Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,520, Benjamin Copley, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass
Copley, Benjamin
Hannah
NUMBER
W. 14.520
CONTENTS
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10548
Massachusetts
Benjamin Copley
of
in the State of Mass
who was a Pri
in the Co
commanded
by Captain
of the
commanded
by
in the Massa
line for
Increased from $20  prann

Inscribed on the Roll of Massa
at the rate of 24 Dollars 98 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & endg May 2d 42 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 25
day of April
1845 
and sent to JW Crooks Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Pay to Hannah Copley his widow

Revolutionary Claim, ⎬
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded F. S. Swann Clerk
Book E Vol 2 Page 15
Clerk
Let to C Agent, Apl
25 " 1845
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5621
Massachusetts.
Hannah Copley,--
widow of Benjamin Copley,
Mass
who was a Private
in the Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
21 Dollars 98
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
3d day of June 1844
and sent to
Hou. O. Baker
Ho of Reps

Act of March 3, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 265,


Rev 3 June 4
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of 6 April 1838
4. Sep 1841. to 2 May 18
Agt notified 25 April 1845
Papers under the
act of 1832
within -
& Sent
J W. Crooks-
Springfield, Mass
Let to Hon. Geo. Ashman
April 26 '48
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2516
Benjamin Copley
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Hampden
Ss
On this eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in the
Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate
aforesaid county said setting Benjamin Copley, a resident of West Springfield in the County of
Hampden aforesaid & State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy one 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, & served as herein stated
that in the month of December 1776 he turned out as a militia man, for a term
of three months, & went to Ticonderoga under Nathan Rowley of this town 
Captain of the company [illeg] Miller of this town & Tibbet of Granville
Lieutenant. The principal duty which he had to perform, was that of taking
garrison on board some vessels belonging to the United States which were {illeg] [froze]
in, on the Lake between the Fort & [illeg] Independence - That he remained in
the service three months, till after the period of his enlistment had expired
when he was discharged,sometime the latter part of March 1777 & returned
here. Robinson of Granville in this State was the Colonel of the
Regiment, if I am not mistaken in my recollection

I was born, at Suffield Connecticut July 19 1761 & about the year 1774 removed with my fathers family to the neighborhood in which I now live, & where & have been since
lived 
It then constituted a part of the town of Westfield but
has since been annexed to West Springfield-- I have a record of my birth
in my father's hand writing, as well as of all his other children, which sum
made on a leaf in his Bible on the back side of the title page leaf that in both instances of his service, he turned out voluntarily, & never received any
written discharge. The
said Benjamin Copley further declares that in the month or
August or early in September 1777 he again entered into the service in
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the place of Edward Martindale of Westfield in this County, for the
term of three months, & went to the Northward to join the American
army under Genl Gates & to oppose the British army which was advancing
under Genl Bourgoyne  Daniel Sacket of Westfield was the Captain of the
company to which he belonged & Ruggles Woodbridge was Colonel of the
Regiment - that he marched from Westfield with the company to
Stillwater where they joined the Regiment. that they remained with
the army there till after the surrender of Burgoyne that he was
in active service of various kinds while they remained there stated the
commencement of the battle was on the picket guard that he was
present at the surrender that soon after this this company to which 
he belonged was ordered to Albany & from thence down the North river 
that he cannot now recollect precisely the day on which he
was discharged, nor the names of the place at which he was discharged but
it was after three months had elapsed & he returned home by
the way of
Litchfield in Connecticut

The said Edward Martindale died in Canada many years ago
That he is well known to Roland Burbank Esq, Samuel Palmer, Frederick Palmer
Uriah Loomis, who can testify to his character for veracity, & to their belief of his
services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the foresaid & declares that
his name is not on the pension Rolls of the Agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
Benjamind M Cop
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We Spencer Flower & Frederick Palmer both of
West Springfield above named hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Copley who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that they believe him to be seventy one years of age and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been or soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Frederick Palmer
Spencer Flower

And the said Court, present the Hon. Oliver B Morris Judge, do hereby declare these opinions that the above named Benjamin Copley was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states having first examined the matter
& put to him the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Frederick Palmer and Spencer Flower who have signed the foregoing certificate are resident in the town of West Springfield in said County, that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Benjamin Copley for a Pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said Court
this 8th day of Aug. 1832
Justin Willard
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State of Massachusetts
Hampden County Ss
On this fifth day of September in
the year of ourLord eighteen hundred
& forty three personally appeared
before the Court of Probate
of the County of Hampden
aforesaid Hannah Copley a resident
of West Springfield in the
County of Hampden aforesaid aged
ninety two 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 7. 1838.
entitled "an act granting half pay
pensions to certain widows" That
she is the widow of Benjamin Copley
who was a private in the army
of the Revolution & performed the
services stated in the papers on
file in the War Department on
his application for a pension &
on which application the said Benjamin was placed upon the pension
list & a certificate issued dated
the thirteenth day of April one thousand
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and eight hundred & thirty three
Signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of
War & countersigned by J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension No.
10548. made payable on the back
at Boston & purporting to be recorded
in the Pension Office in Book E
Vol. 2. Page 10 by J Hoss Blair
Clerk
She further declares that she was
married to the said Benjamin
Copley on the first day of January in the year of our Lord seventeen
hundred & eighty seven
that her husband the aforesaid
Benjamin Copley died on the
second day of May in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred &
forty two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service but the marriage took
place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety
four Viz at the time above stated
that she remains the widow of the
said Benjamin Not having intermarried with any other person Hannah Copley
her X mark
Sworn
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Sworn & subscribed the day
by year above written
before me  
Oliver B Morris Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Countyof Hampden SS.
Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Copley for a Pension
That the Hon Oliver  b. Morris is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is
genuine
In testimony wherof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Probate Court
at Springfield this 5th day of Sept
AD 1843
Justin Willard
Clerk
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2 certificates of record on next page

I do hereby certify that Mr Benjamin Copley
of Westfield and Hannah Killam of west
Springfield were joined in Marriage
January the first Seventeen Hundred and
Eighty seven.
With the exception of the 
date which is expressed on the record in
Fair legible figures as follows January 1st 1787.
I Michael Marsh depose and say that
I hold the office of Clerk in the town of
West Springfield in the County of Hampden
State of Massachusetts that the above is a
true extract from the the records
of said Town with the exceptions above
Named as certified by me
Michael Marsh Town Clerk 
of the Town of West Springfield
Sworn before me Lester Williams Justice of the Peace
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Benjamin Copley of Westfield and Hannah
Killam [Gillam]of West Springfield were joined in
Marriage January the first Seventeen Hundred
And Eighty Seven
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS
Town Clerks Office of
West Springfield August 25th 1843
I certify that that the foregoing is a true
Copy of the record of the records of the
Marriages in this office with the exception of
The date which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows Viz March 31 1787
Michael Marsh Town Clerk
I Michael Marsh above named depose and say
that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town
County & State aforesaid and that the above is A true extract from the records of said Town
with the exceptions above named as certified
by me
Michael Marsh
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County SS
August 25th 1843
Sworn Before me Lester Williams Justice Peace
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No 2516.
Benjn Copley of West
Springfield
Private 6 months
The official character
& signature of the
Magistrate not certified
Nov 7 1832
$20-
Saml D. Lathrop Just
W Springfield
Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Copley of the County of Hampden
in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1776 Dec.
1777 Sept
Duration of Service.
Years,
 Months,
Days.
3 
3
Rank.
As a
Private
do
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Robinson, Capt Nathan Rowley
Col. Woodbridge, Capt Sacket
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? W. Springfield
Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Regulara
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
Levin Belt
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
No. 14520
-
Hannah Copley
Widow of
Benjamin Copley
Pri Mass Line

Act: March 3d 43
Index Vol. A Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Paid at the Treasury under
the act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept
1838. Agt Notified 10 June
1839.
Letter to 3d auditor 16 Nov 1841
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1839
to 4 March 1841. Agt notified
7. Decr 1841
Let to 2 Smith July 13 1843
Hampden
Let to N T Leonard Nov 8 1843

10548
Massachusetts
Benjamin Copley
of Hampden in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain -- of the regt commanded
by Col Robinson in the Mass
line for 6 Mos
Mila
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 he
per annum
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Apr 1833 and sent,Samuel
Lathrop W Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $40-
 Semi-Anl allowance ending 4 Sep 10

$50 -

⎨ Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H M Blair Clerk
Book E Vol. 2nd  Page 10.
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Benja Copley decd
Mass
Act 7 June 32

increase
$21.98 from
4 March 31 to 2 May
42 when he died
to
Hannah Copley
his widow
J. W. Crooks Esq
Springfield
Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden Ss
.
Be it known that on this
Eighth day of January A.D. 1845. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Hannah Copley a resident of West Springfield in said County of Hampden Commonwealth aforesaid, aged ninety three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase of Pension under the law of June 7th 1832 in sight of her late husband Benjamin Copley deced

That she is the widow of Benjamin Copley
deceased who was a private soldier in the army
of the Revolution & as she believes in the Massachusetts
line or Militia; that she does not remember his
term of service but she fully believes that he served as stated in his application for a pension on file in the War Department & to which she would refer for a more detailed account of such service.
The said Hannah Copley further declares that
her said husband was pensioned under the law
of June 7 1832 at the rate of twenty Dollars
per annum; - that he drew this amount until 
his death, viz: May 2d 1842; that the receive the
arrears after his death, that she subsequently applied for & obtained a pension in her own right under the law of March 3 1843, at the rate of $21.98 per annum, and this declaration is made in order to claim the difference between said sums of $20.00, and $21.98, to wit the sum of one Dollar & ninety eight cents which she
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believes to be her due under the said law of June 7th 1832, from the 4th of March 1831 to the 2d of May 1842, being the time of her said husbands death and for proof of the time of his death, that she is his widow, and of his service she would again most respectfully refer to the papers in the War Department & more particularly to those papers forwarded
with her application for a pension.
She further states that she has not intermarried but remains the widow of the
said Benjamin Copley
Hannah Copley

Sworn to & subscribed by the said
Hannah Copley who is personally known
to me as the prison the describes herself to be
on the day & year first above written -
Before me Allan W. Crooks
Justice of
the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden Ss
I Justin Willard
Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said
County do hereby certify that James W. Crooks
before whom the foregoing statement of Hannah Copley
was made & verified, is a Justice of the Peace within & for and County and that his signature above subscribed thereto
is genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said
Court at Springfield this 22 day of Feb
notice Willard
AD 1845
Justin Willard Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston November 24th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the dates of the
several attestations hereunto annexed
Peter Williams and Norman T.
Leonard were Justices of the Peace
for the County of Hampden
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 24 1843
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Benjamin Copley is
borne upon the pay roll of Capt Nathan
Rowler as a private from Dec 25, 1776
to April 3. 1777, and upon the pay roll,
of Capt Sackett Col Woodbridge from
Aug 20. to Nov 29 & 8 days travel in 1777
3 mos & 15 days
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this
Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said
application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of
the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
Pr
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
Hno A Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
N T Leonard  Esq
Westfield
Ps Leonard Express
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Pension Office
November 8, 1843
Sir
The papers in the case of Hanna Copley claiming of a pension have been examined and are herewith returned for proper authentication. A Register of Probate has no authority
to certify the official character of a Justice of the Peace. The certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts should be
produced shewing the precise service of Benjamin Copley of the County of Hampden, who says in his declaration that he
served three months in 1776 under Captain Nathaniel Rowley
and Colonel Robinson and three months in 1777, under Captain
Sackett and Colonel Woodbridge

I am very respectfully
Your of Ob Servent
J L Edwards
Certificate of Justice
N. T Leonard Esq.
Westfield,
Massachusetts.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden Ss
On this thirtieth day of August
in the year eighteen hundred
& forty three personally appeared
Lyman Loomis of
West Springfield in said
County before Norman T. Leonard
a justice of the Peace within & for
said County & on oath testifies &
says that he was acquainted with
Benjamin Copley late
of West Springfield aforesaid
deceased & that the said Benjamin died at said West Springfield on the Second day of
May in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred & forty two
leaving Hannah Copley his
widow who is still living & has
not intermarried since the decease of said Benjamin-
Lyman Loomis
Subscribed & Sworn to the day
& year above written by the said
Lyman Loomis whom I certify to be
a credible witness
Before me Norman T. Leonard Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden Ss
On this thirtieth day of August
in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred & forty three personally
appeared before me Norman
T. Leonard a justice of the Peace
within & for said County Orson
Smith of West Springfield in
said County who on oath testifies
& says that he was acquainted with
Benjamin Copley late of
said West Springfield who was
reputed & believed in the neighbourhood
in which he lived to have been a soldier of the revolution, that he assisted in laying out the body of said Benjamin immediately after his decease
that the said Benjamin died
in the month of May eighteen
hundred & forty two & according to
the best of his recollection
on the second day of said
month - that he left Hannah
Copley his widow who has not intermarried since his decease.
Orson Smith
Sub
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Subscribed & sworn to the
day & year above written

Before me
Norman T. Leonard
Justice of the
Peace
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9603

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS
I Justin Willard
of the Court of Probate within & for said
County of Hampden do hereby certify
that Lester Williams Esq
before whom the annexed Depositions of certificates of
Michael Marsh Town Clerk & purports to have been executed & sworn to is a Justice of the Peace within
said County of Hampden and that Norman T.
Leonard Esq before whom the foregoing deportions of Lyman Loomis
& Orson Smith purport to have been executed & sworn to is
also a Justice of the Peace within for said County and
the signatures of said Williams & Leonard severally
subscribed to the foregoing & annexed certificates, are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Probate Court at Springfield
this fifth day of September AD 1843
Justin Willard
Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
J Hampden ss I Richd Bliss Clerk of
the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth
for the County of Hampden do certify
that Lester Williams Esquire whose
Signature is affixed to the certificates
on the deposition of Michael Marsh
hereto annexed, was at the dates
thereof one of the Justices of the Peace
within & for said County duly commisioned & acting under the authority of the
Commonwealth, I further certify that
Norman T Leonard Esquire whose
signature is affixed to the depositions
of Lyman Loomis & Orson Smith hereto
annexed, was at the date thereof one of the
Justices of the Peace within & for said County
duly commissioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth that full faith
& credit and ought to be given these acts
& attestations done in that capacity, and
that I am acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Williams & Leonard & believe their
signatures to said Certificates are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
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my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of
Common Pleas for said Commonwealth
this fifth day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
& forty three
Richd Bliss Clerk

10.868
Hannah Copley
Widow Benja
Benf
7 July '38
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Westfield Sept. 6. 1843-
Sir
By request of Capt. Quartus Smith
of West Springfield I send you the
application of Huldah Smith & Hannah Copley. It will be perceived that the latter has annexed duplicate copies of the record of Marriage
that which I supposed to conform to
the regulations of the Department in
form having been written partly
over erasures & the other containing
the same matter in substance tho defective
in form as I understand
the regulations
You will please send the
certificates or address him at
Feedinghills Mass-
Res. Yrs se
N. T. Leonard
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner &c
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
Sir I am Requested by Mrs Copley the
widow of the late Benjamin Coply who was a
solder of the revolution and pencience
at the time of his death and died in 1844
to ask whether she is embraced in the act 
allowing widows half pay for five years
wish you to send me the regulations to be
observed to obtain a pension for a
widow
Yours & 
Quartus Smith ┃
Feedinghills 10 June 1843
Attorney for Mrs Copley
J. L.
Edward Comisioner Pensions
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GIDEON, PRINTER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct.4th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled ""An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury at the United States
," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Benjamin Copley decd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts
Agency, at the rate of
Twenty Dollars
and
Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1841, to the 2d May 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion J E. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 31st
1839.
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Benjamin Copley,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts
Agency, at the rate of Twenty
Dollars and ---
Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1838,
to the 4 Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion J E. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 3 1841.
Sir: 
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," I Benjamin Copley
---
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Boston Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839. to the 4 March 1841
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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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
Benjamin Copley
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?
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? No but of others
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. If the applicant has 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
the official character & signature of the Magistrate is not certified
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such 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? Yes
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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No Act 1843" 5959
Hannah Copley, widow,
who was maried to
Benjamin Copley,
who died January 1. 1887
and died on 2 May 1842.
act March 3, 1843.
[Rejected under act 38,
and so mark it on the
Book]
No the case on the
Massachusetts Index
under the act of 42
$21.98 per ano

Send cert to
Hon. O. Baker,
H. Rep
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H.R. Ap. 11. 1848
Dear Sirs
Allow me to ask your
attention to the inquiries contained in the
accompanying letter. If your
Office can furnish any information relative
to therein, it will give me pleasure to
receive it
Hon J L Edwards
Coms of P
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I Leonard Felt of West Springfield in the County of Hampden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say, that in
the month of December 1776, I was in the service of the said States at
Ticonderoga, for the period of three months. Benjamin Copley of said town
was in the same service with me during that period of time & did the
like duty with me. I think he was discharged at the same time. our
duly consisted principally in keeping Garrison on board some vessels froze 
up in the Lake between the Fort & Mount Independence. We were
discharged some time in the month of March after the expiration of the three
months for which we enlisted,  Robinson of Granville in this State
was the Colonel of the Regiment, & Nathan Rowley was Captain of the
company to which we belonged Asa Miller & Tibbals will or lieutenants
I further testify & say, that in the month of August or early in September
1777, I again enlisted into the service for another period of three months, & went
to the Northward & was present at the capture of Borgoyne, Benjamin
Copley went at the same time that I did, although he belonged to another
company. The place of rendezvous for the companies in this neighborhood
was at Westfield - It was there, only five or six miles from the place of
residence both of Copley & myself, that I first saw that he
was engaged in the service & that he was in the company commanded
by Capt Sacket. The two companies to which we belonged went
on at the same time, joined the army at or near Stillwater. The regiment was commanded by Col. Ruggles Woodbridge of South Hadley
in this State The said Copley was there at & after the battle with the army
under Genl Burgoyne, & after their surrender. I was with our regiment in
their march back to Albany & further down the within my power to state whether he accompanied me to the place where
I was discharged, for I cannot say that I recollect having seen him at
that particular time & place, tho I will recollect having seen an same
part of our March below Albany
Leonard Felt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Ss On the third day of August 1832 the above named Leonard felt personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by
him subscribed - His reputation is good for truth & veracity
Saml Lathrop Justice of the Peace
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I Matthew Copley of West Springfield in the County of Hampden &
Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say, that in
the month of December 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States
for the term of three months - Benjamin Copley enlisted at the same time,
was in the same company, & was discharged at the same time, we were
in the company commanded by Nathan Rowley, the other officers I can
not now recollect. Robinson was our Colonel Same which belonging to the
the United States were [illeg] the Lakes at or near Ticonderoga & our company was
stationed for the greater part of the time on board these vessels, doing
Garrison duty, to prevent the enemy from coming to burn & blow up
the vessels. We served out the whole period of our enlistment, & were
discharged after the performance of our three months service, sometime in March 1777
Matthew Copley
his X mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Ss 
On the third day of August 1832 the above named Matthew Copley
personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
by him Subscribed. Before me Saml Lathrop Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Samuel Lathrop Esqr
before whom the above deposition was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden and that his name thereto subscribed is his true & genuine
signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the said
Common Pleas Court at Springfield on
this twenty seventh day of November in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk