Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,630, for Phineas Pease, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pease, Phineas
817630
carded
CONTENTS

DA 473 Massachusetts
Phineas Pease
of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parnes of the 1st Regt commanded by Col Metcalf in the Brattleboro line for 9 days Brattleboro Conn 6 mos Fifer
Cont'd on back
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 - Dollars 00 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Sept 1833 and sent No. 77- Bishop Ziney Ellapa
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $57.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending Nov 24 - 11.50
$69.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. H. Gilson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 66
Lydia Pillsbury March 19 1833
78 Berkshire
Heil July 10-1836

I Ovid Burrall now of Stockbridge former Massachusetts formerly of Canaan in the County of Litchfield some that time having resided in Burlington & Milton in the state of Vermont aged seventy two years do depose & say that I resided at said Canaan during the whole of the Revolutionary war & was well acquainted with a Volunteer Independent Company called Troopers enlisted from three adjoining Towns viz Canaan Salisbury & Norfolk in the County of Litchfield that Phineas Pease clerk of Stockbridge aforesaid then of Norfolk was one of said Company - said Company was commanded by Capt. Rufus Dutcher of Salisbury & other officers that they were commissioned by the Governor of the state - said Company was attached to no particular regiment but held themselves in readiness to be called out on any sudden emergency - I knew of their going out on several alarms & in particular in particular at the time the British were committing depredations on the seaboard of Connecticut - I saw said Company when they returned & said Pease was amongst them. They reported that they were present when Norwalk was burnt - that five of their Company were wounded viz Saml. Whitney & Elisha Hooper of Canaan - I knew that said Hooper was wounded badly in his arm & that he received a pension therefor until he died. I do not know the period that said Pease was absent at Norwalk nor how much he was in actual service but I do know that said Company was in existence

that said Pease belonged to it for several years. —
Further the Deponent saith not. Senex July 10. 1893. —
David Burrall
Berkshire Gs. Senex July 10. 1893.
Then the aforesaid deponent personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Chas Sedgwick Just Peace & I certify that I am well acquainted with said Burrall therein to be a credible person entitled to belief. —
Chas Sedgwick Just Peace.
I Charles Sedgwick a Clerk of the Sup Court being a Court of Record within said County do certify that said Sedgwick is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the foregoing signature thereunto to him are genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of July, AD 1893 Chas Sedgwick Clerk

State of New York Ontario County ss.
Benjamin Tuttle of the Town of Seneca in Said County being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath depose and say that, in the year 1795 he was in the Service of the United States at Boston, and that Phineas Pease now of Stockbridge, Massachusetts was a fifer in said service, also at Boston, and was there for six months. That deponent resided with the father of said Pease, and knew him well, that at that time they lived in Litchfield County in Connecticut, That deponent is now nearly twenty eight years of age and believes said Pease to be about one year younger, That said Phineas Pease enlisted during the absence of deponent and therefore he does not know certainly the month that said Pease
enlisted
Isaac Tuttle
Sworn and subscribed this 8th day of August 1832
Witness my hand and seal of Office
Richd M. Bayly Notary Public
I Richard M. Bayly the Public Notary before whom the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Tuttle was subscribed and sworn to do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Benjamin Tuttle and know him to be a Credible person
Richd Bayly

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty eighth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, at Venice  Princas Pease a resident of the town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born in Enfield in the State of Connecticut that he removed from then to Windham - from then to Goshen from then to Norfolk in said State of Connecticut in which place he resided until the year 1781 when he removed to Stockbridge aforesaid where he has lived ever since - That he served during the Revolutionary war as follows in the Connecticut State Troops. - That he enlisted on the fifth day of July 1775 at Norfolk aforesaid as a fifer in the Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Bostwick of the Milford Connecticut in the Regiment commanded by Col. Webb for six months - that said Company was rendezvoused at Litchfield in said State of Connecticut then marched to New London then to Stonington point from then to Boston where stationed on Boston Neck until the expiration of six months war,

dis charged having served out the period of his enlistment - That in the year 1777 he enlisted in a Company of Horse called Troop in Norfolk in Connecticut under the command of Capt. Rufus Dutton in 1779 said Company was ordered out to repel the British who were then committing depredations on the seaboard in Connecticut that he the said Pease was present at the burning of Norwalk being then absent from home for nine days - That he can not furnish other evidence of the time of his enlistment & the period of his service than his own declaration & the accompanying deposition of Benjamin Tuttle - that is to say he does not at present know of the residence of any man except said Tuttle who can testify precisely to his time of service -
(additional declaration of S. Phineas Pease July 10. 1833 to conform to the instructions of the War Department. The said Pease states the names of Bird Burral near of Stockbridge formerly of Burlington & of Milton in the state of Vermont of Addison Connecticut also of Joseph Ducker Esq. County Treasurer & William P. Walker Judge of Probate both of Litchfield within six miles of the residence of said Pease who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - the said Pease further says states that he can not state more definitely than he has done his second period of service & that he can not prove the same otherwise than he has done because he does not know the residence of any other living witness except than he has produced - Phineas Pease

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
5.
Phineas Pease
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
We David D. Field a Clergyman, residing in the town of Stockbridge and County of Berkshire, Caleb Bennett of said Stockbridge residing in Stockbridge hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Phineas Pease who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
5.
David D. Field Caleb Bennett
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that David D. Field who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Caleb Bennett who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Phineas Pease for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

additional declaration of Phineas Pease before the Hon William P. Walker Judge of Probate &c. within & for the County of Berkshire made this seventh day of August A D 1833 in order to conform to the instructions of the War Department.
The said Pease states the names of Ovid Burrall near of Stockbridge formerly of Burlington so situated in the state of Vermont so of Canaan Connecticut also of Joseph Tucker Esq County Treasurer & William P. Walker Judge of Probate both of Lenox & within six miles of the residence of said Pease who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. The said Pease further says that he can not state more definitely than he has done his second period of service & that he can not prove the same otherwise than he has done because he does not know the residence of any other living witness except those he has produced.
Phineas Pease.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court before me.
W. P. Walker J. Probate I Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts

do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supplementary proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Phoebe A. Pease for a pension. In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of office of said court of Probate this seventh day of August A.D. 1833
Henry N. Bishop Registe Probate
Ms. A. 9. 2. 1

To Samuel Spaldes Poy
Dear Sir - I wish to make enquiry of you - about a pension - which I suppose is due to the Heirs at law - of Phineas Pease - who listed & served in the revolutionary War 6 months as piper - he listed in or near Norfolk - Litchfield Co Conn - I think - in the year 1772 (or about there)
I have once made out all the necessary papers & sent them to F.C. Hasler of Washington City - last summer or autumn - but I have heard nothing from him - since he sent me the first printed directions how to proceed
I now respectfully request you to find out & let me know as soon as may be - 1st if there is a pension due my father - the said Phineas Pease - & his my mother widow who lived 9 months after his death - 2d If it has been all drawn by any one -
The one received a half pay pension under one of the pension-acts - if I recollect right

I don't know but it may seem unimportant to you & Mr Hasler - to devote - or do any anything about it - because it is a small pension - but were you in my situation you would think differently —
I beg of you therefore to pay some little attention to the request herein named — & send me an answer - by return of mail if possible —
Yours respectfully & in need —
Aurelia D Millikan Lyndon Whiteside Co Illinois
P.S. My Father used when young to write his name D'vinehas - perhaps it was so spelled - when he listed
Lyndon — March 6 - 1855 —

9691-
Phinehas Pease
Fefer 6 Mos
Plant 9 days
5. 14 Oct 16
May 7 1833
P. 379
2300
2600
1450
1550
H. M. Bishop
Lenox
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Phinehas Pease  County of  Berkshire  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? seventy six 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.     Enlisted In 1795 6 As a Private Gen. Col Webb Cap Isaac Bortmoh   Enlisted 1797 9  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield Co. Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness and traditional evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Improperly attached
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John L. Watson Examining Clerk.
21st Feb -

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Aut 3
December 4, 1926
Mrs. C. B. Graham 727 S. Church St Princeton, Ill
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 17630, it appears that Phineas Pease was born in Enfield, Massachusetts, date not stated.
While residing in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted July 5, 1775 and served six months as fifer in Captain Isaac Bostwick's Company, Colonel Webb's Connecticut Regiment.
In 1777 he joined Captain Ruluf Dutcher's Company of Troopers, and was called out in 1779 and served nine days at the burning of Norwalk.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, while a resident of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aged

seventy-six years. ✓
He died July 10, 1836, and his widow, her name not given, died nine months later.
In 1855, a daughter, Aurelia P., wife of D. Milliken, resided in Lyndon, Whiteside County, Illinois. There is no further data on file as to family.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any Nathaniel Pease.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Date of death from G. B.

1826
PENSION U. S. OCT 7 1826

727. South church st Princeton Ill -
Dear Sir -
Will you please send me a copy of the pension paper of Phineas Pease. 1755-1836. a Rev. soldier from Conn. He was in Col Webb's regt. Also a copy of the papers of Nathaniel Pease his father b. 1728 -1818- Mrs C. B. Graham
727. South church st Princeton Ill.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Phineas Pease a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 17,630
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 5, 1775 6 mos. Fifer Isaac Bostwick Webb Conn.   {1777, and war Rufus Dutcher   called out in 1779 9 days            
Battles engaged in, at burning of Norwalk
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832 - Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 76 yrs. b. Enfield, Conn. Mass
Remarks: Soldier d. July 10, 1836, and his widow, name not stated, nine months later. In 1855 a daughter, Aurelia P., wife of D. Milliken, resided in Lyndon, Whiteside Co., Ill.
Date of death from Cemetery Book
Very respectfully,

Phineas
Mar - 18 1882
Samuel G. Waldo Esq Washington City D.C.

17630 ✓ INVALID.
Rev. Har
1911, May 26 Hist. 65 Mr. P. L. Prase 1926 - Dec. 4 - Hist. 65 Mrs C. B. Brahmans
File No. 17630
Phineas Prase and Fifer Prin Rev was
Act: June 7" 32
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WAREHOUSES & FACTORIES: MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. HELENA, MONT. BUFFALO, N.Y.
MANUFACTURERS & JOBBERS OF FURNACES, BOILERS, STOVES & VENTILATING SYSTEMS
Buffalo, N.Y., May 19, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am interested in learning the Revolutionary record of Phineas Pease who was born June 9, 1756, Enfield, Conn. and died July 10, 1836. Our records show that after the revolution, he drew a pension from the Government, and for that reason you doubtless can supply me with certain information, viz; his rank, regiment and time of service. He undoubtedly served in either a Massachusetts or Connecticut regiment.
Thanking you in advance for supplying this information, I am,
Very truly yours,
D. L. Pease
PLP/M. Enc.
817630 MAY 24 1911 PENSION OFFICE U. S. MAY 20 1911