Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29073, John Chaplin, Mass Mass Sea Service

SERVICE
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Mass
chaplin, John
S 29073
Mass Sea Service
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1347 Maine
John Chaplin
of Bridgton in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Warner of the Regt commanded by Genl. Green in the Massachusetts line for 1 year $1,000
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6. April 1838. from 4 March 1831. to the 3 rd August 1837. the day of said pension ers death. Agent Notified 2 July 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $53 Dollars 53 Cents per year to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of November 1832 and sent to Miss Mary Portland Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $ 79.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending April 1833 26.66 $106.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. L. Dillack, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 52

3841
John Chaplin's Application for a pension
Aug t 1832
(a private)
private 1 year 4 m o
53.33
Memphis
seven on private account not allowed

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the thirty first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this thirty first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge John Chaplin a resident of Bridgetown - in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged 70 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he
entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated; viz. That in April 1775 at Cape Ann, he enlisted for eight  four months as a private soldier in a Company of Militia in the State Service commanded by Capt. Warner, and marched to Cambridge & joined the Reg t commanded by Col o Moses Little, and served there till about the first of September following, when he entered as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt. Ward, in Col o Arnold's Reg t . to go to Canada & Quebec. Marched to Newbury Port & took passage from there by water to the Kennebec river to Waterville and went on said expedition under Col. Arnold through the wilderness to Quebec. That he served under Capt. Ward till the first of January 1776 when Gen l Montgomery was killed & Capt. Ward with many of the troops were taken prisoners. That he was acting as sentry and guard when the others were scaling the walls, and that he and several others escaped, being taken. That he then served under Capt. Bailey till May when he went to remove some men from below Quebec back into the country. And before he returned, the boat containing his equipments clothes & six days allowance, was burnt with its contents and he was left destitute. Capt. Bailey & his company retreated towards Montreal while he was after the sick & he has never seen him since. That he begged his way to the river Sorell & there got a discharge for himself & James Welch on the same piece of paper - and as Welch was a foreigner he gave him their discharge. That he proceeded to Crownpoint & Tyconderoga, France the rest of his way home. Before that, straggled, and got back to Nowley about the last of May. That in June 1776 - he again enlisted at Nowley in a Company commanded by Capt. Peabody in Col o Wigglesworth's reg t . Marched to Tyconderoga where he was stationed most of the time for five months. The term for which he enlisted - and served there & in that vicinity the said term of five months & was discharged at Albany. whereby  thereby he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
John Chaplin
Officered
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said John Chaplin further states, That about the last of May 1778 he entered on board the Arroya Brig Bonnington at Newbury Port - William Fitch Commander Line of Marines  commanded by Capt Newman, and served on board said Brig till the last of February 1779 - That they captured several English vessels, among them some two of which loaded with oats for the enemy's horses they sent into Spain - also a privateer from London with 70. or 80. men on board - which we sent into the States - having put the men on board different vessels, which we sent in with board to different Ports in Europe - That he returned on board a prize ship, called Queen Isabella with men & stores - which was brought into Newbury Port - and that he was there discharged about the last of February as above stated - The Bonnington having arrived at the same port a few years before he got in in the prize vessel - That he was born in Rowley Jan 22. 1758 - That he lived in Cape Ann when he entered the service - and resided in Rowley after he left the service till 1790 - when he removed to Bangor where he now resides - Subscribed affirmed to the last year ago and - John Chaplin before me John Muzzey
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Muzzey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Chaplin for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this first day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Muzzey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I David Chaplin of Waterford, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, do testify and say of my Brother John Chaplin of Bridgton, in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, that I knew him to be a resident of Cape Ann of Massachusetts in the year of our Lord 1775, previous to the revolutionary war, while I was a resident of Rowley in the said Massachusetts. That after the commencement of the said war,
I, being a soldier at Cambridge, in Capt. John Baker's company, Col. Mose Little's regiment, knew my said Brother as a soldier in the said Regiment, in Capt. Warner's company, from about the first of May in the said year till about the first of September, when, as I then and ever since understood he enlisted out of said regiment, under Col. Arnold to go to Canada. As I continued a soldier at Cambridge through the said year, and the next, till we marched for New York, and then till I was discharged at the close of the year 1776, at Trenton in New Jersey, I knew no more of my said Brother till I had returned to Rowley, Jan. 1777, when I understood by him and others many particulars respecting the said campaign. And, by what I consider indubitable testimony, he remained a soldier in Canada till some time in May 1776; and that he had returned to Rowley and enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Beabody (I do not remember the Regiment) and had served as a soldier a campaign of about five months at Ticonderoga and was then returned again to Rowley.
From this time my said Brother and I wrought together at the Blacksmith's and other employments till I enlisted in August and was absent from him about five months at the taking of Burgoyne, &c. in the year 1777. In Jan. 1778 I resumed work with my said Brother till about the first of March, when I separated from him by enlisting into a company of Artificers to serve on the river Hudson in N. York. Though my term closed with the year 1778, by reason of sickness, I did not return to Rowley till about the first of March 1779. I then found that my said Brother had just returned from a cruise on board the Brig Bennington of 18 guns. Its crew had taken several prizes from the British; one ship of the said prizes was brought into Newbury Port where the said privateer then lay. I was with him on board each of these vessels, and knew of his bringing home from on board said ship his share of prize money taken. I likewise, then and ever since, understood by the best information that the time of his shipping on board said brig was about the last of May 1778, and that he was discharged about the first of March, 1779.
David Chaplin.

Oxford Ss. August 25, 1832, Then personally appeared the within named David Chaplin and made affirmation that the within statement by him subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me Daniel Green Justice of the Peace
Furthermore I have been acquainted with the above named David Chaplin for fifty years, and have always considered as a man of truth. Daniel Green
State of Maine
Cumberland County ss.
I William S. Vaughan, Clerk of the County of Cumberland County do certify that Daniel Green is a magistrate as above, and that I believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this thirty first day of August, A. D. 1832.
Wm S Vaughan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Chapman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 Sept 1775 Pvt. Warner Moses Little Mass.   Sept 1775 May 1776 Ward Arnold   Bailey   June 1776 Dec 1776 Richard Peabody Nightingale   May 1778 Feb 1779 on armed brig Pennington com. by William Teack captured several English vessels and a privateer & returned home on board a prize ship called Queen  
Battles engaged in, Tarleton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cape Ann Mass
Date of application for pension, Dec 31 1832; H. C. A. L.
Residence at date of application, Bridgeton Cumberland Co. Me.
Age at date of application, at Rowley Jan'y 22 1758
Remarks: d. Aug. 31 1837
Children are referred to but no names are stated.
Respectfully,
brother David
Commissioner.

503 Borts ninth & 10 th
Independence Kan. 8/11 14 Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I would like the record of John Chaplin a revolutionary soldier. I do not know whether he was a pensioner or not. I do not know as he enlisted from Maine or not - but his home was in that state I am sure. If he was not a pensioner please refer this letter to what ever department it belongs
Oblige
Mrs Josephine E Pugh

29073 INVALID. Reog
1914 Mar. 21 Hist. To Mrs. Josephine C. Pugh V.L.M.
File No. 29,073
John Chaplin vs Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 70
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 28. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of John Chaplin deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Macon Agency, at the rate of fifty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 3 rd of August 1837, the day of his death —
Respectfully, yours,
Merion K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 28. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of John Chaplin deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of fifty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 3 rd of August 1837, the day of his death —
Respectfully, yours,
Meribah E. Parris Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

I Tyler Porter now of Sebago in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine formerly of Berford in State of Mass. being seventy four years of age do testify and say that in June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I enlisted in Capt Richard Peabody's Company of Militia as a Soldier The Regiment was commanded by Col. Wigglesworth and then in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution and that I served five months and was stationed most of the time at Ticonderoga - and I further say that John Chaplin then of Rowley in S d Massachusetts, but now of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland served as a soldier five months with me in the same Company and we were discharged at Albany. - Some time before we enlisted in the month of April or May in S d year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I saw said Chaplin, who said he was then on his return from Canada, having been in the campaign under Col. Arnold - he told me he went through the Wilderness to Quebec, and was at Quebec when Genl. Montgomery was killed - he then stated he was from Ticonderoga and had been discharged
Tyler Porter
Cumberland State of Maine ss. Aug. 20 th 1832 -
Personally appeared Tyler Porter above named and made oath that foregoing Deposition by him signed is true and correct according to the best of his recollection -
Before me John Perley Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with John Porteo within named for more than thirty years, and consider him a man of truth & veracity John Perley
State of Maine Cumberland County ss.
I William S. Vaughan Clerk of the County of Cumberland County do certify that John Perley is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this thirty first day of August, A.D. 1832.
Wm S Vaughan