Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19871, for William Mc Clennen, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Continental (Mrs.)
St. Helen William Sarah
N. 19871
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Massachusetts
Sarah M c Clennen, Mass W m M c Clennen, widow of who was a Musician in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 108 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of August, 1843 and sent to
Th s Bulfinch Boston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 48.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act, entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved March 15 th 1828, I William M c Blennen of Boston, in the county of Suffolk & in the State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution for & during the war & continued in its service till its termination; at which period I was a Musician in Captain John Lilly's Company, a Col Crane's Regiment of artillery - I also declare, that I afterwards received certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress of May 15 th 1778. And I further declare that I was not, on the 15 th of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this seventh day of June A.D. 1828. W m M c Blennen
Before me Alden Bradford, Justice of Peace & Quorum in & for the county of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts, personally appeared Henry Perkit & Thomas Niles respectable characters of this city of Boston, & each made oath, that William M c Blennen

by whom the foregoing declaration is signed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution, a manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this seventh day of June a. D. 1828 - Alden Bradford
I Chas. A. Parker, Clerk of the Court in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachu- setts, certify that Alden Bradford the person who executed the foregoing affidavit was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace, duly com- missioned & empowered to administer oaths in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of June a. D. 1828
Attest Chas. A. Parker Clerk

Sarah M c Clennen wid of William Mass
Married 1793
died 1878
Ad 1 July 1838.
5 years.
Alleged by Muscogee
Col. Brant, Ariz.
Capt. S. H. H. p. 168
for ann — see
Adm ty paper Ad 1878.
May 15 —
S. H. Stone Esq
Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Richard D. Harris and Franklin Haven Esq rs - are now, and were at the date of their several attesta- tions Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestations are in due form, and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this first day of August A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Edward Everett

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Suffolk County — }
On this thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. Peter C. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Boston in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid: —
Sarah M c Clennen, a resident of Boston in the County & State aforesaid, aged Sixty three 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 act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of William M c Clennen, who was, as she verily believes, a fifer in the Army of the Revolution for the space of three years & six months, part of which time he served in Colonel Brane's Regt. of Artillery in the Comp y . commanded by Capt. — Lillie. —
She further declared that her husband was a pensioner under the act of 15 th May 1828, entitled, "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" at eight dollars and Sixty six 2 / 3 cents per month. That his Pension Certificate was numbered 50, — dated August 3 rd 1829 & signed by S. D.

Engham Secy. of the Treasury & now remains in her Resignation - add to his original declaration now on file in the Treasr. Department she would prefer for a more particular statement of his services.
She further declared that she was married to the said William M c Clennen on the Twenty fifth day of August in the year seventeen hundred & ninety three, that her husband, the aforesaid William M c Clennen died on the Twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated & still continues his widow.
Sworn to and subscribed } on the day & year above written, } Sarah M c Clennen.
Before me, on July 30 th 1838,
and further certify that said Sarah M c Clennen, the applicant, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable to attend personally in court.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supplement I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Hon. Peter O. Thacher is Judge of said Municipal Court & that the signature on this sheet purporting to be his, is his & an true signature. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 3 rd day of July A.D. 1838. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

I Joseph H. Dorr, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do on oath, testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Sarah M c Clennen of said Boston for more than thirty years past, and know from personal knowledge that she is the Widow of M c Mr. McClennen, formerly a pensioner of the U. S., and that she had not inter- married since his death, but still continues the Widow of said M c Mr. McClennen deceased.
I further depose & say that I was one of the Administrators on the Estate of said Mr. McClennen with whom I had been acquainted for many years & know that he was a pensioner under the Act of 15. th May 1828. & died in the latter part of that year, as stated in the Widows declaration before the Hon. Peter G. Thacher on the 30. th inst.
Joseph H. Dorr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County, 3 56 .
Be it known that on this first day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared Joseph H. Dorr above named, known to me to be a credible witness & entitled to belief, & made oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me, A
Franklin Haxon
Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
City of Boston, July 25. 1838.
I the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the town (now city) of Boston, that there is contained the following entry of marriage viz:
William McClannon & Sally Geyer, were married by the Rev. Jere. Belknap, twenty fifth Aug. one thousand seven hundred & ninety three.
That it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows
William McClannon & Sally Geyer married by Rev. Jere. Belknap 25 Aug. 1793. Samuel F. McCleary, City Clerk.
I Samuel F. McCleary above named depose & say, that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk & State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said City, with the exception above named as certified by me. Samuel F. McCleary.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk. ss. Boston, July 25 1838. The within named Samuel F. McCleary, personally appeared & made oath, that the within written certificates by him subscribed are true.
Before me,
Richd. L. Harris Just. Peace.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the Act, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution;" approved 15 Mar. 1828.
Pay-Certificate of
I Certify that William McLean of Boston — in the County of — in the State of Massachusetts is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Musician of Artillery in the Massachusetts Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Eight — dollars and sixty six 2/3 cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay, shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this third — day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence, the fifty fourth.
JD Hughes Secretary of the Treasury Eng. by Thos. Mack.

J. H. P. O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Dec 7, 1893.
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William M c Clennen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     not stated War Fifer John Lilly John Brane Mass   Statement of his service is very brief omitting dates & places -  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, June 18 28 Residence at date of application, Boston, Mass Age at date of application not stated - Age of widow stated in July 1838 as 63 years Remarks: Married in Boston Aug t 25, 1793 to Sarah Seyer, where he died December 25, 1828
Very respectfully,
M c Clennen 943 Lexington Ave New York City
Commissioner.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Jan. 4/94 Mil. Dept to Miss Abbie McClennen, 943 Lexington Ave., New York.
File No. 19871 Sarah McClennen Widow of Wm McClennen Musician New York
Act: March 31 43
Index:—Vol. M , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts
Sarah McBlennen widow of William McBlennen del.
who died on the 25 December 1828 of Boston in the State of Mass. who was a Musician in the Company commanded by Captain Kelly of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crane in the Mass. line for Pycars
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 108 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug. 1838 and sent L. M. Home Boston Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $216.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 37.00 $270.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1838, Section 10th }
Recorded by N.H. Addison Clerk, Book 4. Vol. 2. Page 106

Boston, 15 May 1843.
Jas. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir,
I have the honor to forward herewith the enclosed applications of widows formerly pensioned under the law of 1838. For a renewal of their certificates under the law of March 3 d 1843. which be pleased to forward to my care.
Your obedt servt
Thomas Bulfinch

Boston, 1 st August 1838.
Sir,
I have the honor to forward herewith the application of Mrs. Sarah M c Clennen, widow of M c Clennen dec d . for a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838. —
When the case is decided, will you have the goodness to inform me if the arrear of pension due him from 4 th Sept r 1828. to the time of his death have ever been paid?
I am, very resp t .
Your Ob t Serv t
L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.
Enclosure

Apr 1828 Settled at Vacaville On a lot with old ON the file # 19871

No of 0009 Payment-49. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
14 th June 1828.
William M c Clennen — of Boston — in the County of Suffolk — in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Musicián — in captain John Lilly's — at Grand company, in the artillery regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States; and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Kimball.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to W m M c Clennen in the Massachusetts Line Artillery .
It further appears that W m M c Clennen is now on the pension list of the Army agency, and has been so since the 3 March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
His pay was at the rate of 8 2/3 dollars per Month.
John H. Payne Auditor

Sarah Mcblennen $108 per m
H. Bulynch Baton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk County } ss.
Be it known that on this Ninth day of May 1843, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Mc c lellen a resident of Boston in said County and Commonwealth aged sixty-eight 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 Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1823, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War,
That she is the Widow of William Mc c lellen who was a Musician in the Revolutionary War and served as she well believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7 th of July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of One Hundred Eight seventy dollars per annum, which annuity she received from the 11 th of March 1836, to the 11 th of March 1841. At the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of receiving her last payment, surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston, agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not remarried since the decease of her said husband, but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Mr. Mc c lellen deceased, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not. Sarah Mc c lellen Sarah Mc c lellen
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first

within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described
Before me,
Lowell Mr. Stone
Justice of the Peace
I John H. McClennen of Boston in the County of Suffolk of lawful age on oath testify and say that Sarah McClennen the applicant within named is my Mother. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of Mr. McClennen and that the said Sarah was pensioned under the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 as said by her.
John H. McClennen
Suffolk County, City of Boston, ss. May 8 th 1843. Then personally came John H. McClennen and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me, Lowell Mr. Stone
Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 12 1843
I hereby Certify, That Lowell M. Stone is now (and was at the dates of the annexed attestations) Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Geo A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

MR.
943 Lexington Ave.,
New York, Nov. 29, 1893.
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly in- form me the time and place of William M c Clennen ner's service in the Revolutionary War, as recorded in the books of the Pension Department. This is all I can tell you: William M c Clennen was born in Scotland January 11th, 1753 and died December 20th, 1828- I think, in Boston. He was a drummer boy or fifer

in the War of the Revolution, and his widow, Sarah McClellan, received a pen- sion for several years. She died in August, 1846.
I desire to join the Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, and shall be greatly obliged if you will send me a state- ment of my great-grand- father's service in the Revolution.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours, Abbie McClellan.