Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,843, William Grinnell, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.
Grinnell or Grinnell or Greenold or Griniell, William

NUMBER
S. 29.843
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5502
Massachusetts
William Grennell of Greenfield in the State of Mass who was a Lieut in the company commanded by Captain Epury of the regt commanded by Col. Thompson in the CT line for 
10 mos Lieut
5 m Ensign
4 m 15 ds Sergt
1 m 15 ds private

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 250 Dollars 72 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Feby 1832 and sent Hon. George Grennill H of Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $376.08
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  125.34
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$501.42

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. H. McBlair Clerk
Book D Vol 2nd Page 54
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William Grennell
Greenfield

William Grennell

M. Geo Grennell Jr
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS eighteenth day of October A. D. 1832, at a Probate Court personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Richard E. Newcomb Judge of Probate of the said county in said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, William Grimmell a resident of Greenfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I enlisted and entered the service of the U. States in May 1775 in the Connecticut troops. Enlisted for seven months in the company of Capt. Bradford Steele commanded by Major Jabez Thompson, Nathan Pinson, my Lieutenant, Samuel Osborn Ensign. We marched first to Norwalk Cont where we remained a short time & then sailed to New Haven where we stayed till news came of Bunker Hill fight, and then we were ordered to Boston. We marched through Hartford, Bolton, Oxford (Mass.), Waltham to Roxbury near Boston. There we were stationed till the company was discharged. I was sick and got leave to come home, shortly before the company was dismissed and one of the company went to take care of me on the road. And it was more than seven months from the time of my enlistment before I got home. The company was to have been discharged on the first of December but Genl. Washington was anxious to have our troops remain till new ones came on & that is the reason of our not being dismissed at that time. I was in no battle. The British were in possession of Boston all the time I was in Roxbury. I saw there General Heath & General Putnam and General Washington often. Genl. Spencer commanded our Connecticut troops.
In July 1776 I went to New York and joined the army as a volunteer in Capt. Sperry's Company & was an orderly sergeant, in Col. Thompson's Regiment. Genl. Putnam's Division. After staying there about a month, we went on to Long Island. I was in the battle on Long Island, the latter part of August 1776, and it was a tough one. I, with about a Regiment was in a mud fort, before the battle. And awhile after it began. After Genl. Lord Stirling's fort was surrendered we marched about a mile from our fort and joined the main army and attacked the enemy. They drove us back, continentals, militia & all. A few days after the battle we were ordered to Brooklyn to dry our clothes and the same night we left the Island as silent as possible. Genl. Washington [bottom of the page cut off]
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was surrendered we marched about a mile from our fort and joined the main army and attacked the enemy. They drove us back, continentals, militia & all. A few days after the battle we were ordered to Brooklyn to dry our clothes and the same night we left the Island as silent as possible. Genl. Washington, Putnam, Ld Stirling & Parsons were on the Island at the time of the battle. We went into New York and went to preparing the city for defense. Some time after we retreated to New York, we had a battle with the British and my Colonel Thompson was killed. We were driven to Harlem, where we made a stand. Here we had frequent skirmishes with the enemy. We retreated to White Plains, fighting or skirmishing much of the way. At White Plains we had a battle & were beaten. Col. Commandant Douglass and Col. Arnold (not Benedict) were in the battle. We left Harlem about first of October and soon after the battle at White Plains I was discharged having served between four & five months. I cannot now recollect the general officers in that battle.
I volunteered in this service, and was in New York with my company before the declaration of Independence, according to my best recollection. I would here state that through the whole of the Revolutionary War, my home & residence was in Woodbridge then a parish of New Haven, State of Connecticut.
In April 1777 I volunteered & went to Danbury to fight the British & fought them till they went on board their shipping. We were under Genl. Wooster, till he was killed & Arnold took the command & had a horse shot under him. I was out on this expedition about a week.
In the summer following the affair at Danbury I volunteered & turned out to pursue and take some Tories that were going to join the British army. Lieutenant Dibble of Woodbridge aforesaid headed our party. We captured 13 or 14 and marched them to Milford & thence to New Haven & delivered them up to the authorities for trial. Some of them were condemned & sent to Newgate in Connecticut for punishment. I was out on this expedition about a fortnight.
About the first of July 1779, a part of the militia company in said Woodbridge of which I was one, volunteered and went to New Haven where the enemy were. On our march to New Haven we fell in with an out post or guard of the enemy. And I with one Hitchcock took six prisoners, and they were sent on to headquarters. After arriving at New Haven we had a skirmish with enemy on the common. The next day the enemy, after burning some stores or
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about a fortnight.
About the first of July 1779, a part of the militia company in said Woodbridge of which I was one, volunteered and went to New Haven where the enemy were. On our march to New Haven we fell in with an out post or guard of the enemy. And I with one Hitchcock took six prisoners, and they were sent on to headquarters. After arriving at New Haven we had a skirmish with enemy on the common. The next day the enemy, after burning some stores we left and went to Fairfield. We pursued them to Fairfield where we had a severe engagement. The enemy burnt Fairfield to the ground then went next to Norwalk & burnt a part of that town. We pursued the enemy to Norwalk and then also had another severe engagement. The enemy having taken shipping to New York we returned home after a service of something more than three weeks. This service was performed in Connecticut State line, in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Osborn. I was a volunteer. For the above periods of services I have no documentary papers as evidence.
I also again entered the service of my country as a soldier of the revolution about the first of November A.D. 1779 and received an Ensign's commission in the 16th company and 2d Regt of the Connecticut state troops. Raymond Sanford was our Captain. I was ordered to join Capt. Gilbert's company as ensign to go to Saw Pitts in Col. Russell's Regt and General Wards Brigade. We marched from said Woodbridge to Stratford where we staid about three weeks. On learning that the enemy had left Saw Pitts. From Hartford we were ordered to march back from Stratford to New Haven where we were stationed and did duty untill about the first of March A.D. 1780. After a service of five months we were dismissed and we returned home. I herewith transmit my commission as ensign as evidence of this term of my service.
I also again entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the revolution in November A.D. 1780 and served between eleven and twelve months, I think I served full twelve months, but I cannot tell the day I entered the service nor the day I left it. I received at this time a Lieutenants commission in the 16th company and 2nd Regt of the Connecticut state troops. Joel Hotchkiss was our Captain, Capt. Hotchkiss was ordered to West Point N.Y. on a nine months tour of duty. After Capt. Hotchkiss left, the command of our company was entrusted to me and I performed the duty of Captain of the company. Our company was attached to Col. Russell's Regt. Our company first assembled at New Haven CT and then we took station at West Haven and other places along the Sound. Our principal duty was watching the movements of the enemy, making drafts &c. We were frequently alarmed by the enemy & harassed by the Tories which
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duty was watching the movements of the enemy, making drafts &c. We were frequently alarmed by the enemy & harassed by the Tories which required our constant duty and great vigilance. In September 1781 I received orders from Col. Hezekiah Sabin to march my company to New London which was attacked by the British. We marched to Branford and learning that the enemy had left New London and had taking shipping, we were ordered back to New Haven, as the British were expected round to New Haven. We were stationed there and remained there untill about the middle of October A.D. 1781. This service was done in the Connecticut state troops. I herewith transmit my commission of Lieutenant as evidence of this term of my service. In this period of my duty I with five others took a refugee schooner and brought it into New Haven harbor. It belonged to the enemy. And we took it under the fire of a British 18 gun brigg.
In March A.D. 1782, I think, a British spy & six Tories came to said Woodbridge and robbed the dwelling house of Captain Dayton of about $1500.00 hard money and fled to Long Island & I with others pursued them and took them prisoners on the Island and brought them back to Derby & recovered all the money but thirty dollars. The spy was then executed & the others were sentenced to states prison. After our return from Long Island, and before the prisoners were tried Col. Sabin ordered me to enlist thirty men to guard them. I enlisted that number of men and Capt. Joseph Hull was our Captain. The prisoners were marched from Derby to New Haven before their trial. The spy was sent to head quarters of the army & tried by a court marshal and condemned to be hanged. I did not see him hung, but a townsman of mine shortly after told me that he was the said spy hung. I went with the said prisoners to New Haven. In pursuing, capturing and guarding said spy & Tories I was out about two months.
For some of the above periods of service I do not know any living witness by whom I can prove the service.
William Grimell

I was born in Saybrook in the state of Connecticut in Oct A.D. 1752. After the revolutionary war I lived in Derby aforesaid untill about forty years ago when I removed to Greenfield aforesaid and where I have lived ever since.
Wm Grimell
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I hereby certify that the within Declaration is chiefly in my hand writing and the applicant duly made his declaration in Court as required by Law.
Geo. Grimell Jr.
M.A.
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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.
William Grimmell
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate
WE, Titus Strong a Clergyman and Alpheus F. Stone M.D. a physician both residing in said Greenfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Grimmell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Attest R. E. Newcomb Judge Prob.
Titus Strong
Alpheus F. Stone

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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Titus Strong who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said town of Greenfield; and that Alpheus F. Strone who has also signed the same is a resident in said town, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate

I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Register of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Grennell for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord Reg. Prob.
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In reply to your request of________________, received________________ for a statement of the military history of William Grinnell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S.29.843

1st entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment : May 1775
Length of Service : 7 mos
Rank :Private
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain:  Bradford Steele
Colonel:  Maj. Jabez Thompson
State: Conn

2nd entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: July 1776
Length of Service: 4th month
Rank: Orderly Sergeant
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Sherry
Colonel: Lt Col Jabez Thompson * 
State: Conn

3rd entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: April 1777
Length of Service: 1 week
Rank: Private
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: checkmark Danbury Raid
Colonel: checkmark
State: Conn

4th entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: (illegible word) 1778
Length of Service:2 weeks
Rank: Private
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Lieut. Dibble
Colonel: checkmark
State: Conn.

5th entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: July 1, 1778
Length of Service: 3 weeks
Rank: Private
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Samuel Osborn
Colonel: checkmark
State: Conn.

6th entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: Nov. 3, 1779
Length of Service: 5 mos
Rank: Ensign
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Raymond Sanford 2nd line Gilbert
Colonel: Russell
State: Conn.

7th entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: Nov. 9, 1780
Length of Service: 11 or 12 mos. 
Rank: Lieutenant
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Joel Hotchkiss
Colonel: Russell
State: Conn.

8th entry
Date of Enlistment or Appointment: Mch 1782
Length of Service: 2 mos.
Rank: Lieutenant
 Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: Joseph Hull
Colonel: checkmark
State: Conn.

Battles engaged in, Long Island, retreat from New York (*killed in retreat), Harlem, White Pl. Danbury, Fairfield & Norwalk

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbridge, a parish of Newbury Conn
Date of application for pension, Oct 18, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Greenfield, Franklin Co. Mass

Ae at date of application, born in 1752 at Saybrook Conn.
Remarks: there is no family data on file in this claim
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JOHNATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIE
Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA

to William Granold Gent. Greeting.
You being by the General Assembly of this state accepted to be Lieutenant of the 16th Company of Trainboro in the 2d Regiment in this State
reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower to take the said Company into your Care and Chare as their Lieutenant carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order (paper water stained words illegible) ernment, and commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant (paper water stained words illegible) to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from Me, or from other your Superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Startford the 9th Day of November A.D. 1780
By his Excellency's Command
George Wyllys Secretary
Jonth Trumbull
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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIRE,
Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of CONNECTICUT in AMERICA.
To William Greniell GENT. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Ensign of the 16th Company or Fourband in the 2nd Regiment in this State.
Reposing special Trust and Confidence, in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge, as their Ensign carefully and diligently to discharge that Trust; exertising your inferior officers and Soldiers in the Use of their Arms, according to the Discipline of War; keeping them in good Order and Government; and commanding them to obey you as their Ensign for the Service of this State. And you are to observe all such Orders and Directions, as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from me, or from other your Superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of this State, in Hartford the 3d Day of November Anno Domini 1779  

Jon Trumbull
By His Excellency's Command
George Wyllys Sec'ry
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I William Kenney of Derby in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut depose and say, that I am seventy four years of age and in the year 1775 I knew William Grennell then of Woodbridge in Connecticut, now of Greenfield, Massachusetts. I knew that the said Grennell enlisted in the Continental Service in said Derby in May 1775 for seven months under Major Jabez Thompson in Genl. Woosters Regiment. The said Grennell marched off for Boston with his company and did not return till after 8 or nine months.
I was also knowing to the said Grennell's joining the army in New York in July 1776 - as a volunteer, in Capt. Sperry's company, Col. Thompson's Regt & General Putnam's Division. I camped with the said Grennell & knew of his being in the service till about the middle of October of that year, when he was discharged at White Plains. The said Grennell, with myself was in the expedition to protect the public stores in Danbury under command of Genl Wooster, till he was wounded & then under Arnold.
In the summer of 1777 when the British attacked New Haven, Fairfield and Norwalk the said Grennell was prompt & faithful in defending all those places.
I was well acquainted with the said William Grennell through all the years of the war
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We were intimate friends and I know that when alarms were sounded he was always one of the first & most spirited to turn out and meet the enemy, during whole of the trying period of the war.
Greenfield Mass August 22 1831
William Keeney

State of Massachusetts
Franklin SS.
August 22 1831
Then personally appeared William Keeney signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true. He is in my opinion a man of truth.
Before me Geo Gremell Jr Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the county of Franklin do certify that George Gremmell Jr Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavit was verified is a Justice of the Peace for said county. And I believe his name above subscribed to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1832.
E. Alvord Clerk

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Wm. Gremmell case
William Keeney Deposition
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Wm. Grennell

Lieut 13 mos
Ensign 5
Srgt 4 15 days
Priv 1 15
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Adm
$250.72

Hon. George Grennell
H.R.

Mr. George Grennell Jr
Greenfield
Franklin Co
Mass
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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 Wm. Grinnell which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ~~

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. 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? No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. 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? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ~~

XIII. 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? ~~

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No - not in every case
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? No - not in every case

XV. 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

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally  appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ____ year ____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and ______ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

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 his 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 authenticated the papers is 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 end 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.
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Washington February 4 1833
James L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Enclosed are the papers of William Grimell, which on Saturday morning last, you searched for and could not find; & supposed they had got mislaid. They had been sent to Massachusetts under some slight objection, which is as I suppose now removed. They were left with you on the 5 December last.
I will thank you to enclose the certificate or papers to me. I hope it may be convenient for you to reexamine the case and see if your objections are obviative without delay.
I am Sir
truly repsectfully
your obt servt
Geo Gremmell
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I William Grennell of Greenfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. who has made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 1832, deposeth and saith, that by reason of lapse of time, of old age and consequent lapse of memory.  I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of my service, but according to my best recollection. I served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For eight months and twelve days in the years 1775- 1777 and 1779 as a private.  
For four months & fifteen days in year 1776 as an orderly sergeant.  For five months in years 1779 & 1780 as an Ensign in Commission.  For eleven months in years 1780 and 1781 a Lieutenant in Com.; and also For two months in the year 1782 as a Lieutenant in Com in the capturing guarding [illegible] the Spy & tories.
Jan. 29, 1833

William Grinnell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Franklins SS
On the twenty ninth day of January A.D. 1833 the above named William Grennell who is well known to me as a credible person and by reputation as having been an Officer in the Revolutionary War, personally came before me Elijah Alvord a Justice of the Peace of the said county of Franklin and also Clerk for the said County of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth and made solemn oath that the preceding affidavit is true.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at said Greenfield on the day and year aforesaid.
Elijah Alvord
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When I left Mr. Wm Grennell papers at the Pension Office in Dueshlen last, I left also with them for him my testimonial of character, which seems to be missing from the files.  What I then certified, I again, in substance, restate.  Namely that I have been acquainted with the said applicant many years. that his character for truth, honesty and industry is good, and that I have long known that he was reputed to have served in the Revolutionary War.  I have heard him speak of his military commissions about Twenty years ago.

Geo Grennell Jr.
M. C

Washington Feby 4, 1833

Willilam Grinnell
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County   SS
Derby September
17th A.D. 1832

Be it remembered that on the year and day aforesaid personally appeared before John J. Wheeler a justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn, Abraham Bassett, to me personally known as a credible witness, who being first duly cautioned & sworn on his oath declares and says that in a Deposition formerly given by said Deponent, & signed by himself dated the 4th day of August A.D. 1832, relating to the Service of one William Grennell of Greenfield in the State of Massachusetts, wherein he stated the service of said Grennell, in the campaign at Boston in the year 1775 to have been six months and no more.  The Deponent would now correct said statement by saying that at the close of the term of his Enlistment, which was early in the month of November the same year, General Washington appeared in person & requested the soldiers remain in service until a body of troops should arrive to recruit whereupon the Deponent returned to said Derby, and thinks that said Grennell & others remained in service about one month and a half, which lasted as the Deponent believes until about the middle of the month of December 1775.

Abraham Bassett

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.

John J. Wheeler Justice of Peace
I hereby Certify that the above named Abraham Bassett is well known to me personally, I think he is a credible person, sustains a fair character for truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to belief.

John J. Wheeler Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven SS
New Haven Jany 21st, AD 1832 I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County hereby Certify that John L. Wheeler, Esq. whose name is within written & subscribed as I was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said New Haven County & duly qualified to administer oath, & that the signature by him within made in his genuine official signature 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written

Attest  Jno Beach Clerk




Wm. Grennells case
Affidavit
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I Abraham Bassett of Derby in New Haven County & State of Connecticut being duly sworn depose & say that on the first of May 1775 I enlisted into a Company of Connecticut State Troops for the term of six months under the command of Bradford Stub Captain Nathan Pierson Lieutenant Samuel Osborn Ensign of said Company.  I well remember that Willliams Grinnell enlisted for the same term & [illegible] same time into said Company.   The Company served a short time at Norwalk in this State and thence sailed on board a vessel to New Haven illegible] was with the troops ordered to Boston & on arriving we were stationed at Roxbury & on arriving we were stationed at Roxbury where the remaining part of the term of service aforesaid was spent.  The said Grennell served faithfully during said term and was dismissed with the rest of the Company about the first of November following.

Grennell was a good singer & a teacher of music & I well remember him on that account.  He removed from this region many years ago & which here was married to the Sister of William Keeney of said Derby & further saith not.
Derby August 10, 1832

Abrahm Bassett
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New Haven County  SS   Derby August 10, 1832
Personally appeared Abraham Bassett signer of the foregoing Deposition & make solemn oath the same containing the truth before me

 John L. Tomlinson Just. of Peace 

I certify that the above named Abraham Bassett is a credible witness & entitled to full belief. 

John L. Tomlinson Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven  SS   New Haven August 15th 1832 I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Board in aforesaid County, certify that John L. Tomlinson Esq. whose name is above written & subscribe [illegible] a Justice of the peace in & for said New Haven County & duly qualified to administer Oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the [illegible] of said Court the day & date above written.

Albert Jn Beach Clerk



Mr. Grennell's case
affidavit



Abraham Bassett
Dep.
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MARY LOVERING HOLMAN
GENEALOGIST
9 ASHBURTON PLACE
BOSTON, MASS.
Rev Sec [illegible] 1
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: Will you kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary Pension record of William Grinnell, who died in Greenfield, Mass., in 1837 and who is called a Pensioner in his death record. He was born Saybrook, Conn., and his service was probably in the State Militia. As prompt a reply as is possible would greatly oblige me, as I have to report to my client on this matter.
Sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) Mary Loving Holman'6 May 1917.
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INVALID
Revy 29843
File No. 29843
William Grinnell
Lieut. Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1917 Mch 19 His to Mrs. Mary L. Holman. ¢.