browder Ensign in Lunenburg Virginia and marched to [name obliterated with an ink blot] Ferry on Dan River and there he was put under a Captain Thomas Moore, Asa Purnell Lieutenant and marched to the high rock, from thence to Guilford and joined Colonel Cock and fought through the whole of the Battle under General Stephens [Edward Stevens] and during the expedition acted as orderly Sergeant, from thence he retreated to (old Troublesome) Iron Works and from thence pursued Cornwallis to Ramsay's Mill and was there disbanded on the last of March or first day of April 1781 without a regular discharge by Colonel Cock. And he further states that he was born in Chesterfield 13 January 1756 according to his Father's register which is destroyed. He was removed to Lunenburg County Virginia in his infancy and remained there till 1786 when he removed to Pittsylvania where he has resided ever since. 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.

S/ Edward Hatchett

Pittsylvania County to wit In pursuance and for giving further strength to the declaration of Edward Hatchett Senior as made before the County Court of Pittsylvania on the 9th day of May 1834 in order to receive the benefit of the Law of pensions passed the Congress of the United States of 7th of June 1832, This day Nelson Tucker came before me James Adams a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and made oath to the following facts to wit – that in the date of 1776 or thereabouts that he was a resident of the County of Lunenburg and neighbor to Edward Hatchett Senior and saith that on that date the said Hatchett went in the Army and served one Tour as a minute man as then was called he has no doubt of that having went with him, how long the Tour lasted he does not know after which Tower he understood that he again was in the Army and that it was then the understanding in the neighborhood that the said Hatchett was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and that they both are now residents of the County of Pittsylvania – that he at this time regards him as having done considerable service in the Army of the revolution. Given under my hand

This is to certify that in the fall of 1776 My brother Archibald Hatchett marched as a regular soldier from Moore's Ordinary in Prince Edward [County] under Captain [indecipherable name] to the lower parts of Georgia probably Savannah, and soon after he reached Savannah he hired a Substitute and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in a Galley called Bullock under command of Commodore Hardy [probably Capt. John Hardy]. Before they sailed, he became promoted to a Captaincy in consequence of the Captain being broke for misconduct and cruised about 4 Savannah and then sailed to Fort Barrington probably on the Altamaha or St. Mary's [Rivers] . From whence on hearing of the sailing of a fleet of British ships with a considerable quantity of revenue [?] on board which having got [indecipherable word]6 on the Coast, the Commodore sailed in pursuit, captured several vessels and took a quantity of specie, They then returned to Sunbury Georgia where my brother died. On hearing of his death, I set off in the November of 1778 and reached Sunbury about the 20th of December same year to recover my brother's part of the prize money, and the other effects of my brother as his legal representative: but the British shortly after taking possession of the State I recovered nothing of his affects and the fleet prizes and all and Commodore Hardy was taken prisoner and kept [The image of this document cuts off]...[Note: the index card for this file indicates that the above affidavit was given by Edward Hatchett.]

Edward 3d son is still living in Pittsylvania cty, at the advanced age of 86 (it looks like 86-J. D. E.) yrs 6 mos. His sons are Berryman Hatchett, Banister, Archer Hatchett, Harrison Hatchett, Wm and Edw. Berryman and Archer live in Ky. Banister in Mississippi; Harrison, a Methodist preacher, and Wm lives in Sangamo cty, Ill also two of the girls, their husbands' names are Jno George and Daniel Dew.^[8]

DNA

A list of DNA descendants is maintained at Descendants of John Hatchett and Elizabeth Bass.

Sources

1. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension Application
2. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension Application
3. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-HFH8 : 12 March 2018), Edward Hatchett, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 94; FHL microfilm 882,612.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-6TQ : accessed 25 July 2019), Edwd Hatchett, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing p. 51, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 140; FHL microfilm 193,699.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5J-F1D : 19 August 2017), Edward Hatchell, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing 314, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 201; FHL microfilm 29,680.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBW-VFP : 13 September 2017), Edwd Hatchett, Regiment 107, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing p. 67, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 573; FHL microfilm 29,691.
7. ↑ "The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County," Landon Covington Bell Google Books
8. ↑ A Short "Narrative of the Life of John Hatchett, (edited by Dr. Joseph D. Eggleston)," Hatchetts.com Copyright © 2007-2012 Steve Hatchett.