Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31364, for Samuel Sibley, Massachusetts
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SERVICE   Mass.                                             
NUMBER S.31364
Sibley, Samuel        

Left widow, Sarah
CONTENTS
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33. 151
Massachusetts
Samuel Sibley dec
of the State of
who was a Private in the_____ commanded 
by Captain Putnam of the______ commanded
by Col. Learned in the Mass
line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Ending 13 June 1840
Certificate of Pension issued 12 day of
July 1853 and sent to
F.F. Triplett, Mist.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

●       {Revolutionary Claim,}
          {Act June 7, 1832         ]
Recorded by
R. McRae Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 81


Apl. 22, 1885 Statement
sent Ezra S. Stearns East
Rindge N.H. see slip inside.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress pension June 7, 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County } ss:

On this fourth day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty seven personally appeared in open
Court, before the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester aforesaid, now sitting, Samuel Sibley a resident of Barre in said County of Worcester, aged eighty one 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.
In the beginning of the war I lived in the
town of Sutton in said County of Worcester and belonged to the Minute Company commanded
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by Capt John Putnam in Col. Ebenezer Larneds
Regiment.  He was first called out at the alarm of the Lexington fight. I marched to Cambridge and afterwards to Roxbury where he was
stationed at Brinleys tavern. I was out on this service at least a month. In the month of May I returned to Sutton.   This was in the year 1775. I was a private in this service.
The next year 1776, I went out on an alarm
to Providence Rhode Island. I then belonged to
the company of artillery commanded by Reuben Sibley. Joseph Sibley was the first and Aaron Sibley the second Lieutenant.  I have forgotten the name of our Colonel.  I remember there was a General Spencer at Providence.   It was in the fore part of December that we went into this service and served as a private as much as six weeks.  I was a volunteer.
My next service was taking Burgoyne in
1777. [Oct 16 1777] I then belonged to the Company commanded by Capt Bartholomew Woodbury, his brother Jonathan [Woodbury] was the first Lieutenant and Small was second Lieutenant.  He belonged to the Regiment of Col. Cushing of Shrewsbury.  He marched from Sutton some time in August, he enlisted for three months and one half, and went first to Bennington
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afterwards to Stillwater.  He got up so that he
heard the battle there, but was not in person to be in it.  He then followed the British on up to Saratoga and they gave up there.  Gen. Gates was the head general.  There was also a
General Lincoln there. General Carner was
our General.  I was taken sick and left at Troy
and returned home sometime in November.
I did not serve quite the three months and
a half but I served at least three months.
The next time I was out was on an alarm
to Tiverton Rhode Island. This was in August
1779. My Capt. was either John Woodling or
Abraham Batchelder.  I have forgotten which,  I was out as a private in this service three or
four weeks, We saw the British laying off in
their shipping, but they did not leave.  This
was the last service I was in, making a service
in the whole of more than six months.  The
reason I have not before applied for a
pension was the difficulty of proving my
several services; and I had rather work
than lie to get a pension.  That I am now
past my labor, and I trust I have now
found testimony to make out my case.
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To the Interrogatories now proposed to me by
the Court, I, on oath, make the following answers:
1. I was born in the town of Sutton in the year 1756.
2. I have always been told that there is a
record of my age in said Sutton.
3. During all the time of said services I lived in
Sutton. I removed to the town of Barre
in the same County in the year 1785 and
have been there ever since.
4. I was never drafted, nor served as a substitute, but always went as a volunteer.
5.  In my declaration as above stated, I have named some of the Regiment officers as well as my own, and the general circumstances of my service.
6. There was a discharge given us by the doctor at Troy, but I don't know what has become of it.
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There are a good many persons I hope 
in my neighborhood who will testify to my
Character for truth and their belief in
my Revolutionary services Such as the Rev. Mr. Thompson, Daniel Harwood, Peter Harwood, General Samuel Lee, &c.

And the said applicant 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. My father's name was Samuel Sibley, and I was called in the service Samuel Sibley, Jr.
[signed] Samuel Sibley

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid before me
Ira Barton, Judge of the Court of Probate 
for said County of Worcester
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We, James Thompson, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Barre, and Samuel Lee of the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Sibley, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty one 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.
Barre, December 5th. 1837
[signed] James Thompson
[signed] Sam'l Lee

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Lyman Sibley, Jus. of Peace
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And the said Court do herby declare
their opinion, after the investigation of
the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that James Thompson, who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Barre, and that General Samuel Lee, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Ira Barton, Judge of said Court of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss::

I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Lyman Sibley, Jonathan Leland and Daniel Tenney are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester, duly commissioned and qualified and that their names set to the papers hereto annexed are their own genuine signatures.
I also certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the Court of Probate for said County in the matter of the application of Samuel Sibley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register of
said Court of Probate
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Nathan Sibley &
Job Sibley, Defen's
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I Nathan Sibley of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & formerly of Sutton in said County, being of the age of Seventy seven years do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Samuel Sibley of Barre and
formerly of Sutton, who when he lived at said Sutton, was known by the name of Samuel Sibley, Jr., and that I know of the following
services the said Samuel performed during the Revolutionary war in that the said Samuel in April 1775 went on an alarm to Lexington from
said Sutton - the Officers under which he served and the length of time he served, I do not recollect but should think he was gone
several weeks. In the year 1776 I remember the said Samuel went on an alarm from said Sutton to Providence and should think, as near as I can recollect, that he was absent six or seven weeks.  In the year 1777 I remember that the said Samuel marched from said Sutton to the West to Bennington and Ticonderoga; the Officers under whom he served I do not now remember, but think he enlisted for three or four months, and should think he was
gone three months at least-- In the year 1779 as near as I can recollect, the said Samuel marched from said Sutton on an alarm at Tiverton, in the State of Rhode Island, and I served in the same company with him and think said Company was commanded
by Capt. Woodbury, think we served four weeks.  The exact time I am not able to state-
[signed] Nathan Sibley
Worcester, ss:  Decm. 4th 1837 That the above named Nathan Sibley appeared and made oath to the truth of the above
Before me Lyman Sibley, Just. Peace
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Worcester ss:  Decm. 4. 1837 I hereby certify that for many years past I have been acquainted with said Nathan Sibley and that he is considered a man of truth and veracity.
Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace
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I Job Sibley of Barre in the County of Worcester
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of the age of seventy two years do testify and say that I was born in the Town of Sutton in said County and there lived till I was twenty Eight years of age, and that I always have
known Samuel Sibley, who now lives in said Barre, who when young was Samuel Sibley Jr., and that in the year 1775 as near as I can recollect said Samuel went on an allarm to
Lexington, Roxberry and elsewhere, the Term of time he was gone I do not recollect. I also recollect that said Samuel went on an alarm to Providence, the term of time he served
I do not recollect, but was absent a considerable length of time.-- I also recollect that the said Samuel enlisted and
went to the taking of Burgoyne and served three or four Months, do not recollect the precise time-- I also recollect that the said Samuel went on an alarm to Tivertown [Tiverton]
but do not recollect the year nor the precise term of time he was absent, but as near as I can recollect he was absent three or four weeks
Nov. 29, 1837
Job Sibley
Worcester ss November 29th. 1837 Then personally appeared the above named Job Sibley and made oath to the truth of the above statements.
Before me Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace
I hereby certify that I have for many years been acquainted with the above named Job Sibley and that he is considered a man of truth and
veracity. 
Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, SS.
I Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Charles Brimblecom on
the twenty fifth day of October A.D. 1852 was and still is a
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath upon the affidavit of
Lyman Sibley hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twenty sixth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-two.
Jos Mason Clerk
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Revolutionary
Papers
Samuel Sibley
Suspended
Massts

Nov 11 1852
F. E. Hassler
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Power of Attorney for ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due to the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners etc.
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester  } ss:
Be it known that before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County
personally appeared Lyman Sibley aged 68 years who being duly cautioned and then Sworn in due form of law, states that he is a
Son of Samuel Sibley who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the State of Massachusetts, and that he died on the thirtieth day of June
1840, aged 84 years, and that his Mother,  named Sarah died on the 11th day of April 1842 aged 87 years, and that they were married on the 10th of December 1778, that they were residents of Sutton at the time of their marriage and remained in said Sutton till February 1785 when they removed to Barre in said County where they lived till the day of their death, and furthermore, I do by these Presents and by authority of the other heirs of said Samuel Sibley, constitute, appoint and fully empower and authorize irrevocably and with power of substitution, F. E. Hassler of Washington City D.C. as my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my name and stead to Examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive for the U.S. Government and State officers all rights in and all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or land that may be due the heirs  of Samuel Sibley, or as he was at the time of service, Samuel Sibley, Jr., who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right said heir may be entitled.
In witness whereof I have on this eighteenth day of
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October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two signed my name and affixed my seal.
Lyman Sibley

Witness  H B Sibley
Witness  Charles Brimblecom

Signed, sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me: and I further certify that said Lyman Sibley has always by the Community been
known as the son of said Samuel Sibley.
Dated on this 25th day of October in the year 1852
Charles Brimblecom,
Justice of Peace
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
NOS/cel

November 23, 1928

Mrs. J.E. Hebel
360 Cass Avenue, S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31364, it appears that Samuel Sibley was born, April 26, 1756, in Sutton, Massachusetts, and was the son of Samuel and Abigail.
While a resident of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and belonging to a company of minute men commanded by Captain John Putnam and Colonel Ebenezer Learned,
he was called out at the time of the Lexington alarm and served about one month as a private.
He enlisted in December, 1776, and served six weeks in Captain Reuben Sibley's Massachusetts Company.
In 1777, he served three months in Captain Bartholomew Woodbury's Company in Colonel Cushing's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
He enlisted in August, 1779, and served three or four weeks in Captain John Woodbury's or Captain Abraham
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Batcheller's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1837, at which time he was a resident of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where he had moved in
February, 1785.
He died June 30, 1840, in Barre, Massachusetts.
Soldier married, December 10, 1778, at Sutton, Massachusetts, Sarah, her maiden name not given. She died April 11, 1842, aged eighty-seven years.
Soldier was survived by the following children:
Charles; Lyman, aged sixty-eight years in 1852; Samuel; Sally, the wife of W. Harwood; and Jonathan.
The above mentioned Samuel died March 8, 1842, leaving the following children:
James H.; Harriet, wife of Samuel L. Hunt; and Samuel L. Sibley.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension or bounty land having been claimed on account of the services of Samuel
Sibley who was born in 1724 and who died in 1801.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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1775- 1 month
1776 - 1. 13 dys
1777-   2/27 -
1778 - 1 - mo sustained by affidavit
Nath Sibley who is not a pensioner
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1 mo 1775-
1 mo 13 dys
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U. S. Pension Office.
No claim has been found for the service of any Capt Sibley.
In the claim, one Saml Sibley of Barre, mention is
made by Capt. & other officers by the name of Sibley.
Among other services alleged by said Saml Sibley is one in 1776 in which he alleges that
he was in an alarm in Providence during that
year in a company  [illegible] commanded by 
Capt Reuben Sibley & That Joseph Sibley
was 1st Lieut. and Aaron Sibley 2nd Lieut  of said Co.
That the service was in Dec. 1776 - when he reentered the service he was resident of Sutton, Mass., where all of the officers seem to have resided.
The Sect'y of State of Mass reported that Said Sibley was borne upon the rolls of Lt. Joseph Sibley's Co. of Col. Holman's Rgt for 43 days from Dec. 10 1776 - from Sutton.
Also reported him on roll of Capt Reuben Sibley's Co & Col. Davis Regt. R.I. Service from 
July 30, 1780 with 13 days travel roll
dated at Sutton
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One Nathan Sibley testified that he was also in service from Sutton & speaks of the aforesaid Saml Sibley as Saml Sibley Jr.  One Job Sibley of Sutton also testified in the case.  It therefore
appears that there were many Sibleys of
Sutton.
Jonathan Leland Sutton in 1837 testified in this case and in his statement alleged that
"I have in my possession a collection of papers of various descriptions, collected professionally for the purpose of preserving or compiling some memoirs of the said town to Sutton; that 
among these papers are several purporting to be master rolls of various companies which served in the Revolutionary Army, & one [illegible] preceding war between France & Great Britain," etc., etc.
If these papers could now be found it is possible that some the data you seek might be found.
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April 7. 1853
Addl evidence in case
Samuel Sibley
Mass
Act 7th June 1832

F.F.C. Triplett
Present

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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JOHN E. HEBEL
350 CASS AVENUE, S. E.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen: - Please search your
Revolutionary War records for what
information you can give me relating to
Timothy Soper, 1745-1845, born in Dutchess
Co., N. Y. died in Pitcher N.Y
Samuel Sibley 1724-1801, born in Sutton
Mass., married Abigail Parker
Samuel Sibley Jr 1756-1840, born in Sutton, Mass., married Sarah Leland.  Served in 1777 in
Rhode Island. The last two probably lived
at Willington Conn.
Gratefully yours
Zanthe B Hebel
(Mrs J.E. Hebel)

Feb 8th
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31364
Rev'y.  INVALID.
---
File No. 31364
Samuel Sibley
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th, '32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1928, Nov 23, hist to
Mrs. J.E. Hebel
mcs
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Saml Sibley
Massachusetts
Rejected
see let to Secretary of War
Decr 28. 1837
& to Hon L. Lincoln
March 1839
Act June 7 '32
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Mass Roll
Samuel Sibley, dec'd
who was a private Mass. troops

Act June 7, 1832
6 months private,  $20 per Ann.
from March 4, 1831
to June 13. 1840
when he died-
Payable to
Charles Sibley
Lyman Sibley
Samuel Sibley
Sally Harwood &
Jonethan Sibley only
children &c
---
F. C. Triplett
Present
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I Daniel Harwood of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of the age of Seventy
eight years do testify and say that I very well know Samuel Sibley of Barre in said County and knew him when he lived in Sutton in said County.  He was then Samuel Sibley Jr.  In the year 1777 I enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury, his brother Jonathan Woodbury,
was the first Lieutenant and ___Small was second Lieutenant.  The Regiment I was in was commanded by Col. Cushing, and that said Samuel Sibley was in the same Company and
enlisted the same day - we enlisted for the term of three or three and a half months - we marched from Sutton in August and went
first to Bennington, afterwards to Stillwater-heard the Battle there but was not in it.  From thence went to Saratoga and was present when the British gave up.-- Gen. Gates was the
head General-- General Warner was our General-- said Samuel Sibley was taken sick and left the army a few days before our
time had expired-- I should say said Sibley served at least three months-
June 8th. 1837
[signed] Daniel Harwood

Worcester ss: } December 8th 1837 Personally appeared the above named Daniel Harwood and made oath to the truth of the above
declaration.
Before my Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace

I hereby certify that I have for many years past been acquainted with Daniel Harwood and that he is considered a man of truth and veracity.
Lyman Sibley Jus. Peace
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Sam Sibley of Sutton Mass

1775 - 1 mo.  Cap. M. Putnam
1776 - 6 weeks - Reuben Sibley
1777 - 3 mo. Bart Woodbury
1779 - 3 or 4 wks - M. Woodbury or Abraham Batchelor

Vol. 13 p. 96 - 14 days
Vol. 24, p. 151 from
Aug. 13 - Oct. 29 - 2-16
No return home

No roll - 21
No roll - 1-12
____________________
5-14
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Brief in the case of Samuel Sibley, dec'd
Worcester, County and State of Massachusetts
Act
June 7, 1832
Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Commission decided to admit the
case for 6 months service.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
F.F.C. Triplett,
Present
Examining Clerk.
Ogden Niles
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss: }

I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Samuel Sibley, who was reputed to have served in the Army of the Revolution, died in Barre, in said County, on the thirtieth day of June, A.D. 1840.
That he left a widow, whose name was Sarah Sibley, that the said Sarah Sibley died in said Barre on the eleventh day of April,
A.D. 1842, that the said Samuel left five Children only, to wit:  Charles Sibley, Lyman Sibley, Samuel Sidley, Sally Harwood,
(wife of Wilent Harwood) and Jonathan Sibley, all of whom are now living, except the
said Samuel -- that the said Samuel died in
said Barre on the eighth day of March, A.D. 1842-- that he left three children only, to wit:
James H. Sibley, Harriet A. Hunt (wife of  Samuel F. Hunt) and Samuel L. Sibley, all of whom are now living, and who, with the said Charles Sibley, Lyman Sibley, Sally Harwood and & Jonathan Sibley, are the only Heirs at Law of the said Samuel Sibley, first named, now living.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court of Worcester, this fourteenth day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, SS. Probate Office.
I, CHARLES G. PRENTISS, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Worcester aforesaid, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate holden at Worcester in and for said County, on the Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, Charles Sibley, of Barre, in said County was duly appointed Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Samuel Sibley, late of said Barre, deceased, and became bound, according to law, for the faithful discharge of said trust.
I also certify, that it appears by the records and files in said office, that said appointment remains in full force, in no wise revoked, reversed or annulled, but the said Charles Sibley is still acting in that capacity.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Worcester, the fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register
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Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions
Barre
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Washington, Apl 7. 1833

Sir:

I enclose such additional evidence in
the case of Samuel Sibley, dec'd., Mass, svc. pens. due, Act '32, as will make the claim for 6 months' service complete. - Please issue the certificate.

Very truly yours,
Your ob'dt servant
F.F.C. Triplett
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Samuel Sibley

Mass
Act '32


F.F.C. Triplett
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
March 4 1853.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name Samuel Sibley is borne on a roll of Lt.  Joseph Sibley Co., Col. Holman's Regt as private 43 days from Dec. 10, 1776, from Sutton.
1.13
On roll of Capt. Barth Woodbury's Co, Col. Cushing's Regt. as private from Aug. 13, 1777, 2 mos 27 days, travel included.
2.27
On roll of Capt Reuben Sibley's Co., Col. Davis' Regt R.I., service 1780 from July 30; 13 days travel included as private; roll dated at Sutton
13
On roll of Capt. Edmd. Hodges Co., Col. Whitney's Regt., R.I., service from May 5, 1777 to July 5, 2 mos. 7 days travel
included from Hardwick as private
2.7
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the
search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts
and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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APPLICATION OF CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES
made by the son of the party who rendered the service.
-
STATE of Massachusetts
COUNTY OF Worcester,
Town of Barre

The Secretary of State is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Samuel Sibley in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts.
He enlisted from the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 or 1776 as a
Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodbury, in (probably) Col. Cushing's Regiment, 
and he served as follows,* viz: --

under Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury
Lt. Jonathan Woodbury
2 Lt Small
Col. Cushing during the Revolutionary War.
I am now Sixty nine years old and ++information does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand this twenty sixth February
A. D. 1853
Signed by said Lyman Sibley
in presence of
Seth Caldwell, Justice of the Peace
*Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, etc. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
++If a widow or heir applies, state "my information."
Printed for F. E. HASSLER, agent and attorney, of Washington City, D.C.
N. B. -- OLD LAND PATENTS IN ILLINOIS BOUGHT BY HIM
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R. 9936
Timothy Soper, born in 1749 (82) Cold Springs, NY.
While Res. in Dutchess Co., NY, Enl. in May 1778 (6 mos.)
Capt. Hugh Ray, Col. Cornelius Humphrey

June 1779     3 mos
Capt. Jos. Tallmadge Col Morris Graham

June 1780 or 1781  3 mos.
Capt. Calvin or Cornelius Champlin, Col. Benj.
Van [Scates?]

After Rev[olution]. lived in Cooksaykes [Coxsackie] to Saratoga, Pharsalia, Chenango Co., N.Y.

Pitcher, NY
Ap. ex. Sept. 21, 1832, res. Pitcher, Chenango Co., N.Y.

In Sept. 1852, Reference to children in Nov. 1834
Wolcott Soper aged 66 res. Chenango Co., NY
stated he was legal representative of Timothy Soper, deceased, relationship not stated.
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pens. claim R9936 at 
Timothy Soper was born in 1749
in Cold Springs, NY
He alleged that while res. in Dutchess Co NY. he enl. and served with NY troops as follows:
From May 1778 - 6 mos.
Capt. Hugh Ray, Col. [Crace?]
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Danl. Tenny &
Jon. Leland [De?..no?]
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I Jonathan Leland of Sutton, County of
Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I have in my possession a collection of papers of various descriptions, collected professedly for the purpose of preserving, or compiling, some memoirs of the said town of Sutton; that among these papers are several purporting to be Muster Rolls of
various companies which served in the Revolutionary Army, and the preceding war between France and Great Britain and that among the papers of this description, one is found under the title of "Muster Roll of the minute men of Sutton, under the command
of Capt. John Putnam in Col Ebenezer Learned's Regiment April 19, 1775," and that this paper is regularly divided into columns, giving names of men, rank, time of entering the service, travel, &c., and that it contains the name of Samuel Sibley Junior of Sutton and forty nine others, including Officers,
non commissioned officers, and privates, whose names are very familiar to me, the deponent, and who are known generally to be among the Inhabitants of said town of Sutton. And that said paper appears to be every way correct, according to its purport -- and I further say, that the said Samuel Sibley Junior
was well known to me, and that he is now reputed to be living in Barre in said County
[signed] Jona. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County Decr 12th 1837
Personally appeared Jona. Leland Esq
and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
And I furthermore say that I have long
been acquainted with said Leland and can readily certify that he is a man of Credibility.
Danl Tenney Just. Peace
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Samuel Sibley son of Samuel and Abigail Sibley
was Born April 26th 1756
The above is a true copy of record taken from the Records of Births in the Town Clerk's Office in the Town of Sutton.
I Daniel Tenney depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
[signed] Daniel Tenney

Commonwealth of Massachusetts  
Worcester County } ss: Dec 12,1837

Personally appeared Daniel Tenney Esq.
above named, and made oath that the Declaration above written and subscribed by him is the truth.
Before me, Jona. Leland, Justice of Peace