Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12466, Harris Chadwell, Mass.

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Chadwell, Harris
S 12466
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3417 Massachusetts Harris Chadwick
Lynn in the State of Mass He was a Serjt in the company commanded by Captain of the Smith in the Mass for the Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 160 Dollars -- Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec 1832 and Serjt William Chadwick Lynn Essex Co Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $240-- Pensional allowance ending 4 Quarters 80--
$320--
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk Book D - Vol. 24 Page 43.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, in Salem  Harris  Chadwick resident of Lynn , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 86 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
and that he first entered the service as first lieutenant in the summer of 1775 and was commissioned by the Congress of the Massachusetts Colony and received his orders from the Committee of Safety, and commanded a part of company stationed at said Lynn for the Protection & Defence of the Sea Coast, and continued in this service for six months. Capt King of Salem was his Captain, and commanded a part of a company in Salem. No general or field officers gave any orders to said Chadwick during the said six months, and that he served as first lieutenant in the year 1776 two months at Red Bank Hill near Boston Benjamin Phipps was his Captain and Issac Smith was Colo of the Regiment to which he belonged.
and that he served as first lieutenant two months at Providence in the year 1777. his Capt was Hitter and Colo Sitcomb commanded the Regiment.
and that in 1778 as first lieutenant he served two months at Rhode Island and was there when the Americans retreated from the Island under the command of General Sullivan. Thomas  John Cose was his Captain Wadsworth Colo Sitcomb General. He the said Chadwick commanded the boats on the retreat from the Island to Salem town and he remembers Genl La Fayette; and Genl Sullivan was the commander there.

Questions propounded by the Court
First. Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. In Lynn in the year 1746 at Lynn
Can't have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Ans. I have no record of my age.
Quest. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live.
Answer. I lived in Lynn and have always lived and had my home in Lynn to this present time except when in service without the town.
Question. When were you called into service, were you drafted,
did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer. I might be a substitute, whenever I received any orders to obey them. I never was a substitute.
Question. State the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. At Prospect Hill I recollect General Washington and Rhode Island. I have no recollection of any other officers at that time except such as I have before mentioned.
Question. Did you ever receive a commission, if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I have received several commissions under the state authority as a lieutenant, but I can find only two which are herewith transmitted. I don't know what has become of the others. I served as Lieut. 1775 under the direction of the Committee of Safety for some time before I received my commission of that year, but I now remember that Benjamin Newhall then law clerk, Major Abner Cheever & Edward Johnson all of Lynn were of the Committee, and they are all dead.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Harris Chadwell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Dana
a clergyman residing in Gloucester in said County JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Samuel Dana a clergyman, residing in Lynn aforesaid, and J. C. Stearns Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Lynn aforesaid,
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Harris Chadwell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 86 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sam d Dana.
J. C. Stearns
Subscribed and sworn to before
Orville

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that George Lane  George Lane who has signed the preceding Certificate, is the  a resident in Methuen and that the said Col. Chase who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Salem and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And it is the opinion of said Court, owing to the fragmentary and inconsistent evidence in the matter, that the said applicant is not entitled to a pension. D. White Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Harris Chadwick for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August , A. D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Severy's Office, June 25. 1832.
I hereby certify, that on an examination of the Army Books & Muster Rolls of the Revolutionary War remaining in this Department, I find the name of Harris Chadwell, entered, as a Lieutenant on a Roll called "Capt. Samuel King's Pay Roll, in 1775 Sept r  11 and that he subscribed the same as having rec d one month's pay in advance. The particular Detachment, Regiment, Time of Service does not appear. — I also find his name on a Roll in Capt. Joseph Willis's Company in Col. Jonathan Titcomb's Regiment, as Lieutenant, and that he served in said Company in said Capacity from May 5 to July 5. 1777.
Edward D. Fages. Secy. of Com th

17956.
Henry Chadwick Lynn Essex Co Mass.
12 Mr Lent
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$160.
William Chadwick Lynn Essex Co Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Harry Bradwell  Lynn of Essex Co in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 86  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 75 6 Lieut Gen. Capt King   76 2 D. B Phipps Col Smith   77 2 Stille Lieutenant Col   78 2 " Thayer Col Woodworth  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? On one  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lynn  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof. Living witnesses Rolls & Traditional Evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective not properly connected 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. P. Blair. Examining Clerk.

July 15-1932 Rev. E. W. Roberts & R.
Rev. Roberts
12466 INVALID.
File No. 12,466
Harris Chadwick St. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.465 Warren Chadwell
Aug 14, 1882 - Nov 1986 Bureau - 86 yrs
Jan 1887 - 1900
Cape King Cal - 3
Oct 6 - 1900 - St. John
St. John - Phipps
Cal - 100 - Smith
St. 2 - 1900 - Phipps Hill
72 - St. John
Cal - 100 - 1900
St. 2 - 1900 - 1900
74 - St. John - 1900
Cal - 100 - 1900
St. 2 - 1900
No Bal
St. John - file

3956

I Theophilus Bacheller of Lynn in the County of Essex State of Massachusetts aged 80 years upon oath declare and say, that I served two months at Prospect Hill in a company commanded by Capt Ken- jamin Phipps whereby Harris Chad- well of said Lynn was a lieutenant for the same time, & served there, in the year 1776. Said company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colo Isaac Smith. I further testify that I served two months in the year 1777 at Providence in the State of Rhode Island in a company command- ed by Capt Hiller and that said Har- ris Chadwell was a lieutenant and served the same time there, in said company Capt Hiller, company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colo. Ditscomb.
Theophilus Bacheller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Essex ss. 16 th August 1832
Personally appeared Theophilus Bacheller and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him sub- scribed before me. O. W. Dinsmore
Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Essex ss.
I John Prince Junior Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify, that Robert W. Everett Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex and a magistrate thereof duly authorized to administer oaths and that his name to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I Clerk as aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Prince Clerk

I Samuel Mansfield of Lynn in the County of Essex & State of Massa- chusetts aged seventy four years testify and depose, that I served in a part of a company commanded by Lieutenant Harris Chadwell of said Lynn for six months in the year 1775 from some time in the summer to the beginning of the following winter. Capt Henry Salem was the Capt of the company but I do not recollect of seeing him more than once for the six months. Capt King commanded the other part of the company and was stationed at Salem. I further testify that I served in the year 1778 two months at the march to, stay and retreat from Rhode Island in a company commanded by Capt Thomas  John Cose, whereof Harris Chadwell was Lieutenant and in a Regiment commanded by Col Wads- worth. General Pitcomb was there.
Samuel Mansfield

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832. personally appeared affiant in open Court before the Honorable Dan- iel Appleton White, Judge of Probate for the said County of Essex now sitting in Salem within & for said County Samuel Mansfield and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affida- vit by him subscribed. And the said Judge from the questions put and the answers made, hereunto do certify, that, in my opinion, that the said Samuel Mansfield is entitled to belief & full credit.
In Testimony whereof I the said Judge have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal official the day & the year aforesaid. D A White Judge of Probate

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
To Henry Bradwell Gentleman Greeting
YOU being appointed second lieutenant of a company whereof Benjamin Spurr is captain in Col. Isaac Smith's Regiment raised by this Colony to reinforce the American Army until the first day of April next By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a second lieutenant in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline.—And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their second lieutenant and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your superior Officers.
Wilson Wesson Winthrop Saltonstall John Shattuck J. G. Estlin James Durdin Blagden Whittemore Col. Gurney Isaac Fisher Moses Gill White Michael Parley
GIVEN under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown, the Fifth Day of February in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Anno Domini, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council. }
Simon Morton Clerk
AM DR RT

The CONGRESS of the Colony of the MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
To Harri Chadwell Gentleman, Greeting.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Harri Chadwell to be a first Lieutenant of a Company of Foot, appointed by said Congress to be raised for the Protection and Defence of the Sea-Coast in this Colony ;
YOU are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a first Lieutenant in leading, ordering and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers ; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline ; and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their first Lieutenant and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your superior Officers, (or from those who are or may be appointed to have the Direction of the said Company or Companies, in the several Towns or Counties where you may be stationed) according to Military Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
By Order of Congress,
Isab. Warren President.
Attest. Sam. Cushing Sec'y.
Salem the twelfth Day of August A. D. 1775.

Report of Sep. 15. 1845
Personally appeared the within named Harris Chadwell, and signed the Oath required by Congress to be taken by the Massachusetts Army; before me
Dan l Hopkins.
S. File 12.466. Stearns Chadwell, Mass.