Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12462, William Chamberlin, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Chamberlin, William
S. 12462
CONTENTS
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22995
229
Vermont
William Chambers.
of Windsor in the State of Ver- who was a Private in the Com comma- by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Lt. Col. Ward in the Brig for Memo
★ Mass. Line.
Records corrected Oct 23/58
Inscribed on the Roll of Ver at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Jan y 1834 — and Rev. New H. Everett. Hoft R
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33. $91.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4th 1833
$109.99
Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Dillworth Clerk Book 8 Vol. 13 Page 58

William Chambelein
No 5455
11 m o levitate $36.66 -
Hon H. Everett H R

STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
On this ninth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, William Chamberlain a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy nine 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. When the war commenced I
was at Westminster and in the State of New Hampshire and went to Peterham. After the war broke out I went to Cambridge and joined the army for the first eight months, this was in April 1775 I joined Capt Smiths company - in Col. Jon a Wards Regiment of Massachusetts Troops - In the course of this eight months Col. Arnold came to Cambridge and I volunteered to go to Canada under him and joined a company under Capt Hubbard of Worcester to go to Quebec - We marched through the woods to Canada and suffered much and I served out my full time - In the assault upon Quebec I was taken prisoner and imprisoned there and kept and sent round to New York the August or September following and kept as prisoner till the February following -
In July 1777 I volunteered in the Militia to go to Bennington under Capt Hodges of Hardwick and was out this time about six weeks -
after this I enlisted again under Capt Hodges for three months, he was Waggon master General and I served in the capacity of an assistant hand to him three months -
In 1781 moved to Hardwick Massachusetts way hired to go to West Point three months by the Town I went under Capt Cuthbert of Brookfield in Col. Drewrys Regt and served three months - we were assisting in repairing the forts -

I was born in Peterham County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts on the 23 d day of November 1752.
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
L. Marsh, Register
William Chamberlin
We, Preston Gaylon a Clergyman residing in Barnard and Simeon Richmond residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Chamberlin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
L. Marsh, Register
Preston Gaylon Simeon Richmond
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the mat- ter, 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 Preston Gaylon who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Barnard and that Simeon Richmond who has also signed the same, is a resident in Barnard — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Lyndon A. Marsh Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Westford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Chamberlin for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Ninth day of August A. D. 1832.
L. Marsh, Register

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
S. 12462
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Wm Chamberlin , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the Sol. _____ claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1775 8 mos. Pvt Smith Jonas Hubbard Jonathan Ward Arnold Mass   July 77 4 mos 6 wks Hodges ✓   1781 3 mos. Cutler Drury   He was taken prisoner at Quebec in Dec. 1775 taken to New York taken to New York held   until the following Feb.  
Battles engaged in, See above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment Ken in Cambridge, Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 9/1832 - al
Residence at date of application, Windsor Conn. Ht.
Age at date of application, 6 Nov. 23, 1753 in Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass.
Remarks: No fam. data -
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

318 West Fourth St. Anacconda Montana
February 3-1923
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the pension certificate of William Chamblin of Barnard, Linden Co., W.V., and let me know what charge is attendant upon this service.
I think William Chamblin applied for the pension in 1832. I am a great great grand daughter, through William's son Clark Chamblin, of him and his daughter Ella Chamblin who was my mother, wife of Fred Alongo Chamblin her third cousin.
Thanking you I am very truly yours (Mrs.) Winifred Chamblin Abbott

J. B. Hall. C. H. Brooks.
L. Ray Hamner, Asst. J. M. Maxwell, Secretary.
Law Offices of
C. H. Brooks
Wichita, Kansas.
Rooms Nos 504, 505 and 506, Sedgwick Building. Telephone No. 218.
July 25 th 1896
Dear Sir:-
William Chamberlain and John Gamel, were each soldiers of the revolution and were on the U. S. Rolls of pensioners from Windsor County, Vermont, the former in Mass state troops, the latter in Mass Continental Line. I wish to have the record of the service of each of these men in the Rev. war. I presume this information can be obtained from the records of your department. Please send me a detailed statement of their service, dates, commands, etc. at your earliest convenience. If there is any expense connected with it advise me and I will promptly remit. Truly yours,
U.S. Com. of Pensions C. H. Brooks

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ORDER 101

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
William Chambers which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? No. With Genl 5th Inf Clam VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
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?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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, 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 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 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.
†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.

Tim. Newton
affidavit.

I Timothy Newton of Barnard in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that I knew William Chamberlain as a soldier in the Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary war - was out with said Chamberlain in Capt Edmund Hoag's company at Barrington and Halfmoon point six weeks, in the summer of Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven - after we were dismissed Chamberlain enlisted and staid longer - I enlisted again in about a week after and went back and this enlistment was for three months and was served out into a few days when we were dismissed - Chamberlain belonged to the same company and served out his time the same as myself —
Timothy Newton

I Luther Fairbank of Pittsfield in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont depose and say, that as early as April 1775 William Chamberlain and myself were at Cambridge Massachusetts enlisted for eight months in the Massachusetts State Service but before our term of enlistment expired we volunteered to go with Arnold through the wilderness to Quebec we arrived at Quebec, and on the last day of December 1775 we were taken prisoners by the British, being the day on which our eight months expired, we were held prisoners until some time in February of 1777 at which time we were exchanged while we were at Cambridge we were in Capt. Smith's Company and Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment, when we started for Quebec we went in Capt. Jonas Hubbard's Company under Col. Arnold I further say that I was well acquainted with the said William Chamberlain during the above mentioned service he being in the same Company company with me all the time above stated and further the deponent says not — Luther Fairbank
State of Vermont } at Pittsfield on the 25 th day of June 1832 Rutland County, } Luther Fairbank appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Wm R Blossom Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Wm R Blossom is a Justice of the Peace in & for the Co. of Rutland & State of Vermont.
Dec. 28 1833. William Slade M.P.

State of Vermont Windsor County
Barnard July 14. Th. A. D. 1820 Then Timothy Newton personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth —
Before me J. B. D. M c Worth Justice of Peace
I also certify that said Timothy Newton is a credible witness —
J. B. D. M c Worth Justice Peace
I certify that J. B. D. M c Worth was a justice of the Peace on the day of the date of his subscription and at that time qualified in general —
A. Everett

William Chamberlain

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor and State of Vermont William Chamberlain of Barnard in said County of Windsor who being duly sworn deponeth 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 eight months I served as a Soldier - For six weeks I served as a Soldier - For three months I served as an assistant under Capt. Hodges Wagon Master General - For three months I served as a Soldier -
Sworn and submitted this 12th day of July A.D. 1833 - W m Chamberlain
Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of July A.D. 1833
Before me,
George E. Walbridge Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named Geo E Walbridge was a Justice of the Peace on the day of the date of this affidavit and that his signature is genuine. H. Evins

Aug 3 '96 Sold per W CH Brooks Wichita Kas Sw 3
Dec. 17-1903 - kist to W P Baxter - Chicago Ill
1923, Apl. 6 kist to Mrs. Winnifred C. Abbott Ev.
Rev. W. H.
12462
INVALID.
File No. 12462 William Chamberlin Chamberlin
By Rev. W. H.
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]