Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14607, Philip Delano, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Delano, Philip Sarah
N. 14607
CONTENTS

Separated
3911.
Massachusetts
Sarah Delano
widow of Philip Delano
Man who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to
C. G. Prentiss. Winchester, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 40.

Massachusetts
Philip Delano
of N o Braintree in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hiltinham of the Reg t commanded by Col. Smith in the Mass line for 9 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 30 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1832 and delivered to G. Johnson of Worcester Mass
Arrears to 4th of Ap r 1832 $ 115.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 33 15.00 $130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. A. Madison Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 46

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this seventh day of September - in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two - personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Esq. Judge of the court of Probate now sitting at Worcester , Philip Delano a resident of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Viz -
In the year 1776 I voluntarily enlisted into a Company of Militia in the town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts where I then resided, & where I was born April 12/1700. of said Dartmouth. The name of the 1st Lieut was Benjamin Peckham ; the names of the other subalterns I do not recollect. Said Company was attached to no Regiment, they being the only troops stationed at said Dartmouth. I served in said Company three months, at said Dartmouth, as a private, being all of that time engaged there in repairing & guarding the fort in said Dartmouth. At the end of said three months service, I was discharged at said Dartmouth, but received no documentary evidence of said discharge & have none now - I know of no one who was with me in said service. I was at the time I enlisted, in the autumn of 1776 but 16 years of age - and younger, I think, than any other member of said Company - Said fort at which we were stationed, was at the mouth of what was then called "Quonquasset River" at the entrance of New Bedford harbor.
I also further state, that early in July 1780, at New Braintree in the County of Worcester aforesaid, at which place I then, & ever since have resided, I volunteered with 13 others from said New Braintree, for the purpose of joining the troops at West Point. We went from New Braintree through Brookfield to Springfield, where we were joined by 100 men or more - from whence we marched through Stockfield, Fishkill, by "Bulls Ferry works" to West Point in the state of New York. From West Point I went to a place called "Robinson's Farm" (about 2 miles from West Point) where I joined a company of regular troops commanded by Capt. John Fowle - The names of his subalterns I do not recollect. The company was attached to the Regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Smith of Mendon, Mass. in Genl. Glouster's Brigade. The Major of the Regt. at the time I joined it was Porter. Majr. Porter left the Regt. soon after, & his place was filled by Majr. James Miller of Mendon aforesaid. Soon after I joined said Company & Regt. we marched directly to New Jersey & joined Genl. Washington's army there, where we remained till early in January 1781 when I was discharged by a regular written discharge, which certificate or discharge I either lost or destroyed many years ago - I had it in my possession several years but know not where it is now - I served in said Fowle's Company I think full six months, but perhaps it may have lacked 4 or 5 days of that length of time; I however recd. pay for 6 months service in said Company & have no doubt I was there that length of time - I was at the execution of Majr. Andre. took his hat & boots from the gallows & the 1st Lieut. Muller of the same Regt. with us were present - I have a recollection of his other acts of kindness to me in my family. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathaniel Paine Esq. Judge of Probate - for the County of Worcester
Philip Delano
of my Character I have return before applied for a pension

We Henry Penniman  a clergyman residing in the New Braintree and Joseph Knox residing in Harnick , an adjoining town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Delano who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Bepsa Nathan Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Henry Penniman Jos. Knox
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Penniman Esq who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the New Braintree and that Joseph Knox who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Harnick and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Reg d Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Delano for a pension. That Joseph Knox Esq and Henry Penniman Esq were sworn before me when the annexed affidavits were made, and that they were then in full force and effect. That they signed the same IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 5th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Reg d of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Bristol
On this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty eight, personally appeared Sarah Delano a resident of New Braintree in said County aged seventy three. She being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions indicated by the Act of August of the 7th of July 1858 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to Adamic widows
That she is the widow of Philip Delano late of said New Braintree deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution and a prisoner of the United States under the laws of 1832. He went into the service from said town of New Braintree which was also the place of his residence since maturity. She knows of her said husband's going into the service but as she was but about twelve years old at the time, she cannot of her own knowledge tell much about the circumstances of it. She respectfully refers for the evidence of such services to the rolls in the war department, and to the papers filed in his said case
She further declares that she was married to her said husband at said New Braintree by the Rev. Mr. Tabor, on the tenth tenth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen

hundred and ninety one; that husband the deceased Philip Deleane died at New Bedford on the twenty first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four, and that she has remained his widow ever since. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but was married to him before the first of January eighteen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated. She refers to the accompanying Certificate of her husband, and the Certificate from the Probate Office in said County of Bristol as appropriate evidence in her case.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Respectfully
Sarah Deleane
The Boston Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Bristol

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. — Worcester ss —
I Amasa Bigelow New Braintree in the County of Worcester aged sixty years. Depose and say that I have resided in said New Braintree thirty two years now last past and during that period have been acquainted with & a neighbor to Philip Delano upto the time of his death which according to the records of Town New Braintree occurred April the twenty first eighteen hundred and thirty four. and also with Sally, formerly the wife & now the widow of the said Philip Delano. I also depose and say that the Sally named in the annexed declaration is the identical person who was married to the said Philip Delano, as in her declaration is set forth. and that the said Sally since the decease of the said Philip Delano has remained a widow.
Amasa Bigelow
Worcester ss. Aug 21 st 1838. Personally appeared Amasa Bigelow above named and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. — before me,
Joseph Stone, Justice of the Peace
I certify that Amasa Bigelow above named is Clerk of the Town of New Braintree; and that he is a man of truth & veracity,
Joseph Stone Justice of the Peace

Common wealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss -
I Amasa Bigelow of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts certify that upon the records of the Town of New Braintree I find the record of the marriage of Philip Delano and Sally Bowman both of New Braintree. Solemnized by Rev. Daniel Foster on the twelfth day of July one thousand seven hundred ninety one of which this a true copy except the date which is expressed in less legible figures as follows. July 12 th 1791
I Amasa Bigelow above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk in the County, Town, and State afore- said, the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with exception above named as certified by me - Amasa Bigelow Clerk of the Town of New Braintree
Worcester ss. Aug 21 st 1835. Personally appeared Amasa Bigelow above named & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed - before me, Joseph Stone Justice of the Peace
I certify that Amasa Bigelow above named is a man of truth & veracity. Joseph Stone Justice of the Peace

812 Sarah Delano Philip
Mass.
Act 7. July 38.
Married in 1791
Died in 1834
admd 9 mo pri
30 A
No deduction
C. S. Mentup
Worcester Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Ira Benton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is his genuine signature.
I, further certify, that Joseph Stone is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hands and affix the seal of said Court, this twenty fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Rich (Frank) rec. to Col. French
Mapachasaw - 637 Sarah Delano widow of Philip Delano, dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of Jan 7. 32 and who died on the 21 st Ap. 1834. of Worcester in the State of Mass ts who was a P er in the Arty commanded by Captain Dillinger of the Reg t commanded by Smith in the Mass ts line for 9 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Mapachasaw at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Dec r '38, and ent l to and B.G. Pension Worcester, M p .
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. $ 75. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 15. 00  $ 90. 00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burden Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 82.

3767 Sarah  Delano
pp 30.
6. A. G. French Worcester Mass.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss. On this twenty fourth day of August A. D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, Sarah Delano a resident of, the town of New Braintree in said County, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Philip Delano who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and who died on the 21st day of April 1834, - that her said Husband received a Pension under the act of the 7th of June 1832, that she refers to the documents now in the War Department for evidence of the services rendered by her said Husband,
and that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, of $ 30 per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow. Sarah Delano
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me; - and I certify that the said Sarah Delano is personally known to me.
Attest -
Margaret Knight
Joseph Stone Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, JOSEPH G. KENDALL Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Joseph Stone, Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ;
and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of  Declaration of Sarah
Delano, — hereunto annexed, is genuine; and the said Stone was such justice, on the twenty fourth day of August last.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said County, this fifth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
J. G. Kendall Clerk

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, CHARLES G. PRENTISS, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that
Joseph Stone is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty- three .
Chas. G. Prentiss , Register.

James Stewart's
Affidavit

Revolutionary Pensioners
I Rufus Cogswell of Phipsa in the County of Herkimer and State of New York, do testify and say, that I was acquainted with Philip Delano of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, while he was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution: — I first saw him at a place called Robinson's Farm, near West Point, he was a soldier in the 13 th Regiment commanded (I think) by Lt. Col. — Smith, and the number of the Brigade, I do not recollect. I think the Brigade was commanded by Genl. Glover; but am not certain. I saw said Delano frequently until I left the service in the fall of the year, and was a soldier in the same Regiment with him — and further your deponent saith not.
New Braintree August 1-1832
Rufus Cogswell
Worcester ss. August 1 st 1832.
Personally appeared the above named Rufus Cogswell and made oath to the truth of the declaration written above and to which he has subscribed his name
Before me
Samuel Moixter Justice of the Peace

Rufus Laggewell:
Affidavit

I James Stewart of Stafford in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut do testify and say, that in the year 1780, I volunteered in the service of the United States for the term of six Months; I then lived in the town of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; I engaged as a private soldier; I was acquainted with Philip Delano of New Braintree aforesaid, and he volunteered at the same time with me; we were mustered at West Point, and joined the Regiment of "Robinsons Farms" - We were in the same Company (I think) until we went to winter quarters - We were in Captain Soule's Company - Genl. Gloom's Brigade, our Adjutants name was Miller. - I think, it was the 14 th Regiment. - We cross'd the River at Kings Ferry and went into New Jersey; before we went into winter quarters, we came back to West Point - On the day that Maj r Andre was hung, I was a Centinel at the door of Genl. Gloom, and I saw said Delano march by as one of the Guard when Andre was taken to the Gallows; afterwards I saw said Delano on his return, and he had a hat and Coat, in his hand and I suppose was told they were Andre's -  James Stewart
Worcester ss. August 28-1832 - Personally appeared James Stewart above named and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed is true  Before me: Samuel Minter Just. of the Peace 

James Stewart
Affidavit

Philip Delano Private 9 Months last month Best Miss Love
admire
Phinehas Warner's Affairs p 303
O. Delano

I Phinehas Warner of New Braintree in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that in the month of June 1880 I volunteered, and in July, I joined the Army of the Revolution as a private soldier. For six months I was acquainted with Philip Delano of the same New Braintree aforesaid, and he was a Volunteer with me, and for the same time; we went to Springfield, and from thence we marched together and joined the Army either at West Point or "Gallows Hill" and which I do not recollect. — We were then placed in different Regiments and I did not see him, but once afterwards while I was in the service, and recollect — Phinehas Warner
Worcester ss. August 13 1832 — Personally appeared Phinehas Warner, and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true
Before me Samuel Minter Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Phinehas Warner the Deponent, & that he is a person of fair character, & of veracity Jos. Knapp Jus. Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 14607
Sarah Delano Widow of Philip Delano Pr. Rev War
Act: March 3 d 43
Lex:—Vol. 2 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]