Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8189, for Spencer Philips, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Philips, Spencer Dorcas
R8189
CONTENTS

N. R. 20,055  New York + Ohio - Pittsburgh
Spencer Philips Cayuga in the State of New York as a Private in the Regiment commanded Captain Chapin of the Regiment commanded Colonel Porter in the Massachusetts for the term of One year the year 1776 to the year 1777.
on the Roll of New York the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24. day of January 1829.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. of March 1829. and sent to Hon. Nathaniel Jarrow. Auburn. Cayuga Co. N.Y.
  Years to 4th of March 1829  11 - 09    emi-anl. all'ce ending 4th  48 - 00    Sept 1829      $ 59 09.  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
See letter 26 July '34 to L. B. Sturges.
See do - 25. Sep. 1834 -
To do -
See ci. Fr. Mar. 13. 1835
Transf. to Ohio Pittsburgh, fr. 4. Mar 1834 - Mar. 18. 1835

Affidavit of Spencer Phillips as to death of his father & mother. - Power of atty.
Papers 20m.
Power of atty filed 4 Oct 1833
Spencer Phillips Power of attorney

Know all men by these presents that I Spencer Phillips of the County of Warren and State of Ohio, Son and heir at law of Marcus Phillips and Spencer Phillips, do by these presents constitute and appoint Richard M. Rop of the City of Washington and District of Columbia my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to examine the papers on file in the Pension Office, filed by my deceased Father & Mother for a pension, and to do all such acts as are just and legal in and about the prosecution of said claim, and I hereby revoke all Powers of Attorney or other Powers given for the prosecution of the same. Witness my hand and Seal this 27th day of Sept. 1853 Witnesses by us A. G. Sutton M. Kellogg Spencer Phillips
State of Ohio, Warren County ss. On this 27th day of September A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Spencer Phillips of said County, and acknowledged that he executed the above Power of Attorney for the uses and purposes therein contained. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year aforesaid. A. G. Sutton Jus Peace
State of Ohio, Warren County ss. I hereby certify that A. G. Sutton Esq before whom the above Power of Attorney was acknowledged, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of said County to be hereunto fixed, this 27th day of September A.D. 1853. J. S. Wilderman Clerk

State of Ohio,
Warren County 188. On this 27 th the day of September 1853 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State of said Thomas Manahan who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that on or about the 24 th day of December 1840 Spencer Phillips who was a Revolutionary Pensioner died at his residence in Blackland Warren County Ohio, and left a widow, Dorcas Phillips who died at the same place on or about the middle of October 1842 and that Spencer Phillips who executed the within Power of Attorney is the son and heir at law of the above named Spencer & Dorcas Phillips
Thomas Manahan
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year aforesaid and I certify that I am not interested or concerned in the prosecution of the above Claims S. G. Matthews Clerk

2 Spencer Philips Copy of Purvis papers

Original Claim
1
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the Act of the 18 th March 1818.
County of Cayuga J. S. on this 20 th day of January 1829 personally appeared in open Court being a court of record for the County of Cayuga Spencer Philips, resident in said County, aged seventyone Years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, Doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said Spencer Philips enlisted for the term of one Year in the month of February in the Year 1776, in the state of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Israel Chapen, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elisha Porter in the line of the State of Massachusetts, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any State, and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension. — I had the necessary papers for an application for a Pension made out by the Hon. John Gaver of Auburn in the winter of 1819 & 1820 but before the papers were forwarded to the Pension-Office the act of the first of May 1820 was passed, I was informed, and verily believe it to be true that no person person could receive a Pension that owned property to the value of one hundred Dollars under the act of the 1 st of May 1820.

And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 18 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, con- -tracts or debts due to me, nor have I any in common other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. —
Schedule of property belonging to Spencer Philips. — I have a life lease given by my Son Spencer Philips Jr. for Forty six acres of broken uneven Land in the Town of Simpsonville on which said Land there is a small dwelling house and Barn, about thirty acres of said Land is under partial improvement the annual value of which does not exceed Thirty Dollars, that I am by occupation a Farmer that my wife Dorcas Philips aged Seventy two Years and myself live with my Son Spencer Philips Jr. and have resided in his family since the 18 th of March 1818. that myself & Wife have from our advanced years and bodily infirmities not been able to labour much towards providing for our support but that the deficiency has been supplied by my Son Spencer Philips Jr. as men- -tioned above. — That since the 18 th of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property. —

That on the 18 th of March 1818 I held a deed for 3 Thirty four & a half acres Land in the Town of Sennequins, for which said piece or Parcel of Land, I agreed to pay about $340. being unable to meet the whole payment, my Son Spencer Philips Jr & Billdada Philips paid towards said Land $75. — That on the 22 nd day of September 1826 I sold said Land to Daniel Goodrich and Jonathan Goodrich for the sum of $379.50 as per copy of Deed herewith enclosed, which said sum of $379.50 was expended in purchasing that piece or parcel of Land by my Son Spencer Philips Jr on which I have said Deed as mentioned in my Schedule — That I have not transacted any business in my own name for the last Ten Years but it has been done by my Son Spencer Philips Jr in whose family I have lived. —
Spencer Philips
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 th
day of January 1829 before me
J. L. Richardson, first Judge of Cayuga
Cayuga County ss
Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court after having been sworn to hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of said Court that the said Spencer Philips did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common Enemy, for the term of nine months, under an engagement on the continental establishment. — I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto

annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do farther 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
Thirty Dollars and — Cents, annually
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court,
on this Twentieth Day of January 1829.
M. S. Myers Clerk of said County

8474 4 D o cas Phillips Spencer. Ohio.
no 8474 Dorcas Phillips Spencer Ohio

State of Ohio Huron County ss.
Declaration - in order to obtain the Benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 and the 23 rd August 1842
State of Ohio Huron County ss On this 3 rd day of October 1842 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held in Norwalk within and for said County of Huron Dorothea Spencer a Resident of Hartland in said County Aged Eighty eight years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 1838 and the 23 rd of August 1842 granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the Widow of Spencer Phillips who was a private Soldier in said War That in addition to his other services in said War she at North Hampton in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts enlisted and served for one year in a Company commanded by Israel Chaplin in Colonel Elisha Porter's Regiment that she with the Company and Regiment marched through Vermont to Ticonderoga and fifteen miles North to Lake Champlain and from there to Fort St. Johns - and from thence to Champlaine and from thence down to Saratoga - to Still River and from thence to Quebec - at Quebec was ordered out about four and half miles to a place called Chabot - to take the small Pox - That on the 6 th of May 1778 they were ordered back to Head Quarters. They having been surrounded by General Burgoyne and his forces and retreated to Ticonderoga in the Month of June 1776 - where they made a stand that they served faithfully for said year.
* Her name called Thressibers.

6 She also declared
She also declared that she was married to the said Spencer Philips on or about the 15 th day of November A D 1783 in the year Two thousand seven hundred and eighty Three That her Husband the aforesaid died on the 21 st day of December A D 1840
That she was not married to him since his leaving the services but the marriage took place prior to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at Dutton stated she further declares that she is still a widow.
And she further declared that her said Husband for his said services was placed on the Pension List of the United States at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum and received a Certificate therefor which Certificate is not now in her possession which was sent to and is now in the possession of the Pittsburgh Agency for paying United States Pensions and was sent there in order to obtain the arrearage of her said Husband's pension from the time of his last pension to the time of his death as aforesaid
That she had a number of children by her said Husband viz Eleanor Philips the late wife of the Peter Bathrick who has lately deceased was aged about 57 years. Hulda Philips now living aged about 55 years - Paulina now wife of Uriel Parkin aged about 52 years. Abigail now wife of Ebenezer D Bedfield now aged about 49 years - Bildad Philips now living in the State of Michigan aged about 47 years and Spencer Philips now living in Harnad in said County of Huron now aged about 44 years - That the Declarant knows of no Bible record or any other record or any other evidence of their marriage or the Births & deaths of her children than what are contained in the annexed Depositions

of Peleg Standish and Nathan Lyon & this her Declaration The Declarant presumes that the Evidence which was furnished by her said deceased Husband to the War Depart- ment when her said Pension was granted to her as aforesaid - if referred to will show his services in said Revolutionary War That from her advanced age & consequent loss of memory she is not able to say any more respecting his services in said War
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 3 rd day of October 1842 and I also certify that the said Dorcas Philips the Declarant so that Peleg Standish the Subscriber to her said Declaration are persons of truth & veracity
Dorcas X Philips mark
My Friend Levin B Sturges
A. G. Sutter Judge of Inferior Court Common Pleas
State of Ohio. Huron County To
Personally appeared before me Albert G. Sutter one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Peleg Standish of Buxton in said County aged sixty five years and being duly sworn on his oath declares & says that he was for many years well acquainted with Spencer Philips and Dorcas Philips, the present widow of said Spencer who is now deceased that the Deponent & his Father & mother lived for many years in the neighborhood of the said Spencer & Dorcas Philips That they & the Deponent lived in the Town of Ashfield, County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts That the Deponent perfectly remembers that he heard his mother say after returning home from the wedding of said Spencer & Dorcas that she had been to their wedding and saw them married That said Spencer & Dorcas lived together for many years as Husband & Wife and had by them marriage several Children. viz Eleanor now deceased aged 47 years. Hulda - Paulina - Mabel - Bildad and Spencer. all of whom the Deponent was knowing to their living with their Parents the said Spencer & Dorcas until they grew up & left their Parents & went for themselves
Peleg Standish
Subscribed to this 3 rd day of October 1842
O'Brien Pres. Judge
before me Albert G. Sutter Judge of Inferior Court Common Pleas

December 6, 1939
Mrs. Ross Cherry 2601 Milan Road Sandusky, Ohio
BA-J/AWF Spencer Philips R. 8189
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 8189, based upon service of Spencer Philips (Phillips) in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Spencer Philips, and names of his parents are not given.
Spencer Philips enlisted (definite date not given) in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, served as a private in Captain Israel Chapin's company, and in Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts regiment, was in an expedition to Canada, length of service one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 30, 1829, at which time he was aged seventy-one years, and a resident of Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York.
Spencer Philips married November 15, 1783, Dorcas. The date and place of her birth, and names of her parents are not shown, nor is it shown where the said Dorcas and Spencer Philips were married.
Spencer Philips and his wife, Dorcas, moved in 1834, with their son, Spencer Philips, Jr., to

Huron County, Ohio.
Spencer Philips died December 24, 1840, and his widow, Dorcas Philips, died about the middle of October, 1842, at which time she was aged about eighty-eight years. They both died in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio.
Reference was made to the children of Spencer Philips, and his wife, Dorcas, in 1842 as follows— Eleanor, "lately deceased", aged fifty-seven years, wife of Peter Bathrick or Bothrick; Hulda Philips, aged fifty-five years; Paulina, aged fifty-two years, wife of Uriel Parker;
Mabel, aged forty-nine years, wife of Ebenezer D. Redfield;
Bildad Philips, aged forty-seven years, a resident of the State of Michigan;
Spencer Philips, aged forty-four years, a resident of Hartland, Ohio.
Sylvester "Phillips", aged seventy-seven years in 1829, then living in Guilford, Chenango County, New York, stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Spencer Philips, at the time he served in the Revolution, but did not give any relationship. One Peter Batarick or Bothrick was of Huron County, Ohio in 1834; it was not stated that he was identical with the Peter Bathrick (Bothrick) cited above.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1928-Jan. 7-1928 very
To Mr. Samuel W. Smith Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1936-May 4-List to Mrs. Leo Sheehan accg
1939-Jan 24-Mrs. Leo Sheehan -adv. only col - no fur family data. very
1939-Nov. 4-List to Mrs. very
George J. Doenzbach very
1939-Dec 6-List to Mrs. Ross Cherry very
1940-Apr. 3. " " Eva L. Moffatt very
REJECTED
8189.
Portus Phillips
Service: Spencer
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852
Alleges: shows reasons for suspension "Not a widow"
Re-enlisted: at the date of the act.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Dorcas Phillips wife of General Ohio Rejected
See let. 27 th Oct r 1842 L. B. Hunsberger.
(husband died after package of 7 th July 1838) A. L. O. E. Hunsberger Esq. Feb. 8 th 47 th Biddings (w. c.) Mar. 4 th 1848 R.M. Rap 15 th October 1853
act July 7. 1838

Hon W Garrison
Sir
I enclose you the papers pertaining to the application for a pension for Sister Phillips. Please notify me as soon as convenient. Within the papers are sufficient
Respectfully yours Abady
Concord July 26 1849

House of Representatives Washington

Free
Thomas Garrod
House of Representatives
Washington City

Worcester Feb 8 1847 My dear Sir, I have just returned from the West and am now at home. I have been thinking much of you and your kind words. I hope to see you again soon. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. Lloyd

Norwalk O. 17 Sept 1834
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner etc Sir
I wrote to you some time since enclosing the necessary papers requesting the transfer of the agency for paying Spencer Philips Pension at Peterborough P. a instead of New York. I have sent on a power of attorney from Mr. Philips for his Pension at Peterborough. I have returned an answer that the transfer has not been made. I wish it may be done as soon as is possible.
I am respectfully Levi B Sturges

am: Mr. Smith, 18: 8:34
FREE
Nov 5. Jos. Moore & Spencer Phillips Jos. Trumbull NOV 10 OCT 20 1/2
L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington (No Ohio)
Spencer Phillips
3

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio } ss County of Huron } ss
On this 29 th day of October 1834
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Huron — personally appeared Spencer Philips of Brownstown County who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Israel Chapin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Porter in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to Ohio that he lived in the State of New York with his son Spencer Philips Jun r who sold his Farm in said State of New York & has removed to Ohio with whom the Deponent now lives & expects to live with him the remainder of his days
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Samuel Preston Jos. Ray
Spencer Philips Witness Lewis B. Marks Sturges
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Affidavit of Transfer
State of Ohio County of Huron } S
On this 29 day of October 1834 before me Samuel Preston a Justice of the Peace for said County of Huron, personally appeared Peter Bathrick who being by me duly sworn deposeth & says that he is well acquainted with Spencer Philips who has subscribed and sworn to the above & within Affidavit - that he knows him to be the same person described in the said affidavit that said Spencer Philips has lately resided in the State of New York - from whence he has removed to the State of Ohio and this Deponent believes for the reasons given in said affidavit
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid and I hereby certify that the said Peter Bathrick is a person of veracity
Peter Bathrick
Samuel Preston Jus. Peace
The State of Ohio Huron County } S
David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Huron do certify that Samuel Preston is a lawfull Magistrate as above & the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 29 day of August A.D. 1834
D. Gibbs Clerk A.D.P. x

St. Clairsville Ohio 29 Octr 1834
J L Edwards Esq r
Sir
I enclose the necessary papers for the transfer of the Pension agency from New York to Pittsburgh in the cases of Spencer Phillips & Joseph Moore I wish the transfers to be made as soon as is convenient
Respectfully yours
Levi B Sturges

Fr. Cir. Aug. 18. 1834
B.
Free
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio
County of Huron
ss.
On this 11 th day of August
1834
1834
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Huron personally appeared Spencer Philips
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Israel Chapin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Porter (he don't recollect his Christian name) in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Ohio (Pittsburgh P. Agency) where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to the State of Ohio. He came with his son Spencer Philips Junr. to reside with the remainder of his life with whom he now resides.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Samuel Preston Just Peace
Spencer
his
X Philips
mark
Witness to signature Lewis B Sluiger
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
State of Ohio. Huron County ss. On this 11 th day of August 1834 personally appeared Peter Wathrick of the county of Huron and State of Ohio who being first sworn, deposes and says that he has been acquainted with the above named Spencer Philips for the last thirty six years that he knows the above named Spencer Philips is the identical person which he now presents himself to be & that he is the same person who has taken the above oath as described in the above Affidavit & that said Wathrick is a person of veracity -
Samuel Preston Just Peace

In the State of Ohio Huron County } I David Gibbs Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Huron aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Preston is an acting lawful Justice of the Peace as within mentioned & that the signature within purporting to be his is his genuine signature Given under my hand & Official Seal at Pomeroy this 11 th day of August A.D. 1834. D. Gibbs Clerk S.C.P.

J L Edwards Esq
You will please to order the transfer desired in favour for Hichard your Pension due the 4 th Sept next.
respectfully Leonard B. Shurmer
Aorangi 11 Aug 1884

Offici Bank U States New York Aug 20 th 1834
Sir
I answer to your Letter of the 18 th Inst Enquiring the time up to which Spencer Phillips an Invalid Pensioner had been paid, I have to state that his name does not appear on our Roll of Invalid Pensioners but is inscribed on the Roll of Pensioners under the act of 18 March 1818. at $8 per month and has been paid to the 4 th of March last.
I enclose for your order for payment here, the Papers in the case of Moses Farnsworth a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency, residing in the State of Pennsylvania -
I am Very respectfully Sir Your obedt.
Isaac Lawrence Sec y as Agent for Pensions by M c Learen
James L Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions -

Kellogsville 26 Jan'y 1829
This is to certify that (at the request of Mr Phelps) I have examined the disburse- ment accounts of Mr Smith enclosed and have no doubt of the correctness of the statement therein set forth more particularly with regard to the manage- ment and transactions of the property and his manner of living which is in conformity to what I have ever understood for the last ten years I have had intimate accounts with Simon Philips Jr in which his father seemed to take an interest but never made any accounts in his own name -
Mrs Eliza Woodward John Evans and Simon Philips Jr I am personally ac- quainted with and believe them and each of them to be men of truth and veracity
Respectfully
Charles Kellogg

We are personally acquainted with Messrs Elazar Woodward John Dawson & Shem Phillips Jr and consider them as being entitled to full credit & men of strict integrity and of truth & veracity
Simpson's Ferry 28 th 1829
Respectfully yours Artemas Cady R. Day
Wm N Garrison
House of Representatives

Lewis B. Sturges
Sept. 25 th 34
O.C.

War Dept. P. O.
Sept. 25 th 1834
Sir
Your letter of the 17 th inst. relative to the transfer of the pension of Spencer Philips has been rec d . And in answer I herewith enclose an extract of a letter which was addressed to you on the subject on the date of the 26 th July last; and to which no reply has been rec d . at this office
Levi B. Sturgis Esq Harrowalk Ohio

Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Washington D.C.
Sir,
I am informed that in September A. D. 1842. there were sent to the Pension Office, the Petition, Certificate and papers relating to the ob ty a pension or two years Bal. for Mrs. Sarah Phillips, widow of Spencer Phillips, a revolutionary pensioner. Nothing has been since heard of the papers or pension. Will you inform, if you can without difficulty, whether she is entitled to the pension of her husband for the two years which she survived him? Her husband died on Dec 24, 1840. If the papers are insufficient, what is wanting?
Very Respectfully Yr. ob. St. O. E. Kellogg.
Norwalk O. Jan. 13/47.

House Reps.
Febr 8 th 1848
Sir
Be pleased to furnish me with the papers in the case of Mrs. Dorcas Phillips widow of Spencer Phillips and of Mrs. Phebe Bishop widow of Joel Bishop. whose applications for pensions under the act of 1838. have been rejected, and consider this your receipt for the same under the resolution passed by the House on the 31 st ult.
Clerk J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
J. R. Findings

Oct. 4, 1853.
Set. in case
of Wm. case
Phillips,
widow of
Spencer
Phillips.
N. M. Ross,
Present.
8

Pension Office Oct 4 th 1853
Sir
The case of Dorcas Phillips, widow of Spencer Phillips, suspended, under act of 1838 & 16 th August 1842, I would like you to have examined & Reported on, as soon as convenient; additional testimony has been filed, proving the death of Spencer Phillips & Dorcas Phillips his widow; I think, if the act of 1842, is examined, it will be found, that the widows application, was improperly rejected. She claimed two years pension as being due.
Respectfully Wm Lloyd
Hon L P Waldo Comr of Pensions

Affidavit of Sylvester Phillips 1

State of New York } Chautauqua County }
Sylvester Phillips of the Guilford in the County of Chautauqua being Duly Sworn Deposeth & saith that Sylvester Phillips was in the service of the United States for a period of from the year one thousand eight hundred & eighty three in the Regiment com- manded by Col Porter in the Company commanded by Capt Israel Chapin & that the service performed was nine months in continuation The Deponent further states that he hath no interest in the event of the application to be made by the said Sylvester Phillips & further the Deponent saith not
Sylvester Phillips
Sworn before me this 16 th Oct 1814
I am A Smith Justice of the Peace
Who may certify that Sylvester Phillips the above named Deponent is an inhabitant of the town of Guilford to me well known a man of integrity & respectability
Guilford this 16 th Oct 1814 I am A. Smith

Clerks Office Chenango County Oct. 17 th 1818
I hereby certify that the within Samuel A Smith Signature was at the time of signing the within a part of the same in & for said County & duly autho- rized to act as such by taking the the oaths prescribed by law for that purpose his signature D G Bright Clk to me known

no 84 74
Ohio
July 7 1838
Dear Friend
Deacon Phillips
James Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
FREE

Newark H C y Ohio 13 Oct 1842
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose to you the Declaration of the widow Dorcas Spencer an Applicant for a Pension accom- panied by the Depositions of Abner Baker Nathan Lyons and Peleg Standish
Respectfully yours Lewis B Sturges
Dorcas Spencer et Baker's Deposition

Wm Lloyd Bul 6 3
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
com 18. Dec 36
17. 1. 2. 3.

Norwalk Ohio 8 Dec r 1834
J L Edwards Esq
Sir
It is a long time since I sent you proper notification to the transfer of the agency for the payment of Spencer Philips & Joseph Mores pensions. from New York to Pittsburgh. The former about 6 months ago. I have never been informed whether anything has been done in either case. These Pensioners are much in want of their Pensions - will you be so good as to inform me. & will you answer other Letters which I have written to you lately on other subjects?
Yours very respectfully Lewis B Sturges

We Elazar Woodward & John Everson Jr Spence Phillips Jr
of the town of Lempriere County of Cayuga being duly sworn do depose & say that we have been personally acquainted with Spence Phillips Whose declaration for an application for a pension we have examined & we are fully of opinion that they is this correct That we have been personally knowing to his honourable friend with his son Spence Phillips Jr since for the last ten years & that the yearly income that his labour has been insufficient to support himself and that he has not pretended to transact any business in his own name for the last ten years but that it has been done by his son Spence Phillips Jr in whose family himself & wife have lived and that we are personally acquainted with the land for which he has a life lease & should not consider the annual value of said lease thirty to 400 thirty dollars And that from our acquaintance with the said Spence Phillips we consider him entitled to full credit as a man of truth & veracity
Sworn before me this Elazar Woodward 24 th Day of Jany 1829 John Everson Jr Spence Phillips Jr
J. Harper Place

J. J. Hapsy justice of the peace in & for the county of Loyuga being personally acquainted with the within named Charles Howard John Everson Jr & Shermer Phillips Jr do certify that they are entitled to full credit as gentlemen of truth & veracity Simpronis Jany 24 1829
J. Hapsy

Rec? H. Jones - for transfer includes under blank cover 15 Oct '34
Respectfully transf.
FREE
Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington

Newark Ohio Oct r 1 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I have just now rec d your Letter of 25 ult o enclosing an extract of your Letter to me of the 26 July last - which Letter to me I duly rec d - enclosing a form to be complied with by Spencer Phillips to get his Pension transferred from N York agency to that of Pittsburgh. - Your directions were very soon after complied with in every particular by his D th & proof of identity & etc & the proceedings were enclosed by me in a Letter to your Department - sent into the Post Office here - which is filed by one of the most correct Postmasters in any part of the Country - and I have no doubt but he forwarded it. May it not have possibly happened in your Post office in Washington - or by some accident mislaid in your office? However this may be; I wish you to enclose to me several Blank forms - similar to the one I enclose - as I have other applications for transfers
I am Respectfully
Your O bt Serv t
Levi B Sturges
I am confident I sent to you the Document as early as the first of August last

Dorcas Spencer Nathan Lyon Dept

Dorcas Spencer
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State of Ohio } Before me James Shay one of Huron County, ss. } justices of the peace for said county personally came Nathan Lyon who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, He is sixty three years old and that he lived a near neighbor to Spencer and Dorcas Philips for some fifteen or twenty years and that he knew from hearsay and verily believes that they ( Spencer and Dorcas Philips) were married together about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783) and that he was personally known to their living together as man and wife for some years previous to the year 1794, and this deponent saith further that he is in no way whatsoever interested in this case, And further this deponent saith not. Nathan Lyon
Sworn to and subscribed before me at the county aforesaid this 1 st . day of October A.D. 1842 James Shay J. P.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Nathan Lyon the above named deponent and that he is a man of veracity and truth and that his testimony may be fully relied upon James Shay J. P.

State of Ohio Huron County ss
I Prudden Alling Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Huron County do hereby certify that Albert G. Sutton Esq is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Huron duly appointed and commissioned to said Office appointed for seven years - That his said Commission is dated the 24 th day of January A.D. 1842 and will expire on the 24 th day of January A.D. 1849 and that he has been duly qualified to said Office and that the following is his name in his own hand writing written by the said Sutton in my presence viz. Albert G. Sutton
and I also certify that James Shay Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Huron duly appointed and qualified to said Office and that full credit is to be given to their attestations as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my Seal of Office this 1 st day of October 1842 and I also certify that the Hon d B Bowers is President Judge of the second Circuit of said Court of Common Pleas in Ohio. P Alling CLK
The above is a Certificate of the Clerk of Common Pleas of Huron County - Ohio relative to official character L B G.

State of New York } Bethel Benton of the Ontario County } Town of Seneca County of Ontario and State of New York aged Seventy Seven  Eight years being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw Spencer Phillips now resides in the Town of Sempromius in the County of Cayuga and state aforesaid Enlisted for one year in the month of February in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six in Captain Israel Chapins Company - Colonel Phileta Porters Regiment in the troops raised by the State of Massachusetts - and this deponent further saith that he enlist- ed on the same day in the same Company and was with him through the Northern Campaign of that year untill we arrived at the said Phillips and this deponent in Albany some time the last of November 1776 where this deponent was taken sick and the said Spencer Phillips went from Albany with the Regiment for the Jerseys and left this deponent in Albany this deponent further saith that the above named Spencer Phillips served as a good faith full

=full soldier during the above mentioned time and has no doubt but he served his time out and was Regular discharged the deponent further State that he hath no interest in the event of the applica- -tion to be made by the said Spencer Phil- -lips & further the Deponent saith not Sworn before me this Bethel his Benton 7 th day of January 1829 mark
Abm A. Post Justice of the peace
This may certify that Bethel Benton the above named Deponent is an Inhabitant of the Town of Seneca to me well known and a man of Credibility
Abm A. Post J.P.
State of New York
Ontario County ss I Certify that Abraham A Post whose signature appears to the above certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly appointed and sworn In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 7 th day of January 1829
Ralph Lester Clerk

Spencer Philips & wife to Daniel & Jonathan Goodridge
Copy of Deed
65. Tumpouins 34 acres
Recorded February 7 th 1827. at 10 A.M.
In the clerks.
Office of the county clerk in Lib. F. F. of deeds on fol. 442 B.C.
Signed J. Goodridge Clerk

Cayuga County ss
On this 22 nd day of September 1826 personally appeared before me Spencer Philips and Dorcas Philips his Wife to me well known to be the same persons described in and who Executed the within Deed and acknowledged the voluntary execution thereof for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Dorcas being by me Examined separate and apart from her said husband did declare and say that she executed the same without any fear, threats or compulsion from her said husband. I therefore allow it to be recorded.
Signed, Eben Smith Com. &c Recorded February 7 th 1827 at 1 o'clock PM. A. Gridley, Clerk.
Cayuga County ss I certify the within and foregoing to be a true copy of a Deed recorded in this Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this twenty second day of January A.D. 1829. M. S. Myers, Clerk S. M. Johnson
Eben Smith in presence of Sealed and delivered and your first above written In witness whereof, the said parties to these prese

This Indenture, Made the twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six between Spencer Phillips of the Town of Pompeionii County of Cayuga and State of New-York & Dorcas his wife of the first part, and Daniel Goodridge and Jonathan Goodridge of the Town, County and State aforesaid of the second part, Witnesseth, That the said part of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and seventy nine dollars and fifty cents money of account of the United States, to them in hand paid, by the said parties of the second part, the Receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, Hath granted, bargained, sold, remised, released, aliened, and confirmed, and by these presents, do grant, Bargain, Sell, remise, release, alien, and confirm unto the said parties of the second part, and to their heirs and assigns forever All that certain piece or parcel of Land situate, lying and being in the Town of Pompeionii and County of Cayuga and a part of Lot No. Sixty five in said Town and bounded as follows. Beginning at a Stake in the Road is being the Southeast corner of Daniel Goodridges Land on the same Lot from said Stake west Eleven chains and fifty links to a Stake, then South thirty two chains and fifty links to a Stake then East Eight chains and fifty links to a Stake in the road, then north nine chains and fifty links to a Stake at the bridge then north twenty four degrees East five chains in the road then north thirty seven degrees east three chains in the road then north in the road Seventeen chains and twenty links to the place of beginning containing thirty four acres and a half of Land. Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, of the said parties of the first part, either in law or Equity, of, in and to the above granted and bargained premises, with the said hereditaments and appurtenances. To have and to hold the said above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns forever. And the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant grant, and bargain promise and agree to and with the said parties of the second part their heirs and assigns, to forever warrant and defend, the above granted and bargained premises, and every part and parcel thereof, now being in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said parties of the second part against the said parties of the first part, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and against all and every other person or persons claiming or to claim the said premises, or any other part thereof. —

nts have hereunto set their hands and seals the day
Spencer Philips S.P.
Dorcas for Philips D.P.

nts have hereunto set their hands and seals the day
Spencer Philips L.L.
Dorcas Philips L.L.

State of Ohio Union County ss Before me Albert G Sutton one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County personally appeared Abner Baker a Resident in Northwest Union County State of Ohio aged eighty eight years and being duly sworn on his oath declares and says that he served as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War of the United States against Great Britain that he enlisted and served for one year in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Colonel Chaplin in Colonel Elisha Porter's Regiment he enlisted at North Hampton Hampshire County State of Massachusetts - That he with the Company & Regiment marched through Vermont to Ticonderoga & fifteen miles North to Lake Champlain and arrived at Fort St. John from thence to Chambly - from thence down to Quebec Thence to Trois Rivieres From thence to Quebec and Quebec his Company was ordered out about four & half miles to Malabar - to take the place of the regulars - & on the 5 th of May 1776 they were ordered back to their Quarters - They were surrounded by General Burgoyne & his forces. When the Def t Regiment & his Comrades retreated to Ticonderoga in the Month of June 1776 where they made a Stand that in about two months after that the Def t Regiment being taken sick he quitted the service and returned to his home having been discharged by the order of Col d Chaplin - That he was well acquainted with Spencer Phillips that he served in the said Company and Regiment at the same places & times that when the Def t Regiment left the service he left said Phillips in said Company and Regiment and the Def t Regiment un- derstood that said Phillips served his time out The Def t Regiment don't remember the number of the Regiment or Brigade nor the name of the Brigadier - As for this he don't remember any more of the services of said Spencer Phillips -
Sworn and subscribed this 3 rd day of October A.D. 1862 and I also certify that Abner Baker is a person of truth and respectability A.G. Sutton Judge of Union Common Pleas  Abner Baker

State of New York } Sylvester Phillips of the Chenango County } town of Guilford County of
Chenango & State of New York aged twenty seven years being duly sworn upon the oath that he said Sylvester Phillips who now resides in town of Simsbury in the County of Coeymans & State of said County for one year in the month of February in the year 1776. in Captain Israel Chapins Company Colonel Elisha Porter's regiment in the troops raised by the State of Massachusetts and this deponent further saith that he enlisted on the same day in the same Company and was with him through the Northern campaign of that year until the arrival at the said Phillips & this deponent at Albany Mount Independence where they were stationed until the following month of November When the said Sylvester Phillips left Mount Independence with the regiment for the Jerseys and left this deponent at Mount Independence
This deponent further saith that the above named Sylvester Phillips served as a good faithful soldier during the above mentioned time & has no doubt but that he served his time out & was regularly discharged This deponent further saith that he has no interest in the event of the application to be made by the said Sylvester Phillips for his further this deponent saith that
Sworn before me Elisha P. Phelps Notary Public
This 29 Day of January 1829
Elisha P. Phelps with Justice of the peace

This may certify that Sylvester Phillips the above named deponent is an inhabitant of the town of Guilford & county of Chenango to me well known & is a man of integrity & respectability and entitled to credit Elisha P. Buel Justice
Chenango County ss Seal's Office
I certify that Elisha P. Buel Esq. whose name appears to the above and within, was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Chenango duly appointed and sworn.
Witness my hand and the seal of the County at Norwich this 31st day of January
J. J. Randall Dep. Clk.

Mrs. George J. Doerzbach
1208 Central Avenue
Sandusky, Ohio
Oct 17. 1939.
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir.
We are wishing to place a head stone for -
Spencer Phillips — and if he received a pension — would like to have a copy of the paper.
It says. In the book — Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Ohio. D.A.R. State Roster. Vol 2 — page 277
Spencer Phillips —
Exec — Dec — 37 — of 1852. Widow refused pension as she was.

married again + By Wm. Pettit - ) (She certainly had her move - ) but this shows that he served in the Revolutionary War -
I am trying to get all this work done - while I am chan- ging this Committee
It says in the book Huron Co - but Florie Co - used to be at that time part of Huron Co - and Berlin Heights where he is buried is right on the line
I shall appreciate this help -
Yours truly Belle Doerybach (Mrs. Lunge)
This is work of the F.A.R. -

EVA LOUISE MOFFATT, B. A.
SPECIALTIES: NEW ENGLAND MIGRATIONS TO N. Y. STATE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH AND ABSTRACTING
67 BRIGHTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MASS.
March 5, 1940,
MEMBER: NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
The Veterans' Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Section, Washington, D.C.
May I please have the information contained in the pension application of Spencer Phillips , pensioned from Cayuga Co., N.Y. for in 1829, for Massachusetts service, and also similar data from the pension papers of Amasa Skinner , pensioned in 1838 from Washington Co., Vermont? In both cases, I would like careful reference to any relatives of the same family name, even if such reference is but casual. I am specially anxious to prove the names of any brothers of Spencer Phillips.
Yours very truly,
one
Eva L. Moffatt

Florence Green Sheehan 131 Chestnut Street Battle Creek, Michigan
Dec 7, 1938
DEC 6 1938
RECEIVED
1938
Pension Dept Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
According to Exec.Doc.37 (1852). Dorcas, widow of Spencer Phillips of Huron County, Ohio applied for a pension for the Revolutionary War services of her husband who had been a soldier in Massachusetts.
May I please have any family data given in those papers? (Particularly the maiden name of Dorcas.)
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy.
Sincerely,
Florence Sheehan

Battle Creek, Mich. April 16, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:-
6774
May I please have the pension record of Spencer PHILLIPS  Phillips a Massachusetts soldier in the Revolutionary War who was granted a pension in Cayuga County, New York. Placed on roll mcl 1829. Pension commenced Jan 24, 1829 age 76. I would like all family data possible - his birthplace name of wife, names of children etc.
Thanking you in advance for any information you can give.
Yours very truly, (Mrs. Lee) Florence Sheehan 131 Chestnut St Battle Creek, Michigan

Samuel W. Smith The Wardell - 15 = Kirby East. Detroit - Michigan
Personal request for Spencer Philips - R. 8189 Jan 4 - 1928

Martha Pitkin Chapter
Revolutionary Soldier
Spencer Phillips
Sandusky, Ohio
Mrs. Ross Cherry, Regent 2601 Milan Road
Nov 5 1939
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- only one
✓ Spencer Phillips , a Revolutionary Soldier is listed as being buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Berlin Heights, Erie County, Ohio. The family are anxious for us to have the grave marked with a stone, but all the information I have of this soldier is his name listed in the Official Roster Vol 2 p 277 and the Exec Document 37 1852 in which his widow was refused pension because she had married again.
If you have any more information on this soldier, where he served, and his death date, and the names of any of his children, will you please send it to me. As his son Joshua was born in N.H and the family later moved to N.Y. State, he might have served from either. They also sojourned a while in Mass during the Revolution.
Thanking you for any information you can give me, I am,
Sincerely
Margaret Cherry
more info 3rd son born too early to be son of Rev 07 1 Dec 1812

January 24, 1939
BA-J/AWF Spencer Philips R. 8189
Mrs. Leo Sheehan 131 Chestnut Street Battle Creek, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Spencer Philips, soldier in the Revolutionary War, from Massachusetts, widow Dorcas, both of whom lived in Huron County, Ohio, after the Revolution. You state that you particularly desire the maiden name of the widow, Dorcas, and all other family data.
You were furnished, May 4, 1938, the record of Spencer Philips, as found in pension claim, R. 8189, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution. You were advised on that date that the maiden name of his widow, Dorcas, is not shown in the papers on file in this claim, and there are no further family data in said claim, other than was furnished at that time. This is the record of the only Spencer Philips or Phillips found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

May 4, 1936
Spencer Philips-R.8189 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Leo Sheehan 131 Chestnut Street Battle Creek, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Spencer Philips of Massachusetts, and pensioned while residing in Cayuga County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 8189, based upon the service of Spencer Philips in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
Spencer Philips enlisted in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and served one year as a private in Captain Israel Chapin's company and in Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts regiment, and was in the expedition to Canada.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 20, 1839, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and living in Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York.
Spencer Philips married November 15, 1783, Dorcas; her maiden name is not stated, nor is it shown where they were married.
Spencer Philips and his wife, Dorcas, moved in 1834,

with their son, Spencer Philips, Jr., to Huron County, Ohio.
The soldier, Spencer Philips, died December 24, 1840, and his widow, Dorcas Philips, died about the middle of October, 1842, she was then aged about eighty-eight years. They both died in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio.
Reference was made in 1842 to their children, as follows-
Eleanor, "lately deceased", aged fifty-seven  were  sixty-seven years, wife of Peter Bathwick or Bothrick; Hulda Philips, aged fifty-five years; Paulina, aged fifty-two years, wife of Uriel Parker; Mabel, aged forty-nine years, wife of Ebenezer D. Redfield; Bildad Philips, aged forty-seven years, a resident of the state of Michigan; Spencer Philips, aged forty-four years and living in Hartland, Ohio.
Sylvester Philips aged seventy-seven years in 1829, then living in Guilford, Chenango County, New York, stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier at the time he served in the Revolution, but he did not state that he was a relative. One Peter Bathrick or Bothrick was of Huron County, Ohio in 1834; it is not shown that he was identical with the Peter Bathrick (Bothrick) cited above.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
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January 7, 1928
Mr. Samuel W. Smith The Wardell 15 Kirby East Detroit, Mich.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 8189, it appears that Spencer Philips enlisted at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts in February 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Israel Chapin's Company, Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the expedition to Canada.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 20, 1829, while a resident of Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, aged seventy-one years.
He died December 24, 1840 in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio.
Soldier married November 15, 1783, Dorcas, her maiden name is not given. In 1843, she stated that she

eighty-eight years old. She died about the middle of October 1843 in Hartland, Ohio.
Children referred to in the case- Eleanor, married Peter Bothwick, in 1843 it is stated that she was "lately deceased", aged about fifty-seven years; Huldah, aged about fifty- five years in 1843; Paulina, married Uriel Parker, she was aged about fifty-two years in 1843; Mabel, married Ebenezer D. Redfield, she was aged about forty-nine years in 1843; Bildad, aged about forty-seven years in 1843 and living in the state of Michigan; Spencer, aged about forty-four years in 1843 and living in Hartland, Ohio.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I said nothing about cedar rejection - as it was a quibble of the law and

November 4, 1939
BA-J/AWF Spencer Phillips R. 8189
Mrs. George J. Doersbach 1308 Central Avenue Sandusky, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Spencer Phillips, who after the Revolution lived in Ohio.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R.8189, based upon service of Spencer Philips (Phillips) in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Spencer Philips and names of his parents are not given.
Spencer Philips enlisted (definite date not given) in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, served as a private in Captain Israel Chapin's company, and in Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, length of service one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 30, 1829, at which time he was aged seventy-one years, and living in Senpronius, Cayuga County, New York.
Spencer Philips married November 15, 1783, Dorcas. The date and place of her birth, where she they

was  was married, and names of her parents are not given.
Spencer Philips and his wife, Dorcas, moved in 1834, with their son, Spencer Philips, Jr., to Huron County, Ohio.
He died December 24, 1840, and his widow, Dorcas Philips, died about the middle of October, 1842, at which time she was aged about eighty-eight years. They both died in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio.
Reference was made to the children of Spencer Philips, and his wife, Dorcas, in 1842 as follows-
Eleanor, "lately deceased", aged fifty-seven years, wife of Peter Bathrick of Bothrick;
Hulda Philips, aged fifty-five years;
Paulina, aged fifty-two years, wife of Uriel Parker;
Mabel, aged forty-nine years, wife of Ebenezer D. Redfield;
Bildad Philips, aged forty-seven years, a resident of the State of Michigan;
Spencer Philips, aged forty-four years and living in Hartland, Ohio.
Sylvester "Phillips", aged seventy-seven years in 1829, then living in Guilford, Chenango County, New York, stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Spencer Philips, at the time he served in the Revolution, but did not state that he was a relative. One Peter Bathrick or Bothrick was of Huron County, Ohio in 1834; it is not shown that he was identical with the Peter Bathrick (Bothrick) cited above.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 5, 1959
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Ross Cherry 801 Milan Road Sandusky, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Spencer Phillips, whose widow's application, you state, was rejected, also the record of his son, Joshua Phillips who was born in New Hampshire and the family later moved to New York State, but that during the Revolution they lived for a time in Massachusetts.
In order to identify the record of the particular Joshua Phillips, son of Spencer, in whom you are interested, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to him should be furnished, when another search of the records will be made and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.
The record of the only Spencer Phillips found in the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

April 3, 1940
BA--J/ANF Spencer Philips R. 8189
Eva Louise Hoffatt 67 Brighton Avenue Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Spencer Philips from Massachusetts, who was pensioned in 1829, then a resident of Cayuga County, New York, also the record of Amasa Skinner, pensioned in 1833, then a resident of Washington County, Vermont.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
The data which follow concerning Spencer Philips were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 8189, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Spencer Philips and names of his parents were not given.
Spencer Philips enlisted (definite date not given) in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and served as a private in Captain Israel Chapin's company, and in Colonel Elisha Porter's Massachusetts regiment , was in an expedition to Canada, length of service one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 20, 1829, at which time he was aged

seventy-one years, and a resident of Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York.
Spencer Philips married November 15, 1783, Dorcas. The date and place of her birth, and names of her parents were not stated. It is not shown where the said Dorcas, and Spencer Philips were married.
Spencer Philips and his wife, Dorcas, moved in 1834, with their son, Spencer Philips, Jr., to Huron County, Ohio.
Spencer Philips, Sr., died December 24, 1840, and his widow, Dorcas Philips, died about the middle of October, 1842, at which time she was aged about eighty-eight years. They both died in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio.
Reference was made to the children of Spencer Philips, and his wife, Dorcas, in 1842, as follows:
Eleanor, "lately deceased", aged fifty-seven years, wife of Peter Bathrick or Bothwick;
Hulda Philips, aged fifty-five years;
Paulina, aged fifty-two years, wife of Uriel Parker;
Mabel, aged forty-nine years, wife of Ebenezer D. Redfield;
Bildad Philips, aged forty-seven years, a resident of the State of Michigan;
Spencer Philips, aged forty-four years, living in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio.
Sylvester "Phillips", aged seventy-seven years in 1829, then living in Guilford, Chenango County, New York, stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Spencer Philips, at the time he served in the Revolutionary War, but did not give any relationship. One Peter Bathrick or Bothwick was of

Huron County, Ohio, in 1834; it was not stated that he was identical with the Peter Bathrick (Bothwick) cited herein.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator