Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,944, for Lemuel Jenkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jenkins, Lemuel Hannah
W. 11,944
CONTENTS

Reported Letter to Hon. W. Upham senator U.S. June 27, 1846. Harvey S. Fry Apr 15-43 Hon. S. B. Peck 20 Mar 1850 Hon. S. B. Peck, Apr. 5, 1850.
192 Vermont Montp. Hannah Jenkins widow of Venuel Jenkins who was a Private Mass in the Revolution husband died 16 March, 1844
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 96 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st 16th day of March, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of May, 1846. and sent to Harvey S. Fry Concord
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.] Entered in Book A Page 64

20,609 Lemuel Jenkins
Admitted
9 mos. Fife $37. - 4 " private 13.33 13 46.33
1846. The service allowed as a substitute for his father is now disallowed. the certip. of the Sec y of State now shows that service credited to his father (Obediah Jenkins) himself.
Amos Paul
Danville Vermont

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Jenkins of Caledonia County Vermont
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 4 Private Capt Brown Col Whitney Battle between Bulls Hill & Quaker Hill from Groton to Providence R.I. & thence R.I. Groton Mass. Chusetts aged 74 years Living Witnesses   Ent. 1778 9 Diser Boynton Wade  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of the application of said Court in the matter of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed 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 and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in A.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 grade:—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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

No 11716
Hannah Jenkins Mdm of Samuel
vt
ad 7 July 1838
Rejected hsb. a/c 1844
Mamed 87.
Mdm died 16 March 1844

October twenty fourth seventeen hundred and eighty seven joined in marriage Lemuel Jenkins & Hannah Lewis —
1788 joined in marriage Petra Higgins & Levina Wood.
1790 joined in marriage Joseph Higgins & Priscilla Nathan —
May 24 th 1790 joined in marriage Jonathan Hastings & Celome Bunt —
All the above were married by Sam l Works J d P
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record with the exception of the date against the names of Lemuel Jenkins & Hannah Lewis which is expressed on the Record in fair legible letters & figures as follows "October 24 th 1787" Attest Nathan G. Babbitt Town Clerk.
I Nathan Godfrey Babbitt above named depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, and that the above is a true extract from the marriage records of said Town in my office with the exception above named as certified by me Nathan G. Babbitt
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. September 22. 1845. Subscribed & sworn to before me Larkin Baker Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss
I Lemuel Rice Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of said State for and within said County of Cheshire hereby certify that Larkin Baker is a Justice of the Peace for and within said County of Cheshire, duly commissioned and qualified according to law — And that his signature as above written and subscribed to the foregoing certificate is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of September A.D. 1845. Lemuel Rice. Clerk

Samuel Jenkins
Declaration
1867

State of Vermont } ss District & County of Caledonia } On this 26 th day of November A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Day F. Denning Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid now sitting Lemuel Jenkins a resident of St. Johnsbury in the County and District aforesaid aged seventy four 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 provisions 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 summer of 1776 his father Obediah Jenkins was in the service as a private in the Company of Capt. Brown, L t Silas Proctor in the Reg t of Col. Whitney L t Col. Miller of the Massachusetts stationed on the Island of Nantasket a few miles from Boston having enlisted as this declarant believes for the term of six months said Obediah Jenkins was taken unwell and sent for this declarant to take his place and in the latter part of July 1776 this declarant entered the service as a substitute for the said Obediah Jenkins the said Obediah having then about four months to serve. This declarant was stationed at said Island of Nantasket and there served in the Company and Reg t aforesaid until about the first of December 1776 was employed in building a fort on said Island he resided at Groton in the State of Massachusetts when he entered the service and thinks there were no other troops stationed at said Island except the Reg t of Col. Whitney.
That at said Groton the first of April 1778 he entered in the Massachusetts troops for the term of nine months in the Company of Capt. Joseph Boynton and in the Reg t of Col. Nath l Wade - marched to Providence Rhode Island and was there stationed until the month of August from thence to Howland's ferry and there crossed onto the Island was stationed a short time at Bulls hill, from thence down the Island to near Newport

and from thence retreated up the Island at the time of the retreat of the American troops. was in the battle between Bull Hill and Quaker Hill. Recrossed Howland's ferry and from thence by boat to Greenwich and there remained until discharged the 1 st day of January 1779. the foregoing nine months service he served as a piper.
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. He states that he was born in Haddam County, Connecticut in July 1758. Has no record of his age. Was living at said Haddam when called into the service. Remained from said Haddam and returned in the month of June or July in the year 1779 where he resided about four years and then removed to Chesterfield New Hampshire where he resided a number of years and then removed to Danville New Hampshire and from said Danville removed to St. Johnsbury Vt. his present residence. He is now 72 years of age where he has ever since resided. Never had a written discharge.
Levi L. Perkins
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Benj H. Dunning
Judge of Probate
4. & the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories to the said Levi L. Perkins that it is their opinion that the said Levi L. Perkins is a Revolutionary soldier who served the States. And the Court further certifies that Stephen Houghton and Deborah Gage who have signed the accompanying certificate are the former of Lyndon and the latter of St. Johnsbury and both residing in the vicinity of the residence of the said Levi L. Perkins and that they are

both credible and respectable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I (Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Jenkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of December A. D. 1832.
Amos Paul Register

11716 ad '44 255
Re Feb. 13. 1845.
Hannah Jenkins
Yrs
act 7. July 3 16 th 88
husb d died March 44.
Rejected
act 3 March 43.
Rejected
act 17. June '44
Admitted
Sum 22 days per diem @ $28 86 pr. An. 100
from 16 th March 44 the day of his death.
Harry G. Fry Concord Twp. Vt.

State of Vermont } ss Caledonia County } ss
On this tenth day of January A.D. 1848 Personally appeared before me John P. Ingalls Judge of the County Court of the County of Caledonia aforesaid, Hannah Jenkins a resident of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged Seventy Seven 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 provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 March 3rd 1843 and June 7th 1844 that she is the widow of Lemuel Jenkins who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the army. She further declares that she was married to the said Lemuel Jenkins on the Twenty Seventh day of October, one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Seven (1797) That her husband the aforesaid Lemuel Jenkins died on the Sixteenth day of March 1844 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further declares that her husband the late Lemuel Jenkins was a pensioner at his death under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of Forty Six Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum. That his pension Certificate was dated the Fourth day of June one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three and numbered 11,682. But that she cannot specify the service performed by her late husband - I further declare that I was married at Westminster N.H. by Samuel Weeks a Justice of the Peace on the 27th day of Oct. according to the best of my recollection.
Attest Calvin D. Merrill John P. Ingalls
Hannah her X Jenkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 10th day of January A.D. 1848 Before me John P. Ingalls } Judge of Caledonia County Court
I certify that Hannah Jenkins who subscribed the above declaration is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity John P. Ingalls } Judge of Caledonia County Court

I Sarah Pippy of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont testify and say that I was present when Lemuel Jenkins died. That he died on the 16th day of March 1844. That he left a widow whose name is Hannah Jenkins. And that said Lemuel Jenkins was a pensioner. That said Hannah still continues a widow.
Sarah Pippy
Sworn to and subscribed the 10th day of January A.D. 1845.
Before me John P. Ingalls
Judge of Caledonia County Court
I Calvin Morrill of St. Johnsbury in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont testify and say that I was acquainted with Lemuel Jenkins late of this town deceased. I further say that said Lemuel Jenkins died on the 16th day of March 1844 that he was a pensioner at his death. That he left a widow whose name is Hannah Jenkins and who is the same person who subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that she has not intermarried but still continues the widow of said Jenkins, and now resides in Lyndon Vt.
Calvin Morrill
Sworn to and subscribed the 10th day of January A.D. 1845.
Before me John P. Ingalls
Judge of Caledonia County Court
I hereby certify that Hannah Jenkins, Sarah Pippy and Calvin Morrill, the persons who subscribed the foregoing affidavits are persons of truth, and their statements entitled to full credit.
John P. Ingalls
Judge of Caledonia County Court

State of Vermont Caledonia County ss.
G De is
I Samuel W. Matthews, clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John P. Biggall, whose Signature and Subscribed to the Certificates annexed to the foregoing declaration of Hannah Jenkins and affidavits of Sarah Phipps and Calvin Merrill, was on the 10 th day of January 1845, an acting Judge of the County Court within the said County duly Commissioned & qualified and that his several Signatures are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Danville in said County this 13 th day of December A.D. 1845
Sam l W. Matthews Clerk.

STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Sam. D. Nuttall , Clerk of the County Court of the County Caledonia County, ss. } of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Calvin Merrill was on the 16 th day of January A.D. 1845
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four and will expire the thirtieth day of November 1845  1845 and that his signature to the certificate annexed to Joseph Merrill , deponent
hereunto annexed is genuine, —
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this thirteenth day of December A. D. 1845
(Sam. D. Nuttall) Clerk.
Calvin Merrill Justice of the Peace

I Jonas Flint of St Johnsbury in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont Testify and say that I lived in Westmoreland A.D. in 1787 (one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven) I was acquainted at that time and place with Samuel Jenkins & Hannah Lewis That I was present when said Samuel & Hannah were married by Samuel Weeks a justice of the Peace which was in October 1787 according to the best of my recollection, but cannot state the day of the month, That said Hannah lived with said Samuel until the death of said Samuel in I further say that I am eighty four years of age, and draw a pension Attn - Calvin Morrill
Jonas Flint
Sworn to and subscribed the 10th day of January A.D. 1865 Before me Calvin Morrill Justice of peace
I certify that Jonas Flint who signed the above affidavit is a person of truth and his statements entitled to full credit - Calvin Morrill Justice of peace

BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
ms 77 yrs Jan 10. 1845
Lyndon, Caledonia Co. Vt.
and was obliged to leave the service of the war on acct
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Jenkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. M F. 11944
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 4 mos Pri Brown Whitney Mass   Apr 1 1778 9 " Fifer Joseph Boynton Nathaniel Wade  
* Entered the service as a substitute for his father, Abediah Jenkins, who had already served about two months under said officers.
Battles engaged in, Butts Hill. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Groton Mass Date of application for pension, Nov. 26. 1832. His cl. was al Residence at date of application, St Johnsbury, Vt. Age at date of application, 13 July 1758 at Groton Middlesex Co Mass
Remarks: He mar Oct 24, 1787 at Westminsterland, N.H., Hannah Lewis. He died March 16 1844 and she was al pension on her ap. exp. Jan. 10. 1845 while a resident of Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vt., aged 77 yrs, date of b. not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
11944
Hannah Jenkins Widow of Lemuel Jenkins Pri Rev War
Act: _____
June 17 th /44
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
a
374
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Dec. 8, 1916. History to Miss Angie L. Hunter. Fr
1918, Feb. 20. History to Mrs. J. Henry Cone - To write to Auditor for date of death Fr.

V No 11716
Hannah Jenkins
Set to H. G. Fry Nov. 12. '45
Set to Harry G. Fry May 2. '45
act 7 July 1838

Pension Dept., Washington D.C.
Rev Sec
H
I am seek-
ing information about my great grandfather Lemuel Jen- kins a revolutionary soldier. We think he enlisted from Lynn Massachusetts, as a Fife and served the duration of the war. He had a brother Sam- uel Jenkins who was killed at Bunker Hill.
Lemuel Jenkins received a pension from the government, so there must be some accu- rate information about him on record.

We want to know Lemuel Jenkins birthplace, and date of his birth. The date of his marriage to Hannah Lewis, daughter of Capt. Lewis of Norwich Landing Conn. also the date of his death and where it occurred.
I should also like to know the date of his wife's birth. Hannah Lewis Jenkins and when the date of her death if you should have it on record.
If you will kindly send me any or all information concerning Lemuel Jenkins, you will great- ly oblige - Mr. J. Henry Cone P. F. H. Grafton Massachusetts

Concord Vt., Oct. 6 th 1845
Dear Sir I have at last succeeded in proving the marriage of Widow Jenkins I hope satisfactorily . There is a difference in the time in her statement & the record, but the gentleman who furnished the copy thinks that the Clerk or Justice is as likely to have made the mistake in the time as the Widow, as he says those old records are imperfect, he states that he had to copy the record as he has done (I.E. get the copy of several of them) in order to connect the name of the Justice with the copy of record. I have strong faith to believe that the poor old woman will now (for the tenth time) her just claim without any further cost or trouble —
I am still bothered with the heirs of Andrew Wheatley, they insist that they are entitled to an increase of Pension for the widow for a lack of pay which he should have drawn — It appears that he was pensioned under the act of 1818 at 20 Dollars per month, and that the widow has received since his death $80. per annum as an increase to his pension back to 1832. The heirs think he was entitled to full pay as far back as 1818 — but I cannot find any law unless it is the act of May 15 th 1828 which gives it to them, but if there is any, I should be glad if they could get the benefit of it & thereby be carried up
Respectfully yours
humble servant
Wm. James L. Edwards
Harvey G. Day

We Alpheus Houghton of Lyndon and Josiah Gage of St. Johnsbury in Caledonia County State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Jenkins of St. Johnsbury who has as we understand made a declaration before the Probate Court for Caledonia District in order to obtain a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 - we have resided in the vicinity of S. Jenkins for a number of years past - that we believe him to be seventy four years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we have no doubt that he served four months in 1776 and nine months in 1778 as he states
Alpheus Houghton Josiah Gage
State of Vermont } Caledonia ss } St. Johnsbury November 27 A. D. 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Alpheus Houghton and Josiah Gage and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing certificate before me.
Charles Adams Justice of Peace
I consider the subscription to the above certificate to be true of truth and veracity
Charles Adams Justice of Peace
State of Vermont } Caledonia County ss }
I Benjamin H. Deming Clerk of the County Court for the County of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles Adams before whom the foregoing certificate was subscribed and sworn was at the date thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Caledonia and that I believe his name above subscribed to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 8th day of December A. D. 1832
Benj H. Deming Clerk.

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss } We Samuel Seward of Sullivan & David Jenkins of Concord both in the State & County aforesaid of lawful age depose & say that we are well acquainted with Samuel Jenkins of St. Johnsbury in the County Caledonia & State of Vermont a Revolutionary Soldier of the Continental Army
We further depose & say that in the year 1778 about the first of April, the said Samuel Jenkins who then resided in the Town of Groton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted as a Sijer into Capt. Joseph Boynton's Company in Col. Nathaniel Wheeler's Regt. of Massachusetts Troops, for the term of nine months, that we the said Samuel Seward & David Jenkins enlisted into the same Company & Regt. about the same time - That we together with the said Samuel marched to the Town of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, from Providence we marched to the Island of New Port, from Newport we retreated to Greenwich, - where we having served the full term of nine months were all Dismissed. We served in the same Company with the said Samuel Jenkins & know of his serving the full term of nine months as aforesaid
Samuel Seward David Jenkins
State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss
September 17th 1832 This day
Sworn & subscribed before me, Francis Nelson Justice Certify that the above Samuel Seward & David Jenkins are Reputable & Credible persons
Francis Nelson Justice

Chesapeake Sept 10. 1932
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Judicial Court in said county, certify that Francis Matson is a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, and I believe that the two foregoing official signatures are his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Su- preme Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk

Senate Chamber
Washington D.C. June 25 th 1845.
Sir:
Accompanying this note you will receive a letter addressed to me by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont suggesting a mistake in the pension certificate of Mrs. Jenkins. Will you have the goodness to examine the subject and inform me whether or not any mistake has been made in the matter? -
I am, Sir, yours with the greatest respect
Yours
Mr. Edwards
Committee on Pensions -
William Upshur

Washington Mar. 30. 1850
Sir, Permit me to call your attention to the enclosed letter.
Yours obedt Servt
Lucius D. Park
J. L. Edmands, Esq.
Genl. of Pensions

Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Concord N.H. Feb 1 st 1846
Dear Sir
I once more send you the declaration of Hannah Jenkins. I have done every thing you have required as yet & have been a year about it. I thought I had been driven to Exeter's before, but this has been rather an extra case as I wish you would notice that I have promised the marriage so that you have once informed me that you was satisfied & you have the evidence. I sent you last year this declaration connected with one for Oliver Hill & a Clerks Certificate to the Official Character & signature of George Ingersoll & George Merrill. You took it off from this & probably filed the Certificate with Wilson Hill's declaration & as I suppose forgot that I sent it & sent one for the other - you can see where the Ribbon was broken out at the upper corner of the declaration, & by referring to the files in the case of Oliver Hill I think you will find the proper Certificate. As yet I have been to the cost of procuring other Certificates as I have been at considerable expense & have been put off a long time, but Providence has been pleased to prolong the life of the poor widow who is still living as I do not know as she has any reason to complain, but if there is any thing further required to establish her claim, I shall be compelled to abandon her case altho' ever to quest her claim.

I am requested by the heirs of Isaac Glimmy late of Haverhill N.H. to enquire if there is any thing to show, that the said Isaac received his bounty, The widow says that there was 80. acres of Land which he should have had that he never received.
I am also requested to enquire for the heirs of Thomas Holbourn, they think that the widow did not receive all, that she or they were entitled to. The widow's name when she was pensioned was Lucy Sanborn, having been married a second time, but was pensioned on the service of her first husband Thomas Holbourn who was Adjutant in the Revolution about 3 years. They think that he was entitled to Commutation pay, they say that he held a commission at the close of the war (altho' he may not have proven it) They say he did not return until peace was ratified & went home his regiments & had a regular discharge. The pension was granted to Lucy Sanborn of Haverhill N.H. on the service of her first husband Thomas Holbourn.
I wish dear Sir that in addressing me, you would be careful to direct your communication to me at Concord Vermont as I have have several of late sent to N.H. which cause considerable delay & I had considerable extra postage paid.
Very Respectfully Hon. J. L. Edwards Comp. of Pensions Your obedient Harvey G. G.

Dear Sir
Concord Vt. Jan. 30th 1845
Inclosed I send you the declarations of Abner Hill & Hannah Jenkins, together with evidence in support of their Claims - In the case of Mrs Hill I wrote to Barre to the Post Master to get a copy of the marriage record - but in answer was informed that there was no record to be found The answer to my letter I enclose I have however gotten all the evidence I could in her case and in addition thereto I send the leaf of her old Bible In the case of Mrs Jenkins she has no family record of any kind but there is no more doubt here where people have known her & Samuel Jenkins for about forty years as husband and wife, that they were married when she states than there is in the plainest possible case I have assisted persons for a number of years in establishing their Claims to pensions & I inform you that I would sooner cut off my right hand than undertake to establish a Claim where I had any reason to suppose the applicant was not entitled - I have no more doubt of the justice of these 2 Claims than I have of my own existence I have known them both some where from 20 to 30 years that they lived with their husband Hill & Jenkins ever since I first knew them until their husbands died

I have engaged the assistance of the Hon Paul Dillingham a member of Congress from this District to look up 2 Claims for County Land, he has sent here to get the names of the Officers & an account of the Service in order to investigate those Claims, and as they were both Pensioners & the proof all sent to Washington
I have directed him to call on you dear Sir for the informa- tion he needs. The Claims are the heirs of Andrew Wheally & Joseph Ball — Wheally was a quarter Master & Ball was a private in the revolutionary Army & Enlisted during the war & the heirs have been informed that they are entitled & they claim the principal & int.
I wish dear Sir that you would have the goodness to Examine these two widows Claims as soon as you can conveniently & Adolph
Your humble Servant
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Warney G. Hay

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
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I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Obediah Jenkins (not Lemuel) is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Alisah Brown's Company, in Col Josiah Whitney's regt, as a private, from May 14 to August 1. 1776. 3 Months and 17 days — Upon another of same Company, in same Regt, as a private, from August 1 to November 1. 1776. 3 months.
The name of Lemuel Jenkins is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Boynton's Company, in Col Wade's regt, for service at Rhode Island, as a Pifer, from April 9. 1778. to January 1. 1779. 8 Months & 22 days.
The above, is all the evidence of service of any one of the name of said Lemuel, shown by the Military Records in this office.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Concord Vermont, Nov. 22 d 1845
Dear Sir
I have been for some time trying to establish a claim to a pension for Widow Hannah Jenkins of this State. I lately received a letter from the Commission of Pensions containing the following statements — "When the claim of Lemuel Jenkins was admitted, it was not known that any Rolls for the state of Massachusetts were in existence — He was allowed for six months service in 1776 as a substitute for his Father Obediah Jenkins in the Massachusetts line in the Company of Captain Brown Lt Silas Proctor in the Regiment of Colonel Whitney Lt. Colonel Miller And for nine months service in 1778 as a fifer in the Company of Captain Joseph Boynton, in the Regiment of Colonel Nathaniel Wacl — It will now be necessary to have the Certificate of the Secretary of State to these Facts," — I have thus Dear Sir sent you a full Extract from the letter of the Comr. of Pensions in order to give you a correct idea of what is wanting. I do not know what your fee is, but have sent you $2. If this is not enough, I do not wish you to omit to send the required Certificate on that account, but be so good as to send it forthwith & I will see that you have the balance if there is any & you will inform me how much. This widow you will perceive is the widow of "Lemuel Jenkins" whose services we wish to prove.

we have been a long time trying to establish this Claim and should be glad Dear Sir if you would send us the necessary Certificate as soon as possible
You will please address
Harvey G. Lory
Concord
Vermont
John G. Palfrey Esq.

returned Badger's case
taken out
21 Dec. 1832

Danville N.P. Vermont Dec. 8. 1832
Sir — I enclose herewith the declarations of sundry persons made to procure pensions under the act of June 7. 1832. — I also return the declaration of Jonathan Badger.
You will please to communicate the result to the undersigned.
I am respectfully
Y r Ob t Serv t
Amos Paul.
W th Hon. Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War.

February 20, 1918
Mrs. J. Henry Cone, R. F. D., Grafton, Massachusetts.
Madam:
In order to obtain the date of death in the case of "Hannah, widow of Lemuel Jenkins, Cert. No. 193, issued May 5, 1846, for $28.98 per annum from March 16, 1844, under the Act of June 17, 1844, at the Vermont Agency",
you should forward this letter to
The Auditor for the Interior Department, Auditors' Building, 14th and B Streets, S. W., Washington, D. C.
Very respectfully,
E. M. [Signature] Commissioner.

TRUSTEES
E. S. Brigham, Commr. Agr., St. Albans J. L. Hills, Dean Coll. Agr., Univ. Vt., Burlington } Ex Officio
TRUSTEES
T. N. Vail, Lyndon G. T. Chaffee, Rutland A. M. Vaughan, Shelburne
DR. R. R. CLARK, Principal and Superintendent
THEODORE N. VAIL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL AND FARMS LYNDON CENTER, VT.
November 17, 1917.
Rec
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to obtain the war record of one Lemuel Jenkins who served in the Revolutionary War, coming from either Hinsdale, New Hampshire, or St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Can you give me any information concerning said Lemuel Jenkins, or tell me how I can obtain it?
Thanking you in advance for any courtesies you may extend me, I am
Respectfully yours,
(Miss) Angie L. Hunter Lyndonville Vermont.