Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8430, for Whitcom Pratt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Continental Mass.
Pratt, Whitcomb Ruth
R. 8430
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10558 Massachusetts
Whitcomb Pratt
Resided in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cole of the Regt commanded by Col. Ingersoll in the Mass line for 2 years
Ames
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - $1 - Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1835 and sent C. P. Wilmington Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept., 110.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Corson Clerk, Book { Vol. 2 a Page 63
Lead
Sir E. Parkard, Augt 7. 19
72 Hampsh

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire COUNTY OF Worcester ss.
ON this 20 th day of August - in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate now sitting Whitcomb Pratt a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy one 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in the town of Abington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on the 23 March 1751 have no record of my age but suppose it may be found in the record of the town of Abington I lived in Abington until I was twenty one years old then lived in the town of Weymouth in said County four or five years then removed to Plainfield and have resided there ever since I in the month of May 1775 I volunteered in an independent company commanded by Capt Truant to go to what was then called Nantasket (Drow Hill) for the term of seven months and to said Nantasket I served out the term for which I engaged and was discharged I think in the month of December In the month of May 1777 I again volunteered to go on to Castle William now Fort Independence for the term of one month and a half under the command of Col Barbeek and served there until my time expired About the first of July 1777 I again volunteered in a company commanded by Capt Cole and Regiment commanded by Col Jacobs for the term of five months to go to the State of Rhode Island we marched by way of Taunton to Providence from thence to East Greenwich staid at East Greenwich three or four months then returned to Providence and staid there until our term of service and we were discharged In the month of August 1778 I again volunteered in a company commanded by Capt Nathan Packard and Regiment commanded by Col Jacobs to go to Rhode Island we marched by way of Taunton to Howlands Ferry thence crossed on to the island was there in the Battle after the Battle crossed back and remained in the vicinity of Providence and remained there until we were discharged we were in this Campaign a month and a half- In the month of May 1780 I again volunteered to go to West Point for the term of six months we marched from Plymouth County through Worcester to Springfield from thence to West Point we staid at West Point a few days then marched to a place called Galloway Hill when we were attached to a company commanded by Joseph Williams & a Regiment commanded by Col Greaton in Gen. Lafayette's division from thence we were ordered to New Jersey we were not stationed at any particular point in New Jersey but were all the way up and down by the river until a short time before our time was out we then went back to West Point and were discharged in the month of December About the first of April 1781 I again volunteered in a company commanded by Elisha Wales for the term of nine months we marched from Plymouth County through Worcester to Springfield from thence to Fishkill in the State of New York where I was attached to Capt. Frothingham's Artillery Company in Col. Cranes Regiment in Nixon's Brigade from Fishkill we marched to West Point and from West Point to a place called I think Blank Point on the opposite side of the river we remained at this place the greatest part of the time until we went into winter quarters at Newburgh when we were discharged in the month of December I never received a discharge and have no documentary evidence of my service
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Whitcomb Pratt Before me Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate for s d County

We  a Clergyman residing in the  and residing in  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be  years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that  Samuel Knapp Judge of Probate who signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the   and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the respective town, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Saml. F. Lyman Register, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Whitcomb Pratt for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Saml. F. Lyman Register
Whitcomb Pratt No 4364 Declaration

Ruth Pratt
Whitcomb
Mass.
Act 7. July 38
M 85 d Jan 39.
5568

State of Massachusetts Hampshire County } ss
On this twenty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Hon Nathaniel Cowley Judge of Probate in and for said County, Ruth Pratt a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire aged Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled 'An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows'
That she is the Widow of Whitcomb Pratt who was a Private in the War of the Revolution in Col Grafton's Regiment and that he served several years in said war either in Col Grafton's or some other Regiment she is unable to state the time and the place where said service was performed and must refer you to the evidence submitted to the War department in the Autumn of 1832 for which her late husband received a pension Certificate dated April 13 1833 for the sum of Eighty dollars
She further declares that she was married to the said Whitcomb Pratt on fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty five that her husband the aforesaid Whitcomb Pratt died on the thirteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four as at the time above stated
Ruth { Pratt mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before Nathaniel Cowley Judge of Probate
Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Ruth Pratt for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this 28 th day of May A.D. 1839 - Samuel F. Lyman Reg t Probate

I Jacob Pratt of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged years before and say that my father Whittier Pratt died to my certain knowledge died on the thirteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine leaving a widow Ruth Pratt who is still living and remains his widow
Jacob Pratt
Cummington May 21 1839
Hampshire May 21 1839
Then personally appeared before me Jacob Pratt and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the person described in the foregoing affidavit to be the person who is a person of the credibility Elizabeth Putnam Justice of the Peace

No 7148
Whitcomb-Pratt Ruth Pratt Daughters
Richd Pratt and wife of Whitcomb Mass act 4 July 1836
Mamma 1785 Repted - husband died 1839 widow died 1840
Not entitled to pension died 7 July 1838, um not living at 11 and 42

State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss
In this sixteenth day of May 1848 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Conkey Judge of Probate at a Probate Court held at Charlestown in and for said County Jacob Pratt a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged Sixty 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and subsequent acts. That his father Whittcomb Pratt a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and Ruth his wife who was left a widow at the decease of his father that his said Father Whittcomb Pratt served in the Revolutionary war several years but your applicant is unable to state in what years and under what Officers and must refer you to the evidence submitted by him in 1832 and on file in your department and for which service he obtained a pension of eighty dollars per annum. And he further declares that the said Whittcomb and Ruth were married on the fifth day of December 1785 that the said Whittcomb died on the thirteenth day of January 1839 leaving a widow Ruth Pratt who died on twenty fourth day of June 1840 remaining a widow until her decease leaving seven children who still survive as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Subscribed and sworn to this sixteenth day of May A.D. 1848. Before me Nathan Conkey Judge of Probate.
I, Lemuel F. Lyman Register of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of said Jacob Pratt for a pension. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office. Lemuel F. Lyman Regd of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. At a Court of Probate held at Chesterfield, in and for said County on the Third Tuesday of May A.D. 1840 before the Hon. Nathaniel Conkey Judge of Probate for said County - Satisfactory evidence was furnished that Whitecomb Pratt a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died on the 13 th day of January A.D. 1839 and that he left a widow, Ruth Pratt, who died on the 24 th day of June A.D. 1840 and that her decease she left the following named children - Hannah Buel wife of David Buel of Hinton in the County of Plymouth Jacob Pratt and Ole Pratt of Plainfield in said County of Hampshire, Abigail Lloyd wife of Charles Lloyd of Cummington in said County of Hampshire Nehitable Pool of Hamilton in the State of New York, Austin Pratt of said Cummington and Lydia Lord wife of Caleb Lord of the State of Michigan -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office the day & year first aforesaid -
Sam d P. Lyman Reg t of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I John Nash Town Clerk of the Town of Abington in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify that by the Records of said Town now in my custody and care it appears that "Whitecomb Pratt and Ruth Lovell both of Abington" were married by Rev Samuel Niles Pastor of the Church in Abington December the fifth seventeen Hundred and eighty five, I also certify that the above is a true copy of the Record of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "Dec r ye 5 th 1785".
Abington February 28 th 1839.
John Nash Town Clerk of Abington I John Nash above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Abington in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
John Nash Town Clerk of Abington
Plymouth ss. Feb y 28 th 1839
Sworn before me
Archibald Mayhew Just: of the Peace

No. 4364 Whitcomb Pratt
Private L. years
The witnesses not called to be credul
Mar 24 1832
X
C. P. Huntington Northampton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Whitcomb Pratt of the County of Worcester  in the State of Mass  Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 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.     In 1776 May — 7 — As a, Private Gen. Capt. Truant,   "77 May — 1 15 Volunt. Col. Burbeck   "77 July — 5 — ditto Col. Jacobs, Capt. Cole   "78 Augt. — 1 15 ditto Same Col. Capt. Packard   "80 May — 6 — ditto Col. Grooton, Capt. Williams   "81 Apr. — 9 — ditto Col. Crane, Capt. Wales  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abington  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No Clergyman's Certificate. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Delt Examining Clerk.

No 7148 Ruth Pratt die Map
Respectfully L. H. & H. S. Rockwell August 11th 48
8-431 act 4 July 1826

5568
Rejected
Sec. E. Park Road, 7- Aug. 29
8-430
ack 7- July 38.

So. Haven, Mich. Sept 16 1922
Bureau of Pensions:
Replying to your letter of Sept 3, 1922 I will give what little information I am able to gather concerning Whitcomb Pratt, & Jeremiah Robinson. According to Dr. Porter's "History of Plainfield," - ✓ Whitcomb Pratt was one of 17 Revolutionary Soldiers, living in Plainfield, Mass. in 1833 and drawing a pension of $80 a year. His wife was Ruth Tirrell, & they had at least two children Jacob & Otis, Probably more.
✓ Jeremiah Robinson married Martha Ford. They had at least  three children - Polly, William, & Anna. According to the "History of Plainfield" by Chas. H. Dyer. - Jeremiah Robinson served in the village of Plainfield on various committees etc. in 1789, 1790, 1791. He had a few in the church in 1797.
He died in 1824, & was buried in Plainfield.
I do not know that he ever received a pension.
Very Sincerely,
Mrs. J. R. Spelman, 415 Broadway, So. Haven, Mich.
Plainfield was a front Cannington until after the Revolution.

8431.
P. O.
Ruth Pratt
Service: Consolidated Jan'y 31. 1883 with same widow rej d 8430
Enlisted: _____ Oct 1 , 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

1911 Dec. 9 Hist. To Mrs. R m Lewed Letter in L.F. 8966 Jephthah Pool. V.R.M. 1922 Oct. 14 Hist to msj. R. Shelman a.d.
8430
P. O.
Keith Pratt
Service:
Whitcomb
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Washington July 31. 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose, at the request of Eliphalet Parkhurst Esq, the application & papers of Jacob Pratt, of Plainfield, Hampshire County Massachusetts, son of Whitcomb Pratt a soldier of the Revolution.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Julius Rockwell

No. 4,364 Whitcomb Pratt
He must make his declaration in the County where he resides —
Plenum office
Nov 26 1832

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Whitcomb Pratt which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes.

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  X
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes.
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? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
 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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.
X Not required when the applicant proves the whole of his service

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Whitcomb Pratt R.F. 8430
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 7 mos. Pvt. Joseph Trufant Independent Co. Mass.   May 1777 1 1/2 mo. ✓ Burbeck   July 1. 1777 5 mos. Cole Jacobs   Aug. 1778 1 1/2 mo. Nathan Packard Jacobs   May 1780 6 mos. Joseph Williams Creaton   April 1. 1781 9 mos. Elisha Dole Frothingham Corane  
Battles engaged in, Rhode Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abington Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 30. 1832 His el. el.
Residence at date of application, Plainfield Hampshire Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, at Abington Plymouth Co. Mass. Mar. 23. 1761.
Remarks: d. Jan'y 13" 1839
Soldier married Dec. 5-1785. Ruth Lovell. S.
She died June 24, 1840, leaving the following children: Hannah wife of David Beals. Jacob. Otho. Abigail wife of Charles Gloyd. Mehitable Pool. Austin. and Lydia wife of Caleb Lord.
Very respectfully,

5568 Mass. June 11 7 July 1838 Cummington Mass } - June 6
from
J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Cummington June 6 1839
To Edward Commissioner of Pensions
In I enclose the application of Ruth Pratt for a five years pension
I forwarded to the Department last Oct or November the application of Amos Terville for a pension under the Act of 1832 his age infirmity and forgetfulness is the reason he alleges for not applying sooner he feels some anxiety in relation to it I presume his papers are at the department
Yours Respectfully Elizabeth Packard

Wm Stubbs Jason Richards
Affidavit
Portt

We Moses Hallock a clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield and Jason Richards residing also in the town of Plainfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Whitcomb Pratt an applicant for a pension and who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration exhibited to us before the Hon Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate within and for the County of Hampshire that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Plainfield Dec 24 1832
Moses Hallock Jason Richards
Hampshire ss Dec 24 1832 Personally appeared before me the Rev Moses Hallock and Jason Richards made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding certificate by them subscribed and I further
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Eliphaleth Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty eighth day of December
A. D. 1832
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

We Moses Hallock a clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield and Jason Richards residing also in the town of Plainfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Whitcomb Pratt an applicant for a pension and who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration exhibited to us before the Hon Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate within and for the County of Hampshire that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Plainfield Dec 24 1832
Moses Hallock Jason Richards
Hampshire ss Dec 24 1832 Personally appeared before me the Rev Moses Hallock and Jason Richards made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding certificate by them subscribed and I further certify that Jason Richards is a person of credible testimony
Elizabeth Packard Justice of the peace

Innes Richards
Offaluit
Pratt
1891

I James Richards of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts do testify and say, that I am acquainted with Whitcomb Pratt of Plainfield aforesaid, and was in the time of the revolutionary war. I furthermore testify that he, the said Pratt, served in said war for the term of six weeks on Rhode Island in the State of R. I. in a company commanded by Capt Nathan Packard, in General Lovell's Brigade as a private and an enlisted soldier from the Massachusetts Militia, in the summer of 1778 at the time of Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island. He the said Pratt was in the battle on the Island and assisted me and others in carrying off a wounded soldier by the name of Solomon Nash, while in a retreat from the enemy who had possession of the Fort on Quaker Hill, so called. At the time of this service we were both inhabitants of the town of Abington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts.
James Richards
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire
Plainfield August 18 th 1832, then personally appeared James Richards Esqr and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
John Nash, — Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that John Nash Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam l F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I James Richards of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts do testify and say, that I am acquainted with Whitcomb Pratt of Plainfield aforesaid, and was in the time of the revolutionary war. I furthermore testify that he, the said Pratt, served in said war for the term of six weeks on Rhode Island in the State of R. I. in a company commanded by Capt Nathan Packard, in General Lovell's Brigade as a private and an enlisted soldier from the Massachusetts Militia, in the summer of 1778 at the time of Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island. He the said Pratt was in the battle on the Island and assisted me and others in carrying off a wounded soldier by the name of Solomon Dashi, while in a retreat from the enemy who had possession of the Fort on Quaker Hill, so called. At the time of this service we were both inhabitants of the town of Abington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts.
James Richards
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire
Plainfield August 18 th 1832, then personally appeared James Richards Esqr and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
John Mark, — Justice of the Peace
Hampshire ss Dec r 24 1832 I hereby further certify that James Richards the above deponent is a person of credibility John Mark, — Justice of the Peace

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Thomas Lame affidavit Pratt
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I Philip Packard of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of Sixty nine years Testify and declare that I was personally acquainted with Whitcomb Pratt of Plainfield in the Revolutionary war that I was knowing to and served with the said Pratt at west point and vicinity nine months we commenced our Campaign under Capt Elisha Wales but after our arrival at Fishkill was transferred to the Company of Capt Frothingham and in an Artillery Regiment Commanded by Col Crane and that said Pratt served out the term of his enlistment Philip Packard
Hampshire ss August 16 1832 Personally appeared Philip Packard and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit according to his best recollection before me Elphatet Packard Justice of the Peace
Hampshire ss Dec 18 1832 I hereby further certify that Philip Packard the above deponent is a person of credibility Elphatet Packard Justice of the Peace

Philip Packard affidavit Pratt

Thomas Terrill of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of Seventy three years testify and declare that I was per- sonally acquainted with Whelcomb Pratt in the Rev- olutionary war and served with him the following times and places viz In the Month of May 1776 the said Pratt and myself volunteered in an independent company Commanded by Joseph Truant and went to Nantasket now Hull and served at said Hull seven Months in the service of Massachusetts we had no Regiment or were attached to none that I recollect In the Month of May 1777 the said Pratt and myself volunteered to go on to what was then called Castle William now Fort Independence for the purpose of fortifying said Fort under Col Burbank and were there one month and a half About the first of July 1777 or directly after our discharge from the Castle we again volunteered in a Company Company Commanded by Capt Cole and Regiment Commanded by Col Jacobs and marched from the County of Plymouth to the State of Rhode Island and served five Months the principal part of the time at place called East Greenwich -
Thomas Terrill
Hampshire ss August 16 1832 Personally appeared Thomas Terrill and made solemn oath to truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Elphinstone Parkhurst Justice of the Peace
Hampshire ss Dec 18 1882 I hereby further certify that Thomas Terrill the above deponent is a person of credibility
Elphinstone Parkhurst Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.