Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23793, William Cochran, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Cochran, William
A. 23793
Chapman, Lydia
B.L.Wt. 27597-160-55
Former widows,
CONTENTS

6228
New York Albany
Lydia Chapman, formerly widow of Wm Cochran born
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1854 and sent to
Geo. C. Ames Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 421 Vol. 4

C.W.B. Mattie Sept 25/55
Vol 62-23.
58733 Act Mar 3/55
Ape 11/55-3/56
Lydia Chapman wid of Wm Lochman Paiv. Cochran
Ent. 20 is.
Rev 59/9
Rev Pensioner
Wm Bely 48-52 6228
Willowda May 17/56
M
By R
M.B. Mattie Southam
N.Y.

We the undersigned would certify and state that Benjamin Chapman the late husband of Lydia Chapman died at our house on the second day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty two and that the said Lydia Chapman Widow of the said Benjamin Chapman deceased is the same individual that is named in the annexed affidavits of Elias Dally and Frederick Wm Hotchkiss as having been the wife of William Cookerne  Subscribed before me this seventeenth day of November A.D. 1843  Finet Whittelsey Justice of the Peace  Dennis Baldwin Temperance Baldwin Mabel B Baldwin
I Finet Whittelsey the Justice of the Peace above named do certify that I am well acquainted with Dennis Baldwin Temperance Baldwin & Mabel B Baldwin the above defendants named above, & that they are persons of high character and unimpeachable veracity to whom full faith and credit is due. In testimony whereof I have set my hand herunto the seventeenth day of November A.D. 1843  Finet Whittelsey Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania Wayne County - ss
Stephen Forrey and Mary Forrey of Honesdale in said County being duly sworn on their solemn Oath do say that Benjamin Chapman the late husband of Lydia Chapman, died at the house of Dennis Baldwin above named, as stated in the above affidavit, on the second day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two (2nd February A.D. 1842) and that the said Lydia Chapman Widow of the said Benjamin Chapman is the same individual named in the annexed affidavit of Elias Dally and Frederick Wm Hotchkiss as having been the wife of William Cookerne  Subscribed this 22 day of December A.D. 1843 Thomas H. Hubbell D.P.  Stephen Forrey Mary C Forrey

State of Pennsylvania } Wayne County ss }
I, Abraham Swift, prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County being a Court of Record do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Thomas J. Hubbell whose name is signed to the attestation of the within affidavit of Stephen Torrey and Mary Torrey, and name appears to the certificate below written. That the said signature is of the proper handwriting of the said Thomas J. Hubbell who at the time of the signing of said Certificate, and of the executing said affidavit was an acting justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified, to do his official acts, full faith and credit are due. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 22 nd day of December A.D. 1843.
Abraham Swift Proth. Not.
To all people to whom these presents may come, or may concern I, Tho d J. Hubbell the justice of the peace within named, do certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Torrey and Mary Torrey, whose names appear to the within affidavit, and who are their names, and that they are both persons of high respectability of character, and unimpeachable veracity, to whose statements, whether under oath or not full and entire credence and credit should be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 nd day of December A.D. 1843.
Thomas J. Hubbell Justice Peace

State of Pennsylvania } Luzuhanna County ss }
On this the first day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Luzuhanna Lydia Chapman a resident of Northouse in said County, Aged Forty Seven years who being first duly Affirmed according to law, doth, on her Affirmation make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and the 23 d of August, 1842, and the further benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - and an act granting pensions to certain (widows of) Revolutionary soldiers.
That she is the widow of William Cochran who was a private in the Connecticut line - That he entered the service as she is informed and believes, as a volunteer, before or during the year 1778, during which year he served as much as four months, in a company, then under the command of one Lieutenant John Shipman, of which Company one Jacob Stowe was Captain, and which company she is informed and believes, was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Bedyard - That said Company during said period of four months service, was stationed, in Saybrook fort, at the mouth of Connecticut River - That her said husband, William Cochran also served in the same, in the same company and same place during the following year 1779, a period of nine months, commencing on the first day of April, and ending on the (over)

last day of December in said year - which last mentioned Service was also performed, as a private, and volunteer as is above set forth in reference to the first period above mentioned - That she is informed and believes that the said William Cockeran was engaged in the same Service, both before and after the terms and periods of Service, above mentioned, but the particular periods or times of Service she is unable to state - She would further state that the said William Cockeran was, taken prisoner of war, with others, while engaged, as she believes in attempting to cut off, or destroy some stores or pro- visions, which were about being furnished to the enemy And that he was, for a time, (the precise period she cannot state, confined by the enemy, at New York in the prison ship, called the "Jersey" - That he was so confined until he was exchanged, and until his health was impaired and his constitution so broken that he never, fully recovered his wonted health and strength - having been, with others, crowded in the hold and suffering for want of air, and exercise - She further states that at the time he entered the said Service, he was a resident of the Town of Saybrook, in, then New London, now Middlesex County, and State of Connecticut - That she knows of no documentary evidence of her claim relation to Service of the said Wil- iam Cockeran - She also declares that she was mar- ried to the said William Cockeran on the second day of April Seventeen hundred and eighty six (1786); that her husband the said William Cockeran, died on the thirteenth day of February, Seventeen hundred and eighty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Nineteen hundred and ninety four (1794), viz. at the time
(over)

Above stated. She further declares, that after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to Benjamin Chapman, on the twenty ninth day of March, Nineteen hundred, and ninety two (March 29 th 1792); that he died on the second day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty two (Feb y 2 nd 1852) and that she is still a widow.
Affirmed and subscribed in open court, on the day and year above written
Lydia Chapman
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
The errors on the first line. and alteration in the acts of said declaration, from August 31 st 1843. to September first. 1843. being made first.
John Blandy Frost

State of Connecticut } Middlesex County } Ss.
Be it remembered that on this second day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and fortythree before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally Came Elias Tully of Saybrook in said County Who being of lawful age, and by me first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was in the State service as a private four months, a member of Lieutenant John Shipmans Company enlisted which Company was enlisted for the special purpose of keeping guard in Saybrook fort at the mouth of Connecticut river, and was attached to no regiment - The aforesaid John Shipman was Lieutenant Commandant of said Company - and received his orders directly from Governor Trumbull, then Governor of the State of Connecticut - He further states that William Cochran, who subsequently married Lydia Jones, now Lydia Chapman was at the time, and during the said period of four months a private in said Company and was serving therein as a volunteer - He further states that in the following year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine he served in the same Company at Saybrook fort at the mouth of Connecticut river and that the said William Cochran was in the same service in the said year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, during one continued period of nine months, commencing on the first day of April, and ending on the last of December following, during which time deponent was in the same service with the said William Cochran - He further states that the said William Cochran was in the revolutionary service both before and after either the periods above mentioned, but the particular periods and length of time he is now unable to state and further deponent saith not -
Elias Tully

The above and foregoing deposition was sworn to before me this Second day of November A.D. 1843 A. M c R. Clarke Justice of the Peace
To all people to whom these presents may come or may concern I William R Clarke the Justice of the Peace above named do certify that I am well acquainted with Elias Filly the Deponent in the above affidavit named, and whose name is thereto subscribed, and that he is a person of high respectability of character, a man of unimpeach- able veracity, and his statement whether under oath or not is entitled to the most entire con- fidence and credit - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Second day of November A.D. 1843 B. M c R. Clarke Justice of Peace
Middlesex County ss
I John Dill Clerk of the County Court being a Court of record do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of William R Clarke Who at the time of the date of the above and foregoing affidavit was an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and to his acts as such Justice of the Peace full faith and credit are due - I also certify that the above signatures mark A. B.  of the are the proper hand writing of the said Justice - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court - this second day of November A.D. 1843 - J. Dill Clerk

State of Connecticut Middlesex County } ss
On the second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fortythree, before me the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County, personally came, Frederic William Hotchkiss, senior pastor of the first church of Saybrook who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was acquainted with William Cochran, and from his childhood has been acquainted with Lydia Chapman formerly Lydia Jones - He further states, that he, being then pastor of the first Congregational church as aforesaid, did on the second day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six, unite in matrimony the said William Cochran and Lydia Jones, now Lydia Chapman - That the said William Cochran died, on the thirteenth day of February seventeen hundred and eighty nine - That on the twenty ninth day of March seventeen hundred and ninety two (1792) he united, in marriage, the said Lydia Chapman Cochran and one Benjamin Chapman, and that I have as such pastor as aforesaid, kept a record of Marriages, deaths &c - and the copies below given I hereby certify to be true copies of the records of the abovementioned marriages of the said Lydia and of the record of death of the said William Cochran, with the exception of the date of each which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows ————— Record of Marriages
William Cochran and Lydia Jones April second seventeen hundred and eighty six ————— Benjamin Chapman and Widow Lydia Cochran March twenty ninth seventeen hundred and ninety two —————
Record of Deaths
Names Time when Disease William Cochran Feb. 7 Thirteenth seventeen hundred and eighty nine Consumption

I Frederic William Hotchkiss above named, depose and say, that I am pastor of the first church of say Brook in said County of Middlesex, and state of Connecticut and that the above are true extracts from the records kept by me with the exceptions above named Certified by me
Sworn and subscribed before me on this second day of November A.D. 1843 Wm R. Clarke Justice of the Peace
Fred. Wm. Hotchkiss
{ Pastor of the first Congregational Church of say Brook
I William R. Clarke the Justice of the Peace above named, do certify, that I am well acquainted with Frederic William Hotchkiss the deponent above named, That he is a person of high character and unimpeachable veracity, to whose statement full faith and credit is due - In testimony whereof I have set my hand hereunto this second day of November A.D. 1843
Wm R. Clarke Justice of the Peace
Middlesex County ss
I John Park — clerk of the County Court
being a court of record, do certify that I am well acquainted with William R. Clarke the Justice of peace above named, and that at the time of the date of said attestation he was a justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified, to whom acts as such full faith and credit are due I also certify that the above signature is the proper hand writing of the said Justice - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 nd day of November A.D. 1843
W. Park Clk

We the undersigned would state that according to the best of our recollection William Cochran was a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he was a prisoner some time in New York - The length of time he served as a soldier we are not able to state Saybrook Nov. 1 st 1843
Rufus Clark Ezra Clark Daniel Ingraham
Middling County ss Saybrook Nov. 1 st 1843
I the Subscribing justice of the peace do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Rufus Clark, Ezra Clark and Daniel Ingraham who have subscribed the foregoing statements, and that they are persons of high character and unexceptionable veracity and their statement is entitled to full confidence and credit
Mark Clarke Justice of the peace

58735 Bounty Land Act of March 3 1855 Mrs Lydia Chapman Widow of William Chapman M c B Mathie Durham Gravelly Sts. Atty J

State of New York County of Green } 3 P
On this 31 st day of March A D 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within & for the County and State aforesaid Lydia Chapman aged 89 years a resident of the Town of Pucham County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is now the widow of Benjamin Chap- man and formerly the widow of William Cockran deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war & that she is now drawing a pension for his services in said war at the rate of forty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum under the act of February 2 nd 1848 commencing on the 4 th of March 1848 & continuing for life unless she should again marry which Certificate of pension is No 6228. That she was married to the said William Cockran in the year 1786 & that he died in the year 1789 that she was married to the said Benjamin Chapman in the year 1792 & that he died in the year 1842 & that she has been unmarried since his death & is now & was on the 8 th day of March inst a widow. That the necessary proof of her marriage with the said William Cockran and Benjamin Chapman respectively and their respective deaths, at the times,

affidavit was duly furnished to the said pension office in support of her application for said pension, and which will sufficiently appear as she nearly believes, in an examination thereof,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land granted by the Act approved March 3 rd 1855 and hereby declares that she has not applied for a pension and she believes she is not entitled to Bounty Land except as above stated & hereby appoints M B Matthews of Rochester Green County New York to prosecute her claim and receive her warrant when issued Lydia Chapman
I were to and I subscribed before me the day & year first above written & I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named applicant & have been for quite a number of years, & that I know of my own knowledge that she was allowed under the Act of February 2 nd 1848 and is now drawing a Pension of forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum and that she is now the widow of Benjamin Chapman & was formerly the widow of William Cockran

and that she has never married since the death of her Benjamin Chapman and I further certify that I am not interested in the above application of Lydia Chapman for Bounty Land & no way concerned in its prosecution
Priscilla Whittelsey, Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Greene
Personally Came Dennis Ballou & Henry Hotchkiss residents of Durham persons whom I certify to be respectable & entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn say that they were present & saw Lydia Chapman sign her name to the foregoing declaration & they further swear that they are well acquainted with the said Lydia Chapman and have been for about 50 years, & that they know from their own knowledge that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that she is now the widow of her Benjamin Chapman & has never married since his death & that she was formerly the widow of William Cockran who died in the year 1789. They also swear that they are disinterested witnesses & that the said Lydia Chapman is a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of forty three dollars & thirty three cents, a year & the deponents do reside in the county of Greene State aforesaid. Dennis Ballou Henry Hotchkiss
Subscribed & sworn to before me March 31 st 1855
Priscilla Whittelsey, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Greene County Clerk's Office. I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Anna Whittelsey before whom the annexed Deposition was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 5 day of April 185 5
J Van Orden Clerk.

V 10354 Lydia Chapman Da
Hon. G. Cooper Dec 19 1849 H. H. Sylvester July 30 1844 J. H. Richards Mch 13 1846 G. C. Ames Aug 31 1852 G. C. Ames 13 th Jany. 1854.
Ad July 7 1838
John Adams to for 13 mo? when adol. census i. added.

Lydia Chapman for legitimate widow of John Cochran.
New York.
Admitted.
Act of 7 th July 1838.
13 months private at $43. \frac{33}{100} per annum from 4 th March 1836, excepting two years.
Pay to.
Lydia Chapman wi- dow.
Certificate to,
George C. Ames Esq. Washington. D.C.

William Writ in the case of Lydia Chapman formerly widow of John Cochran Green — County and State of New York. act 7 th July 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. William Cochran a private served thirteen months — proved by Elias Tully, Rufus Clark, Ezra Clark, Daniel Ingraham. William and Lydia married 2 d April 1786 — Church record. William died 7 th Feby: 1789 — proved by Church record. Benjamin Chapman and Lydia Cochran married 29 th March 1792 — proved by Church Record. Benjamin Chapman died 2 d Feby: 1842 — proved by Dennis Baldwin, Temperance Baldwin & Mabel J. Baldwin. Lydia Chapman now a widow.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
G. C. Ames Esq. Washington. D.C.
Charles H. Rhea.
Examining Clerk.

Jan 6. 1846
Recd
Lydia Chapman
Emmeline Chapman Washington D.C.

Montrose Dec 31. 1845
Sir
More than two years since the declaration and proofs of Mrs Lydia Chapman were forwarded to the Pension Office. And from that time the Old lady has been kept in suspense, not knowing the result of her Application. The proofs of her husband's service, Marriage &c were supposed to be sufficient. — Ample so — And no deficiency has been suggested. — If there had been, it might perhaps, have been supplied. But time passes, and carries with it the evidence of those Ancient masters. — Unless there be some strong, clear, legal bar to the granting the pension in this case, I trust the application will not be denied. A case more deserving of Attention, is rarely presented —
To Court of Pensions Yours Obedt Servt J. T. Richards

Hamington
Dec 3 rd '44
Compt. H. Alfred Compt.
To be filed with the Sup d papers of Lydia Chapman Pa. vol 38
Washington
Henry A. Chapman Esq.
H. A. Sylvester Dec 9 44

HA Lynde Dec 4
Henry N. Sylvester Esq!
Washington
Dear Mr. Sylvester Esq! As he fills all the best papers of yours I hope to see you soon
Washington Dec 3 1849

Comptroller's Office Hartford 3 Decr. 1841.
Sir.
In answer to your letter of 29 Nov. I observe that the Comptroller uniformly directs me to say that fees are required in advance for search for evidence & certificate, 3 dollars in each case. Matthew Thompson was in the Const. Line.
# There is evidence of the service of the officers, with whom W m Cochrane is said to have been - but no payroll found as yet.
The evidence in case of Zadock Huntley, will be doubtful.
Should you wish a certificate in either or all these cases, they will be furnished in a compliance with terms of the office.
Very respectfully O. Benjamin for A. Carrington, Comptroller
Henry N. Sylvester Esq t
# Lydia Chapman widow of W m Cochrane Col 38 Pa.

Know all men by these presents that Lydia Chapman formerly Widow of William Cockran of Durham County of Greene and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint George C Ames of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim to a pension due me as being the Widow of William Cockran who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized to examine all papers on file at the Department at Washington, and to do all lawful things in relation to my said claim. Lydia Chapman Witness my hand and seal this 10 th day of May 1852
State of New York } County of Greene } ss On this 10 th day of May 1852 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Lydia Chapman to me known, who acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
George Whittelsey, Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Greene } ss
Be it known that on this 10 th day of May 1852 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Lydia Chapman a resident of Durham in said County and State, and made oath according to law that she is the Widow of William Cockran who was a Revolutionary Soldier, that she is directly interested in the claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such other papers as my attorney above mentioned may obtain in the prosecution of my said claim. Sworn and subscribed before me } Lydia Chapman this 10 th day of May 1852
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that before whom the annexed Deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 11 th day of
May 1852 J. Van Orden, Clerk

W 10354
Sylvia Chapman (pseud) PQ
let to Hon. S. Cooper Dec 19/49
Set to D. D. Sylvester July 30. 1804
Set to J. F. Richardson
March 13. 1846
Set G. C. Ames, Aug. 21. 1852.
Set 7 July 1838

9301 New York Albany Lydia Chapman Forman widow of William Cochran who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March, 1843, and sent to
Geo: C. Ames Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 261

11. 631
New York Albany widow of Lydia Chapman formerly who died on the William Cochran of in the State of N.Y. who was a Pirate in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1837 and sent to
Geo. C. Ames
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by J. P. [Signature] Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 541

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23793  Rev
Lydia Chapman Former Widow of Wm. Cochran Rev. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 139.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

27. 5-97
5 Newbury

Wait until the Aug letters are returned from the Binders.

Senate Chamber
Dec 15 th 1849. To James L. Edwards Esq Comm ee Pensions
Sir:
Some years ago an application for a pension was made by Lydia Chapman, formerly Lydia Boeckler, whose husband was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and who was taken prisoner, confined in the Prison Ship "Jersey", until his health was impaired, so that he lingered some years and died without ever having regained his health.
I examined this case some two or three years ago, and feel satisfied that Mrs Chapman is entitled to a pension, though I believe you had decided differently. The ground of your decision was the non production of the muster roll, if rightly recollect. There is no muster roll extant; but his service was distinctly proved.
This old lady is poor and deserving; and I will be glad if you will take up and re-examine the case, so that if you should decide

against allowing the pensioned may take the case further by appeal. By doing so you will greatly oblige me.
Yours very respectfully
James Cooper

Emily Richards July 24 45
Mr Chapman & Mrs Rymason.
H. H. Jaynes Esq. Washington
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Montrose 24. Feb. 1845
Dr Sir,
We sent to Hon. G. Fuller A.R. a package some 3 weeks since containing a certificate &c of the Marriage of Mrs Beardsly and requested him to hand it to you without delay and to ask your immediate attention to getting it through - Since that time we have had no intelligence from Washington - Will you please let us hear from you immediately as the petitioners are getting very uneasy from the delay that we are at - Is the case of Mrs Chapman disposed of? How stands the case of Mrs Rymanson? She is deserving of a pension as much as any other person - Will not the proof that we have made of her Marriage answer? She was married at an Early day in the State of New Jersey and no record was kept of the Marriage - They came into this State more than 40 years ago & the witnesses that attended the wedding are either dead or are scattered to parts unknown - The only person living known to the widows is a relation who lives either in Kentucky, Ohio or Tennessee - Make the proof that you have answer if you can - there is no doubt of its correctness - If it cannot be made to answer we will try to procure some further evidence  H. H. Sylvester Esq. In haste &c B. B. B. B.
N.B. Please let us hear from you as soon as you can

Chase No 35 Book }
Paige } }
H. H. Sylvester Esq. Washington City 
2 3/4

Montrose, Dec. 27, 1843
H. H. Sylvester Esq Sir -
We send to the Pension office by this mail the Declaration & affidavits in case of Mrs. Lydia Chapman Widow of Benjamin Chapman, lately dec d . and formerly Widow of William Cochran. who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army - You will observe some little discrepancy between the declaration & the proof. as to the manner of W. Cochran's service. The widow is old & relying on hearsay. She supposed that the company to which he belonged was attached to Lord Cornwallis's Regiment - but it seems. such was not the case from the testimony of the only one we could find. Who was in the service with Mr. Cochran - They sent us on a statement signed by three old men who were acquainted with Cochran - but their memories were so impaired by time. that they were unwilling to swear directly to anything. and not knowing themselves, been in

the prison they could not know from per- sonal knowledge - There seems to be no man living who was with Cochran in his unprisonment - The fact is undoubted but the proof is impossible from lapse of time. And from the fact that all per- sons who were immersed in the unhealthy atmosphere of the prison ship - some 28 broken down in health. that they have long since passed away -
We hope you will be that the busi- ness is passed upon as soon as possible And leave nothing undone that may tend to bring her to the Widow's Appli- cation - She must meet the unite - And be assured that if any one is deserving she is that one - And if to have been left in Widowhood in consequence of the hardships suffered by her husband in the revolutionary struggle, should entitle a claim to compensa- tion. Her circumstances, is a part of the history of Lydia Chapman - We shall soon forward one or more illustrations - Meantime We remain Very Respectfully Yours & Dorothy & Richard

Sydia G. Hallman NY
40.00 3.33 43.33

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office Hartford August 4 th 1852
I certify, that on application, for evidence of the service of William Cochran or Coekran in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office, and do not find the name of the said Cochran or Coekran on any Pay Roll in this office.
On "Haskells Receipts" under the following heading viz, "The United States Dr. To the State of Connecticut, for Bounty "paid to the Subalterns in Col. Ely & Eno's Regiments in 1777 for extra "services," I find the name of Lieut. John Shipman under a date of June 23 d 1778, of Ely's Regt. and where he is credited £. 6, for Bounty.
On the books of the Pay Table Office, I find accounts with Major William Ledyard in the years 1778, 1779, & 1780, showing that he was in service during those years. On "Haskells Receipts" I find Major William Ledyards account entered, under heading "Military Service from April to November 1779," amounting to £153, 12. On the same books, I find evidence of the service of Col. John Ely as Col. from 1777 until 1783.
R. G. Pinnery, Comptroller, by Geo. Robinson, Clerk

DATED 1834
A. H. Sylvester Esq. Washington D. C.

Montrose 15 June 1844
Dr Sir, We are almost constantly enquired of recently in regard to those applications for pensions that we forwarded to you Can The applicants are very old and are very desirous to know as soon as possible what is to be the result of their applications - The cases to which we refer are those of Mrs. Rymackon Mrs. Mary Cattin, Mrs. Abigail Miller, Mrs. Abigail Thomas, Mrs. Beardly & Mrs. Chapman - Will you please inform us upon receipt of this what the situation of them is and what the prospect is of their being disposed of - Please state fully so that we can inform them as they enquire - We suppose you have heard before this of the death of the Hon. A. H. Read -
In haste Respectfully yours Brattle & Richards
Dr
The above mentioned claims, were filed in Dec r last, with the exception of Mrs. Chapman (Lydia) & Mrs. Beardly, wh ch were filed in Jan y last.
Very Respectfully A. H. Sylvester
Hon J. L. Edwards

Hon L.P. Waldo Sir,
Washington Jan'y 9. 1854
I have to request that the Claim of Lydia Chapman formerly Widow of William Cochran of New York act 7 May 1838, may be reexamined.
In 1852 I filed a Critique from the Comptroller of Connecticut showing that the officers under whom it is alleged Cochran served were in service at the time she states that her husband was out. This all that the Records of Connecticut furnish of service in any case, and when sustained by the testimony of witnesses, has been heretofore deemed sufficient to establish the service claimed.
The office referred to report this case in consequence of the operation of the 5 years rule then in force.
Very Respectfully, Yours etc. Sincere Geo. C. May

James E. Heath Esq. (Washington May 25. 1852) Sir
Enclosed you will find Powers of Attorney in the Cases of Ichackan Susque, under the act of 7 June 1832 and of Sydia Chapman formerly widow of William Cochran under the act of 7 May 1838 both from the State of New York.
I wish to see the papers now on file in support of these Claims
Very Respectfully Yours obedt Servt Geo. L. Ames

Washington June 15. 1852 James E Heath Esq Sir,
I have examined the papers in the case of Lydia Chapman formerly widow of William Cochran of Pa under the act of 7 May 1838, and I believe it is a good claim and should be allowed.
She claims for 4 mo service in 1778 under Lieut John Sturman, Lieut Stur was Captain and Col Sedgwick Commander the Regiment, also for 9 mo in 1779 in the same Company and Regiment.
Elias Tully, a pensioner on the Connecticut Rolls, testifies that Cochran served with him in Capt Stur's Company. Several other witnesses testify that Cochran was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that at one time he was a prisoner in New York.
It is shown also by a letter from the Comptroller of Connecticut that the officers under whom it is alleged Cochran served were in service at the periods referred to in Claimant's declaration. There are no Rolls in Connecticut showing service rendered by privates. The settlement with the officer, is all that can be procured from

Upon a re-examination of the evidence now on file which I ask may be made. I hope it will be found sufficient to authorize its allow- ance.
I am very respectfully Your obedient Serv. C. Adams

Jan 3 1844
10354
Pa.
Sylvia Chapman
Jan 1844 act.
July 7th: 1838
20 1.50
To the Commissioner of Pensions — Washington City D. C. —

Montrose Dec 27. 1843
Sir—
Enclosed we send you the Declaration of Widow Lydia Chapman for a pension Also the Affidavits taken to substantiate her claim— We trust her case will receive Early Attention, as the business of the office will admit— We are Very Respectfully
Yours To the Commission { Bruty & Richard of Pensions— }

State of New York County of Greene ) ss
On this 8 th day of February 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Lydia Chapman a resident of said County who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the identical Lydia Chapman formerly the Widow of William Cochran who was a Revolutioner Soldier. That she has applied for a pension in consequence of the service of her first husband the aforesaid William Cochran. That she now resides in Durham in the County of Greene & State of New York, and has resided there 6 years last past and that previous thereto she resided in Montrose Susquehanna County PA and that she is still a widow.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year first above written
Lydia Chapman Henry Hatchkiss witness Zimri Whittelsey Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I know the above named Lydia Chapman, and believe her to be the identical person to which she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit, and that she is a reputable
State of New York,
Greene County Clerk's Office. I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that before whom the annexed Deposition was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 17 th day of February 1854
Jacob Van Orden Clerk.
Zimri Whittelsey Justice of the Peace
seal

State of New York County of Greene ss
On this 8 th day of February 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Lydia Chapman a resident of said County who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the identical Lydia Chapman formerly the Widow of William Cockran who was a Revolutionary Soldier. That she has applied for a pension in consequence of the service of her first husband the aforesaid William Cockran. That she now resides in Durham in the County of Greene & State of New York and has resided there 6 years last past and that previous thereto she resided in Montrose Susquehanna County P.A. and that she is still a widow
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year first above written
Lydia Chapman Henry Schuchert's witness
Zine Whittelsey Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I know the above named Lydia Chapman and believe her to be the identical person to which she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit and that she is a reputable witness
Zine Whittelsey Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the above named Lydia Chapman is unable to write her name in consequence of the infirmity of old age but has made her mark to the above affidavit & that she acknowledged the above affidavit to be her own act and deed
Zine Whittelsey Justice of the Peace