Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30324, Joseph Chandler, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Chandler, Joseph.
S. 30324
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Joseph Chandler
of Boston in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Denny of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sawyer in the Artillery Mass line, for the term of one year from May 17/6 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of Fifty Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of August 1832 and sent to J. S. Derby Boston Mass
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____ Pension commencing on the 182 _____
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832 $ 50 semi annual due Sept " 25 $ 75
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. } June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vol 2 Page 43
See Notes letter 17 Nov 1832 to S. H. Derby Esq.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston
On this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two I Peter C. Thatcher, Judge of the Municipal Court in said Suffolk, repaired to the house of Joseph Chandler of said Boston, a soldier of the Revolution, aged seventy nine years, in compliance with his request.
And he being first duly sworn in according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers, & served as herein stated.
At the commencement of the Revolution I resided in Boston, where I was born, escaped from there soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, & joined the American army besieging Boston. About the first of July 1775. I enlisted at Harvard as a volunteer in a company of Massachusetts troops raised at Harvard under Captain Sawyer & Lieutenant Norris & served in said company till the close of the year, a period amounting to nearly six months. a part of this time I served as substitute for one Gary. =
On the first day of January 1776. I enlisted at Dorchester as a volunteer in the Massachusetts troops, in a company commanded by Captain Nathan Drowne in Colonel Knox's regiment & served therein until the tenth of March 1777. when I was honorably discharged; but to the best of my recollection received no written discharge, at all events I have none & no other documentary evidence of service in my possession. During this enlistment I marched to Providence, New London & entered the State of New York; was at the battle of Long Island, in several skirmishes at White Plains & Harlem Heights, & was wounded in a skirmish near New York light house. I was under the command of General Washington & was well acquainted with him & with Colonel Knox, but do not

recollect any living witness to substantiate my services. During the year 1777, the exact periods I do not now recollect, I was drafted once & volunteered once to serve in the militia, & did serve each time a period of from six to eight weeks. I was under, as I believe, the command of Colonel Crafts, & did garrison duty in Boston & its vicinity, where I enlisted.
I was born in Boston, & have resided there the principal part of my life.
In 1819, on exhibiting proof of four years service only, I received a pension which was afterwards withdrawn because, although poor, I owned a small tenement.
And the said Chandler hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or, if any,
Suffolk ss. July 31 st 1832. (Sworn to & subscribed) Joseph Chandler his mark on this day & year aforesaid
Before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
We James D. Knowles a Clergyman residing in said Boston and William Mills residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Chandler who had subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. James D. Knowles. William Mills.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court. Suffolk ss. July 31 st 1832
Whereupon the said Peter O Thacher conforming to the request of the Honorable Secretary of War proceeded to put to the said Chandler the following interrogatories which he answers as follows
1. Where & in what year were you born?

Answer. In Boston; to the best of my recollection in the year 1753.
2. Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it?
Answer. None.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you now live?
Answer. In Boston.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, & if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I volunteered except on one occasion when I was drafted.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. I have already sworn to all I recollect on these subjects.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; if so, by whom was it given, & what has become of it?
Answer. I never received a written discharge.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. The Rev Samuel D. Knowles & William Mills.
And I sworn to before me Joseph Chandler his X mark Suffolk ss. July 31 st 1832 Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
And I the said Peter O. Thacher do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he stated; And I do further certify that it appears to me that Samuel D. Knowles who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Boston & that William Mills, who has also signed the same is a resident in Boston to the best of my knowledge  that both are in my opinion credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit. The said William Mills is in his sixty eighth year, is a builder of bridges, has lived for many years in the neighborhood of the said Chandler & is personally known to him. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of my office to be affixed this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.

I hereby further certify to the Honorable Secretary of War, that Joseph Chandler, the within applicant and petitioner, is blind in both eyes, and that he has been for some time detained at home by age and sickness, and that he is in my opinion unable to attend Court. I therefore, at his request, repaired to his house, and took the foregoing declarations of him said Chandler, of the Rev. James D. Knowles, who is Pastor of the First Baptist Church in this City, and of the said William Mills, who and who both were in said Chandler's immediate neighborhood were all present at the time. From the faith which I repose in their several declarations, and from my personal knowledge of their respective characters, I have been induced to make the within certificate of my belief, that the petitioner was one of the soldiers in the War of the Revolution, and that he served according to the manner of the time that are set forth in his declarations.
Boston, July 31. 1832.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Suffolk ss;
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court, of the City of Boston, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Chandler for a pension. I further certify that said Municipal Court is a Court of Record legally established in this Commonwealth and that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is the sole Judge thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Boston this third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

See lett. to H. W. Knishman Nov. 12. 1831-
6595
Massachusetts Roll
Joseph Chandler
of Boston in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dewey of the Artillery, Mass. for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of February 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq e Judge Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 - 49 mths \frac{22}{30} - 37:86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48:
85:86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

5 Aspland St., Dorchester, Mass. Pension Bureau Washington D.C.:
Would you kindly let me know what there is in the records about the military service of Joseph Chandler, a pen- sioner of the Revolution.
Said Joseph Chandler was living in Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass. when the pension was granted and had served in the Mass. Contin- tals.
Respectfully,
Fred. E. Chandler,
12. I '96.

72 St Stephen St., Boston, Mass.
May 30/96.
Pension Bureau Gentlemen;
Please send me the pension certificate of Joseph Boston Granader of a Suffolk Co., Mass. Served in Mass. Continental Line.
Placed on pension roll Feb. 5 th 1819
Renewed August 2 nd 1832
died Jan 2, 1833
Respectfully
T. L. Chandler

pend r to d pend r ass
30 324 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30 324
Joseph Chandler His Rev. Wm
Act: June 7 th 1892
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 70
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 196 Soed to J H Chandler Boston, Ma J W D
May 1896 Soe to J E Chandler Dorchester, M J W D

356 Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March --- next at the U. States Branch bank Boston.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Joseph Chandler _____ late a Private _____ _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th _____ day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 5 th _____ day of February one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen _____
H. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

A Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston April 13 th 1818
I Nathaniel Glover of Boston aforesaid do hereby testify & declare that I am well ac- -quainted with Mr. Joseph Chandler of the same Boston, & that I am knowing to his having served in Capt. Drury's company of Artillery as a Bomba- -diere, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Knox, in the Massachusetts Line, & on the continental establishment and that he served faithfully as a good soldier & at that he entered the S. service in the month of January 1776 and that he served one entire year. I further testify and declare that I belonged to the same company of Artillery and serv- -ed in said company with said Chandler the whole of said year as aforesaid.
Nath Glover
Suffolk ss. Boston April 13 th 1818
Then personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Glover & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - before me Sam l J. Prescott, Notary Public

Thomas Burbeck Certificate that he served three months with the Applicant in the Continental Army J.B.
No 3116 Joseph Chandler of Boston, Mass. Continental Soldier.
Massachusetts line - Lt. Chandler - (Private) Massachusetts line - (Date of Petition Apr: 13. 1810.
From 1776 - 1 year.
Correct, except the judge's certificate.

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts, Suffolk ss. Boston April 13 th 1818
I, Joseph Chandler of Boston, a citizen of the United States, now resident at said Boston — in the County of Suffolk, aforesaid in the State aforesaid, do on oath — declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as a requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the Land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a Bombadier — against the common enemy; from the month of January 1776, to the month of January 1777, being one full year, when my time of enlistment having expired I was honorably discharged. That I belonged to Capt. Jonathan Druery's Company of Artillery in the Regiment commanded by Col. Glenn  Putnam , in the Massachusetts Line. — and that I left the service in the month of January 1777, with an honorable discharge, as aforesaid. In the same month of January 1777, I again enlisted in the same Line of Artillery, when I served three months, I was again honorably discharged — My discharges I have lost. —
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. — And I further declare that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support. — J. Chandler
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirteenth  thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the abovenamed Joseph Chandler and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence.
Mass. Dist. April 13.
M c David
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts, Suffolk ss. Boston April 13 th 1818
I, Joseph Chandler of Boston, a citizen of the United States, now resident at said Boston — in the County of Suffolk, aforesaid in the State aforesaid, do on oath declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as a requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the Land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a Bombadier — against the common enemy; from the month of January 1776, to the month of January 1777, being one full year, when my time of enlistment having expired, I was honorably discharged. That I belonged to Capt. Jonathan Denny's Company of Artillery in the Regiment commanded by Col. Glenn  Glenn , in the Massachusetts Line; and that I left the service in the month of January 1777, with an honorable discharge, as aforesaid. In the same month of January 1777, I again enlisted in the same Line of Artillery, when I served three months, I was again honorably discharged — My discharges I have lost.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. — And I further declare that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
J. Chandler
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirteenth  thirteenth day of April  April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the abovenamed Joseph Chandler and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence.
Mass. Dist. April 13.
M c David
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Joseph Chandler subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c David
} Judge of the District Court U.S. Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Joseph Chandler by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
R. Davis { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

Application for a Certificate — County of Suffolk ss. Boston
On this first day of December A.D. 1832 before me the subscriber, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston & a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Suffolk, perso- nally appeared Joseph Chandler who, on his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly be- longed to the Company commanded by Captain Sotham Drury, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Crane in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts under the act of June 7th 1832, but has never received a formal certificate, & now wishes to obtain one —
Sworn to and subscribed to Joseph his Chandler before me, the day & year aforesaid mark
Attest, Thomas D. Phillips Clerk

Suffolk City of Boston on this first day of Decem- ber A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty two before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said City of Boston Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston County of Suffolk personally appeared Benjamin H. Andrews of the City of Boston gentleman and made oath that he verily believes & hath no doubt that Joseph Chandler the present appli- cant is the same person who applied in August last for a pension under the law of the United States of June 7 th 1832; I also certify that said Andrews is personally known to me & is a person of veracity
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid.
Thomas W Phillips Justice of the Peace & Clerk.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Municipal Court at Bos- ton this first day of December A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty two.
Thomas W. Phillips Clerk

Portion August Office } 11, 1882
The Secretary of War.
City of Washington.
$50 per ann.
Rev. 1875
15-202

To the Secretary of War,
Sir,
I enclose the affidavit of Joseph Chandler duly authenticated & bearing date 31 st of July 1832; also a former Pension Certificate bearing date April 13 th 1818, revoked on account of property; with a view to procure a pension under the recent act of Congress.
He is extremely feeble & apparently on the brink of the grave; you will therefore confer a particular favor by forwarding his certificate as soon as your official duties will permit to
Yrs with the highest Respect C. Hasket Derby Counsel to Joseph Chandler
14 State St. Boston.