Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14466, Edward Chapman, Conn. New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
New York

Chapman, Edward
Rebecca

NUMBER
W 14466
B.L. Wt. 30612-160-55-

CONTENTS
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22075
New York  A
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Edward Chapman dead,
of ___ in the State of ____
who was a Private in the ___ commanded
by Captain ____ of the ______ commanded
by ____ in the ___
line for ___
Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Ending 18 October 1849
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of
Novemr 1852 and sent to
Hon A.P. Hascal
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Arrears to the 4th of    HafR[?]
Semiannl. allowance ending
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{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by R. McRae Clerk,
Book 62, Vol. 4 Page 14
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Let. to Hon B Pringle July 21/54
"  "  J. Berkey Sept 11/60
1860 Sept 25 J. Berkey
   "  Oct 25 transferred to Springfield IA
from 4th March 1860


4,255
Rebecca Chapman
widow of Edward Chapman
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Conn
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 23. Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued
19th day of June 1854
and sent to
Hon B. Pringle
Ho of Reps
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 72 Vol. A
(32 )
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Vol C=1=107

174.032 adj 3 mar
21 June '55
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Rebecca Chapman
wid of
Edward Chapman
Pri.
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Capt. Allen's Company
Col Hurfors[?]
N. York mil
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Ent ___ in ___1780
Dis _____
Rev. War
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Revolutionary Pensioner
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Feby 53 - 4255
Wille OAG from 6/56
BO{??]
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Houlton Farnham
Attica
Wyoming Co N.Y.
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their statement is entitled to credit

State of New York
Livingston County } ss
I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the County of
Livingston, & of the Court of Common Pleas of
said county do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Edward Chapman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of office this
twenty fifth day of September 1832.
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk
By. S.G. Haven Deputy Clerk

Edward Chapman 
Revolutionary Soldier

23887
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State of New York
Livingston County } ss
On this twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting, Edward Chapman a Resident of Geneseo in the County State aforesaid aged seventy two 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 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, in 1776 the month not recollected he was called out with the militia the object being to reinforce the army at White Plains, after the militia had assembled all that were not equipt were sent to New London, and he was sent with them he was attached to Col Wolcotts Regiment of Militia, his Captains name was, Thompson, don't recollect his first name, his Lieutenants name was John Griffin he served two months and was discharged, the next year he was drafted and sent to New London where he served two months, all the troops there were militia and he should think not more in in all than two or three company, he does not remember the names of any of the officers except his Lieutenants which was
Griffin, and brother to him who was his Lieutenant the year previous, in about six months after this he was again drafted and stationed at New London, he served two months and was discharged, his Lieutenants name was Vinton Beckett, the names of the other officers he can not recollect, during all this time his residence was at Lyme New London County Connecticut,
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his next term of service was as a volunteer in the year 1779 he thinks he enlisted under Captain Lathrop Allan, his Lieutenants name was Carey, the object of the enlistment was to assist in driving the british from Newport
Rhode Island. The reason why he did not go
far as Newport was not explained to him, but after marching a part of the way his own company was stopped at Providence where there was a Brigade of Volunteers or Militia after remaining there about one week, the company to which he belonged and two others were sent to Bristol where they remained during his term of enlistment which was three months, here he was again discharged and returned home to Lyme, he again enlisted in the month of May, 1780 at New Canaan under Captain Allen, he marched to Schoharie and was attached to Col John Harpers Regiment the name of the Major was Hughes, he remained a short time at Schoharie when the Regiment was ordered to Fort Plain from there to Fort Herkimer no other troops except this Regiment were there they from this place went to Fort Stanwix, on the way they had an engagement with the British tories and Indians. The Americans were Victorious and continued to Fort Stanwix there he remained untill in December when the Regiment was marched to Albany and discharged this term of service was seven months, he served in these five different terms one year and four months, his place of residence when at home during the whole war was at Lyme Connecticut, the Town of Lyme at that time adjoined New London, at his first enlistment he marched through Norwich
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Preston Providence and Bristol, at his second enlistment he went from New Canaan to Scoharey[Schoharie] to German Flats, Fort Stanwix and back to Albany where he was discharged; that he does not know any person living by whom his service can be proved that he was born in Lyme New Loudon County Connecticut on the first day of July 1760, he has no record of his age except he knows it is on the town Book in Lyme aforesaid, and also it was lately been put upon the records of the Poor house in this county, since the Revolutionary war he has resided some two
or three years in Lyme, Connecticut at Duanesbush in this State several years, at Sharon Schoharie Co. several years, about twenty in Allegany County two years and since then was resided in what is now Livingston County in this state his residence for nearly three years past has been at the poor house in
Genesee County aforesaid, where he now resides he never received any written discharge but always served untill he was regularly dismissed the names of persons, with whom he is acquainted in this county and who know him to be a person of truth and veracity are Alexander Patterson Davenport Algar, Esquires, Thomas Young Andrew Arnold Harvey May Jotham Clark of Conesus Elder John Hudson Samuel Stevens, Elias Clark of Geneseo, he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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
Edward Chapman

Sworn to and subscribed to
the day & year aforesaid in open Court
S. G. Haven Deputy Clerk
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We John B. Hudson a Clergyman, residing in Geneseo Livingston County State of New York and Elias Clark of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Chapman who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
John B Hudson
Elias Clark
Sworn & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid in open court
S. G. Haven Deputy 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 further certify that it appears to them John Hudson is a Clergyman, residing in Geneseo County of Livingston & State of New York who has signed the preceeding certificate and that Elias Clark who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

State of New York
Livingston County Ss:
I Chauncey R Bond Clerk of the County of Livingston, & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Edward Chapman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of office this
twenty fifth day of September 1832.
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk
By. S.G. Haven Deputy Clerk

Edward Chapman
Revolutionary soldier
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State of New York
Genesee County SS.
On this Ninth day of April in the year of our
Land, One thousand Eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me John Munro, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Genesee, Rebekah Chapman aged Sixty Seven years who being first
sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and other acts of Congress granting pensions to
Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers and their widows and granting to such Widows the amount that their Husbands were entitled to
receive in their life time and which their said husbands did not receive-

That she was married to the said Edward Chapman, who was a soldier and private in the
Revolutionary War, on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve in the Town of West
Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State of New York by one Baker a Justice of the peace-
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That her name before said Marriage was Rebekah Tainter

She further declares that the said Edward Chapman died on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and forty nine in the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid aged
Eighty nine years and he was not a Revolutionary pensioner-

She further declares that she is a resident of the Town of Batavia in the said County of Genesee and that she has not intermarried, but
has continued the widow and is now the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased.

She further declares that she does not know any thing about the Revolutionary services of the said Edward Chapman in the Revolutionary War except what She has heard him state and
from his declaration which he made in his life time and made oath to which is hereunto annexed

According to the said declaration which she verily believes to be true he the said Edward Chapman served as a private in the Revolutionary War as follows
that is to say-
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Two months in 1776 in Captain Thompsons Company in Colonel Wolcott's Regiment
Two months in Lieutenant Griffins Company in 1777
Two months in 1777 in Lieutenant Burkets Company
Three months in Captain Lotterick Allens Company in 1779-
Seven months in 1780 in Captain Allens Company in Colonel Harper Regiment

She declares that the above services were rendered by the said Edward Chapman in
the Revolutionary War as she verily believes from the said Declaration and from what
she has heard him state in his life time; and he always declared that he served in said War
a year and four months

She further declares that the said Edward Chapman before the act of Congress, passed June 7 1832 was passed had been very decrepit and infirm on account of Numb palsy and a cancer on his face and his infirmities and cancer continued to grow worse
and erase till he died-

Same time after the said Law was passed be employed a man to
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obtain a pension and she believes his name was Gibbs but she is not certain and she heard her husband the said Edward Chapman say that be had obtained sufficient proof to
get a pension as he believed and a number of years afterwards she heard him say that his proof had been lost by his Lawyer or some other person and that his declaration had been sent back for want of proof and that his witnesses were dead and that the proof had not been sent to Washington and that he supposed it was then impossible for him to prove his service-
His health bed become so poor and be had become so decriped[decrepit] that he could not go out to employ Attorneys or procure Evidence, and he had nothing to pay with and he was supported at the poor house in Livingston County when he made his declaration and had been 2 or 3 years previous-
And from the above reasons he never made any further effort for his pension till he died but kept the said declaration in his possession and since he died she has retained the possession of it and now  sends it herewith as
Evidence of said services
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she further declares that she makes this Declaration as the widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased to obtain the amount of pension that he was entitled to receive during his life time from March 4th 1831 to October 18th 1849 the day on which he died

She further declares that she shall wholly rely on proof to be hereafter obtained to establish the aforesaid services or some part thereof of the said Edward Chapman her husband in the War of the Revolution 
[signed]Rebekah Chapman

Subscribed and sworn to on
the day and in the year first
above written before me-

And I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Rebekah Chapman and that she is a person of good character and reputable for truth and veracity

And further say that I was well acquainted with the said Edward Chapman and he was a man of good Character and reputable for truth and veracity and place full confidence in their statements. 
John Munn Justice of the Peace
Dated April 9. 1851
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174.032.
Rebecca Chapman
Bounty Land Claim
Act March 3, 1855.


Moulton Farnham
Attorney
Attica, Wyoming Co.
New York
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State of New York
County of Genesee } ss
On this 30th day of April of A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Rebecca Chapman aged 74 years a Resident of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Edward Chapman deceased who was a private in Captain Allens Company in the Regiment of New York troops commanded by Colonel Harper in the Revolutionary War - That her said husband Edward Chapman enlisted but where the day not know in the spring of the year A.D. 1780 for the Term of 6 or 7 months and continued in actual service in said War for the time of seven months as she has been informed and believes but when and where he was discharged she does not know-

She further declares that she is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States as the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased at the rate of $23.33 per annum for his said 7 months service under the act of Congress passed February 3d 1853-

She refers to her pension papers now on file in the pension office for the proof of his said service which is a Certificate of the Comptroller  of the State of New York-
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She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Chapman on the 20th day of February A.D. 1812 at the Town of West Bloomfield in the the County of Ontario and State of New York by one Bailey[?] a Justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage to the said Edward Chapman was Rebecca Tainter and that her said Husband Edward Chapman died at the said Town 
of Batavia on the 18th day of October A.D. 1849 and that she is still a widow and is the widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased and has not married since his death-

She further declares that there is no public Record of her said marriage and she has no private or family record thereof; but she had a family Record of such marriage and gave it to her Attorney to establish her marriage when she applied for her said pension which proof of her said marriage she presumes is on file in the pension office to which she refers in this application-

She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855-

She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress
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or made any other application  therefor- 
In presence of
Charlotte Grantham
            her
Rebecca X Chapman
           mark

We Ezra Chapman and Esther Eliza Chapman, Residents of the Town of Batavia in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Chapman in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be-

We further depose and say that we are each well acquainted with Mrs Rebecca Chapman the above applicant for Bounty Land that we have known her ever since we can remember to the present time - that we were well acquainted with Edward Chapman her late husband having known him ever since we remember till he died and that they the said Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be and we never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned and that the said Edward Chapman died in the said Town of Batavia on the 18th day of October A. D. 1849 and we were present at and attended his funeral Deponent Ezra Chapman of the son of the said Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman and Deponent Esther Eliza Chapman is his wife

We further depose and say that the said Rebecca Chapman has been since the the day of the death of the said Edward Chapman and still and now is a Widow and is his Widow
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and has never married since his death and the same resides with us and has resided with us most of the time since the death of the said Edward Chapman and that her said husband Edward Chapman was the identical man named and mentioned as a Soldier in his said Declaration, and we have no interest in this claim
Ezra Chapman
Esther E Chapman

The foregoing Declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and in the year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this Claim-
John Munro Jr Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
GENESEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } SS
I CERTIFY, That John Munn Jr before whom the annexed Instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing,  and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, at Batavia, in said County, this 18 day of June 1855.
M.G. Soper Clerk.
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Hannah E. Chapman
died June the 26 1834[?]
aged 9 years 5 months 
26 days
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Martha E Wyman died
November the 10 1843 aged
27 years 7 months 6 days
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Edward Chapman
died October the 18
1848 aged 89 years 3 months
18 days
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Edward Chapman
Born July 1 1760

Rebecah Chapman
Born March 28-1784,

Edward change[?] [married?]
YL Rebekah Tainter
February 20 1812

Rebekah 2, born Nov 6 1813[?]

Mary Chapman born
August 30, 1814

Martha Chapman born
April 4 1816

Phebe Chapman born
March 23 1818

Ezra Chapman born
April 22 1820

Sally Chapman born
August 24 1822
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Benjamin Chapman
Born November 11 1825

Hannah Chapman
Born December 30 1829[?]
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
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County of Madison and State of Illinois ss.
On this the first day of October 1860, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Madison personally appeared Rebecca Chapman who, on her oath, declares that she is the widow of Edward Chapman who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain * in the regiment commanded by Colonel * in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the State (District or Territory) of Illinois where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable, in future. The following are her reasons for removing from New York to Collinsville Madison County Ill.
viz that she had a married daughter residing here with whom she desired to reside-
[signed]Rebecca Chapman

* The Capt and Col. of the regiment is unknown to the applicant

Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Horace Lock J.P. (Seal)
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--> The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
--> The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
--> 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 signature of 
the certifying officer, should be sent with the pages. 
--> Mode of authenticating papers--In every instance where the where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers
is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Illinois
Madison County ⎬ I certify that Horace Look Esq before whom the declaration was made and who has subscribed his name to the certificate attesting the same was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace within & for Madison County Illinois duly elected commissioned and qualified and as his signature hereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of county court of said County Oct 10. 1860 John A Prickett  Clerk
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No 23887
Edward Chapman Livingston
County New York


Elias Clarke, Genesee, Livingston
County New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
June 5 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Edward Chapman Livingston County
New York
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Period when the service was rendered.
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Duration of the claimant's service
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Rank of the claimant.
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Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
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Called out 1776 |
2 months |
private |
Col Wolcotts Cap Thompson 
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Drafted 1777 |
2 months |
private |
Lieut. Griffin
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Drafted 1777 |
2 months |
private |
Lieut. Beckett
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Vol 1779 |
3 months |
private |
Capt Lathrop Allen
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Enlisted May 1780 |
7 months |
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Capt Allen, Col Harper
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Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
72 years, Lyme, N. London County Connecticut
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Proof by which the declaration is supported:
Traditionary evidence clergimant
certificate & Witness certified credible
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I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,

It cannot be readily admitted that the length of service alleged is not susceptible of proof, and the regulations require applicants to furnitsh the best evidence in their power.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of ___ } ss.

On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before __ A. B. a resident (b) of __ in the county of __ and State, Territory or District __ aged __ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __,
with __ and served in the __ (e) regiment of the __ line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    -- A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I __ of the Court of __ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of __ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __ day of __ & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the __ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be __ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, __ Clerk of the Court of __ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Solder. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from 
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
--
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 __. For __ months and __ days, I served as a __; and  for such service I claim a pension."
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 service. 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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; 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 performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he
has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Edward Chapman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W.14466
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
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LENGTH OF SERVICE.
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RANK.
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OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
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CAPTAIN.
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COLONEL.
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STATE.
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1776 | 2 mos. | Pri. | Thompson | Wolcott | Conn.
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1777 | 2 " | | Lieut. Griffin | | |
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Six months later | 2 " | | | Lieut. Vinton {Becket or Beckwith | | |
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1779 | 3 " | | Capt. Lathrop Allen |  | N.Y.
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May, 1780, | 7 " | | Allen | John Harper | " 
====
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lyme, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25, 1832 Invd was al
Residence at date of application, Geneseo Livingston Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. July 1 1760, at Lyme, Corn
Remarks: He mar. Feb 20 1812, at West Bloomfield, N.Y. Rebecca Tainter who was born Mch. 28, 1784; he died Oct. 18, 1849, at Batavia, N.Y. and She was al pension on her ap. ex. Apr. 9. 1851, while a res. of Batavia N. Y.
Children: Rebecca b. Nov. 5, 1812; Mary, May 3, 1814, Martha, b. Apr 4 1816; Phebe b. Mch. 23. 1818; Ezra, b. Apr. 22, 1820, Sally b. Aug 24, 1822; Benjamin, b. Nov. 11. 1825. Hannah b. Dec 30, 1829.
Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-28
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W. CHANDLER,
COLLINSVILLE.
LLINOIS.

Rev Sec
H

Mch 8. 1915

Com of Pensions
Washington DC
Will you kindly give me the army record of Edward Chapman of Connecticut a drummer in
Washington's army.
His wife Rebecca Chapman of Batavia or Pembroke New York received a pension up to about 1855
[?] &
NW Chandler
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Jan 28-22
U.S. Commission of Pensions

[Stamp] US PENSION OFFICE JAN 30 1922

Kind Sir.
Could you give me dates
of birth, marriage, service
& death of ancestor.
also place of residence at time of war
Edward Chapman who
gave service in Revolutionary 
war, is the ancestor
His second wife was
Rebecca Tainter.-- could
you give me her birth date
marriage & death & also places of same?
She drew a pention. So thought
could get dates from that record
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2
also places of birth. marriage
& death of each { Edward Chapman
                           { & wife 
                           { Rebecca Tainter Chapman
This is my line, it may
help you some,
Edward Chapman - Ancestor
Gertrude Chapman, daughter Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman Jr. son of Benjamin Chapman, a civil war soldier
and pensioned.
Benjamin Chapman son of Edward Chapman
& Rebecca Tainter Chapman
Edward Chapman was from
New York State
One member of family said he
lived in New York City at time
of entering into service & at the
age of 16 went as a drummer boy.
with Washington's Army
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3
He froze a foot in the army. a part of
it had to be amputated so carried
a deformed foot as mark of service
Do not know exact date of birth but was
thought to be 1760. - of English
parents.
He lived at different times in
Livingston Co. - New York State
Greene Co. -      "     " 
cities of Batavia & Rochester
Married Rebecca Tainter as second
wife, had 7 children 2 sons 5
daughters  (Date of Marriage -?)
Benjamin was the youngest
child born July 11 - 1825, at Greene
Co. New York. 
It is thought date of death of ancestor
Edward Chapman must be about
1849 or 1850
What was his service in the Revolution
War?  Was it drummer boy?
Will also enclose copy of Revolutionary
service of Edward Chapman which I
obtained from New York State Library by
kindness of State Archivist
Could you help me in these dates & facts
would be very grateful and I could I have
them at as early date as possible. I thank you
605-10 St. Nevada, Iowa Mrs. Gertrude Chapman Smith
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Record of Revolutionary Service
Edward Chapman
Cert. $17763, for £7 2s. 2d, dated 31 July
1780, issued to Edward Chapman for services as private in Capt. Lathrop Allen's company of
Col. John Harper's regiment of Levies
Cert. #17822 for £10.13s.4d dated 30 Nov.
1780 issued to Edward Chapman for
services as private in above company
and regiment

Certificate of Treasurer (Manuscript
record). Vol. 4

This record was sent me by
Archivist of New York state
Library

Resp
Mrs. Gertrude Chapman Smith
Nevada
605-10 St. Iowa

Can the Tainter line be traced to
Revolutionary service too?

[Stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
30 JAN 1922
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1915. Mch. 19. History to
N. W. Chandler, fw
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1922. Frb 21. Hist to Mrs
G. C. Smith, aw


Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14,466
Rebecca Chapman
Wid of
Edward Chapman
Pri Rev. War
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Act: Febry 3d, 1853
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 130
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's offer for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.
----
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in 
the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
----
1780 July 31. |Edward Chapman Priv. No. of cert'e issued, 17763 £-7 -2 2
1780. Novr 30. ditto  " " " " 17822 £10 13 4
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, June 23 1852
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. Four now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First - under Capt. Lothrop Allen in Col. John Harper's Regiment
Second - " " do " " do "
Third 
Fourth 
Fifth 
Sixth 
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Eleventh
Twelfth
Thirteenth 
Fourteenth 
Fifteenth
I have examined the rolls for the above, and
find £---- to be correct.

A. W. Lee examining Clerk Philip Sheepe Dep Comptroller
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Augt. 14.52
Rebekah Chapman
Rev. Pension Claim
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Maj, Ruby



Hon A. P. Hascall
H of R
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State of New York
Genesee County SS - Ezra Chapman
and Esther Eliza Chapman his wife being duly sworn do severally depose and say that they reside the Town of Batavia in the said County of Genesee and that Deponent Ezra Chapman is the son of Rebekah Chapman and Edward Chapman named and described in the declaration of the said Rebekah Chapman hereunto annexed-

And Deponents further say that the said Edward Chapman died in the said Town of Batavia on the Eighteenth day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine and that the said
Edward Chapman and Rebekah Chapman lived together as husband and wife ever since Deponents can remember to the day of the
death of the said Edward Chapman and the said Rebekah's name before she was married to the said Edward Chapman was Rebekah Taintor as Deponents believe from the most reliable information and the frequent declarations of the said Rebekah Chapman and Edward Chapman and the said Rebekah Chapman
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now is and ever since the death of the said Edward Chapman has been the widow of the said Edward Chapman dated and she has not intermarried to any one since his death-

Deponents were present at the funeral of the said Edward Chapman -
[signed]Ezra Chapman
[signed]Esther Eliza Chapman

Subscribed and sworn to
this 9th day of April
1851 before me
John Munro Junr Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with the above named Ezra
Chapman and Esther Eliza Chapman
and that they are persons of good character
known respectability and reputable
for truth and veracity and I give
full credit to their statement-
Dated April 9. 1851
John Munro Junr Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Genesee County SS. I, Thomas Beckwith of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I have resided in the said Town of Batavia 
for the space of forty four years last past, and I was born in the Town of Lyme New London
County Connecticut and lived in the said Town of Lyme during and after the Revolutionary war
and I served in said War as follows -
I served four months at Black Hall in Connecticut in Lieutenant Griswold's Company
commencing in the month of September in the year 1776-
I also served six months at New London, Connecticut in Captain Lays Company in Colonel Thraafs[?] Regiment commencing in January in the year 1777-
Also I served in Captain Palmers Company in Colonel Ely's Regiment three months, commencing in September in the year 1777 and served most of the time in Rhode Island and same of the time in New London and
after that tour I served at New London in Captain Hampsted's Company in Colonel Latimer's Regt
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till the spring of 1778 -

The above is all the Land Service  which I performed in said war and I served at the above places and their vicinity and was frequently on detailed Service and scouts and marched to different points and places where I was not regularly stationed

I further say that I was well acquainted with Edward Chapman who was the husband of Rebekah Chapman whose declaration is hereunto annexed and he was about my age and I knew him well long before, during and after said war till he died and he the said Edward Chapman resided in the said Town of Lyme near by me before, during and after said war and he was born there as I have been informed and believe and Lyme was the next Town West of New London adjoining thereto - 

The said Edward Chapman served two months in said war as a private in Captain Thompsons Company but what Regiment I do not know and his Lieutenants name was John Griffin with whom I was well acquainted and the said John Griffin afterwards was a Major, and I have heard the said John Griffin say that the said
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Chapman served in his company two months at New London in 1776 and I saw him while he was in that 2 months service 2 or 3 times at New London or in that vicinity while he or I or both were on detailed service; and I may be made a mistake and that I saw him at New London before I went into the service as I was  frequently at New London that season; but
I know I saw him in the service as above stated and I understood he was called out with the Militia

I also further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman served two months at New London in the Spring or summer of 1777 in Lieutenants or Captain Griffins Company and I served with him at New London and saw him in said service very after and he served as a private-

I further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman again served as a private two months at New London commencing late in the fall of 1777 or in the fore part of the winter following in Captain or Lieutenant Newton Beckwiths Company and I served there with him and saw him in said service after and the said Victor Beckwith was my own are and I have heard him state that
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the said Edward Chapman served with him there at New London 2 months

I became acquainted again with the said Edward Chapman in the Town of Batavia in the said County of Genesee about 15 years ago and be did not live far from me and he died in the said Town of Batavia in the fall of 1849 and I knew him wall till he died and I was well acquainted with his Wife Rebekah Chapman named in the annexed declaration

The said Edward Chapman became very much broken down by a cancer on his face and poor health years before he died and he had no means or money

Block Hall where I first served was at the Mouth and on the East side of Connecticut River only 20 miles from New London and was in the Town of Lyme and I well recollect the time that the said Edward Chapman entered into the service in 1776 which was by a call on the Militia to go to White Plains; but a part of the Troops were sent to New London and
the said Edward Chapman was sent to New London and if I
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recollect right the said call was in the latter part of the summer or fore part of the fall of 1776 and the said Edward Chapman marched
as far as Lyme Town where I first saw him in the service and he was sent from there to New London as aforesaid.- I was sent to New London once or twice from Black Hall by Lieutenant Griswold, once with a letter and I was a member of times on Scouts almost to New London and met the New London troops on the same service and on those or some of those times I saw the said Edward Chapman in the service

After 1778 I served on the high seas and after I returned to Lyme I was informed by the said Edward Chapman and others and believed and now believe that he served in said War in Rhode Island and in Colonel Harpers Regiment in the State of New York. He did not reside in
Lyme but a few years after said War - The said Edward Chapman was always a man of strict integrity, truth and veracity and of a good Character & I am Ninety two years of age and am a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of Eighty four Dollars per annum
[signed]Thomas Beckwith

Subscribed & sworn to
this 6th day of December
1851 before me
John Munro Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Thomas Beckwith and have been so acquainted with him for many years last past and that he is a man of good character, known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and of sound mind and memory and he has retained all his mental faculties and powers to the present time and enjoys very good health and I place full confidence in his statement-
And I further certify that the two lines on the left hand margin of the within half sheet were written therein before he signed and swore to the preceding Affidavit
Dated Dec 6, 1851
John Munis Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Genesee County SS. Moulton Farnham of the Town of Attica in the County of Wyoming and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and with that he is acquainted with Rebekah Chapman whose declaration is hereunto annexed and that he found and saw in her possession at her house in Batavia in said County of Genesee an old Bible in which were the following entries

"Edward Chapman born July 1. 1760
Rebekah Chapman born March 28, 1784
Edward Chapman married to
Rebekah Tainter February 20 1812
Rebekah 2 born Nov 5, 1812
Mary Chapman born May 3, 1814
Martha Chapman born April 4, 1816
Phebe Chapman born March 23, 1818
Ezra Chapman born April 22, 1820
Sally Chapman born August 24, 1822
Benjamin Chapman born November 11, 1825
Hannah Chapman born December 30, 1829"

In another place in said Bible Deponent found the following entry
"Edward Chapman died October the
14, 1849 aged 89 years 3 months 17 days"

Deponent verily believes that the said entries are a true Record of all the facts mentioned and contained therein -
[signed]Moulton Farnham

Subscribed and sworn to
this 6th day of December
1851 before me
John Munro Jr Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with
the within named Moulton Farnham
and that he is a person of good
character and reputable for truth and
veracity and I place full confidence in
his statement- Dated Dec 6, 1851
John Munro Jr Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Genesee County   
Clerks Office         ⎬ ss. I, Merrill G. Soper Clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that John Munro Jr. Esq. before whom the several Affidavits hereunto annexed of Rebekah Chapman, Ezra Chapman, Esther Eliza Chapman, Thomas Beckwith and Mauther Farnburn were made and taken and who has thereunto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and that his signature thereto is genuine-
And I further certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to the said Court holden at the Court house in Batavia in and for said County that Edward Chapman named and described in the annexed affidavits of the said Rebekah Chapman and Thomas Beckwith was not a pensioner of the United States; that he was a Resident of the Town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York and died in the said Town of Batavia in the State aforesaid on the Eighteenth day of
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October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty nine, that he left a widow him surviving whose name is Rebekah Chapman who is the same Rebekah Chapman named and described in the annexed Declaration-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court at
Bataviain said County this
5th day of August A.D. 1852
M.G. Soper Clerk
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515
Feb 26/53
Rebeca Chapman
Widow of Edward
N. Y.

Act Feb. 3d 1853

George C. Ames
Present
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State of New York
Genesee County SS.
On this 12 day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me John Monroe Jr a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Rebekah Chapman, a resident of the Town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State aforesaid aged Sixty Eight 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 made by the act of Congress passed February 3d 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and all other acts of Congress granting such pensions - That she is the Widow of Edward Chapman deceased who was a private and served in the Revolutionary War as follows 2 months in 1776 in Captain Thompsons Company & Col Prescotts Regt. - 2 months in Lieutenant Griffins Company in 1777   - 2 months in 1777 in Lieutenant Beckwiths Company - 3 months in
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Capt Lathrop Allens Company in 1779 & Seven Months in Captain Lathrop Allens Company in Col. John Harpers Regt in 1780 in all one year & 4 months-

The above service is from his statement made in 1832 by him to obtain a pension and she knows nothing about his service only from his statements- 

She made application recently for the arrears of his pension as his Widow and received a pension certificate granting to her $23.33 per annum from March 4, 1831 to October 18, 1849 on which day he died which certificate was dated in November or December 1852

She further declares that the said Edward Chapman never received a pension & that she never received any other pension that as above stated-

She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Chapman on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve in the Town of West Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State of New York by one Baker a Justice of the peace-
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and that her husband, the said Edward Chapman and Soldier died on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty nine at the Town of Batavia aforesaid - She further declares that she is now a widow and is the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased and that she has never before made any application for a pension except for the said arrears as above stated 

She claims a pension for more service then was allowed to her in the said arrears and that all the proofs and Evidence to establish his service are on file in the pension Office in the City of Washington with her papers on which the said arrears were granted as she is reliably informed and believes and she wholly relies on those proofs and that Evidence to establish her present claim for a pension
[signed]Rebeca Chapman

Subscribed and sworn to
this 12 day of February
1853 before me and
John Munro Jr Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have no interest directly
or indirectly in the above named Rebeca
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Chapman's claim for a pension - And further certify that the said Rebeca Chapman is a person of good character, known, respectability and reputable for truth and vanity and I place full confidence in her statement-- Dated Feb 12, 1853
John Munro Jr.J.P.
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State of New York
Genesee County Ss - W. Ezra Chapman and Esther E. Chapman being duly sworn do severally depose and say that we are husband and wife and that the said Ezra Chapman is the son of Edward Chapman and Rebekah Chapman named and described in the declaration of Rebekah Chapman hereunto annexed-- We further depose and say that the said Edward Chapman died at our house in the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine-
We further say that the said Edward Chapman deceased and the said Rebekah Chapman lived together as husband and wife ever since we can remember till he died as aforesaid-
We further depose and say that the said Rebekah Chapman maiden name before she was married to the said Edward Chapman deceased was Rebekah Tainter -
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We further depose and say that we have no interest directly or indirectly to the claim of the said Rebekah Chapman for a pension

We were present at the death and funeral of the said Edward Chapman 
[signed]Ezra Chapman
[signed]Esther E. Chapman

Subscribed and sworn to
this 12th day of February
1853 before me
John Munro Jun J. P.

I do hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with the above named Ezra
Chapman and Esther E. Chapman and
that they are persons of good Character
known respectability and reputable
for truth and veracity and I place
full confidence in their statement-
Dated Batavia February 12, 1853
John Munroe J.P.
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State of New York
Genesee County
Clerks Office } ss: I M.G. Soper Clerk of said County and of the County Courts thereof do hereby certify that John Munro Jr before whom the several prendent[?] and annexed Affidavits of Rebeca Chapman, Ezra Chapman and Esther E. Chapman were made and taken and who has thereunto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by Law to administer oaths and take Affidavits and that his several signatures thereto are genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
official seal which is the seal of
said Court this 21 day of February
in the year of Our Lord 1853
M.G. Soper clk
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Rebekah Chapman

see papers on file

B. Morton

Hon. B. Pringle
H. R.
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State of New York
Genesee County } ss.
On this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the County Court of said County of Genesee in the State of New York Rebekah Chapman a Resident of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy years who first being duly sworn
according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of
Congress passed on the third day of February 1853 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War-

That she is the Widow of Edward Chapman deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War and served as she has been
informed and believes one year and four months- 

She further declares that she made application to the pension office in 1852 for the arrears of pension which was not granted to the said Edward Chapman in his life time and in such application all the Evidence was filed proving his service in said War-
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She further declares that she made application last summer for a pension under act of Congress of Feb 3d 1853 but she made declaration before a Justice of the peace and when she made such application she caused to be filed the Evidence of her marriage and death of her said Husband Edward Chapman- And she believes by reference to those applications sufficient evidence may be found to establish her claim for a pension-

She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Chapman on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred & twelve in the Town of West Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State of New York by one Baker a Justice of the peace and that her maiden name before said marriage was Rebekah Tainter-

She further declares that her said husband, Edward Chapman died at Batavia aforesaid on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine -

That she was not married to him prior to the Second day of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated

She further declares that she is now
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a Widow and is the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased-

The said Edward Chapman resided in Lyme, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War
[signed]Rebekah Chapman

Subscribed and sworn to
in open Court this
first day of April
1854 before me
Edgar C Dibble County Judge
of Genesee County


State of New York
Genesee County SS-
I, M.G. Soper Clerk of the said County of Genesee and of the County Courts thereof do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rebekah Chapman for a pension and that the said Court is a Court of Record in the County and State aforesaid-

In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my official seal which
in the seal of said Court at
Batavia in said County this
first day of April 1854
M.G. Soper Clerk
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Rebeca Chapman
To
George C. Ames
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Power of Attorney
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Know all men by these presents that I Rebekah Chapman of the Town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint George C. Ames Esquire of the City of Washington as my Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for a pension and I am directly interested in such claim
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twelfth day of February in the year 1853
Rebeca Chapman

State of New York
Genesee County SS On this 12th day of February 1853 personally appeared before me, John Monroe for a Justice of the peace of said County the above named Rebekah Chapman well known to me to be the person described in and who has executed the above power of Attorney and acknowledged that she executed the same which I certify & I further certify that she made oath that she was the person directly interested in the claim for pension stated in said power of Attorney
John Monro Jr. J.P.
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State of New York
Genesee County } ss-
Clerks Office
I M.G. Soper Clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that John Munro Jr, Esquire before whom the within power of Attorney of Rebeca Chapman was 
acknowledged was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and Sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and take Affidavits and  acknowledgements and that his official signature written under the Certificate of said acknowledgement is genuine and in his own hand writing -
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal which is the seal
of said Court this 21 day of
February in the year of our Lord 1853
M.G. Soper Clk
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Collinsville Madison Co. Ill
Sept 18th 1860

John Robb Esq.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Your obliging letter of the 11th Inst is received. Enclosed please find vouchers for receipt of Pension due Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward Chapman as In your letter directing vouchers for presentation to the third Auditor of the Treasury

You say "The ballance may be made payable at an Agency in Illinois apon application addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, 
in the form required by the enclosed instructions" but no instructions are found enclosed with your letter of Sept. 11th 1860, but if agreeable to your rules please forward "the ballance" together with the Pension "due over fourteen months" and oblige
Respectfully your
Obt Servant
J. Berkey
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J. Berkey
Collinsville, Ill Sep. 3/60
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Inquiry relative to the
payment of the pension of
the widow of Edward Chapman
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Respectfully referred to
Com Pensions
Moses Kelly
Chf Clk

Bat[?] Dept.
Sept. 8/60

Reid 8 Sep '60
Mr. Rhett
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Collinsville Madison Co. Ill
Sept 3d 1860

Hon. Jacob Thompson
Sec. of the Interior
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Having been appointed Attorney to receive a United States Pension for the widow of Edward Chapman a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war. (Pension under the act of February 3-1853) said widow having removed from Batavia Genesee Co. State of N.Y. to this place. I respectfully desire to be informed by your Department of the name and residence of the pension Agent in this State by whom said pension will be paid-

And also the name and residence of the Pension Agent by whom will be paid four years and eleven months back pension unpaid while residing in Batavia in Genesee Co. N.Y.

Very Respectfully your
Obt. Servant
J. Berkey
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Brief in the case of Rebecca Chapman, widow of Edward, Genesee County and state of New York act 3d Feby:1853.
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Claim, "original"

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7"
June, 1832

Record evidence of Marriage

(If for increase.) 
Has additional be filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Hon: R. Pringle, Esqr
Ho of Rep

Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton  
Examining Clk
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Rebecca Chapman

Coh

Hon
B. Pringle
H.R.


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[in margin]Case of Howe changed to Broaday
Adam July 20/54

Atten June 29th 1854
Hon B. Pringle M. C.
Sir I send herewith the Invalid pension papers of Noah C. Howe
You will please to certify to the J.P. & I have drown Certificate and also you may certify to the Surgeons and send the papers to the pension Office and let them take their due course-
I suppose Meads[?] case is under advisement & will soon be decided
It is not very probable that I send any more full cases to you before you return home in July
I may send on some affts to patch up one or 2 old cases-
I presume you have not much time to attend to pension business-
I received Mrs Chapmans pension certificate & I see they have allowed her only 23.33 per annum, the first amount which is for 7 months service proved by the Comptrollers Certificate of Albany
They have not allowed any service on Thomas Beckwiths Afft a copy of which I sent to you & as I calculate he testified to 4 months service-- I should be glad to know the reason why his
Afft was wholly disregarded in as much as you probably certified to his good Character-- I took great pains to have his testimony
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placed in a favorable light as he was a man of high respectability - I think they have not done justice to his Claim - I generally have their reasons, but in her case I have no knowledge what the reason was why they rejected his evidence-
Will you please before you leave 
Washington to ascertain what the reason was - I presume you know & will you let me know-. It may be possible they overlooked the Evidence 
If there is any chance for more I will return the Certificate and a new one can be issued before you leave-
Please to inform me as soon as you can
Yours very respectfully
Maulton Farnham
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State of New York
the County SS. I, Thomas Beckwith of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I have resided in the said Town of Batavia for the span of 44 years last past and I was born in the Town of Lyme New London County Connecticut and lived in the said Town of Lyme during and after the Revolutionary War and I served in said War as follows

I served four months at Black Hall in Connecticut in Lieutenant Griswolds company commencing in the month of September in the
year 1776-

I also served six months at New London Connecticut in Capt Lays Company in Colonel Throops Regiment commencing in January 1777

Also I served in Captain Palmers Company in Colonel Elys Regiment three months commencing in September in the year 1777 and served most of the time in Rhode Island and some of the time in New London and after that tour I served in Captain Hampsteds Company in Col. Latimers Regt till the spring of 1778-

The above is all the land service which I performed in said War and I served at the above places and their vicinity and I was frequently on detached service
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and scouts and marched to different points and places where I was not regularly stationed-

I further say that I was well acquainted with Edward Chapman who was the husband of Rebekah Chapman whose declaration is hereunto annexed and he was about my age and I do him well long before during and after said war till he died and be the said Edward Chapman resided in the said town of Lyme near by me before during and after said war and he was born there as I have been informed and believe and Lyme was the next Town West of New London adjoining thereto -

The said Chapman served two months in said War as a private in Captain but what Regiment I do not know and his Lieutenants name was John Griffin with whom I was well acquainted and the said John Griffin afterwards was a Major and I have heard the said John Griffin say that the said Chapman served in his Company 2 months at New London 1776 and I saw him while he was in that 2 months service 2 or 4 times at New London or in that vicinity while he or I both were on detailed service and I may be under a mistaken
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and that I saw him at New London before I went into the service as I was frequently at New London that season, but I know I saw him in the service as above stated and I understood he was called out with the Militia 

I also further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman served two months at New London in the spring or summer of 1777 in Lieutenant or Captain Griffins Company and I served with him at New London and saw him in said service very often & he served as a private-

I further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman again served as a private two months at New London commencing late in the fall of 1777 or in the fore part of the winter following in Captain or Lieutenant Beckwiths 
Company and I served there with him said saw him in said service after and the said Victor Beckwith was my own uncle and I have heard him state that the said Edward Chapman served with him there at New London two months-

I became acquainted again with the said Edward Chapman in the Town of Batavia in the said County of Genesee about 15 years ago and he did not live far from me and he died in the said Town of Batavia in the fall of 1844 and I knew him well till he died;