Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,326, Isaac Chandler, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. N.H.
Chandler Isaac
S 30.326
CONTENTS

10539  Massachusetts  Isaac Chandler of Essex in the State of Mass who was an Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Johnson of the Regt commanded by Col Johnson the Mass. Militia time for Ensign 6 Mos 17 Days Private 11 " State.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 102 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Apr 1833 and due Beny  Sperrill Salem Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $204.64 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept " 57.16  $255.80
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blair Clerk Book 8, Vol. 2, Page 10.
70 Essex

5/97.
Lieut. Isaac Chandler
Please to address answer to
Merrill Newton Mass.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of September , A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Isaac Chandler , a resident of Haverhill , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
1. He served as a private Five months in 1777 in Capt Johnson's Company in Col Saml. Johnson's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia at Saratoga &c 2. He also served in 1778 Six months in Capt Johnson's Company in Col. Wade's Regiment of Mass'tts Militia on a campaign to Rhode Island 23. He also served Seven months in 1780, beginning Jan'y 1780, as Ensign in Col. Mooney's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia - He recollects the names of no other officers. He was appointed Ensign on 30th June 1779:-

He was born Jan'y 28, 1764 at Andover lived there till 26 years old - remov'd to Hillsborough N.H. then - then to Concord - back to Andover, then to Beverly - Wrenham & Hamilton about 20 years ago & lived there till this time
He was always a Volunteer - had no written discharge.
Rev. J. B. Felt and Isaac Dodge Esq. are his neighbors and know his character
From loss of memory he cannot state the exact periods of his service more fully than above stated.
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.
Isaac Chandler.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. H. White
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire, a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Subscribed and sworn to before

And the said Court hereby declares its 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 certifies that who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in and that the said  who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. H. Spence Judge of Probate
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Chandler for a pension, and that Isiah Brown is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths, and his signatures hereon are genuine.
TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September , A. D. 1832. This date, and one at the beginning of the declaration, altered before signing.
Nath. Lord Jr.

I further certify that Benjamin Merrill is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & his signa- ture within written is genuine
Signed and sealed on this fifth day of February, A.D. 1833.
Arthur B. Lord Jr., D. J. G.

I James Chandler of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that I am acquainted with Isaac Chandler of Hamilton in said County of Essex and Commonwealth aforesaid and do know that the said Isaac Chandler did serve as a private in the Army of the Revolution coming in the Spring of 1777 in Capt Samuel Johnson's Comp Col Johnson's Regiment at Stillwater and Paratoge at the taking of Burgoyne's Army and further that I served at the same time and place under the same officers James Chandler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss—
Personally appeared the James Chandler who has subscribed the above affidavit and who is a man of trust & veracity & to whose testimony full credit is due and made oath in due form of Law that the same is just & true this third day of August A.D. 1832 —
Before me
Josiah Mason Jr Clerk 2

Isaac Chandler 5797
in Roll Col Mooneys Regt enter 30 June 1779 Enraged death 13 Jany 1780 - 6 Mos 17 days
16 ob 19 Jany 1833
Enraged 6 Mos 17 days Private 11 b 17 - 17
$102.02 P-207 Mary Merule Eyr Salem Mass

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Chandler of Essex Co. 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? 65 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. Gen.     In 1777 - — 5 — private Capt. Johnson Col. Johnson   78 — 6 — " " Do - " Wade   80 Jan'y — 16 17 enlist — " Mooney   x per Roll of serjeant  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Andover  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence - documents Living testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Not properly connected - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

St Charles
To The amendments required are made.

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 Chandler  Essex  Gt. Falls 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 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? yes 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? Y. 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? _____ 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? Y. Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Y. 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? Y. XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No. XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Y.
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.
The court must certify as presented by the Regu- lations, in relation to the statutory evidence

The Government and People of the State of New Hampshire
To
James Merrill Esquire
Greeting
We reposing especial Trust & Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct Do by these Presents appoint you Ensign of Col. Hercules Mooney's Company in a Regiment commanded by the said Mooney raised within said State for the Defence of the State of Rhode Island You are therefore carefully & diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in leading ordering & exercising said Company in Arms both Inferior Officers & Soldiers and
that Ensign and you are generally to follow such orders & instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the General & Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, or any other your superior Officers according to military Rules & Discipline in War in Pursuance of the trust reposed in You In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said State to be hereunto Affixed Witness Messrs Weare by the President of Council at Exeter the
this 10th Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred Seventy Nine
E. Thompson Secy
M Weare

30 326 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30,326
Isaac Chandler Ensign Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I James Chandler of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged Seventy years to testify and say that I am acquainted with Isaac Chandler of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Essex and I know that the said Isaac Chandler did serve as a Private in the army of the Revolution six months, beginning in the Spring of 1780 in Capt Samuel Johns one company in Col Wades Regiment in Rhode Island and further that I served at the same place & same time under the same officers. James Chandler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Personally appeared James Chandler who has subscribed the above affidavit, and who is a man of truth & veracity & to whose testimony full credit is due, and made oath in due form of law that the same is just and true this third Day of August A.D. 1832 -
Before me
Josiah Moore

We Joseph B. Felt a clergyman, residing in Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, & Isaac Dodge Esq r , of magistrate , residing in Hamilton aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr. Isaac Chandler, as an inhabitant with us; that we believe him to be in his 69 th year, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. —
Hamilton September 3 1832 Joseph B. Felt.
Essex ss: Jan'y 28. 1833
Subscribed & sworn to before
Isaac Dodge
Merrill Inst. Vane
I certify that said Rev Joseph B. Felt is a clergyman & that Isaac Dodge a principal citizen both residing in said Hamilton and that they are credible & disinterested and their Statement is worthy of credit
J. H. N. Judged of Probate