Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9222, for Joseph Pennell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass- _____
Pennell, Joseph or Pinnel, Bathsheba
W 9222 B.L.Wt. 39210-160-55-
CONTENTS
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239. 345
23/4 Act Mar. 3. '57 Mar. 24. '56
Bathsheba Pennell, wid. Joseph Pennell, pri.
No 39210 up
Newy. wan.
Rev. Act 7. June 1832.
July 53-5725
AD: 160 AC Aug: 21/56 BOP
1/2
Neuman Bradford Portland, Me.
Vol P = 60

Maine 11,328
Joseph Pennell
of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Pay Corp d in the Company commanded by Captain Brackett of the Reg t commanded by ————— in the Massachusetts Militia
  4 Mos  Corporal  14.66    4 "  Private  13.33    8 "   27.99  
Inscribed on the Roll of ————— Maine at the rate of 27. Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1833 and sent to J. Murphy. Portland. Me
  Arrears to the 14th of March 1833  55.98    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept "  13.99  
69.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 10 Page 42

5.725
Maine
Patheba Pennell, widow of Alah Joseph Pennell who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private & Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 dollars 99 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 2 d day of April 1856.
and sent to
J. Bradford Portland, Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 168. Vol. 26.
239345

14327.
Joseph Pennell
Application for a pension
Aug. 1832
Aspirant.
no papers.
Admitted
  4 mos corporal  14.66     4 " Private  13.33     8   27.99  
J. Mussey Esq. Portland Maine

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 Third day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
ON this Third day of August - aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Joseph Pennell - a resident of Gray in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged eighty five 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 in May 1795, at Falmouth, Casco Bay, he enlisted as a private soldier for eight months, in a company commanded by Capt John Brackett, at Falmouth and marched to Cambridge near Boston, after the battle of Bunker hill - when he continued to serve in said company for the residue of the term of eight months - Capt. Brackett died, & Capt. Johnson took command of the company - that he with the others was discharged at Cambridge - returned home in January 1796 - that he had no written discharge - That he enlisted as a Volunteer  private and served as a private till Capt. Brackett died, and under Capt. Johnson he served as a corporal. The Deposition of John Webb, who served in the same company with him is all the evidence he can procure to prove his said 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
Joseph Pennell
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said Joseph Pennell further states that he was born at Halloway the 14. day of February 1747. That he resided there when he first entered the service, and in the year 1781 he removed to Gray where he has resided ever since.
Joseph Pennell
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above before Adam Wan { U. S. Judge for the District 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 Joseph Pennell for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

11 I have heard Joseph Pennell would further.
I John Webb of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged 78 years Testify and say that Joseph Pennell of Gray in said County in the year 1775 I think in the month of May of said year Enlisted at Falmouth Basco Bay in said State into a Company commanded by Capt John Brackett of said Falmouth for Eight months after the Battle of Bunker Hill Menhaden To Cambridge Capt Brackett died and the Command fell to James Johnson The said Pennell served as a Colonel and then & there at Cambridge in December of said year the Company broke or disbanded The Deponent served in said Company at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill, & well remembers the same at this time John Webb
Cumberland ss August 2 d 1832 Subscribed and sworn to this day before me Geo Bishop Justice of the Peace
Westbrook August 2 d 1832 I certify that John Webb is a person of truth & veracity entitled to Credit as a Witness Geo Bishop Justice of the Peace
Maine District District Clerk's Office August 3. 1832 I testify that George Bishop Esquire who took the above deposition is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland I have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal Official the day & year above written.
John Mussey Clerk D. C. Maine

Deposition John Webb for Joseph Pennell & Mrs at Cambridge Capt Brattle 60
Joseph Pennell
The Slave Joseph Pennell

The undersigned Joseph Pennell, would further state by way of amendment of his said Declaration that, he believes that Capt Brackett died about the first of September 1775 - that he had been home to visit his family and was on his return to Cambridge, and died about twenty miles from Cambridge as near as he can recollect. He remembers that some of the Company went out to his funeral - After he died Lieut James Solomon was chosen Captain - and the said Pennell was appointed a corporal since served as corporal he is pretty cer- tain from the first of Sept. 1775 to the end of that year when he was dismissed excepting seventeen days when he was ab- sent on furlough from the Colonel - Joseph Pennell
Signed & sworn to before
March 27-1872
Asahel Root
Judge of Probate for the Dist. of Middlesex

Claim of Bathsheba Pennell to Bounty Land Act. Mar. 3 d 1855
239. 345
Revolutionary War.
F Bradford Portland Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
185 . }
I, ROBERT A. BIRD , Obadiah G. Cook
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
William G. Chadbourne Esquire
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature purporting to be his
are GENUINE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook CLERK.

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Eighteenth day of March A. D. 185 6 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Bathsheba Pennell a resident of Gray in said County and State, aged Eighty Eight years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d, A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the widow of Joseph Pennell late of Gray in the State of Maine  de d that her said husband Joseph Pennell was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a pension- er of the United States at the rate of $27 \frac{99}{100} per annum under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A D 1832, which pension he drew to the time of his death which took place at Gray aforesaid on the first day of Nov- ember A D 1833.
And your declarant further states that she has not heretofore applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress and she believes her husband never received Bounty Land in his life time.

YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Joseph Pennell on the Twenty first day of November A.D. 1814, at Falmouth in said
State, and that her name before marriage was Bathsheba Buker
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the act of Congress of  March 18th 1856 she made application for a Pension, under  the Act of February 3rd 1853 to which she refers and as a reason for her delay she  states that she was not till lately been able to find any record of her marriage
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint H. Bradford of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Elbery H. Starbird Jeremiah Pennell
Bathsheba  Her  X Pennell Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Bathsheba Pennell is the person who performed  the identical person who performed  the military service mentioned and to be of the age above stated  she represents herself to be of the age above stated and that I have no interest in her claim
J. G. Chadbourne
Justice of the Peace.
a witness

We, Ellery H. Sturtevant of Falmouth & Jeremiah Pennell a residents of Gray in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, being of lawful age, on oath depose, testify and say, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Bathsheba Pennell of Gray State and County aforesaid, and who is now a claimant for Bounty Land. We have known the said Bathsheba Pennell for many years last past, that she is the identical person he  the widow of Joseph Pennell represents herself to be in her application for said Land, and that she is reputed to have served as she has set forth in her declaration. We have no interest, direct or indirect in the claim that said Bathsheba Pennell may have to Bounty Land. And we further declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Bathsheba Pennell in our presence. We further state that Joseph Pennell her late husband was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. That he died in Gray about the year 1833. That we resided near him at the time of his death & that Bathsheba Pennell is now a widow
Ellery H. Sturtevant Jeremiah Pennell
STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss. March 18 th 1856.
THEN personally appeared the above-named Ellery H. Sturtevant and Jeremiah Pennell known to me as credible witnesses; and to whom the foregoing affidavit was read as the same is written; who, understanding the same, subscribed their names thereto, and made oath that the same is true.
BEFORE ME,
W. G. Harbourn Dist. Clerk

Claim of Bathsheba Pennell to Rev. Pension Act Feby 3 1853
A Bradford Portland, Maine

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, March 20. 1856. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that William G. Chadbourne Esquire , is and at the date of his certificate to the papers hereto annexed, was judge of the Mu- nicipal Court for the City of Portland as appears by the papers and certificates aforesaid; and I also certify that Ellery H. Starbird Esquire is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that they are DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signatures purporting to be his  his are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook
CLERK.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss.
On this 18 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty six personally ap- peared before the Hon. William G. Chad- bourne Judge of the Municipal Court in the City of Portland, the same being a Court of Record and having Jurisdic- tion within and for said County - Bathsheba Pennell aged eighty eight years a resident of Gray in County & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law on oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Joseph Pennell late of Gray aforesaid deceased, - that her late husband was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner
CLERK.

of the United States under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of Twenty Seven dollars and Ninety Nine cents per annum which pension he drew until his death which took place at Gray on the first day of November AD 1833 as will appear by testimony annexed. For proof of his Revolutionary service, she refers to her late husband's declaration made by him for the benefits of the act of 1832
She further states that she was married to said Joseph Pinnell in the town of Falmouth on the twenty first day of November AD 1814 by one James Morrill a Justice of the Peace and that her name before marriage was Bathsheba Buker. She therefore claims a Pension under the act aforesaid and declares she is now a widow and that she has not been married since the death of her husband aforesaid.
Attest Jeremiah Pinnell Ellery H. Starbird
Bathsheba
Her X Pinnell Mark

Signed and sworn to by the above named Bathsheba Pennell at Gray on the day and year first above written, and I certify that said declarant is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily in- firmity.
I hereunto, in testimony whereof have set my hand and af- fixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of March 1856.
Y. S. Chadbourne Judge

We Ellery H Starbuck of Hallowell Hallowell & Jeremiah Pennell a resident of Gray in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say that we well knew in his life time Joseph Pennell who was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and whom we know to have been a pensioner of the United States. He died in Gray in the year 1833 as near as we can recollect. We were near neighbors to him at the time of his death. We know that said Joseph Pennell left a widow, Bathsheba Pennell who is now living in Gray and who has not been married since the death of her husband aforesaid. We have no interest in said Bathsheba Pennell's claim to a Pension
Ellery H. Starbuck Jeremiah Pennell
State of Maine
County of Cumberland ss. March 18 1856 Then personally appeared the above named Ellery H Starbuck & Jeremiah Pennell known to me to be credible witnesses and made oath to the truth of the above

affidavit by them signed Before me.
W. G. Chadbourne
India Municipal Court Patterson, Me.

State of Maine, County of Cumberland, Town of Falmouth N o 20
November twenty first One thousand eight hundred and fourteen
"Joseph Pennell and Bathsheba Buker both of Gray"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of James Morrill a Justice of the Peace, filed in this office of the marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible words and figures as follows, viz; "Nov r 21. 1814."
John Noyes Town Clerk of Falmouth.
I John Noyes above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the record of James Morrill aforesaid, with the exception above named as certified by me, John Noyes Town Clerk of Falmouth
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this 27 th day of Feb. A.D. 1856
Ellery H. Starbird Justice of the Peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
W. L. 9222
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Pennell * a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. * also signs Pennel
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 8 mos. Priv. Corp. John Brackett James Johnson Edmund Phinney Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Falmouth, Dukes Bay
Date of application for pension, Aug. 3, 1832
His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, _____
Gray, Cumberland Co. Me. Dist.
Age at date of application, _____
born at Falmouth Feb. 14, 1747
Remarks: _____
died at Gray, Me. Dist. Nov. 1, 1833
Soldier married at Falmouth Nov. 21, 1814, Bathsheba Bunker. She was allowed pension on an application executed Feb. 18, 1856 while a resident of Gray, Dist. of Me. aged 88 years.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Researched Apr. 6, 1911

Oct. 15-1900- Miss Margaret H. Root Uithaca Mass 1911, Mch. 28 Hist. to Mrs. W. A. True. V.L.M.
Perf WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9222
Bathsheba Pennell
Wid
Joseph Pennell Print Rev. War
Act: Feby 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. 86 Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Cambridge Fort No. 2, Oct r 10 th 1775 Corps Joseph Pennell of Capt. Arachets Comp y in my Regt has liberty hereby to be Absent on Furlow Seventeen Days from the above Date
Col. William } Colonel
Nov r 20 th 1775
Reseved of chineye Red £1 = 14 = 0

jes parting D 2
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  may 15  To aparc of turnd grumpe  3  0  0    june 19  To your wife share  2  5  0    july 22  To aparc of wimen share  2  2  6  
To holing aback from the stil Hoponinick 0 10 0
To a ordot - - - 0 0 0
To cash _____ 8 13 6 0 3 0
Joseph Pennell Mass. 11.9.22