Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34179, Caleb Church, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Church, Caleb
S. 34179
CONTENTS

9097 R
Massachusetts Caleb Church
of Ashfield in the state of Mass ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Mass ts line, for the term of nine months
inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of Apr. 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of Apr. 1810 and sent to Elijah Paine Ashfield, Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  87 10 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept 1819  48 5
$ 135.10
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Rate of each - not on do -

Declaration & Path of Caleb Church m in uall y ear 1818 — 9 Mo. th Putnam Clapto Reg t
Admitted on roll
April 8. 1818
$07.16
No 9097

I Caleb Church a citizen of the United States resident in the Town of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on Oath declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war. I entered the service as a militia man in April in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy five and served my Country faithfully until I was honorably discharged. How long I do not know - I again entered the service as a private soldier some in the Spring of one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six in the Company commanded by Capt John Willett in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded I believe by Col. Holman for the term of five months and immediately marched to New York and I served my Country faithfully against the common enemy during the said five months and when that time expired I received an hon- orable discharge from my Officer and I do not know now where the discharge is at being lost. I again enlisted into the Continental Army for the term of nine months into a Company commanded I think by Capt Blake in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Pitman of the Massachusetts Line and I believe I enlisted for the said nine months in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine or eighty seventeen hundred and eighty and during the said nine months I served my Coun- try faithfully against the common enemy and at the expiration of the said nine months I received an honorable discharge handed to me by my Colonel which discharge I have lost and know not where it is. And that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of the assistance of my Country for Support Dated at Ashfield in the County and Commonwealth this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen Attest Joseph Porter. Caleb X Church marks

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss 1775 April 4. 1818
The above named Caleb
Church Subscriber to the within Declaration personally appeared and made Oath, that the same is true Before me a Session Judge of Elijah Paine the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin
To the Secretary of the Department of War I the Subscriber a Session Judge of the Circuit Court of Commonwealth Pleas for the County of Franklin in the Common- wealth of United do hereby certify, that from the testimony given, it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Caleb Church served in the revolutionary War as he has set forth in his Declaration against the Common Enemy
Elijah Paine Judge of Court

Map: Caleb Church
Schedule
Recd. 5 Jan: 1824
1 st schedule -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN ss.
ON this Twelfth day of August 1823, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of record for the county of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth. Caleb Church resident in said county, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Caleb enlisted for the term of Nine months on the Spring day of 1777 in the year 1777 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Blake in the regiment commanded by colonel Nufus Putnam in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of said term when he was discharged from the said service, at White Plains in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property. That his family consists of a wife aged seventy eight years and a daughter about forty years of age, who are not able to support themselves by labour and he is unable from age to much for his support
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 18th 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. That, since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property
and I have no means of support except public or private charity or the bounty of the government.
his Caleb X Church mark
Schedule of the estate of Caleb Church of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and state of Massachusetts applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 1820
Personal estate
  1 pig 1. 67 1 old cart 2. 50 1 Plow 50 4. 67   1 Axe, 33 1 Hoe, 25 1 Pot 1.00 1 Old Kettle, 25 1 D o , 38. 2. 18   1 Crane hook 1. 75 1 Iron bar 1. 50 3 old Chests 1. 50 4. 75   1 Cupboard, 75 1 Table, 50 6 Chairs 1.00 2 pails, 17 2. 42   2 old Spinning wheels, 33 1 Fire shovel & tongs, 50 } 1. 58   Steelyards 75 1   1 Saddle & bridle, poor 1.00 $16. 10 
his Caleb X Church mark
Sworn to, and declared, on the twelfth day August 1823 before the Court aforesaid.
Atty E. Alvord Clerk
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Caleb Church did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also 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 sixteen dollars and sixty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twelfth day of August 1823
E. Alvord Clerk of the Court of the Common Pleas for the County of Franklin.

Hannah Church w th Caleb - i has Apt ns 36 - Prop -
has made - susp ? - or admitted of nat. see papers of - Caleb Church - pms ? 18 - Massachusetts. - -
L M Class days Please examine the papers referred to within W G Wade Rose Sept 7 52
Sep 15 - 1832

sent May 20
Call Church 108 S. Main St. Pensylvania 1856
Mr W. G. Woodson Lyndon Apr 27 th 1852
Sir Yours of the 20 th of March came to hand which was duly Recd; in which you asked some information concerning my Father Caleb Church, pension
There has nothing been done as yet in the matter My Father Resided in Oakville Mass in the time of the war.
after service he resided in Ashfield Franklin county Mass in which time he applied and Recd a pension at least two years He died June 1827 in the 82 year of his age He died at Ashfield Mass
He was in the service Most of the time during the war
My Mothers name Before her marriage was Hannah Pool she died March 1837 at Ashfield aforesaid Her age was 93 when she died
Caleb Church Jr was the oldest son if living would be 79 years old Last Oct Seth Church is the oldest living child His age is 72 His Residence is Ashfield Franklin Co Mass
I have a sister Sarah Church that resides with my Brother Seth Church
I have a Brother Judah California His age is 65 and my age is 68

if there is any record of my father marriage it is with my Brother Seth & sister Sarah in Mass
from the above you can determine what more if anything will be required to satisfy you in regard to the subject Sarah, Sadler
Mr W. S. Wade
Dr Sir having an acquaintance of several years with Mrs Sadler and family for truth and veracity and believing her claims to be valid would solicit your attention to her request Most sincerely
if there is anything more required of her as to the validity of her claims be free to write to me the particulars
Yours & C Francis C. Fairbank Lindon Mich
W. S. Wade
uncle George's people are all well

September 23, 1936
Caleb Church--S.34179 BA--J/ANF
Mrs. W. H. Church 39 Pratt Street Springfield, Massachusetts.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Caleb Church, soldier of the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts, died in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1827.
The data furnished herein relative to Caleb Church were obtained from pension claim, S. 34179, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of his birth are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
Caleb Church, while a resident of Oakville(?), Massachusetts, enlisted sometime in April, 1775 and served as a private in the militia, no further details of this service given. He enlisted in the spring of 1776, served five months in Captain John Wilcot's (probably meant for Walcott) company, Colonel Holman's Massachusetts regiment. He later enlisted and served nine months in Captain Blake's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he was living in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He died in said Ashfield, in the month of June, 1827, then eighty-one years of age.
Caleb Church married Hannah Pool, date and place of marriage not stated. She died in Ashfield, Massa-

chusettts in the month of March, 1837, then aged ninety-three years.
Reference was made in 1852 to the children of the soldier, Caleb Church, and his wife, Hannah-
Oldest son, Caleb Church, Jr., born in the month of October, 1772, then deceased; Seth Church, oldest living child, seventy-two years of age and living in Ashfield, Massachusetts; Fear(?) Church, age not given, living with her brother, Seth Church; Judah Church, sixty-five years of age and living in California; Sarah Sadler, sixty-eight years old and living in Linden, Michigan. Reference was made, also, in 1852 to the family of Mrs. Sarah Sadler, no names were stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

39 Pratt Street Springfield, Mass. Aug. 29, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Can you give me information about Caleb Church who enlisted in the Revolutionary War July 11, 1778 for the town of Oakham, Mass.
He died in Ashfield, Mass. in 1827
Have you the name of his father and also the name of his wife? Can you give me his birthplace?
Yours truly,
Mrs. W. H. Church

OFFICE & CONSULTING ROOMS, 520 WEST STATE STREET.
Marshall, Mich. Nov. 2-05. R
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions:-
Will you be so kind as to give me such data as is on file in your department regarding the following named ancestors of mine who were soldiers in the revolution. I have appended all the records I have regarding each of them:
Data from Card
I....Caleb Church, among whose papers I find the following: "April 13, 1818. Agreed with Abner Livermore to get my pension established & to give him eight dollars if he gets it & nothing if he fails getting it." signed: "Caleb Church, 2nd". This application was made no doubt from Brookfield or West Rush, N.Y, though the soldier had up to about 1810 been a resident of Rhode Island, having enlisted 16 June 1777 in Capt. Peleg Hoxie's Co., Col. Stanton's Regt. and served till 1 Dec. 1777, as a private, and in the same Co., under Col. Barton, from 1 Dec. '77 to 16 Mar. '78--nine months in all. He was very young when he enlisted, was captured and confined upon board ship in N.Y. harbor for a time, and after his release married Esther Clarke, of Stonington, Ct. His home was in Washington Co., R.I., and he was a shoe-maker by trade. He might have enlisted from Preston, Ct.
II...Nathaniel Lewis, born Guilford, Conn., 1740, lived Goshen, Conn., married at Litchfield, Ct., 1667 to Esther Tuttle, lived at Goshen, Conn., from 1772 until 1777. He was a Sergt. in the company of Capt. David Welch and was discharged in the north Dept. 10 Nov. 1775. Tradition says that he was also a mechanis or wagoner. I believe that he received a land grant in or near the village of Wells, Rutland Co., Vt., for his services If he drew a pension it was sent to him somewhere in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., where he died about 1820.
I hope that you will be able to give me the authentic record of parties above described and await your pleasure.
Very resply.,
Arthur R. Lewis
520 West State st., Marshall, Mich.

34179 Rev INVALID.
1936 Sept. 23 - liab. to mrs. W. H. Church and
File No. 34179
Colt Church
Rev Rev War
Mass
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]