Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1433, for Joseph Jennings, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Jennings, Joseph Sarah
W 1433
CONTENTS
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Lt. Col. Joseph Jennings 18. 47 Decr.
21. 400
Massachusetts
 Joseph Jennings of Suffolk in the State of Mass. who was a Brigadier in the Company commanded by Captain Ellison of the Regt commanded by Col. William in the Mass line for 1 Mo. Brave 
3 " 15 days Coast 2 " 15 " Left 
Incribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 28 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept  1833 and Genl  E. P.  Isaac  Northam  Miss Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 71.67 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th  Mar 34 - 14.33 $ 86.00 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by P. G. D. W. Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 38 

115 Massachusetts Sarah Jennings, widow of Joseph Jennings who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Spitfire Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 67 1/2 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Febch 1849 and sent to Hon J. G. Palfrey A. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848, Page 67 Vol. 1 July 29th Book D

Extract from the Records of the Town of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"married Mr. Joseph Jennings and Sarah Holbrook both of Plymouth, July twelfth one thousand Seven hundred and ninety five. by Josiah Cotton Esqr."
I hereby Certify that the above is a true extra- -ct from the Original Records of marriages in the town of Plymouth aforesaid. With the exception of date which is expressed in full legable figures as follows. "July ye. 12 th . 1795."
Timothy Berry Town Clerk of Plymouth
I Timothy Berry above named. depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Plymouth County of Plymouth State of Massa- -chusetts and that the above is a true extract of the Records of marriages in said town with the exception of the date which is expressed as above certified by me. Timothy Berry Town Clerk of Plymouth
Plymouth ss. Sep. 16. 1848. Then personally appeared Timothy Berry Town Clerk of Plymouth and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him made and subscribed.
Before me Wm. G. Russell Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston November 7 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William S. Russell was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
W m M c Beets Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Abigail Sawyer of Boston in the State of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby depose and say, that I was acquainted with Jo- seph Jennings late of Boston for three years be- fore his death, and during that time lived in the same house with him. He died on or about the 27 th day of February in the year 1838. I was present in the room when he died. I know that he was a pendente under the laws of the United States, and that he drew the sum of thirty dollars per year on a near that sum. I have since lived in the same house with the widow of Joseph Jennings whose name is Sarah Jennings. She still remains a widow. Abigail Sawyer one word intoned before dying -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. September 29 th 1848. Personally appeared Abigail Sawyer above named and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true - and I certify that she is a credible witness. Before me Wm. Walcutt Justice of the Peace -

I, Mary Robinson of Lexington, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fifty years of age. Do testify and say, have resided in the City of Boston in the County of Suffolk, for a number of years and previous to my residence, I resided in Plymouth in the County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth. That I was personally acquainted with Joseph and Sarah Jennings when they resided in said town of Plymouth and also when they resided in the City of Boston. That I was personally knowing that the said Joseph Jennings when he resided in Boston obtained a pension which he received in consideration of his services in the War of the Revolution, which was between twenty five and thirty dollars per annum, and continued to receive it up to the time of his death, which took place in Boston aforesaid, on or near the twenty sixth day of February 1838. I attended his funeral, and Sarah Jennings his widow is still living, resides in the City of Boston, and remains unmarried.
Mary Robinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Lexington October 13 th 1838.
Then personally appeared Mary Robinson, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed, and I certify that she is a credible witness, also that the words of Massachusetts, and there, were interlined before signing
and making oath. Before Me. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Seventh 7 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations William E. Barrento was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, and Elijah Sturk was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their 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.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No 26089
Joseph Jennings Suffolk County Massachusetts
Private 1 Month
Corporal 3 - 15 days
Sergt 2 15
He must show that he
had a Sergt's warrant
4362 11 183
 5.53  10.00 12.63  2.50 12.50  12.50 28.67 
 57.34  14.33  71.67 
E. L. Leland Esq. Roxbury
E. Leland Roxbury Mass. Mass

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 Joseph Jennings Suffolk County, Massachusetts,
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Dec'd 19 Apr. 1775 - 1 - privt. Capt. Ruler, 79 years Plymouth Traditionary evidence paper   Vol 10 May 1776 - 6 - corporal reg't Capt. Nelson Col. Williams Capt. Doyerson or Ferguson Plymouth Massachusetts correct.  
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 of the Court of do hereby certify (h) 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 (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) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , 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 days 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 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, (l) 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 inquiry 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 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 grades:—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.
[i] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

No 120
Sarah Jennings widow of Joseph, Mass.
Act 29 July 1848
Also
Married 1795
Husband died 1838
Adm o  \frac{1}{3} mo per 3 mo 15 days forfe
2 " 15 days forf
$28.67 pr An fr 4 clench'ys
Hon J G Palfrey M.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk, ss.
On this thirtieth — day of October, eighteen hun- dred and forty eight. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Suffolk and State aforesaid. Sarah Jennings, a resident of Boston in said County, being seventy four  sixty eight years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law with on her oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress , passed on the twenty ninth day of July 1848. Granting Pensions to the widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution. That she is the widow of Joseph Jennings late of Boston aforesaid, who was a Revolutionary Com- missioner of the United States. Under the Law of Congress passed June seventh 1832, and that he received a pension of twenty eight dollars and sixty seven cents per annum, which was paid to him at the agency for paying pensions in Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. She further declares, that she was married to the said Joseph Jennings in the town of Plym- outh, in the County of Plymouth & State aforesaid. on the twelfth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and ninety five. That the ceremony was performed by Josiah Cotton, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County
are

That her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Jennings, died in Boston aforesaid, on the twenty-sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January eighteen hundred "viz," at the time above stated, and that she still remains his widow. The words "sixty-eight" being first erased, and seventy four interlined before signing & making oath.
Sarah Jennings
Sworn to and subscribed, by said Sarah Jennings in Open Court, on the day and year above written.
Before Me,
Edward Goring
Master in Chancery
{ Judge of Probate in & for the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Suffolk County ss.
I Horatio M. Willis Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Suffolk hereby certify, that the Hon. Edward G. Goring, is the Judge of said Court, & that his signature above written is his genuine signature, and that said Court is a Court of Record.
In testimony

whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Boston in said County, this first day November in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight. —
J. M. Wells
Reg. of Probate Suffolk County
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Jos. Jennings
Joseph Jennings 26,089
E. G. Leland
Roxbury
Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss.
On this twenty second day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable P.O. Trask of the Judges of the Municipal Court now sitting at Boston in and for said County, Joseph Jennings a resident of Boston in said County, aged seventy nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Charleston in the County of Middlesex on the seventh day of October A. D. 1753, and that there is a record of his birth in his family Bible : that he was in the United States service from the about nineteenth day of April A. D. 1775, to the nineteenth day of May A. D. 1775 1 month as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Plymouth in the County of Plymouth when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Benjamin Riden (no Reg't to his knowledge) : that he marched from Plymouth to Marshfield : that he served with none of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a discharge but not in writing : that he left the service on or about the 19th of May 1775 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Plymouth & Boston
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the the about the tenth day of May A. D. 1776, to the about the tenth day of November A. D. 1776 6 months as a Corporal & Sergeant in the Massachusetts troops, but whether under continental or militia officers does not know : that he was residing at Plymouth at the time when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Nicholas Nelson in Col Willard's Reg't & a Capt Ferguson in the same Reg't : that he marched from Plymouth to Ticonderoga through Worcester, Reine, Charleston N.H. & crossed the mountains to Ticonderoga : that he served with the Army under Gen Gates of the regular troops; and and Gen Gates of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on or about the 10th of Nov.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17 as a in the that he was residing at when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of : that he marched from : that he served with of the regular troops; and regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb. 21 1833.
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 there are no rolls of Capt Nicholas Wilson's Company upon the files, nor any returned by a Capt of  the name  in the year 1776 of Ferguson or Ferguson. Also that there are no rolls of Capt Benj Rider's Company for the year 1775.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Said Joseph R Jennings further states, that after Capt Nelson staid about four months, when he the said Jennings returned to Plymouth, went into another company, commanded by a Capt or Major Pagan, whose name he thinks was George, but is not positive, when he remained for the period of two months longer. also that he was a corporal for a period of not more than three months & a half, when the sergeant Baker being taken sick, he performed his duty, & received sergeant's pay for the remaining two & a half months. & also that there is no person living, to his knowledge, by whom he can prove either of these services, nor has he any documentary evidence.
Said Jennings further states, that Dea Zacheus Bartlett, Dr James Thacher, & Capt Samuel Robbins of Plymouth, & Elizer Homer & Isaac Davis of Boston, are known to him, & will testify as to his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Said Jennings further states that he has resided at Boston since 1805.
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.
Sworn to before me on this 22 nd day of April A.D. 1833. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court.
Joseph Jennings
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We Paul Dean and James Nash residing in the City of Boston, residing in the City of Boston, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph R Jennings who has subscribed and 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid. on this day and year aforesaid, before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Paul Dean James Nash
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the answers to which are enclosed in the foregoing declaration, interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that the Reverend Paul Dean who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the City of Boston; and that James Nash who has also signed the same is a resident in the same City; and that both are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston
I of the 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Clerk's certificate on next page

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, the same being a Court of record do hereby certify that the within contains the proceedings, the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Jennings for a pension; also that Peter O. Thacker Esquire is sole Judge of said Court and that the signatures on this application purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at said Boston this twenty second day of April A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty three.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk

Rev. Mass
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1433
Sarah Jennings Widow
Joseph Jennings Bis. & Cap. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss July 31st 1833 Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County of Suffolk, Joseph Jennings of Boston in said County of Suffolk, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services set forth in his Declaration made before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, on the 22nd day of February last past, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades: For one month under Capt Benjamin Rider as a private. For three months & a half under Capt Nelson, as a corporal, & for two & a half months under Capt Nelson & Faxon or Ferguson, as a Sergeant, & for such services he claims a pension. And the said Jennings further says, that, according to the best of his recollection, he received a Sergeant's Warrant, which he has since lost, & that there is no person living by whom he can show that he ever received said warrant. Joseph Jennings
Subscribed & sworn to Before me.
David Lee Child Jus of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss.
I Charles A. Parker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record in the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that David Lee Child Esq. before whom the above affidavit was sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk & that I do believe the above to be his true & proper signature.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Boston this 31st day of July A.D. 1833. Chas. A. Parker the

Brighton, Mass. Nov. 7 th 1845
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the claims of Sarah Jennings of Boston the widow of Joseph Jennings late of Boston a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Resptly yours, W. H. Dyer Elijah Clark
M m . J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Boston Nov. 27. 1847
Hon. Sir
Joseph Jennings late of Boston deceased, was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 32. I believe, & received a pension until his death Febry. 1838. he was a private in the war of the revolution & I believe belonged to the volunteer service; But for information I refer you to his pension papers on file in your office.
Mrs Jennings left a widow, who is now living. She is poor & infirm; inflected with those bodily infirmities, which renders life gloomy. Please inform me if she is entitled to receive any money from government, if necessary proof is furnished. Respectfully Your Obt Servant Asa Spaulding
Hon James S. Edwards Compt. of Pensions D.C.