Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14466, Edward Chapman, Conn. New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York.
Chapman, Edward Rebecca
V 14466 BLK 30612-160-55
CONTENTS

25075 New York A
Edward Chapman deed, of _____ in the State of who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the line for Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 18, October 1849.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. day of Novem, 1852 and sent to Hon. A. P. Hascall
Arrears to the 4th of Augt R. Pension allowance ending
Recorded by Book 6 2 Vol. 4 Page 14 { Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. } M. Mac Clerk,

Set to Hon B. Pringle July 2/54 " " J. Berkey - Sept 15 1860 1860 Sept 25 J. Berkey " Oct 25 Transferred to Springfield Ill from 1st March 1860
255 (Attorney)
Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward Chapman who served in the Revolutiona- ry war, as a private Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 19 th day of June 1854 and sent to
Hon B. Pringle Ho. of Reps.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 72 Vol. A

174.032 - act 8 mar
21 June '55
Rebecca Chapman wid of Edward Chapman Rev
Capt. Allen's Company Col. Renfuss. St. York. mil
Ent _____ in _____ 1780 Dis _____
Rev. War
Revolutionary Pensioner
July 5 - 4255
W. H. Clegg / m. 6/86 B. R. Dr
Vol C-1-107
Moultonborough Attica Wyoming Co N.Y.

This statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York } Livingston County }
I Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of the county of Livingston, & of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Chapman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this
day of July August 1839.
Chauncy R. Bond Clerk By S. G. Hance Deputy Clerk
Edward Chapman Revolutionary Soldier
23887

State of New York Livingston County ss
On this twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two has orally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common Pleas of said county now sitting. Edward Chapman a Resident of Geneseo in the county, State aforesaid aged seventy two 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated. in 1776. the months not recollected, he was called out with the militia the object being to reinforce the army at White Plains. after the militia had assembled all that were not equipped, were sent to New London, and he was sent with them he was attached to Col Wolcotts Regiment of Militia, his Captain's name was, Thompson, don't recollect his first name, his Lieutenants name was John Griffin he served two months and was discharged, the next year he was drafted and sent to New London where he served two months, all the troops there were militia and he should think not more in all than two or three companies, he does not remember the names of any of the officers except his Lieutenants which was Griffin, and brother to him who was his Lieutenant the year previous, in about six months after this he was again drafted and stationed at New London. he served two months and was discharged, his Lieutenants name was Vinton Becket. The names of the other officers he can not recollect, during all this time his residence was at Lynde New London County Connecticut.

his next term of service was as a volunteer in the year 1779 in thirty he enlisted under Captain Lottrop Allen, his Lieutenant's name was Leary, the object of the enlistment was to assist in driving the British from Newport, Rhode Island. The reason why he did not go as far as Newport was not explained to him, but after marching a part of the way his own company was stopped at Providence where there was a
Brigade of Volunteers or militia after remaining there about one week, the company to which he belonged and two others were sent to Bristol where they remained during his term of enlistment which was three months. Here he was again discharged and returned home to Lyne. He again enlisted in the month of May, 1780 at New Canaan under Captain Allen. He marched to Schoharie and was attached to Col John Harpers Regiment the name of the Major was Hughes. He remained a short time at Schoharie when the Regiment was ordered to Fort Plain from there to Fort Herkimer no other troops except this Regiment were there. They from this place went to Fort Stanwix, on the way they had an engagement with the British Tories and Indians. The Americans were victorious and continued to Fort Stanwix. There he remained until in December when the Regiment was marched to Albany and discharged. This term of service was seven months. He served in these five different terms one year and four months. His place of residence when at home during the whole war was at Lyne Connecticut. The Town of Lyne at that time adjoined New London. At his first enlistment he marched through Norwich

Preston Providence and Bristol, at his second enlistment he went from New Canaan to Schoharie to German Flats. Fort Stanwix and back to Allegany where he was discharged, that he does not know any person living by whom his services can be proved that he was born in Syene New London County Connecticut on the first day of July 1760. he has no record of his age except he knows it is on the town Book in Syene aforesaid. and also it has lately been put upon the the Poor house in this county! Since the Revolutionary war he has resided some two or three years in Syene, Connecticut at Duane bush, in this state several years, at Shann Schoharie Co. several years, about twenty, in Allegany County two years and since then has resided in what is now Livingston County in this state his residence for nearly three years past has been at the poor house in
Genesee County aforesaid, where he now resides he never received any written discharge but always served until he was regularly dismissed the names of persons, with whom he is acquainted in this county and who know him to be a person of truth and veracity are Alexander Patterson Davenport Algor, Esquire, Thomas Young Andrew Arnold Nathan Clark of Coesens Elder John Hudson Samuel Stevens, Elias Clark of Coesens, he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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
Sworn to and subscribed to Edward Chapman the day & year aforesaid in open court S. G. Hovey Deputy Clerk

We John B Hudson a clergyman, residing in Genesee Livingston County State of New York and Elias Clarke of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Chapman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
From subscribed this day John B Hudson Elias Clarke S.G. Haven Deputy Clerk
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 certify that it appears to them John Hudson is a clergyman, residing in Genesee County of Livingston & State of New York who has signed the preceding certificate and that Elias Clarke who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York Livingston County
I Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of the County of Livingston, & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Edward Chapman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this
day of fifth September 1839
Chauncy R. Bond clerk By S.G. Haven Deputy Clerk
Edward Chapman Revolutionary soldier
23887

State of New York Genesee County ss.
On this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred and fifty One personally appeared before me John Munro Jr. a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Genesee, Rebekah Chapman aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and other Acts of Congress passing granting pensions to Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers and their Widows and granting to such Widows the amount that their Husbands were entitled to receive in their life time and which their said husbands did not receive -
That she was married to the said Edward Chapman, who was a Soldier and private in the Revolutionary War, on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and twelve in the Town of West Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State of New York by one Baker a justice of the peace -

That her name before said Marriage was Rebekah Fairter She further declares that the said Edward Chapman died on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thou- sand Eight hundred and forty nine in the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty nine years and he was not a Revolutionary Pensioner.
She further declares that she is a Resident of the Town of Batavia  Hancock in the said County of Genesee and that she has not intermarried, but has continued the widow and is now the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased.
She further declares that she does not know any thing about the Revolutionary Services of the said Edward Chapman in the Revolutionary War except what she has heard him state and from his declaration which he made in his life time and made oath to which is hereto annexed According to the said declaration which she sincerely believes to be true he, the said Edward Chapman served as a private in the Revolutionary War as follows that is to say -

Two months in 1776 in Captain Thompson's company in Colonel Wolcott's Regiment
Two months in Lieutenant Griffin's company in 1777
Two months in 1777 in Lieutenant Bickel's company
Three months in Captain Lottick's company in 1779 -
Seven months in 1780 in Captain Allen's company in Colonel Harper's Regiment
She declares that the above services were rendered by the said Edward Chapman in the Revolutionary War as she verily believes from the said Declaration and from what she has heard him state in his life time, and he always declared that he served in said War a year and four months -
She further declares that the said Edward Chapman before the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 was feeble and infirm on account of a weak pulse and a cancer on his face and his infirmities and cancer continued to grow worse and increase till he died -
Some time after the said Law was passed he employed a man to

Obtain a pension and she believes his name was Gibbs, but she is not certain and she heard her husband the said Edward Chapman say that he had obtained sufficient proof to get a pension as he believed and a number of years afterwards she heard him say that his proof had been lost by his lawyer or some other person and that his declaration had been sent back for want of proof and that his witnesses were dead and that the proof had not been sent to Washington and that he supposed it was then impossible for him to prove his service -
His health had become so poor and he had become so crippled that he could not go out to employ attorneys or procure evidence, and he had nothing to pay with and he was supported at the poor house in Livingston County when he made his declaration and had been 2 or 3 years previous -
And from the above reasons he never made any further effort for his pension till he died but kept the said declaration in his possession and since he died she has retained the possession of it and now sends it herewith as evidence of said service.

She further declares that she makes this declaration as the widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased to obtain the amount of pension that he was entitled to receive during his life time from March 4 th 1831 to October 18 th 1849 the day on which he died
She further declares that she shall wholly rely on proof to be hereafter obtained to establish the aforesaid services or some part thereof of the said Edward Chapman her husband in the War of the Revolution. Rebecca Chapman
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and in the year first above written before me -
And I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Rebecca Chapman and that she is a person of good character and respectable for truth and veracity
And I further say that I was well acquainted with the said Edward Chapman and he was a man of good character and respectable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in this statement - John Munroe Justice of the Peace
Dated April 9. 1851

174.082 Rebecca Chapman
Bounty Land claim Act March 3, 1855.
Moulton Farnham, Attorney Attica, Wyoming Co., New York.

State of New York } County of Genesee } ss.
On this 30 th day of April A. D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Rebecca Chapman aged 78 years a Resident of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Edward Chapman deceased who was a private in Captain Allen's Company in the Regiment of New York Troops commanded by Colonel Henshaw in the Revolutionary War - That her said husband Edward Chapman enlisted where she does not know in the Spring of the year A. D. 1780 for the term of 6 or 7 months and continued in actual service in said War for the term of seven months as she has been informed and believes but when and where he was discharged she does not know -
She further declares that she is a Revo- lutionary pensioner of the United States as the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased at the rate of $23.33 per annum for his said 7 months service under the Act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853 -
She refers to her pension papers now on file in the Pension Office for the proof of his said service which is a certificate of the Comptroller of the State of New York

She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Chapman on the 8 th day of February A. D. 1812 at the Town of West Bloomfield in the the County of Ontario and State of New York by one Rev. a justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was to the said Ed- ward Chapman was Rebecca Tainter and that her said Husband Edward Chapman died at the said Town of Batavia on the 18 th day of October A. D. 1849 and that she is still a Widow Widow and is the Widow of the said Edward Chap- man deceased and has not married since his death -
She further declares that there is no public Record of her said marriage and she has no private or family Record thereof; but she had a family Record of such marriage and gave it to her Attorney to establish her marriage when she applied for her said pension which proof of her said marriage she presumes is on file in the pension office to which she refers in this application -
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855 -
She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress

nor made any other application therefor.
In presence of
Charlotte Grantham
Rebecca her Chapman
We Ezra Chapman and Esther Eliza Chapman, Residents of the Town of Batavia in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Chapman in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the Applicant that she is the identical person her self referred to in
We further depose and say that we are each well acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Chapman the above applicant for Bounty Land - that we have known her ever since we can remember to the present time - that we were well acquainted with Edward Chapman her late husband having known him ever since we remember till he died and that they the said Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman lived together as husband and wife and were reputed so to be and we never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned and that the said Edward Chapman died in the said Town of Batavia on the 18 th day of October A. D. 1849 and we were present at and attended his funeral Deponent Ezra Chapman is the son of the said Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman and Deponent Esther Eliza Chapman is his wife
We further depose and say that the said Rebecca Chapman has been since the day of the death of the said Edward Chapman and still and now is a Widow and is his Widow

and has never married since his death and she now resides with us and has resided with us most of the time since the death of the said Edward Chapman and that her said husband Edward Chapman was the identical man named and mentioned as a soldier in her said Declaration - and we have no interest in this claim.
Ezra Chapman
Ezra E. Chapman
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before before me on the day and in the year above written; and I certify that I know the Affiant to be a credible person; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim -
John Munroe Jr. Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. GENESEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I CERTIFY, That John Munroe Jr. before whom the annexed Instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at Batavia, in said County, this 18 th day of June 185 2
Mr. J. Cooper Clerk.

Hannah E Chapman died June the 26 1837 aged 3 years 5 months 126 days
Martha E Wymann died November the 10 1843 aged 27 years 10 months 6 days
Edward Chapman I died October the 18 1848 aged 89 years 3 months 18 days

Edward Chapman Born July 1 1876 Rebekah Chapman Born March 28-1784 Edward Chapman married Rebekah Turner February 20 1812 Rebekah 2 born Nov 6-1814 Mary Chapman born August 30 1814 Martha Chapman born April April 4 1816 Thebe Chapman born March 23 1818 Lucy Chapman born April 22 1820 Sally Chapman born August 24 1822

Benjamin Chapman Born November 11 1825 Hannah Chapman Born December 30 1829

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Madison and State of Illinois ss.
On this the first day of October 1860, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Madison personally appeared Rebecca Chapman who, on her oath, declares that she is the widow of Edward Chapman who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain * in the regiment commanded by Colonel * in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the State (District or Territory) of Illinois where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable, in future. The following are her reasons for removing from New York to Collinsville Madison County Ill.
viz That she had a married daughter residing here with whom she desired to reside.
Rebecca Chapman
* The Capt. and Col. of the regiment is unknown to the applicant
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Horace Lord J.P. Seal
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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 be sent with the papers.
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 which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.
State of Illinois Madison County ss. I certify that Horace Lord Esq before whom the declaration was made and who has subscribed his name to the certificate attesting the same was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the Peace within & for Madison County Illinois duly elected commissioned and qualified and whose signature thereto is genuine given under my hand and seal of office this 10th day of October 1860 John A. Prickett Clerk

No 23887
Edward Chapman Livingston County New York
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Elias Clarke, Genesee, Livingston County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 5 183 3
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Edward Chapman Linnston County New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Called out 1776 - 2 - private Col Wolcotts Col Thompson 72 years Traditional evidence, claimant   Drafted 1777 - 2 - private Lieut Griffin Lyme Certificate V. M. T. up certified credible   Drafted 1777 - 2 - private Lieut Beckett N. Loxton paper correct -   Vol - 1779 - 3 - private Col Lathrop & H. H. Connecticut   Enlisted May 1780 - 7 - Col Allen, Col Harper  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
It cannot be readily admitted that the length of service alleged is not susceptible of proof, and the regulations require applicants to furnish the best evidence in their power.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 place 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Edward Chapman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 14466
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776. 2 mos. Priv. Thompson Wolcott Conn.   1777. 2 " Lieut. Griffin ✓   Six months later 2 " Lieut. Vinton { Becket or Backwith ✓   1779. 3 " Capt. Lathrop Allen ✓ N.Y.   May, 1780. 7 " Allen John Harper "  
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lyme, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25, 1832. Incl. was al
Residence at date of application, Geneseo, Livingston Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. July 1, 1760, at Lyme, Conn.
Remarks: He mar. Feb. 20, 1812, at West Bloomfield, N.Y.
Rebecca Tainter who was born Mch. 28, 1784; he died Oct. 18, 1849, at Batavia, N.Y., and she was al. pension on her ap. ex. Apr. 9, 1851, while a res. of Batavia N.Y. Children: Rebecca, b. Nov. 5, 1812; Mary, b. May 3, 1814; Martha, b. Apr. 4, 1816; Phebe, b. Mch. 23, 1818; Ezra, b. Apr. 22, 1820; Sally, b. Aug. 24, 1822; Benjamin, b. Nov. 11, 1825; Hannah, b. Dec. 30, 1829. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

N. W. CHANDLER, COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Rev Sec H
March 8. 1915
Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
✓
Will you kindly give me the army record of Edward Chapman of Connecticut , a drummer? in Washington's army.
His wife Rebecca Chapman of Palatine or Pembroke New York received a pension up to about 1855
Yours &
N. W. Chandler

Jan 28 - 22.
U.S. Commission of Pensions.
Kind Sir.
Could you give me dates of birth , marriage , service & death of ancestor. Also place of residence at time of war. Edward Chapman who gave service in Revolutionary war, is the Ancestor
His second wife was Rebecca Tainter . - Could you give me her birth date marriage & death  leave? & also places of. She drew a pension. So I thought could get dates from that record.

Also places of birth, marriage + death of each. { Edward Chapman + wife Rebecca Tainter Chapman.
This is my line, it may help you some -
Edward Chapman - Ancestor Gertrude Chapman Smith - daughter Edward Chapman Jr. Edward Chapman Jr. son of { Benjamin Chapman a civil war soldier and pensioned.
Benjamin Chapman son of { Edward Chapman + Rebecca Tainter Chapman.
Edward Chapman was from New York state
One member of family said he lived in New York City at time of entering into service + at the age of 16 went as a drummer boy with Washington's Army.

He froze a foot in 3 the army. a part of it had to be amputated so carried a deformed foot as mark of service Do not know exact date of birth but was thought to be 1760.- of English parents.
He lived at different times in Livingston Co. — New York state Greene Co. — " "
cities of Batavia + Rochester.
Married Rebecca Tainter as second wife, had 7 children 2 sons 5 daughters. (Date of marriage — ?)
Benjamin was the youngest child born July 11 — 1825. at Greene Co. New York. death of. It is thought date of ancestor Edward Chapman must be about
1849 or 1850
What was his service in the Revolutionary War? Was it drummer boy?
Will also enclose copy of Revolutionary services of Edward Chapman which I obtained from New York state Library by kindness of State Archivist.
Could you help me in these dates + facts would be very grateful and I could I have them at as early date as possible. I Thank. you.
605-10 St. Nevada-Iowa Mrs. Gertrude Chapman Smith.

✓ in stamp Rec'd of Revolutionary Service 264 Rec'd Edward Chapman.
Cert. # 17763, for £7 2s. 2d, dated 31 July 1780, issued to Edward Chapman for services as private in Capt. Lothrop Allen's company of Col. John Harper's regiment of Levies.
Cert. # 17822 for £10.13s. 4d dated 30 Nov. 1780 issued to Edward Chapman for services as private in above company and regiment.
Certificates of Treasurer (manuscript record). Vol. 4.
This record was sent me by Archivist of New York State Library.
Resp.
Mrs. Gertrude Chapman Smith Nevada
603 - 10 St.
Iowa.
Can the Tainter line be traced to Revolutionary service too?

1915. Inch. 19. History to N. W. Chandler. L.rr.
1922 Feb. 21. Hist. to Mrs. G. C. Smith. aw.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14466
Rebecca Chapman Widow of Edward Chapman Rev Penn. War
Act: Febry 21 st  1853
Index:—Vol. 6 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
   1780. July 31. Edward Chapman Priv e No. of Cert'te issued, 17763 £ — 7 — 2 2   1780. Nov. 30. ditto " " " " 17822 10 13 4  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  " " " "  
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, June 23 d 1802
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. Four now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   First — under Capt. Lothrop Allen in Col. John Harper's Regiment.   Second " " do " " do "  Third " " " " "  Fourth " " " " "  Fifth " " " " "  Sixth " " " " "  Seventh " " " " "  Eighth " " " " "  Ninth " " " " "  Tenth " " " " "  Eleventh " " " " "  Twelfth " " " " "  Thirteenth " " " " "  Fourteenth " " " " "  Fifteenth " " " " "  
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £ _____ to be correct.
A. W. Lee Examining Clerk. Philip Schuyler Comptroller.

Sept. 24. 52 Rebekah Chapman
Rev. Pusion Claine
Mrs. Kirby
R. H. Farren Attorney Attica, N. York
Wm A. P. Wascall N of R

State of New York Genesee County ss - Ezra Chapman and Esther Eliza Chapman his Wife being duly sworn do severally depose and say that they reside in the Town of Batavia in the said County of Genesee and that Deponent Ezra Chapman is the son of Rebekah Chapman and Edward Chapman named and described in the de- claration of the said Rebekah Chap- man herunto annexed -
And Deponents further say that the said Edward Chapman died in the said Town of Batavia on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine and that the said Edward Chapman and Rebekah Chapman lived together as husband and Wife ever since Deponents can remember to the day of the death of the said Edward Chapman and the said Rebekah's name before she was married to the said Edward Chapman was Rebekah Tainter as Deponents believe from the most reliable information and the frequent declarations of the said Rebekah Chapman and Edward Chapman and the said Rebekah Chapman

name is and ever since the death of the said Edward Chapman has been the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased and she has not intermarried to any one since his death -
Deponents were present at the funeral of the said Edward Chapman - Subscribed and sworn to { Ezra Chapman this 9th day of April } 1851 before me } Esther Eliza Chapman John Memo Jr Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ezra Chapman and Esther Eliza Chapman and that they are persons of good character known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and I give full credit to their statement - Dated April 9, 1851 John Memo Jr Justice of the Peace

State of New York Genesee County ss - I, Thomas Bucklin of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I have resided in the said Town of Batavia for the space of forty four years last past, and I was born in the Town of Lyne New London County Connecticut and lived in the said Town of Lyne during and after the Revolutionary War and I served in said War as follows -
I served four months at Black Hall in Connecticut in Lieutenant Griswold's company commencing in the month of September in the year 1776 -
I also served six months at New London, Connecticut in Cap- tain Lays company in Colonel Thompson's Regiment commencing in January in the year 1777 -
Also I served in Captain Palmer's company in Colonel Ely's Regiment three months, com- mencing in September in the year 1777 and served most of the time in Rhode Island and some of the time in New London and after that time I served at New London in Captain Hempstead's company in Colonel Lathrop's Regt

till the Spring of 1778 -
The above is all the said Service which I performed in said War and I served at the above places and their vicinity and was frequently on detached Service and scouts and marched to different points and places where I was not regularly stationed.
I further say that I was well acquainted with Edward Chapman who was the husband of Rebekah Chapman whose declaration is herunto annexed and he was about my age and I knew him well long before, during and after said War till he died and in the said Edward Chapman resided in the said Town of Lyme near by me before, during and after said War and he was born there as I have been informed and before and Lyme was the next Town West of New London adjoining there -
The said Edward Chapman served two months in said War as a private in Captain Thompsons Company but what Regiment I do not know and his Lieutenants name was John Griffin with whom I was well acquainted and the said John Griffin afterwards was a Major and I have heard the said John Griffin say that the said

Chapman served in his company two months at New London in 1774 and I saw him while he was in that 2 months service 2 or 3 times at New London or in that vicinity while he or I or both were on detached service; and I may be under a mistake and that I saw him at New London before I went into the service as I was frequently at New London that season; but I know I saw him in the service as above stated and I understood he was called out with the militia.
I also further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman served two months at New London in the Spring or summer of 1777 in Lieutenant or Captain Griffin's company and I served with him at New London and saw him in said service very often - and he served as a private -
I further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman again served as a private two months at New London as a private commencing late in the fall of 1777 or in the forepart of the Winter following in Captain or Lieutenant Norton Bulkeley's company and I served there with him and saw him in said service often and the said Norton Bulkeley was my own uncle and I have heard him state that

the said Edward Chapman served with him there at New London & New Bedford —
I became acquainted again with the said Edward Chapman in the Town of Scituate Barnstable in the said County of Yarmouth about 15 years ago and he did not live far from me and he died in the said Town of Barnstable in the fall of 1849 and I knew him well till he died and I was well acquainted with his Wife Abigail Chapman named in the annexed declaration.
The said Edward Chapman became very much broken down by a cancer on his face and poor health years before he died and he had no money or money
Black Hall where I first served was at the Mouth and on the East side of Connecticut River only 20 miles from New London and was in the Town of Lyme and I will recollect the time that the said Edward Chapman entered into the service in 1776 which was by a call on the Militia to go to White Plains, but a part of the Troops were sent to New London and the said Edward Chapman was sent to New London and if I

I am eighty two years of age and am a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Eighty four Dollars per annum
recollect right the said call was in the latter part of the summer or fore part of the fall of 1776 and the said Edward Chapman marched as far as Lyme Town where I first saw him in the service and he was sent from there to New London as aforesaid. - I was sent to New London once or twice from Black Hall by Lieutenant Griswold, once with a letter and I was a number of times on security almost to New London and met the New London troops on the same service and on those or some of those times I saw the said Edward Chapman in the service.
After 1778 I served on the high seas and after I returned to Lyme I was informed and believed by the said Edward Chapman and others, and believed and now believe that he served in said War in Rhode Island and in Colonel Hapgood's Regiment in the State of New York - He did not reside in Lyme but a few years after said War - The said Edward Chapman was always a man of strict integrity, truth and veracity and of a good character.
Subscribed & sworn to this 6th day of December 1851 before me
Thomas Beckwith
John Mearns Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Thomas Beckwith and have been so acquainted with him for many years last past and that he is a man of good character, known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and of sound mind and memory and he has retained all his mental faculties and powers to the present time and enjoys very good health and I place full confidence in his statement -
And I further certify that the two lines on the left hand margin of the within half sheet were written thereon before he signed and swore to the preceding Affidavit -
Dated Dec 6. 1857
John Munro; Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Greene County ss - Jonathan Farnham of the Town of Catskill in the County of Wyoming and State aforesaid being duly sworn deponent and with that he is acquainted with Rebekah Chapman whose declaration is herunto annexed and that he found and saw in her possession at her house in Scituate in said County of Greene an old Bible in which were the following entries "Edward Chapman born July 1, 1760 Rebekah Chapman born March 28, 1784 Edward Chapman married to Rebekah Tainter February 20, 1812 Rebekah 2 born Nov 5, 1812 Mary Chapman born May 31, 1814 Martha Chapman born April 4, 1816 Phoebe Chapman born March 23, 1818 Ezra Chapman born April 22, 1820 Sally Chapman born August 24, 1822 Benjamin Chapman born November 16, 1825 Hannah Chapman born December 30, 1829"
In another place in said Bible Deponent found the following entry "Edward Chapman died October the 18, 1849 age 89 years 3 months 17 days Deponent verily believes that the said entries are a true Record of all the facts mentioned and contained therein -
Subscribed and sworn to this 6th day of December 1851 before me
John Munn Jr Justice of the Peace
Jonathan Farnham

I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named Clinton Parsons and that he is a person of good character and reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in his statement - Dated Dec 6, 1857 - John Munroe Jr Justice of the Peace

State of New York, Genesee County } Clerk's Office }
ss. I, Merrill G. Soper Clerk. of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that John Munroe Esq., before whom the several Affidavits hereto annexed of Rebekah Chapman, Ezra Chapman, Esther Elizer Chapman, Thomas Beckwith and Clinton Tamburn were made and taken and who has thereunto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and that his signature thereto is genuine -
And I further certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to the said Court held at the Court House in Batavia in and for said County that Edward Chapman named and described in the annexed affidavits of the said Rebekah Chap- man and Thomas Beckwith was not a petitioner of the United States; that he was a Resident of the Town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York and died in the said Town of Batavia in the State aforesaid on the Eighteenth day of

October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty nine; that he left a widow him surviving whose name is Rebekah Chapman who is the same Rebekah Chapman named and described in the annexed Declaration -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Batavia there in said County this 5 th day of August A. D. 1852 M. G. Goper Clerk

515 Feb 26/53 Ruben Chapman
Widow of Edward N. Y.
Act Feb. 8 th 1853
George C. Ames Present.

State of New York Genesee County ss.
On this 12 day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me John Monroe, a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Rebekah Chapman, a Resident of the Town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years who being duly sworn according to Law dath on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed other February 3 d 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and all other Acts of Congress granting such pensions - That she is the Widow of Edward Chapman deceased who was a private and served in the Revolutionary War as follows 2 months in 1776 in Captain Thompson's company & Col. Prescott Regt - 2 months in Lieutenant Griffin's company in 1777 - 2 Months in 1777 in Lieut. tenants Beckwith's company - 3 months in

left Lathrop & Allen Company in 1779 & Seven Months in Captain Lathrop & Allen Company in Cal. John Harpers Regt in 1780 in all one year & 4 months -
The above service is from his statement made in 1832 by him to obtain a pension and she knows nothing about his service only from his statements -
She made application recently for the arrears of his pension as his Widow and received a pension certificate gran- ting to her $23.33 per annum from March 4, 1831 to October 18, 1849 on which day he died which certificate was dated in November or December 1852.
She further declares that the said Edward Chapman never received a pension & that she never received any other pension than as above stated -
She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said Edward Chapman on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve in the Town of West Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State of New York by Rev. Baker a pastor of the Gospel -

and that her husband, the said Edward Chapman and Soldier died on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty nine at the Town of Batavia aforesaid. — She further declares that she is now a widow and is the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased and that she has never before made any application for a pension except for the said arrears as above stated.
She claims a pension for more service than was allowed to her in the said arrears and that all the proofs and Evidence to establish her service are on file in the pension Office in the city of Washington with her papers on which the said arrears were granted as she is reliably informed and believes and she wholly relies on those proofs and that Evidence to establish her present claim for a pension —
Subscribed and sworn to } Rebecca Chapman this 12 day of February
1853 before me and John H. ... certify that I have no interest directly or indirectly in the above named Rebecca

Chapman's claim for a pension - And I further certify that the said Rebecca Chapman is a person of good character, known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in her statement - Dated Feb 12. 1853
John Munroe J.P.

State of New York
Genesee County ss. We, Ezra Chapman and Esther E. Chapman being duly sworn do severally depose and say that we are husband and Wife and that the said Ezra Chapman is the son of Edward Chapman and Rebekah Chapman named and described in the declaration of Rebekah Chapman herunto annexed - We further depose and say that the said Edward Chapman died at our house in the Town of Batavia in the County and State afore- said on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thou- sand Eight hundred and forty nine
We further say that the said Edward Chapman deceased and the said Rebekah Chapman lived together as husband and Wife ever since we can remember till he died as aforesaid.
We further depose and say that the said Rebekah Chapman's maiden name before she was married to the said Edward Chapman deceased was Rebekah Tainter -

We further depose and say that the said Rebekah Chapman now has in her possession a very old looking and time worn Bible which Bible was in the possession of the said Edward Chapman deceased and Rebekah Chapman ever since we can remember to the day of his death and since that time has remained in her possession as aforesaid and in said Bible there was recorded in said Bible on the blank leaves or sheets thereof the ages and marriages of the said Edward and Rebekah the names of their children and the death of the said Edward Chapman which original sheets were this day cut out and taken from said Bible for the purpose of proving the marriage of the said Edward and Rebekah Chapman and all the Bible appears to be as old and time worn as the said sheets containing the said Record and the said Record of said marriage has been in said Bible for a great number of years last past -

We further depose and say that we have no interest directly or indirectly to the claim of the said Rebekah Chapman for a pension
We were present at the death and funeral of the said Edward Chapman Subscribed and sworn to { Ezra Chapman this 12 th day of February { Esther E Chapman 1853 before me John Munroe Jr J.P.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ezra Chapman and Esther E Chapman and that they are persons of good character known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in their statement -
Subscribed Batavia February 12 1853 John Munroe Jr J.P.

State of New York Yunnen County Clerks Office
ss - I, M. G. Soper clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that John Munro for before whom the several depositions and annexed affidavits of Rebecca Chapman, Ezra Chapman and Esther E. Chapman were made and taken and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by Law to administer oaths and take affidavits and that his several signatures thereto are genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal which is the Seal of said Court this 21 day of February in the year of Our Lord 1853 -
M. G. Soper Clerk
Rebecca Chapman

Rebekah Chapman
See papers on file
Boston.
Hon. B. Pingle H. R.

State of New York } Genesee County } ss.
On this first day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the County Court of said County of Genesee in the State of New York Rebekah Chapman a Resident of the Town of Butternuts in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy years, who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of February 1853 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War -
That she is the Widow of Edward Chapman deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War and served as she has been informed and believes One year and four Months -
She further declares that she made application to the Pension Office in 1852 for the arrears of Pension which was not granted to the said Edward Chapman in his life time and in such application all the evidence was filed proving his service in said War -

She further declares that she made application last summer for a pension under Act of Congress of Feb. 3 d 1883 but she made her declaration before a justice of the Peace and when she made such application she caused to be filed the evidence of her marriage and death of her said Husband Edward Chapman. And she believes by reference to those applications sufficient evidence may be found to establish her claim for a pension.
She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Chapman on the twentieth day of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twelve in the Town of West Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State of New York by our Baker a justice of the Peace and that her maiden name before said marriage was Rebekah Fainter.
She further declares that her said husband, Edward Chapman was  at Batavia, N.Y. died on the eighteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now

a Widow and is the Widow of the said Edward Chapman deceased - The said Edward Chapman resided in Lyme, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War - Subscribed and sworn to, Rebekah Chapman in open court this first day of April 1854 before me
Edgar C Dibble County Judge of Genesee County
State of New York Genesee County ss -
I, Mr. G. Soper Clerk of the said County of Genesee and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rebekah Chapman for a Pension and that the said Court is a Court of Record in the County and State aforesaid -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal which is the seal of said Court at Batavia in said County this first day of April 1854 G. Soper Clerk

Rebecca Chapman
To
George L. Stevens
Power of Attorney

Know all men by these presents that I, Rebekah Chapman of the Town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint George L. Jones Esquire of the City of Wash- ington as my Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for a pension and I am directly interested in such claim
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twelfth day of February in the year 1853
Rebecca Chapman
State of New York
Genesee County ss. On this 12 th day of
February 1853 personally appeared before me , John Monroe for a justice of the peace of said County the above named Rebekah Chapman well known to me to be the person described in and who has executed the above Power of Attorney and acknowledged that she executed the same which I certify - & I further certify that she made oath that she was the person directly interested in the claim for a pen- sion stated in said Power of Attorney
John Monroe Jr. J.P.

State of New York Genesee County Clerk's Office
ss. I, Chas. G. Soper clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that John
Henry Munro Jr. Esquire before whom the within Power of Attorney of Rebecca Chapman was ack. nowledged was at the time of signing a part of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and take affidavits and acknowledgements and that his official signature written under the certificate of said acknowledgement is genuine and in his own hand writing -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal which is the Seal of said Court this 21 day of February in the year of our Lord 1853 Chas. G. Soper C.R.

Collinsville Madison Co. Ill Sept 18 th 1860
John Dobb Esq. Acting Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Your obliging letter of the 11 th Inst is received. Enclosed please find vouchers for receipt of Pension due Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward Chapman as in your letter directing vouchers for presentation to the Third Auditor of the Treasury
You say "The ballance may be made payable at an Agency in Illinois upon application addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, in the form required by the enclosed instructions; but no instructions were found enclosed with your letter of Sept. 11 th 1860, but if agreeable to your rules please forward "the ballance together with the Pension" due over fourteen months and oblige
Respectfully Your Ob't Servant J. Barkley

✓ J. Berkey, Collinsville, Ill. Sep. 3/60.
Inquiry relative to the payment of the pension of the widow of Edward Chap- man.
Respectfully referred to Com. Pensions.
Int. Dept. Sept. 8/60.
Moses Kelly Chf. Clk.
Rec'd 8 Sep 1860 Mr. Rhet

Collinsville Madison Co. Ill Sept. 3 rd 1860.
Hon. Jacob Thompson Sec. of the Interior Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Having been appointed Attorney to receive a United States Pension for the widow of Edward Chapman a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War. (Pension under the act of February 3 rd 1853) Said widow having removed from Batavia Genesee Co. State of N.Y. to this place. I respectfully desire to be informed by your Department of the name and residence of the pension Agent in this State by whom said pension will be paid —
And also the name and residence of the Pension Agent by whom will be paid four years and eleven months back pen- sion unpaid while residing in Batavia in Genesee Co. N.Y.
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servant.
J. Berkey

rief in the case of Rebecca Chapman, widow of Edward. Genesee County and State of New York. act 3 d  Aug: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
M c Aslan was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June, 1832.
Record of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Hon: B. Pringle, Esq. Hon: J. H. Rep: Name and residence of Agent
A. B. G. W. Examining Clerk.

Rebecca Chapman
Col
Keom B. Pingle K. R.

Albany June 29th 1834
Hon. B. Pringle Ch. Cl.
Sir I send herewith the Invalued Pension Papers of Noah C. Howe
You will please to certify to the p.p. & I have drawn certificate and also you may certify to the Surgeons and send the papers to the Pension Office and let them take their due course.
I suppose Mr. Cady's case is under advisement & will soon be decided.
It is not very probable that I send any more full cases to you before you return home in July.
I may send on some off'ts to patch up one or 2 old cases.
I presume you have not much time to attend to pension business.
I received Mrs. Chapman's pension certificate & I see they have allowed her only 23.33 per annum, the first amount which is for 7 months service proved by the Comptroller's certificate of Attorney.
They have not allowed any service on Thomas Buckingham off't a copy of which I sent to you & as I calculate he testified to 4 months service - I should be glad to know the reason why his off't was wholly disregarded in as much as you probably testified to his good character - I took great pains to have his testimony
Case of Howe charged to Broadus
Albany July 20/34

placed in a favorable light as he was a man of high respectability - I think they have not done justice to his claims - I generally have their reasons, but in his case I have no knowledge what the reason was why they rejected his evidence -
Will you please before you leave Washington to ascertain what the reason was - I presume you know & will you let me know - It may be possible they overlooked the evidence.
If there is any chance for more I will return the certificate and a new one can be issued before you leave -
Please to inform me as soon as you can.
Yours, very respectfully
Stanton Farnham

State of New York
Greene County ss - I, Thomas Beckwith of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid living duly several do depose and say that I have resided in the said Town of Batavia for the space of 44 years last past and I was born in the Town of Lyme New London County Connecticut and lived in the said Town of Lyme during and after the Revolutionary War and I served in said War as follows I served four months at Block Hall in Connecticut in Lieutenant Griswold's company commencing in the Month of September in the year 1776 -
I also served six months at New London Connecticut in Captain Lays company in Colonel Hooops Regiment commencing in January 1777.
Also I served in Captain Palmers company in Colonel Elys Regiment three months commencing in Sep- tember in the year 1777 and served most of the time in Rhode Island and some of the time in New London and after that time I served in Cap- tain Humpsteds company in Col. Latimers Regt till the Spring of 1778 -
The above is all the Land Service which I performed in said War and I served at the above places and their vicinity and I was frequently on detached service

and scouts and marched to different points and places where I was not regularly stationed -
I further say that I was well acquainted with Edward Chapman who was the husband of Rebekah Chapman whose declaration is herewith annexed and he was about my age and I knew him well long before, during and after said War till he died and in the said Edward Chapman resided in the said Town of Lyne near by me before during and after said War and he was born there as I have been informed and believe and Lyne was the next Town West of New London adjoining thereto -
1776 The said Chapman served two months in said War as a private in captain but what Regiment I do not know and his Lieutenant's name was John Griffin with whom I was well acquainted and the said John Griffin afterwards was a Major and I have heard the said John Griffin say that the said Chapman served in his company 2 months at New London in 1776 and I saw him while he was in that 2 months, serving 2 or 3 times at New London or in that vicinity while he or I or both were on detached service and I may be under a mistake

and that I saw him at New London before I went into the service as I was frequently at New London that season; but I know I saw him in the service as above stated and I understand he was called out with the militia.
I also further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman served two months at New London in the spring or summer of 1777 in Lieutenant or Captain Griffin's company and I served with him at New London and saw him in said service very often & he served as a private.
I further say on oath that the said Edward Chapman again served as a private two months at New London commencing late in the fall of 1777 or in the fore part of the winter following in Captain or Lieutenant Beckwith's company and I served there with him in said service and saw him in said service often and the said Victor Beckwith was my own uncle and I have heard him state that the said Edward Chapman served with him there at New London two months -
I became acquainted again with the said Edward Chapman in the Town of Batavia in the said County of Genesee about 18 years ago and he did not live far from me and he died in the said Town of Batavia in the fall of 1849 and I knew him well till he died; in the said Town of Batavia

Rebecca Chapman named in the annexed Declaration.
The said Edward Chapman became very much broken down by a cancer on his face and poor health years before he died & he had no means or money -
Black Hall where I first served was at the Mouth and on the East side of Connecticut River only 20 miles from New London and was in the Town of Lyme and I well recollect the time that the said Edward Chapman entered into the service in 1776 which was by a call on the Militia to go to White Plains; but a part of the troops were sent to New London and the said Edward Chapman was sent to New London & if I recollect right the said call was in the latter part of the summer or forepart of the fall of 1776 and the said Edward Chap- man marched as far as Lyme Town where I first saw him in the service and he was sent from there to New London as aforesaid - I was sent to New London once or twice from Black Hall by Lieutenant Griswold, once with a letter and I was a number of times on scouts almost to New London and met the New London Troops on the same service and on those or some of those times I saw the said Edward Chapman in the service after 1778 I served on the high seas and after I returned to Lyme I was informed

others and believed and now believe that he served in said War in Rhode Island and in Colonel Harkers Regt in the State of New York - He did not reside in Lyne but a few years after said War - - The said Edward Chapman was always a man of strict integrity truth and veracity and of a good character - I am 92 years of age & am a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $4 Dollars per annum - Subscribed and sworn to this day of July 1852 } Thomas Beckwith before me (Copy) John Munroe Jr. Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with the within named Thomas Beckwith and have been so acquainted with him for many years past and that he is a man of good character known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and of sound mind and memory and he has retained his mental faculties and powers to the present time and enjoys very good health and I place full confidence in his statement John Munroe Jr. Justice of the peace (Copy)

I was acquainted with Thomas Beckwith of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. for about twenty years before his death and he sustained an irreproachable character. He retained his mental and physical vigor in a great degree until a short time prior to his death.
June 16, 1854.
F. Pringle Esq. 30 Long Dist. N.Y.
copy of T. Beckwith MS

Albany Pension Agency.
October 22 d 1860.
Geo. C. Whiting L. P. Watts, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir—In reply to your letter of the 19 th October instant. I have to state that Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward Chapman a Pensioner under the act of February 3 d 1853. 2 d Section— at Twentythree 33/100 Dollars per annum— was last paid to the Tenth day of March 1860
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant,
J. Vandervoel Pension Agent.

Brief in the case of Edward Chapman Genesee County and State of New York act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record Proof of service
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Wm A. S. Maseall, W of R
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Collinsville Madison County Illinois Oct. 12 th 1860
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commission of Pension } Washington D.C.
Sir
Herewith please find the Application and vouchers for the transfer of the payment of a pension to Rebecca Chapman from New York to Illinois, which I hope will prove all right
Respectfully your O bt Servant J. Berkeley

No
Rebecca Chapman, widow of Edward,
NY
Act 3 Feb 1833
$23.50 per annum, Due 3 Feb 1833.
Albany,
G. C. Jones Present

Samy E Beach Esq Sir
Washington Feby. 21 1853
You will find herewith papers in support of the Claim of Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward, under the Act of the 3 rd of this March.
Ms Chapman claims also an enlargement of the pension allowed her husband. He received $23 33 p ann. she claims an increase to $33 33 p ann
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Geo L Adney

Hon. of Reps, May 25, 1854
Sir,
From the enclosed letters it seems that the case of Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward Chapman and the case of Zebulon Mead should be reexamined -
Have the goodness to look to them and give me an answer -
I am with great respect
Your obt. Servt
B. Pringle
Hon. S. P. Waldo Counr. of Pensions
Zebulon Mead sent to Mr. Brown.

Albany May 22 d 1854
Hon. B. Pringle M.C.
This Day I received from you a letter of which the following is a copy
"Pension Office May 13 th 1854"
Sir - The additional declaration of Mrs. Rebecca Chapman claimant of a pension as the widow of Edward has been received and filed -
The claimant should file evidence that she is the widow of the identical Edward Chapman who was placed upon the Pension Roll of New York as a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832 and paid at the Albany Agency -
I have the honor to be very respectfully your obt servt. L. P. Waldo Commissioner
Hon. B. Pringle H o of Rep s .
There is a mistake in the report of her case - Edward Chapman never was a Revolutionary Pensioner but applied for one 20 years ago and his papers were returned to him for want of proof and he gave the papers to me in 1847 and I sent them to Washington where she made application for the arrears of his pension and in the fall of 1852 she received a certificate for his arrears at the rate of 23.33 per annum to his death - The Govt did not allow any service which was proved by Thomas Beckwith & I believe he testified to 6 months service - These facts are all stated in

The pension for which she received the arrear was granted by a certificate from Offley which was filed among these papers -
her declaration for a Widows pension - I think that Beckwith's Evidence was sufficient to prove a part of Chapman's service - I do not know but I should produce Evidence that she is the Widow of the identical Edward Chapman but I supposed that fact was proved for she is the same person who recei- ved the arrear and there is Record proof of her marriage on file and all the papers are on file by which she obtained the arrear and his old declaration is on file among these papers - I presume by reference to all the papers there will be no diffi- culty in the way and that Beckwith's Evidence will be allowed if you testify to his good character -
You will please to send this or take it to the pension Office and offering to the Com te of pensions
Yours most respectfully Nathaniel Farnham

30. 61.2
5 Nov 1888

Feb. 9 th 53. Rebecca Chapman, Wid: of Edward.
Genesee Co: N.Y.
Act 1/53.
$23.33 33 / 100 per An: Com: Fby: 3.7853.
Rev
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.
Hon: B. Pringle 11th P
COMMISSIONER.

515 Feby 26 1853 App. of Rebecca Chapman widow of Edward. ex. 21
Act 3 d Feb 1 1853.
Revolutionary
James Heath
Geol. Soc. Present
Revolutionary ex 13 Feb 1853

515.
Rebecca Chapman, Widow of Edward, N. Y.
Let to Geo. C. Ames May 17/53 " " Hon. B. Pringle " 13"/54. " " " " " " 27"/54.
Act Feb. 3 rd 1853.

174.032-
D
Recd March 3, 1855.
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

In the matter of Rebecca Chapman additional affidavit
Keene, B. Pringle N. H.

State of New York Wyoming County ss -
I, Matthew Thresham of the Town of Hattin in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I was acquainted with Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman till the death of the said Edward Chapman which happened in the fall of 1849 and I first became acquainted with them early in the Spring of 1847 and they resided in the Town of Batavia Genesee County NY and since his death I have been acquainted with the said Rebecca Chapman to the present time -
The said Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman lived together in the same house as husband and Wife from the time I first knew them till he died and he gave to me in the Spring or summer of 1847 a declaration which he made for a Revolutionary Pension in Livingston County New York in the fall of 1832 which from the writing on it and another document I supposed had been sent to the Pension Office and returned to him for want of proof of service -
Those papers I kept in my possession till 1852 when I sent them to

State of New York Wyoming County ss -
I, Matthew Farnham of the Town of Hattin in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I was acquainted with Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman till the death of the said Edward Chapman which happened in the fall of 1849 and I first became acquainted with them early in the Spring of 1847 and they resided in the Town of Batavia Genesee County NY and since his death I have been acquainted with the said Rebecca Chapman to the present time -
The said Edward Chapman and Rebecca Chapman lived together in the same house as husband and wife from the time I first knew them till he died and he gave to me in the Spring or summer of 1847 a declaration which he made for a Revolutionary Pension in Livingston County New York in the fall of 1832 which from the writing on it and another document I supposed had been sent to the Pension Office and returned to him for want of proof of service -
Those papers I kept in my possession till 1852 when I sent them to

the Pension Office with the said Rebecca Declaration for his arrears
I also found in her Bible a Record of her marriage to the said Edward Chapman-
I made out her papers for said arrears and she received a certificate therefor which was first sent to me and in December 1852 I obtained the money on it for her and I paid it to her myself. —
In 1853 she made application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853 before John Ellsworth Esquire a justice of the peace and again she made another application for such pension before the Genesee County Court April 1 st 1854 and I drew all the papers for her — and forwarded them to Hon. B. Pringle to be filed in the Pension Office —
I know that the said Edward Chapman who delivered to me his declaration aforesaid was the same identical Edward Chapman with whom she lived as his Wife from the Spring of 1847 till he died and I know he is the same Edward Chapman to whom a pension was granted November 30 th 1852 and that the said Rebecca Chapman who has made such application as aforesaid for a pension is the same

identical Rebecca Chapman who received the money on the said Edward Chapman's Pension as aforesaid which was the arrears due to him in his life time; and my knowledge is based on the fact, herein above stated and set forth in drawing all the papers and paying to her the said money and knowing that they lived together as husband and Wife and receiving the said papers from him; and further they were reported to be husband and Wife; and I never knew any other Edward Chapman or Rebecca Chapman —
Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of June 1854 before me { Clayton Farnham David T. Perkins J. P.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Clayton Farnham and that he is a person of good character and respectable for truth and sincerity and I place full confidence in his statement — David T. Perkins J. P.
B. Pringle M.C.
30 Cay. Dist. N.Y.

23.887
Edward Chapman, Esq. N.Y.
Act 7 June 1832
Adm rs (Mia) Sci p 23:33 for alimony, Can'y 4 March 1831 Vending 18 October 1849 Payable to his widow Rebecca Chapman
Shenbury
Mary
Mrs A. P. Wascall, N of R