Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,591, for Ebenezer Phelps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Phelps, Ebenezer Phelps
N 3,591
B.L.Wt. 67678-160-55-
Polly
CONTENTS

1235 Connecticut. Nelly Phelps, widow of Ebenezer Phelps who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 50.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1857 and sent to Mrs E. Graves. Thompson, Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 194. Vol. H
246929

276.929
Act/50 June 16/57
E. B. Buxton
Polly Phelps, wid. of Ebenezer Phelps Pri
Capt A. Elliott Col. Holman
July 21/57 Rev. War
Special
S. Cole
July 29/48 - No 1235
Thomas E. Graves Thompson Conn.
Vol P 84

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress of July seventy ninth, One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight
State of Connecticut
County of Tolland Probate District of Thompson
On this 18 th day of December Eighteen Hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the District of Thompson in the State of Connecticut Polly Phelps a resident of Thompson in said Probate District aged Seventy Eight 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July Twenty ninth, Eighteen hundred and forty Eight for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army -
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Phelps who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution - that all the knowledge she has of the service of her husband was derived from him - that on various occasions said Ebenezer informed the deponent that he was a native of the town of Sutton, in Worcester County in the State of Massachusetts - that at said town, in company with a number of others, he enlisted into the army of the revolution in the year seventeen hundred and

seventy seven. that the name of the Captain of his Company was Elliott, and that Colonel Holman Commanded the Regiment, that the Colonel and himself did not reside a great way apart - he said he was in service at the taking of Burgoyne & often described to me & others the transactions attending that event. He also stated to me that the next year, Seventeen hundred and seventy eight. he, with fifteen other young men of said Sutton enlisted at said Sutton to serve in the Revolutionary Army, for the term of nine months, that they were marched to Fishkill and served in said Army. I do not remember of his telling me any officers under whom he served in the army, except those above named, or the time he served but only that he told me the town of Sutton paid him & the other fifteen spoken of above, for their enlistment and serving in the army. He also said that at some of the time of his service, he worked at his trade which was that of a Blacksmith, & that he then used to have double rations & farmed well - He also said he was at one time sick & that Dr. Fruland, who went from Sutton aforesaid, & was Surgeon of the Regiment attended him - his sickness was measles, & that he was sick when his Company were discharged; & he was left behind & had to come home alone. How much service said Ebenezer Phipps performed, or where, or under whom performed I cannot state more fully than as above.
Said Deponent also testifies that I have made diligent enquiry at said Sutton and the towns adjoining for the names & residence of the above named Col. Holman

Captain Elliott, Dr. Fruland, and the fifteen men who served with said Ebenezer Phelps, from Sutton, as above stated and that I find they are all dead, and that from various persons, their descendants, I am informed that most of the declarations of said Ebenezer, as above stated, had been known to said declarants from their ancestors, & believed to be strictly true, but that I am, after diligent search, unable to find any living witnesses to prove the actual services of said Ebenezer Phelps in the Army of the Revolution, and ask to refer your 16 men, for the proof of the same to the Examiner on file at the War Office of the United States, & in addition thereto, that accompanying this declaration -
Said deponent further declares & testifies that she was married to said Ebenezer Phelps on the third day of April Seventeen hundred and ninety six, at Oxford in Worcester County, in the state of Massachusetts - by Asaphus Towne then a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that her maiden name was Polly Russell - that said Ebenezer Phelps then her husband, died at Thompson in the County of Windham, in the state of Connecticut, on the ninth day of January Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen - that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the second day, January, Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen - at the time above stated - she further swears that she is now a widow & that she has never been married but once - to wit - to said Ebenezer Phelps as aforesaid - and that she has never before made any application for a pension - Polly Phelps

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me Dalcott Crosby Judge of Probate for the District of Thompson aforesaid; and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Polly Phelps the declarant and am fully satisfied of the truth of her statements: and that they are entitled to full faith and credit
Dalcott Crosby Judge of Probate In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed my seal, & the seal of said Probate Court at said Thompson this 18 th day of December Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one.
Dalcott Crosby Judge of Probate for the District of Thompson

90 Ebenezer Phelps & Polly Russell, both of Oxford were married by Nathan Dorr Esq. April 3 d Third, One Thousand Seven hundred and ninety six.
Upon July 19 1849 I Alan G. Underwood Town Clerk of Oxford do certify that the above is a true copy of the records, - with the exception of the date, which is ex- pressed in the record in full legible figures as follows "April 3 d 1796"
A. G. Underwood, Town Clerk of Oxford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester p. July 19 th 1849 I Alan G. Underwood above named do hereby certify that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Oxford, County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and that the above is a true extract from the 156 th page of the 2 nd Volume of Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for said town of Oxford, which are now in my possession - with the exception above named, as certified by me
Alan G. Underwood, Town Clerk of Oxford
Worcester July 20-1849 Sworn to Before me - Chas. A. Boroman
Jus Pacis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, Charles W. Hartshorn, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Charles A. Boroman on the twentieth day of February last was
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Alan G. Underwood hereunto annexed, is genuine, and that he is authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths. GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twenty eighth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine
Chas. W. Hartshorn Clerk

State of Connecticut
Windham County ss Thompson June 13, 1887
On this 13 th day of June A.D. 1887, one thousand Eight hundred & fifty seven, personally appeared before me a Notary Public within & for the County & State aforesaid, Polly Phelps , age 84, Eighty four years, a resident of Thompson, in said County & State who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Phelps deceased who was a private in the Company commanded by Andrew Elliott, in Colonel Holman's Regiment, from Sutton, in Massachusetts, in the Revolutionary War, & served under said officers more than thirty days from Sept 26, 1877, & was at the taking of Burgoyne's Army, - She further states that the proofs of the above service are on file in the Pension office, & filed with her application for a Pension under the Act of July 29 th 1828.
She further states that she was married to the above named Ebenezer Phelps at Oxford, in Worcester County in Massachusetts on April 2 nd 1796 by - John Esg. & that her name before said marriage was Polly Russell & that her said husband died at Thompson aforesaid on the 9 th day of January A.D. 1818, & that she is now a widow and she states that full & lawful proof of said above named marriage is on file in the Pension office in her above named application for a pension under the act of Congress of July 29, 1828, to which proofs in said application she begs leave to refer for proofs in this application.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855—
Polly Phelps
We, Parley Jordan and Sophia Jordan residents of Thompson in the state of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Polly Phelps in our presence and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be—
Parley Jordan Sophia Jordan
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, & that I have no interest in this claim. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal.
Thomas Francis
Notary Public

ears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3591, that Ebenezer Phelps was a native of Sutton, Massachusetts, date of birth not given.
He enlisted in said Sutton, in 1777 and served one month as a private in Captain Andrew Elliott's company, Colonel Jonathan Holman's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne. He enlisted in 1778, and served nine months in Captain Burbank's company, Colonel Holman's regiment.
He died January 9, 1818, in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut.
The soldier married April 3, 1796, in Oxford, Massachusetts, Polly Russell.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 18, 1851, at which time she was living in Thompson, Connecticut and was aged seventy-eight years.
There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
Letter addressed to Hon. Richard P. Freeman. See request in E. paperodials December 5 16711 accy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
18
Sir:
Be pleased to file a declaration in this office, agreeably to the accompanying regulations, and search will be made for the revolutionary service of and the result forwarded to your address. Particular attention is called to the second regulation.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz:
1. Every application requiring search, or certificate, must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant; and the signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate. 2. In all cases where the application is made by any person other than the claimant, a power of attorney, attested by a magistrate , authorizing such person to act in the claimant's behalf, must accompany the application. 3. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom he served; and no search will be made until after the filing of such written application.
"Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth."
"The application must be made to the Secretary in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
"The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various officers under whom he served, as well as the nature of such service.
"The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after the filing of such application, by himself, or by one of his Clerks alone, and must be accompanied by the original application of the claimant, or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary, and the Seal of the State, of the circumstances which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application, with the individual who rendered the service.
J. L. EDWARDS, COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS."
The following is an extract from a letter, received by the Secretary, from J. E. Heath, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, dated March 19, 1852:—
"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst., accompanied by a copy of the Regulations now in force in your office in the examination of your Revolutionary Rolls; and, in reply to your questions, have to state that, in my opinion, the said Regulations could not be relaxed in any particular, without serious injury to the Government and the rights of individuals justly entitled to the benefits of the Revolutionary Pension Laws. Indeed, even with those guards around your Rolls, I am satisfied they are frequently used by unscrupulous individuals to sustain applications not embraced by the laws, and as a means of obtaining exorbitant fees."
Phelps, Ebenezer Mass W 3591

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the Attorney of Widow of the party who rendered the service.
County of Suffolk State of Massachusetts Town of Boston
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Ebenezer Phelps a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1777 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Elliott in Colonel Holman's Regiment and he served as follows,* viz:—
He served under said Captain Elliott, in Colonel Holman's Regiment in 1777 and was at the taking of General Burgoyne and his army at Saratoga
At the age of 22 he enlisted at Smastown of Sutton with fifteen others for nine months service in the Revolutionary army, in AD 1778, & was marched from thence to Fishkill in the state of New York - That during some portions of his services he served as an artisan or mechanic to the army—
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

March 14
Know how years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this fourteenth day of March . A. D. 18 54
Thurza Graves attorney of Polly Phelps widow of Ebenezer Phelps
Signed by said in my presence,
Thurza Graves
John Pratt,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Phelps, Ebenezer Mass W3591

Polly Phelps' Paper
Pinder, Ebenezer Mass W 3591

Polly Phelps Paper
Phelps, Ebenezer Mass W 3591

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 22. 1856.
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 Ebenezer Phelps is borne on Muster Roll of Capt. Andrew Elliot's Comp. Col. Jonathan Holman's Regt. who marched to reinforce the Northern Army at the taking of General Burgoyne from Sept. 26. 1777. 30 days.
Also Brig. Gen. J. Stone acknowledges the receipt of 98 men received of Jonathan Warner, Commissioner, raised for the purpose of filling up and completing the fifteen Battalions of Continental Troops for nine mos. from the time of their arrival at Fishkill. (Subd. Recd. Arnold July 8 1778. Among the said 98 is borne the name of Ebenezer Phelps from Worcester County.
Also on Descriptive List of nine mos. men from the Town of Sutton from the time of their arrival at Fishkill in the year 1778. Age 22. Stature 5. 8. Complexion, Dark. Proceeded from the Company of

Nijah Burbank. Holman's Regt.
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.
W. H. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Phelps, Ebenezer Mass W3591

Thompson Conn June 18: 1857
To Hon Court of Revisors
The papers of Revisors of Polly Phelps have been rec'd & me. Enclosed please find her application for Bounty Lands -
Any communication in this matter please address to me -
Yrs Respectfully
Thomas E. Graves

Brief in the case of Polly Phelps, widow of Ebenezer County and State of Connecticut act July 29, 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service, with which her husband is identified by the clearest tradition, and by the fact that no other man of his name lived in the Town from which the soldier of his name enlisted,
Record of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the soldier's widow, his death and her present widowhood proved agreeably to our Regulations,
Name and residence of Agent
Thos E. Graves Esq Thompson Cont
Thornton D. Lott Examining Clerk.

Thompson Connecticut May 24. 1855
Hon S. H. Waldo Comt of Pensions - Sir.
Enclosed please find papers in case of Polly Phelps, for Pension - Please file them in the cause -
As stated in the affidavit of said Phelps, it is true, no doubt, that all who served with her husband Eleazar from Sutton, are dead - Proof such as I have her, enclosed, to any reasonable amount, can be had in Sutton; but not doubting but that two proper witnesses would be as convincing as 20, forbore to take further proof -
Your Early attention is particularly requested & any proof short of actual identity  in service , can be furnished
Yours &c
Thomas E. Graves Atty to Polly Phelps -

Thompson, Connecticut May 3 d 1855
L. Phelps Esq Clerk of Pension Off ce
In favor of Ap l 28 d , advising of receipt of papers in re Polly Phelps application for a pension, & that no declaration had been filed on rec d .
By mistake the declaration was left in my office with other papers -
Enclosed please find her declaration to file in the case
Y r
J. E. Graves

Thompson, Connecticut April 27. 1855
L. Phelps Esq Dear Sir -
Accompany this please find papers of Mrs Polly Phelps -
Any thing from the Apartment relating to the matter please address me
Yrs Thos E. Graves

New Bedford Nov 29th 1855
Mr Waldo
Dear Sir I hope you will pardon me for troubling you at this time. I write you for information respecting a pension that an aged Widow Lady applied for some four or five years since living in this village by the name of Polly Phelps. She first applied to Simon Davis Esq. he looked up all the evidence he could find and thought it was sufficient to obtain a pension made out the papers but was taken sick and died with the documents in his possession. The papers were handed over to J. E. Graves Esq. with a promise from him that he would finish the business and get the pension for fifty Dollars and if he failed to get it he was to have nothing a proportion of his own making. After this long time he says it has been attended with more expense than he expected and exact more pay saying that it will be necessary for him to go to Washington. There is something wrong about it. The old Lady is getting very impatient. If it not be much trouble I wish you would inform me whether the papers are at Washington and if they are there state the reason why they have not been acted upon. The pension if granted will be small the petition is for services of

Ebenezer Phelps of Sutton Mass he was a nine months man was at the taking of Burgoyne, comes in under the act of July 8th I think. I am aware that you will think it rather curious that I write to you on this subject but being somewhat acquainted with you I take the liberty.
Please answer this soon as convenient and oblige your Friend and humble Servt
Parley Jordan
Please direct to Thompson New Boston P Office

To Hon Gustavus Renshaw
New Haven Connecticut
May 15 th 1857
Dr Sir
Some two years since I had the honor to forward to your Department, the application of Polly Phelps for a pension, with proofs annexed -
I rec d an answer saying the marriage was satisfactorily proved, but that I lacked proof of identity as to the husband Ebenezer Phelps being the Phelps named in proofs of service produced, & that I must prove identity by persons in service with him, & if that could not be had by reputation from respectable persons in Litchfield when he was said to have enlisted -
I there produced & forwarded two depositions of respectable persons of Litchfield as to reputed service, also the Comrades of Phelps being dead - I then rec d a letter from your Department that mere reputation would not be deemed sufficient & advising a search of the Town records of Litchfield - The two letters were so contradictory in their terms - & there being nothing in the Town records referring to Phelps as a soldier by name, the matter has rested until some time since I made the discovery on the Records of Mr Gland set out in the accompanying proof -
Soon after this, I met Gen L. P. Water late Com d of Pensions, & under his advice that the proof now obtained would be sufficient, without doubt, - & that

my second letter from the Department was stronger doctrine there was "good law" in the department I have procured the testimony which accompanies this letter - which plain sets in the matter of Polly Phelps application for a pension -
Permit me to say it seems to me that the proof now in hand will supply any lack that may have existed, for me from -
1. - our Ev. Phelps did serve in 1777, & in 1778 2. He served in Elliott Co. Holman Regt 3. He was from Sutton in Franklin Co Mass - 4. He himself gave to sundry persons his account of such services - 5. Capt Elliott, & Col Holman, both in their lifetime spoke of him as in the service with them - & Dr Frelands who Phelps said was his physician when sick in the army, did serve in the army, & spoke of Phelps as a soldier then - 6. He is borne on the records kept by one of his generation, & a father of history in the town, as a soldier from that town & his age corresponds with that from the War Department 7. He was known personally, to 6 witnesses, who have testified as a reputed soldier as above, & one of them during his earliest recollection remembers him as a soldier just from the war - 8. There never was but one Ev. Phelps in Sutton - & that one married Polly Russell the applicant & remained to & died at Thompson Conn - 9. All the witnesses agree in his reputation as a soldier -

I think the number & standing of the witnesses will be coming proof that the application is bonafide & that all reasonable doubt in the matter is removed —
The old lady applicant has lately met with a severe loss for her, & is poor & very desirous that I respectfully urge a speedy attention to her case —
Any communications in the matter please address to me at Thompson, Connecticut
(Yrs Resp y )
Thomas E. Graves —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that Harvey Dodge, James Taylor and E. J. Mills
Esquires whose signatures are is affixed to the Certificates of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to their  his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his  their SIGNATURES to said CERTIFICATES are is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this fourteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- seven .
W. A. Smith Asst Clerk.

I Horace Teland of the town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and state of Massachusetts aged fifty five years, and duly sworn according to law do depose and say That from my youth I have been & still am a resident of said Sutton the son of Jonathan Teland late of said Sutton who died at this town in January 1854 aged eighty five years - That my said father for a great number of years before his death was accustomed to take much interest in the history of this his native town and in which he resided during his life and that he collected collated and wrote in books he kept for such purpose much public and private history - That in said Books are now to be found many Rolls of persons who enlisted from this town and served in the French & Indian War, and in the War of the Revolution with many incidents connected with the public and private history of such persons - That said Books of Records so collated and kept by my father, at his decease came into my hands, and have been by me preserved, and are now as left by my father without addition or alteration - I further testify that on page (353) Thru 362 and fifty three of one of said Books so kept by my father & so in my possession as aforesaid, is a Record or memorandum in the hands and fingers following to Wit -
" a list of men procured from Sutton 353 for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Freshkill     June 1777 Joshua Hovey Col Hot Reg t Capt Chase  age 26    Olson Barnett do do do  17    Daniel Stone do do  39    Paul Todd do Medbury  19    Simon Daggett do do  31    Elephat Rowell do do  49   

  David Sibley do Cohoes 27   Levi Palmer do do 20   Solomon Jennings do do 24   Gideon Walker do Sibley 22   Francis Gilding do Berkank 39   Elias Jennings do do 22   Ebenezer Phelps do do 22   Jonathan Pierce do Elliott 20   William Kenback do do 22   John Hester do do 50 
I further testify that of the above list of names I have frequently heard from my youth the names of Daniel Stone, Paul Lord, Simon Dazgett, David Sibley, Solomon Jennings, Gideon Walker, Elias Jennings, Ebenezer Phelps, Jonathan Pierce, William Kenback, & John Hester, who was a Colored man, as persons who from this town served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War, & all of whom were well reputed & known in this town as soldiers in said War.
I further testify that I have often heard my father speak of Ebenezer Phelps who I heard him say died at Thompson in Connecticut in the year 1818, as one of the persons who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the Revolutionary War, from this town - and from other sources I have frequently heard said Ebenezer Phelps spoken of as one of the persons who enlisted from this town & served in the Revolutionary War, and I have never, the fact of such service doubted, nor did I ever hear of but one Ebenezer Phelps as having ever lived in this town, and that was the one who went from this town & served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War & who married Polly Russell & died at Thompson in Connecticut in the year 1818.
Was "evidence of said author" below initials Now "heard" above said line from Boston both put in before signing
Horace Leland
Harry Dodge Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss. Town of Sutton May 13 th 1857
Sworn and subscribed on the twelfth day of May Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven before me Harvey Dodge a Justice of the Peace in and for said Worcester County, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Horace C. Leland the deponent who hath subscribed the foregoing, and fully satisfied of the truth of his statements, and that they are in all respects full, fair and exact.
Harvey Dodge
Justice of the Peace

I Isaac King of Sutton in the County of Worcester in the state of Massachusetts, aged Ninety four years and duly sworn according to law do testify and say That I was born and have lived during most of my life within a few rods of the place where I am now giving this deposition - In the year 1773 I went from this town to live with my uncle in Leicester in this County and remained there until 1780. When I went as a soldier three months in the Revolutionary war, and returned to visit at this place in 1781 & since then have resided here. I further testify that I have been shown & have carefully examined a list of persons named & written down in the deposition of Horace Leland this day given before Harvey Dodge Esq. as a list of persons procured from Sutton for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fitchburg and I testify that I personally knew most of the said persons as residents of this town, & most of them died in this town, & so far as I know & believe they are all now dead; but while living, those I knew of said list, were reported to have been soldiers in the Revolutionary war, after my return here in 1780. Ebenezer Phelps named in said list worked as a millwright most of his time after the war, & removed from this town to Thompson in Connecticut & I heard he died a good many years ago, but how long ago I do not remember - I never knew or heard of but one Ebenezer Phelps as having lived in this town - Of the list of names aforesaid, in the deposition of Horace Leland, Daniel Stone was a shoemaker & farmer & lived about a mile from me - Paul Poole was a trader & lived two miles from me. Simeon Daggitt lived 1\frac{1}{2} miles from me & was a maker of fire arms - David Sibley was a laborer & lived 3 miles from me - Levi Putnam was a farmer & lived 8 miles from me - Gideon Walker was a blacksmith & lived 1\frac{1}{2} miles from me - Elias Jennings

lived in what is now called Melbury - Jonathan Pierce was a Carpenter & lived three miles from me & William Harkback was a Blacksmith & lived 1\frac{1}{2} miles from me - During the lives of the above named persons to me in said list, so far as I have designated them as of my acquaint- ances, I knew most of them well, with many of them have had business transactions, & they were well reputed in the town as having served as soldiers in the Rev- olutionary war - and further Deposition saith not -
Isaac his X King mark
State of Massachusetts,
County of Worcester ss. Attest May 12, 1857
Sworn and subscribed on the twelfth day of May A D 1857 - before me James Taylor a Justice of the peace in for the County aforesaid and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac King the the Depponent who hath subscribed the foregoing and am fully satisfied of the truth of his statements, & that they are entitled to full faith and credit - James B. Taylor Justice Peace

I Daniel Tenney of the town of Sutton in the County of Worcester in the state of Massachusetts aged Eighty three years last November, being duly sworn according to law do testify & say That I was born & have ever lived in said town of Sutton - that I have for a good number of years served in the Military of this state, and on leaving the service was a major of Cavalry - I further testify that I have been shown and have examined a list of names contained in the deposition of Horace Leland, subscribed & sworn to before Harvey Dodge Esq a Justice of the peace, on the 13 th day of May 1857, & which list is in said dep- osition sworn to as taken from the Books of the father of said Horace, as soldiers from Sutton for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fitch- burg - I further testify that I personally knew of the men whose names are there given the following persons - Daniel Stone lived one mile from me & was a farmer & mechanic - Paul Lord lived one half mile from me and was a trader - Simon Daggett was born & lived either on or near the spot where I now am - Levi Putnam lived two miles from me and was a farmer - Gideon Walker lived about one hundred rods from me & was a blacksmith. Ebenezer Phelps lived two miles from me - he was a millwright & a general mechanic - he sometimes worked on guns & in various kinds of mechanical employment - He married Polly Russell - afterwards, he removed into the village of New Britain in the town of Thompson in Connecticut. That is the last I knew of him except that afterwards & a good many years ago, I heard he was dead - William Harkback

lived one and a half miles from me. The individuals I have named as knowing personally, I do not recollect as actually leaving this town for service in the Revolutionary war, but I remember them as soldiers, said to have been soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and among the earliest facts impressed on my memory, is the recollection of the speech of the public giving them the name & credit of having fought for the independence of their County in the struggle for American independence, and from that time to the present I have never heard any no doubt their right to the name of soldiers of the Revolutionary army, and as such they are regarded & have ever been regarded by their neighbors or acquaintances - So far as I know & believe all of the persons who are reputed to have served in the Revolutionary war as compatriots with the above, are dead.
I further testify that I knew Captain Andrew Elliott formerly of this town, who was reputed during his lifetime to have been, during all or a portion of the time of the reputed service of Ebenezer Phelps & the others above named, a Captain in the Army of the Revolution & to have served with said Phelps & others, and I have often heard him speak of such service - I was quite intimate with him during his life and at his decease aided in the settlement of his estate - I also testify that I knew Dr James Freeland of this town, now deceased, who was during his life, reputed to have been a physician & surgeon in the Army of the Revolution at the time of the service of the above named persons, & with a portion of them, I have often heard him speak of his service in connection with them - He is now deceased & has been dead some years.

I further testify that I knew Colonel Jonathan Keene, who was from this town & who was reported to have served in the Revolutionary War in Connecticut with the above named persons, and have often heard him give account of incidents connected with such service & of the persons above as such soldiers of the Revolution. I frequently had good opportunities of hearing him converse on the subject of the war, and of his comrades. He was in much of marriage, & so I was frequently in his society - and further the Deponent saith not.
Danl. Gurney
State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol. Boston May 13. 1857
Sworn and Subscribed on this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1857 before me Edmund J. Mills a Justice of the peace in for said County of Bristol and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Gurney the Deponent who hath subscribed the foregoing and am fully satisfied of the truth of his statements, and that they are entitled to full faith and credit.
E. J. Mills, Justice of the Peace

I further testify that I knew Colonel Jonathan Holman, who was from this town & who was reported to have served in the Revolution was in connection with the above named persons, and have often heard him give account of incidents connected with such service & of the persons above as such soldiers of the Revolution - I frequently had good opportunities of hearing him converse on the subject of the war and of his comrades - He was my wife's cousin, & so I was frequently in his society - and further the Deponent saith not
Danl. Gurney
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss. Sattin May 13. 1857
Sworn and Subscribed on this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1857 before me Edmund J. Mills a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Worcester and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Gurney the Deponent who hath subscribed the foregoing and am fully satisfied of the truth of his statements and that they are entitled to full faith and credit.
E. J. Mills. Justice of the Peace.

I Salem Chamberlain of the town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts aged thirty five years and duly sworn according to law do testify and say - That I am the town Clerk of said town of Sutton, & duly qualified as such That I have frequently been called upon as such Clerk to search the Records and archives of said town for proofs of services of persons in the Revolutionary War. & that I was yesterday called upon to make such search for any Evidence that might exist in such records or archives of the name of Ebenezer Phelps as connected with such service or of payment of any money to him for such service - and that on yesterday and to day I made such search for such purpose - I further testify that no minute or Record exists either in the Records or Archives of this town showing the name of any person as having served in the Revolutionary War, or as having received any pay in any form from this town, but that records Evidence does exist that Considerable sums in money & Clothing was granted to soldiers in such war, & that grants were made to aid the families of the persons out in service in said war - I further testify that there is no list or Evidence of any person having been Electors or voters in this town, going back twenty five years, except what may be derived from their acts in doing town business, or being elected to some public office. - I further testify that I find the name of Ebenezer Phelps none on lists as a tax payer in this town after the Revolutionary War, but in no other way does his name appear on the Books or papers of the town. - I further testify that I find on the records of this town voters in the years

and figures following which are transcribed verbatim at Literature
At a town meeting held in Sutton at the meeting house in the First Parish on March 10, 1777 the following votes passed (viz) 1 st Chose Dea n Tarrant Putnam Moderator for s d meeting 2 d Voted to make an Addendum to what the Congress and the General Court of this state have done for the encouragement of such soldiers as shall enlist into the Continental Service 3 d Voted that all such soldiers belonging to this town as have lately enlisted into the Continental Service shall be entitled to the same additional encouragement from this town as all others shall be who shall hereafter enlist into said service, provided they have not already received an equivalent consideration by particular persons 4 th Voted that the sum of Twenty five pounds be paid by the town to every soldier of this town that has or shall enlist into & go into the Continental Army now raising till our quota for said Army is completed having reference to the third vote of this meeting with respect to such as have received a consideration in a private way 5 th Voted That the Town Treasurer be empowered to hire as much money as he shall need to pay every soldier on his passing muster the twenty five pounds above voted On the 3 d article on the warrant whether the town will give liberty for Incalculating for the small pay voted in the Negative Voted to adjourn this meeting to five O'clock in the afternoon Tarrant Putnam. Moderator Met according to adjournment & then the meeting was

" dissolved
"arrant Putnam Moderator - " a true Copy of the foregoing warrant and return & " Town meeting
" Attest Benj Morse Town Clerk
" At a Town meeting held in Sutton at the meeting " house in the first Parish on June 9. 1777 -
" Deaconarrant Putnam was chosen Moderator " Then it was put to vote to see if the Town will " order the Town Treasury to pay the Towns Bounty (viz) " Twenty five pounds to those men that were hired for " eight months to go into the Continental Army, if " they enlist for three years, or during the war, besides " what they have received in a private way - passed " in the affirmative.
" Voted that the officers in each Company in this " town draw out of the Town Treasury twenty five " Pounds for every seventh man that has not already " drawn it, and make up their quotas for the three " years, or during the war in their respective Companies, " and that each Company shall have the Fines that " have been or shall be paid by their respective Companies.
arrant Putnam Moderator
" A true Copy of the foregoing Warrant, Return, and " Town Meeting.
" Attest Benj Morse Town Clerk "
I further testify that in the above Town records, among the proceedings recorded as having passed at a Town meeting held March 1 st 1779, are the following votes - " 19 th Chose Stephen Stockwell, Moses Bancroft, Capt " James Greenwood, Leav. James Mullins a Committee " To supply the Families of those that their Husbands " are in the Army, agreeable to a late act of Court " Voted to abate the poll tax of those soldiers that

11 was in the Continental Eight months service in "the year 1777"
I further testify that I have resided in this town for the fourteen years last past only, & that I do not recollect of hearing the name of Ebenezer Phelps talked about until called upon yesterday, but from the speech of people since, & from the Examination of the Records of Esq Leland given in the deposition of Horace Leland before Henry Dodge yesterday, I have no doubt but that Ebenezer Phelps, who is said to have died some years ago at Thompson in Connecticut was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, & was one of the men who received pay as such under the votes of this town - I further say that from an examination of the list of persons given in the deposition of Horace Leland as soldiers from this town, & an examination of the records of this town, I find many persons named in said list as soldiers, also named in the town Records as having, from 1778 to 1800 & afterward, held important posts of honor in the service of this town - and further the deponent saith not -
Salem Chamberlain
State of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss May 14. 1857 Sworn and subscribed on this fourteenth day of May 1857 before me Edmund J. Mill, a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Worcester, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Salem Chamberlain the deponent who has subscribed the foregoing, and am fully satisfied of the truth of his statements and that they are entitled to full faith and credit. E. J. Mills Justice of the peace

I Amos Waters of the town of Sutton in the county of Worcester in the state of Massachusetts, aged Ninety one years, and duly sworn according to law, do testify and say, that during my life I have been resident in said town of Sutton - That from my boyhood until his death, I was acquainted with one Ebenezer Phelps who formerly lived in this town, and removed from this town to the town of Thompson in Windham County in the State of Connecticut, and there died many years ago. - I remember and depose that in my boyhood, I heard of the enlistment of Soldiers at said Sutton, to serve in the Revolutionary war - and that at one time sixteen men enlisted at said town for nine months service - Among the men who enlisted for the nine months service were Paul Todd Solomon Jennings, Elias Jennings & others - Ebenezer Phelps above named was at the time reported to have enlisted at said time at said Sutton, and to have gone in pursuance of said enlistment to Fishkill in the State of New York - I further depose that after the close of the Revolutionary War, and during the residence of said Phelps in this town he was reported among the people of the town & neighborhood to have been one of the sixteen men enlisted in said Sutton to serve in the Revolutionary war, and to have gone to Fishkill to commence his service under said enlistment, and

To have served his time in said war - Said Phelps was an excellent mechanic, & it was currently reported and believed that at some portions of his time of service he served as a mechanic & repaired muskets, locks, & other implements connected with his military service, and after his return & while he lived in this town the people used to employ him to mend gun locks, & do other mechanical work of the kind - I had some dealings with him while he lived here and after he moved to Thompson aforesaid & have been to his residence in Thompson and have seen him & his wife there - Some time after said Phelps returned from the War, and I should think when he was more than forty years of age, he married Polly Russell then of Oxford in this County, with whom he lived as her husband to the time of his death, & who now lives in Thompson aforesaid -
I further testify that all the persons whom I understand to have gone and served in the Revolutionary War under the enlistment from this town as aforesaid, are dead, so far as I knew them, and that I do not know of any person now alive who was reported to have served with said Phelps in said Revolutionary War, and that I never knew or heard of any other Ebenezer Phelps as living in this town except the Ebenezer Phelps above named - Said I further state & testify that for many years said Phelps lived within two miles of the Aspinwall, but owing to

the disparity of their ages there was not much intimacy between them, but said Respondent has often heard said Phelps speak of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, under the enlistment above spoken of, and never heard a doubt expressed on the part of any person but that he served nine months in said War under an enlistment at said Patten, with the Ringers who made up at that time the quota of the town, but always heard and believed that he did so serve, & such, since said time of service, has been the speech of the people of this town And further the Respondent saith not.
His
County of Sacramento by me a Notary Public in and for the State of California My Commission Expires July 4, 1859
Storm and suborned on the day and year last above written before me Solomon Dower a Justice of the peace in & for said Worcester County, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Amos Water the deponent and fully satisfied of the truth of his statements, and that the same are entitled to full faith and credit.
Solomon Dyer Justice of Peace

His Amos + Waters mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith assistant Clerk of the Judicial courts.
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Solomon Severy on the fifteenth day of May , 1855. was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath of Amos Waters.
hereunto annexed is genuine
Given under my hand, and the seal of said day of May hundred and fifty- five .
county , this twenty first , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Wm A Smith. Asst Clerk.

No 1473.
Polly Phelps, M rs J. Otis
Cam.
July 29, 1848
J. E. Graves, Thompson Cam.
Waverly Farmhouse ... subscribers of Henry James the Architect, in my house in Newton South Boston this 16th

I Parley Jordan of Thompson in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut aforesaid, and duly sworn according to law do depose and say that for more than forty years last past I have personally known Polly Phelps Thompson aforesaid, and who on the 18 th day of December 1852 made a declaration before the Court of Probate in and for the district of Thompson in said State to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed July 29, 1848, and testify that she is now, and ever since the death of her husband Ebenezer Phelps has been a widow. I also testify that her hus- band the said Ebenezer Phelps at the time, and for some time before his death lived in said Thompson, and was a near neighbor of the Deponent, and that said Phelps died in the year Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen.
The deponent further testifies that he had frequent Conversations with said Ebenezer Phelps about his early life - said Phelps came to Thompson from Massachusetts, & from Sutton in said State, and it was well understood and by all the people believed that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, & that he served at the taking of Burgoyne, & performed other services as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and the repu- tation of said Phelps as a soldier as aforesaid I never heard questioned by any person.
Said Phelps on various occasions informed the deponent that he was in the Revolutionary Army under General Gates at the taking of Burgoyne & his Army - that he also served after that in the Army in company with 15 others who with himself enlisted at said Sutton and were paid bounty money by said town - He spoke of serving under Capt Elliott who as deponent believes was also from said Sutton - He also spoke of being at Fishkill in some of his service - Said Phelps often ascribed to deponent and others the taking of Burgoyne & the scenes connected with the same - He said

that after the surrender of Burgoyne Hoosacs & ligons men rolled out. - the heads knocked in & the slaves were called to come up & fill their canteens - that they did so with a hearty will & they had a jolly time of it. -
Said Phelps also spoke of working at his trade - that of a Blacksmith & then he had double rations & fared well - He said he made hand cuffs & foot locks to confine deserters & prisoners - He also spoke of seeing deserters flogged by running the gauntlet - also of being present when a deserter was shot - that was I think at Greenbush - or Flatbush - I could be sure that I have got the name of the place correctly -
Said Phelps also said that he was sick with the measles at the time he was discharged from service & had a hard time getting home - He was sick before he left, & under the care of a Friend -
Said Phelps said his second enlistment was for nine months & that he served it out, but Adjutant cannot remember the place or officers when he served -
Said Adjutant further says - that as he now recollects the sick- ness of said Phelps, as related by him - he was sick before his time of service expired & was permitted to leave for a while & on his way home was taken none; & the Army was discharged before he got home - or his company left. for their time was expired - I do not recollect which -
Parley Forster
State of Vermont
Muhlenberg County Ky Thompson January 16 1854 - sworn to & Subscribed on the day & year last aforesaid before me Edward Aldrich a justice of the peace in & for said County - and I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Adjutant Parley Forster. I am fully satisfied of the truth of his statements & that they are entitled to full faith and credit -
Edw. Aldrich
Justice of the Peace

I Harvey Lamson of Thompson in Windham County Connecticut, age 89 years and being duly sworn according to law, depose and say - That for more than forty years last past I have personally known Polly Phelps of said Thompson & who on the 18 th day of December 1850 made a declaration before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Thompson in said State, to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed July 27, 1848 - And testify that she is now, and ever since the death of her husband whose name was Ebenezer Phelps, has been a widow, and that said Ebenezer at the time and for some years previous to his death resided in said Thompson and that said Ebenezer Phelps died over thirty years ago, & according to the recollection of the deponent in 1818 -
The deponent further testifies that from and since the year Eighteen Hundred and five and until the death of said Ebenezer Phelps he was well acquainted with him - In 1805 said Ebenezer moved with his family into a house with deponent's father, & resided there two and one half years - that after that time said Phelps lived within a few rods of the deponent, until his death - Said Phelps and my father, who was a soldier for his Country in the Shay's rebellion frequently held conversations about their services as soldiers, and said Phelps frequently described his own services in the Revolutionary war - Said Phelps said he went from Sutton in Massachusetts & served in the Revolutionary Army, & was at the taking of Burgoyne by the American Army under General Gates - Said Phelps was by trade a Blacksmith and Wheelwright & he used to say that Burgoyne declared that when he saw the leather apron coming it was time to surrender, or time to give up. Said Phelps used frequently to sing Patriotic songs which he said he learned in the said Army and service, & he also sung

Songs ridiculing the Americans which he said he learned from the British soldiers at said time. I remember one couplet of one of the songs - I think it ran thus -
Stinking Sin, made of homemaker eyes
Tounds how will make the Yankees fly -
Sara Phelps came from Sutton to Thompson, & was always, from my first knowledge of him, reputed among the people & it was never to my knowledge called in question, that he was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution & served at the taking of Burgoyne -
He spoke of other services in the Revolutionary Army but I took little interest in his other stories, when compared with my interest in the scenes at the taking of Burgoyne & am not able to give any connected or distinct account of them -
Harvey Samson
Sworn to and subscribed by Harvey Samson the deponent, in my presence, at Thompson, in Franklin County Connecticut this 16 th day of January AD 1834, before me Edward Aldrich a Justice of the peace in & for said Franklin County, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Harvey Samson the deponent, and fully satisfied of the truth of his statements, & that they are entitled to full faith and credit
Edward Aldrich Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut to Mahon County -
I Thomas Gray clerk of the Court in the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Edward H. Smith, on the 16 th day of January 1854 was a justice of the peace in said County, duly commissioned & qualified & authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments of deeds, take depositions & administer oaths, & that his signature to the foregoing depositions of Parley Johnson & Harvey Samson is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said County this fourth day of April A. D. 1855.
Thomas Gray Clerk

A copy of two orders as former recorded in the town records of the town of Sutton County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts.
Greensizer Woodbury pay to Nathan Putnam two hundred and one pound for paying bounty & Milage to six men procured by the Committee to go to the defence of the State of Rhode Island agreeable to the resolve of the General Court of this State dated June ye eighth one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine. The bounty of each man is thirty pounds. Milage money three pounds ten shillings and sixpence each total to each man thirty three pounds ten shillings, and also interest till paid.
Sutton August ye second one thousand seven hundred seventy nine
Isaac Gortland Isaac Cummings March Chase
Selectmen of Sutton
A true record except the sum and date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows
June ye 8 th 1779. 30 pounds 3-10-6 each total to each man 33-10-0 Sutton August ye 2 d 1779
Greensizer Woodbury pay William King Esq and others chosen as a Committee to procure sixteen men to serve nine months in the continental army, and six others to serve in the State of Rhode Island, pay said Committee sixteen hundred and seventy four pounds and ten shillings to and his or their receipt shall be your discharge for the same sum as witness our hands.
Sutton August ye third one thousand seven hundred seventy nine
Nathan Putnam John Jacobs March Chase Isaac Cummings
Selectmen of Sutton
A true record except the date is expressed in fair legible figures as follows
Sutton August ye 3 d 1779
Oliver Hall Town Clerk of Sutton Massachusetts
Document to page

Continued
I Oliver Hall before named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk for the town of Sutton County of Worcester and the State of Massachusetts. And that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me. Oliver Hall Town clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this nineteenth day of April A.D. 1850
Louis Toucheot Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, CHARLES W. HARTSHORN, Clerk of the Judicial County.
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that
Paris Tourtellot on the nineteenth day of April A.D. 1850. was and still is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the deposition of Oliver Hall.
hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County , this twentieth day of April , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Chas. W. Hartshorn Clerk.

I James Phelps of the town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, aged Sixty three years, and duly sworn according to law do depose and say, that during my lifetime I have resided in said town of Sutton. - That from my boyhood, to his death I knew Ebenezer Phelps formerly of this town, and who some years since, died in the town of Thompson, in the state of Connecticut. From my earliest knowledge of him to his death he was reputed to have been one of the sixteen men who enlisted in the town of Sutton for nine months service in the Revolutionary War, and to have served his term of service - and I always understood from himself & from tradition that he marched from this place to Pickett in the state of New York under said enlistment - While said Phelps lived in this town, & in Thompson I was well acquainted with him and his family - I have often heard him say he served as an enlisted soldier for nine months, at the time & under the circumstances aforesaid and heard him describe the scenes of the war, & his duties & occupation - A portion of the time he worked at his trade that of a blacksmith, repairing locks, and doing other work as a mechanic for the army, and that then he had better fare than when serving as a common soldier merely - These accounts of his service in the Revolutionary War, and their circumstances connected

with his enlistment from said Sutton & Service as aforesaid have been, ever since my husband currently reported & told in this town, and universally believed & understood to be true, and said Phelps has been & is, so far as I know, and as I fully believe is by all our people of this town & vicinity, reported to have been one of the sixteen men who enlisted in said town of Sutton for nine months service in the war of the Revolution, & to have gone to Fitchburg in pursuance of said Enlistment, and to have performed his term of enlistment, and I have heard no person express any doubt of the truth of the statements of said Phelps to that effect, or the general report & tradition that such was the case.
I further depose and say, that said Ebenezer Phelps married Polly Russell of Oxford in this County with whom he lived until his death, and that said Polly is now alive and living in Thompson Connecticut as deponent is informed and believes. — That said Ebenezer removed from this town to said Thompson, & that after said removal & until his death said deponent was well acquainted with said Ebenezer Phelps, and his wife Polly, and that the deponent never knew or heard of any other Ebenezer Phelps but the one above named, living in said Sutton or Thompson — Said deponent further testifies that so far as he knows and believes & that so is the well understood fact among the people of this town, all the persons who served in the

Revolutionary war from this town are deceased, so far as any served with said Ebenezer Phelps
James Phelps
State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss. Town of Salem May 15 th 1888
Sworn and subpened on the day and year last above written before me Solomon Severy a Justice of the peace in & for said Middlesex County, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with James Phelps the deponent and fully satisfied of the truth of his statements and that they are entitled to full faith and credit
{ Solomon Severy Justice of Peace }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith, Assistant Clerk of the Judicial Courts.
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John M. Jeremy, on the fifteenth day of May, 1855, was and still is.
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath of James O'Neil,
hereunto annexed is genuine
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twenty first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
W. A. Smith. Asst. Clerk.

Ansonia, Conn.
Dec. 26, 1896.
Mr. William Lochren, Comm. of Pensions, - Dear Sir: -
Will you please send me the Revolutionary pension record of Ebenezer Phelps of Oxford, Mass. who was born in Sutton, Mass. in 1755 and died in New Boston (or Thompson) Ct. in 1818. The pension was obtained

by his wife Polly Russell Jordan Phelps of Thompson.
Respectfully yours, Mrs. Fidelia Holden, North Cliff St., Ansonia, Ct.

LOCAL OFFICE.
MORRIS F. TYLER, PRES'T. JAMES ENGLISH, VICE PRES'T. HENRY H. SYKES, GEN'L SUPT.
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY
LICENSEES
VICTOR M. TYLER, SECY. ANDREW H. EMBLER, TREAS. EDWIN N. CLARKE, ASST. TREAS.
Of the American Bell Telephone Co. for the State of Connecticut.
Putnam, Conn. April 13, 1907.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Will you kindly send me a record of the pension granted to Ebenezer Phelps, who enlisted at Sutton, Mass. His wife was Polly Phelps. Obliging,
Very truly,
(Mrs) M. H. Medbury
Registrar, Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, D.A.R.

tory to en, onia, Conn. L.H.B.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No.
3591
Polly Phelps Widow
Ebenezer Phelps Br. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1846
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 127.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan. 16. 1897—His Mrs. Fidelia Hold North Cliff St. Ans
1907 Apl. 24. History to Mrs. M. H. Medbury. 1930—Sept. 18—Hist. to Hon. Richard P. Freeman for Mary B. Biscoe, see request in Epaphroditus Champion 5. 18711 aug

5 M n G n S n
W n a n c n e n s n
No. Polly Phelps wid of Ebenezer Coul
The E n Graves. April 28/55 " " " May 8/55 " " " June 1/855 Pauky Jordan June 6/855
15 25 1.800

Polly Phelps, widow of Ebenezer Ant.
adm. July 29, 1848
9 mos & 30 ds per dy $ 33 30 a year
from 4 mch 1848
Cert to Thos. E. Graves, Esq Thompson Cert

Rev. Commision of Russians Washington D.C.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Phelps a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. ms. file. 3591
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sutton Mass 77 1 mo. Pri. Andrew Elliott Jonathan Holmans Mass.   78 9 mos - lieut. - part of time Burbank Holman                                                          
Battles engaged in, Taking of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Sutton Date of application for pension, Dec. 18 1851 Residence at date of application, Thompson, Windham Co., Conn. Age at date of application, 78.
Remarks: Sol. native of Sutton Mass. m. at Oxford, Mass. abt. 3. 1796  Polly Russell He d. at Thompson Conn Jan 9. 1818  There is no ref. to child -
Very respectfully,