Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19613, Samuel Whaples, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Whaples, Samuel Bulda
W. 19613
CONTENTS

Connecticut 9612
Samuel Whaples of Berlin in the State of Conn. t who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Beebe of the Reg. t commanded by Col. Ennis in the Conn. t Militia line for
16 Mo. & 12 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. t at the rate of 54. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3. d day of June 1833. and sent to Thomas Lee, New Britain, Ct.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 109. 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 1 - 27. 33
$ 136 65.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. Francis Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 d Page 45.

State of Connecticut } ss. Berlin August 16 th 1832. Hartford County }
On this 16 th day of August A 1832 personally appeared, in open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Berlin, now sitting, Samuel Whaples, a resident of said Berlin in the county aforesaid, aged 71 years, who being first 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st That he enlisted into Capt n Asa Brays company of State Troops in the month of March 1778 in Col d Grahams Regiment, marched to Horse Neck & thence to White Plains in the state of New York & thence to West Point I was employed in digging a bomb proof, 18 rods long, and 18 feet wide & 5 foot deep. Served at this time, about one year, which was the term of time I enlisted for.
2 d In the year 1780. I went into the service of the United States as a substitute for Chauncy Curtis of Farmington in Capt n Peter Curtis, company in Col d Beecher's Regiment I went to Horse Neck was stationed there, & served in this campaign eight months
3 rd In the year 1781 I was in the united service at New Haven in Capt n Woodford's company, in Col d Grahams Regiment, as a substitute for Edward Porter of Farmington & served six weeks at this time principally in guarding.
I have no documentary evidence of any of my services

Interrogatories 1 st
Answer. I was born in Sandersfield in Massachusetts. Since the age of about 7 I have most of the time lived in that part of Boston which was formerly Dorchester. I was born April 1762. I shall be 71 next April.
 2 — Answer I have no record of my age  3 — do In Boston as above mentioned  4 th — do Answered in my declaration  5 th — do do do do do  6 — do I had no discharge written as was discharged in Natick a company —  7 — do Nathaniel Penfield & Solomon Edson & Luther Buckley ss. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Samuel Mayhew
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas L. Jess Judge of Probate Berlin District

State of Connecticut } ss. Berlin August 16 th 1832 Hartford County }
I Nathaniel Penfield of Berlin in the county aforesaid Certify. That I am well acquainted with Samuel Whaples who has signed & sworn to the foregoing declarations, and I have always from my boyhood lived in the same town with him, and in the year 1778 in the month of February, or first of March, I went into the United States service by enlistment with said Samuel Whaples, and was in the same company with him for one year, under Capt Asa Bray, in Col d Goo d Regiment, we were at Horse Neck, White Plains, & West Point, & said Whaples served through the term of enlistment, viz, one year. I also remember that said Whaples was in the service of the United States several other times , as a substitute, he has always been known in the neighborhood as a soldier of the Revolution, and it is not doubted by any who knew him, he is a man of truth, & sustains a good moral character, and a very poor man, with a large family. There is no doubt in my opinion but he did all the service he has stated in his several declarations. Nath l Penfield
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut } Berlin District Hartford County. } ss Berlin August 16 th 1832
We Ambrose Edson a Clergyman residing in the town of Berlin, & Luther Beckley a Magistrate residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Whaples who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declarations, that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, & we concur in that opinion.
Ambrose Edson Luther Beckley

Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate
Berlin District
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the aforesaid applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier as he states.
And the court further certifies, that that the Rev. Asa Bushnell who has signed & sworn to the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Berlin, County of Washington, and that Luther Buckley Esq. is a magistrate residing in the same, and is a credible person, & that their statements is entitled to credit, and the court further certifies that Nathaniel Penfield who has signed & sworn to a foregoing certificate is a resident of Berlin - an applicant for a pension - a man of good character for truth - That Dennis Wright who has signed & sworn to a certificate accompanying this application is to the court unknown - is said to be an applicant for a pension from Wetherfield & your Hon. is requested to refer to his application in reference to his character certified by me, Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin Dist.
Samuel Whaples Berlin Dist.
7665.
I George Washington Southworth Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Berlin, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Whaples for a pension and I also certify that Thomas Lee, who has affixed his name in his own proper handwriting as above is Judge of Probate for Berlin District.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Geo. W. Southworth Clerk
Return in requested to Thomas Lee New Britain P Office Northend county Conn.

Connecticut - 832.
Huldah Whaples - widow of Samuel Whaples, in Connecticut, who was a pensioner under the Act of July 7. June 32 and who died on the 3 rd Oct 1833 - of New Haven in the State of Conn. who was a P. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Bates of the Reg t commanded by E. E. E. in the Conn. line for 10 months 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 34 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Nov 38, and sent to S. H. Parsons New Haven, Ct.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept - $86.65 Semi-annual allowance ending 17.33
$103.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 217

X 58 Cont. Naeah Whaples widow of Sam
5 years.
act 7. July '38
Married in 1791. clergy -man's record forwarded by his son & returned -
adm. $34.66 \frac{2}{3}
no deduction
S. H. Parsons Hartford Conn.

Preparation
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,
State of Connecticut } ss Berlin County of Hartford }
On this first day of August 1838, personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Berlin Huldah Whaples a resident of said Berlin in the said County of Hartford aged sixty four 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 Samuel Whaples who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 1832. for the roll of the Connecticut Agency, for services in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Connecticut Militia.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Whaples on the 27 th day of May 1791; That her husband, the aforesaid

Samuel Whaples died on the 3 rd day of December 1833; that 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 and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed
Hulda Whaples her Mark
On the day & year above written this first day of August 1838
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Probate Court and subscribed my name this first day of August 1838-3.
Joseph Wright Judge of Probate District of Berlin
I Joseph Wright above named do hereby certify that Hulda Whaples the signer of the preceding declaration is the widow of Samuel Whaples, who was a pensioner of the U. States, under the Act of June 7 1832, & died in Berlin, in 1833. I was well acquainted with S d Whaples prior to his death for many years--
Attest. Joseph Wright Judge of Probate Berlin

"May 27. 1791 Then Samuel Whaples & Huldah Langdon, both of Berlin were joined together in marriage by I See Just Peace -"
I Thomas Lee of New Britain (a parish of Berlin) do hereby say that the preceding extract from the records of my grandfather Isaac Lee is a true copy thereof; and that I was personally acquainted with Samuel Whaples who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 1832 on the Connec- cut Agency & died several years ago in the town of Berlin leaving a widow by the name of Huldah Whaples who now resides in said Berlin and is the same person named in the preceding extract as having been married by my grandfather the said Isaac Lee on the 27 th day of May, Seventeen hundred & ninety one. The original record from which the above extract is made has been in my possession since the year 1837 before me declared to my father - who was the executor of my grandfather's estate Given to subscribe } Thomas Lee This first day of August 1838 } Before me a Notary Public for the State of

Connecticut, duly commissioned & qualified; In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Notarial Seal and subscribed my name. This first day of August A.D. 1838.
Samuel H. Parsons Notary Public
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Lee Esqr, who signed & swore to the preceding affidavit & that he is a person of veracity.
Samuel H. Parsons Notary Public

Samuel Daniel Whipple
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Admitted Private. 16 mo & 12 days Court abolition
Thomas Lee Esq. New Britain Court

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Chaplin  of Berlin in the State of Connecticut  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  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.   Years, Months, Days.     March In 1778 1 — Private Gen. Col o Eno   30 3 " Col o Bee —   31 1 mo 22 Col o Eno   1 mo 12 days  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berlin  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Samuel Wright's certificate is not properly attested It is not certified that Henry Buckley is Father of the Plaintiff
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Butts Examining Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19613 Hulda Whaples Widow of Samuel Whaples Pri Rev War
Act: July 1 st 88 Index:—Vol. M , Page 332
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V 58 — Cont.
Let. to Saml. H. Parsons, 21 Aug. 38
Act 7 July 1838

Erron computation should be $54.66. Send it back and I will enter it.
NWA
34.66 is right.

58 Aug 9 Ct 7 July 1838
J. G. Edwards Esquire Barnstable Mass. Washington -

Hartford August 6. 1838
Sir,
Enclosed is an application for a pension under the Act of July 7. 1832 in favor of Huldah Whaples, the widow of Samuel Whaples decd. Mr Whaples served in the Connecticut Militia for the 3' June 1833 was placed on the pension roll of the Connecticut Agency under the Act of June 7. 1832. He died at Berlin in Hartford County Dec 3. 1833. By the enclosed affidavit of Thomas Lee Esq late Judge of Probate for the District of Berlin, (whose signature is familiar to the War Department) it appears that said Whaples was married to the present applicant May 27. 1791. by Isaac Lee Esq the Grandfather of the deponent, whose records are in the possession of his Grandson the said Thomas Lee Esq. Be pleased to address your reply to me at this place - and  I am Sir Yr Obedt Servt Samuel H. Parsons  J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions Washington

Hartford September 15 th 1838.
On the 6 th Ult o . I forwarded to your Office An application for a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, in favor of Huldah Whaples, the Widow of Samuel Whaples dec d ; And in proof of her marriage enclosed a Copy of the record sworn to by the Grandson of the Magistrate who performed the ceremony, the Grandson having the original records in his possession.
In reply I rec d your letter of 21 Ult o , stating that the original should be forwarded as a formal Certificate of the Probate Court, as to its genuineness. Where has delivered to me the original record & consented to my sending the same for your personal inspection, respectfully requesting that it be returned to his Custody, regarding the document as a valuable family memorial of his ancestor, & useful in proving the marriage of many who may hereafter apply for the benefits of the late Act of Congress.

You remark that her husband was allowed for 12 months service in 1778 under Col Ennis, which is now known to have been but six months and that her pension will be reduced rateably to 10 months -
Mrs Whaples, from an imperfection of memory, much enfeebled by a lingering decease, is unable to detail the services of her late husband; It is however her impression that all the services stated by him were not originally admitted, but may possibly hereafter be proved by documentary evidence in the State Comptroller's office if she were possessed of the statements made by him under the Act of 7 June 1832.
She is poor - wholly dependent upon public charity - and needs all that the actual services of her husband entitle her to; and I hope therefore, in full consideration of the case, she will receive not only the amount of her late husband's pension, but also the full amount claimed by him under the act of 7 June 1832. J. L. Edwards Esq Comt of pensions Washington very respectfully I am Yr. Ob. S. Saml H. Parsons

P.S. The claims of Elizabeth Frost, Deborah Goodrich & Phebe Norton under the Act of July 7. 1838 are now pending in your office.
N.B. The marriage of Samuel Whaples to Huldah Langdon (now Mrs. Whaples) May 27. 1791 - is recorded at the bottom of the page - upon which this letter is pinned -

Daniel Wright's
Deposition to be used in the matter of the application of Mr Samuel Whaples of Berlin la c. Pinnin

I (Daniel Wright aged sixty nine years of Wethersfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut do hereby under oath, that I am well acquainted with Samuel Whaples of Berlin in said County who is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and do know that he served in the Connecticut Militia at home neck in the year 1780 in the same regiment and same Company with me under the command of Col Bazalrea Beebe and Capt Peter Curtis and further this deponent saith not Wethersfield August 15 th 1832
Daniel Wright
State of Connecticut County of Hartford } ss Wethersfield August 15 th 1832 personally appeared the above named Daniel Wright who subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the same before me Henry Bushnell Justice of the Peace