Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23800, Thomas Chute, Mass

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Chute, Thomas
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11. 162
Maria
Widow of Thomas Chute who died on the 11th day of March in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  _____ of the Regt commanded by Col  _____ in the Revolutionary War for 11 mos. 17 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 38 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. J. L. D. 9- Aug 1839 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Aug 1831 and Rev'd to Thomas Lumpkin Esq Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by E. P. Wright Clerk. Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 23
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
1883 May 16 Post master, Naples Mr. that if a descendant will apply for family record, it will be returned 1883 June 6 Capt James Chute returning family record - copy with him

James Chute - Guardian of Mary James Chute, Guardian of Mary Chute. Application for a pension
Recd. July 7. 1838.
Mar. 3. 1839 To lie on the Table
Jan. 4. 1840 Refunder sent to Com ee
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Mr. Smith of me -

STATE OF MAINE.
District of Maine
County of Cumberland, ss.
ON this fourth day of December 1838 personally appeared before me Asahel Ware Judge of the U.S. District Court - James Chute Guardian of Mary Chute a resident of Naples in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged Seventy six - years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain for her the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Thomas Chute who was a private in the War of the revolution and served in that capacity nine months in the Company commanded by Capt. Richard Mayberry in Col. Tappers Regiment in the year 1778 which service was performed at White Plains and West point in New York State. That in the year 1779 or 1780 she served as a Company commanded by Capt. Merrill in Col. Hogg's Regt. for three months in the defense of the Eastern Coast which service was at Baggadinee so called, now Lyctine in the State of Maine. The said James Chute further declares, that said Mary Chute is now non compos, and unable to do anything in a rational manner having lost her mind & memory and is entirely helpless. She has not been married since the death of the said Thomas Chute, but still remains his widow.
He She FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said Thomas Chute on the second day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two and that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Chute died on the fourth day of September 1816. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated.
James Chute } Guardian of Mary Chute
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE
Asahel Ware

STATE OF MAINE
On this day personally appeared before me a resident of the District of Maine, and according to law, made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 17, 1838, entitled "An Act to grant full pay and pensions to certain widows" who was
United States Maine District
District Court December 4 th A.D. 1838.
I hereby certify that the within proceedings were had in Open Court before the Honorable Ashur Ware, Judge of the United States in and for Maine District as therein set forth.
And I further certify that John Prebleth and James Samborn Esquires whose official certificates are borne on the several depositions hereto annexed are respectively Magistrates as thereby stated and as such are entitled to full faith and credit -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year above written -
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Dist. Court
Handwritten signature and initials

Copy of a family record filed by Mary Chute widow of Thomas Chute with her application in 1838 for a pension, admitted file No 23.800.
Thomas Chute born February 19. 1762
Mary Mayberry " September 25. 1762
Married January 2 d 1782
Their Children born in Windham (Maine)
Francis Chute born May 15. 1783
Sally " " June 5. 1785
William C. " " Feb'y 12. 1788
James " " March 15. 1790
Fanny " " May 12. 1792
Margaret " " Nov r 21. 1794
Daniel " " Feby 10. 1797
Mary " " May 12. 1799
James " " Aug t 12. 1801
Thomas " " Aug t 12. 1803
Curtis " " Oct r 2. 1806
Miriam Chute, died Oct 16. 179... aged 69. Thomas Chute, died Sept 4. 1816.
James Chute died July 15 1791. Margaret Chute, died Oct 6. 1802.
Mary Chute died Oct 14. 1802. Curtis Chute, died Oct 11. 1806.
Pension Office June 6. 1883
The above is a true & correct copy of a family record which was filed in 1838 by Mary Chute, widow of Thomas Chute with her application for a pension, and being no longer required by this Office, is forwarded this day to Capt James Chute, one of the above Children, residing in Naples, Maine.
Wm. H. Webster
(See over)
Chief of Old War, Bounty Land & Navy Division

The following affidavit was made & written on the back of the record
I James Chute of Naples, Maine depose & say that the within is the family record of the family of Thomas Chute, late of Windham, deceased, that it was taken out of a frame in which it was kept, and which has always been in the family from my earliest recollection; - that it has been in my mother's or my possession ever since it was made.
James Chute
State of Maine Cumberland County
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 17 th day of December 1838
Joseph Pope Jus Peace

May 5. 1857
Copies of papers in case of Mary Chute
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Tho Lupton

I John Chute of Naples in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being eighty four years old the present month depose and say that I was born in the town of Windham in said County and have remained in said town untill I was about fifty years old since that time I have lived in this place where I now live.
And I further depose and say that Thomas Chute of said Windham was my Brother that he was about five years older than myself that in the War of the Revolution he was out about nine months at one time and he was out in the Penobscot expedition at another time the length of the last service I do not remember
I was acquainted with every man in said town at the time of the Revolution and after the War for some years; and know for certainty that there was no man belonging to the town of Windham in said County by the name of Thomas Chute except the one I have described who is my Brother and who married Mary Mayberry in the year 1783 and whose living Children I am well acquainted with and whose names are as follows Francis Chute William C Chute Fanny Proctor James Chute and Thomas Chute five children now living
State of Maine
County of Cumberland
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John Chute
Sub April 22 d 1851 Then John Chute of

Naples the Deponent who subscribed to and made Oath in due form of law that the foregoing affidavit is true before me
And I further certify that the Deponent John Chute is a man well known to me and his character for truth and veracity is good
Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23800
Mary Chute Widow of Thomas Chute Pike River War
Act July 7th 1838
Index : Vol. A , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ No 14237
Mary Chute nee widow of Thomas
Moaine
Act of the July 1838
Letter to Thos. Lumpkin Esq. Washington. Jan 23: 1857
Same May 24/57
Let S. P. Anderson June 11/51.
7. See in plan July 21/51

Old war
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. May 16 th , 1883
Sir,
In 1838 there was filed by Mrs Mary Chute, as the widow of Thomas Chute, a soldier of the war of the Revolution, quite a handsomely executed family record of the dates of their birth and marriage, together with the names and dates of birth of their eleven children, who appear by this record to have been born in Windham.
As this Memorial is no longer required by this Office, their descendants might be pleased to learn that it will be returned, on the application of the nearest descendant, who is requested to state his or her relation to the above ancestor.
Mrs Chute was residing in 1838 in Naples, under the guardianship of James Chute, who may have been a son, as one of her children was so named - Should you learn of such descendant, be pleased to hand this letter to the person for his or her information, or if unable to do so, furnish this office with their address. Enclosed is a stamped envelope
Very respectfully
J. M. Dudley Commissioner
Post Master Naples Cumberland County Maine

Naples, Me., May, 22 nd , 1883.
Hon. Wm. W. Dudley,
Sir,
Your letter of the 16 th Inst. to the Postmaster of Naples, Maine, was handed to me by said Postmaster this morning, and in reply will say that the Thomas Chute there referred was my father, that I was appointed mother's Guardian, was then and am now a resident of Naples, Maine, Thanking you for the information in regard to the family record for which I have made diligent search without being able to find it till your kind letter was received, would respectfully request that you would return the same to me, at Naples, county of Cumberland, State of Maine.
Respectfully,
Capt. James Chute,
I hereby certify that what Capt. James Chute has stated above is correct.
D. H. Cole, Postmaster at Naples, Maine.

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Old war
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 6 th , 1883
Sir
Agreeable to your request of 22 d ult. you will have enclosed the family record of Thomas Chute, filed by his widow Mary Chute with her application for a pension in 1838.
Be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of the same on, and return this letter. Pension file 23.800.
Very respectfully
Wm. Dudley
Commissioner
Capt James Chute Naples Cumberland Co Maine
Naples, June, 11 th , 1883
Hon. Wm. W. Dudley, Sir,
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the above named family record.
Respectfully,
Capt. James Chute.

Brief in the case of dec o Mary White, widow of Thomas, County and State of Maine act 7 July 1838.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.) of Service - Record.
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Of marriage, Birth of Children etc.
The Comm ee has examined this claim and directed me to allow it.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Thos. Lumpkin, Present.
F. F. Kirby Examining Clerk.

Mary Chute, dec d , widow of Thomas. Maine.
Act, 7 July, 38. 18
Adm n . 11 Mo. 17 days, per - $38.16 2 / 3 . per An: from 4 March 36. to the 9 Augt. 1839 when she died Payable to Francis Chute, William C. Chute, Fanny Proctor, James Chute & Thomas Chute, only children.
bequeath to Thos. Lumpkin Present,

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox, Clerk of the the Judicial Courts, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Merrill Knight Esquire, is a Magistrate and duly commissioned to act as such within and for said County of Cumberland.
And I further certify that the signatures purporting to be his; to this, and the annexed paper are genuine —
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty fourth day of January A D 1839.
Charles Fox, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland

This may certify that I William Mayberry of Raymond in County ofumberland in the State of Maine do testify and say that in the year 1778 Thomas Chase of Windham in said County was a private in the company of Infantry to which I then belonged commanded by Capt Richard Mayberry in the Regiment under Colo Joseph Green our company in the month of June and was discharged in the March following and I have known said Chase during what time he lived and have known his widow ever since and know that she has not been married since William Mayberry
Cumberland ss Nov 2 d 1838 Then personally appeared the above named William Mayberry and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true before me. Merrill Knight justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that William Mayberry above named is a person of respectability and a person of truth and veracity.
Merrill Knight Justice of the Peace

This may certify that I Joseph Gammon of Norway in the County of Oxford and State of Maine lawful age do testify and say that in the year 1799 that I was a soldier in a company of Infantry command- ed by Capt Eliot the place McLellan that was then called Bay- due now Eastine and that I was acquainted with Thomas Chute of Wintham in the County of Cumberland and that said Chute was out with me at the same time in the Company Infantry commanded by Capt Merrill in the same Regiment with me under Col Fogg commanded by Brigadier General Wadsworth that he was there through the whole campaign of three months and I have known the said Chute as long as he lived and I have known his Widow and know that she has not since been married and is still his Widow J. Gammon
Cumberland ss Chepshet October 29 th 1838 I hereby certify that Joseph Gammon of Norway above mentioned personally appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me Merrill Knight Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Joseph Gammom within named is a person of respectability and and a person of truth and veracity
Merrill Knight Jas. Pearce

F. S. Evans Esq.
July 29th 1851
Sir the case of Mary Chute deceased has lingered beyond my expectation
I supposed that the Law granting Pensions required us to prove the Service done by the Husband Secondly the Marriage and thirdly the Death of the Widow As I understand the law I have complied with it and when you was of Opinion that the identity was not specific I took the Second Deposition of John Chute for that purpose but it appears that you have an impression that I am acting deceptively, I will take any reasonable pains to remove this impression.
If you will consult Mr Nathaniel S Littlefield of Bridgton in this County who was a Member of the last Congress he is well acquainted with John Chute and will tell you at once whether my character stands fair or unfair where I am known
Please ask Mr Lumpkin for the evidence of my standing in Society which I furnished him last summer
If my explanation is not satisfactory, I wish you to hand the case over to the Secretary of the Interior or through Mr Lumpkin to the Secretary as I must take an appeal from your Decision if what has been said is not satisfactory

With much respect your ob't servant Samuel Patterson
Postscript to my letter of July 29th 1851

Washington, D. C. August 3rd, 1857.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith three letters addressed by Samuel P. Anderson, Esq., of Maine, to Hon. J. E. Heath, H. S. Evans, Esq., and to myself in the case of Mary Christy, dec'd of Maine (widow of Thomas Christy, deth 7th July, 1838). You will perceive that they were not written as a direct appeal, but only so intended in the event of a non-reversal of the Commission's opinion (adverse to ) in the above case. I have concluded to take this appeal direct, and I do so in order to exhibit to your Department the manner in which this case has been treated by the Pension Department.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Very resp'y, Yours, & W. S. S. Th. Lupton
Wm. L. H. H. Stuart, Secretary of the Dept of the Interior

Washington D.C. Feb 15th 1857.
Sir, I enclose herewith the statement of Indge Mare, which I wished to be filed with the papers of Mrs Mary Church, dec d widow of Thomas Church, Maine  Vermont , d ied 7th July, 1858.
I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully, Your Obed t Serv t . Th. D. Rumpkin.
Hon J. E. Heath Comm r of Pensions

Sir
Yours of the 21 st of July 1851 is received
I perceive by the whole correspondence in the case of Mary Chute that you have taken a wrong view in the case. In your Decision of January 23 d 1851 you copied the Sayings of Thomas Chute the youngest Son of Thomas and Mary Chute Deceased. These Sayings were written by myself and were the recollections of what the Sons they could remember (viz Francis and Thomas Chute who reside in this Town) these statements were put together and signed by Thomas without his being under Oath and sent to the Secretary of Massachusetts and obtained the Certificate which is at your Office. After receiving said Certificate I drafted the Declaration embracing the facts contained in said Certificate and went to Naples about 14 miles from this place and took the Deposition of John Chute Esq. barely to prove the Marriage of his Brother Thomas to Mary Mayberry Mr. Phinney who solemnized the Marriage never made a return to the Town Clerk therefore I had to take the Deposition of said John Chute for that purpose.

I next took the Deposition of William  James Chute to prove the Death of his mother And lastly I took the Deposition of Fanny Proctor She having the Family Record that was given her by her Father the original cost of which was 2,50 (two Dollars and fifty cents) and which is very highly prized by her. a copy of which is at your Office I then took James Chute the one who signed the Declaration and went with him before Judge Ware of the United States District Court and he made Oath that he was a Son of Thomas and Mary Chute (late of Windham in this County) And with the proof that I have named I had no scruple to say the case was clearly and plainly made out (for such was the statement of Judge Ware) but June 11th 1851 you directed a note to me stating that none of the objections were removed I immediately copyed an additional Deposition that I had taken in April last of John Chute certifying that he well remembered that his Brother went into the Army two several times and that he knew all the men in Windham in the time of the Revolution and he was positive that there were none by the name of Thomas Chute except his Brother. Said Deposition I sent to Mr Lumpkin in April but by your letter of June 11th I perceived that said Dep had not been handed over to you and I immediately copyed

Said Deposition and sent it to your Office (I mean that I copied the Dep and Mr Chute signed it the same as he did at first)
In your letter of July 21 st inst you say that the additional evidence (the above Deposition) together with the Supplemental Declaration is received "You say the latter is merely so altered as to make it correspond with the word It is to be presumed that the declarant recollected as well the description of his Father's Service which he had which he had derived from tradition when he made his first declaration as he can now and this altered statement is entitled to no consequence whatever
The witness now adduced was but 10 years old when his Brother is represented as being in the service and had had his knowledge of the matter been deemed of any weight by the family his Dep n would doubtless have been procured when the case was first prepared He lives in the same County with the Claimant and there could be no difficulty in this"
I will now explain about the Supplemental Declaration, Mr Lumpkin wrote me in April that he could not be benefited by the Papers in this case as you declined to let him examine it to I accordingly copied the Declaration and sent him for his own benefit not expecting him to present it to you because it is the same as the Declaration which is in your Office

The evidence of John Chute I took for the express purpose of proving the marriage as I could find no return of the Justice who solemnized the marriage I had not the least idea that you would dispute the identity of the Father when the Children testified so clearly to the point and lastly I took the Dep n of John Chute to prove that there was no one by the name of Thomas Chute in the town of Windham in the time of the Revolution but his Brother Thomas. And how you understand the Copy of the Declaration (which I sent Mr Lumbkin for his own convenience) to be a supplement to the first Declaration barely altered to make it agree with the Declaration I cannot understand Just compare it with the Declaration and you will find it to agree exactly; but not with the request made by Thomas to the Secretary of War.
You require me to obtain evidence that I knew Thomas Chute in the Revolution I have done it; and now you say if his knowledge of the service had been deemed of importance by the family, his deposition would have been taken when the case was first proposed, I answer the family had nothing to do with it, I prepared the case as I thought to be plain and easily understood. If the explanation that I have here made
is not satisfactory so that you can grant the Pensions to the Claimants I must take an appeal to the Secretary of the Interior Hon. H. H. Stuart but if you are satisfied that there is no deception intended and the proof is sufficient I shall be happy to receive the Certificate of Pension.
Very respectfully Your obed t Servant Samuel Patterson
Otisfield July 29 th 1851 J. C. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Dear Sir
I have received yours of July 23 d 1897 in which you say that you are disappointed in not receiving a Certificate in the case of Mary Chute. I am disappointed also. It seems astonishing that Mr Evans should take the copy of the Declaration which I sent you last April (which I copied in answer to your request as you said that the Pension Department would not permit you to examine the Papers) and call it a Supplemental Declaration. It is also astonishing that the Clerk should take the sayings of Thomas Chute (one of the sons of Thomas and Mary Chute deceased) which were directed to the Secretary of Massachusetts on purpose to obtain the evidence of the Service of his Father in the Revolution and quote from that in preference to the Declaration which was made under Oath before Judge Ware said Declaration was made in accordance with the Certificate of the Secretary of Mass. & and signed by James Chute; the request was made by another Son whose name is Thomas Chute and was signed in presence of a Justice of the Peace but not under Oath. The Commissioner or Mr Evans has given directions that I must prove the service of Thomas Chute by persons who were acquainted with the Service

I have done it in the Deposition of John Chute which I sent you in April last. I find it very difficult to find a man of from 84 to 90 years old that remembers the facts but in Mr Chute's case John Chute distinctly recollects that his Brother was gone two two tours into the Army I will give you a Specimen of his Character. He has been a man of business, such as Selectman, Assessor of Taxes, Town Treasurer, and Representative to the State Legislature; and for over fifty years has been a member of the Congregational Church; and for the last thirty years has kept a Public house in the place where he now resides, and is universally respected and beloved by all acquainted with him; and lastly he has been a Justice of the Peace for a large number of years; and now can the Com n arraign such a man's evidence and condemn it without any reason whatever; if so, it is in vain for me to endeavor to obtain any testimony any more I wish you to be particular with Mr Evans and state to him that the quotations in his first letter are all made from the statements of Thomas Chute who was not under Oath when he made them his Father died in 1816 which was before any testimony were talked about consequently there was nothing said to refresh his memory about his Father's particular services in the Army but he together with the older Brother who lives in this town viz Otisfield

told what was the service of their father as nearly as they could recollect and I wrote it down and Thomas signed it in presence of William & F. Linnell a Justice of the Peace (this was before I had a Commission)
I should like to have you show the Commissioner or Mr Evans as the case may be the Certificates which I furnished you last Summer of my character where I am known for I consider the impression which he has got that the papers that I have furnished are deceptive or very wrong one, I wish he would sift the case by sending Mr Littlefield to the parties that have given evidence in this case I will pay the expense if he finds the least deception whatever but if the case is made out fairly he shall pay the expense and make an apology for his unjust treatment to me in charging me with presenting deceptive papers to the Department
In respect to the 25 per cent which you think you ought to have I am not at liberty to make the agreement; when I took the case I told the Claimants that I should let you have the case and if I did so they would have to pay 10 per cent additional as that was the understanding between us; this is all I am prepared to give you as the above is the understanding between me and the Claimants. Your letter of August 9th 1849 states that "You will only charge me 10 per cent upon any sum that you may recover nothing if you obtain nothing Try me with one of your claimes"

If the Commissioner will not grant the Pension I request you to take the papers from the Commission and hand them over to the Secretary of the Interior I have written to the Com., and shall send the letter to you after you read it please hand it over to the Commissioner and that will be an appeal from his Decision if he does not grant the Certificate upon the present explanation.
If we obtain the money how shall I send your fee so as to be safely conveyed to you
Otisfield July 29th 1887
Very respectfully Your obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson
Thomas Lumpkin Esq. Washington D.C.

James E. Heath Esq. Washington
D.G.

Otisfield March 3 d 1857
Sir in November last I forwarded a claim in behalf of James Chase of Naples in the County of Cumberland State of Maine for a Pension for his Mother In Feb I forwarded two claimes of Dolly Gage one for Bountyland and the other for Wages that was due her Husband Jacob Russell from 1795 to August 1798 and I hope that you will not dismiss the claim on account of its long standing but if you find any thing that would have been likely to be due her at his death it would be very gratefully received by her at this late period
I also have forwarded three claimes for the widow Sarah Starbird, one for Pension, one for Bounty land, and one for the reward which was offered by Congress in 1770 to induce Soldiers to enlist for and during the War: And I hope you will give them a favorable reception
And I have also forwarded the claim for the children of Joseph Dale; all in February except the last. And lastly in March one for John Walker and another for Sarah Porter
Please drop a line to me if you have received the above described Claimes and let me know if they are safely arrived
Otisfield March 3 d 1857
State of Maine
James C. Heath Esq Commissioner
Very respectfully your Obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson

Certificate of Judge Ware

I have been asked by the L. B. for the Debt of Mamma's estate, that it has been satisfactorily proved to me by credible evidence that Thomas & Mary Cuthbert of Windham died as is set forth in the declaration of former estate, a copy of which is before me, made Oct. 24. 1800 before me, & left his children were living
Ashton Warren
June 20. 1808

Pension Office,
Augt. 11. 1857.
Sir:
I enclose herewith the papers in the case of Mary White dec d widow of Thomas, upon which Mr. Lumpkin appeals from a former decision of this Office. I have examined the papers carefully and think that the claim should be allowed for 11 months & 17 days service. If you arrive at the same conclusion I suppose it will be useless to trouble the Secretary with an examination of the papers. They are submitted for your consideration.
Very Respectfully
Yr. Ob t . Servt.
F. F. Kirby
Ex o clerk.
Jas E. Heath Esq.
Comm ee of Pensions.

Sir I received a letter from you dated June 11 th 1857 in which you refer me to your letter me to the letter to Thomas Lumpkin dated April 14 1857 in which you say that the service of Thomas Chute late of Windham is not sufficiently proved
After receiving said letter through Mr Lumpkin I went and took a second Deposition of John Chute Esq. and passed it on to Mr Lumpkin; this was done the 24 th or 25 th of April but receiving no answer from Mr Lumpkin I wrote again to Mr Lumpkin enquiring to know if he had received this Deposition and whether it removed the objections I received no answer yet and I supposed that he had left the City, and I was about writing to you when I received yours of the 11 th inst and I do not understand by that, that you have received the above named Deposition of John Chute I therefore proceeded to take the Deposition of John Chute over again and send it directly to you; if Mr Lumpkin has filed the Deposition that I sent him which I took in April please destroy this one that I now send you because it will be of no use.
I hope that the evidence will be satisfactory and to us who are acquainted with Mr Chute his statements are received with the greatest confidence.
In February last I sent to your Office the claim

of Archelaus Dale for a five years Pension on account of the service and death of his Father in the War of 1812 since which I have not heard from it
Oldfield June 30th 1857 State of Maine
With much respect your ob st servant Samuel T. Anderson
J. S. Keith Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Additional Deposition of John Chute in the claim of James Chute
I John Chute of Naples in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being eighty four years old in April last depose and say that I was born in the Town of Windham in said County and have remained in said town until I was about fifty years old since that time I have lived in the place where I reside
And I further depose and say that Thomas Chute of said Windham was my Brother that he was about five years older than myself; that in the War of the Revolution he was out about nine months at one time and he was out in the Penobscot expedition at another time the length of the last service I do not remember
I was acquainted with every man in said town at the time of the Revolution and after the War for some years and know for certainty that there was no man belonging to the said Town of Windham in said County by the name of Thomas Chute except the one I have described who is my Brother and who married Mary Mayberry in the year 1783 and in my former Deposition Certified that I was present when the marriage of my Brother Thomas and Miss Mary Mayberry was solemnised by Edmund Phinney Esq and whose living children I am well acquainted with and whose names are as follows Francis Chute William C Chute Fanny —

Fanny Proctor James Chute and Thomas Chute five children now living
John Chute
State of Maine } Cumberland County } ss Naples June 27 th 1851 Then personally appeared the above named John Chute who subscribed to and made oath that the above Deposition is true before me and I certify that the character of John Chute is good for truth and veracity
Samuel Peterson Justice of the Peace

Starfield November 16th 1850
Dear Sir, I am just returned from Portland to obtain Mrs Gays Pension it being 7 oclock now while beginning to write Mrs Gays Certificate came to hand Tuesday 12th inst you say there has been considerable trouble in looking up the papers and I must send $25 as your fee. I cannot honorably give more than ten per cent because I have told them that I must pay you 10 per cent and that was agreed upon between the Heirs and myself I understood your first letter to me to say that you would take those cases where the papers were all made out and attend to them at the rate of 10 per cent on all the money recovered but where you had to obtain the evidence you should charge more as in the case of Enoch Spurr The amount of Mrs Gays Pension is $150. \frac{76}{100} and they are poor
I think you have not yet got hold of my enquiry in respect to obtaining the Proof of the Service which was done 1700 and 1701 I wrote you last spring that the Secretary of Massachusetts informed me that those records were not in his Office at Boston but were in Washington. I have written four letters of enquiry how we can obtain the proof on those years viz 00 and 01 must I make a request to the Com or Secretary

of War, or Secretary of the Interior: These are enquiries that I cannot answer and I have repeatedly implored you to answer them if you are at a loss how to answer them. Please enquire of the Com. or Secretary for I very much need these instructions before I am at the expense of getting a Judge to come and take their Declarations for I must pay 10 dollars to get a Declaration.
I have prepared the Claims of James Chute and have sent it to the Com., the third day of November last and I should like to have you take the care of it at Wash., at 10 per cent on all the money recovered.
In yours of Novem 6 th , 50 you thought you had told me that I had better write to Alex. H. H. Stuart Esq. for the proof of Enoch Spass and Wm. Chapman. I have received no such information in any letter that has come to me.
In my letter of October about the 20 th I mentioned the case of Benj. Hale and Mrs. Hobbs. Please look at their cases and say what you think about them or I must enquire of Brother Dickens and Coombs who have written for some work to do but I have not yet set them to work.
I have a Petition of Ebenezer Evens who was wounded near Baltimore in 1814, by a Cannon Ball cutting off his right arm and it was amputated near the shoulder and he has received 6 dollars per month ever since he was wounded. in 1842 he requested the Com. to increase

his Pension but was denied; in 1840 I made an effort for him, but failed, I now propose to petition Congress for an increase how will you take the charge of the Petition at Washington; please inform me your fee in Mrs Gays case is fifteen Dollars and \frac{25}{100} which I herewith send as you directed at your risk
Please answer this letter immediately
Yours truly with much respect
Samuel Piterson
Thomas Lumpkin Esq Washington D C
P.S. In respect to the Bounty Land there is no one in this quarter that is willing to come up to $2 per claim and they will have to attend to them them themselves

Jas Chute - guardian of Mary
Petition of James Chute, Guardian of Mary Chute, for a pension in her behalf
Act July 7. 1838.
March 30. 1840
Ref d to the Committee on Rev d  Pensions
Rev. Pensions
Report delayed at the request of Smith of Maine
26 th
Smith Maine

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, most respectfully represents,
James Chute of Naples, in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine That he is the legal guardian of Mary Chute, now of said Naples aged Seventy six years, Widow of Thomas Chute who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and who enlisted at Windham, Maine, in the year 1778 for the term of nine months in a Company commanded by Capt. Richard Mayberry in Col o . Tappan's Regiment, and marched with said Company to the State of New York and served out the said term of nine months at White Plains and West Point where he was discharged. — That afterwards in the year 1779 he again enlisted for the term of three months at Falmouth in a Company commanded by Capt. Merrill and went with said Company to a place then called Bagaduce, now Castine and there served out said term of three months in the Eastern Coast Service in said Company in Col o . Hogg's Regiment making in all twelve months service of said Thomas Chute as he verily believes. — He farther states,

That the said Mary Chute is deranged and non compos mentis, and is wholly incapacitated to do anything for herself relative to obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. Your memorialist therefore prays that Congress will pass an act, authorizing the Secretary of War to place the name of said Mary Chute on the pension list roll of the Maine agency at the rate per annum to which she would be entitled for her said husband's services by virtue of said act of July 7. 1838, and that , and to issue a certificate in her behalf payable to him the said James Chute, guardian as aforesaid - Proof of the service of said Thomas Chute, of his marriage with the said Mary, of his death, and of the widowhood and incapacity of said Mary Chute to act for herself, is forwarded herewith.
And as in duty bound every prays your memorialist. James Chute { Guardian of Mary Chute

STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland, ss.
The Honorable Barrett Potter Judge of Probate of Wills, and for granting Administrations within and for said County,
To whom it may Concern,
MAKES KNOWN,
THAT at a Court of Probate held at Portland, in and for said County, on the first Tuesday of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight,
James Chute of Naples , in said county, Yeoman, was duly appointed and commissioned Guardian of Mary Chute of said Naples , Widow, and now compos mentis,
; that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the laws of the State; that he remains at the present time Guardian as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court, this eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
ATTEST:
Alvah Sweetser
Register.
Barrett Potter

Copy of the Declaration of James Chute State of Maine
Cumberland County } ss On this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before Asher Ware District Judge of the United States for District of Maine James Chute a resident of Naples in said County Aged forty nine years last August who upon Oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the full benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and as one of the Children of the late Thomas and Mary Chute of Windham in said County to obtain the Pension due my Mother Mary Chute at the time of her death
And this Declarant states upon Oath that he is one of the Children of the late Thomas and Mary Chute deceased. He states that his Father Thomas Chute was a native of Windham in said State of Maine and that he remained a resident of said Windham untill his death that his first service was in 1778 in Capt Scott's Company Col Pikes Regiment for nine months and also the next year being 1779 he enlisted into Capt Nathan Merrill's Company Col Jonathan Mitchell's Regiment for 2 months and 17 days and that for the above named services he claims a Pension for his Mother deceased from the fourth day of March 1836 to the 19th day of August 1839 being the day of her death And your Declarant further states that the only surviving Children of Thomas and Mary Chute are Francis Chute William C Chute Fanny Proctor James Chute and Thomas Chute five Children
James Chute
Signed and sworn to before me this 24th day of October 1850
Asher Ware District Judge of the United States for the District of Maine

Dear Sir Yours of April 14th 1857 is received together with the a copy of the Commissioners decision in the case of Mary Chute I was some disappointed to receive such a decision when the case was so well proved; The letter of the Com. quotes the request of Thomas Chute one of the Children of Thomas & Mary Chute made to obtain the proof of the service of the Father by the Records of Massachusetts (please notice also that the Secretary of Mass. does not require this request to be made under Oath, for the reason that at this late day it must shut out many worthy claimants from obtaining their Pensions) After we obtain the Certificate of the Secretary of Mass. then the Claimant makes Oath of the service (done by the Father or Husband) to conform to the Certificate The Son in his Declaration swears that he is a son of Thomas Chute who did the service as you will notice in the copy of the Declaration. I should have been better satisfied if he had quoted the ideas of the Declarant who was under Oath and then stated that he was not satisfied with the identity but let it pass
I did not receive the letter which you spoke about in your last I have taken the Deposition of John Chute Esq. the Brother of Thomas and inclose it to you if that is not satisfactory I shall be unable to satisfy the Com.
As the case has laid so long since the decision perhaps the Com. would take it up immediately and pass the Certificate without waiting for another turn
When you send the Certif. please name how I shall pay your fee and how much
Atfield April 24th 1857
Thomas Lumpkin Esq.
Very Respectfully your obedient Servant Samuel Pitner

I John Chute of Naples in the county of Cumberland and state of Maine seventy one years of age on oath testify and say that I was present when Thomas Chute late of Windham was married to Mary Mayberry both of said Windham - they were married at the house of Abraham Argood in said Windham - I was then living in said Windham and was then about sixteen years of age I think, they were married in January 1782, the second day of said month, the marriage was solemnized by a Mr - Thorne of Fasham - Thomas Chute aforesaid died in said Windham about the year 1816 and his widow now lives in Naples John Chute
Cumberland ss November 19 1858 then personally appeared John Chute above named and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true -
Before me James Senber, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that John White is within named as a person of respectability and a person of truth and veracity Nashville Nov 14, 1836 James Sarbourn Clerk of the Peace

I, John Swett of Windham in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, eighty years of age, on oath testify and say That Thomas Chute late of said Windham in the year of our Lord 1778 was in the American army in the American Revolutionary war; - He belonged to Capt. Richard Mayberry's company of Infantry, I was in the same company and we messes together; The company was stationed a part of the time at the White Plains and a part of the time at West Point and said Thomas Chute served the time of nine months with myself at the aforesaid places. - I have been acquainted with said Chute from a child - He died September 1816 in said Windham; I was always acquainted with his widow - She now lives in the town of Naples - and has never been married since the decease of her husband Thomas Chute aforesaid.
John Swett
Cumberland November 3 rd 1838. Then personally appeared John Swett above named and made solemn oath that aforesaid deposition by him subscribed is true. - Before me, John Breith, Justice of the peace -

I hereby certify that John Swift within named is among the most respectable persons in the town of Windham and is intitled to implicit credit and confidence.
John Evereth

I John Mayberry Junior of Windham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, seventy two years of age, on oath testify and say that, I was present when Thomas Chute late of said Windham was married to Mary Mayberry, both of said Windham - They were married at the house of Abraham Osgood in said Windham; I was then living in the family of Mr. Osgood and was then about sixteen or seventeen years of age - I do not distinctly recollect the year or month in which they were married The marriage was solemnized by a Mr. Phinney of Gorham - Thomas Chute afore said died in said Windham about the year 1816 - and his widow now lives in Naples. JOHN MAYBERRY JR.
Cumberland Ss. November 8-1838. Then personally appeared John Mayberry Jr. above named and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me John Everith Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that John Mayhew Jr. within named as a person of respectability and a person of truth and veracity -
John Breckth

Exam? by Tho. Lumber November 22/50 and with letter filed by him 1875
Mr. Kirby will allow this claim
By Mr. Kirby will allow this claim

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, October 23 A. D 185 0
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Samuel P. Anderson Esq. is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the
COMMISSION of the said Anderson is dated August 13th A. D. 185 0 and will expire August 13th A. D. 185 7 .
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his, and Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon, CLERK.

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I send the Claims of the Heirs of Thomas Chute late of Windham but cannot send the Clerks Certificate of the Marriage we have sought for it in all the Towns adjacent and in the County Records but we cannot obtain it; and I have taken the Deposition of one who was present when the Marriage was solemnized
Very Respectfully Your obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson
Atfield November 4th 1857

Declaration
State of Maine
Cumberland S.S. On this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared James Chute James Chute a resident 28. of said County James Chute a resident of Naples in said County aged fortynine years last August who upon Oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the full benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and as one of the Children of the late Thomas and Mary Chute of Windham in said County to obtain the Pension due my Mother Mary Chute at the time of her death And this Declarant states upon Oath that he is one of the Children of the late Thomas and Mary Chute deceased He states that his said Father Thomas Chute was a native of Windham in said State of Maine and that he remained a Resident of said Windham untill his death; that his first service was in 1770 in Capt Scotts Company Col Pikes Regiment for nine months and also the next year being 1779 he enlisted under Capt N. Merrill Col Jonathan Mitchell's Regiment for 2 months and 17 days and that for the above named services he claims a Pension for his Mother deceased from the fourth day of March 1836 to the 19 th day of August 1839 being the day of her death and your Declarant further states that the only surviving Children of Thomas and Mary Chute

are Francis Chute William C Chute Fanny Proctor James Chute and Thomas Chute five Children
James Chute
Signed & sworn to before me this 24 th of October 1850
Ashe Warren Dist. Judge of the U.S. for the Dist. of Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
May 16 1850.
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 Thomas White is borne on a list of men drafted from Windham, to serve in Continental Army for 9 months after arriving at Fishkill; — in Capt. Scott's Co. Col. Pike's Regt. — arrived June 16. 1778. — 16 years of age, 5 ft. 4 in. dark.
On a muster roll of Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. on an expedition to Penobscot, as a private of Windham, from July 8. 1779. 2 mos. 17 days.
There appears to be no evidence of any other service by any person of the name.

507 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
Wm. L. Guffey Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his Office of the services of my Father Thomas Chute late of Windham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine in the War of the Revolution. He enlisted from the Town of Windham in said County and State in the year 1777 and stayed in winter Quarters at Valleyforge in Pennsylvania. Said service was for one year. Officers not known.
Again in 1779 or 1780 he enlisted from said Town for one year as nearly as we can remember his death having taken place in 1816.
Again one other service but the year and amount of service not known.
In the above services the Officers are not remembered.
Witness my hand this thirtieth day of April 1850.
Signed by said Thomas Chute
Thomas Chute
in my presence J. C. F. Linnell
Justice of the Peace

Deposition of John Chute
I John Chute of Naples in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being eighty three years old last April Depose and say that I am Brother of Thomas Chute late of Windham, he was about five years older than myself and he died in the year 1916 I think in September and I further say that I was present when He was married to Mary Mayberry and that he lived with her until his death which took place as above stated his Marriage was solemnized in the fore part of the year 1903 by Edmund Phinney Esq. of Gorham John Chute
State of Maine County of Cumberland ss Naples October 4 th 1950 Then personally appeared John Chute the Deponent above named who subscribed to and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit is true before me
And I further certify that the Deponent John Chute is a person well known to me and that his statements are to be believed
Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of William C Chute
I William C Chute of Naples in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Sixtytwo years of age last February Depose and say that I am a son of Thomas and Mary Chute late of Windham in said County that my Father Thomas Chute died at his Residence in said Windham September fourth 1816 and My Mother Mary Chute continued and remained a Widow to the time of her death which took place at the Residence of My Brother James Chute August 19 th 1839 And I further say that I spoke for the Coffin for my Mother to be made by Mr. H. O'Knight of Naples and upon the delivery of the Coffin I paid for it and took a Receipt and the Receipt stands thus
"August 20, 1839
"W m C Chute to H. O'Knight to one Coffin 2,50 "Received payment H. O'Knight " W m C. Chute
State of Maine
County of Cumberland } SS Naples October 5 th 1850
Then personally appeared William C Chute the Deponent above named who subscribed to and made Oath that the above affidavit is true before me And I further certify that the Deponent is personally known to me and that his statements are to be believed
Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Fanny Procter
I Fanny Procter of Naples in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Fifty eight years of Age last May Depose and say that I am a Daughter of Thomas and Mary Chute late of Windham in said County and State; and I further say that I have in my possession a Record of my Father's Family and the Record stands thus "Thomas Chute Born February 19, 1762 "Mary Mayberry Born September 25, 1762 "Married January 2, 1782
Births of the Children of said Thomas and Mary Chute
"Francis Chute Born May 15, 1783 "Sally Chute Born June 5 1785 — deceased "Will m C Chute Born February 12 1788 "James Chute Born March 25, 1790 — deceased "Fanny Chute Born May 12 1792 "Peggy Chute Born November 21 1794 deceased "Mary Chute Born May 12 1799 deceased "Daniel Chute Born February 10 1797 deceased "James Chute Born August 12 th 1801 "Thomas Chute Born August 12 th 1803
And I further certify that I have a Record that I made in my Family Bible and the record stands thus "Thomas Chute died September 4 th 1816 also Mary Chute died August 19 th 1839 22

And I further certify that the remaining living Children of Thomas and Mary Chute are Francis Chute William C Chute Fanny Chute James Chute and Thomas Chute five Children in all Fanny Procter
State of Maine County of Cumberland } ss      Naples October 4 th 1850 Then personally appeared Fanny Procter the Deponent above named who subscribed to and made Oath that the Deposition by her subscribed is true before me      And I further certify that the Deponent is a Person of good moral character and her statements are to be believed Samuel Pitunderson Justice of the Peace