Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 767, Joseph Bennet, N H. Sea Serrice.
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(3--1776)
SERVICE

N H.
Bennet, Joseph.
Mary.
NUMBER R. 767.
Sea Service

CONTENTS
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C Topliff
Affidavitt
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I Calvin Topliff depose and say that I have
seen and examined what purports to be the
family Record of Joseph Bennett-- husband
of Mary Bennett now of Freedom in the Co.
of Carroll State of New Hampshire-- In said
family Record I find the following, John
Bennett was born in Exeter August 30th 1781,
State of New Hampshire)
Carroll S.S. April, 1852)

Calvin Topliff
Subscribed and sworn to
Before me Epharim Cason Just. Peace
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Mary Bennett
Declaration

Mary Bennett,
wid of Joseph
N.H
Act 7 July 1838
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State of New Hampshire
Carroll ss

On this fifteenth day of March in the year 1852 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Carroll Mary Bennett, a resident of Freedom in the County of Carroll aged Eighty nine years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;  That she is the widow of Joseph Bennett who was a private under the command of Capt Lord of Exeter, N.H. -- he was a volunteer -- resided at Exeter N.H. -- entered the service as a volunteer in the Spring of the year 1775 -- was at the battle of Lexington - He next went to Portsmouth N.H. where he served as a sea Fencible under Capt. Thos Folsom. He next did service on board the Hornet under the command of Capt. Nutter - He was next on board the Sulivan, commanded by Capt. Manning -- while doing duty on board the Sulivan he was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax where he was retained as prisoner about six months - He returned home to Exeter N.H.
in the year 1779. He did duty as a Marine on
board the Comet and Sulivan

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bennett on the twenty second day of August in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty; that her husband the said Joseph Bennett died on the twenty seventh day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & eleven, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January, seventeen hundred &
ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension And she further declares that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim 
Mary X Bennet her mark

Attest Solomon Andrews & E. C. Mason
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me
Ephraim C Mason
Justice of the Peace
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State of New-Hampshire,
CARROLL COUNTY, ss

I FRANCIS R. CHASE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ephraim C. Mason is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 27th day of June A.D. 1851, and will expire in five years from the date thereof, and that the signature to the annexed purporting to be his is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 29th day of March A.D. 1852.

Francis R. Chase Clerk
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Freedom

April 1. 1852

Dear Sir

I have had the papers of Mrs Bennett made out as near the instructors of the department as the case would admit her declaration and Dr Topliff
affidavit will be sufficient to prove the marriage the affidavitt of Mr Towle will I think have some weight with the department as she does not know of any one living that was in the servis with her husband  She says that Samuel Chamberlain of Exeter N H was in the servis with her husband and taken with him carried to hallifax a prisnor and that said Chamberlain Drew a pension for his serving he is now dead if the department find that chamberlain was a pensioner, it may help her case

 if mrs Bennett gets her pension it will be but but an act of Justice and a timely aid as her family is all dead except one daughter on whome she has to demand for support

Yours truly
Solomon Andrews
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N B
Mrs Bennett  paint is highly Respectable and
is a lady of truth and veracity

Hon Charles H Peaslee
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Ex'r.

INVALID.
No. 765

REJECTED

Acts of July 15, 1862 and March 8, 1878 [lined out]

Mary Bennett
P. O.
Service:
Enlisted:   , 18
Discharged:   , 18
Application filed:   , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
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Amos Towles
Affidavitt
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Freedom State of New Hampshire
Carroll S.S.

I Amos Sowle of Freedom State and County aforesaid depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Bennett the husband of Mary Bennett who claims a pension for the services of her husband in the revolutionary War with Great Britton -- That the said Joseph Bennett moved from Exeter to Effingham, now Freedom, in the year seventeen hundred ninety eight that I was well acquainted with the said Joseph Bennett and lived a neighbour to him untill he died, which transpired on the twenty-seventh day of April Eighteen hundred and eleven - that I have frequently heard the said Joseph Bennett say that he was engaged in the War of the Revolution - that he served in the land service of his Country  - was in the Battle at Lexington and served as a sea fencible at Portsmouth N.H. that he also served as a marien on board several vessels - that he was taken a prisoner and carried to Hallifax where he remained som length of time a prisnor-- I further say that he ever lived with the aforesaid Mary Bennett as his wife untill he died March 15 1842

Amos Sowle [signature]

Attest Ephm C Mason
Solomon Andrews

Sworn to and subscribed to on the
Above day and date
Before me Ephraim C Mason Justice of the Peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
New York

Name Bennet, Joseph
Grade Private
Line New York

WARRANT NUMBER 6881

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED April 26, 1791
to ___ not shown --

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.