Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1025, Nathaniel Chase, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Chase, Nathaniel Joanna
W. 1025 B.L.W. 14525-160-5-5
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Maine 11.325
Nathaniel Chase
of Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr in the Campy - commanded by Captain Merrill of the Regt commanded by Col in the Massachusetts - line Militia.
1 Gr Pension - $40
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1833 and sent to R R Doodenow, Paris, Me
Pensions to the 4th of March 1833 80 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 20 100
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 7

2662 Joanna Chase widow of Nathaniel Chase who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass Mil.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Octr 53 and sent to
Job P. Prince Turner Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 7 1853, Page 3 Vol. A
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Joanna Chase Nathaniel Chase
Map: Milford Pensioner Cat. No. 2662
Rev. War.
AD: 1600 AD Jan'y 15/56, me 18/55 - B. H. D.
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Rufus Prince Turner Me.
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Feb 55 - No 2662
Vol. 61 - 100.

Nathaniel Chase's
Application
14,071.
Dr. Chase ✓

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 17th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Nathaniel Chase a resident of Bethel in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 71 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
that in the month of June 1779 at Windham in the County of Cumberland then of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a member of the Militia of S d Windham, he was drafted to go into the service of the United States, into a company commanded by Capt. Nathan Merrill of New Gloucester, belonging to Col. Mitchell's Regiment, and marched to Falmouth, there to stay a while, so called, now Castine, & there was stationed & did duty till the defeat of the American forces & then returned home through the woods, and was immediately called to Falmouth, where he went with the same company and continued there till October then next, when he was discharged, having been in said service all the time after said first enlistment as a private soldier.
Also that in the month of April 1780 he enlisted again into the said service, at S d Windham, into a company commanded by Capt. Isaac Parsons of New Gloucester, who was not under any particular Col. that he recollects, he being under the command of Genl. Wadsworth & joined said company at Thomaston, in S d Maine, where he was stationed during the term of eight months, the period of his enlistment, chiefly employed in guarding the shore & the General, said was discharged at said Thomaston.
And the said Chase says he was born in the year 1761 in the town of Windham when may be found the record of his age - that he lived in said Windham when he was called into the service where he continued to live till he removed to Bethel, where he has continued to reside till this time - that he was always a volunteer in the service - that he received an written discharge at Thomaston which is lost, but none at another term - and he gives the name of Eldon Dorr. Witness my hand & John Loring. Benjamin Spalding & Samuel Merrill Esquires, or persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Nath l Chase

We Daniel Hutchinson, a clergyman of Hartford & John Loring of Brattleboro in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nath Chase who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be 71 years of age - that he is referred to as above in the neighborhood where he lived & knew him a soldier off the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Hutchinson
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid John Loring Stephen Emery, Judge This case is continued to the 25th day of September A.D. 1832,
And now on this 25th day of September A.D. 1832
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. He having adduced the certificate of Daniel Hutchinson of the adjoining town of Hartford, (said applicant being himself a clergyman of said Brattleboro) & of John Loring, credible men; and also the depositions of Ebenezer Mason & Samuel Tobin, all in oath duly administered, in corroboration of his own declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Gale Register 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 Nathaniel Chase for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of August A. D. 1832.
Clerk.
Joseph G. Gale Register

State of Maine County of Oxford ss
On this Twentieth day of June A D 1833 personally appeared before me Timothy Ladd, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, Joanna Chase a resident of Buckfield in said County of Oxford aged Seventy two years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of February 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Nathaniel Chase who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pen- sioner of the United States. That for proof of the Service of said H s she refers the Department to this declaration and to the proof accompanying the same on which her said husband obtained a pension of forty dollars per annum under the Act of June 7 th 1832, the Certificate of which has been surrendered. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Chase on the fourteenth day of January in the year

eighteen hundred thirty three and that Rev Charles Miller solemnised the Marriage in Turner and that her Maiden name was Briggs before her marriage with said Chase and that her said husband died in Bucksfield on the twentieth day of April in the year eighteen hundred fifty three - and that she is still a widow. Joanna Chase
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written said declarant being unable from bodily infirmary to attend Court, Before Me
Timothy Ludden Judge

I Thomas Chase of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged Forty five years, on oath depose and say, that I am the son of Nathaniel Chase late of Buckfield deceased, that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that he died in Buckfield on the twenty- eth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty three that I was at his funeral, and that he left a widow by the name of Joanna Chase, who still remains a widow and now resides in Buckfield - and that I am disinterested.
Thomas Chase
State of Maine
Oxford County St. June 20 th AD 1853
personally appeared Thomas Chase a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before the Honorable Sedgwick Judge

"Solemnized Marriage between Elder Nathaniel Chase of Buckfield and Mrs Joanna Briggs of Turner January eighteen hundred thirty three" Charles Miller Pastor of the Baptist Church in Turner."
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the town of Turner with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "January 1833" Hira Bradford Town Clerk
I Hira Bradford depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception as above certified by me - Hira Bradford
Oxford ss June 25 th AD 1833
Subscribed and sworn to Before me Timothy Ludden Judge

State of Maine
York County ss.
I George W. Shaw Register of the Court of Probate for said County it being a Court of Record hereby certify that Timothy Dudden whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Joanna Chase and the affidavits of Asa Bradford and Thomas Chase is judge of said Court and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such in and out of Court -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three
Geo. W. Shaw,

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY.
ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUP. JUD. COURT.
Elisha Winter Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
was on the 27 th day of March 1855, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said State  County , duly authorized to administer OATHS , and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this
day of
185
Elisha Winter
Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
ss. of Osford ss.
On this twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Joanna Chase aged seventy four years, a resident of Bucksfield in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of
Nathaniel Chase deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary war in the
Regiment of and a Pension commanded by Colonel under the Act 7th in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
June 1832. She further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States under the 2 d Section of the Act of February 3 d 1833 at the rate of forty dollars per Annum That the Certificate for which is numbered "2662" on or about the and dated twenty sixth day of October 1853 for the term of and she would refer the Department and continued in actual service in said war for the term of to her declaration and the evidence and was honorably discharged at accompanying the same on the which day of She obtained A. D. said as will appear by Pension, for proof of the Service, Marriage and death of her late husband, the aforesaid Nathaniel Chase
She further states, that she was married to the said Nathaniel Chase in Turner on the fourteenth day of January
A. D. 1833 by one Charles Miller
a Minister of the Gospel , and that her name before her said marriage was Joanna Briggs ; that her said husband died at Bucksfield on the twentieth day of April A. D. 1853 and that she is now
a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Joanna Chase do hereby constitute and appoint Rufus Prince of Turner in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Joanna Chase
50.866
We Thomas Chase and Zenas Shaw residents of Bethfield in the County of Osford and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Joanna Chase in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration.
And that we were present at the funeral of the said Nathaniel Chase at the time stated in the foregoing declaration and that said declaration still remains a widow and now resides in our immediate neighborhood
Thomas Chase
Zenas Shaw
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by
Joanna Chase the declarant above named, and by Thomas Chase and Zenas Shaw
witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Job Prince Justice of the Peace.

Additional evidence
SP
FREE
Germina Chase and Katharine Payson
J. Minot Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
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P 14.525
S New Am

30/10/66 Chase Doyen Maurice 3 July 53-26/2
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Minot Esq Commission & Pensions Washington City D 6

Ph. 100 753, Me 1
[Handwritten signature]

App l of Joanna Chase, widow of Nathaniel Chase.
Daford Co., Maine.
P. 11 40
11325
Act 3 d . Feby., 1853. $40. Per An — Comm-20 th Ap l 1853, date of death of husband
Job Prince, Turner, Maine.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commiss.

FREE
Dear Mr. Waldo Cosgr. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Joanne Chase New York Nathaniel
Oct 18 1832
FREE
Waldo Esq Com d of Pensions Washington City D.C.

No 3406 Joanna Chas. Wid: of - Nathaniel —
St: to P. m. 7 th Oct: 1853.
Act 3 rd Feb: 1853

Newman
WIDOW, &c.
am
File No. 1025
Joanna Chase Widow Nathaniel Chase Ex. Rec. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index: —Vol. A , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine County of Oxford. April 8. 1833. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in said County, Nathaniel Chase of the Brookfield who being duly sworn, deponeth & 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 four months, he served as a private private as is stated in the term first mentioned in his declaration; and for the term of eight months, he served also as a private, as stated in the the term mentioned secondly in his declaration - making in all, twelve months which he served as a private soldier & for such service he claims a pension. Nathl Chase
Saml F. Brown
Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Oxford County ss. 3 I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of the County of Oxford County hereby certify that Saml F. Brown is a Magistrate as above, & that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this ninth day of April in the year 1833.
R Goodenow Clerk of Oxford County County

STATE OF MAINE. } ss. OXFORD COUNTY. }
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUP. JUD. COURT.
Elisha Minter Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
Job Prince Esquire,
was on the 18 th day of Oct. 185 B , ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, & for each and every county through the state duly authorized to administer OATHS , and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this Eighteenth day of October 185 B
Elisha Minter Clerk!

I, Timothy Ludden of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged forty seven years, on oath depose and say, that I have for many years been personally acquainted with Nathaniel Chase late of Buckfield in said County, deceased, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he died in Buckfield aforesaid on or about the twentieth day of April 1853, that he left a widow by the name of Joanna with whom I am also personally acquainted and who made application for a pension under the Act of February 3 d 1853, that her declaration to obtain the benefit of the provisions of said Act was made and sworn to before me as Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Oxford, that she still remains a widow and resides in said town of Buckfield
Timothy Ludden
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. October 18 th 1853
Then personally appeared Timothy Ludden an credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

I, Nathan Morrill of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged fifty years, on oath, depose and say that I was personally and intimately acquainted with Nathaniel Chase late of said Buckfield, deceased, that I have resided within one half mile of his residence for more than twenty years last past, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that he died in Buckfield aforesaid on or about the twentieth day of April 1853 that I was at his funeral, that he left a widow by the name of Joanna Chase with whom I was and am still personally and intimately acquainted and who has, as I have been informed, made application for a pension since the death of her husband, the said Nathaniel Chase, that she still resides in Buckfield and remains a widow. Nathan Morrill
State of Maine } Oxford County }
SS October 18 th 1853
Then personally appeared Nathan Morrill a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before Me J. C. Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Sam. H. Brown
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Ebenezer Mason is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this first day of October in the year A. D. 1832
RK Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Ebenezer Mason of Vienna in the county of Kennebec State of Maine, hereby say that in the month of April in the year seventeen hundred eighty I enlisted at New Gloucester in the then District of Maine into the service of the Army, as a private soldier, into a company commanded by Captain Isaac Parsons of said New Gloucester, who was under the Command of General Poley Wadsworth the Commander in Chief of all the forces on the Eastern Sea board for the term of eight months - that we immediately marched to Thomaston in said Maine and continued there a short time doing the duty of a soldier for said period of eight months and was there regularly discharged -
And I further say that Nathaniel Chan now of Buckfield in the county of Oxford State of Maine enlisted at or near the same time & began his service with me for the same period, which service he fully served through & was discharged at the same time of myself. Ebenezer Mason
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss. July 6. 1832 - the above named Ebenezer Mason personally appeared & oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit - by him subscribed before me Samuel A Brown justice of the Peace - Further certify that said Mason is a credible witness. Samuel A Brown justice of the Peace

I Samuel Tobin, of Harrison in the County of Cumberland am in the State of Maine being of lawful age do Testify and say that I was born at Haggadoss now Boston moved from there to Windham in the above mentioned State in the year nineteen hundred and seventy eight and I became a soldier with Nathaniel Chase at Portland where we gained Capt. Nathaniel Merrill's Company of New Gloucester and in Col. Mitchell's Regiment we went to Haggadoss and continued there until the defeat then we returned home and was called back to Portland I testify that we were called out the last of June nineteen hundred & seventy nine and dismissed and in the first of October in the same year I testify and say that we were together while there of time from June until October likewise I enlisted as a soldier in Windham and marched to Farmington and joined Capt. Isaac Parsons Company of which Nathaniel Chase became a soldier at the same time with me, and moved together for the space of eight months and was discharged together. And I testify My age was sixty nine years September Twentieth eight hundred thirty one and further the deponent sayeth not Attest in Presence of Isaac Parsons
Sam l Tobin
Harrison Tobin, State of Maine
Testified 25th September 13th 1832
Then the above named Samuel Tobin, to me well known as a person of integrity personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Isaac Parsons Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland County ss. I W m S. Vaughan clerk of the courts of Cumberland County do certify that Isaac Bolster Junr is a magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, signatures are genuine, as I believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed my seal of office this twentieth day of September A. D. 1832.
W m S. Vaughan { clerk of the courts of Cumberland County.

Admitted 12 mos Private $40
R. K. Goodenow Paris Me

Paris, Maine, April 9, 1833.
Sir,
I am requested to return to you the enclosed applications of Nathaniel Chase & Simon Records with additional affidavits "authenticated as the regular direct."
John Goodenow of Hiram, & Oliver Travis of Brownfield, Maine, whose applications, with additional affidavits &c. I returned to the Department Jan'y. 15. 1833. are exceedingly desirous to hear from them. Their applications stand early on the list. If they can be informed that their cases are made out, they will wait patiently for certificates.
I would not trouble the Department with a single enquiry if I could otherwise appease the solicitude of the applicants.
I am very respectfully your obedt Servant Rufus R. Goodenow
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington

Turner (Me) October 19 th 1833
Sir -
Herewith you will receive the affidavits of Timothy Ludden and Nathan Morrill in aid of the declaration of Joanna Chase widow of Nathaniel Chase, for a pension under the Act of Congress passed Feb 3 d 1833 -
Please accept the subscription when you have any communications to make in relation thereto
Very Respectfully Your O bt Servt Job Prince
L P Waldo Com d of Pensions

Turner, Me. June 27 1833
Sir -
Herewith you will receive the application of Joanna Chase for a pension - When you have any communication to make in relation thereto please address Your Obt Servt J. O. Prince
L. P. Waldo Esq. Commr of Pensions

Brief in the case of Joanna Chase. Wid: of Nathaniel Oxford County and State of Maine. act 3 d Feb y 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June. 1832. Recent evidence of Marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Job Prince, Esq., Turner, Name and residence of Agent Maine.
A. H. Verrill, Examining Clerk.

(Turner (Me) Sept 21- 1835
Sir -
My husband, Nathaniel Chase, late of Buckfield deceased was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under Act June 7 th 1832 at the rate of forty dollars per Annum - After his death I made application under the Act of Feb 3 rd 1833 as widow of said deceased, and obtained a Pension at the same rate per Annum in consequence of his service by reference to the proof accompanying his declaration which Certificate now in my possession is numbered "2662" and dated October 26 th 1833 - Will you send me a copy of his, the said Nathaniel's declaration so far as relates to his service that I may be better enabled to find "Record evidence" of his service - And Much
Oblige Your Obedt Servt
Joanna Chase
By
Rufus Prince, her Attorney
of Minut Com te of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
January 5. 1856.
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 Nathaniel Chase is borne on pay roll of Capt. Nathan Merrill's Comp. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. on the expedition to Penobscot, from July 8 to Sept. 25. 1779, 2 mos. 17 days, as private, from Windham.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Dep'y Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is requested to furnish from the Records in his Office evidence of the service of my late husband Nathaniel Chase in the Revolutionary War - He was a resident of Windham during most if not the whole of the time during said war, and served in all twelve  ten months, one campaign was in the "Babadue expedition," as it was called at or about Castine in the State of Maine and a portion of the time he was at Portland in said State - I am not able to state the names of the Officers except one Captain I think was under Capt Mayberry - governor Chase State of Maine January 1. 1836 Signed in my presence. Job Prince Justice of the Peace for said State

Turner Jan'y 10th 1856
Sir -
Enclosed is the Certificate of service of Nathaniel in the Rebellious war in aid of the application of Francis Chase for bounty land under Act of March 3 d 1855 No 30766 -
Your Obedt Servt Rufus Prince
J. Minit Board of Pensions