Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19242, William Chadwell, Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass Privateer
Chadwell, William
S. 19242
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Maine - 31,785.
William Chadwell, of Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Folsom of the Reg't - commanded by Col. Linsley in the Battle of Bunker Hill 8 months 29 days service Mass Reg't Artillery
Entered on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 28 Dollars 75 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Septem- ber, 1840 - and sent to James Gregory Esq. Marblehead, Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 1840 - $273:22 Semi-annual allowance ending March 4 th 14:38
$287:60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk Book E, Vol. 1, Page 7.
See let to James Gregory Esq. November 3, 1840.

35.003
Wm Chadwell Me
Ad. 7 June '32
vol. 35-262-3288-9- X " 290 - 18p. 15 Nov - 2.15. 18. 223 Nov. 3 July - 2.25. 208 18p. 15 Nov X detached rolls binding 3.9 8.19 admd 8 mo 1901 pr  $28.76/100
for Gregory cost Marblehead Mass

State of Maine. County of Cumberland, } ss. Portland.
On this first day January, A. D. 1840, personally appeared before me John Ware Esquire Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine the same being a Court of Record within & for said State & County, William Chadwell, a resident of said Portland, in the eighty-second year of his age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, & from the best of his recollection & belief, 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 was born in Lynn in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, on the 25th day of December, A. D. 1758, & was removed to Marblehead in the said County of Essex, sometime in the month of May A. D. 1766: That he continued to reside in said Marblehead until the autumn of 1790, when he removed to said Portland, which has been his permanent place of residence ever since: That he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, & at different times belonged to, & served in the Militia of the said State of Massachusetts, before his removal to said Portland: That his first service was in a Corps of Minute Men - about the commencement of hostilities - located in the said town of Marblehead, & held ready to march at a moment's notice to any part of the Country: That he served in this Corps for the term of three months - as a Private, but that he cannot recollect the name of the officer who commanded it, nor the precise date of his enlistment & discharge.
He further Declares that on or about the first day of January, while he resided at said Marblehead, he enlisted as a Private & Volunteer into a Company of Sea Fencibles, commanded by Capt. Francis Felton for the term of one year, unless sooner discharged by order of the Legislature: That said Company belonged to no particular Regiment, but was raised with two others - one under Capt. William Hooper & the other under Capt. Edward Trefleplace - for the especial defence of said town & the adjacent coasts: That he continued to serve in said Felton's Company during his duty as a Private aforesaid in & about said town, until the fifteenth of the following month of November, when said Company was discharged by order of the said Legislature: That from the period of his enlistment into said Felton's Company to the day of his discharge was ten months and fifteen days, as near as he can recollect.
He further Declares, that he again entered the Militia Service of the said State of Massachusetts, at said Marblehead, on or about the twenty-sixth day of December, 1776, as a Private & Substitute for another man, whose name he has forgotten, for the term of three months, & was attached to a Company under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Lindsey of said Marblehead, (first Lieutenant of said Felton's Company at the time said declarant served in it): That on or about the twenty-ninth day of said December he marched with said Company from said Marblehead, as part of a reinforcement to join the American Army under General Washington, then in or about the Jerseys: That after they reached Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, they received directions to proceed no further till further orders: That they accordingly halted at said Providence until the latter part of the month of January, at which time

time they were ordered to march to Riverton, near Rhode Island; that they accordingly marched thither, took up their quarters near to Kirtland's Ferry , & were there ordered to perform Garrison Duty from time to time in mounting Guard, & keeping a strict watch upon the movements of the Enemy, who at that time held possession of Newport & its neighborhood: That he continued in said Corps, doing his duty as aforesaid at said Riverton until the twenty-sixth day of March, 1777, when the three months for which the company was engaged expired, & it was accordingly discharged.
He further declares, that on or about the first day of November of the same year of 1777, he again entered the Militia service of the said State of Massachusetts, at said Marblehead, as a volunteer, & was appointed a Corporal in the Company of Capt. John Devereux of said Marblehead: that shortly after he joined said Corps he marched with it to Winter Hill , near Boston, & there joined the Regiment of Guards commanded by Colonel Jacob Gerrish, which Regiment was stationed at said Hill for the purpose of guarding the Convention Troops that were captured at Saratoga the previous month under General Burgoyne: That he continued at said Winter Hill doing his duty in said Corps as a Corporal aforesaid, until on or about the third day of April, 1778, when said Company was discharged, & he returned home: that this last period of his service was of five months duration.
He further declares that all his brother soldiers who served with him in the said described four periods of service - so far as his knowledge & recollection extends - are now dead with the exception of one only, Samuel Bowden of said Marblehead - who served with him in Putnam's Company, only in 1778, & that said Bowden's memory is so much decayed that he cannot testify with confidence to scarce any one who served with him in the said described four periods of service : that he does not know of a single individual whose testimony he can procure in proof of either of the said four periods of his Public Service: That on the third day of February, A. D. 1837, his Dwellinghouse took fire & was burned to the ground, by which calamity he lost nearly all the property he had in the world, together with all his Papers: That for this & other reasons he has no Documentary proof or evidence which he can offer which he can offer in support of any of his said described service: That he has been anxiously in pursuit of testimony for several years past in proof of his said Revolutionary Services without success: That failing in finding the necessary witnesses he has been cheered with the hope & expectation of the speedy return of the Massachusetts Documents to the archives of his native State - not doubting that his name is borne upon them for all the periods of service which he has herein set forth: That as it is now understood to be very uncertain when those Revolutionary Documents will be returned, he has felt himself called upon to postpone the presentation of his claim no longer. He therefore begs leave to test the truth of his Public Revolutionary Services by the said Massachusetts Documents - understood to be in the War Department, Washington - as set forth in this his legal Declaration.
He further declares, that after his said described Public Land Service he was one cruise in the Ship Mars , Capt. Thomas Ingleton, out of Boston; also one cruise in the Ship Hendrick , Capt. Benson out of Salem; also one cruise in the Ship Oliver Cromwell , Capt. Thomas Simmons, out of said Salem: That he was taken in a Prize of this latter Ship, carried to New York & put on board the Invincible Seventy-four, thence transferred to Mill Prison in England, & kept a Prisoner until Peace.

We 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 any agency in any State.
Witnessed by The word "recollected" being interlined before the signing. Ashmun Ware
William Chadwell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written - the said applicant being unable by reason of infirmity to appear in Court -
Before me,
Ashmun Ware
Judge of the said Court.
United States Maine District
District Clerk's Office
Portland January 2 d A.D. 1840.
I hereby certify that the Honorable Ashmun Ware whose signature is above, is the Judge of the United States within and for Maine District and that the above is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the District Court the day and year last above written
John Nufsey Clerk U.S. District Court Maine
I, Nicholas Tucker, of Marblehead in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, do in my oath testify & declare, that I am in the sixty-fifth year of my age; that I was well acquainted with William Chadwell, formerly of Marblehead, but now and for many years a resident of Portland in the State of Maine. Said William Chadwell was the only man of that name that I ever knew to reside in Marblehead, & he is commonly reputed to have been in some service in the Revolutionary War, but I am not able to testify positively to it, nor to the particulars of it.
Witnessed by J. Gregory
Nicholas Tucker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Marblehead, February 3 d 1840. County of Essex -
Then the above named Nicholas Tucker, who is a credible witness to me personally well known, subscribed the above affidavit in my presence, & made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, the day & year last above written.
ss.
James Gregory, Notary Public.

P
19242
INVALID.
File No. 19,242
William Church
Prison 1890-1891
Act: Same 1890
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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M. Suspended Su let. to Jas. Gregory March 20 th 1840.
ack d 7. June '32

  '76 Jan'y  Capt Felton  Felton  Coast guards  10mo-    276 Dec.  Lindsay  R.I.  on 3-9-    378.  Devereaux-  guards prisoners -  3-25  
 1. Vol 35 329 - July & Jan'y 76 - X 240. 1 Sep. to 15 Nov. - on 2.15  2. roll detached - - - 3.9  3. Vol 18. 208 July to Apr 78 223. Nov. to July on 2.25 
258.84 14.38  273.22  ET

Warblehead Oct. 29 th 1840.
Honored Sir, -
The Certificate issued on the eighth of the last month in favor of William Chadwell, of Maine, allowing him $28.76. per annum was duly received. - It appears to be computed for 8 months & 19 days service only, viz. 3 months & 9 days in Linsays Company - 2 mos. & 15 days in Feltons, & but 2 mos. & 25 days in Capt Deveraux's .
Capt Deveraux's Company was in service from 1 st of November, 1877, to 1 st of April, 1878, - making five months altogether, & it is presumed Mr Chadwell served in it for the whole term .
If this presumption is correct - based as it is upon the allegation of his Declaration - it seems very hard, under the circumstances of his case, that he should be allowed for only 2 mos. & 25 days, & thus lose the benefit of the balance of 2 mos. & 5 days .
If the Roll in possession of the Department gives the exact length of the whole period of each mans service , down to the 1 st of April , & Chadwell's is put down only 2 mos. & 25 days, he must of course have been discharged before the term of service ended , but if the Roll does not give the service of the

the Company for the whole term, & there is no evidence in the possession of the Department to rebut the allegation of service for the whole five months, I would appeal to your Honor & plead the usage of the Department in similar cases for the allowance of the whole period claimed & declared for.
Such has been the usage in the case of the eight months' service of Glover's Regiment; for although there are no Rolls extant that bring this service down to a later period than 1 st of August '75, yet widow applicants who could show that their late husbands' names were born on these 1 st of August Rolls, have always been allowed to for the full term  declared for , & which continued to the last day of the said year of '75. A similar reference to this usage of the Department is made in my letter of the 26 th of June last appertaining to Mr Chadwell's case.
At the request of Mr C's friend & relative's kin, I herewith forward his Pension Certificate for the review of the Department.
I am, very respectfully,
Your Honor ob. servt.
James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington D. C.

New Bedford, July 7th. 1840.
Honored Sir; -
I have received your favor of the first inst. in answer to my letter of the 28th. Ult. relative to the claim of William Chadwell, stating that it is necessary the original Rolls of Capt Lindsey's Company should be forwarded to your Office for examination, & promising their return again if so forwarded.
I feel much obliged to your Honor for the promise made - it being in conformity with the suggestion made in my said letter - as upon the exhibition of your for favor to Capt Lindsey, the Son, he readily placed the papers at my disposal.
The original of the copy forwarded on the 26th Ult - also the enlistment & receipt Rolls then referred to, together with part of a paper signed by Gen. Parley - nominating Capt Lindsey to his command - are forwarded herewith.
I am, very respectfully, Your Honor's obt. servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pension, Washington, D.C.

Marblehead, February 4th, 1840.
Honored Sir:
Mr William Chadwell, formerly of this place, but now for many years past a resident of Portland in the new State of Maine, wrote up to the undersigned, some months ago desiring me to take charge of his claim to the benefit of the law of June 7th, 1832.
His Declaration is herewith forwarded, & it will be seen that the reasons why he has not before presented his claim are clearly set forth therein.
I have made diligent search for him in this town & the neighboring country with the view of finding some person living who served where he alleges he did, but without success, excepting only one living in this town who served when he did in Fenton's company, but he is about 90 years old & so decayed in memory that he can scarce recollect a single individual. It is therefore hoped that Mr Chadwell's name will be found on the Massachusetts Documents corroborating his Declaration, or else his case must be hopeless.
James L. Edwards Esq Comr. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
I have the Honor to be, with the highest respect, Your ob. servt. James Gregory

Marblehead, June 26 th , 1840.
Honored Sir, -
Your favor of March 30 th 1840, relative to the claim of William Chadwick, Law of June 7 th , 1832, was duly received, & its tone & statements seemed so forbidding to the old gentleman's claim that I almost despaired of it altogether, but I felt that I should not be doing him justice if I did not make further research for him before abandoning it.
If your Honor has full Rolls of Fleton's Company it is very certain that Mr C. could not have served so long therein as he alleges in his Declaration, & in such case, as living witnesses are out of the question, he must abide by what they show.
Your Honor states that the service of 3 months under Capt John Derrance at Winter Hill, from November 8 th , 1777, is shown by the Rolls to be "2 months & 23 days", & it is then added, that "the Company was in service 5 months". Nathan Brown Esq. late of this town, Deceased, was the Orderly Sergeant of Capt Derrance's Company, & he was, as far as I have been able to learn, the only person, then known to be living in this place & vicinity, of all who served there at the time he was pensioned, in part for

for it, in 1833. If I am correctly informed he established his claim to the benefit of the service by a Journal of his , and of the service of the which he kept at the time, & which contained the names and all the particulars of service of the whole Company. If this be correct, I have no doubt that a reference to it will show that Mr Chadwick served the whole 3 months.
At any rate, if your Honor's Rolls do not cover the whole 3 months' service declared for, I hope the want thereof will not deprive Mr Chadwick of the benefit of the remaining two months from the 3 d of February, but that the same liberal course will be pursued with his claim as has been usually extended to others under like circumstances .
It seems by your Honor's said favor that you have no Roll or record whatever of Capt Lindsey's Company in the Rhode Island Service.
I now have the Honor to inform you that since the receipt of this intelligence I have been permitted by the only living Son of Capt Lindsey to search among his father's old papers, & that by so doing I have dug from out a mass of some baskets the particulars of this Rhode Island service - consisting of a Master Roll of the Company - the original enlistment Roll, & also the receipt Roll - the two last of which bear
the

The original signatures of nearly the whole Company
Capt Lindsey, the son, is unwilling to part with the original Master Roll, because he values it much as a family relic, & is afraid he should never see it again if sent to Washington. I have therefore taken an exact & even fac simile copy of it, every word, letter & figure of which he has carefully compared, & given his affidavit on the back to that effect & in proof of its identity. It is forwarded herewith, & it will show that Mr Chadwick stated the commencement of the war in 18 days later than it actually began, & that it lasted 9 days over the three months alleged. His name will be found upon it for the whole term. If the original of it, & the other named are required, I beg your Honor will simply state they shall be returned again, as then I have no doubt Capt Lindsey will consent that they might be forwarded.
I have the Honor to be very respectfully, Your att. servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions. Washington, D.C.