Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt_ 1556-200, Samuel Chapin, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Chapin, Samuel
B L 775 1556-200
CONTENTS

May 25, 1916.
Mr. Chapin said that his great grandfather's name was Samuel (Mars) and that he (soldier) had a son Nathan —
I think this must be his ancestor, as Nathan appears to be a family name.

Rev. War Section.
May 27, 1916.
W. C. Chapin Esquire, 4200 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sir:-
In response to your personal inquiry on the twenty-fifth instant, you are advised that the papers on file in this Bureau show that Samuel Chapin engaged for "during the war" January 1, 1777, and served to the end thereof, as a Lieutenant in Colonel Shepard's regiment of the Massachusetts line.
The date of his discharge and particulars of his service are not stated, nor is the date of his death shown.
On September 14, 1829 at Albany, New York, one Nathan Wakefield applied for the bounty land which might be due him as the grandson, and one of the heirs of Lieutenant Samuel Chapin, and the same was allowed and acknowledged by his attorney John Ogden Dey of Albany.
For the location of said land, apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C. quoting the following data: "Warrant #1556 for 200 acres for services of Lt. Samuel Chapin Mass. Line, issued September 29, 1829 for the benefit of Nathan Wakefield and other heirs!"
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Albany, 5 th October 1829.
William Gordon Esqr Bounty Land Office Sir
Your favour of the 29 th ultimo, accompa- nying Bounty Land Warrant N o 1556. for Revolutiona- ry Claims, issued to Nathan Wakefield, Grandson and the other heirs at Law of Samuel Chapin, who was a Lieutenant of the Massachusetts Line, is received, & I hereby acknowledge the receipt thereof, this you will consider as a voucher of the same.
I am Sir
Yours Respectfully John Agassiz

Nathan Wakefield's (as. Grandson & one of the heirs at Law of Lt. Samuel Chapin deceased).
Application for Bounty Land

Lieut. Samuel Chapin No 1556

State of New York Albany City & County
Revolutionary Claims
I Nathan Wakefield Grandson and one of the heirs at law of Samuel Chapin deceased, do upon Oath, testify, and declare, to the best of my belief and knowledge that Samuel Chapin did engage in 1777 for the term of the war serving, and served in the Massachusetts line as a Lieutenant, (in what particular Regiment, and by whom commanded is to me unknown, as his Commissions & papers have been lost) and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the War, when he was honorably discharged.
I further declare, that, I have, never received a Warrant for the bounty land promised to Samuel Chapin on the part of the United States; nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in manner whatsoever; therefore. I know all these presents, that I Nathan Wakefield aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint John Ogden Dey of the City of Albany to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary at War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; And my said Attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand & Seal this 14 th day of September 1829.
Attest.
J. W. Hyde
Nathan Wakefield
Personally appeared the above named Nathan Wakefield Subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and among presence, acknowledged the power of Attorney therein subjoined to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. Dated this 14 th day of September 1829.
John W. Hyde Commissioner

In testimony that the within John W Hyde was a Commissioner authorised to administer oaths and take acknowledgements &c in the State of New York at the aforesaid date, and that his name there subscribed ap- pears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto af- fixed the County Seal and subscribed my name and Quality at Albany - City this fourteenth day of September 1829.
C. A. Van Eyck Clerk
State of New York } Albany County }
Surrogates Office Sept. 14 th 1829
I certify that satisfactory evidence was ad- duced to me to prove that Nathan Wakefield is the Grandson, and one of the heirs at law in fee to Samuel Chapin late a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army.
Given under my hand & seal of office this fourteenth day of September 1829.
J. W. Hyde

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Department; Sept. 17, 1829.
By this I Certify, that it appears by public official Documents remaining in this Department, that Samuel Chapin served as a Lieutenant in Col. Shepard's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from January 1. 1777 to Dec. 31. 1780; and that the Army Books in this Office not coming down lower than 1780, there is here no evidence res- pecting his service beyond that period, or at what time or in what manner he was discharged.
Edward D. Dangs, Secretary of the Commonwealth.