Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20856, Henry Chandler, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE: Mass.       
Chandler, Henry   
Sarah
Number: 
W 20856                        
CONTENTS
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The following are the names the births or deaths of the children of Henry Chandler and Marcy his wife
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Hannah Chandler Daughter to Henry & Marcy Chandler was born Enfield October 20 1751
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Semion Born Enfield
November 5 1753
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Solomon Chandler Born January 17th 1756

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Full of vanity
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Henry Chandler Jr Born
Enfield Oct 10th 1758
September 28 1836 Died
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Rubin Chandler Born 
Enfield January 7th 1761
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Rubin Chandler died
May 11th 1761
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Rubin Second Born May
19 1762 & died July 17 1762
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Rubin Chandler third born
Enfield Novem 2nd 1763

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Marcy Chandler Born
February 7th 1766 and
She died December 23rd 1775
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Hannah Chandler Died
December 22nd 1778 in Wilmington
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Marcy Chandler wife of 
Henry Chandler died 
December 18th 1791 in Wilmington
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The following are thenames of the children of James and Esther merick
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Mary Merick Born Brimfield
January 11th 1755
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Lucy Merick Born Brimfield
MArch 27th 1757
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Sarah Merick Born Brimfield October 29th 1758
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James & Sam Born Amhurst
September 8th 1760

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James & Sam died January and April 1761
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James 2nd Born Amhust May 15th 1762
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Ethan Merick Born Amhurst Sept 11 1764 
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Sammuel 2nd Born Amhurst May 15th 1761 Died December 14th 1775
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Aaron Merick Born Amhurst 
My 14th 1770
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Henry chandleJr & Sarah Merick were Married february 7th 1782
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Esther Chandler daughter to Henry and Sarah Chandler was born Wilmington December 30th 1782
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Sally Chandler Born November 13th 1784
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Aaron Merick Chandler Born January 24th 1781

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Chester chandler Born Febraury 7 1789
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Luther chandler Born Wilmington March 19th 1793
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Emela Chandler Born January 16th 1796
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Chester Chandler died May 14 1813 aged 24 years three months & 7 days
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Esther chandler died April 9th 1811
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Emela Chandler died Oct 3 1827
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17.251
Vermont
Henry Chandler
of Windham Co in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dickinson of the Regt commanded by Col. Hawes in the Mass. [ ? ] line for 8 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 
26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Augt. 1833 and sent to J. Elliott.  New Lane

Arrears to the 4th day of March 1833  $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept        13.33
(Total)    $66.65 

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832       }
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk,
Book [  E?] Vol. 3 Page 9
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Vermont 3,970
Sarah Chandler
widow of Henry Chandler, who was a Mass. pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832, and who died on the 28th September 1836 of Windham in the State of Vermont who was a Pri in the Compy commanded by Captain Dickinson of the Regt. commanded by Hawes in the Mass. line for 6 mos 26 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 22 Dollars 90 Cents per annum to commence on the (crossed out 4th day of March, 1836) 29th Sept 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Augt. 39 and sent to Luther Chandler, Wilmington , Vt

Arrears to the 4th of Mar $56.09
Semi=annual allowance ending   11.45
(total)  $67.54
{Act July 7,}
{1838}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk.
(Book # missing) Vol 2 Page 36

Let to P Agt at Hartford Ct June 17, 1840
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State of Vermont
District of Marlboro ss
On this fifth day, September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the probate court within and for the District of Marlboro in the county of Windham and State Vermont now sitting, Henry Chandler a resident of Wilmington in the county of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy three 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  after stated, (ver) in the year 1776 he believes in the month of September he was drafted and served in Captain Thompsons Company and in Colonel Haws regiment in the Massachusetts Malitia and served two or three months and was {de --ed?] thirty in November was marched to Fairfield in Connecticut and from there to Hogs neck in New York from there to East Chester in New York and then remained till the British [ ? ] army landed upon Pells point then to Valenberg hill and remained there a few days and was marched to While Plains and stayed in that place and in its vicinity till I was discharged had no written discharge resided in the Town of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts   Generals Lee and Sulivan were regular officers in that part of the army in the year 1777, he volunteered as a private soldier in Captain Reuben Dickinsons Company in Cal Porters regiment he thinks in the fore part of July   about this time Ty Cauderags  (?) was surrendered to the enemy remained in that [ ?] same more than a month and returned home and remained at home but a few days and was again called out and joined the same regiment and company and continued to serve till after the surrender of Burguine and some time in October he was dismissed and returned home  had no written discharge
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was in no pitched battles but was in several skirmishes with the tories and Indians one in particular with the Indians at Masy Creek, an other with the Indians 2 1/2 miles above Saratoga [Barracty?] the principal officers were Gen Goty Gen [Seucalu?] Gen Arnold Gen Patterson,  in Spetember 1778 he was again drafted and served in captain Fairfields Company in Colonel Sparrowhawks regiment for three months  was marched from the Town of Amherst where he then resided to Boston  then was sent on to Castle Island then to Dorchester Point remained there till some time in December when he was dismissed  there were no regular troops when he was stationed except an artillery company on the Islands he has no discharges nor ever had any written discharges  he does not know of any positive proof he can obtain of his service,  he relinquishes all every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
Henry Chandler
Sworn to and duly [----?] the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller  Judge of [Probate?]
I Israel Lawton of Wilmington in the county of Windham and State of Vermont hereby certify that I am acquainted with Henry Chandler who has above subscribed I believe him to be seventy three three years of age that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion I have known him more than forty years
Israel Lawton
I Simeon Chandler of Wilmington in the county of Windham and state of Vermont certify and say that I am brother to Henry Chandler the subscriber to the above declaration and was knowing to his being drafted and of his volunteering several times during the
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revolutionary war  I recollect as many as three different times that he was either drafter for turned out as a volunteer and was gone as rear as I can recollect about three months each time the three several times  I [th---?] was in 1776, 1777 and in 1778.
Simeon Chandler
Sworn to this 30th day of July 1831 before me 
John Roberts Justice of the Peace

Questions by the court
1  I was born in the Town of Enfield Connett
2  I know of none
3   Amherst (?) Massachusetts in Wilmington [--?] where I now reside
4  I was [--?] drafted an am volunteered
5 they are named in my declaration
6  none in writing
7 Benjamin Metcalf Simeon Chandler  James Hase
James Hase Israel Lawton Judah Moose
Henry Chandler
Sworn to and [--?] the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller  Judge of Probate
We Benjamin Metcalf and Simeon Chandler residing in Wilmington  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 73 years of age and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have bee a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Benjamin Metcalf
Simeon Chandler
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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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 Benjamin Metcalf and Simeon Chandler who have signed the preceding certificate, are citizens of the said town of Wilmington, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify , that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Chandler for a Pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of September A.D.1832
James Elliot, Probate Register
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Fane, Sept. 7. A.D. 1832.
I certify that John Roberts, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the within is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written
James Elliot, Clerk.

(In top right corner, written perpendicularly is the following)
No. 107 Windham Co. Vermont
Henry Chandler
Declaration for Pension  Septr 1832
1[3?]'976
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V 4256
Sarah Chandler
Declaration
Vt
Act 7.July 38
Vol 18. 196 Dickenson 1.8
      18  197       "          1.2
       19.   28  Fairfield    2.16
  nowell    Thomson        2
                                     6.26
adm
6 mo. 26
22.90
100
Died 28 Sept 36
Pn com 29 Sept 36

Luther Chandler
Wilmington
Vt
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 State of Vermont, Marlboro Probate District ss
On the 28th day of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Marlboro aforesaid Sarah Chandler a resident of Wilmington in the County of Windham and Marlboro District afsd. aged eighty two (82) years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th A.D. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of Henry Chandler late of said Wilmington deceased, who was a soldier in the army of the revolution, and was placed on the pension list on the 13th day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and for proof of his said service she begs leave to refer to the files of the pension Office.  She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Chandler at Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 20th day of February 1782 by Nathaniel Dickinson Esq. - that her husband the said Henry Chandler died on the 28th day of September A.D. 1836.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 to wit at the time above stated          Sarah X Chandler 
her mark
Witness Ezra B Chandler
Sworn & subscribed the day and year above written Before
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State of Vermont
District of Marlboro ss
Wilmington Nov 28. 1838
I Samuel Elliot of Brattleboro in said district, Register & Clerk of the Probate Court for said Marlboro District - said Court being a Court of Record - do certify that Dana Hyde was, on the day of the date hereof, Judge of the Probate Court for the district of Marlboro aforesaid & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, this 28th day of November A.D. 1838
Saml Elliot Reg & Clerk
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13976
Henry Chandler
Windham county
Vermont

(Suppy. Declarations)

Admit
8 mo's
26.66
James Elliot flh
New Fane
Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
May 31 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 regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is ore 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.

A Statement, showing the Service of Henry Chandler, Windham Vermont
Period when the service was rendered | Drafted 1776 | Duration of service | 2 or 3 Months |  Rank of the claimant | private |  Name and Rank of the  Company officers under whom he served. | Capt Thompson | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Col Haws | Battles in which the applicant was engaged |  |  Country through which he marched. | Fairfield Horseneck East Chester Valentine Hill White Plains | Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period. | 73 Hampshire Co Mass | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. | 2 Witnesses prove these tours of service |

(Column headings are as above but are shortened for easier reading)
Period of service | Volunteer 1777 | Served about 3 Months | Served under | Capt Dickenson | Field officers | Col Porter | Battles | Saratoga | Country through which he marched | Saratoga Boston | Evidence | I do two of the tours |

Period of Service | Drafted 1778 | Served 3 Months | Served under | Capt Fairfield | Field Officers | Col Sparrowhawk | Country through which he marched | Castle Island |

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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[Page number] 2
[Title] 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 Keepehttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngrs, &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, musicians or privates, will in the first in-
stance, 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
On this                 day of                    personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of                                 in the county of                            and State, Territory or District
of    aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
and State, Territory or District
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
served in the
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 serv-
ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or country 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 causes of officers and per-
sons 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 to 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 revolu-
tionary 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 day 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 commis-
sion; 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 ser-
vices 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 Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
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 enquiry 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 perform, 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 the 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, &e.  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 place 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 to 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 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.
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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Mr Luther Chandler
Wilmington
Vermont


(Written upside down below:)
Sarah Chandler
Aaron Merick 
&
Esther Clark [Rep?]
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We Aaron Merick and Esther Clark, both of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & say that we recollect being present at the marriage of Henry Chandler with Sarah Merick, our sister.  They were married by Nathanial Dickenson Esq. in this town on the twentieth day of February in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two.  Said Henry Chandler resided in Wilmington in the state of Vermont, and died in the fore part of October in the year eighteen hundred & thirty six.  Sarah Chandler, now resides in said Wilmington and is the widow of said Henry.
Amherst November 1. 1838  Aaron Merick  Esther Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss.  November 1.  1838
There personally appeared Aaron Merick and Esther Clark, subscribers to the foregoing affidavit and both known to me to be credible witnesses & [ ? ] made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Edward Dickensen Justice of the Peace
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau * Henry Chandler Wid File 20856

{FOLLOWING IS A TABLE}
{HEADINGS}
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.| LENTH OF SERVICE.| RANK.| OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED: CAPTAIN|
COLONEL.| STATE.
Sept 1776| 2 mos| Pvt| Thompson| Howe| Mass.
Sept 1777| 3 mos| Pvt| Reuben Dickinson| Porter|  
Sept 1778| 3 mos|   | Fairfield| Sparhawk|
*His brother Simeon was a res of Wilmington Vt in 1832

Battles engaged in, Several [Sks?] with Tories & Indians
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst Hampshire Co Mass.
Residence at date of application, Wilmington, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, b Oct 10, 1758 at Enfield, Conn.  Died Sept 28, 1836
Remarks:  Soldier married at Amherst, Mass. Feby 7. 1782 Sarah Merick.  She was allowed pension on an application executed Nov. 28, 1838 while a resident of Wilmington Vt. aged 82 years.  Children Esther b. Dec. 30. 1782  Sally b. Nov. 13. 1784 Aaron Merick b. Jany 24, 1787  Chester  b. Feby 7. 1789. died May 14. 1813 Luther b. Mch 19. 1793.  Emela b Jany 16.1796 died Oct. 3. 1827
Very respectfully,
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Mrs. John G. Fletcher,
406 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, California.

Madam:- In addition to the military history of Henry Chandler Wid. File No. 20,856 Rev. War, you are furnished the following data as to his children:
Esther  born December 30, 1782.
Sally born November 13, 1784
Aaron Merick born January 24, 1787
Chester born February 7, 1789, died May 14 1813.
Luther born March 19, 1793
Emela born January 16, 1796, died October 3, 1827.

Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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Suplementary Declaration
State of Vermont Windham county ss. on this fifth day June AD 1833 personally appeared before John Roberts Justice of the Peace within and for the {DELELETED: district of Marlboro in}
the county of Windham and state of Vermont Henry Chandler of Wilmington in said county of Windham afed seventy four who being first duly sworn according to law makes the following suplementary declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 7th of June 1832  That since making his former declaration from reflection he is notified that his services as set forth in his said former declaration in 1776 was but two months and that his return home as mentioned during the time of his services in 1777 was in consequence of sickness and inability to discharge his duties in the camp and that the term of his said services of that year expired on the seventeenth day of {JUNE CROSSED OUT} October making a few days over three months from the time he left home till he was discharged but he cannot state the precise number of days he further says that the clergyman in said Town of Wilmington has recently come to reside in this place and knows nothing in relation to his services and he knows of no other clergyman who knows anything of it [ ? }] therefor pray his  claim may be reexamined
Henry Chandler
Sworn to and subscribed this fifth day of June AD 1833 before me John Roberts Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New Trane June 7 1833
I certify that John Roberts, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace of said County, and that the within is his signature.  Witness my had and the Seal of said Court
James Elliot, Clerk
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1910 Nov. 11 Hist. to Hon. F. M. Crosby [V.L.M.?]
1914 Oct. 16 Hist. to Mrs. John G. Fletcher [V.L.M.?]
Revr
WIDOW, &c,
File No. 20856
Sarah Chandler
Widow of 
Henry Chandler
Priv. Revr War
Act July 7 1838
Index: Vol. [?] , Page 132

Arrangement of 1870
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CAEMENTUM FIREPROOF PAINT
COMMERCIAL CAEMENTUM
STANDARD GLUE CO. PRODUCTS
PHONES: MAIN 4885 A 1851
JOHN G FLETCHER 
{ADDRESS CROSSED OUT}
[R----?] Oct 9,
Dept. of Pensions --
Washington D. C.

Have you any Revolutionary War Record of the following --
John Borth, Enfield Conn 
Joseph Clark Hartford Co Conn
Daniel Clark Hartford Co Conn
Wm Mory or Morey in Hancort's Brigade
Henry Chandler of Hartford Co Conn
Address
Mrs John G. Fletcher
408 Magnolia Ave
Riverside California
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[LETTERHEAD}

OFFICE OF CLERK OF COURT, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA.  JOHN RAETZ, CLERK

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAKOTA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESSOTA.
JUDGES, HON. F. M. CROSBY, HASTINGS.
HON. W. O. WILLISTON, RED WING.

GENERAL TERMS.
FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY. FIRST WEDNESDAY AFTER FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER

HASTINGS, MINN., Nov 3rd 1960

Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:
Will you send me what the records of your office show with reference to Simeon Chandler a revolutionary soldier who was pensioned under the  Act of June 7.1832 when residing in Windham Co. Vt.

Also what they show with reference to Henry Chandler who was pensioned under the same act when residing in Windham County Vt
Yours truly
F.M. Crosby
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 3-871
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by a. mar D. 8/11/10
Claim No.  ..............
Certificate No.................
Claimant ..............
Soldier  Henry Chandler
Service ............
Additional Service  Rev.
No .........claim, State records .......,191...
No claim,  combination records .........191.....
REMARKS:
Wid. F. 20,856
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V 4256
See Luther Chandler,
June 3 '39

Act 7. July 38.
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Henry Chandler Vt Pri 26 66/100 act 7 June When [ ? ] ?
G.W.C.
23  aug 39
Pd to 4th Sep 1836
SH
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I Samuel C. Carter of Amherst in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify & say that I am the Town Clerk of said town of Amherst and have examined the records in my possession, & can find no entry of any marriages in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two.
Dated at Amherst aforesaid the fourteenth day of December AD. 1838.
Saml. C Carter Town Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hampshire County ss.
December 24. 1838. There personally appeared Samuel C. Carter, Town Clerk of Amherst, & subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, & well known to me to be a witness of the highest credibility. & made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Edward Dickinsen Justice Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.

I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth of Hampshire, do certify, that Edward Dickinson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Edward Dickinson and believe his signature to said certificate s genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. 
SWells Clerk
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June 23. 1840
file with
Sarah Chandlers
papers
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Agency
Hartford 20 June 1840
Sir
In answer to your enquiry whether the name of Sarah Chandler Widow of Henry Chandler deceased a Pensioner under the act of 7 July 1838 at $22.90 per annum appears upon the roll of this Agency.
I have to inform you that no instructions have been received at this office authorizing her enrolment.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
AH Pomroy Agent
Per Henry Fowler
Pens. Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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{THIS IS A DUPLICATE OF PAGE 34}
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I John Dickinson of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Henry Chandler in the war of the revolution.  he then lived in the Town of Amherst aforesaid but is now a resident of Willmington (sic) in the State of Vermont - that I was out as a soldier in said war three companies (viz) in the year AD. 1775 - 6 - & 7 and have no doubt but that the said Henry Chandler was with me two of said campaines to wit one at Whiteplains and West Chester in the year A.D.1776 - and the other at Moses(?) Creek Saratoga and Stillwater in the year A.D. 1777 in Capt Reuben Dickinsons Company. in A.D. 1777 he assisted me in burring a soldier by the name of Thomas Williams who was killed in a Skirmish with the Indians near Saratoga - and further the  [?] south
John Dickinson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss.
August 30. 1832 There personally appeared John Dickinson who subscribed the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me  J Thaman Conkey Justice of the Peace
I also certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid John Dickinson, and that he is a credible witness
J Thaman Conkey Justice of the Peace

I Aaron Merrick of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of Lawfull age do certify and say that I am well acquainted with Henry Chandler of Wilmington in the State of Vermont, and knew him in the war of the Revolution, he then resided in my father familly in the town of Amherst aforesaid; that in the year A.D.1776 he went away as a soldier and was absent about three months.  I recollect when he returned, and it was then understood that he had served at White Plains in the State of New York.  Also in the year A.D. 1777 he again went away in Capt. Reuben Dickinson [Company?] as a soldier and was absent three months it being the time that [Bungoin?] was taken, and it was then said that he was in that engagement
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and also in the year A.D. 1778 he again went away and was absent about three months and it was then understood that he served as a soldier in Dorchester near Boston, it was at the time the [French?] fleet lay in Boston harbour, and when he returned I heard him speak of that [?stance} and further the [deponant?] south.
Aaron Merrick
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss August 30. 1832 There personally appeared Aaron Merrick who subscribed the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me J Thaman Conkey Justice of the Peace
I also hereby certify that I am acquainted with the aforesaid Aaron Merrick and that he is a credible witness
J Thaman Conkey Justice of the Peace
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Henry Chandler


Samuel Wheeler's depo
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I Samuel Wheeler of Greenwich in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years, do testify & say: that in October of the year 1776. I went into the revolutionary service as a substitute for Robert Cutter of said Greenwich, who was drafted for that service.  I went into the Company commanded by Capt Thompson of Pelham,  Lt Wilson of Greenwich & Ensign Simeon Smith of Amherst all in the County of Hampshire, in the Regiment commanded by Col Howe of [B----town?].  I was directed to join the  Company at [H--?] Neck.  I actually did overtake & join the Company at Fairfield in Connecticut.  I was not ready to set out till a few days after the Company marched; I had permission of the Captain to remain a day r two to complete my preparations to go - & was to meet the Company as above & I did join them at Fairfield.  We went to East Chester, remained there about four days - [?] the British landed their army there, & we retreated to White Plains; where we remained most of our time. we finally went up, the distance of four or five miles, to a place called North Castle, where we were dismissed, our time having expired, which was two months.
I further testify, there was in the same company, a soldier, Henry Chandler, who was intimate with Giles Christ, a member of the same Company, & I believe he was [?----] to one of the affairs; & that said Chandler ---ed?] out the full term of two months in said Company as I was.  The said Chandler I always understood belonged to Amherst in said County.
Samuel Wheeler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss, Aug. 29. 1832 Personally appeared Samuel Wheeler, subscriber to the above affidavit, well known to me as a credible witness, & made oath to the truth of the same.
Before me, Samuel F. Dickinson Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss
I Soloman Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Samuel F. Dickinson Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & acting under the authority of ths Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Dickinson and believe his signature within to be genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred a
& thirty two.
S Stoddard Clerk
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I Luther Chandler of Wilmington in the County of Windham and State of  Vermont at the age of forty six years do testify and say that I am the son of Henry Chandler late of said Wilmington a Revolutionary pensioner of the United states and of Sarah his wife.  I remember as long as I remember any thing of seeing the [?] company record in the possession of my late father it was [encased] with the same Leather it is now and is in the hand writing of my father except the mature of his death which is [inter--ed] by my Sister in the records of my two Grand fathers families  I understand was copied from their family records I had not seen it for [--?--] untill this season when found it among my fathers papers that he left.
Luther Chandler

State of Vermont
Windham County Subscribed & sworn before me this third day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty nine & I certify that the above Deponent is a person of truth & veracity & that full faith & credence ought to be had in his testimony. Asa Keyes Justice of the peace. I further certify that I have attached hereto the record above alluded to. Asa Keyes Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New [illegible] July 4 AD. 1839.
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said County Court do hereby certify that [illegible] is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature hereunto written is genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said County Court the said day and year above written. Attestor Marshall Miller, Clerk
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I Luther Chandler of Wilmington in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that I am the son of Henry Chandler late of said Wilmington deceased, and that the said Henry Chandler died on the 28th day of September A. D. 1836. That my mother Sarah Chandler now residing with me at said Wilmington is the widow of my father the said Henry Chandler and has not intermarried[?] since my father's decease.
Luther Chandler

State of Vermont, Marlboro Probate District fs.[?]. On this 28th day of November A. D. 1835 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Marlboro afsd Luther Chandler a credible person who subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition
Before Dana Hyde Judge.