Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32051, Joshua Webb, R. I.

SERVICE
R.I.
Webb, Joshua
NUMBER
S 32051
CONTENTS

Connecticut 17 th 451.
Joshua Webb
of Plainfield in the State of Conn.
who was a Capt d in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Major Potter R.I. Militia line for
5 mo 20. ds. Capt. — 113. 33.
18. mo 10. ds. Ensign — 183. 33.
Inserted on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 296. Dollars 66. Cents per annum to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Aug. 1833. and deliv. J. Davis of Thompson Ct. Present
Arrears to the 1 th of March 1833. 593. 52.
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r — 148. 33.
$ 741. 65.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis F. Francioni Clerk. Book E. Vol. 3 rd Page 46.

Joshua Webb 26 175
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3 Return to be sent to William Dyer Esq
Hampden Connecticut

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Plainfield August 1 st 1833 COUNTY OF WINDHAM, }
On this 1 st day of August — A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, Joshua Webb — a resident of the town of Plainfield — in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 78 years, who being first duly 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That is to say, that he then resided in the town of Richmond in the State of Rhode Island and belonged to a company of Militia under the command of Capt Simas Clark of said Richmond who was appointed Captain in May 1776 and that on the 15 th day of said December he with said company was drafted and entered the service of the United States as a Sergeant in said company and marched to Boston Neck in South Kingstown in Rhode Island to guard the shores of the Narragansett Bay and to repel the incursions of the enemy who then had possession of the Bay, and was stationed at George Brown's house on said Boston Neck , and said company was, with other companies of the Second Regiment under the command of Major Thomas Potter and that he served in said company under the said officers at said Boston Neck till the 1 st of April 1777 making a period of three and one half months as a Sergeant —
That in the month of April 1777 he with said company were drafted to serve alternately for fifteen, twenty & thirty days so long as it should be necessary to guard the shores of the Bay from the incursions of the enemy and that between the first day of April 1777 and the first Wednesday of May 1777 , during which time he was chosen Ensign, he served at said Boston Neck under the above named officers, a period of fifteen days as a Sergeant —
That on the first Wednesday of May 1777 he was appointed and commissioned an Ensign in the first company (called the upper company) of Richmond Militia in the 2 nd Regiment of the State of Rhode Island and continued Ensign of said company till June 1780 —
That from the first Wednesday in May 1777 to the first of April 1778 he was drafted and entered the service of the United States and served as an Ensign in said company which belonged to a Regiment, which said Regiment was commanded by Colonel Charles Dyer from July 1776 to May 1779 for the following periods of time at the following places viz; that in the month of June 1777 he with that part of said company which was drafted at that time entered the service on the Island of Rhode Island and at Swanton in Spencer's Expedition and served thirty days one month. In July he served as last aforesaid stated, at Boston Neck for fifteen days. In the month of August and September he served in said company as aforesaid one month at Bristol in Rhode Island . In November he served as aforesaid thirty days at Bipels Mills in South Kingstown — Between the 1 st of December and the 15 th of February he served as aforesaid two periods of fifteen days each at said Bipels Mills . In the month of March he served thirty days at Wickford in Rhode Island in said company as aforesaid, making a period of actual service as an Ensign between the first Wednesday of May 1777 and the first of April 1778 of five and one half months as an Ensign much of said time under the command of Major Ray Saunders as he was the only commanding field officer at Boston Neck and Bipels Mills of our Regiment

said company which belonged to a Regiment, commanded by Colonel James  William  Wickham  Wickham from July 1776 to May 1779 for the following periods of time at the following places viz: That in the month of June 1777 he with that part of said company which was drafted at that time entered the service on the Island of Rhode Island and at Swanton in Sullivans Expedition and served thirty days one month. In July he served as last aforesaid stated, at Boston for fifteen days. In the month of August and September he served in said company as aforesaid one month at Bristol in Rhode Island. In December he served as aforesaid thirty days at Bippels Mills in South Kingston - Between the 1st of December and the 15th of February he served as aforesaid two periods of fifteen days each at said Bippels Mills. In the month of March he served thirty days at Wickford in Rhode Island in said company as aforesaid, making a period of actual service as an Ensign between the first Wednesday of May 1777 and the first of April 1778 of five and one half months as an Ensign much of said time under the command of Major Ray Saunders as he was the only commanding field Officer at Boston Neck and Bippels Mills of our Regiment during said year the other field officers having been stationed at other places. That during the said services from May 1777 to April 1778 Richard Baily was Captain of said company he having been appointed Captain in May 1777 at the time he the said Noble was appointed Ensign.
That from the 1st of April 1778 to May 1779 he was drafted and served in said company in said Regiment at the following times and places for six months and volunteered his service in said company one and one half months as follows: In the month of May 1778 he was drafted and entered the service of the United States on Point Judith in South Kingston in a company commanded by Captain Richard Baily and belonged to the Second Regiment of Militia commanded by Col Charles Dyer 1st Major Phineas Potter 2nd Major Ray Saunders and that he served one month at that place the troops at that time and place being under the command of Major Ray Saunders.
In the months of June and July 1778 he served two periods of fifteen days each at South Kingston under the last above named officer one of the said last mentioned periods of 15 days he thinks was by draft and the other by his voluntary service.
In the month of August 1778 he was drafted and entered the service of the United States at Newport in Sullivans Expedition in said Baily's company in said Dyer's Regiment and was in the battle at Newport and retreated with the forces off Rhode Island to Swanton and was in constant service for three months from the first of August 1778 till the first of November 1778 two months by draft and one as a volunteer in said last mentioned company and Regiment as an Ensign and during said three months last mentioned he was on the Island of Rhode Island, at Swanton at Bristol at Providence at Greenwich and at Wickford in Rhode Island in the service of the United States and served a full period of three months.
That in the month of December 1778 he was drafted and entered the United States service in said last mentioned company and quartered at Bippels Mills in South Kingston for one month and served one month. That between the months of December 1778 and April 1779 he was drafted and served in said company and belonging to said Regiment under the before

officers for two periods of fifteen days each and quartered on Boston Neck aforesaid —
In the month of April 1779 he was drafted and served in said company under said officers fifteen days on Point Judith in Rhode Island
In the month of May 1779 the 2 nd Regiment was divided and Major Thomas Potter was appointed Colonel of the 3 rd Regiment of Militia —
That from the month of May 1779 to June 1780 he was in the service of the United States in a company commanded by Capt. Richard Bailey in the second Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Dyer for one half of the time and drafted and served before alternately as before stated, making a period of not less than six months which he served as an Ensign and although the said company may not have served the whole time during the time from May 1779 to June 1780 yet he well remembers that during this year some of the other officers were none about themselves, and that he served during the last mentioned period at the following places at Boston Neck two months, at Bristol one month, at Greenwich one month — at Wickford one month and one month at Kingston making a period of not less than six months during said last mentioned time which he well and truly served his country —
That in the month of June 1780 he the said Webb was appointed Captain of the 1 st Company of the Richmond Militia and belongeth to the 2 nd Regiment under the command of Colonel Charles Dyer —
That between the month of June 1780 and the month of September 1780 he was in the service of the United States as Captain of said company in said last mentioned Regiment he served a period of five months and twenty days at the following places: In the months of June & July of 1780 he served at Bishops mills in said company as Captain one month in August and September 1780 he served in said company as Captain at Bristol and Kingston one month in October and November 1780 he served one month as Captain of said company at the South Ferry in South Kingstown. In the month of April 1781 he served one month at Kingston in Rhode

1780 - In the said last mentioned Regiment he served a period of five months and twenty days at the following places: In the months of June & July of 1780 he served at Bishops mills in said company as captain one month in August and September 1780 he served in said company as captain at Bristol and Tiverton one month in October and November 1780 he served one month as captain of said company at the South Ferry in South Kingstown. In the month of April 1781 he served one month at Tiverton in Rhode Island, in the months of May and June of 1781 he served twenty days in said company as captain. In the months of July and August 1781 he served one month in Rhode Island and was finally dismissed at Providence Providence in Rhode Island near Newport in August 1781 - having well and faithfully served his country a period of five months and twenty days as a Captain and nineteen months as an Ensign and four months as a Sergeant - That he has lost his commission since he left Rhode Island his Captain's commission he once showed to a Captain of the Militia in Connecticut when called to military duty - He states that in the depositions of Moore and Vail which accompany this declaration there is a mistake respecting the colonels of said Regiment occasioned probably by the fact that Majors Potter and Saunders took the command of our company first and that Col. Dyer was absent
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz: -
1. Where and in what year were you born? I was born in Richmond in the State of Rhode Island in 1755 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I think there is a record of my birth in the public records of the said town of Richmond 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? I was living in said Richmond when called into service from which place I removed to Mansfield in Connecticut in 1788 where I now live 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? I was drafted & volunteered 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. General Sullivan General Spencer & Colonel Green 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? I never received a written discharge 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief in your services as a soldier of the revolution. Reverend Pelog Pockham and Joseph Robinson
Joshua Webb

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Almon Amos Bolles Clerk
We Peleg Peckham a clergyman, residing in the town of Plainfield in said Windham County, and Joseph Robinson residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joshua Webb who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Peleg Peckham Joseph Robinson
Sworn, and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Almon Amos Bolles Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Peleg Peckham who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Plainfield and that Joseph Robinson who signed the same is a resident in the said town of Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Almon Amos Bolles Clerk
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Webb for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3 rd day of August 1833
Almon Amos Bolles Clerk

OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S.,
WASHINGTON, D. C., 3 — 24 — , 1898
Hon H. Clay Evans
Dear Sir:
I have been requested by several relatives of the Webb family who's ancestors were formerly from the state of Vermont to ascertain if possible the Record of service of Joshua Webb or any of the Webb family who served in the Revolutionary War from the state of Vermont . It is said by some of the relatives that Joshua Webb mortgaged or sold his property to raise money to raise a Company or Regt. This information is asked to aid the relatives mentioned in forming the Sons & the Daughters of the Revolution by furnishing the required information You will confer a great favor on the parties mentioned as well as my self I have recd letters from

OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S.,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
, 189
several states within the last month asking for this information
Yours very respectfully
H. B. Webb Doorkeepers Office House of Reps Washington D. C.

32 057 Rev INVALID.
File No. 99,057
Joshua Webb Capt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 31 '98 H B Webb Doorkeeper H of R

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis.
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN" to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three and of Independence the fifty- eighth .
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secy.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's office July 30th A 1833.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of said State held on the first Wednesday of May one thousand seven hundred twenty seven. Joshua Webb was elected Ensign of the first company of Militia in the town of Richmond in King's County in said State, and continued in said office until June one thousand seven hundred and eighty; when he was elected Captain of said company, and so continued until May session one thousand seven hundred eighty three; as appears of record in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secy.

I Philip Kenyon of Plainfield in the County of Windham and the State of Connecticut aged Seventy Five years, do testify and say that I have been acquainted with Joshua Webb of said Plainfield for forty years and more last past and that soon after Captain Joshua Webb came to Plainfield from Rhode Island I was called upon by Captain Andrews then of said Plainfield to perform military duty, and not performing military duty, went afterward to make my excuse to said Andrews. At the time of making my excuse the said Joshua Webb went with me, we being neighbours, and he said to make his reasons known to the Captain Andrews for not performing military duty, for the said Webb then told me that he had an Ensigns & Captain's Commission and I saw his Captain's Commission and saw him produce it to Captain Andrews afterwards Colonel Andrews, who is now dead. Said Webb when he spoke of his Ensigns Commission said to me in a sportive way that if I had no other way to get clear he would let me have one of his Commissions — I further say that I have known for forty years past from information obtained from said Webb and others that said Webb was in the Revolutionary War and served at various places in Rhode Island in the Narragansett Bay — and further that I have no doubt that his statement is correct as stated in his declaration taken before the County Court the 18 th day of August 1833 — my opinion respecting the truth of said statement is formed from what I have heard him say for forty years past respecting said services —
Philip Kenyon

Joshua McCle
State of Connecticut Windham County ss
Plainfield August 21 1833 To whom personally appear.
Phillip Henson, the within named deponent, and subscribed the within deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same; and I certify that he is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to full belief. Before me Allen H. Harris Justice of the Peace
I, Almon Buel, Clerk of the Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Allen H. Harris by before whom the within affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3 rd of August A.D. 1833.
Almon Buel Clerk

Joshua Webb

I Thomas Sillibridge of Tolland in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut aged 71 years do testify and say that (in the year 1777) I was well acquainted with Capt Joshua Webb then of the town of Richmond in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island now of Plainfield in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut and that I have over since, and had been from childhood, acquainted with the said Webb and that during the years 1777-78-79-80 & 81 the said Webb was a resident of said town of Richmond that in the spring of the year of 1777 I was drafted to serve in the Militia in which said Webb was an Ensign (I think in the month of April of said year) and that we were together in the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution and served in the manner following, viz one half of the number that were drafted would serve fifteen days and then the other half would serve fifteen days and so on alternately our duty being to guard the shores on the Narragansett Bay between Point Judith and Wickford.
We served in a Company under Captain Richard Bayly & Lieut John  James Woodmaney in which said Webb as before stated was Ensign, in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Dyer and Major Jonathan Mather, and were stationed at

at David Greens house on Boston neck a part of the time and at Godfrey Hazzards part of the time and part of the time at Bissells Mills in North Kingston in the state of Rhode Island all which places are on the Narraganset Bay — To the said Webb and myself continued in said service in the manner aforesaid untill the month of August 1778 when the said Webb left the Island of Rhode Island with his sick brother, who as I then understood died when the said Joshua Webb had taken him about one mile and a half from the shore towards his home, myself having seen him the said Webb when he came off the Island at that time — After the action of August 29 th 1778 we continued as drafted men till 1779 when said Joshua Webb was appointed Captain of Richmond Militia Company & Asa Clark was Lieutenant & Joseph Eneas was Ensign at which time Colonel Jonathan Maxon commanded said Regiment and Richard Baily was Major and to my knowledge the said Joshua Webb served in said Regiments under said Officers from said April 1777 to 1781 a period of more than two years, and in my opinion the said Webb was in the service more than fifteen months as an Ensign and nine months as a Captain and further the said Webb as

I then understood had served some time previous to the time that I entered the service - And further the deponent saith not
Thomas Lillibridge
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss. Brooklyn January 30 th 1853
Then Thomas Lillibridge signer of the foregoing affidavit, who is a credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath the truth of the same before me
Almin Bolles Justice of the Peace
I Almin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, that Almin Bolles before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing in due form -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 30 th day of January A.D. 1853.
Almin Bolles Clerk

I John Vallet of Richmond in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island Aged Seventy six years Being Engaged According to Law Do hereby and say that in the year AD 1776 I Lived in said Richmond and was then Acquainted With Joshua Webb then of said Richmond in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island Now of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut that in the the year AD 1776 in December that the Company of Militia of said town under the Command of Captain Simeon Clarke was called Down in South Kingston to Guard and I Was informed that Joshua Webb there Belonging to said Company Entered the Service of the united States A Sergeant in the Company of Militia and Quarters at the George Brown house in Boston Seek until the Month of April AD 1777 When the Militia came to a Draft and served By turns (IE) fifteen Twenty and thirty Days that is for one half to serve in their turn and then the other half to serve in their turn in the same manner and that said Webb and my self Belonged to the same Company under the Command of Captain Simeon Clarke and Part of the time under Richard Bailey Captain and Part of the time said Webb was Captain of said Company and that said Webb and my self was in the Service together in said Company from April AD 1777 to August AD 1781 at the following Places at South Kingston and North Kingston at Bristol and Warwick Newton and Newport in a Regiment Commanded first By Col Thomas Potter then By Col Ray Sands and then By Col Charles Dyer and according to the best of my Remembrance the said Webb served At Period of More than two years as he and I Was Most of the time together through the War and that the said Webb A Sergeant Part of the time and Ensign Part of the time and Captain Part of the time as I have stated and further the Deponent saith not John Vallet

Washington & Richmond July the 9 th Day A.D. 1833 Personally Appeared John Vallet the within Deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the within Deposition and signed the same in my Presence and I certify that he is A Credible Witness and is entitled to full Belief
Nathan Moore Justice Peace State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court Aforesaid do hereby Washington & S d . Clerk's Office Court Common Pleas.
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court Aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathan Moore Esq r . whose Signature in his own proper hand writing is hereunto subscribed is a justice of the Peace for the Town of Richmond in the County of Washington legally chosen by the Gen. Assembly Commissioned by the Governor & otherwise qualified as the Law requires that full faith & credit ought to be given to his attestation throughout the United States of America. I also certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr. John Vallet. the Deponent & consider him a man of Truth
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Affixed the Seal of the Court Aforesaid This Tenth day of July. A.D. 1833
SAM l Helme Clk

I Silas Moore of Richmond in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island Aged Seventy Three years Being Engaged According to Law Do hereby affirm and say that in the year AD 1776 I Was Well Acquainted With Joshua Webb then of Richmond in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Now of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut That in said year AD 1776 that said Webb Was called into the service of the united States in A Company of Militia under the command of Captain Simeon Clarke in Col Thomas Potter's Regiment and that he served in said Company from December AD 1776 to April AD 1777 in Which Company said Webb Was A Serjeant and I Was A Soldier and served in said Company Quarters at the house of George Brown in Boston neck in South Kingston Making A Period of one half four Months in the Month of April AD 1777 said Company Was drafted to serve one half alternate for fifteen Twenty and thirty Days and then the other half to serve in like manner and the said Webb served till August 1781 said Webb served part of the time A Serjeant and part of the time as Ensign and before said Company Was Dismissed at Manton's Neck near Newport on Rhode Island said Webb Was Captain of said Company Which was the upper Company of the Richmond Militia and According to my best Recollection and Belief from Acknowledgement Acquired from seeing him my self in said service and hearing others speak of his being there in my absence I believe him to have served Between the Months of April AD 1777 and August AD 1781 A Period of two years in said Company Commanded part of the time By Simeon Clarke Capt and part of the time said Company was Commanded By Capt Richard Bailey and part of the time said Company was Commanded By the said Joshua Webb Captain in the Regiment Commanded part of the time By Col Thomas Potter and part of the time By Col Roy Sands and part of the time By Col Charles Dyer and further the Deponent saith not —
Silas Moore

Washington Is Richmond July the 9 th Day AD 1833 Personally Appeared Silas Moore the within named Deponent and Made solemn oath to the Truth of the within Deposition and signed the same in my Presence and I hereby certify that he is a Credible Witness and is entitled to full Belief
Nathan Moore Justice Peace State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Is } Clerk's Office Court Common Pleas
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court Aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathan Moore Esq. whose Signature in his own proper hand Writing is hereto prefixed is a Justice of the peace for the Town of Richmond in the County of Washington legally choosen by the General Assembly Commissioned by the Governor & otherwise Qualified as the Law requires. That full faith and credit. Ought be given to his attestation throughout the United States of America. I further certify that I am personally Acquainted with Silas Moore Esq d & consider him a man of Truth & Veracity
In Testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand & Affixed the Seal of the Court Aforesaid this Tenth day of July 1833.
Saml. Helme Clerk