Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,757, Thomas Chittenden, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Chittenden, Thomas Love
W 22, 7.57
CONTENTS

James Gregory March 21 1857
852
Massachusetts Love Chillum aged widow of Thomas who died on the of in the State of Mass who was a private in the by Captain of the by in the Revolution time for one year 28 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 43 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1837 & Aug 1st May 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March 1837, and sent to James Gregory Arrears to the 4th of March 1846 Semi-annual allowances ending Mass
Incl from R 4144 Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd A. Peighman Clerk Recorded by Book Vol. Page 344
A. 147

1189 Love Chittenden Widow of Thomas Chittenden
Big Hunter - privateer
Must have cap here
discharged 10 aug '76
adm P
7 mo 10 days / pri
original case -
no deduction
23.33
1.11
24.44
R. Baldwin
Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County ss. } On this third day of 4 February In the Year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, Personally appeared before the Hon David Cummings one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Love Chittenden a resident of Saugus in said County of Essex and Commonwealth 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 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of Thomas Chittenden formerly of Lynn in said County deceased. That said Thomas her late Husband was a Soldier in the War of the Revo- lution and his Service commenced at the Alarm at Lexington in April of the Year 1775, and he was in the Skirmish with the British at said Lexington and Concord, and was then a Private in a Militia Company called out from Lynn, after which he returned to said Town and was Stationed through the Summer of 1775 until the first of December of that year as one of the Shore Guard at Lynn Beach, where Tents and Booths

were erected for the accommodation of Said Seward where her late Husband, Said Thomas Served until the first of December of Said Year 1775. when he enlisted for one year in the Company of Capt. Grace Newhall of the Reg t of Massachusetts Forces. Com- manded by Col. Hutchinson and Served at Cambridge and Dorchester Heights in the Vicinity of Boston, through the Winter of 1776. and in the Summer of that year, when he was taken Sick and unable to march with Said Reg t to New York and on the tenth of August was discharged from the Service, as will appear by reference to his discharge which discharge accompanied this Application, and again in the year 1779. He the Said Thomas entered as a Mariner on board Brig Hunter Capt. Brown in the Penobscot Expedition and was absent she thinks three months, and was there driven on Shore by the British, and was compelled to travel on foot several hundred Miles through a Wilderness Country and suffered many privations and hardships, but at length arrived at his home at Lynn.
She further declares that she was Married to Said Thomas Chittenden at Lynn, by the Rev. Mr. Treadwell on the eighth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy four, that her Husband the aforesaid Thomas Chittenden died at Marblehead in Said Essex County in the

Month of August in the year Eighteen hundred and fourteen, And that she has remained a Widow ever since that period. As will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annex- ed. Love Chittenden math.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me; the said Love Chittenden by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity being unable to attend Court. David Cummings for C.C.P.
I Lucy Blair of Saugus in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Being sworn sworn as on oath testify and declare that I am in the Fiftyfourth Year of my age, and that I am the reputed Daughter of Thomas & Love Chittenden formerly of Lynn. That said Thomas my late Father was always reputed, and believed to have been a Soldier, and Seaman in the War of the Revolution. said Thomas died at Marble- head in the year 1814 and left my Mother, said Love Chittenden, his widow, who has not since married. She now resides with Mr John Blair in this Town of Saugus Lucy Blair
I John Blair of Saugus in said County of Essex, being sworn as on oath testify and declare that I am in the 29 th year of my age, and that I can remember my late Grandfather Thomas Chittenden, of Marblehead S.D. He died of the Consumption at said Marblehead in the year Eighteen hundred and fourteen and left my Grand- Mother, Love Chittenden his widow, who has not married since the death my Grandfather, said Thomas Chittenden John Blair

Essex ss. February 4 th 1839. Then the within named Lucy and John Blair, who are credible witnesses, personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the within affidavits by them respectively subscribed, before me. David Cummins J. C. C. P.
Lucy Whitten 1189 Widow of Thomas Whitten
John Hunter - Privateer
discharged 10 Aug '76
adm. P
7 mo 10 days / m
original case -
Re abduction
23.33 1.11 24.44
R. Halloran
Boston

Marriage Certificate of Thomas Whittenden & Louie Ranskill

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town of Lynn Town Clerks November 23 d 1836 Office
I Thomas Bowler do solemnly affirm and declare that I am Clerk of the town of Lynn in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that I have the custody of the Records of said Town, and that it appears by the said records that Mr. Thomas Whittendon and Miss Love Ramsdell were joined in Marriage by Rev. Mr. Treadwell Dec r 8 th A.D. 1774
Thomas Bowler Town Clerk.
Essex. ss.
Lynn Nov r 23 d 1836
Then personally appeared Thomas Bowler the subscriber to the above certificate, and did solemnly affirm to the truth of the same.
Before me
Elijah Downing, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial courts in & for the County of Essex, certify that Hon David Cummings is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & that Elijah Downing Esq r of Lynn is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Essex and that their respective signatures to papers annexed are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court at Salem this fourth day of February A.D. 1837.
John Prince Clerk

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE Daughter of the BY THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
State of Massachusetts , County of Essex , Town of Lynn .
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish the services of my late father, Thomas Chittendon, deceased evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my service in the war of the Revolution. He was a native of the town of Lynn in the County of Essex and hailed from that town during all his Revolutionary Service, and he enlisted from the town of Lynn in the County of Essex , and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain or Lieutenant Harris Chadwell , in the Sea Coast Guard Regiment and served as follows,* viz:— in guarding the front and adjacent coasts of the said town of Lynn, from some time in the month of April or May, 1775, to the close of said year, & was then discharged. After my said late father, Thomas Chittendon, alias Chitendon , was discharged from said Sea Coast Guard Service, he again enlisted for the term of one year, in the month of January, 1776, and served in the company of Capt. Ezra Newhall of Colonel Israel Hutchinson's Regiment, at Dorchester and around Boston, until said Regiment was ordered to New York, about which time (the latter part of July, 1776,) he was taken sick and
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

— Discharged having served seven months of the term for which he enlisted.
After my said father's discharge from said Hutchinson's Regiment he recovered his health and performed other service in said War , both by Land and Sea , she believes , — but the particulars of said other service she is now unable to describe, excepting the fact that part of it was performed in the  Perry's Expedition .
I am now                      years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my services more fully than above stated.
And I do hereby constitute James Gregory , of Newbliss , my Attorney in the premises.
WITNESS my hand, this eighth day of December A. D. 184 5 .
Signed by said Lucy Blair — in my presence,
Henry B. Newham JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
} Lucy Blair

Remains of...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March. 2. 1846.
From 14 July 1775 to 10 Aug 1776 12 mos & 26 days + 2 days
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 Chittenden is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt William Harrington's Company of Militia in Lynn who marched toward Concord April 19. 1775. as a private, 2 days. — Upon a Muster Roll of a Company Stationed at Salem and Lynn for defense of the Sea Coast under Command of Capt Samuel King, as a private from July. 14. 1775. 6 Months & 2 days. — The name of Garris Chadwell, mentioned in the annexed application, is borne upon said Capt King's roll with that of said Chittenden as a Lieutenant. — Not upon Naval Rolls. — No roll of Capt Ezra Newell, subsequent to the year 1775.
[Handwritten flourish signature]

1791
Affidavit of heir of Mrs. Chittenden, widow of Thomas Chittenden alias Chittenden, formerly of Acworth, Grafton.

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.
John G. Bassett.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Thomas Chittenden of least. Ezra Venable's Com- pany in Col. Hutchinson's Regt. appear to me, by reason of his bodily Infirmary & Indisposition, to be unable & unfit to march, to join his Regt. at New York.
Jas. Hazz Surgeon
Lynn July 30 1776
To all Persons whom it may concern.
Thomas Chittenden W. 22757 Mass.
23

Boston August 10. 1876
The within named Thomas Chittenden is hereby discharged from the Army of the United States Astoria Ward

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,757
Louise Chittenden
Widow of
Thomas Chittenden
Ps Rev War.
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 852 Love Chittenden
pres - very Tedy J. 1834 Same " 15 11
widow of Thomas Chittenden dec.
who died on the 18th August 1814 of Essex in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ward of the Reg t commanded by Col. in the Mass a line for 7 mos & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 21 Dollars 44 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1837 and sent Helen Baldwin Boston Ms.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $146.64 Remi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept 12.22 $158.86
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. }
Recorded by h h Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 47

James Gregory Esq Marblehead Mass

Marblehead, January 27th, 1854.
Honored Sir:
I have the Honor to forward herewith the Declaration of Lucy Blair, as the only child of Love Chittenden, widow of Thomas Chittenden, Revolutionary Pensioner under the provisions of the 3 d section of the law of July 4th, 1836, deceased, intestate, — claiming, in right of her said mother, the benefit of the service of her said father, performed in the Sea Coast Guard Service, which was declared for by her said mother, but never allowed for the reasons set forth in the Declaration.
The late Reuben Baldwin Esq. recovered the original claim for Mrs. Chittenden about 1837 , and I had it from his lips and those of the widow herself that said Guard Service was never allowed the widow, for the reasons set forth as aforesaid.
I therefore bespeak the favorable action of the Department upon this claim, as it has no interest

— but that of administering simple justice between the Government and the claimant, and a reference to the original Declaration and the evidence which accompanied it will show that the widow was only allowed for the service performed in Capt Ezra Newhall's Company, the first half of 1776, and the Coast Guard Service was suspended for the reasons stated.
I am, with great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory.
Hon. Loren D. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Brief in the case of Lore Chittenden dec d . widow of Thomas County and State of Mass act July 4 1836
Claim, (" original " or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
She was pensioned under the act of 1836 at $24.44, she claimed that her husband served in the Coast Guard service from Lynn Mass, but there was no evidence of his service in this office, — Record evidence is now adduced showing him to
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
have served as alleged, — John Putnam for identity,
Name and residence of Agent J. P. Gregory Esq Marblehead Mass
Thornton J. P. Plunk Examining Clerk.

Love Chittenden dec. Widow of Thomas Map
Increased act July 4 1836 12 Mos & 28 ds pri $43.11 per annum from 4 March 1831 to 14 May 1841 when she died,
13 Deducting former payments at $24.44 per annum, under s o act, Pay to Lucy Blair, only child -
Cert to James Gregory Esq Marblehead Mass

Lone Chimney
Aug 2 36
Colt
FREE
Hon. Loren P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Braintree. May 2 nd .
6
Mr. Reuben Baldwin.
Boston Mass

Saugus April 30 1837
Dear Sir
I received yours of the 24
but did not receive it time enough to answer it by next return of mail you state in your Letter that 4 month is all they are willing to allow her for but she says her husband was there 8 month besides being in the shore guard Mrs Chittenden cannot remember the Capt name that commanded in the shore guard he enlisted in the army the first of decem be as Mrs Chittenden cannot remember the name of the Captain in the shore guard if you think there is no prospect of getting any more she would be very glad if you would get the 4 month as soon as you can make it convenient please to let me know as soon as you receive it and I will come and get it as Mrs Chittenden is not able to come.
yours respectfully John Blair

Marblehead, February 9th, 1854.
Honored Sir:
I have received your favor of the 7th. inst. relative to the case of Lucy Blair, the only child and heir of Love Chittenden, Revolutionary Pensioner, deceased, asking for a Court Certificate &c.
In answer I would respectfully observe - that a Regular Heirship Certificate in this case issued from the Probate Court of this County, at a term thereof held in Gloucester, on the 17th Ukt. which Certificate accompanied the application. It was duly authenticated by the Hon. Secretary of this Commonwealth with the State seal, and certified the official character of George R. Lord as Register of the Probate Court, whose signature is appended to the Heirship Certificate, as such, for this County of Essex.
The Certificate annexed all the facts of the date of Mrs. Chittenden's decease, the fact of her being a Revolutionary Pensioner and the rate of

her per annum allowance. Also that Mr. Blair is the only child left at Mrs. C.'s decease; and the Certificate will be found united to the application and papers under the State Seal, and is the last paper in the package.
No such Certificates are ever issued by our Probate Court until a written petition is filed by the Claimant, supported by the written affidavit of one or more witnesses, whereby said aff.  must be certified by the magistrate who administers the oath. The whole is then examined, investigated by the Court, and, if found satisfactory, it is decreed true and placed on the records.
I must therefore presume that the closing observations in your favor cannot mean to insist on going behind the record, sanctioned as it is by the official seals of the State and County in this and all other similar cases; for of the hundreds of such Heirship Certificates which I have had to furnish the Department during the last eighteen years nothing of the kind has ever been asked before. If, however, the Department has adopted any new Regulations in the premises I beg to be informed of it, that I may be prepared to act accordingly on any future occasion.
Hon. Loren D. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
I am, with great respect, Your Hon's humble servt. James Gregory.

Marblehead, March 1 st 1854.
Honored Sir:
In conformity to the requirements of your favor of the 15 th . Ult. I now have the Honor to forward herewith a new Heirship Certificate in the case of Lucy Blair, as the only heir of Love Chittenden, deceased, and trust it will be deemed satisfactory.
I am, with great respect,
Your Honor's humble servt.
James Gregory.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Commission of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Marblehead, March 13 th , 1854.
Honored Sir:
Though loth to trouble the Department about so small a matter, yet having in former years repeatedly returned Pension Certificates to the Department for review , in cases where it appeared that accidental errors had been made against the Government , — I therefore trust that I shall be excused in herewith returning the Certificate issued in favor of the heir of Love Chittenden — this day received — for review, on the presumption that there is such an error against the claimant .
I desire therefore very respectfully to solicit the notice of the Department to the fact that the Certificate of the Hon. Secretary of this Commonwealth shows a credit of six months and two days' service of Mr Chittenden in Capt S. King's Company, (to say nothing of two days' service previously performed in Capt W. Farrington's, which, I believe was never allowed the widow,) and understanding that the

— minimum allowance for a privates' service, based on the law of '32, as well as that of '36, has always been at the rate of $20. for six months' service, while the Certificate issued in this case allows a per annum increase of but $18.67, — I thus presume there must be some accidental error in the premises.
I am led to this conclusion because an exact calculation of the amount usually allowed in such cases for the 6 months and 2 days service, alone, gives a quotient of $20 22 , and presume that the per annum difference of $1 58 could not have been the result of a deduction in consequence of any excess. in the original allowance made and paid to the widow, — as the decision of Attorney General Butler of March, '37, in the case of Richard Vernon, renders this mode of accounting for the difference improbable.
I am, with great respect, Your Honor's humble servt. James Gregory.
Hon. Louis A. Wald, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.

Lore Chittenden Widow of Thos Chittenden Mals Sister of R Baldwin March 28 1877 do. do Apr. 22 1877 May 6th 1877
Ad 4 July 1876

May 8 Map Ad 1836 add. enc.
James P. Kennedy Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Sir
Boston Mass s May 3 d 1837
In relation to the case of a Claim for a Pension by Mrs Loue Chittenden, Widow of Mr Thomas Chittenden de d , mentioned in your letters of March 28 th and April 22 d . I would observe that I have received the decision of Mrs Chittenden through her Son in Law Mr John Blair which is herein enclosed, by which it will appear that Mrs Chittenden will relinquish her claim for the Services of her late Husband, beyond what is mentioned in your letter of the 22 d April, provided no further evidence can be found of his Service on the Rolls and Records on file in the Department, It is believed that Capt Harris Caldwell commanded the Shore Guard at Lynn in the year 1775, but of the existence of any proof on record of that Service, she is uninformed, In the estimate of the Services of said Thomas Chittenden made in your letter of April 22 d , no mention whatever is made of his alleged Service on board the Brig Hunter, Capt Brown, engaged in the Penobscot expedition in the year 1779. The Department will please to re-examine the foregoing case, and award to Mrs Chittenden

Such amount of Pension as the case may warrant- And forward her Certificate as soon as convenient to me at this place.
The Manuscript book of Henry Hallowell forwarded to the Department, I respect- fully request may be returned to me as soon as practicable, as I am under solemn obligation to return it to W. Hallowell's family.
I am respectfully
In Your Obedt Servant
Reuben Baldwin
James L Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss.
I George R. Lord, register of probate for said county of Essex, hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the judge of probate for said county, by evidence on oath of John Putnam, residing in Lynn in said county, who I certify is a credible person, that Love Chittendon, late of Marblehead in said county, widow, deceased, intestate, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty four dollars and forty four cents per annum; that she died on the fourteenth day of May, A.D. 1841; that she left one child, and no more, viz. Lucy Blair, who is still living and of full age.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the court of probate for said county this seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Geo. R. Lord.

Pension Office Feby 1 1834
Sir Love Chittenden, Massachusetts Rolls, Ad- July 4 1836, $24, 44 per annum, Please state to what time paid,
Will you be so kind as to inform me to whom the arrearages was paid? Was there only one child when the payment was made?
Very Respectfully S. Cole for J. M. P. [?]
A. Burt Esq
Third Auditor
4 m 41

Love Chittenden, Act 1836. $24.44 per annum. Paid to 4 March 1841. No death. Arrears unpaid. F. Bush
0 o 14 May 1841
Lucy Blair, Miss J. D. Putnam Auditor

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 21 st 1854
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Benjamin G. Newhall was a Justice of the Peace, and George R. Lord was Register of Probate for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. L. Chaplin Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Essex . . . . . } 55.
On this fifth day of January A.D. 1854, personally came and appeared before me, Joseph Sampson a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Essex, Lucy Blair, a resident of Lynn in said County, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, and from the best of her knowledge and belief, testify and declare that she is a daughter and the only child living at the decease of her late mother, Love Chittenden , as will appear by the Court Certificate herewith annexed: that her said late mother was the widow of Thomas Chittenden , alias Chittenden, and was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the provisions of the third section of the law of July 15th, 1836, at the rate of twenty-four dollars and forty-four cents per annum.
She further declares that when her said late mother made her legal declaration under said named law, she claimed the benefit of all the service named on the application and State Certificate annexed hereto; but that owing to the fact that the roll or record of the Sea Coast Service declared for (then in Washington among the Massachusetts Documents) could not be, or was not then found, - by reason, she thinks, of her said mother having named Harris Chadwell as the Commander, instead of Lieutenant , merely, as it now seems he was, - it thus happened that the benefit of said Sea Coast Guard Service was never allowed to her said mother.
She further declares, that her said late father, Thomas Chittenden, was a resident of the adjoining

said town of Lynn during all his Revolutionary Services; and she makes this Declaration with the view of claiming the benefit of said Sea Coast Guard Service - so as aforesaid declared for by her said late mother and disallowed, for the reasons above stated, from the date of the commencement of the allowance granted her said mother, until the time of her decease, which happened on the 14th. day of May, A.D. 1841. And she begs to refer to the original Declaration of her said mother and the amount of service she was allowed the benefit of, as well as the evidence filed by her at that time , in proof of the allegations hereon made and set forth.
Witnessed by Walter P. Gregory
Lucy Blair
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written -
Before me Joseph Dampney Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 11 th 1854.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph Dampney was a justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. L. D. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I George R. Lord, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Love Chittendon, late of Marblehead in said county, widow, deceased, intestate, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty four dollars and forty four cents per annum; that she died on the fourteenth day of May, A.D. 1841; that she left one child and no more, viz. Lucy Blair, who is still living, and of full age.
Given under my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of January, A.D. 1854.
Geo. R. Lord -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I George R. Lord, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Love Chittenden, late of Marblehead in said county, widow, deceased, intestate, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty four dollars and forty four cents per annum; that she died on the fourteenth day of May, A.D. 1841; that she left one child and no more, viz. Lucy Blair, who is still living, and of full age.
Given under my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of January, A.D. 1854.
Geo. R. Lord.