Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5115, for Samuel Newell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Newell, Samuel
S. 5115
CONTENTS

Died April 26 - 1836 - A.B.
3054
Massachusetts
Samuel Newell
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Col Bigelow in the Mass line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1832 and sent to [blank] Child Southbridge Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120 - Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 30 40 -
$160 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. [blank] Clerk, Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 69.

Samuel Newell Pawah 2 years
$80.
Levi Child Eng Southbridge Mass

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester }
On this fifth day of September A.D. 1832 person ally appeared before the justice of the Court of Probate for the county of Worcester and for on behalf of Massachusetts sits Samuel Newell, a resident of Southbridge in said county of Worcester - aged seventy 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 7. 1832 - Vtz -
That under the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818. his name was inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Massachusetts Agency. as a Private in the Massachusetts line of the Revolution and being at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month to commence on the 28 th day of April A.D. 1818. and that his name was struck from the same on account of his being in the possession of too much property. - That he served in the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, of Continen- tal Troops. - That when his first application was made he was a resident of Southbridge at present where he has ever since resided and where he now resides. His original certificate is herewith an- nexed - and forwarded with this application
Sworn to & subscribed the Day and Year aforesaid
Before NATHAN FAYNE Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester
Samuel Newell

I Theophilus Wheeler Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Newell for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Probate Court this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Theophl. Wheeler Register of said Probate Court.
W. S. D.

March 8, 1934.
Alice D. Smith 611 Westford Street Lowell, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Newell, born September 9, 1744, who died in 1839 in Thompson, Connecticut, whose wife was Rachel, who died January 1834; he was your Revolutionary War ancestor.
You state that you desire to know whether or not Samuel Newell, on the Massachusetts pension list, was identical with your ancestor.
The papers on file in pension claim, S. 5115, based upon service of Samuel Newell have been examined. It is shown therein that Samuel Newell was born about 1757, that he resided in Southbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, when he enlisted and always resided there. He died April 26, 1836.
Very truly yours,
A. D. NILES, Assistant to Administrator.

Discharge
Samuel Newell S.F. 5115 Mass.

This Certificate, that Samuel Sewell private soldier has served three years, in the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment, being the full term of his enlistment, has conducted himself as a good and faithful soldier, and is hereby discharged the service
Given Under my hand, at Highlands This 14 th Day of May 1780
Silvannus Smith Capt Command g 10 th Mass s Regt

Honorable Lewis Cass —
Secretary of War — Washington City

Honorable Lewis Cass.
Sir. The accompanying application for a Pension of Samuel Newell of Southbridge Worcester Co. Mass. is forwarded by me at his request. His evidence of service is in the Department as his name has been once on the Pension Roll under the Act of Congress passed April 28. 1818. He informs me that his term of service was three years - in the Continental service. If further evidence should be wanted will you advise me of the fact. If his application should be successful will you forward me his certificate at this place.
Southbridge (Mass)
Sept 20. 1832
Yours Respectfully
Linus Child
Atty for Saml Newell

Feb. 20. 1934
Mr. G. D. Hille Veteran Administration Washington D. C.
Dear Mr. Hille:
In the Mass.
Pension list of Rev. Soldiers Page 324 it states Samuel Newell received a pension. Aged 75.
It does not state where he lived. I much to know if this man. lived in Dudley Mass during Revolution and Thompson. Come afterward.
over for description of my Samuel

Samuel was born Sept 9. 1744 to the age agues He died Thompson Conn in 1839. His wife was Rachel who died Jan 1834. Is this the Samuel you have listed Thanking you for your kindness I am
Sincerely Alice D. Smith
Southbridge Worcester Co Mass 1819- 1832

Rev War ✓
5115
INVALID.
1934-March 5. Alice D Smith died regarding this pensioner - L.L.R.
File No. 5115
Samuel Newell
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 12 , Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1953
Massachusetts.
Samuel Newell, priv. Massachusetts line / 1777. 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 28. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of July, 1818, and sent to the care of Edward H. Bango, Esq; Westminster, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818. $: 33. 86. Semi-annual ending
4 months, 7 / 30 — $: 33. 86.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Lockbridge, Mass.

Edward Bangs, Esq.; Judge, Westminster, Worcester, County, Massachus ts .
_____ Samuel Newell, Massachus ts line Revolutionary claim.
_____ found on the rolls.
Correct. _____

Sam Newell

State of Massachusetts
I Samuel Sewell a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Southbridge in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the fourteenth day of May A.D. 1775
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the 7 th  th day of May  February A.D. 1780
as a German soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to the 15 th  Infantry Regt Regt & Col Sims: Berlin - Col Adam Infantry Regt  Flower's Brigade in the Infantry Regt , here
and that I left the service on the 14 th day of May 1980
and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty one years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Samuel R. Smith
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 28 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 18 pursuant to a 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," made and passed on the 18 th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, S. G. H.
of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Judge E. C. C. [unclear] John [unclear]
the abovenamed John Lewis Powell and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true,
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Edw. Baars

Payable on the 4 th of March, and 4 th Sept r in each year, by William Gray, Esq; Branch Bank N. S. Boston, Massachusetts.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES of the 18 th of March, 1818, Samuel Newell, _____ # _____ # _____ late a private — in the Massachusetts line of the revolutionary army, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of, eight — dollars, — cents per month, to commence on the 28 th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 28 th — day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.