Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11731, Robert Whippel, Continental Mass R. I.
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SERVICE

Continental
Mass
R.I.

Whippel, Robert
Whipple

NUMBER
S. 11731
carded
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20.190
New=York
Robert Whipple
of Oneida in the State of N York
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Lyon of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Babcock in the N. York
line for 20 Mo. 2yos
Mass., Continental, and R. I.

Whippel
Records corrected May 13/05

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 69 Dollars 64 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Octr. 1833 and Sent to H. Baker
Whitestown

Arrears to the 4th of Sep '31    $174.10
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M '34  34.82
                                                 $208.92

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4, Page 40
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Town of Hamilton}
County of Madison}
& State of New York}

Francis Hamilton of the Town of Hamilton in the County of Madison & State of New York being duly Sworn deposes & says that Robert Whippel (now present) and a resident of Whitestown in the County of Oneida is personally known to this deponent, that this deponent was knowing to the said Robert Whippel's enlisting in January in the year 1776 for the term of one year in the State Troops at Gloucester, in the State of Rhode Island under Captain Asa Kimbele, Lieut. Benjamin Hoppin and Ensign Abraham Furtilow and was attached to Colonel Henry Babcock's Regiment, and Stationed on the Island of Rhodisland  This deponent saw said Robert Whippel on duty at the said Station when there on a visit in the year 1776 and further this deponent received from Benjamin Hoppin (on an order from said Robert Whippel) about Seventy dollars in full of the arrears due said Robert Whippel while in service of the State aforesaid and further this deponent says not
Francis Hamilton

Subscribed and Sworn at Hamilton aforesaid this 20th day July 1832 before me
Charles G. Otis Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
Madison County}

P. S.  Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the County of Madison aforesaid do certify that Charles G Otis before whom the foregoing affidavit of Robert Whippel purports to have been sworn was at the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the peace in & for the said County & authorised to act as such & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of "Charles G Otis" above subscribed is his proper hand writing & signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 22d day of October 1832
A. S. Sloan Clk
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State of New York}
County of Madison} SS
I Charles G Otis the Justice of the peace in & for the said County of Madison before whom the within affidavit of Francis Hamilton of the Town of Hamilton in said County was taken in the 20th day of July last, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Francis Hamilton & that his character for truth & veracity is good & his statement entitled to full credit 
witness my hand at Hamilton in said County this Eleventh day of June 1833
Charles G. Otis J. P.

State of New York}
Madison County}  SS
I Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the County of Madison do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Charles G Otis the Justice before whom the within affidavit was taken & who has signed the foregoing certificate as to the credibility of Francis Hamilton & verily believe the signature of "Charles G Otis" above subscribed to be his proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand & seal of Office at Morrisville - in the County of Madison aforesaid the 15th day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty three

A. S. Sloan Clk.
[seal affixed to page]


[Robert Whipple written on bottom right margin]
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18219

Robert Whipple's 
Pension Papers


at the City of Utica this 30 day of May 1833

Geo. Brown Clk
Jos B. Read Dy Clk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832

State of New York}
Oneida County} SS.  
On this tenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Oneida now sitting Robert Whipple a resident of Oneida and state of New York, aged seventy-seven 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 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born at Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island on the 21st day of November 1754.  That he has no record of his age that at the time he entered the service he lived at the following places vis in 1775 he lived in Ashford in the State of Connecticut, in 1776 he resided in Gloucester aforesaid.  That the time he first entered the service in 1777 he also resided at Gloucester, that the two last times he was in the service which was in 1777 he resided in Cheshire in Berkshire County- State of Massachusetts, that he continued to reside in Cheshire aforesaid untill the Month of March 1791, when he removed to the Town of Whitestown in the County of Oneida & State of New York where he has ever since & still resides
That in the latter part of the month of June or the fore part of July - in the year 1775 he enlisted as a volunteer at Ashford, in the State of Connecticut for the term of five months.  Captain Daniel Lyon was the Captain & commanded the
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Company, Ebenezer Sharp of Pinsfret was the first Lieutenant & Joseph Burge was the second Lieutenant & John Sumner of Ashford was the ensign & under whom he enlisted, that he thinks Col Huntington commanded the regiment but he can not be positive, that the officers of the regiment he does not remember that the Company marched from Ashford to Ronberry & were stationed there untill they were discharged & remained there about fifteen days after their five months had expired on account of others who were expected to resupply their place not arriving so that he was in the service at that time, about five months & an half when in the month of December he was honorably discharged & returned to Gloucester in Rhode Island his native place.  That he does not remember any regular officers that he knew, a Militia a continental regiment with whom he served at that time.

That about the middle of the month of January 1776 he believes the 15th day he enlisted as a volunteer at Gloucester aforesaid as a private soldier for the term of one year in Captain Asa Kimble company of state troops in which company Benjamin Hoppins was the Lieutenant & Abraham Turtelow was the ensign, & John Cowen was the orderly sergeant, & Colonel Henry Babcock commanded the regiment, in which Christopher Lippit was the Lieutenant Colonel & one Comstock was the Major & the other Majors name was Field, the above were the officers when he entered the regiment, but the following changes took place & were as follows when he was discharged vis Col. Babcock was put out or resigned, & Liuet Colo Lippit was appointed to succeed him & took command of the regiment & Major Comstock
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was appointed Lieutenant Colonel & one Paul Tew, was appointed Major, that Captain Kimble resigned & Lieutenant Hoppin was appointed Captain & Ensign Turtelow, was appointed Lieutenant & John Cowen the orderly sergeant was appointed ensign & one Joseph Blake was chosen orderly sergeant in the place of Blake that they marched from Gloucester to Newport State of Rhode Island & was stationed there & remained there he thinks untill the 14th of September, that he thinks Col Richmond commanded the port of Newport at the time but there were but two regiments there at the time vis Col Babcock & Col. Richmond, that they then marched to join the main army & joined them near New York between the city & Kings Bridge at a place then called [illegible] lived under the command of Gen Washington & Putnam, that they staid there some time & then marched to White Plains & in the State of New York, & staid there a few days & then marched up the Kidson River & crossed the river at Kings Ferry & went from there to Morristown in the state of New Jersey & staid there but a day or two & marched from there to the forks of the Delaware under the command of Gen Lee & he who was taken prisoner that he well recollects hearing of it the morning he was taken, that the army crossed over the Delaware, into East town & staid there but a day or two & then marched to Bethlehem he thinks in Pennsylvania, & from there they marched to Newtown & remained there at Newtown untill he thinks the fourteenth of January 1777 when he was discharged but received no written discharged having served the full period of his enlistment for one year.  That he was present at the Battle of White Plains but the regiment to which he belonged were not called into the battle although they
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were drawn up in line for battle ready - to be ordered, where occasion should require & they were in full view of all the Battle, that after he was discharged he returned to Gloucester & arrived there he thinks the last of January 1777.  That he does not now recollect any other regular officers that he knew or continental or militia regiments with whom he served at this time of service other than what he has mentioned as above.
That in the year 1777, he thinks in the fore part of the month of February he entered the service as a substitute for one Nero Matterson at Gloucester aforesaid for the term of a month to his best recollection at the time, in Captain Stephen Mindross Company, the name of the Lieutenant was Aaron Arnold & the ensigns name was Joshua Matteson, that they marched from Gloucester to Providence but whether they were attached to a particular regiment he cannot tell, that they remained there untill he was discharged having remained there at the said term of one month & then returned to Gloucester that he does not remember any other officers other than the above that he knew at the time & place nor any regiments or companies

That he then removed to Cheshire in the state of Massachusetts & while there he went as a volunteer on term occasioned under Captain  Samuel Lowe, that he thinks the first time it was in the month of May or first of June & they marched from Cheshire up near Still Water in the state of New York & was about in the service at the time about two weeks & then was returned to Cheshire aforesaid

That within about ten or fifteen days after he returned, he again volunteered under
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Captain Lowe & went to about the same place & was engaged in the service about the same time vis two weeks & then returned to Cheshire.  That he was a stranger in Cheshire & to the officers & men with whom he served & therefore he can not be particular as to the names but call & were made in the Militia to turn that to endeavor to stop the progress of Burgoynes army - & accertain number of men were required from each Company in the regiment & he was among those who went.

That in the same year vis in 1777 in the month of August he volunteered at Cheshire aforesaid for the term of three months in Captain Samuel Lowes company in which he believes Jonathan Richardson was the Lieutenant, the ensign he does not remember, that they were under the command of Col. Joab Stafford, that they were marched from Cheshire to Bennington  & arrived there the morning before the battle vis on the 16 August, that he was in the Battle under Gen Stark against the Hessians that he remained there he thinks about six weeks when they were discharged before their term of service expired, at or near Bennington & he returned to Cheshire aforesaid.  That he does not recollect the names of any other officers or Companies or regiments with whom he served than as above mentioned

That he has no documentary of his service that the whole time he was in actual service as aforesaid at the different times amounted to about one year & nine - months
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in relation to the years service performed by him as above mentioned.

That the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood & who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution are as follows Major Samuel Green Farmer, Elder Alanson Covill Pastor of the Baptist Church at Misterboro & Rev John Frost Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Misterboro, Judge Needham Maynard Former General Theodore Lee Caswell, at [illegible]

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 the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid } Boles + Whippel
Geo. Brown Clerk
Mr James Greene Farmer residing

in the town of Whitestown - County of Oneida & State of New York & Needham Maynard residing in the Town of New Hartford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Whipple who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that he is a man of truth.
Needham Maynard
James Green

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
J. B. Read Dep. Clk.
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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 Needham Maynard who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Whitestown County aforesaid and that James Greene who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town and is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit
By the Court   C Hayden, First Judge

I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Whipple for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this tenth day of September A. D. 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk
[seal affixed to page]

State of New York}
Oneida County SS}  I Alanson L Covill a Baptist Clergyman residing in the Town of Whitestown in the County of Oneida, do certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Whipple who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be about seventy eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution - & that I concur in that opinion 
Dated thirtieth May 1833
Alanson L. Covill

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 30th day of May 1833 & I certify that the Rev. A L Covill is the Baptist Clergyman & whose statement is entitled to full credit Geo Balis Justice of the peace
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State of New York}
County of Oneida} SS  I George Brown Clerk of said County do certify that George Balis before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County at the date of the same and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the same affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and Seal of office at the City of Utica this 30 day of May 1833 
Geo Brown Clk
Jos B. Read Dy Clk

[seal affixed to page]
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No. 18219

Robert Whipple Oneida County
New York


i.

Admitted 
Private 20 mo & 27 days

The objection heretofore made in
Mr Whipples case it is believed are
now obviated as will be seen by
an examination of the within papers
Dated Whitestown, N. Y. June 18 1833
J C Baker P. M.
Whitestown N. Y.

J. C. Baker Whistletown post office
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

Pension Office.

May 23 1833

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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show 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, showing the Service of Robert Whipple Oneida County New York

Period when the service was rendered.
Vol July 1775
End. 15 Jany 1776
Subt. Feby 1777
Vol. May 1777
Vol. - 1777
Vol. Augt. 1777

Duration of the claimant's service.
5 months 15 days
1 year
1 month
14 days
14 days
1 month 14 days

Rank of the claimant.
private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap Lyon
Cap Kimble
Cap Windrose
Cap Lowe
Cap Lowe
Cap Low

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Genl Washington
Col Huntington
Col Babcock
Genl Stark
Col Stafford

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
White Plains
Bennington

Country through which he marched.
[left blank]

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
77 years
Ashfield
Gloucester

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
traditionary evidence
& one living witness
certified credible
no clergyman & no reason given - 
papers not properly attached.


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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11.731

Rev War

INVALID.

awn

File No. 11.731

Robert Whipple
Priv Rev War

Act:  June 7" 1832

Index:--Vol. A, Page 404

[Arrangement of 1870.]


Whippel.
Records corrected May 13/05.
JS.