Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15637, Tilla Chaffin, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Chaffin, Tilla Hannah
W 15637
B.L.Wt. 28 563-160-55.
CONTENTS

1506
Massachusetts
Tilla Chaffin
Holder in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain of the regt commanded by Col. in the Mass time for 1 Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Nov 1832 and sent Hon. I. Darius Worcester Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $60-- Penzant. allowance ending 4 th Mar 33 20-- $80--
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk, Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 43.

1860.
Massachusetts
Hannah Chaffin widow of Tilla Chaffin
who served in the Revolutionary Mass war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Sept. 1848 and sent to
Samuel Darius Holden Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol. 2.
Reg 33m ss 146700

Ch: Crom Prentiss, Mch 1850
146800 1st mar 3 2nd May 24 55
Francis Chaffin via. Ella Chaffin Pitts.
885634 Cont. Reis. }
Rev. A. A. A. A.
Rev. A. A. A. A. Mch July 28-1860
W. B. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A.
W
Vol. 1-106.
Geo. N. Prentiss Worcester, Mass.

The company marched to Swanton in the State of Rhode Island and was stationed at Swanton and in the neighborhood during the term of their service of that town. I did duty with the Company until the end of their term of enlistment or detail which was six weeks. At the end of the said term the Company & myself of course were discharged and I then returned to Holden.
I have resided at said Holden ever since that time. I know of no witnesses or other proofs of my having done the service aforesaid which would be competent evidence except the statements of Jonathan Howe and Luther Goddard whose depositions accompany this application. There being no settled Clergyman in Holden no clergyman's certificate has been procured by me. I was born at Holden aforesaid in 1762 where there is a record of my birth & I have always lived in that town.

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this 16 th day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Silla Chaffin a resident of Holden in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In 1778 an order for a certain number of troops to be raised in the town of Holden aforesaid where I then resided was received there and I volunteered under the order to enter the service and was accepted. We left Holden on the first of January 1778 for Springfield Massachusetts where the troops then raised were ordered to report themselves and arrived at Springfield on the 2 d of January 1778 where I joined the troops. After staying there about three days till the troops ordered there were organized I was attached to a party of men and put under the command of Lieutenant Freeman then of Sterbridge in the County of Worcester whose Christian name I do not recollect, and was ordered to march to Brookfield in the County of Worcester to guard some Continental stores which were there then. The party to which I belonged marched accordingly to Brookfield and I was there stationed with said party under said Freeman and did duty there the remainder of the term of six months for which I had enlisted computing the time from the first day of January 1778. At the expiration of said term of time I was duly discharged and returned home to Holden aforesaid.
The next year another draft of troops was made from the town of Holden aforesaid and I volunteered again, I met with the company to which I was attached, which was made up from several towns in Worcester County at Worcester about the middle of May the sixteenth day I am quite confident, the company was commanded by Captain McCall and the Lieutenant of the company was Phinehas Jones then of Worcester.
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.
Sworn Before NATHANIEL PAINE Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Silla Chaffin

We _____ a Clergyman residing in the _____ and residing in _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be _____ years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that _____ who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that _____ who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl Dames Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler 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 Willie Chaffin for a pension of that Emory Washburne who signed the accompanying deposition as a justice of the peace is duly qualified to act as such justice of the peace. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand to the seal of the said court this 14 day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Theoph. Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
Application of Willie Chaffin
No 2.734

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Suffolk, Hannah Chaplin a resident of Holden in said County of Worcester aged seventy 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 pro- vision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, the 2 d of August 1842, the 3 d of March 1843, and the joint resolu- tion of August 16 th 1842, granting pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of John Chaplin late of said Holden deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of forty dollars a year, and a private soldier in the army of the Revolution, and went into the service from said Holden He used to say that he was out six months at Wadsworth's, and six months at Brookfield, guarding the stores, but the particulars of these services, or under what officers they were rendered she is wholly unable to state, the having no documentary evidence of them; for such evidence of the services as may exist,

She respectfully refers to her former note on this subject, and the proper place in this case.
She also declares that she was married to the said John Chapman at some place on the fifteenth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty five. That she therefore the said John Chapman died at Holden on the first day of September in the year eighteen hun- dred and eighty eight. That she was not married to him from the time of his dying until the day of her marriage to him on the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine. That she was not married to him from the time of his death until his death, but is now his widow, as will fully appear by the proof annexed. Submitted and sworn to the day and year first above written
Harriett J. Chapman for Mr. Bowdoin Judge of Probate

I Tilla Chaffin of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, do hereby say that I am the son of Tilla Chaffin late of Holden aforesaid, son of Hannah Chaffin his widow who has made the foregoing declarations. My said father died on the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight and my said mother now survives him and has not been married since his death, but is now his widow. Tilla Chaffin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss. June 28. 1843 I am to be sworn deposed who is known to me as a man of truth Before me
Wm. M. Burleigh, D. C.

State of Massachusetts, } County of Worcester. } ss. On this eighteenth day of March, 1855, before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Chaffin, aged eighty-nine years, a resident of Holden, in said County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, who made oath, in due form of law, that she is the widow of Tilla Chaffin, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and that she is the identical person named in an original pension certificate in her possession, No. 1860, and of which I certify the following to be a true copy.
War Department - Widow's Pension.
I certify, that in conformity with the Act of February 2d, 1818. Hannah Chaffin, widow of Tilla Chaffin, who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848. and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
(P. S.)
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 7 th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. By F. S. Evans."
J. Y. Mason, Acting Secretary of War.
She further declares that she has not intermarried,

but still continues the widow of the said Tilly Chaffin deceased, who was a Pensioner.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855; and she further declares that she has never before made any application for Bounty Land, her
arrest,
Hannah X Chaffin
Tilly Chaffin
mark,
Elisha Chaffin
I swear to, subscribe and acknowledge before me, the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Hannah Chaffin, and believe her to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - of the age above stated - and at the date of the execution of this declaration, a widow.
I further certify that I am not interested in her claim, as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
Geo. M. Reuliss J. Pease.

State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester, } ss. On this eighteenth day of May, 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Tilla Chaffin, of Holden, and Elisha Chaffin, of Worcester, both residents of the County of Worcester, and State of Massa- chusetts, known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Hannah Chaffin, who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing
The word February was substituted before the 11 th & 12 th lines before the signing. Attest: Geo. M. Bentley, J. Peace.
Declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person who under the provisions of the Act of February 2d. 1848, receives a Pension in right of the services of her late husband, Tilla Chaffin deceased, a private of the war of the Revolution. That she the said Hannah Chaffin, has not intermarried, but remains and now is the widow of said Tilla Chaffin deceased; That they have known her for fifty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances to wit; That they were familiarly acquainted with said Tilla Chaffin, the Pensioner above named, and at and before the granting of the Pension to him, and have also known of their own personal knowledge that the facts stated in said Declaration are true.
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
Tilla Chaffin Elisha Chaffin
Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year above written. Geo. M. Bentley, J. Peace.

State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester. ss. I hereby certify that George M. Prentiss Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavit were made and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signatures thereto are genuine. I further certify that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for the County aforesaid, this nineteenth day of May, A.D. 1855.
J. L. Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court
146700

I Paul Davis Town Clerk of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I have examined the records in the Town of Holden and find as follows Vilna Chaffin and Hannah Mirick of Holden were married December 20  21 th seventeen hundred sixty five by Joseph Avery Clerk
I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Dec 21, 1865
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden
I Paul Davis above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Holden in the County & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Holden with the exception above named as certified by me - Holden January 24, 1839. Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden
Sworn before me
Charles Chaffin Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. S. Jos. G. Mendenhall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within for the County of Worcester certify that Samuel Damour Charles Chaffin within named are Justices of the Peace within said County, duly qualified, and that the sig- nature of their names within written appear to be in their own hand writing.
In witness whereof I have here to set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester this eleventh day of Septem- ber A.D. 1843. Jos. G. Mendenhall. Clerk

BRIEF in the case of of Holden
Tilla Chappin in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy 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 17 78 6 Private Lt. Freeman   79 6 " Capt. McNeill  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Holden  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses -  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective in Authentication The seal not on same sheet nor the tape not in use, as required 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Ellad Adison Examining Clerk.

✓ 28.563
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Geo. R. ...

146700
Official Business.
FRED
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

146700 Hannah Chaff
mid Lille 28563 160
Hannah Molley
Boston
28563
160
James N. Taylor Commission Merchant
Washington St.
FREE
Official Business

146700

Prostate Office Worcester, Mass
May 22. 1855.
Com t . of Pensions. Washington D.C. }
Dear Sir,
Penelon Merritt Declaration and affidavits, with Certificate of Clerk of Courts, for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land for Hannah Gruffin, of Holden, in our County.
Please acknowledge their reception; and, if not contrary to your Rules, forward me your latest published collection of Pension laws now in force, and the forms adopted under the Acts of 1855.
Resp y . your ob dt Serv t
Geo. M. Brenton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 12 th 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 Tilla Chaffin is borne on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Nall's Comp. St. Col. Samuel Prince's Regt. serving at Tiverton R. Island from May 17. 1777 1 month 18 days, as private. Also on pay roll of Capt. John Morgan's Comp. Detached from the Counties of Worcester and Hampshire to guard the Stores and Magazines at Springfield & Brookfield, from Dec. 27. 1777 to July 1. 1778 6 mos. 4 days, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Wilde Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Soliate Office, Worcester, Mass. May 23. 1886.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed Secretary's Certificate of Record evidence of Service of Silas Chaffin, to be used in the case of the claim of his widow, Hannah Chaffin, for Bounty land, now pending. This 2 supps suppls are endorsed required.
Please forward the warrant to my address.
I have been long expecting to hear from Claim of Hannah Wolley, which I forwarded last year.
Respectfully,
Your Ob. Servt.
Geo. W. Prentiss.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 15637
Hannah Chaffin
Widow of
Will Chaffin
Pr. West War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
ex:—Vol. a , Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Private
5401
Massachusetts
Hannah Chaffin widow of Zilla Chaffin who was a Private in the Newton
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April, 1844 and sent to Vernon Daman Esq Woldon Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 265

✓ 8162
Massachusetts
Hannah Chaffin widow of Zilla Chaffin
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 1 st Sept r 1838 of Holden, in the State of Mass s who was a private in the company commanded by Captain of the Reg t commanded by Col l M c Kall in the Mass s line for one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of March 1844 and sent to Ira M c Beath. Worcester Mass s
Total Amount, $ 200.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. H. Davigg Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 55

V No 9202
Hannah Chaffin
Mass s
— Suspended
Set to J. M. Barton Sep. 8 1843 ✓
Act July 7 th 38

Villa Chaffin Goldau Naf.
162734
Private 1 year
Adm. etc
$40.-
Herr J. Hans Wristen Naf.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Tilla Chaffin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? he has
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes, in his favor
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? he has
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? It is affixed, with an inscription whereby it can be distinguished

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? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? There are none in Holden 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No, the seal not on the same sheet & the tape not but in our case required by the regulations XVII. Are the eleven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are all answered in his declaration
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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.

9202.
Hannah Chaffin
Mass ts
Act 7 th July 38
Admitted
12 mos
priv
$40 per annum
Geo. M. Barton Esq. Worcester Mass ts

9202 Hannah Chappin Mass ts Act July 7 th 38
9202 July 8. 1843
13 Hob. July 7, 1838, Hannah Chappin
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
Edward Everett Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
RECEIVED

Concord July 5. 1843
J. L. Roberts Esq.
Sir
Enclosed are the papers in the case of Hannah Chaffin an applicant for a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838. Aug. 23 1842 and March 1843. Let the Certificates be forwarded to me
Very Respectfully Yours &c
Wm. A. Ballou

Sept 13 43
Map, Auto Care
Annals Chaffin
1838.
FREE
L. Edwards Esq. Museum Penna Washington D.C.

Concord Sept. 11. 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I herewith return
to you the declaration of Hennick Chapman with the proper certificates of our County Clerk. Please let the premium certificate & funders be soon
Very Respectfully
Sam M. Bouton

5749
H. Chaffin
$40 per an
Sam Daman Holden Map

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss. On this Twenty first day of June A. D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, Hannah Chappin a resident of Holden in said County, aged Sixty 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Silla Chappin who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution That she drew the pension on her late Husband from the time first drawn to wit the 10 th of March 1839 to 1 st of September 1839. That she has never applied for a widows pension before and that she does not know the Regiment or Company her husband served in and that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1832, of $  her per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow. Hannah X Chappin mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me;—and I certify that the said Hannah Chappin is personally known to me. and is entitled to full credit and belief
Witness to the mark of Hannah Chappin  Silla Chappin  Samuel D. Dana Justice of the Peace.

I Paul Davis Town Clerk of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I have examined the records and find as follows -
M rs Villa Chaffin Died September first Eighteen hundred thirty eight. Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden.
I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows - Sept. 1, 1838.
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden.
I Paul Davis above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Holden in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Holden with the exception above named as certified by me -
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden.
Worcester ss. Holden April 11, 1844.
Sworn before me
Samuel Dusen Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William Jennison, Assistant Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Samuel Dorman, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Paul Davis, & the Declaration of Hannah Chaffin, hereunto annexed, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said County, this thirteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four,
William Jennison, Assistant Clerk as aforesaid.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, CHARLES G. PRENTISS, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that
_____ is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and forty-
Register.

admitted
Sam l Damain Holden Mass

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1848. entitled An Act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution.
State of Massachusetts } S.S. Worcester County.
On this tenth day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, Justice of the Peace, a resident of Holden in the County of Worcester, Hannah Chaffin aged 84 years who being duly sworn according to law, cloth on her barks, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed by the second of February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That My Late Husband Tilla Chaffin served in the Massachusetts Militia and drew a pension of forty dollars a year during his Life time and says that I have drawn since his death the same.
That I still remain his Widow and have never in term married.
Tilla Chaffin
her Hannah X Chaffin mark
Worcester S.S. Holden August 10 th 1848.
Sworn to and subscribed to on the day and year above written and I do further certify that the said Hannah

Whapping is the Identical Widow of the late Silas Whapping and that she has drawn a pension of forty dollars per annum since the death of her late Husband to all of which Sam will object with, Before me Samuel Darny justice of the Peace

I Jonathan Howe of Paxton in the County of Worcester being seventy years of age having been duly cautioned and sworn do depose and say that I have known Titus Chaplin of Holden in said County who is now present at the taking of this Deposition, and have known him ever since 1778 when I first became acquainted with him. I met him for the first time about about the first day of January of that year at Brookfield in the County of Worcester where I joined the company which was commanded by an officer of the name of Durgan, which was stationed there to guard some Continental stores which were there. When I joined the company the said Chaplin was a member of it and continued to be a member of the company and to do duty in it till the first day of July 1778 when the whole company were discharged & the said Chaplin among the others.
Since that time the said Chaplin has lived in the town of Holden & now resides there.
Jonathan Howe
Worcester Aug 8 1832 Then the above named Jonathan Howe to me personally known personally appeared before me & made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is true. I further certify that the said Jonathan Howe is entitled to full credit as an witness. Gerrit Washburn Justice of the Peace

I Luther Goddard of Worcester in the County of Worcester seventy years of age having been cautioned & sworn do depose and say that I am acquainted with Tilla Chaffin of Holden who is now present at the taking of this Deposition, and know that he was in the Revolutionary service in the year 1779. He belonged to a company of which I was myself a member which was under command of Captain M c Call. The Company was raised in the County of Worcester and marched to Tiverton in Rhode Island where we were stationed during the term of the service of said Company. The said Chaffin marched with said Company and did duty in it till he was discharged which I am confident was as long as six weeks.
Luther Goddard
Worcester ss. Aug 8 1832 Then the above named Luther Goddard was personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing declaration by him, subscribed is true according to the best knowledge and belief of the deponent.
I further certify that said deponent is personally known to me and that he is fully entitled to credit as a witness.
Before me Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

9,210 Hannah Habbie

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that Ira M. Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
I further certify, that Samuel Daman and Charles Shubbin are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that their signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fifth day of July, one thousand, eight hundred and forty three.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

I Paul Davis Town Clerk of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I have examined the records and find as follows -
M rs Tille Chaffin Died September first Eighteen hundred thirty eight -
I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Sept. 1. 1838 -
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden -
I Paul Davis abovenamed depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Holden in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Holden with the exception above named as certified by me -
Holden July 3. 1843.
Paul Davis Clerk of the Town of Holden -
Worcester S.S. July 20 th 1843. Sworn before me
Samuel D. Dorman Justice of the Peace