Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34197, William Chittendon, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Chittendon, William or Chittenden
S. 34197
CONTENTS

Richmond
Wm Chelmsford
Meigs Com. regt.
Correct.

I William Chittenden a Citizen of the United States & now resident in Richmond in the County of Berkshire & State of Mass do hereby depose & say that I am now fifty almost sixty years of age that I enlisted in the service of the United States of on the Continental establishment in the company commanded by Capt. Sh. Seaver North, in the regiment commanded by Col Return Jonathan Meigs Charles Webb at Guilford in Connecticut for the space of one year from the first of January then next & served one year & six weeks when the regiment was disbanded & that I again enlisted (after a previous detached service of seven months) at or near Tarry Town in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt. Sh. Seaver North of the sixth Connecticut Regiment on the Continental establishment commanded by Col Return Jonathan Meigs, on the first day of December for the space of three years & so finished that term of enlistment & was discharged on the twenty third day of November first day of December 1780 in the Camp near Head Quarters in the state of New Jersey as by the annexed Discharge appears - That I was in the Battles of White Plains Trenton Trenton Bridge Princeton Brunswick & Springfield and that I do further depose & say that I am in reduced circum- stances, that I have upon my body a rupture brought on the earliest part of the service & that I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support. —
William Chittenden

Berkshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SS. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the 24 th day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Berkshire the above named William Shattuck applied in the benefit of the law of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said
William Shattuck the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Berkshire to be affixed hereto, this 24 th day of April 1818
I do certify the above as the testimony of proceedings had before me on the above application & transmit the same to the Secretary of the Department of War
John Hooker
John N. D. Pierce Esq.

Exam d with orig. Rolls. Aug. 1883. C. S. P.
Notes sent to the War to show H. R. 27 Jan y 1821
Massachusetts Roll.
1,565
William Chittenden, Capt Leavenworth Private Connect Line. 3 years 80
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818. and sent to John Hooker, Esq. Springfield, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Special allowance
4 months 11/30.
$34.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Richmond Burksh...

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William Chittenden "
J. L. Hall.
Levee. Rock Island. m.p.
W. S.
Can
Hon. H. Shaw, H.R.

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this third day of July — 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of record for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment,  William Chittendon , aged 62 — years, resident in Richmond — in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Eli Leavenworth in the regiment commanded by Colonel Return J. Meigs in the line of the State of Connecticut — on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated April 24, 1818 — and that his pension certificate is numbered 1,565 —
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent, thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed—schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted—to wit :
Real Estate — 1 old poor house & 157 1/2 Rods of Land — 75.00
Personal Estate —
1 old Loom which I have used 37 years with harness & reeds for it — 5.00 1 old high chest of drawers — .50 2 Candle Stands — .75 16 old chairs — 5.50 Crockery — (viz) 14 plates 1 Pitcher 2 sets Com. tea cups & saucers 1 tea pot 2 Glop p. ft. tanks 5 Bottles &c. — 1.00 14 lb. old Pewter — 1.75 1 small Custard Loafing Plate — .25
2 Tables — 1.00 3 pails — .37 2 old Brass Kettles 4.00 2 old Iron Kettles 1 — Box 11 Copper Nails 1.00 3 old Iron Kettles 2.50 2 Dinner Pots & 28 Spoons 1.50 3 old wooden tubs — .37 1 pr. fire Dogs — 1.00 1 fire Shovel & Tongs — .50 old & much damaged — .50 1 meat Namel & 50. lb. Pork 3.50 2 old axes 2 old saythes — .37 unfit for use — .37
4 old spinning wheels & distaff — 2.00 1 Toasting Iron — .25 1 Stone Jug & 1 Stone Pot — .66 1 Ferkil & 2 Vase Tubbs — .50 2 Bibles & 2 Hymn Books & some small Books — 3.00 1 old one horse sleigh harness — 2.50 1 old Cedar Bench — .25 1 Cow & 1 Bull — 15. 1 Pig w th 150 th — 3.75 50 old Cows — 2.50 10 th land 70 th 2 old watches 75 th — 1.45 1 pr. small iron wedges — .50
Amt — $138.22
That I am by occupation a Weaver — that I am able to earn but very little — That I have a rupture in my right groin occasioned by severe exertion that the number of my family residing with me is 2 — that their names and ages are as follow : my wife Ruth Chittendon aged 66 — and is very infirm — Sabrina Squire aged 23 — bound to me by indenture at the age of 6 years — for six years past her health has been poor & for two years past has been mostly under the care of a Physician.
(Sign d ) William Chittendon
Sworn to, and declared on the 3 rd day of July — 1820, before the said Court — Parker L. Hall Clerk.
I Parker L. Hall , Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred & thirty eight dollars and twenty two cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 26 th day of October 1820.
Parker L. Hall
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

CHITTENDON, WILLIAM (CONN.) S-34197

Camp near Hard Quarters 23 Nov 60
Corps William Chittenden of the 6 th Conn t Reg t whose time of Service Expires the 1 st of next Decem r . Having served his Country faithfully the Republic of Vt., is Discharged from the Army with Honour.
William Cat.
A. D. H.
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34197 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34197
William Chittenden
Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 381
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James L d Edward Esq r Russian Office

Cop. Jan. 26. 29
Sir,
will you please lay the inclosed letter before the Secretary of War, and attach the same to Mr. Prather's case — I know all the signs, & can truly say they are among the most respectable citizens of the District one of them Dr. Bushnell was the Elector from our District on the late Election for President & V.P. — please to advise me as early as convenient, of the probable fate of the application —
your friend J. S. Shaw

Wm Lloyd Jr Jan 20 Free
Hon. Henry Shaw Esq.
Member of the House of Representatives in Congress — City Washington

Richmond 15 th Jan y 1821
The Hon. Henry Shaw Esq.
Sir, The undersigned feeling a deep interest in the fate of the application of their esteemed and respectable fellow townsman William Chittenden for a continuance of his pension granted to the officers and soldiers of the last Revolution take the liberty to present you with the following additional statement of facts, which are conceived to have an important bearing on his case, and request your interest and exertion with the Secretary of War to effect this purpose so necessary to the happiness and comfort of this war worn soldier in the wane of life — In making up the schedule of his property the sums then due to his creditors were not taken into consideration, and it is now ascertained they amount to more than ninety dollars which if deducted from the amount of the aforesaid schedule would reduce the amount of his property to the pitiful sum of less than fifty dollars, provided the estimate of his property could be realized, which in this time of depression of property would be utterly impossible, and it is more than probable should his creditors enforce their demands, he would be wholly insolvent —
Mr. Chittenden and his wife are between sixty and seventy years of age and both very infirm; he having a rupture acquired in the war which many times entirely incapacitates him for labour, and she being subject to habitual and almost constant indisposition, these considerations impose a strong conviction on our minds that Mr. Chittenden's case is within the limitation intended to be prescribed by the pension laws —

This statement (which we believe to be strictly correct) we have been induced to make as well from a sense of duty, as in consideration of the gloomy prospect impending over Mr. Whittenden and his family, provided his application should be unsuccessful.
Permit us to solicit your attention to this business, and to lay this additional evidence before the Secretary at War and to examine the papers accompanying his application which we hope and trust will result in a conviction not only in your mind but also in the Secretary at War that Mr. Whittenden is well entitled to his pension.
We are respectfully Yours Nathan Peirson Leahiah Peirson
The signs are among the most unpolitic and valuable things in my Deity —
Henry Thayer
Nathaniel Bishop William S. Leadbetter Sam d Gates Hugo Burghardt Samuel Bates Jr
Henry W. Bishop
P.S. Dear Sir, We would request you to inform some one of us as soon as may be, what is the prospect in regard to the above application.