Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33565, for Abraham Ripley, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Ripley, Abraham
8.33565
CONTENTS

4118
Massachusetts Roll
Abraham Ripley Capt Waterman Private 4 Connecticut line - 1776. 1 year In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Novem r 1818 and sent to John Hooker Esq r Judge Springfield Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 m. \frac{18}{30} - 36:80 Semi-annual all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: - 84:80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Springfield. Co. Hampden
Verification sent July 21 st 1820 to John Dugan Esq r Springfield Mass.

Abraham Ripley
Not on rolls
Admitted
I John Hooker (other name) do hereby return this Application with the additional evidence of Sam Gray, Daniel Filder & Jacob Loomis hereby assumed Oct 18. 1910
John Hooker

I Abraham Ripley a citizen of the United States & now resident in Middleburyfield in the County of Hampden State of Mass ts do depose & say that on the first day of Jan y 1775 I enlisted as a common soldier under Colonel Gray first Reg t in Capt. Nathl. Waterman's company in Col o John Durkee's regiment in the revolutionary army in the Continental establishment for the term of one year - & that I continued in said service for said term - & was not discharged till some time in the month of Feby 1777 - that I never received any discharge but was paid off & discharged and I further say that I am in reduced circumstances in life & stand in need of assistance from my country for support -
Ab m Ripley
April 17.
I Abiah Palmer wife of Samuel Palmer of said Middleburyfield Mass ts do depose & say that I recollect the above Ripley's enlisting on the first day of Jan y  1775 under Lt. Col o Gray for one year - that he was marched to Boston & afterwards to New York & continued in the army a little over a year - I am sister to said Abraham & frequently heard from him & my brother for said year New York
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wickden ss. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the 17 th day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden - the above named Abraham Ripley, applied for the benefit of the late Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annex- ed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Abraham Ripley the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a res- ident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden to be affixed hereto, this seventeenth day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testi- mony & proceedings had before me on the application aforesaid and transmit the same to the Secretary of the department of War of the United States -
John Hooker
Attest John Hooker Chief Justice

I Abraham Ripley a citizen of the United States & now resident in Wallingford in the County of Hampden State of Mass ts do depose & say that on the first day of Jan y 1775 I enlisted as a common soldier under Colonel Gray first Light in Capt. Nath l Waterman's Company in Col o John Durkee's Regiment in the revolutionary army in the Continental establishment for the term of one year - & that I continued in said service for said term - & was not discharged till some time in the month of Feby 1777 - that I never received any discharge but was laid off & dismissed and I further say that I am in reduced circumstances in life & stand in need of Assistance from my Country for support -
April 14.
Ab m Ripley
I Abiah Palmer wife of Samuel Palmer of Wallingford Mass ts do depose & say that I recollect the v o Abm Ripley's enlisting on the first day of Jan y  1776 under Lt l Elam Gray for one year - that he was marched to Boston & afterwards to New York & continued in the army a little over a year - I am bitter to v o Abm & frequently heard from him & my father went to see him when near New York & I recollect his stating when he came home that v o Abm was stationed at Powder Hook near New York - Abiah Palmer
Sworn to April 17. 1810 before me
J. W. H. Stokes

4118
29 Nov 1918
May 1919
Missy fied
[Faint handwritten scribbles]
in the

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of
ss.
ON this _____ day of _____ 182_, personally appeared, in open court, before the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at _____ within and for said county of _____
first duly sworn, according to law, aged 78 years, resident in the township of ... in the County of ... who being
SCHEIDT, E.
SCHENCK, I.E. Wraham Puffey Then in three weeks of around ... a one story house containing two rooms less than 20 square in land a set of very poor ... house ... he - for her work - He chairs ... yours ... ship ... as level as ... little the tangled ... kettle the ... only ... family of ...
Sworn to and declared on the tenth day of July before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas Attest John Ingersoll Clerk.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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 _____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this twentieth day of January 182 0 . John D. Sleeper { Clerk of the Courts for the County of Franklin

33565 Recy INVALID.
File No. 33,565
Abraham Ripley Li Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sant. Ignatius Dept o To the service of Abraham Ripley

I Samuel Gray of Windham in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do Depose, Testify, and say, that I was connected with the Army of the United States, as a Commissary, through the War of the revolution, that I have been acquainted with Mr. Abraham Ripley, late of S t . Windham, but resident in the Town of West Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from his youth and knows that he belonged to said Army as a Soldier, in the year AD 1776, that he was a Master to my Brother Col o Ebenezer Gray late De d , who was the Brigade Major in said Army, and have a clear recollection to have seen said Ripley after the 20 th day of October 1776 my Brother soon afterwards was taken sick and returned home, and I understood that S t . Ripley went with him to take care of him — the last time I saw him in the Army was a day or two before the Battle at White Plains — — And further the Deponent saith not — Windham the 12 th day of October AD 1818
Sam l Gray
State of Connecticut Windham S t . Windham October 12. 1818
Then Samuel Gray Esq r the signer of the above Deposition came before me Jabez Clarke Esq r Justice of the Peace for said County of Windham, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above deposition by him subscribed —
And I do further certify that the Deponent is a Gentleman of respectable moral character, and full faith & credit ought to be given to his Testimony
Attest Jabez Clarke Justice of the peace
I Samuel Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do Certify that Jabez Clarke Esq r before whom the above Affidavit was taken, is duly enrolled as one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said Windham County & full Faith & Credit ought to be given to his Acts as such & that the above signature is his own hand writing. — In Testimony whereof I have Subscribed my Name & Affixed the Public Seal of said Court this 12 th day of October AD 1818 Sam l Gray

The Deposition of Daniel Tilden of later Lebanon in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, who Testifies and says that he was a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Dyer and Regiment commanded by Col. John Burke from the first Day of January 1776 to the 15 th Day of Sept r of the same year when I was promoted to be Capt. of said Company, and continued to serve in said capacity untill the Regiment was discharged, which was on the 3 rd Day of January 1777 — that I then well knew Abraham Ripley, then of Windham in the State of Connecticut, now resident in West Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that he was a soldier in said Company from the beginning of the year 1776, untill about the 15 th Day of Sept r 1776, when he left said Regiment being taken therefrom by Brigade Major Ebenezer Gray as his waiter, and have no doubt but that he served out his time for which he enlisted, viz untill about the 1 st Day of January A.D. 1777 — that while he continued with the Regiment he was part of the time my waiter, as was a part of the soldier, and further saith not — Dated at Windham the 7 th Day of October A.D. 1813 —
Daniel Tilden
Jacob Boomer of Lebanon in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do Depose, Testify and say, that I was a soldier in a Company of Capt. Thomas Dyer, and afterwards by Capt. Daniel Tilden, from about the 15 th Day of January A.D. 1776, to about the 3 rd Day of January A.D. 1777. I do further Testify that Abraham Ripley above named was a private soldier in the same Regiment & Company in which I served and waited on Capt. Tilden — and served faithfully, but at what time he enlisted or was discharged cannot positively say, but have not any doubt but he served till the Regiment was discharged which was about the 3 rd Day of January A.D. 1777, as I knew of none that were discharged untill their time had expired. Dated the 7 th Day of October A.D. 1813 Jacob Boomer

Col. Dan. Wilson Jacob Loomis Esq. John H. Phelps
State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss. Windham October 7 th AD 1818 Then Col. Daniel Wilson, and Col. Jacob Loomis, came personally before me, Iabez Clarke Esq. Justice of the peace for said County of Windham, and severally made Oath to the truth of the facts stated severally in the within Complaints by them Subscribed -
And I do further certify that the within Complaints are both well known to me, to be Gentlemen, of fair and respectable Characters for truth, and full faith & credit ought to be given to their Testimony -
Attest Iabez Clarke Justice of the peace for said County
I Samuel Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut - do Certify that Iabez Clarke Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavits have been Made is duly enrolled as one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said Windham County, and full Faith & Credit ought to be given to his Acts as Such - and that his Name Subscribed thereto is his Own proper Signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my Name and Affixed the Seal of said Court this 10 th Day of October AD 1819
Sam Gray