Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30315, Israel Carpenter, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Carpenter, Israel
S 30315
CONTENTS

15030
Massachusetts
Israel Carpenter
of Hampden in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bacon of the Rgt. commanded by Col. Chester in the Connecticut line for 6 months
W.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1833 and since January 1 st 1834 Springfield Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00 Semestral allowance ending 4 Sep r 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H.W. Dorr Clerk. Book Vol. 2 Page
82
Hampden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden
ss A.D. 1882
On this twent  eighth day of August
personally appeared the  at Springfield within said County Israel Carpenter a resident of Springfield in the said County of Hampden and Commonwealth aforesaid aged eighty 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. 1882.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He was enlisted at Coventry in the State of Connecticut sometime in the month of April 1776 by Lieut. Amariah Root into the company of infantry commanded by Capt. Asa Bacon in Col. John Chester Regiment; -
He went with said Capt. Bacon to New York City, where sometime in August he was taken sick & ordered to the hospital there under the care of Surgeon John Crocker & Surgeon's Mate Samuel Cobb; - when partially recovered he was required to remain as an attendant upon the sick in the hospital being then & ever since afflicted with a lameness in the ankle joint; - that at the time that the British invaded New York in the September following he was ordered with the sick to Hackensack in New Jersey; - & from thence the sick were removed, where the enemy landed at Frogg's Point to West Chester in the State of New York; & from said West Chester was ordered, when the enemy landed at Frogg's Point, to White Plains; and from thence to Stamford in Connecticut. The 1 st Lieut. of the company into which he enlisted was Abner Bacon - the Ensign was the Ensign was Cleveland. The Lieut. Col. was Solomon Wells, & the Major was John Ripley.
A Capt. Barron commanded a company in said Regiment.
The applicant does not recollect the names of any other officers of the Regiment, & believes that all the fore- going named persons are dead. He would further state that the above named Lieut. Abner Bacon was

promoted to the command of a company of Rangers raised during said summer of 1776.
The applicant was discharged from the army at said Stamford by reason of lameness & the jaundice and his discharge now in his possession is in the words following "Stamford 5 th Nov r 1776"
"This may certify that Israel Carpenter, soldier in Capt. Bacon's company, Col o Chester Reg t is by reason of a d jaundice & lameness unable to perform duty in camp & in my opinion will be of no future service this Campaign"
(signed) "John Crocker Surg n "
"The within named soldier is recommended for a discharge" (signed) "John Chester Col o " Nov. 6. 1776
"Israel Carpenter of Capt. Bacon's company, Col. Chester Reg t is discharged from the army."
Nov. 6. 1776" (signed) "By order of the Gen l S. Morris A. Camp"
And the applicant further states that Andrew Kingsbury Esquire of the City of Hartford late Treasurer of the state of Connecticut is the only person living (as he believes) that was in any way connected with said Capt. Bacon's company, & is the same person whose deposition he offers in support of his declaration; - that he was born in said Coventry April 1. 1752 & married Susannah Ormsby June 1. 1775; - that he began to keep a family record at the time of his marriage, in which he registered his own birth as stated by his parents; - that he has kept a record of births & deaths in his family in his own hand writing since then to this time which he now has in his possession & produces in court; - that he removed to Norwich Mass. & has resided in sundry places since viz t Franklin & Upton Conn t & Springfield & New Bedford in Massachusetts. In the latter place he resided 6 or 8 years & removed thence to Springfield about 16 months ago - that the New Bedford is the only place where he can get persons to testify to his reputation without great

expenses which the he cannot incur as he has no means. — That John S. Edwards resided in Amherst when he did & said Edwards now resides in P'keepsie whose deposition he has obtained. The annexed discharge is the original discharge given to him at P'keepsie when he was in his proper service.
That 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.
Israel Carpenter
I certify Gad Warner of West Spitzfield in the County of Hampshire hereby certify that I was acquainted with Israel Carpenter who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration for 6 or 7 years while he resided in West Spitzfield; — that I believe him to be eighty years of age; — that he was respected & beloved in the neighborhood when he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion & that his character for truth & veracity is good
Gad Warner
And the said Court, after investigating the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Gad Warner who has signed the preceding certificate is resident

West Springfield in said County and is an executable of said John S Edwards who has given a proceeding certificate notice in said Springfield reason, and that their statements are entitled to credit
I Justin Wetmore Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Israel Carpenter for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Justin Wetmore

12,631
Isaac Carpenter
cp Mch 6 Mrs
Justin Millard E Shingfield Prof

Conway  BRIEF in the case of Israel Carpenter of Springfield  of Hampden in the State of Massachusetts.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Enlisted in April In 1796 discharged 6 Nov 1776 — 6 — Private Col. John Chester Connect Capt. Asa Beman Connect  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Coventry Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness & by traditional evidence & documentary proof - his discharge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
2 nd March 1833

30 315
Rev INVALID.
File No. 30 315
Israel Carpenter
Rev Rev was
Act: June 7 th 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Stanford Nov. 6 th 1876
This may Certify that Israel Carpenter Soldier in Cap- tains Company Col d Chesters Regt. is by reason of Jaundice & lameness Unable to perform Duty in Camp & in my Opinion will feel no further Service this Campaign. John Crocker Surg t .

Israel Parfentes of Capt. Bacon's Company Col. Charles' Regt is discharged from the Service By order of the Genl
8.30315, Penn. Israel Parfentes
John Parfentes his mark
Given under my hand this 15th day of March 1761

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Israel Carpenter further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Israel Carpenter
12.631.

I Andrew Kingsbury of the City of Hartford & State of Connecticut aged Seventy Three years testify & say that I knew a man by the name of Israel Carpenter who was born in Coventry in this State. He entered the service of the United States in Capt. Asa Bacon's Company & Col. John Chester's Reg't of Connecticut troops, sometime in the year 1776 - the time of his entering I do not know, but believe he was entered as early, at least, as June. Amaziah Rust was a Lieut. of said company. I was a member also of said company. Said troops were raised to serve till Dec. 25. 1776 & were discharged on that day at Salisbury on the Delaware 60 miles below East Town on the afternoon previous to the Trenton battle.
I do not distinctly recollect the particular service of the said Carpenter which was probably in consequence of parts of said Chester Reg't being detached for various services, & of the frequency & rapidity of our movements. Early in July the 1776 the Reg't mustered in New York. Part went on to Long Island in August, who were on the 27 th in the battle of Flatbush, & on the 30 th formed part of the rear of the American Army leaving the Island. Said Reg't was afterward stationed near West Chester, & moved thence to White Plains where part of the Reg't was in the action in Oct. under Gen'l McDougal - thence to North Castle - thence to Peek's Kill - thence to several places & finally to Salisbury as aforesaid.
Said Carpenter was a Shoemaker by trade, & after the War removed to Norwich in Hampshire Co. Mass. with Nathan Ormsby his wife, brother, where I saw them in 1788 -
I further testify that those of the Regiment who fell sick in New York were put into the Hospital on the North River side of the City - when the City was evacuated by the American Troops, the sick were sent across the North River into New Jersey - That I recollect most of the officers of Col. Chester's Reg't of whom Solomon Wills was Lieut. Col. John Ripley Major - Surgeon John Crocker Surgeon Mate Cobb Capt. Asa Bacon Lieut. Amos Bacon 2 d Lieut. Amaziah Rust & Ensign Cleviland , of said Bacon's Company. That I was with Capt. Gushom Barrows in the action at White Plains, City of Hartford August 7 th 1832
Sworn to & subscribed the day year last above written
Before me Ex. Parsons Just. Pac.
A. Kingsbury

I certify that the within deponent, is a credible person of that his statements are entitled to full credit -
En. Parsons Just. Peace
State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss
I, David Griswold Clerk of the County Court for said Hartford County, do hereby certify, that Enoch Parsons Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Andrew Kingsley Esq. was taken, was on the seventh day of Au- gust 1832 a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hartford, & I believe that the signature, purporting to be his, is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, & subscribed my name this fourteenth day of August 1832 David Griswold, Clerk. Co. Ct.

I John S. Edwards of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 68 years depose & say that I went to Norwich in the County of Hampshire to reside in 1776 & resided there about 11 or 12 years; - that during my residence there Israel Carpenter & his brother in Law Nathan Ormsby removed from Coventry (as they then said) to said Norwich. Said Carpenter had a lame foot or ankle, & was a Shoemaker by trade, & his character for truth & veracity, & in all other respects, was good. Said Carpenter was residing in Norwich when I removed from that place, I have not seen him since till 3 or 4 years ago when I saw him at his residence in West-Springfield. His age I judge is upwards of 80 years. He now resides in this town & is the identical person whom I knew in said Norwich.
John S. Edwards
Hampden ss. 1832 Aug. 27 th
Then personally appeared John S. Edwards subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth thereof before me
William Bliss Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County of Hampden hereby certify that William Bliss is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly qualified; - that to his acts & attestations as such full credit ought to be given - and that his signature above is genuine
Sept. 8. 1832
John Ingersoll Clerk