Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30313, Timothy Capen, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Capen Timothy.
S. 30313.
CONTENTS

15.026 Massachusetts
Timothy Caper
Spencer in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Burrell in the Mass. line for 15 months Conn.
Cont. & Quarters
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May 1833 and sent Henry Stevens Certificate map
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 25.00 $125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. N. Adams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2a Page 11
82 March

10980
Timothy Capen
Parish 15 Months
Herman Stebbins Esq Brookfield Mass

BRIEF in the case of Timothy Casper of Spencer in the State of Mass s (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  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.     The year that the army went to Concord in Fall 1777 1 2 1 Private Gen. Howe and Col. Burrell   " Col. Bell   " Gen. Whitney Col. Cook   " Col. Moore  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Still water  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salisbury Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cotts Examining Clerk.

(Declaration, in order to secure the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Worcester. On this fourteenth day of August in the year of the Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared Timothy Capen before the Hon. Nathaniel Paine Esq. Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Timothy Capen a resident of Spencer in said County & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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 7th 1832. I entered the service of the United States, under the following officers and served as herein after stated.
I was born in the town of Spencer in the County of Worcester aforesaid on the Eighteenth of August A.D. 1750., and my name and age are registered upon the records of the said town - I was living in the town of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut, when I first went into the service, I returned after the war and lived a few years in Canaan Conn., then removed to Spencer, in which place I have resided during the last thirty nine years. - I enlisted in the year that the army went to Canada, - I went to Quebec, after General Arnold and Montgomery stormed it, - I was with Col. Burrell, Col. Bull, - Maj. Leagwith, Capt. Luther Stoddard, Lieut. Converse, and Ensign Holmbeck, while at Quebec in the army, I had the small pox - When able to march came down to Ticonderoga, and staid till the latter part of winter, some time in February the same spring that Burgoyne came down with his army. I was gone one year this campaign, and saved my town and

the Connecticut militia, as a common soldier - I do not know of a single person living who can testify to my service at this time -
I was drafted for two months to go and take Burgoyne and marched again from Salisbury Connecticut in the fall of 1777. - I belonged to Capt Whitney's Company of Canaan, Cont. - I think it was Col. Cook's Regt. but am not certain - I was at the Battle of Stillwater but was not in the engagement, I saw Burgoyne & the British march out at Saratoga - I performed two months service in the Conn. Militia as a common soldier, and was dismissed below Albany - I know of no person living who can testify to the performance of this service -
I was drafted again and went to Horn Hill and afterwards to Pownal, after that place had been burned, and performed one month's duty in the Conn. Militia in Capt Moore's Company of Salisbury - I know of no person living who can testify to this service -
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the pension, and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the army at any State.
Jonathan Caper
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Before Nathl Dyer Judge of Probate for the County of Litchfield

I. Packard a clergyman residing in Spencer in the County of Worcester, residing in Spencer aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Capen of Spencer aforesaid, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty 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.
Worcester. Personally appeared the said Packard and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit. By me
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. - The court further certifies that it appears to them that Levi Packard who signed the preceding certificate, and Clugymen, and William Pope Esq. who has likewise signed said certificate, are both residents of said Spencer; that said William Pope is indebted for tax, and that this statement is entitled to credit, and that the said Applicant could not produce in Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons of said Spencer, one of whom should be the Clugymen living in immediate vicinity. And also that the above affidavit was made and sworn to before him the above affidavit was made and sworn to as a part of the proceedings within and for the County of Worcester aforesaid, and that his signature thereto appears to be his own proper handwriting.
N. H. Folsom Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Caper for a pension, and that John Dyer before whom the annexed affidavit was made, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, in full credit & that he signed the same. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 6 th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1832.
Theoph. Wheeler Reg of said Court Massachusetts —

Worster p. September 3 d 1832.
We Levi Packard a Clergyman residing in the town of Spencer in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts, and William Pope Esq r resident in Spencer aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Capen of Spencer aforesaid, that we believe him to be Eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Subscribed
Levi Packard
William Pope
Worster p. Sept r 3 d 1832 - Personally appeared Levi Packard & William Pope above named and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me
Jam s D. Draper Just. Peace

10980.

30313 Rey  INVALID.
File No. 30313
Timothy Copen His Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]