Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,931, Joseph Dennet, Continental. Mass.

SERVICE
SERVICE Continental Mass.
Dennet, Joseph Sarah
NUMBER
W 22.931
CONTENTS
8 4 2

10/10/43 Maine 4130
Sarah Dennett widow of Joseph Dennett who was a Private in the Massachusetts line for 22 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Seventy One Dollars Twenty five Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of January 1844 and sent to E. E. Bourne Kennebec Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 12

Maine 11. 263
Joseph Bennett
of York Co - in the State of Maine who was a - Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas of the Regt commanded by Col Fenner in the Massachusetts militia Troops.
2 yrs service $ 66.65
2 yrs $ 80 -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1832 - and sent to B. Palmer, Kennebec, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $ 33.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 33.33
Grant $ 166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acct June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John P. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 - Vol. 1 - Page 11.

No 25. 1-12-76-
Adm c 20 months $ 66.66
B. Palmer Esq. Pinebank Maine
Joseph Dennett No 2,774- Sept 1819
Old paper wanted Penn. coll. 4 May '19
No - 44
Pair $ 150
If the remainder of stock is left for sale and not for export must pass the custom Bureau and also the customs for the purpose of Foreign trade. The Bureau

United States of America.
Maine District S.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and held at Farmebunk, within and for said District on the 7 th day of July August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable - Ashur Ware Judge of said Court
On this 7 th day of July August aforesaid, personally appeared, in open Court before said District Judge Joseph Domet a resident of Lyman in the county of York in said Maine District aged 77 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he served as herein stated.
In May 1775 I enlisted into Capt. Jesse Dorman - company in Col. Scammon Regiment of the Mass. line, and marched to Cambridge Massachusetts, in this engagement I served eight months, was stationed round about Boston and Bunkerhill engaged in erecting works of defence, and was discharged in December. I enlisted again in Col. Finney's Regiment in January 1776 in Capt. Silas Wilder company of the Mass. line for one year and served out the full period of my enlistment. I was at Ticonderoga, in the state of New York and was discharged at Fishkill - I was placed on the pension list of the U.S. for this service under the act of the 18 th of March 1818 - but was stricken therefrom on account of property - I enlisted again in May 1777 at York Maine into Capt. York's company for six months and served out the full period of my enlistment. We marched to Providence in the state of Rhode Island where we were stationed until discharged. My whole service was two years and two months, I was born in the town of Hitting in this state but have resided in Lyman about fortyeight years - I was born in 1756 have no record of my age in my family Bible at home, and I believe it is also on the town book of Hitting. I enlisted voluntarily and served as above stated - Col. Jacob Waterhouse and Mr. John Burbank reside near me and know as well as others, my general character for truth. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity.
Joseph Domet
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Asher Ware } U.S. Judge for the District of Maine
except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
John Mufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Dennet for a pension - And that Barnabas Palmer Esquire who took the an- nexed deposition of Samuel Dennet is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of office this seventh day of August 1832 John Mufsey Clerk
Maine District
District Clerk's Office January 4. A.D. 1833
In testimony that Barnabas Palmer and Moses Clarke Esquires whose genuine signatures are to the annexed depositions are Justices of the Peace duly qualified and that their official attesta- tions are entitled to full faith and credit I have hereto set my hand and seal of office the day & year last above written
John Mufsey Clerk U. S. Court

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Joseph Dennet
late a
Pirate
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edmards,
in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Joseph Dennet.
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland D. Maine at the Cumberland Bank
Joseph Dennet
Recorded

I Samuel Bennett of Lyndon in the County of York and State of Maine aged sixty six years do hereby declare that I was acquainted with Joseph Bennett of said Lyndon late a retired pensioner - said Joseph Bennett is my brother. I resided with him in my Father's family when he entered the Army in the revolution- ary war. About the second year of the war I recollect very well that my said brother Joseph enlisted into the Army and went to Providence in Rhode Island. My full impression is that he went away in April 1777 and I think  know that he returned home in October following. I know we had finished digging our potatoes that year when he returned home. I well remember that he was sick with the measles at this time which was communicated to the rest of our family. I have not the least doubt he served at Providence the whole of that summer. I so understood it at the time and never heard it contradicted.
Samuel Bennett.
our

State of Maine York Co. — Aug. 1 st 1932 —
Subscribed and sworn to. Before me Bernard Poirier Justice of the peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Bernard Poirier and he is a credible witness —
Bernard Poirier Justice of the peace
David Bennett, Deputation for Joseph Bennett
Joseph Bennett

I Abigail Mildram of Wells in the County of York & State of Maine aged sixtyeight years / widow, & I Anna Clark Wife of Nathan Clark Esq of Wells aforesaid, aged sixty three years certify & declare, that we are the sisters of Joseph Dennet of Lyman, and well remember that our said brother Joseph enlisted, at three several times, in the service of the United States (During the Revolution, & we well remember, that the said Joseph enlisted the third time much against the will of our family; also that our father assisted him & our brother John who went with him (but never returned) in carrying their baggage so far as Ritters) & Maine). we also certify that he went away one winter and returned the winter following; we understood from him, and from our parents, that he was in the Army that season at Providence (Rhode Island) we also remember that our father brought him home sick.
Abigail Mildram
Anna Clark
York, SS On the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two the afore said deponents were examined & cautioned & sworn agreeably to law to the deposition, & said by them subscribed taken at the request of Joseph Dennet Nancy Clark Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponents sustain fair reputable character & are credible witnesses Nancy Clark for Poor

Mrs. Childress and Mrs. Clonts. Disposition Joseph Burnett.

We John Gunnesson and Nathaniel Littlefield both clergy men of the town of Lyman in the county of York and State of Maine on oath testify and say that we are personally acquainted with Joseph Bennett a revolutionary soldier of Lyman in the said county of York and we believe him to be of the age he represents himself to be in his declaration before Judge Worr of the United States Court on the 7th day of August last, viz Seventy seven years old . Said Bennett is reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution at various periods of the war and particularly in the year 1777 to have been in the land service at Providence in the State of Rhode Island. We are fully of the opinion that the said Joseph Bennett was a soldier as we have stated.
We further state that the said Bennett sustains a character unimpeached for truth and veracity and we believe his statements on oath entitled to full credit and belief.
Nathaniel Littlefield John Gunnesson
State of Maine.
York ss - Jan. 16. 1888 - Then personally appeared John Gunnesson & Nath. Littlefield of the town of Lyman and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by them signed; and I certify that they are both respectable clergymen of said town, and credible witnesses - and disinterested persons -
Before me, Levi S. Hearn, Just. Peace.
State of Maine.
York ss. I William Cutter Allen, register of the court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Levi S. Hearn is a justice of the peace

for the county of York, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twentieth nineteenth day of January A.D. 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.
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State of Maine, York County } ss.
On this twenty fourth day of April 1843 personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, Sarah Dennet a resident of Lyman in the County of York, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838 and the 23 d of August 1842, granting pensions to the widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joseph Dennet who was a private and served as stated in his original declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of 1832.
She also declares that she was married to the said Joseph Dennet by the Rev Daniel Little of Kennebec, on the sixth day of September seventeen hundred and eighty one - that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Dennet died on the twenty third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated - She

Further declares that she has remained a widow, ever since the decease of said Joseph Darnet.
Witness Joseph Bennett E. N. Bourn
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written -
Before - Ezekiel Whitman
Chs position of 1 st count

I Edward H Eades, Minister of the First Congregational Church in the town of Kennebec in the County of York and State of Maine, do hereby certify that under the head "Record of Marriages" in the Records of said Church, is the following "Seventeen hundred and eighty one, September sixth, Joseph Dennet and Sarah Wakefield" and the same is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows. "Sept 6 '81 Joseph Dennet and Sarah Wakefield" the year preceding being recorded in full there 1780
Edu. H. Eades. { Minister of the First Congregational Church in Kennebec.
I Edward H Eades depose and say, That I am minister of the Church aforesaid, and herewith the Records thereof, and the above is a true extract from the Records of said First Congregational Church in Kennebec, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Edu. H. Eades. { Minister of the 1st Congregational Church in Kennebec.
State of Maine York County ss. April 24 th 1843. Personally appeared Edward H Eades

who is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed -
Before me
Edward D. Bourn
Judge of the Peace
I Joseph Dennet of Lyman in the county of York and State of Maine aged forty five years, do on oath testify and declare, that my Father Joseph Dennet of said Lyman, who was a Revolu- tionary Pensioner, died at said Lyman on the twenty third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine, leaving Sarah Dennet his widow - I further testify that my oldest brother son of said Sarah and Joseph is more than sixty years old, - They have been married before the Revolutionary war closed. I further testify that said Sarah has remained a widow ever since the decease of said Joseph Dennet -
Witness
Hiram Littlefield
Joseph Dennet
State of Maine - York Co. ss. April 26 th 1843 - Personally appeared Joseph Dennet who is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the

foregoing declaration by him subscribed. Before me.
Edward E. Bourne
Justice of the Peace
State of Maine. County of York, set.
I William Trafton, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said county of York, do hereby certify that Ezekiel Whitman is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State. And that Edward E. Bourne is acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of June 1841, and will expire on the 25 th day of June 1848; and that the signatures of the said Whitman and Bourne on the foregoing papers are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1843.
William Trafton, Clerk.

Joseph Bennett's application for Pension.
not entitled $900
Sep 19

State of Maine.
County of York, ss.
ON this twelfth day of February 182 9 in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas held at Alfred within and for the County of York on the second Tuesday of February A. D. 182 9 Present the Hon. Ebenezer D. Dinsmore Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said county, personally appeared Joseph Densmore of Lyman resident in said county aged seventy four years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration; in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st May 1820, that he the said Joseph Densmore enlisted for the term of one year first day of December in the year 177 6 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Hise in the regiment commanded by Colonel Edmund Finney in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in said corps until December 1777 when he was discharged from the said service, in Albany in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, 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.
Joseph Densmore

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz;
I have about sixty acres of Land in Lyman and an unfinished one story house where I live. I have no other property -- no stock -- no debts due me
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph Dennett who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age and infirmities
Joseph Dennett
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Myself 74   Sally my Wife 66  
THAT since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
There has been no alteration in my real Estate since my application to be placed on the pension list - except the general decline of property of this kind in the town where I live and the little timber and wood which contained has been cut off. My sons who live in near me do my work on the farm by way of assisting me to live without absolute dependence upon them or others for support
Sworn to and declared on the twelfth day of February 1829 before
Ebenezer Whitman
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Joseph Dennett did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 Nine hundred dollars and the income thereof income thereof fifty four dollars yearly & no more
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of March 1829
Jere. Bradbury CLERK of the C.C.P.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Bennett 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. N. File 22931
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 8 mos. Jesse Dorman J. Scammon Mass.   Jan 1. 76 to Jan 1. 77 Pri. Silas Wild Edmund Phinney 18 Cont d   May 77 6 mos. York. ✓ Mass.             as to Connecticut and Rhode Is.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Mch. 4. 1819. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lyman York Co. Maine.
Age at date of application, 64 born 1755 born at Kittery, Maine.
Remarks: Sol. m. Kennebec Me - Sept. 6. 1781 Sarah Wakefield
he died June 23, 1839
+ she was all d . pens. on her appln. ev d . Apl. 4, 1843 while 80 yrs. of age + a res. of Lyman aforesaid.
1843 son Joseph c 45 Very respectfully,

4077
L. Dennett
$71:25 per am
4130
K
E.E. Bourne Kennebunk Maine

State of Maine } York County ss }
On this Yfth day of October 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Sarah Dennet, a resident of Lyman in said County of York, widow, aged eighty years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed March 3 d 1843, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Dennet who was a private and served as stated in her declaration for a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, under which she received a pension of seventy five dollars and twenty one cents per annum —
She further declares, that she still continues a widow, her
Widow, her Witnesses Sarah X Bennet Joseph Bennet mark
I. Subscribed and sworn to this fifth day of October 1848, before me - the said Declarant being per- sonally known to me -
Edward El Bounjiribé Peac

State of Maine.
County of York SS.
I William Drafton. Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within & for said County, do hereby certify that Edward C Bourne is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1841, and will expire on the twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1848, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twentieth day of October A.D. 1845.
William Drafton, Clerk
✓

8998 Sarah Dennet Maine Act 7 th July '38
E. E. Bourn Esq. Kennebec Maine.

Kennebec Me. June 21. 43
Dr Sir
Your letter, directing me in the cases of Abigail Storer, and Sally Bennet, to obtain from Roll in the Secty's Office in Mass. evidence of the services of Isaac Storer and Joseph Bennet were duly read - As nothing was said, as to the particular services, which were then to be proved, and as I had no knowl- edge what these were of Bennet, and an uncertain knowledge of Storer, I called on the only man whom I knew to be alive, who was in the the service, Joshua Gillpatrick , an intelligent man of still perfectly good memory, and obtained from him in the case of Storer, the facts embodied in his deposition which is forwarded to day - which led me to suppose, the search would not be of any avail. It is somewhat singular that the fact never occurred to my mind before, which he states in regard to the Rolls - That the name of the person entering was always continued on the Roll, though the service or a portion of it was borne by another. - So that I should find the name of Abraham Storer on the Roll, and not Isaac. - I have heard many times from those with whom I have done business, that they took some one's place - or some one took them - so that Rolls are not to be always

relied on. — In the case which Gullpatrick men- tions in his own company the Roll would not tell the truth — This at once accounts for difficulties before inexplicable to my mind where men whose word was to be relied upon with perfect confidence, alleged themselves to have performed services, which the Roll did not verify — I never even took any notice of the state- ment that applicants served  were in the place of others it not occurring to me as of any importance.
In the case of Dunning the widow has no knowledge excepting from the officers which she has always heard him talk about. She supposes him to have been in Capt Dorman's company in the 8 Mo. series.
The principal object of this letter, however is to make the inquiry, whether the Commission- er cannot consistently with the principles by which the department is governed, save the appli- cants for pensions, from what seems to me an unjustifiable extortion at the Sec'ty's office. Although after obtaining Gullpatrick's deposition I thought it would be of no avail, I called at the office, to obtain the certificates required in these cases — and in one other case not yet for- warded, where I knew the name was on the Roll, as I had had an original one found in the possession of the Secretariat. — I told

The Secretary no search was required - The name was on the Rolls, and would be found by barely open- ing it at once - But His reply was, "pay me $3. and I will give you the certificate" - He would not open a book without the other dollar - I told him that I had before paid but 50 cts - and that on a half days search and certificate, I had paid two dollars That I should not pay the other until I was compelled to. One object of the Commission- er of Pensions, from his reports, I had understood to be, to guard against unreasonable expectations from Pensions for services - I could not feel it my duty to submit to one of this character unless there was no other remedy -
In the case of Abigail Storer widow of Isaac, when the probability is adverse to finding his name on the Rolls, and his case was probably proved by two witnesses before, and certificates not required, shall we be required to still incur the expense?
In the case of Sarah Bennet, widow of Joseph Bennet, as your letter does not tell us what services he professed to have been in and I can find no man alive who knows who was his captain at Cambridge, shall she be required to pay this sum in the dark not being informed, whether he claimed to be in Capt Dorman's company -?

Storer was a deacon of the Baptist Church and seemed a man of the strictest integrity, and their declarations, even not under oath, would be received with the most implicit confidence by all who were acquainted with them.
I can always cheerfully submit to the rules of the Department, for I have always been able to discern the reasonableness of them. — But this requirement on the part of the present Secretary of War, seemed to me so entirely unreasonable, that I could not, I thought, consistently yield to it. — If the above statement in reference to Storer's case is sufficient, and any remedy can be provided in each the other cases, so as to avoid this unrighteous charge, I should be gratified —
I suppose that the requirement in your letter had reference to the S. M. service above, the Rolls of that service having been formed. — If a certificate is to be obtained for each service at the charge of $3.00 — some of the pensions would be entirely lost to the claimant.
Very respectfully Wm Lloyd Edmonds Comm. of Pensions Washington
Your obedient servant E. E. Bourne

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 7 1843.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Dennett is borne upon the Eight months rolls, as a private from Wells, in the Company of Capt Jesse Dorman in Col. Fitcham's regiment. He enlisted May 12 1778, as returned as a member of said Company in Oct. and received a Coat as such in Nov 1778.
The name of Joseph Dennett is also borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt. Abel Merrill's Company, Col. Tilton's regiment for services rendered in Rhode Island in the year 1777 - Dues 417 days.
There are no rolls in this office of Capt. Wells Company, or any other rolls that show further service with regard to said Dennett.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this

Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For Geo. B. Emerson Esq. Pemberton Square Boston

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
My Husband, Joseph Bennett of Lyman in the County of York, deceased, was in the service in the Revolutionary war, more than two years - in the eight months service in 1775 at Cambridge, I think in the company of Capt. Jesse Brown of Col. Scammon's Regi- ment - in the twelve months service in 1776 under Capt. Myles - and in other service which I cannot now remember - I request that search may be made among the Rolls and papers in your office, and the proper certificates made therefrom to establish said service My husband at the time of his service lived in Wells
Lyman June 20 1843
Witness
Simon S. Bennett Edward E. Brown Justice of the Peace
her Sally J. Bennett Mark

see over the to
Sept 20 1843
Manu. Wm. W.
Sarah Dennett.
FREE
J. L. Edwards, Com of Pension Washington D.C.

Kennebec Me. Sept. 16. 43
Dr Sir
I have just rec'd a certificate of pension under the Act of '38 for $ 35.21 for Sarah Bennet, widow of Joseph Bennet. He served 2 years and 2 mo. - No explanatory letter accompanied it, and no notice has been given of any deficiency of testimony - I cannot conclude but that a mistake has occurred in reference to the case -
When I first forwarded the papers, I rec'd notice that application according to the rules must be made to the Secretary of Mass. - I did so apply and obtained the evidence, upon which I suppose this certificate was founded for 40 1/2 months - But then the great service of 12 mo in 76. is omitted - This is the only service of which the old man ever boasted - It was probably the hardest service during the war - For this 12 mo service he received a pension during his life under the Act of 1832. - and I suppose it was substantiated by sufficient evidence - There were no rolls of that service in Mass. - It was continental service, and if the rolls exist, I suppose that they were sent to the Department at War

ington - Col Pheneys Regiment was a large one, so that I suppose, if required, I could find an additional evidence -
It is possible, that myself or the widow may have made a mistake as to the name of the Capt. Bennett's original papers, (see) show the fact - It was either, " Widels " or " Wise "
As the husband received No 1880 during his life time, I presumed that the widow was entitled to the same amount, unless evidence has been discovered, impeaching the truth of his declaration - The additional evidence in regard to the Cambridge & Rd sum- moned before the Rolls in Mass was furnished.
As I do not know what is the proper and respectful course in this case, I do not return the certificate, but shall keep it in my possession subject to the directions of the Department -
Very respectfully
Wm L Edwards Com of Pension Washington D.C.
Yours obediently E E Bourn

Payment to be made at Portland by Willardbury, Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine.
Payable on the 4th March
Issue new Cert. and 4th September in each increase year.. 22 no. 170s per
75. 21.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1.
deduct if any payment has been made —
Page 7 by W. Lumpkin,
Clerk.
250 125
75. 21/5 376.05  22  11 242
C. E. Burne Esq Kennebec Me
  22 33 1/3  22 1/3    66  66    66 7 1/3  7.33    33 1/3  73.33     2.42     75.75    17 11     1.87      73.33     1.87     75.20  

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Sarah Dennett widow of Joseph Dennett who was a Private, and died on the 23rd day of June, 1839, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty five dollars and twenty one cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 11th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
J. P. Kirtland Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

N o 8998 Sarah Bennett Maine Act 7 th July '38
Adm do
10 mo. 17 ds
Priv
$35.21 per an.
E. E. Bourne Kennebec Maine.

Sept 28 1843
REC
Hon. J. L. Edwards Maine Commissioner of Pensions Sarah Pennant. Washington D.C.
In. at,

Hennibunk Me. Sept. 25. 43
Le Sir
In reply to your letter of the 19 th inst, I enclose the certificate of Sarah Domet, for correction, as to the amt. of pension.
Very respectfully
Woon. J. L. Edwards.
Your obedt Servant.
Com d of Pensions
E. C. Bourne
Washington, D. C.

6 Hermansville July 17 '43
Dr Sir
I send you the certificate of the Secretary of Mass. in the case of Sarah Darnet, — obtained after 3 weeks delay —
The widow knew nothing of the service of the husband, excepting from the name, which she had heard him mention — It appears that two of them were correct — I suppose that there is evidence enough in the department, to establish more than two years service —
Very respectfully
Hon. L. Edwards
Your obedient
Com of Pensions
C E Bourn
Washington D.C.

FRANK OTIS SETH MANN ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1208 MERCHANTS EXCHANGE SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
PHONE KEARNY 2724
San Francisco, June 15, 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am the great-grandson, through my mother, of Joseph Dennett, who was born in Kittery, Maine May 20, 1755 and who died in Lyman, Maine, on June 23, 1839.
I am informed, through genealogical data sent to me that he assisted in establishing American Independence by serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary War; that he enlisted May 12, 1775, in Col. James Scammon's 30th Regiment, Captain Jess Dorman's Company from Wells, Maine; that he was a pensioner under the act of April 21, 1818; that his widow Sarah (Wakefield) Dennett died October 31, 1846, at the age of eighty-three years, seven months and eleven days and that she drew a pension as long as she lived.
My object in writing is to ascertain what official information, by certificate or otherwise, you can give me with reference to any of the above matters with a view to establish the correctness of the statements in my application to become a member of the California Society of Sons of the American Revolution. The President of the California Society called at my office and while expressing his confidence in the correctness of my statements, as well as other data furnished by me as to my ancestors, Joshua Otis and Micaiah Otis, suggested that, for the purposes of verifying the above statement, I should write to your office. He stated that there was

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a list of surviving soldiers of the Revolution published about 1840, but you will note that Joseph Dennett died in 1839, which was prior to such publication and his name would, therefore, not appear.
Your prompt reply will oblige,
Yours very truly,
Frank Davis

Recy 22931
WIDOW, &c.
apl-10 Mrs. N. James
No. 22931
1910 July 5, Hist. to Frank Oles - f
Sarah Dennett widow of Joseph Dennett Dis. Rev. Mass
Act March 3 d 48
Box: Vol A , Page 178
[Ar... nt of 1870.]

I Samuel Miller of Kennebec port in the county of York and State of Maine age 81 - years. a commissioned officer of the Revolutionary Army testify and declare that I am acquainted with Joseph Darnet of Lyndon in the said county of York a revolutionary soldier.
Said Joseph Darnet was a soldier in Capt Jesse Dorman's company in the summer and autumn of the year 1775 in the Regiment commanded by Col Scammons of the Revolutionary Army stationed at Cambridge near Boston Massachusetts. The Regiment was raised for eight months ending the last of December of the year 1775. Joseph Darnet was in the whole service and in Capt Dorman's company.
I know this fact, having known said Darnet from the time of his enlistment into Capt Dorman's company as above stated to the present time, and from having been a non commissioned officer of the said company during the whole of said service. I was afterwards promoted to a lieutenant.
Samuel Miller
I Abel Merrill of Kennebec port in the county of York and State of Maine aged Seventy Seven years testify and declare that I was a soldier in Capt Jesse Dorman's company in Col Scammons Regiment and that I knew Joseph Darnet of Lyndon who was a soldier in said company in the year 1775 as stated in the above deposition of Samuel Miller. I know all the facts as stated in said Samuel Miller's deposition and testify that the same are true.
Abel Merrill over

State of Maine
York ss. Sept 25 - 1832 Then personally appeared Samuel Miller and Abel Merrill both of Kennebecport and made oath to the truth of the above depositions by them signed in my presents
Barnabas Palmer Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Samuel Miller and freed Abel Merrill are credible and disinterested witnesses -
Barnabas Palmer Justice of the Peace
State of Maine

(Additional Evidence)
I Eastman Hutchins of the town of Alfred in the County of York and district of Maine, do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows, that Joseph Dennet of Lyman in the County of York, who is now here present at the taking of this deposition, was a soldier in Capt Silas Wilch's Company, in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regiment, in the year 1776. That the said Dennet about the last of December 1775 enlisted into the above company & regiment for the term of twelve months, and continued to do duty therein in the various in which the same were stationed until January 1777 when he was honorably discharged - I further testify that the said Joseph Dennet was a good soldier and faithfully did his duty as such - and I further depose that said Detached Phinney was one of the Massachusetts regiments and was upon the continental establishment - That I am knowing to the above facts, having been during the whole of said time, a soldier in said Regiment -
Eastman Hutchings -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - York ss March 2 1819. Then the above named Eastman Hutchins who is a credible and disinterested witness personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed -
Before me
Geo W. Wellingford Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of York. I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, hereby certify, that George W. Wallingford whose signatures are annexed to the foregoing depositions, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county, and duly qualified to act as such.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of the said court, the twenty third day of March, A. D. 1819.
Daniel Sewall.

Additional Evidence
I Lemuel Miller of Arundel in the county of York and district of Maine Gentleman do on solemn oath testify and depose that Joseph Dennel now resident in Lyman and who is now here present was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Silas Willes of which Company I was second Lieutenant, in the regiment commanded by Col Edmund Phinney which was one of the Massachusetts regiments, during the whole of the year 1776, he the said Joseph Dennel having enlisted some time the last of the year 1775 - I further testify that the said Joseph Dennel was a good soldier and faithfully did his duty the whole year and was honorably discharged at the expiration of the year 1776 and I likewise testify that said Regiment was on the continental establishment as appears by the  my commission, now before me, signed by John Hancock and dated the sixteenth day of November 1776, by order of Congress -
Lemuel Miller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts York ss March 2 1819. Then the above named Lemuel Miller, who is a credible and disinterested witness personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed -
Before me G W Bellingford Justice

4 th March 1819 Joseph Dennett of Lyman
Enlisted in Nov. 1775 for & during the whole of 1776. Col o Whumby's Mass Volunteer Regt
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Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss.
ON this fourth day of March 1819 before me, the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the first Eastern District, in said Commonwealth, personally appears Joseph Dennet resident in Lyman in said county of York and state aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration—in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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.” That he, the said Joseph Dennet being sixty four years of age did in month of December 1775, while at the American camp in Cambridge enlisted into the continental army for the term of twelve months to commence on the first day of January 1776 into a company commanded by Capt Silas Wilds in the regiment under the command of Colo Edmund Phinney which was one of the Massachusetts regiments and upon the continental establishment and that he continued to do duty in said company and regiment during the whole of the year 1776 and was honorably discharged on the first day of January 1777 but that he had no written discharge, none being at that time given
And that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Benj. Greene
I BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern District, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Dennet did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and it is further certified that it appears to my satisfaction that said Dennet is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Portland this fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord 1819
Benj. Greene

No 8998 Sarah D. Smith Mama Susannah
let to E. E. Borne May 31 1813 renewed June 28 1843
Act 7 th July 1839

Maine-7625
Sept: 30th: 43 rep by letter to the agt: -
Sarah Dennett widow of Joseph Dennett who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 23 d June, 1839 of York Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wilde of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Phinney - in the Massachusetts line for 22 mo: 17 days - Increased from $35-21-
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 75 - Dollars 21 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of September, 1843 - and sent to E.E. Bourne Kennebunk, Maine
Total amount, $376.05
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stevens Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 7 -

7625.
Let to E E Bourne Sept 21 1843
Maine
Recd Sept 11
Sarah Dennett widow of Joseph Dennett
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 23rd June 1839 of York in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dunn of the Regt commanded by Col. Finney in the Mass. line for 10 mo & 17 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 35 Dollars & 21. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to E. E. Bourne Kennebunk Maine
Whole amount due $ 176.65.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Hanna, Varnum Clerk, Book A Vol. 1. Page 7.

11. 460 Q
District of Maine
Joseph Dennet
of Lyman in the state of District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hinney of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year.
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of March 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of June 1819 and sent to George W. Wallingford Hennebunk D Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819. 48. 28
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mo \frac{28}{31}  \frac{4}{30}
$48. 28
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
$900 - Discontinued
Notification sent to Barnabas Kinter by Hennebunk Me. 5 May 1825
see letter to Barnabas Palmer 30 Octo 1832

11.263 Maine
Joseph Dennet of York Co. in the State of Maine - who was a Pr - in the Company commanded by Captain Dorman of the Regt commanded by Col. Pinneys - in the Mass Key Stone Troops -
2 Co Private - $ 80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars each per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April and sent to 1833 B Palmer Kennebec Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " 40.
$ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Sprague Clerk Book C Vol. 5 Page 11