Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22167, Josiah Chandler, Continental (Conn.) Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (comm.) Chandler, Josiah Navy
S. 22167
CONTENTS

18.546 Pennsylvania
Isiah Chandler
of Warren Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was off  off  at  at  the  the  post  post in the Company commanded by Captain Brown - of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Pa  Conn time for 1 yr per - terms  Cont 5. 8 3/4
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 87 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept 1839 and sent to Thos Struthers Warren
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $ 217.50 Pension allowance ending March 39 - 43.50
$ 261.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book P Vol. 5 Page 10
1891 May 23 H G Chandler history Prot
Date of death not on list -

Application of Josiah Chandler for Pension

Declaration of Josiah Chandler to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Warren } ss
On this 4 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Josiah Chandler a resident of Conewango Township in said County of Warren and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy eight years who being duly sworn according to the Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. He enlisted in the month of January in the year 1776, was enlisted by Joseph Sawyer a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Stephen Brown as Captain, and one Sprague as Lieutenant and in which company he served for the term of about nine months attached to the Regiment of Colonel Durkee - one of the other field officers belonging to said Regiment was Major Norton. Thomas Grosvenor commanded a Company as Captain in said Regiment - and Captain Maternan Watson also commanded a Company in said Regiment - This applicant was enlisted in the Town of Pomfret Windham County State of Connecticut when he resided at the time of his enlistment and when he went into the service that he first marched from Pomfret to Cambridge in Massachusetts - and from thence to New London in the State of Connecticut, where he took shipping and went to New York - that he was stationed in the City of New York for a short

time and was then removed to Powells Hook where he was stationed until the enemy took possession of New York in September or month of October in the year 1776 - when the whole regiment retreated from Powells Hook to Hackensack where they made a short halt, and this applicant then took sick and obtained a furlough to return home and after getting home was taken sick with the small-pox in consequence of which he was not able to return until the end of the term (one year) for which he enlisted. General Putnam, this applicant believes commanded the Brigade to which Col. (Parker's) Regiment belonged. Applicant further states that he has no Documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - He also 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.
The applicant further states that he was again enlisted for a voyage as a mariner by George Richards Chaplain and purser of the Ship Providence (does not recollect the exact date his discharge having since been destroyed by fire) as he believes in the month of January 1777 1778. That he had the birth of a Corporal aboard that ship and served aboard her about six months. The ship Providence, the Ranger and the Queen of France were at and during the term of his (applicant's) service aboard the Providence under the Command of Commodore Whipple - The 1st Lieutenant aboard the Providence was named Pitcher - The Captain aboard the Ranger was named Simpson and the Captain aboard the Queen of France was named Rathbun - The ships first sailed from Boston and fell in with the Jamaica fleet on the banks of New-foundland. The fleet consisted of a large number of Merchantmen under a convoy of British vessels - we took

ten prizes eight of which we succeeded in bringing into Boston. Applicant was discharged at the close of this voyage. But his discharge was since burnt as above stated. Again this applicant enlisted for another voyage as a mariner in the year 1781, as he believes and served aboard the Frigate Deane 36 guns under the command of Capt. Samuel Nicholson. He went aboard the ship at Boston (he thinks in the month of January) from whence the ship sailed in the direction of the west India Islands, fell in with a British ship and captured her and brought her as a prize into Boston. On the return from the return from this voyage it was ascertained that Cornwallis had surrendered. The mariners aboard the Deane were under the command of Captain Palmer, 1st Lieut. Vernon, 2d Lieut. Waterman. And this applicant held the rank of Ensign. At the close of the voyage this applicant had a discharge from Capt. Nicholson which discharge together with his former one & numerous other papers were consumed by fire which burned down the house in which he resided and had his effects about forty years ago on the Susquehanna River in the State of New York. The whole amount of his service in the land and naval service was about one year and nine months or ten months . Applicant was born in Pomfret Windham County State of Connecticut in the year 1755 on the 9th day of January in said year. A Record of his age may be found on the Books of the Clerk of said Town of Pomfret. Applicant as before stated resided in said Town of Pomfret at the time he was called into service. Since the Revolutionary war he has resided from the year 1883 to the year 1811 on what is called Sharpe's Patent in Dutchess County State of New York to which place he removed from Pomfret. And from whence he removed to the Township of Sugar Grove in the County of Warren State of Pennsylvania in the year 1801 where he resided until the year present year & from thence removed to the Township of Conewango in the County & State last aforesaid.

about six months since & when he now resides. He was enlisted each time he entered the service. And as before stated he has no documentary evidence of his service. Judah
L. Spencer Captain Asa Winton Winton and Judge Hall can certify as to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his being a Revolutionary soldier. Applicant will be 78 years of age in the month of January next as he believes.
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 6 th day of Decr 1832
Rahab Miles Proth.
Josiah Chandler
Warren County State of Pennsylvania } Jst.
We Josiah Hall Esqr.
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County , Asa Winton late a captain of the Militia and Judah L. Spencer coroner in and for said County, who reside in Conewango Township in said County do hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with Josiah Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that the former of us was acquainted with him upwards of 20 years that we believe him to be about 78 or 79 years of age. as he represents That we were acquainted with him in the Township of Sugar Grove as well as since he came into this Township and that he was and is reputed in that as well as this neighbourhood to be a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion that we never heard it disputed. We also certify that his character for truth & veracity is good;
Judah L. Spencer
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 18 th Decr. 1832
Asa Winton
Rahab Miles Proth
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 stated. And the Court further certifies that Josiah Hall Esqr. who has signed the

annexed foregoing certificate is an associate judge of this court and that it appears to them that Captain Asa Winter and Judah L. Spencer Esqs who also have signed the same are resident in the Township of Conewango in the county of Warren Penna. and that they are all credible persons and their statements are entitled to belief, that they are citizens of Respectability -
Certified Dec 8 th 1852 Henry Shippen Pro tem Dist
I Robert Miles Prothonotary of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the county of Warren in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said court in the matter of the applica- tion of Josiah Chandler for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at Warren this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Robert Miles Proth
State of Pennsylvania Warren County } ss.
I Josiah Hall an associate Judge of Warren Common Pleas do hereby certify that he has been well acquainted with Josiah Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, for twelve years, that he believes him to be about the age of 78, or 79 years as he representing, that he was acquainted with him in the township of Sugar Grove as well as since

he came into the town of Conestogo, and that he is and has been since his acquaintance with him refer- red to be a soldier of the Revolution, that he concurs in that opinion and never heard it disputed, he also certifies that his character for truth and verac- ity is good
Josiah Hall
Sworn and subscribed in open Court this ninth day of December 1832
Robert Miles Pratt

July 20, 1939
Mrs. J. Albert Kenny 31 Clay Street Le Roy, New York
BA--J/AWF Josiah Chandler S. 22167
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Josiah Chandler, who was born in 1755, in Pomfret, Connecticut, died in Pennsylvania.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 22167, based upon the military service of Josiah Chandler, in the Revolutionary War.
Josiah Chandler was born January 9, 1755, in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in said Pomfret, Josiah Chandler enlisted sometime in January, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Stephen Brown's company, in Colonel Durkee's Connecticut regiment, and was in the retreat from New York. He entered the service in 1778, on the United States ship "Providence", under Commodore Whipple, sailed from Boston, and served six months as corporal, assisted in capturing ten prizes. He entered the service sometime in January, 1781, on the frigate "Dean", under Captain Samuel Nicholson, sailed from Boston towards the West Indies, served five months as sergeant, and assisted in the capture of a British ship.
Josiah Chandler moved in 1783 from Pomfret,

Connecticut, to "Harpers Patent" Broome County, New York, in 1811 moved to Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, thence to Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier, Josiah Chandler, was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, then a resident of Conewango Township, Pennsylvania, where he had lived about six months.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data relative to the family of Josiah Chandler.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data-
Josiah Chandler Certificate #18546 Issued September 13, 1833 Rate $87.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Te-Gar-Na-Mun-Na Chapter
Le Roy, N. Y.
31 Clay Street
June 4th, 1939
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Do your files carry a record of pension granted to JOSIAH CHANDLER, JR. , b. Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1755? He married in Pomfret, 1781, Eunice Dana , and died in 1825, Chandler's Valley, Pennsylvania. His descendant, an applicant for D.A.R. membership, will be most grateful for such information, if you have it.
Sincerely yours,
Mae Bishop Kenny
(Mrs. J. Albert Kenny)
Acting Registrar.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Ans
January 28, 1926.
Glenn G. Tucker 411 Parkman St Warren, Ohio
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22187, it appears that Josiah Chandler was born January 9, 1755 at Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Pomfret, he enlisted in January 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Stephen Brown's Company, Colonel Durkee's Connecticut Regiment.
He entered the service in January 1778, and served six months as corporal on the U. S. Ship Providence, under Commodore Whipple, and took ten prizes.
He entered the service in January 1781, and served five months as sergeant on the frigate Dean,

under Captain Samuel Nicholson, and captured a British ship.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while a resident of Conewango, Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

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 Isaac Chandler a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Lang 1776 1 year Pvt. Stephen Brown Dunbar Conn.   Lang 1778 6 mos. Capt on Ship Providence under Captain Pringle Commodore Whipple Navy.   Lang 1781 5 mos. sergt on the frigate Dean and captured a British ship. Capt. Samuel Nicholson  
Battles engaged in, See above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pomfret Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct 6 1882 His el. was el.
Residence at date of application, Lewavanga Twp. Warren Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, born Jan 9 1753 at Pomfret Conn.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Warren, Ohio Dec. 17, 1925
U. S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen! — Revolutionary War Section.
Will you kindly give me all the memorandum you have in connection with the name of Josiah Chandler, Pomfret, Conn. who served on a privateer against the British in the American Revolution and was pensioned. If you have the names of two Josiah Chandlers kindly give the data on both.
Information desired is dates of birth, enlistment, discharge, death, also name of widow or wife.
This information is for myself to be used in filing application to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours
Glenn G. Tucker 411 Parkman St.

Answered Mar 12 1919 Rec'd Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Some time ago I wrote & inquire regarding a pension for Revolutionary War service of Josiah Chandler of Warren Co., Penn.
And to inquire if a pension was granted to Abijah Shaw of Mass. or N.Y. State from same war.
To date have had no answer. I am forming a D.A.R. Chapter and am quite anxious for these records to complete the papers of two members.
If there are any charges, I am will to send them for &

Very much desire the 2. Pension record and shall not be in Washington un- til April.
If you can send me this information I shall be greatly indebted to you.
Yours very truly Elizabeth S. White.
Mrs H. J. White 319 Carlton Ave Brooklyn N.Y.

Brooklyn
22 167 INVALID.
1919 Mar. 12 First to Mrs. H. J. White Sister in law F. 1940 H. Abijah Ford 1926 Jan. 28 Heir to Elmer S. Jucker aut. 1939 July 20 - with the Mrs. J. Albert Kenney
File No. 22,167
Josiah Chandler Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Warren, Warren Co. Pa. 26 th March 1833
To the Hon. Cabe Secretary of War
Sir
I enclose the application of Josiah Chandler an applicant for the Benefit of the Pension Act of 7 th June 1832 which has been returned to me together with the objections of the Department. I also return the objections together with a further affidavit for the purpose of removing the objection or answering it. Mr Chandler is very frail and in making all his statements he seemed anxious to be within bounds. And after the Papers were returned he took a great deal of pains to refresh his memory in order that he might state with accuracy the length of time he served in each several enlistment. In his first statement or application he stated that he served 9 or ten months in the Company of Capt. Stephen Brown as a common soldier. In this computation he left out of view the time he was sick. Upon further reflection he states that his active service in that enlistment was not 9 1/2 months - of this he seems to be very confident. And I do not know what the Rule is on the subject But I had always supposed, & still do suppose that the time a soldier lay sick whilst under enlistment & drawing pay would be computed in the term of his service. In that case his first term of service was one year . His second year term of service he states as he did in the first place to be 6 months. His third term in making his general or aggregate estimate in his original application he put at 6 months - but in his supplementary affidavit he puts it at 5 months. Still saying however that he believes it was 6 Mo. but would not swear positively that it was more than 5 Mo. The whole terms then as I conceive for which he is entitled as appears by the explanatory affidavit. is as follows viz.
  As a common soldier in land service - - - 12 Months   As a corporal in Marine service - - - - - 6 Do   As a Sargeant in Do Do - - - - - 5 Do   23 
I am acting as Mr Chandlers attorney in this matter And you will please direct your communications on the subject of this Application to me at this place. Mr Hodges has been appointed Prothonotary in the Room of Mr Miles, which is the reason the certificate is made by a different person as Prothy. from the original. Yours respectfully Geo. Struthers

board 6 siam
1 year & 9 - months -
Physician/private 40 6 mos' Corp. Mar. 22 5 " " " " 25 87 2 174 43.50 217.50
W. Banks

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Jonathan Chandler which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? See page 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? 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? 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? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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.

State of Pennsylvania } Warren County } per
Josiah Chandler in explanation of his statement and to remove the objection under the fifth query put by the Department on his oath in open Court of Common Pleas further states 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 below and in the following grades: For nine months and fifteen days I served as a common soldier in active service, and was two months and a half longer under the same enlistment and some officers drawing pay, but sick & unfit for duty. This was the year I served under & in the company of Captain Stephen Brown. For six months I served as a corporal in the marine service aboard the ship Providence under Commodore Whipple. For five months I served aboard the Frigate Decatur under the command of Captain Nicholson as a sergeant in the marine service. And for such service I claim a Pension.
Sworn & subscribed in open } Josiah Chandler Court this 6 th March 1833 }
Josiah Hall Isaac Cunnely Judges
State of Pennsylvania } Warren County } per
I Walter W. Hodges Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Warren do hereby certify that the above named Josiah Hall and Isaac Cunnely are associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that the above affidavit was made before them in open Court. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 23 rd March 1833. Walter W. Hodges, Prothonotary.