Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,365, George Whippen, Mass. Navy.

SERVICE
Mass. Navy.
Whippen George or Whipping
NUMBER _____
S. 6365
CONTENTS
carded

15482
Massachusetts
George Whippoor
Resides in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] by Col. [blank] in the [blank] time for Pirate & [blank] Pension [blank] State & Cont. Nav. & Mili
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 42 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June 1833 and [blank] Nathan Bowen (Prattlehead)
Arrears to the 4th of May 1833 $85.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep " 21.83
$107.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk Book 6. Vol. 2. Page 92.
85 Eper 1818 - Apr 30 - June 1818 1818 - Apr 30 - June 1818 1818 - Apr 30 - June 1818 1818 - Apr 30 - June 1818

I George Whippin of Marblehead in the County of Essex State of Massachusetts Seaman, On oath depose testify and say, that in April Eighteen hundred and eighteen, my Name was Inscribed on the Pension list, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, and that I received four semi annual Payments of Pension, and was afterward struck from the list, That I was a Private in Capt Francis Symonds Company in Col: John Glovers Regiment of Infantry, and that I was a Seaman in the Naval Service of the State of Massachusetts, on board the Armed Schooner Hancock John Manley esq. Commander, on a four Months cruise, and that I was a Seaman on board the Armed Ship Black Prince Nathaniel West esq. Commander, in the expedition to Penobscot, That I now belong to Marblehead, and belonged to said Marblehead at the time I first made application for a Pension.
Dated at Marblehead this 31 st day of July A.D 1832
his George Whippin Mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Marblehead July 31-1832. . . . Personally Appeared George Whippin, above named, and made Oath according to law, to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him Subscribed. —
Before me Nathan Bowen Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
I John Prince jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that Nathan Bowen is (and was at the time of the execution of the within Deposition) a Justice of the Peace in said County & that I believe his signature within is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem Nov. 12. 1832.
John Prince Jr. Clk.
Whipple

George Wippling -
Adm d
Did not serve three months at any one period - his first period expired when he left the Army
vid Testimony of Capt. that he served a year without interruption
Recommendation of Mad. Secretary

Be it remembered, That George  George Wipping of Middlesex in the County of Essex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That about the first of May seventeen hundred & seventy five he enlisted as a soldier in Capt. Francis Symonds company of the 21 st Regt. Mass s Line under Col. John Glover on the Continental establishment, in the American Revolutionary war, that he went to Cambridge and remained there until the last of Dec r following when I was transferred from the Land to the Naval service & was put on board the Schooner Hancock under Commodore Manley and remained in service on board said Schooner until the month of May following, when he was honourably discharged at Beverly by Commodore Man- ley, & that his discharge is lost by time & misad- venture. The said Schooner Hancock was upon the Con- tinental establishment — That he is seventy years of age —
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
att.
S. Putnam } J.S.J.C. }
George Wipping mark

AFFIDAVIT.
I Benjamin Dennis of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Yemen do on oath depose and testify,
That I belonged to the same My with the aforesaid George Wapping , and was with him on board the Schooner Hancock , and I well knew that he did serve the term of time set forth in his affidavit
Benj Dennis
sw

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
the aforesaid George Dipping & Benj. Dennis — and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT ; by them respectively made as aforesaid: — And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid George Dipping served more than NINE MONTHS , to wit, from the first day of May A. D. 1775 — to the ninth day of May A. D. 1776 — at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer- tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a- foresaid, at Marblehead , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass. }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Esex ss
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in for the County of Essex do hereby certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court & that the within signature is his proper handwriting & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said court
Given April 20 1828
Atty Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
that from his country andon letter

1489
George Whipping
Mass its 11
June 1818.
Con
Stricken from the Roll
December 2. 1829 - See
letter of that date - &
also letter to J. Tucker
Eggs Salem, Mass 1807- 1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, George Whipping resident Marble in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1489 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."  "I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, George Whipping late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  "Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,  containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, Real estate not an inch
Personal estate.
  1 Old case of Drawers $2. 1 Pair Bellows, 50 cts 2 " 5   1 pair Iron Dogs & Tongs $1. 3 Knives & forks 25 cts 1 " 2   1 Pine table $1. 1 do Maple broken, 75 cts 1 " 7   1 Small Pot & Kettle old & broken 25 cts , 2   1 Iron latch sets. 1 Small Looking Glass $1 1, 0   6 - 8 
Declarant is seventy one years old & very lame & infirm & has not been able to labour or earn a dollar for ten years past by occupation a fisherman - Has no family boards with his son in Law. Entered the service in 1775 in Capt. Francis Symonds company Glovers Regt went to Cambridge And when General Washington came on. Declarant with others was drawn out as a Granadier & ordered under Capt Curtis in same Regt. and remained in Land service untill January 1776 and before leaving the company of

Granadiers enlisted in the Naval service under Commodore Manley & went directly from Cambridge on board the Schooner Hancock, and served in the Navy five months and never quit the service from the first of May 1775 until June 1776 making in the whole thirteen months continued service.
George his X Wipping mark
Witness R. H. French.
Sworn to and declared before
William Witmore judge,
William named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Witmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, George Whipping 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. So help me GOD.
George Whipping mark attest R. H. French
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed George Whipping took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Witmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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 exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
Six dollars eighty one cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

the letter 3 Nov 1892 to Nathan Bowen Esq
This is not service of war - but under one term - engagement at expires in Dec. 1775 -
Massachusetts Roll - (1,489)
George Wipping Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Saml. Putnam Salem, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept m 1818 - Semi-annual ceasing
4 mos 17/30ths $ 36.53
Massachusetts line
1 may to Dec 75 { Revolutionary claim, } from that time { Act 18th March, 1818 }
transferred to Schooner Hancock, Comm d Manly Issued till May '76 stricken from the roll Dec. 2 d 1819
Warblehead E. Dec 63.

Mr. head No. 12th
$42.66 2/3
Free
Old Care
Geo Whipple
J. L. Edwards esq.
Pluck & Mark I am 4
Pension Office U.S. War Department
Washington D.C.
Nathan Bower Jr Marblehead Mass

Marblehead Nov th 12, 1832
Sir Enclosed you will receive the affidavit of George Whippin with the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court of this County agreeably to your order in your letter of Nov r 3 rd . You will please to inclose to me the Pension Certificate when granted.
Very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t . Nathan Bowen

Rehman
6365 INVALID.
File No. 6365
George Whippoorwill Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, Nath l Card — of Salem in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS, Sobrinus do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That George Wiggins, who subscribed the annexed declaration is well known to me, and I know that he served as a Soldier in the Amer- ican Revolutionary War from May 1775 to May 1776 without intermission, first in Col Glovers Reg t at Cambridge a few months, and the residue of the term on board the Schooner Lee and Hancock commanded by Capt. John Manley, and upon the Continental establish- ment. I was with him during the whole time & know the facts stated in his declaration to be true —  Nath l  his Card mark
Essex ss. June 24. 1815. Then personally appeared the above named Nath l Card and subscribed and made solemn oath to the above affidavit. Before me Ralph H French Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforesnamed Deponents, Benjamin Dennis v. Nathl. Goud
are credible and disinterested witnesses ; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service ; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this thirtieth day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s }
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Ralph H. French Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker,
Clerk.