Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21151, Jesse Crandall, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J.
Brandall Jesse or Brandall
S. 21151
CONTENTS

27/194 Rhode Island
Jesse Crandall
of Charlestown in the State of No 1. who was a priv't & Serjeant in the Comp commanded by Captain Park — of the Reg't commanded by Colo. Varnum in the No 1
time for 12 Months Private 8 " Serjeant
Entered on the Roll of No 1. at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of June 1832 and sent to Mrs P Newell Esq. Kingston No 1.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1832. $ 80 Amount due at his death 18 3/4 Pension allowance ending 18 July 11 . . . 16.
$ 96.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 105
Certificate Issued to his wife Hannah and to his children

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Rhode Island, County of Washington ss.
Town of Charlestown. On this 3 rd day of March 1834, personally appeared in Open Court, before the judges of the Court of Probate now sitting within & for said town of Charlestown Nathaniel Grondine & Mary Brandace residents of said Charlestown, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their several oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That they are as they have ever understood & believe the legal mother & children of Japheth Grondine late of said Charlestown, who then departed this life on the Eleventh day of July 1832; their mother Jilpha the wife of their said father, died before his said decease; that their said father at the time of his decease left no widow; that at the time of his decease he left no children except these declarants, within their knowledge.
Though he formerly had a son by the name of Asa Grondine, who about eighteen years since removed to some part of the state of Pennsylvania, of whom for a number of years last past passed they have seen nor heard nothing of whose life or death at the present time they know nothing; that one of these declarants is fifty five & the other

so fifty three ————— years of age, and from the time of their earliest rec- ollection up to the time of their father's death they lived with him & have of- ten from the period of their early youth up to near the time of his death heard him state that he served against the enemy in the war of the Revolution; particularly that he served in Col. War- ren's Regt. at Disput Hill near Bos- ton in the year 1775 Eight months & that he subsequently during the revo- lutionary war belonged to Capt. Parks Company of the militia in said Charleston & served guarding against the enemy at the Quincy  Quincy fort at Quon a large  large Neck in Charles- town in its vicinity on the Wano- gan sett shore Eighteen months or more & they also think they heard him say he served against the enemy at Pointe au Barre Rhode Island at Sullivan's Expedition; but they can not say they heard him state how long he served at the two last above mentioned places: They seem to be stated that his services at Quon a large  large Neck in Wano-gan sett were in Col. Woye's Regt. what grade he served in they never heard him say, but they remember of hearing him say that in his Eight months service near Disput Hill, he drew or dealt out the rations to the soldiers. These

Declarants further say they are persona and I confidently believe their said late father performed fully all that was required out all his aforementioned services, which he stated to them as aforesaid, & more. and they further declare that they have been always been informed by their said father by his parents in their time that he was born in Charleston aforesaid on the 28 th day of July 1756. Further that to be the true time & place of his birth; that they know of no record of his age or birth; that they were informed by him others that he resided during his whole life (save when he was abroad in the service of his country) in said town of Charleston; that they do not know that he ever received any written discharge from any of his said services; but that they believe he was verbally dischar- ged therefrom by his commanding officers; that they know of no documentary evidence of any of his said services; that they are not acquainted with any clergyman residing in their vicinity or in the vicinity of the late residence of their said late father; but that they refer to Joseph W. Taylor & Ethan Green dear of said Charleston who are citizens of said town of Charles- ton, & who testify were neighbours of their said late father, who testify to his character & the extent of their knowledge concerning & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution & also to the accompanying depoi- sitions.

They hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & de- clare that their said late father's name is not to their knowledge on behalf, on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. her Taken Subscribed and Sworn to in open Court before the Court aforesaid this third day of March A D 1834
Samuel Stanton Esq. Clerk
Mary X Crandal
We Joseph W. Taylor & Ethan Crandal
of Charleston aforesaid hereby certify, that we were well acquainted with the aforesaid Jesse Crandall in his lifetime & believe that he was born on the 28 th of Feby. 1736, that he went is reputed in the neighborhood where he lived & died to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we are convinced in their opinion { Taken Subscribed and Sworn to in Open Court this third day of March } Joseph W. Taylor A D 1834.
Samuel Stanton Esq. Clerk
Ethan Crandal
And the said court do declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War De- partment as far forth as the nature of the case will permit & well investigating & considering the matter that the above named Jesse Crandal was a Revolution- ary soldier & served as stated by the above delegates their children. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Joseph W. Taylor & Ethan Crandal, who signed the pro- ceeding certificate are residents in Charleston & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court also certify that from their examination & knowledge of Edward Willson Esquire the deponent whose deposition is hereto attached, they consider his said deposition entitled to credit.

I. Samuel Stanton Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the Town of Charlestown do hereby certify that the contents of the two next preceding sheets of paper embrace the origi- nal Declaration of Hannah Orandel and Mary Orandel and the Deposition of Edward Wilson; and the original proceedings of said Court in the taking thereof. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal of office this first day of April 1834
Samuel Stanton C. Atty

Sarah Sheffield of Charlestown in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island, on oath saith, that she is eighty three years of age; that she has from her birth up to the present time lived in said town of Charlestown, that she lived a neighbour of, and was well acquainted with the late Jesse Grondall of said Charles- town, from his early youth up to the time of his decease, which she thinks was sometime in the summer of 1832; that she lived during the whole period of the revolutionary war on Lenecon- tague Neck in said Charlestown, told adjoining the sea, within a short distance of a guard house & military rendezvous, which was kept up on the Neck a considerable part of the war; and although her sex did not ad- mit of her going into the service, she remembers often to have seen the said Gran- dall with other neighbouring soldiers, from time to time from year to year, through the revolution as soldiers armed and under officers marching to & from said Neck & the shores of said Charlestown, as she then understood from the soldiers themselves & others of her neighbours, in the service of the country against the enemy - She thinks that the said Grondall's service was in a company of the militia of said Charlestown, of which Capt. Capt. Grondall  Grondall , some part of the war, had the command, in Col. Woyis' Regt. She cannot pretend to state the particular periods, or, with certainty, the amount of

the said Crandall's services; but from the great exposure of the shores of Charles town to the incursions of the enemy & almost constant state of alarm, particularly while the enemy had possession of the Island of N. Island & the repeated incursions of her navy being in the service on the shores of said Charles town as afore stated, as well as from the general reputation of his services amongst his neighbours, she thinks, that all his services on the shores of Charles town must have amounted to one year at the least. Further This deponent remembers that it was said during the revolution that the said Crandall performed a tour of several months service in Massa chusetts, and that he served at Silver town & on the Island of N. Island in the revolution; but she knows of her own knowledge only of his services on the shores of said Charles town as she has before stated. Sarah Hill
State of Rhode Island Washington County ss. Town of Charles- town June 13 th 1824.
Personally appeared

Sarah Sheffield the above named depo- nent, who before me gave Hubbard- ston the foregoing deposition. Heras by me duly sworn. Thinks according to law. I fear then certify that the said Sarah Sheffield is personally known to me, that she is a credible witness & that her testimony is entitled to credit.
Edw. M. D. & J. S. 66 P. 100
Anna Sheffield of Charlestown in the County of Washington & State of Rhode- Island on oath deposeth & saith that she is in the seventieth year of her age; that the late Jesse Crandall of said Charles- town who died in July 1832, was the deponent's brother; that during the war between the said Jesse & his deponent lived together with their late father Simon Crandall of said Charles- town and she well remembers that after the enemy took possession of the Island of R. Island the said Jesse & after had returned to Charlestown from a town of service in the state of Massachusetts, he the said Jesse being a member of a militia company in said town of Charlestown, was during the war a considerable portion of the time in the service of his country, particularly while the enemy was in possession of the Island of R. Island, guarding against the enemy

on the shores of the harbor town, / particu- larly on Swan Neck Ledge Walk, she thinks he belonged to Capt. Dashi company & that he served, on the blockade there under Col. Woyers.
Though she cannot accurately state the amount of the said she job's servi- ces, yet she firmly believes that the amount of his services in guarding the shores of said Charleston during the Revolu- tion is more than a year; she thinks he also served at Tiverton on the Island of R. Island & in South-
Kingston, but how long she can't say; & she thinks, she understood from him, that his services in the state of Massachusetts were in the grade of ordinary sergeant.
Anna Sheffield her mark
State of Rhode Island Washington County ss. - Town of Charle- ston June 13 th 1834. Personally came Anna Sheffield the above named deponent, who before me gave & subscribed the foregoing deposition before me duly sworn & returned and in law. I further certify that the said Anna is personally known to me that she is a credible witness & that her tes- timony is entitled to credit. Edward W. Maxfield Justice of the Peace.

Revocation
21157
INVALID.
File No. 21151
Jesse P. ... Surgeon ...
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

30, Y 15 Lieut. Crandall of Chichester R. I.
Supplemental widow in the case of John Crandall deceased. he died 18 th July 1832 leaving Elizabeth Hannah and Mary Crandall Admitted.
12 Months private 8 months Sergeant Gap Park Colo Vermont
W m P Newell Esq r Kingston R. I.

William Kenyon of Richwood in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island on oath deposeth & saith that he is seventy eight years of age; at the the revolutionary war, in the Spring, he thinks, of 1779, he knows that great grandeur then of Charleston in said county, but now unexecuted performed against the enemy a town of series of two  two months at Point Judith, in South Kingston, County of Washington, under Capt. Bendick Scott McIntire the same county, in Col. Woyis Regt. (This deposit served at Point Ju- dith at the same time under Capt. Burdick.
William Kenyon. —
State of Rhode Island County of Washington ss. Town of South King- ston, June 14 th A.D. 1834 —
Personally appeared before me, William Kenyon, who gave the foregoing and the preceding deposition, & was by me therto duly sworn according to law. Further certify that the said Kenyon is known to me, that he is a person of veracity & that his testimony is entitled to credit.
Asa Potter Jus. Peace

Edward Willson of Charlestown in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island aged seventy four years, in addition to his deposition by him given on the third day of March 1834, in relation to the services in the Revolutionary War of the late Jesse Grendall therein mentioned, further up on the end saith, that, although it is in his power to detail or with precision to state the amount of the Revolutionary services of the said Jesse Grendall, yet he the said and to the matter Charlestown does not hesitate to say, he thinks, the said Grendall's services in guarding against the enemy and the shores of P. Charlestown alone during the Revolutionary war amounted to speak within bounds, to twelve months, at the least Edward Willson
State of Rhode Island Washington County S.S. Town of

Waverly June 13 th 1834—
Personally appeared before me, Edward Willson, who gave and subscribed the above deposition and was duly sworn to according to law. I further certify that the said Willson is well known to me and that he is a person of veracity & that his testimony is entitled to credit.
Benjamin Gavit Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island Washington County ss. I, Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Edward Wilcox, Esq. was on the thirteenth day of June 1834 Chief Justice of said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and qualified and that his Signature annexed to the preceding Certificate regarding Sarah Sheffield & Anna Sheffield I believe to be the proper hand Writing of the said Edward Wilcox; that Benajah Swift was on the thirteenth day of June 1834 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified & that his Certificate Signature annexed to the preceding certificate regarding Edward Wilcox I believe to be the proper hand Writing of the said Benajah Swift and that Asa Potter was on the fourteenth day of June 1834 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that Signature annexed to the preceding Certificate of regarding William Kenyon I believe to be the proper hand Writing of the said Asa Potter
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this Sixteenth day of June 1834
SAM l Helme Clk

Plumb Chapman of Westerly in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island are oath saith that he is eighty two years of age, that he served in the Revolution any war against the enemy a band of light men that upon some time in the Spring to sometime in the fall of 1775, in Col Var- nums Regt at Hoback Post Fort Hill near Boston in the State of Massachusetts. This de- ponent at the time of this aforemen- tioned service was acquainted with Jesse Grondall late of Charlestown in the aforesaid County & lived within a few miles of him up to the time of his decease, which he thinks happened in the summer of 1832. This deponent distinctly remembers the said Grondall in the aforesaid service in 1775, in the grade of order- ly Sergeant, in the same company regiment with this deponent dur- ing said eight months. This deponent also subsequently to the above mentioned service served

against the enemy three months at Timberville R.I. in Col. Cook's Regt. Vols. so as to show that the said Crandall served there during the same period in said Regt. That This depo- nent also served in Col. Crocker's Regt. two months in the summer of 1878, at Fall River, in action on N. Island & elsewhere. The said Crandall in the presence of the Plumber Chapman then 26 years of age | State of Rhode Island. Washington County S.S. town of Westerly April 24. 1884
Personally appeared Plumber Chap- man, the above named deponent, who before me gave & subscribed the preceding deposition & was by me then & duly sworn according to law. I further certify that the said Chapman is familiarly known to me; that he is a full credible witness & that his testimony is entitled to credit. before me John DeWolf Justice of the Peace

I Edward Clarke of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island &c aged Seventy seven Years on Oath do Depose and say that James Crandal late of Charlestown now deceased and myself enlisted into Colonel Varnums Regiment for Eight months and served together therein during that period at and near Brattle Hill in the State of Massachusetts against the Enemy during the above mentioned Service commenced some time in the Spring of 1779. The said Crandal died in said Charlestown during the Summer last pasted. — Edward his Clarke mark
State of Rhode Island &c County of Washington ss. Town of Charlestown September 27 th AD 1832. Personally appeared before me Edward Clarke of said Charlestown and after being duly cautioned, Examined and sworn to Testify the truth the whole truth and Nothing but the truth, gave the foregoing Deposition which was by me reduced to writing in his presence, and by him Signed in my presence. Said Deponent is well known to me and he Sustains a fair Character for truth, and his Deposition is Entitled to Credit.
Samuel Stanton Justice of Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. —
Washington County ss. §
I Samuel Helme clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Stanton Esq. was on the Twenty fourth day of September 1833 & now is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that John H. Cross Esq. was on the Twenty fourth day of April 1834 and now is a justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified and those signatures annexed to the preceding certificates regarding Edward Clarke and Samuel Chapman I believe to be the proper hand writing of the s d Samuel Stanton and John H. Cross
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid this third day of May A.D. 1834.
SAM L Helme clerk

Kingston, N.J. June 15 th 1834.
Sir.
The 18 months, referred to in your letter of the 13 th May, on the other side, are in the delin- sation claimed in addition to 8 months at year at Prospect Hill & the 5 months at Trenton & the on the Island of N. Jersey.
The 18 months since are stated to have been performed on the in Charleston & the Manzanillo House — I trust the supple- mental proof, herewith forwarded to the Department, satisfactorily establishes, in addition to said months 8 months & 5 months, over 12 months on the Houses of Charleston & Port Royal jointly. Very respectfully &c. Wm. P. Ware. J. L. Edwards, Esquire, Commission of Pensions. City of Washington.

War Department Pension Office May 13 th 1834
Sir
In the case of Sesse Brandall deceased I have to state that the documents in support of the claim have been examined, and herewith returned. Upon the proof furnished 8 months as sergeant and 5 months as private will be allowed; but the rest of the 18 months as set forth in the declaration cannot be allowed without further, and more specific proof.
very respectfully J. L. Edwards Comm d of Pensions
William P. Newell Esq r Kingston R. I.

State of Rhode Island
County of Washington ss.
Town of Charlestown
on this third day of March 1833 -
personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of
Probate now sitting within the said Edward Wilson of said Charlestown Town of Charlestown, who on oath saith
that he is seventy four years of age that during the war of the Revolution when he was well acquainted with the General Brantall late of said
Charlestown up to the time of his said Brantall's decease, which happened some time this deponent thinks,
in July 1832, at said Charlestown; that he knows the said Brantall belonged during the Revolutionary war to Capt. Parker's company of militia in said Charlestown; that during several years of said war there was a military post upon
Quonquontatuck in said town of Charlestown during the same time there was a military guard kept against the enemy that he remembers the said Brantall frequently in this service particularly at Quonquontatuck post in the militia of said Charlestown in Col. Dodge's Regt. He thinks in Capt. Parker's company but how much he served then this deponent cannot say; and this

deponent also knows that the said Grindall has long been repre- sented to have served in defence of his country in the war of the Revo- lution both at Prospect Hill near Boston in the state of Massachusetts & at Trenton in the state of New Jersey, but how long he served at either of these two pla- ces this deponent knows not, nor does he of his own knowledge of the said Grindall's services, save those in Charleston of four or five years. This deponent further saith that the said Jesse Grindall left now widow & that he left two daughters by the name of Mary Grindall & Mary Grindall now residing in said Charles- ton & this deponent knows that the said Jesse Grindall also had a son who a number of years since removed to the Western Coun- try but whether he is still living this deponent knows not nor of any other surviving children of the said Jesse. Then there of your mark and Edward Mitchell

The foregoing Deposition taken Subscribed and Sworn to in open Court before the Court aforesaid this third day of March A D 1834.
Witness
Samuel Stanton Prob te Clerk