Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3552, Elijah Whipple, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
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conn continental
Whipple, Elijah
S. 3552
CONTENTS
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+ O. Pittsbg  Connecticut. 22.502
Elijah Whipple Preston in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Tyler of the Rgt commanded by Col. Huntington in the Connecticut line for 10 mos.
Connecticut Records corrected March 10 th Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept r , 1833 and sent to same Hannah, Norwich, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. 83.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep 34, 16.66
$99.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 47.
Am d Hon. N. Barbour, M c and 21: 1834 -
Transfer Circular sent to P. Agt at Hartford, Con. Aug 12. 1835 -
To O. Pittsburgh, for 4 th Mar. '35 - Sep. 2 nd 1835 -

State of Connecticut. County of New London ss. City of Norwich.
On this day the tenth of September AD 1882. Personally appeared in open court before the City Court of said City, being a Court of Record. Elijah Whipple a Resident of the town of Preston in said County and State, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, and make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 4 th AD 1882.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1475. In the month of May AD 1775. The day of the month is not recollected. he enlisted, as a soldier, under Lieute- nant Ebenezer Brewster in the Revolu- tionary War, at a village in said town of Preston called Poquattannock, he think- at the house of Capt Jonathan Brewster for the term of seven months, in the com- pany of Lieutenant Col. John Tyler as it was called, and belonging to the Brigade of General Samuel Holden Parsons, all then of Connecticut, and as he believes, now deceased. That he went, through Groton and crossed the river Thames at New London immediately after said enlistment, having staid in Groton meeting House the first night and the next morning, pitched our tents at Wentworth's point in New London, under com- mand of said Parsons. After serving a short time, there, say two or three weeks, as well as

he can recollect. He moved on by Companies thro' the towns of Boston. Tulantown. Providence, and Dedham. To Roxbury. immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill. which he thinks was on the 16 th day of June. and encamped about half a mile west of the meeting house in Roxbury. and continued on or about the same station either in tents or barracks under the com- mand of said Parsons during the whole term for which said enlistment was made. An adju- tant of our Regiment. was James Day. Said Day was. it is believed. an Englishman. bro't to this country by Cap n John Lamb. from Gibraltar where he had been in military service, and had acted as it was said as a drill sergeant. The troops while at Roxbury. were always ready for any duty but were engaged in no action. The declarant was discharged at Roxbury. about the 10 th of De- cember following. he thinks by writing. but the discharge is lost. He returned home to his mother who then lived at Stonington. immediately there- after. Afterwards he the said Whipple enlisted to serve as a soldier in the Continental army for one year from the last day of December 1775. unless sooner discharged. The paper annexed here- unto. containing the name of said Whipple with thirty other persons. is dated October 1775. but the day when said Whipple signed it. he does not recollect well. but of this he is certain that about the first of January A.D. 1776. he proceeded from home. on horse- back accompanied by Joseph Ames. to the town of Providence. Said Ames returned home with the Horse. The declarant rode. and he proceeded to Roxbury on foot. to join the troops. He joined the army at Roxbury. very soon. he believes on some of the early days of January. he joined the Regiment of Col d Sedgwick Huntington. then in Barracks not far from the meeting house in Roxbury. Here he served

until the month of April following, during which time no conflict occurred with the enemy, other than occasional cannonading. The troops left the declarant among the sick, when they took up and about a week after they left, the declarant returned home to Horington. His widowed mother requested him to remain with her, and the declarant accordingly procured a substitute whose name was Simeon Denison. Said Denison was to serve the residue of the term of Whipple, and he thereupon joined the army in the State of New York whither it had moved and died in the service about the month of October following.
Our Captain during the second campaign was Jonathan Brewster. Major Ebenezer Huntington he thinks was a Major in the Regiment.
Said Whipple relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Interrogatory 1.
Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. In the year 1783. June 16 th .
2 d Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. I know of no such record.
3 d Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war? and where do you now live?
Answer. I lived myself at the village of Poquiatannoo in the town of Preston, but my mother lived at Horington. I have lived in Preston chiefly ever since, and now reside in said town.
4 th How were you called into service, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Answer. By voluntary enlistment, as above stated.
5 th 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 services?
Answer so far as recollect I have stated them in the foregoing declaration.
Answer to the 6 th interrogatory. I can add nothing farther.
That is contained in my foregoing declaration other than that I believe James Sapha Col. of  the  Regt  signed  the  de

Signed by Elijah Whipple Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid in open Court Attest Alex Lathrop 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 Joseph Ames who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of Preston and is a credible person and that his statement is intitled to credit and the Court further certifies that Peter Williams who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of Groton and is a credible person and that his statement is intitled to credit
State of Connecticut } City of Norwich }
I Alexander Lathrop Clerk of the Court of the City of Norwich do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Whipple for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said city Court this 10 th day of September A D 1832
Alex Lathrop Clerk

at a City Court of the City of Norwich in New London County holden in said City on the 8 th day of July 1833
I hereby Certify that the Court found the facts in the annexed declaration of Elijah Whipple to be all true and I do further Certify that Hon James Lammam is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London and residing in the Town of Norwich
and that the Revd Nathan B Burgess is a clergyman and Jonathan Brewster who have signed the preceding Certificates are Credible persons and that Joseph Ames and Peter Williams who have signed the preceding certificates are Credible persons .. The reason of the first certificate being Canceled is the subsequent proceeding of the said Court and new Certificate and finding under seal all which will fully appear
Certified by
Alex Lathrop Clerk
State of Connecticut } City of Norwich }
I Alexander Lathrop Clerk of the City Court of the City of Norwich do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Whipple for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 8 th day of July 1833
Alex Lathrop Clerk

I hereby certify that I am the Epis- pal Clergyman, settled in the town of Preston, and village of Poquatanock, in New London County. That I have been here but about five years, and that I verily believe for the reputation that  the Elijah Whipple his age is eighty years, and that the general belief in the neighborhood is that he was engaged in the army of the United States, in the revolutionary service. dated at Preston July 5 th 1833.  Nathan B. Burgess, Pastor of St. James Church  sworn before me.
I hereby certify that the general be- lief in this neighborhood is that the Elijah Whipple above-named was engaged in the revolutionary service in the army of the United States, in the time of the war of In- dependence, and that I verily believe that he is eighty years of age, in testimony whereof I have set my hand this fifth day of July A.D. 1833.
J. Brewster
State of Connecticut. New London County ss. Preston July 5 th A.D. 1833.  Personally appeared the above named Rev. Nathan B. Burgess, and Jon n Brewster Esq r , both of whom are known to me to be persons of much respectability, and made so- lemn oaths to the truth of the declarations ap- peared by them severally subscribed. which I attest.  James Lanman. Justice of the Peace for New London County, aforesaid.

The declaration of Elijah Whipple, made under oath and before the City Court of the City of Norwich aforesaid, in addition to that hereto here made, in answer to the 4 th Brief objec- tion, in the terms, following. viz
4 th Has the declarant mentioned the "period or periods of the war when he served."
His answer is, that he served seven months, in the first year of the war, as a private soldier. And that the next year, being the second year of the war, he actually served four months, at Roxbury, and was there when our army left Roxbury. And as applicable to the 8 th Brief objection. He says, that he served in the grade of a private only, and for the term of four months the whole of which period of service was at Roxbury. — Elijah Whipple
Sworn and subscribed to in open Court this 8 day of July 1833
Attest Alex Lathrop Clerk

To the City Court in Portoria

Elijah Whipple No. 138

Peter Williams of Groton and County of New London and State of Connecticut of Seventy Seven years of Age being duly sworn do depose, and say that I enlisted as a private in Col. Abel Spier's Company and annexed to Col. Samuel H. Parsons Regiment for the term of Seven Months in the year 1775 and stationed at Roxbury & about Boston in Massachusetts.
During which time I was well acquainted with Elijah Whipple of Preston in the aforesaid State & County and am knowing to his serving in the revolutionary struggle for a term of seven months at Roxbury in Massachusetts and served in the same Regiment with myself And further the Deponent saith not
Dated at Groton July the 14 th A.D. 1832 Peter Williams
New London County ss. Groton July the 14 th 1832 Personally appeared Mr. Peter Williams and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed Before me William M. Williams Justice of the Peace
The court are of opinion that the foregoing affidavit is true and entitled to credit and belief.
attest Alex Lathrop Clerk
Memorandum
There is no clergyman in Whipple's Parish acquainted with him. Certified James Sanborn the former minister which is allowed
Mayor of Norwich

Wash
Waukesha Aug 6
22 8 02
J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Eliza Cook Mrs. Frank Cook Cl. to Secy of War

Application for a Transfer
The State of Ohio Trumbull County
On this 30th day of July 1855
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Trumbull Personally appeared Elijah Whipple Who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Brewster in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future (Pittsburgh) The following are his reasons for removing from Connecticut to Ohio his children living in Ohio removed to live with them
Elijah Whipple
L.S.
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
James Tracy Foster of the Peace
Also Personally came Joseph Whipple who on his oath declares that he is personally acquainted with Elijah Whipple the pensioner who has subscribed the above affidavit and knows him to be the identical person he represents himself to be Joseph Whipple

The State of Ohio } Trumbull County } I hereby certify that the witness Joseph Whipple named in the foregoing certificate is a man of truth and veracity
Linus Tracy Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Trumbull County } Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Linus Tracy Esquire whose signature in his own proper hand writing is subscribed to the above and foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same an Acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State, and that full faith and Credit are due to all his Official acts.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at the Town of Warren this sixth day of August Anno Domini 1835
George Parsons Clerk, By Geo Parsons Jr Deputy

12 138
Elijah Chipple
22 502
66.66
16.67
Deb 4. 83.33
Please return the brief.
Adm 10. Months
$33.33
James Sumner
Norwich Point

DECLARATION in the case of  Elijah Whipple  of Preston in the State of Conn.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy nine 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. As a Gen.      enlisted In 1775 May (1776) 1778 Oct 31 to apl. — — 7 — —  Lt. Brevoort, Col. Tyler. Genl. Parry  Capt. Brevoort, Col. Huntington   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Preston, within Poquatanuck  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Peter Williams proves the imprisonment in 1778. Several soldiers of 1775 & a cut of 1775 — Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D Knut Examining Clerk.

10. An enlistment paper signed by thirty persons and bearing date October, 1775. The applicant for pension, whose name appears thereon, states that he enlisted in December , 1775, and served in Jonathan Brewster's company, Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's regiment, in the Continental Army. Taken from the claim of Elijah Whipple, No. 3,552.
war Dept Adj Genl

100 CHURCH STREET
RETURN THIS
29 th Oct 1903
Dear Sir
Kindly give me the Pension Record of Elijah Whipple whose wife was Elizabeth San- ning he was born in Boston & died in Preston Conn.
& Ohio
Mrs F W Shafer
183 Regent St
Staten Island
N.Y.
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Elijah Hipple served in the Revolutionary war in Col. Samuel Holden Parsons 6 th Reg. & was here from 8 th May to the 16 th Dec 1775 and in Col. Jonathan Brant's Co. Col. Jed- dieah Huntington's Reg. 1776. & drew a pension in 1832.
Mrs F. W. S. Hupf

Nov. 13-1900- His to Mrs. F. W. Shifer Lewiston, Me. N.Y.
Apr 30/04 Paper to loan depts. Memo within
1920, Nov. 20 Hild to Elizabeth S. White - En
Clearing
3552 INVALID.
File No. 3552
Elijah Whipple Dist Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 402
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elijah Whipple which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes last term indefinite
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? a memorandum recd only
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes for Patrician
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? no
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 119
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

A. G. B. 18.
J. J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
Esq. Miller
Aug 15 1835
James [unclear] Newport

Pension Agency Hartford 15th August 1835
Sir
Elijah Whipple (private) a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the Act of 7th June 1832 at $33 33 / 100 per annum was last paid to the 4th of March 1835
Very Respectfully Your mo Obedient servant
James Dodd by H. Fowler (Clerk)
J. J. Edwards Esq commissioner of pensions City of Washington

Elijah Whipple's Declaration -
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal declaration.]

I Joseph Ames of the town of Preston do certify that I am well acquainted with Elijah Whipple the aforesaid appli- cant & that I am personally acquainted with his of the duty specified is true to Roxbury — am well acquainted with Mr Elijah Whipple & that his Statement aforesaid is entitled to full credit & belief
December
September 10 th 1832 July 14 1832 — Joseph Ames
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Attest Alex Bathorp 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 & served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Ames who had signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Preston and that Peter Williams who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Groton and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Alexander Lathrop clerk of the said Court of the City of Norwich do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Whipple for a Pension: In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 10 th day of Aug September A.D. 1833
Alex Lathrop clerk
[Handwritten signature with three 'u' marks underneath]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, •
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 20, 1920.
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Whipple a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 7 mos. Pvt. { Lt. Ebenezer Brewster Abel Spicer { Jno. Tyler Sam'l H. Parsons Conn.   Dec 21, 1775 4 mos. Jonathan Brewster Jedidiah Huntington  
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Poquatanuck, Preston New London Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept 10, 1832. Ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Preston, Conn.
Age at date of application, b. June 16, 1753.
Remarks: He refers to returning to Stonington, Conn. in 1776 to live with his widowed mother, names of parents not stated, and in 1835 refers to having removed to Trumbull Co., Ohio to live with his children, names of wife and children not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Fitch's Point South Norwalk, Conn.
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Rev K
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the data of family of Elijah Whipple Conn - Continental army - Pensioned Sept. 28 th 1833 S. 3552 New London County - Conn.
Thanking you the farm, I am yours truly
Elizabeth Stevens White