Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18779, Hiel Chandler, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Chandler, Hiel
S. 18779
Carded
CONTENTS

Vermont
Hiel Chandler
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Thorp of the Reg t commanded by Col. Brooks in the Massachusetts line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars in Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Nov r 1832 and sent to J. Elliott Brattleborough Vt.
  Arrear to 4th of Sept. 1832  30.00     Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 1833  10.00      $ 40.00   
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by McCuffie Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 98 .

P
18449
INVALID.
File No. 18772
Will Chandler
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Gideon Cooley of Longmeadow in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in the seventieth year of my age, on oath do testify depose & say that about the fourth day of July in the year seventeen hundred eighty I enlisted into the Continental army of the U.S. That I am well acquainted with Will Chandler now of Marlborough in the County of Windham & State of Vermont. That I have known him from a child - that he enlisted into the same service with me at the same time to wit in Col Brooks Regiment & the Company commanded by Capt. Thorp. The said Company as said to have been called the Colonel's Company - said Chandler enlisted for a term of six months & I know that he served out his time - & was regularly discharged in the forepart of January Decr 1781 - I saw him then taken a written discharge from the Captain which I saw him exhibit at the Ferry on our return home. The said Chandler did duty at West Point, then to Dobbs Ferry & thence to the Berkies. Then back to West Point where he was discharged - said Chandler enlisted at said Longmeadow. he further this deponent saith not - In the Mass. line - Gen. Patterson - Col. Hemen
for the matter not Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
Gideon Cooley
July 4 th 1832 then Gideon Cooley above affidavit by him subscribed before me Asahel Williams Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Court within & for the County of Hampden do certify that Justice Willard B. is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hampden and that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to all acts done by him in said capacity of Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hampden and that his signature of Justice Willard is his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hampden this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two John Ingersoll Clerk

N o 60. Windham Co. Vermont. Hil Chandler Dec r for Pension
N o 2,793 August 1832.

Probate District of Marlborough
At the Probate Court, within and for said District, being a Court of Record
On this second day of August A. D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court, at Brattleboro , in said District, Present Marshall Miller Esquire Judge
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District, now sitting— Hiel Chandler a resident of Marlboro in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged sixty eight 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 7, 1832—That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Enlisted at Longmeadow then in the town of Springfield , then the county of Hampshire now county of Hampden Massachusetts , in the latter part of June 1780 six months and served that time under Capt. Thorp , Colo. Brooks's regiment being Seventh Massachusetts Regiment , marched from Springfield to West Point under Capt. Prattingham —did duty at West Point about one month—then at Boob's Ferry about two weeks, from there was marched to the Series , into several towns where there when May's Brigade was taken, saw him hung at Orange town , went from there to a place called The English neighborhood from there to Hackinsack —from there back to Orange town from there to Stonyway , from there back to West Point where he was discharged Jan'y 5—1781—received at that time a written discharge—after I returned to Longmeadow gave my discharge to Colo. Ebenezer Bent to carry to Boston & receive my pay, and he has not since returned to the affidavits of Ebenezer Cooley wherein the same is transmitted
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.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows: 1. Was born in Enfield Connecticut 9 th August 1763
2. Has no record of his age
3. Lived at said Longmeadow when he enlisted first—went from there to Colerain lived there about two years—then to Springfield Vermont where I staid about six months—then to Brattleboro Vt. where I lived about 18 months—then I went to Marlboro' Vermont in May 1785 or 1786 and have resided there ever since 4. Enlisted voluntarily
5. Recollects Colo. John Brooks , Maj. Derby , Gen. Patterson —Baron Steuben —Capt. Cabin Capt. Lake Day—Capt. White
6. Had a written discharge, gave it to Colo. Ebenezer Bent at Longmeadow after I returned home to carry to Boston to get my pay & have not seen it since
7. He refers to Dea. Jonas Whitney and Salathiel Harris under this interrogatory—There being at this time no clergyman in the vicinity who can give the evidence required Hiel Chandler
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Jonas Whitney a clergyman, residing in the town of Marlboro' in said county and Salathiel Harris of Brattleboro in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Hiel Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonas Whitney Salathiel Harris
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Jonas Whitney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said town of Marlborough and that Salathiel Harris who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Brattleborough in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot , Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hiel Chandler for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this second day of August , A. D. 1832.
James Elliot, Prob. Register.

N o 2793
Name found on Roll
Private 6 th
James Elliot

BRIEF in the case of  Heiel Chandler  of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Probate Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 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 1780 June " 6 " As a Private Gen. Capt. Thorp, Col. 7 th Mass. Regt.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? enlisted at Springfield, Vt.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses, no evidence of credibility  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown Examining Clerk.