Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,326, Isaac Chandler, Mass. N.H.
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Mass. Chandler Isaac S30.326
N.H.
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10539
Massachusetts
Isaac Chandler
of Essex in the State of Mass who was an Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Johnson of the regt commanded by Col Johnson in the Mass & NH line for Ensign 6 Mos 17 Days
Private 11 [mos] 
State

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 102 Dollars 32 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Apr 1833 and sent Benj Merrill Salem Mass

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 -  -  -  $204.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  -  51.16
[total] $255.80

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H Mc Blair Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 2, Page 10.

70
Essex
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5797
Lieut. Isaac Chandler
Please to address answer to
B Merrill, Salem, Mass.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Massachusetts, County of Essex, ss.
On this fourth day of September, A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Isaac Chandler, a resident of Hamilton, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officer, and served as herein stated:
1. He served as a private Five Months in 1777 in Capt Johnson's Company in Col Saml. Johnson's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia at Saratoga [illegible]
2. He also served in 1778 six months in Capt Johnson's Company in Col Wade's Regiment of [Masstts] Massachusetts Militia on a campaign to Rhode Island
3. He also served seven months in 1780, beginning Jan. 7, 1780, as Ensign in Col. Mooney's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia. He recollects the names of no other officers. He was appointed Ensign on 30th June 1779:-
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[illegible] He was born [Jan.y] January 28, 1864 at Andover lived there till 26 years old - remov'd to Hillsborough N.H. then - then to Concord - back to Andover, then to Beverly - Wenham & Hamilton about 20 years ago & lived there till this time
He was always a Volunteer - & had no written discharge.
Rev. J.B. Felt and Isaac Dodge Esqr. are his neighbors and know his character.
From loss of memory he cannot state the exact periods of his service more fully than above stated.
He hereby relinquishes ever 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. Isaac Chandler.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D [illegible] White Judge of Probate

[THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS CROSSED OUT
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire, a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do 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.]

Subscribed and sworn to before
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And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. [CROSSED OUT: And the Court further certifies that _____ who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in _____ and that the said _____ who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at _____ and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D [illegible] White Judge of Probate 

I, Nathaniel Lord Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Chandler for a pension, and that Jonah Brown is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths, and his signatures hereon are genuine.

Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September, A.D. 1832 this date, and one at the beginning of the declaration, altered before signing.
Nath. Lord Jr.
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I further certify that Benjamin Merrill a Justice of the Peace duly qualified this signature within written is genuine.
Signed and sealed anew this fifth day
of February, A.D. 1833
Nath. Lord Jr.
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I James Chandler of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy years to testify and say that I am acquainted with Isaac Chandler of Hamilton in said County of Essex and Commonwealth of record & do know that the said Isaac Chandler did serve as a private in the army of the Revolutions [illegible] in the spring of 1777 in Capt Samuel Johnsons Company in Col Johnsons Regiment at Stillwater & Saratoga at the taking of [Burgoins] Burgoyne's army and further than I served at the same time and place under the same officers
James Chandler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss
Personally appeared [the] James Chandler who has subscribed the above affidavit and who is a man of truth and verasity & whose testimony [illegible] is true and made within due form of Law that the same is just & true this third day of August A.D. 1832
Before me
Josiah Brown [illegible] [illegible]
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5797
Isaac Chandler

on Roll Col Mooneys Regt
entered 30 June 1779  Ensign 
discharged 13 Jany 1780 - 6 mos 17 days 

16 ob
19 Jnry 1833

Ensign   6 mos 17 days
Private  11  "
[total] . . .17 [mos] 17 [days]

P 207
&102.32

Benj Merrill Esqr
Salem
Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Isaac Chandler 
of Essex in the State of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury? [blank] 

3. How old is he? 68 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
In 1777 - 5 months - private - Captn Johnson, Col S. Johnson
1778 - 6 Months - [private] - Do [ditto-Captn Johnson, Col] Wade 
80  Jany - x6 months, 17 days - Ensign -  [Cap  Johnson, Col] Mooney
x per roll of service

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Andover

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence - documents 
Living witnesses 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and, if so, how?  Defective - not properly connected

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
[not signed] Examining Clerk.
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Lt. Chandler

The amendments required are made
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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 Isaac Chandler Essex Cty. Mass., 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 one 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? Yes  
** [see next page]

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 has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in 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? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

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 _______, For _____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 service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

+QUERE XIV . Proof of Service. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on 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 papers 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. 
  
**The Court must certify as presented by the Regulations, in relation to the traditionary evidence.
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The Government and People of the State of New Hampshire
To Isaac Chandler Gentleman, Greeting -- 
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, DO by these Presents appoint you Ensign of Col. Hercules Mooney's Company in a Regiment commanded by the said Mooney raised within said State for the Defence of the State of Rhode Island  You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in leading ordering & exercising said Company in Arms both inferior Officers & Soldiers and {this line is mostly illegible] their Ensign and you are yourself to follow such orders and instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the General & Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, or any other your superior Officers, according to military Rules & Discipline of war, in Pursuance of the trust reposed in you. In Testimony we have caused the seal of said State to be hereunto affixed  Witness Meshech Weare Esq the President of [the?] Council at Exeter the thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred Seventy Nine.
[signed] M Weare [and ] E Thompson Secy
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30326
Revy
INVALID.
File No. 30,326
Isaac Chandler
Ensign Rev War
Act June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 70
[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.
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I James Chandler of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged Seventy years to [do] testify and say that I am acquainted with Isaac Chandler of Hamilton in the County of Essex and Commonwealth aforesaid and do know that the said Isaac Chandler did serve as a Private in the army of the Revolution Six months commencing in the Spring of 1778 in Capt Samuel Johnsons company in Col Wades Regiment in Rod [Rhode] Island and further that I served at the same place & same time under the same officers.
[signed] James Chandler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss - 
Personally appeared James Chandler who has subscribed the above affidavit and who is a man of truth & varasty [veracity] & to whose testamony [sic] full credit is due and made oath in due form of law that the same is just and true this third day of August A.D. 1832-
Before me [signed] Josiah Brown Jus Peace
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We Joseph B. Felt a clergyman, residing in Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, & Isaac Dodge residing in Hamilton aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr. Isaac Chandler, as an inhabitant with us, - that we believe him to be in his 69th year, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.-
Hamilton September 3d 1832  [signed] Joseph B. Felt [and] Isaac Dodge

Essex ss. Jany 28, 1833
Subscribed & sworn to before [signed]  B Merrill Just. Peace

I certify that said Rev Joseph B. Felt is a Clergyman & said Isaac Dodge a principal citizen both residing in said Hamilton and that they are credible & disinterested and their Statement is worthy of credit 
[signed]  D A White Judge of Probate