Cathi, Thank you for this McConnell post. I have seen the file in question before, and it is very interesting. Sadly, his pension application file restates the following testimony given by John, "That by reason of his old age and the infirmities with which he has been severely afflicted for many years, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service after the first period of six months..." In the end, his pension application was rejected for lack of evidence in spite of his disabilities of blindness and near deafness. I haven't checked out his service history, but I think that the service he claimed and later correspondents claimed for him can be substantiated by service records. At the time of his application, he did not know of anyone living near him that could substantiate his claims. After your recent post, I did discover another bit of information about another individual who may be a direct ancestor of mine in Heritage Quest's database of Revolutionary War information.I knew about that database, but had somehow forgotten to try looking up that particular person. With so many resources out there, it is easy to forget one sometimes! Thank you for the reminder. I always appreciate seeing general information and McConnell information posted. That reminds me. Thank you for sharing the obits on the same pages as your Kinney obits with Nancy. She shared a couple of McConnell obits from among them. Happy hunting! Kirsten On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:03:10 -0500, Catherine DiPietro wrote > Greetings, > > >From the Rev. War Era pension files, NA Series 805, > available through HeritageQuest... > > Series M805, roll 565, file R6642, 7 pages > On an inquiry letter sent by Mr. Franklyn HOGEBOOM > of the S.A.R. in 1937, Mr. Hogeboom is looking for a > McCONNELL, John born 8 Aug 1750 Lubber's Run, Cranberry > Lake, Sussex Co., NJ, married Elizabeth HOPKINS on > 20 Dec 1774. She died 14 Apr 1838. He served in > Rev. War from PA or NJ. Soldier died 7 Apr 1834. > The record found in the pension file states a John > McCoNNELL born in August in 1750 in Lubber's Run, name > of parents and wife not given. He applied for a pension on > 7 May 1833 as a resident of Starkey, Yates Co., NY. > He claims service under Captain George HALL in NJ Troops > as well as Captain BUTTOLPH against Indians on the > Delaware. His wife is not mentioned in the claim but > a daughter named Catherine who in 1852 was the wif of > David B. BATHOLOMEW of Dundee, Yates Co., NY. > ---------- > Series M805, roll 565, file S42955, 7 pages > McCONNEL, Hugh - made application for pension 29 Apr 1818 > as a resident of Minisink, Orange Co., NY aged 53 years. > He enlisted at Goshen, NY in Captain Cornelius JOHNSON's > company, Col. GANSEVORT's Regiment of the 3rd NY Regiment > on about 10 May 1778 until discharged 8 June 1783 as a fifer. > He applied again on 29 May 1821 from Minisink, NY aged 56. > At this time he was a farmer and married to Mary aged 66. > -------- > Happy ancestor Hunting, > Cathy > > Cathy DiPietro > cathode@earthlink.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)