Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26763, for Aaron Kneeland, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass
Homeeland, Aaron Bannah
W. 26763
CONTENTS

11:239 Maine
Aaron Keeland
of Cumberland Co in the State of Maine - who was a Private - in the Company commanded by Captain Ingalls of the Regt  commanded on the Massachusetts for Militia
1st Private - $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars each per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of April 1832 and sent to J. Muzzey Portland, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 80. Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 20.
$100
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John P. Sprague Clerk Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 28

5065
Maine
Hannah Kneeland Died widow of Aaron Kneeland who died on the of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ingalls of the the commanded by in the Massachusetts line for Militia
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1838 & ending 16th June 1844 Oct
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of October 1857 and sent to J. G. Bennett Frank
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by Book A Vol. 2 Page 33 { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the Markland Clerk,

Baron St Vincent's
Application for pension
March 1833.
12 Nov. 77 - to 3 Feb. 2.21
3 Feb. to 3 Apr. 2.1-
4.22
Adm c
1 year
$40-
Summary
Portland
1833

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 eighteenth day of January A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-three before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this eighteenth day of January aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Aaron Merrill a resident of Harrison in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy seven 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 on or about the 25th day of October 1775. He enlisted at Cambridge in a company of State Militia commanded by Capt. Ingersoll, as he thinks, Joseph Gould was Lieutenant of said Company that he was stationed on the line between Boston & Roxbury while the enemy had the possession of Boston; and served six months and was dismissed about the last of April 1776 That in the last week in October 1776 he again enlisted at Cambridge in a company commanded by Capt. John Dodge, in the State service, & was stationed near Boston on Winter Hill so called with said Company as a guard to Burgoyne's Army - and that he did duty there and in that vicinity till the last of April 1777 having served the full term of six months - and that he is pretty positive that he served a few days more than one year in all - but certain he did serve at least one full year, or twelve months in all - at both enlistments. That he lived at Topsham when he first entered the service, & after the said service he continued to reside in said Topsham till about 1811 - when he removed to Harrison in the County of Cumberland State of Maine where he has ever since resided & now resides - That he was born in Topsham March 12th on the 6. of January 1754 - he believes there is a record of his age on the Parish records at said Topsham in that he had no written discharge from the service - That he enlisted as a volunteer & served as a private. Inasmuch as documentary evidence of his service 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
Aaron Merrill
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said Aaron Fernald further states, that he knows of no person whose evidence he can procure who can testify to his service. Genl Washington had his head Quarters at Cambridge while he served there on the lines. The fort was built on Southwicks hill, also while he was in the service. He would refer to the Selectmen of the town of Harrison, or any other persons who know him to testify as to his character for truth & veracity.  Aaron Fernald
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid before Asahel Ware { U. S. Judge for the Dist. 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 Aaron Fernald for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

We Nathan Church, a Clergiman in Bridgeton in the County of Cumberland and Charles Washburn Charles Walker Junr. & William Haskell residing in Harrison in said County, & Selectmen of said Town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Deacon Kneeland who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be seventy nine 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 that said Kneeland is a man of strict integrity for truth and veracity - Nathan Church
Charles Washburn Charles Walker Junr. William Haskell
Cumberland ss:
Subscribed and sworn to this 30 th day of January 1833 - and I do hereby certify that the above deponents are credible and respectable witnesses - and that Nathan Church above named is a Clergyman residing in Bridgeton about four or five miles from the residence of said Deacon Kneeland in Harrison - and that there is no settled Clergyman in said Town of Harrison. The above named Charles Washburn was not present when sworn
Joel Whitmore Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Cumberland County. ss.
I M c D r Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County, certify that Joel Whitmore is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine as I believe
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name this fifth day of February in the year 1833.
M c D r Vaughan

1839. January 29. Extract from the Records of the Congregational Church in Topsfield Mas- sachusetts. Anno Domini "Marriages - Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & seventy four. May nineteenth. Aaron Kneeland and Hannah Ramsdel. both of Topsfield."
I certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the Records of the Congregational Church in Topsfield Massachusetts, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows - "Anno Domi- ni 1774. May 19."
James F. M c Ewen Pastor of the Congregational Church Topsfield Massachusetts.
I James F. M c Ewen above named do hereby say that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Congre- gational Church in the Town of Topsfield & County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the above is a true extract from the Records of said church with the exception above named as cer- tified by me. James F. M c Ewen Pastor of the Congre- gational Church Topsfield Massachusetts.

Essex ss.
January 29 1839
The within deposition is sworn to and subscribed before me
B.G. Perkins Justice of the Peace
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that
B. C. Perkins Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, and that his signature hereon is genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
January 31. A. D. 1839.
John Prince Clerk.

8765
Hannah Princelands
Application for a pension
Act July 4. 1836!
Resolution July 7. 1838.
m 74 d 38
Joseph Pope Esq Portland Me

State of Maine Cumberland County, ss:
On this twenty third day of February 1843. Personally appeared before me Esther Shepley one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Hannah Peneeland a resident of the town of Harrison in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty eight years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7. 1838. - That she is the Widow of Aaron Peneeland who was a private in the War of the revolution, and a pensioner on the roll of the Maine Agency at the rate of Forty dollars per annum, agreeably to his certificate of pension numbered 11.239. dated April 15. 1833, and signed by Lew Cass. Secy. of War. She cannot state the particulars of his service, and can only refer to his declaration in which his pension was granted. She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron Peneeland on the nineteenth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy four, and that her husband the aforesaid Aaron Peneeland died at Harrison on the fourth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty eight, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. -
Witness
Esther Shepley
Hannah
Peneeland Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me, at her residence in Harrison - The said applicant on account of great age and bodily infirmity, not being able to travel and appear personally in open court. -
Esther Shepley Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County of Cumberland, hereby certify that Ober Shepley is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State of Maine, being a Court of Record, that he is duly qualified to act as such, that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credence and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of said Court this first day of March Anno Domini 1843.
Charles Cobb Clerk

James G. Berret Present

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, — PORTLAND, October 9th A. D. 1851 }
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
George Pierce of Harrison
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM- MISSION is dated June 26th _____ A. D. 1849 and will expire June 26th _____ A. D. 1856
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is _____ Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. On this Thirtyfirst day of September A.D. 1857 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justin of the Peace in & for the county of Cumberland David P. Kneeland of Harrison in said county administrator of the goods & estate of Hannah Kneeland late of said Harrison deceased and made oath in due form of law to obtain the benefit of the Act of July 4 1836 and all acts and resolutions of Congress applicable to her case for herself & the other surviving children of said Hannah Kneeland, who was applicant for a pension at the time of her decease; That she was the widow of Aaron Kneeland late of said Harrison who was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty dollars per annum under act of June 7 1832 and that he died at said Harrison on the fourth day of October A.D. 1838 leaving the said Hannah Kneeland his widow who remained his widow until the time of her death, which occurred on the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1844; That the said Hannah Kneeland

was married to the said Aaron Kneeland on the nineteenth day of May A D 1775 & that her application for a pension with proofs annexed was pending at the time of her said decease. The applicant desires for herself & the surviving children of said Hannah Kneeland deceased all pension or arrears of pension which might be found due her at the time of her death, the names of said children are contained in the Certifi- cate of Courts proof herunto annexed
Witness George Peirce Evans Blake
Dorcas P Kneeland
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first above written
George Peirce Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this Sixteenth day of September 18 57 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Aaron Kneeland late of Harrison in Maine was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said Harrison on the fourth day of October 18 38 . And that leaving a widow Hannah Kneeland , who remained his widow till her death, and that she died at said Harrison , June 16, 1844, and that Daniel Kneeland, Aaron Kneeland, Mary Hobbs, John Kneeland, Ezra Kneeland, Nehemiah Kneeland, Simeon Kneeland and David P. Kneeland are the children the and the only surviving children of the said Aaron & Hannah Kneeland deceased, and that he left no widow.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Sixteenth day of September in the year 18 57
Freeman Bradford } Register of Probate for Cumberland County.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND:
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, That at a Court of Probate held at Portland, in and for said County, on the third Tuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one David P. Knowland of Harrison in said county, was duly appointed and commissioned Administrator of the Estate of Hannah Knowland late of said Harrison, widow, deceased
; that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the laws of the State; that he remains at the present time Adminr as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court, this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Freeman Bradford Regr

Aaron Vineeland
Payments to be made at Portland, Me by F. M. S. B. D. R. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1.
Page 28 by — John P. Sprague Clerk.

July 14
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Nathan Kimland of the State of Maine who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution , is entitled to receive — Forty 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 — 15 th day of April — one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

WILLIAM D. HICKSON
1815
1815
11.239.
Coast George's Bay in the vicinity of Boston November 23. 1815

State of Maine
Cumberland County      Town of Harrison Feb 15 th A.D. 1845 I Thomas Cummings of said Harrison testify and say that I was born in Topsham County of Maine in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year of our Lord 1760 - That I have known and been well acquainted with Mrs Hannah Kneeland now of this Town & now widow of Aaron Kneeland for more than fifty years. her maiden name was Hamel and she formerly lived in said Topsham - I do fully believe that she is the only woman with whom the late Aaron Kneeland ever lived with as his wife. The said Aaron Kneeland died in this Town on the fourth day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight - There has not been any other person of the name of Aaron Kneeland living or residing in this Town within the last twenty years
Thomas Cummings
State of Maine ) Cumberland County (ss) On this fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Harrison Blake a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Cumberland the above named Thomas Cummings a person by me well known and entitled to full credit as a witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts of the facts above written, by him signed      Harrison Blake justice of the Peace

_____ State of Maine _____ Cumberland ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that
_____ Harrison Blake _____
is a magistrate as appears by the foregoing paper that he is duly qualified to act as such, that his Com- mission is dated March 16. 1837. and will expire March 16. A. D. 1844. and that the foregoing signa- ture purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this eighteenth day of February A. D. 1843.
Charles Cobb Clerk

Recd 26763 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.763
Hannah Kneeland Wid of Aaron Kneeland Br Rev War
Act July 4 th 1896
Index: Vol A , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V 8765 M c Hannah Rueland
let to Joseph Pope April 3 '43. " " Chs. Whitman July 3. "
act 9. July 3 '82

87/15
Hannah Kneeland, dec d widow of Aaron,
He Act 4 July 1836.
Married 1774 Has d dec d 4 Oct 1838
Adm o 1 st Juri $40 per annum. Com g 4 Oct 38 & end g 16 June 1844 Payable to
David P. Kneeland, Adm r For the benefit of himself & Daniel Kneeland, Aaron Kneeland, John Kneeland, Ezra Kneeland, Nehemiah Kneeland, Simeon Kneeland, & Mary Hobbs, only surv g children,
J. G. Berret Project

Brief in the case of Hannah Kneeland widow of Aaron Kneeland Cumberland County and State of Maine act 4 July 1836
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a Pensioner at $40 per annum.
Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
J. G. Berres Present
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Portland, Me, Mar. 3. 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq. 3 Commr. of Pensions 3
Sir,
Herewith I forward the application of Widow Hannah Feneeland for a pension under the act July 4. 1836 & resolution of July 7 1838 - Since she first obtained the proof of her marriage, she has been hoping to be able to appear in court to make oaths to her declaration, but growing more feeble, her friends prevailed on the judge to go to her residence in Warrison to receive her affidavit. I also forward the original pension certificate of her deceased husband -
I am Sir very respectfully Your Obedt Servt Joseph Pope.