Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,474, Nathaniel Chamberlin, Conn.

Conn.
Chamberlin, Nathaniel Rhoda.
No. 14474
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76 Pension
21.778 2 Massachusetts
Nathaniel Chamberlin of Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ichabod of the 8th commanded by Col. Chester in the Mass. line for Rhode Island
at Miln
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct 1833 and Ser. No. 470 Bishop Dorrance Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $83.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 March 34 - 16.67 $100.01
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. D. Shaw Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 11

4 March to 28 June 1840. age Notified 21. Oct 1844
Masachusetts
Rhoda Chamberlin widow of Nathl Chamberlin Conn who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Aug 1844 and sent to Rhoda Nee Ward
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book CD Vol. 1 Page 38.

Nathaniel Chamberlain Williamstown Mass Application for Pension Oct. 10. 1832
15187
Nathaniel Chamberlain

Commonwealth of Mass. County of Berkshire
Personally appeared Nathaniel Chamberlain of Williamstown in said County before the undersigned a justice of Peace within for said County, who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the pre- cise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades: For ten months as a private soldier; and for such service I claim a pension.
Nathaniel Chamberlain
Williamstown July 12. 1832 Then appearing Nathaniel Chamberlain signed the above made oath to the truth of the same I certify that I am well ac- quainted with said Chamberlain & he is a man of good character for truth & veracity — Before Daniel N. Dewey
Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Daniel N. Dewey Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Sig- nature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of July
A. D. 1832
Henry W. Bishop Register Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this tenth day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting.
Nathaniel Chamberlain a resident of the town of Williamstown in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four 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.
He entered the service AB
1776 He enlisted the day of July in the State Troops in the State of Connecticut into the company commanded by Captain Johnathan. Lieutenants names were Hunsdell & Chamberlain. Ensign Elijah Beman. We went to New London & there took shipping & landed at NY. & then proceeded on foot to New York & then joined the Army. Colonel Chester commanded the Regiment. Ripley from Windham in the State of Connecticut was Major. Adjutant Elisha Hemen. General Sullivan commanded the Army. We staid in New York three or four weeks & from thence proceeded to Kings bridge on Valentine hill. We built our barracks in this place for winter & from thence we went to White Plains & from thence to North Castle & from thence to Peeks-kill. The regiment proceeded to this place to Trenton & took the Hessian. I was taken sick at Peeks kill & was left with the baggage & after I remained guarding the baggage about four weeks - I enlisted for a certain time. The company in which I enlisted for nine months. In company with several others entitled after the company which we joined had been gone two or three months. I enlisted for the time which the company had to stay

The time which I stayed was between five & six months - I went then in July & was discharged in January - In the year 1778 or 1779 I was drafted out to New London - Captain Ephraim Buckley - Field - ensign Noah Gay - marched under them to New - London & then joined the regiment - their Major's name was Ledyard Major Ledyard was killed at the fort I understood afterwards - I assisted in building fort Trumbull at New London, I remained in this place one or two months I do not recollect which & then was discharged & returned home - In the year 1779 or 1780 was drafted out to New London again I do not recollect any of the officers names, our Seargants name was Joel Wellington he boarded with me at the time. I staid at New London at this time two months & returned home - I was drafted out again to New London again & remained there one month - I do not recollect the names of any of the officers - they were strangers to me - I have no documentary evidence of my services & I know of no person whom testimony I can procure with regard to my services - I have no record of my age - At the time I entered the service I was living in Colchester in the State of Connecticut - I came from Colchester to this place (Williamstown) thirty seven years since that he has no documentary evidence of his services.
That he refers to the Rev. Ralph W. Griswold, I hope, Seargants or persons like who his reputation for veracity, may be proven and of their belief of his services in the Revolution, as a soldier.

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
Nathaniel Loham hereby
S.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker I. Probate
We Ralph W Guilty a Clergyman, residing in the town of Williamstown and Reyes Danforth residing in Williamstown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Loham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four 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.
Ralph W Guilty Reyes Danforth
S.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker I. 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 Ralph W Guilty who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Williamstown in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Reyes Danforth who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Williamstown in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker I. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Loham for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

Commonwealth of } Massachusetts } Berkshire ss.
On this Seventeenth day of August. in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Berkshire at her dwelling house in Williamstown in said County Rhoda Chamberlin a resident of said Williamstown aged Eighty two years. She being unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in open Court, who being first duly sworn according to Law on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows", That she is the widow of Nathaniel Chamberlain late of said Williamstown deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and at the time of his death was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, at the rate of thirty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum and placed on the pension roll October the twenty fifth one thousand eight hundred & thirty three, and she refers to his declaration and the accompanying proofs for evidence of his services. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Chamberlain on the thirtieth day of December Seventeen hundred & eighty four, at Lebanon Connecticut by Rev. Mr. Ely - then . that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Chamberlain died at said Williamstown on the third day of June, 1840. - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred & ninety four vis. at the time before stated and that she has not intermarried since the decease of the said Nathaniel but still continues his widow
Rhoda Chamberlain
2. Aug 17 1843 10. AM

Subscribed and sworn to, by the said Exrs Rhoda Chamberlin, on the day and year first aforesaid, at her dwelling house, in Williamstown, in the County of Berkshire, she being unable by reason of bodily infirmity, to appear in open Court -
Before me, William P. Walker Judge of Probate.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss I Henry M. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Judge of said Court in the matter of the application of Rhoda Chamberlin for a pension. That the Honorable William P. Walker is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1843 Henry M. Bishop Reg t Prob.

I Appleton R. Park of Colchester county of New London and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that I am Clerk of said town of Colchester and have in my office and possession the Records of said town that I have examined said Records and find the following Records viz. Nathaniel Chamberlin Jr. and Rhoda Dewey of Lebanon was joined in Marriage December thirtieth Seventeen hun- dred eighty four. Elijah their son born April second Seventeen hundred eighty seven. Anson their son born January twenty eighth Seventeen hun- dred eighty nine. Emery their son born December twenty eighth Seventeen hundred ninety. Ralph their son born June sixteenth Seventeen hundred ninety four.
I further certify that the above is a true copy of the records, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz.
Nathaniel Chamberlin Jr. and Rhoda Dewey of Lebanon were joined in Marriage December 30 th 1784. Elijah their son born April 2 nd 1787 Anson their son born January 28 th 1789 Emery their son born December 28 th 1790 Ralph their son born June 16 th 1794
I Appleton R. Park abovenamed, Clerk and

say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certif- ied by me Appleton R. Park Clerk of the town of Colchester -
State of Connecticut ss.
New London County June 8. 1843
Appleton R. Park above named made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me. and I certify that I am well acquainted with said Park and that he is a credible witness
George Way Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut ss.
Office of Secretary of State
I do hereby certify that George Way Esq. is & since the 20 th of June last past has been a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of New London in said State, duly appointed & commissioned as appears of record in this Office - and that the foregoing registration purporting to be his is in my opinion genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said State this 13 th day of June 1743.
Noah A. Phelps Secretary of State

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N. Bishop Small Mass

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Chamberlain of Williamstown in the State of Ohio (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? 74 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.     July In 1776 5 & 6 mo Private Col. Schuyler Col. Chester   1779 1 or 2 " Col. B. Saly   1779 or 80 2 " officers names not recalled   1 " " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cohoes Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Mac Donald Examining Clerk.

7823
Massachusetts
Rhoda Chamblin widow of Nathaniel Chamblin
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 3 d June 1840 of Berkshire Co. in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Jackson of the regt. commanded by Col. Chester in the Conn. mil. line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of October 1843 and sent to Eli Taintor Lee, Mass.
Total amount, $ 166 : 65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown , Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 25

I Emery Chamberlin of Williamstown County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, age fifty two years do testify and say that I am the son of Nathaniel Chamberlin late of said Williamstown deceased and Aboda Chamberlin his widow. —
I was born in the town of Colchester in the State of Connecticut where my Father and Mother resided for many years — I was present at the death of the said Nathaniel Chamberlin which took place at Williamstown, aforesaid, on the third day of June four thousand eight hundred and forty.
I further testify and say that at the time of his death he was a pensioner of the United States for services as a private in the Revolutionary War at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum and that my Mother the said Aboda has not intermarried since the death of my Father the said Nathaniel Chamberlin but still continues his widow, and now resides in said Williamstown. —
Williamstown Aug. 23 d 1843
Emery Chamberlin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss. Williamstown Aug. 23 d 1843
Then Emery Chamberlin above named person-ally appeared and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true; And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Emery Chamberlin and that he is a person of truth and veracity and is a competent & creditable witness
Stephen Hosford Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshires.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County do certify that Stephen Hosford Esq. before whom the deposition of Emery Chamberlin vestaken is one of the Justices of the Revere within said County was said Justice on the twenty third day of August Instant that I being below the signature on the other side purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 29. day of February 1843. Charles Sedgwick Clerk
The above Deposition and the declaration of Rhoda Chamberlin & the affidavit of Applegate R. Parke attached together by me in my office Chas Sedgwick

4839
R. Chamberlin
$33:33 per an
Perkines at Lee Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Berkshire ss.
On this ninth day of November in the year One thousand Eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Stephen Hosford a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Berkshire Rhoda Chamberlin a resident of Williams- town in said County aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed on the third of March 1843 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the widow of Nathaniel Chamberlin late of said Williamstown deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and died on the third day of June 1840 that she was pensioned under the Act of July 7th 1838 at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum Commencing on the 4th of March 1836 and terminating on the 4th of March 1841, and she refers to his declaration and the accom- panying proofs for evidence of his services She further declares that she still continues his Widow Sworn to and subscribed } Rhoda Chamberlin on the day and year } above written before
Mr. Stephen Hosford Justice of the Peace Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that Stephen Hosford Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration of Rhoda Chamberlin was sworn to on the ninth day of November Instant a Justice of the Peace within said County duly commissioned & qualified that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of November 1843. Charles Sedgwick Clerk

I Emery Chamberlin of Williamstown in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts aged fifty two years do testify and say that I am the Son of Nathaniel Chamberlin late of S d Williamstown deceased, and Rhoda Chamberlin his widow I was present at the death of the said Nath l Chamberlin which took place at said Williamstown on the third day of June 1840. I further testify and say that at the time of his death he was a pensioner of the United States for services as a private in the Revolutionary War at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum and that my said Mother the said Rhoda Chamberlin has not intermarried since the decease of the said Nathaniel but still continues his Widow Sworn and Subscribed this ninth day of November 1843 before me
Emery Chamberlin Stephen Hosford Just. of the peace
I Certify that the above named Emery Chamberlin is a person well known to me and that he is a person of truth & veracity Nov 9 1843 Stephen Hosford Just. Peace

9525 Sept. 2, 1843
Rhod Chamberlain Esq
July 7. 1852
Miss
Rathe Esq
J. L. Chamberlain Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Lee August 30 th 1849
F. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I forward to you enclosed the Pension Declaration of Rhode Chamberlin the Widow of Nathaniel Chamberlin When you have made the necessary Examination please inform me of the result - Direct to me at Lee Berkshire County Massachusetts
Respectfully Yours
Eli Taintor

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feb'y 8 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, (The widow of Nathaniel Chamberlin, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Thirty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 3 rd June 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Wilson L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

95-25- Rhoda Chamberlin
Mass s
Act 7 th July '38
10m Priv
$ 33.33 per an.
Eli Tainter Lee Mass s

15187 Nathaniel Chamberlin
...the certificate of a marriage... ...the laws of the state... ...the laws of the state...
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
W. Bishop L. D. Dyer M. D. Dyer

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Adams  Williamstown 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? no 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? no 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? no
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? no
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Objection 14. The applicant says he knows of no person by whom his services can be proved -

9444
Aug 24. '43.
NY July 7 1838
Miss. Hayden
Col. Richard D. Webb
July 1. 38
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
FREE

J. L. Edward, Sir
I forward to you enclosed the Pension Declaration of Rhoda Chamberlin when you have made the necessary examina- tion please inform me of the result - Directly to me at Lee Massachusetts.
Lee August 21 st 1843 Respectfully Yours
Eli Taintor

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WIDOW, &c.
No. 14474
Rhodi Chamberlin
Widow of
Nathl Chamberlin
Phi Rev was
Act: March 8 th 48
Lex:—Vol. A , Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]