Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,383, for Jedidiah Phipps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass.
Phipps, Ledediah or Ledediah
L 29383
CONTENTS

See letter to W.S. Skinner, 28 May 1836 - do. to P. Agt. Oct. 13. 1836-
74 Suffolk
10.832.
Massachusetts
Jedediah Phipps
of Suffolk in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain Morse of the regt commanded by Col Putnam in the Spears line for 2 years.
Amid
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Ap r 1833 and sent to B child Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Ap r " " 40
$200-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book 2, Vol. 2, Page 63.

Jedediah Phipps Massachusetts
106493-
Private Express
$80-
D. L. Child E Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston
On this Seventeenth day of August 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston now sitting at said Boston within & for the County of Suffolk aforesaid Jedidiah Phipps of said Boston aged seventy two years. Who being 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 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. That is to say—
On the 1 st of April 1777 he enlisted at Natick in Massachusetts in the Continental Line in a company commanded by Captain Joseph Morse of said Natick, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam of Brookfield, Ezra Brwell of Lynn was Lieut. Col. & John Foster, Adjt. General John Nixon of Natick commanded the Brigade. The company immediately started from Natick & marched to Worcester for which was the general place of rendezvous for the regiment; after remaining here three or four weeks, the regiment marched to Fort Edward in New York & there joined the army under General Schuyler who fell back to Still Water, there General Gates took the command. They then advanced to Saratoga, & after several severe engagements captured General Burgoyne. This deponent was stationed in a corn field & was near General Arnold at the time he was wounded in the heel. The ensuing winter he was quartered at Albany, afterwards was stationed at West Point. The remainder of the time was spent at White Plains, Fishkill & other posts in New York & in marching from place to place. He was engaged in several skirmishes & at the close of his enlistment went to Parris' Heights where he received his discharge from Lieut. Col. Brwell, then the commanding officer. He was in no severe engagement except that at Saratoga.
He served the whole period of his enlistment which was for three years. His pay was eight dollars per month. When he enlisted, he resided at Sherburn in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid. He was born at Sherburn August 2 nd 1760. He

hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Subscribed and sworn before me Jedidiah Phipps Peter O. Thacher, Judge &c
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas A. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jedidiah Phipps for a pension, also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said court & that the signatures on these papers are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court, at said Boston, this seventeenth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Thomas A. Phillips, Clerk.

sion on file in this Bureau.
Jedidiah Phipps V.F. 29323
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1. 1777 Dec. 31. 1779 Pvt. Joseph Morse Rufus Putnam Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, 2 d battle of Ticonderoga & Capture of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sherborn, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug 17 1852 His d. al. Residence at date of application, Boston Mass. Age at date of application, Born at Sherborn Aug. 2. 1760 Remarks: No data as to family
The only soldier that name

29 383 Rev  INVALID.
1907 Nov. 22. Hied. to John Pitt. 1915 Oct. 12 Hied. to Harry B. Phipps. V. & M.
File No. 29,383
Jedediah Phipps Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 321
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 17 1832.
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
Isaac Phipps enlisted as a private for three years service in the Continental Line, in a Company commanded by Captain Morse & Regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam; & that the accounts are made up from April 1 st 1777 to December 31 st 1779, a period of thirty three months - Edward D Bangs Secy

I William Clark of Sherburne in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman Testify and say That Jedediah Phipps then of said Sherburne enlisted for the term of three years, on or about the first day of May in the year One Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, in the State of Massachusetts, in the Company commanded by Capt n Joseph Morse, in the Reg t commanded by Col d Rufus Putnam in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps the full term of three years for which he enlisted when he was discharged from said service. — I further testify and say that I engaged in the service of the United States in the revolutionary War at the same time with said Phipps. That I was in the same company with him during the whole of said three years. That said Phipps was at the capitulation of Gen o Burgoyne and that his services in the Army were highly appreciated by his officers being one of the best written former in the Army. — William Clark Sherburne July 3 1826
Middlesex July 3 1826. Then personally appeared William Clark the aforesaid deponent and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts. Before me John Bullard Just Peace Calvin Sargent Jr. of Peace
I hereby certify, that I have been acquainted with Deacon William Clark the aforesaid deponent. That he is a man of unblemished character and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his attestation — John Bullard Just Peace Calvin Sargent Jr. of Peace

I Libear Hooker of Needham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman do testify and say that Jedediah Phipps then of said Sherborn in said County of Middlesex, enlisted in the revolutionary Army of the United States, in the Company commanded by Joseph Morse in the Regiment commanded by Rufus Putnam in the Massachusetts line And that said Phipps continued to serve in said Company three years I further say that I served in the same Company as Lieutenant during the same time with said Phipps and that his services in the army were highly approved of by his officers and further say that said Phipps Enlisted on or about the first of May in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven. And after the expiration of the service of the year said Phipps was honourable discharged from said Army
Needham July 5 th 1826
Libear Hooker
Norfolk ss Needham July 5 th 1826 then the above named Libear Hooker personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is just & true before me ————— Benj c Slack Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that Libear Hooker is a man that I am well acquainted with, and is a man of respectability and of truth
Benj c Slack Justice of the peace

N o 6493.
Jedediah Phipps

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That John Bullard Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex; — and Benjamin Black Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, — and were Justices of the Peace for the Counties aforesaid in July eighteen hundred and twenty six in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this Sixteenth day of August A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth Bank Pension Office Boston 6 th Oct. 1836.
Sir,
At the request of Mr. S. Skinner Esq. I herewith forward the papers of Gedediah Phipps who has neglected to draw his pension for two years. The additional oath of identity has been obtained since the recpt. of your letter of the 28 th May last. —
Be pleased to inform me if payment can now be made. —
I am, very respectfully Your ob td Servt.
John R. Simpson Conduct
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com d Pensions Washington. D. C.
2022

May 25
Jedediah Smith Map W.R.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner Pensions Washington.
the P. and B. drug you

Boston 21. May 1836
Sir,
Owing to an unaccountable negligence in putting the three enclosed certificates into my trunk in the Bank, & forgetting to take them to the Office, cannot now be paid, and as there is another half Year, and I was desired to send for Mr. Phipps's orig l Certificate which I beg to enclose you, asking the favor of you to guide me in the direct way to obtain payment.
With much esteem & respect
Most faithfully
W. S. Skinner
J. S. Edwards Esq r
X - Y - X

Washington D.C. Nov. 15. 07.
Old Army & Navy Dept.
Gentlemen: Will you kindly give me what information you can concerning the Revolutionary war record of James Pitt of near New York, N. Y. who was

married to one Mills: De La Tour, a French Huguenot. He was originally a surveyor in Virginia.
I should also like to know the records of Jediah Phipps of Sherburn, Mass. who enlisted as a clerk under Gen. Putnam.
In tracing my connection to these families can you tell me what records I should consult?
Very sincerely John Pitt
# 24 Randolph Place N.W. City.

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HOME OFFICE: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
WILLIAM FIEE INSURANCE COMPANY
William Fiee (handwritten signature)

One 2 c stamped envelope rec'd H
Rev See of Crews H. H. R.
John Hancock MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ROLAND O. LAMB, President ARNOLD A. RAND, 1st Vice Pres. & Counsel EDWIN B. HOLMES, 2nd Vice President
HOME OFFICE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
WALTON L. CROCKER, 3rd Vice Pres. & Secy. ROBERT K. EATON, Supt. of Agencies
In replying please address AGENCY DEPARTMENT.
October 8th 1915
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:
Would you be so kind as to have the undersigned supplied with a record of pension during the Revolutionary Period on the life of Jedediah Phipps, who was born 1724 and died 1818; and also the record of pension, if any, on Jedediah Phipps, Jr., born 1760 and died 1847?
The following are references to the authorities:- "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," Vol. XII, Page 340; "Douglas, Mass., Vital Records," Page 52; Morris "Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants of the town of Sherborn 1856," Page 198.
These records are important to the undersigned for use in the Sons of the American Revolution.
I would greatly appreciate any other record of either of the above-named, relative to their service in the American Revolution.
Stamped addressed envelope is enclosed for your convenience.
Yours respectfully,
HSP EMB
Harry S. Phipps 49 Federal St. Boston, Mass.

John Hancock MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Rev Sec th 2
ROLAND O. LAMB, President ARNOLD A. RAND, 1st Vice Pres. & Counsel EDWIN B. HOLMES, 2nd Vice President
HOME OFFICE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
WALTON L. CROCKER, 3rd Vice Pres. & Secy ROBERT K. EATON, Supt. of Agencies
In replying please address AGENCY DEPARTMENT.
October 8th 1915
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Supplementary to my letter to you dated October 8th, regarding Revolutionary Pension of Jedediah Phipps or Jedediah Phipps, Jr., you will find attached hereto a copy of Jedediah Phipps' service in the Continental Army, which will, no doubt, assist you in advising me as to whether Jedediah Phipps or Jedediah Phipps, Jr., was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War; and I would also like to be advised if there has been a land warrant issued and if so who located on same.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Henry P. Phipps
P.O. box 111 Boston Mass.
Jedediah Phipps , Sherburn, Mass., List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Col. Bullard's regt. as returned by Aaron Gardner, Capt. 1st Co. and Moses Perry, Lieut. 9th Co., residence Sherburn, engaged for town of Sherburn, joined Capt. Morse's Co., Col. Putnam's regt., term 3 years, also list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co. dated Boston, May 25, 1777. Capt. Morse's Co., Col. Putnam's regt., also Private Capt. Joseph Morse's Co.; Col. Rufus Putnam's (4th) Regt. Continental Army pay accounts for service from April 1, 1777 to December 31, 1779; also same Co. and Regt. return dated Albany, Feb. 9th, 1778; mustered by Col. Barber; also Capt. Gardner's Co., Col. Putnam's (5th) regt., Continental Army pay accounts for services from Jan 1, 1780 to April 1, 1780, also Capt. Amos Perry's Co., Col. Abner Perry's Regt., marched July 28, 1780, discharged Aug. 8, 1780, service 14 days, including 3 days, (60 miles) travel home. Company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 28th, 1780.