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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 06 Jan 1745 Middleton / Essex / MA Death: obit Mar 1823 Knox / Hancock / ME
Qualifying Service Description:
Served in Capt Reuben Dow's comapny, Colonel William Prescott's Regmt
served in Capt Tredwell's company of artillery, Colonel Mason's Regmt
Additional References:
MA Soldiers and Sailors, pg 120
Rev War Pension Application, S35490
Spouse: Hannah Wilkins Children: Israel Jr; Aaron;
Author: Timothy D. Mallory
The Revolutionary War Patriot, Israel Kenney, Jr. of Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, is the only son of Israel Kenney, Sr. and Rebeccker Perkins of Middleton, Essx County, Massachusetts (no marriage record was found). Israel Kenney, Sr. was born in Middleton, (formerly Boxford, Mass.) on Aug. 24, 1712, son of Daniel, Sr. and Mary (nee Richards) Kenney. Rebeckah Perkins, born Jan. 12, 1725/26 in Topsfield, Mass.. She was the third born daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Perkins of Topsfield, Mass., and died in Topsfield on May 15, 1774 “a middle aged woman”; she was 47 when she died. Israel Kenney, Jr. was raised in the home of his maternal grandmother Elizabeth Perkins.
Israel Kenney, Jr. married Hannah Wilkins on Sept. 18, 1764 in Middleton. Hannah Wilkins was born on Oct. 19, 1741 in Middleton, the daughter of Stephen and Hannah Wilkins. Israel Kenney (spelled “Kinney”) and his wife Hannah moved to Hollis in the timeframe from 1765 to 1766. Their nine children’s births are recorded in the family registers for the town of Hollis, New Hampshire: Rebekah, born Sept. 19, 1766 in Middleton – possibly had a twin brother “Israel” who died an infant; Israel, born Sept. 14, 1768; Hannah, borm May 3, 1771; Phebe, born Feb. 14, 1773; Moses, born Oct. 18, 1775; Aaron, born Jan. 10, 1778; Polly, born Jan. 22, 1781; Susannah, born Jan. 5, 1783; and Edah, born Nov. 1, 1785. The family moved from Hollis, NH to the Plantation of Knox, Waldo County, Maine, in the early 1800s; in 1804, Israel Kinney is listed as one of the first settlers as given by Robert Houston to Gen. Henry Knox in the Maine Historical Magazine.
Israel Kenney, Jr. served as a private soldier in the Rev. War in Capt. Rueben Dow’s company, commanded by Col. William Prescott’s regiment. He marched on the alarm from Hollis on Apr. 19, 1775 to the battle of Lexington and Concord. From his muster roll of Aug. 1, 1775; he enlisted on Apr. 25, 1775, and provided service of 3-mos. 14-days. Also, he served at battle of Bunker Hill on the march to Cambridge, Mass. on Oct. 6, 1775, see order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Nov. 20, 1775; and his name is on the list of men that lost equipment (his knapsack and provisions) at Bunker Hill on Jun 17, 1775, dated Cambridge, Dec. 22, 1775. His name is listed on the Roll of Honor of those Minute-Men from Hollis, NH that served in the Battle of Lexington (there is a prominent bronze plaque at the historic site).
Israel Kenney, Jr. is listed in the 1790 US census in Hollis, NH, and in the 1800 US census in Plantation of Knox, Hancock County, Maine. He received a pension on Apr. 11, 1818 (S-35490; payments began on Jul. 21, 1819 -- annual allowance of $96, and total received $470.13). From the Hancock Gazette & Penobscot Patriot newspaper of Belfast, Maine, dated Wed. Mar. 19, 1823, a death notice is given that “In Knox, Mr. Israel Kinney, aged 79, a revolutionary pensioner. Also, Mr. Moses Kinney, his son aged 47.” This is very unusual that two deaths are posted for a father and son in the same death notice. According to the State of Maine list of pensioners, he died on Mar. 5, 1820, and is likely buried in East Knox Cemetery in the family plot. Justice John Clark, Probate Court in Hancock County, Maine, who assigned Elias Wilkins, Harvey Hatch, and Daniel Walker, administered his estate on Mar. 19, 1823.
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No DAR GRS record found - Sep 2022
NOTE: There are at least two men of this name in MA, one from Hollis, one from Middleton. The source and service citations herein are based on the claims to be found in the supplemental application of SAR National member 190445