Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,285, for Henry Lent, New York
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(3-1776)
Service  Number
New York (erased) Lent, Henry  R.6285
or Hendrick
Catharine
Contents
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Hendrik Lent and Catharine his wife Was Married on August the 15th: in the year 1776 
Mary Lent was Born October the 6th: 1777.
Elenor Lent was Born January the 22d: 1780
James Lent was Born April the 25th: 1782
Joseph Lent was Born May the 20th: 1786
Abraham Lent was Born March 7th 1789
Barbara Lent was Born the 2d of May 1792
Richard Lent was Born  Feb. 26th 1795
Catharine Lent was Born December 25: 1798
Marget Lent was Born March 15:1801
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Bradford SS.  
On this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1844, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and before Bradford County,  being a Court of Record, so made and declared by Act of Pension of the State aforesaid, Catharine Lent, a resident of Rome in the County of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty-six years spoke being first duly sworn, according to law, [illegible], on her oath, make the  following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 11, 1836:  that she is the widow of Henry Lent, who was a corporal in the militia service under Captain Cronk in the State of New York, which service he entered in the month of October in the year 1777, and that he continued to serve as aforesaid as a corporal until the first of May AD, 1779 that at that time, he was made a sergeant under  the said Capt. Cronk, and continued in the militia service until the close of the war, that the time he entered the services, he resided at Peekskill, in the County of Westchester and State of New York, that the country through  which he marched was its eastern part of the State of New York, that she can not recollect the names of the other officers in the militia, and that she has no documentary evidence in support of the claim which she herewith presents for a pension.  She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Lent, on the sixteenth day of July, 1776, by one Campbell's clergyman at Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and the State of New York, and that her husband the aforesaid Henry Lent, died on the fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and one
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and that she has remarried a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appeared by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and inscribed on the day 
Catharine (her mark) Lent
and year above written before me,
Witness H.C. Kelly} having at the 
same time been witnessed by H.C. Kelly.
John N Corynghena, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County.
And the said Court do hereby certify 
Catharine Lent, the above named affiant is a person of credibility and respectability. Witness my hand and seal at Towanda this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1844.
John N. Corynghena
President Judge
State of Pennsylvania}
County of Bradford} SS
I, Aaron Chubback, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Please in and for Bradford County do hereby certify that John N. Corynghena is the President Judge of the Court of Common Please as aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signature; purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 13th day of May A.D. 1944 at Towanda in said County.
Aaron Chuuck, Prothonotary
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Henry Lent
Penn. Act 1872
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Bradford}
Be it known, that on this [illegible] day of December A.D. 1852 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
1 Richard Lent, Catharine Lent widow of Henry Lent deceased, resident of 
2 Rome in said County, and made oath according to law that 
3 Henry Lent who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 
4 [illegible] July 4, 1836
That 
5 his wife directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of 
6 Henry Lent for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to the Washington City, D.C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. 
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. 
7 Henry Lent
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said 
8 James Lent to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
9 [illegible magistrates signature]
State of Pennsylvania}
County of Bradford} SS
It here hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County that 
8 James Lent the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the 
10 heir at law of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, 
11 Preceptor Forbes Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, 
this Seventh day of December, 1852.
12 Allen McKean
1. Claimant's name or names in full. 
2. Post Office address. 
3. "That he is the identical man." or "that she is the widow of the identical man." or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man." &c., &c. 
4. Leave this line blank. 
5. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 
6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. 
7. Claimant's signature. 
8. Claimant's name. 
9. Magistrate's signature. 
10. "Identical," "widow of," or "child of." 
11. Magistrate's name." 
12. Clerk's signature. 
N.B. Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. (struck through)]
Rejected [stamp]
6233
P. O.
Catharine Lent
Service:
Enlisted: ,18
Discharged: ,18
Application filed: ,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ,18
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Buffalo, NY, March 30, 18[illegible]
Hon. L. P Waldo Com.
of Pension, Washington, D.C.
Sir I enclose a power of attorney in the case of Catharine Lent widow of Henry Lent who claims for a pension under the act of July 4, 1836. 
Please inform me what are the objections to the adjudication of the claim, also what service is claimed to name him performed and what proof of such service has been offered. 
I am your obedient servant.
C.H. Baldwin
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6207
Catharine Lent  
Widow PA
Henry
[illegible]
Set to O. Noble, Esq. 
September 24, 1844
O. Noble, December 27th, 
A. Ray April 14th, 1845
A. H. Markland December 19, 1853
CH Baldwin April 15, 1854
Act 4th July, 1836
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6207
Catherine Lent 
PA
Act July 4th 1836
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Bradford County} SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber L. S. Maynard a Justice of the peace in and for the said county of Bradford Polly Vaught aged eight four years who after being duly sworn and depose say that she was present at the marriage of Henry Lent to Katharine Croft his present and surviving widow which marriage took place on the sixteenth day of July A.D. 1776 at Stillwater in the county of Saratoga and state of N.Y. York that the marriage ceremony was performed by a clergyman named Campbell that the next year after they removed to Peekskill in the county of Westchester in the state of New York that about the month of October in the year A.D. 1777 the said Henry Lent entered in the militia service under Captain Cronk as corporal and sergeant and continued in service until the close of the war said Henry Lent froze to death in the woods the fifteenth day of February A.D. 1801. Deponent further said that the widow of Henry Lent has never since married and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before}
me this 10th day of May A.D. 1844}
Polly [her X mark] Vaught
L. S. Maynard J.P. {seal}
Witness
Louise Cranmer
{Seal} Bradford County SS
I do certify that the above-named Polly Vaught is a credible person and of known respectability.
Witness my hand and seal at Rome County aforesaid the 10th day of May A.D. 1844.
L. S. Maynard Justice of the Peace
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Bradford County} SS
I Aaron Chubbuck, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do hereby certify that L. S. Maynard is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the within and foregoing signatures purporting to be his, is genuine. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Towanda this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1844.
A. Chubbuck Prothonotary
By H Allen Deputy
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Bradford County SS
On this 30th day of October A.D. 1844 personally came Catharine Lent of Rome Township Bradford County State of Pennsylvania, who took and subscribed the following oath I Catharine Lent do swear that the record minutes annexed is the original record of the marriage of myself to Henry or Hendrik Lent and that this record was miss laid and could not be found at the time of making the other papers and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before
me the day and year above. 
Catharine her X mark Lent
L. S. Maynard J.P.
Witness Richard Lent
{seal} Bradford County
I do hereby certify that the above named Catharine Lent is a credible person and of known respectability.
Witness my hand and seal at the Township of Rome this 30th October A.D. 1844
L. S. Maynard Justice of the Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County SS
I, Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do hereby certify L.S. Maynard Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the peace in said countycommissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are given to his act as such ; that I am acquainted with his signature and believe the within purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and the seal of the Court at Towanda this 30th day of October 1844.
A. Chubbuck Prothonotary
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
6th Oct 1778 Hendrik Lent Corporal L 8 3
24th Jun 1779 Henry Lent private 2 8 0
30th Jun 1779 do m 14 3
22d Aug 1779 do do 12 5
23d Oct 1780 Hendrik Lent do m 5 4
19th Oct do Henry Lent do 8 0 0
30th Nov 1781 do do 5 6 8
30th Apr 1780 Hendrik Lent Sergt - 10 8
27th Oct 1781 do do - 13 4
2d Nov 1780 do do 1 4 0
25th Oct 1780 do do 1 4 0
22d Nov 1779 do do 2 2 8
Henry 6 mo. 12 o. pri
STATE OF NEW YORK}
Comptroller's Office, Albany, Oct. 18th 1844}
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2.4.7.8.9. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First under Capt. Samuel Haight in Col. Samuel Drake Regt.
Second " " James Kronkhites " " Do "
Third " " Abraham Buckhout " " Do "
Fourth " " Samuel Haight " " Do "
Fifth " " Benjamin Dyckman " " Do "
Sixth " " Benjamin Stevenson " " Company 7 of Levies "
Seventh " " Silas Gray " " Marenus Willete "
Eighth " " Peter Van Wart " " Colonel Van Veghten "
Ninth " " " " " Do "
Tenth " " " " " Do "
11th " " " " " Do "
12th " " Peter Winne " " Do "

Philip Phelps
Deputy Comptroller
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To Hon. J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Sir I have appointed Arad Joy of Ovid New York my agent to investigate my claim to a pension, you will please communicate with him of the State of my case. 
Bradford County, Pa
Catharine her X mark Lent
Witness
Simeon Korkwell
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Washington, Dec 9th 1853
Hon L P Waldo
I herewith enclose a power of Attorney in the case of Catharine Lent, widow of Henry, of Penn and suspended under the act of 1836
In your [crossed out] a letter of the 14 April 1845, addressed to A Ray, your predecessor States that it is apparent that there were two persons of the name of Henry Lent in the service and it was required to show the identity of the claimant with one of the other of the said Soldiers. The certificate of Payments does not show that there were two soldiers of the
name, the name of Henry & Hendrick are one and the same. The service performed was militia and continued for a few days only at any one time a man might have been a corporal upon one time and a private the next. Mrs Lent States in her declaration made in May 1844, that her husband was a Corporal
in the month of Oct 1777, subsequently he became a sergeant. Mrs. Lent was doubtless mistaken in the year in which he entered the service, it was in Oct 1778, as we find by the certificate of the comptroller of N.Y. which was given in Oct. 1844, five months after her declaration was made and that Certificate conforms her state-
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ment in regard to his having afterwards become a sergeant. I claim for all the service shown by the Certificate of the Comptroller of N.Y.
I am sir very respectfully 
from your obedient servant
A. H. Markland
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{Seal}
Bradford County SS
Personally appeared before Jesse Allen a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bradford Polly Vought aged Eighty five years and after being duly sworn doth depose and say That the fact I do know that Henry Lent removed his quarters from Peekskill to Stillwater in the Spring of 1775. I know by the fact of our moving the same summer that the Battle at Bunker Hill was fought and that during the two or three years that Henry Lent resided in Stillwater, he was called out in the Militia under Captain Job Wright and did serve one or two short tours. And that said Lent was a low Dutchman and as commonly went by the name of Hendrick as Henry. Hendrick being the dutch of Henry The above services was not spoken of by myself or sister Catharine Lent in our former affidavits now in your hands, and further this deponent saith not her Sworn and subscribed by her mark
Polly her X mark Vought
this the first day of April AD 1845 before me
Jesse Allen Jus. Peace
.
{Seal} Bradford County SS
I do certify that the above named Polly Vought is a credible person and of known Respectability
Witness my hand and seal my [illegible] this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty five
Jesse Allen Jus Peace
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State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County}
I Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do certify that Jesse Allen Esq before whom the within affidavit was taken and whose name is attached to the certificate thereof is a Justice of the peace in said County Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are given to his acts as such and That from my knowledge of his signature the within purporting to be his I believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand
and the Seal of the Court at Towanda this 1st day of April 1845
Aaron Chubbuck Prothonotary
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Envelope FREE
Towanda May [stamp]
6201
May 22 1844
PA
Catharine Lent
4 July 1836
Hon James L . Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Towanda May 17th 1844
James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
The Pension Certificate may be Directed to Orin Wysoe Bradford County
Pa
O Noble
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April 10, 1845
Another case
Catharine Lent
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pension
War Department
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Washington 
April 9, 18__
I have received the enclosed affidavit from O. Noble of Towanda, Pa. in the case of Catharine Lent, an applicant for the Act 1839. If it will meet the requirement of your letter of 27 Dec Can you will be pleased to endorse the certificate to me. 
I am yours
most respectfully,
Abraham Ray
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Oct 29 1847
Power of Attorney
Catharine Lent
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington, DC
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Ovid Oct 21, 1847
Sir
I had rec'd the enclosed prior to the receipt of your new instructions as to the form of the power of attorney.
I beg therefore that you will pardon me this once for not obeying your new directions, I shall  try hereafter to do it. Catharine Lent applied from Bradford Co. Pa under Act of '38 through her then agent Orin Noble. May I be allowed respectfully to ask you to please inform me what the objection in this case is and whether the marriage and same service is admitted, and what further proof you require. 
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Arad Joy
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC
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ys
Orin Noble
Wysoe
Bradford Co.
Pa
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August 1, 1775
Richard Garrison
By the request of John Fish: enlisted the thirtieth day of May and comments marched on as far as Crown print with ten men and returned the nineteen day of June.
Mens names
Hendrick Lent, 
Cornelius Vanlassel,
Hendrick Brown,
Abraham Vannorman,
William Collens,
Jeames Wilse,
William Jonston, 
Fillip Allen,
Fredrick Mash,
Stephen Freeman.
Stillwater
Mr. John Tales Sir be pleased to favour me with your good will towards giving the money and I shall think it a great favour. 
Comptrollers Office}
Albany Oct 18th 1844}
I certify the proceeding to be a true copy of a revolutionary document now remaining in this office. 
Philip Phelps Dep Comptroller
fee 50 cents
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Comptroller Office
Albany Oct 18th 1844
Sir
Herewith you have all the evidence which came in relation to the service of Henry Lent during the Revolutionary War.
Your obedient Servant
Philip Phelpe
Deputy Comptroller
Orin Noble
Wyson, Pa
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State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford SS:
On this thirteenth day of March 1854 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared James Lent a resident of the town of Rome in said County aged Seventy one years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for arrears of Pension supposed to be due to himself and the other children of Mrs. Catharine Lent deceased widow of Henry Lent a Revolutionary soldier and he hereby appoints Charles H. Baldwin, of Buffalo, N.Y. his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for pension or any arrears or increase of pension, or any to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrearages of pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above; hereby ratify and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written. 
James Lent
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I certify that I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and that I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. 
Preceptor Forbes, Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County}
 I Allen McKean, Prothonotary of the court of Common Please of the county aforesaid State of Pennsylvania  do hereby certify that Preceptor Forbes is and was at the time of making the foregoing certificate an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at under the 14th day March A.D. 1854
Allen McKean Prothonotary
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record
Name Lent, Hercules Grade Private Line New York
Warrant Number 7403 Acreage 100 Issued July 22, 1790 to Thomas Tillotson, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and private under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.