Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,451, Jonathan Tripp, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
mass.
Tripp, Jonathan Gangin
N 22,451
CONTENTS

103 Rhode Island Tamzin Tripp widow of Jonathan Tripp who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1848 and sent to
Franklin Greene Providence R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 27 Vol. 3
Reported Hon. Thos. Davis July 29 1854

State of Rhode Island County of Providence
On this 16 day of October 1838 personally appeared before me Eli Aylesworth one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, I am in Snip now resident in Smithfield in said County aged 71 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 Jonathan Snip late of Farmouth in the State of Massachusetts who was a soldier of the Revolution that he enlisted & served more than two years as Sergeant in Col. H. Jackson's regiment of Continental Troops of the Massachusetts Line, that he drew a pension as an Invalid up the time of his death - and she further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Snip on the fourth day of December 1790

in the town of Yarmouth in the county of Barnstable in said State of Massachusetts. As will appear by the records of said town a certified copy whereof is hereto annexed. Her husband the said Jonathan Tripp died on the 5 th day of August 1808. and since then she has remained unmarried. She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Number hundred & ninety four. To wit at the town above stated, Janu ry 1 st 1809 Albert Eli Sylvester him & Tripp Mark
Providence, Oct 16 1838
Sworn to & Subscribed before me and I further certify said Janu ry from sickness & infirmity is too feeble to attend court
Eli Sylvester Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

I Jerusha Cooper of the City of Providence being now 60 years of age on oath do hereby say that Jonathan Tripp the husband of Sarah Tripp was my father my father died in August 1808 & since then the said Sarah Tripp has remained un- married I was with my father when he died
Providence October 16 1838
Sworn to & Subscribed before me and I further certify said Jerusha Cooper to be a credible witness in the premises
Eli Aspinwall Justice of the Court
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss. I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence in said State, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that Eli Aspinwall Esquire before whom the above & foregoing affidavits were sworn is one of the Justices of our said Court; - that by law he is authorized & qualified to administer oaths and take depositions; and that his true signatures thereto written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court, at the City of Providence, this nineteenth day of October A.D. 1838.
John W. Smith Clerk
(11)

"Samson Robbins born July ye eleventh seventeen hundred and sixty seven"
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "July ye 11-1767"
Attest Simeon Crowell
"Marriages solemnized by the Revd. Nathan Stone"
"Jonathan Skipper & Samson Robbins both of Yarmouth December seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety"
The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: "December 7 th 1790"
Attest Simeon Crowell
State of Massachusetts Barnstable ss.
Yarmouth September 25 th 1838
I Simeon Crowell above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above are true extracts from the records of said Town with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Simeon Crowell Town Clerk Affirmed to before me, Simeon Crowell 3 d Justice of the Peace.
Benefit Wm. G. Allen mother,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable ss — I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Barnstable & Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that Simeon Brownell Esq. is a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified & was so on the 25 th instant and that I believe the within signa- ture purporting to have been made by him to be his genuine Signature —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty six th day of September A.D. 1838 Timothy Reed Clerk
Mr. William Tripp

Samuel Tripp
2951
R.I.
out 7 July 38
Cap North. to see Maxwell line m 90000-
on North. to see - Surf. 1 m. June 78-3 years-
adm
2 yrs surf.
120 A
no deduction
Benjamin Providence R.I.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
am
File No. 228/51
Tamzin Tripp widow of Jonathan Tripp Sergt New Mar
Act: Feb 27 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Invoked

Providence May 22 1839
Sir
In answer to your letter of Feb. 11th to the Hon N R Knight respecting the claims of Mrs. Fanny Tripp widow of Jonathan I believe enclose a supple- mental affidavit correcting her former one & further evidence of identity & service. It seems she made a mis- take in her former declaration as to the regiment to which her husband belonged and it still possible that Samuel Taylor upon whom affidavit she now relies is mistaken as to regiment, but he is correct as to his loss of a leg in the battle of R Island — I L Edwards Esq respectfully Yours Benja. Luce

Providence Oct 31 1839
Sir
I herewith enclose further testimony in case of Mrs. Fanny Trip widow of Jonathan Trip - You may recollect that when I was in Washington on 15 inst you looked & found his name as an Invalid Pensioner as stated & observed that if she would produce some further testimony showing she was the widow of that Jonathan Trip a pension would be granted such testimony is now enclosed -
I am respectfully your obt Servt
Benjamin
J. L. Edwards, Esq.

Hon. N. R. Knight
Feb. 22. 1839.
do. Bamp. Cowell,
July 30. '39.

1882 Langen Tripp
$120 per ann
B. Cowell Providence R.I.

STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
County of Providence
On this 23 d day of March A. D. 1843, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in said County Tamzin Tripp now resident in Smithfield in said County, aged 75 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 Act of Congress, passed March 3d, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, viz: That she is the Widow of Jonathan Tripp — deceased, who served in said War as a Sergeant That she received a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, at the rate of $120 per annum, payable at the Agency for paying pensions at Providence.
Attest George F. Dutton  Tamzin  her  T. Tripp Mark.
Providence Sc. In Smithfield March 23 d A. D., 1843. Personally came before me the above named Tamzin Tripp and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by her signed. and I do certify that she is a creditable person  George F. Dutton Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Providence, ss.
I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in the County of Providence in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that George F. Jerks, who has signed the within certificate, was, on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for the Town of Smithfield, in said County of Providence, duly elected.
In Attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 13 th day of June, A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.

1860
Rhode Island
Jermain Tripp widow of Jonathan Tripp who was a Sgt in the Mass. line for 2 years
Rept Sept 7.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept 1845 and sent to B. Merrill Providence R.I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 97

Rhode Island 4888
Tamzin Tripp. widow of Jonathan Tripp, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 5 th of August. 1868- of Providence in the State of R. Island - who was a Sgt - in the company commanded by Captain Nath of the Reg t commanded by Col. Lee in the Marblets. time for 2 years Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island - at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Janu- ary 1840 - and sent to W. Orwell, Esq. Providence, R.I.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1840 $480.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Jany. " 60.00
$ 540.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. S. Elliot Clerk. Book: 1, Vol. 2 Page 26.

I Enoch Chase of North Providence in the county of Providence do testify and say. — That I am now in my 77 th year of age, — that I have now lived in said town twenty seven years — that before that period I resided in Harwich on Cape Cod where I always resided since I was a year old.
I further testify that I was well acquainted with Jonathan Tripp the husband of Tamzin Tripp who is now his widow. I was well acquainted with them both before their intermarriage. Said Jonathan was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and lost his leg in battle.
I well remember once when said Jonathan & myself were on a fishing excursion he told me that he & another man were wounded at the same time & were carried to the hospital; that he had his leg amputated first, and while he was undergoing the operation the other man died. After the war the said Jonathan drew a pension as an invalid and drew it up to the time of his death. Since his death the said Tamzin has removed to the neighbourhood where I now live & has remained his widow.
When I lived in Harwich said Jonathan was a near neighbour to me. He lived on the other side of the line of the town, in Dennis; but not more than half a mile distant.
Enoch Chase

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Providence ss. In the city of Providence on this Thirteenth day of October A.D. 1839. Then Enoch Chase subscribed to the statement on the other side by me written personally appeared before me and made oath that said statement is true.
I certify that the said Enoch Chase is a credible Witness
William H. Smith Justice of the Peace

I, Mulford Nickerson of Pawtucket, living just over the bridge which separates Rhode Island from Massachusetts do testify and say, — That I am now Fifty eight years of age — that until within the last seventeen years, I always lived in Dennis, a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts I was well acquainted with Jonathan Tripp & Fanny Tripp, his wife, but now his widow, and resident in the state of Rhode Island.
Said Jonathan, as I have always understood, lost his leg in battle during the war of the Revolution, and after the war, he drew a pension as an invalid and continued to draw it up to the time of his death, which was over thirty years ago. Since his death, the said Fanny has remained his widow.
Mulford Nickerson
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Providence ss. In the city of Providence on this Thirtieth day of October A. D. 1839. Mulford Nickerson above named personally appeared & made oath that the facts by him above stated are true, before me
I certify that the said Mulford Nickerson is a credible witness.
William H Smith, Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence Je. I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within for the County of Providence, in said State being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that William H. Smith Esquire, before whom the two foregoing affidavits were sworn, is one of the Justices of the Peace for the City of Providence in said County; that he is by law authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions; and that his two foregoing signatures are genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of our said Court, at Providence this thirtieth day of October A 1839.
John W. Smith clk
(N)

Tripp
Subq.
Inat R 2
Col. Edwards
Commis. of Pensions
Mr. N. R. Snuggett Senate N.S.

Col. Edwards
I am requested to enquire whether any decision has been had on the application of Mrs Catherine Tripp of North Providence Rhode Island for a pension.
Yours respectfully
A. R. Knight
Feb y 8 th 1839

Sangin Fritsch

State of Rhode Island & County of Providence
Tamzin Tripp widow of Jonathan Tripp who was a soldier of the Revolution now maketh further oath in relation to her husband's services. She stated in her first declaration that she believed her hus- band the said Jonathan served in Col H Jackson's regiment of Massachusetts Troops but she now believes it was in Col Shepard's regiment, Capt Webb's Company - according to the affidavit herewith annexed, of Samuel Taylor, who was acquainted with her husband. She stated in her first declaration that her husband was an Invalid Pensioner. This fact she knows, he drew a pension about 19 years before his death which was granted him on account of the loss of his leg. He lost his as he always told in the battle on Rhode Island

in the year 1778, and the bilineus in August of that year - He wore a wooden leg during their intermarriage -
Witness
William Aplin
Sauzin X Scripps her mark
State of Rhode Island
Providence ss Providence May 20. 1859
Then the aforesaid Sauzin Scripps appeared before me and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing And I further certify that said Sauzin is a credible person and that her statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
W. Aplin Jr. Pro. Secy.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss. I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within & for the County of Providence in said State, being a Court of record, do hereby certify, that William Aplin Esquire, before whom the foregoing affi- davit was sworn, is one of the Justices of the Peace for the City of Providence, in said County; and by law is authorized & qualified to administer oaths and take depositions: and that his aforesaid signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of our said Court at Providence this 21 st day of May A D 1839.
John W. Smith Clerk
(Decorative flourish)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable County ss. April 29 th 1839.
I Samuel Taylor of Yarmouth in said County of the age of Eighty Three years depose and say that I was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution for nearly the space of five years. - and that I well knew Jonathan Tripp of Dennis formerly Yarmouth in said County of Barnstable who was a soldier in said Army. I well knew and remember that he was in Captain George Webb's Company in Colonel Shepard's Regiment and General Glore's Brigade. I saw said Tripp frequently during the service and was with him at Stillwater at the capture of Burgoyne. Said Tripp enlisted as I firmly believe as a "driving war" man or else for three years and served from the time of his enlistment until he was wounded and lost his leg at Rhode Island in the year 1778 at which time he returned home. I know further state that I do not know the precise time and place at which he enlisted but am well persuaded and do well know the facts above deposed.
Samuel Taylor
Barnstable Co. ss. April 29. 1839.
State of Massachusetts
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Samuel Taylor above written and made oath that the above deposition by him signed was just and true.
I also certify that I well knew Capt Samuel Taylor above named - that he is a person of strict truth and in all respects a credible witness.
Caleb S. Hunt Justice of Peace
North Lee
1 master June 98 - 3 years -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 85 Nassau Street County of
I Timothy Reed Clerk of the Court at Commonwealth Reads in and for said County hereby certify that Caleb D. Hunt Esquire is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly com- missioned and qualified and that the within signature purporting to have been made by him is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine
Timothy Reed Clerk
I send to you at request of Mr Hunt T.R.

Tamzin Knapp
Ad
1860
Admitted
Franklin Greene Providence R. I.

State of Rhode Island, } ss. COUNTY of Providence }
Smithfield
On this Twenty Second
day of June
1848,
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Providence
Tamzin Tripp , a resident of Smithfield in the county of Providence & State aforesaid aged Eighty One 11/12 th 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 of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war:—That she is the Widow of Jonathan Tripp, who was a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension of One Hundred and twenty dollars per annum, under the act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and } ss. year above written, before me, }
George H. Smith
Justice of the Peace.
her Tamzin X Tripp mark
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
George H. Smith
Justice of the Peace.
State of Rhode Island, } ss. COUNTY of Providence }
I John W Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the county aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that George H Smith is a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid, and is fully authorized to act in said capacity, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Providence on this nineteenth day of July 1848
John W. Smith clerk,