Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25407, Guy Chapel, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Chapel, Guy Delight
W 25407
CONTENTS

17986- Connecticut
Guy Chapel
Montville in the State of Conn who was a Ser t in the Conn commanded by Captain Chapman of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Conn Troops time for 11. Mo 24. dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 39 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Octo r 33 and Rent - Lyman Law New London Ct
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33 $ 98.30 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4 - 19.66
$117.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. B. Bullock Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 30
Col. Hon. Elias H. Hale Secretary of State Feb. 16. 1837

Rep o .
Connecticut 5217
Delight Chapel
widow of Guy Chapel
Con n who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 39 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 o day of April 1844 and sent to Sam l . M. Wood Ledyard, Conn t .
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 65.

Guy Chapell of Montville Connecticut application for a Pension

State of Connecticut, County of New London ss. Court of Probate New London District -
On this 2 nd day of August, A D 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of New London in s d County & State, now sitting. being a Court of Record having by Law a Seal & Clerk. Guy Chapell of Mont- -ville, which Montville was formerly a Part of the town of New London in said County & State aged 74 years. who being first sworn according to Law ask, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born in said Montville (formerly New London) In July 1758. That in the Month of May 1775. he enlisted in the Company of Capt. James  James Chapmann - John Raymond Lieut. and George Latimer Ensign - That he joined said Company & was paraded in New London aforesaid in June 1775. and marched from thence to Roxbury - where they arrived the next day (he believes) after Cambridge was burnt - In which Neighborhood he remained and helped build the fortifications, that he continued in the vicinity of Roxbury for seven months and was discharged in December of the same year - having served his term out but whether he had a written discharge or not, he does not recollect - He lived

He lived in that part of the town of New-London, now called Montville when he enlisted as aforesaid -
after he returned - in April 1780 he again enlisted in the Continental Army, in the Company of Capt Richard Douglass at said New London - But does not recollect the Colo of the Regmt - he recollects, a Major by the Name of Darrow - and Capt W m Richards - He was stationed on the North River below West Point - was there when Arnold committed his treason and was present when Andre was executed - He was discharged in Novr of the same year 1780 - having served his tour out - He was moreover afterward in the Militia three several trips, under Capt Adam Shapley of New London - but it is not in his power to specify dates - he was according to his best recollection about three Months in each tour under S d Shapley - and it was between the times when he returned from Roxbury & before he enlisted in said Douglass's Company - during this service he was in said Shapley's Company - and once went with him to Newport Providence and was most of the time stationed at New London & the Neighboring Coast

He has no documentary proof or evidence of his services. Nor any other living evidence in his power to procure except that which is attached hereto.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and your affiant _____
And the said Guy Chapel to the interrogatories presented by the War Department the same being put to him by said Court in his oath makes answer as follows -
I was born in that part of Marlinton near Monticello was seventy four years of age in July 1832 - I have no record of my age but believe the above correct.
I lived in that part of Marlinton near Monticello when I was called into service for over since have lived in the same place.
In the 4th & 6th of 7th Interrogatories I answer that I have stated all my knowledge in the above declaration.
Sworn to & submitted the day & year above in open Court
Guy Chapel

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress, of the 4 th July 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Connecticut } New London County { } for Probate. District of New London,
On this 20 th day of September 1843, personally appeared before the court of Probate for the district aforesaid, Delight Chapel a resident of Waterford in the county of New London aforesaid, aged eighty three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Guy Chapel who was a Private in the Revolution and who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832, and received a pension of about Forty Dollars per annum, (according to her best recollection a little short of Forty Dollars per annum.)
She further declares that she was married to the said Guy Chapel on the 24 th day of August Seventeen hundred and eighty one, in that part of the then town of New London, that is now Montville in the county of New London aforesaid, ( and a few days before the city of New London was burnt by the British troops under the command of the traitor Arnold,) that her husband, the aforesaid Guy Chapel died on the 14 th day of July eighteen hundred and forty two, 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 hun-

hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time before stated in this declaration,
her Delight X Chapel mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year before and within written.
In presence of, Sam d W m Wood
Before said Court Attest
Mary Chapel
Philip M c Guire Judge
And the said Court do hereby certify that the De- light Chapel, the aforesaid declarant is a credible person and that her testimony is entitled to credit.
Philip M c Guire Judge

State of Connecticut New London County
vs Town Clerk's Office
New London Sept 20 th 1843
I Henry Douglass, clerk of the town of New London aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of said town to find the marriage of Guy Chapel and Delight Swaddle, but that I do not find said marriage on the records of said town.
Henry Douglass Town Clerk
State of Connecticut New London County
Be it known that on the 20 th day of September 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the county of New London aforesaid, Henry Douglass Esq Town Clerk of New London in the county of New London aforesaid, and made affirmation that said the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Messrs Gadsby Justice of the Peace

Anna Chapel of Montville in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, aged eighty four years, do depose and say that I was acquainted with Guy Chapel late of said Montville, deceased, that said Guy Chapel was reputed to have been a pensioner of the United States, and is reputed to have died at Montville aforesaid in July 1842.
I further depose and say that I am acquainted with Delight Chapel, (the widow of said Guy Chapel,) that her maiden name was Delight Swaddle, that the said Guy & Delight were married nearly three years after I was married to Daniel Chapel (now deceased,) a brother of the said Guy Chapel,) That I was married to the said Daniel Chapel on the 11th day of November 1778, and in about one month after we commenced housekeeping in the house of Peter Chapel, where we lived until the next Spring, when we moved into the house of Mr Jonathan Gilbert, where we lived one year and then moved into the house with my husband's father and lived there two years, That in the summer of the second year that we lived at the house of my father-in-law Chapel as aforesaid, the said Guy and Delight were married, that I was present at their wedding and saw them married, that the said Delight now resides in Waterford in the county of New London aforesaid and still remains the widow of the said Guy as I verily believe, and further I depose and say not.
In presence of Isaac Whipple Mary C. Whipple
Anna her X Chapel mark
State of Connecticut - of New London county Be it known that on the 19th day of September 1843,

personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London aforesaid, Anna Chapel named in the foregoing deposition and made oath the affirmation that said deposition by her subscribed is true, and I certify that she is a credible person and that her testimony is entitled to credit.
Murphy G. Galt Justice of the Peace.

I Lucy Chapel of Montville in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, aged ninety years, do depose and say that I was acquainted with Guy Chapel late of said Montville, deceased, that said Chapel was reputed to have been a pensioner of the United States, and is reputed to have died at said Montville in the month of July 1842,
I further depose and say that I am acquainted with Delight Chapel (the widow of said Guy Chapel) that her maiden name was Delight Woodruff, that she is sister to me, that the said Guy and Delight were reputed to have been married and according to the best of my recollection in the summer of 1781, that their oldest children, (James & Lovisa) were twins, and were born in a few months after the said Guy and Delight were reputed to have been married as aforesaid, that the said twins were born after my daughter, Theoda was born and before my daughter Lucy was born, that my said daughter Theoda was born July second 1780 and my said daughter Lucy was born July second 1782, - That the said twins, if living, would now be near sixty two years old, that the said Delight is now reputed to reside in Waterford in the county of New London aforesaid and still remains the widow of the said Guy Chapel as I verily believe and further I depose and say not,
her
In presence of Willard Wickwire Saml M c Wood
Lucy X Chapel mark
State of Connecticut ss. New London county Be it known that on the 19 th day of September 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the county of New London aforesaid, Lucy Chapel named in the foregoing deposition and made

affirmation that said deposition by her subscribed is true, And I certify that she is a credible person and that her testimony is entitled to credit, I also certify that the word, " Delight ," was interlined in the foregoing deposition before signing,
Philip G. Galt Justice of the Peace,

N o 7481.
2.66
Guy Chapel.
Return this
11 m o 24 days private
 36.00  2.66   39.32 
 78.64  19.66   98.30 
Lyman Laur En New London  Lyman Laur  near Laurens Leon

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Guy Chapin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes.
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes.
II 3 V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Several witnesses but no clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
yes.
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes.
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes.
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
yes.
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
yes.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

123 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
The service of Claimant in Parson's Reg t in 1775 (in 7 mo ) and in Starr's reg t in 1780 (in 6 mo 24 days) will be allowed without further proof
But his services in Shapley's Company which were not specified in his first declaration can't be allowed unless they are set forth with the details required by the regulations and established by satisfactory evidence

State of Connecticut. New London County ss Court of Probate District of New London, being a Court of Record having by Law a Seal & Clerk.
On this 2 nd , day of August A D 1832. personally appeared before said Court now sitting in said District / George Latimer of Montville of in said County & District, and being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath depose and say. That he was born in the ancient town of New London, formerly including what is now Montville in the State of Connecticut, that he will be 83 years old, on the 3 rd of August 1832. That he has always lived in said Montville - and been a Neighbour to, and knows Grey Chapel of said Montville, where declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. is herewith annexed.
And further deposes & says. That in the year 1775 he was an Ensign, in the Company raised by the State of Connecticut, in which Company Isaac Chaplin was Capt. and John Raymond Lieut. in the Regt. commanded by Col. Samuel H. Parsons. That in the Month of May 1775. said Grey Chapel entered as a Soldier in said Company. That in the Month of June following the Company paraded in said New London - and Marched for Roxbury near Boston - where they arrived about the

time Cambridge was burnt. That said Chapel remained with said Company - doing duty in the vicinity of Roxbury until December of the same year when the term of service, having expired said Company was dismissed.
He further says that he has always lived in said town in the neighborhood of said Chapel - and has always understood & believed - and it has always been the impression & belief that said Chapel served in the Continental Army, in the Company of Col. Richard Duglass or Richard Duglass 2. He thinks in Parsons a Sills Regt. - And further that said Chapel served in the Militia during the Revolutionary War in the Company of Adam Shapley - and did duty at & near New London - But as to his service under said Duglass - and also in the Militia under Col. Shapley - he has no personal knowledge but has always been his belief - and the belief of the neighborhood that he did thus serve - absent has seen the annexed declaration of said Chapel & verily believes the facts therein stated to be true
George Lathmore
Sworn to & subscribed the day of year ago in open Court Capt J. Whan Gluck

time Cambridge was burnt. That said Chapel remained with said Company - doing duty in the vicinity of Roxbury until December of the same year when the term of service, having expired said company was dismissed.
He further says that he has always lived in said town in the neighborhood of said Chapel - and has always understood & believed - and it has always been the impression & belief that said Chapel served in the Continental Army, in the Company of Col. Reid and Douglass or Reid and Douglass 2. He thinks in Parsons a Sill Regt. - And further that said Chapel served in the Militia during the Revolutionary War in the Company of Adam Shapley - and did duty at New London - But as to his service under said Douglass - and also in the Militia under Col. Shapley - he has no personal knowledge but has always been his belief - and the belief of the neighborhood that he did thus serve - and that he has seen the annexed declaration of said Chapel & verily believes the facts therein stated to be true.
George Lathimore
Sworn to & subscribed the day of year ago in open Court Capt J. Wharf Clerk

State of Connecticut New London County S.S. Court of Probate New London District
On this 2 nd day of August 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before said Court of Probate being a Court of Record & having by Law a Seal & Clerk, now sitting Lebbeus Maynard of Montville in said County and State, and being duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath depose & say. That he was born in said Montville forming a part of the ancient town of New London of which where he has always resided. That he will be 60 years old in Nov r next. That he has for many years known Grey Chapel of said Montville & been a neighbor to him. That he has always understood & believed, particularly from his deponents Father now dead (Richard Maynard  Chapel ) who was in the Continental Army during the Revolution, and from said Chapel & others, that he said Chapel was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the Company of Col s James Chapman - in the Company of Col s Richard Duryee and in Adam Shadley's Company - and that he has always been the impression & belief in the neighborhood where said Chapel has lived - that he has ever heard it doubted - he has seen said Chapel's declaration thereunto annexed & verily believes the facts therein stated are true Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 2 nd day of August 1832 J. W. Mather Clerk
Lebbeus Maynard

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that said Guy Chapel was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in said Recd Court further Certifies from their own knowledge that George Lattimore who was an Ensign during the Revolutionary War is a person of very respectable standing for integrity and veracity and who has signed the preceding affidavit sworn to the same and the Court have no doubt that said Lebbeus Maynard who has also signed and sworn to the preceding affidavit is also a credible person though not so well known to the Court and that his statement of said Ensign George Lattimore is justly entitled to to credit in
Guy Chapel 181
I Francis W. H. Clark Clerk of said Court of Probate for said Washington District do hereby certify that the within & foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Guy Chapel for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court and my office this 2 nd Day of August 1832
F. W. H. Clark

State of Connecticut ss New London County
On this thirtyfirst day of July 1833 at New London
in said County personally before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within & for said County. Guy Chapel of Montville in said County, an applicant for a Pension under the Law of the United States of 7 th June 1832. who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of Memory, he cannot sue as prolixly as to precise length of his Service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades.
viz in Captain James Chapman Company of which John Raymond was Lieut & George Latimer Ensign from the 10 th of May 1775 to 10 th of Dec 1775 inclusive as a private - a period of Seven Months and served as stated in his original application, proposed } 7 months
Also, as a Militia Man, private in Capt n Adam Shat-leys Company. Three Several Tours of Three Months each, during which several tours he was stationed at & near New London Connecticut - except in one tour he marched with said Company to Providence - that is to say, from August to October in course in the year 1777, being a period of three months.

Term - brought over - - - -
10 months
also in said Shapleys Company during the months of March April & May in the year 1770 being a period of three months served as a private
3 months
Again in the same Company during the months of July August & September in the year 1779, being a period of three months - - - as a private
3 -
He again enlisted & served as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Richard Dugay, the Col of the Regt he does not recollect, but the Major Name was _____ Darrow
he enlisted on the 5 th April 1780 and served till 5 Novr 1780 a period of Seven months in the Service as stated in his original application -
7
23 months
making all a period of one year and eleven months. and for which service I desire a pension grey  Chase Sworn to this effect
before me M c Main
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut ss New London County
On this 30 day of July 1833 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London aforesaid, personally appeared the Reverend Reuben Palmer a Baptist Clergyman, living in Montville in said County; and to me well known as a gentleman truth & veracity - and does swear duly & solemnly affirm & deposed & said - That for several he has lived near the & has known Grey Chapel of the Montville an applicant for a Pension under the law of the United States. and he very believes he said Chapel is seventy five years old. and that said Chapel is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where  where he lives, to have been a soldier in the revolutionary War; in which opinion since belief prominent concerns. he deponent has no personal knowledge of said Chapel's services, but grounds his opinion and belief - on the general belief & reputation held in the neighborhood where said Chapel lies -
Reuben Palmer
Sworn before me Elisha Lyman Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut ss New London County
I John D e Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do here by certify that, William F Brainard and Caleb Lyon esquires before whom the two preceding depositions were taken viz t Guy Chapell before said Brainard, and the Rev d Reu- ben Palmers before said Lyon are both justices of the peace in and for said New London County and that their signatures thereto affixed I believe to be in their own proper hand writing. In testi- mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 2 nd day of August A D 1833
John D e Witt Clerk (H)

State of Connecticut New London County
of Probate Office. District of New London Sept 20 th 1843. I Stanley G. Galt, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Delight Chapel for a pension.
And as Clerk of said Court I do hereby certify that Ruel Gallup Esq. before whom the certificate of Henry Douglass Esq. and the depositions, of Minna Smith, Lucy Chapel, Anna Chapel, and Jerimiah Congdon hereto annexed, were taken, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London aforesaid, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature written to the certificate, annexed to said certificate and depositions are gen- uine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court.
Stanley G. Galt Clerk

I Minna Smith of Waterford in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, aged seventy two years, do, on my oath  affirmation , depose and say that I was acquainted with Guy Chapel late of Montville in said county, deceased, that said Chapel was reputed to have been a pensioner of the United States, that he died at said Montville in the Summer of 1842, that he left a widow whose name is Delight Chapel that her maiden name was Delight Swaddle, that I was acquainted with the said Guy & Delight more than fifty years ago, that they then lived together as husband and wife and had several children, that the said Delight now resides in Waterford aforesaid and still remains the widow of the said Guy as I really believe & further I depose and say not.
Minna Smith
State of Connecticut - ss New London County Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the county of New London aforesaid, Minna Smith named in the foregoing deposition and made affirmation that said deposition by her subscribed is true. And I certify that she is a credible person and that her testimony is entitled to credit.
I also certify that the word "oath" was erased and the word affirmation was interlined in the foregoing deposition.
Mabel Gadd Justice of the Peace

I Jemima Congdon of Montville in the County of New London and State of Connecticut, aged eighty two years, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Guy Chapel late of said Montville, deceased, that he was brother to me, that he was reputed to have been a pensioner of the United States, and he is reputed to have died in the month of July 1842.
I further depose and say that I am acquainted with Delight Chapel (the widow of the said Guy Chapel,) that her maiden name was Delight Swaddle, that the said Guy & Delight were married before I was married to my first husband, (William Swaddle,) and according to the best of my recollection about four or five months before I was married as aforesaid, that I was married to my first husband, (William Swaddle aforesaid,) on the 10th day of January Seventeen hundred and eighty two, that I was present at the wedding of the said Guy and Delight and saw them married, that the said Delight now resides in Waterford in the County of New London aforesaid and still remains the widow of the said Guy as I verily believe, and further I depose and say not in
In presence of James Swaddle Sam d W Wood
Jemima J. Congdon mark
State of Connecticut - ss. New London County
Be it known that on the 19th day of September 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London aforesaid, Jemima Congdon named in the foregoing declaration deposition and made affirmation that said deposition by her subscribed is true, and I certify that

She is a credible person and that her testimony is entitled to credit.
Rupus Galt Justice of the Peace
9720

3601
Mr Chapel
D. Chapel
$39:32 per an
Sam d W. Wood Ledyards Con.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838,
State of Connecticut - ss New London County,
On this 20 th day of March A. D. 1844.
Personally appeared, before the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, Delight Chapel - a resident of Waterford, in the county aforesaid, aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act + of congress passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war,
She the is the widow of Guy Chapel - who was a Private in the revolution, and that she has received a pension of  the  lascitificat of Thirty Nine 32 Dollars per annum, under the act of July 7, 1838,
She further declares that she is still a widow,
Delight her Chapel
sworn to me subscriber on the day mark
and year above written,
Before Elisha A. Satterlee
In presence of,
Justice of the Peace,
James Traddle Eunice Chapel
I certify that Delight Chapel - named in the foregoing declaration is a credible person & is known to me - x "of congress" interlined in the above declaration, & "certificate" also
Elisha A. Satterlee
Justice of the Peace,

State of Connecticut - vs. New London County,
I John D. Witt Clerk of the County Court, for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elisha A. Satterlee Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County afore- said, duly commissioned and quali- fied, and that his signatures within written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 23 day of March, A. D. 1840
John D e Witt Clerk

Hon Sir
Herewith enclose you have the application of Mr Delight Chapel for a pension -
Please make returns to
Your Obedient
Saml M c Wood
Ledyard
Conn e
Sept 21. '43
Hon James L Edwards
Comm ee of Pensions

92.50 5- 462 50
9720
Delight Chapel wid of Guy who died July 14 th 1842
bequests Act 7 July 38
Adm
11 mo 24 d prior
$ 39.32 paid
Samuel Wood Ledyard bequests

Ledyard March 23 1844
Hon J. L. Edward, Commr of Pensions.
Sir,
Herewith enclosed you have the application of Mrs. Delight Chapell for a pension,
Please make returns to your Obdt Servt Saml W. Wood Ledyard P.O. Conn.

Sir It is not in Mr Guy Chapels power to procure further proof as to his services in Shapley company of Metolic, other than is stated in his application - returned notes - he said before the same would be sufficient - he is too old and infirm to give any further light or deut where it may be found - if his proof is unsatisfactory as to his services under Shapley - he must abide the decision as noted on the proper herewith returned - In his behalf
I am respectfully your H. S. Lewis Symon Lewis
New London Oct 6 / 1893

Keary WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25407
Delight Chapel Wid of Emy Chapel Pri New Mar
Act March 3 d 48
Box: Vol _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Letter to Hester J. W. Huntington - March 20 th 1844 =
V 8176.
Connecticut
Delight Chapels
widow of Guy Chapels
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 14 th July 1842 of Montville in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Chapman of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Conn t Troops here for 11 mo. 24 d rs
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 39 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1844 and sent to Sam l Wood Ledyard Cont.
Total amount,
$
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by
H. A. Ward Clerk,
Book D
Vol. 1
Page 79

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Chapel, Isaac GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3880 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 22, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.