Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13628, for Peter Kendall, Vermont
Page 1

Vt

Kendall, Peter

S. 13628

carded
Page 2

14719
New York
Peter Kendall
of Genesee in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Benjamin the Regt Commanded by Col Well in the Vermont Militia 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of June 1830 and Sent

Wm Mitchell, Bethany NY

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $46.66

Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833  $11.66

$58.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo B Whiting Clerk
Book 6 Vol 4 Page 61
Page 3

Peter Kendalls
application 
18102 
Wm Mitchell
agt.
Page 4

State of New York 
Genesee County ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said county, Peter Kendall, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of all the periods of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: 
For one month I served as a private - 
For six months served as a private and for such services I claim a pension - 
Peter Kendall [signature]
Subscribed and sworn this 26th day of March 1833 before me Ira Wait Justice

State of New York 
Genesee County ss I Timothy Fitch Clerk of said county, certify that Ira Wait before whom the above affidavit purports to to have been taken and made and whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate of the credibility of Samuel Kendall was on the day the said affidavit and certificate bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verify his name subscribed to said affidavit and certificate to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of Office at Batavia in said county this twenty seventh day of March 1833 
Timothy Fitch Clerk 
By B. Pringle [illegible]
Page 5

The Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County now sitting Peter Kendall a resident of the town of Bethany in the said County of Genesee aged sixty nine years and upward who being first 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 June the 7th 1832 
That he entered the service of the United states under the following [illegible] officer and served as herein [illegible]
 That in the year of 1782 he resided in the town of Windsor in the County of Genesee and State of Vermont -
That he was born in the town of Leicester in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. July the 2nd  1763 [illegible] as he has been informed and believes [illegible]

That he  entered the service in the month of January 1782 for at [illegible] Vermont  [illegible] the company of Captain Benjamin (whose name he does not recollect) and was stationed at Bethel Fort on which served Genesee County the state of Vermont at which time and place he served about one month & was dismissed
That in the Month of May following he again enlisted as a volunteer under same Captain - Benjamin in Colonel Benjamin [illegible] Regiment and was stationed at the aforementioned Fort and was at this time in the service six months, & was dismissed 
That he has no written discharge. And this applicant further saith that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. But one known by Zera Norton Nathaniel Brown and John Hutchinson who can testify to my character for truth and veracity and their belief of my having rendered services as a Soldier of the
Page 6

Revolution. And his applicant further saith that he has resided since the war in the town of Thetford in the County of Orange in the State of Vermont until about six years since, when he removed to the town of Bethany in the County of Genesee and State of New York where he has since resided and where he now resides -
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Peter Kendall [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk 
We Nathaniel Brown a Clergyman residing in the town of Bethany & said County of Genesee and Zera Norton of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Kendall who has signed and sworn to the above declara tion. That we believe him to be Sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neigh-bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Nathaniel Brown [signature]
John Hutchinson [signature]
Sworn and subscribed the  day and year aforesaid in open Court Timothy Fitch Clerk 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathaniel Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bethany aforesaid and that Zera Norton who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their
Page 7

I Samuel Kendall aged Sixty Six years residing in the town of Bethany in the County of Genesee hereby certify that I am well acquainted with  Peter Kendall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That I believe him to be [illegible] nine years of age, that I can well recollect that the said applicant (who is my brother) did at one particular time go from home [illegible] to go into the service of the United States and recolects of his [illegible] of his going and returning a second time. that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Samuel Kendall [signature] 
Subscribed and sworn this 23d day of October 1832 before me
Ira Wait [illegible]
Genesee County ss: and I further certify that the said Samuel Kendall who appeared before me and took the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that his statement of entitled credibility
Ira Wait Justice 
March 26th 1833
Page 8

State of New York
Genesee County ss. I Timothy Fitch. Clerk of said County, certify, that Ira Wait before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken and made was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Justice subscribed to said affidavit and verily belive the same to be genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this twenty fifth day of October 1832 
Timothy Fitch Clerk 

State of New York 
Genesee County ss: I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said county of Genesee do hereby certify that Ira Wait who has subscribed the foregoing certificate of the credibility of Samuel Kendall was on the 20th March 1833 the day on which the said certificate bears date a Justice of the peace and for the said county & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Ira Wait & verily believe his signature subscribed to the said certificate is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and seal of office the 27th day of March 1833 T. Fitch Clerk -
Page 9

Statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson
William Mitchell 
Robert Oarll 
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the court of Genesee County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Kendall for a pension - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this sixteenth day of October 1832 
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Page 10

Secretary of War
Washington City 
Sir
 Please to make such  [illegible] in relation to the within application as [illegible] its [illegible] may think proper to William Mitchel of Bethany Genesee County New York.
Page 11

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
June 15, 1925
Marian Burns 
McCook, Nebr., 
Madam: I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13628 it appears that Peter Kendall was born July 8, 1763 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 
While a resident of Windsor, Windsor County, Ver-mont he enlisted in January 1781 and served one month as a private in Captain Benjamin's Vermont Company. He enlisted in May 1781 and served six months as a private in Captain Benjamin's Company, Colonel Wait's Vermont Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832 while a resident of Bethany, Genesse County, New York to which place he moved from Thetford Orange County, Vermont. 
It is not stated whether he ever married. 
Respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner.

[handwriting at bottom] Bro. deceased Date of death not on [illegible]

[handwriting in document] Rec Vermont Back page [illegible] 34
Page 12

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C......, 19.....
In reply to your request of .........
received ...... for a 
a statement of the military history of
Peter Kendall
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [struck through] (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. S.13, 628

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
[illegible] 1781
[illegible] 1781
LENGTH OF
SERVICE
[illegible] mo
[illegible]
-
RANK,
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[illegible]
[illegible] Benjamin

COLONEL.
[illegible]
STATE.
VT
Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor, Windsor [illegible]
Date of application for pension, Ap. 16, 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application,[illegible]
Age at date of application, [illegible] July 2 1753
Remarks:
Respectfully, 
Commissioner
6-2856
Page 13

April 2, 1925
[post stamp 11 Apr 7 1925 S PENSION]

Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
As I am desirous of entering the D.A.R. organization, I would like to have what information you could supply me with concerning Peter Kendall a soldier of the Revolution. He was born in
Page 14

Leominster, Mass and his residence during the Revolution was Windsor, Vt. He was under Benjamin 
I would like the dates of Peter Kendalls birth and death, also any other information you could give me.
Miss Marian Burns
McCook Nebr.
Page 15

Pen [illegible]

Pension Bureau, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Messrs,

Will you kindly send me the Military Record of Peter Kendall who enlisted in the Revolutionary service from Windsor Co, Vermont, and drew pension in Genesee Co, New York.
Also, is there any record of Revolutionary soldiers by the
Page 16

name of Barrett who enlisted from Windsor Co VT, or from Worcester country, Mass?
These are our ancestors and therefore of interest to us.
Respectfully-

address: Mrs. Jennie M. Burns, Mc Cook, 
Seventh & C sts E) Nebraska.
Oct 9 1913
Page 17

P.S. Also, are there any other Kendalls from either of these localities?
Page 18

[heading small text in the top right]
HOMER O HOLLY
CLERK OF THE SURROGATE'S COURT

[heading top left]
County Court 
[image of the court seal]
Wyoming County, N.Y. 
James E Norton
County Judge and Surrogate. 
Warsaw, N. Y.

[body of document]
WARSAW, N.Y Sept 2nd 1915
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:
Kindly send me the record of Peter Kendall who enlisted and served in the Revolutionary War, with certain Vermont regiments, enlisting I believe from, or at, Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont; and to whom a pension was granted, I think about 1830 to 1835. 
He then resided in Bethany, Genesee Co, N. Y.
Yours Truly
James E. Norton

[post stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 3 1915 G
Page 19

Wyoming, NY, Aug 7. 1918.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

M[illegible]
Will you be so kind as to tell us if one Peter Kendall who served in the Revolutionary War as a member of Captain Beriah Green's Company in 1781, ever drew any pension?
He died in Bethany or in Wyoming Co near Bethany, about 1845. 
Very truly,
Mrs N.L. Cronkhite
Wyoming, New York
Page 20

[on the top left]
1915 Aug 12: history to Mrs N. L. Cronkhite.   M.13.H.
1915 Sept 14: history to Judge James E Norton  M.13.H.
__________
1915  - June 15 - Hist. to Miss Marian Burns. MMSH

[on the right side]
13628
INVALID.

File No: [illegible]
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 213

(Arrangement of 1870)
Page 21

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Peter Kendall [name written in by hand] which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  
Yes [handwritten]

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes [handwritten]

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes [handwritten]

V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine what amount of pension he is entitled?
No [handwritten, very faint]

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes [handwriten]

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes [handwritten]

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes [handwritten]

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
Yes [handwritten]

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? 
Yes [handwritten]
Page 22

2 [center top of page]

XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service.    yes [handwritten next to this line]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-ing it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  yes [handwritten next to this line]

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct.  

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES [center of page, bolded]

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ----- year ---- --- months and -------- days, I served as a -------. For ---- months and ---- ---  days, I served as a ---- ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
Page 23

3 [center top of page]

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. [bolded] Proof of Service. [italicized]

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may adminis-ter the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper office, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. [bolded] Mode of authenticating papers. [italicized]

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.