Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 15611, for Jesse Kenney, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
★ Kenney, Jesse
TR 15611
CONTENTS

No 39.163
Jesse Kenney Deed Massachusetts
Let a. W. Fletcher, April 9. 1860
Acts of June 7. 1832 & 36 July 4. 1836.

Mr. Goddard
Dear Sir,
Please send to Arthur M. Held in the hands of the about the... the... over... 1860
Henry Whiting Esq Commission of Masters -

15611
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
Resv
P. O. _____
Jesse Kenny
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
May 17. 1854.
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 Jesse Kenney is borne on Final roll of Capt. Matthius Toby's (Comp. Col. Aaron Willard's Regt. from Fort Edward to their homes), 338 miles, wages £4.8.9. as Vint, from Eastham. Roll dated Boston January 13. 1777.
Also on pay roll of Capt Abijah Bangs (Comp. Col. Nathaniel Freeman's Regt. on a private Expedition to R. Island for the month of October 1777. as Vint from Eastham.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. H. Dright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I am now more fully than above stated.
years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services
WITNESS my hand, this first A. D. 1894
day of May 1894
Signed by said Allan Kenney in my presence,
Samuel Eldridge JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
} Allan Kenney
To the Hon. J. S. ...
East ...

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the Son of the party who rendered the service.
County of Barnstable State of Massachusetts Town of Heath
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Jesse Kinney in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Eastham in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Eastham in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 '77 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain
Solomon Higgins in Regiment and he served as follows,* viz: — As Dorchester as a private I think, under Capt Solomon Higgins - afterwards he served as private I think, under Capt Nathl Higgins & subsequently he served about 4 months as Lieutenant but under what Captain or in what Regiment I am unable to say. I think that my Kinney served under Genl. Gage
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

of Sandwich Declaration of Allen Kenney Son Made in Open Probate Court this 2nd day of August A.D. 1852, of Jesse Kenney, to receive the pension due to said Jesse Kenney for services rendered during the war of the Revolution.
That said Jesse Kenney served first at Dorchester in Captain Solomon Higgins Company afterwards in Captain Isaiah Higgins Company in Rhode Island in Suppers, afterwards in Captain Thomas Hamilton's Company of Footmen, afterwards was Lieutenant of Capt Matthias Tobey's Company Col Aaron Willard's Regiment, afterwards as Lieu- tenant in Capt Abijah Bangs Company Col Sa- thaniel Freeman's Regiment after the whole service of the above named Jesse Kenney was about three years in proof hereof the the said Allen Kenney refers to the accompany- ing Certificate of the Secy of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts & to the accompanying affidavits.
That the said Jesse Kenney died A.D. 1831 & that Mary Kenney wife of the said Jesse died A.D. 1846 & that he the said Allen Kenney with Herman Kenney, Sarah Nickerson, Thankful Freeman & Polly Eldridge are the sole surviving children of the said Jesse & Mary Kenney - for proof of which he refers to

the accompanying affidavits - All the foregoing statements he makes according to his best information & belief. Said Allen Kenney has been informed that he is entitled to an allowance of pension due to his said father Jesse Cook, that it may be allowed for his benefit or himself & his said brother & sister - they all (together with himself) standing in need of the same -
Witness
Allen Kenney
Francis B. Dyer
Samuel H. Dyer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Magistrate: On this eighth day of August in the year eighteen hundred & fifty four personally ap- peared Allen Kenney above named, before me in open Court, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration & subscribed the same. And I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of said Allen Kenney for pension, & am not concerned in the pro- secution of the same.
Nymphas Marston } Judge of Probate } said Court

Barnstable ss Aug 8, 1854.
Then personally appeared Samuel Eldridge & Samuel Eldridge Jr & made oath that they were present in Bristol Court at the time when Allen Kenney signed the foregoing application & that they knew him to be the son of the "Foreman" Nathan Kenney & that they have no interest in the decision applied for -
Samuel Eldridge
Samuel Eldridge Jr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss: August 8. 1854. Personally appear- ed before me, Samuel Eldridge and Samuel Eldridge Jr., above named & made oath as above written, & subscribed the same in my presence. And I certify that they are both credible witnesses - and that I have no interest in the claim for pen- sion to which they relates, and I am not concerned in the prosecution of the same.
Nymphas Marston \frac{3}{3} Judge of Probate for said Court.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wamstables p: — I George Marston, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that Hon. Nymphas Marston is Judge of said Court, and that his signature on each of the two preceding pages is in both cases genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Eighteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred of fifty four.
Geo. Marston Reg d Prob y