Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,760, Isaac Chase, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Chase, Isaac Lucy
N 22,760
CONTENTS

25412
Maine
Isaac Chase
of Bowdoin in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lithgow of the Regt commanded by Col Mitchell in the Mass a line for State Troops for 1 year
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 29 day of Nov 1832 and sent to R. C. Vose Augusta Me
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 6 0 Semi-ann. allowance ending Feb 1833 — 2 0
$ 8 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ezra D. Bulloch Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 52

3970.
Maine
Report
Nancy Chase Nancy Chase widow of Isaac Chase who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Increased from $20.40 to $40.00 per annum
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of March, 1844 and sent to G. W. Morton, Augusta, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 254

Isaac Chase
Private - Mass ts troops.
Lithgow's Co; Mitchell's Regt. 9 months.
Butts Co; McEbb's Regt. 3 months.
N o 413
admiral private 1 year 402
Leut R.B. Dace
R.B. Dace
Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this seventeenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Isaac Chase a resident of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain William Lichgorn and served in Col. Mitchell's regiment of
the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Lichgorn Captain , Mitchell, Colonel that in February 1776, he enlisted as a private for the period of nine months in that company and regiment, that he fully served out this period and was honorably discharged at Portland (then called Falmouth) the last of November or first of December 1776. That in June 1779 he again enlisted as a private in Capt Cutts' company, and Col McCobb's regiment of Massachusetts troops, for the term of three months, that this period he fully served out and was honorably discharged at Harperswell Neck in September 1779.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: that he was born in Brunswick Maine in 1759, where he supposed his age is recorded, that his home was there during his Revolutionary service, that in 1783 he removed to Bangor Maine, where he now lives. That he enlisted, was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he never took any written discharge. That in his first service he was employed in building forts at what is now Portland, and in defending that harbor. That in his second service, he was engaged in the expedition to Bass Harbor, where Lovell commanded the land troops, and Saltonstall the fleet. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for truth and belief of his service, and he names Rev Nathaniel Perrington and Solomon Eaton Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Isaac Chase
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr not s.f.c.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr
July 17

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Isaac Chase for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17 th
A. D. 1832.
day of July
J. A. Chandler

Cl 10 2/40 D Lucy Chase
Gen W Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." An act approved August 23. 1842
STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln
County, ss.
1
On this seventh day of June A. D., 1843 personally appeared before the Hon. Asa Redington, Judge of the Middle District Court of Maine, the same being a court of records, Lucy Chase a resident of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged eighty seven 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of and the act approved August 23. 1842, that she is the widow of Isaac Chase, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the roll of the claim Agency, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, that the pension was paid to him up to the 4th day of September 1841, from which time to the day of his death, the pension was paid to her as his widow, and that she refers to a declaration made by him of his services in the war of the Revolution, supposed to be in possession of the War department in support of her claim, and also that he was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Isaac Chase on the day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Chase died on the sixth day of February 1842 in said town of Bowdoin ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated, that her maiden name was Lucy Redington , that her marriage with the said Isaac Chase was solemnized in Brunswick , and that ever since his decease she has remained unmarried.
Attest M. Redington
Lucy Chase her mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
M. Redington
Judge of the District Court of Maine, Middle District, the same being a Court of Records

State of Maine ss. June 7. 1843. -
I visited the within Widow Lucy Chase at the place of her residence in Bowdoin, in the County of Lincoln in this State, being twenty miles distant from the place of holding the Court. The infirmities of age prevent her attendance at Court. Her mental powers are yet vigorous and active. Her reputation among her neighbors, (a matter into which I made inquiry,) is very favorable for truth and probity. I have no doubt of the correctness of her statements.
Mr. Redington, Justice of the Peace Throughout the State of Maine.
STATE OF MAINE.
Wennebec ss. I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County hereby CERTIFY, That Hon Asa Redington before whom the proceedings were had, is the Judge of the Middle District Court of Maine. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Lucy Chase for a pension. I also certify that Asa Redington is a Justice of the Peace for the several counties of the State of Maine and that Elijah P. Fite is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln and that the signatures hereunto annexed purport to be their genuine. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Seventeenth day of June A. D., 1843
A. R. Nichols

Single
10
Nathaniel Dyer Esq.
John Clark
Single Single Single
George M. Morton Esq. Penobscot
Augusta — Me.

Extracts from the Marriage Records of the Town of Pownswick, Maine, — Married One Thousand Seven hundred & eighty, Septem- ber thirtieth, Isaac Chase to Lucy Redout.
I Nathaniel Badger Town Clerk, of Brunswick Maine, do upon oath declare, that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of the said Town of Brunswick, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair, legible figures as follows, viz Married 1780 Sept 30 Isaac Chase to Lucy Bideouty. —
Nathaniel Badger } Town black } of } Brunswick, Me.
State of Maine County of Cumberland ss
I subscribed & sworn to this tenth day of May A.D. 1843—
Elijah P. Roberts Justice of the Peace

4157

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Chase of Bowdoin in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court of Record  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 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.     In 1776 — — 9 — — As a Private Gen. Col. Mitchell's Regt Capt. Sithgow's Comy   79 — — 3 — — — Col. M c Coble's Regt Capt. Tull's Comy  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brunswick  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses - traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E D Bullock Examining Clerk.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY
November 26, 1930.
Miss Mary Pelham Hill, Box 68, Topsham, Maine.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.22760 , that Isaac Chase was born in 1759 in Brunswick, Maine.
While a resident of Brunswick, Maine, he enlisted in February 1776 and served nine months as a private in Captain William Lithgow's Company, Colonel Mitchell's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in June 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain Cutts' Company, Colonel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment.
In 1783 he moved to Bowdoin, Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1832 while a resident of Bowdoin, Lincoln County, Maine.
He died February 6, 1842 in Bowdoin, Maine.
Soldier married September 30, 1780 in Brunswick, Maine, Lucy Ridout. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 7, 1843 while a resident of Bowdoin, Maine, aged eighty-seven years.
It is stated they raised a family of children, no name are given.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

1930 Nov. 26. Hist. to Mary Pelham Hill. A.D.Y.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,760
Lucy Chase widow of Isaac Chase Pre Rev War
Act March 31 st 48
Index : Vol. 4 , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MISS MARY PELHAM HILL BOX 68, TOPSHAM, MAINE PRESIDENT OF THE MAINE SOCIETY CHAPTER FOUNDERS OF THE D. A. R.
October 4th., 1930
Dear Sirs:-
Will you be so kind as to tell me what family and other information you may find on the pension papers of one, in the Revolutionary War,
Isaac Chase , of Bowdoin Maine, Lincoln County ?
I will appreciate very much an EARLY REPLY, and am very truly yours,
Mary Pelham Hill

Reported
7567
Maine
Nancy Chase
widow of Isaac Chase
Isaac Chase, M. 23784 R.S. widow Nancy Chase
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 10th Feb'y 1842 of Vinalhaven in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parker of the Reg't commanded by Col. Wade in the Mass. Troops for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. Increased from $26.66. Some payments to be deducted.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of March, '44 and sent to G. W. Morton Augusta, Maine.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. S. Cummins, Clerk, Vol. 1. Page 6.

Rep?
Maine 7567
Susy Chase widow of Isaac Chase
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 6 th February 1842 of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parker of the reg t . commanded by Col. Wade in the Mass. Troops, here for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of August 1843 and sent to Geo. W. Morton Augusta, Maine
Whole amount due . . . . . $133 :30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 6.

Reported
Dec. 20, 1843
Set to Mrs. Lucy Chase, Bordoin Lincoln Co. Maine
Feb. 10. 1844
3970. Maine
Lucy Chase widow of Isaac Chase who was a Private in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of December 1843 and sent to George W. Morton Augusta, Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 3

No 10.202
Lucy Chase Maine.
Admitted
8 months prior.
$26.66 per an
{
George W Morton Augusta Maine

Lucy Chase
Me
act 7 July 38
Increase 12 mopsri
$40.
Deduct what was paid under act of 7 July 38
G.W. Morton
Augusta
Me

Augusta, Maine
Feb 22. 1844
Sir
In your letter addressed to Mrs Lucy Chase of Bowdoin, Maine, dated the 10 th inst. You inform her that her pension should have been forty dollars per Annum instead of Twenty six dolls and sixty six cents. And if the certificate issued to her under the Act of the 3 rd of March 1843 was returned, New certificates would be issued under that, and the Act of July 7. 1838 for the Consul allowance, I herewith enclose the Certificate issued under the Act of March 3. 1843 and respectfully request you to send me, for her such certificates as will enable her to obtain the pension due.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Geo W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.
N.B. There has been no payment made to her under the Act of March 3. 1844. She intended to wait until March & receive the whole year's pension at one time.

4427 Lucy Chase
$26:66 per am
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Lincoln ss. } On this fifteenth - day of Sept. , A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Lucy Chase
a resident of Bethel in the County of Lincoln aged eighty seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaac Chase who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Isaac Chase at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine . She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Isaac Chase having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness Moses Dennett James Chase
Lucy X Chase mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me, Moses Dennett - Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Isaac Chase deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Moses Dennett Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine Wenatchee County ss
I Nathl E. Nichols, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for the County of Wen- atchee, certify that Moses Dennett is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln and that the signatures within, purporting to be his are genuine. — In Testimony of which I hereunto affix my Seal of Office and subscribe my Name this 20 th day of September A.D. 1843
N. E. Nichols

Lucy Chase
Payment to be made at
Portland, Maine, by
William Woodbury
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Maine
Issue new Certificate
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March.
12mo per -
$40
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 3
Deduct what has been paid under act of 3rd March 43
J. L. Swann Clerk.
G. H. Morton Augusta Me

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, Sicy Chase _____ widow of Isaac Chase _____ who was a Private _____ and died on the Sixth day of February 1842 — is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Six — dollars and Sixty Six — cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844, unless the Pensioner should marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18th day of December one thousand eight hundred and Forty three —
J. Porter
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
3970

I, John Dennett of Bowdoin in the State of Maine, depose and testify that I was acquainted with the late Isaac Chase of this town & his wife Lucy about forty six years up to the time of his death, which happened in July 1842. -
He was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. They lived together as husband & wife during all the time of my acquaintance with them, & raised a family of children. -
I never doubted, nor heard it doubted, that they were duly married to each other.
I am not a relative of either of them. Since the death of said Isaac, she has remained unmarried, & is yet his widow. J o John Dennett
State of Maine - Lincoln Co. ss. June 7. 1843
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
W m Redington, Justice of the Peace for the several counties of the State of Maine.
I certify that the foregoing John Dennett Esq, is a man who has the reputation of being entitled to the fullest confidence in any statement he may make. W m Redington, J s Peace.

State of Maine.
We Nathaniel Purinton a Clergyman, residing in the town of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln and Solomon Eaton residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Chase who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy three 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.
Nathaniel Purinton Solomon Eaton
State of Maine.
Lincoln ss.—Sworn and subscribed this 28 th day of July
A. D. 1832
Before me,
Moses Derritt Justice of the Peace.
The Rev Nathaniel Purinton is a clergyman, resident in the town of Bowdoin, and Solomon Eaton Esq resident in the same town is a credible worthy person, and this statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Weston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Isaac Chase , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Bowdoin , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  h.m. C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

haar Chm
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I William Banks, of lawful age do depose and say that I well knew Isaac Chan, a Continental Soldier in the revolutionary War, the said Isaac Chan, to my knowledge enlisted in the month of February 1776, into the company commanded by Cap. William Lithgow Jun. and regiment commanded by Col. Mitchell of the Massachusetts Line or troops - the said Chan, joined to my knowledge until the last of November or first of December 1776, a period of more than nine months without interview, and he was discharged verbally, they were no written discharge given at this time. I was a clerk and orderly sergeant of the company commanded by the said Cap. Lithgow - William Banks
Remsen County ss.
On this sixteenth day of September 1818. - Personally appeared the above named William Banks, and he made solemn Oath to the truth of the above instruments by him subscribed. the said Banks sustains the character of a man of truth - before me Robert C. Vose, Justice of the Peace
Robert C. Vose Esq above named is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Remsen
Nathan Weston Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Isaac Chase, aged fifty eight years, a citizen of the United States, born in Brunswick in the District of Maine, now a resident in Bowdoin in said District. On Oath testify and declare, that I enlisted into the Continental Service, against the common enemy in the Continental establishments, in the month of February 1776. For the period of nine months into the company commanded by Col. William Little and reg. commanded by Col. Atkinson, of the Massachusetts troops. I served this period fully out and was discharged verbally by my officers, in November or first of December 1776. - In June 1779. I again enlisted into the Continental Service in the Penobscot expedition in the company commanded by Col. Cutter and Col. McAbb., reg. I went to Penobscot and returned and was verbally discharged - this was my last Continental Service - From my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of the assistance of my country for support, and I do hereby relinquish all claim to any pension allowed me by the Laws of the United States if any; but I am not to my knowledge born on any pension list whatever. - I request that I may be placed upon the pension list established of the District of Maine
Isaac Chase
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss.
On the tenth day of April A.D. 1810 Isaac Chase above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed. Before me Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just. C. Court C Pres & Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Calvin Hall, of Monmouth Maine of lawful age, On Oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Isaac Chase who subscribed the above deposition, I knew him during the period of his nine months Service as he has above stated, as I belonged to the same company with him - From his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support - he is a man of truth -
C. Hall

Isaac Chase Bowdoin Jr. Col. Mitchell. Mass Reg. 1776 — 9 mo
April 10-1810
Rejected — Mitchell Ref. not on the Continental Establishment

Cal Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lincoln p.
On the tenth day of April A.D. 1810 Calvin Hall within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition, by him subscribed. Before me Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just C. Court C. Phas 2 Eastern Circuit.