Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34192, Ezekiel Chandler, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Chandler, Ezekiel
NUMBER
S. 34192
CONTENTS

10157 Q Massachusetts Ezekiel Chandler
of Fairhaven in the state of Massachusetts who was a Pirate in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Nine Months
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 of Decr 1818 and first to Nahum Mitchell Esq.  Bridgewater Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  126.99    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar 1820  48.00    15 Mo. 23 4/31 30   $174.99  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Information in A.P.S. 1820 to Col. Bradford 10157 Q. 8th Regt. Mass. line

Ezekiel Chandler Private
Yrs — 9 Months
Bradford Mass ts
Rept.
Admitted
Ezekiel Chandler Fairhaven
3 rd Capt. Jo. Wadsworth's Comp. Col. G. Bradford's Reg. Mass. Line.
Not entitled to a pension.
He could not have be- longed to the regular forces — his name is not on the roll. He might have (Kosciusko was not a Frenchman nor did he ever serve as an Engineer.)
The claimant was no doubt a drafted man — and therefore not con- sidered a continental soldier although under continental officers.
Capt. Wadsworth's Affidavit has been procured & is en- closed Mitchell p. 10

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this ss. 9 th — day of May A D 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Ezekiel Chandler of Fairhaven aged eighty four years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," viz —
That he served in said war as a private soldier nine months from May 1778 under the command of Col. G. Bradford & Capt. J. Bradford  the second Company Kosciuszko in the Massachusetts Line, and was discharged at Westpoint in March 1779. — /See his said declaration, with Joshua Chandler's affidavit and Genl. Goodwin's certificate, enclosed/

And I do certify that the said Eze kiel Chandler is in reduced cir- cumstances and needs, the assis- tance of his country for support.
And I, the said Judge, also do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ezekiel Chandler did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Ezekiel Chandler Fairhaven
This claimant appears to have been one among the first 9 months men, who were raised in 1778 to complete the 15 Battalions of Continental troops in this State, and marched to Fishkill and was there receipted for by Col. Putnam with James Peck and others, who have received a pension for the same service. His name is on the rolls at Boston with theirs. The superintendant's certificate enclosed corroborates the fact.
V. Mitchell: Judge

I Ezekiel Chandler formerly of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth now of Fairhaven in the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a citizen of the United States, and resident therein, set forth and declare on oath, that I was a Soldier in the War of the revolution for more than nine months in the Continental establishment, that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my Country for support, and am therefore desirous to obtain a pension from the United States agreeably to the late Law of Congress the 18 th March last, and do relinquish all my Claims to any former pensions granted me (if any) by any Law of Congress, that I entered the service in the year 1776 in the month of January enlisted in Capt. Hall's company. Colonel Theo s Cotton's regiment. I served therein three months - enlisted again in May 1778. for nine months. marched to Fresh Kill. did duty there and at Westpoint under the command of Col. Kosciusko a Frenchman building Forts. &c and was regularly discharged from the Army at Westpoint all the duty performed in the Massachusetts Line - I have no written discharge - I have a Certificate showing that I enlisted for nine months - and have no further evidence now in my power. - I am now eighty four years old -
Declar'd & sworn to May 9 th 1818
Ezekiel Chandler
I Joshua Joshua Chandler of said Duxbury  Fairhaven of lawful age to give testimony personally appeared before me the said Judge on the 9 th day of May A.D. 1818 and being first sworn made oath testified and said that he very well knew of the said Ezekiel Chandler's enlistment and entering into the service for nine months as he has above stated and of his returning, and that he was not at home during said term, & has not the least doubt of his having faithfully served during said term as he the said Ezekiel has above declared -
Declared & sworn to by the said Joshua Chandler, who is a credible witness, before me the day & year above said - Nahum Mitchell: Judge
in March 1779.

The Claimant was mistaken as to his Regt. and Company, which is now corrected. His age and infirmity is so great as to have impaired his memory & the nature of his service also had a tendency to render his recollections imperfect as to his Regiment &c. — as he was drawn out to build Forts &c.
N. Mitchell: Judge &c.
He served in Capt. Joseph Wadsworth's Company & Col. Garmichael Bruford's Regiment.
N. 22. 0819.
Nahum Mitchell: Judge &c.
P.S. I find the Claimant's name on the rolls in the Secretary's Office at Boston — as having enlisted among others "for the purpose of filling up the 15 Battalions of continental troops directed to be raised in this state for 9 months" — & that he arrived at Fishkill N.Y. June 10 th . & is included in Col. A. Putnam's Regt. of July 20. 1778.
N. Mitchell Judge &c.

Ezekiel Chandler
No. 16,057
Dec r 1817
Cons d 15/4p
1820
Low
Mar 1 20

Subjoined is the Statement and Schedule of Ezekiel Chandler as required by a Law of the United States of the 8 th of May 1820.
Real Estate None
Income — None.
Personal Estate 1 Shoeknife 0 10 1 Shoeshorn 0 5 1 pr. old pincers & nippers 0 10 3 small brooms 0 12 1 old stool 0 2 $ 0 39
The said Chandler's trade was that of a Cordwainer: but owing to his advanced age, loss of sight and bodily infirmities, he is unable to do any kind of labour except that of stitching brooms. He is very lame from an injury received on his right knee, when he was only six years of age. He has no family at present. He lives with his son by whom he has been supported. He has a wife living, whose name is Mary. She resides at Scituate with his daughter. His wife is 84 years of age. And it was owing to the ill health of his wife, and his extremely reduced circumstances, that his wife separated from him and resides with his daughter.
Ezekiel Chandler

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL ss. Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol at a Court begun and held at Taunton within & for said County on the 2 nd Monday of June 1820 and continued from thence until the third Monday of July in the same year.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county,
Ezekiel Chandler.
aged eighty six years, resident in Fairhaven in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he enlisted as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Woodworth. The name of the Colonel of the Regiment he does not now recollect. in the Massachusetts Line and on the Continental Establishment. The date of his enlistment was on or about the tenth of May 1775 and for the term of nine months: That he served in said Company until the expiration of the term of his enlistment, when he was discharged at West Point: That he also served in the Revolution several other campaigns, but as they were for a shorter period than nine months, and under the authority of his own native province of Massachusetts, it is unnecessary to be unnecessary to mention the same: That he has received a pension certificate which is numbered 16057: and that he made his original declaration the 9 th day of May 1815.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Ezekiel Chandler.
Property valued at $0.59
Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth day of July A.D. 1820 before
James Spratt. Clerk of the Court Bristol County.
I, James Spratt clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is no dollars and thirty seven cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fifth day of August 1820
James Spratt Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.

34 192 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 192
Ezekiel Chandler
Rev Rev. 1860
Act: 16 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 481
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Hosca Delano
Sturminster
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County Pal
Capt. Weddworth affidavit

Winflow September 18 19
This May certify that Ezekiel Chandler Served in my Company five months in the Continental Army in Col. General Bradford Regiment in the State Massachusetts Bay Forces as a good Soldier Joseph Wordsworth Capt
State of Massachusetts Kennebec ss Sept 2 1819
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Wordsworth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me Thomas Rice Justice of the peace

N.B. Thaddeus Peterson of Duxbury, who has received his Pension certificate, served the same 9 months in the same Company, and was his only service. —
Mitchell Judge
It is a fact that
the same person who received his Pension certificate, served the same 9 months in the same Company, and was his only service. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth. Js. Nov. 22. 1819. The afore said Joseph Wadsworth is now an aged man, but a man of strict veracity, and his affidavit may be relied upon. The aforesaid Thomas Rice is the late member of Congress and is a Magistrate and the foregoing, I have no doubt, is his genuine handwriting and signature. The Claimant is an aged man indeed and his memory somewhat decayed; and as to actually serving under Kosciusko he seems to have been mistaken. Having been drawn out of his Reg. t to build forts &c and Kosciusko being there at the time. is at once the probable cause of his forgetting his proper Reg. t and of thinking that Kosciusko had the command. The Claimant is nearly 80 years old & needs assistance & I have no doubt of his service.
Nahum Mitchell: Judge