Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37296, for Abraham Penney, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Penney, Abraham or Penny
NUMBER
S 37296
CONTENTS
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Note for sent R. E. Vose Augusta Maine 11 July, 1870
8071 4 Maine
Abraham Penney of Seni Town in the dis  state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd of the Massa: line, for the term of 3 yrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April, 1808
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Mar. 08. and sent to R. E. Vose , Augusta
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  86.36 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 20 Sept. 1819  48. $134.36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

37296 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 37296
Abraham Penney Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 889
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Abraham Penny , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Lewiston , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the eleventh day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, until the end thereof against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty first day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  Inter C. Clerk C. C. C. Pleas 2 d East Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

Abraham Penney p o Col. Sheppard's Map s Reg 1781. to 1783 3 years
April 11. 1810
Proof of Service Walker
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Abraham Penny, aged fifty seven years - a citizen of the United States, born in Wells in the District of Maine, now a resident of Lewiston in said District - Upon Oath testify and declare that I enlisted into the Army of the United States upon the continental establishment against the common enemy March 14. 1781. for the period of three years into the company commanded by Capt. David Holbrook and regiment by Col. William Sheppard of the Massachusetts line I served until the 25 th Dec. 1783. and then took my honorable and final discharge from the Army at Continental Village, in New York, my discharge was signed by Major Gen. Knox. - I kept my discharge a number of years but is not now in existence to my knowledge - From my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support - I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension which would  hereby allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any, but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list, whatever - I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. -
Abraham by  X  mark Penny
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss
On the eleventh day of April A.D. 1818 Abraham Penny above named, after having been lawfully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him -
Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court of Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Neal of Litchfield in the county of Lincoln District of Maine of lawful age upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Andrew Penny above named. From his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth - I have understood in years past that he served in the continental army, and fully believe that he served as he has above stated
John Neal

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the twenty first day of May A.D. 1818 John Neale Esquire within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition, by him subscribed —
Before me
Nathan Weston Esq.
Chief Justice C. Court of Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

Abraham Penny
1608
20 March 1819
Sep 1819
R. G. Vose, Augusta Maine.
Attest John Smith Clerk
At true Copy
Nathan Weston, Juri
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Fifty dollars and  cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Forty dollars and  Cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec
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State of Maine.
To the Honorable the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset.
I, Abraham Penney of Dearborn in the County of Kennebec aforesaid, a pensioner on the Maine roll, under the law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th March, 1818, do hereby exhibit the following schedule of my whole estate and income (my necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) viz ;
One yoke of oxen of the value of fifty dollars.
I have no debts due to me, and I owe about ten dollars.
I have no income derived from property, trade or or profession; and from age and infirmity, I am not able to labor more than one quarter part of my time. —
Except the above, and my necessary clothing and bedding, I have no property or income whatever.
Witness J. Nichols,
his Abraham X Penney marks
A true Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk.
Pension Certificate No 8,071

(Copy)
State of Maine.
I, Abraham Penney within named do solemnly swear, that on the eleventh day of April 1818, I made application, in pursuance of the within mentioned law of March 18, 1818, before Judge Weston , and was afterwards placed upon the pension list roll of the United States, for the District of Maine Agency. And I, the said Abraham Penney , do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Witness J. Nichols
his Abraham X Penney marks
KENNEBEC, ss.
ON this sixteenth day of May 1820,
Abraham Penney before named, after being duly cautioned and examined, exhibited and subscribed the within schedule, and took and subscribed the foregoing oath, before me,
Nathan Weston, Junr.
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
(A true Copy)