Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,630, Fenner Angell, R.I.
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R. I.

Angell, Fenner 
Amey
Number: W. 5,630
B.L.Wt. 29038-160-55
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10,441
Rhode Island
Fenner Angell
of Providence in the State of Rhode Island who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Waterman of the regiment commanded by Col. Brown in the R. Island line for 7 months & 26 days

Inscribed on the roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 26 dollars 22 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 184

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April 1833 and sent Benjamin Cowell Providence R.I.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1835            $52.44
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1835  13.11
                                                                 $65.55

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by DD Addison Clerk 
Book E Vol 2 Page 101
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United States of America
Rhode-Island District, sc August Term 1832

County of Providence
On the ninth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, being a District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session, Fenner Angell, a resident of Providence in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 77 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 7, 1832, viz. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born June 25th 1755 in Smithfield R.I.--have no record of his age lived there when he entered the service & since then has resided in Providence and this applicant further states that in June 1775 he enlisted in Cap. Andrew Waterman's company of minute men In Col. Babcock's regiment and served sixty six days on Conanicut & Rhode Island and this applicant further states that early in the spring of 1777 he was drafted for one month in Cap Waterman's company & Col. Chad Brown's regiment and was stationed at [illegible] and this applicant further states that the spring of 1777 he was drafted for one month & stationed at providence in Cap. Eddy's company - this was when Col. Benedict Arnold was in Providence. The applicant stood sentry at his door and this applicant further states that in October 1777 he was drafted in Spencer's expedition one month in the militia & served in Col. Barton's advance guard and this applicant further states that in August 1778 he was drafted for one month in Capt. Trask's company & Col Chad Brown's regiment and Gen. West's Brigade. This was in Sullivan's expedition and this applicant further states that in the winter of 1778 & 9 he was drafted for one month in Cap Spencer's company & Col Chad Brown's regiment and was stationed at Bristol and this applicant further states that in July 1780 he was drafted for twenty days in Cap. Mowry's company & Col Chad Brown's regiment and was stationed at Newport--in all of which drafts and Enlistments he served as a private & noncommissioned officer and was honourably discharged, but never had a written discharge
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(note-top portion of document is repeat of the bottom of previous page.)

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.
(signature) Fenner Angell
attest B. Cowell Clk.

I Joseph Aldrich of Smithfield aged 76 yeas being duly sworn do depose & say that in 1775 I belonged to Cap. Andrew Waterman's company of Minute Men and that I know Fenner Angell now of Providence belonged to & served in the same company & at the same time I did - but how long he served I cannot say - and also that he was in Spencer's expedition in October 1777 & served about one month. And also that he was in Sullivan's expedition in August 1778 & served about one month. These services I know he served from having been with him. He also served one month with me at Bristol & also one month in Providence but in what year these were I do not recollect.

(signature) Joseph Frederick

Aug. 9th 1832
Sworn to in open Court
B. Cowell, Clk.
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I Benjamin Sweet of Providence aged 73 years being duly sworn in do depose & say that in 1775 I belonged to Cap. Andrew Waterman's company of Minute Men and that I know Fenner Angell now of Providence belonged to & served in the same company and at the same time I did but how long he served I cannot say - and also that I know he was in Spencer's expedition in  October 1777 & served about one month and also in Sullivan's expedition in August 1778 & served about one month - I know these to be true from having served with him at those times.

(signature) Benjamin Sweet

August 9th 1832
Sworn to in open court
B. Cowell, Clk.

(note: pre-printed section is attached to document, the first few words of which are obscured)
...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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Aldrich & Benjamin Sweet are residents as they state and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Benjamin Cowell, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Fenner Angell for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 9th day of November 1832
 (signature) Benjamin Cowell, Clk.
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17015
Fenner Angell
Rhode Island
Private 7 mos. & 26 days

Benja. Cowell Clk
Court Providence
R. I.
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(note: document is a pre-printed questionnaire that includes a table)

Brief in the case of Fenner Angell County of Providence in the state of Rhode Island
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge?  Court.
 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
2. How old is he?  77 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

(note: info taken from table)
- enlisted in 1775 served 2 months and 6 days as a private under General Spencer, Capt. Waterman and Col. Babcock.
- drafted 1777 served one month as a private under Capt. Waterman and Col. Brown
- drafted 1777, served one month as a private under Capt. Eady and Col. Arnold
- drafted 1777, served one month as a private under Col. Barton
- drafted 1778, served one month as a private under Capt. Turk and Col Brown
- drafted 1778 or 1779, served one month as a private under Capt. Sprague and Col. Brown
- drafted 1780, served 20 days as a private under Capt. Mowry and Col. Brown
 5. In what battles engaged?  None
6. Where did he reside when he entered service? Smithfield, Rhode Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls? living witnesses.
-  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not properly attached

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
(signature) M. Clagett, examining clerk
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(left side of document)..Rhode Island
Amey Angell
widow of Fenner Angell
R.I.
who served in the Revolutionary war as a private 

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 26 dollars 22 cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd. February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 26th day of May 1853 and sent to C. E. Newell
Providence R. I. 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 37 Vol. A

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Letter to C.E. Newell June 4, 1853
Cir. to P. Agent, Mar. 17, 1854
From Boston, Mar. 23rd. 1854 to
Providence from 4 Sept. 1853
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State of Massachusetts
Bristol County SS
On this twenty fourth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of Probate in the county of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Amey Angell a resident of Seekonk in said county and seventy six years, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853; that she is the widow of Fenner Angell a pensioner, the amount of whose pension was twenty six dollars and twenty two cents per annum which was paid at the pension agency in the city of Providence in the State of Rhode Island; she further declares that she was married to the said Fenner Angell on the [space left blank] day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty; that her husband, the aforesaid Fenner Angell, died on the fifth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one; that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the time of the passage of the act and is still a widow; and that she has never before made application for a pension.

(signature) Amey Angell

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that the said Amey Angel is, from bodily infirmity, unable to appear in open Court.

(signature) Oliver Prescott
Judge of the Court of Probate of the County of Bristol in the state of Massachusetts
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State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol
I hereby Certify that Oliver Prescott Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing Judge of Probate for said county of Bristol in said state of Massachusetts duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and the seal of my office as register of the County & state aforesaid.
(signature) Henry Williams, Register

Seal

And I Oliver Prescott Judge of probate within named do further certify that I have no interest in the claims of the said Amey Angell to a pension and am not in any way concerned in the prosecution for the same.
(signature) Oliver Prescott
Judge of Probate
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No. 642
Amey Angell
widow of Fenner
R
class
Act Feb 1833
$ 21.22 per annum
Coney 3 Feb 1833

C. E Newell
Providence R.I.
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I, Jesse B. Sweet a resident citizen of the City of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being first duly sworn, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Fenner Angell, deceased, who at the time of his death resided in Seekonk in the State of Massachusetts, a United States Pensioner who received his pension at the Pension Agency in said City of Providence. In the year eighteen hundred and twenty ___ I boarded with said Fenner Angelle in his family, his daughters by a former wife then keeping house for him. In the ____ day of October said year I was invited by said Fenner Angell to attend his wedding, and in accordance with said invitation did attend said wedding. On that day he was married to the widow Amey Johnson. They were married in North Providence at the place belonging to Timothy Green in what is called the neck. There were a considerable many persons present at the marriage, many of whom are now dead, but some are living. I knew the minister who married them but cannot recollect his name. I never heard anything objected to the lawfulness of the marriage and believe it to have been a lawful marriage. I continued to board with said Angell six months after said marriage. I am no way connected with said Fenner Angell or his said wife by blood or relationship or marriage. 
(signature) Jesse B. Sweet

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Jesse B. Sweet and know him to be a credible man and further certify that the foregoing affidavit was by him subscribed and sworn to before me at my office in said City of Providence this
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seventeenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three

(signature) Willard Sayles
Justice of the Peace

I George E Cleveland of said city of Providence and State of Rhode Island being first duly sworn, do depose and say that I married Deborah Angell a daughter of Fenner Angell by his first wife whose maiden name was Sally Sprague; that for the purpose of procuring for this present Mrs. Angell the benefits of the act of Congress passed February 3rd, 1853, I have enquired for record proof of said marriage at the town clerk's office of the town of North Providence in said state and could find no such record; I have also enquired for a family record to prove said Marriage of Fenner Angell to said Amey Angell and could not find none. I never heard of the lawfulness of said marriage called in question - I have no interest in procuring the benefits of said act for said Amey Angel other that in paying money to enable her to obtain the benefits of said act.
(signature) George E. Cleveland

This personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the City of Providence State of Rhode Island the before named George E Cleveland who's known to me to be a credible person and
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in my presence subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit--Done this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1853. I further certify that I have no interest directly or indirectly in the prosecution of the before mentioned claim.

(signature) Willard Sayles
Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Providence sc
I Amosa S. Westcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Providence, being a court of record, to hereby certify that William Sayles before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a justice of the peace in the City of Providence in said county. That by law he is authorized to administer oaths & etc., & that his signatures thereto written are genuine.

In witness thereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Providence tis seventeenth da of March 1853.

(signature) Amosa S. Westcott, Clerk

seal
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(left side of document)
114138 Act. Mar 8/33
June 9/35

Amey Angell
widow
Fenner Angell pvt.
pension
Fenner Revolution War

R. I. Feby 53-49.3
AW: 160 [illegible] 24/56
B. [illegible signature]
 Joseph S. Pitman
Providence
R.I.

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Clk. J.S. Pitman April. 18/ 56

Vol. A 94.2
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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence
Clerk's Office, Supreme Court
Providence, June 7th A.D. 1855
I, Thomas S. Anthony
Clerk of Supreme Court of said State, within and for the County Providence:
Do hereby certify that William C. Barker, before whom the annexed declaration & affidavits were sworn to & who has subscribed his name to the certificate thereof was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace within & for said county duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature  to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.

In attestation whereof, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
(signature) Thomas S. Anthony, Clerk
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State of Rhode Island count of Providence SS.
On this 29th day of May A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Providence in said State of Rhode Island, Amey Angell aged seventy-six years, a resident of Providence in R.I. who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Fenner Angell deceased, who was in the company commanded by Captain ___ in the____commanded by ___ in the War of the Revolution, that her said husband was drafted at ____ on or about the ____ day of ____ A.D. 17__ for the term of six month or more and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of six months of more and was honorably discharged at ___ on or about the ____ day of ___ A.D. 17__, as will appear by reference to the rolls; that he received no printed or written discharge to her knowledge and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, that she is now in the receipt of a pension of $26.22 as the Widow of Fenner Angell payable at the R I agency at providence and she refers to the evidence which was presented in support of her claim to that pension for the necessary evidence in support of this.
She further states that she was married to the said Fenner Angell in Providence on the ___ day of Oct. 1822, by Rev. Ray Potter, a Baptist clergyman and that her name before said marriage was Amey Johnson that her husband died at Seekonk, Massachusetts, on the 5th day of Nov. 1853 proof of which will be found on file with her previous application for pension, that she is now a widow, that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3rd, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Joseph S. Pitman, Providence R.I. 

(signature) Amey Angell

We Jesse B. Sweet and Owen Mason both of Providence R. I., having been duly sworn depose and say, that we well knew Fenner Angell who was a pensioner as a soldier of the revolution, whose widow now applies for bounty land, that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death, which occurred at Seekonk Nov. 5, 1853 about two years ago, that we knew that he died at that time because I, said Sweet, attended his funeral and the said Mason was invited but being sick could not attend, and we both witnessed the marriage of said Fenner with said Amey and that we are residents of Providence R. I., that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, that her declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we have no pecuniary interest in her claim.
(signature) Owen Mason
(signature) Jesse B. Sweet

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, that I have no interest in this claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution.

(signature) Wm. C. Barker, Justice of the Peace.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of O. Mason & J.B. Sweet and of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Amey Angell is the widow, remaining unmarried, of the late Fenner Angell who was ___ and that the said Fenner Angell died at Seekonk Massachusetts on or about the 5th day of Nov. A.D. 1853. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May 1855. I have no interest in this case and am not concerned in its prosecution. 

(signature) M. C. Barker, Justice of the Peace
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In reply to your request of ___ received ___ for a statement of the military history of Fenner Angell a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau.   W 5,630

enlisted June 1775, served 66 days as a private under Captain Andrew Waterman and Colonel Babcock in Rhode Island

Spring 1777, served one month under Captain Andrew Waterman and Colonel Chad Brown

Spring 1777, served one month under Captain Eddy and Colonel Chad Brown

Oct. 1777, served one month under Captain Eddy and Colonel Barton

Aug 1778 served one month under Captain Trask and Colonel Chad Brown

Winter 1778&9 served one month under Captain Sprague and Colonel Chad Brown

July 1780 served 20 days under Captain Mowry and Colonel Chad Brown.

(note: all services listed as rank of private and in the state of Rhode Island.)

Battles engaged in: Spencer's and Sullivan's expedition
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Smithfield R. I. 
Date of application for pension: August 9, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application: Providence R.I.
Age at date of application: born June 25, 1755, Smithfield R. I. 

Remarks: Sol. Mar. (check mark) Sally Sprague (check mark)
Mar. North Providence, R. I. Oct. __ 1820, Amey Johnson, widow, He died Nov. 5, 1851, Seekonk Mass. She was allowed pension on her application exec. February 24, 1853, while 76 years of age & a resident of Seekonk Mass. In 1854 she resided at Providence R.I. 

Respectfully, Commissioner

Deborah daughter of Fenner & Sally (Sprague) Angell Mar. George E. Cleveland

6-2856
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Soldier Pension
M Angell 1101 K. St
[illegible]

Hist. to Providence R. I. 

1914 Feb. 10 Hist. to Frank Colmen etc.

(center of document)
Rev'y Widow, & etc.
File No. 5630

Amey Angell
Widow
Fenner Angell
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Feb'y 3rd. '53
Index: Vol. A, Page 14
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Mch. 11/96
Miss Mary
M.W. city

Aug. 1, 1704
John S. Kellogg
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Let. to C. E. Newell 4 June 53
1845 Mar 17 Cir. to P. Agt. (circulated to pension agent?)
1845 Mar. 23 From Boston to Providence from La. Supt. 1853

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493 Rhode Island
Amey Angell
widow of Fenner
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 26 dollars 22 cents per annum to commence 3rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of May, 1853 and sent to 

C. E. Newell 
Providence R. I. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 3rd. Feb. '48, page 37, Vol. A

1818
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(note: document is envelope)
Official business
Free
To the Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Postmarked:
U S Express Mail Mass.
Boston Jun. 7

written across envelope: 11.4137
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29.038

[illegible]
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W. 5,630
Fenner Angell
Aug 9, 1832 Providence R.I. 
B. June 25, 1755 Smithfield R. I. 
& at. enl

June 75 Pri. & noncom Capt. Andrew Waterman Col. Babcock
6.68

Spr. 77 same Capt.
Col. Chad Brown  1 month
Spr. 77 Capt. Eddy 1 month

Oct. 77 Col. Carton Spencer's Ex. 1 month
August 78 Capt. Trask
Sul. exp. Col. Chad Brown 1 month

Winter 78&9 Capt. Mowry
Chat B  20 days

Mar. Sally Sprague
M. Amey Johnson (wid.)
Oct. 1820 North Providence
8 Nov. 5, 1851
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Fenner Angell
R. I.
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I, Fenner Angell of the city and county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, aged eighty-eight years and upwards, on oath, do depose and say, that during the War of the Revolution, I lived in Smithfield, in said county, and was a member of Captain Andrew Waterman's Company of Minute Men. I belonged to that company two years. In the year 1775, in the summer, said Company was called out and went to Block Island and the Islands in Narragansett Bay, also continued on duty nearly all the autumn and winter following. the company was on the Island of Providence during the battle. I also further testify that I was well acquainted with Captain Elisha Waterman, late of Cumberland. He was also Captain of another Minute Company which was down on duty at the same time. I recollect that Captain Elisha Waterman's company was in Providence at the time of the Battle. That company was on duty nearly all the time during the winter and spring of 1776. The minute men were pretty much all the defense the state had, the enlisted troops being down to Roxbury near Boston, and from
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thence they went to New York. I also recollect seeing Captain Andrew Waterman in Spencer's expedition in October 1777, stationed at Tiverton. According to my best recollection he commanded a company of militia. I also think I saw him in Sullivan's Expedition in August 1778, stationed on Rhode Island. Said Elisha Waterman was an active man and always went forward in the cause of the revolution and performed his duty faithfully. 

His mark Fenner Antell

Witness to the signature of Fenner Angell
(signature) Gamaliel L. Dwight.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence ss} In Providence, on this nineteenth day of November, A. D. 1844, personally appeared Fenner Angell, subscribed to the aforegoing deposition and made oath of the truth of the same before me, and I certify that said Fenner Angell is a credible witness.

(signature) Gamaliel L. Dwight, Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence, ss}
I, Albert G. Greene, clerk of the Municipal court of the city of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify, that Gamaliel L. Dwight, who has signed the aforegoing certificate, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for said City of Providence and duly elected. In attestation whereof, I have here unto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said court, this twenty-fifth day of November a. D. 1844

(signature) Albert G. Green, Clerk

Seal
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Angell
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Brief in the case of Amey Angell
Bristol County and State of Mass.
act 3 Feb 1853

Claim "original"
Proof exhibited, if original

It is documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner at $26.22 per annum.
Proof of marriage. Living witnesses, certified to be credible.

Name and residence of Agent
C.E. Newell, Providence R. I. 

S. Coll, Examining Clerk
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Fenner Angell which require further proof of explanation.

1.. Does the declaration show where applicant resides?  Yes
2. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes
3. If the applicant did not make the declaration int he county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [no answer made as not applicable]
4. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
5. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes
6. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations?  Yes
7. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
8. Has the court given their opinion?  Yes
9. Has the clerk given his certificate?  yes
10. Is the clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device of inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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11. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No.
12. If the clergyman's affidavit has not een produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No.
13. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [illegible] witnesses who know his service to 1778
14. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witness to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? The court has.
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct ---

15. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
16. Are the papers authenticated as regulations direct?  No
17. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  [illegible]
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service., The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by component authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 

Quere XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove this service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Additional Evidence
Claims Nos.

32,732 Hannah Hopkins
42.481 Sally Handy
107.779 Nancy Wilkinson
164,151 Amey Angell

April
Boynton
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Providence May 14, 1856
Hon. J. [illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
Since the amendments to the Bounty Law Act of 1855 authorize the evidence upon which a pension has been granted to be the prima facie evidence of the service of the soldier where record evidence of service is wanting will you oblige me by considering the following named cases of Revolutionary soldiers' widows which case have been suspended for want of record evidence. The great age of the applicants is I think a reason for taking these up at once. 
No. 32732, Hannah Hopkins widow of Peter Hopkins letter of suspension dated August 15, 1855
No. 42481 Sally Handy widow of Ebenezer Handy letter of suspension dated September 3, 1855.
No. 107779 Marcy Wilkinson widow of William Wilkinson letter of suspension dated Dec. 26, 1855
No. 167151 Amey Angell widow of Fenner Angell letter of suspension dated April 18, 1855.
I am sir very respectfully your obedient servant,
Joseph L. Pitman
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164,107
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Providence June 7, 1855
Hon. L. P  Waldo

Sir
I have the honor to forward herewith the claim of Mrs. Angell to Bounty Land which I request may be examined & the result made known to me.
I am sir very respectfully your obedient servant
Joseph S. Pitman

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Providence R. I. March 14, 1854
Sir - 
I enclose to you the oath & etc. of Amey Angell requesting liberty to draw her pension in this city instead of Boston as she now does. Will you be good enough to send the proper papers to me.

Respectfully your obt. servt.
(signature) Charles E. Newell

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Office Pension Agency
Boston 20th March, 1854
Sir
In answer to your inquiry of the 17th inst., I have to inform you that
Amy Angell, a pensioner on the Roll of this agency, under Act 2nd. Sect. 3rd. 1853 at the rate of 26 22/100 per annum, has been paid to the 4th of September 1853.

Resp'y

J. O. Barnes, P. A for R. I. 

L. P. Waldo Esq.
Comm., etc. etc.
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Providence, May 30th 1853
Sir,
I yesterday received a certificate from the Secretary of the Interior that Amey Angell widow of Fenner Angell, a revolutionary soldier was entitled to a small pension commencing on the 3rd. of February 1853.
Fenner Angell died nearly 2 years ago, and his widow is consequently entitled to back pay. She has been at great expense in this case having had to send 40 miles for a judge to take her declaration on [illegible] owing to her infirmities & etc. If she cannot draw her back pay it is a misfortune that she applies for a pension at all. Will you be good enough to inform me as soon as convenient. 

Very respectfully your obedient servant
Charles E. Newell

S. P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Amey Angell  Rev.
Transfer to Providence R. I. 
When cer. arr'd.

Charles E. Newell
Providence 
R. I.
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County of Providence ss
State of Rhode Island
On this fourteenth day March 1854 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Providence, personally appeared Amey Angell widow of Fenner Angell a private in the Revolutionary war and makes oath that she is the same person whose name was placed on the Pension Roll of Massachusetts, from which state she has lately removed; and that she now resides at Providence in the state of Rhode Island where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable in future; that her reasons for removal are that her residence has always been in Rhode Island with a short exception & that being a cripple she was subjected to great trouble & expense in obtaining her pension due Sept 4th 1853, involving more than one half of the net amount received.

(signature) Amey Angell

Sworn and Subscribed to the day & year aforesaid before me
(signature) Charles E. Newell
Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Angell of Providence in the State of Rhode Island do on oath testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Amey Angell and know her to be the identical person described in the above affidavit & who has taken and subscribed the above oath.

(Signature) Daniel Angell

Providence sc 
In Providence this day of March 1854 personally appeared Daniel Angell the above named & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed and I further certify that the above named Daniel Angell is a person of veracity.

Before me
(signature) Charles E. Newell
Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence

I Edwin Metcalf clerk of the supreme court of said state in the county of Providence being a court of record, do hereby certify that Charles E. Newell is a Justice of the Peace in the city of Providence & county aforesaid and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court at providence on this fourteenth day of March A. D. 1854.

(signature) Edwin Metcalf, clerk
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(postmark))

U S Pension Office
June 17 1904
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Providence R. I. June 16, 1904
Commissioner of Pensions
(Bureau of Pensions)
Washington D.C.

Sir:
Will you kindly give me the military record of Fenner Angell a Revolutionary Soldier pensioned under the law of 1833 and much oblige

Yours respectfully
John S. Kellogg
P.O. Box 836 Providence R.I.

Dictated J.S.K.
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(Post mark)

U S Pension Office 
D
Feb 5 1914
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Frank Coenen 
35 Wall Street
New York
Feb 4/14

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly inform me if the name of Fenner Angell of Providence R. I. appears on the pension roll of the Revolutionary War.
Fenner Angell was born in Providence, I think, in 1757 and his name appears in the Massachusetts list of Revolutionary soldiers as a private in Capt. Sprague's Co. in list of October 1777.
Can you also give me the names of Fenner Angell's children? Can you also give me Capt. Sprague's full name and whether he appears on the rolls, also the names of Capt. Sprague's children.
The information is desired for genealogical purposes and in order that the writer may qualify for membership in the Sons of the Revolution.

Yours truly, Frank Coenen