Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 903, Parker Chase, N H.
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N.H.
Chase, Parker
Polly
W.903
B. L. Wt. 16271-160-55
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[illegible]. A. Joy July 14” 1854
2704
New Hampshire, Concord
Polly Chase, widow of Parker Chase
Who served in the Revolutionary War 
N. H.
as a priv. & serg’t
Increased from $22.44.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 
3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 8th day of July 1854 and sent to Arad Joy
Ovid [sic] N. Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 14  Vol. A
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135.177 - Act Mar 1/55 May 16/55
Polly Chase widow of Parker Chase Sergeant 
N. H. Mil
Revolutionary War Pensioner
[illegible] 160  [illegible] Feb 15/56
N. H.  [illegible signature]

Handwritten diagonally across entire page:
No. 16271 ifs Feb 9/56

Arid Joy
Ovid
N.Y.
   Vol. C.--101--
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10.851
New Hampshire, Concord 
Parker Chase, dec?
of ———- in the State of ———
Who was a Priv & Sgt in the ——— commanded by Captain ——— of the ———- commanded by ——— in the Revolution, for 3 months Private & 3 months & 22 days Sergeant.
Increased from $22.44
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord, at the rate of 28 DOLLARS 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & end 22 nd July 1851 and sent to Arad Joy, Ovid, 
N. Y
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-any. allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by G. T. Belly, Clerk
Book E  Vol. 1  Page 78
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Parker Chase
aforesaid to [illegible]
15649 -
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire,
County of Grafton ss.
On this ninth day of Sept 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Parker Chase a resident of Compton in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 67 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 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 that in the month of July A.D. 1780 at Deerfield in the state of New Hampshire, he enlisted into the company of New Hampshire State troops or militia commanded by Captain Henry Butler in 
the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bartlett in service of the United States for [cut off] months & immediately thereof he entered said company & served the the whole time of said term as a soldier-that he was stationed with said company at West Point for the most of the time under Genl Arnold & saw Genl Washington further that he in the month of September in the year 1781 at said Deerfield enlisted into the company of New Hampshire  
State troops or militia commanded by Captain  [illegible] in [illegible] the regiment commanded by Col. Runnell & Maj. Marston in service United States for three months.
Immediately thereafter entered said company & service therein the whole of said last [illegible] term as a soldier-that he was stationed with said company in Charlestown No. 4 so then called in said State of New Hampshire for  [illegible].
That he was born at Newbury Massachusetts August 22d A.D. 1765 [illegible] support there is a record thereof at said Newbury & also at said said Deerfield in the town records but has no record of his age himself-that he resided
at said Deerfield at the time of both his said enlistments & that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Deerfield & at
Meredith & Gilmantin & said Compton all in the State of New Hampshire. That he has no documentary evidence of his said services, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove the service other than John Ohara & Ara Marston to the first term & True Brown & Jerimiah Sawyer to the second term-that he does not now recollect the names of officers in Regiment [illegible] other than he has named above. That he has no discharges, 
but served his term out & was reputedly
[illegible] & did not  [illegible]-
And the said Chase named John H. Tifft & Benning Wilkinson persons residing in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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.
Parker Chase
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year first aforesaid to Geo Woodward Clerk
We, John H. Tifft residing in Compton N.H. and Benning Wilkinson residing in said Compton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Parker Chase, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 67 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.
John H Tiffts
Bening Wilkinson
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Geo Woodward Clerk
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 certifies, that it appears to them that John H. Tifft who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Compton and that Benning Wilkinson who has also signed the same is a resident in the Compton and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Geo Woodward Clerk
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Parker Chase for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 6th day of Sept. 1832
Geo Woodward Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss
On the third day of August 1853,
Personally appeared before me Oskar F.
Fowler one of the Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County of Grafton
Polly Chase a resident of Campton in said
County, aged Seventy Six years who being
duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853,
that she is the widow of Parker Chase late of Campton aforesaid, who was a Revolutionary
Pensioner, and Soldier of the United States. She further declares that she was married to
the said Parker Chase on the Eleventh day of
March 1800. That her husband the aforesaid
Parker Chase died on the 22nd day of July 1851, and that she is still the widow of the said
Parker Chase having never married since his his death. 
Witness O.F. Fowler
Polly Chase
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
have written before me, and I certify that the above applicant from bodily infirmity cannot attend in open Court
O.F. Fowler, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said county
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton SS
I William Davis, & Sally Davis both of whom
I certify are respectable persons, after being duly sworn according to law, depose & say that they were personally acquainted with Parker Chase deceased, late a pensioner, & with his wife Polly Chase, now the widow. Polly Chase, that the said parties lived together as husband & wife, that they never heard it questioned but that the said Parker & Polly Chase were husband and wife. Since these deponents acquaintance with the said parties
for the last twenty five or thirty years, that the said Parker Chase is deceased, leaving his widow Polly Chase the identical person who has upon the first page of this she made her declaration & that she is still a widow.
William Davis
Sally Davis
Sworn & subscribed before me this thirteenth day of May 1853
Ozias Holmes Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named William & Sally Davis both reside in the town of Campton in said County of Grafton and I also certify
that I have no interest in the agency of the claim of the within named widow Polly Chase, nor have I any and all these, nor have any interest in the result of the claim. I also testify that the named Polly Chase is a respectable person.
O.F. Fowler Justice of the Court
of Common Seal for Grafton County
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Declaration
Act of Congress of 3 Feby. 1853
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss
On this 7th day of May 1853 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County Polly Chase a resident of said County, 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 benefits of the act of Congress of the 3d February 1853.
That she is the widow of Parker Chase late a
pensioner of the United States now deceased.
She further declares that she was married to the said Parker Chase on the 11th day of March 1800 that her husband the aforesaid Parker Chase died on the 22 day of July 1851 and that she is still
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Revolutionary Widows.
State of New Hampshire
County of Campton 
S. S.
On this 3D day of May 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Polly Chase, aged 79 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Parker Chase deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the act of 3 February 1853 her pension certification is No. ——-, and is dated ——-.  She further declares that she was married to the said Parker Chase in the county of Rockingham, and state of New Hampshire on the fifteenth day of February 1800 by Pr(illegible] Upham, and that her name before marriage was Polly Hayes, that her said husband died at Campton, County of Grafton, on the 22d day of July 1851, and that she is now a widow.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act, approved May 3, 1855.  She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, bounty land warrant.
Sworn and subscribed before [illegible] this 3D day of May 1855.
(Signature) Ozias Holmes. Justice of the Peace
Witness
Ozias Holmes
Seth F. Chase
We, Seth F. Chase and Nancy Chase residents of Campton in the County of Grafton and the State of New Hampshire, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Chase in our presence, and that we believe, from what we know of, and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. These déponents further upon their oaths say, that the above named Polly Chase is a widow.
Seth F. Chase
Nancy Chase
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 3D day of May 1855
Ozias Holmes   Justice of the Peace

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Ozias Holmes.  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss} I J D Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, a Court of record hereby certify that Ozias Holmes before whom the within declaration & affidavit purport to have been taken was at the time of taking and certifying the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Grafton duly commissioned and qualified; and that the within signature purporting to be the said Ozias Holmes is genuine
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 8th day of May Anno Domini 1855.
/s/J D Sleeper Clerk
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Parker Chase was born [illegible] 22 1765
Parker was Born
Polly Chase my Wife was born Aug 27 1785
December 31 year 1784
Moses Chase Was Born May 24 the year 1786
7 Julia was born Setember[September] 26 1809
William Chase was born November 25 1787
4x Jamma Chase was born May 26 the year 1806
Lydia Chase was born July 27 the year 1789
8 xx Seth Fogg Chase was born December 22 year 1815
Polly Chase was born May 17 the year 1791
5 xxx Chasan Chase was born March 12, 1808
Woldron Chase was born April 26 the year 1793 and he died 17 day of the following August.
# Sarah Chase died my wife January 14 1800
9 September 3 was born 1813
1 # Jamina Chase was born December 7 the year 
2 # Aron Chase was born February 20 the year 1803
3 Sally Chase born October 20 1808
10 x [illegible] Chase died November 5 1809
6 Nancy Chase born August 3 1811
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1804
Calop Quimby Jr 
to holling one load of hay
to holling one load of brick
to holling one load of flax
to holling one load of corn
to holling one load of staks
to one load of tators with two yam
to holling two loads of bords from Mr. Eatin's landau April 5 1805 settled
Elliot Blasdel to riving
/s/Parker Chase
April the [blank]1805
Simon batchaldor to gail for shuin (shoeing) your hors to plowing two Dayes half April 4 to plowing two Dayes 
to my plow two Dayes
to four Dayes hoing
to my wheals 
one bushel of barly
This day 
this
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15649
Parker Chase
Private 6 mo. & 22 days
$22.44
Jon'a Bliss 
Haverhill N.H.
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BRIEF in the case of Parker Chase of Campton in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [blank]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 67 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|]
In 1782|([blank]|*3|22)|private|Capt Butler Col. Bartlett|
81|([blank]|3|[blank])| " | " Woodman  " Runnels|
*per Roll of service
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Deerfield New Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 4 living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
/s/J W Clagett Examining Clerk.
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135,177
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid N.Y. May 14, 855
Sir
I inclose application for Polly Chase for bounty land, a revolutioner of N.H. 
Most respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
Hon L P Waldo Com'r
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Plymouth NH Sept 9 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir I enclose you Parker Chase
Power of Attorney given to me to draw
his Pension.  from September 1836 to September 1840
the said Chase having removed from Campton
to Illanois [Illinois] and lately returned to Campton NY again
you will please to forward me in [illegible]
to the within Pension as soon as may be
Most Respectfully yours [illegible] [illegible]
James McQuesten
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[written on the reverse of a handwritten document]

17 Sept 1840
James McQuesten
G.C

Record [750?] page [l51?]
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Pension Office
17th Sept 1840
Sir
The papers in the case of Parker
Chase are herewith returned.  The magistrate
who executed the voucher has failed to
certify to the identity of the claimant,
as required in the enclosed printed instructions.
When the vouchers are corrected,
you [illegible] please forward them
to P. Hagner Esq Third Auditor of the
Treasury.
Jam [illegible]

James McQuester [or McQuesten?] Esq
Plyhmouth
N.H.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
October 14th, 1840

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," Parker Chase, 
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at
the rate of Twenty two Dollars and 44 Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836,
to the 4th Sept. 1839.

Respectfully yours,
J. Searer
Acting Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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I, True Brown of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham 
and State of New Hampshire of seventy one years of age testify
and declare upon oath that I am well acquainted with Parker
Chase of [illegible] in the County of Grafton and State of
New Hampshire aforesaid who formerly lived in said Deerfield -
that I enlisted as a volunteer and private soldier
in Captain [illegible] Company of Infantry and Colonel
Runnels Regiment of New Hampshire State volunteers,
a militia in the Army of the Revolution
sometime in the month of September in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one
at said Deerfield for the term of three months - that said
Company was firstly stationed at Charleston (then called No. 4.)
in same State of New Hampshire - that I was [illegible] by
Simon Marstan, who was their Major of said Regiment
as his waiter and went to Castletown in the State of Vermont -
thence to [illegible] in the State of New York - thence 
returned to said Castletown and then to said Charleston -
that I [considered?] myself as belonging to said Company
all the term of [three words illegible] - that said Chase [illegible]
[two words illegible] said Company with me - that he was at
said Charleston when I left there for Castletown aforesaid
and also there when I returned doing duty as a soldier -
that I served said term of three months in said Company
including the time I was waiter for Simon
Marston as aforesaid - that said Chase was verbally discharged
at said Charleston with me sometime in the month
of December in the aforesaid year one thousand seven hundred
and eight one - and that I have no doubt that said
Chase served his full term of three months in said Company
as aforesaid - and that I have always been acquainted
with said Chase ever since he entered said Company
or [illegible] - 
July 24, 1832 
True Brown

The State of New Hampshire
Rockingham for [illegible] of Deerfield, July 24, 1832 -
Personally appearing the above named True Brown made under oath that
the above affidavit by him subscribed is true -
Before me,
Ira St. Clair {Justice of the Peace for said County of Rockingham

I the Subscribed, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the
above named True Brown and that his character for veracity is good, and
his statement entitled to full credit -
Ira St. Clair, Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit
True Brown
2d term
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State of Newhampshire
Grafton County ss
I George Woodward clerk of the court of common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Ira St Clair Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the within certificates was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace for said county of Rockingham duly authorized to administer oaths, & that the signatures purporting to be his are in my belief genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832
/s/Geo. Woodward clerk
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I Jeremiah Avery of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of sixty nine years of age, testify and declare upon oath that I am well acquainted with Parker Chase af'said of Campton in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aforesaid who formerly lived in said Deerfield - that I enlisted a volunteer and private soldier in Captain Joseph Parson's Company of Infantry and Colonel Runnel's Regiment of New Hampshire State volunteers or militia sometime in the month of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one at said Deerfield for the term of three months - that said Company was firstly stationed at Charleston (then called No. 4) in said State of New Hampshire - that while I was at said Charleston (Charlestown) I saw said Parker Chase there as a soldier in said Runnel's Regiment, but I do not know who commanded the Company to which he belonged - that immediately a part of said Regiment was ordered to Castleton in the State of Vermont, and thence to frontiers in the ['State of' crossed out] State of New York - that I belonged to that part of said Regiment which went to said Fort-Ann. - that I afterward retreated to said Charleston (Charlestown) and there found said Chase still doing duty as a soldier - that I served three months and was verbally discharged, some time in the month of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, and have no doubt said Chase was discharged at the same time and place with myself and that he served in said Regiment the aforesaid term of three months - that I have always been acquainted with said Chase ever since had entered into the service in said  Company - 
July 24 1832 - /s/Jeremiah Avery
The State of New Hampshire
Rockingham - Town of Deerfield, July 24, 1832 - 
Personally the appearing the above named Jeremiah Avery made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - 
Before me, /s/Ira St. Clair {Justice of the Peace for said County of Rockingham 
I, the Subscriber, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Jeremiah Avery and that his character for truth is good, and his statement entitled to full credit - 
/s/Ira St. Clair Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit 
Jeremiah Avery - 2d term
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State of Newhampshire
Grafton County ss
I George Woodward clerk of the Court of common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Ira St Clair Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the within certificates, was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace for said county of Rockingham duly authorized to administer oaths: & that the signatures purporting to be his are in my belief genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832
/s/Geo. Woodward clerk
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I, Benjamin Stevens Jun. of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify an declare upon oath that I am Clerk of said town of Deerfield - that it appears from papers on file in said Clerk's office, and which constitute a part of the records of said town, that, in the years one thousand seven hundred and eighty one one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, a man by the name of Parker Chase Jun. was paid by said town of Deerfield the sum of six hundred and sixty pounds of the then currency for three months drawn in the militia raised for the service of the United States for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, and that said Chase was paid for three months more service in the year one thousand seven hundred and eight one in the United States one other were of three pounds of the then currency
July 25, 1832 - /s/Benjamin  Stevens, Jun
The State of New Hampshire - 
Rockingham ss - Town of Deerfield, July 25, 1832 - 
Personally appearing the above named Benjamin Stevens Jr. made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - 
Before me, /s/Ira St. Clair {Justice of the Peace for said County of Rockingham
I, the Subscriber, do hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Stevens Jun. is Clerk of said town of Deerfield, has the custody of all the records of said town, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his aforesaid statement - 
/s/Ira St. Clair, Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit
Benjamin Stevens Jun.
1st & 2d terms
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State of Newhampshire
Grafton County ss
I George Woodward clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Ira St Clair Esquire, whose name is affixed to the within certificates, was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace for said county of Rockingham duly authorized to administer oaths; & that I believe the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832
/s/Geo. Woodward clerk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Parker Chase which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 
V. *Has he mentioned 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? yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 4 witnesses
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank] 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank] 
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? the Court has
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank] 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. 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______; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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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 services. 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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was preformed; 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 preformed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
#QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
([ hand pointing ]) In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and siguature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Affidavit 
Joseph Chase & Asa Marston - 
1st time
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We Joseph Chase & Asa Marston both of Deerfield in the State of Newhampshire, of age depose & say that we are personally acquainted with Parker Chase formerly of said Deerfield, bow of Campton in the county of Grafton & State aforesaid - that we knew him at the time of his service in the Revolutionary war & have known him since - that the said Parker Chase in the month of July - (as nearly as said Deponents can fix the time) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty, enlisted into the company of militia commanded by Capt. Henry Butler in the Regiment commanded by Col Thomas Bartlett for three months - that said company was stationed at West Point, & said Parker Chase entered the same & served therein full term of three months ['& some  more' crossed out] - that he did not desert, but demeaned himself as a good & faithful soldier, We both served in the same company with said Parker Chase at & for the same time. He enlisted at said Deerfield.
/s/asa marston
/s/Joseph Chase
State of Newhampshire
Rockingham Ss. July 24, 1832}
Then the above subscribing Joseph Chase & Asa Marston, who are known to me & are credible witnesses, personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed was true - 
Before me /s/Ira St. Clair Justice of the Peace
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State of Newhampshire
Grafton County ss
I George Woodward clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Ira St Clair Esquire, whose name is affixed to the within certificates, was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Peace for said county of Rockingham duly authorized to administer oaths; & that I believe the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 11th day of October A.D. 1832
/s/Geo. Woodward clerk
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Pension Office Oct 26/53
Sir:
Please report time of last payment to, or death of, within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
/s/S. Cole for comm'r
F. Burt Esqr
3 aud Present
Parker Chase, Oct 1832
$22.44 p. an. - Died 22d July 1851, Paid to his death. 
F. Burt
Auditor
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I Polly Chase a Pensioner of New Hampshire ['deceased' crossed out] to whom more pension ['was' crossed out] is probably due, ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension
/s/Polly Chase wid of Parker Chase
Witness my hand and seal, this fifth day of March 1857
Sealed and delivered in the presence of} 
/s/Ozias Holmes
/s/Seth F Chase
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[addressed envelope]
[margin note: 135,177]
[postmark: OVID N.Y. JUL 14] FREE
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pens
Washington DC
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Adm: act/53 N.H.
Boynton
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Parker Chase dec'd NH 
Inc'd June 7 1832,
3 mos pri & 3 mos & 22 da serv $28.66 per annum from 4 Mch 1831 to 22d July 1851 when he died
deducting former payments at $22.44 per annum under s'd act. - Pay to his widow Polly,
Also, under the Act of Feby 3d 1853, at the same rate & deducting at same rate, in the name of Polly Chase widow of Parker, - 
Cert to Arad Joy Esq
Ovid NY
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid NY. May 7, 1857
Sir
I inclose my agency in the case of Polly Chase, widow of Parker, herself a pensioner of New Hampshire, under law of Feb 3, 1853
I wish the power filed with her papers, that I may be known as still her agent.
Most respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
Hon Geo C. Whiting
Com'r
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Revy WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 903
Polly Chase. Widow, Parker Chase, Priv, and Serg't Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid N.Y. July 11th 1854
Sir
I return Polly Chase's pension certificate for correction, remarking that if I understood the true intent & reading of the Certificate from Concord, there is an increase as a Sergeant for the first tour of service of 3 Mo 22 days, this would give an increase of $3.75 per ann. 
then the proof of 3 months under Col McClary was not computed in any former pension as I understand it but now it serves to be admitted by you, as it certainly should be, this gives an increase of $10. per annum, making in all an increase of $13.75 per annum, in place of $6.22, or making a pension of $36.19 in place of $28.66 this largest pension does not cover as much service as he alledged to have performed, I judge the proof very nearly sustains all of his allegations, I refer to, & cheerfully submit to the proof on file
I am most respectfully Your Ob't Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pen's
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[handwritten letter]
Ovid N.Y. June 26. 54
Sir
I inclose proof in the case of Parker Chase, in the case of Polly Chase also her pension certificate
The proof is that he was a Sergeant & must, as it would seem to have served 6 months more than he was allowed for, See his declaration he alledges more than one year, the proof on file, & the inclosed may be clear & acceptable for a year or more if it, the back increase from 1831 to the day of his death & an increase to her will be due = he was Sergeant = he was not allowed for the 3 mo under Col McClary as it appears - 
Most Respectfully Your Ob't Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com'r
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office.
I do 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 office, it appears that the name of Parker Chase is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Henry Butler's Comp'y in Col'o Thomas Bartlett's Regiment of Militia raised by the State of New Hampshire for the defence of the United States 1780," as a sergeant in said company - Entry. July 4, 1780; Discharge, Oct. 25. 1780; Time in service, 3 months 22 days
And upon "A return of the Militia rais'd for three months in Col. McClary's Reg't in the year 1781", is the following:
"Deerfield {Caleb Phillbroock
Jer'y Sawyer}
Parker Chase}
Ruben Doe}
Robart Smart} march'd 19 Sept."
[official seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 27th day of May 1854.
/s/John L. Hadley, Secretary of State.
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Brief in the case of Parker & Polly Chase 
County and State of New Hampshire
acts June 7 1832 & Feby 3 1853
Claim, (['"original,"' crossed out] "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Record evidence that he served as sergeant 3 mos & 22 days, instead of private for which service he has been allowed. He was pensioned under the act of June 7 1832 & then under ['(If the increase.) Has the additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?' crossed out] the Act of Feby 3 1853. Increase in March deducting payments under those acts.
/s/Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
Arad Joy Esq
Ovid NY
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Brief in the case of Polly Chase widow of Parker Grafton County and State of New Hampshire 
act of Feb 3, 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") [blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in New Hampshire line 6 mos. & 22 days and pensioner of US, under act of 1832 at $22 44/100 per annum and paid to this death July 22, 1851
Allowed $22 44/100 per annum to commence Feb 3/53
(If for increase,) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by William & Sally Davis residents of said county, & certified to be credible
Death by auditor's report
Identity & widowhood by credible witnesses
Examining Clerk. 
/s/J L Gray
Name and residence of Agent
Arad Joy 
Ovid N. York.
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16,271
160 Acres
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Polly Chase
$22.44
Payment to be made at Concord, by Geo: Minot Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Hampshire
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 14. Vol. A.
/s/H. R. Weightman Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Polly Chase widow of Parker Chase who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty=two dollars and forty-four cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
[overwritten: Cancelled]
[official seal affixed] Given at the Department of the Interior, this twenty ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
/s/R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. 
/s/L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[handwritten letter] 
Revolutionary Claim, law of 1853
Polly Chase - New Hampshire - 
Ovid Oct 21. 1853
Sir
I inclose declaration of Polly Chase, with proof and, an old family record; the old record is very much mixed up, but it is easily explained. You can see 6 children of the first marriage 1784, 786, 1787, 1789 1791 & 1793 - and death of his first wife Sarah Jany. 14, 1800 - this shows the life of his first wife Sarah - The next we see is the birth of a child Dec 7, 1800 Just 9 months after the above named widow testifies the war married, then you can follow the birth 9 children of hers, I have made some red notes along, ['though' crossed out] the family record fully explains itself, & shews a record wife &c &c in 1800 - 
Most Respectfully Your Obt Serv't
/s/Arad Joy
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[verso]
10.851.
New Hampshire
Parker Chase of Compton in the State of NH who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the reg't commanded by Col. Bartlett in the NH line for 6 mos 22 Days
Inc'd to 28.66
______
Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 22 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
______
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Apl. 1833 and sent to Jonath'n Bliss Haverhill NH
______
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $44.88
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  11.22
$56.10
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 1. Page 76,

[recto]
Letter to James McQuesten 17 Sep 1840
  do  to 3d Auditor 14 Oct 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1836 to 4 Sep 1839 Agt
Notified 20 Oct 1840
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2.704
New Hampshire, Concord 
Polly Chase widow of Parker who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 22 Dollars 44. Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issue the 29th day of Octr/53 and sent to Arad Joy 
Ovid, New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 14 Vol. A.
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The State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss. 
I. W. W. Hutchins, Assistant Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Oscar F. Fowler Esqr is a Judge of the court of common pleas within and for the County of Grafton aforesaid, and that Ozias Holmes Esq before whom the foregoing and annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a justice of the Peace within and for said county - of Grafton, both said Fowler & Holmes duly commissioned & sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine as I believe.
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Haverhill this 13th day of October. A.D. 1853. 
/s/W. W. Hutchins Asst Clerk.