Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8188, for Daniel Phillips, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Phillips, Daniel
R8188
CONTENTS

I Maria Phillips of Newfane county of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age Depose and say that I am the son of Daniel Phillips late of said Newfane deceased that I was born in Drummerston in the county and State aforesaid that I am Fifty nine years of age that myself Nathan Phillips Simon Phillips and Betsey Gould are the only children and heirs of the said Daniel Phillips
Maria Phillips
Sworn and subscribed this 31 st day of March A. D. 1854
Before me Emery Wheelock } Assistant Secy. of Windham Co. Court

I Daniel Lane of Norton in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being eighty three years of age, do hereby testify and say, That I was born and brought up in the said Town of Norton & have generally lived in the said Norton, & have been acquainted with the permanent inhabitants of said Town generally. And I do further testify & say, That I was well acquainted with Daniel Phillips Junior who was among the permanent inhabitants of the said Town, and one of them, as he the Phillips had his birth [as I have always understood] in the said Norton, & I know him to have resided in the said Town during all the early part of his life. And I do further testify and say, That the said Daniel Phillips Jr married & lived with Polly, or Mary Bapst [as she was sometimes called by both names ] for many years, I was not at their marriage, but know them the said Daniel Phillips & Polly Bapst to have lived together as man & wife, while they had their home in the said Norton after their marriage. And I do further testify and say that the said Daniel Phillips Junior together with his said wife left the said Town of Norton and removed to some Town in the State of Vermont a great many years ago. And the said Phillips finally had his home in the Town of Newfane in the said State of Vermont, where he lived for a long time and finally died. And I do further testify and say, that there never was any other Daniel Phillips in the said Town of Norton, except the father of the aforesaid Daniel Phillips Jr unless he the said Daniel Phillips Junior named one of his children, by that name.

And I do further testify and say, That I have no interest whatsoever in the obtaining any thing from the Government of the United States for, or by reason of services of the said Daniel Phillips Jr in the war of the Revolution. Daniel Lane July 3 1854.
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County - ss. July 3. 1854. Then Daniel Lane to me personally known, & a respectable & credible witness, personally appeared, and made oath, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true in all its parts.
Before me Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace.
And I do further certify that a maiden sister of the said Daniel Phillips late of Newfane Vt. deceased lived in my father's family, & in my family, for the space of about fifty years. That she is now deceased and that she was occasionally visited by her said brother after he removed from Norton to the said Town of Newfane, and that I was personally acquainted with him. That I now own real estate that he inherited from his parents in this Town, & which he sold after he was an inhabitant of the said Town of Newfane. And that I have no doubt whatsoever, that but the said Daniel Phillips Junior of Norton, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was the identical Daniel Phillips who removed from the said Town of Norton to some Town in Vermont, & then to the said Town of Newfane in the said state of Vermont.
Cromwell Leonard

John Crane of Norton in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being fifty five years of age, do hereby testify & say. That I hold the office of Town-clerke of the said Town of Norton, and have the care & custody of all the record books of said Town. And I do further testify & say. That on one of the said record books is found the following record to wit. Daniel Phillips Jun and Mary Bapeth both of Norton, were united May 27 28 th twenty seventh one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, and published in said Norton according to Law. Certificate given June seventeenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
N.B. The record as right was entered & as read, Daniel Phillips Jun was not entered as married.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - Entered May 27 th 1785. Certificate given June 17 th 1785.
John Crane Clerk of said Town. Sworn and subscribed to, before me this twenty fourth day of June 1785.
Cornwell Leland Justice Peace.
And I the above said John Crane do further testify and say, that there appears to be no record on any of the said books of the marriage of the said Daniel Phillips Jun but his birth is found recorded on one of the said books.

The word or name "Phillips" was inserted in this place before this instrument was executed & recorded
with six others all children of Daniel Phillips and Elizabeth his wife, and the birth of the said Daniel Phillips Jun, as appears by the said record, took place on the twenty eighth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty two.
And I do further testify and say, that the birth of three of the children of the above named Daniel Phillips are found recorded on one of the said record books, as follows - to wit -
The children of Daniel Phillips Jun. and Polly his wife were born as follows viz. Daniel Phillips was born Oct r twenty seventh one thousand seven hundred and eighty six. Polly Phillips was born April eighteenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. Betsey Phillips was born Aug t twentieth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety one.
and I testify that the above is a true copy of the said Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the said record in fair legible words & figures, as follows to wit
Daniel Phillips was born Oct r 27 th 1786. Polly Phillips was born April 18 th 1789. Betsey Phillips was born Aug t 20 th 1791.
And I do further testify and say, that the given name of Mary or Nancy & Polly are often applied to the same person on the Record books, & otherwise - and I have no doubt whatever that the name so recorded in the above record -
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means the Identical person who was the wife of the above said Daniel Phillips Jun. and the Mother of his said three children as above stated. And I do further testify and say that the above said Daniel Phillips Jun. is reported and generally understood to have been a soldier in the war of the American Revolution.
And I do further testify and say that the above said Daniel Phillips Jun. is said by the old people of the said Town of Norton to be the Identical person who removed from the said Town of Norton many years ago to the state of Vermont and finally lived & died in the Town of Newfane in the said state of Vermont.
Dated at Norton June 24 th 1854.
State of Massachusetts } Bristol County } ss. June 24 th 1854. Then John Crane to me personally known and a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts. Before me Cornwall Leonard Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I, James Sprout, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Reverend Levi Dyer, whose signature is affixed to the within Varnum's certificate is, and was, on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in the said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton, this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.
J. Sprout

I David Makepeace of Norton in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, being eighty six years of age, do hereby testify and say, That my Grandfather & my own parents, were inhabitants of the said Town of Norton, and that I was born & brought up, & have lived nearly the whole of my life in the said Norton, and have known all the principal inhabitants of the said Town. And I do further testify & say, That I was well acquainted with Daniel Phillips Junior, who was formerly a permanent inhabitant & freeholder in said Town of Norton. And I do further testify and say, That the said Daniel Phillips Junior left the said Town of Norton a great many years ago, and resided in some Town in the State of Vermont, and afterward became an inhabitant of the Town of Newfane in the said State of Vermont, where he lived a long time, I believe more than forty years, & finally died in the said Town of Newfane. And I do further testify and say, That the said Daniel Phillips Junior, married Polly Basset, who was sometimes called Mary Basset [I do not know which way she spelled, & wrote her name, whether Polly or Mary] but I know that she was the wife of the said Phillips, and they lived together as man & wife & a number of children were born to them while they lived in the said Town of Norton. And I do further testify and say, That the said Daniel Phillips Junior was reputed & generally believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and I do myself well remember of his, the said Phillips leaving the said Town of Norton at the time of said war, and going into the Army, but I cannot tell to what company or Regiment he belonged.
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Ab. the interest between the said David and his father was made into this instrument was recorded.
And I do further testify and say. That there was never any other Daniel Phillips in this Town or vicinity, but the said Daniel Phillips Junior already several times mentioned in this instrument unsubscribed a said David except his father, and he the said Daniel Phillips Senior, was too old a man to have been a soldier in the said Revolutionary war. -
And I do further testify & say that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining any pension or money from the United States government or pension office by reason of the Revolutionary services of the said Daniel Phillips Junior -
Dated at Norton July 6 th 1854. David Makepeace
State of Massachusetts ss. July 6 th 1854. Then David Makepeace subscriber to the foregoing Affidavit, to me personally known, a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath that the fore same is true in all its parts.
Before me Leonard Leonard Justice of the Peace -

State of Vermont } ss. County of Windham }
On this 22 d day of April, A.D. eighteen hundred and fiftyfour, personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, Betsey Gould, widow, a resident of the town of Watfield, county of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged sixtytwo years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pension to which her father, Daniel Phillips, late of the town of Newfane, county of Windham, and State of Vermont, deceased, was entitled, under the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. Said deponent declares and says, that the said Daniel Phillips, her father, was born in the town of Norton, county of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, and that while there a resident, he was drafted or enlisted at sundry times, and for various terms, in the military service of his country, during the American Revolutionary War, and did actively and faithfully serve therein as a private soldier, as will appear by reference to the Massachusetts Military Rolls, now in the office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, - an officially certified copy of which, so far as relates to the services of said Daniel Phillips, under the seal of said State, is hereto attached; that the said Daniel Phillips, during the last fifty years of his life, resided in said town of Newfane; that he died on the twentyeighth day of August, A.D. eighteen hundred and fiftyone, at the age of eighty nine years; and that said deponent has reason to believe, and does believe, that her said father never received a pension, nor applied for one. And said deponent further declares and says, that the said Daniel Phillips, her father, late of said Newfane, is the identical Daniel Phillips, whose name appears in the certified extract from the Revolutionary military rolls, by the

Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, herein before referred to, and who was a soldier in the American Revolution - my father having served in the War of the Revolution from my father when I was a child from time to time afterwards.
And said deponent further declares and says, that her father, the said Daniel Phillips, at his decease, left a widow; that her name before marriage, was Prudence Church; that she was legally married in said town of Newfane, to her father, the said Daniel Phillips, (she being his second wife) on the twentyfirst day of November A.D. eighteen hundred and twentyfour; and that she died in the said town of Newfane, on the second day of November, A.D. eighteen hundred and fiftyone; and that she left no children.
And said deponent further declares and says, that herself, - Masa Phillips, aged fifty nine years, and Simon Phillips, aged fifty one years, both of said town of Newfane, - and Nathan Phillips, aged fifty three years, of the town of Jericho, county of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, are the only children and heirs of said Daniel Phillips; and therefore said deponent prays that the said heirs may be allowed and paid, the amount of pension money to which their said father would have been entitled if still living.
And the said Betsey Gould, in behalf of herself and of her brothers aforesaid, does hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever, to any pension or annuity on account of the said Daniel Phillips, their father, except that which is now applied for.
Betsey Gould
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
My W W W W W W Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting all necessary interrogatories, that the before named applicant, Betsey Gould, together with her brothers above

named, are the only legal heirs of the said Daniel Phillips; and that he is the identical Daniel Phillips who is mentioned in the accompanying certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, as having served at various times in the American Revolutionary War.
And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Cook, Samuel Holland, and Charles Whiting, whose names are severally subscribed to affidavits hereto attached, are residents of the town of Newfane, aforesaid; that they are credible persons; that the signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine; and that their respective statements are entitled to credit.
Asahel Peck Ct. Judge
William Harris Asst. Judge
I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham, and State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Betsey Gould for the pension due to the late Daniel Phillips. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 22 d day of April, A.D. 1834.
[Signature]
Clerk.

State of Vermont { County of Windham { ss.
We, Thomas Cook and Samuel Holland, of the town of Newfane, in said County and State, of lawful age, being duly sworn according to law, do upon our oaths depose and say, that we well knew Daniel Phillips, late of said Newfane, deceased; that we knew him for the space of fifty years before his death; that we have always understood, and do now believe, that he was a native of the town of Norton, county of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts; that we have also always understood, and do now believe, that he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War; that we have at sundry times heard him speak of his services in said War, and relate incidents, connected with such services; and that he died in said town of Newfane, on the twenty-eighth day of August, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one, aged eighty nine years. We also depose and say, that we have reason to believe, and do believe, that he is the identical Daniel Phillips, referred to in the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, as having enlisted in the Revolutionary War from the said town of Norton.
We also upon our oaths depose and say that we well knew Prudence Phillips, the wife of the identical Daniel Phillips, who was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War as aforesaid; that we knew her from the time of her marriage to said Daniel Phillips to the time of her death, which was about twentyfive years, during which time, she resided with her husband, in said town of Newfane; that she died in said Newfane, on the second day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one; that we knew said Daniel Phillips and Prudence Phillips died at the times above mentioned, because we were present at both their funerals. We also depose and say that said Prudence

Phillips was the widow of said Daniel Phillips at the time of her death.
And we furthermore depose and say, that we well know Nasa Phillips and Simon Phillips, residents of said town of Kennebec, - Nathan Phillips of the town of Jericho, county of Chittenden, and state of Vermont, - and Betsey Gould of Watfield, county of Hampshire, and state of Massachusetts; and that they are the only children and heirs of the said Daniel Phillips. And we also say that we are disinterested. Samuel Holland Thomas Cook
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day of April, A. D. 1854.
Charles K. Field Justice of the Peace
It is hereby certified, that Thomas Cook and Samuel Holland, above named, are well known to me; that they are credible persons; and that the foregoing statement, by them subscribed, is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written.
Charles K. Field Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont WINDHAM ss
I, ROYAL TYLER, Clerk of the County Court, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original
now on file in my office and of the whole thereof
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Phillips was the widow of said Daniel Phillips at the time of her death.
And we further more depose and say, that we well know Mosa Phillips and Simon Phillips, residents of said town of Kennebec, - Nathan Phillips of the town of Jericho, county of Chittenden, and state of Vermont, - and Betsey Gould of Hatfield, county of Hampshire, and state of Massachusetts; and that they are the only children and heirs of the said Daniel Phillips. And we also say that we are disinterested. Samuel Holland Thomas Cook
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day of April, A. D. 1854.
Charles R. Field Justice of the Peace
It is hereby certified, that Thomas Cook and Samuel Holland, above named, are well known to me; that they are the persons described in and who executed the foregoing statement.
State of Vermont,
WINDHAM, S.S.
I, ROYALL TYLER, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Charles R. Field
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to the two certificates
herein written are the genuine; that the said paper writings are executed
according to the laws of this State,
and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the
laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at
Brattleborough, this
17 th
day of
April
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Royall Tyler Clerk.

State of Vermont } County of Windham } ss
I Charles Whiting, a regularly ordained Clergyman, of the town of Newfane in said County and State, of lawful age, having been duly sworn according to law, do upon my oath depose and say, that I find duly entered upon the records of the Church of which I am pastor, the following words and figures, to wit:—
"Mr. Daniel Phillips and Miss Prudence Church, both of Newfane, were joined in Marriage, Nov. 21, 1824."
And I furthermore declare and say, that the foregoing is a true copy from said Records; and that I have rea- son to believe, and do believe, that the said Daniel Phillips therein mentioned is the identical Daniel Phillips who was a soldier in the American Revolu- tionary War, and whose children now apply for the pension due to their late father.
Charles Whiting.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day of April, A. D. 1854
Charles R. Field
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 7 th 1854.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel Phillips is borne on Capt. Israel Redding's Comp. Col. Josiah Whitney's Regt. who has not received his months pay in advance. Oct. 12 th 1776 due £2.7.6. received said wages Nov. 11. 1776.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Timothy Child's Comp. Col. David Leonard's Regt. listed Feby. 24 1777 1. month 17. days. Tiendenoys service.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Isaac Hovey's Comp. Col. John Duggett's Regt. on alarm at Norton in December and January. Allowed in Council April 10. 1777. 22 days from Norton
Also in Capt. Israel Hovey's Comp. Col. John Hathaway's Regt. in April & May 1777 21. days as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Israel Hovey's Comp. Col. George Williams's Regt. on a secret Expedition from Sept. 25. 1777. 26 days.

Also on muster roll of Capt. Ichabod Wales Comp. Col. Geo. William's Regt. at Trenton Oct. 7. 1777. 11. days.
Also on roll of Capt. Isaac Snow's Comp. Col. John Daygetts Regt. drafted for the turn of Three Mts. to do duty in R. Island from Jan'y. 12 th to March 31. 1778. 2 Mts. 20 days.
See the last leaf And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears: that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I am now more fully than above stated.
years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services
WITNESS my hand, this A. D. 18
day of
Signed by said in my presence,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. }

State of Vermont } District of Marlboro' in the County of Windham } ss On this twenty seventh day of July, A.D. eighteen hundred and fiftyfour, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Marlboro', aforesaid, Samuel Holland, aged seventy-nine years, and Thomas Cook, aged seventy-six years, both now residents of the town of Newfane, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths depose and say, that they well knew Daniel Phil- lips, late of the town of Newfane aforesaid, de- ceased; that they knew him for the space of fifty years before his death; that they have always understood, and do now believe, that he was born in the town of Norton, in the County of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts; that they have also always understood, and do now believe, that said Phillips was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War; that they have at sundry times heard him speak his services in said War, and relate incidents connected with such services; and that he died in said town of Newfane, on the twenty eighth day of August, A.D. 1857, at the age of eighty nine years. They also depose and say, that they have reason to believe, and do believe, that he is the identical Daniel Phillips, who is referred to in the certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts, now on file in the Department of the Interior, as having enlisted and served in the American Revolutionary War from the town of Norton, aforesaid, and whose daugh- ter, Betsey Gould, widow, now applies for the Pension due to her father.

And the said Holland and Cook upon their oaths aforesaid, further more depose and say, that they well knew Prudence Phillips, the last wife of the identical Daniel Phillips, who was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War; that we knew her from the time of her marriage with the said Daniel Phillips to the time of her death, which marriage occur- red about twentyfive years ago, -during which time she resided with her husband in said town of Newfane; that she died in said town of Newfane, on the second day of November, A. D. 1851; that they know the said Daniel Phillips and Prudence Phillips died at the times before mentioned, because they were both present at the funerals of said Daniel and Prudence. They also depose and say that said Prudence was the widow of said Daniel Phillips at the time of her death.
And said Holland and Cook on their oaths aforesaid, further more depose and say that they well know Nasa Phillips, aged fifty nine years, and Simon Phillips, aged fifty one years, residents of said town of Newfane, - also, Nathan Phillips, aged fifty three years, a resident of the town of Jericho, county of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, - and Betsey Gould, (formerly Betsey Phillips) aged sixty two years, now a resident of Hatfield, in the county of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts; and that they are the only surviving children of said Daniel Phillips. They also say that they are disinterested. Thomas Cook
Sworn to and subscribed in open court J. M. W. Judge of Probate
Thomas Cook Samuel Holland

And the said Court do hereby certify that Samuel Holland and Thomas Cook, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, are residents of the town of Newfane, aforesaid; that they are credible persons, and that the foregoing statement, by them subscribed, is worthy of credit.
And it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court, after investigation of the matter, the before named Nasa Phillips, Simon Phillips, Nathan Phillips, and Betsey Gould are children, and the only surviving children of the identical Daniel Phillips, who is reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, from the town of Norton in the State of Massachusetts, and who now apply for the Pension due to their father, the said Daniel Phillips.
By me
Judge of Probate
I, Frederick Holbrook, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the District of Marlboro' and State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the heirs of the late Daniel Phillips of the town of Newfane in said County, deceased, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War, for the Pension due to the said Daniel Phillips. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of July, A. D. 1854.
Fredk Holbrook, Register of Probate

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
8188
P. O. _____
Daniel Phillips
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 38,739.
Daniel Phillips deceased, Wintham to Mass Vermont
Let A. H. Thayer May 1. 1854 A. W. Thayer 10 June 1854. Same Aug 3, 1854
8188
Det. June 7. 1832

State of Vermont, }
WINDHAM, S.S. }
I, ROYALL TYLER, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Charles R. Field
was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature John C. Tuttle is genuine; that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State,
and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, &c.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Brattleborough, this 19th day of April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four .
B. Munroe Clerk.

I Simon Phillips of Newfane in county of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age depon and say that I am the son of Daniel Phillips late of Newfane deceased that I was born in said Newfane that I am 51 fifty one years of age that myself Nasa Phillips Hattena Phillips and Betsy Goulet are the only children and heirs of said Daniel Phillips Simon Phillips
Sworn and subscribed this 31 st day of March A. D. 1854
Before me Emery Sherlock } Assistant Judge of Windham County Court

I Nathan Phillips of Pricke in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont of lawful age before and say that I am the son of Daniel Phillips late of Newfane deceased that I was born in the town of Sumner in the County of Windham and State aforesaid that I am Fifty three years of age that my wife Mosa Phillips Simon Phillips and Betsey Gould are the only children and heirs of the said Daniel Phillips
Nathan Phillips Sworn and Subscribed this 5 th day of April A D 1854
Before me Jon B Bliss Justice of the Peace

Northampton, Apr. 25, 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir -
Herewith I send you the Application of Betsey Gould, for the Pension due her late father, Dan- iel Phillips, a Revolutionary soldier.
Hoping the documents are in due form and sufficient (though by the Vermont Clerk clumsily connected) I
am Very Respectfully &c -
A. W. Thayer Agent in behalf of sd Betsey Gould

Northampton, June 7, 1834 Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir Herewith I send you the Application of Charles Gardner for Increase of Pension on account of his Mother, Sally Gardner, the Widow of Thomas Gardner, Revolutionary Pensioner, — agreeably to suggestions in your communication of May 29 th last.
I improve the opportunity to say, that so far, I have been unable to prove the iden- tity of Daniel Phillips of Newfare, Vt. with Daniel Phillips, once of Norton, a Revolu- tionary Soldier, except in this wise:—
I have procured an old account book, kept by Daniel Phillips, (who was a shoemaker) and that can be identified by men, who knew him, and whose own names, signed by them- selves at the time , to settlements in it, more than fifty years ago. This book contains

accounts of said Daniel Phillips, while living in Boston , together with memoranda of settle- ments, duly signed by the parties interested, from 1785 to 1792, during which year, accord- ing to the dates and names in the book, he removed to Dannevers, Vt. and by the same evidence, he appears to have re- moved some two years afterwards, to Newfane, Vt. where he lived to the time of his death, in the year 1849, I think. The question is, therefore, will the due authen- tication of that account book by the man- to whom I allude, be sufficient, in addition to the evidence on file in your depart- ment, to identify Phillips? It is now 62 yrs. since he left Boston, and of course it is diffi- culty to find persons there who knew any- thing about him. His daughter, Mrs. Gould, the applicant, was born in Boston, and I suppose that may be proved by a record in the family bible. I have not the slightest doubt of the identity of Phillips, and hope, for the sake of the heirs, who are all poor, that they may be favored as much as may be consistent with public duty. I will add, that one of the family informed me that they had often urged

Phillips to apply; but that he, in a spirit independence, regarded it as mean, and degrading to ask public charity as he viewed it, - said he could live well enough without it, and utterly and persistently declined making application. Your attention to these inquiries and suggestions, will greatly oblige the heirs - and
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt
A. W. Thayer
P. S. I respectfully call the attention of the Commissioner to the fact, that Thomas Cook, and Samuel Holland, both over 80 years old, who knew Phillips more than fifty years, speak of having heard him repeatedly say that he served in the Revolutionary War, and often heard him relate incidents connected with his experience while in that service

Northampton, Mass. July 29, 1854 Hon S. P. Waldo Sir
Herewith I send you - the required evidence, touching the claim of the heirs of Daniel Phillips, late of Newfane Vt. It has been a very difficult matter to procure the evidence, owing to a variety of circumstances. But I suppose you will agree with me, that the case is very clearly made out. Among those familiar with the parties, there is not a shadow of doubt on the subject.
I send the certificates or affidavits of three sons of Phillips, the old soldier, not because they were supposed to be required, but because I happened to have them - a free will offering of the parties.
Very respectfully &c
A. W. Thayer

State of Vermont. Probate District of Woodstock. The Probate Court for said District To all persons to whom these Presents shall come
Greeting. Know ye, That at a Session of said Court held at Newfane in & for said District on the 27 th day of July A D 1854 Nathan P. Gourd of Hatfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts was duly appointed by said Court Administrator upon the Estate of Daniel Phillips late of said Newfane, deceased, and the said Nathan P. Gourd gave bonds with sufficient surety as the law directs in the sum of $2000 for the faithful discharge of said trust, and is now duly authorized to act in the capacity aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Newfane aforesaid this 27 th day of July A D 1854.
Benjamin Dyer Judge of Probate for the District of Woodstock