| Benjamin
Penn, Pension Application Service # W8510
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W8510
- Maryland
Benjamin
Penn - Rebecca
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left
side of page
J. J,
Combs? 26 Jan 37
let:
15 June 37 Saml Todd
Sent
to the Honorable M. Hendricks Dec 1820
right
side of page
(Hard
to read, left edge of paper cut off)
Kentucky
Benjamin
Penn of Jefferson County in the the state of Indiana who was a private in
the regiment commanded by Colonel _______ of the Maryland _____ne, for the
term of sixteen months.
__nscribed
on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on
the 23rd of August 1819.
__ertificate
of Pension issued the 3rd of April 1824 and sent to the Honorable H.
Hendricks.
__ppears
to 4th of ___ 1820 - 51-35
Semi-anl.
all'ce ending 4th Sept 1820 - 48
6 mo
- 99.35
Frankfort,
Kentucky
April
? 1826 from 4 March 1826
(Revolutionary
claim)
(Act
18th March 1818)
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Kentucky
Rebecca
Penn, deceased, widow of Benjamin Penn who died on the _____of in the state
of_____ who was a Private in the ____ commanded by Captain ______ of the
____ commanded by
______
in the ______ line for Revolution.
Subscribed
on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 50 Dollars ----- cents per annum
to commence on the 4th of March 1830 ending 10 January
1840.
Certificate
of pension issued the 3rd day of March 1853 and send to J. J.
Combs
(Revolutionary
claim)
(Act:
July 4, 1838)
recorded
by R. McKee, Clerk, Book D, Vol 1, page 37
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Rebecca
Penn, Kentucky
State
of Kentucky
Franklin
County
On the
16th day of December 1836 personally appeared before me Robt. C. McKee a
Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin, state of Kentucky
and one of the judges of
this
Franklin County Court. Rebecca Penn, a residence of Franklin County, Kentucky
aged seventy-six who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on
her oath make the following
declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress
issued July 4, 1836 that she is the widow of Benjamin Penn who was a Private
soldier in the
Revolutionary
War in the regular service the declarant will not undertake the particulars
of the service of her husband the said Benjamin Penn as he the said Benjamin
Penn did in his
lifetime
make a declaration in which he then stated the service he performed and she
will state that her husband drew a pension after making of said declaration.
She will state she believes
he drew
a pension under the act of Congress of 1818. She states that there
was a balance due him at his death that when she drew the balance due that
was due her said husband that
the
certificate of the said Benjamin Penn was as she believes was returned to
Lexington Kentucky at which
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place
he drew his pension money. She further states that she was married
to the said Benjamin Penn sometime in the summer of 1774 as she believes
about harvest time in Montgomery
in the
state of Maryland. She is confident they were married about the time that
she was just fourteen years of age (smugged) and that her first child a daughter
was born about two years
afterward,
who is now living in the neighborhood were she resides. She further
states that her said husband Benjamin Penn died the 10th day of March 1827
and she will further state that she
has
remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Benjamin Penn.
She will also state that from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend
in open court to make the declaration
all of
what will more fully offer by the proof herein.
Rebecca
Penn (her mark)
State
of Kentucky
Franklin
County
I Robert
C. McKee a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin and state
aforesaid do hereby certify that Rebecca Penn personally appeared before
me this day who subscribed and
swore
to me the forgoing.
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State
of Kentucky
Franklin
County
On this
twenty eight day of August 1852 personally appeared before me Lloyd Tackett
an acting Justice of the Peace for the county and state aforesaid Charles
Penn aged 64 years who being duly
sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 4th July
1836.
To Wit:
that he is the child of Rebecca Penn, deceased who was the widow of Benjamin
Penn, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of ___
six dollars per annum which
pension
issued to draw for his father and the last was in 1828 or there about at
which time my father was dead having been buried in 1827 he left Rebecca
Penn his only widow who died 10th
January
1840 and left Axey Marshal, Ephraim Penn, Charles Penn, Betsy Onan, Noah
Penn, Joseph Penn, Rebecca Shadwick (Noah Penn, Joseph Penn died since their
mother (Rebecca Penn)
and the
rest are the only surviving child Rebecca Penn (deceased) who remained a
widow up to the time of her death. I have heard either mother or father tell
a small tale in regard to the first child
born
(Axey Marshall) and am confident that heard mother talking about Uncle Shadwick
Penn, decd.... tell the tale also that when father was in the army in service
- Uncle Shadwick Penn went out in
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search
of him (the aforesaid Benjamin Penn, decd...) and found him in the army doing
service who informed him (Benjamin Penn) that if he did not return home soon
he would have an heir before he
got there,
but from all accounts the child was born sometime before he got back and
have always believed they were legally married in 1774 further declare from
all their chats and circumstances
relating
to their marriage they were married before he entered the service (the
Revolutionary War). Now as the old people being dead think that is an
impossibility to prove their marriage only by the
ages
of the children and further declare she remained a widow after the husbands
death.
Most
respectfully asks the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions that her aforesaid
claim or claims may be allowed under the aforesaid Acts and that the Certificates
evidencing the same may be
enclosed
to her attorney.
Charles
Penn
Swore
and subscribed to before me on the day and year
aforesaid.
Lloyd
Tackett, J.P.
I the
just subscribed Magistrate do certify that the above Declarant is personally
known to me and that he is a gentleman of truth and respectability in whose
statements the fullest faith and credits
should
be placed.
In testimony
whereof I hereunto subscribed my name on this the twenty eight day of August
1852.
Lloyd
Tackett, J.P.
A. H.
Rennick, Clk
Franklin
County Court
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The State
of Indiana
Jefferson
County
On the
twenty third day of August 1819 before me the subscriber one of the associate
judges of the Jefferson Circuit Court of the said aforesaid personally appeared
Benjamin Penn aged sixty six
years
and some months resident in the county of Henry in the state of Kentucky
who being by my first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the
provisions 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 enlisted
at Elk
Ridge in Ann Arundel County in the state of Maryland in the company commanded
by Joseph Burgess? of the first Regiment commanded by Colonel Smallwood in
the Continental Army enlisted
sometime
in May in the year 1776 and continued in said service for between fourteen
and fifteen months and was discharged ___ during which time he was at the
Battle of Long Island in the state
of New
York and the battle at the White Plains and at the battle of Brandywine and
that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support and that
he no
other evidence ___ in his proof of his said service.
Benjamin
Penn (his mark)
The foregoing
sworn to and declared before me the day and year
aforesaid.
Daniel
Hales, A.J.J.C.
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Indiana
District
On the
26th day of October 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court
of record being so made and created by the Constitution and laws of this
state Benjamin Penn aged sixty six
years
resident of said county and state who being first duly sworn according by
law doth on his oath declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as
follows; In Colonel Smallwood's regiment
from
the state of Maryland in Captain Joseph Burgesses company (he has received
no pension but a pension has been allowed him but he has not yet called for
it) No of pension certificate 16626
date
of certificate the 3rd day of April 1820 and I do solemnly swear that I was
a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of Mary 1818 and
that I have not since that time by gift sale
or any
manner disposed of any property in any part thereof with intent thereby so
to deem ___ it as to leaving 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 was passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not now has
any person in trust for me
any property
or security contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than
what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Real
estate - none
Personal
property - one horse value $40.00
Occupation
- Farmer and not able to labour at all
I have
no family except my wife Rebecca who is 56 years of age
Benjamin
Penn (his mark)
Attest:
R. C.
Talbott
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January
15, 1936
BA-J/EEL
Benjamin
Penn - W8510
Mrs.
J. A. Plymate
905 S.
Benn Avenue
Lakeland,
Florida
Dean
Madam:
Reference
is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record
of Benjamin Penn, who died in Franklin County, Kentucky, in
1840.
The data
which follows are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim
W8510, based upon the military service in that war of Benjamin Penn, the
only soldier of that name that
is found
on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date
and place of birth and the names of the parents of Benjamin Penn are not
shown.
Benjamin
Penn enlisted in Elk Ridge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1776, served
in Captain Joseph Burgess' Company, Colonel Smallwood's Maryland regiment
and was in the battles
of Long
Island, White Plains and Brandywine; length of service fifteen or sixteen
months.
He was
allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1819, at which time
he was aged sixty-six years and resided in Henry County, Kentucky. In 1820,
he was residing in Jefferson
County,
Indiana in 1825, he had returned to Kentucky to reside.
He died
May 10, 1927, place not shown.
The soldier
married in the summer of 1774, in Montgomery County, Maryland, Rebecca Ryan.
The date and place of her birth and the name of her parents are not shown.
In 1836, she was
aged
seventy six years and resided in Franklin County,
Kentucky.
She died
in said Franklin County January 10, 1840.
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Benjamin
and Rebecca Penn had eleven children as follows:
Asey
or Axey Penn - born 1776 - married ____ Marshall - in 1852 was living in
Franklin County, Kentucky
____
(torn) Penn - date of birth not given - married ____
McCann
Zachane
Penn - date of birth not given
Ephraim
Penn - date of birth not given
Polly
Penn - date of birth not given - married ----Warf---
(torn)
Charles
Penn - born 1788 - in 1852 living in Franklin County,
Kentucky
Benjamin
Penn - date of birth not given
Betsey
or Betsy Penn - date of birth not given - married Onann or
Onan
Noah
Penn - date of birth not given
Joseph
Penn - date of birth not given
Rebecca
Penn - date of birth not given - married in 1817 to ______
Shadwick
Seven
children survived their mother, namely Axey Marshall, Ephraim Penn, Charles
Penn, Betsey Onann or Onan, Noah Penn, Joseph Penn and Rebecca Shadwick.
Noah and Joseph Penn
were
deceased in 1852.
The pension
which was due their mother, Rebecca Penn, widow of
Benjamin
Penn, was allowed in 1853, for the benefit for the following
surviving children: Axey Marshall, Ephraim Penn,
Charles
Penn,
Betsey Onann and Rebecca Shadwick.
Soldier
had a brother, Shadwick Penn, and in 1837, a nephew Shadwick Penn, lived
in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1837, one Margaret Penn made affidavit in Scott
County, Kentucky that she had
known
Benjamin Penn and wife, Rebecca, since 1787, when they lived in Montgomery
County, Maryland; no relationship of Margaret Penn to the family is
shown.
Very
truly yours,
A. D.
Hiller
Executive
Assistant to the Administrator
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