Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,613, for Joseph Jipson, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Mass. Jipson, Joseph S.5.613
or Jepson.
carded.
CONTENTS
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2928
Massachusetts
Joseph Jepson
of Hamp Co in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain of the Regt commanded
by Col. Whitcomb in the Mass
line for year & 6 mos.
Joseph Jipson. may 21/14,
Records corrected. SS.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 60 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec
1832 and 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $90--
Semi=anl. allowance ending 33 30--
$120
{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Blair Clerk.
Book D. Vol. Page 60.
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26
Joseph Jepson
continental
Roll of Col Smith
Regt for 6 only
1 year & 6 mos

$60--

HR
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DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.
On this Eighth day of Augt. 1832 personally appeared before the
Court of Probate of the County aforesaid
Joseph Jepson
a resident of Goshen in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 76
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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army
of the United States in the year 1776 with Capt. Moses Soul and served in the Continental
regiment of the Massachusetts
line, under the following named officers: Moses Soul
Capt. Noah Allen. Lieut. Col. Whitcombs Regiment. He
was a private in the service & served 12 months at
Roxbury Boston, & Ticonderoga. He made application
under the act of 1818 & was enrolled, but was dropped
on account of property. He now resides in Goshen
& resided there when application was made before.
He then proved one years service. In addition to said term he served in the continental line
in 1780 having enlisted as a private at Chesterfield Mass
in the Spring, mustered at Springfield, & marched
to West Point. He belonged to Capt Noah Allen's Company
Lieut Smith, Col Smith's Regiment Gen Glover's brigade,
& served six months. He received a written discharge
in December or January following, which is lost. He does
not recollect the name of Towns through which he marched.
This memory is bad from a severe wound received on
the head formerly, besides from the lapse of time.
Henry Mc Nelly of Windsor was in the same service-

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Samuel Hinckley
Joseph Jipson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier,
and served as he states.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
I, Samuel Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Joseph Jipson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth
day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two -
Sam F. Lyman Register
Clerk.
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RECORD DIVISION.
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
19..
In reply to your request of, received
for a statement of the military history of Joseph Jipson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
Name also appear as Jepson.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Jan. 1. 1776
May, 1780
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1 yr.
6 mos.
RANK.
Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Moses Soule
Noah Allen
COLONEL.
Asa Whitcomb
Smith
STATE.
Mass
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Roxbury Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov 9 1819. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Goshen, Hampshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
Remarks:
No data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6--2856
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Massachusetts,
17.  5
Joseph Jepson,
Hampshire Co. Mass.
Private in Colo. Whitcomb's
regiment, Massachtts line,
One year.
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 9 of November, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Octobr 1820,
and sent to Samuel Hinckley,
Agent, Northampton, Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820 $78.93
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March  48."
9 mos. 26/30. } 1821.  $126.93
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Joseph Jipson
Records corrected,
May 21, 1904.
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I Nathan Tyler of Columbia in the County of Chenango
in the State of New York, formerly of Chesterfield in the County
of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being
Sixty Eight years of age, testify & say I enlisted in
Jany 1776 into the Company of Capt. Soule in the Regt of
Col Asa Whitcomb, at Roxbury near Boston, to
serve one year as a Soldier, in the revolutionary
war, and I continued to serve in sd. Company as a
Corporal untill Jany 1777 when I was regularly
discharged at Ticonderoga in the State of New York
and Joseph Jepson of Goshen enlisted in Jany 1776 into
the same company & Regt. aforesaid as a soldier and
he continued to serve with me in the same Corps aforesd
untill Jany 1777 aforesaid when he & I and the rest
of the Company aforesaid were all discharged
at Ticonderoga aforesaid. Said Jepson and I lived
at the time of our enlistment but about two miles from
each other, and we know each other at that time, and
ever since have know each other-- we were
in the Massachusetts line-
Augt 25. 1820
Nathan Tyler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss Augt 25 1820 personally appeared
Nathan Tyler above named, known to me
to be a credible and disinterested witness and
made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me Samuel Hinckley Justice of the
Peace
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June 14, 1912.
Hist to Dr. N. W. Jepson F
(Letter with claim of
John Jepson, S. F. 32900)
5613
INVALID.
File No. 5613
Joseph Jepson
Privt Rev. War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. M, Page 192
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Joseph Jipson
Records corrected may 21/04
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Joseph Jepson
Payable on the 4th March and
4th September of each year,
by the Branch Bank, U.S.
in Boston, Massachtts.
No pension is payable until
the arrival of one or the other
of the above dates, after the
issue of a Certificate.
Payable up to the 4th
March, 1820. Before
any payment thereafter, a schedule of
property must be
exhibited.
Nathan Tyler

Registered, by Henshal
Clerk, in book B, volume 2
Page 111
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United 
States, of the 18th March, 1818, Joseph Jepson, of
Hampshire County, Massachusetts -
--- late a private -
--- in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts
Agency, at the rate of Eight -dollars per month, to commence
on the ninth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
States, this sixth day of
October, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Henry McNelly's
Affidavit

on Roll of Col
Smith's Regt for 6
months only
1 year & 6 mos
Hon. JH Bates
HR
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I Henry McNelly of Windsor County of Windsor State 
of Vermont aged 79 years do testify & say that Joseph Jepson
of Goshen County of Hampshire Mass enlisted with me into
the continental service in the spring of 1780 as a private
in the company of Capt Noah Allen, Lieut. Smith, Col. Smith's
regiment, Gen Glover's brigade, for 8 months, & we both
served the whole term. We mustered at Springfield &
were marched to West Point. We were stationed at different
places on North River mainly at West Point also at Verplanks
Point, Stony Point, &c. Joseph Jepson aforesaid was in
the same company & service the same length of time. I
knew him well before we enlisted. We both lived at
Northampton Chesterfield County of Hampshire Mass.
at the time of enlistment, & were neighbors. I afterwards
moved to Wethersfield Conn. lived there 3 or 4 years have
since lived in different places, was in the employ
of Dr Shepherd of Northampton, & am a weaver
by trade. I was born in Ireland, was taken
prisoner at the surrender of Burgoyne & have ever
since lived in this country. And further the
deponent saith not. July 17th 1832.
Henry
McNelly
Commonwth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire July 17th 1832.
There personally appeared
the above named Henry McNelly whose name is
is now at Northampton for testimony &
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE SS. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate
in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles P.
Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was
taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County
, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing, and have no doubt that the signature annexed
to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this tenth day of August
A. D. 1832.
Sam F Lyman Register of Probate.
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I Henry McNelly of Windsor County of Windsor State
of Vermont aged 79 years do testify & say that Joseph Jepson
of Goshen County of Hampshire Mass enlisted with me into
the continental service in the spring of 1780 as a private
in the company of Capt Noah Allen, Lieut. Smith, Col. Smith's
regiment, Gen Glover's brigade, for 8 months, & we both
served the whole term. We mustered at Springfield &
were marched to West Point. We were stationed at different
places on North River mainly at West Point also at Verplanks
Point, Stony Point, &c. Joseph Jepson aforesaid was in
the same company & service the same length of time. I
knew him well before we enlisted. We both lived at
Northampton Chesterfield County of Hampshire Mass.
at the time of enlistment, & were neighbors. I afterwards
moved to Wethersfield Conn., lived there 3 or 4 years have
since lived in different places, was in the employ
of Dr Shepherd of Northampton, & am a weaver
by trade. I was born in Ireland, was taken
prisoner at the surrender of Burgoyne & have ever
since lived in this country. And further the
deponent saith not. July 17th 1832.
Henry
McNelly
Commonwth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire July 17th 1832.
There personally appeared
the above named Henry McNelly whose name is
subscribed & who is now at Northampton for  testimony &
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
by him subscribed before me.
Chas. P. Huntington Justice of Peace
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I Charles Bellows of Marlboro in the County
of Windham and State of Vermont being of
lawfull age do testify and say that I was a listed
soldier in the revolution war and joined the company
commanded by Capt Moses Sale on the first day of
January 1776 which company belonged to the
Regiment commanded by Col Asa Whitcomb
in the Massachusetts tracks and in the month of
January 1776 I became acquainted with Mr Joseph
Jipson who then was a listed soldier in the
regular line on the continental establishment in the
revolution war and I further state that I now
that said Jipson served in said Company with me
more than eleven months at one time and further sayeth
not
Marlboro Sept 22 1819
Charles Bellows

State of Vermont ⎬ Then personally appeared Charles
Windham County ⎬ Bellows signer of the above Deposition
and made Solemn Oath that the above
contains the truth and nothing but the truth before
me
Marlboro Sept 22, 1819
Luther Henry Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont Windham County ss Sept 22, 1819
I hereby certify that Charles Bellows who signed
& made oath to the within Deposition, is known
to me to be a credible & disinterested witness
Attest
Luther Very
Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office,
Brattlebaugh Sept 4th 1820
I certify that Luther Very, Esquire,
is and was at the date of the above
and within certificates, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Windham aforesaid, duly commissioned
under the authority of this State,
that full faith and credit are
to be given to his certificate as such,
and that the signatures of the above &
and within certificates are in the hand
writing of said Justice.
Witness my hand and the Seal
of said Court the day and year
above written.
Att. James Elliot, Clerk.
Joseph Jepson
application for a pension
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Joseph Jepson
Hampshire County Masstts.
application for a Pension
Novr 9th 1819
-
Various services-
Colo. Whitcomb's regimt.
Massachusetts, January
1776 to January 1777.
Colo. Smith's regimt Mass.
May 1780 - 9 months
Service in colo. Whitcomb's
regiment proved by two
credible witnesses.
Admitted.
reduced circums. Certified
Samuel Hinckley, agent,
Northampton, Mass
30th Sept. 1820.
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DISTRICT OF Massachusetts.
On this ninth day of November 1819, before me, the subscriber,
Judge of the Court of Probate of wills &
--- for the County of
Hampshire in said district, personally appeared Joseph Jepson aged sixty
years, resident in Goshen in the said district, who, being by me first duly
sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the
said Joseph Jepson enlisted for the term of one year
on the first day of Jany in the year 1776
in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by
Captain Moses Loul of the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Asa Whitcomb in the line of the State of Massachusetts
on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service
of the United States, until the first day of Jany 1777, when he was
discharged from service in Ticonderoga state of New York, and
that afterwards in May 1780 he enlisted as a
soldier for nine months into the Company of Capt. Allen in the Regt.
of Colo. Smith in the Massachusetts line & he continued to serve in sd
Corps untill the expiration of the nine months when he was discharged
at West Point in the State of New York
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Joseph Jipson
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Hinckley
I, Samuel Hinckley Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears,
to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Jepson
did serve in the
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term
of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings
and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the
directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance
of his country for support.
Novr. 9th 1819
Samuel Hinckley
SEAL OF
THE COURT.
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the Ephraim Brennell of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and
State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of Seventy
two years and Caleb Packard of ithfield in the County
of Franklin and State aforesaid having arrived at the age
of Seventy two years testify and declare that we were
personally knowing of Joseph Jepson of Goshen in the
County of Hampshire entering the Militia service of the
State of Massachusetts for the term of three month and
an half. that we marched from the County of Hampshire
in the month of August 1777 to Bennington in the State of
Vermont from thence to Pawlet in said State from thence
to Lake George landing thence back to Pawlet. Thence
from Pawlet to Stillwater in the State of New York and
thence to Saratoga near the time of the surrender of
Gen Burgoine from thence we marched to White
Plains in New York and remained there until we
were discharged not far from the first of December
1777
Cummington August 6 1832
Ephraim Bunnell
Caleb Packard
Hampshire August 6 1832 Personally appeared Ephraim
Burnell and Caleb Packard signers of the above affidavit
and made solemn oath to the truth of the above
statement by them subscribed
before me Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHRE SS. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate
in and for said County, do hereby certify that Eliphalet
Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was
taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County,
duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing, and have no doubt that the signature annexed
to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this tenth day of August
A. D. 1832.
Saml F. Lyman Register of Probate