Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,265, for Benjamin Kenny, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Kenny Benjamin Kenney Elizabeth
W. 23.265
CONTENTS

3999 Name
Elizabeth Henry widow of Benjamin Naf who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Wm H Belcher Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 20 Vol. 1

Copy from the Town records of Wiscasset, formerly called Pownalborough.
"Benja Kenney & Betsy Dow both of a place called Bulls Town intend marriage Sept r nineteenth Seven- teen hundred and eighty three.
David Silvester Town Clerk, A certificate given October tenth seventeen hundred and eighty three."
A true copy from the records with the exception of the dates, which are expressed on the records in fair, legible figures as follows, viz date of Publication "Sept r 19 nineteen 1783" date of certificate given "Oct r 10. 1783"
Attest
Edmund Dana Town Clerk.
I Edmund Dana above named do upon oath state that I am Clerk of the town of Wiscasset, in the State of county of Lincoln & state of Maine, & that the above is truly copied from the record of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me. I further state that the marriage of said Benja Kenney to Betsy Dow is not on record in said Wiscasset.
Edmund Dana Town Clerk
State of Maine
Lincoln ss: Sworn and subscribed this fourteenth day of December A D 1838
Before me William D. Wood Jus Peace

✓ A 712 Elizabeth Kenny widow of Benj. Kenny Act July 7, 1838,
Geo W Morton Augusta Me

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
ON this 4 th day of September A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Elizabeth Kenny a resident of Freedom in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged seventy six 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 7th, 1838, enti- tled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Benjamin Kenny who died at Eastport, Maine , in 1814, his home then being in Albin adjoining Freedom aforesaid, that she has reason to believe & does believe that her said late husband served three years, viz., from 1777 to 1780, as a private in Col. Morgan's, Massachusetts regiment, & was honorably discharged.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Benjamin Kenny on the first day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three ; that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Kenny died on the not recollected day of April eighteen hundred & fourteen ; 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; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That her maiden name was Betsy Dow & she was married at Hana Maine, by Benj's, Woodbridge Esq.
Elizabeth  X  Kenny mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Nathan Weston C.J. S.P.C.

State of Maine
On the fourth of September, 1830, Elizabeth Kenny, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. No court was in session, and it appears to me that from her sex and advanced age, she is not able to make another journey of thirty or forty miles from her residence to appear in open court. Her case was examined with great care. I am satisfied, that she was married to Benjamin Kenny, late a revolutionary soldier of the United States, on the fourth  first of September  November , 1783, that the said Benjamin Kenny deceased in April, 1814, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec, ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon: Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice, in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Kenny for a pension. I also certify that Walnut Wood Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln, In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 28 th day of January A. D., 1830.
L. A. Chandler

I Samuel Fuller of Albin in the County of Kennebec, upon oath state that I well knew the within named Benjamin Kenny who died at Eastport, Maine, in 1814, & also well knew the within named Elizabeth Kenny that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said late husband Benjamin Kenny, in 1814.
Samuel Fuller
State of Maine
Kennebec ss. Know all men by these presents that I, Samuel Fuller, of Albin, in the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office, the original being a credible witness.
Nathaniel Weston C. J.
S. J. C.

Elizabeth Kenney
Per W. Merton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Waldo
On this twelfth day of September A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, John Randall Guardian to Elizabeth Kenny a resident of Freedom in the County of Waldo aged as she believes 86 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Benjamin Kenny who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Benjamin Kenny at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. He She further declares that she is still a widow, and this day in full life
WITNESS:
Ebenezer Knowlton Sarah P. Randall
John Randall Guardian
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Ebenezer Knowlton Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and Guardian to  that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her  her in the foregoing declaration.
Ebenezer Knowlton Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Ebenezer Knowlton is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 16th day of September in the year 1848.
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

State of Maine. Waldo County ss.
I Charles Palmer Register of Probate for said county, do hereby certify that it appears by the records in the Probate Office in said county, that, at the date hereof John Randall of Freedom in said county, is the duly authorized guardian of Elizabeth Kenney of said Freedom who has been adjudged & decreed by the Judge of Probate for said county of Waldo, to be non compos mentis.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Probate Court this thirteenth day of September A. D. 1848.
Charles Palmer
{ Register of Probate for the county of Waldo.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23265-
Elizabeth Henry * Widow of Benjamin Henry Dis Rev War
Act Feb 29, 48
Index: Vol. A , Page 327
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Kenny

I, Arnold Glidden, of lawful age to testify, do depose and say that, I was a soldier in the revolutionary war, during the first three years service from 1777 to 1780 inclusive, and served in Col. Brigsdown's Regt. I left the service in the latter part of the year 1780 & returned home to Whitefield in this state, and am now a pensioner of the United States for said service.
I knew one Benjamin Kinney, who lived near me, before I went into the service and was well acquainted with him. The said Kinney enlisted into the same service about the same time that I did, and I frequently saw him while in the service, but while I was in the service he did not serve in the same Regiment. I think that Kinney served in Nickerson's Regt. prior to 1780.
I know that the said Kinney married one Betsy Dorr at a place called Balltown, near the town of Albany Jefferson, either before he went into the service or immediately on his return. He was married before the close of the war and afterwards lived in the town of Freedom. Kinney was at the taking of Burgoyne, and with Nicholas Brigsdown during the campaign of 1777, and 1778 . I left Kinney in Albany in the winter of 1775.
I do not recollect what year Kinney returned home, but think he was married after his return from his first three years service, and entered the service again. He was certainly married before the close of the war.
Arnold Glidden
Subscribed for on this fourth day of September A.D. 1839 personally appeared before me, Arnold Glidden, the above named deponent, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed.
Oliver Frost, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the within memo d deposition of Amos Gliddon, is a true copy of same in my mind & good memory, and sustains a good reputation for truth & veracity, and is, therefore a credible witness.
Oliver Frost Justice of the Peace

I Thaddeus Bailey of Palermo, in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged eighty seven next November, do testify and say that during the war of the Revolution I resided in a town called Pownalborough, now Wiscasset in the then District now State of Maine, that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Kenney a resident of Balltown an adjoining town to said Pownalborough the said Kenney to my certain knowledge enlisted for eight months in the year 1775. his Officers name I do not recollect, that in 1777 he again enlisted for three years in a Massachusetts regiment, but his Officers names I do not recollect. after the expiration of his enlistment the said Kenney returned home in the year 1780 and did not to my knowledge again enter the Army. that in the month of November 1782 or 1783 I was present at Pownalborough when the said Kenney was married to Betsey Dow the Marriage was solemnized by a Mr. Justin Woodbridge of New Castle which town was separated from said town of Pownalborough by a river. The said Kenney died in the year 1814. and his widow the said Betsey or Elizabeth has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Thaddeus Bailey

State of Maine
Memorandum p: August 25. 1839
personally appeared the within named Thaddeus Burley who made oath to the truth and subscribed the within affidavit, he being a reputable witness and entitled to full credit and belief
Groomston Justice of the Peace

Maine — 4850
Elizabeth Kenny, widow of Benjamin Kenny, dead,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the month of April, 1814, of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Spurr of the Reg t commanded by Col. Vixen in the Massachusetts line for 2 years private -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of January 1840 and sent to George W. Morton, Esq. Augusta, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1840 $320.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. '40 40.00
$360.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 13.

Maine
3856.
Reported
Elizabeth Kenny widow of Benj n Kenny who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec r 1843 and sent to Geo. M. Morton Augusta, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 6.

Elizabeth Kenning widow of Benj a Kenning
me act 9. July 38
capt. Spurr - to Nixon
77. 3 hrs - a 1750
adm 2 yrs pri 80$
no deduction
Georgetown Augusta Maine

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this third day of October A. D., 1839 personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court of said State at a regular session, in Open Court, held at Augusta in said State. Elizabeth Kenny
a resident of Freedom in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, 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 Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Benjamin Kenny deceased who she has reason to believe and does believe served in the Revolutionary Army from the year 1777 to 1780 having enlisted for the period of three years. She believes he served either in Col. Byles's or Dyer's regiments of the Massachusetts line, that after her marriage she frequently saw his discharge from the Army but for many years past does not recollect of having seen it or suppose it destroyed. She refers to the rolls of the Massachusetts line for the service of her late husband in the war of the Revolution in support of her claim, that her husband was a resident of Ballardin in the then District of Maine at the time of his enlistment. She further declares, that she was married to the said Benjamin Kenny on the first day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three; that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Kenny died on the not recollected day of April eighteen hundred and fourteen; 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, that she has remained unmarried ever since the decease of said Benjamin Kenny , and that her maiden name was Betsy or Elizabeth Dow , that she continued to live with said Kenny ever after their marriage till said Kenny enlisted into the service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain and died while a soldier at Eastport , Maine while a soldier of the United States in the month of April 1814.
Elizabeth + Kenny Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Nathan Weston Ch. Just. S. J. Court

State of Maine.
On the third day of October, 1839, Elizabeth Kenny, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn as within stated in open court. I am satisfied that she was married to Benjamin Kenny, late a revolutionary soldier of the United States, on the first of November, 1783, that the said Benjamin Kenny deceased in April, 1814, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C. Just. S. J. C. and
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec
ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said County. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Kenny for a pension. I also certify that Oliver Frost is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot and that George Morton is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Kennebec, and that the signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this thirty first day of October A. D., 1839
L. A. Chandler

4329 Elizabeth Kenney
$80 per an
clean
Virginia
Yrs. W. Morton
South Freedom Me. Sept 9
Page 6
Georgetown Virginia clean

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Waldo ss. } On this ninth day of September A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, Elizabeth Kenny , a resident of Freedom in the County of Waldo aged Eighty one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Benjamin Kenny who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Benjamin Kenny at the rate of Eighty dollars and John Randall her guardian cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine She further declares that she is still the widow of the said Benjamin Kenny having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness Matthew Randall Amelia Randall
Elizabeth Kenny Frank
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me,
John Randall
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of Benjamin Kenny deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
John Randall
Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine
Penobscot County ss. I the subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held for and within the same County of Penobscot, certify that John Rondeau is a Justice of the Peace in within stated and that the within signature purpor- ting to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court the 13 th day of September A. D. 1843
J. R. Nichols