Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,921, Grindal Chase, R.I.
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SERVICE
R.I. 

Chase, Grindal (or Chace)
Lucretia

NUMBER W.4,921
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1623
Rhode Island
Grindal Chase
of Bristol in the State of R.I. who was a fifer & P. (Private) in the company commanded by Captain of the reg't. commanded by Col. Crary in the R.I. line for 21 mos. (Fifer, 0 mos. Private)

Inscribed on the Roll of R. I. at the rate of 84 dollars - cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov. 1832 and sent N. Bullock Bristol (unintelligible). 

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 ................ $130.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending.................. $  43.50
4 Mar 33                        
 .................................................  (Total)        $174.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J. H. McBlair, Clerk
Book D  Vol 3   Page 106
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2536
Rhode Island
Lucretia Chase
widow of Grindal Chase R.I. 
who served in the Revolutionary war as a 
fifer & private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 87 Dollars
- cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of October 1853 and sent to Alfred Bosworth Warren, R.I. 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 49, Vol. A.

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Grindal Chase
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
State of Rhode Island ss. 
County of Bristol

     On this twenty eighth day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Grindall Chase a resident of Barrington in the County of Bristol, and State of Rhode-Island, aged seventy four 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 officers and served as herein stated.  That he enlisted as a private soldier and minute man then so called into a company at Swanzey, Massachusetts under the command of Capt. Luther Thurber, this was in May or June 1775 and soon after this enlistment he was marched with said company for Boston and was stationed at different points in Roxbury & Dorchester, was there during the battle of Bunker Hill but not in that engagement being ordered round too late for it.   He forgets the period of this service and also time for which he inlisted (enlisted), but remembers he spent more than a month in this service - This company was marched by itself to its station & he believes was not attached to any particular regiment - he does not recollect any (unintelligible) major having the command of it. 
In April 17876, he went to Warren, the adjoining town to Swanzey and entered into Captain Ezra Ormsbee's company at that place, for three months and was stationed the whole time at Warren, (unintelligible) & Bristol and was discharged at Warren.  Early in the year 1777, he enlisted into Capt. Caleb Carr's company in Colonel George's regiment, in which Topham was Lieutenant Colonel and Manchester was Major he thinks for fifteen months and served therein as a fifer until the Spring he believes late in March 1778, when the time for which said Regiment was raised expired, and the men discharged from the enlistment - During this service he was stationed most of the time at Briston and Poppasquash  and was in General Francis's expedition to Howland's Ferry - he was discharged at Bristol. On being discharged from the service that is about the first of April 1778, he inlisted (enlisted) again into Capt. Nathan Olney's company in Col. Crary's new raised Regiment - Sheldon was Lieutenant & Rawson was ensign of this company and the same major to this Regiment as before.  This enlistment was for a year, and he was stationed as before at Bristol and its vicinity and was in the battle upon Rhode Island in August under General Sullivan was discharged at the end of the year in the Spring of 1779.  He then enlisted into a company under Capt. Ide at (Robobek?) near Providence for six months - David Hicks was Lieutenant & William Peck was ensign, and Bicknell Allen was fifer of the company - was stationed at Providence and helped build the fort at Fort Pointe below the town - He was born in Swanzey, lived there till after the Revolution, when he lived in Plainfield, Connecticut about 20 years and ever since in said Barrington.  He now believes he has never had as he can remember any written discharge nor documentary proof & refers to J. Kinnicutt...
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...as before at Bristol and its vicinity and was in the battle upon Rhode Island in August under General Sullivan's was discharged at the end of the year in the Spring of 1779.  He then enlisted into a company under Capt. Ide at Rohobeth, near Providence for six months - David Hicks was Lieutenant & William Peck was ensign and Bicknell Allen was fifer of the company -was stationed at Providence and helped build the Pos at Fort Pointe below the town- He was born in [unintelligible], lived there til after the Revolution, when he lived in Plainfield Connecticut about 20 years and ever since in said Barrington where he now lives he never had as he remembers any written discharge nor documentary proof & refers to J. Kinnicutt & J. Bicknall, there being no clergyman in Barrington for the belief of his Revolutionary services and for the belief of their neighborhood and also refers to the enclosed depositions of Peter Richards & Nelson Miller & herewith exhibits the certificate of his birth. 

He hereby relinquishes 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.  

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Grindal Chase

Attest I. Davis, Clerk

We, Josiah Kinnicutt residing in the town of Barrington and Joseph Bicknall residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Grindall Chase who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reported 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. 
Josiah Kinnicutt
Joseph Bicknall
Attest I. Davis, Clrk.

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 Josiah Kinnicutt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a citizen resident in the said Barrington and that Joseph Bicknall who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Barrington and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest I. Davis, Clerk

I Ichabod Davis Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Grindal Chase for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 28th day of July A.D. 1832
Attest I. Davis, Clerk
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Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 
State of Rhode Island    fc
County of Bristol

     On this thirteenth day of June A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me Levi Haile Justice of the Supreme Court of said state of Rhode Island, Lucretia Chace (Chase) a resident of Barrington in the county of Bristol in said State of Rhode Island, age 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to (unintelligible), doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed at the last session.  That she is the widow of Grindall Chace (Chase) who was a private soldier in the war of the revolution and served in manner specified in his declaration in order to obtain a pension, now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions and under which he obtained a pension to which she hereby (relies) for proof of her said late husband's services. 
     She further declares that she was married to her said husband Grindall...
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...Chace (Chase) on the tenth day of June AD 1816; and that her said husband the aforesaid Grindall Chace (Chase) died on the tenth day of June A.D. 1843 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. 
Lucretia Chase

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written; and I certify that said Lucretia Chace (Chase) by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend court.
Levi Haile
Justice of the Supreme Court

State of Rhode Island se
County of Briston fc

Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court
Briston July 14th, AD 1853

    I John W. Dearth, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Rhode Island se in and for the county of Bristol, being the highest court of record in said state, do certify to whom it may concern, that Levi Haile whose genuine signature is affixed to the aforegoing certificate, is, and was at this....
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...date thereof, a justice of said court duly authorized & qualified and acting as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on the day and year last aforementioned. 

John. W. Dearth
Clerk of the Supreme Court
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Town Clerk's Office  Swanzey, Mass. 
July 23, 1832

Grindall Chace (Chase) the son of Elisha Chace (Chase) and Sarah his wife was born October 1, 1757. 
I certify the above to be a true copy of record. 
Attest Joseph G. Luther, Town Clerk
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State of Rhode Island sc.
Bristol County fc.
Office of the Clerk of Probate
Warren July 18th AD 1853

     I Samuel Randall of Warren in the county of Bristol in said state Clerk of the court of Probate of said Warren, being a court of record and having a seal do certify and attest until whom it may concern that Alfred Bosworth is a justice of the peace and a public notary in and for said county of Bristol duly qualified and authorized to act as such, at this time and at this time when the aforewritten certified when dated, and that his signatures affixed thereto are genuine. 
     In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on the day and year aforewritten. 

Samuel Randall
Clerk of Probate
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I James Smith of Warren in the county of Bristol in the state of Rhode Island of lawful age and on solemn oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Grindall Chace (Chase) late of Barrington deceased;  That he died at said Barrington on or about the 10th day of June AD 1843 and that his widow Lucretia Chace (Chase) is now living in Barrington aforesaid. 
James Smith

 Bristol se. in Warren July 18th, 1853
     On this 18th day of July AD 1853 personally appears before me James Smith aforenamed and made oath to the truth of the aforewritten affidavit; and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said James Smith and that he is a credible person whose statements are entitled to credit. 
Alfred Bosworth 
Justice of the Peace
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     I certify that Mr. Grindall Chace (Chase) and Mrs. Lucretia Watson both of Barrington now this day joined together in matrimony by me.
John Howe
Jus. Peace
Bristol June tenth eighteen hundred and sixteen

     I Ebenezer Tiffany Clerk of the town of Barrington in the county of Bristol in the staet of Rhode Island se. do certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is extracted on the record in fair legible figures as follows:
"Bristol June 10th. 1816"
Ebenezer Tiffany 
Town Clerk

I Ebenezer Tiffany above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Barrington in the county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me. 
Ebenezer Tiffany

Bristol sc. Warren July 2d. AD 1853
Sworn to before me
Alfred Bosworth
Public Notary
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No. 6168
Grindal Chase

Fifer 21 mos. 
Private 3 Do (mos.)

Admitted


$87.

N. Bullock Esq. 
Bristol R.I.
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BRIEF in the case of Grindal Chase of the County of Bristol in the State of R. Island
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?   Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?   74 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

PERIOD          DURATION OF SERVICE
in 1775            - years    1 month
in '76 April       - years    3 months
in '77               1 year      3 months
in '78 Apl.        1 year       - months
'79 Spring        - years     6 months

RANK
as a 
Private
ditto
Fifer
Private
Fifer

NAMES OF GENERAL AND FIELD OFFICERS UNDER WHOM HE SERVED.
Capt. Luther Therber
Capt. Ormsbee
Col. Crary, Capt. Carr
Same Col. Capt. Olney
Capt. Ide, St. Hicks

5. In what battles was he engaged?   none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Swansey, Mass. 

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living witnesses.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Levin Belt
Examining Clerk
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Revy (Revolutionary) WIDOW, &c. 

File No. 4921
Lucretia Chase
Widow
Grindal Chase
(unintelligible) Rev. War
Act:  Feby. 3 '53
Index: - Vol A, Page 128

(Arrangement of 1870)
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No. 2688
Lucretia Chase
Wid. of Grindall

Sent to A. Bosworth 28th Sept. '53

Act Feb 3d. 1853
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Jan 16
Mr. Burdine

J.L. Edwards, Esq. 
Commiss. of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Office
14" Oct. 1853

Sir, 

Please certify the time to which the within pension was paid or the date of his death. 
Very Respectfully, 
L. P. Waldo 
Commissioner

Grindal Chase, Act 1832 $87 per annum - Died 10th, June 1843, paid to his death. 

Francis Burt Esq. 
Third Auditor Treasury
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Brief in the case of Lucretia Chase, widow of Grindal 
Bristol County and State of R. Island
act 3. Feby. 1853

Claim, ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

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

Record evidence of marriage

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


Name and residence of Agent-
Alfred Bosworth Esq.
Warren R.I. 

J.C. Boynton 
Examining Clerk
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Grindal Chase

R. Isl. 
for 
new cl.
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Providence Jan'y. 11, 1837

Sir

I herewith enclose the application of Mr. Grindal Chace (Chase) for a new certificate he having lost his old one in the manner stated in his affidavit.  I take the liberty to add that I am personally acquainted with Mr. Chace (Chase), he is a very respectable man & (unintelligible) & his statements are entitled to full credit.  I have not the least doubt he lost his pocket book & certificate in the manner stated. 
I am respectfully your ob't  (obedient)  svt (servant) 
Benja. Cowell.
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No. 6168
Grindal Chase

21 mos (months)  Fifer
7  do (see Comments) Private


N. Bullock Esq. 
Bristol Mass.
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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 Grindal Chase which require further proof or explanation. 

1. 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 declaration mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes. 

V. Has he mentioned with prevision 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. 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes. 

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. 

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?   No.

XVIL.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes. 
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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 accordingly to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned and in the following grades:   For ___ year __ months and ___ days, I served as a ______.  For _____months and ______days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension."
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     It is important in all cases to determine with prevision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
     In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the 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 creditability of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed. 

QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Warren R.I.  July 18th, 1853

Dear Sir, 

Herewith I send these papers of Lucretia Chace (Chase) of Barrington making application for a pension, under the late act of Congress extending pensions to widows of revolutionary pensioners without regard to the date of their marriage. 
     In (On) behalf of Mrs. Chace (Chase) I ask your attention to her application, at as early a period as is convenient, and request - that your communication may be directed to me, or to my care, for her at Warren. 

Very Respectfully, 
Yours (unintelligible)
Alfred Bosworth

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
(unintelligible)
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Grindal Chase, Fifer & Priv. #87 (unintelligible) 
R. Island
You what turn..was he last found?

Per affair Jan 19, '37
R.B. 

3 auditors paid to the 4 Sept. 1836
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I Allen Bowen of Warren in in the county of Bristol, in the state of Rhode Island of lawful age and on solemn oath do testify and say that I am acquainted with Lucretia Chace (Chase) of Barrington in said county.  She is the widow of Grindall Chace (Chase) late of Barrington deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner and has not been married since his death.   The maiden name was Lucretia Waterman, and she has formerly married to Mathew Watson and sometime after her first husband's death, was married to Grindall Chace (Chase).  She is now living (as) his widow and is I understand an applicant for a pension, under the late (act) giving pensions to widows, married to soldiers since the year eighteen hundred. 
Allen Bowen

State of Rhode Island
Bristol County   Warren October 10 AD 1853
Then personally appeared the above-named Allen Bowen and made oath to the truth of the aforewritten affidavit before me: and I...
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...certify that I am well acquainted with said Allen Bowen and that he is a credible person whose statements are entitled to full credit. 
Alfred Bosworth
Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island
Bristol County
    Office of the Clerk of Probate
     Warren October 10th. 1853

I Samuel Randall Clerk of the County Probate of said town of Warren, being a court of record and having a seal, do certify and attest until whom it may concern, that Alfred Bosworth Esquire, whose genuine signature is affixed to the certificate to the above written affidavit is a justice of the peace within and for said county, duly appointed, authorized and qualified to act as such.   In testimony whereof I have set my hand hereunto and have thereto affixed the seal of said court on the day and year aforewritten. 

Samuel Randall
Probate Clerk.
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:

I herewith send the evidence required in the case of Lucretia Chace (Chase) applicant for a pension, according to a letter received from you bearing date the 28th day of September 1853. 

Very Respectfully, 
Yours (unintelligible)
Alfred Bosworth
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State of Rhode Island
County of Bristol

Grindal Chase of Barrington in said county maketh oath, that in the year 1775 he served eight months in a company of Light Infantry commanded by Luther Thurber of Massachusetts Troops, was in that Company at the Battle of Bunker Hill, he then lived in Swanzey in said Massachusetts.  Afterwards he was engaged in garding (guarding) the shores of Narragansett Bay in various companies & there he served a year in Col. Crary's regiment in Capt. Nathan Huey's company.  Afterwards in Capt. Nathaniel Ides company three months.  And he further declares that for his various service his name was placed on the Pension List of the Rhode Island agency at the rate of eight seven dollars & twenty-five cents per annum & that he receiv'd. that amount for a number...
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...years & had a certificate, but he doesn't remember the number thereof.  And he further declares that on the day he drew his semiannual payment last September he lost the same certificate in the City of Providence, where he had been to get his pension & also thirty five dollars of the money both money & certificate being in his pocketbook & from that time to the present he has never been able to find it, altho he has taken all means in his power for that purpose, having advertised it several weeks in the newspaper.  (Unintelligible) he requests that another certificate may be granted to him, for the same amount. 

Barrington
January 2, 1837
Grindel (Grindal) Chase being duly sworn (and) made oath to the foregoing deposition before me. 
Benj'n Medbury 
Justice Peace
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Secretary's Office  Jan'y 10. AD 1837

I certify that at the session of the general assembly of said state on the first Wednesday of May last Benjamin Medbury was elected a Justice of the Peace for the town of Barrington in the County of Bristol for one year and commissioned accordingly as appears of records in this office. 
Witness Henry Bowen Secy.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 

BE IT KNOWN, that the name "Henry Bowen," to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law:  Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered. 
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Providence, this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven and of Independence the sixty-first. 

John Brown Francis

BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND. 
Henry Bowen Secy.
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We the three subscribers being members of the Town Council of the Town of Barrington in said County do hereby testify that we are personally acquainted with Grindal Chase who has subscribed & sworn to the facts set forth in the preceding affidavit & that he is a man of truth & veracity & his statement was entitled to full credit. 

Signed and sealed in (on) behalf of said council this 2nd day of January AD 1837

John Tyler Council Clerk
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Deposition 
of Peter Richards for Grindal Chase
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I Nelson Miller of Bristol in the State of Rhode-Island aged seventy eight years on solemn  oath, depone and say, that I formed an acquaintance with Grindel Chase then of Swanzey, but now of Barrington, the adjoining town in the forepart of the year 1777 - when he was serving as a fifer in the Company of Capt. Caleb Carr, in Col. Crary's, Regiment of the Rhode Island line.  I was drum -major to that Regiment, at the time, and according to the best of my recollection said Chase continued in said service as a fifer to the end of the time for which said Regiment was raised, which was fifteen months.  I was in the habit of seeing said Chase nearly every day during this service. 
Nelson Miller

Briston sc .
at Bristol R. Island July 28th, 1832. 
Personally, came Nelson Miller the abovenamed deponent and made solemn oath, to the truth of his aforegoing disposition (deposition) and subscribed the same, before me and I do further certify that said Nelson Miller is personally known to me and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. 
Wm. Throop
Justice Court C. Pleas
County of Bristol

State of Rhode Island
Bristol 
Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas for the county of Bristol July 28, A.D. 1832. 
I, Ichabod Davis, Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that William Throop, whose (who's) own proper signature appears above, is at this time a Judge of the said Court, commissioned under the seal of said state. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the day & year above written and in the fifty seventh year of Independence. 
I. Davis 
Clerk
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I Peter Richards of Warren, County of Bristol, and State of Rhode Island of lawful age and engaged according to law, do testify and say -
     That I have long been acquainted with Mr. Grindal Chase, formerly of Swansey, State of Massachusetts but now of Barrington in said County of Bristol - that I was with him in the company of Capt. Ezra Ormsby of Warren in the Spring or summer of the year 1776 for the time of three months, our service was in guarding the shores of Warren, Bristol and Barrington 
Peter Richards

State of Rhode Island Bristol sc.
At Bristol July 16th, 1832.
Personally appeared Peter Richards, who signed the foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the facts, therein stated, before me. 
Wm. Throop
Justice Court Common Pleas

State of Rhode Island sc.
Bristol
Clerk's office Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol, July 28th, AD>D> 1832 - 
I, Ichabod Davis, Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that William Throop, whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears above, was, on the 16th day of July instant (see Comments), the day of the date of his aforegoing certificate, a Judge of the said County , duly commissioned under the seal of said state - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office on the day and years last above written and in the fifty seventh year of American Independence. 
I. Davis Clerk
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Deposition
of Peter Richards
for Grindal Chase
7 6168