Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,516, Calvin Tripp, Mass.

SERVICE
Tripp, Calvin
NUMBER
S. 42.516
Mass.
CONTENTS

7911
4
New York Roll.
Calvin Tripp
of Canandaigua in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of March 1819 and sent to Hon ble Stephen Phelps Esq r Canandaigua New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 1819 1819 \frac{9}{30} \frac{4}{31} 81:83 Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st Sept r 1819 48:
$ 129:83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
- Restored -
5
informed July 9 1821 that his name could not be restored. John L. Phelps Rest'd July 10 1823
Notified about the 20 th June 1820, to Stephen Phelps Esq r Canandaigua

In the matter of Calvin Tripp a Pensioner

State of New York
Ontario County } ss
On this 23 d day of May 1823 personally appeared in open court being created by the laws of the state of New York a Court of Record for the county of Ontario aforesaid proceeding according to the course of the Common law possessing a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings Calvin Tripp resident in the said county aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of the 18 th March 1818 the first of May 1820 and 1 st March 1823 that he the said Calvin Tripp enlisted for the term of twelve months on some day of December in the year 1775 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Eleazer Hamlin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Bailey and known as the twenty third Regiment in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until the 2 d day of January 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey and has a pension certificate No. 7911 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
One Saddle $3 one Scythe 75 one chest $1.50 two iron kettles $2 - $7.25 One bake kettle $1 - one tea kettle 75c one Bell metal do $5.50 7.25

  One Cupboard $7.25  one frying pan 50 cts  one tea pot 25  8:00    table furniture knives & forks plates &c $1-  one axe $1   2:00    one Iron Crane and hooks $1.25  one pair of tongs 62 1/2   1.87 1/2    Paddle and wedges $1.37 1/2  one spider 50  one flat iron 50  2.37 1/2    one gun, $5  one iron shovel $1  six chairs $2  1 coffee mill $1       9-00       $37:44  
That I am by occupation a labouring man but unable during a great part of my time to engage in active employment by reason of severe indisposition and the infirmities of age that my family consists of my wife aged 67 years infirm and unable to support herself and seven children of whom five are sons the first aged forty one years the second thirty nine the third thirty seven the fourth thirty four the fifth twenty nine and of my daughters the oldest is thirty one the youngest twenty six but of these children none are able to support me as they are themselves in reduced circumstances That since the exhibition of my schedule the following changes have been made in my property
  Names of persons to whom sold  Time of sale  Amount of property so recd in return    one span of horses a waggon and harness sold to Cyrel Eaton of Canandaigua in this County  Sold since declaration applied for a pension in May 1820 but the exact time he cannot remember  applied to judgment of debts of declarant assumed by Eaton and paid by him to the amount of 70 or 75 dollars  
Two hogs killed and consumed in declarant family
Sworn in open Court Calvin Tripp Ralph Sester Dep CLK
State of New York Ontario County } ss Ralph Sester Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court

that the total amount in value of the property contained in said Schedule is thirty seven dollars and seventy four cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 28th day of May 182
Ralph Vester Dep CLK

Stephen Phelps, Esq. c Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.
Calvin Tripp, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary claim.
Not found on the Massachusetts rolls.
See endorsement in the cases of Jeremiah Battles, and Noah U: Norton.
Adm Q

State of New York Ontario County ss
On this 28 th day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the said County and State personally appears Calvin Tripp aged 59 years resident in the town of Canandaigua in said State and County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" That he the said Calvin Tripp enlisted the 1 st day of January 1776 in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in the Compa- -ny commanded by Capt. Humble in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bailey in the Massachusetts line. That he continued to serve in said Caps until January 1 st 1777 when he was discharged from service at Trenton in the State of New Jersey. That he is in reduced circum- -stances and stands in need of assistance from his County for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Calvin Tripp
Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps

State of New York Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County and State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Oliver Dripp did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. —
Canandaigua April 28 th 1818 —
Stephen Phelps
State of New York ss Ontario County ss
I certify that Calvin Dripp the above said Applicant is in Redded & Indigent Circumstances and in Need of the Assistance of his County for Support by Personal Knowledge and Satisfactory Evidence
Stephen Phelps a
Canandaigua Nov-21 st 1818
Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

I Henry Young of Wareham in the County of Plymouth and in Common Wealth of Massachusetts being of age to give evidence do testify and say that I was a soldier in the revolutionary army in the service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Col: John Bailey and company commanded by Eliaser Hamblin I enlisted in December 1775 for one year commencing Jan y 1776 I entered the Army at Roxbury where I remained till the British left Boston after which I went with the army to New York and was discharged in the beginning of 1777 at Trenton I personally knew Calvin Tapp their of said Rochester who has since removed to the State of New York he was a soldier in the service of the United States in the same company with me for one year commenced in service at Roxbury and cont- -nued in the service until the expiration of his term and until that he was discharged at the same time with myself at Trenton he was a water upon one of the officers I think Lieut. Charles Church.
Henry Young
Common Wealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss Wareham Nov r 12. 1818. Personally appeared Henry Young and said oath to the foregoing statement by him subscribed is just and true in all its parts before me the undersigned and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Henry Young and that he hath a fair and good character not to be disputed.
Israel Pease Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I hereby certify that Mark Fearing Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth - Duly qualified to administer oaths & take depositions That the signature to the foregoing attestation is the true signature of the said Justice and that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of the courts in said County of Plymouth
Wm B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ysmonth I hereby certify that Charles J. Holmes Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Ysmonth in said Commonwealth duly qualified to administer oaths & take depositions - that the signature to the foregoing attestation is the true signature of the said Justice and that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of the Court in the County aforesaid
J. B. Brown Clerk of the Judicial Court in the County of Ysmonth

Timothy Snow of Rochester, in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts legally qualified to give evidence do testify & say. That I was a soldier in the revolutionary army in the service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Col John Bailey and company commanded by Ebenezer Hamlin. I enlisted in December 1775 for one year, commencing Jan y 1776. I entered the army at Roxbury where I remained till the British evacuated Boston after which I went with the army to New York and was discharged in the beginning of 1777 at Trenton. I personally knew Col n John Tripp, then of said Rochester, but who has since removed to the State of New York. He was a soldier in the service of the United States, in the same company with me, for one year, commenced service at Roxbury and continued in the service till the expiration of his term, and think he was discharged at the same time with myself at Trenton. He was a warrant upon one of the officers. I think Lieut. Charles Church.
Timothy Snow Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth Feb y November 11 th 1818 Personally appeared Timothy Snow & made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is just & true before me the undersigned. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Snow, & that he has a fair character for integrity & veracity. Charles J. Holmes, Just. Pacis.

Declaration to Calvin Lipp April 28 th 1813
The Honorable Surf. of War

State of New York Ontario County } ss Clerk's office
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of com- mon pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I herunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 17 th day of May A D 1818
J. M c Naughton

The Honorable The Secretary for the Department of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq r of Canandaigua who is my agent — April 28 th 1818 — Calvin Tripp

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Calvin Tripp a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. File 42,516
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1. 1776 1 yr. Pri. Eleazer Hamlin John Bailey 23 rd Cont. Inf.                                                   
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Eul. at Roxbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 28, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Canandaigua, N.Y.
Age at date of application, 59.
Remarks: 1823 ad. referred to wife aged 67 yrs. 5 sons aged 41, 39, 37, 34, 29 and dau. 2 dau. aged 31 + 26 no names mentioned. To Aud. for date of death + names of heirs.

New York
Calvin Tripp, priv served 1 yr in 1796.
1 st Sched: dated May 20. 1820
Personal property $202. — no debt given
2 nd Sched: under act Mar. 1823 [date 23 rd May 1823]
Personal property $37.74 no debts
accounts for the decrease of property &
By sale of 1 span of Horses, a waggon & harness some time after making his Sched. in 1820, which comprises the principal articles in his 1 st Sched., to Cyril Eaton, who assumed a judgment of 75 dols. against & claimant over
2 Hogs consumed in family —
Claimant age 64 yr. a labourer, very infirm wife 67 infirm — 5 sons 41 — 39 — 39 — 34 & 29 yr. 2 daughters 31 & 26 yr. all in reduced circum- stances & not more than able to support themselves. —
Thos H. Johns Esq Canandaigua N.Y.
Sep. 1819.

1908 Apl. 14. History to Mrs. Geo. W. Bussey - 2
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2. 42,516.
Coac
Rev
Pension Bureau
Dear Sirs,
Will you please send me the record of Calvin Trapp, a Revolutionary soldier if there is such a record in your bureau. I wish to find the date of birth, date of death and time that he drew pension, also place of death and birth.

I have name of his wife given as Martha Record,
Sincerely Yours
Mrs George W Busey Regent of Alliance Chapter G. A. R., Urbana, Illinois 506 W Green Street,
April 6, 1908.

For Reconsideration
Recd. 5 Dec. 1820
J. L. Schwartz Esqr.
Prison Officer

Canandaigua Nov. 21 st 1820.
Sir Enclosed are two cases of Applicant of Original Pensions.
Please to forward the Returns to me.
I am Sir your Ob dt . Serv t
J. L. Edwards Esq r Stephen Phelps

Case of Calvin  Tripp
pp 20 Mar. 1819

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this fifteenth day of November 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Calvin Tripp aged sixty two years, resident in the town of Canajoharie in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820:—
That he, the said Calvin Tripp enlisted in January 1776 in
Captain Eleazer Dunning Company in Colonel John Bailey's regiment, Massachusetts Line where he served one year and received an honorable discharge — And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except what is now in the War Office — that he made application for a pension the 28 th day of April 1818 & received a pension certificate N o 7.911, and that on the 20 th day of June 1820, he was stricken from the pension list, under the said act of the 1 st May 1820, and that subsequent to that period, he has been obliged to dispose of his property to satisfy his creditors.
_____ " _____ " _____

And in pursuance of the said Act of the 1st May, 1820, I, Calvin Tripp do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Two hags #10. sundry kitchen utensils #19. $29 00
Calvin Tripp
And I do further swear & declar that I am by occupation a farmer but that owing to bodily infirmities, I am unable to labor, and that my family consists of my wife aged 65, very much out of health and unable to do work — Calvin Tripp.
Sworn to & declar'd in Open Court this 10 th day of November 1820 before me
Moses Atwater a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas.
Ontario County ss - I John Van Fosen Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two nine dollars — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 14 th day of November 1820
L.S.
John Van Fosen Clerk of Ontario County

Ex. of Calvin Snipp
(7911)
$202
(Sept 1819)

To the Hon. the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Ontario, holden at the Court House in Canandaigua, in and for said county, of the term of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty—
I, Calvin Snipp being an actual resident of the town of Canandaigua in said county, having been placed on the Pension List of the United States, by virtue of the act, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed the 18th day of March, 1818, do hereby, pursuant to the act in addition to the act above mentioned, passed May 1st, 1820, exhibit to said Court the following as a Schedule containing my whole estate and income, (my necessary wearing apparel and bedding excepted) that is to say:—
One Span Horses $ 100 — " Waggons & Harness 60 — Three Hogs 9 — One Cow 13 — House hold furniture 20 — $ 202 00
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 20 th day of May 1820
Calvin Snipp
The above sworn to in open Court May 20 th 1820

I, Calvin Tripp , do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of May 1820 in open Court before me Moses Atwater a Judge of Court Common Pleas
Calvin Tripp
AT a Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court-House in Canandaigua, in and for the County of Ontario, before the Judges of said Court, on the 20 th day of May of the term of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
PRESENT—
Nathaniel W. Howell Moses Atwater Stephen Bates
JUDGES.
EX PARTE—
In the matter of Calvin Tripp a Pensioner residing in the town of Canandaigua in said County.
The said Calvin Tripp as a person placed on the Pension List of the United States, having exhibited a
schedule subscribed by him, containing his whole estate and income, (his wearing apparel and beds and bedding excepted) in pursuance of an act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An act in addition to an act, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, passed May 1st, 1820; and having taken, subscribed and produced to this Court the oath or affirmation by said act required, and said Court having heard evidence of the nature and value of the property mentioned in said schedule and duly considered the premises, are of the opinion that the property contained in the said schedule is of the value of Two Hundred Two dollars and  cents, and they hereby order their Clerk to certify the same in due form.
Ontario County, } Clerk's Office, ss. }
I, John Van Riper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario county, do hereby certify the foregoing schedule and copy of the oath or affirmation of Calvin Tripp are true copies of the original schedule and oath or affirmation now on file in my said office, and also that the above opinion and order of said court touching the value of the property set forth, is a true copy of the minutes of said court in the case of said Calvin Tripp a United States'
Pensioner.—In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 20 th day of May 1820
John Van Riper CLK