Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,159, for Abner Jennings, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Jennings, Abner Betsey
W. 26,159 B.L.Wt. 26532-160-55
CONTENTS
This widow Betsey first married Andrew Fordham, War of 1812 soldier on whose service she received B.L.Wt. 87502-160-55

Set. 10 d. W. Farley 18/55 " " " " 25 " "
act 1852 no 6479
Doc I. page 9.
24 84 Act. Mar. 18/55 293 254 March 18/55
Abner Jennings pr.
Capt. W. G. Gandy Maf. Mil. Col. G. Gandy Pension
no 265
Revolutionary war.
at 160th May 15/56
Logan
4
J. W. Farrelly Meadville Pa.

Date of widow's death not on A. B.
6455.
Increase
Pennsylvania
Betsey Jennings widow of Abner Jennings
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1858.
27th July 1868.
Certificate of Pension issued
3d day of September 1868
and sent to
R. H. Walker Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1858, Page 158 Vol. 1
July 27/68
Herman Schumann

Date of widow's death not on A. B.
6455.
Increase
Pennsylvania
Betsey Jennings widow of Absalom Jennings
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
27 th July 1868.
Certificate of Pension issued 3 d day of September 1868
and sent to
R. W. Walker Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol. 1
July 27/68
Norman Seligman

See letter to H. U. Soper May 4. 1835 do to same V. Alb. P. aft. June 11. 1835 do to same aft. 4. 1836.
See letter to H. U. Soper May. 5. 1836 See letter to Alb. P. Aft. May 5. 1836
Tr - in - June 28. '37 " Transf'd to Pennsylvanian " for 4. Sept 1836 - July 8. 1837. (from Albany)
to Hon. Van Horne June 5. '45 Hon Jno Dick Jan'y 10/55 77 D. Melon Octo 27/55
- 12484 - att 160 - No 26532 293.254
Jan'y 24 1836 Penn New York
Abner Jennings of Batavia in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company command by Captain Ender of the 1st. command by Col. Blagden in the Highlands - time for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of March 1833 - and sent to H. P. L. Gray H. of Rep.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832  $54.99    Semi-ant. allowance ending Jan. '33  18.33     $73.32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Leob Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 102

19.829 Abner Jennings
Wom. 27
Hon. P. L. Tracy

BRIEF in the case of  Abner Jennings  of Batavia in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  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.     Spring In 1778 1 Private Capt Wm Gordon Albany   Augt 1778 7 " Capt A. Jennings "   Fall of 1779 3 " Colo Geo. Plaggens   Capt Luther Wilson   Colo Blaggon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Quaker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Bedford  Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Cranford }
On this 19 th day of March A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid Abner Jennings aged about 92 years a resident of Hayfield Township State & County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Abner Jennings who was placed on the Pension Rolls of the United States in pursuance of the law of June 7 th 1832, and was allowed a pension of thirty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum for his services as a private in the Revolutionary Army, in the Massachusetts Militia, and that he has received the said pension regularly to this date;
That he was a private in the Revolutionary Army in the company commanded by Capt. William  Williams  Gordon and the regiment commanded by Colonel George Blaggin or Blazon, the number of which regiment respondent has now forgotten, that he was drafted at New Bedford Mass on or about the middle of June A.D. 1777 - the precise year he has forgotten, and continued in actual service in said war for more than fourteen days, and was honorably discharged the place and time he has now entirely forgotten. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, but did make an application for land under the act of Sep 28. 1850, which was denied.
Abner Jennings
We John W. Hanley Jr and H. D. Beardslee residents of Meadville, Hayfield in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abner Jennings

in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be
Will Pamlly C3 H.D. Beardslee
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; and that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Eliah Skeel J P
Know all men by these presents that I Abner Jennings do hereby empower and appoint H. Pamlly of Meadville my true and lawful attorney to act and in my name to do all things pertaining to this application for bounty land
Abner Jennings
Personally appeared Abner Jennings before me a justice of the Peace, who acknowledged the foregoing power of atty to be his act and deed
Eliah Skeel J P
The name of the Captain, William Gordon interlined before signing, so also the words in the Massachusetts Militia.
Eliah Skeel J P

State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford
I hereby certify that Elias Shell Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and acknowledgment was made was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid, and duly authorized to take acknowledgments and to administer oaths and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 20 th day of March A.D. 1853-
M m Hoyle Clerk of Ct. of Com. Pleas

293, 257, Betsey Jennings Widow of Alner Jennings a Rev. Pensioner Application for United States pension Act of 3 February 1853.
J. T. A. Wilson, Neft friend, and agent, Meadville Penn a .

Among the Rolls and Records of the Register Office of Crawford County State of Pennsylvania is contained the following Viz
I Abner Jennings of the Township of Dayfield in the County of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania being old and infirm but of sound mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament. I give and bequeath to my wife Betsey all the property both Real and Personal that I may possess at my death and I appoint my Wife Betsey Executrix. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twentieth day of March 1856 In presence of } Abner Jennings Eliab Steel } DeLoit A Smith }
Crawford County ss
Personally appeared before me Register of Wills &c in and for the County of Crawford personally appeared Eliab Steel and DeLoit A Smith the subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing Instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Abner Jennings late of Dayfield Ys dec? Who upon their solemn Oaths doth depose and say that they each were present and saw the Testator sign his name to the foregoing Will and heard him declare the same to be his last Will and Testament and that they signed the same at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other. And at the time of the execution of the above they believe that he the said Testator was of a sound and disposing mind and memory to the best of their knowledge
Sworn & Subscribed before me } this 30 th July. 1858 } B B Cummings } Register &c }
Eliab Steel DeLoit A. Smith

I B B Cummings Regd H in and for the County of Bradford State of Penn d Certify the foregoing to be a true Copy & Exemplification of the last Will and Testament of Abner Cummings with the Probate attached as therein set forth Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 17 th day of August 1868
B B Cummings Regd H for Probate Dept.
Exemplified this 17 th day of

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Abner Jennings Of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Thirty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 1 st day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J L Edwards
" due $9.58. "

Payments to be made at New York by Resd. W. S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded by DeWitt Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5 Page 102.

State of Pennsylvania § County of Crawford } ss.
On this ninth  eighth day of August A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty- Eight. Personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record holden in and for said County, Mrs. Betsey Jennings a resident of Hayfield township aged 64 years Who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of Abner Jennings, late of Hayfield township. County and State aforesaid deceased, Who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, and Who was a pensioner of the United States, under Act of 18. March 1831. As per Certif- icate of pension herewith returned. That he died at his residence in the township County and State aforesaid on the 7 th day of June A.D. 1858.
She further States that she was married to the said Abner Jennings in the County of Erie in the State of New York, on the 8 th day September A.D. 1833, by one Virgil who was a Justice of the Peace. That she has not any public or Private Record of said marriage. That she is now a Widow, and has not married since the death of her said Husband, the aforesaid Abner Jennings. She makes this declaration for the purpose of procuring a United States pension under Act of Congress approved 3 rd  March  February 1853. That prior to her marriage with A. Jennings her name was Betsey Fordham. Betsey Jennings

State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Crawford }
On this ninth day of August, A. D. 1858 personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas holden in and for said County and State, Mary Ingols, and Joseph R. Ingols, Who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they were personally and intimately acquainted with Abner Jennings, late of Hayfield in said County dec d , that he died on the seventh day of June last. (1858,) That they lived his neigh neighbour, and were present at the House immediately after his death, & assisted in his interment, &c, That he was known and reputed as a Soldier of the American Revolution, and was a United States pensioner,
That your said deponents are also intimately acquainted with Betsy his Wife and present Widow, and have lived their immediate neighbour, for many years, that the said Abner and Betsy were known and reputed as Husband and Wife that their marriage has never been known to be called in question in this Community, and that she is now a Widow.
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court Augt 9 th 1858, and the Affiants are Credible
Mary Ingols Joseph R. Ingols H B Beatty Pro Clk of Com. Pleas

State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford } S.S.
I, Henry B. Beatty, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. Being a Court of Record, holden at Meadville in and for said County, and State aforesaid, on this xxth  8 th day of August A.D. 1858, Do hereby Certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Abner Dennings, who was a Revolutionary pension- er of the United States, at the rate of $36.66 per annum, was a resident of Hayfield township in the County and State aforesaid, and died at his residence in the township County and State aforesaid, on the seventh day of June last (1858). That he left a Widow, surviving him whose name is Betsey Dennings, That she is now a Widow.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Meadville this eighth day of August. A.D. 1858,
Henry B. Beatty Prothonotary the Court of Com. Pleas.

Abner Jennings Declaration
19829
Please make returns to Horace M. Loper Batauno
Granville Frank Co. N.H.
accts
11 mo. pri
$36.66

Declaration of Abner Jennings, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 — State of New York Genesee County ss.
In this 16 th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Genesee, now sitting in the town of Batavia in said county, being a court of Record and having a seal, Abner Jennings, a resident of the town of Batavia in the county of Genesee and State of New York, aged Seventy years on the 1 st October 1832, 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:
That in the spring of 1778 but in what month or on what day he cannot recollect, while he lived in the town of New Bedford in the county of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, he was drafted  was drafted in the State service and went as a guard to some prisoners which had been taken and brought into New Bedford by privateers that he went with them to Boston — the Company consisted of twenty four men who were drafted for this purpose, commanded by Capt. William Gordon, he was drafted for one month, went to Boston and staid till his time expired on guard at the castle and was there discharged and went home.
That some time in the month of August 1778 but on what day he cannot tell, he was drafted into the Massachusetts State service and marched to Providence — that he was drafted for nine months service — that he was in Capt. Henry Jennings Company, who was his father, and is now dead and whose commission he thinks is in the possession of a nephew of his — that Daniel Hemenston was 1 st Lieutenant Joseph Denning 2 d Lieutenant — Luther Wilson was Ensign — was in Col. George Clapp's Regiment — Major John Sprner — Lieut. Col. Robert Gould — General Cobb commanded Brigade — Gen. Sullivan commanded the force. He staid at Providence a short time and then went to Tiverton and from thence marched on the Island and landed on the north

end of the Island - the British had deserted their works there and gone into Newport - soon after laid siege to Newport but in consequence of the arrival of the French fleet, Gen Sullivan was obliged to retreat and while on the retreat had a severe battle - the British were on Quaker Hill and a severe cannonade took place and many men were killed and he was wounded by a musket ball in the hand - the battle continued a part of two days and we finally withdrew retreated safe to Parrisburg and remained there some time and then he went to Newbern Plains and from thence to New Bedford and remained there some time but did not serve the whole of the time for which he was drafted as his service was not required and he was verbally discharged in the month of March 1779 as he thinks according to the best of his recollection, until his service should be again required, having served seven months -
7
That in the fall of 1779 but in what month he cannot recollect he was drafted again to go to West Point and marched for West Point but before he reached there he was ordered to go to Bunker's Hill and went there - Luther Wilson was Captain - Second Officer was 1 st Lieutenant - Timothy Jennings was Ensign - were under the command of Gen Cobb and Col. Blagden but was not with them - he remained at Bunker's Hill and was out on this draft for three months and served during the whole of the time when he was discharged and went home - verbal discharge - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services - That he was born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass, on the 1 st October 1762 - has no record of his age, but believes he is of the above age from information from his parents - That he lived in New Bedford a few years until the year 1804 when he came to Batavia in Genesee County where he now resides and has resided ever since - That the Rev. Lucius Smith and Phinehas L. Tracy live in his neighborhood and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a revolutionary soldier -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not

on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Abner Jennings
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We, Lucius Smith, a Clergyman residing in the town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York and Phinehas L. Tracy, residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abner Jennings, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age: that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
Phinehas L. Tracy
Lucius Smith
Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Lucius Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York and that Phinehas L. Tracy who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Wilson
Robert Clark
William Mitchell

I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said court, do hereby certify that that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abner D. Dinsmore  to the  for a pension In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 16th day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch clerk

August 2, 1934
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Miss Leah H. Camp 24 North Osborne Youngstown, Ohio
Abner Jennings W. 26159
*****
Andrew Fordham B.L. Wt. 87502-160-55
*****
RA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to Abner Jennings whose record you desire, and who, you state, served as drummer boy in the company of his father, Captain Henry Jennings, in the Revolutionary War, and whose widow, Betsy Jennings, received a pension after his death.
The record of Abner Jennings is furnished herein, together with that of Andrew Fordham, a soldier of the War of 1812, as it will be of interest to you in connection with the record of Betsy Jennings.
Abner Jennings W. 26159
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26159, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Abner Jennings.
Abner Jennings, son of Henry, was born October 1, 1762, in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; the name of his mother is not shown.
While residing in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the spring of 1778, served one month as private in Captain William Gordon's company, Colonel George Claghorn's Massachusetts regiment, was in an expedition to Rhode Island, also engaged in guarding prisoners to Boston which had been brought into New Bedford by privateers. He enlisted sometime in August, 1778, served as private in Captain Henry Jennings' company (soldier's father), Colonel George Claghorn's Massachusetts regiment, went on General Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island, was in the battle of Quaker Hill, in which he was wounded in his right hand and little finger by a musket ball, and was discharged in March, 1779, after having served seven months. He enlisted in the fall of 1779, served three months as private in Captain Luther Wilson's company, Colonel Claghorn's Massachusetts regiment. The soldier also stated that he was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, no details of this service given.

Abner Jennings continued to reside in New Bedford, Massachusetts, until 1804, when he moved to Batavia, Genesee County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, while a resident of Batavia, New York; he was still living there in 1836.
On June 20, 1837, the soldier was residing on a farm in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to which place he had recently moved. In 1855 he was residing in Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He died June 7, 1858, at his residence in Hayfield Township, Pennsylvania.
Abner Jennings married September 8, 1835, in Erie County, New York, Mrs. Betsey Fordham, widow of Andrew Fordham.
Soldier's widow, Betsey Jennings, was allowed pension on her application executed August 9, 1858, at which time she was aged sixty-four years and a resident of Mayfield Township, Pennsylvania.
No reference was made to any children of Abner Jennings and his wife, Betsey. Soldier's father died before 1832, exact date not given.
Reference was made in the claim to one Timothy Jennings who served as ensign in the Revolutionary War, a part of the time in the same company as the soldier Abner Jennings, his relationship to the family not given.
In 1832, the soldier, Abner Jennings, referred to his nephew but did not state his name or place of residence.
There are no further family data given in this claim.
Andrew Fordham B. L. Wt. 57502-160-55
The War of 1912 records of this office show that Andrew Sanderson served from May 12, 1912, to May 18, 1915, as private in Captain A. Mattison's company of New York militia.
This date of discharge, May 12, 1812, is incorrect, as the act of discharge was not passed until June 12, 1812. As quoted, the date is incorrect, as the act of discharge was not passed until June 12, 1812.

The soldier died March 22, 1831, in Auburn, New York.
Andrew Fordham married December 31, 1812, in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, Betsey Blodgett.
On account of service in the War of 1812 of Andrew Fordham, Betsey Jennings, his former widow, was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction on her application executed August 20, 1858. She was then the widow of Abner Jennings.
Reference was made to the following children of Andrew Fordham and his wife, Betsey:
A daughter (name not stated) born July 9, 1814; died July 18, 1814 Jane C. Fordham, " July 13, 1815, who in 1859 signed First son " " August 17, 1817 (died) Jane C. Little and was living in (Hayfield, Pa. (husband's given name not stated). Calista or Calistia D. " " November 21, 1819 Perry D. " " November 26, 1821; died Oct. 11, 1822. Mary Elvira " " September 8, 1823 Nancy " " December 20, 1825 Loiza or Liza " " April 18, 1829
The date and place of Andrew Fordham's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim, and there are no further family data given.
For information in regard to the location of the land referred to above, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data: Betsey Jennings, former widow of Andrew Fordham, Bounty Land Warrant No. 87508-160-55.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

July 5- W. B. Smith
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions War Dept. City of Washington.

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
July 18 th — 1837
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 28 th ult. I have to state, that Abner Jennings a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 — at 36\frac{66}{100} — Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1836.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. M. Cluett
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.

Hon. G. C. Whiting
Meadville Pa. Sept. 6/88,
Comr. of Pensions,
Sir.
As next friend, and attorney, of Mrs. Betsy Jennings Widow of Rev. Jennings, late a Revolutionary Soldier, I filed her claim for United States pension under Act of 3 February, 1853, &c. I also filed her declaration for Bounty Land as the former wife and Widow of Andrew Fordham, under Act of 3 rd March 1855, &c. In reply to which I have received duplicate circulars, one under date of August 23, N o 293,254, and the other under date of August 24, N o 293,344. You will please observe that one of said declarations was made for United States Pension, as the Widow of A. Jennings a Rev. Soldier. Yet both the circulars refer to Bounty Land, under Act of 3 rd March 1855.
Respectfully
Your
Humble Servt, J. F. A. Wilson

N. B.—In transmitting to the Office papers having reference to a bounty land claim pending before it, endorse on the envelope the words "additional evidence," and on the papers themselves the name and No. of the claim to which they refer.
PENSION OFFICE,
Aug 23 1858.
SIR:
The claim of Betsey Jennings wid of Abner decd No. 293. 2054 for bounty land under the act of March 3, 1855, has been received, and will be examined at an early date, and the result communicated to you. In any communication you may find it necessary to address the office relative to this or any other bounty land claim, please state the name of the applicant and the number of the claim.
Respectfully,
GEO. C. WHITING,
Commissioner.
H. H. H. Wilson Esqr Meadville Penn a
N o 293,344 of the other Circular, Referring to Bounty Land,

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions Washington D.C.
Received of J. L. Edwards Esq. the sum of Twenty Dollars for Balance of Account 28 June
James
to
Miss A. H. H.
Abner Jones

Application for transfer
State of Pennsylvania } Crawford County }
On this 20 th day of June 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Crawford personally appeared Abner Jennings (who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captains William Gordon and Henry Jennings in the Regiment commanded by Col. Geo. Blagden in the Service of the United States, that his Name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania (where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then made payable in future) and that his reason for removing to the State of Pennsylvania was that his farm in New York was not well watered and the quality of the air not suit- able as well as that of Pennsylvania.
Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of June 1837
John Kadle
State of Pennsylvania } Crawford County }
for Abner Jennings
Be it known that on 20 th day of June 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Jacob Venton and Miriam Beerman who being duly sworn according to law say that they well know Abner Jennings to be the same person described in the above affidavit. Sworn and subscribed before me This 20 th day of June 1837
John Kadle
Jacob Venton Miriam Beerman

I do hereby certify that Jacob Venton and Miriam Sherman are men of veracity and that their statements in the foregoing affidavit is worthy of credit and belief. Witness my hand this 20 day of June 1837 John Radle
State of State of Pennsylvania Carbon County ss
James Corkran Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do certify that John Radle Esqr before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time and still is an Acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and to whose acts official full faith & credit is to be given and that the handwriting purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 22 nd Day of June 1837
James Corkran Protho

Abner Jennings Application for a new Pension Certificate —
Duplicate —
M c Doper, Agent, Bataia A. G.

Duplicate
Application for a new Pension Certificate -
State of New York County of Seneca S.S.
On this twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, before me, the subscriber, a commissioner to take affidavits in and for said county of Seneca, personally appeared Abner Jennings, who on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt Henry Jennings in the Regiment commanded by Col. George Claggan in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York, that he received a certificate of that fact under the seal and signature of the Secretary of War, that he put said certificate into the hands of David Jackson on or about the 4 th day of September 1833, to act as his Agent or attorney, that he acted as such attorney and drew the money for the Department until the semi-annual payment in the fall of 1834 when this Department made out his power of attorney which was sent back to his said agent as incorrect, when this Deponent procured another Power which he put into his said Agent's hands and left his Pension certificate in his possession - that his said Agent has refused to pay this Deponent the amount of said semi-annual payment  payment except six dollars, which he paid him soon after his power was executed, that he has refused from that time to the present to pay him the balance. That he has repeatedly demanded his Pension Certificate of his said Agent, which he has uniformly refused to deliver to this Deponent and he still retaining the same in his possession and this Deponent cannot obtain possession of it. That the said David Jackson resides in the town of Le Roy in the said county of Seneca and this deponent resides in Batavia in said county - that his said Pension Certificate bears date the 1 st day of March 1833 - and by it he is entitled to receive thirty six dollars and fifty six cents per annum -
Sworn and subscribed to before me Abner Jennings This 27 th April 1835 - and certify that the said Abner Jennings is a man of veracity J. W. Doper, Comr. of Oaths
"instalment" erased and "payment" interlined.

State of New York } ss. County of Genesee }
Richard Smith, of the town of Batavia in said county, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with Abner Jennings who has ever subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit, for more than ten years past and well knows him to be the same person described in said affidavit. —
Richard Smith
I certify that on this 27 th April 1835, came before me, a Commissioner of Peace in and for said county, Richard Smith and subscribed and swore to the above affidavit and I certify that he is a man of truth and veracity.
H. U. Soper, Commissioner of Peace.
State of New York } County of Genesee }
I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said county certify that Horace H. Soper is a Commissioner of Peace in and for said county duly qualified and authorized to take affidavits and that his signature to the jurat of each of the foregoing affidavits is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this twenty seventh day of April 1835 —
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Mingle Dep. Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania Crawford County } ss
On this seventeenth day of December A.D. 1844 personally came into open Court being the District Court of said County. Abner Jennings a resident in said County who being first duly sworn saith that he is aged eighty four years, and that he is a pensioner of the United States and receives at the rate of thirty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum. Deponent is informed that he is entitled to an increase of pension & believes that he is entitled to the sum of forty eight dollars at least for his services in the Army of the re- -volution. at the time deponent entered the service he was a resident of the town of New Bedford in the county of Bristol State of Mass- -achusetts. His first tour of duty was performed under Captain William Gordon, Col. Eliza Clagon Marched under Gen. Cobb to Rhode Island and a skirmage on the Island of Rhode Island & even drove back. Deponent thinks he entered the service in the spring of the year & served about three months. Afterwards under Capt Gordon was retained at Boston as a guard to the best of deponent's recollection about four months. Deponent was next in service at Boston -Mass under Capt. Lewis Jennings six months Afterwards under Capt. Jennings (who was the father of deponent) and Col. Clagon & Gen. Cobb was about eight months in service during which period deponent was wounded by a ball passing through the little finger & third of his right hand, a part of this period deponent was under the command of Col. Earl of

Discharge - was afterwards in service under the same officers at Brandywine where the main water where Burgoyne was taken did not arrive in time to be engaged in the battle was present though when the surrender took place was out in this direction or three months under the same last mentioned officers. Deponent has no doc- umentary evidence to support his claims is entirely blind & in great distress - Stated
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid John McArthur Deponent
Nov 11th 1831
We Clark Little residing in Wayfield Township Crawford County Pa - and Thomas Van Horn of Allentown in the County aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Jennings who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing de- claration, believe him to be eighty four years old that he is reputed & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a sol- dier of the revolution, and that we con- cur in that opinion - Clark Little Thos Van Horn
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- -ion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that appears to them that Clark Little & Thomas Van Horn are credible persons.

8 that their statement is entitled to cred it James Thompson
Present District Court of County of Bradford
State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
resid
I W m M c Arthur Clerk of the District Court of Bradford County do certify that James Thompson before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time President Judge of the said District Court & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my official Seal & subscribed my name This day viz the 19 th April 1845
W m M c Arthur Clerk

293.254 Act mar 3/53
rel. 12484
Aug 23/58
Betsey Jennings wid. of Abner Jennings Private
Co. F.
Revolutionary War
Penn ad 32-6479
H. H. A. Wilson Esq. Meadville Penn a
12484 - ad 160 - no 26532 293.254

H. H. Wilson Oct. 12/58
6455
Pennsylvania Pitts
Betsy Jennings widow of Abner
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th  of January  June 1855 1855
Certificate of Pension issued 18 th day of Sept. 1858.
and sent to
J. F. A. Wilson, Meadville, Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol. H

April 24. 1845.
cc Alma Jennings for incen.
SA
James L Edwards C.P. Washington City del

Meadville April 17 th 1845
J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
I herewith enclose to you the application of Abner Jennings for an increase of pension - You will perceive that he is already a pensioner & that he offers only his own testimony - Please return to me the Journal of Aaron Wright which is filed with the application of Sam Wright his widow a pensioner under the act of Congress 1836 July 4 th - She has been dead for some years & the heirs have frequently called upon me for the Journal -
Yours Respectfully Thos M c Arthur

Ans. S. May 1836
May 4.
Abner Jennings Nipmud.
FREE
Hon J. S. Edwards Pension Office Washington

Patania April 27-1836. —
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Dear Sir,
I enclose Duplicate Papers in case of Abner Jennings. — Please forward to Albany that he may draw his money upon his Power of atty now there,
Yours truly,
H. M. Soper

State of New York — Genese County, } ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that before me, James G. Hoyt. a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Abner Jennings and made oath, in due form of law, that he is the identical Abner Jennings named in an original pension certificate, now illegally withheld by one John Jackson of the town of Le Roy in the said county of Genesee , in whose hands he had deposited his said Pension Certificate and who refuses to deliver the same to him —
[Here state the facts respecting the detention of the pension certificate.]
that he is entitled to a pension of * $ 36 66 /100 — annum dollars per month , on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States, during the Revolutionary War; that he served in Captain Henry Jennings's company of Militia in the Col. Claggan's Regiment ; that he now resides in Balanis, Genesee Co. N.Y. and has resided there for the space of thirty one years past; and that, previous thereto, he resided in New Bedford Mass. —
Abner Jennings
Sworn and subscribed this 27 day of April 183 6 before me,
J. P.
"annum" written over "month" erased, and "wounds and disabilities received or of" and "regiment" erased before execution —
James G. Hoyt Justice of the Peace
Note.—The above deposition must be signed by the deponent.
* This blank must be filled with the amount to which the Pensioner is now entitled, which, in some cases, varies from that in the original certificate.
□ The oath may be administered by any officer properly qualified to take affidavits.

State of New York Genesee County, } ss.
Batavia April 27 18 94
Conformably to the Regulations of the War Department, of the 27th of October, 1832. I James G. Hoyt a Magistrate in the county above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: * personal knowledge,
that Abner Jennings who this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical Pensioner he declares himself to be in the annexed affidavit, and I am also satisfied that the statement made by him in relation to the pension certificate is true.
Given under my hand, at Batavia in said county the day and year above written.
James G. Hoyt J. P. Justice of the Peace
I, Timothy Fitch , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, certify, that James G. Hoyt is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name. this 27 th day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six .
T. Fitch Clerk of the Court of Genesee County.
* Here state what the evidence is; whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names.
¶ The oath may be made before any officer duly authorized to administer oaths.

6470 New York June 1857
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions —
Pension Office
Washington — D. C.

Palatka June 3 d 1835
Dear Sir,
I now enclose a Duplicate application for a new Pension Certificate for Abner Jennings, according to instructions. —
I have procured the signatures of Messrs Jennings and Smith to Duplicate affidavits and have certified to the taking of them on the same day with those first taken. —
I am Sir
Very Respectfully,
N. L. Soper
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions. —

Meek & Fanning's Bank Albany Pension Agency March 25. 1836.
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
Alvin Jennings makes application on the enclosed Voucher for his last Semi-annual stipend, his Pension Certificate being withheld from him. Shall we pay him on these Vouchers?
Very Respectfully Yours &c. Sir,
R. W. Dewsbury

Increase Brief in the Case of Betsey Jennings Widow of Abner Widow of Abner  Wayfield 6  Wadsworth Pensylvania Crawford  County and State of  Pennsylvania I  the  Act  Feb. 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A  Pensylvania  at $36.66 per Annum  rate of Pittsburgh Pa.  Certificate
Claims increased under Act July 27. 1868.
Admitted Increase Aug 31. 1868 at the rate of $96.66 for Annuity Commencing July 27. 1868
Name and residence of Agent. J. H. Walker Present
W. C. Frantz Examining Clerk.

J
History of Pennsylvania 1800-1850
File
Hon. G. C. Whiting Comt. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

No. 7088. Betsey Jennings wid: of Abner.
Pa
Admit for $36. 66 Com: June 1858. when wid: died. Under the 2 d Sec: act of Feb. 3 d 1853.
Cat: to
F. F. A. Wilson. Meadville, Pa.

Meadville Penn a Oct. 4/58. Hon. G. C. Whiting Comt. of Pensions. Sir.
Under date of Sept. 18. I received the Certificate of Mrs. Betsey Jennings, per. U. S. Pension as the Widow of Abner Jennings, a Rev. Soldier & Pensioner. dec d , Act. of 3 rd February /53, N o 6.455. By reference to her declaration you will find that she claims the Arrears due the Husband, from 4 th Mar., to the 7 th day of June the day of his death, three months and four days. I supposed that an endorsement would have been made on said Certificate, authorizing the payment of said arrears.
Will you please give the necessary instructions for the recovery of said arrears, accompanied by Blanks
Respt Your Humble Servt.
F. F. A. Wilson

Brief in the case of Betsey Jennings, widow of Abner, Crawford County and State of Pa. act 3 rd Feb: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Hubbard was pensioned under the act of 7 th June, 1832, at the rate of $36.66 per An. Two witnesses testify to general reputation of marriage that the parties lived & cohabited together as man & wife . A copy of Soldiers Will is filed, in which he recognized Claimant as his wife. Pensioner died 7 th June 1858, as appears from the Affidavits of two Credible Affiants & a certificate of Court & the report of the Third Auditor, that payment was made to her March last.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? This Deed of Ademption is established by satisfactory parol proof & a Certificate of Court,
J. J. A. Wilson Esq. Meadville, Pa. Name and residence of Agent
J. C. Blyth Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Abner Jennings which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes 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? Yes 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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by 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 his 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.

2 Deed: & Co. & copy of will, death 7/11/58. 2 with Cert: Ch: 1/2 row: disn & Cert: Ch: Crawford Co: Pa:

Washington D.C. Sept. 9 th 1858.
Yrs. of the 6" Inst. night

Meadville Pa Oct 18/55. Hon. J. Minton Comm: of Pensions.
Sir. Will you please inform me if Samuel Colefit and Abner Jennings. Rev. Pensioners under Act of 7. June. 1832. Could relinquish their right to said Act. and Claim under Act of 18. March 1818. Each now. Receive a pension of about $30. per annum. A. Jennings has been stone blind for a number of years, and is entirely help- less, and in very indigent circumstances. Saml Colefit near 100 years of age and is also in very indigent circumstances neither of them have any children to aid them, in procuring a livelihood.
I am your obed Servt F. F. A. Wilson

256
J. W. Samuels Esq. Meadville Pa
June 20/50
Copy
Henry Jennings Pa
Hon. J. P. Kirtland Clem. Bement Washington City D.C.
PAID
256

Meadville June 20. 1855
Dear Sir
Yours of the 15 th inst. announces that the claim for bounty land of Abner Jennings N o 12.484 has been suspended.
Mr Jennings is now so frail from the infirmities of age, being near one hundred years old, that it would be almost impossible to procure from him such information as would enable me to search for "record evidence" from which fact I would most respectfully refer you to his application for a pension.
He was originally pensioned from the State of New York, after removed here.
If his application does not enable you to find the necessary record evidence please send me a copy of it to enable me to institute the necessary inquiries.
Very Respectfully Jno H Family Jr
Hon J P Halden
Can Penn
Oct 32, Pa.

Meadville Mar 20th 1885
Dear Sir
Herewith I transmit the application of About Jennings for Paving bond.
Mr Jennings is very old, about 92, and has almost entirely lost his memory, which accounts for the infirmity as to the time he entered the service and the time of his discharge.
He wishes you to refer to his application for pension as to those dates.
Very Respectfully, J. H. Mansfield
Genl J. P. Noble Pensioner

PAID
Hon. G. C. Whiting Com d of Pensions Washington D. C.
Belong to Mrs. [unclear] Whiting

26,532
5 Woo Am

293-264
83
Hon. G. C. Whiton. Comr. of Pen. Wash.

FREE
12484
Hon. S. P. Haldoo
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Washington City D.C.

3 rd Auditor's Office
Sept. 16. 1838.
Sir.
Abner Jennings, Pittsburg, Pa. At 1832, appears to have been paid to March 4. 1838.
Very Resp y
Wm. Jennings
Auditor
Geo: C. Whiting Esq r (Comm ee of Pension)

Post Office.
Sept. 14 th 1858.
Sir, Be pleased to certify the time at which the within named Francisner was paid on the date of his death & who drew arrear, if any.
Yours Respectfully.
Geo. Corbin
Postmaster.
No. J. Atkinson Esq.
Shir W. H. Dr. Reading,

(R.W.)
24 N. Osborne Youngstown, Ohio 30 Stamberg St Youngstown, Ohio Nov. 6, 1931
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me a statement of the military history of Abner Jennings a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Yours truly
Miss Leah H. Camp
See other side

✓ Abner Jennings, drummer boy in Revolutionary War. Born about 1765 - died after 1855. Born in Batavia or lived there N.Y. and died near Meadville. Pa He served under his own father who was Captain Henry Jennings. Abner Jennings' first wife was Hannah Landers but his pension was paid after his death to his second wife Betsy Jennings. He served at the battle of Bunker Hill but his father served during the entire war.
Leah H. Camp.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 17, 1931
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/MLB
Miss Leah H. Canup 39 Stambaugh Street Girard, Ohio
2471 Osborne Youngstown, Ohio
Dear Madam:
You are advised that the data given by you in regard to Abner Jennings are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records.
As a means of identifying the particular Abner Jennings in whom you are interested, should his record be on file, as much as possible of the following data are essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Please return these letters with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

MINNESOTA DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
4741 Fremont Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 5, 1936.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs, -- I am trying to get information to complete the papers for an applicant for D.A.R. membership. Will you send me all that you have relative to Abner Jennings who was in the Revolutionary War from New Bedford, Mass. He was in Capt. Wm. Gordon's Col.
Some penciled notes were given me and I understand from them that his pension number was W26159 B. L. Wt. 26532
At least those numbers are on the paper that I have and I hope they will aid you in the search.
I thank you for this service.
Sincerely yours
Edith S. Hyde (Mrs. Walter Hyde)
Consulting Registrar for Minnesota D.A.R.

1934 Aug. 2 - Hrt. to Miss Leah N. Camp 1936, Nov. 19 - Hrt. to Mrs. Walter [unclear]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.159
Betsey Jennings widow of Abner Jennings Prin. Prob. now
Act: Feb 2 nd 1853.
Index :--Vol. A , Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]

November 19, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. Walter Hyde 4741 Fremont Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minnesota
ABNER JENNINGS W. 26159 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Abner Jennings who served in the Revolutionary War from New Bedford, Massachusetts, as found under Files, W. 26159, and B.L. Wt. 26532, based upon his service in that war.
The record of Abner Jennings follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26159; and in his claim for bounty land based upon service in the Revolution.
Abner Jennings was born October 1, 1762, in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and was the son of Henry Jennings; the name of his mother was not stated.
While residing in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Abner Jennings enlisted in the spring of 1778, served one month as private in Captain William Gordon's company, Colonel George Claghorn's Massachusetts regiment, was in an expedition to Rhode Island, also engaged in guarding prisoners to Boston which had been brought into New Bedford by privateers. He enlisted sometime in August, 1778, served as private in Captain Henry Jennings' company (soldier's father), Colonel George Claghorn's Massachusetts regiment, went on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island, was in the battle of Quaker Hill in which he was wounded in his right hand and little finger by a musket ball and was discharged in March, 1779, after having served seven months. He enlisted in the fall of 1779, served three months as private in Captain Luther Wilson's company, Colonel Claghorn's Massachusetts regiment. The soldier stated, also, that he was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, no details of this service given.
Abner Jennings continued to reside in New Bedford, Massachusetts, until 1804, then moved to Batavia, Genesee County, New York.

Abner Jennings was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, while a resident of Batavia, New York, and was still living there in 1836. On June 20, 1837, he was residing on a farm in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to which he had recently moved.
On account of his service in the Revolutionary War, Abner Jennings was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 26532, issued under the Act of March 3, 1855, on his application executed March 19, 1855, at which time he was living in Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He died at his residence there June 7, 1858.
Abner Jennings married September 8, 1833, in Erie County, New York, Mrs. Betsey Fordham, widow of Andrew Fordham.
Soldier's widow, Betsey Jennings, was allowed pension on her application executed August 9, 1858, at which time she was aged sixty-four years and a resident of Hayfield Township, Pennsylvania.
No reference was made to any children of Abner Jennings and his wife, Betsey. Soldier's father died prior to 1832, exact date not given.
Reference was made in the claim to one Timothy Jennings who served as ensign in the Revolutionary War, a part of the time in the same company as the soldier, Abner Jennings, his relationship to the family not stated.
In 1832, the soldier, Abner Jennings, referred to his nephew but did not state his name or place of residence. There are no further family data shown in the claim.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land which was granted to the soldier, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DECLARATION
OF
Setsey Jennings of Wayfield Crawford Co. Pa.
FOR
Increase of Pension.
(Under section 3, act July 27, 1868.)
Pearson, Printer, corner 9th and D sts.
FILED BY
R. W. WALKER, ATTORNEY,
Washington, D. C.
Aug 28/68.

Mrs. Jennings
Payment to be made at Pittsburgh, by
John Grayson,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Penn a
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 158. Vol. H.
G. T. Petty Clerk.
Don Hayfield 22, Feb 1853 Pence in Gunders County N.Y.

Was born in Crawford County 25 years past on 6th March 1862 resided previously in Tennessee ntz N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 8, 1853,
Betsy Jennings,
widow of Abner Jennings,
who was a Private, _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Thirty-Six dollars and Sixty-Six _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 7 th  June 1865,  2d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
- Given at the Department of the Interior, this eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty- eight,
Z. Morrison
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
Macalister
Commissioner of Pensions.

90 years lived in County - New York 81 -

State of Pennsylvania, Crawford County, SS:
I W. F. Klehaff Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Crawford, CERTIFY , That the Hon. William Davis before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof an Associate Judge of the Courts of said County of Crawford, duly commis- sioned and qualified, and as such duly authorized by the laws of this Common- wealth to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge, and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine; and that the same is executed and acknowledged in conformity to the laws of the State of Pennsylvania.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said Court, at Meadville, the Twenty Sixth day of August 18 68
W. F. Klehaff Prothonotary.

DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
(Under section 13, act of July 27, 1868.)
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss. COUNTY OF Crawford }
On this 26 day of August , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 68 , personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Records , within and for the county and State aforesaid, Betsy Jennings aged 77 years, a resident of Hayfield, Crawford County , in the State of Pennsylvania , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical person to whom was granted pension certificate No. 11111 , payable at Pittsburg Penna , at the rate of 3.50 dollars per month, issued under the act of July 31 , 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868.
My post office address is as follows: Hayfield Crawford County State of Pennsylvania
And she hereby constitutes and appoints R. W. WALKER, of Washington, D. C., her attorney to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him to receive and receipt for any certificate, check or draft that may be issued for the same to his order, and to do any other act or thing necessary or that she might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Two witnesses who write must sign here.
E. Steel F. F. A. Wilson
Betsy Jennings Signature of Claimant.
Also personally appeared Eliah Steel and F. F. A. Wilson , residents of Crawford County Penna , persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Betsy Jennings sign her name ( or make mark ) to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents her self to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
E. Steel F. F. A. Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26 day of August , A. D. 1868; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. 2
And I further certify that the foregoing affidavits were read over and fully explained to affiants before signing.
Wm. L. Harrison
1. Here state the official character of the person administering the oath. 2. This declaration must be executed before a JUDGE or CLERK of a court of record.

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Meadville Pa. Aug 17/58,
G. B. Whiting, Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, D.C.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you as next friend of Mrs. Betsey Jennings, her declaration for United States Pension under Act of 3 February, 1853, as the surviving Widow of Abner Jennings late of Hayfield township, dec'd, on whose original Certificate there appears to be due from 4 March to the 7 th day of June 1858, $9.58
Respt. Your.
Obed. Servt.
J. G. A. Wilson
Meadville, Pa.