Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 5319, for Samuel Linnell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Linnell, Samuel Susannah
W 5319
CONTENTS

Maine 11.349
Samuel Sinnell
of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Crocker of the First  Regiment by the  Massachusetts Militia
S. No Private $20
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars — was per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of April 1833 and sent to J. Nuss, Portland, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — 40 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 10
$ 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 31

3.246
Maine.
P 11
Susannah Linnell widow of Samuel Linnell
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 — Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of December 1853 and sent to
H. J. Suasey Standish Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 11 Vol. A

Declaration and evidence of Susannah Linnell.
Maine
Please address - H. J. Swasey - Standish - Me - who is attorney for said Linnell -

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, Dec 16th 1853.
I, ROBERT A. BIRD,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Narratio J. Swaney Esq.
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper & hereto annexed ; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signatures purporting to be his _____ GENUINE. _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
R. A. Bird  CLERK.

— Declaration of Susannah Linnell —
State of Maine.
County of Cumberland - ss.
On this fifteenth day of April - in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before Josiah Pierce, Esquire, Judge of Probate within and for the County of Cumberland aforesaid, Susannah Linnell , a resident of Standish in said County of Cumberland aged ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the third day of February A.D. 1853 - That she is the widow of Samuel Linnell late of said Standish deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution - And that he served as a private in said Army as is stated in the application of the said Samuel Linnell for a pension under the law of the United States of the 7 th of June 1832. now on the files of the Department at Washington - to which application and the accompanying evidence she refers for proof of said service - That the said Samuel Linnell was a pensioner, and at the time of his decease was in the receipt of a pension under the act of Congress of June 7

1832. and she further refers to the annexed pension Certificate recorded in the Pension Office Book E. Vol.
1. Page 31 - She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Linnell on the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty three - that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Linnell died on the twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty seven - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period and is now a widow - That she was the wife and is the widow of the identical Samuel Linnell to whom the pension aforesaid was granted and who at the time of his decease held the pension certifi- cate herunto annexed. as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed. and by reference to the aforesaid application and evidence remaining in the Department. upon which the aforesaid pension to him, the said Samuel Linnell was granted. She, therefore prays that a pension may be granted to her and that the same may commence from the said date of her husband's death or such other time as may, by law, be allowable -
Witness H. J. Sweeney.
Susannah
her X Linnell mark -
Sworn to

State of Maine Cumberland ss. April 15, 1853 Subscribed & sworn to by the said Susannah Sinnell on the day and year abovesaid. Before me
Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate
I, Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate for the County of Cumberland do certify, that, in my opinion, the said Susannah Sinnell is unable to appear in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity, and that the for- going declaration by her signed, was taken by me at her residence in Standish.
Josiah Pierce Judge
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this nineteenth day of April A. D. 1853
Freeman Bradford Regn -

State of Maine - County of Cumberland - City of Portland
• "Eighteen hundred twenty three - May fifteenth - • Samuel Linnell of Standish to Susannah Newcomb, of Portland"
I certify that the above is a true copy from the Record of Marriages, as certified by Rev. E. H. Hellowg - with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: - "1823. May 15."
Wm. Boyd , City Clerk of Portland
• I Wm Boyd above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of City Clerk in said City of Portland, and that the above is a true copy from the records of Marriages of said City, with the exception above named as certified by me -
Wm Boyd , City Clerk
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this 29 th day of April 1853.
H. J. Swasey , Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Desire Linnell
I, Desire Linnell, of Standish in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine aged fifty nine years, do testify, depose and say, that I am the daughter of Samuel Linnell late of said Standish, deceased, who was the husband of Susannah Linnell of Standish aforesaid, to whose application for a pension this deposition is annexed. That the said Samuel Linnell was twice married, that his first wife was my mother. That some time prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three my mother died. That on the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three the said Samuel Linnell was married to Susannah Newcomb. He was married at Portland in said county by Rev. E. Kellogg. That the said Samuel Linnell died at Standish aforesaid on the twelfth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, leaving the said Susannah Linnell, whose maiden name was Susannah Newcomb, his widow. That the said Susannah has remained and now is a widow.

That the said Samuel Linnell was a pensioner, and at the time of his decease was in the receipt of a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832. And that the annexed Pension Certificate, dated April 25. 1833 - belonged to and was the certificate of the same identical Samuel Linnell. And that the said Susannah Linnell the aforesaid applicant is the widow of the same identical Samuel Linnell named in the said Certificate -
Desire Linnell
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. May 16. 1853. Personally appeared Desire Linnell and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by her signed -
Before me H. J. Prewsey - Justice of the Peace -
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— Deposition of - Arza Mayo —
I, Arza Mayo of Standish in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged forty four years, do testify, depose and say - that I was well acquainted with Samuel Linnell, late of said Standish, deceased, that from my birth to the time of the death of the said Samuel I lived a near neighbour to him.
The said Samuel Linnell died at said Standish in May in the year of our Lord lighteen hundred and thirty seven - I am knowing to the fact that he, the said Samuel Linnell, at the time of his death, was an United States pensioner, and was in the receipt of a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 - The said Samuel left a widow, whose name is Susannah Linnell, and who now resides at said Standish and remains an widow - The maiden of the said Susannah, prior to her marriage with the said Samuel, was Susannah Newcomb -
And I further say - that there is no other Susannah Linnell resident at said Standish than, Susannah

Linnell aforesaid who is the widow of him, the said Samuel Linnell - and that ever since the said Susannah was married to the said Samuel, I have been well acquainted with her —
Arza Mayo
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. May 21-1853 - Personally appeared Arza Mayo and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him signed —
Before me H. J. Sewasey - Justice of the Peace —

Samuel Linnell
Payments to be made at Portland, Me. by Lieut. U. S. B. Ex. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
19 th March 1864
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 1 Page 31 by John T. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Sinnell of the State of Maine who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive — Twenty dollars and 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 23 rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Isaac L. Cushing
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

3844
Samuel Linnell's
Application for a pension
Aug. 1832
A private,
Admitted
6 months
$20. -
Inverness
Portland
Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the thirty first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- three  three before the Honorable ASHUR WARE , Judge of said Court.
On this thirty first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Samuel Linnell a resident of Standish in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged 70 or 71 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated; viz: That about the last of May or first of June in the year 1778 at Eastham in the County of Barnstable, Massachusetts, he enlisted for six months as a private soldier in a company of militia in the State Service commanded by Captain Job Cushing and went with said company to Rhode Island - where we were stationed for six weeks or more - The French Fleet left Rhode Island and was wrecked while we were at Rhode Island - and when they went out they drove a British vessel on shore which was blown up - or burnt by her own crew - We left Rhode Island and went to Halwell opposite to Martha's Vineyard, and were stationed there about six or seven weeks or more as he can recollect, to guard the coast. That then said Company was ordered to Dorchester Heights near Boston, where we arrived some time in September, and that he continued with said Company at Dorchester Heights, where they were stationed till into December following when we were discharged. That he has no particular written discharge - but that the Capt. went to Boston and obtained from the General a discharge for his whole Company. That he enlisted as a Volunteer, and served as a private soldier the full term of six months.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Samuel Linnell
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said Samuel Linnell further states that he was born at Castham on the 12 th of Feby 1762. That he believes there is a record of his age at Castham. That he resided in Castham when the first entered the service, and removed from there to Standish in the year 1781; and has resided in Standish from that to the present time. Samuel Linnell
Subscribed & sworn to the above & year aforesaid before John Warr { U. S. Judge for the District of Maine }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Linnell for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this first day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District. }

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Linnell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. file 5319
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May or June 78 6 mos. Pri. Job Crocker ✓ Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Eastham, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug 31, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Standish Cumberland Co., Maine since 1781.
Age at date of application, Born Jan. 12, 1762 at Eastham, Mass.
Remarks: Sol. mar - Portland, Me. May 15, 1823 Susannah Newcomb he died May 12, 1837 at Standish, Me. Wid. appl. Apl. 15, 1853 ae 90 res. Standish, Me.
1853 Desire Linnell ae 59 dau. of sol. by first wife —

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5319
Susannah Linnell Widow Samuel Linnell Brvt Rev War
Act: Feb 3 d  1858
Index:—Vol. A Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 7. 1902
Mrs. Geneva L. Nixon, Berwick Me
1909 Jan. 6. Hist. to Mrs. Richard O. Elliot. p.

Dec 10. 1853
Susanna Spinuel Wid of Samuel
Act of Feb 3-1853
Allowed $20 per annum To Com. Feb 3-1853
H. J. Saasey Standish Me
Commissioner.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

4 m 37
Pension Office Dec 11/53.
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named person
Respectfully &c W Bartley and Pennant J. C. Hall Colonel
Samuel Linnell, act 1832 $20 per ann - paid to 4 Mar 1837 no date of death.
F. Birch Auditor

Brief in the case of Susanna Seinnel widow of Samuel Quinlan County and State of Maine act of February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of Jan 7. 1837 at $20 per annum & paid to the 4th March 1837 - died May 1837
Allowed $20 per annum to comm. Feb 3 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death of husband proved by credible witnesses
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
H. J. Searcy Standish Maine
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray

I Mary Tucker of Standish in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine Wife of James D Tucker Esq r formerly Mary Simnel of Eastham in the in the County of Barnstable in Massachusetts aged Sixtyfour years. Testify and say that About the first Day of June in the year 1778 my brother Samuel Simnel of said Eastham who is now Seventy Years of Age as of the record. Enlisted under Captain Jacob Crocker of said Eastham for six Months, and that he with others marched to Rhode Island, and that he did not return until his six Months service had fully expired. with the said Capt o Crocker About the time of the Annual Thanksgiving in that State. as Captain Crocker was a near neighbor and family friend. my Recollection of the Ansity of his friends and of his return with my Brother's absence is fresh in my mind further saith not Standish Feb y 21 1833 Mary Tucker
State of Maine County of Cumberland ss Subscribed and sworn to this twentyfirst day of Feb y A D 1833 before Wm Thompson Judge of Probate
I Certify that Mary Tucker Above named is a Lady of the strictest & Creditable Standings & a Credible Witness William Thompson Judge of Probate

1 Elizabeth Boulter of Stroudville in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine wife of Walter Boulter Aged Sixty nine Years - formerly Elizabeth Simnell of Portland in the County of Cumberland in Massachusetts Testify & Say that About the first of June in the year 1848 my Brother Samuel Simnell then of Portland but now of Stroudville Aged Seventy Years or of Record Enlisted in the Service of the United States in a Company commanded by Capt. Job Crockett then a near neighbor in Portland - They marched for Rhode Island for the term of Six months - they did not return until the following December After an Absence of six months, when they came home together having served their term fully out
Feb 2 1833
for the said not Rev William Thompson Elizabeth Boulter State of Maine Mark Cumberland County Subscribed and sworn to this twenty first Day of Feb 1833 before William Thompson Justice of Peace

I Certify that Elizabeth Bawter within named is a Respectable & Credible Witness July 21 1832                      William Thompson Justice of Peace

Thomas Tenney & Clergyman Residing in Standish in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine - hereby Certify That I am Well Acquainted with Samuel Linnell of said Standish who has made Application for a pension - that I belie- ve him to be Seventy Years of Age - That he is Respected & beloved in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution - and that I concur in that Opinion At Standish Feb 22 d 1833 Thomas Tenney.
State of Maine County of Cumberland Subscribed & sworn to this 22 d Day of Feb y A D 1833 before William Sampson Just of the Peace I Certify that Thomas Tenney is a Clergyman & a Respectable & Credible Witness William Sampson Just of the Peace

I Daniel Marrett a Clergyman residing in Sturtevant in the County of Cumberland State of Maine hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Simrell of said Sturtevant who has made Application for a pension — that I believe him to be seventy years of Age that he is Respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution — & that I concur in that Opinion July 22 d 1833 Daniel Marrett
State of Maine - Cumberland County ss Subscribed & sworn to this 22 d Day of July A D 1833 before William Thompson Justice of the Peace I Certify that Daniel Marrett above named a Clergyman, & a Respectable & Credible Witness — William Thompson Justice of the Peace

We Isaac Chase and Pierce Sanborn of Standish in the County of Cumberland testify and say that we are well acquainted with Samuel Linnell of said Standish 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 & that we concur in that opinion - That the said Chase also states that he served at Rhode Island in the year 1778 six months and that he is fully confident that said Linnell served at Rhode Island in Capt. Cook's
Company July 22 1833 see Witness
Isaac Chase Pierce Sanborn
State of Maine - Cumberland County ss Subscribed & sworn to this 22 nd Day of July A.D. 1833 before William Thompson Justice of Peace
I Certify that the said Isaac Chase and Pierce Sanborn above named are Respectable & Credible Witnesses William Thompson Justice of Peace

State of Maine Cumberland County, ss
I N th J Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts for Cumberland County, certify, that William Thompson is a magistrate as within, and that the foregoing sig- natures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty seventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1833.
N th J Vaughan

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier _____
Service _____
Additional service _____
Remarks _____

53.19
cont
Susannah Linnell
Aug 31, 1832 - 70 Born Sept 12, 1862 Standish Maine Eastern Mass
June 78 - Eastern Mass
Capt Job Crocker
Cal -
Prov. 6 mos.
win aft. Apr. 15, 1853 Standish Me - 90
Mrs Susannah Sewcomb
May 15, 1823 Portland Me
Died May 12, 1837 Standish Me
No Prob

Record Division. O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Dec 23, 1908
Searched by W. T. Conboy
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Samuel Linnell (or Linnel)
Service, Mass. Rev. War.
Remarks: No OW Itr. or Wid.
No OW Ref. as above, except
OW Wid File 5319.
----- Chief of Division.

B Berwick, Me., June 9, 1902.
Mr. J. S. Davenport, Acting Commissioner,
Dear Sir:- Did Samuel Dinnell or his wife Anna receive a pension from the Government for services rendered in the Revolutionary War? If so please send me the information supplied in application for pension. Enlisted July 2, 1777 under Capt. Job Crocker of Eastham, Mass.
Also if Ephraim Nutting of Croton Mass., wife Jerusha Parker, received pension & if so information regarding it.
Respectfully
Mrs Geneva L. Hinn, Berwick, Me.

MRS. RICHARD O. ELLIOT STATE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY THOMASTON, MAINE.
Dec. 16, '08
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Linnell, or Linnel, who lived at Eastham, Massachusetts.
Yours Very Truly,
Lavinia G. Elliot.
Mrs. Richard O. Elliot.
Thomaston, Me.