Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37831, James Chapman, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn

Chapman, James

NUMBER
S 37831

CONTENTS
Ellen Turney, former widow of the above soldier, was pensioned as the former widow of her first husband, Samuel Squires, Conn
W 22458
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Date of death (illegible) [handwritten in ledger]

Connecticut
James Chapman
of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut who was a Seruten in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of Four Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of Feb 1819 and sent to Hon. W. Sherwood
&c Refer
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Janan 1810

85.33
120.00
205.33

{Revolutionary claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

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James Chapman

Adm.
Hon. W. Sherwood
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District of Connecticut ss:

On this 28th day of April apprd James Chapman of Fairfield in said District under oath before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which District the said James Chapman now resides and ever since the end of the war of the Revolution hath resided that he may be placed on the pension list of the United States in pursuance of one Act of Congress appeared the 10th day of March AD 1818 Declares that in the summer of the year 1776 the Declarant entered the service of the United States under an (illegible) Conscription. Captain Albert Chapmans company. Colonel Rhodes Regiments for the years service int he Connecticut line in the continental establishment of the armies of the United States in the war of the revolution against the common enemy and that in the month of December in the same year 1776 the Declarant was promoted to a (illegible) in the same company & regiment and into (illegible) completed said years service of the United States in their army and that immediately on the separation of said years service the Declarant reentered the service of the United States as Lieutenant in a company commanded by said Captain Albert Chapman in the seventh Regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Colonel Herman Swift on the continental establishment of the enemy of the United States in the war of the Revolution against the common enemy and afterwards received a commission as a Lieutenant in said Regiment to the rank on the 25th day of October AD 1777 and leering (?) date the 16th day of March A 1779 signed by
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John Jay resident of Congress which last (illegible) commission the Declarant now exhibits said Judge the Declarant having by time accident lost his other (illegible) cannot present them. And the Declarant further saith that from the said summer of 1776 when he entered into the service of the United States as aforestated he faithfully served them in their army against the common enemy in the war of the revolution (until?) the 8th day of September 1780 when upon application then for he was discharged from (illegible) then service . And that while the Declarant was in the service of The United States he (illegible) in many actions of (illegible) note for (illegible) the enemy is Ridgefield, Germantown & Monmouth And the Declarant from them maketh oath that he now is. I evidence the declaration of (illegible) and hath been a resident citizen of the United States and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his county for his support

James Chapman

District of Connecticut ss April 28th 1818 the aforenamed James Chapman came before me & in my persons subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of sd District
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District of Connecticut ss
On this 15 day of March AD 1818 before me Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Salmon Hubble of Hartford in said District respectable citizen thereof who being duly sworn depose & say that the aforementioned Declarant James Chapman now is and for a number of years last part hath been a resident citizen of the United States.

Salmon G Hubbel

April 15th 1818 sworn before me
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
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Valuation of the Real Estate of James Chapman of Fairfield
Nov. 26th, 1819
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Valuation of the Real Estate of Lieut James Chapman of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut (illegible) I by us the subscribers (under oath) Nov 25th 1819 
Twenty one acres and one half of Land Lying in sd. Fairfield Bounded Northerly by Weaton Line East by Highway Southerly on James Chapman 3d and West on Soloman Marshown and J. Couch-at $30 sq ft-$645
Also Ten acres of Land Situated near Peter Wynhoops Bounded Northerly by Highway Easterly on Peter Wynhoop and Samuel Mecher-South on Nancy Zelliffs land and West on Phinehas Chapman. $40 sqft 400
Also 2(A) 3(B) 19 of land situate in the Parish of Greenfield at a place called quaset Bounded North on Abigail Chapman East on Nevis of Saml Ogden Dec'd South on Saml Chapman and West by Highway 30 sqft 86 06
Also 12 acres of Land called Sawmill lot Bounded Northerly on Aaron Sherwood Easterly on Joseph Banks and Redfield's Nevis Southerly on Abigail Chapman and Westerly by Highway at $20 pft 240 
Also two acres of land by Justus Disbroves Bounded Northerly on Elijah Hillard East by Highway and South and West by Phinehas Chapman at $40 pft 
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$1451.06

please forward
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The following Real Estate is Leased to Sd. James Chapman During the Term of his Natural life on half the Dwelling house where Sd. Chapman now lives---------------$50
One half 2 old barns-----------------$40
One half old corn town--------------$10
12 acres of land of Hownland Barn--$60 pft 720
1 1/2 acres around sd. Town & Barn at $65 pft-- 97 50
2 acres old orchard so called at $60 pft--120
1 1/2 acres meadow adjoined sd. Orchard at $50 pft-75
1 acre meadowland SE corner of (illegible) at $45--45
5 acres called Bulls lot at $30 per acre---150
1 1/2 acres meadland c.A quasset at 30 per A-- 3750
$1445

The following Real Estate the sd. James Chapman has the use and Improvement during the term of his natural life (viz)
One half the dwelling town---$150
one half 2 old barns-----$40
One half old Corn house----- $10
39 1/2 acres of land in the (illegible) at $45 pA 77.50
5 1/2 acres in sawmill lot so called at $20 pA 110
2 3/4 acres at quasset at $30 perA 112.5
$2300.00

Leased land Brought Down----1445.00
His own land Brought forward---1451.00
$5096.00

Seth Taylor
appraised under oath
Aaron Sherwood
Fairfield
Nov. 26th 1819
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James Chapman
S. 37831
Samuel Squires
W. 22458
Aaron Turney
S. 18633
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. G. E. Stephenson
630 North Balch Street
Akron, Ohio

Dear Madam,

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Lieutenant James Chapman of Fairfield, Connecticut, of Jarvis Kellogg of Norwalk, Connecticut, and of Jonathan Cooley Connecticut.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based on the service of either Jarvis Kellogg or Jonathan Dooley. The surnames searched under similar spellings.

The Revolutionary War record of James Chapman, Lieutenant from Fairfield, Connecticut is furnished herein, also the records of Samuel Squires and Aaron Turney, which will be of interest to you.

James Chapman-S.37831

The data concerning James Chapman which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 37831, based on his service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of James Chapman were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated. 

James Chapman enlisted in 1776, served as
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ensign in Captain Albert Chapman's company in Colonel Elmore's Connecticut regiment; he was appointed sometime in December, 1776, lieutenant in same company and regiment, and was commissioned, October 25, 1777, lieutenant in Captain Albert Chapman's company in Colonel Heman (Herman) Swift's 7th Connecticut regiment, and was discharged September 8, 1780. During the service he was in the battles of Ridgefield, Germantown, Monmouth and many skirmishes.

James Chapman was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut.

Reference was made in 1819 to Phinehas Chapman, Abigail Chapman, and Samuel Chapman, all of Connecticut. It was not stated that they were related to the above noted James Chapman, nor was it shown that the Captain Albert Chapman under whom he served was a relative.
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Samuel Squires-W. 22458

The data relative to Samuel Squires were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 22458, based on his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Samuel Squires were not stated, nor were the names of his parents given.

Samuel Squires of Fairfield, Connecticut, was Commissary of Issues and Purchase, from sometime in April or May, 1775, until the month of August, 1783.

Samuel Squires married July 20, 1789 in Fairfield
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Fairfield, Connecticut, Miss Ellen Gold of said Fairfield,

Samuel Squires died May 27, 1801, aged at that time eighty-six years.

The widow, Ellen Squires, married January 9, 1803, James Chapman of Fairfield, Connecticut, who was a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution, and pensioned under the Act of 1818. James Chapman died September 9, 1822, then aged seventy-two years.

The widow, Ellen Chapman, married November 9, 1829, Aaron Turney of Fairfield, Connecticut, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and pensioned under the Act of 1832. Aaron Turney died November 15, 1833, then aged eighty-two years.

The widow, Ellen Chapman, married November 9, 1829, Aaron Turney of Fairfield, Connecticut, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and pensioned under the Act of 1832. Aaron Turney died November 15, 1833, then aged eighty-two years.

The widow, Ellen Turney, was allowed pension, on account of the service of her first husband, Samuel Squires, on her application executed October 4, 1838, at which time she was living in Fairfield, Connecticut, aged seventy-seven years, and where she was still living in 1843.

Abel Turney, brother of the above named Aaron Turney, was seventy-six years of age in 1838, then living in Fairfield, Connecticut. 
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Aaron Turney-S. 18633

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 18633, based on the service of Aaron Turney in the Revolutionary War.

Aaron Turney was born in the month of July, 1754,
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in Fairfield, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not stated.

While residing in Fairfield, Connecticut, Aaron Turney enlisted sometime in July, 1775, served six months as private in Captain Ebenezer Hill's company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted sometime in January, 1776, served as first sergeant in Captain Zalman Read's Connecticut company, was in the battle of White Plains. He served from sometime in January, 1777, as a gunner on the ship "Defence", Captain Samuel Smedley, cruised to the West Indies, captured four British vessels and returned to Boston sometime in December, 1777. He enlisted in the spring of 1779, served on year as first sergeant in Captain Isaac Jarvis' Connecticut company, stationed at Black Rock Batter, to guard the sea coast, and was in a skirmish with the British. He was appointed in the spring of 1780, 1st lieutenant in Captain Isaac Jarvis' company, and served at Black Rock Battery, two years. He was commissioned July 11, 1782, second lieutenant of three armed boats, the "Spy", "Fox", and "Firebrand, under Abraham Cooper Woodhull, Master and Commander, cruised in Long Island Sound "until peace took place".

Aaron Turney was allowed pension on his application executed July 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Fairfield, Connecticut. He died November 15, 1833.

Stephen and Cyrus Turney, sons of the above named Aaron Turney, were residents of Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1833. The name of their mother was not designated. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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James Chapman
The certificate of the Judge as to circumstances wanting in this case.

Jas Chapman
The Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of the Department of War
Washington
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District of Connecticut ss:

On this 9 day of December AD 1818 before me Pierpont Edwards Esq & District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Joseph Hyde and Aaron Sherwood both of Fairfield who being both duly sworn do depose & say that they are and for many years part have been acquainted with Lieut. James Chapman of the Town of Fairfield a Lieut. in the Continental army in the Revolutionary War and that from his reduced circumstances in life well known to Deponents they are of opinion that he is in real need of assistance from his country for his support.
Aaron Sherwood
Joseph Hyde

District of Connecticut ss: Dec. 3d 1818
The aforemd Pierpont Edwards do certify that (illegible) James Chapman by section of his reduced circumstances in life (illegible)
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in and of the appointment her (illegible) for support

Pierpont Edwards
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I Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that James Chapman who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceeding testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant transmitted of (illegible) in such case made & provided said proceeding testimony are contained in the annexed schedule May 20th 1818
Pierpont Edwards
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March 16-'38

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Gentleman-

Please send me the military record or any other information that you may have of Jonathan Cooley Jr., and Jonathon Cooley Sr. of Newport or Weston or Coleytown Conn. Name also spelled Coley, I believe the father and son both fought in the Revolutionary war. Thanking you for whatever you can give me, I am
Sincerely
Mrs. GE Stephenson
20 North Balch St.,
Akron, Ohio
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37831
INVALID
Revy

File no. 37, 831
James Chapman
Lieut. Rev War

Act: 18 March 18"
Index:---Vol. 2, Page 482
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mar. 16-38

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Gentleman-
Please send me the military record or any other information you may have of Lt. James Chapman of Fairfield Conn., also of Jarvis Kellogg of Norwalk, Conn.

Thanking you
I am sincerely 
Mrs. GE Stephenson
20 N. Balch St.
Akron, Ohio
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED

To James Chapman
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I hereby certify that Lieut Chapman of the 17 Connecticut Regiment is discharged from further service in the army at his own request & soliciation.
Given by His [illegible]
command at Headquarter this 8 day of Sept 1780
Rob. H. Harrison Secy