Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36631, for Samuel Jennison, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Jennison, Samuel
S. 36631
CONTENTS

11.402
District of Maine
Samuel Jennison
of Thomaston in the state of  D Maine who was a Lieutenant the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Two Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of June 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Thatcher  Lincoln District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  221.91    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sept 1819.  120.00    10 Mo \frac{29}{30}  \frac{4}{31}   $341.91  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Disbursed for E. Thatcher Mar 1820. Thomaston Maine

Sam Lennison
Continued
11.402
Sept. 1899

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Eben r . Thatcher a Judge of the C.C.C. Pleas 2 d , Eastern circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Samuel Jennison aged Sixty one years, resident in Thomaston in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Danforth in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the Second day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11402 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Sam t . Jennison
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Eben r . Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
A debt due me of twenty dollars and no other property whatever.
Sam l Jennison
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Jennison who, by occupation am a Scriver which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmity & debility - have no family
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     no family Sam l Jennison  
Attest Nat l Coffin Clerk.
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat l Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

I Samuel Jennison of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln District of Maine, do solemnly swear: that in the first of the year 1777, I was appointed & commissioned as an Ensign in the then revolutionary Army - That in the course of that year, I was promoted to a Lieutenant in Col. Thos. Nixon's Regiment, and in the Brigade commanded by John Nixon - That in the same year while under the command of General Gates, I was appointed and acted as Quartermaster of said Thos Nixon's Regt. - until 1779, when I was chosen Paymaster for said Regiment in which Capacity I never acted - tho' I had the approbation as such of General Washington, the Commander in Chief from whom on or about the middle of July 1779 I obtained an honorable Discharge signed by his order by Alex r Hamilton his then Aid I further swear, that neither of my Commissions are now in Existence to my knowledge, having not been in possession of either for Twenty years past I further swear, that from the Versatility of fortune and other ways, - by reason of Age, & Infirmities partly arising from hardships in the Army, I am disposed to avail myself of the gratitude of my Country for a decent Subsistence Thomaston April 2. 1818 Sam t Jennison

22 April 1810 Lieut Samuel Jennison - Thomastown
In 1777 Comd Lieut - made Quarter Master in Col. Thos. M'Kinon's Mass. Regt. Served till 1779
on roll
Ebenezer Thatcher Esq.
Samuel

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Samuel Jennison , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Thomaston , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the second day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Commissioned Officer in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first day of October in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this first day of October in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathl. Coffin

April 21, 1931.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section III
Hills O. Newman 45 Masonic Street Rockland, Maine.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36631, that Samuel Jennison, while a resident of Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts, was commissioned January 1, 1777, ensign in Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, served as lieutenant in Captain Danforth's Company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, was appointed Quartermaster of said Regiment and was discharged July 11, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, while a resident of Thomaston, Lincoln County, District of Maine.
In 1820, soldier stated that he was aged sixty-one years.
Soldier died September 1, 1826. - A. B.
There are no data relative to soldier's family in the papers in this claim.
In order to identify the record of the particular soldier named William Colburn in whom you are interested, kindly furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him and a search of the Revolutionary War records will be made in your behalf and the history furnished, if on file: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

36 631
Rev INVALID.
1931 - April 21 - Hist. to Ella O. Newman. L.L.L.
File No. 36,631
Samuel Jennison Sint Rev 1840
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Essex ss.
I, Myles Doran, do depose and say, that I am now in the eighty first year of my age; that in the spring of the year A.D. 1777, I enlisted with Lieutenant Samuel Jennison, then a recruiting officer, into Colonel Thomas Nixon's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, that I served with said Jennison in that Regiment more than one year, and I think I recollect said Jennison as an Officer of that Regiment for long as eighteen months; I also depose that I well recollect Lieutenant Jennison as Quarter Master of the Regiment, and further saith not this Deponent —
Myles Doran
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex fs. Salem, 24th. September A.D. 1818.
Then personally appeared Myles Doran, the above named Deponent, and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true;
Before me, M c Glenn King
Justice of the Peace for said Co. of Essex.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Sept. 25. 1818 I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said State in and for the County of Essex aforesaid hereby certify that John Glen King Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly qualified to administer oaths; that his aforewritten Signature is genuine; and that the Seal affixed is the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State.
Att r . Ichabod Tucker Clerk

I Jonathan Whipple of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, do testify & say. That in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy seven - or the latter part of the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six Samuel Jennison now of Thomaston in the Dis- trict of Maine, then living in Douglas in the County of Worcester entered the revolutionary service of the United States as a Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nixon, as I think, of Framingham that immediately after he was appointed Quarter Master of the same regiment, the duties of which Office he performed during his contin- ance in the Continental Army. - That the said Jennison continued to serve in said Capacity as Quarter Master until he was regularly & honourably discharged about three years, ac- cording to my best recollection, & I am well know- ing that he continued in the service of the United States more than nine months without any intermission.
Jonathan Whipple
Worcester. Uxbridge Sept r 22 nd 1815. Personally appeared Jonathan Whipple, above named, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true before me & I hereby certify that the said Whipple is a man of veracity. Samuel Read Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
Oct r 22 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Samuel Garrison served as a Soldier in Capt. an Officer Company, and in Col. Nisan's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jany 9 th 1777 to July 11 th 1779, being two years and six months. Eleven days - I was then discharge.
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
apart of the above term, said Garrison was an Ensign, & a part of the term 2 nd Lieut, according to the record - A. Bradford Secy of Com th

Rockland, Me. Mar.16,1931
Commissioners of Pensions Rev.& 1812 Wars Section Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish the military and family record of Lieut. Samuel Jennison who served in the Mass. line and died Sept. 1,1826, and was a Revolutionary Pensioner? more
Also I would like the record of William Colburn , Mass. Military, Revolutionary War.
Yours truly,
Ella O. Newman 45 Masonic St., Rockland, Maine.