Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,460, for John Phipps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Phipps, John Hannah
N. 27,460
CONTENTS

Notification sent to Cambridge Mass Esq. Sept 13. 1820
8811
L Massachusetts. 
John Phipps, of Sherburne in the state of Massach ts who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam, of the Massach ts . line, for the term of three years,
Enrolled on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of April 19, and sent to John Dows, Judge Boston, Massachusetts.
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . . 85.83   Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept 2 48 "   10 mo. 18 1819. } } 133.83   8 4 30 }   31 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Repslea
13th Massachusetts Vermont Phillips widow of John Phillips who served in the Revolutionary war as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of August 1848 and sent to Mrs. Mary Phillips 100 State Street Boston
Inscribed on Roll of Pensioners under the Act of March 3, 1848. Page 12 No 2

No 364 John Phipps, Sharburne, (First Sergeant) Putnam's Reg t Mass t Line.
Jan y 1777 to Jan y 1780.
Aff t 13 th April 1818.
Adm d .
Wanted, the Certificate of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "reduced circumstances in life, &c."

United States.
Hon. Sir.
John Phipps of Sherburn in P o district, a resident citizen of the United States, makes oath, that he served as first sergeant in the war of the revolution in the continental establishment - in Capt. Joseph Morris's company, Rufus Putnam's Colonel for three years from Jan y 1777. He herewith exhibits his warrants & discharge by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
John Phipps
Massachusetts District.
Boston 13. April 1818
S S S
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
16 March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Phipps by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
B. D. Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
B. D. Davis
{ Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

United States.
Hon. Dir.
John Phipps of Sherburn in P district, a resident citizen of the United States, makes oath, that he served as first sergeant in the war of the revolution in the continental establishment - in Capt Joseph Morris's company, Rufus Putnam Colonel for three years from Jan y 1777. He herewith exhibits his warrants & discharge By reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
John Phipps
Massachusetts District.
Boston 13. April 1818
J. L. L. n.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that John Phipps subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testi- mony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain per- "sons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary "war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A. B., together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
McDowell
Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

United States.
Man. Div.
John Phipps of Sherburn in P o district, a resident citizen of the United States, makes oath, that he served as first sergeant in the war of the revolution in the continental establishment - in Capt Joseph Morris's company, Rufus Putnam Colonel for three years from Jan y 1777. He herewith exhibits his warrants & discharge By reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
John Phipps
Massachusetts District.
Boston 13. April 1818
Sworn to before me.
W m Dyer Dist. Judge Mass Dist.

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John Phillips
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Residence
Con
Sept 19

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Phipps resident in
Hopkinton in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 88116 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Phipps of Sherburne Massachusetts late a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ”
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of April one thousand eight hundred and nine teen ”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  House hold furniture . . . . . $73 85   Some old Iron . . . . . 1 00   John Phipps $74 85 
And the said John Phipps being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare that he served in the war of the Revolution three years & eleven months, he entered the eight months service & continued eleven months, was in the battle of Bunkerhill and enlisted during the war in 1777 & was in Cap' Joseph Morse company in Col Rufus Patnam

Regt of the Mass a line during the three years... He is now sixty three years old by occupation a cooper but by reason of a lame foot unable to labour or walk upon that foot, his family consists of his wife Hannah fifty years of a slender constitution subject to rheumatism and his daughter Martha aged fourteen of good health. John Phipps - 11

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, John Phipps do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled " an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
John Phipps
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed John Phipps took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Sam c Dana Judge of said Court."
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
twenty four dollars & eighty seven cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

796 Phelps Hannah Phipps widow of John
Mass.
at July 3 rd 5 years
Married in 1781 Died in 1831.
abnd 2 years pri 80 th
No. deduction
Isaac Fiske Esq. E. Cambridge Mass.

State of Massachusetts } ss. Middlesex County }
On this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Samuel P. P. Gay Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County of Middlesex, now sitting, Hannah Phipps a resident of Hopkinton, in the county of Middlesex, aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Phipps, who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution and served as is herein stated viz.; That in April A. D. 1775, the said John Phipps enlisted and marched to Cambridge and served in or near to Cambridge eight months and then his time being out which he enlisted for he was discharged; and that she is not certain what officers he served under at Cambridge but thinks she has heard him say that he was in Capt. Bullards Company; and that on the first day of January A. D. 1777, the said John Phipps enlisted as a Sergeant into Captain Joseph Morse's Company for three years and he performed the duty of a Sergeant in Captain Joseph Morse's Company in Colonel Rufus Putnam's Regiment and General John Nixon's Brigade until the thirty first day of December A. D. 1779 when his time was out and he was discharged; and that the said John Phipps resided in Sherburn in said County of Middlesex when he entered the service and he remained in said Sherburn till April A. D. 1817, when he moved to Hopkinton aforesaid and he then resided in said Hopkinton until his death which was on the fifth day of May A. D. 1831; and that the said John Phipps was a pensioner under the Law of the United States of the 18th of March, 1818; and that she the said Hannah Phipps has one Furlough which is herunto annexed, that being all the documentary evidence she has in support of her claim, the discharge of the said John Phipps having been sent to Washington with other papers to obtain his pension. And she the said Hannah Phipps further declares that she was married to the said John Phipps on the second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one; that her husband the aforesaid John Phipps died on the fifth day of

of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one; that she was not married in the year to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Witness to the signature Matthew Metcalf Richard Gamage
The mark of X Hannah Shipps
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
J. P. P. Fay Judge of Probate

I Amos Clarke of Sherburne in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Clerk, do certify that there is, on a Church Book of the Church in the First Parish in said Town of Sherburne, containing the entries of marriages by the Ministers of said First Parish the following records viz. "August second one thousand seven hundred and eighty one John Phipps was married to Hannah College both of Sherburne" that this is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows viz. August 2 d 1781
I, Amos Clarke above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Minister of the First Parish in the county, Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the Church in said First Parish with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Amos Clarke, Pastor of the First Church in Sherburne
Sworn to before me this eleventh day of August A. D. 1838.
Matthew Metcalf, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Malden p.
I Isaac Foster the younger of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel D. Drey is the Judge of said Court & that his signature written on the annexed paper is his genuine signature. — I also certify that Matthew Metcalf Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures written on the above and annexed papers are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Isaac Foster the Younger

I, Richard Gamage of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, of lawful age, do testify and say, That John Shipps of said Hopkinton, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, died on the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one at my house, and that Hannah Shipps, his widow, has not been married since his death but now remains his Widow and lives in said Hopkinton.
Richard Gamage
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. August 21st. A. D. 1838. Then the above named Richard Gamage who is known by me to be a man of truth and a credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit, by him subscribed is true,
Before me.
Matthew Metcalf, Justice of the Peace.

To whom it concerns
The bearer John Gipps Serj. — in Col Putmans — Regt Mass — company being detached for Duty has a furlow for two months by order of the Director
Hospital North Dept t Benj a Egleton Ck y Aug 24 th , Oct r 1861 —

Massachusetts - 816
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. day of Nov.
38, and said land issue Fie R.
E. Cambridge, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - $ 300.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 60.00
$ 360.00
{ Act July 7, }
{ 1838. }
Recorded by R Burdick Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1 - Page 119.

First Mrs. Elias P. Webster, Mass. H.L.
1912, Aug. 9, History to Mr. W. Woodruff. for.
Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
May 31/93 Morton,
File No. 27.460 Phipps
Heannah Phillips widow of John Phillips Phipps Sergt Rev. na
Act Feb. 2 nd 1848.
Index: Vol M , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts-516
Hannah Phipps, widow of John Phipps, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18th March. 1818. and who died on the 5 th of May, 1831; of Middlesex Co. in the State of Mass ts . who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bullard - of the reg t commanded by Col. Putnam in the March- line for 2 years private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep- tember, 1838 and sent to Grace Fiske, R. Cambridge, Mass ts .
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 = $200.00 Semi-annual allowances ending Oct r 1839 - 40.00
$340.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Book 8 ,
Vol. 1 ,
Page 119 .
Clerk

3159.
Massachusetts
Wannah Phipps widow of John Phipps who was a Sergeant in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Dec. 1842. and sent to Thos. Buel Finch, Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 57.
Rep Dec 4

John Phelps N. 27. 460 mail.
P

John Phipps - Sergeant in the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment is hereby discharged the Service of the United States, he having served the Term of three Years for which he Engaged -
Given under my hand at Quarters Soldier's Fortune this First day of January 1780.
Whom concern'd —
Ich verleihe euch die P. 60-60 Kommandant

A
John Phipps N. 27,460 Mass.

John Phipps - Sergeant in the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment is hereby discharged the Service of the United States, he having served the Term of Three Years for which he Engaged -
Given under my hand at Quarters Soldier's Fortune this First day of January 1780. -
Whom Concern'd -
Ezra Vose } Col o 6 th Commandant

Rufus Putnam Esq. Col. &c To John Thipps Greeting
Reposing Special Trust and confidence in your Patriotism Valour conduct and Fidelity, I do constitute and appoint you the said John Thipps to be the first Sergeant in a company commanded by Joseph Mose Captain in the Regiment under my command, in the Army of the united States Raised for the defence of America and Liberty and for expelling every hostile Invasion thereof, Your therefore Carefully and Diligently to discharge the duty of a first Sergeant in said com- pany in said Regiment by doing and performing all manner of things, therein belonging, And I do here- by Require all Officers and Soldiers to Respect you as such and you are strictly to follow all such Orders as you shall from time to time receive from your Superior Officers, According to the Rules and Discipline of war in performing all the Trust Reposed in you
Dated at Worcester This First day of January 1777
R Putnam Col

Boston, Aug. 11. 1843.
James L. Edwards Esq, Sir,
I forward herewith the applications of Mr. Phipps & Mr. Hilton for a renewal of their pensions under the law of 3 d March last. You will please send the Certificates to me and oblige
Your obed t Serv t
Thomas Bulfinch

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 16 1828.
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 John Phips is borne on the Army books deposited in this department, as a Sergeant in Captain Morse's Company, Col. Putnam's Regt. and is Credited there by his Services from January 1 st 1777 to Decem- ber 31. 1779, being 26 Months
17 Months c 48/ £ 40.16 19 " c 60/ 5/. Total 26. Months £ 45.16
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Payment to be made at Boston, by Franklin Haven, Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Massachusetts.
Issued here Certificate 2 yrs Sergt. 120 $
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year thereafter. First pay- ment to be made 31st De- cember, 1838.
Isaac Fiske Cambridge Mass. Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 8, Vol. 1, Page 119, by
J. A. Elliot, Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Hannah Phipps, widow of John Phipps, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary and died on the fifth day of May, 1831; is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
S. Cooper. Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. G. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

2918
Hannah Phipps
120 $
Thos. Bulfinch Boston Mass.
A clear piece has been the property of Mrs. John Phipps deceased

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex.
Be it known that on this first day of August 1848 personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in & for said County & Commonwealth Gannah Phipps resident of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of John Phipps deceased who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War & served as she verily believes as stated by her in the original declaration for a pension under the law of 7 th of July 1838, to which declaration & the papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage identity, & the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of one hundred twenty Dollars per annum which amount she received from the 4 th March 1836 to 4 th of March 1841, at the agency in Boston Mass & at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband but is now & ever since has been the widow of said John Phipps deceased.

as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. Witness to her mark And further she saith not. S.D. Davenport
Mary Gamage
Hannah Her Phipps Mark
Sworn to, & subscribed on the day & year first above written, & I certify the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me Samuel D. Davenport Justice of the Peace
I Richard Gamage of Hopkinton County of Middlesex of lawful age on oath testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Hannah Phipps the applicant named within the declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife & is now the widow of John Phipps deceased who was reputed to be a soldier in the Revolutionary war & that she was a pensioner under the law of 7th July 1838 as stated by her Richard Gamage
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss August first 1843. Then came Richard Gamage who is known to me to be a credible witness & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me Samuel D. Davenport Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 3 d 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel D. Davenport was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Pills
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Unionville November 16th. 1838. Isaac Fiske Esq.
Dear Sir:
There appears to be a mistake in the Pension Certificate for Mrs. Hannah Phipps, for the Pension certificate states that John Phipps served as a Private in the Revolution and allows his Widow no more than the pay of a Private, and his widow stated in her declaration that he served as a Sergeant in a Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Morse in Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment and Gen. John Nixon's Brigade three years viz. from the first day of January 1777 to the thirtyfirst day of December 1779 and annexed to her declaration a Furlough stating that he was a Sergeant in said Company, and his Widow says she thinks that when Mr. Phipps obtained his pension certificate he sent to the Pension Office his discharge stating the same facts, and I have now obtained from the Secretary of State a certificate which certifies that Mr. Phipps served three years as a Sergeant, therefore I wish you would try to get the certificate corrected.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
Matthew Metcalf,
East Cambridge Nov 15. 1838
For J. L. Edwards Esq.
Mrs. Hannah Phipps the widow of John Phipps returns her certificate with a wish that her application might be received by the Department, as she thinks that there is an error in making up the amount to which she is entitled; I enclose the above letter of her Agent, Matthew Metcalf Esq. as an explanation of the supposed mistake. Please to enclose the certificate & return to me the result.
I am very respectfully yours Isaac Fiske

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Admitted
S. D. Davenport Hopkinton Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this twenty ninth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Hannah Phipps a resident of Hopkinton in the county of Middlesex aforesaid aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Phipps who was a resident of Sherburn and who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Her Hannah Phipps mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day 29th and year above written, Before me,
Witness her mark J D Davenport
Samuel D. Davenport Justice of the Peace.
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Samuel D. Davenport Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of 18
CLERK.

not J? not W P.S. 1895
May 17, 1895
Office of Pension Bureau
Dear Sir
Will you please send me the record of Service or Services of the John Phelps of Sherborn Massachusetts. Who served in the Revolution and who received a pension until his death, May 5, 1831- Whose widow Hannah received a widow's pension until her death July 4, 1857- There are a number of John Phelps's recorded at the State House. (Boston)

denoting either a number of re-enlistments - or several persons of the same name.
also of
Samuel Gamage of Cambridge Mass.
Whether or not he received a pension I do not know but am anxious to learn of his service during the Revolution.
Such information will be gratefully received
by you.
Mrs. Elias P. Morton Webster Mass.

W West Chester, Pa., August 5, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:— I write in behalf of Mrs. Ann Eliza Hastings, nee Phipps, (a direct de- scendant of the father of Sir William Phipps, and now in her 100 th year,) who wishes to get the mil- itary history of her grand- father, John Phipps , who served in some Massa- chusetts regiment in the Revolutionary War. John Phipps was a pensioner, and lived and died at Hopkinton, Mass. His widow, some years after, secured a pen- sion, with back pay from the time of her husband's death.
Mrs. Hastings could give no further information. She wishes this history simply for a family record.
Very respectfully,
W. W. Woodruff, #25 S. High St. West Chester, Pa.