Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1009, Aaron Bonnel, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
New Jersey
Bonnel, Aaron
or Bonnell,
Rachel
Number
R. 1009
Contents
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Ohio 13.086
Aaron Bonnel
of Hamilton in the State of Ohio who was artificer or Private in the company commanded by Captain Seely of the Regt commanded by Col. Martin in the New Jersey line for two years

3 mo Artificer  18.00
21 mo Private    70.00
 $88.00

Subscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 88. dollars 00 cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of May 1833 and sent to Thos J. Henderson, Cincinnati Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  176.
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 33  44.
$220.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
Book E. Vol 8 Page two
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }Sct
On this 25th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Judge of the Court of C.P. within and for said County, Aaron Bonnell a resident of Crosby township in the county aforesaid aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: Captain Sylvanus Seely, the name of his Ensign was Roberts, his field officers were Col. Martin, the name of his General was Heard, the name of the Adjutant of his regiment was Jos. King, at Chatam New Jersey and marched from there to the City of New York and after remaining there a short time crossed over to Long Island and remained there till the American Army evacuated the Island and crossed over again to New York where he remained about one week and marched to Fort
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Washington where he was taken sick and obtained a furlow to return home to Chatam for a short time - and before his recovery the term for which he enlisted expired and was honorably discharged, having served five months.  This was in the year 1776 - and he again entered the service as an artificer in the winter following at Morristown N.Y. & was engaged in evicting a large frame shop for the use of the gunnery and continued in the said service working at Morristown & Chatam three months, the term for which he engaged - and was discharged and again entered the service in what was called the flying camp or minutemen and served under different officers whose names he cannot now recollect, until the close of the war. During the period of the last named service he was in the battle of Springfield and at the skirmish at Elizabethtown.  That he is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open Court to make oath to this his declaration.  That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person except the one whose deposition is herewith submitted whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  He hereby
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relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not opn the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Aaron Bonnel

Saml Rees Associate Judge of Hamilton Court of Common Pleas.

Interrogatories propounded by the Justice to the applicant.
1.  Where and in what year were you born.
Ans.  In the year 1759 at Chatam New Jersey
2.  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it.
Ans.  None other than the register of my birth in the old family Bible now in my possession.
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live.
Ans.  At Chatam New Jersey and removed in 1803 to New York where I remained two years and removed to this County where I have since resided.
4.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom
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Ans.  The 5 months & [illegible] months tours I was volunteer & in the flying camp service I was drafted
5.  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. Genl Washington, Genl Lord Sterling, Col. Dayton, Genl Wayne - the general circumstances of my service are contained in my declaration. 
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it.
Ans.  None other than a verbal one from my officers.
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans.  Judge Othiniel Looker, Col Wakefield, John D. Moore, Danl Mason, Dr. Crookshank

Sworn  & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Aaron Bonnel
Saml Rees, Associate Judge Ham  Com Pleas

And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
Henry Lincoln  J.P.
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13086
No 15029
Aaron Bonnel
Hamilton County Ohio
Return 5.16
Thomas J. Henderson
Cincinnati Ohio

Returned amended and now admitted for 2 years from 1776 - 3 months thereof as artificer
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Brief in the case of Aaron Bonnel
of Hamilton County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Judge
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3  How old is he?  73
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service | Rank |
Names of General and Field officers under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days | as a | Gen.
Vol. -In 1776 | 5 months | Private | Capt Seely, Col. Martin
Artificer | 3 months | artificer
Drafted

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Springfield, Skirmish at Elizabethtown
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Chatham N. Jersey
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence - Living witness
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  The papers not attached as regulations require
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Dyer Castor Examining Clerk
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State of Ohio
County of Hamilton ss.
Be it known  that before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county & state aforesaid holden at Cincinnati in said county on this 22nd day of January 1852 personally appeared Clark Bonnell (administrator of the Estate of Rachel Bonnell deceased) and made oath in due form of law that he is the duly appointed administrator of the Estate of Rachael Bonnell deceased, that he is a son of Aaron Bonnell (late of said County of Hamilton) deceased, and that his said father in his lifetime was a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of Eighty eight dollars per annum. That his father the said Aaron Bonnell died in the County of Hamilton & State aforesaid on the 4th day of October 1837 leaving Rachael Bonnel (deponent's mother a widow, the said Aaron surviving) & that his said mother also died in the County of Hamilton aforesaid on the 8th day of July 1839 leaving this deponent and two brothers (viz. Benjamin Bonnell & Allison C. (Bonnell) his said father & mother surviving - all of whom now reside in Hamilton County aforesaid.  That this deponent (as administrator of the estate) and as one of the above mentioned children of the said Aaron & Rachael deceased - hereby make application for the amount of pension due his said mother at her decease, as the widow of his father the said Aaron Bonnell deceased.  That in this application he refers to the proof hereto annexed & herewith presented - as well as the proofs on file at the proper office of government in support of this his application - & further
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that his said mother did not in her lifetime receive a pension as the widow of her said late husband the said Aaron Bonnell deceased - to his knowledge and belief.

Clark Bonnel
Subscribed and sworn before me in open court this 22nd Jany 1852.

EC Rall Clerk Court Common Pleas in and for Ham Co. Ohio
By Wm. W Warden, Deputy
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V 
3560
Rachel Bonnel
of Aaron 
Ohio
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss.
On this twenty eighth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hamilton aforesaid now sitting Rachel Bonnel aged seventy six years on the twenty first of September last past who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".  That she is the widow of Aaron Bonnel decd, who was a private in Col. Ephraim Morgans regiments and afterwards a private in Col. Lindley and Ogden's regiment in the New Jersey line during the war of the Revolution and also an artificer, all of which service will more fully and at large appear by reference to the declaration and proofs of the said Aaron Bonnell decd, now on file in the war office upon which a pension was granted to him under the provision of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 which said pension certificate bears date May 10th 1833 and signed by Lewis Cass then Secretary of War.  She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron Bonnel on the twenty ninth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five, that her husband the aforesaid Aaron Bonnell
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died on the fourth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty seven, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, mut the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventy hundred and night four viz at the time above stated - that she has no record evidence of her marriage.
Rachel Bonnell
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 28th day of November 1838
Wm. H. H. Taylor Depy Clerk

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss.
At the same time, personally appeared before the Honorable Judges of said Court Abigail Johnson aged sixty nine years who being legally sworn deposes and says that she well knows the above applicant Rachel Bonnell widow of Aaron Bonnell deceased, that deponent was present at the marriage between the said Aaron Bonnell deceased and the said Rachel Bonnell which took place at New Providence, Essex County int he State of New Jersey, that the marriage ceremony was performed by Jonathan Elmore, a Presbyterian clergyman on the twenty ninth day of May seventeen hundred and eighty five and that they lived together as man and wife until the death of the said Aaron Bonnell which occurred on the fourth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty seven .  That the said Rachel Bonnell has never since been married by still remains the widow of the said Aaron Bonnell deceased.
Abigail Johnson

Note the word "Jonathan" written over before signing.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 28th day of November 1838
Wm. H.H. Taylor Depy Clerk
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At the same time personally appeared Othniel Looker aged eighty one years who being duly sworn desposes and says that he is well acquainted with the above named applicant Rachel Bonnell and has been for fifty eight years last past, that in the month of May seventeen hundred and eighty five the said Rachel Bonnell and Aaron Bonnell deceased lived together and acknowledged themselves as man and wife, they then resided in Essex County in the State of New Jersey from where they removed into the County of Saratoga in the State of New York where they resided for several years and then moved to this county where they resided in the neighborhood of deponent until the death of said Aaron Bonnell which occurred on the fourth day of April eighteen hundred & thirty seven, that said Rachel Bonnel has never since been married but still remains the widow of said Aaron Bonnell deceased.  
Othniel Looker
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 28th day of November 1838
Wm H.H. Taylor Depy Clerk

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss.
I William H Harrison, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county do hereby certify that on this day Rachel Bonnell appeared in open court and made oath in due form of law to the foregoing deposition by her subscribed and
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at the same time personally appeared in open court Abigail Johnson and Othniel Looker who also severally made oath to the foregoing depositions by them subscribed and I do further certify that it has been proven to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Abigail Johnson & Othniel Looker are persons of veracity and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Cincinnati this 28th day of November A.D. 1838.
Wm. H. Harrison Clerk
by Wm H.H. Taylor Depy
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Copy of the Family Record of Aaron Bonnell deceased
Aaron Bonnel born March 4th 1739 (fourth, seventeen hundred & fifty nine) 
and Rachel his wife born September 21 1762 (September twenty first seventeen hundred and sixty two)
Pamela C Bonnell born May 24 1786 (May twenty fourth seventeen hundred and eighty six)
Rachel V Bonnell born August 12th 1788 (August twelfth seventeen hundred and eighty eight)
Clark Bonnell born November 18th 1790 (November eighteenth seventeen hundred & ninety)
Samuel Bonnell born March 15th 1793 (March fifteenth seventeen hundred & ninety three)
Benjamin Bonnell born 6th August 1796 (August sixth seventeen hundred & ninety six)
Alison C. Bonnell born March 16th 1801 (March sixteenth eighteen hundred & one)
I Rachel Bonnell widow of Aaron Bonnell deceased depose and say that the above and foregoing is a true extract from the family record of said Aaron Bonnell deceased as entered in the family Bible in the handwriting of said Aaron Bonnell deceased with the exception of the dates here inserted in letters & figures in the original figures only.
Rachel Bonnell
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 13th day of May 1839
State of Ohio Hamilton County
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13th day of May in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine witness my hand & seal.  
Luther Hopping Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss.
I Wm. H, Harrison Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hamilton do hereby certify that Luther Hopping whose name appears subscribed to the within deposition was at the date of the taking the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly elected, commissioned & qualified - and that full faith and credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 15th day of May AD 1839
Wm H Harrison Clk H.C.P.O.
by Wm H. H. Taylor Deputy Clerk

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss.
Be it known that before me, Thomas J Henderson, a Notary Public in and for said County personally appeared Allison C. Bonnell to me personally known and made oath in due form of law that he examined the family record contained in the family Bible of Aaron Bonnel Decd which deponent distinctly recollects seeing in the possession of the said Aaron Bonnell decd. for at least twenty five years before his death and that the foregoing is a true transcript from the same - with the exception that in the transcript the dates are given in figures and letters in the original in figures only. 
Alison C. Bonnell
Note the word "figures" in the 2nd line from the bottom interlined before signing. 
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 16th day of May 1839
Thomas H Henderson
Notary Public
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss.
I Thomas J. Henderson a Notary Public in and for said County do hereby certify that Alison C. Bonn ell who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a person of veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand & Notarial seal this 16th day of May 1839
Thomas J. Henderson
Notary Public
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF/ILL
October 27, 1930
Jennie H. Stoll
2119 Second Street
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 1009, that Aaron Bonnel, or Bonnell, was born March 4, 1759 in Chathan, New Jersey.
While residing in said Chatham, he enlisted in 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Sylvanus Seely's Company, Colonel Martin's New Jersey Regiment.  The next winter he served three months as an articifer at Morristown and Chatham, New Jersey.  After this and until the close of the Revolution, he was a minuteman, no officers stated.  He was at the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Elizabethtown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.
He died October 4, 1837 in Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.
He married May 29, 1785 in New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, Rachel, maiden name not stated.  She was born September 21, 1762 and died in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 8, 1939
Their children were-
Pamela C. born May 24, 1786
Rachel V   "      August 12, 1788
Clark           "     November 18, 1790
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Samuel   born    March 15, 1793
Benjamin  "        August 6, 1796
Allison C.  "        March 16, 1801

Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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_____Ex'r
INVALID
1009

P.O.  Rachel Bonnell
widow of Aaron
Service:
Enlisted: _________,18  .
Discharged: _________,18  .
Application Filed: _________,18  .

The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as "service admitted - marriage in suspense"

Attorney:
P.O.
Sep 20/93 Hist to Edwin Bonnell 101 Montgomery St San Francisco, Cal.  MEL
1915 Oct. 11 to Jr Mr, Len U.S. A War Dept data for tombstone
1923 Nov 28 Hist to E.E. Wood  AWF
1924 Dec 10  Hist to Ida L. Jones    AWF
1930 Oct 27 Hist to Jennie H. Stoll  AWF
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Aaron Bonnel Ohio Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen Office
April 15 1839

P of 4 Sep 1839 DH
3560
Rachel Bonnel Ohio
Let to D. T. [illegible]
J.J. Coomb May [ilegible]
M.S. Rosecran [illegible]
1009

Act 7 July 1838

Rachel Bonnel
[illegible]
See let [illegible] 1838 to T. J.  Newly
Let 6 Aug 39 to do
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }sct
On this 15 day of October 1832 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Nehemiah Ward who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he served in the Army of the Revolution with Aaron Bonnel who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration under Captain Sylvanus Seely in Col. Martin's regiment, that he believes him to be seventy three years of age and that he knew him while in the service for more than four or five years and that he believes the statements contained in his declaration relative to his service are correct and true.  
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
Nehemiah Ward
James Ward J. P.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County }ss.
I Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said county do hereby certify that James Ward Esquire before whom the within and foregoing affidavit of Nehemiah Ward appears to have taken and sworn to was at that time and still is one of the acting Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Clermont aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Batavia the 15th day of October AD 1832
J.D. Morris Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Aaron Bonnel 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 five months service as a private in Captain Seelys Company of New Jersey Milita under Genl Heard.  For three months service as an artificer at Morristown and Chatham.  I served as a private int he Flying camp service in the State of New Jersey making my whole term of services three years & two months and for which service I claim a pension.
Aaron Bonnel

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of April 1833
H. Lincoln J.P.
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Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hamilton
February Term 1833
I Sylvester Scovel a clergyman residing in the County of Hamilton aforesaid hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Aaron Bonnel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 16th day of April A.D. 1833
Sylvester Scovel

Danl Gano Clk P.T.

And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Sylvester Scovel who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the County aforesaid and that his statement is entitled to credit and the said Court further certifies that are satisfied from the testimony which has been introduced before them that Nehemiah Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.  
In open Court Apr 16, 1833
Danl Gano Clk P.T.  HCP
Ohio
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77

Pension Office
March 10, 1832
Sir:
In reply to the enclosed letter, I have to inform you that until the passage of the joint resolution of the 16th August 1842, widows of revolutionary men whose husbands died after the passage of the Act of June 7 1832 and prior to the act of 7 July 1838, were not entitled to a pensions under the latter act.  It appears that Aaron Bonnel died on the 4 October 1837 and his widow July 1839,  The widow having died before the passage of the Joint Resolution above mentioned, the heirs are not entitled to a pension in her right
.
Hon J. T. Disney
H of R

Rev.
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Cinc.  April 17th 1833
Dear Sir
I herewith return you the application of Aaron Bonnel amended as directed by your instructions which I hope you will prove satisfactory.
Very Respectfully,
Yr obt Humble Svt
Thomas J. Henderson

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Commissioner
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative in red ink will apply to the claim of Aaron Bommel which require further proof or explanation. 
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  
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? 
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?  
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  
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?
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2
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.  No
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?   No
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?  Living Witness
†XIV.  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
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.  

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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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.  
 † QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove 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 the seal of office. 
‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
--> In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Pension Office
June 21 1855
Sir,
In reply to your first enquiry I have to inform you that it appears that there is due the children of Aaron Bonnel $ of Ohio $7.33 1/3c as arrearages which will be paid when proper application to the 3rd Auditor showing when he died and what children survive him.  
To your second enguiry, I answer that his wife Rachel was not entitled to a pension as her husband overlived the Act of June 7, 1832 and she died before the 16th of August 1842.

W. S. Rosecrans
 Cincinnati Ohio
1838
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J. J. Coombs Esqr
May 18th 1852
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213
Pension Office
May 18, 1852
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 30th Jany last enclosing the application of the adm. of Rachael Bonnell decd I enclose you a copy of the letter from this office of the 10 March last to Hon D. T. Disney of the H of Reps from which you will perceive that Mrs. B was never entitled to a pension and as a matter of course nothing is due her heirs.

J.J. Coombs Esq.
Present
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Cincinnati Ohio June 14, 1855
Dear Sir
Under the enclosed power of attorney I respectfully ask the office to inform me,
1.  Supposing Aaron Bonnel a revolutionary pensioner to have of Hamilton Co. Ohio to have died on the 4th of Oct 1837 what amt if any will be due his heirs on account of unpaid arrears of pension due him at the date of his death.
2.  Supposing it proved that Rachael Bonnell his widow was married to him in the year 1785 and lived until July 8, 1839 that is 19 months after her husbands death would she have been entitled to any pension & if so how much?
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
W. S. Rosecrans
Atty for C. Bonnell

To Hon. L P Waldo
U.S. Comm Pens
Washington 
D.C.
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To wit whom it may concern

Be it known that I Clark Bonnell son and one of the heirs of Aaron Bonnell deceased of Hamilton Co. Ohio a revolutionary pensioner and of his widow Rachael Bonnell also subsequently deceased do hereby appoint W. S. Rosecrans of Cincinnati Hamilton Co. Ohio my attorney with power of substitution, for me and in my name to examine & prosecute all claims that may be due the estates of my said father & mother deceased to make such inquiries and to demand and receive such papers in relation thereto, as may necessary, authorized or needful under the laws of the United States and legal regulations, and whatever he or his substitutes shall lawfully do in pursuance hereof, I ratify and confirm and will hold as effectual as if I myself had done the same:  In testimony whereof I hereto affix my hand and seal this day of        AD 1855

Clark Bonnel

Signed and sealed in the presence of 
A.R. Biddinger
John Pursel
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The State of Ohio Hamilton County ss.
Before me John Pursel a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came Clark Bonnel and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the within Power of Attorney to be his voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this eleventh day of June eighteen hundred and fifty five.
John Pursel
Justice of the Peace
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Washington
March 7, 1852
Sir
You will oblige me much if you will enable me to give an early reply to the correspondent & constituent whose letter accompanies this - and which I desire to be returned with your answer

Respectfully yours
D. T. Disney

Comm of Pensions
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Washington, Jany 30th / 52

Sir
Enclosed please find the declaration of the Administrator or Rachel Bonnell decd widow of Aaron Bonnell, claiming arrears of pension due said Rachel at her decease, for the benefit of her children.  Mrs. Bonnell claimed a pension in her life time under the Act of 1838, and her papers are on file. 
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
J.J. Coombs

J. E. Heath
Comm of Pensions
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }Sct
Personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Othniel Looker & Geo. C. Miller residing in the County aforesaid who hereby certify that they are well acquainted with Aaron Bonnel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that they believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution & that they concur in that opinion.  
Othniel Looker
Geo. C. Miller

Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court Sept 25, 1832 Danl Gano Clk P.T.

And the said court do hereby certify that Othniel Looker & George C. Miller who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County
I Daniel Gano Clerk Pro Tem of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Aaron Bonnel for a pension.  I further certify that Samuel Rees Esq is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County in the State of Ohio and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature, also that Henry Lincoln is a Justice of the Peace, &that the within signature is genuine.  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 1st of October 1832
Danl Gano
Clk P.T.
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County }Sct
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Pro Tem within and for said County do hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the additional proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Aaron Bonnel for a pension, and I do further certify that H Lincoln Esqr before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and acting Justice of the Peace and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Cincinnati this 17th day of April AD 1833
Danl Gano
Clk P.T HCP
Ohio
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Washington D.C. Oct 2, 1851

Sir
I respectfully request a re-examination of the claim of Rachael Bonnell, widow of Aaron Bonnell deceased, for pension under Act of 7th July 1838.  Her papers will be found on the Ohio suspended file.  
By the time her claim is readied I will have hereunto such additional evidence as is necessary.
Very respectfully
Your obd servt
Thos Ewing, Jr

James E. Heath Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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War Department
Pension Office
April 16, 1839
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs. Rachel Bonnel, widow of Aaron Bonnel Decd have been examined and filed with suspended cases.  If there be a family record of the marriage or of the births of the children, it should be exhibited; if not, the claimant should state the fact under oath.  It would appear from the husband's declaration that he had a family record. 

I am respectfully
your obt servt
J.L. Edwards

Thomas J. Henderson Esq
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Cincinnati Ohio
Aug 6th 1839
O.C.
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115
War Dept; Pen Office
Augt 6 1839
Sir
The copy of the record of the births of the children in the case of Mrs. Rachel Bonnel widow of Aaron Bonnel decd has been &c & filed with her other papers in this office.  The original record itself should be exhibited or required in note c. in the enclosed printed sheet.

Thomas J. Henderson Esq.
Cincinnati Ohio

3560 Act 7 July '38
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3560
Ohio
Dec 6
7 July 1838
Mrs. Bonnell

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington CD

Free
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Cincinnati Nov 28th 1838
Sir
I send you enclosed the application of Rachel Bonnell widow of Aaron Bonnell deceased for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1838.
Respectfully
Yr Obt Svt
Thomas J. Henderson

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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Ohio
May 23
Addl proof
Rachel Bonnell
7 July 38
NO 3060
Sus-

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Free
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Cincinnati May 17th 1839
Sir,
I herewith inclose you a transcript from the family record of Aaron Bonnell decd duly authenticated as required by your letter of the 16th April.  Trusting that there may be no further difficulties in the way of granting the pension
I remain
Respectfully
Yr obt svt
Thomas J. Henderson

Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Rachel Bonnell Decd
Act 1838 Ohio
Suspended

J. J. Coombs
Present
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State of Ohio
County of Hamilton ss.
I Robert Moore, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Cincinatti in & for the County & state aforesaid (said Court being a Court of Record) do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court, by the affidavits of Clark Bonnell , Washington Pheris & Peter Rifner hereto annexed, that Aaron Bonnel (who was reputed to have been a private & artificer in the Revolutionary War, and was in his lifetime a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty eight dollars per annum ) died in the County of Hamilton aforesaid on the 4th day of October 1837 & leaving a widow him surviving, whose name was Rachael Bonnell & who also died in the said County aforesaid on the 8th day of July 1839 leaving three children only, her and her said late husband surviving and whose names & place of residence are as follows, viz. Clark Bonnell, Benjamin Bonnell, & Allison C. Bonnell all of whom reside in the County of Hamilton aforesaid (all of whom are above the age of twenty one years.)
And I further certify that Clark Bonnell (whose deposition & applications is hereto annexed) has been duly appointed sole administrator of the Estate of said Rachael Bonnell deceased, and that he is legally authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio to act as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County at Cincinnati this 22 day of Jan 1852.
Robt Moore
Associate Judge of the Court of C P
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State of Ohio
County of Hamilton
Before me John Purcell a Justice of the Peace of Crosby Township Hamilton Co appeared Peter Rifner aged about 60 years and Washington Farris aged about 60 years residents of the Crosby Township Hamilton County and State aforesaid, who being severally duly sworn according to law, severally depose and say that they were personally acquainted with Aaron Bonnel who in his life time resided in Crosby Township Hamilton County in the State of Ohio and who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States, and as these deponents believe at the rate of Eighty eight dollars per annum, that the said Aaron Bonnell died at the Township of Crosby in the County of Hamilton aforesaid on the 4th day of October 1837 & that at the time of his death he left a widow him surviving and whose name was Rachael Bonnell who also died in the County of Hamilton aforesaid on the 8th day of July 1839 leaving three children (her and her said late husband) only surviving and whose names and places of residence are as follows, viz. Clark Bonnell, Benjamin Bonnell & Allison C Bonnell - all of whom reside int he County of Hamilton & State aforesaid, and all of whom are above the age of twenty one years.  That these deponents attended the burial of each of the aforesaid Aaron & Rachael Bonnell and was well acquainted with them for several years prior to their deaths and was also well acquainted with the children above mentioned. 
Washington Phares
Peter Rifner
Sworn & subscribed before me this 16th day of Jany 1852
(over)
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by the above named Peter Rifner and Washington Pheris who are personally known to me to be credible persons.
John Purcell
of Crosby Township
Justice of the Peace in & for said County


State of Ohio, 
Hamilton County }ss
I, Edward C. Roll, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that John Purcell Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time of taking and subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Hamilton, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof, I, the Clerk aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Cincinnati, in the said County, this 22nd day of Jany A.D. 1852
E.C. Roll Clerk H.C.C.P
by Wm. W Warden
Dpy
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Rachel Bonnell
Ohio

Ex by W Ewing Jr.
Sept 23 1851
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I            Clerk of the Hamilton Co Court Oh
do hereby certify that Wm. B. Barry before whom the foregoing papers were executed was at the date of the same, a Notary Public in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and the name hereunto subscribed is his signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 11th day of Sept 1851

Power of Attorney - Revolutionary Claims
Know all men by these presents that I Aaron Bonnell, one of the children of Rachel Bonnel late of Hamilton Co decd who was the widow of Aaron Bonnell decd late a Revolutionary pensioner of the U. States do hereby constitute and appoint Thos Ewing Irmt. of Washington City my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of said Rachel Bonnel for any amt of Revolutionary pension or arrears of pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the department at Washington City, or elsewhere to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim which certificate I wish made payable to the children of said Rachel Bonnell decd
over
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to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present,. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises.  Clark Bonnel
Witness my hand & seal this 11th day of Sept 1851
Sworn & signed in present of Wm. B. Barry
Notary Public

State of Ohio
Hamilton Co }ss
On this 11th day of Sept 1851 and before me the subscribed a Notary public in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Clark Bonnell and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed as the purposes herein mentioned.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day and year aforesaid
Wm. B. Barry
Notary Public
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Claim of
Act of

State of Ohio
Hamilton Co }ss.
Be it known that on this 11th day of Sept eighteen hundred and fifty one before the undersigned a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Clark Bonnell (see below) a resident of Harrisburg in said County and made oath according to law that he is the son of Rachel Bonnel decd who was at her death the widow of Aaron Bonnell late of said County decd who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the U. States at the rate of 88 dollars per ann.  That he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my agent may use in procuring said claim.  
Clark Bonnel

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Wm. B Barry
Notary Public

I Wm. B. Barry a notary public in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Aaron  Bonnel who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this county and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Wm B. Barry
Notary Public
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Octr 17, 1923
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Aaron Bonnell Private & Artificer New Jersey Continental Line who was residing in Hamilton County, Ohio in 1833, aged 75 years as shown in Pension Report 1834, Vol. III, page 126, No. 758.
Thanking you in advance
Very Respectfully
Elmer E. Wood
1322 Whitney Central Bldg.
New Orleans, LA

Revolutionary War Section
Oct 20 1923
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Board of Managers
Capt. F.K. Upham, W.S.A., Secretary
Lieut. Col. Edward Hunter, U.S.A. President Phelan Building California Society
Col. A.S. Hubbard, Registrar
819 Market Street,
California Historical Society.
Edwin Bonnell, Secretary 101 Montgomery St.
Hon. E.W. McKinstry, Senior Vice-Prest. NO r Sutter Street
Sidney M. Smith, Junior Vice Preset. 125 Market Street
Chas. H. Warner, Treasurer
322 California Street
Wm. Schuyler Moses, Marchal, Masonic Temple
Roberts Vandercook, 26 Turk Street
Wm H. Mead 728 Montgomery Street
Dr. C.J. Burnham 2509 Washington Street
Capt. J.C. Currier 320 Sansome Street
Rev. Thos. L. Randolph, Alameda, Cal.
Wm. B. Eastin,  638 Market Street
Sons of the American Revolution
Instituted October 22, 1875  Constitution adopted August 7, 1876
"The first body in inception, institution and organization, to unite the descendants of Revolutionary patriots and perpetuate the memory of all those who took part in the American Revolution and maintained the Independence of the United States of America."

San Francisco
Sept 7th 1895

Hom Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly furnish me with the official record of Aaron Bonnell my paternal grandfather who was a Revolutionary pensioner until the year 1837.  I desire very much to obtain the record of his services in the War of the Revolution.  He was a private in Baldwins Regiment of Artificers New Jersey troops.

My maternal grandfather served in the war of 1812 and I think was pensioned.  He was from Ohio.  I would like also to obtain the record of his services.  HIs name was Allison C. Looker.  
I will pay whatever fee is required.
Yours very truly
Edwin Bonnell
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Do not send history to Mrs. Monroe Kinabrew.   ?  State St. New Orleans La
Miss Mame E. Wood called Nov. 3 '23 and read the claim and said no further data needed
MMH
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Oxford, Ohio
Nov 24, 1924
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:  Do you have any record that Aaron Bonnell of New Jersey, probably Essex Co drew a pension during his life, as an artisan during the Revolutionary War?  I would be glad to have any information available.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Ida L. Jones

RFD 4
Oxford Ohio
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Cuyahoga Falls Chapter
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio  Oct 17, 1930
2119 Second St

Pension Department
Revolutionary War,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send to me the war record of Aaron Bonnel, born near Chathan NJ. Mch 4, 1759.  He fought I believe in the "Jersey Blues" and was possibly taken prisoner on the Jersey Prison Ship."   He came to Ohio in 1790, settlement being made on Symmes Purchase, where he died in 1837.
Please also give me any other data that you may have concerning him or his family.
I thank you

Jennie H. Stoll
Registrar C.F. Chapter
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Nov 28, 1923

Elmer W Wood
1338 Whitney Central Bldg.
New Orleans, La.
Sir:  In response to your letter of the 17th ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the Pension Claim R. 1009 it appears that Aaron Bonnel, or Bonnell was born March 4, 1759 at Chatham, N. J. and while living there, enlisted in 1776 and served three months as a private in Capt. Sylvanus Seely's Company, Col. Martin's N.J. Regiment.  The next winter he served three months as an artificer at Morristown and Chatham, N.J.  After this and until the close of the Revolution he was a minute-man, no officers named.  He was at the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Elizabethtown.  He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while living in Crosby Township, Hamilton County Ohio and he died there October 4, 1837.

He married at New Providence, Essex County, N. J. May 29, 1785, Rachel, maiden name not stated.  She was born September 21, 1762 and she died in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 8, 1839.
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Their children were:

Pamela C.         Born   May    24, 1786
Rachel V.            "       August 12, 1788
Clark                   "       November 18, 1790
Samuel               "       March 13, 1793                      
Benjamin            "       August 6, 1796
Alison C.             "        March   16, 1801    

Respectfully,


Commissioner.

Sol. and one son signed Bonnel
Wid and another son signed Bonnell
no use to mention rejection of widow's claim
only a quibble
I did not use any officers except those named by soldier.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
December 10, 1924
Ida L. Jones
Oxford, R.F.D. 4,
Ohio

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension claim, R.1009, it appears that Aaron Bonnel or Bonnell was born March 4, 1759 at Chatham, New Jersey.
While residing at said Chatham, he enlisted in 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Sylvanus Seely's Company, Colonel Martin's New Jersey Regiment.  The next winter he served three months as an artificer at Morristown and Chathan, New Jersey.  After this and until the close of the Revolution he was a minute-man, no officers stated.  He was at the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Elizabethtown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Crosby Township,
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Hamilton County, Ohio, and he died there October 4, 1837.
He married at New Providence, Essex County, New Jersey, May 29, 1785, Rachel, maiden name not stated.  She was born September 21, 1762 and she died in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 8, 1839.
Their children were-

Pamela C.         Born   May    24, 1786
Rachel V.            "       August 12, 1788
Clark                   "       November 18, 1790
Samuel               "       March 13, 1793                      
Benjamin            "       August 6, 1796
Alison C.             "        March   16, 1801    

Respectfully,


Acting Commissioner.