Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,330, for Seth Kinney, Connecticut
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE
Conn.
Continental
Vt.

Kinney, Seth
Hannah

NUMBER
W. 20,330

CONTENTS

W
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Reported
Let to S.V.R. Mallory Apl 25 49
certificate delivered to Hon. Mr. Rose, M. C. present, May 11, 1849, the certificate having been left in the Pension Office for Mr. Mallory.

L. M Drury July 21, 49. 

4697
New York
Hannah Kinney decd
widow of Seth Kinney who died in 1805 of Genessee [Genesee] in the State of N York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Eldridge of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tylers in the ["line" crossed out] for 14 m. 26 dys. Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 49 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and ending 20th June 1838 when she died

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of March 1849 and sent to S. V. R. Mallory Present

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to Hannah Law only child surviving.

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Sect the 3}
Recorded by Th. Lumpkin Clerk, 
Book C Vol. 1. Page 120.
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certificate of marriage from Town Clerk of Voluntown Ct

X Interlineation[?] of the words[?] "and now is" was made[?] previous to my signature U Fuller [illegible] Clerk
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Seth Kinne and Hannah Broughton were lawfully joined in Marriage the thirtieth day of September A.D. Seventeen hundred and seventy Eight by the Reverend 
Solomon Morgan 

I Elisha Potter Clerk of the Town of Voluntown County of Windham and State of Connecticut do certify that the above is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed[?] in the Record in fair legible figures as follows Viz "30th Day of September AD 1778" 
Certified by Elisha Potter Clerk of said Town 
I Elisha Potter 
Above Named do depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town above Named and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above Named as certified by me 
Attest Elisha Potter Clerk of the Town of Voluntown 

Windham County ss Voluntown July 12th 1848 
Personally appeared Elisha Potter Esq Town Clerk of the town of Voluntown and subscribed to the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of
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X Interlineation[?] of the words[?] "and now is" was made[?] previous to my signature U Fuller [illegible] Clerk

State of Connecticut
Windham County ss
I Uriah Fuller Assistant Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham aforesaid do hereby certify that William C. Stanton Esqr was on the 12th day of July 1848 X and now is a Justice of the Peace in & for Windham County duly commissioned and qualified &[?] that his Commission bears date on the 24th of June 1848 and will expire on the 20th day of June 1849
I further certify that I verily believe the within signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn this 21st day of July AD 1848
Uriah Fuller Assist Clerk
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7210
Hannah Kinney - 
Declaration of Hannah Law under act of 4th July 1836-

Married 1778
Husband died 1805
widow died 20 June 38

Admd 14 mo 26 day
$49.54 pr an[?] 
fm 4 March 1831 to 20 June 1838 the day of her death payable to Hannah Law only surviving Child
S.V.R. Mallory
Present
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State of New York
County of Genesee ss on this 13 day of April 1848 - personally appeared in Open Court Hannah Law a resident of the town of Le Roy in said County aged Sixty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount due to her as the heir of Hannah Kinney deceased widow of Seth Kinney under the act of 4th July 1836-
This declarant states that she is the daughter of Seth Kinney & Hannah Kinney - that her father - the said Seth Kinney was a native of the town of Voluntown in the State of Connecticut and resided there during a portion of the time of the revolutionary war - that he was married to this declarants mother (whose maiden name was Hannah Broughton) in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight - in the said town of Voluntown-
This declarant states upon information & belief derived from her said father & mother & from others that her said father Seth Kinney was a soldier in the war of the revolution - that he served three years in the whole as she has heard him say - that he served one year in 1776 in Captain Eldridge's Company in Col. Parsons afterwards Col. Tyler's Regiment in the Connecticut Line - that he served two months in the Militia of the State of Connecticut in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven - and was
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stationed at Providence Rhode island - This declarant states that after the marriage of her parents as aforesaid & before the close of the revolutionary war, they removed to the State of Vermont and that they lived in the town of Wallingford in said State till the time of their respective deaths - but whether they went immediately & directly from the said town of Voluntown to the said town of Wallingford, or whether they lived for a time in some other town in Vermont before locating in Wallingford this declarant is unable to State - that after removing to the said State of Vermont, her said father served in said war as a soldier & was stationed at Crown Point at one time and at another he marched on an expedition against the Indians - as she has heard her said father & mother say - but how long he served on these tours of duty in Vermont or the names of his superior officers this declarant is unable to state - But she has heard her said father say that the whole amount of service performed by him during the revolutionary was was [sic] three years - This declarant states that her said father died at Wallingford, Vermont in the year eighteen hundred and five - that her said mother died at Wallingford a[t] Tinmouth in the state of Vermont about six years -
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since. - the precise time of her death this declarant is not now able to state - that after the death of this declarants said father, her said mother did not again marry but died being the widow of the said Seth Kinney - 
This declarant states that she is the only child of the said Seth & Hannah Kinney now living - 
Hannah Law
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the day & year first above written 
M G Soper Dep Clk 

State of New York 
County of Genesee ss I S. C. Holden Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that at a County Court held in & for said County on the 13 day of June 1848 - the same being a court of Record it was duly proved by the exhibition of Testimony satisfactory to said Court that Seth Kinney died in the year eighteen hundred and five (1805.) that his widow Hannah Kinney died about six years since and that the said Seth & Hannah Kinney left one child surviving them whose name is Hannah Law -
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the official seal of said County this 13th day of June 1848 - 
S. C. Holden Clerk
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4697
New York 
Hannah Kinney decd 
widow of Seth Kinney 
Con 
who died on the ----- 1805 of Genesee in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Eldridge of the Regt commanded by Col. Tyler in the Revolution line for 14 mo & 26 days. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 72 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & end 20th June 1838 when she died. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of November 1849 and sent to L. M. Drury, Canandaigua N.Y 

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending
Increased from $49.54
Payable to only sg. child Hannah Low  [Law]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3} 

Recorded by J P. Chase Clerk, 
Book C. Vol 1 Page 120

Reported
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No 7210 
Hannah Kinney do[?]
Vt
Let to Hon. R.L. Rose 
Nov. 30th '48

Admd
by comm[?]

act 4 July 1836
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File N. 20330
Hannah Kinney
wid of Seth Kinney
Pri Rev War

Act: July 4, 1836
index: - Vol A, Page 2102[?]

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Kinney - 

Certificate of Sec. of State - 
No. 3.
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State of Vermont

Secretary of State Office
Burlington April 19, 1848.

I J. Mc M Shafter Secretary of State of Vermont hereby certify that upon an original pay roll of the revolutionary service of Capt John Spaffords company, Col Eben Allen's Regt on record in this office occurs the name of Seth Kinne with an allowance to him for eight days service from august 4th to augt 11- AD 1780. 
I also certify that upon another like recorded pay roll of Cap Abraham Ire's company in the same Regt occurs the name of the said Seth Kinne with an allowance to him for Eighteen days service from Oct 12th to Oct 31st AD 1780
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of this office.
J. Mc M Shafter
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Burlington Apr 15- 1848_
D. C. Mann Esq.

Dear Sir,
I enclose you the desired certificates. Your former[?] letters are marked as answered, but I now suppose, by mistake.
The fee for this certificate is $[?]2, which please  forward[?] me by mail[?]
Yours
J Mc M Shafter
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Certificate from 
Sec.of Vt.
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State of Vermont

Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier Nov 9- 1848-

I J. Mc M Shafter hereby certify that upon an original pay-roll of the revolutionary service of "Capt. John Spafford's Company in Col"
"Eben Allens Regt of militia in the service of"
"the state of Vermont in the month of august 1780"
"from the 4th to the 18th both days included at Pittsford"
on record in this office occurs the name of Seth Kinney (Kinne) with an allowance to him for Eight days service from Augt 4th to 16th 1780, and for twenty five miles travel.
I also certify that upon another like recorded pay roll of Capt Abram Ires Company in Col Eben Allen's Regt occurs the name of the said Seth Kinney (Kinne) with an allowance to him for Eighteen days service done[?] in the month of October AD 1780.
In witness whereof I have hereto signed my name and affixed the seal of this office.
J. Mc M Shafter
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Certificate from Comptroller of Conn.

1776 12 [illegible]
1777 2 - - 
1780 26 [illegible]
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14 mo[?] 26


46. 66
[illegible]
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9.54

26
26
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288
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State of Connecticut 
Comptrollers Office 
Hartford July 18th 1848 
I certify that in application for evidence of the service of Seth Kinney in the war of the revolution I have examined the books and documents in this office relating to that war & find an account headed in a book of the late "pay table office" headed "Col Parsons afterwards Col Tylers Regt raised "January 1776 for 1 year" the name of Seth Kinney as having a bill for "arms & Baggage taken or destroyed of £5.13.6. His name also occurs in "Haskells Receipts under the head of "Hospital Expense Baggace [baggage] &c" where he is credited for the same sum in the column of "Baggage lost in service" the same only again appears in another Pay table accounts book, when the United States is charged "to an order on the treasurer pr[?] "Seth Kinney for Loss Tylers regt £5.13.6" No pay roll of this regiment has been found. From entries & records in the journal of the Council of Safety it appears under date of 24th January 1777 that "Capt Asa Kinne Capt Ebenezer Mosely & Cap" Benajah" Leffingwell were "appointed to be Captains of "Companies to serve in the State of Rhode Island &c "until the first day of April next[?] according to the "agreement of the convention of Committees from the "New England States lately held at Providence &
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"ratified by the Assembly of this State"  
Jany 25 "Sent letters to the Captains appointed to serve in "Rhode Island to repair here take orders &c" 
27th record of orders given said Captains to raise companies aforesaid pursuant to the resolution of Genl Assembly Decr 1776. The order is lengthy & is not therefore copied 
Feby 8 An order with respect to supplying "Capt Kinne" with Arms &c for his cos[?]" not copied for reason above 
same date £80 ordered to be paid "Capt Asa Kinne" not copied for same reason
Feby 15 "John Ripley Esq of Windham is appointed Major "of four companies under command of Captains "Ebenezer Moseley Asa Kinnie Benajah Leffingwell "and Sanford Kingsbury Esquires" 
From the same Journal it appears that Col Elys regiment in which Ebenezer Holbrook was Captn was also at Providence in this expedition & that Captn Kingsburys Co was "of Col Enos regiment" Also that Major Ripley had command of other companies of militia in the same service
I also find in a book of the late pay table office an account headed, "Militia under Genl Spencer &c to "Rhode Island 1776 & 1777,8. the name of Majr Ripley as having a bill 10 April 1777 for £1376.6.22 in all 
The same also occurs in another pay table book in a charge to the United States viz "To order on treasurer to "Majr John Ripley for part his regt to Providence viz[?]
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Wages £1267 15 3½ Mileage 124. 12 6 
deduct over charge of Mileage &[?] Cap Benj Leffingwells Co 
1392. 7 92[?]
16 1 1[?]
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1376. 6. 91[?]

In pay table books appears also another charge under date 15 May 1777 for 5 cos[?] his regiment stationed at Bristol &c £1861. 10 7. In the pay table book first mentioned under same head of the date "2 Decr 1777" the name of "Capt "Kinney occurs as having a bill for billetting [billeting] of £22.15.6 and in the corresponding charge to the United States it is stated as follows viz "To Order on Treasurer "pr[?] "Capt Asa Kinne for billeting his Co Militia to Providence" £22.15.6 
No pay rolls of Capt Asa Kinne or Kinneys company have been discovered nor of Capt Holbrooks Co in Col Elys regiment 
Abijah Catlin 
Comptroller
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Seth Kinney.
Afft of A. Catlin
Compt. of Conn.
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Dr Seth Kinney
1777 
Aug. 20th To Cash Do[?] &[?] Waldo 5 Dollars  1 10
Sept 16 To Cash in full to July  1st 10
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£2 0
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Nov. 
To Cash 6[?]/- 6
To Cash in full for July & Augt 3 14
To Cash three dollars  18
Pr Lt. Dorrance[?] 24/- To Cash pr Rect. 40/-
To Cash pr Capt. . . 1
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83
May
To Cash in full pr Rect. 3 17
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£12 0
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I, Abijah Catlin, Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut, depose and say, that the above account is copied from an Acount [Account] Book, on the first page of which is written as follows viz, "Rufus B Abel[l], his Book, of accounts for the Regiment 
"Commanded by Lieut. Colonel Samuel Prentice, from the 
"State of Connecticut, in the Service of the United States of 
"America , 1777. 
"Lawfull [lawful] Money, completing a Dollar 6/-"
In the Index of the sd book the name of Seth Kinney is found under the head of "Inlistments [enlistments] Capt. Elys Company." 
Some of the accounts in said Book, commenced as early as 1st of Jany 1777. Said Book was sent to, and deposited in this Office, about the 1st of May 1849, but has since been reclaimed by the possessor, the widow of the late Judge Hyde of Norwich, Connecticut, for the purpose I understood, of being deposited in an Atheneum in said town. 
I have also sundry receipts in my possession, for wages paid by said Abell, to the soldiers of said Col. Prentice's Regiment in the year 1777, among which are two that contain the name of "Seth Kinney," apparently in his own hand writing, and as belonging to Capt. Elys Co., one for his wages in Sept. 1777, £2. Another for his wages in Oct. Nov. & Dec. 1777 £6. The heading of the Receipts are in the same hand writing as the account Book, and I have no doubt but they are authentic and genuine. They were deposited in this
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State of Connecticut 
I, ROGER H. MILLS, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern. That George Robinson is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations. 
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said George Robinson to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 
Roger H. Mills 
Secretary of State.
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Contra A.[?]
1777 
By your wages from June 1st to June 30th 1777 inclusive  a'[?] 40/-} 20
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By Wages for July, Augt, Sep. & Octr. 8-
By Wages from Novr. 1st to Dec 31 4-

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£12-
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Office by Genl. William C Stanton of Voluntown, Connecticut. 
Abijah Catlin
Hartford Co. Hartford Ct.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of July A.D. 1849
Geo. Robinson Justice of Peace
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Seth Kinney-
Town Clerk
Voluntown-
C.t.
No. 5.
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Voluntown Ct
Sept 15 
-3 Fare[?] 
5
5
-----
10

CANANDAIGUA N.Y.
SEP 27

PAID

L.M. Drury
Canandaigua N. York

box 55
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Voluntown Sept. 11th 1847
Sir
yours of the 2nd instant is at hand and in answer would say that the Marriage of Seth Kinney to Hannah Broughton is duly Recorded in the Clerks office of this Town- date of Marriage Sept 30th 1778 By Rev. Solomon Morgan. 
If you want a certificate of Record Only Send me One Dollar and it shall be promptly forwarded to you- But if you want a certificate duly authenticated and passed by a Court of Record for the purpose of Obtaining a pension you must send Me 3 dollars as it will cost me one dollar beside my own time in attending Court or calling on the Clerk of the Court 
Yours Respectfully, Elisha Potter
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P.M. Dickinson
Oct. 21, 1848

L.M. Drury Esqr
Canandaigua
NY

Dickinson 
Oct 21} free S.C. Harwood P.M.
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L.M. Drury Esqr
Canandaigua
NY

Dickinson
Oct 21} free S.C. Harwood P.M.

P.M. Dickinson
Oct. 21, 1848
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Dear Sir,
I take this opportunity to answer yours of the 3d which I received on the 9[?] I went the nex[t] day to see if I could obtain any Information on the subject which you wanted Information on as there is two families in town by the same name I did not know which to apply to the first I visited I got no information on the subject the next day I went to see the other family the gentleman was not in[?] I made some inquiries of the lady she gave me the history of Mrs Kinney living & dying in their family I then went to see Mr Palmer he gave the same account as his wife did they agreed precisely as to the year month and day of her death I then made known my business read your letter to him which informed him that you pay him a dollar if he would make affidavit in the matter he agreed to do it if I would be Responsible for the the [sic] money the next day he went with me before the magistrate and made affidavit and I paid him his money 
County Clerks office 15 miles from this place Clerks fee 25 cts[?] Justice fee 25 cts[?] 
Yours with Respect 
Dickinson Oct 21st 1848
Simeon C. Harwood
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March 9 49

Kinney case

S V R Mallory
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Washington D.C. Mch 9/49 
Sir
Enclosed are Letter & accompanying affidavits from my partner Mr Drury to which your attention is respectfully invited & an answer is earnestly requested in time for tomorrow evening mail.- 
The papers sufficiently explain themselves- 
I am very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt. 
S.V.R. Mallory
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Canandaigua, N.Y. July 14, 1849, 
Sir, 
Herewith is presented some additional testimony in the case of Hannah Kinney widow of Seth Kinney under act  of 4th July 1836. When this claim was allowed, the testimony of the service of Seth Kinney for seven months as set forth in the affidavit of the Comptroller of Connecticut had not been discovered- It will be seen that the evidence shews seven months service in 1777. which is in addition to ["of" crossed out] that already allowed, and it shows that the evidence has existed ["remained" crossed out] in the Town of Voluntown Conn. the same place from which Kinney went into the service when he resided in Connecticut. 
The certificate issued by you on the 17th of March last has been surrendered to the pension Agent at Albany, and the amount authorized by it to be allowed, has been paid-
A new certificate for the amount of service proven by the testimony herewith addressed is requested to be issued. 
I am respectfully 
Your Obt Servt.
L.M. Drury Edwards 

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions. 
Washington D.C.
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Canandaigua N.Y. Sept 5, 1849
Sir,
Herewith is presented the supplemental declaration of ["one of" crossed out] the only heirs in the case of Hannah Kinney widow of Seth Kinney, agreeably to the requisition of your letter of recent date. 
The certificate will I trust be issued at an early date-
very respectfully 
Your Obt. Servt. 
L.M. Drury.

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions.
Washington.
D.C.
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DS. Holden.
Sept 4. 1848
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Wallingford Sept 4, 1848 
L.M. Drury Esq 
Sir I have just now learned the whereabouts of the Sd. John Palmer at whose house the old lady Mrs Kinney died - my informant says he lives in the town of Dickerson [Dickinson] N.Y. St Lawrence Co. Since the rcpt. of your last I have been unable to attend to any business from ill health no other information to communicate on the subject now - I understand P.- intends removing this fall he is said to be a poor man. In haste Yours D. Holden
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Afft. of John Palmer
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State of New York 
Franklin County ss 
John Palmer of the Town of Dickinson in said County being duly sworn before Josiah Bailey Esqr a Justice of the Peace of the said County makes oath and says that in the year AD 1838 he lived and resided in the Town of Tinmouth in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont that he was then acquainted with Hannah Kinney who was then a Town Pauper of the said Town of Tinmouth that he made a Contract with the Select men of the said Town to keep and support the said Hannah Kinney for one year and in the month of March in the year AD 1838 she came to his house and lived in his family until the 20th day of June in the year AD 1838 when she died he was present when she died that George Noble was the Physician who attended her in her last sickness but was not present at the time of her death that Ebenezer Campbell made her Coffin and John Schollar dug her grave and this deponent further says that he saw the body of the said Hannah Kinney after it was put into the Coffin and assisted in putting the body into the grave on the 21st day of June in the year 1838 and further saith not 
John Palmer
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of February 1849
Josiah Bailey | Justice of Peace 

I hereby certify that the above named John Palmer is a competent and credible Witness 
Josiah Bailey | Justice of Peace
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State of New York 
Franklin County } ss:
I, Henry S. Brewster, Clerk of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Josiah Bailey was on the 2nd day of February 1849 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such and that his signatures within written are genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County the 4th day of Feby 1849. 
Henry S. Brewster Clerk
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Afft of John Palmer.
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Franklin County ss 
John Palmer of the Town of Dickinson in the County of Franklin and State of New York being duly sworn before me Warren Ives a Justice of the Peace of Dickinson aforesaid deposeth and saith that in the month of June in the year AD 1838 he lived and resided in the Town of Tinmouth in the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont and Hannah Kinney then lived in [second "in" crossed out] his family that she was taken sick[?] sometime in the forepart of June the Instant and died at his house on the 22nd day of June 1838 
John Palmer
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11th day of October 1848 Warren Ives Justice of Peace

State of New York 
Franklin County ⎬ ss: 
I Henry S. Brewster Clerk of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Warren Ives was on the 11th day of October 1848, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to act as such and that his signature above written is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County the 17th day of Oct 1848 
Henry S. Brewster Clerk
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copy certificate of compt Conn.
Kinney-
No. 2.
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State Connecticut 
Comptrollers Office 
Hartford July 18th 1848 
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Seth Kinney in the war of the revolution I had examined the books and documents in this office relating to that war and find an account in a book of the late "pay table office" headed "Col Parsons afterwards Col Tylers Regt raised January 1776 for 1 year" "the name of Seth Kinney as having a bill for arms & baggage taken or destroyed of £5.13.6 - His name also occurs in "Haskells Receipts" under the head of "Hospital Expense Baggace [Baggage] &c" - where he is credited for the same ["entry again" crossed out] sum in the column of "Baggage Cost in service" The same entry again appears in another Pay table account book, when the United States is charged "to an order on the treasurer for Sett Kinney Loss Tylers Regt. £5.13.6 
No pay roll of this regiment has been found 
From entries and records in the journal of the council of Safety it appears under date of 24th January 1777 that "Capt Asa Kinnie [Kinney] Capt Ebenezer Mosely [Moseley] & Capt Benejah [Benajah] Leffingwell were "appointed to be Captains of Companies to serve in the State of Rhode Island &c 
"until the first day of April - according to the agreements 
"of the covention [convention] of Committees from the New England states 
"lately held at Providence & ratified by the Assembly of 
"this state" 
Jany 25 "Sent Letters to the Captains appointed to serve 
"in Rhode Island to repair here, take orders &c- 
"
27th record of orders given said Captains to [r]aise the companies aforesaid pursuant to the resolution of Genl Assembly Dec 1776 The order is lengthy and is not therefore copied 
Feb 8th An order with respect to supplying Cap Kinnie [Kinney] with arms &c for his com" not copied for reason above-
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same date £80 ordered to be paid "Capt Asa Kinnie [Kinney]" with arms &c for his co- not copied for ["reason of" crossed out] same reason- 
Feb 15 John Ripley Esq. of Windham is appointed major of four companies under command of Captains Ebenezer Mosely [Moseley], Asa Kennie [Kinney] Benajah Leffingwell and Sanford Kingsbury Esquires" 
From the same journal it appears that Col Ely's regt in which Ebenezer Holbrook was Capt. was also at Providence in this Expedition & that Capt Kingsbury's Co. was of Col Enos regiment" Also that Major Ripley had command of other companies of Militia in the same service. 
I also find in a book of the late pay table office an accurate account headed Militia under ["Capt" crossed out] Gen Spencer &c to Rhode Island 1776 & 1777,8 the name of Maj Ripley as having a bill 10th April 1777 for £1376 6.2. in all- The same also occurs in another pay table book in a charge to the United States viz "To order on Treasurer to "Maj John Riply [Ripley] for part his regt to[?] Providence viz wages £1267.15.3½ - mileage 124 12 6 
1392.7 92 
deduct our charges for mileage Capt Benj Leffingwell 16.1.2 ½
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1376.6.2 ½ 
In pay table books appears also another charge under date 13 May 1777 for 5. Co[?] his regiment stationed at Bristol &c - £1861.10.7. In the pay table book first mentioned under same head of the date "2 Dec. 1777" the name of Capt Kinnie's [Kinney's] name occurs as having a bill for billetting [billeting] of £22.15.6 and in the corresponding charge to the United States it is [illegible word crossed out] stated as follows viz - "To order on Treasurer - "Capt Asa Kinnie [Kinney] for billeting his Co militia to[?] Providence £22.15.6 
No pay rolls of Capt Asa Kinnie Kinneys company have been discovered nor of Capt Holbrooks Co in Col Ely's regiment
[illegible] Catlin
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Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olcott Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of New York

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C. Volume 1 Page 120 by J.P. Chase Clerk.
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Copy
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service. 
Increase.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July 1836, the pension of Hannah Kinney decd. late of New York, widow of Seth Kinney who was a private in the Revolution and died 1805, has been increased from forty nine dollars and fifty four cents to Seventy two dollars & eighty eight ["four" crossed out] Cents, commencing 4th March 1831 and ending 20th June 1838, when she died. 
The amount is due & payable to her only surviving child, viz. Hannah Low, first deducting what has been paid, at the rate of $49 54/100 per annum, from 4th March 1831. 
Given at the Department of the Interior this 2nd day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty=nine. 
Secretary of Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.} 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Affidavit of William Huston-
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State of New York 
County of Monroe ss 
William Huston of the town of Henrietta in Said County aged ninety one years in December last past being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and is a pensioner of the United States for his Services in said War at the rate of of [sic] ninety Six dollars per annum that he is a native of the town of Voluntown in the State of Connecticut and resided there at the time of his Enlistment into the Services of the United States that he Elisted [enlisted] in the month of December Seventeen hundred & seventy five in a Company Commanded by Capt James Eldridge in a Regiment Commanded by Col Parsons & subsequently by Col Tyler of  the Connecticut Line & that he Served over one year and was discharged the first day of January 1777 at Peeks Kill [Peekskill] New York. This deponent States that he was well & intimately acquainted with Seth Kinney of the Said town of Voluntown that he lived a neighbour to him & knew him from a boy that the farm which this deponents father owned & on which he resided adjoined that owned by the father of the Said Kinney & that their families were intimate that the Said Seth Kinney Enlisted into the Same Company with this deponent at or about the Same time and served with this deponent one year under Capt Eldridge in Col. Parsons & Tylers Regt in the year 1776 and he was discharged at the Same time with this deponent. This deponent further States that upon the Expiration of his services in 1776 he returned to Voluntown on the Sixth day of January Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven and after remaining there about ten days he was ordered with the Militia of Voluntown & the vicinity to Providence Rhode Island that he was in a Company Commanded by Capt Holbrook that he marched to Providence where he
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remained untill [until] the fifteenth of March 1777 when he was discharged This deponent States that the Militia on this tower [tour] of duty was raised for two months and this deponent States that the Said Kinney was also with the militia on this tower [tour] & marched to Providence that this deponent Saw him there many times & that he was in a Company Commanded as this deponent thinks by Capt Asa Kinney that he Served with the militia & was discharged with them at the Expiration of the time for which they were raised 
This deponent further States that the Said Kinney was married to woman by the name of Broughton & that the Said Kinney & Wife removed to the State of Vermont that this deponent resided in the Sumner [second "in the Summer" crossed out] of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine in the town of Rutland in the State Vermont and that while there at this time he learned that the Said Kinney & Wife were residing in the town of Clarendon in Vermont & this deponent went & visited the Said Kinney there that he Saw the Said Kinney & Wife at this time & that he & his wife were living with a Brother of his Said wife by the name of John Boughton [Broughton] whom this deponent knew very well and who had been a Soldier with this deponent in 1776 in the Same regiment and in a Company Commanded as this deponent thinks by Capt Galloss [Gallups?]. This deponent States that he never saw the said Kinney after his visit to him in Clarendon in the Summer of the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine (1779) and further Says not
William Huston
Sworn & Subscribed to this 27th day of April 1848 before me John Galentine Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, 
MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I Certify, that John Gallentine Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, a 
Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Rochester, this 3d day of May A. D. 1848. John C Nash Clerk. 
A. Strong & Co., Printers, Rochester 

[illegible] hereby Certify that the aforesaid [illegible] is personally known to me that he is a person of integrity & Character and his mental & Physical powers[?] are remarkably rigorous for a man of his age
John Galentine {Justice of the Peace in & for Monroe Co
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[illegible] hereby Certify that the aforesaid William Hustin is personally known to me that he is a person of integrity & Character and his mental & Physical powers[?] are remarkably rigorous for a man of his age
John Galentine {Justice of the Peace in & for Monroe Co
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Increase
Hannah Kinney
widow of Seth 
NY
act 4 July 1836

admd.
21 mo 26 days pr[?]
$72 88 pr am
fm 4 March 1831 to 20 June 1838, the day of her death payable to her only child Hannah Low [Law] after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $49 54 pm [illegible, crossed out?] the same[?] time[?]
L.M. Drury
Canandaigua
NY
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State of New York 
County of Genesee ss. 
On this 23d day of August 1849, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths Hannah Law resident of the town of Pavilion ["Le Roy" crossed out] in said County who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the amount due to her as the heir of Hannah Kinney widow of Seth Kinney deceased-
This declarant states that she is the daughter of Seth & Hannah Kinney deceased- that her parents were natives of the Town of Vol- 

State of New York 
Genesee County Clerks Office S.S.
I Certify that H. W. Hascall Esqr. before whom the annexed instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking the Same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take the Same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature said certificate is genuine, and that the annexed instrument in writing is executed[?] and acknowledged, according the laws of this State. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my official seal at Batavia in said County this thirty first day of August 1849 
S C. Holden Clerk of Genesee County

Hannah Law
Sworn & & subscribed 23 August the day & year above written 
Before me, H W Hascall Justice of the Peace of said County
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State of New York 
County of Genesee ss. 
On this 23d day of August 1849, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths Hannah Law resident of the town of Pavilion ["Le Roy" crossed out] in said County who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the amount due to her as the heir of Hannah Kinney widow of Seth Kinney deceased- This declarant states that she is the daughter of Seth & Hannah Kinney deceased- that her parents were natives of the Town of Voluntown in the State of Connecticut- that her father the said Seth Kinney was a Soldier in the war of the revolution that he served (as she has been informed, ["from" crossed out] by her said father) a period amounting in the whole to three years - that he served one year (1776) in a Regiment commanded by Col Parsons afterwards Col. Tyler (as she has been informed & believes)- that in the year 1777 - he served two months in January & February in a company commanded by Capt Asa Kinney - that he served seven months after that time in the same year in a Regiment commanded by Col. Prentiss and in a company commanded by Captain Ely- and that her said father served (as she has been informed & believes) after his removal to the State of Vermont nearly one month in the year 1780- And further says not- 
Hannah Law
Sworn & subscribed 23d August 
the day & year above written 
Before me H W Hascall Justice of the Peace of said County