Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22602, Simon Whipple, R.I.
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RI       Whipple, Simon      W 22602
                          Levina
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Rhode Island  88...
______________________
Levina Whipple
widow of Simon Whipple
R.I.
who died on the 21 Sept. 1821
of Providence in the State of R. Island
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded
by Col Cooke in the R. Island
for ten months.
__________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island
at the rate of 33 Dollard   33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
__________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of May
1837 - and sent to Benj 
Cowell Esq Providence R.I.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1837          $ 200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 37  $   16.66
                                                              _________
                                                               $ 216.66
                                               {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                                Act July 4, 1836,
                                                Section the 3

Recorded by Wm L Allison Clerk
Book    [blank]     Vol. 1    Page 122
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State of Rhode Island
                        County of Providence sc

On the 18th day of October AD 1836 personally 
appeared before the Municipal Court of
the City of Providence within said County
and a Court of Record, Levina Whipple of 
Cumberland in said County aged 81 years of
age and upwards who being duly sworn accor-
ding to law doth on her oath make the follow
=ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the provision of the act of Congress of July
4th. 1836. That she id the widow of Simon 
Whipple formerly of said Cumberland who
was a private in the war of the revolution
he first enlisted in Capt James Williams Com-
pany & Col. John Cooks Regiment for three
months in September 1776 & he was in other
services until the end of the war and she refers to the testimony hereto annexed for proof of 
his services and the number of months he served
And she further declares that she was married 
to the said Simon on the third day of May AD
1772 by Peter Darling Esq a Justice of the Peace
but her certificate is lost, but her 
marriage is is recorded and 
she further declared that her husband the
said Simon died on the 21st of September AD
1821 that she has remained unmarried ever
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since that period wherefore she requests that 
the same pension which would have belonged
to her said husband under the act of June 7th
1832 may be granter to her
                                                   her
Attest                               Levina  X  Whipple
Thomas Burgess                         mark

Municipal Court of the City of
Providence, October 18, 1836
Subscribed and sworn to
by Levina Whipple in
open court.   Albert G. Greene
                                  Clerk
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I David Whipple of Cumberland
in the County of Providence being 
over 54 years of age on oath do depose
and say that Levina Whipple who has
signed the preceding declaration is
my mother & the said Simon Whipple
was my father- My father died 
on the 21st day of September 1821
was with him when he died

My mother has remained a widow
& unmarried ever since my
fathers death.
                     David Whipple
Municipal Court of the City of
Providence, October 18 1836.
Subscribed and sworn to 
by David Whipple in
open court.
                Albert G. Greene
                                  Clerk

In attestation whereof, and in attestation 
that the said Levina Whipple and David Whipple
are credible persons and the these statements
are entitled to credit, the said Municipal
Court have caused their seal to be hereunto
affixed on the day and year first aforewritten.
                                   Albert G Greene,
                                            Clerk
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I hereby certify that Simon Whipple, son of Daniel
Whipple, and Levina Staples daughter of Nathan Staples
all of Cumberland, were lawfully joined together in
marriage on the third day of May Anno Domini
1772 -   By me the subscriber    Peter Daring
                                                   Justice of the Peace

Received October 20th 1773 By John Dexter Town Clerk


Providence sc - Cumberland  Oct 11' 1836 - 
                           S. [illegible] Copying from the records
                                     Attest. Pardon Sayles  Town Clerk

Providence Sc
                        Cumberland Oct. 11th 1836
Then personally appeared Pardon Sayles
Town Clerk for the town of Cumberland
Subscriber to the above certificate and made oath to the truth of the same as appears of record.
                Before me Dan A. Daniels Just of Peace
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I Robert [Tower] of Cumberland
in the the County pf Providence being
now 73 years of age & [illegible] on oath
do testify & say that I formerly lived
with Simon Whipple of said Cumberland
the husband of Levina Whipple now
his widow & often heard him in his
life time relate his services in the
war of the revolution I lived with
him seven years from June 15th 1803
& between that time & 1815- His first 
service was in Col Cools regiment in 
1776 a regiment which was raised to 
relieve Col Lippetts regiment which
has been ordered to the [westward]
in September of said year - Said Simon
enlisted in September the first & served
until December in Capt James Williams
Company in said regiment - on his
return home, he eas immediately
called out again in Captain Amos
Whipples company to go to Providence
where he went & serve a month
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In 1777 he continued to serve in that
company as a private & was drafted
immediately to serve a month at 
Providence this was in January &
February - he was again drafted in 
March for another month & in April
& May he served another month
fifteen days at a time & in October
her served another month in General
Spencer's expedition at Tiverton-
In 1778 her served a number of times
In April he was drafted & served a 
month & Sullivan's expedition a 
month.
In 1779 when {Glover's} Brigade
left Rhode Island he served a month
in March- In August 178 he
served a month in October.
All this service in said Amos Whipples Company
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that is after his service in Cooks regiment
& all his services were as a private
My memory is very good & I can recollect
every event in Cumberland for the 
last sixty years of any consequence
& I have a distinct recollection 
of all the services of said Simon
Whipple as he told then to me in
his life time when I lived with
him-                        his
                    Robert  X  [Tower]
                               mark
Providence sc
             In Providence October 21 1836
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
& I further certify that said deposition
was reduced to writing by me from his
own words in his presence to which
he affixed his mark being blind
I also certify said deponent is a 
credible witness that satisfactory evi=
dence was produced of his character/ a
truth & veracity-     Benja Cowell
                                CJ CC Pleas
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I Samuel Blanding of Cumberland in
the County of Providence being now 75
years of age on oath so depose & say that
in the year 1780 in August I served
a month as a private stationed on Rhode
Island in Captain Amos Whipples Company
of Militia - And I further testify that I well
remember Simon Whipple who was a
private in same Company & served the
same month. In 1781 in August I was
again drafted to go to Rhode Island &
I went & when I arrived was first with
one Captain [Wheatons] Company & served
as a private in said Company [obliterated]
one Captain Burnetts Company & then
in Capt Lewis Company until after 
Lord Cornwallace was taken at York
town for I remember we heard that 
news of his capture before I was dis=
=charges which was sometime in October
And I well remember said Simon Whipple
was there in said Amos Whipples Company
on month at least- I well remember
my services as above stated for they
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were all I did [illegible] during the
war- The above Simon Whipple was 
that husband of Levina Whipple who is
now his widow    Samuel Blanding

In Providence  November 23 1836
Sworn to & subscribed before me
and I further certify said deponent
is a credible witness
       Benja Cowell
       C J CC Pleas
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I Levi Wheatherhead of Cumberland in
the County of Providence being now
77 years of age & upwards on oath do testify
and say that I was well acquainted with
Simon Whipple formerly of said Cumberland
and the husband of Levina Whipple now
his widow We always lived neighbors
during his life time- I was also some
acquainted with his military services in 
the war of the revolution, a part of the
time we were in the same Company
 of Militia commanded by Capt Amos
Whipple. In January 1777 we were drafted
& went to Providence & were stationed a 
month at the College & March following
we served another month by draft
stationed in Providence for which we
were paid & [illegible] [rations] and in October
during Spencer's expedition we served
together another month at Tiverton.
In 1778, we again served together I think
much as two months in April I re=
member we served a month at Provi=
dence, I remember I caught the measles
in this months service and we
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served together another month this
year at Tiverton & went on the island
in August during Sullivans expedition
After this expedition I do not remember
of serving with him altho I know he did 
much service but can not specify it

                                    Levi Weatherhead

Providence sc
      In Providence  Oct 28 1836
Sworn to & subscribed before me
and I further certify said Levi is a 
credible witness-      Benja Cowell
                                  C J CC Pleas
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I Charles Scott of Cumberland in the County of 
Providence being now in my 78th year of age
on oath so testify & say that I well remember
Simon Whipple formerly of said Cumberland &
the husband of Levina Whipple now his widow
I remember well that in General Spencers
expedition in October 1`777 said Simon was 
there a month in Capt Amos Whipples Com
=pany & Col Charles Brown regiment I was in 
another company but remember of seeing him
there. It also appears to me I  saw him once in 
Bristol where he was stationed there for a month
I think this was in September preceding-
                       Charles Scott

Providence sc
     In Cumberland   Oct 10 1836
Sworn to & Subscribed before me and
I further certify said Charles Scott
is a credible witness in the [illegible]
                                Benja Cowell
                                C J CC Pleas
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I Oliver [Cornell] of Glocester in the County
of Providence being now 76 years of age
on oath do testify & say that in the year
1776 in the month of September according
to my best recollection I enlisted in Capt
James Williams Company & Col Cooks
regiment a regiment raised for three
months & served my time out and I 
further testify I well remember a 
man by the name Simon Whipple
who belonged to our Company said
Simon enlisted foe & served three months
in said Company & regiment the same 
as I did, we were stationed on Rhode
Island when the British army landed
in Newport which was in December
AD 1776                     Oliver [Cornell]

Providence   Oct 25 1836
Sworn to & subscribed before me
and I further certify said deponent
is a credible witness
                                  Benja Cowell
                                  C J CC Pleas
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Levina  Whipple
    779  3. Sec.

Admi   10mo
$33.33

10 months from
[illegible]



died 21 Sept 1821




B. Cowell
Providenece
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I John Butterworth of Cumberland in
the County of Providence being now 
76 years of age & upwards on oath do
depose & say that I well remember
Simon Whipple formerly of said Cumber
land & the husband of Levina Whipple
now his widow I well remember
said Simon served a great deal
in Capt Amos Whipples Company
in Rhode Island during the time
the British were in possession of
Newport. I was in Capt George
Pecks Company of Minute men
& therefore did not serve with 
him, but I have distinct recollec=
=tion of seeing him when he was
serving his monthly tours - According
to my last recollection in 1776 he served three months under Col Cook
I saw him just after his return home
& he told me he had been three months
in said regiment- In 1777 I re=
member he was drafted a number
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of times I thin as many as four
monthly tours & so in 1778 I remember
of seeing him in the Great storm,
in Sullivans expedition I have 
no doubt he served many more.
                                 John Butterworth

Providence sc
      In Providence  October 21 1836
Sworn & Subscribed before me and
I further certify said Deponent is 
a credible witness in the [illegible]
                                Benja Cowell
                                C J CC Pleas

State of Rhode Island
Providence sc   I Dexter Randall of the Court
of Common Pleas within & for said County
being a Court of Record, do hereby certify
that Benjamin Cowell Esquire before whom
that aforegoing affidavits were sworn is
Chief Justice of said Court and also that
Dan A Daniels Esquire before whom
the certificate of marriage was sworn is
a Justice of the Peace within the town of Cum
-berland in said County; and that they
are [illegible] duly authorized & empowered by
Law to administer oaths & take depositions
and that their signatures before written
are genuine. In testimony whereof I
have hereto set my hand and
affied the seal of said Court
at Providence this twenty fourth
day of November AD 1836
         Dexter Randall Clk
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In reply to your request of ---------. received --------
for a statement of the military history of Simon Whipple
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his widow's application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.
                                                                W. File 22602

Date of                                                 Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered     
Enlistment or       Length of     Rank                                                                                State
Appointment.       Service                           Captain             Colonel

Sept 1776            3 mons        Pri.         James Williams      John Cook                             R.I
         1777           4 mons                       Amos Whipple
         1778           2 mons                                  "
         1779           1 mon                                    "                 Chad Brown
         1780           1 mon                                    "                 George Peck
         1781           1 mon                                    "
                                       Spencer's and Sullivan's expedition
Battles engaged in, √
Residence of soldier at enlistment, √
Date of application for pension,    Oct 18, 1836    Allowed
Residence at date of application,  Cumberland, Providence Co., R.I.
Age at date of application, 81 years
    Remarks:   Son of Daniel Whipple Sol. M. Cumberland, R.I., May 3, 1772  Levina dau of
Nathan Staples (all of Cumberland) he died Sept. 21, 1821
1836 son David at 54 yrs.

Very Respectfully,
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3198botn1C-07                                                      Commissioner.
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1911 July 13 Hist. to Mrs. Freeman
C. Rogers. 
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1920 Mar. 30 Hist. to                                      Rev
Rhuia D. Caster                                                    Widow, &c,
c/o Robert-Long Hosp
Indianapolis, Ind                                             File     22602
_____________________________________                      Levina Whipple
1925 Oct 17  Adah L. Miller - info                            wid of
ab. where to obtain date of last pay                 Simon Whipple
ment of pension & death.                                         Prov   Rev. War

                                                                          Act July 4/ 32
                                                                    Index:  Vol   M, Page 333
                                                                      [Arrangement of 1870.]
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United State,                     Sept. 5, 1925
Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions

     Dear Sir-
              Will you please give me
any information you may have of the 
following persons-
     Mannasah (Mannissa) Kempton
who served as a lieutenant of a company
of Mass. Militia, was also lieutenant
of a company at Dartmouth, Mar. 28, 1776.
     John Weatherhead who married Tabitha
Kempton, Cumberland, Rhode Island.
     Am also trying to find date of death of
Levina (Staples) Whipple wife of Simon
Whipple.  Wed. File 22602
     Date of widows application for pension
Oct. 18, 1836 Residence at date of application
Cumberland, Providence Co. Rhode Island
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thought   you might have date 
of her death or at least date of 
last payment of pension.

                              Respectfully,
                              Adah L. Miller
                                  Portland
                                  Indiana
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Pueblo, Colo.
July 5, 1911

To the
Pension Bureau
     Washington, D.C.:

     The following is a copy of 
a communication received
from the State Record Commis
sioner, Prov. R.I.
     "I hereby certify that the name
of Levina Whipple, widow of
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whether the name is Simon, or
Simeon?
     My family records state that the 
husband of Levina (Staples) Whipple
(who married May 3, 1772) was Simon
Whipple.

                      Yours Respectfully
                          Olive H.W. Rogers
                            State Regent of Colo. D.A.R.
(Mrs. Freeman C. Rogers
            112 E. Ninth St, Pueblo, Colo.)
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Simeon (or Simon) appears 
on record, a Rhode Ilsand
pensioner under Act. of July
4, 1836; name added since Aug.
1834."
    "Reference: Executive Document,
444; 25th Congress, p. 31.
     Also pensioner residing in 
Cumberland, June 1, 1840; age 84
resided with Nathan Whipple.
     Reference: Census of Pensioners
1840, P. 46"
     Will you kindly send me
a full record of the above,
and information as to
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whether the name is Simon, or
Simeon?
     My family records state that the 
husband of Levina (Staples) Whipple
(who married May 3, 1772) was Simon
Whipple.

                      Yours Respectfully
                          Olive H.W. Rogers
                            State Regent of Colo. D.A.R.
(Mrs. Freeman C. Rogers
            112 E. Ninth St, Pueblo, Colo.)
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                                                                    Rev Sec


Pension Dept.
     I would like a copy of pension
granted to Levina Whipple, widow of Simon.
In 1840 Levina Whipple was living in
Cumberland R.I. I wish this copy in order 
to get service of her husband, while in the
Rev War. to enable me to prove my eligibility
to become a Daughter of the American Revolution,
Thanking you for your time, I am sincerely-
                                          Rhuie D. Caster
                                           Indianapolis
                                                    Ind.
Care Robert Long Hospital
Mar-10-1920-
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section     May
October 17, 1925..

Adah L. Miller
R.F.D. #4
Portland, Indiana.

Madam:
     I have to advise you, that for the date of last payment of pension and date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Levina, widow of Simon Whipple, you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following the following data:
     Levina, window of Simon Whipple, Certificate Number 887, issued May 19, 1837, rate $33.33, Commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, Rhode Island Agency.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Levina Whipple
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I Levina Whipple of Cumberland in the
County of Providence widow of Simon
Whipple who was a soldier of the Revolu-
tion, being called upon to specify more
particularly the services of my said husband
do further declare that my first declaration
was made according to my best knowledge
& belief. Such a great length of time
has elapsed since those services were
performed, that I cannot name the par-
ticular months & years, I must refer ther=
-fore to the evidence of those who served
with him, as better evidence than
my own recollections. The deposition of 
Robert Towce Samuel Blanding Levi 
Weatherhead Charles Scott Oliver Cornell
& John Butterworth were taken and
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and transmitted. They were all knowing
to his services, having all served with him
except on Robert Towce, he testified as to 
what I husband informed him in his
life time & therefore may be considered as
my husbands declarations. I well know
my said husband served a great deal
in the war from the beginning to the
end but it would be difficult for me
if not impossible to specify the partic
=ular times. I must therefore refer to the 
witnesses, whose specifications I believe
are correct.
                                                her
                                      Levina  X  Whipple
attest Benj Cowell                   mark

In Cumberland  April 25  1837
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
by said Levina.
                                    Benja Cowell
                                    C J CC Pleas
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I Arthur Cook of Mendon in the State of
Massachusetts being now 76 years of age on
oath do testify & say that from 1775 to 17384
I lived in Cumberland RI & was acquaint
-ed with Simon Whipple the husband of
Levina Whipple now his widow. In 
the month of August 1780 I served
a month with him on Rhode Island
in Capt Amos Whipples Company of Militia
we were both privates, In March 1781
we served another month with in 
same Company. Col Geo Peck commanded
the regiment. we were stationed on Rhode
Island and I think I served other times
with but cannot specify them
                                     Arthur Cook

In Cumberland   April 25 1837
Sworn to &  subscribed before me and
I further certify that said Arthur is a
credible witness.
                                Benj Cowell
                                C J CC Pleas