Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18891, James Chandler, Mass N H
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Service
Mass
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Chandler, James
Phebe
NUMBER
W. 18891
Contents
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Notification sent Oct. 18 1820 to Ichabod Tucker
Salem Mass
(2245)
Massachusetts
James Chandler, fifer,
Mass., New Hampshire line--1776--1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Aug. 1818, and sent to Hon: Stephen Minot, Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
4 mos: [27/50th?]
$39,20
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Andover Essex County
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[illegible number]
Massachusetts
---
Phebe Chandler
widow of James Chandler
Mass & NH
who was a Fifer
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Dec 1843 and sent to Samuel Merrill
Andover, Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. / Page 38

[illegible]
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James Chandler
54
April 8, 1818
Tupper's Mass Reg.
[crossed-out text]
[Adm?]
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I, James Chandler of the age of 56 years declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to Andover in the County of Essex in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; 
That about the month of July 1775 I enlisted as a fifer into the army of the revolutionary war, to serve to the end of December; that I then entered accordingly & served in Capt. Benj. Ames' company; in Col. James Frye's Regt of Massachusetts troops till the time was out.
I then again enlisted for one year & immediately entered January 1, 1776 in the company under Capt. Richard Shortridge; in the Regt under Col. Enoch Poor, of the New Hampshire troops and served therein the time out, and then on the urgent request of the officers, I enlisted and served for 6 weeks longer in the same Company, and then left the service by my time of enlistment expiring.
Again about June in the year 1780 I again enlisted as fifer for the term, which I am very confident was 9 months, & entered forthwith into Capt. Stephen Abbott's infantry company in the Regt under Col. Tupper, & served in that Company, in the Regt of Col. Tupper; and in Col. Gerrish's Regt to the end of my time of enlistment, & then left the service by my time of enlistment expiring.
I further say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
James Chandler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex County. April 8, 1818 
There the above named James Chandler, made solemn oath that the said declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot,
Judge of the Circuit
Court of Common Pleas
for the Middle Circuit.
I, Ezekiel Wardwell, depose and say that I know the above named James Chandler; I was a soldier in 1775 in Capt. Ames' company & in 1776 in Capt. Shortridge's company above referred to, & I know that said Chandler served as fifer therein as he above has stated; and I consider him in need of assistance for support. 
Ezekiel Wardwell
I, Palfrey Downing, depose & say I know the above named James Chandler; I was in the service with him, in the same company in the year 1780 & 1781 &
know that he served as fifer for the term of enlistment which I am very confident was nine months.
Palfrey Downing
Essex County, April 8, 1818 There the above named Ezekiel Wardwell of Palfrey Downing severally made solemn oath that the respective depositions by their [subscribers?] above are true, before me
Stephen Minot, 
Judge of the Circuit Court
of Common Pleas
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Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said James Chandler did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in his declaration aforesaid against the common enemy, I now certify that the said Ezekiel Wardwell, Palfrey Downing, George Holt & Caleb Abbott are credible witnesses and transmit the testimony in the case of the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War. I also certify that the said James Chandler is, in my opinion, in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance for support.
Stephen Minot
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit
I, George Holt depose & say that I know the above named James Chandler, I was a soldier in Capt. Shortridge's company, through the year 1776 and do know that the said James Chandler did serve as a solder in that Company for that whole year as he states in his said declaration.
George Holt
[illegible]
I, Caleb Abbott of Andover, depose & say that I was a sergeant in Capt. Shortridge's company within mentioned, in the year 1776 & I do know that the said James Chandler did serve therein during said year, & also the six weeks after, as he has stated within. I also say he is in indigent & needy circumstances.
Caleb Abbot
Essex County. August 4th 1818 Then the above named George Holt & Caleb Abbot, respectively made solemn oath that the said deposition by them severally subscribed are true before me,
Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid
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2245
James Chandler
Aug 1818
[illegible: Con Jep 25/8%?]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A.D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, James Chandler. resident in Andover in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 2245 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,

"WAR DEPARTMENT......REVOLUTONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, James Chandler, late a fifer in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Given at the War of Office of the United States, this 14th day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War"

appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No real estate
Personal estate
one old case of drawers & 3 do tables                        $4.62
ten old chairs & one chest                                             3.47
Iron ware                                                                        3.25 
Looking glass 50c                                                           3.75
Tin ware 3.00 4 pewter plates 1.25                                 4.25
Crockery ware 2.50 1 Cow 14.00                                   16.50
1 sow & 2 pigs 6.00 1 old wagon & no harness 5.00    11.00
1 small plough 2.50 andirons shovel & tongs 1.50         4.00
8 old knives & forks & one chain                                    1.50
an old shop 10 by 12 feet                                              15.00
beetle wedges and a shave                                              1.25
Iron bar 1,00 2 hoes & 2 axes                                           2.00                                    
also one old horse not worth over twenty dollars         [illegible]
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family are his wife aged 57 years and their daughter Dorcas aged 20 years, and Hermon aged 14 years - his wife is a feeble sickly woman, and they have been assisted by the town some years past -
He served from Jan. 1. 1776 one year in Capt. Shortridge's Company, Col. Poor's Regiment, New Hampshire line -
James Chandler
Essex ss. July 14, 1820 
Then the above named James Chandler made oath that the above Schedule and statement by him subscribed are true, before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot, a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, James Chandler do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 . So help me GOD.
James Chandler
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed James Chandler took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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
nothing [illegible]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed on this the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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[number unclear: 1518 or 1578]
Phebe Chandler
widow of
James Chandler
[illegible?]
fife [illegible] $88.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Massachusetts 
County of Essex  ss
On this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Honorable David Cummins, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Phebe Chandler, a resident of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy six 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 of July 7th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of James Chandler, late of said Andover, deceased, who was a Fifer and Private Soldier as she believes, in the War of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 1818.
That he served at Cambridge from soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill to January [1776?] in Captain Ames' Company, Colonel James Frye's Regiment. He then enlisted for a year in Captain Shortridge's Company, Colonel Poor's Regiment, in the New Hampshire Line,
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and served in Canada, as she believes. That he was present at the Capture of Burgoyne. But for the particulars of his service she begs leave to refer to the evidence accompanying his application for a Pension and to the Rolls of the Army.
That he was placed in the Pension Roll of the Massachusetts Agency on the 4th of August 1818, under the Act of that year.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Chandler at said Andover on the twenty ninth day of April 1783 by the Reverend Jonathan French Minister of the South Church in said Andover.
That her husband the said James Chandler died on the first day of December A.D. 1835 at Andover aforesaid.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, viz; at the time above stated.
Phebe Chandler
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, the said Phebe Chandler being unable to appear in Court by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity.
David Cummins
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I, John Barker of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, a Pensioner of the United States, on oath depose and say that I knew and was well acquainted with James Chandler, late of Andover deceased, that I know that he served the term of eight months from May 1775, at Cambridge in Captain Ames' Company, Col. James Fryes' Regiment, in the War of the Revolution; that said James was a private soldier in said Company, and that he died a few years since.
Attest. F. Cummins
John Barker
his mark
Essex ss. September 1st 1838.
Then personally appeared John Barker, above named, who is a credible witness and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above deposition before me.
David Cummins
for C.C Pleas
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We the undersigned citizens of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that we know and are well acquainted with Mrs. Phebe Chandler of said Andover, that we know that she is the widow of James Chandler late of said Andover, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States. That the said James died in December A.D. 1835, leaving the said Phebe his widow, who still resides in Andover aforesaid.
Dorcas French
George French
State of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss
September 1st 1838
Then personally appeared Dorcas French and George French, above named and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me, the said affiants being credible witnesses.
David Cummins
for C.C. Pleas
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The following is an extract from the Church Record of Marriages of the Church in the South Parish of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts.
Married
"April twenty ninth seventeen hundred and eighty three."
"James Chandler and Phebe Dane, both of Andover."
I hereby certify that the above extract is a true copy of the Church Record of Marriages of the Church in the South Parish of Andover, while under the Pastoral Care of the Reverend Jonathan French, with exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows, viz:
"1783. April 29"
L. L. Langstroth
I, Lorenzo L. Langstroth, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Church in the South Parish of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church now in my proper custody and keeping, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
L.L. Langstroth
Essex ss. August 31st 1838
Personally appeared the Rev. L. L. Langstroth above named and made oath to the truth of the above certificate and deposition, before me. 
Samuel Merrill, Justice of the Peace
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18891
Phebe Chandler
Widow of
James Chandler
Fifer Rev. War
Act: May 3d 1843
Index: - Vol. A, Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1325
Massachusetts
Phebe Chandler
widow of James Chandler dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 1st December 1835
of Essex Co. in the State of Ma.
who was a Fifer in the company commanded by Captain Ames of the Reg't commanded by Col. Frye in the N.H. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 88 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of [Dec.?] 1838 and sent Samuel Merrill Andover Ma.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838,                $220.00
Semi-annual allowance ending [illegible]     44.00
                                                                   $264.00
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk,
Book A
Vol. 1st
Page 79
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX. ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Hon. David Cummins is Judge of the Court of Pleas within and for said County. That Samuel Merrill, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, and that their signatures hereon are genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
September 6, A.D. 1838
John Prince, Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⎬ SS
Essex County
Be it known, that on this fourth day of August 1843, personally appeared before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Essex, Mrs. Phebe Chandler, a Resident of Andover in said County and Commonwealth, aged eighty-one 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 Provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of James Chandler, who was a Fifer in the Revolutionary War, and served, as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original Declaration for a Pension under the Law of the 7th of July 1838, to which Declaration and the papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular Statement of his services for the Proof of her marriage, identity and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of eighty eight Dollars per annum, which amount she received from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841, at the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension certificate, granted to her under said Act, to the Pension Agent at said City of Boston, agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this Declarant further alleges, that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband, but is now, and ever since has been the widow of said James Chandler, deceased, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Phebe Chandler
Witnesses
William Stevens
[Charles Mitchell?]
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written, and I certify that the Applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me William Stevens, Justice of Peace
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I, George French of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age on oath testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Phebe Chandler, the Applicant within named, and have been for many years [illegible]. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of James Chandler, deceased, within named, and that she was a Pensioner under the law of 1838, as within stated by her.
[signed in front of?]
William Stevens
George French
Charles Merrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County ss
Andover August 4th 1843
Then personally appeared George French, who is well known to me to be a creditable witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me.
William Stevens
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Secretary's Office,
September 9, 1843
I hereby Certify, that at the date of the attestation hereto annexed, William Stevens was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Massachusetts
James Chandler 
Act March 18, 1818
to what time paid?
Pen. Office
Dec 5, 1838.
Died 1 Dec. 1835 paid to that period
[initials?]
To the Secretary of the department of War,
Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my pension under the late law to Stephen Minot Esq. of Haverhill Ma., who will forward the same to me.
Andover Ma. April 8, 1818
James Chandler
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Mass. 1518
7 July 1838
Chandler
J.L. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Andover, Massachusetts Sept. 8. 1838
J. L. Edwards, Esquire
I enclose the application of Mrs. Phebe Chandler for a Pension. Please direct your answer to Francis Cummins, Esquire, Salem, Mass.
With great respect
yours truly,
Samuel Merrill
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13th Sep. 1843,
1822
[?] Phebe Chandler
Act 1843
Mass.
$88 per annum
Samuel Merrill
Andover
Mass.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Andover, Mass., Sept. 9, 1843
Dear Sir,
I enclose the Declaration of Mrs. Phebe Chandler made in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1843.
Please enclose the certificate to me, Andover, Massachusetts.
Respectfully yours,
Samuel Merrill