Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13331, Charles Handley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Handley, Charles
S13331
CONTENTS
Carded

3468.
Massachusetts
Charles Standley
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Bradburn the Spd line for 11 Cnts
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Decr 1832 and sent to P Abbot Westford Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $54.99 Pens on Allowance ending 21 Mar 33 18.33 $73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk Book D - Vol. 27 Page 76

I Stephen Tuttle of Littleton in the county of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age to testify to depose & say that I am acquainted with Charles Handley of Acton in said county of Middlesex and have known him for more than fifty years, since last past that the said Handley was a private in Capt Druery's Company of Massachusetts Militia with me marched from Concord in the aforesaid county of Middlesex to Rhode Island in the summer of 1781. His service in said company five months (with me) said Druery's Co. was attached to Col. Patten's Regiment - Blagdon Major after the expiration of the five months service, we were dis- charged & returned, the said Handley was from Concord, & myself from Littleton -
Littleton Augt. 11 th 1832.
Stephen Tuttle
Middlesex ss. Littleton Augt. 11. 1832. Then the above named Stephen Tuttle made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. — before me — Jon a Hartwell, Jus t . Peace.
I hereby certify that the deponent is a Respectable witness & I have no doubt of the correctness of his testimony.
Jon a Hartwell Jus t Peace

I Nathan Page of Jackson in the County of Waldo in the State of Maine. do hereby depose and say. That I am well acquainted with Charles Handley of Acton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That in the year A.D. 1780 in the month of June said Handley & myself then living in the Town of Concord. enlisted into the Continental service for the term of six months. from Concord we marched to Springfield, and from Springfield we were marched to West Point. from thence to New Jersey from thence returned to West Point and there discharged. after the expiration of said six months. In Capt Haskell's Company In the 14 th Reg t . Col. Bradford, Commander Acton August 6, 1892
Nathan Page ✓
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss August 6, 1892
Then the above named Nathan Page personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was just & true.
Before me
Francis Suttle Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am not acquainted with the above named Page But according to the best information I can obtain. I have no doubt he is a man of truth & respectability
Francis Suttle Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Charles Handley a resident of Acton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy 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, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in the year 1780 he voluntarily enlisted into the continental service at said Concord about the first of June as he thinks, and was mustered under Jonas Howard at said Concord, and went to Springfield in said Massachusetts and was there again mustered and marched to West point in New York. The officer's name under whom he was marched to Springfield he does not recollect. The Brigadier General was named Patterson. The Col was Bradford the Capt was Haskell and the 1 st Lieut Freeman. The christian names he has forgotten. He enlisted for the term of six months and was present at the execution of Major Andre as a sentinel, and at the expiration of said term, he was regularly discharged. The discharge or paper which was given to him he has lost; it was signed as he thinks by Col Bradford. That in the year 1781 he voluntarily enlisted again at said Concord into the U.S. service for the term of five months and was stationed at Portsmouth or Butts Hill and at New port in Rhode Island. The Col's name he does not remember the Lt Col was Patten - the Capt was Denny (Asa as he thinks) of Natick in said County of Middlesex and the 1 st Lt. was Farnell of Groton in said County. At the expiration of said term he was regularly discharged and returned to said Concord. And the said Charles Handley further declares and says that he was born in the year 1762 in Concord in said County. That there is as he supposes a record in the town books in said Concord that he was living at said Concord at the time he went in to the service and that since the War he has lived in Carlisle and Acton where he now resides. That he voluntarily enlisted. That he has stated in his declaration all the officer's names he now remembers although there were four brigades at the time he was at West point N. York. That John Blier personally knows of his being in the six months service and Joseph Chaffin can testify that he has always had the reputation of being in the Revolutionary War.

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 state,
Charles H. Handley
We, John Oliver there being no clergyman in said Acton  a clergyman , residing in the town of Acton and Joseph Chaffin residing in said Acton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Charles Handley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be seventy years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Oliver his Joseph Chaffin
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 that John Oliver there being no clergyman , Joseph Chaffin who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in Westford Acton  Westford and that are both are who has also signed the same, is a resident in Westford Acton  Westford and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. May Clerk
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Handley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
I also certify that Jonathan Hartwell Esq. & Francis Fuller Esq. whose own proper testimony are set to the Certificates on the Depositions hereunto annexed are justices of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office on the day & year first aforesaid
Isaac Fiske

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BRIEF in the case of Charles Handley of Middlesex Co in the State of Mass - (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1780 - June - X 4 - priv e Gen. Capt Haskell B t  Bradford   81 / - - 5 - " Drury B t  Patten   X a Roll of service 6 M th  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Concord  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J H McBlain Examining Clerk.

March 8, 1940.
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Mr. Charles E. Hancock, 337 Veterans' Memorial Building San Francisco, California
RA-3/ADT Charles Handley S.13331
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Charles Handley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The record of the only Charles Handley, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, all spellings of the surname searched, is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.13331, based upon his military service in that war.
Charles Handley was born in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1762, day, month , and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Concord, Massachusetts, Charles Handley enlisted about June 1, 1780, served six months as private in Captain Haskell's Company, Colonel Bradford's Fourteenth Massachusetts Regiment and was present at the execution of Major Andre. He enlisted in the summer of 1781, and served five months as private in Captain Asa Drury's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Patten's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolutionary War he lived in Carlisle, state not given, and then moved to Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Acton, Massachusetts.
He died June 22, 1846, place not given. An AB.
There are no family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name of person paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington.

D. C., and cite the following data: "Charles Handley, Certificate No. 3488, issued December 21, 1832, rate $36.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Massachusetts Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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February 16, 1940
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
It would be appreciated if you would kindly send us the Pension Record of CHARLES HENDLEY who served in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts.
We have found some references to CHARLES HENDLY (HANDLY) and would appreciate if you could inform us if they are the same party. They are as follows:
Charles Hendly, Acton, Mass. 1840 Pension Census, page 40. (Age 77).
Charles Handley, Mass. Cont'l. Line and Militia. Placed on the Pension Rolls December 21, 1832.
Charles Hendley, Concord, Mass. Page 722 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War.
Charles Handley, Concord, Mass. Page 217, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War.
We would like to know if the two latter men are the same as the two first mentioned men.
Any information you are able to give will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
C. E. Hancock C. E. HANCOCK, Secretary
CFH:EV

1940 mar. 8. Hist. to Charles E. Hancock. A.D.Y.
Rekey
13331. INVALID.
File No. 13331
Charles Handley Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Handley - Middlesex Co. Mass. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? --- IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.