Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,447, Edward Tripp, Navy R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy R. J.
Tripp Edward Avis
N 22,447
CONTENTS

N o 6300 Rhode Island
R d - Rent
Barbara Angell, Edward Tripp, Free Love Brayton and Mary Love, children of widow Mrs. Tripp, deceased, who was the widow of Edward Tripp, deceased, priv: Seaman. who was a pensioner under the Act of  and who died on the 13th: February 1801.
of  in the State of who was a private & C in the  commanded by Captain  of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Green in the Rhode Island line for 6 months private & 10 mos: Seaman on board the Frigate Providence Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island - at the rate of 100 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and ter- -minating 7th: April 1839 - the day of her death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 - day of July 1841 and sent to Benjamin Howell, Providence, R. Island -
on 20 July 41 -
Arrears to the 8th of April 1839 $185.50
Semi-annual allowance ending
$485.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Will m H u ewart Clerk, Book A - Vol. 2 Page 26 -

Miss Tripp
Waverly, Greene, Clarke
no 7847
R.I.
at 7 July 38
m 83 do.
emo 1780 pi
10- Seaman
adm Osno pi 10- Seaman
60-4
7 apl. 39-
to Barbara Angel - Edward Tripp Freelove Brayton & Mary Love children of Avis Tripp died from 4 march 36 to 7 apl. 39 the day of her death
Benjamin Lowell Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 9 day of October 1838 personally appeared in open court being the Municipal Court of the city of Providence a court of Record Abigail Tripp now resident in said city and 74 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7 1838 entitled an "act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" viz that she is the widow of Edward Tripp formerly of North Providence who was a soldier of the Revolution, that he served as a private six months in Col Green's regi- ment of the continental Troops in 1780 and he also served at many other periods of the war but she cannot specify his services or his officers names. She must therefore refer to the affidavits of those who had a better knowledge of them. And she further declares that she was married to the said Edward Tripp in Smithfield in said county where she resided on the 5 day of January AD 1783 but she has no record of her said marriage

but her marriage is not recorded nor has she any bride registry of it, but her brother John Ayer was present and his affidavit is annexed. Her husband the said Edward died on the thirteenth day February AD 1801 and since then she has remained unwid- owed. She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four Witness                      Avis her Tripp Thomas Burgess                      cross.
Manuscript Court in the City of Providence, October 9 th 1838.
Subscribed and duly sworn to by Avis Tripp, in open Court.
Abel Greene Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Providence, Fe. 3
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence, and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, April 23 d . 1839.
This Court order it to be certified, that the afore- going, Declaration of Miss Fanny was by her duly subscribed and sworn to, in open Court, on the ninth day of October last past; and that her statements are entitled to credit; and also that John Angell and Amariah Weatherhead who have signed Depositions annexed, are both credible persons; and that Thomas Mann who has signed an annexed certificate, was at the date thereof, and now is, Town Clerk of the Town of Smithfield in said County of Providence.
In Testimony whereof I, Albert G. Green Clerk of said Court, have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 23 d day of April, A.D. 1839.
I also certify, that Walter S. Burges who has signed a preceding certificate, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within & for said City of Providence, duly appointed and qualified; - that Stephen D. Mearny who has signed a preceding certificate, was at the date thereof a Public Notary within & for said County of Providence, duly appointed and qualified; and that Abel Cook, who has signed a preceding certificate,

was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for the town of Cumberland in said County of Providence, duly appointed and qualified; and that full faith and credit ought to be given to their several attestations.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.
to the Hon. the Justices of the Peace in and for the town of Cumberland, in said County of Providence, R.I.

I John Angell of Smithfield in the County of Providence being now 72 years of age on oath do testify & say that Avis Tripp widow of Edward Tripp now resident in the city of Providence is my sister. I was present at the wedding & saw her married to said Edward. She was married in Smithfield at my fathers house by Elder Samuel Winsor in January 1783. of this part I have a clear & distinct recollection. I also testify that I have heard said Edward say that he was in the battle on Rhode Island in 1778 but I do not re- member under what Captain he was.
John Angell
Signed & sworn to before me this 2 nd day of October 1838.
Before me W. S. Burges
Deus. Peace
I also certify that S d John Angell is a credible witness — W. S. Burges Deus. Peace

Town Clerk's Office, Smithfield September 25. 1838. I Thomas Mann Town Clerk of the Town of Smithfield do certify and say that I am the keeper of records of marriages of said Town & I further certify that I can not find the marriage of Edward Tripp & Miss Angell on record in said Town. And I also certify that for many years past as well before and during as since the war of the revolution many marriages have taken place in said Town which have not been recorded in said Office.
Witness
Thomas Mann Town Clerk
Providence R.I. Smithfield September 25th A.D. 1838 Personally appeared the above named Thomas Mann who is now Town Clerk of the Town of Smithfield and was duly sworn to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. And I certify that the above signature "Thomas Mann" is in his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are to be given to his signature and attestations as Town Clerk as aforesaid
Before Me
Stephen D Mowry Judick Notary

Margaret Douglas
Mrs T. L. L.
(Age 16, she is now dead.)

I Amariah Witherhead of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island being now 80 years of age on solemn oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Edward Tripp formerly of North Providence we served six months together in Col. Gowns Regiment in the year 1780 in the same Company I was Sergeant and said Edward was a private we enlisted were for six months in June of that year and the Company was commanded by Capt. Trafton we were stationed at Rhode Island Amariah Witherhead
State of Rhode Island Providence ss In Cumberland September 26 A.D. 1838 Then the above named Amariah Witherhead appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing deposition which was reduced to writing by me in his presence and by him. Subscribed in my presence I further testify that said Amariah Witherhead is known to me as of good reputation and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Asahel Cook Justice of the Peace

Air Trip
1.82.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Providence ss
Municipal Court of the City of Providence in the County of Providence, and State aforesaid exercising Probate Jurisdiction, (being a Court of Record)
March 31 st 1840.
Be it Remembered, that satisfactory testimony has been this Day produced before this Court, to prove that Mrs. Miss L. of said Providence, deceased, an Applicant for a pension from the United States, widow of Edward Tripp, formerly of North Providence in said County of Providence, Died on the seventh Day of April, A.D. 1839; and that, at the time of her Death, she the said Mrs. left the following named children by said Edward, - to wit, Barbara Angell of Smithfield in said County, widow, - Edward K. Tripp of the City of New York, - Freelove Brayton, wife of Baarston Brayton, of said Smithfield, - and Mary Love, wife of Charles Love of said City of Prov- idence; - that all of said children are over twenty-one years of age, and that they are the only children of said Edward and Mrs.
In Attestation whereof, I Albert G. Greene, Clerk of said Court, have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 31 st Day of March, A.D. 1840.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.

Mrs Abigail Foss
Payment to be made at Providence R. I. by Stephen Waterman Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Rhode Island Payable on the 1th March and 1th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 1th day of Payable on applica- -tion.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2.
Page 26. by
William Stuart Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Barbara Angell, Edward Tripp, Freelove Brayton and Mary Love children of Avis Tripp, deceased, widow of Edward Tripp, deceased. who was a Private and Seaman in the Revolutionary War - and died on the thirteenth day of February 1801 - is entitled to receive a  five years pension at the rate of Sixty - dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage  which terminated on the 7th of April 1839 the day of of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension her death will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth - day of July  July one thousand eight hundred and forty one

February 15, 1934
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Mrs. E. J. Scofield
Osage, Iowa
EDWARD TRIPP W. 22447 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Edward Tripp whose wife, Avis, applied for pension.
The record of Edward Tripp is furnished below as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 22447, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
While residing in North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, he enlisted in 1777, served as seaman on board the frigate, "Providence", Commodore Abraham Whipple, and was in the battle of Rhode Island, length of this service ten months. He enlisted in June, 1780, served six months as private in Captain Trafair's or Trafain's company, Colonel Greene's Rhode Island regiment, and was stationed at Rhode Island.
He died February 13, 1801.
Edward Tripp married January 5, 1783, in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, Avis Angell, a resident of that place; they were married at the home of her father whose name was not given.
Soldier's widow, Avis Tripp, applied for pension October 9, 1838, at which time she was seventy-four years of age and a resident of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. The claim was allowed. She died April 7, 1839, in said Providence, Rhode Island.

The names of the following children of the soldier, Edward Tripp, and his wife, Avis, are shown in the claim, who in 1840 were said to be the only children of the soldier and their places of residence at that time were given as follow:
Barbara Angell, a widow, residing in Smithfield, Rhode Island, (the name of her husband not shown).
Edward Tripp, of New York City
Freelove Brayton, wife of Boylston Brayton, he then aged fifty-three years and a resident of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Mary Love, wife of Charles Love, of the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
In 1780 the soldier referred to one John Tripp, of North Providence, Rhode Island, as his trusty friend, but did not state his relationship.
In 1838, John Angell, aged seventy-two years, a brother of soldier's wife, Avis, was residing in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Providence. in Johnston, July 14. 1780. personally came the within named Edward Tripp and did acknowledge the within written power to be his free act & Deed. hand & Seal thereunto affixed, Before me
Abm Belknap Jus. peace
Edw. Tripp power

Know all Men by these Presents that I Edward Tripp of North Providence in the State of Rhode-Island & Blacksmith, and a Soldier in the New Levy of Men for the Six months Service from said Town of North Providence do constitute and make my trusty Friend John Tripp of said North Providence Blacksmith to be my general and full Attorney in all Cases whatsoever, and do hereby empower him my said Attorney to appear as my compleat representative before any Court Officer Magistrate and person whatever and there on my Behalf and Name to do and finish every matter and Thing which I myself could or might lawfully do in Person with Power of Substitution. Witness my Hand and Seal the fourteenth Day of July in the Year of our LORD One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty, and of Independence the Fifth.
Witnesses.
Abn. Belknap
Edward Tripp

Providence Aug 6 1841
Sir
I herewith return the certificate granted in behalf of the children of the Rev. Asa Tripp deceased for the correction of a small error - The certificate should state, I believe, the time of her death in order that children might draw the pension up to that time -
I am respectfully your obed servt
Benja Lowell
J L Edwards Esq

Providence June 1 st 1841
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Abigail Tripp, deceased, widow of Edward Tripp, & the certificate of the Court of Probate of her death & of the names of the children. The delay in sending the papers was caused by the want of evidence of his services on board the Frigate Providence. It was understood he had served most all the war in various capacities in the army & navy & yet not until lately could evidence be found of this latter service, and it is believed the evidence now enclosed, of this service does not prove so much as he served as seaman on board that Frigate, - I believe however the proof will be found satisfactory for 18 Months & have to request that

a certificate may be granted ordering the arrears of pension to be paid the children for that amount of service
I am respectfully your att servt Benjamin Lowell
J L Edwards Esq

1934 Feb. 15 Hrt. to Wm. E. Peofield - MLT.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
22447
Barbara Angell. Edward Tripp. Freelove Bragdon and Mary Leove Children of Edward Tripp Prior Rev. War.
Act
July 7 th 1868
Index: Vol.
46
Page
282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No claim Oldson, D. M. as Quilt w. 1934
Osage Iowa
Jan 31st 1934
The Pension Office Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs:- I am a descendant of Edward Tripp and I understand his wife, Avis applied for a pension. I am a descendant through his first wife. Is she mentioned, name or any data?
Can you give me the dates of his birth death and war service? Can you give me names of his wife and children?
Any information would be greatly appreciated. He lived in Johnston and enlisted from No. Providence.
Yours Truly
Mrs. E. J. Scofield
Osage Iowa

I, Boylston Brayton of Smithfield in the County of Providence and State of Rhode-Island be, on oath, do testify and say, that I am now fifty-three years of age, that I was well ac- -quainted with Edward Tripp, the hus- -band of Miss Tripp. He used to work for my father, a blacksmith by trade, I have heard him frequently mention of his performing military service dur- -ing the war of the Revolution. I have heard him say that he served on board the Frigate Providence under Captain Commodore Abraham Whipple as a seaman, that he served under him for some time, how long I don't remem- -ber, -
Boylston Brayton
Providence S. I. In Providence, on this Twelfth day of September, A. D. 1840, personally appeared before me, Boyls- -ton Brayton, subscriber to the foregoing deposition, and made solemn oath of the truth of the same, and I do certify that said Boylston Brayton is a cred- -ible witness, and that his statements are entitled to full credit.
Gamaliel B. Dright, Public Notary.

I Ebenezer Smith of South Kingston in the county of on oath do testify and say that I am now in the 84 th year of my age that in the year 1777 I was on board of the frigate Providence under the command of Abraham Whipple and served 10 months on board of said frigate And I further testify and say that I well remember a man by the name of Edmund Dripps who served on board at the same time with me as a seaman said Edmund Dripps belonged to North Providence as I believe I think said Dripps was on board when I first entered on board the frigate Providence and went the same voyage with me, and further this deponent saith Not
his Ebenezer Smith mark
Washington ft In South Kingston May 19 th 1841 Personally appeared before me the above named Ebenezer Smith and made oath to the above deposition by him signed and I further certify the said Ebenezer is a credible witness
Haris Smith justice of the peace

I Job Shearman of Exeter in the County of Washington on oath do testify and say that I am now in the Eighty fourth year of my age that in the year 1777 I went on board of the frigate Providence under the command of Abraham Whipple I think in the month of November I served as a seaman thirteen months And I further testify that I well remember a man by the name of Edward Griffis who served on board at the same time with me as a seaman Said Edward Griffis belonged to North Berwick as I believe I think the said Edward was on board when I first entered the frigate Providence and went the same voyage with me and I further testify that he was discharged at the same time when I was And further this deponent saith not
Job Shearman
Washington ss In Exeter January 11 th 1841 Personally appeared before me the above named Job Shearman and made oath to the above deposition by him signed & I further certify Said Job is a credible witness
Harris Smith justice Clerk

for Anis Tripp

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office June 1. 1841.
I Henry Bowen Secretary of said State and Keeper of the Records and the Seal thereof Do Certify that at the date of the official certificates severally annexed the said Nathan Smith was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Washington: and Gamaliel S D Wright a Public Notary within the County of Providence, duly elected and commissioned, as appears of record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State at Providence the day and year above written
Henry Bowen