Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15638, Silas Chubb, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

Chubb, Silas
Mary

NUMBER
W.15638
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10.811.
Massachusetts
Silas Chubb
of Worcester in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain -- of the Regt commanded
by Col Gardner in the Mass
line for 8 May
Mili[tia]
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Apl
1833 and Sent J G
Kendall Leominster Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep "   13.33
$66.65
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book M. Vol. 2, Page 11.

79
Worcester
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Reported

1856
Massachusetts
Mary Chubb,
widow of Silas Chubb
who served in the Revolutionary
Mass
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
7 day of of Sept. 1848
and sent to
Samuel Lee
Templeton
Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 26, Vol. 2.
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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, as.
ON this Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty
two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathl Paine Jude of Probate for the 
County of Worcester now sitting Silas Chubb a resident of [crossed out]
in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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 7th, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He states that he was born in the town of Newton in the year 1755
has no record of his age - resided at Newton when he enlisted into the
Service as a Volunteer - that he now resides at [crossed out]
Royalston and has resided there for forty years last past -
That he in the month of April or May 1775 enlisted into
a Company of Militia commanded by a Capt Cook
of Newton in the County of Middlesex. Regiment commanded
by Col. Gardner of Brighton, who was killed on Bunker Hill.
after his death by Col Bond of Watertown. That he enlisted
for the term of Eight months and served the whole time of
his enlistment and was dismissed about the first of Jany
1776. He produces the affidavit of Saml Simonds corroborating
his statement. he never received any regular discharge.
The Revd Saml. Simonds of Winchester & Franklin
Gregory Esq of Royalston will testify as to their belief of his being
in Revolutionary Service.

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.
his
Silas x Chubb
mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl Paine
Judge of Probate for
the County of Worcester
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We Saml Simonds a Clergyman residing in Winchendon and
Franklin Gregory residing in [illegible] hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Silas Chuubb who has subscribed and sworn
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 we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Simonds
Franklin Gregory

Sowrn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl Paine Judge 
of Probate for the County of 
Worcester

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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Adn the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Simonds who signed
the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of Winchendon and that General
Franklin Gregory who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl Paine Judge of Probate
for the County of Worcester

I Theophilus Wheeler Reg'tor, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas
Chubb for a pension & that Joseph Jewett before whom the annexed affidavit was made
is a Justice of the Peace, in & for the County of Worcester, & that his signature is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Probate Court this eighteenth day of
October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theoph's Wheeler Register of the said Court of Probate
for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts.

Silas Chubb
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Declaration
In order to o[b]tain the benefits of the acts of Congress
of the 7th of July 1838 and the 23d of August
1842 and the 3d of March 1843.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this thirtieth day of June eighteen
hundred and forty three personally appeared
before Ira M. Barton Judge of the Court of
Probate within and for said County the widow
Mary Chubb of Royalston in said County
aged eighty years the first day of January
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 acts of
Congress passed July 7th 1838 and the 23d
of August 1842 and the 3d of March 1843.
granting Pensions to widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is now the widow of Silas Chubb
late of Royalston aforesaid deceased, who
was a soldier in the War of the Revolution
and who was a Pensioner under the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832 and for the
particular evidence of her said Husbands
services she respectfully refers to the evidence
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filed in his application whereby he obtained
his pension and to the muster Rolls now in
the war department. She also declares that
she was married to the said Silas Chubb
the fourth day of February seventeen hundred
and eighty two in the Town of Weston in
the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid
by the Revd Samuel Woodward who was then
a minister of said Weston as will more 
fully appear by the certificate of Sarah Woodward
which will accompany this application
She further says at the time she was married
she and her husband the said Silas were
both residents of said Weston and she thinks
her husband was a resident of Newton in
said County of Middlesex where he went into
the service, she further says she resided
in said Weston a number of years after she
was married then moved to said Royalston
where she has resided for the most part of
the time since and that she and her husband
resided in said Royalston at the 
time he obtained his pension under
said act of 1832 she further says that
her husband the said Silas origiinated
from said Newton and that she orginated
from said Weston and that her
maden name was Mary Peirce.
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she further declares that her husband the said
Silas died in said Royalston the twenty third
day of June eighteen hundred and forty
that she was not married to him prior to
his leaving the service but the marriage tuck
place previous to the first of January seventeen 
hundred and ninety four (viz) at the
time above stated
her
Mary x Chubb
mark

Subscribed and sworn to
the day & year first above
mentioned. Before me
Ira M. Barton Judge of said Court

I Stephen White of Winchendon in the County
of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, do depose
and say that Mary Chall who has made the
foregoing declaration, is the grandmother of
my wife. Her husband Siles Chubb late of Royalston
in said County was a pensioner of the
United States, and died on the twenty third
day of June in the year 1840, and the 
from in the year 1840, and the said
Mary has never been married since his decease.
Stephen White

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. June 30, 1843. Sworn to by said deponent
who is a man of truth. Before me 
Ira M. Barton J. Prob.
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Silas Chubb
Mass
Privat 8 Mos
$26.66.
J G Kendall
Leominster Mass
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Silas Chubb
Worcester County Massachusetts

[table]
[col 1]
Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1774

[col 2]
Duration of the claimant's service
Years | Months | Days
 -- | 8 | -- 

[col 3]
Rank of the claimant.
pvt.

[col 4]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt Cook
Col Gardner

[col 5]
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service
77 years
Newton Mass

[col 6]
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Living Witness

I am, respectfully,
Living Witness
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Stayr, Territory, or District of --
County of -- ss.
On this -- day of -- A. B. a resident (b) of -- personally appeared (a) before --
in the county of -- and State, Territory or District
of -- aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) -- with -- and
served in the -- (e) regiment of the -- line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. -- A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of -- for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
-- day of -- &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the -- and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with -- , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be --
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the --
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, -- Clerk of the Court of -- do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of --
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this -- day of -- & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission;
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be 
attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be 
expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such [hidden by fold]
procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
---
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a suficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -- For -- year -- months, and --
days, I served as a --. For -- months and -- days, I served as a --; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some person who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their services. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, ikn every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seat and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavit the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, 
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of since.
The notes [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Weston Ms June 14th 10
Jacob Wales Esq'r
Fitzwilliam (N. H.)
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I, Sarah Woodward of Weston, in the County of Middlesex, & Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, do testify and say, that the
Revd Samuel Woodward was my father; that he was the ordained
minister of the Town of Weston aforesaid from the year seventeen hundred
and fifty one, to the year seventeen hundred and eighty two, as I always 
understood and verily believe; I well remember and know that he was 
minister of said town in seventeen hundred & eighty two, in which year he died.
I was then fifteen years old; that he was in the constant practice of joining
persons in marriage, and was by the Laws of the Commonwealth aforesaid,
authorized & empowered to perform such ceremonies; that he kept a book of
record of such marriages by him performed, which book of record remained
among his other books at his decease, & has been from the time
of his death, to the present time in my possession, or some member of the
family; that said book has been in my possession for thirty six years
last past, and is still in my possession; that the said entries of marriages
are in the proper hand writing of the said Samuel Woodward; that I
was well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Samuel Woodward
and have often seen him write; and that the following, to wit -
"Seventeen hundred and eighty two, February fourth
Married Silas Chubb & Mary Peirce, both of Weston."
is a true copy of an entry made by the said Woodward in his own hand
writing in the said book, with the exception of the date, which is
expressed on the book aforesaid in fair legible figures as follows -
"1782. February 4th"
Sarah Woodward
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss
On this thirteenth day of June, A.D. 1843. Personally appeared
Sarah Woodward to me known as a disinterested and credible person
and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true.
Before me Benj'n James. Justice of Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middleson County ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the
Court in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify
that Benjamin James Esquire is a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Middlesex
aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & that his
signature within written is his genuine
signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate, in this
thirteenth day of May in the year our Lord
Eighteen hundred & forty three
Isaac Fiske Reg
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 15658
Mary Chubb
Widow of
Silas Chubb
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol. A, Page 30
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Reported
Let to Jacob Wales
May 20. 1844
let to Hon O Baker June 3 1844
Joint Res

5452
Massachusetts
Mary Chubb
widow of Silas Chubb
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of May, 1844
and sent to
Jacob Wales Esq
Fitzwilliam
N. H.
(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 265
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Joint Resolution No. 318
Massachusetts 8371
Mary Chubb
widow of Silas Chubb
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 23d June 1840
of Middlesex Co in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the --
commanded by Captain -- of the
regt. commanded by Col. Gardner in
the Mass. line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836. & end 23d June 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of
June 1845 and sent to Jacob
Wales, Esq. Fitz William N. Hampshire
Total amount, --
(Act July 7, 1838.)
& Resolution of 23 Jany 1845
Recorded by D Brown Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 55.

[marginal note] Repd.
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8371
Massachusetts
Mary Chubb
widow of Silas Chubb
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
who died on the 23rd June 1840
of Middlesex Co in the State of Mass
was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain -- of the
Regt commanded by Col Gardner in
the Massachusetts line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the
23 June 1840.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of
May 1844 and sent to
Jacob Wales, esq, FitzWilliam
N.H.
Total Amount, $--
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 55

[marginal note]
Reported
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No 9212
Mary Chubb
Mass
Suspended
Let to J. Wales Sep 12 1843
Act July 7th '38
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4100
Oct 19 1842

Mass
Mar 3d 1843,
Mary Chubb

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington

[stamp]
FREE
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W
Oct 10. 1843
N H
Add evidence
Mary Chubb

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Fitzwilliam. N.H. May 22d 1845
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions.
Sir enclosed is the declaration of
the Widow Mary Chubb for the ballance of her
Pension under the act of 1838, which I trust you
will attend to as soon as possable and make
return to me at Fitzwilliam N.H. and
mutch oblige.
Yours &c
Jacob Wales
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Fitzwilliam July 8, 1843
Hon J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sin is enclosed the application
of the Widow Mary Chubb for a Pension
which I trust you will attend to in time
also what few other cases I have forwarded to
your office and mutch oblige
Yours &c
Jacob Wales
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Washington June 1. 1844
Sir.
I received the enclosed letter this
morning from the highly respectable
gentleman whose name is affixed to it, who is one
of the overseers of the Poor in the town where
he resides and has therefore good right to
make the enquiry he does.
Please furnish to me the
information he desires, and return with it the
letter which I now send you.
Respectfully &c
Osmyn Baker

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Mary
Chubb
Mass. 5810
Act 3 March 43
add
8 mo
priv
$26.66 per an[num]
Register & no. under
the above act.
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Hon J L Edwards Comr of
Pensions
Washington
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Fitzwilliam New Hampshire Octr 16 - 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir enclosed is the application
of the widow Mary Chubb for a Pension
under the act of 1843 March 3d for the
extension for one year, although
you will notice she applied for it in
her application where she applied for
her Pension for five years under the
act of 1838, but as I did not obtain
Mary Kilburns certificate for the one
years extension at the time you granted
one, for five years under the act
of 1838, I thought it best to make a
seperate application, which I trust
you will act on when you act
on her application under the act of
1838 and make return to me at the
place.
Yours truly
Jacob Wales
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9212
Martha Chubb
Massts
Act 7th July '38
Addl
8 months
private
$26.66 per an
from 23d June 1840 the
day of husbands death
Jacob Wales Esq
Fitzwilliams
N. H
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County
I Saml P P Fay Judge of the
Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify
that on this second day of October AD 1843
a certain Book purporting to be "A true
Record of Marriages for Samuel Woodward",
who was formerly the settled minister of the
Gospel in the town of Weston in said County of
Middlesex, was exhibited to me, & from the
antient appearance & correctness of the Book, I
hereby certify that the same in my opinion is genuine and
the original Book kept by the said Woodward
for the purposes for which it purports to be kept, that 
the entries were made by him at the time they
purport to be made, & among other entries
therein & in the order as to time, & without
any interlineation or alteration is the following
"1782 Feb. 4. Married Silas Chubb to Mary Peirce both
of Weston."
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand this second day of October AD 1843 the words "in
my opinion" were interlined. S.P.P. Fay Prob
Before signing - S P P Fay
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. I Isaac Fiske Register
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of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex
hereby certify that Saml P P Fay Esquire is the Judge
of said Court, & that his signature within written
is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said Court this second
day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and
forty three      Isaac Fiske Reg
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Hon. J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Washington
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Fitzwillliam Newhampshire Octr 5 1843
Hon. J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir inclosed is the certificate
of J. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Mass as to the services of
Silas Chubb, also a further certificate
as to the Marriage of Silas Chubb &
Mary Peirce, I trust you will act
on the case as soon as passable
& make return to me at Fitzwilliam
Cheshire County Newhampshire, Some of my papers
of late, have come to Baldwinsville
Mass where I formerly resided when
I was doing business at your office
in the Pension line I say this that
my papers may have the right
direction in future
I am very respectfully
yours &c
Jacob Wales
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Jacob Wales
May 20 / 44
file with
Mary Chubb's for
pen. March 3d / 43

Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Washington
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FitzWilliam Newhampshire May 16 1844
Hon J L Edwards Com of Pensions
Sir I have now only two cases in
your office for Pensions one is the application of
the Widow Anna Putnam who has since died, the
evidence of which and the names of the surviving
children are in your office I trust you will attend
to the case as soon as possable. The other is a further
statement of the Widow Elizabeth Bennett as to her
Husbands services which she has not yet been allowed
for, I hope you will also act on her case as soon
as possable.
Yours Respectfully
Jacob Wales
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Hon J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Washington
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Fitzwilliam Newhampshire May 16 1844
Hon J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir this morning I recd two certificates
for the Widow Mary Chubb one under the act of 1838
the other under the act of March 3d 1843 I herewith
return the certificate under the act of 1838, that you
may alter it, and make it to commence the 4th of
March 1836 as I suppose she is entitled to five years
pay under said act, as you have allowed five years
in all my other cases without regard to the time
the Husband died you will attend to this on its
arival at the office and make return to me at
Fitzwilliam N. H. You will report it right at Boston
Yours Respectfully
Jacob Wales
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May 4 1844
NH
Jmat
Mary Chubb
Dan L

Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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FitzWilliam Newhampshire April 27 1844
Hon J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir it is now about eleven months
since I first made application for a Pension for the
Widow Mary Chubb of Royalston Mass under the
act of 1838 and in a short time after I made
application for the extension for one year under the
act of March 3d 1843 and the old Lady is quite out
of patience waiting. at the time the old Lady imployed
me to get her Pension she was in the Poor House
in Royalston, but believing she should get a small
Pension she left and went to live with one of her
Daughters who is wholly unable to support her without
the ade of her pension and the old Lady says
if she does not get her pension soon she must
have further help from the Town. as she is
now confined to bed having a short time ago met
with a fall and broke her ankle. I did not write you
this to troble you for an answer but that you will
attend to her case as soon as possable that the old
Lady as far as her pension will do it may be relieved
Respectfully yours &c
Jacob Wales
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 25 1843
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that

the name of Silas Chubb of Newton
is borne upon the Eight months rolls
in the Company of Capt Phineas Cook
Col Thomas Gardner, as a private,
in Oct 1775 & upon the Cont roll, Dec
28 1775.
There are no rolls of the said
Cook in this office showing the enlistment
of the soldiers under his command, after the
rolls of April 17 1775 up to October 1775
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence
of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this
Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the
search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said
application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts
and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of
the party described in the application with the individual who ren
dered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Pension Office
September 12 1843
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mary Chubb, claiming a
pension under the act of 7 July 1838, have been examined and
placed on file. The book of which Sarah Woodward speaks
in her deposition, as the record of marriages kept by her father,
should be submitted to the Court; the Certificate of which as to
its apparent genuineness should be procured and forwarded to this
office. In its present form the testimony is nothing more than
hard evidence. The Certificate of the Secretary of State of
Massachusetts should be procured to establish the service of Silas Chubb,
his claim having been admitted when there were no rolls to which
recourse could be had. Chubb says, in his declaration, that he
served eight months as a private in 1775 under Captain Cook
and Colonel Gardner.
I am very respectfully,
Your ob Servant,
J L Edwards

Jacob Wales Esq
Fitzwilliam,
Massachusetts
Page 44

Declaration
Mary Chubb
ad
5452
Admitted
Saml Lee
Templeton
Mass
Page 45

State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this Twenty ninth day of July 1848 personally appeared before me
Samuel Lee a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of
Worcester Mary Chubb a resident of Winchendon in the County
of Worcester 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 benefits of the provission made by the act of Congress passed
on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of Persons who served
during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Silas Chubb
who was a private in the revolutionary war. that she has no evidence of the
service of her husband. excepting that furnished by him at the time he obtained
his pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832. that the annual
amount of Pension which she has received under the act of 17th June 1844
is Twenty six Dollars and Sixty Six cents. She further declares that she
is still a widow.
her
Mary x Chubb
mark
Witness. Naomi Sparhawk

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me. Samuel Lee. Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
I, Charles W. Hartshorn, Clerk
of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County
and State aforesaid, do certify that Samuel
Lee is a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County and was such Justice on the
twenty ninth day of July last, duly commissioned 
and qualified and that his
signatures within written are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said Court this [unclear] first day of August
A.D. 1848.
Chas. W. Hartshorn
Clerk
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Mary Chubb
Under joint resolution
of 23d January 1845 &
Act 7 July 1838
Admd: $26.66 per ann
from 4 March, 1836
to June 23d. 1840
Jacob Wales, Esq.
FitzWilliam,
N. Hampshire.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress
passed the 23d of January 1845.
That whereas the act of Congress passed the 30th of
April 1844 prohibited me Mary Chubb of Winchendon
in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts
Widow of Silas Chubb late of Royalston de'd a
Revolutionary Soldier from drawing a Pension for the same
period during which her husband was a
Pensioner, she therefore makes the following declaration
under oath in order to obtain the benefits
of the Resolution above mentioned
That she is that Widow of Silas Chubb as aforesaid
who was a Pensioner under the act of 1832 for the
sum of $26.66 per annum; that she has drawn a
Pension under the act of July 7th 1838 at the same
rate per annum which her said husband did, from
the twenty third of June 1840, at which time her said
husband died, to the 4th of March 1841 under said
act of 1838. and that she now makes this declaration
in order to obtain the amount due her from the
4th of March 1836 to the 23d of June 1840 to which
time her said husband died, as before mentioned, at
which time her pension commenced under said act of 1838
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That she has not intermarried but still remains
the widow of the said Silas Chubbe
her
Mary x Chubb
mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Ss
Subscribed and sworn to this 13th day of May
one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Before me Mark Whitcomb
Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the above named Mary
Chubb is a person well known to me and
believe her to be a person of truth and veracity
Mark Whitcomb
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County
and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Mark Whitcomb
Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Mary
Chubb, hereunto annexed, is genuine; and that said
Whitcomb was such Justice, on the day of the
date of his said certificate.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twentieth
day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Jos. G Kendall Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
of the 3d of March 1843.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this Seventh day of October one thousand
eight hundred and forty three personally appeared 
before me Timothy Lewis Esquire one 
of the Justices of the Peace within and for
said County the Widow Mary Chubb a resident 
of Royalston in said County aged
eighty years who being first duly sworn
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed March 3d 1843 granting a further
Pension for one year to widows who are
entitled to a Pension for five years under the
act of July 7th 1838. That she is the widow
of Silas Chubb late of said Royalston deceased
who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution 
and was a Pensioner under the
act of 1832, and in Right of whose services
she has made application for a Pension
for five years under the act of 1838, but has
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not yet obtained her certificate, that she has
not intermarried but still remains the
widow of the said Silas Chubb and for
the evidence of her claim she respectfully
refers to the evidence filed with her application 
for a Pension for five years under
said act of 1838. now at the Pension
Office
her
Mary x Chubb
mark

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year
last above written
Before me      Timothy Lewis 
Justice of a Peace

I further certify that the above named
Mary Chubb is a person of truth and
veracity     Timothy Lewis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Boston October 12. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations Timothy Lewis was 
a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Reuben Stockwell of Royalston in the
County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts
aged fifty four years. Depose and say that
I am well aquainted with the Widow Mary
Chubb who signed the foregoing declaration
I reside but a short distance from her. I also
was well aquainted with her late husband
his name was Silas Chubb he died the
23d day of June 1840 or about that time at
the House of Levi Lewis a neer neighbor
of mine. The said Silas Chubb was a Pensioner
under the act of 1832. I further say
that the said Mary Chubb has remained
a widow ever since the death of husband
the said Silas        Reuben Stockwell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss October 7th 1843
Subscribed and sworn to the day and
year last above written.
Before me      Timothy Lewis } Justice of a Peace

I further certify that the above named
Reuben Stockwell is a person of truth
and veracity        Timothy Lewis
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9212
Mary Chubbs
Massts
Act of July '38
[smeared] Rejected [?]
Page 56

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 5th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation Ira M. Barton
was Judge of Probate and Timothy Lewis
was a Justice of the Peace for the County of
Worcester and Benjamin James was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I Levi Lewis of Royalston in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
aged fifty five years depose and say that I have
been acquainted with Silas Chubb late of said Royalston 
deceased for about thirty years last past
and for the most part of the time I resided within
half a mile of him the said Silas died June
the twenty third 1840 he and his wife Mary Chubb
ware living in the House with me at the time
he died his widow the said Mary Chubb now
resides in said Royalston and has not intermarried
but still remains the widow of the said
Silas, I further say the said Silas was a pensioner
under the act of 1832 for about twenty six dollars
a year
Levi Lewis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss June 23d 1843
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year
above written.      Timothy Lewis } Justice of a Peace
Before me

I further certify that I am well aquainted
with the above named Levi Lewis and he
is a person of truth and veracity
Timothy Lewis
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I Reuben Stockwell of Royalston in the
County of Worcester and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts aged fifty four years Depose
and say that I have always resided in said
Royalston and have been acquainted with Silas
Chubb late of said Royalston Deceased ever since
I was quite small and for about twenty five
years resided within one eighth of a mile of
him the said Silas died in said Royalston
at the house of Levi Lewis in the month
of June 1840 and I attended his Funaril, I further
say the said Silas left a widow who now
resides in said Royalston by the name of
Mary Chubb I further say that his widow the
said Mary has never intermarried since the
death of the said Silas but still remains
his widow I further say the said Silas
always told me he was a Soldier in the
War of the Revolution and that he was a
Pensioner
Reuben Stockwell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss June 23d 1843
subscribed & sworn to the day and year last
above written, Before me 
Timothy Lewis } Justice of a Peace

I further certify from my aquaintance with the above
named Reuben Stockwell I consider him a person
of strict truth and veracity 
Timothy Lewis
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I Samuel Stimson of Ashburnham, in the County of
Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged
Seventy five years testify & say that I was acquainted with
Silas Chubb now of Royalston in said County of
Worcester, but formerly of Newton in the County of
Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid; I further
testify & say that said Silas Chubb in the month
of April or May AD 1775 enlisted as a private
soldier into the company of Capt Cook of Newton
in said County of Middlesex for the term of
Eight months that said Chubb served in said
Company for Eight months & was discharged
therefrom on or about the first of January 1776.
The Company in which said Silas Chubb served as
aforesaid belonged to the Regt of Mass troops comman[ded]
by Col. Gardner of Brighton who was killed at
the battle of Bunker hill on the 17 June 1775 &
afterwards by Col Band of Watertown in sd County of
Middlesex. I served in the army of the revolution
during the same eight months in Capt Fullers
company in the same Regt with the said Chubb
being stationed at Cambridge near Boston in Mass
I often saw the said Chubb while in the service
& before he entered the army he had resided in my
brothers family which circumstance made me
more particulary acquainted with him while
at Cambridge aforesaid
Ashburnham 22 Aug 1832
Samuel Stinson

Worcester 22 Aug 1832 Then the above named
Samuel Stimson personally appeared & made
oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed
is true. before me 
Jos. Jewett Jus Poeis

I certify that the above named Samuel Stinson
is a credible witness & in my opinion his statement
is entitled to full credit 
Jos. Jewett