Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8604, Lewis Chamberlain, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Chamberlain, Lewis
N 8604.
Rebecca
CONTENTS

Report
9. Massachusetts Rebecca Chamberlain widow of Levi Chamberlain who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 38 Dollars 20
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Oct. 1848, and sent to
Wm. A. Hale, Bridge water Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3, 1848, Page 535 Vol. 1
July, book C

No 8 Rebecca Chamberlain wid of Lewis Map act 29 th July 1848
Maria 1794 husband died 1826
Aged 11 mo 14 day, in $38 20 per share on 4 March 1848
Hen A. Hale Bristol Mass

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1848.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tymouth County ss. On this first day of Septem- ber in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge of Probate in & for the County of Tymouth in the State of Massachusetts, Rebecca Chamberlain widow of Lewis Chamberlain a resident of East Bridgewater in said County of Tymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Eighty four 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed Ju- ly 29 th 1848. That she is the widow of Lewis Cham- berlain who was a soldier in the War of the Ameri- can Revolution and served in various campai- gns therein as a private.
He served under Capt Abram Washburn Captain James Allen and under General Putnam and was at New York, Dorchester Point and other places as I have heard him say but for proof I must refer to the Rolls and documents which have been preserved of his service. He enlisted from Brid- gewater in said County of Tymouth in which

town he was born - She further declares that she was married to the said Lewis Chamberlain on the First - - - - - day of January in the year one thousand eight seven hundred and twenty four and that her husband the said Lewis Chamberlain died on the twentieth day of March in the year 1826 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
REBECCA CHAMBERLAIN
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Before me.
Aaron Hobart J. Probate
I hereby certify that the above named Chamberlain is personally known to me and that she is a person of truth and veracity and that from age and infirmity she was unable to attend Court. And I further certify, that the erasure and interlineation of the word "seven" above, in the fourth line from the top, were made before the signing of this Deed.
Aaron Hobart J. Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Yr. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the Hon. Aaron Hobart is Judge of Probate in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the forego- ing is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this fifth day of September A.D. 1848
Jacob H. Lord Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth and Town of Halifax
September 19 th 1848 I Zedock Thompson the Subscriber do hereby certify that it appears by the records of said town, that there is contained the following Entry of the Marriage of Lewis Chamberlain of Bridgewater and Rebecca Thompson of Halifax, formerly first daughter thousand seven hundred and ninety four they were joined in Marriage by Rev Ephraim Briggs, I certify that it is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures. January 1 st 1794 Lewis Chamberlain of Bridgewater and Rebecca Thompson of Halifax were joined in Marriage by Rev Ephraim Briggs Attest Zedock Thompson Town Clerk of Halifax I Zedock Thompson above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me
Attest Zedock Thompson Town Clerk Plymouth 19 Sept 1848 Personally appeared Zedock Thompson and made oath in due form of law that the above statement by him subscribed is true Before me Dexter C. Thompson Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 29 th 1848.
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Dexter C. Thompson was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
C. H. Allen
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 16 18 48
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 Lewis Chamberlain is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Frederick Apes Company in Col Paul D. Sergeants Regt, as a private of Bridgewater from June 27 to August 1 1775 1 month and 7 days. Upon a Return of said Company in said Regt as a private of Bridgewater no service named, and said Return is not dated Also upon Coat Roll of same Company and Regt dated Camp near Boston November 11 1775 Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Elisha Mitchell's Company in Col Simon Capps Regt, as a private of Bridgewater 7 days dated April 2 1776 Upon a Pay Roll of Capt James Allens Company in Col Simon Capps Regt for Rations
6 mo 7 d
7

6 Mo 14 as a private no Service named number of miles travel 351 — roll dated "Camp Near New York 5 Mo 9th August 1776"
Not Dupon rolls of Capt Abiam Washburn
The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the military records in this Office.
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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W m Tufts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is requested to furnish evidence of the services of my late husband Lewis Chamberlain of Bridgewater in the war of the American Revolution. He enlisted from Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts - and served under Capt Abram Washburn - Capt James Allen and in General Putnam's Regiment and in various other campaigns - I am now in the 85 year of my age and from the loss of memory am unable to state more fully the services -
Sept 2 d 1848
Rebecca Chamberlain
Sept 2 d 1848 This may certify that I am acquainted with the above named Rebecca Chamberlain and have known her forty years last past and was well acquainted with her husband Lewis Chamberlain, and I further certify that the said Rebecca Chamberlain is a person of truth and veracity. Welcome Young Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 29 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Welcome Young and Philo Leach were Justices of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
W. B. Cushing
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I William Bird of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Lewis Chamberlain late of Bridgewater, deceased, that I lived the next night before to him, was at his house on the night of his decease and left there a short time before his decease which was on the 20 th day of March 1826 that I assisted in placing him in his coffin and attended his funeral
William Bird
Plymouth ss. September 28 th 1848 Then personally appeared the above named William Bird and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and that the said Bird is well known to me to be a man of truth and integrity. Before me Welcome Young Jun. Peace

I Welcome Young of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Lewis Chamberlain late of East Bridgewater deceased, and with Rebecca Chamberlain the widow of the said Lewis Chamberlain and have lived within one fourth of a mile of the house of the said Lewis & Wife forty years last past.
Welcome Young
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County to all to whom it shall be known that on the twenty seventh day of September 1848 Personally appeared Welcome Young Esquire who is a man of truth and veracity and who is personally known to me and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Before me Philo Leach Just of the Peace

I Welcome Young of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Luther Chamberlain late of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth, deceased of Massachusetts, deceased, and that the said Luther Chamberlain in 1818 made his declara- tion, setting forth his services, before Nathan Mitchell Esquire then one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and on account of his not making out nine months service at one time, his declaration was rejected. said declaration I have seen within a few years past, but it is now lost. He always had the reputation of being a soldier in the Revolution and I well recollect hearing him speak of his New York service. I was in the office of said Mitchell at the time of the said Chamberlain making his declaration and that I assisted the Judge in drawing declarations, and I further certify the said Rebecca Cham- berlain who now makes the application for a Pension is the Widow of the said Luther Chamberlain -
October 16 1848
11 Welcome Young

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Be it known that on this Sixteenth day of October in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth Welborn Young Coquim who is personally known to me and who is a person of truth and veracity and made oath that the within by him subscribed true
Phil. Leach. Justice of the Peace
I certify that Phil. Leach above named is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth & that the above is his signature Hilarius Hale Member of Congress

Roanoke Massachusetts WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8604
Rebecca Chamberlain Wid Lewis Chamberlain First Rev War
Act: July 29 th  B48.
Index: Vol. A , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Rebecca Chamberlain Map
City to Ken. & Neale October 11th 48.
act 29 May 1848