Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19772, Joseph Tupper, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Yupker, Joseph Hill, Lydia
W 19772
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
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Day of March My Daughter Abigail was born February 29 th 1780 my son David was born December 16 1881 My son Eli was born February 27 th 1787 my son Daniel was born March 12 1786 my son Joseph was born Jan the 24 th 1788 My son Samuel was born January 12 1789 My son Menzies was born February 8 th 1791

Albany. No. York. 8170.
Lydia Hill, dec d . forty widow of Joseph Tupper who was a Sergt. & Lieut.
in the Massachusetts Line
Husband died in 1797.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 41 1/4 Dollars 9 3/4
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, and on 11 th March 1845, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of May 1847, and sent to
Arad Joy, Esq. Ovid N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 77
J.
Payable to Mercy, M. R., Nathaniel and Daniel Tupper & Lois Johnson, only children.
2 certifs.
1838 V. Rep d

applicant for a pension Lydia Hill who still remain a widow Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of November 1844 Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
Mary Dupper
I certify that the above named Mary Dupper is a respectable person Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
State of New York County of Genesee ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a person known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed. Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts I personally appeared before me this day a person known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed. Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts I, Koenzie R Dupper of the county of Genesee, State of New York, do hereby certify that I am the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed. Koenzie R Dupper
Subscribed and sworn before me this 5 th day of November 1844 Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts I certify that the above named Koenzie R Dupper is a respectable person Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
Mary Dupper
I certify that the above named Koenzie R Dupper is a respectable person Phineas L Bracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
State of New York Genesee County Courts office ss.
I, Frederick H. Carpenter Clerk of the County of Genesee County certify that Phineas L Bracy is the First Judge of Genesee County Courts as above named and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal of office and subscribed my name this 7 th day of November 1844 F. H. Carpenter

applicant for a pension Lydia Hill who still remains a widow Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of November 1844 Phineas L. Tracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
Mary Dupper
I certify that the above named Mary Dupper is a respectable person Phineas L. Tracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
State of New York County of Genesee ss. Personally appeared before me the  to me known to be the person Menzie R. Dupper of the  said county aged fifty one years & upwards, after being duly sworn according to law depose & says that widow Lydia Hill, who is herewith making application for a pension as the late widow of Joseph Dupper, and for Revolutionary services performed by him, as this deponent's mother that this deponent from his childhood, from his first recollection, learned from his said mother (his father having died so early, as to leave but a faint recollection of him upon the mind of this deponent) that his said father Joseph Dupper had been a soldier in the war of the Revolution had served for several years, that the attached family record, is the original family record of this deponent's said father & mother's children, that it has been in use twenty or thirty years or more, that this deponent is the seventh child of his said father & mother, that his said father died in the year 1797 leaving as his widow the said Lydia, the present applicant for a pension, that she was married to Elijah Hill in 1800 and that he died on the 16 th day of May 1818 leaving as his widow the present applicant Lydia Hill who still remains a widow, that the attached newspaper account of this deponent's said father was published at that time as this deponent believes.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 5 th day of November 1844 Phineas L. Tracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
Menzie R. Dupper
I certify that the above named Menzie R. Dupper is a respectable person
Phineas L. Tracy First Judge Genesee County Courts
State of New York Genesee County Courts office ss.
I, Krupnick H. Campau Clerk of the Courts of Genesee County certify that Phineas L. Tracy is the first Judge of Genesee County Courts as above named that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal of office and subscribed my name this 7 th day of November 1844 H. H. Campau

Declaration
State of New York )
County of Genesee ) ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court in & for said County, Lydia Hill (late widow of Joseph Tupper) a resident of District of said County, aged eighty four years & over, 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 4, 1836, and the act explanatory of said act, passed March 3, 1837; That she was married to Joseph Tupper her first husband who was a resident at the commencement of the war of the Revolution in the town of Middleburgh, or Middleboro, County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, when he enlisted in the spring of 1775 under Capt Amos Adams as Sergeant and served nine months, was stationed mostly at Roxbury served a short time as Lieutenant under Capt Nathaniel Wood, that he enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served nine or ten months, again he enlisted in the winter of 1779 and served till late in the spring, that he was in the service in the spring of 1781 one month under Capt Peter Cool Cotton.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Joseph Tupper the last of June Seventeen hundred and seventy nine soon after her said husband had returned from the service; that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Tupper died on the 14th day of July 1797 Seventeen hundred & ninety seven; that she was afterwards married to Elijah Hells in 1810, who died on the 16th day of May 1818 eighty hundred and eighteen; and that she was a widow on the 4th July 1836 and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Subscribed and sworn before me This 31 st day of November 1844 Before me Phoebe L. Tracy Just Judge Genesee County Courts
Lydia Hill
I certify that the above named Lydia Hill is a respectable person & appears to be of the age represented by her, that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
No S. 1844
Phoebe L. Tracy First Judge Genesee County Courts Judge of
State of New York ) County of Genesee ) ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court in & for said County, District of Lydia Tupper of District of said County, aged sixty four years & upwards, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes & saith, that Lydia Hill, who made the above declaration for a pension as the widow of Joseph Tupper is this deponent's mother, and that the said Joseph Tupper was this deponent's father, that this deponent from her first recollection which was soon after the close of the war of the Revolution & before the year 1790 learned from her said father & understood & believed that her said father had served in the war of the Revolution for many years, that the attached family record, is the old original family record of the ages of this deponent's said father & mother & their children & is as this deponent believes fully & entirely true that it has been in use twenty or thirty years, or longer as the true record, that this deponent's said father died in July 1797, that the attached newspaper account of his death, was as this deponent believes published at that time that at his death he left his widow the present applicant for a pension Lydia Hill who was married Elijah Hells in 1810 and the said Elijah Hells died on the 16th day of May 1818 leaving his widow the said

The State of Ohio } Guadalupe County } ss.
I Mary Benton, aged seventy nine years, of Guadalupe, in said County of Guadalupe & State of Ohio, being duly sworn, on my oath do depose and say, that I was knowing to the marriage of Joseph Tupper with Lydia Tinkham, which took place in June in the year 1779. That I am a daughter of said Joseph Tupper by a former marriage, and was, at the time of his marriage with the said Lydia Tinkham, fourteen years of age, that I was not present when the marriage the marriage ceremony was performed, which was at the house of the said Lydia's father, about a half a mile distant from the residence of the said Joseph Tupper, but that on the day following said marriage, my father brought the said Lydia to his own house, where I and other children of his by his first wife, were then residing, & presented her to us, as our mother, and that they lived together as husband and wife untill my father's death in July 1797. That the said Lydia was twenty years of age at the time of said marriage. That the said Joseph Tupper, as I remember, served three campaigns, the first, about eight months, as a Sergeant at Roxbury in Massachusetts, and the succeeding campaign, I can not recollect the length of time of his service, but that he served as a Lieutenant, I having seen his commission as such. That he served as a Captain  at the battle of Bunker Hill  with the Continental Army . That the marriage of the said Joseph & Lydia took place, as above stated, at her father's, in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Sworn and subscribed, this 12 th day of October A.D. 1844.
Mary X Benton mark
Before me B. F. Avery Associate Judge
The State of Ohio } Guadalupe County } ss.
I Reuben St John Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State of Ohio do hereby certify that B. F. Avery Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and who was then unto in his

own proper hand writing subscribed his name was and now is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County & State duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio and to all of whom official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given through the United States & elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of November A.D. 1844 Reuben St. John Clerk
I hereby certify that Mary Brinker whose signature is attached to the within affidavit is a good Moral Character B. J. Arny Associate Judge

I hereby certify that Mary Benton whose signature is attached to the within affidavit sustains a good Moral Character — B. F. Army Associate Judge

Declaration
State of New York
County of Genesee SS. M. R. Tupper being duly sworn depose and says that he is one of the children of Lydia Hill, late widow of Joseph Tupper, who applied for a pension from said County under the law of 1836; that this deponent in behalf of all of the surviving children now makes his declaration under the law of July 7. 1838, that he accepts under that law, that his said mother the said Lydia Hill, died on the 11th day of March 1845, eighteen hundred and forty five, and at her death she left the following named children, her surviving, being her only children her surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one year and upwards, to wit, Mercy Tupper and M. R. Tupper, of Batavia, Genesee County, New York, Lois Johnson of Elba, Genesee County, New York, Nathaniel Tupper of Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin and Daniel Tupper of Flint, Lapeer County, Michigan.
M. R. Tupper
Subscribed and sworn before me this 26 day of March 1847
David Riley Justice of said County
I certify that the above named M. R. Tupper is a respectable person David Riley Justice of the peace of the State of New York County of Genesee
County of Genesee SS. Asa Babcock of said County being duly sworn, depose and says, that he has for many years been personally acquainted with the late Lydia Hill, late widow of Joseph Tupper who applied for a pension from said County, and who died on the 11th day of March 1845, eighteen hundred and forty five; that at her death she left the following named children her surviving, being her only children her surviving to wit, Mercy Tupper and M. R. Tupper, of Batavia, County and State aforesaid; Lois Johnson of Elba in said County and State; Nathaniel Tupper of Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin and Daniel Tupper of Flint, Lapeer County, Michigan.
Asa Babcock
Subscribed and sworn before me this 20th day of March 1847
David Riley Justice of said County
I certify that the above named Asa Babcock is a respectable person David Riley Justice of the peace of the County of Genesee

Genesee County } S.S. Clerks office
I hereby certify that the said Policy is a true copy as initialed written and that the signature initialed purporting to be his genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 26 day of March A.D. 1847
J. B. Holden Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County
State of New York, County of Seneca } ss I John Morgan the Surrogate of the said county of Seneca, do hereby certify that at a Surrogates court held before me at my office in Seneca Falls in said County on the 29 th day of April - 1847 Satisfactory evidence was adduced before the said Surrogate that Lydia Hill (late widow of Joseph Tupper, an applicant for a pension), died on the eleventh day of March eighteen hundred and forty five that at her death she left the following named children her surviving, being her only children her surviving and that each of them is of the age of twenty one years and upwards, to wit - Mercy Tupper & M. R. Tupper of Batavia in the county of Genesee & State of New York, Lois Tupper of Elba in Genesee County New York, Nathaniel Tupper of Geneva Walworth County Wisconsin and Daniel Tupper of Flint Lapeer County Michigan In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal and subscribed my name this 29 th day of April - 1847
John Morgan, Surrogate of Seneca County. N.Y.

Supplementary. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston; July 27 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Joseph Tupper, whose service was described in the certificate issued May 29, 1844, as a private in Capt. Jacob Fuller's Comp y , Col. Jacob's reg t from March 29 th , 1778, 9 mo s 13 days, was from Middleborough , as shown by the roll. Capt. Price belonged also to Middleborough, and Capt. Coane to Houghton. The command of the latter appears to have been very extensive; his roll from which the service of Tupper was described, comprising 114 names , officers included; and among them, a number of names known to be common to Middleborough and the county of Plymouth generally. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Cushing, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19772
Lydia Hill Widow of Joseph Tupper Ex Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1873
Index:—Vol. 04 , Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V 6338
Lydia Hill NY
formerly wife of Joseph Johnson NY.
Deceased
Letter to Abad Joy 26. Dec. 1864
to sister Lydia 30. Dec. 1864
to same May 29. 1845.
to same June 28. '45
to same Oct 30. '45
to same Jan 22. '46
Net July 14 '36

Lydia Hill was wid Supper Pur. Jan '38 N. Y.
old case of mine from Adad Lays

Supplementary.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston; March 31 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Joseph Tupper, whose services were described in the certificate issued May 29. 1844, & to which this is Supplementary, as Supt. Lieut. in 1775 & 1776, belonged to Middleborough. Among documents endorsed subsequent to the date of that certificate, it is found that the name of Joseph Tupper is signed to a receipt for the payment to him of £77. silver currency, for engaging to serve in the Continental Army for the term of six months, and dated Middleborough July 1781.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No 13.355. 9279. 1429 Lydia Hill deceased widow of Joseph Tupper NY
act 7 July 1838 d. 1797
Adm.
8 mo 11 days Sept 41.83
7 - Sept. 3.11
$44.94
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841. Payable to Mercy Tup- per, M. R. Tupper, Lois John- son, and Nathaniel Tupper and Daniel Tupper only surviving children of Lydia Hill deceased, adm acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844. $44 94 per ann from 4 March 1843 to 11 March 1845 the day of her death payable to her children named above
Adm. by me NY

Dec. 15, 1845.
Adams & Co. cards
Sydia Will.
10 3/4
Hon J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Quid Dec 10th 1845
Sir
I withdraw all claim to Service of Joseph Tupper, first husband of Lydia Hill, except in 1775 and 1776 & 1777 - which has been justified as his, it is possible that the Service in 78-79 & 80 was not done by him - you will be so good as to examine the case with reference to the Service in 75, 76 & may be 77 - address your answer to me Washington D. C.
Hon J L Edwards Coun. of Pensions Washington D. C.
Respectfully Your Ob. Servt Abad Joy

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions Washington
D. C.

Ovid April 4 th 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave respectfully to enclose proof of Service & marriage of Lydia Hill, formerly widow of Joseph Lupper, which I hope will remove all of the objection to the proof of the identity of Service & of the marriage - if not, please state the objection, I hope & trust however that it will be satisfactory, but in this as in all cases where I am agent, I ask only justice to the widow
Respectfully Yours M on O h S ent . Azad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Court of Pensions Washington D. C.

Ovid N.Y. Oct 1. 1845
Sir
Yours of Augt 28 th in the case of Lydia Hill, I beg leave respectfully, to point out one important error which must have been the turning point in your decision against the granting a pension in this case - viz, If my copy of the Sec. 3 rd Cert t be correct, & I trust it is, that Joseph Tappu entered the Service 20 th March 1778 - and not 20 th March 1779 - as she was married June 1779 which by your letter & your construction of the Cert t must have been when he was in Service, where as it was the year before that he was in Service, I do not see how a case can be better made out, as I have proven by 2 with names his identity & that there was no other one of the name in the Service - pardon me for supposing the case fully made out - I only want a pension for the poor old widow, if it can be had & I think it is & I judge her case can be made out  Respectfully Your Ol d Serv t Arad Joy  Hon d J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions Washington D C =
you have the name written Joseph Tappu, & not Tappu

Hon J. L. Edwards, Coun. of Pueris
Memorandum of the of the of the of the
of the of the of the of the

Quid July 26th 45
Sir
I enclose Secy. Cert y of identity of Joseph Tupper - Respectfully
Your Most Ob t Servt Arad Lloy
Hon d J. L. Edwards, Com d . of Portion Washington D.C.
N.B. case of Lydia Hill, late Tupper

Jan 24. 48
Mr
Adams case
Sylvia Hill
Wm J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington D. C.

Ovid Jan. 18 th 1845
Dear Sir
I beg leave to enclose deposition in further proof of the marriage of Lydia Hill, late widow of Joseph Tupper, in which I have entire confidence, yet I submit it as it is, the papers in this case were mailed to you on the 11 th Nov last, please examine the whole papers with the addition of the enclosed deposition, all at same time, a consider this case well established, but you may judge differently, at all events I ask only justice in the case
Respectfully Yours
Most Ob d Serv t
Abad Joy
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington

6338. Memoranda 15/94
Lydia Hall.
July 4. 1836.
NY.
Hon S. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Ovid Nov 11 th 44
Hon J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Sir I enclose an application for a pension, you will be the judge of the justice or merits of the claim, I enclose it in good faith, I know personally nothing as to its merits, nor do I ask any thing but justice to the Government & to the widow. Yours A. B. S. S. S.
Brad Joy

Apne 8, 1885.
Adaltes. case
Lydia Hill.
Wm. J. H. Church
Home of President
Washington
D.C.
FREE

Ovia Aprie 4 th 1845
Dear Sir
I enclose a certificate of Secy. of Mass c for further Service of Joseph Tupper & further identity - The former certificate covered over 24 months Service, the one enclosed is an additional service which makes in all some 2 years & 3 or 6 months Service - This is the Lydia Hill formerly widow of Joseph Tupper case under law of 1836 - I believe the case to be fully and most amply made out, but I have all to you, asking only justice to the widow
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Counl. of Pensions Washington
D. C.
Respectfully Your Most Ob t Serv t Abad Joy

May 6. 1847.
Acceptance of Lydia Miller.
Don " "
Dr. J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington D.C.
FREE

Ovid N.Y. May 1. 1847
Sir
I enclose acceptance under the law of 1838 in the case of Lydia Hill of N. York named in yours of the 22 d Jan y . 1846. if you find all things correct, & are satisfied a pension is justly due, what further do you require, one thing is certain, that is, I don't want the pension unless you shall be satisfied it is honestly due - I have where the Department have issued a pension certificate covering more time than I supposed the law authorized, returned it for correction, & it has been corrected, I never have, I never will ask for, or accept of a pension unless I too, as well as your Department, consider it honestly & justly due.
Respectfully Your Ob d Serv t Isaac Joy
Hon I d Edwards Com d of Pensions Washington

State of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
Monson 22 nd Oct. 1844
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Ezra Tupper of Monson in said County Aged eighty two years. After being first duly sworn deposes & says that he resided when a boy in Middleborough Plymouth County in said State, that he was before & during the War of the Revolution, intimately acquainted with Joseph Tupper late husband of Lydia Hill who is applying for a pension from Genesee County New York as the late Widow of said Joseph Tupper - this deponent says that the said Joseph Tupper entered the service in the war of the Revolution, from Middleborough, Plymouth County in said State in the Spring of 1775 under Capt Amos Wade for eight months, that he served out the eight months as a Sergeant. that he served in the Militia a Lieutenant in 1776 under Capt Nathaniel Wood. That the said Joseph Tupper was married to Lydia Tinkham, in June 1779. That the said applicant the present Lydia Hill is the identical person who was the wife of the said Joseph Tupper in 1779 & that the said Joseph Tupper was the identical person & soldier who served under that name from Middleborough, Plymouth County in said State as before set forth. & that he died in 1797 leaving his widow the said applicant Lydia Hill Witness. Timothy Packard. Otis Fay Packard Ezra Tupper

Hampden ss.
Subscribed & sworn the within named Ezra Tupper. before me this 22 nd day of October 1844 as being a true statement of facts according to his best recollection & belief Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace
I certify that the within named Ezra Tupper is a respectable person, and seems to be of sound mind & of good memory & appeared to be familiar with all the facts set forth in his deposition - Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Timothy Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Richd Bliss Clerk.

Rep.
(10281.)
New York.
Lydia Hill, dec d . fordy Widow of Joseph Tupper who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died in the year 1838 of Genesee in the State of N. York who was a Serjt. in the Com ny commanded by Captain Wade — of the — commanded by — in the Mass. line for 8 mo. 11 d. Ser. 7 days Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. at the rate of 14 3/4 Dollars 9 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of May 1838 and sent to Abel Joy, Esq. Ovid, N.York
Total amount, $ 222.70
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by S. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 5. Page 161.

State of Massachusetts Hampden County ) ss.
Personally appeared - before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, Ezra Tupper of Monson in said County aged Eighty two - years after being duly sworn according to law, deposes & says, that before & during the war of the Revolution he was personally acquainted with Joseph Tupper the first husband of Lydia Hill who is applying for a pension for the Revolutionary services of her first husband, the said Joseph Tupper, that the said Joseph Tupper resided during the war of the Revolution in Middleborough, Plymouth County Massachusetts that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution from said Middleborough, that he was the identical Joseph Tupper above named & the identical person who performed the Revolutionary service under that name, and further that this deponent was well acquainted with the inhabitants of Middleborough at the time & during the Revolution & he deposes & says that he knew of but one Joseph Tupper in the said town of Middleborough or in the said County of Plymouth during the Revolution except his son Joseph who died during the war of the Revolution and that whatever service was performed in the said war of the Revolution by any person of the name of Joseph Tupper whether as private or an officer or otherwise was so performed by the identical person above named the the first husband of the said Applicant Lydia Hill - that this deponent further deposes & says that the said

Joseph Tupper was married to the said Lydia during the said war of the Revolution, and as early as the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine, the year or summer before the cold snowy winter long to be remembered N.B. the interlineation on the opposite side viz Except his son Joseph, who died during the War of the Revolution Interlined before signed -,,
Signed in presence of.
Timothy Packard.
Setsey Packard
his Ezra X Tupper mark
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 27 th day of March 1845 as being a true statement of facts as specified according to his best recollection & belief
Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Ezra Tupper is a respectable person.
Timothy Packard Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Timothy Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Timothy Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this Twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Richd Bliss Clerk.

State of New York
County of Genesee S.S. Doctor James A. Billings being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he was personally acquainted with Lydia Hill, late widow of Joseph Tappan, who applied for a pension from said County, that this deponent was the Physician that attended upon the said Lydia Hill in her last sickness, till her death, and that from the date of charges and Memorandums made at the time he ascertained that she died on the 11th day of March, 1845, eighteen hundred and forty five, and that she died a widow.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31st 31 st day of March 1845
David Riley Justice of Said County
J. A. Billings
I certify that the above named Doctor James A. Billings is a highly respectable person.
David Riley Justice of Said County
I certify that the 31 st above was written upon an erasure before execution
David Riley Justice

State of New York,
County of Genesee } ss Hiram King whom I certify is a respectable person appeared before me & after being duly sworn according to law depones & says that he was personally acqu- ainted with Lydia Hill, late widow of Joseph Lappin who applied for a pension, that this deponent was knowing to the making of her Coffin, and that he finds from a memorandum made at the time it was made, that she died a widow & died on the 11th day of March 1845 eighteen hundred & forty five, that this deponent well recollects when she died & that she died at the day & date above mentioned Subscribed & sworn before me } Hiram King this 23 day of April 1847
David Riley
Justice of the peace of said County of Genesee

6338
Lydia Hill
formerly wid of
Joseph Tupper
N.Y.
Ret 4 th July '36
Married in 1779
Husband died 1797
Rejected under the act of 4 May 1836 admo act 7 May 1838
widow died 11 March 1845-
1776
7
Leone

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
139 Secretary's Office, May 29 1811.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Dupper is borne upon the roll of Capt. Shubel Wake as Sergeant from April 1775 to Dec 31. 8. 11 Sept 1775 and upon the roll of Capt. Walter Ward for 1776 dated April 1. as Lieutenant of 2d Company 7 days service
The name of Joseph Dupper is borne upon a pay roll of Capt. Jacob Fuller, Col. Jacobs as a private from Middlesex Co. from March 20 1775 to Jan 1. 1777 given 13 days
The name of Joseph Dupper is borne upon a pay roll of Capt. Ebenezer Crane, guards at Boston from Feb. 14. to May 24. 1777. and upon a pay roll of Capt. Henry Stead, Col. Collins, from March 4. 1781. 26 days

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. Duff's. Sept. 3
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Call from Mother on 6:30 PM with and with kind regards to all
Mr. W. R. Tappan Tracy Johnson Garyville Lincoln Co.
Mr. Johnson has Mrs. C. & Dunham
Dec. 11th 1874 304

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Service by the Widow of Joseph Tupper. State of New York County of Oneida Town of Etna
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the Service of my late husband Joseph Tupper
He enlisted in the year 1775 from the town of Middlebury in the County of Franklin State of Massachusetts in the Company of Capt of Westmoreland probably, in Col. Cattle's (Hapgood) Regiment and served as at at first a sergeant probably  then
He was married in the year 1779. He died in the year 1797. The only other facts which I recollect are as follows - Viz. Only as stated above, his first enlistment was for nine months - marched to Roxbury & served his time out, came home & was drafted a Lieut under Capt Nathanial Wood in 1776 marched to New York City , probably to  Philadelphia , was in the Service in all three years
After death of Joseph Tupper I married to a man of the name of Hill & I sign my name under the last marriage. I am now 84 years old and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further material to the search required. I have empowered David Riley of Oneida County to act in the premises as my attorney.
Witness my hand this 10 th day of May A. D. 1844 Signed in my presence } Lydia Hill by said Lydia Hill } Signed. David Riley Justice of the Peace of the County of Oneida