Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21928, Barnabas Hollis, Continental (Mass.)
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SERVICE                                              
Continental (Mass.)  

Hollis, Barnabas 

NUMBER 
W. 21928.

Penniman, Huldah
or
Pennyman
or 
Peniman

NUMBER
BL.WT 21925100

(Former widow.)
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Mrs. Rachel Cowing's
Affidavit

___________________________________
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I Rachel Cowing of Weymouth in the County
of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being
first duly Sworn according to Laws do on Oath testify
and declare that I am Seventy eight years of age, That I 
am Sister of Barnabas Hollis formerly of Braintree
in Said County and Commonwealth dec ? That Said
Barnabas my late Brother Served as a Soldier in the
War of the Revolution and was killed by the Enemy
in the fall of the Year Seventeen Hundred and Eight-one
That Said Barnabus Hollis my late Brother was Married
at Braintree aforesaid by Thomas Penniman Esq
about the month of February in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine (to the best of my recollection) to
Huldah Cowing. That I was present at and witnessed
the Said Marriage, That the Said Barnabas my late 
Brother had but one and only child by Said marriage
that the Said Son Barnabas Hollis is Still living and
resides in the City of Boston in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts aforesaid and is the Sole and only Heir
to my late Brother Barnabas Hollis aforesaid.
her
Rachel X Cowing
mark.

Norfolk County Ss
Weymouth 31st day of March 1737 }
Then personally appeared the 
above Named Rachel Cowing a respectable inhabitant of
the Town of Weymouth and deserving of the credit, and made
Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her
Subscribed on the day and year last above written
Before Fisher A Kingsbury Jus. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County Ss. }
Braintree
30 day of March 1817

I Certify that in the Record of Births
in the Book of Records of the Town of Braintree
aforesaid there is Recorded as follows.

" Barnabas Hollis Son of Mr. Barnabas Hollis of
Huldy his Wife born Nov. 18th 1779"
True Copy of Record, Attest
Judson Stoddard, Town Clerk
of the Town of Braintree

Norfolk County Ss
Then personally appeared the
above Named Judson Stoddard who is the Town Clerk
of the Town of Braintree aforesaid and made
Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate
by him Subscribed on the day and year above
written --
Before Asa French Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk Ss.

I Jonathan H Cobb Register
of the Court of Probate for the County &
Commonwealth aforesaid hereby certify
that Fisher A. Kingsbury & Asa French
Esquires are Justices of the Peace within 
& for said County of Norfolk & that their
signatures to the documents described
are genuine & true.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & Seal of Office this twentieth day
September A.D. 1837.
Jonathan H. Cobb
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Affidavit of
Elizabeth Hayden

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I Elizabeth Hayden of Boston in the
County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
being duly Sworn do on Oath testify and declare
That I am the Widow of William Hayden dec, that 
I was born and brought up in that part of the 
Town of Braintree now called Quincy, that I am
in the Seventy fourth year of my age, That I was
formerly well acquainted with Barnabas Hollis,
formerly of Said Braintree dec', That said Barnabas
was lawfully married to Huldah Cowing, also of
said Braintree, that the aforesaid Barnabas
Hollis enlisted as a Solider in the War of the
Revolution and that after Serving Several Years,
I cannot distinctly remember how many, He was
killed by the Enemy. I distinctly recollect being
present at the House of his Wife's Mother, Balch Cowing's Widow,
who then kept a Public House in Braintree, when 
a letter was received from the Army giving an
account of his death, and I well remember the grief
this news gave to his Wife and her connections,
Said Huldah his Wife having at that time one
child whose Name was Barnabas, The Said
Huldah has Subsequently Married to Bethuel
Pennyman, and as I understand is again a Widow,
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and resides with her Children in Abington in
Plymouth County in Said Commonwealth 
               her
Elizabeth X Hayden
               mark
[illegible] Augustus Peabody



Suffolk ss. January 27 1837 Personally appeared the within named Elizabeth Hayden and made Solemn
oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her
subscribed -- I further certify that she appears to
me to be a credible witness -- Done before me
Augustus Peabody Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County Ss.}
On this Fourth day of
April In the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Seven Personally appeared before the Hon Wilkes Wood
Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Huldah Penniman
formerly Huldah Hollis a resident of Abington in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid who being first duly
Sworn according to Laws doth on her Oath make the following 
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Acts of Congress passed July 4 1886 and
March 8 1887. That She is in the Eightieth year of her age
That She is the Widow of Bethuel Penniman late of said
 Abington dec' and that She was formerly the Wife and likewise
the Widow of Barnabas Hollis late of Braintree in the
County of Norfolk in Said Commonwealth dec'. That Said
Barnabas her first Husband Served as a Soldier in the War
of the Revolution and was a Sergeant in Col Elisha Sheldon's
Reg of Dragoons of the Connecticut Line, and enlisted for
during the War, and after Serving His Country faithfully
from the year 1777 until the month of November 1781
when he was waylaid and killed by the Enemy while
carrying an express from one Military Post to another.
She further declares that She was married 
at Said Braintree to the Said Barnabas Hollis by Thomas Penniman Esq on the day of February in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Nine -- That her first
Husband the aforesaid Barnabas Hollis died on the first
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day of November in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty
one. And Subsequently She married her Second Husband
the aforesaid Bethuel Penniman and that Said Bethuel
Penniman her Second and last Husband died on the
Twenty third day of March in the year Eighteen Hundres and
twenty five. And that She has remained a Widow ever Since
that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs
hereto annexed.

                  her
Huldah      X    Penniman
                mark

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day
and year above written, before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County
of Plymouth --

I certify that Huldah Penniman who has Sworn to
and Subscribed the foregoing Declaration appeared
in Court and made Oath to and Subscribed the foregoing Declaration
Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court
of Probate for the County of 
Plymouth

I Rachel Cowing of Weymouth in the County 
of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being
first duly Sworn according to Law do on Oath testify and
declare That I am Seventy eight years of age, That I am
Sister of Barnabas Hollis formerly of Braintree in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid dec' . That my late
Brother Said Barnabas Hollis Served as a Soldier in the 
War of the Revolution and was a Sergeant in a Regiment
of Horse, That Said Barnabas went from this part of the Country
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Some time in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six
with the Army. That He returned home on furlough and
was married to the best of my recollection about the month
of February in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine
at Braintree in the Said County of Norfolk by Thomas Penniman
Esq ~ to Huldah Cowing. And that I was present at and witnessed
the ceremony of Said marriage, That my Said Brother
the late Barnabas Hollis returned to the Army and was
killed by the Enemy while carrying dispatches, I believe in the
State of New York Some time in the fall of the year Seventeen
Hundred and eighty one. And left his Widow Huldah aforesaid
That Said Huldah the Widow of my late Brother Said Barnabas
had afterwards in the month of November in the year Seventeen 
Hundred and Eighty three was married at Quincy formerly
apart of Said Braintree to Bethuel Penniman, That the Said
Bethuel Penniman died in the Spring of the year 
Eighteen
Hundred and twenty five And left the Said Huldah his Widow,
who has not married Since the death of her late Husband Said 
Bethuel Penniman, That Said Huldah is still living and resides
in the Town of Abington adjoining the Town of Weymouth.
                     her
Rachel          X       Cowing
                     mark

Norfolk County SS.
Weymouth 31st day of March 1837 }
Then oersonally appeared the above-Named
Rachel Cowing and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the 
foregoing affidavit by her Subscribed   I further Certify that
Said Rachel Cowing is a respectable Inhabitant of the Town of
Weymouth and to her Testimony full faith and credit ought to
be given. ~ On the day and year last above written
Before Fisher A Kingsbury
Jus. Peace
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I Harris G Prouty of Abington in the County of Plymouth
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being first duly Sworn according
to Law, do on Oath testify and Say that I am thirty years of
Age. That I knew Bethuel Penniman late of Abington aforesaid
dec. And that I married the Grand daughter of Said Bethuel 
Penniman and Huldah Penniman his Wife, That Said Bethuel
Penniman died on the Twenty third day of March in the
year Eighteen Hundred and twenty five and left Said Huldah
his Widow, with whom I have lived in the 
Same House during ten years last past and
that Said Huldah has not married Since the 
death of her late Husband Bethuel Penniman
aforesaid, And that Said Huldah is Still living
and resides in Said Town of Abington.
Harris G Prouty

[in the left margin written verically:]
[illegible] Baldwin
Boston

[in the right margin written vertically:]
No. 1623
Huldah Penniman
Widow of
Barnabas Hollis, and
Bethuel Penniman, dec'

Plymouth County Ss
the 4th day of April 1837}
Then personally appeared Harris G
Prouty above Named a respectable Inhabitant of the Town of
Abington and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing
affidavit by him Subscribed on the day and Year last 
above written to which due faith and credit may be given.
Before Wilkes Wood, Judge of Probate &
Justice of Peace

Plymouth SS. I Jacob H. Loud Register of Probate for said County 
do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge 
of Probate for said County & that the several foregoing
signatures purporting to be signed by him
are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for
said County this fourth day of April 1837.
Jacob H. Loud
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Massachusetts 807
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Huldah Penniman who was
widow of Barnabas Hollis
Conn
who died on the 1st November 1781
of Plymouth Co. in the State of Mass.
who was a Pr. Cavalry }
                 Corpl [illegible]}. in the   commanded
                  Sergt. [illegible]}
by Captain              of the Regt.       commanded
by Col Sheldon    in the Connt.
line for Private of Cavalry 10 mo. 1 Day    45.71
             Corpl        same     12 "     29 "      58.35
             Sergt.       same.      1 "                   15.00
                                                                     ______
                                                                    $119.06

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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 119 Dollars 6 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May
1837 and sent to Hon. J.Q.
Adams, Provost
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Arrears to the 4th of March '1889          714.36
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Apr "         59.53
                                                                 =======
                                                                  $773.89
                                                                  =======
                      {Revolutionary Claim,}
                      {Act July 4, 1836,}
                       {Section the 3--}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1 - Page 64
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Heir of 
Barnabas Hollis Dec'
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

State of Massachusetts
Suffolk County. } ss.
I, Barnabas Hollis, a son
and only heir at law to Barnabas Hollis deceased, do upon oath
testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Barnabas Hollis
aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the
United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service
aforesaid, until the year 1781, when he was killed by the Enemy.
While carrying the Express, and was at that 
time a Sergeant in Colonel Sheldons Regiment
of Dragoons; Connecticut Line

I further declare, that
I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Barnabas Hollis
aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or
transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
Therefore, KNOW All Men By these Presents, that I Barnabas Hollis aforesaid, do hereby
constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Boston in the State of 
Massachusetts my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and
receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of
Bounty Land due me as the only heir at law of Barnabas Hollis
aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my my [sic] and seal, this 19th day
of September in the year 1837.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,
in presence of George W Adams
Barnabas Hollis

Suffolk County, ss.
Be it known that on this nineteenth day of September
in the year 1834 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said
County, personally appeared Barnabas Hollis subscriber to the above declaration,
who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged
the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; dated at Boston 
in said County the day and year above mentioned.
George W. Adams, Justice of the Peace. in & for 
Said County
                                   ___________

State of Massachusetts }
Suffolk County. } ss.
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal
Court of the City of Boston, do hereby certify, that George W Adams before
whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports
to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace,
in and for the County of Suffolk duly commissioned sworn and qualified
by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing
of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness
whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my
name at Boston this 19th day of September in the year 1837.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the 
Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
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Huldah Penniman
who was widow of
Barnabas Hollis
-- acts 4 July 1836, 3'd [illegible]
& 3 March 1837
                _____________
Private of Cavalry, 10 mo 1 days
Corporal, Same,     12 mo 29 days
Sergt.,      Same,      1 mo
Sent out: to Hon. J.Q. Adams
Present
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County SS}
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk Ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of Probate
for said County do hereby certify
that Asa French, Fisher A Kingsbury
& John M Gourgass are Justices of
the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk,
& that their several respective signatures to 
the papers annexed are genuine & true.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & the seal of the
Probate Court for said County this seventh
day of April A.D. 1837
Jonathan H. Cobb
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Quincy March 25. 1837
This certifies that I, the subscriber,
do find in the Records of the First Congregational
Church, Quincy, among the marriages
solemnised by Rev. Anthony Wibird, one of the
former Pastors of said Church, a record of
the marriage of Bethuel Penniman and
Huldah Hollis, of which record the
following is an exact copy:

"1783 Novem.r 2. Bethuel Penniman and
Huldah Hollis of Braintree," (now Quincy.)
Wm. P. Lunt
One of the ministers of
First Congregational Church, Quincy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -- 
[illegible] [illegible] March 25th A.D. 1837 Then personally appeared Rev. William
P. Lunt & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him
[illegble] [illegible]
Before me [illegible] [illegible] Gourgass [illegible] Justice of
the Peace
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Rev
WIDOW
26928
Huldah Penniman
widow of
Barnabas Hollis
Sergt Rev War
Act July 4th 36
Vol. M Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss I Sherman Leland,
Judge of the Court of Probate in aforesaid
County hereby certify that satisfactory evidence
has been added to our [illegible]
that Barnabas Hollis of Boston in the
Count of Suffolk, is the only child and
heir at law of Barnabas Hollis, who was
a sergeant in the Regiment of Horse
commanded by Colonel Sheldon in
the Revolutionary Army.
In Testimony
whereof I the said Judge have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of said Court this
Sixth Day of November A.D. 1837
S. Leland
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24th CONGRESS, [Rep.No. 235.]. No. OF REPS
2nd Session

HULDAH PENNYMAN.
(To accompany bill H.R. No. 938)

_____________________________

FEBRUARY 16, 1837.

_____________________________

Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the
following
REPORT:

The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the
petition of Huldah Pennyman, ask leave to report:

The petitioner is the widow of Bethuel Pennyman, and asks that the 
benefit of the law of 1836 may be extended to her.
The facts disclosed in the documents referred to the committee are, that
the petitioner was married to Barnabas Hollis, of Massachusetts, previous
to 1781; that said Hollis enlisted as a private in Sheldon's regiment of cavalry, on the 15th of March, 1777; that he served until September 2,
1780, when he was promoted a corporal; and, while further in service, 
was promoted a sergeant, on the 1st of October, 1781. On the 1st day of
November, 1781, he was killed by a party of British soldiers, while on
duty. The records of the Treasury Department contain full evidence of
the decedent's service.
The War Department has construed the law of 1836 to include the
widows first husbands merely; but the committee cannot admit the
soundness of the distinction. The petitioner is the surviving consort of a 
revolutionary solider; after his death, she married a second time; and, at 
the age of eighty years, she is again a widow. The provisions of the act 
alluded to were clearly intended to sustain the widow in her declining life,
and to that purpose your committee trust they will be applied.
They report that, in their opinion, the prayer of the petition should be
granted; and ask leave to report a bill.
________________________
Blair & Rives, printers.
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Evidence of
[illegible]
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Treasury Department
3d Auditors Office
13th February 1837

Sir,
I have the honor to state, in reply to your letter
of the 11th instant, that it appears from the Register of Musters
of Col Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons (on file in the
Pension Office) that Barnabas Hollis, entered the service, as a private,
on the 15th of March 1777. That he was promoted a Corporal
on the 2nd of September 1780 -- a Sergeant on the 1st of October
1781 -- and he appears to have been killed on the 1st of November 
1781--
With great Respect
Peter Hagner [illegible]

Hon. B. Storer
House of Rep. U. States --
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I Mary Horton of Milton in the County
of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
widow of Samuel Horton being sworn do on
oath testify & declare that I am in the 
Eighty fourth year of my age & that I was born &
brought up in Braintree in the said County
& Commonwealth. And that I am the sister
of Barnabas Hollis late of said Braintree
deceased. That said Barnabas my late brother
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
He inlisted for during the war & that after serving
his Country faithfully more than three years
in Colonel Sheldon's Troop of horse, & that 
while said Service was continuing he was 
employed in Carrying dispatches from one 
post of the American army to another & that
while so employed the house where he reposed was surrounded in the night time by British 
forces & he was put to death. And that said
Barnabasat the time of his death was a
married man, & left behind him a wife, &
one child who are both now living, the name
of said wife or widow is now Huldah Penniman
having since the death of my said Brother
marrried to Bethuel Penniman who is also
Dead. She now resides in Abington in the county
of Plymouth in said Commonwealth.
Witness
Reuben Baldwin
                                        her
                             Mary  X Horton
                                     mark
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Norfolk Ss Jan'ry 21 A.D. 37 then the within
named Mary Horton who is personally
known by me, who is a woman of good
moral characterm who has been more than
thirty years a regular member of the 
Christian Church in Milton & who is now
of sound discriminating mind & memory
personally appeared & made Solemn
Oath that the written declaration by
her Subscribed contains the truth
before me Asaph Churchill
Justice of the Peace
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Petition of
Huldah Pennyman
______________
Feb 6. 1837
Rep.t Commee Rev. Pensions
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Feb. 16. 1837 - Bill no. 938
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Same day so much as relate
to 7 years half pay referred
to the Commee on Rev.y Claims
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To the Hon Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States in Congress
Assembled.
The Petition of Huldah Pennyman
of Abbington in the County of Plymouth and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, respectfully
represents, That She is the Widow of Bethuel
Pennyman late of Said Abbington dec'd And
that She was the former Wife and Widow of
Barnabas Holllis late of Braintree in the
County of Norfolk in Said Commonwealth
dec'd, That Said Barnabas her former Husband
was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution
He enlisted for "During the War" and Served
under Said enlistment between three and four
years as a Sergeant in Col Sheldons Troop of
Horse. And that during Said Service he was
employed in carrying an express from one American Post to another, and while on that
Service Said Barnabas was surrounded in the night time by the British and Torys and
Slain at a Public House
where he had taken Lodging for the night
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Most of the foregoing facts will be made to
appear by reference to the Rolls and Records
relating to Revolutionary Services on file in
the War Department, She further represents
that at the time of the decease of Said Barnabas
Hollis her Husband, she was left dependent
upon her own labour, having one child to
Support -
She further represents that She had no
knowledge of the existance of any Law of
Congress granting her relief under the circumstance
of her case and therefore never claimed the
Seven years half pay to which She would have 
been entitled had She made timely application.
That Subsequently She married to Bethuel Pennyman who died in Abbington in the year 1826
and that She is again left a Widow, and is now
over Seventy nine Years of Age, and very infirm
and unable to labour for her Support, being
wholly dependent on her children for her 
maintenance, who also have to labour hard
for their own and her Support.
She therefore humbly Prays that
[written horizontally in the margin:]
Seven Years half pay was allowed to the
widows of commissioned officers only.
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Your Hon Body will be pleased to grant her
relief by allowing her the Seven Years half
pay to which She was originally entitled
under the Act of Congress
which She humbly concieves your Hon
Body will do, when it is considered that She
is excluded from the benefit of the provisions
made by the Act of Congress passed 4th July 1836
by her intermarriage with the before mentioned
Bethuel Pennyman -- And She humbly
suggests whether She is not also entitled in
equity to Interest -- as well as principal of her
first claim, All of which She respectfully
Submits to the consideration of Your Hon'e
Body. And as in duty bound will
ever Pray [illegible] [illegible]

              Her
Huldah      X    Pennyman
              mark

Walter S. Carden}
Harris G Prouty}  Witnesses
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[illegible]
Huldah Pennyman
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24th CONGRESS,
2d SESSION,
_______________
H.R. 938.
_______________

FEBRUARY 16, 1837.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

_________________

Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported
the following bill:

A BILL
For the relief of Huldah Pennyman.
1  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
3 the Secretary of War cause to be paid to Huldah Pennyman,
4 of Massachusetts, the sum of eighty dollars per annum during
5 the time she shall remain a widow; the said payment being the
6 pension that would have been allowed to her former husband,
7 Barnabas Hollis, a soldier of the revolution, by the law of eigh-
8 teen hundred and thirty-two, had he then lived to have asked
9 the benefit of its provisions; the said payment to commence on
10 the fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and
11 thirty-one.
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Barnabas Hollis
No. 2192.
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Boston, Massachusetts.
Jan'y 21st 1837

Sir
Barnabas Hollis of Roxbury has requested me 
to solicit Information from the Department whether
a Land Warrant has ever issued in Satisfaction
of the claim to Land Bounty from the United
by the Heir of Barnabas Hollis et al.
It is alleaged that said
Barnabas Hollis, his late Father, was a Sergeant
in Col Sheldon's Dragoons, in the Revolutionary
War, and was killed by the Enemy while conveying Dispatches from one post to another, of the Army.
Please inform me whether a Land Warrant
has ever [illegible] in satisfaction of this above claim
and if so, to who delivered, its date & Number
Your letter of the 14th Instant in
answer to my enquiries relating to the claim
by the heir of Ensign Luke Roundy, has been
received: Be pleased to inform me whether
the claim to Lance Bounty by the Heir of
Said Roundy will be admitted by the
Department; provided satisfactory evidence
is adduced that he died in consequence of
wounds received in battle.
Please answer this communication
and forward the same directed to me
at this place.
Verry Respectfully Sir
I am your obt Servant
Reuben Baldwin

[written vertically in the upper margin: 
Barnabas Hollis - [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] 
Sheldons Dragoons [rest is illegible]