Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,938, Isaac Copeland, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Copeland, Isaac
W. 18938
Rebecca
CONTENTS

10.512
Massachusetts
Isaac Copeland
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Burbank in the Spas line for 20 mths.
Norfolk 80
Inscribed on the Roll of Spas at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Apr 1833 and sent to Isaac Copeland Norfolk Co Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $333.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 3333
$1666.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H Blair Clerk, Book 2, Vol. 2 nd Page 13

Massachusetts 104
Rebecca Copeland widow of Isaac Copeland dec d .
Mass who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 29 th December 1833 of Norfolk Co. in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col d Burbeck in the Mass a line for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 66 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Aug t 1838 and sent S. Island Newbury Mass a
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $133. 34 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept., 33. 33
$166. 67
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by W. H. Garrison Clerk, Book 4. Vol. 10. Page 79

Haar Loper and 4667.
Edwin S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Quincy in and for said County, Isaac Copeland — a resident of Milton in said County, aged sixty eight , 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Braintree in said County
on the seventeenth day of October A. D. 1753, and that there is no record of his birth : that he was in the United States service from about the first day of March A. D. 1776, to the first day of July A. D. 1776 as a Soldier in the on fort Independence, in the State troops that he was residing at Braintree on said first of March 1776 when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col d Burbank
formerly Castle William : that he marched from Braintree to Fort Independence, from to from to where he served for the term aforesaid : that he served at with of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge : that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Milton aforesaid
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the first day of August A. D. 1776, to the first day of Dec r A. D. 1776 as a Soldier in the State troops : that he was residing at Milton on said first day of August 1776 when he entered the service ; that he was an enlisted volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt d Giddings in the Regiment commanded by Col d Wheelock
Ticonderoga, from to from to : that he marched from Milton to : that he served at with of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from about the first day of Dec r A. D. 1776, to the first day of May A. D. 1777 as a Soldier in the State troops : that he was residing at Milton on said first day of December 1776 when he entered the service ; that he was an enlisted volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col d Burbank
formerly Castle William : that he marched from Milton to Fort Independence, from to from to and served there for the time aforesaid : that he served at with of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge.

Also that he was in the United States service from about the first day of August 1777 to about the first day of December A.D. 1777 as a Soldier in the State troops that he was residing at Milton - when he entered the service that he was an enlisted volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Penniman in Col. Gills Regiment that he marched from Milton to the taking of Gen Burgoyne he does not recollect the names of the places he passed through, that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge - Also that he was in the United States service from about the first day of April A.D. 1778 to about the first day of July A.D. 1778 as a Soldier in the State troops that he was residing at Milton when he entered the service, that he was an enlisted volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. William Badcock, that he marched from Milton to Fort Independence and served there during the time aforesaid that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge and he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
his mark Isaac Copeland
We Samuel Gile a clergyman, residing in the Town of Milton County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and John Ruggles residing in said Milton
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Copeland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Sam! Gile John Ruggles
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 the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Gile, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Milton; and that John Ruggles who has also signed the same is a resident in said Milton and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The court further certify that John Ruggles is a justice of the peace for said County & that the name signed to the certificate by Samuel Gile is his true name -
I Samuel Haven, Reg d of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Copeland for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. nineteenth day of January, 1833.
Samuel Haven

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worshipful January 9 th 1833 Personally appeared before me the undersigned the justice of the Peace in & for said County Isaac Copeland of Milton in the County aforesaid, an appli- cant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mention- ed below: For four months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia in the Spring & Summer of 1776, for four months also as a private in the Massachusetts Militia in the Summer & Fall of 1776, for five months, also as a private, in the Massa- chusetts Militia in the Winter & Spring of 1776 & 1777 for four months also as a private in the Massachusetts Militia in the Summer & Fall of 1777 & for three months also, as a private, in the Massachu- setts Militia in the Spring & summer of 1778 & for such services he claims a pension his Isaac X Copeland mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid John Ruggles justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this thirty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before Sherman Keland, Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Rebecca Copeland, a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged eighty one 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 th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Isaac Copeland, late of Milton, in said County, deceased, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution. That her said Husband was a Private, and served in the Revolutionary War in that capacity, as she has been informed and sincerely believes, in the Massachusetts Militia, for a period of one year and eight months prior to the month of November 1779. That for his said service a pension was granted to him by the United States, under the act of the 5 th Congress of the 7 th of June 1832, at the rate of fifty six dollars and fifty six cents per annum. For the different periods of his service and the names of the Officers under whom he served, she respectfully refers to the declaration made by him, and the evidence produced in support of it at the time his pension was granted. She further declared that she was married to the said Isaac Copeland by the Reverend Mr. Hobbs of Milton, on the fourth day of November, in the year seven hundred and seventy nine. That there is no person now living, within her recollection, who was present at the time of the marriage. That her said Husband, the aforesaid Isaac Copeland, died at said Milton on the twenty ninth day of December, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and thirty three. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first of January seven hundred and ninety four, viz; at the time above stated. That at the time of the death of her said

husband, there was due him, on account of his said pension, the amount which accrued between the fourth of September, and the 29 th of December, which was paid to her as his widow.
Rebecca her X Copeland mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me
J. Leland / Probate
I, Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, hereby certify that the said Rebecca Copeland, by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, was unable to attend before a Court to make the above declaration.
J Leland

I Nathan C Martin of Milton in the county of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Forty eight years, testify & say that I am Town Clerk of said Milton & have the custody of the records of said Town I further testify and say that I have carefully examined the said Records, & find that no marriages are recorded in them between the 31 st (thirty first) day of May 1772 (one thousand seven hundred & seventy two) and the 28 th (twenty eighth) day of January 1787 (one thousand seven hundred & eighty seven) I further testify & say that the following entries appear upon said Record, except the dates are expressed in figures only. (Vir.) "A purpose of marriage between Mr Isaac Coplein of Braintree & Miss Rebecca Pierce of Milton entered October 9 th (ninth) 1779 (one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine) & publication thereof has been made according to law" Elizabeth daughter of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born September 24 th (twenty fourth) 1780 (one thousand seven hundred & eighty) Charles son of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born July 13 th (thirteenth) 1782 (one thousand seven hundred & eighty two) Rebecca daughter of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born March 19 th (nineteenth) 1784 (one thousand seven hundred & eighty four) Mehitable daughter of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born October 24 th (twenty fourth) 1786 (one thousand seven hundred & eighty six) Isaac son of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born June 14 th (fourteenth) 1789 (one thousand seven hundred & eighty nine) Elisha son of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born August 17 th (seventeenth) 1791 (one thousand seven hundred & ninety one) Thomas son of Isaac & Rebecca Coplein was born June 28 th (twenty eighth) 1794 (one thousand seven hundred & ninety four)

Lewis son of Isaac & Rebecca Copley was born December 10th (10th) 1795, (one thousand seven hundred & ninety five)
Nathan C. Abartin Your Clerk of Milton
Norfolk. August 1. A. D. 1838 I swear to at Milton aforsaid before me Robert Vose Justice of the Peace

4667
Isaac Copeland Norfolk Co Mass
Pr at 20 Months
5 th
Dec 21. 1832
$66,60
173.
Re S Leland Roxbury Norfolk Co Mass.
STATUTE in the case of of ... in the state of (Act 1819)

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Gopeland  of Norfolk County in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 78 years 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 1776 Jan — 4 — priv- Gen. Burbank   " Aug — 5 — " " Wheelock , Capt Indians   " Dec — 5 — " " Burbank   77 Aug — 4 — " " Gill - Capt Penniman   78 Apr — 3 — " Col. Wm Badcock  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective time not properly defined —
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J H B Blair Examining Clerk.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18938 Rebecca Copeland Widow of Isaac Copeland Briv. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 151
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I John Ruggles of Milton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty five years testify & say that I was well acquainted with Isaac Lovel and who died in Milton four or five years ago I am also well acquainted with his widow Rebecca Lovel and who now resides in Danvers. They lived together in Milton more than fifty years in good repute as husband & wife & brought up a large family of children. There can be no doubt that they were lawfully married. I assisted the said Isaac in his application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. The said Rebecca is now a widow & has been such ever since the death of her said husband
John Ruggles
Norfolk ss August 1 st 1830 I sworn to, at Milton aforesaid by the above named John Ruggles, before me Robert Vose  Justice of Peace
And I the said Robert Vose hereby certify that the said John Ruggles is a credible witness Robert Vose Justice of Peace

Notbury August 8 th 1830
Sir
Herewith I send you an application, by Robert Cople and widow of Isaac Cople and heirs, for a pension. When a decision shall be had upon her case, please to communicate with her upon the subject through me
Very respectfully
your obedt
servt
Shilane
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

4/6/67
Isaac Copeland
E. S. Leland Esq
Dear Sir,

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Copeland Norfolk 67 Mass 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? no IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
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? 
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.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

I Joseph Angier a Minister in the County of Norfolk & South of Norfolk testify & say that I am Clerk of the church of the Congregational Society in Milton of which the Reverend Mr Robbins was formerly Pastor. And further have the custody of the records of the said Church and I further testify & say that I have carefully examined the said records of since that no records are in existence in them prior to Nov. Seventeen hundred ninety seven.
Joseph Angier
Norfolk. August 1 st AD 1838 Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Joseph Angier at Milton aforesaid
Before me Robert Vose Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that Robert Vose is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Norfolk & that their respective signatures on this & the annexed papers are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this fourth day of August A.D. 1838.
Jonathan H. Cobb

206 Rebecca Leland Wid of Isaac (Mass.) Ad 7. July 1838 Married 1779 Died 1833 Allan 66. 14 per ann
J Leland Esq Roxbury Mass

I, Amos Holbrook, of Milton, in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Physician, aged Eighty four years, testify and say that I was well acquainted with Isaac Copeland, who died in Milton four or five years ago. That I am also well acquainted with his widow Rebecca Copeland, who now resides with her son, as I understand in Dorchester. The said Isaac and Rebecca commenced housekeeping between fifty and sixty years ago, as Husband and Wife, and continued to live together, as such, in good repute until the time of his death. Although I was not present at the time they were married, there can be no doubt that they were lawfully married, during the Revolutionary  war , they were respected and esteemed in the neighborhood as Husband and Wife, lived together more than fifty years, and brought up a large family of children. I attended her as a Physician, at the birth of her first child, which took place within about a year after their reported marriage.
Amos Holbrook.
Woforth 1/2 August 1st - 1830 I wrote & subscribed by the above named Amos Holbrook, before me. Robert Vose Justice of the Peace
And I the undersigned Robert Vose hereby certify that the said Amos Holbrook is a credible witness.
Robert Vose

I Lewis Copeland of Milton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachussetts, aged forty two years today & say that I am Copeland late of said Milton deceased was my father. He died on the twenty ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred & thirty three. & left my mother, Rebecca Copeland his widow who has removed since our time, & now resides in Dorchester. My said father was a prisoner under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 as a private in the army of the Revolution. My father's family has always lived in Milton ever since I can remember. I have four brothers & three sisters older than myself. The names of the sisters were Elizabeth, Rebecca & Melitable who are all dead. The names of the brothers are Charles, Isaac, Elias and Thomas. Isaac  Thomas is still living the other three are dead. Lewis Copeland
Norfolk / August 3 rd 1830 Here the said Lewis Copeland a credible witness made oaths to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed
before me Robert Vose Justice of the Peace