Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,457, Jesse Chapin, Mass.

SERVICE
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chapin, Jesse
S. 12457
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10.122 New Hampshire Levi Chapin Perry in the State of N. Hamp who was a P. Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain Tuck of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tyler in the Mass. time for 4 months 15 days Private 6 " Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 45 - Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1833 and sent to Chauncy Ewer New Hamp
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $90.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Sept. 33 22.50 $112.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By W. D. Madison Clerk. Book Vol. 15 Page 76

Declaration of Jesse Chapin

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss.
On this tenth eleventh day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter within the said County of Rockingham Jesse Chopin a resident of Derry in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy one years who 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 7 th 1832.
That in the year 1777 he was a resident of Asbury Massachusetts. In the month of November of that year according to the best of his recollection he was drafted to serve in the American Revolutionary War and was enrolled in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Braggins to serve the term of three three months and marched from said Asbury to Rhode Island and served out the said term. During said term he was stationed at a place called Quidnessick Point and acted as waiter to Lieutenant Peter Haseltine. Having completed his term, he received his pay and was honorably discharged, but never rec d any written discharge. He does not recollect the name of the Regiment to which said Company belonged nor by whom commanded. In 1778 in June he again entered the service by enlistment in the company commanded by Captain

Baker and marched from said Wadsworth to Rhode Island and was in the battle of Rhode Island of that year in the month of or August he cannot recollect what July. Col. Hawes com- manded the Regiment to which said Baker's com- pany belonged. General Sullivan commanded the Army at this time. Forty five days and acted as waiter to Ensign Peter Hasatine. He was honorably discharged, but received no written discharge.
In the year 1779 the last of May or beginning of June he again enlisted in the service in the com- pany commanded by Captain Fisk in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nathan Tyler. and marched to Providence Rhode Island. He was a Sergeant in said company and served six months and was honorably discharged at the ex- piration of his term of enlistment, but received no written discharge. The above named terms of service amounting in the whole to ten months and fifteen days. The said Captain Fisk hav- ing drawn the pay of the applicant as well as of all the others of the company decamped and went over to the enemy - nor has the applicant had as yet the good fortune to receive his wages. He was also out eight days on an alarm between the first and last mentioned terms of service as above mentioned , and marched to Bristol Rhode Island. That he never received any written discharge, nor has he any documentary evidence except the annexed depositions. That he resided in Wadsworth previous to his being called into service. That after he left the service he resided for six or seven years in said

and Wendron. He continued to reside in said Wardborough until within five weeks past when he removed to Berri, aforesaid and where he now resides
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State - Jesse Chapin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Peter Chadwick Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that before the above named applicant was a Revolu- tionary Soldier and served as he states.
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Washing- ham in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Chapin for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August Anno Domini 1832.
Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

10088 Jesse Chapin of New Hampshire
6 Mo Lease 4 Mo 15 days from
10 - 11
Adams
Peter Chadwick Exeter Rockingham County N.H.

BRIEF in the case of of Derry
Jesse Chapin  in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (No)  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 0 3 11 private Genl Braggin Col Haines   78 11 1 25 private " Baker " "   79 11 6 11 Sergeant " Fish " Tyler  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Uxbridge Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? (No) 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Daniel Boyd Examining Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Jesse Colapin J.F. 1245-7
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1777 3 mos. Pvt. Samuel Gragg Mass.   June 1778 45 days Baker Hawes   May or June 1779 6 mos. Sgt. Fish Nathan Tyler   — 8 days on an alarm to Bristol R.I.  
Battles engaged in, Rhode Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Uxbridge Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 11. 1832. His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Derry, Rockingham Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs.
Remarks: He lived in Uxbridge 6 or 7 years after the Rev. then moved to Nashboro + Windham Vt. + then to Derry N.H.
The above noted is the only family data.

96 Richmond Ave
Buffalo N.Y.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly inform me, when and where the last pension was paid to Jesse Chapin a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

Who enlisted at Woburn Mass. served under Col. Nathan Tyler. Date of his application for Pension was Aug. 11, 1832. residence Derry, N. H.
I would also like to know if the names of his wife and children are given in his application for pension

Hoping to receive a favorable reply and thanking you for the research
Very truly Yours (Miss) E. A. Chapin 96 Richmond Ave Buffalo N. Y.

Record Division. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
March 20, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Jesse Chapin
Service, Mass.
Recv. War
Remarks: No claim was above except Inod # 12457
_____ Chief of Division.

1908 Mar. 24 Hist. to Miss E. A. Chapin. V. S. etc.
1908. Aug. 25: To Miss E. A. Chapin That claim does not show whether soldier had wife & children, and to write to Auditor for interest kept for date of last payment etc. F. W.
1916 Apr. 15 Hist. to T. C. Bunker
Rev. trans
12457 INVALID.
File No. 12,457
Jesse Chapin Sergt. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1882
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Bailey Rawson of Jamaica in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of lawfull age do testify and say that about the years 1777 & 1778 I lived in Westminster Vt. and according to the best of my recollection in the Fall of the year 1777 I listed under Capt. Sam l Braggan to go to Rhode Island for the term of three months I well remember that Jesse Chapin then of Westminster aforesaid was a soldier in the same Company with me and in the same Camp and that his time of enlistment was three months and that he staid the time of his enlistment, at and till he was legally discharged And further your deponent saith not Londonderry July 2 d 1832 Bailey Rawson
State of Vermont } Londonderry July 2 d 1832 Windham County } Then personally appeared Bailey Rawson signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth — Before Me. Luther Stowell Justice of the Peace
Londonderry July 2 d 1832
I hereby Certify that Bailey Rawson the signer of the foregoing Deposition is a man of truth and veracity. Luther Stowell Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
I Peter Cheever Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham and the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Luther Stowell is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that I believe his signatures attached to the within paper and to the paper hereto annexed are in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of August Anno Domini 1832
Bailey Rawson Affidavit

96 Richmond Ave. Buffalo - N. Y.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me the record of Joseph Chapin of Uxbridge who was Lt. Col. 3 d. Worcester County regt. of Massachusetts, he was also a capt. of a company (of minute men)

which marched on the alarm of April 19 th 1775 List of Officers of Mass. Militia commissioned Feb. 15 1776.
I would like also the record of Jesse Chapin of Mendon, Massachusetts who served through the revolutionary war as private in Capt. Reads Co. Col. Nathan Fylers regt. (Worcester County) He is also in a list

of men mustered in Warchester County by Thomas Newell muster master.
Thanking you for the records
Very truly Yours (Miss) E. A. Chapin. 96 Richmond Ave. Buffalo. N. Y.

F.C.BURPEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JANESVILLE,WIS.
Per Sec EB-1
April 5, 1916.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions: Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish you would kindly send me an abstract of the applications of the following soldiers in the Revolution, who were ancestors of mine.
Elijah Burpee, born at Sterling, Worcester County, Mass., March 1, 1761, married Hannah Wait, on Nov. 27, 1783. He was a soldier from Sterling, and the Military History of Lancaster and Mass., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution show that he was a pensioner. Probate records at Worcester, Mass., show that he died June 17, 1836, leaving his widow Hannah Burpee, and a large family of children surviving. I think his widow drew a pension. I would like very much to have the names and ages of his children, if shown.
Jesse Chapin, born Oct. 27, 1761, died in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, on March 4, 1834; married _____ Wheelock. He was a pensioner residing in Hillsborough Co., N. H. in 1832, and Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, pages 312-313, show that he enlisted at Mendon, Worcester Co., Mass., in Capt. Read's Co., in Col. Tyler's Reg., July 11, 1779, to serve in R. I. Also enlisted again in Capt. Fish's Co., same regiment. I would like the Christian name of his wife, the date and place of their marriage, and names of their children, if shown. I do not know whether the widow survived him or not. If there are any charges connected with the examination, let me know and I will remit the amount.
Yours very truly,
J. L. Burpee

10088 Jesse Chapin of New Hampshire
Peter Chadwick Exeter Rockingham County N.H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of _____ which require further proof or explanation.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Baruch Bolster of Londonderry in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of Lawfull Age do testify And say that in the year 1779 I lived in the Town of Lexington Massachusetts and was well acquainted with Jesse Chapin - of Lexington and according to the best of my recollection the last of May or the fore part of June the same year viz 1779 said Chapin and my self listed into Capt. Fish's Company and Col. Nathan Tyler's Regiment to go to Providence Rhode Island and I was knowing to said Jesse Chapin's being there. and I was knowing to his doing the duties of a Sergeant and the term of his enlistment was six months and the said Chapin staid untill he was Honorably discharged and the said Chapin belonged to the same Company with my self And further your deponent saith not Londonderry July 2, 1832 Baruch Bolster
State of Vermont } at Londonderry July 2, 1832 Windham County ss) Then personally Baruch Bolster the Signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth - -
Before Me - Luther Stowell Justice of the Peace
Londonderry July 2, 1832
I hereby Certify that I have long been acquainted with Baruch Bolster the Signer of the above deposition and consider him as a man of truth and veracity
Luther Stowell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's office Montpelier, Aug. 25. 1832.
I hereby certify that Luther Stowell, Esquire, was on the second day of July A.D. 1832, and now is, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Windham, in said State, duly constituted and commissioned - and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office, this 25 th day of August, A.D. 1832.
Timothy Merrill Secretary of State
Francis Rootes Affidavit

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Chapin, Joel GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3897 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 7, 1797
To not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.