Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,860, for Daniel Goffe Phipps, Connecticut
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SERVICE NUMBER
Conn.
Conn. Sea Service Phippe, Daniel Goffe S. 15.860
Privateer (S.C.)
Carded
CONTENTS
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28027
Connecticut
Daniel Goffe Phipps
New Haven in the State of Con
was a Pri. of Nvy in the com commanded
by Captain Wallace of the Regt commanded
by in the Con, Troops & Conn Sea Service and Privateers
line for 2 mo
Mariner 6 mo-
Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 30 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jany
1834 and Leut Henry
White Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $76.69
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4, 34 15.33
$82.02
(Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.)
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 35
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23193
Danl Goffe Phipps
Ct.
2 mo private of Inf
6 mo mariner
$30.66
H. White Esq
Present
New Haven
Ct.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
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 shew 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 Danl Goffe Phipps New Haven Co Ct
Period of when the service was rendered. 
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days. 
Rank of claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Vt. Feby 76, 2, pr, Cap Thatcher, Ct. N. Y., 87 New Haven Ct., Trad. [illegible] by to 1st Found
[illegible] 77, 6, Sailor, Smedley, Boston Mass., [illegible]
[illegible] 79 Brigate Nancy, 6, Commander, 6 mos. Commander of Nancy
Apr. 82 Pri. armd. Betsey, 1, Commander, Atlantic
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
New Haven Co Ct
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of
County of ss
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and
served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
(here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. )
He hereby relinquishes every (f) 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. A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of & c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the say and year aforesaid.
( And then will follow the certificate of the Court. )
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
but neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of the
narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. (To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
( to an officer) a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in court, if the some can be done in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For year months, and
days, I served as a, For months and days, I served as a, and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four month
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is
highly objectionable. It must in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the cads of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged: The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,
and signature of the the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L. Williams Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven ss
On this 20th day of February AD 1833, personally appeared in
open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of New
Haven in sd County & State, now sitting, Daniel Goffe Phipps
a resident of the town of New Haven in the County of New
Haven and State of Connecticut 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 before I entered the service of the United States, I was
captured off Block Island, by the British ship Rose, commanded
by Captain Wallace, on my return to New Haven from a
voyage to the West Indies and was sent in the tender of the
Rose as a prisoner to Boston where I arrived three days after
the battle of Bunker hill - that soon after, I was sent
back to the Rose then lying in Newport harbor, whence
I made my escape by swimming ashore in the night
That as soon as I had recovered from the weakness & discord
occasioned by my sufferings & exhorne while a prisoner
& on my escape, I entered the service of the United States
as a volunteer in the month of January or February
Volunteers
1776, in the company of Connecticut militia commanded 
by John Thatcher. That by reason of my great age and consequent 
loss of memory I cannot now recollect the exact month
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day of the month in which I entered sd Thatcher company
but that I know it was in the winter, & according to the best
of my recollection either in January or February. that
Ebenezer Huggins of sd New Haven was clerk of said company
that I cannot remember the names of any of the other officer
of said company. That I entered said company at sd New Haven
and served as a private soldier in said company according
to the best of my recollection more than two months, but
I am positive not less than two months. That Captain
Thatcher company was raised for the purpose of going down
with General Lee to New York City- that General Lee
came through New Haven with a few troops at this time
in his way from Boston to New York, after the British
were expected to leave Boston. That I was
marched in sd Captain Thatcher's company from New Haven
along the shore of Long Island boundary to the boundary line
between Connecticut & New York. that near sd boundary
line, we stopped & remained several days. That I remember
being quartered about this time with a clergyman by the name 
of Seabury - That we marched into the upper part of the city 
of New York, by a tavern called the Bull head- that a sixty
four gun ship of the enemy called the Asia with several
transports lay in the harbor, that we took possesson of
the barracks, & were quartered out in the upper part of the
city, not occupying the Barracks. That Captain Thatcher's company
were poster next to General Lee's life guard- that I understood
Lord Dunmore was with the British troops on board some transports
in the harbor - that on the occasion, on a Sabbath day
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we were marched down to the north Battery & brought away a
large number of pieces of cannon left by the enemy. that the
British ship Asia, was up the river, but the wind & tide twice
prevented her from interrupting us that Lord Sterling was
there at this time. that the whole of Captain Thatcher company
came home to New Haven together & were discharged at the 
same time, but that I received no written discharge. that
by reason of my advanced age & consequent loss of memory, I
cannot remember now the precise month nor day of the month
when I was discharged from the service in this company-but
that I am positive this term of service was in the winter & that
I served as a private soldier in sd company not less than two
months & my impression is that I served more than two months
that I cannot remember the names and rank of any of the
company & field officers under whom & with whom I served
other than these I have before stated in this declaration
nor the names of any regular officers in this service except
those mentioned above. that I know of no person whose
testimony I can procure to this my service other than those
whose depositions are hereto annexed - that while serving
as a soldier in Thatcher company in New York city, I took
a prisoner, for which I received a small bounty. that 
the service of said company was chiefly in guarding said
city during said two months
that some time after returning from the above mentioned service
again entered the service of the United States in the war of the
revolution by enlisting as a mariner or private sailor on board the
Ship Defence, a public armed vessel, owned and equipped by the State 
of Connecticut, and mounting twenty guns, of which ship one
Smedley was Captain. That by reason of my great age and consequent
loss of memory, I cannot remember now the precise time when I
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enlisted on board said ship, but according to the best of my recollection
it was in the year 1777 - that the month & day of the month I entered said
vessel has entirely passed from my recollection that I enlisted on
board said ship at Boston in Massachusetts for the term of six months
according to the best of my recollection, and served as a mariner on board
sd ship, according to the best of my recollection for more than six months
but I am positive I served in this ship not less than six months.
That one Turner was boatswain of sd ship & one Lawrence a Dane was
boatswains mate, & one Hubbel of Fairfield in Connecticut was carpenter  
that I cannot now recollect the names of any other officers
of said ship - that very soon after enlisting we sailed from Boston
on a cruise, that the Oliver Cromwell another public armed
vessel owned by the State of Connecticut was in company with
us on this cruise- that we fell in with two English vessels
bound to the West Indies, called the Cyrus, and the Admiral Keppel
and captured them both & sent them in as prize to Boston
that having more prisoners than it was safe to carry, the long boat
of the Cyrus was fitted with a deck & provisions & thirty men
& one woman put on board of her & sent away- that after
arriving for a long time, we went in to the port of Charleston
in South Carolina to obtain a supply of water that there I left
the ship, the time for which I enlisted having expired - that I received
no written discharge from this ship - that by reason of age & the
consequent loss of memory I cannot recollect the time when I left
said ship; nor the precise month, & day of the month, but according to
the best of my recollection it was in the latter part of the year 1777.
but I recollect distinctly that my term of service as a mariner or
private sailor on board sd ship Defence was full six months, & it is
my impression it was more than six months- that I served in
the forecastle of said ship - that I know of no person living who
was present with me on board sd ship, or who has any knowledge of my
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said service in sd ship, & could testify to my said service. that I have no
documentary evidence respecting my service - that I was in constant
service during the whole of said six months-
That on the 4th day of May AD 1779. I took
the command of the brigantine Nancy of Sixty tons burden and
ten guns, owned as I supposed by Abraham Livingston & Isaac Eaton
of Charleston in South Carolina. that I took command of said
vessel of sd Charleston. That sd vessel was a private armed
vessel that I received a commission from Congress signed by
Henry Laurens President of Congress & dated May 4th 1779,
authorizing me to attack, subdue & take all ships & other vessels
carrying soldiers, provisions or munitions of war to any of the British
armies & also all vessels belonging to the inhabitants of Great 
Britain, which said commission in as hereunto annexed that
I sailed with a crew of eight men from sd port of Charleston
bound for Boston. that one Thomas Tillervest of West Haven
in Connecticut was my mate - that on account of a mutiny
among my crew of Sandy Hook, which was quelled by the
aid of the mate & one William Wolcott, I was compelled
to put into the part of New London in the same month
of May - that I was engaged afterwards in cruising off the
coast & was twice chased into port by British cruisers
that after cruising some time I went with the vessel to
Boston & there I relinquished the command of the brig
& returned home to New Haven - that I cannot
remember the precise time when I left sd Brig, but
according to the best of my recollection I served not
less than six months as master of said private armed
vessel & was in constant service during the whole of sd Six
months
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That in the spring of the year 1782, in the month of
April as near as I can recollect I took command at New
Haven of the private armed schooner Betsy
owned by several merchants in New Haven - that I received
a commission from Congress of the same nature with
the one before mentioned which I received as captain of the
Nancy, which commission was signed according to the
best of my recollection by the President of Congress, & which
commission had been accidentally lost & destroyed - that Elias
Townsend was mate of sd schooner Betsey part of the time
& Amos Sherman of Derby in Connecticut part of the time
that I sailed from the port of New Haven for the French
Island in the west Indies, on several voyages in sd schooner
& continually in the Atlantic Ocean, until the
peace between Great Britain & the United States in 1783.
that I cannot by reason of old age recollect the precise
length of time I served as master of sd private armed
vessel Betsey. but I am certain I served not less than
one year - that I took no prizes with sd schooner, but
prevented several american vessels being taken by the
enemy & among others a brig from Rhode Island
that I was in the port of New Haven when the news
of the peace came having just returned from the
island of St. Cristopher in the West Indies, having been
in constant service during said last mentioned period
of one year.
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That I was born in Boston Massachusetts July 13th AD 1751
old style, that there is a record of my age as I suppose
in the town record of the town of Boston - that while a
child I was taken by my uncle to Savannah in Georgia
named Francis Goffe & lived with him until I was about
seventeen years of age - that in 1776 when I first entered
the service of the United States in Captain Thatcher company
I lived in New Haven in Connecticut, where I was married
in the same year that I have lived ever since the year 1776
in sd New Haven where I now live. that I was temporarily
in Boston when I enlisted on board the ship Defence, & in
Charleston South Carolina, where I took command of the
Brig Nancy that I have no documentary evidence
of any kind, except the commission from Congress as
master of the brig Nancy hereto annexed - that I know
of no persons except Isaac Gilbert & Benjamin Prescott
whose depositions are hereto annexed who can testify to
either of the tours of service stated in this declaration
that I am well known to William H Ellis Esqr
Collector of the port of New Haven, who can testify as to my
character for veracity & as to his belief of my services as a
soldier of the revolution
That I have made a statement of the facts
connected with my services as master of the two private armed
vessels Nancy & Betsey, in order that if this kind of service
is held to be within the intent of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832, I may receive a pension as some recompense
for the many & laborious services I rendered to my country
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during the period of one year & six months when I commanded 
said private armed vessels
That by reason of my great age & the consequent 
loss of memory I cannot now recollect the precise
length of each of the above stated tour of service or as a soldier
& mariner in the war of the revolution, but according to
the best of my recollection I served not less than the
following period & in the following grades viz For two months I served as a private soldier in the
company of volunteers commanded by John Thatcher
for six months I served as a mariner & private sailor
on board the State Ship Defence commanded by Captain
Smedley & for such service amounting to eight
months in all, in addition to my service of one year
& six months as master of private armed vessels, I
claim a pension.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present, and declare
that my name is not on the pension role of the agency
of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid
Danl Goffe Phipps
Attest Anthy P Sanford
Clerk
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I, Isaac Gilbert of New Haven in the State of Connecticut
aged seventy six years, being duly sworn & deposed say
that I am well acquainted with Daniel Goffe Phipps, who
has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; that
I have been acquainted with sd Phipps ever since the year
1775. that in the month of January AD 1776 according to the
best of my recollection, I entered at sd New Haven as a volunteer
in a company of Connecticut militia, raised at that
time by the advice of the Governor & Council of Connecticut
for the purpose of guarding the city of New York, of which
company, John Thatcher was captain
& one Joseph
Trowbridge of sd New Haven was as I think lieutenant
& Ebenezer Huggins of sd New Haven was clerk. that sd Phipps
entered sd company as a private at the same time that I
did, that sd Phips entered sd company as a volunteer
that I served as a private in sd company that so Phipps
& myself were marched with this company through the
State of Connecticut from New Haven
to Horseneck 
we remained at Horseneck some days - that from
thence we marched on the public road to the city of
New York & were these barracked out. that we remained
there to guard the city with several other companies
raised for the same purpose, that I remember no
other officers except those of Captain Thatcher company
that sd company of Captain Thatcher remained in this
service certainly not less than two months. that sd
Phipps served as a private soldier in sd company not
less than two months - that I saw sd Phipps every day
doing duty in sd company during the whole of said two
months, & was constantly with him, employed in the same
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service - that I remember going down to the battery to
briing away the guns, while the enemy were in the
harbor, that I returned with sd Phipps to New Haven &
was discharged from sd company at the same time with
him- that none of the company received any written
discharge. that by rear of my advanced age &
consequent loss of memory I cannot remember the
precise month or day of the month in which sd
Phipps & myself were discharged from sd service on
the precise day of the month in which sd Phipps &
myself entered sd service; but I am confident that
our term of service was not less than two months
that I believe sd Phipps to be eighty one years of
age dated at New Haven Feby 20. 1833 & Sworn
to in open court before sd Court of Probate
Isaac Gilbert
Attest Anthy P Sanford
Clerk
I Benjamin Prescott of New Haven in the State of Connecticut
aged seventy five years being duly sworn depose
and say, that I am well acquainted with Daniel Goffe
Phipps, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration
& have been acquainted with him ever since one service
together in the war of the revolution - that in the months
of January or February AD 1776, I entered a company of
volunteers, raised for the purpose of going down to New York City
of which company John Thatcher was chosen commander.
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of which company John Thatcher was chosen commander
that Joseph Trowbridge was Lieutenant of said
company
that Ebenezer Huggins war clerk of sd company
that I cannot now recollect the precise month in which I
entered sd company, but it is my impression that I entered
company in January 1776 & was discharged in April of the 
same year. that I know that sd Phipps entered sd company
at the same time that I did, and that sd Phipps served
as a private soldier in sd company, until said company
was discharged, a period of more than two months- that
sd Phipps & myself were marched with a company to
Horseneck, where we remained some time - that we
were marched into New York city & took possession of the
barracks - that we were quartered out near the
North River, that I recollect the ship of war Asia
lay in the East River - that after remaining some time
in New York City, the company returned together
to New Haven & were discharged - that I saw sd Phipps
doing duty in sd company as a private soldier, on our
marches & while in New York for more than two
months - that I believed Phipps to be eighty one years
of age - Dated at New Haven February 20. 1833 &
Sworn to in open court before said Court of Probate
Benjn Prescott
Attest Anthy P Sanford

Clerk
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We Leonard Bacon a clergyman residing in the town of New Haven in New
Haven County & the State of Connecticut and Henry W Edward
residing in the said town of New Haven hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Daniel Goffe Phipps, 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 neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that
opinion. Sworn & subscribed in open court the 2nd day of March
1833 before sd Court of Probate
Leonard Bacon
Henry W. Edwards
Attest- Anthy P Sanford
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations
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 Leonard Bacon who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of
New Haven, and that Henry W Edwards Esqr who has also
signed the same is a resident in sd town of New Haven
late a Senator for the State of Connecticut in the Congress
of the United States, and is a credible person & that their
&
statements are entitled to credit; and that Isaac Gilbert
& Benjamin Prescott who have signed the preceding
depositions, are citizens of sd town of New Haven, well known
to the court, and that their respective statements are entitled to
full credit belief [illegible]
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I Anthony P. Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for the 
District of New Haven in the County of New Haven and
State of Connecticut do hereby certify, that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said court in the
matter of the application of Daniel Goffe Phipps for a
pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this 2nd day of March AD 1833
Anthy P Sanford Clerk
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15.86INVALID.
File No. 15.860
Daniel Goffe Phipps
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 147
(Arrangement of 1870)
Oct 28 96
sold [illegible] to
Mr T Atwater
New Haven Ct
LWB
Ex by Mrs Johnson
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IN CONGRESS
The DELEGATES of the United States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-
Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-
Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, TO ALL unto whom these Presents shall come, Send
Greeting-KNOW YE,
THAT We have granted, and by these Presents do grant Licence and Authority to Daniel Goffe Phipps
Mariner, Commander of the Brigantine called the Nancy of the Burthen of Sixty Tons
Tons or thereabouts, belonging to South Carolina
mounting Ten Carriage Guns, and navigated by Thirty Men to fit out and set forth
the said Brigantine in a warlike Manner, and by and with the said Brigantine and the Crew thereof, by Force of Arms,
to attack, subdue and take all Ships and other vessels whatsoever carrying Soldiers, Arms, Gunpowder, Ammunition, Provisions
, or any other contraband Goods to any of the British Armies of ships of War employed against the United States:
And also to attack seize and take all Ships or other vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, or to any Subject
or Subjects thereof, with their Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Ladings, on the High Seas, or between high and low-
water Marks, (the Ships or Vessels, together with their Cargoes, belonging to any Inhabitant or Inhabitants of Bermuda,
and such other Ships and Vessels bringing Persons with Intent to settle and reside within
any of the United States, or bringing Arms, Ammunition or Warlike Stores to the said States for the Use thereof, which
said Ship or Vessels you shall suffer to pass unmolested, the Commanders thereof permitting a peaceable Search and giving
satisfactory Information of the Contents of the Ladings and Destination of the Voyages, only excepted.) And the said Ships
or Vessels so apprehended as aforesaid, and as Prize taken, to carry into any Port or Harbour within the Dominions of any
neutral State willing to admit the same, or into any Port within the said United States, in Order that the Courts there instituted
to hear and determine Causes Civil and Maritime, may proceed in due Form to condemn the said Captures, if they be
adjudged lawful Prize, or otherwise according to the Usage in such Cases at the Port or in the State where the same shall
be carried. The said Daniel Goffe Phipps having given Bond, with sufficient Sureties, that Nothing be done
by the said Daniel Goffe Phipps of any of his Officers, Marines or Company thereof contrary to or inconsistent
with the Usage and Customs of Nations, and that he shall not exceed or transgress the Powers and Authorities contained in
this Commission. And we will and require all our Officers whatsoever in the Service of the United States to give Succour
and Assistance to the said Daniel Goffe Phipps in the Premises. This Commission shall continue in Force until
the Congress shall issue Orders to the contrary, DATED at Charles Town New York 12 Day of May
1777 By Order of the Congress,
ATTEST. Chas Thomson [illegible] Henry Laurens PRESIDENT.
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J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
Pension Office
Dec. 18 1833
additional evidence
for Daniel Goffe Phipps
[illegible]
unfounded case
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New Haven, December 6, 1833
Sir
Enclosed I send the certificate of Elisha Phelps Esq
the comptroller of the State of Connecticut, as to the public character
of the ship Defence, which Daniel Goffe Phipps an applicant
for a pension alleged that he served pursuant to the direction
in your letter to me on of the 23d November, in the subject of this
application. Mr Phelps states that Rolls of the crew of the
Defence cannot be found, & that probably there were transmitted
to the Navy Board for the Eastern Department, or the committee of
the Navy & if in existence remain in their archives. He remark
further that the appointments & orders made by the council of
safety regarding this ship, demonstrates her character to have
been public
If the application of Daniel Goffe Phipps
should be granted, will you have the goodness to enclose the
certificate to my care
I am very Respectfully
your obedient servant
Henry White
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Stamps
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THE TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY
OF NEW HAVEN.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. Oct 12,18
Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the
term of the service of Daniel Goffe Phipps of New
Haven a soldier and mariner in the revolutionary
war who was pensioned about 1831 and [illegible]
very truly
T. Altwater Barnes
New Haven
Conn