Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15846, for Elijah Phelps, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Com. Continental
Phelps, Elijah Mary
W 15846
CONTENTS

Let to H. L. Ellsworth, Oct 19. 1836
Let to Japha Charlton, May 10. 37 - as to widow claim
10,135
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connecticut
Elijah Phelps
of Windsor in the State of connecticut who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the connecticut line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of connecticut at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of May 1821 and sent to Henry L. Ellsworth Hartford Conn.
Arrears to 4th of March 1821. \frac{1}{4} \text{ mo } \frac{30}{31} 273.25 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1821. 48
$ 321.29
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
first of May 1820

1.399 New York, Albany
Mary Phelps decd widow of Elijah Phelps who died in the year 1823 of — in the State of — who was a Private in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — in the Revolution time for 13 months Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the first day of March 18 July 1848 & ELEG 26 March 1849
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May 1852 and sent to O. P. Granger Esq
Annuity to the 4th of Morrisville Semi-annual allowance ending Paid from N.Y.
Recorded by [Signature] { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, } Section the 3rd } Book D. Vol. 2, Page 360
No 2, 74

Nathaniel was Born in the year 1777 January 22 Day Polly was Born May 21. 1780. Elijah was Born in the year 1782 January the 31 st Day. Betsy was Born in the year 1783 July the 12 th Day John was Born in the year 1785 August the 20 th Day Benjamin was Born in the year 1787 June the 3 d Day. Sallie was Born in the year 1789 April the 12 th Day Annatto was Born in the year 1791 March the 10 th Day Frances was Born in the year 1793 September the 21 st Day William was Born the year 1795 October the 3 d Day Henry was Born in the year 1797 April the 21 st Day Caroline was Born in the year 1799 March the 18 th Day Dorothy was Born in the year 1802 March the 1 st Day

24.8 I James Leonis - Esq Justice of the peace for the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut hereby Certify that the within is the record and this is the leaf brought before this court and there delivered up as the family record of Elyah Phelps Dated at Windsor this 12 th Day of July 1887 & the next leaf also
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand, the day and year above mentioned.
Attest Samuel Goodrich } Justice of the Peace
And she further declares that by diligent search among old papers she has found the original in her husband's hand writing from which Nathaniel many years ago copied the within which has been the family record since the other was lost all the entries on the last leaf except the two last are in my husband's hand writing viz the Birth of Caroline and Dolly Dated at Windsor the 12 th day of July 1837 in presence of Lissa Charlton Mary her + Phelps crus
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
Yours Sincerely Just of the River

Elijah Phelps Huntington's regt Jan'y 76 till Jan'y 77
not on Connecticut rolls.
Judge Brace should certify to the reduced circumstances of the applicant at the time the declaration was made The papers may be returned accompanied by the deposition of one other witness.

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT—ss—HARTFORD April 25 1818
On this 25 day of April 181 8 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the the County Court for Hartford County and State of Connecticut for the said district, personally appeared Elijah Phelps aged 64 years resident in Windsor Hartford County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Elijah
Phelps enlisted in January May, 1775 in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Sewell of the Regiment commanded by Col Huntington for seven months. That in January 1776 in Lyme Conn: under Capt Joseph Sewell - Col Huntington  Brigade  Brigade ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of January 1777, when he was discharged from service in the town of Bills Hill state of New York , that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. That he received continental pay which most of it was lost to him. Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Brae Judge of the County Court for the County of said
I, Jonathan Brae Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Elijah Phelps — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
April 25 th
1818 Jonathan Brae Judge of the County Court as aforesaid
April 25. 1818 Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brare who is the Presiding Judge of said Court Thomas Chester Clerk

I Henry Billingsworth of Mendon at lawful age depose and say that I know Elijah Phelps within mentioned and that he is poor and destitute of property
Mendon April 25 th 1828
Henry Billingsworth
Sworn before me this 25 April 1828
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut
State of Connecticut ss County of Hartford June the 19 th 1820 - I hereby certify that the within named Elijah Phelps at the time he made the within declaration, and ever since hath
been & still is poor, in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for said County

Miss P. Granger agent Morrisville, Herk Co. N.Y.
June 1. 1846. Deed $431.33 for account commencing 1 July 1828, ending 21 March 1849, payable to Stephen Cooman, Adm r for the benefit of Seth Phelps. Henry Phelps M c Pherson Betsey Phelps. Polly Cooman Caroline Tidd & Dorothy Cooman, only surviving children Albany O. P. Granger Morrisville N.Y.

Morrisville, Madison Co. NY Dec 29. 1897
Sir
The Annexed Certificate is forwarded to you for the purpose of obtaining the difference between $43.33 the pension what Mary Phelps rec d & $96. the pension what her husband Elijah Phelps rec d , under the act of July 1848. The Application is by Stephen Corman Adm r of Mary Phelps.
Respectfully yours Otis P. Granger
Copy of Pension

State of New York Madison County ss. At a Surrogate Court held for the County of Madison at the Surrogates Office in Hamilton in said County on the 24 th day of December 1857 before James W. Nye Judge of the County Court of said County, it was satisfactorily proved before said Court, that Mary Phelps died in the town of Eaton in said County on the 26 th day of March 1849. That at the time of her death she was a resident of said County & a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum on the New York roll. That Elizah Phelps was the husband of the said Mary Phelps & the said Elizah Phelps in his life time, was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States on the Connecticut roll at the rate of $96 per annum. And I further Certify that Stephen Gorman has been duly appointed by me administrator of the estate of the said Mary Phelps deceased. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at Hamilton in said County this 24 th day of December 1857.
James W. Nye Surrogate Court Co

V 1105 Mary Phelps
widow of Elijah. born.
Moved 1777 She died in 1825 On 13rd. for $43.33 per ann. coming 4 March 1831.
Colt. Col. Corp. 66 Huntington
Ha H. Ellsworth Present

State of Connecticut County of New London } ss. Lyme
On this 1st. day of December A.D. 1836 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority, Deborah Hinckley, a resident of the Town of East Haddam in the County of Middlesex, aged seventy six years a credible person and personally known to the subscribing authority, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare and say, That she is well acquainted with, and is the sister of the Widow Mary Phelps, formerly a resident of Lyme before mentioned. That she married Elijah Phelps who served in the army of the Revolution. That she remembers the fact of the said Elijah Phelps and Mary (Gibbs as she was named before marriage) being married in the Meeting house, on Thanksgiving day in November, which is the month in which the annual Thanksgiving takes place in Connecticut. This was the year after Independence was declared, or in the year 1777. I recollect the time from my being 18 years old the year following, and being out of my time. Her sister lived with her after her first child, which was born in the month of January (as I recollect) in 1779 - And further the deponent saith not.
Deborah Hinckley
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 1 st day of December A.D. 1836.
Wm Marvin Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } Middlesex County } Is East Haddam
on this 2 d day of December 1855 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex Amos Randall, a resident of East Haddam in said County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut , age 80 years in month last, a credible person well known to the subscribing authority who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare and say, that he saw Elijah Phelps in the month of August or September in the year 1778 at Rhode Island, and that at that time he said Phelps was a drafted Militiaman and belonged to the American Army at that time commanded by General Sullivan, and he was well acquainted with said Phelps, before and after the war, that said Randall was also at that time in the Army, and belonged to the same Brigade, the length of service said Phelps was in the Army, said Randall does not recollect as he was discharged previous to the
Deborah H. Phelps

discharge of said Phelps, and came home and left said Phelps in the Army — The name of the Captain Commanding the Company, said Phelps belonged to) said Randall does not recollect — That he well recollects of hearing it said that said Elijah Phelps was married to Mary Gibbs on Thanksgiving day in the fall of 1777 in the meeting house in Lyme in the County of New London, That said Phelps was at that a resident of said Town of Lyme , That he well recollects of their living together both before and after he saw said Phelps in the Army at Rhode Island Amos Randall
Sworn to and Subscribed this 2 d day of De- cember A D 1836 Before me
Nathan Jewett Just-Justin Pease

State of Connecticut } ss Lyne January 4 th 1837 New London County }
On this 4 th day of January 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for said New London County John Wood a resident of said Town of Lyne and County of New London a man of veracity & a credible person aged 79 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare & say that he was well acquainted with Elijah Phelps late of the Town of Windsor in Hartford County & to the best of his knowledge that he was well knowing to the marriage of said Phelps with Mary Gibbs which was during the war of the Revolution but the year he does not recollect that the said Phelps was engaged in the service of his country much during said war. and he thinks in a company with a brother of his - that he does not recollect of any particular years in which such service was performed but verily believes he was one term abroad with the Militia but how long or where he cannot positively say after his marriage with said Mary Gibbs. this he states as his belief & also that the said Phelps & Mary Gibbs were near neighbours & friends of his which makes him the more confident that he is correct in his belief of his being absent on duty after his said marriage. John Wood
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me Jonathan Pills Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss East Haddam
On this 2 nd day of December A.D. 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned authority Hannah Spencer, a resident of said Town of East Haddam in the county of Middlesex, in the State of Connecticut. Aged 76 years in October last, a credible person who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath declare, that she was well acquainted with Elijah Phelps, and also with Mary Gibbs, before their marriage, and also after their marriage, that she said Hannah Spencer did not see them married, but recollects of hearing of their marriage two or three years previous to her own which took place in the year 1779 and that she recollects of their living together before, and long after said year 1779.
Hannah Spencer
Sworn to and subscribed this 2 nd day of December A.D. 1836 Before me Nathan Jewett Justis Pease
Thos. Marsh

I Marshfield I Parker keeper of records of the the church and ecclesiastical society in the Town of Lynn formerly under the care Pastoral care of the Rev. Mr. Burroughs hereby certify that the records of this place previous to the year 1820 respecting Marriages are very imperfect that there is no entry of the Marriage of Elijah Phelps formerly  late of Lynn & formerly of this Town which also does - Marshfield I. Parker Clerk of the Church
State of Connecticut } to Lynn January 3 d A D 1837 New London County }
On this 3 d day of January A D 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of New London Marshfield Parker aforesaid aged 34 years a credible person & made solemn oath to the truth of the fore- going certificate by him subscribed
Before me Lodowick Bill Justice of Peace
unsubscribed } Lodowick Bill Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of New London } ss. Lyme.
I hereby certify that on a careful examination of the records of the Town of Lyme aforesaid, I do not find the marriage of Elijah Phelps with Mary Gibbs under any date, and I further certify that previous to the year 1820, the records of marriages in this place are very irregular and imperfect, and the absence of the names of any parties claiming to have been married previous to said year 1820, furnishes no positive evidence against their claim. In the last named year a law went into operation, requiring all clergymen or Magistrates who united parties in marriage, to lodge a certificate thereof with the Town Clerk of the Town where such marriage was performed within thirty days next after, under a penalty of fifteen dollars for the use of the treasury of the Town where such marriage was performed - Joshua A. Warren Town Clerk & Register of said Town of Lyme
State of Connecticut New London County } ss. Lyme
On this 2 nd day of December January A.D. 1838, personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Joshua A. Warren aged forty seven years a credible person and who is Town Clerk & Register of the said Town of Lyme, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed. Before me, Lotwick Bill Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } Is Hartford
I Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut hereby Certify That William Mearvin before whom the certificate of Deborah Hunkley was taken is a lawful justice of the Peace for the County of New London in said State and the signature of the said William Mearvin to the said certificate purporting to be his is his gen- uine signature & the said Mearvin has been a lawful justice of the Peace for more than six months last past
And I further certify that Nathan Jewett Jun before whom the annexed certifi- cate of Amos Randall was taken is a lawful justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in said State and has been for more than six months last past & that the signature of the said Nathan Jewett Jun to the said certifi- cate is his genuine certificate signature and his signature to the annexed certificate of Hannah Spencer is also his genuine signature
And I further certify that Lodowick Bill Esq before whom the annexed certificates of John Wood, and of Mearsfield Parker and of Joshua R Warren were severally taken is at this time and has been for more than six months last past a lawful justice of the Peace of the County of New London in said State & that the signa- ture of the said Lodowick Bill to each of the several certificates of the said Wood

and the said Warren and the said Parker is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said State this day of 1837

State of Connecticut Office of the Secretary of State January 23 rd . A.D. 1837 —
I hereby certify that it appears from the records in this Office that William Marvin Esq. and Ludowick Bill Esq. are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of New London, and that from the same records it appears that Nathan Jewett Just. is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in this State and have held their offices severally for more than six months last past and that their signatures to the Depositions hereto attached are genuine — and I further certify that Chauncy C. C. C. is a court of Probate within and for the Probate District of East Windsor and has held its office for more than six months last as appears from the records in this Office —
In testimony of which I have hereto affixed the Seal of this State and signed the same at the Date aforesaid
Royal A. Kimball Secretary of said State —

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 rd Section of the Act of Congress of July 4 th A 1836. State of Connecticut. Hartford County S s . East Windsor
On this 17 day of January 1837 Person ally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County Widow Mary Phelps a resident of Windsor in said County aged 81 years a credible Person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare That she is the surviving Widow of Elijah Phelps formerly of Lyme in the State of Con- necticut & late of Windsor in Hartford County & State of Connecticut Who was a soldier of the revolution and who was Pensioned under the act of 1818 for services performed in the revolution- ary War between the years 1775 and the year 1777 as she fully believes That his Pension Certificate has been returned to the Pension Office at Washington she fully believes And she further declares That she was married to the said Elijah Phelps in Lyme in the County of New London, on Thanksgiving day in the Month of November 1777 in the meeting house by the Rev. Mr Beckwith formerly pastor of the Church in said Lyme She does not know that there is any record of her Marriage. It was record- ed in an Old act Book by her hus- band but in removing or in some other way it has been lost several years

but she thinks she can prove her Marriage by credible living witnesses having knowledge of the fact at the time.
And she further declares that the next summer after her Marriage to her said husband, he was drafted & went in a company of Militia to Rhode Island, near Newport & joined the army then under the command of General Sullivan; she does not know the Capt of the company he belonged to, but knows the fact that he went some time in the summer in July or August and served for a period of not less than thirty days in the capacity of a Private Soldier. She further declares that her said husband died at Eaton, State of N. York May 1823 and that she still remains his Widow & has never again intermarried all which will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
In presence Jesse Charlton Henry Phelps
Mary her Phelps mark
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first mentioned.
Before said Probate Court
And the Court further declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the appropriate interrogatories That the Applicant is the surviving Widow of Elijah Phelps, late of Windsor who was a Soldier of the revolution & that she was married to him before the last period of his services in the army of the revolution, & that her said husband died several years since viz on the month of May A 1823

and the said Mary Phelps is the surviving widow of the said Elijah Phelps and that she has never again married
I Henry S Kinsley Clerk of said Probate Court hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Probate Court in the matter of the application of Mary Phelps of Windsor aforesaid widow of Elijah Phelps late of said Windsor for a Pension under the 3 rd Section of the Act of Congress of July 4 th A D 1836 In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe and affix the seal of said Probate Court this 17 th day of January 1837
Attest Henry S. Kinsley Clerk

State of Connecticut Hartford County Ss East Windsor
In this 17 day of January 1837 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County Henry Phelps a resident of said Windsor aged 38 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath declare, That Elijah Phelps, formerly of Lyne and late of Windsor in Hartford County died at Eaton, Madison County N.Y. in the month of May 1823, and that the pres- ent applicant Mary Phelps is the sur- viving Widow of the said Elijah Phelps and that she has never again intermarried.
And he further declares that he fully believes that the said Mary Phelps has no original record of her Marriage And that the book which contained the entry is irrecoverably lost, and has been for several years: She is well acquainted with the fact that great search has been made after said book & that it has never been found.
Henry Phelps
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before said Probate Court.
Attest Henry J. Knishy Clerk

State of New York
Madison County ss: On this 4 th day of October 1820, personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of said County in open Court being a court of record and made so by the laws of the said State for the said County, Elijah O'Helps, aged sixty six years, now a resident of the town of Eaton in the said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: Seven months under one enlistment, and one year under another enlistment, both of which enlistments were made at Lynde in the State of Connecticut, under Captain Joseph Jewet, in Col. Huntings Regiment in the Connecticut Line agreeably to his original declaration made before Judge Grace of Hartford in Connecticut in the month of April in the year of our Lord 1818
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property with intent thereby 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 killed on the 18 th day of March 1818 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.
Elijah O'Helps
Schedule
Real Estate none - Personal property - none except necessary clothing & bedding.
My occupation is that of a Farmer, my ability to pursue it is none, on account of the disease commonly called the Phthisis under which I labor - The number and ages and names of my family residing with me are my wife Mary aged sixty four years, unable to labor on account of Rheumatism, one daughter named Dorothy, aged nineteen years, who is unable to do but

Little more than take care of myself and wife Elijah Phelps.
Sworn to and declared in Open Court. The fourth day of October 1820.
J. Will. Hurd Clk of Madison County
I, Jacob N. M. Hurd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in the State of New York do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do 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 nothing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 4 th day of October 1820.
J. N. M. Hurd Clk of the County of Madison

July 21, 1939.
Mrs. F. E. Stow 8109 High School Road Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
RA-J/ILL Elijah Phelps W. 15846
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 15846, based upon service of Elijah Phelps in the Revolutionary War.
Elijah Phelps resided in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, before and during the Revolutionary War. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in May 1775, in Lyme, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Joseph Jewett's company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment until January 1776, reenlisted and served one year under the same officers and was discharged at Peekskill, New York; he returned to his home in Lyme, Connecticut. He served one month in August 1778, as private in a company of Connecticut militia on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island, name of his captain not given.
Elijah Phelps moved from Lyme, Connecticut, to Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 25, 1818, at which time he resided in Windsor, Connecticut. He gave his age then as sixty-four years. He moved from Connecticut in June 1818 to Eaton, Madison County, New York. In 1820, the only child living at home was Dorothy, aged nineteen years.
Elijah Phelps died May 16, 1823 in Eaton, Madison County, New York.
The soldier married on Thanksgiving Day in November 1777, Mary Gibbs. They were married at the Meeting House in Lyme, Connecticut.

ticut, by Rev. Mr. Beckwith. The names of Mary's parent were not stated. Her sister, Deborah, aged seventeen years, was present at the wedding.
Mary Phelps, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed January 17, 1837, at which time she resided Windsor, Connecticut. She was aged then eighty-one years; she was born in Lyme, Connecticut, the day not given. In February 1840, she was a resident of Eaton, Madison County, New York; she had moved there from Connecticut to live with her daughter, Dorothy, the wife of Stephen Coman. She resided in Eaton until her death which occurred March 26, 1849. Her son-in-law, Stephen Coman, of Eaton was administrator of her estate.
The names and dates of birth of the children of Elijah Phelps and his wife, Mary, are shown as follows:
Nathaniel Phelps, born January 22, 1779. Polly " " May 21, 1780 Elijah " " January 31, 1782. Betsy " " July 12, 1783. John " " August 30, 1785. Benjamin " " June 3, 1787 Seth " " April 12, 1789 Asenath " " March 10, 1791 Frances " " September 9, 1793 William " " October 30, 1795 Henry " " April 21, 1797 Carolina " " March 18, 1799 Dorothy " " March 1, 1802.
The names of the children who survived their mother were listed in 1852, as follows-Seth Phelps, Polly Jones, Betsey Phelps, Henry Phelps, William Phelps, Carolina Tidd, and Dorothy Coman.
Nathaniel Phelps, the first child listed above, had lived in Springfield, Massachusetts; in July 1837, it was stated that he had been dead twenty-two years. In 1837, the son, Henry Phelps, resided Windsor, Connecticut.
In 1836, Deborah Hinckley, Mary Phelps' younger sister, was a

resident of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; the name of her husband was not stated.
In 1820, one Samuel Gibbs resided in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; he stated that he was acquainted with Elijah Phelps in Lyme, Connecticut, in 1776 and served with him in the Revolutionary War. No relationship between him and the soldier's wife, Mary (Gibbs) Phelps, was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Letter to Hon E. Rogers and to Gen Ager 17 Feb 1840 To Albany N.Y. from H. Sept 1839 - 27 Feb 1840 Let to O. P. Granger 6 Jan 1837
New York Albany  XXXXXXXXXXXX 1.399
Mary Phelps widow of Elijah Phelps dec.
who died in the May 1823 of Hartford in the State of Wt. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col Huntington in the Wt. line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Annuity at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Sept. 1837 and sent Hon. H. C. L. Ellsworth, Present
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1837 $281.64 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Nov 38 21.66
$303.30
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book A Vol. 2a Page 74

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1939. July 28 - Hist. to Mrs. F.E. Stow. See letters in Rev. claim - Elijah Phelps. Yr. 26313 - 122.
File No. 15846
Mary Phelps Wid of Elijah Phelps Prv Rev War
Act July 7th  186
Index: Vol. M , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 20/1852 The Addams case Case of Mary Phelps lib. wid. of Elijah
Old P. Granger Barnesville R.R. N. of Health City Washington D.C.
Full
Sust?
Am? I epe Charlton
May 10 1837 To sum July 24, 1837.
Adm

Oct 18.
Patent Office
Mrs. J. L. Edwards Pembroke Office

17 Oct
Sir
I have received another letter from a present correspondent and beg to enclose the same for consideration.
Yours Respectfully Henryk S. Smith
Wm T. L. Edwards Mansion Office

Dolans Offm Sept 8 1867
Sir
I enclose sundry papers and to remark that I am acquain- -ted with Mrs E Phelps who is entitled to full confidence and as to the gentlemen certifying to her standing they are one of the highest respectability in community
Yours Respectfully W L Sturtevant
Mrs F. L. Edwards

Henry L Ellsworth Esq Commissioner of Patents City of Washington.

East Windsor Hill
Warrick County
Dear Sir.
Sept 2 nd 1837
You obtained a Pension for Elijah Phelps of Windsor under act of 1818. His Widow has petitioned for its continuance. Mr Phelps was drafted & performed a Short tour of service at Rhode Island in summer of 1778. The testimony of a credible witness who knew him & saw him doing duty near Providence in R I is sent, but the witness being in another Reg. does not know who were the officers under whom Mr Phelps served, & the tour was so short that Mrs Phelps after a lapse of 59 years cannot name the officers. If you recollect Mrs Phelps you know her to be a very respectable good woman & you will not be loth to add a word to the recommendation contained in the letter of four of her neighbors, to you will know, if you have forgotten Mrs Phelps, you will then, (if you please) say to Mr Edwards what you think of the recommendation sent

I am Sir with sincere esteem & Respect your obliged friend & Servt Jesse Charlton
As the papers have been in the office since last Jan tho they have been once or twice taken up I have no doubt but Mr Edwards will be willing to look at it again pretty soon
As was it was an object to have your word in favor of the respectability of the names recommendimg Mrs Phelps I have taken the liberty again to trespass on your kindness & send the papers all to you, that they may all reach the pension office together.
Henry L Ellsworth Esq Commissioner of Patents City of Washington

Feb 26. 1840
M c Swan
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Pension Agency Hartford 22 Feb. 1840
Sir
In answer to your letter enquiring as to what time Mary Phelps a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the Act of 11 July 1836 at 43\frac{33}{100} dollars per annum was last paid. I have to inform you that she has been paid to the 14th day of Sept. 1839.
I am very Respectfully Your Obedient Servt
Henry Fowler Pension Clerk
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Brief in the case of Mary Phelps, decd, late of Madison County and State of New York act 17 July 1836.
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
See under the Joint Resolution of July 11, 1848.
Name and residence of Agent
O. P. Spanger, Morrisville NY
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

State of New York County of Madison
At a Surrogate court held in & for said County of Madison at the Surrogate Office in Morrisville in said County on the 21 st day of January 1852, before Sidney T. Holmes Judge of the County Court of said County, it was satisfactorily proved to said Court, that Mary Phelps, who was a Pensioner of the United States & died on the 26. day of March 1849, left her surviving the following named children & they are all the children who did survive her & are of full age to wit, Seth Phelps, Polly
Jones, Betsey Phelps, Henry Phelps, William Phelps, Caroline Nade, Dorothy Conner.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Morrisville in said County the day & year first aforesaid.
Sidney T. Holmes County Judge of Madison County

Pension Office January 6 1852.
Sir:
Before the claim of Mary Phelps, dec d widow of Elijah Phelps can be allowed the Certificate of the Court must be furnished, showing the names of the children who survived her, as the increase of pension can be paid to the Administration only for the benefit of the surviving children.
Very Respectfully Your Ab t Serv t J. Wilson
for Comm ee of Pensions
Morrisville Madison Co N.Y.
Mr. Thomas Smith send the Certificate of age to Otis P. Granger
Otis P. Granger Esq Morrisville. New York.

The Childrens Ages
Nathaniel was Born in the Eyer 1779 January 22 Day
Polly was Born in the Eyer 1780 May the 21 Day
Elijah was Born in the Eyer 1782 January 31 Day
Betty was Born in the Eyer 1783 July the 12 Day
X Johan was Born in the Eyer 1785 August the 20 Day
X Benjamin was Born in the Eyer 1787 June the 3 Day
X Jeth was Born in the Eyer 1789 April the 12 Day
X Jonathan was Born in the Eyer 1791 March the 10 Day
X Frances was Born in the year 1793 September the 9 Day
X William was Born in the year 1795 October the 3 Day
X Henerry was Born in the year 1797 April the 21 Day
Caroline was Born in the year 1799 March the 18 Day
Dolly was born March the 1: 1801
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State of New York Madison County, on this 6 th day of February in the year 1840, before me, the Subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds for the said County of Madison, personally appeared Mary Phelps widow of Elijah Phelps deceased, who on her oath declares that she is a pensioner of the United States under the 3 rd section of the law of the United States of the 4 th of July 1836. That her pension Certificate bears date September 9 th 1837 & entitles her to $43:33 per annum & her said Certificate is numbered "1399". That her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, from whence she has lately removed. That she now resides in the town of Eaton, County of Madison and State of New York, where she intends to remain & wishes her said pension to be then payable in future. And she further declares, that she removed from the State of Connecticut to the State of New York aforesaid for the purpose of living with her daughter, the wife of Stephen Corman of said town of Eaton.
Sworn to before me the her Mary X Phelps day & year aforesaid. mark
In presence of Oth: P. Granger Com of Deeds Stephen Corman
The said Mary Phelps made her mark because she never learnt to write. Oth: P. Granger Com of Deeds
State of New York Madison County, Stephen Corman being duly sworn says that Mary Phelps the person who has taken the above oath, is the same person described in the above affidavit as Mary Phelps widow of Elijah Phelps & as a pensioner of the United States. Stephen Corman.
Sworn to before me
This 6 th day of February 1840
I certify that the said Stephen Corman is unto known to me & that he is a person of veracity.
Oth: P. Granger Com of Deeds

I Edward Rogers M.C. do hereby certify that Otis P. Granger's within named was at the date of the within Jurats a Commissioner of Deeds for Madison County N.Y. & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that his signature within are genuine. Dated February 13 th 1840 Edward Rogers M.C.
No Swear
How Edward Rogers H.R.

Mary Phelps

State of Connecticut } Is Hartford. Hartford County }
I Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut
Hereby certify That James Leomin Esq before whom the certificates of Mary Phelps was then  taken  were taken is at this time and has been for twelve months last past a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County, and that his signature to the said certificates and on the Family re- cord, now before me, purporting to be his signa- ture are his genuine signature.
And I further certify, that, the sum- Nathan Jewett Esq, before whom the Certifi- cate of Amos Randal was taken, is at this time & has been for twelve months last past a lawful Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex & that the signature of said Jewett to the said certificate purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
And I further certify that Warren Tyler Esq, before whom the Certificate of Deborah Winkley was taken is at this time and has been for more than twelve months last past, a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Middlesex County, and that his signature to said certificate purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
"And the words and Hen- ry Phelps were" was excised before signing"
In testimony whereof I hereunto sub- scribe my name & affix the Seal of said State at Hartford aforesaid on this 12 th day of July 1837 Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State

Letter in Mary Phelps

East Windsor Hill post office Hartford County, Connecticut.
Sir I herewith forward the certificates procured in support of the application of Widow Mary Phelps, relict of Elijah Phelps late of Windsor & formerly of Lyme in Con- necticut. By diligent search a family records of Births has been found, & forwarded, and the testimony of the persons who before testified is procured in a more detailed and circumstantial manner.
In the Militia service at Rhode Island I well recollect that one month is the time allowed in some cases for which I have heretofore applied.
The length of the period, of the last service, Mrs Phelps has from the first considered it more than a month, and I cannot but think that full that period you will deem just & right to add to her acct: for that Elijah Phelps performed a tour of Militia duty at Rhode Island in the summer of 1778 & was married in Nov, 1777 you will not doubt from the testimony before you.
I am Sir most respectfully yours.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Jesse Charlton

State of Connecticut } Is Coast Guard Station County of Middlesex
on this 27 day of June 1837 Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for said County Simon Brandal a resident of said town aged 81 years a credible person well known to this court who being first duly sworn accord- ing to law doth on Oath declare That in the Month of March 1778 he enlisted into a company of Minute men commanded by Capt Lay which company was attached to Col Smiths Regiment the conditions of our enlistment were that we were to be three months in service & then out or to serve but six months out of the twelve as circumstances might require we first performed a tour of duty at New London & from there we marched to Rhode Island I think in the Month of August Preparations were making to attempt to drive the enemy from Rhode Island and considerable detachments were made from the Militia of Connecticut to strengthen our forces. we had at this time the expectation of as- sistance from a part of the French fleet in the vicinity but they went out in pursuit of some of the enemys vessels & were so shattered & injured by a violent storm that they were not able to render us any assistance: previous to this disaster by the storm, we had made assaults on the en- emys works, had taken some of their redoubts & silenced

their batteries but after this storm & the injury to the French fleet, Gen Sullivan, who had the chief command, of the American forces abandoned the undertaking. When I got back with my company to Providence there I found the Militia from Connecticut who had been ordered on to assist us in the expected enterprise. Among the Militia I several times saw Elijah Phelps then a resident of this town with whom I was very well acquainted; he lived but half a mile from my residence, when he was at home: he was the same man who had previously been in the service as a Soldier and who married Mary Gibbs of Lynn the town adjoining this town. I well recol- lect Mr Elijah Phelps was then a married man the husband of the said Mary Gibbs he had been at my house at with his wife before this last period of his service. I can well recollect to have heard at the time they were married, of its being in the Meeting House on Thanksgiving day, in Nov the Autumn before I enlisted. I was not present myself; but it was so singular a circumstance at that time that it was a good deal talked of. Who the officers of the Militia were, under which Mr Elijah Phelps then served I cannot distinctly state, I however remember to have seen Col McLellan of the Militia there & Capt John Arnold also
Amos Root
Before me
Nathan Jewell Junr Justice of the

State of Connecticut } Is Haddam. Middlesex County }
On this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1837, personally appeared before me the subscriber, Warren Tyler one of the Justices of the peace for said County Deborah  Deborah Hinkley a resident of East Haddam in said County but now on a visit in said Haddam, a credible person aged 77 years; who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare.
That she has been well acquainted with widow Mary Phelps, formerly a resident of Lyme & afterwards of East Haddam in conn. ever since she was a child.
And that she well remembers, that the fall after she was seventeen years old her sister Mary married Elijah Phelps then of Lyme, in conn. I was present at the Marriage, which took place in the Meeting house. As I have stated, I was born in May & when I was so much over 17 as from May to November my said sister was married to the said Elijah Phelps and when I was out of my time I had been as long as from May to the next January my sister had her first child with which I nursed her. She had then been married as much more than a year, as from the latter part of Nov to January more than thirteen months. This was a son, called Nathaniel, who I have heard has been several years dead.
Deborah Hinkley Before me Warren Tyler Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that Elijah Phelps of Middle- town in the State of Connecticut made his de- claration before me of his revolutionary Ser- vices in March One Thousand Eight Hundred & Eighteen, in order to obtain a pension, which was transmitted to the Secretary of War & soon after he obtained a certificate; but Mr. Elijah Phelps of Windsor in the State of former- -ly is a different person from the above- -named Elijah Phelps of Middletown, & never made any declaration before me of his revolutionary services to obtain a pension, nor have I ever had any acquaintance with him. - - Elijah Phelps of Middletown is now an Infantile in this place.  Middletown (Conn.) May 14 th 1821  Henry Hosmer.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the Honorable Stephen Litch Commissioner of Middletown in the State aforesaid is Chief Clerk of the said Court; and that his name subscribed to the preceding certificate, is his proper signing & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 15. day of May A.D. 1821.  W. D. W. Clerk

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J L Edwards Esq. City of Washington Dept of War. Pension Office

Stamford Connecticut May 14 1821
Your letter to Dea. Ish. Phelps addressed to my care dated April 30 1821 was received and Judge Normer has given a certificate which he supposes from your letter is all that is required Mr. Stephen Phelps for whom I am writing is now 300 miles distant and could not appear in person before Judge Normer, but the fact that Mr. Phelps of Middletown is well known to Judge Normer must I think be sufficient. If any thing further is required it shall be forwarded. The certificate if addressed to my care will be forwarded to Mr. Stephen Phelps by his son Yours very respectfully Henry L. Saltonstall

I John Waide of Lyme in New London County State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that I was well acquainted with Elijah Phelps in the year 1776 - said Phelps then lived in said Lyme - that said Phelps in the month of January 1776 entered into Capt Joseph Trivett's company in Col. Sedgwick's Connecticut Regiment in the revolutionary army and said Phelps continued to serve in said Regiment as a private soldier until January 1777 when he was discharged at Pillskill in the State of New York and I further say that I belonged to said Regiment during the whole time that said Phelps served in said Regiment and I further say that I am now retained on the Pension list under the act of Con- gress of March 18 1818 - I further state that Samuel Gibbs belonged to said Regiment and was discharged at the same time I was John his X Waide mark
Lyme ss New London County January 24 th 1821 Then personally appeared John Waide and made oath to the facts stated in the foregoing deposition and I further certify that said Waide is a person of truth and veracity Chas Smith Justice of Peace

New London County ss
I do hereby certify that Charles Smith of Lyme in the County of New London Esqr before whom the annexed affidavit of John Ward appears to have been made, is a justice of the Peace in said County duly qualified and acting under the authority of the State of Connecticut, and that the signature annexed to the attestation thereof is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court of said New London County this 19 13 th day of January A D 1821
Charles Lathrop Clerk

Affidavit of Samuel Gibbs proving the service of Elijah Phelps on Huntington rep d from Jan y 3, '76 till Jan y 4, '77

Commonwealth Massachusetts
Berkshire ss Town of Becket July 24-1820
I Samuel Gibbs of sd Becket of Lawfull age do testify and say that I am acquainted with Elijah Phelps now residing and living in the Town of Morrisville in the state of new york and I further state that the sd Elijah Phelps moved from the Town of Windsor in the State of Connecticut in the month of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and further say that I was well acquainted with the sd Elijah in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen in the Town of Linn State of Conn I further say that the sd Elijah was listed in January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Capt Joseph Jewett company and Col Ebenezer Dediah Huntingtons Regiment and I further state and say that the sd Elijah Phelps served as a private soldier in sd Regiment from the time of his indictment until the first of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and I further state and say that the sd Elijah Phelps was discharged at a place in the State of new york Call Pittsfield
Samuel Gibbs
Berkshire ss Town of Becket July 24-1820
Then personally appeared Samuel Gibbs the subscriber to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition Before me Asa Baird justice of the peace
I have my certify that the Above name Samuel Gibbs subscriber to the foregoing deposition is a man of truth and credibility Asa Baird justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Parl. V. ss. I Parker L. Hall Clerk pro tem fore, of the Judicial Courts within for the County of Berkshire do certify that Asa Baird Esq. is a justice of the peace within for the same County duly commissioned and acting under the Authority of this Commonwealth, and that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have here to set my name and affixed the seal of said County this first day of August A.D. 1820 - Parker L. Hall Clerk pro tem.

Elijah Phelps Henry L. Ellsworth Agts Hartford, Conn.
Recd 9th Feb 1828
Admitted
Adm o J.L.E.
Copy of Letter to Hon. J. M. Dunson Office
Not at not the Elijah Phelps where name was struck from the Connecticut roll the 5 July 1820 under the act May 1818

Connecticut Hartford Feby 1 1821
The enclosed papers relative to a pension for Elijah Phelps are once more returned to the Secretary of War with an earnest desire that they will be found abundantly satisfactory. Mr Phelps is very poor and has been a long time collecting evidence for a pension and if he could have his certificate returned (should be successful) soon enough to draw at Middletown on the 4 th of month next, his present wants will be immediately supplied and his future situation far more comfortable. It is the wish of those who are interested in Mr Phelps application as relations and also his own desire that he may draw at Middletown Connecticut. The present transmitted to your humble servt Henry C. Lee

J. L. Edwards Esq in Mary Phelps

East Windsor Hill Hartford County.
Conn September 4 th 1837.
Sir. In the application of Mary Phelps, Widow of Elijah Phelps, late of Windsor in Hartford County under the 3 rd Section of the act of July 4 th 1836 you informed me in your favor of the 24 th July 1837 That the proof of the Marriage is satisfactory, but that the alledged service of one month is not made out and sustained as required by your letter.
Mrs Phelps tells me, that as there was a draft of only two men out of a Company, she does not think that the officers were from their town, or that she ever knew who they were.
I had with me, to day, at her house, a list of the Col o & Captains of Militia who served at Rhode Island in 1778; each of which the Comptroller could certify from the Public document to have been in that service;
But Mrs Phelps instead of seeming to recollect that it was, "Col o Worthington" or "Col o Obadiah Johnson", or "Col o Samuel McClelland," or Capt Jos t Butler, or Capt John Arnold, or any other name who was there; frankly said, That owing to its being a small detachment from a Company, she did not think she ever knew who the officers were.
No pains have been spared, in endeavoring to obtain credible testimony: her son has been twice to Lyme, & East Haddam, a distance of Forty miles. I have this day received a letter from a respectable Magistrate in East Haddam

Nathan Jewett Jun Esquire; who having heard of one Man still living who served with the Militia at Rhode Island in 1778 viz Capt Joseph Gillett of Lyme, in New London, County Conn; but he says in his letter "His recollection is so much impaired he could not even tell who he served under himself."
The applicant may, I think, despair of finding any more testimony.
And now Sir, I wish you to look at two points in her case; First that her Character Stands supported before you by unquestionable evidence, as to soundness of memory, with respect to any fact which she should deliberately aver; & as to her perfect integrity in declaring what she knows to be the fact, respecting the time of his absence, & this agrees exactly with the history of that campaign campaign.
And secondly; that Capt Randal, a very credible witness an intelligent & pious man, Testifies that he saw the said Phelps, (who he well knew,) doing duty with the Militia near Providence in Rhode Island at that time. The Deponent was in Col o Smiths Regiment of Minute men but he does not know who commanded the detachments from the Militia at that time and place.
If you knew the parties you would not have the slightest doubt that the case was in all respects, a sound & honest case one: And I cannot believe that you will think it right to reject a case so substantially supported. It would be much more strange that Mrs Phelps should be able after the lapse of 59 years to remember what officers of Militia commanded the detachment in which her husband served

for one month, than that she should have forgotten, or have never know the fact.
I remain Sir
Most respectfully your
Obd Servt
Jesse Charlton
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

Letter of M Ellsworth et al

To H L Ellsworth Esq
Dear Sir
Having understood that the Widow Mary Phelps of this town Relict of Elijah Phelps a pensioner of the United States for whom you formerly procured a Pension is now making application to have the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4 1836, we cheerfully unite in saying that Mrs Mary Phelps is a woman of an excellent character for integrity & moral worth, and that she would not endeavor to impose on the Pension department by false pretences that her faculties are still good for a woman of her age and her declaration is worthy of the fullest credit as you are acquainted with Mr Edwards & with us you will confer a favor on a worthy woman by presenting this line, you being our endorser to Mr Edwards.
We are Sir your old neighbors and friends Martin Ellsworth Levi Hayden James Loomis Giles Ellsworth

Letter in App. of Mary Phelps Widow of Elijah Phelps

East Windsor Connecticut January 21 st A 1837
Sir, I herewith transmit the application of Widow Mary Phelps of Windsor for a Pension under the 13 rd Section of the Act of July 4 th A 1836. Her husband was Elijah Phelps, Pensioned for services performed from 1775, to 1777, under the Act 1818; He was formerly a resident of Lyme, in New London Co, but resided in Windsor, in Hartford County, where he made his application.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt Jesse Charlton
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D C

Declaration
In order to obtain an Increase of Pension under the joint Resolution passed July 1 st 1848. State of New York } } Madison County }
On this 26 th day of September A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me Sidney T. Holmes a Justice of the Peace in for said County. Mary Phelps of the town of Eaton in said County, aged, Ninety four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the follow- ing Supplemental Declaration in order to obtain Increase of Pension under the act of Congress, passed July 1 st 1848
That she is the widow of Elijah Phelps who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 00 / 100 per Annum & who died in the town of Eaton, in said County & State of New York on the 10 th day of May A.D. 1823. & since the death of her said husband, she, this Declar- -ant has applied for & obtained a Pension at the rate of $43 33 / 100 per Annum in consideration of said husband's Revolutionary services and she now applies for the amount of which she is entitled under said act of July 1 st 1848
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year first aforesaid before me & I certify that the above declarant is the widow of Elijah Phelps who was a Pensioner as above set forth
Sidney T. Holmes Justice of the Peace
In presence } S. T. Holmes } Mary T. Phelps S. Comstock } Mark

Clerk's Office
Madison County ss: I A Scott Sloan clerk of said County do hereby certify that Sidney T. Holmes whose name is subscribed to the and certificate  Deed of the within declaration on oath, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly elected & sworn & authorized by Law to take the same - And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verify the signa- ture to said Deed is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of September 1828 -
A Scott Sloan Clerk Wm A Holmes Deput (6th absent)
J. S. [?] Harrisonville Mo
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State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Windsor.
On this 12 th day of July — 1837 Personally appeared before me Jaynes Loomis Esq one of the Justices of the Peace for said Hartford County; Widow Mary Phelps a resident of said Windsor aged            years a credible person well known to this court; who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in addition to her former Declaration heretofore made, & transmitted a now on file in the Pension Office at Washington Viz. That she is the Widow of Elijah Phelps formerly of Lyme, & late of Windsor in Connecticut who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution & who was pensioned for his services.
That the object of this additional & explanatory declaration, is to set forth, that by search in Springfield in Massachusetts, where her son had lived; the acct book which contained the family record of Births is found; That the leaf, cut from the Old acct book, & now sent by her Attorney is the Oldest record or copy, they have possessed, for many years, as many as twenty years that the first record was in an old account book within a day or two a part of it found & sent That the copy, now sent, was taken off from the Old & mutilated record to save the account from oblivion, by her son, Nathaniel & is in his hand writing, he himself has been dead 22 years Why her husband did not record the Marriage, as well as the birth of their children she cannot tell, for he need not have been afraid that the children or others by comparing dates would have discovered any thing which her husband

and herself would have wished to conceal. She had been married, when her first child was born, more than thirteen months.
In her first declaration, now on file, as before stated, she deliberately averred that the Summer after she was married, viz in the Summer of 1778, her said husband, Elijah Phelps, was drafted to go in a company of militia to Rhode Island, & that he went, & performed a tour of Military duty there.
She is now called upon, if possible to name some of the Officers of the Militia under which he served if her memory does not entirely deceive her some of the Officers were Lieut John Griffin but she cannot swear positively.
But as he was drafted perhaps some of the Officers were from other towns whose names if she has heard she has forgotten them.
The testimony of their former Neighbor Mr Brandal who was well acquainted with her husband she believes will satisfy the court as to the precise month of the Service tho he could not declare the length of the period which she again avers to have been not less than one month.
The testimony of her Sister Deborah Kimkley, she trusts will be found clear & supported by the record. She has taken great pains to find other surviving witnesses but has not been able by diligent search to find any more; she has honestly stated her case & believes that she has obtained honest & credible testimony to support it, more she should have been able to obtain if the call for them had been a few years earlier.

but in sending twice to her native place she has found that they are all gone where she must soon follow them and now she has found the original record which had been many years mis- laid beyond her knowledge By a last & careful search all the entries in this last named except the two last are in the hand writing of Elyah Phelps her late husband.
In presence of Jesse Charlton
Mary her Phelps Cross
Sworn and subscribed the day & year first named at Windsor aforesaid
Before me James Loonis Just of the Peace

W. 15846
July 21, 1939.
Mrs. F. E. Stow 8109 High School Road Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL Elijah Phelps W. 15846 Elijah Phelps W. 26313
See her 2 letters in this case
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 15, 1939, in regard to your ancestor, Elijah Phelps, of Connecticut. You cite an Elijah Phelps who married a Miss Curtis in Stonington, Connecticut, October 28, 1784, also, an Elijah of New Haven or Hartford.
Another search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf. The record of Elijah Phelps, W. 15846, and that of Elijah Phelps, W. 26313, are furnished you herewith. You will, it is hoped, be able to determine your own ancestor.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.