Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34183, Howard Chandler, Mass.
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Mass.               Chandler, Howard.      S34183
                                            Howland
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13.973
R
Massachusetts
Howard Chandler
of Duxbury in the state of Mass who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greaton of the [illegible] line, for the term of 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of Apr 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of July 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq Bridgewater, Plymouth County Mss

Arrears t o4th of March 1819 88.23
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48
10 27/30 4/31       $136.23

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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I Howard Chandler of Duxbury in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts believing myself to be entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress of March 18-1818 do testify and say that i entered into the army and service of the United States as a private soldier in the month of May in the year 1775.  I served eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Bradford and the regiment commanded by Col. Theophilus Cotton the troops of which I made a part were known by the name of the Massachusetts line.  The greatest part of this campaign i was stationed at Roxbury nigh Boston, my term of service being ended and having the leave of my captain I returned home. In the summer of the year 1776 I enlisted into the naval service of my country for the term of twelve months . I served on board the armed brig Independence commanded by Capt. Simeon Sampson said brig fitted out at -and sailed from Plymouth in the state of Massachusetts on a cruise and on our first cruise were taken by a British brig commanded by a Capt Dawson. I was carried a prisoner to Halifax and after remaining in the prison in Halifax about thirteen month was put on board a British ship together with about three hundred others all prisoners and ordered for New York on our passage the prisoners rose on the ships company took the ship and carried her into Marblehead and there took our liberty and returned home. The brig Independence was a publick vessel bit it is not in my power to say whether of the State of Massachusetts or of the United States.  In the year 1779 I entered into the army and service of the United States for the term of none months
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I joined the company commanded by Capt. Washburn and the Regiment commanded by Col. Graten at Westpoint in the state of New York my term of service being ended received a written discharge which there [illegible] having the leave of my Capt. returned home the troops of which made a part were know by the name of the Massachusetts line and think they must have been on the Continental establishment. In the year 1781 I entered into the army and service of the Company commanded by Capt Haskell and the Regiment commanded by Col Gamaliel Bradford and in the Massachusetts line having served six months in the State of New York the time for which I engaged and having the leave of my Capt I proceeded home I think each campaign in which I served in the army must have been on the Continental establishment I am now in the fifty ninth year of my age and by mean of age and infirmity am unable to labor and not property sufficient for my support and by reason of my reduced circumstance in life I now stand in need of the assistance of my country for support. I do also hereby relinquish all claim to [illegible] pension henceforth allowed one by any act of Congress if any such has been granted me. 
Howard Chandler


Howard Chandler
Duxbury
9mo 1779/
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Howland Chandler
A 13973
July '79

Howard Chandler
Con
or Howland
LLE
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SCHEDULE

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
County of Plymouth ss,

On this 18th day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jursidiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power alos of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Howland Chandler aged 62 years, resident in Duxbury in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of nine months in Capt Watsons company Col Graton Regiment Massachusetts [illegible] and that he has received a pension certificate dated 8th July 1819 and numbered 13973 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 4th April 1818- and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.

I am a labourer I have a wife 58 years old quite infirm her [illegible] is Peggy our son Howard who will be for him self four months a daughter Jane 11 years old [illegible] to worth
I have 1 cow 1 hog 6 old chairs about 20 pieces of crockery dishes & a pot & kettle
Howland Chandler

Sworn to, and declared, on the 18th day of July AD 1820 before Nahum Mitchell E Justice of Court

I, John B Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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 twenty four dollars and - cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this eighteenth day of July 1820
John B Thomas
Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth
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Howard Chandler
Duxbury M
Private
Graton Regiment
Massachusetts
1779 - 9 months

This man is as Roll - July 7 1819 
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April 4 1818
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The Claimant has furnished the Secretary's Certificate of his 9 months service-His naval service he can not find witnesses to substantiate.
N.M.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this fourth day of April AD 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Howard Chandler of Duxbury aged fifty nine years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the annexed declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."

/See his said Declaration enclosed/

P.S. The Claimant relies principally on his 9 months service in 1779 & 1780, which he presumes will be found on the Rolls- his naval service he has not the necessary evidence to prove. -
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I am satisfied the said Chandler needs the assistance of his country for support-

And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Howard Chandler did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

Nahum Mitchell

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
ss. 1818.
I hereby certify, that is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Nerfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket in said Commonwealth-that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record-that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.

} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of
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34 183
Rev INVALID

File No. 34.183
Howard Chandler
Priv Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. D, Page 481
[Arrangement of 1870]
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Secretary's Department, May 28th 1819

BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Howard Chandler served as a Soldier in Capt. Watson's Company, and Col. Greaton's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments of Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 31st 1779 to April 31st 1780, being nine months, the time for which he enlisted

Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Howard Chandler
13 973

Is the Pensioner's name Howard or Howland Chandler, What says the Certificate?
Dep of War
Pension Office
Oct 30 '20

Howard Chandler
Clerk of Court Office
April 17th 1821