Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37295, for Clement Penell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Penell element or Pennell
NUMBER
S 37295
CONTENTS

5627
Maine
Clement Pennell
Capt Lane private $80
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Lis. Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Jan y 1819 and sent to Judge Parris Paris, Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mo. 7/30 - 33. 80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 - 48. -
$ 81. 80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Subscription sent July 7 H. 1820 John Wesley Jr Esq Parker Maine

Clemente Pennell
Private
Aldens Reg t
Map: Line
3 years
28 April 1818
Admitted

West Point 8 th May 1700
These Certify that the Bearer Clement Amoral Soldier in the seventh Mass t . Reg t . has turned his Gun and Accoutrements into the store at this post his time of service being Expired —
Wm Hendry Master to Said Regiment

I Clement Pencil a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Gray in the district of Maine on oath declare that sometime in the Month of May one thousand eight hundred seventy seven in the district aforesaid, I enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Lorne in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ichabod Alden in Gen. Nickerson's Brigade in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war for the term of three years, that I continued to serve as a private in said company and in the service of the United States until the month of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty, when I was regularly discharged from the service at West Point in the State of New-York, and received an honorable discharge in writing, signed by Col. John Brooks which I have since accidentally lost; that during the term aforesaid I was stationed at Albany and Cherry-Valley in the State of New-York and at West Point. And I do further on oath declare that I am fifty nine years of age, that I am not borne on any pension-list of the United States; that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
Wherefore I the said Clement Pencil pray that

This declaration and the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of war to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress passed March 8 th 1818 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
Apr. 20. 6
Clement Penell
I Joseph Allen of Gray in the District of Maine on oath, declared that I served in Col. Alden's Regiment during the Revolutionary War, that I well knew Clement Pinnell above named who belonged to Capt. Lanes Company in said Regiment, and that he served as a soldier in said Regiment, and in the service of the United States for the term of three years during the Revolutionary War, and until the term for which he enlisted expired - Joseph Allen
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Allen and made oaths to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. April 28. 1818.
Alcison H. Parris U.S. Judge etc

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Clemente Pennell the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence an original certificate, signed by W m Henry D. Moarter , dated 8. May 1780 , also a deposition of Joseph Allen , as soldier in the revolutionary army, taken subscribed and sworn to before me; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Clemente Pennell the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

N 229 Clement Pennell Copy
5627 22 nd Jan 1849
March 1819

gained (beyond) and paid for (necessary) clothing and bedding excepting UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixteenth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty third day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty third day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Element Pennell . . . aged sixty two . . . years, resident in Gray . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Lane . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alden . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20 th day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5627 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Element Pennell
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty third day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate I have none Personal estate I have none I live in the family with a son in law and pay to him what I am able to procure or earn in part pay for my support I have no income
Alment Pennell
Sworn to June 23 1820
Before Almon H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me by occupation a laborer which I am not able to pursue by reason of constantly, by reason of age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     I have no family Alment Pennell    Sworn to Before Almon H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said 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, is dollars and . . . one . . . . . cent s . and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
10, '01

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions,
P.L. 37295-
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Clement Pennell* a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. * pensioned Pennell
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 May 1780 Pvt. Daniel Lane Ichabod Alden John Brooks. Mass.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Dist. of Maine
Date of application for pension, Apr. 28. 1818 His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Gray Dist. of Maine
Age at date of application, 59 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 he was living with a son-in-law. No name stated
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched V.L.M. July 7/1911 Briefed by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Clement Pennell or
Service Pennell
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
No Rev. Adm. or Rejected.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, BUFFALO CHAPTER.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Do not the records in your office show two men named Clement-Pennell who were pensioners of Cumberland Co. Me. or is there a misprint - in the printed volumes here in Buffalo? One placed on the roll Jan 22. 1819. age 76 - The other on the roll 1833 - a younger man, born about 1759 - The descendant in our chapter, Mrs. Cora Pennell True 35 Windsor Ave., of the older Clement, received from you recently the record of the younger man, if there are two . Would it be possible to furnish her with the other record? They were not father and son but related, Clement being a family name in all branches - It is impossible without copy of pension application to differentiate the numerous enlistments credited with various spellings to Clement-Pennell in "Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution".
345 Lafayette Ave. Buffalo, N.Y. July 3, 1911
Yours very truly Mrs. Francis Ware Wallace Registrar Buffalo Chapter. D.A.R.

37 295 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 295
Clement Pennell His Her Son
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 Feb. 28 Hist. Soc. Mrs. W. A. True Letter in W. A. File 9222 Joseph Pennell. 1911 July 10 Mrs. Francis Wall that Clement Pennell is the only Soldier of that name in V. L. M.

Record Division.
July 10, 1911.
Mrs. Frances W. Wallace, 345 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 3 rd and received the 5 th instant, you are advised that Clement Penell or Pennell, Sur. File No. 37,295, Rev. War, a history of whose service was furnished Mrs. W. A. True, March 28. 1911, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
The printed list of pensioners of Cumberland County, Maine, does not show Clement Pennell but does show Joseph Pennell placed on the pension roll April 25, 1833, aged eighty-seven years.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.