Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15448, William Tribon, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Tribon, William or Tribou
N. 15448
CONTENTS
Amy or Ama

2764 Massachusetts Amy Tribon widow of William Tribon
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Chap Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Jan'y 14/49 and sent to
Hon. A. Hale Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 165 Vol. 2.
Reported Jan'y 3/49

on roll Vol 15- pages 3 P. 8 ms.

2389
Amy Tolson Miss,
aunt P. 20/11 66.55 no paper in
Apr 24
J. R. Lord Physician

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Massachusetts ss.
On this second day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Otma Tribon, a resident of East Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth aforesaid, aged seventy five years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of William Tribon, who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution. That according to the best of her information, knowledge & belief, the said Tribon, in the autumn of the year, 1774, resided in the town of Bridgewater, county of Plymouth, Commonwealth aforesaid, & then enlisted as a minute man under Lieut. Ephraim Jackson, & Capt. Daniel Lothrop; - that he mustered at a place then called Tank, now Hanson, in said County of Plymouth,

on the nineteenth day of April, 1775; & the next day marched with a company of infantry to Marshfield, in said County of Plymouth, & continued there about one week, he then returned to said Bridgewater, & immediately thereafter marched to Roxbury, in said State of Massachusetts, & served there as a soldier under the said Capt. Lothrop, & Col. John Bailey, for the term of eight months. - The said Tailhou, in the month of December, 1775, or January, 1776, enlisted for a year's service, in a company of infantry, under the command of Capt. Elyah Crooker, & Col. John Bailey, & in the spring of the year, 1776, marched to New London, there took shipping & went to the City of New York, was stationed about a mile & a half north of that City until after the battle on Long Island, whither he went for one day & threw up breast-works, but was driven off by the British & retreated to Harlem Heights, had a skirmish at that place, then retreated to White Plains, there had another skirmish, still retreated through New Jersey, & crossed the Delaware into the State of Pennsylvania. On the 25 th or 26 th of December, 1776, he recrossed the Delaware & was at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton. In January, 1777, he went with the army under the command of Gen. Washington from Trenton to Princeton, where Gen. Mercer was killed, & about 500 of the British were killed & taken. He then with the army went into winter quarters, & in the latter part of the last

mentioned month, having served out the further term of one year, amounting in the whole to twenty months, was honorably discharged. - She has now no documentary evidence in support of her claim, though she has formerly seen papers relating to his services in the revolutionary war, which she believes to have been his discharges, but which papers are now lost or destroyed; - she refers to such papers as may be found at Washington as additional evidence, but she knows of no person now alive, except Maj. Daniel Hartwell, whose deposition is herewith annexed, who has any actual knowledge of his services.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Triben, on the twenty fourth day of November, in the year seventeen hundred & eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid William Triben died on the twelfth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred & fifteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. Anna X Triben. mark.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first before written Before me
William Wood J. Prob.

Plymouth Y. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willies Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within signature purporting to be signed by him is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this Ninth day of October 1858.
Jacob H. Lord

"Married by Mr. Phillip Curtis."
"William Tribou of Bridgewater, and Anna Belcher of Sharon."
I Jeremiah Richards of Sharon, in the County of Norfolk, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record in the Office of the Clerk of the said Town of Sharon, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows: "Nov r 24, 1784." "Married by Mr. Phillip Curtis."
I Jeremiah Richards, above named, depose and say: that I hold the Office of Clerk of the Town of Sharon, in the County of Norfolk, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Sharon, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Jeremiah Richards, Clerk of the Town of Sharon.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Norfolk ss. August 7 th 1838. Sworn before me, Jeremiah Gould
Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk.
I Jonathan H. Gobb Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that

that Jeremiah Gould is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Norfolk & that his signature on this paper is genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this seventh day of August (A.D. 1838) Jonathan H. Cobb

✓ Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ys. Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Austin Packard Esquire is a Justice of the Peace & that the signa- tures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be sign- ed by him are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this Sixth day of Octo- ber 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

I Daniel Hartwell of West- Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, gentleman, being in the eighty third year of my age, & a Pensioner of the United States, do depose & say, that I was formerly well acquainted with the late William Tribou, who was a soldier with me in the army of the Revolution. with me . - In the autumn of the year 1774, said Tribou resided in the town of Bridgewater, & County aforesaid; & he then enlisted with me, as a minute- man under Lieut. Ephraim Jackson, & Capt. Daniel Lothrop, (who then had the command of a field-piece,) we mustered at a place, then called Junk, now Hanson, in said County of Plymouth, (Col. Hatch was the Muster- Master,) - on the 19 th day of April, 1775, the day of the battle of Lexington; & before we left the muster ground, we heard of that battle. - The next morning Capt. Lothrop, with a company of Infantry, including said Tribou & myself, were ordered to Marshfield, in said County of Plymouth; we then went there & laid in camp, I should think one week; we then returned to Bridgewater, & immediately marched to Roxbury, in the State of Massachusetts, & we both served there under the said Capt. Lothrop, & Col. John Bailey, for the term of eight months. - On the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, we marched to Boston-neck, & continued there during the greater part of that day.

We, the said Triban & myself, then in the month of December, 1775, or January, 1776, enlisted for a year's service, in a company of infantry, under the command of Capt. Elijah Crooker, & Col. John Bailey. In the spring of the year, 1776, we marched to New London, there took shipping & went to the City of New York, we were then stationed about a mile & a half north of that City, & remained there until after the battle on Long Island, when we went to that Island, one day, & threw up breast-works, but the British drove us off & we retreated to Harlem Heights. We had a skirmish at that place, & the British killed 15 men out of our Regiment at the first fire; we then retreated to White Plains, there had another skirmish, & still retreating through New Jersey, crossed the Delaware into the State of Pennsylvania. On the 25 th or 26 th of December, 1776, we again crossed the Delaware & took about 1100 Hessians at Trenton. In January, 1777, Gen. Washington stole his march from Trenton & went to Princeton, where Gen. Mercer was killed, & about 500 of the British were killed & taken. We then went into winter-quarters, & in the latter part of January, said Triban having served out the further term of one year, amounting in the whole to twenty months, was honorably discharged.
The said Triban having been in the same mess with me during all the time aforesaid, I am enabled to state the foregoing facts with much particularity. Daniel Hartwell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Plymouth ss.
August 9 th 1838. Then the aforesaid Maj. Daniel Hartwell personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, within & for the said County of Plymouth, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed.
And I hereby certify that, the said Daniel Hartwell is a disinterested, competent, & credible witness, & that, in my opinion, full faith & credit ought to be given to his deposition aforesaid.
Austin Packard.

I Peter Tribon of West Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, do depose & say that I formerly well knew the William Tribon who is named in the foregoing declaration; that I have often heard him relate his services in the army of the revolution; & that, according to the best of my remembrance & belief, he died on the twelfth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred & fifteen, as stated in the aforesaid declaration of his widow.
I further depose & say that I am well acquainted with the said Anna Tribon named in the said declaration, that she is the widow of the late said William Tribon, & that she has never been married since the decease of her said husband.
Peter Tribon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Plymouth ss. September 13 th 1838.
Then the said Peter Tribon personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the justices of the Peace, within & for the said County of Plymouth, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
And I hereby certify that the said Peter Tribon is a competent & credible witness, & that, in my opinion, full faith & credit ought to be given to the foregoing deposition.
Justin Packard.

(1,371)
Massachusetts
Amy Tribon widow of William Tribon who was a Private in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of January 1844 and sent to John W. Thomas Plymouth, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page, 55
Rep. Jan 15 1844
Secy. Packard. April 10/44

2508
Writ? May 15. 39 let to W. Young same date
Massachusetts
Anne Tribou widow of William Tribou
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 12th November 1815 of Plymouth in the State of U.S. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dethrop of the Regt commanded by Col. Bailey in the U.S. line for 10 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of U.S. at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of April 1839 and Seal  J. H. Lord  Plymouth  U.S.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 39 , $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept.  33.33 $233.33
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. Addison Clerk, Book 1st Vol. 1st Page 136

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WIDOW, &c.
le No. _____
15448
Amz Tribon
Widow of
William Tribon
Pri Rev War
Act: _____
Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. _____
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Free
Hon Artemas Hale M.C. Washington

West Bridgewater Dec 30 th 1848
Artemas Hale Esq.
Dear Sir About the first of September last the necessary papers were forwarded to Washington by G. S. Bulfinch Esq. of Boston, to obtain a certificate for a Pension for Amy Tibbetts Wife of William Tibbetts of this Town Nothing has been done towards forwarding the certificate & no prospect of its coming without some special agent to see to it, you will much oblige the old lady, who is very needy & very feeble, if you will attend to her case & forward the certificate to me as soon as convenient
Respectfully Yours
Dwelling Hobbs
Ho. Rep't Jan'y 3 1849
Sir
Permit me to ask your attention to the above case as early as possible
Resp. Yours Artemas Hale

A Packard
April 10/84

Mass.
West Bridgewater, March 25 th 1844.
Sir
In answer to the interrogatory on your printed circular of the 19 th inst. viz. "when was the declaration of Amy Tribon forwarded and by whom?" - I have to reply that said declaration was (as I am informed) forwarded about the middle of last November, by John B. Thomas, Esq. the Clerk of the Courts for the County of Plymouth.
Yours respectfully, Austin Packard.
J. L. Edwards, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.
Not a Ryte
N. B. If said declaration has not been received, a new one can be prepared, on receiving notice.
Ad. M 4377
(Mar 25/44)

State of Massachusetts, } ss. Plymouth County, }
On this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before Austin Packard, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth, & State of Massachusetts, Amy Tribou, a resident of North Bridgewater, in the said County of Plymouth, aged eighty three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1843, entitled, "An Act granting a pension to certain revolutionary soldiers."
That she is the widow of William Tribou who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution; that she was a Pensioner under the Act of the 7 th of July 1838, & has received a pension under the last mentioned Act, at the rate of Sixty Six Dollars & Sixty Six Cents per annum; that she formerly had a Certificate entitling her to receive the same, signed by J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, dated April 25 th 1839, &

numbered 2508, which she surrendered when she received the last payment of her said pension.
She further declares that she is still the widow of the said William Tribou.
Witness.
her
William Tribou Austin Packard.
Army
X
Tribou
mark.
Sworn to & subscribed, by her mark, on the day & year above written. And I do hereby certify that the declarant is personally known to me.
Before me, Austin Packard,
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks Office Nov 10 1842
I John W Morris Clerk of the Superior Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Austin Richards signed before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to in a further of the hearing in the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth, and that his signature to the said though is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court on this day year aforesaid.
John W Morris Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 26 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Dwelly Hobbs was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J B Cushman
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Plymouth COUNTY, }
On this Thirty first day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Amy Tribou a resident of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth aforesaid aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of William Tribou who was a resident of West Bridgewater and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Amy X Tribou mark [L.S. Seal]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of Vesta Tribou } D. Welley Hobbs
Elizabeth Hobbs } Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares. D. Welley Hobbs Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
and the Seal of said Court, this 18
CLERK.