Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,897, Jesse Chipman, Mass. Vt.
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Service
Mass
Vt.

Chipman, Jesse
 Mary

Number
W. 16897

Contents
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[Left Side]

Dead

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 March to 4 June 1841.
Agt [agent] Notified 29 Oct 1844.

[Right Side]
8048 
New York
Jesse Chipman
of Malone in the State of New York
who was a Priv & Sergeant in the Compy [Company] commanded by Captain Cochran of the Regt commanded by Col Eason in the Vermont line for 23 months and 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 91 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1833 and Sent to Hon. N. Pitcher
Sandy Hill, N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar: '33  $183.08
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep'33  45.77
 [Total] $228.85

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G C Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 16.
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New York 430
Mary Chipman
widow of Jesse Chipman
who died on the 4th June, 1841
of Franklin Co. in the State of New - York
who was a Priv & Sergt. in the Compy [Company] commanded by Captain Cochran of the Regt. commanded by Col. Eason in the Vermont line
for 8 mo 14 days Sergt. Vt.
15 mo 16 days Priv. Vt.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 94 Dollars 11 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
June, 1841, the day of his death.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May 1846 and sent to Hon. Preston King,
H of Reps [House of Representatives]
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Arrears to the 4th of [BLANK]
Semi-annual allowance ending [BLANK]
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act July 4, 1836}

[Right side]
Reported
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[Left side]

Jesse Chipman

By consent of Hon.
Wm. Hogan

Admd
15 mo. 14 ds pri [private]
8 mo. Sergt [Sergeant]      8

15
$50
1.54
40.
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$91.54

[Right side - written sideways]

I certify that the papers are genuine & that the witnesses are credible -
Mar 6 1833    William Hogan
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State of New York}
County of Franklin} Ss
On this Eleventh Day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at the Court House in the Town of Malone in and for the County of Franklin Jesse Chipman a resident of the Town of Malone in the County of Franklin and State of New York aged Seventy Seven 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 was born at Salisbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut in the month of February in the year 1755, as he has been informed and believes and that he believes there is a record of his Birth at the office of the Town Clerk of Salisbury but he has not seen it - That at the commencement of the war of the Revolution he resided at Sunderland which is now in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he first enlisted as a volunteer at Sunderland aforesaid on the first day of June in the year 1775 for the term of six months in a Company commanded by Captain Robert Cochran in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Eason or Easton does not recollect to what state the said Regiment was said to belong that he immediately entered the Service as a private & marched to Ticonderoga  with the said Company & Regiment from thence proceeded down
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Lake Champlain and was engaged at the Siege and taking of St. John's by General Montgomery and from there marched for Quebec during which march & afterwards he was a Corporal in Captain Cochran's Company, that he arrived with the said Army under General Montgomery before Quebec and was engaged in the assault upon that place in December 1775 when Genl  Montgomery was killed he belonged to that party which made the attack at Cape Richmond That at the urgent request of his officers & being zealous for the cause he remained with the Army before Quebec although his term of enlistment had expired & served as a Corporal in the said Company till the Sixth day of May 1776 & partook of all the hardships endured by the Army during that winter, that on the Sixth day of May 1776 the Army retreated from before Quebec under the command of Genl Thomas about which time he became sick of smallpox and suffered much on the said retreat, that on this retreat the said Army & he with them passed by Three Rivers Sorell & St. Johns, Crown Point, Rutland & Tinmouth in Vermont and that he arrived at home with health very much impaired on the fourteenth day of June 1776 having been absent one year and fourteen days, that he did not receive a written discharge, That about the first of September in the year 1776 as soon as he had recovered sufficient health and strength for the service he engaged for three months at Sunderland as a substitute for one Stinson in a Company commanded by Captain Edgell in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Brewer in the Massachusetts Line
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and immediately marched  with said Company & Regiment to Mount Hope near Ticonderoga and joined the Northern Army there under Genl Gates and continued to serve as a private in the said Company to the end of his period of enlistment and was discharged at Mount Hope about the first of December of that year having served out the said three months but received no written discharge. That about the first day of June in the year 1777 he voluntarily enlisted at Sunderland aforesaid for six months service in a Company commanded by Captain Jesse Sawyer in the Regiment of Rangers raised in the State of Vermont & commanded by Col. Herrick and served out the said six months as a Sergeant in the said Company marched from Sunderland to Bennington and was engaged in the Battle of Bennington under the said Col. Herrick on the 16th August 1777 where Genl. Starks commanded that after the said Battle Col. Herrick's Regiment marched to the Town of Pawlet about 40 miles north of Bennington and was stationed there until a few days previous to the Surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga. When the said Regiment marched for Saratoga and arrived there a few days after the Battle of Saratoga and was stationed in the woods near the main Army with orders to march at a signal warning in case Burgoyne should refuse to sign the Articles of Capitulation, that sometime after the Surrender of Genl. Burgoyne he had a furlough to return home to Sunderland and on the way was taken sick and was carried home sick and as soon as he recovered sufficient health he again joined the said Company & Regiment under Col. Herrick and soon thereafter he was detached with others
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& ordered to Bennington to build store houses where he remained so employed till the month of December when he was favorably discharged at the end of the period of his enlistment but received no written discharge.
That on the first day of March in the year 1778 he voluntarily enlisted at Sunderland for two months service in a Company of Vermont Militia commanded by Captain Ebenezer Allen and served out the said two months as a Sergeant in the said Company which was stated and a part of the time at Rutland and a part of the time at Pittsford in the State of Vermont & was employed in Scouting parties along Onion River and in that region, that having completed this engagement he was discharged at Pittsford about the first of May 1778 but obtained no written discharge - That at all times during the Revolutionary War when not in actual service he held himself in readiness as a "minute man" to obey any call of his Country and did volunteer for several other short tours of duty in the State of Vermont which have not been before mentioned and that the aggregate of the time he was in actual service under arms during the war was more than two years.
That he has no documentary evidence except what is herewith submitted and he knows of no person whose testimony he can obtain except those who have testified who can testify to his Service.
[last 3 lines crossed out]
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That he resettled at Sunderland in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont till February in the year 1782 or 1783 when he removed to Cornwall in the County of Addison & State of Vermont where he resided till February 1805 when he removed to Malone in the County of Franklin & State of New York where he has continued to reside to the present day - 
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 & the agency of any State.

To all which he solemnly 
affirms in due form of
Law the day & year aforesaid.
[signed] Jesse Chipman
[signed] John H. Russell Dep. Clerk

 We Samuel Marshall a Clergyman, residing in the town of Malone in the County of Franklin in the State of New York and Nathaniel Blanchard residing in the said town of Malone hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Chipman who has subscribed and affirmed to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 to by Nathaniel Blanchard & affirmed by Samuel Marshall in open Court the day & year first above written
[signed] Samuel Marshall
[signed] Nathaniel Blanchard
[signed] John H. Russell Dep. Clerk
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The word "been" on 2nd Page of the Declaration interlined - also on 3rd Page the words "Battle of Saratoga" interlined - And on 4th Page the words "That at the close of the war he resided at Sunderland in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont & continued there till" erased, all done in open court before signing -
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 applicant  was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Samuel Marshall who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Malone in said County and that Nathaniel Blanchard, who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I, John H Russell Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Chipman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the Seventeenth day of October one thousand eight eight hundred and thirty two.
[signed] John H Russell Dep. Clerk
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State of New York} [George Olds]
Franklin County} in the County of Franklin and State of New York, aged eighty two years, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was acquainted with Jesse Chipman now of Malone in the County of Franklin aforesaid previous to the revolutionary war - that the said Jesse Chipman then resided in Sunderland in the State of Vermont - that afterwards in the year 1775 - this deponent saw the said Jesse Chipman in Canada serving as a Soldier against the Common Enemy - that the said Chipman then belonged to the Army under the Command of General Montgomery, but to what regiment the deponent does not recollect - that afterwards in the year 1777, this deponent says that the said Jesse Chipman served as a Sergeant in a Regiment, called Vermont Rangers commanded by Colonel Herrick, and that the deponent served as a Soldier in said Regiment at the same time- This deponent further says, that he was acquainted with the said Jesse Chipman during the continuance of the war of the revolution, and was knowing that the said Jesse Chipman, was in the service of his country, as a soldier, at diverse times during that war, and verily believes he must have served more than two years in the whole -
[signed] George Olds
Sworn before me}
Sept. 17th 1832}
[signed] John Mazuzan Justice of the Peace
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State of New York}
Franklin County Ss}
I John H Russell Deputy Clerk of the County of Franklin, Do hereby certify that John Mazuzan, before whom the within affidavit of George Olds was taken, and who signed the certificate thereunder written, was on the day of the state of said certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Franklin duly appointed and Sworn.
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the name "John Mazuzan" subscribed to the within certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Justice and genuine.
The word "in" interlined - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this eleventh day of October AD 1832 -
[signed] John H Russell Dep. Clerk
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State of New York
Franklin County Ss}

Nathan Beman of the Town of Chautauqua in the County of Franklin & State of New York, being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with Jesse Chipman now of the Town of Malone in the said County in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five that the said Jesse Chipman then resided at Sunderland in the State of Vermont, that this Deponent saw the said Jesse Chipman in the Summer of the year 1775 doing duty as a Soldier in a Company of Vermont Troops commanded by Capt. Robert Cochran in the Regiment of Col. Easton in the Army commanded by Genl. Richard Montgomery, that the said Jesse Chipman marched with the troops under Genl. Montgomery into Canada. This deponent further saith that he saw the said Jesse Chipman at Bennington in the State of Vermont in the Summer of the year 1776 and then understood and now believes the said Jesse Chipman had then recently returned from Canada that he was then in a feeble state of health and that in the year 1777 he saw the said Jesse Chipman very frequently and believes he was in the service of his Country during the greater portion of the year 1777 as a Soldier or non commissioned officer [Sergeant] in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer in Col. Herrick's Regiment in the Vermont Troops and knows the said Jesse was engaged in contracted service in the said Company & Regiment at the Battle of Bennington and that he was in service at the Capture of Genl. Burgoyne and does not doubt but he was in actual service during the greatest part of that year and this Deponent does further saith that he afterwards saw the said Jesse Chipman doing duty as a Soldier in a Corps of Vermont Troops at
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Rutland in the State of Vermont in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight. And this Deponent further saith that he resided in the same neighborhood with the said Jesse during the war of the revolution and was intimately acquainted with him and that he does not doubt but that the said Jesse was engaged in the actual service of his Country during the said war of the revolution two years & more and that he this Deponent is Seventy Seven years of age.
[signed] Nathan Beman
Sworn and subscribed 
this 16th Day of July 1832
Before me
Asa Hascall  Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
Franklin County Ss}  I John H Russell, Deputy Clerk of the County of Franklin Do hereby certify that Asa Hascall before whom the preceding affidavit of Nathan Beman was made and whose name is Subscribed to the above certificate of the taking of the same was on the day of the date of said certificate a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County duly appointed and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the name "Asa Hascall" Subscribed to the said certificate is his proper hand writing and genuine -
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this eleventh day October AD 1832.
John H. Russell Dep. Clerk
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I certify that the papers are genuine & that the witnesses are credible -
Mar 6 1833   William Hogan

[sideways]

Jesse Chipman

By consent of Hon. Wm. Hogan

Admd
15 mos. 14 ds pri [private]
8 mos Sergt [Sergeant]
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15
$50
1.54
40
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$91.54
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No.

Mary Chipman
widow of Jesse
NY

Act 4 July 1836

Married 1779

husband died 4 June 1841
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State of New York}
County of Franklin} SS:
On this fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Franklin Mary Chipman a resident of the town of Malone in the County of Franklin and State of New York, aged eighty seven years on the twenty second day of June last past 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 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of Jesse Chipman who according to the best of her knowledge and belief derived from the statements of the said Jesse Chipman in his lifetime performed different periods of service in the Revolutionary War.
That she well remembers having heard the said Jesse Chipman speak after her marriage to him having been engaged in the expedition to Quebec under Gen. Montgomery in the year 1775, in a Company commanded by Captain Robert Cochran and that said Chipman asserted that he had been a Corporal in said Company.
That she frequently heard said Chipman say after their said marriage that he had served in the Vermont and Massachusetts troops but for what period she is unable
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to state.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Chipman on the 8th day of December in the Year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, and that her husband the aforesaid Jesse Chipman died on the 4th day of June in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty one, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
And the said Mary Chipman further declares that in a Declaration heretofore made in order to obtain a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, and now on file in the War Department she stated that she was not married to the said Jesse Chipman prior to the termination of his service.
That in making such statement she had reference to her husband's regular services while under enlistment, supposing that her claim must be supported by such services alone, that she well remembers that her said husband was absent from home after their marriage on several occasions in the service of his country as a volunteer and minute man, and that she well remembers preparing provisions for him and filling his knap-sack, and having heard him speak of going in pursuit of Tories.
 That the said Mary Chipman further declares that her husband the said Jesse Chipman was at the time of his death a Pensioner
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of the United States and that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim other than that already submitted.
[signed] Mary Chipman "X" her mark

Sworn and subscribed before me
this 13th day of April 1846.
I certify that the said Mary Chipman 
is a credible person, & that the erasures above were made before signing.
In presence of
[signed] William A. Wheeler.
[signed] Wm. King Judge Franklin County Common Pleas

I certify that the reason why the above named Mary Chipman has not subscribed her name in writing to the above Declaration, but has placed her mark thereto, is that she is nearly blind, and troubled with nervous debility.
And I further certify that the said Mary Chipman is unable to appear in open Court in consequence of bodily infirmity.
[signed] Wm. King Judge Franklin County Com. Pleas
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I Lauriston Clerk of the County of Franklin in the State of New York, do hereby certify that William King was on the day of the date of the within Certificates a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County duly appointed, and qualified, and that the signatures within purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name this 15th day of April 1846.
[signed] Lauriston Amsden
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State of New York
County of Franklin, SS:

William A. Wheeler of Malone in said County, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Jesse Chipman, who resided in the said town of Malone, and who in his life time was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States: That said Chipman died on the 4th day of June 1841, leaving the said Mary Chipman, in the declaration hereto annexed named his widow, who has ever since resided in the said town of Malone, and has not intermarried but still continues the widow of the said Jesse Chipman.
And this deponent further saith, that he drew the declaration of the said Mary Chipman, now on file in the War Department at Washington, claiming a pension under the Act of June 7, 1838.
That at the time said declaration was made by the said Mary Chipman, deponent was under the impression that short tours of duty as a volunteer or minute man, were not of the kind of services which would be received by the Department in support of a claim for a pension. That according to the best of the information and belief of this deponent he informed said Mary Chipman that such was his opinion, and that at the time above referred to, said Mary Chipman informed deponent that her husband performed several short tours of duty as a volunteer and minute man in the service of his country after she married him, and during the War of the Revolution.
[signed] William A. Wheeler
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Sworn and subscribed before
me this 15th day of April
1846, and I certify that the said William A. Wheeler is a credible person.
[signed] Wm. King Judge Franklin County Comm Pleas

[written sideways]
Mary Chipman
widow of Jesse
NY
Act 4 July 1836

Married 1779
Husband died 4 June 1841
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11.317.
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Mary Chipman
NY
Act July 7th '38

M79 C41

1775   12 mos 14 dys Capt. Cochran
1776   3 mo Capt Edgell
1777   6 mo Sergt [Sergeant] Capt. Sawyer
1778   2 m Capt. Allrie
1780   9-10 dy Capt. Amstock
1781  0-14 dy Sergt  Capt. Brownson
1782    3 d  -
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15 mos / 8 pri [private]
8 [mos] 14 [days] Sergt
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24 [mos.] - 2
admn Act 4 July, 1836

[Right side]
Depositions for
Mary Chipman
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Catharine Pattinson

State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} Ss Canaan September 17 1841

Personally appeared Catharine Pattinson of said Canaan and having been duly sworn according to law Deposeth and says, That she is the daughter of William White late of Salisbury in said County and that she is also the sister of Mary Chipman the widow of Jesse Chipman late of Malone in the County of Franklin and State of New York deceased and the Deponent also says that she was present at the house of her late father the said William White in said Salisbury when her sister the said Mary Chipman was married to Jesse Chipman then of said Salisbury in the latter part of the year AD 1779 but the particular day the Deponent does not recollect. The said Jesse Chipman and Mary Chipman afterwards moved to Cornwall in the State of Vermont and some years afterwards the Deponent went to live with then the said Jesse and Mary Chipman and continued to reside with them for about two years - when she returned to her Fathers in said Salisbury. The maiden name of the Deponent was Catharine White before her marriage with her late husband Wm. Pattinson late of said Salisbury deceased and further the Deponent says not.
[signed] Catharine Pattinson

State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} Ss. Canaan
Be it known that on this 17th day of September 1841 Personally appeared the above named Catharine Pattinson before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Deponent and that she is a Credible Witness.
[signed] William M. Burrall Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} Ss Canaan

Personally appeared Rufus Landon of Salisbury in said County and Deposeth and says that he is now Eighty Two years of age, and that he was born and has always lived in the same neighborhood in said Salisbury in which Mary White the daughter of William White was born and lived until her marriage and that he was well acquainted with her, she being Cousin to the Deponent. And the Deponent says that he was himself married on the 24th day of February AD 1780 and that a few months before his own marriage he was present and saw the said Mary White married to Jesse Chipman then of said Salisbury, who together with his wife the said Mary Chipman soon after removed to Vermont & as I believe to the Town of Cornwall and as I understood removed afterwards to the Town of Malone in the County of Franklin & State of New York, and further the Deponent saith not.
[signed] Rufus Landon

State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} Ss. Canaan Sept. 16th 1841
Personally appeared Rufus Landon before one Justice of the Peace within & for said County and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. And I hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with said Rufus Landon and that he is a man of integrity & a credible witness.
[signed] William M. Burrall Justice of Peace
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Massths [Massachusetts?] Brewer -

Jesse Chipman

Admd
14. 16.

Ask for Bangs
Certificate

P-225

Hon. N. Pitcher
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BRIEF in the case of Jesse  Chipman
of Malone in the State of N, York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77 years
4, State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: June 1st in 1775. enlisted. 
Duration of Service: 1 Year. 14 Days.
Rank: As a Private & Corporal
Names of General/Field Officers: Capt Rob. Cochran & Col. Jas [James] Eason or Easton
Mass. line.

Period: September 1st 1776. Substitute.
Duration of Service: 3 Months
Rank: Private
Names of General/Field Officers: Capt. Edgell & Col. Sam Brewer  Mass. line

Period: June 1st 1777. Enlisted
Duration of Service: 6 Months
Rank: Sergeant
Names of General/Field Officers: Capt. Jesse Sawyer & Col. Herrick  Vermont Rangers

Period: March 1st 1778. Enlisted.
Duration of Service: 2 Months
Rank: "do" [ditto=Sergeant]
Names of General/Field Officers: Capt. Eben. [Ebenezer] Allen  Vermont Militia

Some further service is stated but not defined

5. In what battles was he engaged? taking of St, Johns, Quebeck [Quebec], Bennington
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sunderland Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, and two living witnesses who testify as to his 1st, 3rd, & 4th terms of service.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are not attached according to the Regulations

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

[signed] Wm. Gordon, Examining Clerk.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.F. 16897     Washington, D.C._____,19___

In reply to your request of __________, received ___________ for a statement of the military history of Jesse Chipman, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment: June 1, 1775
Length of Service: 1 yr. 14 days
Rank: Pvt. and Corpl
Captain: Robert Cochran
Colonel: James Easton
State: Mass.

Dates of Enlistment: Sept. 1, 1776
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Pvt
Captain: Edgell
Colonel: Samuel Brewer
State: Mass.

Dates of Enlistment: June 1, 1777
Length of Service: 6 mos.
Rank: Sgt.
Captain: Jesse Sawyer
Colonel: Herrick
State: Vt. Rangers

Dates of Enlistment: March 1, 1778
Length of Service: 2 mos.
Rank: Sgt.
Captain: Ebenezer Allen
Colonel: [BLANK]
State: Vt Rangers

He also served as a Minute Man in several short tours in addition to above.

*Battles engaged in, St. Johns, Quebec, Bennington
*Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sunderland, Bennington Co. Vt.
*Date of application for pension, Oct, 11, 1832. His cl [claim] was al [allowed]
*Residence at date of application, Malone, Franklin Co., N.Y.
*Age at date of application, born February 1755 at Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
died June 4, 1841 at Malone, N.Y.
Remarks: He was Dec. 8 1779 at Salisbury, Conn. Mary daughter of William White.- She was b. June 22, 1758 & was al. pens. on an app. Ex. Apr 15, 1846, while a Resident of Malone, N.Y. No other family data.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[Left side]

New York 8048
Jesse Chipman
______________________________________________
Malone in the State of New York
was a Pri & Sergt in the Company commanded
by Captain Cochran of the Regt commanded by Col. Eason in the Vermont
[line] for 8 Mos. 14 Dys Sergt. [Sergeant]
15 Mos. 16 Dys Pri. [Private]
_______________________________________________
Subscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 94 Dollars 11 Cents per annum,
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & end on the 4th June, 1841, when he died
________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the ____day of___
and Increased from $91.54
_________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of ________
Semi-anl. allowance ending ________
Payable to his widow Mary Chipman
Deduct what he rec'd under said Act at the 
$91.54 per annum.
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Tho. [Thomas] Lumpkin Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 13

[Right side]

Reported.
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No. 11.317

Mary Chipman
NY

Rejected
Let to Wm. A. Wheeler Nov. 18, '44
Let to Wm. A. Wheeler April 4, '45
"  "  "  "  " "  "  "  " July 28, '45
& to Hon. Preston King April 6, '46

Act 7 July 1838
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11.317.

Mary Chipman
N.Y.
~
Rejected

Let to Wm. A. Wheeler Nov 18th 1844
Let. to same April 4./45
Let. to same July 28, '45

Act July 7th '38
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Gideon Printer.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
June 4th, 1844.

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", 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 Jesse Chipman, dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of Ninety one Dollars and 54 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th June 1841.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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[Written sideways]

11317
Sept. 20, 1844
NY
July 7, 1838
Mary Chipman

[stamp]
MALONE NY SEP 15

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Malone Franklin Co. N.Y.
Sept. 14, 1844.

My Dr. [Dear] Sir:

Enclosed I send the papers of Mrs. Mary Chipman to procure a pension. Should they be defective in any manner please inform me.

Very truly yours
William A. Wheeler


J.L. Edwards, Esq.}
Commr. of Pensions}
Washington, D.C.}
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Jesse Chipman N.Y. Act of June 1832
at the rate of $91.54 per annum
To what time was he last paid.}
[signed] G.C.A

Pension office April 29, 1844

Died 4th June 1844 / p. to that period
[signed] LH
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U.S. Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Honorable Sir:
I am looking 
up data to prove myself
eligible to the "Daughters
of the American Revolution"
and would deem it a great
honor if your Department
could render me any
assistance-
My Great Grandfather
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was Jesse Chipman with
Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, at
Montreal - at Bennington - at
surrender of Burgoyne - at
surrender of Yorktown - After
peace was declared lived at
Malone, Franklin County, New
York State where he drew a
pension as a Revolutionary Soldier.
If you can verify my claim
that said Jesse Chipman did
draw a pension I will be greatly appreciative -
Most Sincerely,

Jeannette Chipman Nickell
1717 Vine Str.
"Hollywood"
Los Angeles
California

December, 30-1914.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 16,897
Mary Chipman
Widow of
Jesse Chipman
Sergt. Rev War

Act: July 4th '36
Index:-Vol. A, Page 131

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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In the matter of the
claim of Mary Chipman
for a pension.
_____________________________________
Memorandum
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In the matter of the claim of Mary Chipman to a pension under Acts of March 3, 1843, and 17th
June 1844.

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Chipman in his original declaration stated that he enlisted at Sunderland Vt. on the first day of June 1775 in a company commanded by Capt. Robert Cochran for 6 months. There is no record evidence of this period of service.

By the Certificate of the Deputy Comptroller of New York it appears that Chipman enlisted 26 Novr 1775. into Cochran's Co. By reference to Chipman's Declaration on file at the Department, it will be found that he stated "that at the request of his officers and being zealous for the cause he remained with the army before Quebec, although his time of enlistment had expired, and served as a Corporal, until the sixth day of May 1776."
Chipman's 6 mos enlistment would expire just about 26. Novr 1775.

The Muster Roll of Cochran's Co. shows he was near Quebec at the time of his reenlistment, as the muster Roll is taken from the 26th Novr 1775 the day Chipman re-enlisted, to the 30th Jany. 1776 inclusive. The fact that Chipman was near Quebec at the time of his re-enlistment, is strong presumptive evidence that he enlisted, and served previously as stated by him

The corroborating circumstances are so strong that it is hoped the whole term from 1st June
1775, to the 14th June 1776, may be allowed. It will be observed that the Muster Roll of Cochran's Co. shows Chipman in the services 30th Jany. 1776.

Chipman second tour of 3 mos was under Capt Edgill, Col. Brewers Regt Mass. Line

By a letter from the Department under date of April 4. 1845, it is stated that "no objection will be made to the 2d tour of three mo under Capt Edgill"
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Chipman alleged that his 3d tour was under Capt. Jesse Sawyer in the Regt. of Rangers raised
in the State of Vermont & commanded by Col Herrick Commencing 1st day of June 1777. There is no positive evidence of this tour of service. The Certificate of the Secretary of St. shows that
Sawyer commanded a Company about that time, thus corroborating Chipman's statement

Chipman alleged that his 4th tour was under Capt Ebenezer Allen of the troops, enlisting for 2 mos. from  from first day of March 1778. The Certificate of the Secretary of St. shows that Allen
commanded a Company in March and April 1778, again corroborating Chipman's statement

Chipman also alleged that at all times during the Revolutionary War when not in actual service he
held himself in readiness as a minute man to obey any call of his Country, and did volunteer for several other short tours of duty. This is fully corroborated by the Certificate of the Secretary of St. Showing a number of such tours

It is believed that the proof on file at the Department of the marriage is sufficient.

The widow is entitled to the benefits of the Resolution approved January 23d 1845 her application for a pension having been made and filed previous to the passage of the same
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Payment to be made at Albany
by T W Olcott
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 4
Page 13 by Tho Lumpkin Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Jesse Chipman decd late of New York who was a Private & Sergeant is entitled to receive Ninety four dollars and eleven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and
and terminating 4 June 1841 the day on which he died. Payable to his widow Mary Chipman first deducting what he recd under said act at the rate of $91.54 per an. 

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 2nd May one thousand eight hundred and forty six

Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned}

Commissioner of Pensions.
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Ho. of Reps Apl 22 1846
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions

Sir
I herein enclose according to your request the new declaration of Mary Chipman now of Franklin Co. NY and beg leave to ask your attention to her application & to communicate to me your decision
Very Respectfully
,
Preston King
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State of New York
County of Franklin
Town of Chateaugay

Nathan Beman of the said town being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was eighty nine years of age on the twenty second day of September last past, that he was soldier in the War of the Revolution and is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that he was formerly acquainted with Jesse Chipman now deceased, who was also a soldier in the War of the  Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States

That he first became acquainted with the said Jesse Chipman in the town of Sunderland in
the County of Bennington and State of Vermont. That according to the beliefs of this deponent the said Chipman enlisted at Sunderland some time about the last of the Spring of the year 1775
as a soldier in the Regiment commanded by one Col. Easton, That this deponent enlisted at the
some time as a soldier under Capt Bronson Col. Seth Warner; that soon after deponents said
enlistment he proceeded to Ticonderoga with his said Company and Regiment
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State of New York
Franklin County
I, Henry S. Brewster Deputy Clerk of the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Henry B. Smith before whom the foregoing deposition was subscribed & sworn to was at the time
of taking such deposition First Judge of the County Court of the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Judge and verily believe that his signatures above written are genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court and County, the 31st day of May 1845.
H. S. Brewster Dep. Clk.
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That upon the march he frequently saw the said Jesse Chipman engaged in his duties as
soldier and saw him is engaged at Ticonderoga. That from Ticonderoga this deponent
proceeded down Lake Champlain, and went as far towards Quebec as the Three Rivers, that here he stopped having heard of the defeat of the American forces at Quebec. That the said Jesse Chapman with his Company and Regiments and preceded the company to which this deponent belonged.

That soon after the return of the said Jesse Chipman from Quebec this deponent saw said
Chipman, and learned from him & others that said Chipman had been to Quebec & had suffered much with sickness & small pox, and that at said time said Chipman's face was much filled with marks of the Small pox,

And this deponent further says that owing to old age & enfeebled mind it is impossible for
him to state the details of said Chipman's enlistment and services.
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That he well recollects having seen the said Chipman in actual service during the War of the Revolution at Bennington, in which battle this deponent is confident said Chipman was engaged.
Also at Pawlet Vt., Pittsford Vt. and other places not now remembered by him.

And this deponent further says that he verily believes from information derived from personal
observation from said Chipman [friends?] & from his fellow soldiers that said Chipman served nearly three years in the war of the Revolution.  though it is impossible for him to recollect distinctly the times and places of such service
Nathan Beman [signature]

Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day of May 1845
Henry B. Smith, First Judge Franklin County Courts

And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Nathan Beman, and that he is a credible
witness
Henry B. Smith first Judge Franklin County Courts
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State of New York
Franklin County ⎬ 
I, Henry S. Brewster Deputy Clerk of the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Henry B. Smith before whom the foregoing deposition was subscribed & sworn to, was at the time
of taking such deposition first Judge of the County Courts of the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Judge and verily believe that his signatures above written are genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, and County, the 31st day of May 1845.
H.S. Brewster Dep. Clk
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Ho. of Reps
Washington March 23 /46
Col J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions-

Sir
Enclosed I send you additional papers and proof in the application of Mary Chipman widow of
Jesse Chipman for a Revolutionary Widows pension - Will you be kind enough to examine the application an early day & write me

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Preston King
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No. 6722
Mary Chipman Widow of Jesse
Act 4 July 1836
Adm

8 Mo 14 days Sergt $42.34
15, "  16 " pri 51.77
_____
$94.11
from 4 June 1841

Hon Preston King
House of Reps
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A Muster Roll of Capt Robert Cochran Company & Major Brown Detachment now in
the service of the United Colonies dated at Camp near Quebec 16th day Feby 1776

Corporals
Jesse Chipman enlisted 26th Nov. 1775 sick in Hospital

The muster Roll is taken from the 26th Novr 1775 to 30th Jany 1776 inclusive
James Van Rensselaer
Depy. M.M. Genl

State of New York
Comptrollers Office
February 24th 1846

I certify the preceding to be a true extract from a Revolutionary document now remaining in this office

Philip Phelps
Dep. Compt

fee 50 cents paid by W. Lawrence
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State of New York
Secretary's Office

I certify that Philip Phelps whose name is subscribed to the within certificate was on the day of the date thereof Deputy Comptroller of this State duly appointed and Sworn that the signature to the said certificate is his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts
N. T. Benton
Secretary of State

Albany March 18. 1846
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Certificate of the Secretary of Vt.
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State of Vermont

Secretary of State's Office
Burlington January 26th, 1846.

I, J Mc M. Shafter [James McMillan Shafter] Secretary of State of Vermont certify that there is upon file in this office a receipt signed by Capt. Jesse Sawyer July 22nd 1777 for £51 for bounty to soldiers of his company for revolutionary service.

I also further certify that there is likewise on file another paper or certificate concerning the company of Capt. Ebenezer Allen made by Isaac Clark Capt. who thereby certifies that he drew the sum of £349 of Jon'a [Jonathan] Trumbull Paymaster of [Continental Army's] Northern Department on or about the 4th day of June last "in full for pay of Capt. Allen's Company including Doct. Ruback [Rubach] Surgeon's Mate" for "two months service in guarding the frontiers of this State in  the months of March and April 1778."

I also further certify that upon an original Pay Roll of Capt. Eli Brownson's company on record in this office occurs the name of Jesse Chipman with an allowance to him for three day's service done in retaking of Wm. Blanchard taking of Tories &c &c &c May 1782.

I also further certify that upon another like recorded Pay-Roll of the same company of Capt. Eli Brownson (Col. Ira Allen's Regiment) "that marched to Castleton Oct. 20th, 1781" occurs the name of the said Jesse Chipman with an allowance to him for fourteen day's service as Sergeant in said company.
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I also further certify that upon another like recorded Pay-Roll of "a part of Daniel Comstock's Company that turned out in the emergency of March 22nd and March 26th AD 1780" occurs the name of the said Jesse Chipman with an allowance to him for one day's service.

I also certify that there are no rolls of Capt. Jesse Sawyer's Company in 1777 or of Capt. Ebenezer Allen's Company in 1778 on file or record in this office and that the foregoing Pay-Roll was audited and paid by the authority of this State.

In testimony of which I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of this office at Burlington this 26th day of January AD 1846.

Seal: SECRETARY OF [STATE]
VERMONT
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Sept 30 '45

2

Let them see the papers-

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Mary Chipman
NY
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Washington D.C. Sept. 29th 1845

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir. Mrs. Mary Chipman, a widow of Jesse Chipman, State of New York, has requested us to attend to her claims for a pension. Her application is before the Department, but she has not been inscribed on the Pension Roll. We wish to ascertain what further proof is wanting in this case. By communicating this information, you will greatly oblige,

Your Obt Servts [Obedient Servants]
Brown & Thayer
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Malone Franklin Co. New York Novr. 28, 1844

Dear Sir
I am endeavoring to procure a pension for Mrs. Mary Chipman widow of Jesse Chipman, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. In order to substantiate her claim, the War Department requires the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts of the services of her husband. A Copy of that portion of the original declaration of said Chipman relating to his services, will be found accompanying and should there be any proof of his services in your office, you will please have the kindness to certify a statement of the same in an authentic manner and forward the same to me at your earliest convenience. If you have the means please be particular in stating the different periods of service- their duration under
what officers and in what capacity he served in short as full a history of his services as may be in your power. By giving this matter your early attention, you will subserve the cause of humanity, and render the declining years of the widow, comfortable and happy, a situation
now denied her by a state of extreme poverty

Enclosed I send $1,00 for your compensation-- I do not know the amount of your fees in such cases-- if the enclosed is not sufficient please send a memorandum of your charges in your return, and the amount shall be forwarded immediately.
Very truly yours
William A. Wheeler [signature]
The Hon. Secretary of the State of Mass.

At the commencement of the War of the Revolution he resided at Sunderland which is now in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That he first enlisted as a volunteer at Sunderland on the first day of June in the year 1775 for the term of six months in a company commanded by Captain Robert Cochran in the Regiment commanded by Col. Eason or Easton does not recollect to what state the said Regiment was said to belong that he
immediately entered the service as a private and
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marched to Ticonderoga with the said Company and Regiment, from thence proceeded down Lake Champlain and was engaged at the siege and taking of St Johns by General Montgomery and from thence marched for Quebec, during which march and afterwards he was a Corporal in Captain Cochran's Company, that he arrived with the said army under Gen. Montgomery before Quebec and was engaged in the assault upon that place in Dec. 1775 when Gen Montgomery was killed he belonged to that party which made the attack at Cape Diamond that at the request of his officers and being zealous for the cause he remained with the army before Quebec, although his time of enlistment had expired and served as a Corporal until the sixth day of May 1776 and partook of all the hardships endured by the army during that winter. That on the sixth day of May 1776. the army returned from before Quebec under the command of General Thomas about which time he became sick of small pox and suffered much on the said retreat, that on the retreat the said army and he with them passed by Three Rivers, Sorrell, and Crown point, Rutland and Tinmouth in Vermont and that he arrived at home with health very much impaired on the fourteenth day of June 1776 having been absent one year and fourteen day-- that he did not receive a written discharge- that about the first of Sept. in the year 1776, as soon as he had recovered his health and strength sufficiently for the service he engaged for three months at Sunderland as a substitute for one Stimson in a Company commanded by Capt. Edgell in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Brewer in the Massachusetts line and immediately
marched with said Company and Regiment to Mount Hope near Ticonderoga and joined the Northern army under Gen. Gates and continued to serve as a private in the said Company to the end of his period of enlistment and was discharged at Mount Hope about the first of Dec. of that year having served out the said three months, but received no written discharge. That about the first day of June in the year 1777, he voluntary enlisted at Sunderland for six months service
in a company commanded by Captain Jesse Sower in the Regiment of Rangers raised in the State of Vermont and commanded by Col. Herrick, and served out the six months as a Sergeant in the said company marched from Sunderland to Bennington and was engaged in
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the battle of Bennington under the said Col. Herrick on the sixteenth August 1777, where Gen Starks commanded, that after the said Battle Col. Herrick's Regiment marched to the town of Pawlet about 40 miles north of Bennington and was stationed there until a few days previous to the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga when the said regiment marched for Saratoga and arrived there a few days after the battle of Saratoga and was stationed in the woods near the main army with orders to march at a signal warning in case Burgoyne should refuse to sign the articles of capitulation - that some time after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne he had a furlough
to return home to Sunderland and on the way was taken sick and was carried home sick and as soon as he recovered sufficient health he again joined the said Company and Regiment under Col Herrick and soon after was detached with others and went to Bennington to build Store Houses where he remained employed till the month of Dec, when he was honorably discharged at the end of his enlistment but received no written discharge-- that on the first day of March 1778 he voluntarily enlisted at Sunderland for two months service in a company of Vermont Militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Allen and served out the said two months as sergeant in the said company which stationed a part of the time at Rutland and a part of the time in Pittsford in the State of Vermont and were employed in scouting parties along Onion river and in that region-- that having completed this engagement he was discharged at Pittsford about the first day of May 1778, but obtained no written discharge- That at all times during the Revolutionary War when
not in actual service he held himself in readiness as a minute man to obey any call of his country
and did volunteer for several others short tours of duty in the State of Vermont which have not been before mentioned and that the aggregate of the time he was in actual service under arms during the war was more than two years,
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office
Feby 4 1845

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 no person of the name of Jesse Chipman is borne upon the Rolls of Capt Edgell, Col. Brewer
or upon any of the records, and these are no Rolls of any of the other officers named in the annexed declaration in this office

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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[envelope]
Charge. W. A. W.  Paid 18 3/4
]postmark]
MALONE NY
DEC 1

Hon. Secretary, of the State of Massachusetts
Boston, Mass.
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier December 7th 1844

I hereby certify that there is on file in this Office, a paper purporting to be a Pay Roll of Capt
Eli Brownson's Company in Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia for service done in retaking of St Wm Blanchard, taking of tories &c &c &c May 1782; on which Roll is the name of "Jesse Chipman, with an allowance for three days service as a private

Also, "A Pay Roll of part of Daniel Comstock's Company that turned out on the emergency
March 22d and March 26th AD 1780"" on which Roll is the name of Jesse Chipman with an allowance for one day's service as a private

The Pay Rolls in this Office are incomplete, particularly those of 1775 & 1776.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of this Office this 7th day of December AD 1841

Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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[envelope]

Feb 24, 1848.
Addl tes case of
Mary Chipman

[sideways]
Free

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Malone Franklin Co. N.Y. February 17. 1845.
J.L. Edwards Esq.

Dear Sir
In the matter of the claim of Mary Chipman widow of Jesse Chipman who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, you note me under date of the 18th of November last that should the claim be urged under the Act of March 3, 1843, and June 17th 1844, the service should be established by the Certificate of the Secretary of Vermont and Massachusetts

I immediately wrote to the Secretaries and have obtained their Certificates
By referring to Chipman's original declaration you will find that most of his service was
in 75 & 76

The Secretary of Vermont certifies that the pay rolls in his office for these years are incomplete
The Secretary of Massachusetts certifies that there are no rolls of any officers named in Chipman's declaration with the exception of Capt. Edgell and Col. Brewer

The Certificate of the Secretary of Vermont Corroborates Chipman's statement that after his
discharge he held himself in readiness as a minute man &c. As Record evidence cannot be obtained, will not the evidence upon which the husband was pensioned suffice in the widow's case. You are well aware of the difficulty of now proving service rendered in 75 & 76, As there are cases where the strict rules of the department are released, I trust this may be found one of them

If not please advise me what must further
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be due in the premises, and although I found it will be a fruitless task, yet a base prospect
of rendering the few remaining days of the widow comfortable-- a situation now denied
her by extreme poverty- will prompt me to do every thing in my power to aid her

Very truly yours
William A. Wheeler
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[envelope]
[postmark]
CONCORD NH
APR 10

William A Wheeler Esq.
Malone
Franklin Co.
N. York
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Secretary of States Office,
Concord, N.H. April 18, 1845.

Dear Sir
I have examined the Revolutionary Rolls and Records in this Office, but have not been able to find the name of Jesse Chipman upon any of them

Very Respectfully
Thomas P. Treadwell

Fee for examination $2
Recd 1
due $1,
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[envelope]
June 7, 1845.
Addl tes case
Mary Chipman

[sideways]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Malone Franklin County N.Y. May 31, 1845.

My dear Sir
Your communication of the 4th ultimo was received in due course of mail

You say "In the case of Mary Chipman the certificates of Vermont and Massachusetts show a few days service of her husband Jesse Chipman only. Claimant's husband alleged that he served 12 mo. 14 days from 1st June 1775 under Capt. R. Cochran, Col James Eason or Easton. This Department has no knowledge of such term of service. The enlistments in 1775, terminated
generally with that year. If however it be true, the records in the office of the Secretary of New Hampshire should furnish proof thereof. 

No objection will be made to the 2d tour of 3 months under Capt Edgill. The third and fourth tours are discredited by the Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Vermont. The certificate of the Town Clerk of Salisbury where the marriage took place should be produced, showing what evidence the records in his possession afford of the marriage in this case the proof on file is not
at all satisfactory on this point,

In accordance with your suggestion that the Records in the office of the Secretary of the State of
New Hampshire might afford some proof of the services of Chipman, I wrote the Secretary immediately upon the receipt of your communication who informed me Chipman's name was not to be found upon any of the Records in his office. I send his reply enclosed

You say that the 3rd & 4th tours are discredited by the Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Vermont, by reference to his certificate you will see the Secretary States that the pay roll for 75 & 76 incomplete ought the widow to be prejudiced by a defect in the rolls.

I send enclosed the affidavit of Nathan Beman a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. Beman is very nearly 90 years of age & is almost upon
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upon the verge of the grave.
I am well aware that the affidavit is not as full as it should be as to the duration and details of Chipman's services. Still it throws some light upon the case & as no better proof is known to exist. I hope it may be deemed sufficient to entitle the widow at least to the minimum allowance.

If not the claim must be abandoned, and the widow become a charge upon the County.

In relation to the marriage I had supposed the afft. of an eye witness was sufficient.

I now enclose the Certificate of the Town Clerk of Salisbury that there is no record evidence of the marriage which I did not forward before not supposing it necessary

Hoping that if possible, the strictness of the Rules of the Department may be somewhat relaxed in this case I am
very truly yours
William A. Wheeler


J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C
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Hon. Preston King M. C.
Washington D.C.
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Malone March 13, 1846
Hon. Preston King
Dear Sir
Mrs Mary Chipman of this place, widow of Jesse Chipman who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution has been endeavoring for a long time past to procure a pension.

Owing to the rigorous rules of the War Department, requiring the widow to make out an entire new case by proving the services of her husband her claim has lingered along until the present time.

You are well aware of the difficulty of proving services rendered so long ago as 75 76 &c.

Chipman was well known to us, and drew a pension for many years. His widow who resides among us, is a worthy woman, and is in circumstances of great indigence, and fully deserves the scanty pittance claimed from Government.

We have taken the liberty to recommend Mr. Wheeler who is aiding the widow to ask your assistance in the matter, knowing that you will cheerfully render any service in your power.

By giving the matter your earliest convenient attention you will confer a great favor on
Yours truly
Jonathan Thompson
Lauriston Amsden
Benjm Clark
Saml S. Clark
D.E. Lathrop
H. S. Brewster
Benjamin W Clark
Preston King
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Increase

Jesse Chipman dcd
NY
act 7 June 1832

Adm
8 Mo 14 days Sergt 42.34
15 "  -16 " Pri 57.77
---
$94.11

from 4 March 1831 to 4 June 1841 the day of his death payable to his widow Mary Chipman after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $19.54 per ann

Hon Preston King
House of Reps
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield ⎬ ss 
Salisbury Town Clerks Office September 6th 1843

I Roger Averill Town Clerk of the Town of Salisbury aforesaid, do depose & say that I have made a faithful examination and search among the Books & papers belonging to my said office, for a record of the marriage of Jesse Chipman & Mary White said to have taken place in said Salisbury
in the latter part of the year 1779, but have been unable to find among such Books & papers any record evidence of such marriage & from such examination & search I do fully believe that no such evidence now exists or was at any time on said Books & papers
Roger Averill Town Clerk of the Town of Salisbury Conn

Subscribed & sworn to this 6th day of September 1843
Before me
Abijah C. Peet Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Litchfield
LITCHFIELD COUNTY,

I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Abijah C. Peet Esq of Salisbury in sd County is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that his commission was dated on the 8th day of June A. D. 1843 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1844. and that the signature to the annexed document, which purports to be that of said Justice is genuine.
-
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 11th day of September A. D. 1843.
Origen S. Seymour Clerk
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Afft. of marriage of Mary Chipman
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State of New York
County of Franklin

On this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Mary Chipman a resident of Malone in the said
County of Franklin, aged eighty six 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 act of Congress, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Jesse
Chipman who was a Corporal, and a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, and who received a
Pension under the Act of June 1832, and she refers to the Records of the War Department for
proof of the services of the said Jesse Chipman 

She further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Chipman on the eight day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine, and that her husband the aforesaid Jesse Chipman died on the fourth day of June in the
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the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one, 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 and ninety four viz: at the time above stated & that she has no documentary evidence. Mary X Chipman her mark [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Horatio Powell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Franklin aforesaid
In presence of William A. Wheeler

And I the said Judge certify that the said Mary Chipman is unable to appear in open Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity and unable to write her name in consequence of her hand being affected by palsy, and being nearly blind

Horatio Powell Judge of Franklin Common Pleas
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State of New York
County of Franklin, ss.

On this fourteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Asahel Phelps & Mary Phelps of Malone in said County who being first duly sworn do depose and say that they were formerly acquainted with Jesse Chipman who resided in the said town of Malone. That the said Jesse Chipman died on the fourth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one at the said town of Malone. That Mary Chipman who has made the accompanying declaration was the wife of the said Jesse Chipman and still remains his widow
Asahel Phelps
Mary Phelps [signatures]

Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above written
Horatio Powell Judge of Franklin Common Pleas

And I the said Judge certify that I am acquainted with the said Asahel Phelps & Mary Phelps, and that they are credible witnesses
Horatio Powell
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State of New York
Franklin County ⎬ 
I, Henry S. Brewster Deputy Clerk of the said County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Horatio Powell whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and further that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Horatio Powell and verily believe that the signatures to the said certificates are in his own proper hand writing & genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas the 14th day of September 1844
H. S. Brewster Dep. Clerk
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On the eleventh day of October 1833 Jesse Chipman made the following declaration, That he was born at Salisbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut in the month of February in the year 1755, as he has been informed and believes and that he believes there is a record of his birth at the office of the Town Clerk of Salisbury but he has not seen it. That at the commencement of the war of the Revolution he resided at Sunderland which is now in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated

That he enlisted as a volunteer at Sunderland on the first day of June in the year 1775 for the term of six months in a company commanded by Captain Robert Cochran in the Regiment commanded by Col. Eason or Easton does not recollect to what state the said Regiment was said to belong, that he immediately entered the service as a private & marched to Ticonderoga with the said Company & Regiment from thence proceeded down Lake Champlain & was engaged at the siege & taking of St Johns by Genl Montgomery & from thence marched for Quebec during
which march & afterwards he was a Corporal in Capt. Cochran's company, that he arrived with
the said Army under Genl Montgomery before Quebec & was engaged in the assault upon that
place in Dec. 1775 when Genl Montgomery was killed he belonged to that party which made the attack at Cape Diamond, that at the request of his officers & being zealous for the cause he remained with the Army before Quebec although his time of enlistment had expired & served as a corporal until the Sixth day of May 1776 & partook of all the hardships endured by
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the army during that winter. That on the sixth day of May 1776 the Army returned from before Quebec under the command of Genl Thomas about which time he became sick of small pox & suffered much on the said retreat, that on this that the said Army & he with them passed by Three Rivers, Southall, & Crown point, Rutland & Timmouth in Vermont & that he arrived at home with health very much impaired on the fourteenth day of June 1776 having been absent one year & fourteen days that he did not receive a written discharge & that about the first of Sept. in the year 1776 as soon as he had recovered his health & strength sufficiently for the service he engaged for three months at Sunderland as a substitute for one Stimson in a company commanded by Capt. Edgell in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Brewer in the Massachusetts Line & immediately marched with said company & Regiment to Mount Hope near Ticonderoga & joined the northern Army under Gen. Gates & continued to serve as a private in the said company to the end of his period of enlistment & was discharged at Mount Hope about the first of December of that year having served out the said three months but received no written discharge - That about the first day of June in the year 1777 he voluntarily enlisted at Sunderland for six months service in a company commanded by Capt Jesse Sawyer in the Regiment of Rangers raised in the State of Vermont & commanded by Col. Herrick & served out the six months as a sergeant in said company marched from Sunderland to Bennington & was engaged in the Battle of Bennington under the said Col Herrick on the sixteenth August 1777 when Gent. Starks commanded, that after the Battle Col Herrick's Regiment marched to the town of Pawlet about 40 miles north of Bennington & was stationed there until a few days previous to the surrender of Genl Burgoyne
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at Saratoga when the said Regiment marched for Saratoga & arrived there a few days after the battle of Saratoga & was stationed in the woods near the main army with orders to march at a signal warning in case Burgoyne should refuse to sign the articles of capitulation - That some time after the surrender of Genl Burgoyne he had a furlough to return home to Sunderland & on the way was taken sick & was carried home sick & as soon as he recovered sufficient health he again joined the said Company & Regiment under Col Herrick & soon after was detached with others & ordered to Bennington to build Store houses where he remained so employed till the month of Dec. when he was honorably discharged at the end of the period of his enlistment but received no written discharge

That on the first day of March 1778 he voluntarily enlisted at Sunderland for two months service in a company of Vermont Militia commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Allen & served out the said two months as a Sergeant in the said Company which was stationed a part of the time in Pittsford in the State of Vermont & were employed in scouting parties along Onion River & in that region, that having completed this engagement he was discharged at Pittsford about the first of May
1778 but obtained no written discharge - That at all times during the Revolutionary war when not in actual service he held himself in readiness as a minute man to obey any call of his country & did volunteer for several other short tours of duty in the State of Vermont which have not been before mentioned & that the aggregate of the time he was in actual service under arms during the war was more than two years. That he has no documentary evidence except what is herewith submitted & he knows of no person whose testimony he can obtain except those who have testified, who can
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testify to his service - That he resided at Sunderland in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont all February in the year 1782 or 1783 when he removed to Cornwall in the County of Addison in the State of Vermont where he resided till February 1805 when he removed to Malone in the County of Franklin and State of New York where he has continued to reside to the present day. - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
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Copy of Jesse Chipman's Declaration

This Copy was made by A Hascal Esq. of Malone who procured Chipman's pension

W.A.W.