John BURNELL

Father: Joseph BURNELL
Mother: Sarah DODD

Family 1: Lydia WHITNEY

(1) Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 via Ancestry.com

  1. John BURNELL
  2. Joseph BURNELL
  3. Nancy BURNELL
  4. Jenny BURNELL
  5. Samuel BURNELL
  6. Sally BURNELL
  7. David BURNELL
  8. Eunice BURNELL
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Notes

Updated September 22, 2013. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Whitney Research Group.

- "Lydia [WHITNEY] married, 3 Jul 1766, Gorham, ME, John BURNELL, son of Joseph and Sarah (DODD) BURNELL. He was born circa 1743, Gorham, ME, or 1745, North Yarmouth, ME, and died 13 Jan 1822, Gorham, ME."
- "John was a Revolutionary War soldier… He was a Private in Colonel Brewer's Regiment in the Massachusetts troops. He was a ship's carpenter by trade."
- Children of John and Lydia: John; Joseph; Nancy; Jenny; Samuel; Sally; David; Eunice.

(2) Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 via Ancestry.com

- Groom: John BURNELL
- Bride: Lydia WHITNEY
- By Whom Married: Solomon LOMBARD, Esq.
- Date of Marriage: July 3, 1766
- Place of Registration: Gorham, Cumberland

(3) U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 via Ancestry.com; includes John BURNELL's complete pension file (sixteen pages).

- "John BURNELL of Gorham in the District of of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel BREWER of the Massachusetts line, for the term of six years. Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14th of April, 1818."
- Pension 10556
- Affirmed that he had no real estate or personal estate: "My son has supported me for ten years past except what I have received as a pension."
- A ship carpenter "which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age."
- Mentions "my wife Lydia" who is 74 years old and also unable to work.
- "I John BURNELL of Gorham in the County of Cumberland & State of Massachusetts aged seventy three years and a citizen of the United States of America do declare that on the first day of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven I enlisted as a private soldier in the company of Captain Silas BURBANK in the regiment commanded by Col. Edmund PHINNEY + subsequently by Col. Samuel BREWER and later John PATTERSON's brigade, Massachusetts Line. I marched into Boston with the regiment to which I belonged immediately after it was evacuated by the British troops, subsequently I marched to Tyconderoga [ed. Ticonderoga], was present at the surrender of General BURGOYNE, was at the Battle of Monmouth, and active from the time of my said enlistment until I was formally discharged June 7th A.D. 1783." - Signed with His X Mark; April 14, 1818.

(4) U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 via Ancestry.com

- Name: John BURNELL
- Monthly Allowance: $8
- Commencing: 14 April 1818
- Pension Office State: Maine
- Year Range: 1818-1832

(5) Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 via Ancestry.com

- Name: John BURNELL
- Age: 80 years
- Date of Death: January 13, 1822
- Registration: Gorham, Cumberland

(6) McClellan, Hugh Davis; History of Gorham, Me (Google eBook), Smith & Sale, printers, 1903 - Gorham (Me.), pp. 419-420.

"This John BURNELL who appears in 1787, is probably the one who married, July 3, 1766, Lydia, daughter of Abel and Mary WHITNEY. We think he originated in York, or Wells. He was a caulker by trade, and worked at Stroudwater for a number of years, where some of his children were born… Mr. and Mrs. BURNELL, though not rich, were valuable members of society. She understood well the use of roots and herbs, which were much used in her day; was a good nurse, and kind to those in sickness and distress. He was a good grave-digger, and helped deposit more bodies in the old cemetery at the village than any other man since the yard was first opened. He died Jan. 13, 1822, aged 80, and his wife, Oct. 29, 1834, aged 89."