Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13698, for Amos Lamphier, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn
New York
Lamphier, Amos
NUMBER  S. 13698
Carded
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8651 
New York 
Amos Lamphier 
of Greenwich in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain -  of the Regt. command by Col Swift in the Ct Ma* for 10 mo 14 days 
Conn and N Y* 
Records completed June 16 / 06 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 80 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Apl 1833 and Sent to C.F. Ingalls Greenwich 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $67.60 
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  $16.90 
$84.50   
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk 
Book E Vol. 4 Page 24
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No 5664 
Amos Lamphier 
[unreadable]
admitted 
10 mo 14 days Private P-42 
5.12.16 
Sep 5 1832
Nov 9 1832
Chas F. Ingalls Greenwich N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of  Amos Lamphier 
of Greenwich in the State of  N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   in open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?   Seventy years & four months
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Inlisted in the month of April In 1776 and states that he was discharged the last of Decr ’76 or 1st Jany 1777 having inlisted for 9 mos}  Col Swift Connt line
Spring of 1777 States indefinitely some short terms of Service & alleges that the aggregate of his service with the Regulars and the Militia amounts to more than one year.
5. In what battles was he engaged?  None stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?   County of Litchfield Connect
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?   The papers defective in authentication.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
Wm. Gordon  Examining Clerk
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Amos Lamphier
Pension Declaration
Admitted
10 mo 14 days Private
20
10
5.33
46
33.79
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State of New York 
Washington County} ss 
On this 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Washington, Now sitting Amos Lamphier a resident of Greenwich in the said County aforesaid aged seventy years and five months 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 as sed June 7th 1832.  That he enlisted and the service of the United States under the following named offices and served as herein stated. He entered the army of the United States in the month of April 1776 at the town of Kent County of Litchfield State of Connecticut into a company commanded by Capt Bosley and Lieutenant Barnum Colonel Swifts Regiment of the Connecticut Line. He enlisted for nine months. Soldiers could not be obtained at that time for 3 years or during the war. The regiment organized in New Milford Connecticut thence they marched to Peekskill in the State of N. Y. crossed the Hudson, Marched through New Jersey to the Delaware crossed into Pennsylvania a place called Bethlehem from thence they
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marched to White Marsh hill.  General Washington and General McDougal were with the army. This deponent was discharged at the winter quarters near the Schuylkill the last of December 1776 of first of Jan 77.  After his discharge on his return home, crossed the Schuylkill on the ice. The weather was very cold and it snowed the first day the next day they found the roads very muddy. In the spring of he entered the militia as a fifer at Kent aforesaid went to Schenectady in the State of N.Y. was gone about three weeks and returned home.  He was under Captain Turner/   He was called out again under the same Capt. went to Schenectady again by the way of Albany. He afterwards volunteered to go to Saratoga.  Marched through Troy and Half Moon was on this expedition about a fortnight.  And he further saith that his term of service in all regular troops and militia amounts to more than one year.  He has resided at Steventon [Stephentown] in Rensselaer  County since then,  has lived in Greenwich Washington County.  He was born in Stonington in Connecticut in 1762.  He has no record of his age & no documentary testimony, knows of no person who can testify to his service.   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.  
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Sworn in open Court this this 28th day of Aug 1832 
J S Leigh Clk 
Amos Lamphier
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Benjamin Remington residing in the Town of Greenwich aforesaid and Richard Parker residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Lamphier who is described in the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.   
Benjamin Remington  x his mark
Richard Parker
Sworn and Subscribed  the 27th day of August 1832 before me  
Charles F. Ingalls one of the Judges of Washington County Courts 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named
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applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Remington of the Town of Greenwich aforesaid and Richard Parker of the same place who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit and it further appears to the court that their attendance at court could not be procured without too much inconvenience and expense to the applicant.   
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Lamphier for a pension. In whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of August 1832 
J. S. Leigh Clk
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State of New York 
Washington County Ss I John S. Leigh Clerk of Dead County do certify that Charles F Ingalls before whom the annexed certificate of Benjamin Remington & Richard Parker purports to have been sworn was at the date of said certificate one of the Judge of County Courts in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Thirty two 
J. S. Leigh Clk  
1777
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State of New York 
Washington County ss } 
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Amos Lamphier who being by me duly sworn deponeth 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 service, but according to the but of his recollection the served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades   
For nine months I served as a private in Captain Baileys company in Col Smith Regiment in the Connecticut line
For three weeks I served as a fifer under Captain Turner, the non commissioned officers were Sergeant  Maury & Corporal Rogers on an expedition from Staunton County of Rensselaer State of New York to Schenectady, State of New York this service was in the spring of 1777 on an alarm.  
For Four weeks I served as a fifer under Captain Turner with same subaltern officers as in the last mentioned service.  I went from Stephen Town aforesaid, and went directly to Albany and from thence to Schenectady - where I was dismissed by Captain Turner at the expiration of four weeks -  this service was in the summer of 1777-
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For two weeks I served as a fifer in Captain Turners company went from Steventon [Stephentown] in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York to Saratoga by the way of Troy & Waterford the non commissioned officers the same as in the two last expeditions, at the expiration of the fortnight was again dismissed.  This was in October or November 1777. 
And this deponent further saith that the reason he did not procure a clergyman to certify as to his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his service is that there is no clergiman who is sufficiently familiar with his service to certify to it.   
And this deponent further saith that there is mistake in his original declaration in stating he went out in Connecticut, on his first expedition to Schenectady which he did not notice when he swore to it-- he went from Stephen Town as he has herein stated. 
Amos Lamphier
Sworn this 4th day of January 1833 
J. Boles Justice of the peace 
State of New York 
Washington County ss  I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of said County do certify that Joseph Boles before whom the above affidavit of Amos Lamphier  purports to have been sworn was at the date of said affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Greenwich in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe
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his name subscribed to the affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed the Seal of the said Court the twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & Thirty three
J. S. Leigh Clk
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13698 
Rev War  INVALID. 
File No. 13,698 
Amos Lamphier 
Pri Rev war 
Act: June 7th 1832. 
Index: -- Vol. 1  Page 216
[Arrangement of 1870.]