Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13381, John Hendry, Penn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Hendy, John 

NUMBER
S. 13381

Carded

CONTENTS
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24.144
New York
John Hendy

[cut off] [illegible] the State of New York who [cut off] Ensign &c. in the Corps commanded by Captain ___ of the Regt. commanded by Col. ___ in the Penna. ___ line for 2 months and 2 day priv. for 2 " ___ Ensign
$6.88
$60.00
$66.88

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 66 Dollars and 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the fifth day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov. 1833 ___ and deli(vere)d to J. Robinson of Elmira present

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $167.20
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] '34 33.44
$200.64
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk [illegible]
Vol. 4 Page 104
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Hendy, John
Penn S 13381

(sideways at left)
Date of death [illegible]
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12458
John Hendy

[illegible abbreviation]
2 mo. 2nd private
6 mo. Ensign
$

56.16

27 Dec 1832
P--183

James Robinson of 
Elmira N.Y.
now present
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Brief in the case of John Hendy
of Elmira in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)


1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? (Answer) in open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? (Answer) 75 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Augt. In 1776 Volunteer
1777 volunteer company
Septemr. 1777 d(itt)o

Duration of Service.
Years
Months 3
Days 220
3
upwards of 3
6 mo. Saltworks

Rank
As a
Private
Ensign
ditto

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
No Officers named
Major Van Campen
Genl Mifflins Brigade
Officers not named

States that he was ordered out in the Spring of 1775 and served in the humble capacity of Ensign for upwards of Two years, at one time acting under orders from a Superior officer, and at another time acting at discretion. No names of Officers are given.

5. In what battles was he engaged? (Answer) Princeton

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service. (Answer) Lower Smithfield Penna.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? (Answer) Traditionary evidence, and two living Witnesses.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? (Answer) the papers are not attached according to the Regulations

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

(signed) Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

78-1 mo
78  6 mo
--   2 yrs
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John Hendy
Declaration
12548

Direct to the care
of James Robinson
Agent--Elmira
Tioga Co. N. York
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State of New York
Tioga County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Tioga, John Hendy who being duly sworn deposeth and saith in addition to and in explanation of his declaration hereto annexed that from the 20th of August 1776 to the 10th of November in the same year inclusive, he served in the field two months and twenty days as a Private that in this time of duty he served under the command and authority of Capt. John Mac who received his orders from Col. Jacob Stroud and he received his orders from the Commander in chief Gen. Washington.
That from the 21st of November 1776 to the 20th of February 1777 inclusive he served in the field three months as an Ensign; that in this tour he was under the command and authority of Capt. Alexander Patterson, Lieutenant John Gaston, Major Benjamin Van Campen, and Gen. Mifflin who received their orders from the Commander in chief aforesaid.
That from the 15th of September 1777 to the 15th of December of the same year inclusive he served in the field three months as an Ensign; that in this tour officers he was under the command and authority of the same company officers last before mentioned, who received their orders from Col. Jacob Stroud--who received his orders from the Commander in Chief aforesaid.
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That from the first of April 1778 to the first of May following same year inclusive he served one month in the field as an Ensign; in this tour he was under the command and authority of the same company officers last before mentioned who received their orders from Col. Jacob Stroud, who received his orders from the Commander in Chief aforesaid.
That from the first of May 1778 to the first of November of the same year inclusive he served in the field six months as an Ensign; that in this Campaign he acted under the command and authority of the same company officers last before mentioned who received their orders from Col. Jacob Stroud who received his orders from the Commander in Chief aforesaid.
That from the first of December 1778 to the same period in 1780 inclusive he served in field and Garrison two years as an Ensign; that during the whole of this term he acted under the command and authority of the same company officers last before mentioned who received their orders from Col. Jacob Stroud, who received his orders from the Commander in Chief aforesaid.
And this deponent further saith that he served not less than three years and one month as an Ensign and for such service he claims a pension.
Sworn & subscribed this 23rd day of January 1833 before me
(signed) W. Maxwell Justice of the peace
Tioga Co. N.Y.

(signed) John Hendy
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State of New York
Tioga County
I hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with John Hendy who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit; that he is a credible and reputable citizen and his statement entitled to full credit.

(signed) W. Maxwell Justice
of the peace Tioga Co. N.Y.

State of New York
Tioga County
I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the County of Tioga aforesaid do hereby Certify that William Maxwell Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn and by whom the above certificate is signed was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be affixed this 23rd day of January 1833.

(signed) Green M. Tuthill

(seal affixed at left)
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At a Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court house in the Village of Elmira in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York commencing on the fourth day of September 1832. Present Hon. Grant B. Baldwin first Judge, Joseph L. Darling, Darius Bentley, John R. Drake, and Elijah Shoemaker Esquire Judges.
State of New York
Tioga County
On this 6th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid being a Court of record became made so by the Constitution and same of the State having by law a clerk and seal, now sitting John Hendy a resident of Elmira in the County of Tioga and State of New York aged seventy five years the third day of the present month 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he turned out as a Volunteer for no definite period under Captain John Mac in the latter part of the month of August in the year 1776. The company was composed partly of Volunteers and partly of drafted Militia all intended for active operations in the state of New Jersey soon after he enlisted he was marched to Perth Amboy where the Troops were stationed for some weeks waiting the movements of the enemy. Nothing, however, extraordinary occurred and we were marched home. About the first of November having performed Three months service as a Private in this Campaign we then immediately organized a full company of Volunteers for the service and
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choose Alexander Patterson for Captain, John Gaston Lieutenant and John Hendy Ensign at this period and while Gen. Washington was on his march through New Jersey our newly enlisted Company started on their march from North hampton to Philadelphia at which latter place this deponent received his commission as Ensign of the said company and the other officers of the company also received their commissions. Gen. Washington crossed the River and took nearly one thousand Hessians on the receipt of this Intelligence our company had orders forthwith to join the main Army before Trenton which we reached on the second of January and were attached to a Battallion under the command of Major Benjamin Van Campen which Battallion was annexed to the Brigade under the command of Gen. Mifflin. From Trenton to Princeton there was what was called an 18 mile road and a 12 mile road on the night of the second our whole corps took up the line of march for Princeton on the 18 mile route the enemy having taken the other one. We reached Princeton early on the morning of the third and immediately prepared for Battle. In this engagement Gen. Mercer fell dangerously wounded and was conveyed directly by this deponent to a private house. this brave officer exclaimed as he was carried along "cheer up my boys the day is ours." After the battle we took up our line of march for Morristown where Gen. Washington had his head quarters, and reached Sommerset Court house
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the first night, the next day which was on Saturday we arrived at the Village of Plaquimmin and halted there till the Monday following; while at this Village we buried a British officer, Captain Lashly, with the honors of war. he had been mortally wounded at Princeton and brought on in a waggon. On Monday we joined the main Army at Morristown which was the Head quarters during the winter. He Ensign completed three months service as an Ensign in this campaign and was dismissed till further orders. In September of this year ('77) had orders to join the Army at a place called White Marsh about 14 miles from Philadelphia at which place we lay till towards the last of November, the enemy having possession of the City in the mean time. In December the main army took up their head quarters at Valley Forge on the SchoolKill about 15 miles from Philadelphia; but so destitute was the Army generally of provisions, clothing &c that the Militias not under official engagements for further service were dismissed till again called upon. This deponent then returned home having performed upwards of three months service as an Ensign in this campaign. Early in the Spring of '78 he was ordered out to Sussex Court house in the state of New Jersey where in a short time we took upwards of Seventy tories and confined them in the Jail at that place. He was then immediately ordered to the Sea shore about twenty miles above egg harbour to establish and superintend a salt works which we carried on for six
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months. In the fall of this year we had orders to repair to the Delaware frontier. After the masacre at Wyoming in July previous the Indians and tories had become extremly annoying to the almost defenseless Inhabitants along the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, to this rescue this deponent repaired and alternately took charge of Fort Penn. and Fort Jones, as they were called, through the greater part of the winter and continued in active service against the Indians on this frontier in the humble capacity of Ensign for upwards of two years at one time acting under orders from a superior officer, at another time acting at discretion, at one time engaged in collecting the women and children into places of safety, at another time in pursuing the trail of the enemy when they had pillaged property, at one time engaged in relieving the Garrisons with fresh Troops at another time in furnishing them with provisions, this is the general nature of the service he was engaged in and which made a lasting impression upon his mind at the time they transpired.
He has no documentary evidence of his services, but can prove them by two credited
witnesses John Dolson and Samuel Shoemaker.
And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the court he says that he was born at a place called Pennytown not far from Trenton in the State of New Jersey on the third day of September in the year 1757, that he has a record of his age which he took from his fathers family
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Bible the original of which is now obliterated and gone. In this way he has preserved in a knowledge of his own age and that of his children and has the word of these now in his possession, that when he first entered the service as before stated he lived in the Town of Lower Smithfield in the County of Northhampton and State of Pennsylvania. Since the Revolutionary War he lived two or three years at the same place, then about two years at Shawneetown just below Wilksbarre, then at Tioga Point about one year, then at his Present residence on the Tioga River just above the Village of Elmira where he has lived upwards of forty three years, that in all his services in the foregoing declaration he considered himself a Militia Volunteer that he knew Gen. Mifflin, Cols. Stroud, Potter, Holland, Major Van Campen and their respective Corps, that he received an Ensigns Commission in the City of Philadelphia in the month of December 1776 that he is not positive by whom it was signed but from the best of his knowledge and belief on the subject he thinks it was signed by the President of the Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania acting as Governor of the State and at that time he thinks the President must have been either John Penn or Thomas Wharton, that when he left Northampton County after the Revolutionary War he gave his Commission to his father for safe keeping and when several years after his father moved into this Country
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on inquiry and examination his said commission could not be found and he has not seen or heard of it since. That he would recuse to the first Judge of this Court, Thomas Maxwell, William Maxwell and John Davis all of Elmira aforesaid who are acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

(signed) Green M. Tuthill Cl(er)k

(signed) John Hendy

We Simeon R. Jones a clergyman of the South part Tioga County New York and Caleb Baker of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hendy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age; that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

(signed) Green M. Tuthill Cl(er)k

(signed) Simeon R. Jones
(signed) Caleb Baker
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State of New York
Tioga County
John Dolson of Elmira in the county and State aforesaid aged Seventy six years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with John Hendy, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, since the year 1774 to the present time. That in the latter part of the year 1776 the said John Hendy was appointed and commissioned an Ensign in the company of Capt. Alexander Patterson and was in active service as such officer till towards the close of the year 1780--that this deponent and the said John Hendy both resided in lower Smithfield in the County of Northhampton in the State of Pennsylvania at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. That this deponent was in the service with the said John Hendy attached to the Battalion of Major Van Campen at the Battle of Princeton on the 3rd January 1777 and onward in the service against the Indians on the Delaware frontier--that the said John Hendy was esteemed in the service a brave and vigilant officer and has been a citizen much respected by all his acquaintances from that time to the present.
Sworn & subscribed this 4th day of Sept. 1832 before me

(signed) Green M. Tuthill Cl(er)k

(signed) John (his mark: "X") Dolson
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State of New York
Tioga County
Samuel Shoemaker of Elmira in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy years and upwards being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Hendy, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, during the Revolutionary War and has been acquainted with him down to the present time; and further says that the said John Hendy was an Ensign in Capt. Patterson's company of the Pennsylvania Volunteers and served as such officer, as was generally understood at the time, in the manner he has stated in his said declaration and further that he this deponent was also well acquainted with the said Capt. Patterson while engaged in the service against the Indians upon the Delaware frontier.
Sworn & subscribed this 4th day of Sept. 1832 before me.

(signed) Green M. Tuthill Cl(er)k

(signed) Saml. Shoemaker
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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 officer and served as he states; and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergy man resident in the town of Southport and that Caleb Baker who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further certifies that Samuel Shoemaker and John Dolson whose affidavits are hereto attached are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

(signed) G.B. Baldwin
First Judge

I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the court of common pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hendy for a (partially blocked by seal, but "pension"). 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 8th day of September 1832.

(signed) Green M. Tuthill

(seal attached at left)
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October 25, 1936

John Hendy- S. 13381
BA-J/AWF

Esther Hull Julian
814 West Valerio Street
Santa Barbara, California

Dear Madam:

	The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 13381, based upon the service of John Hendy in the Revolutionary War.

	John Hendy was born September 3, 1757 in “Pennytown” near Trenton, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not given. He stated that his father, several years after the Revolution, moved to Tioga County, New York.

	John Hendy, while residing in Lower Smithfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
	From August 20, 1776, about three months as a private in Captain John Mack’s company; he was elected sometime in November, 1776, ensign in Captain Alexander Patterson’s company, served from sometime in December, 1776 about three months under Captain James Schoonover  and Major Benjamin Van Campen and was in the battle of Princeton; from about the middle of September, 1777, three months as ensign in Captain Hugh Forgeman’s company, under Colonel Jacob Stroud; he continued to serve as ensign at various times until the close of the war, under Captains John Bush, Alexander Patterson, Timothy Jayne, and Colonel Jacob Stroud, this service was along the Delaware River to protect the frontiers against the Indians.
	He moved shortly after the Revolution to Shawneetown, Pennsylvania, and from there to Elmira, Tioga
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October 25, 1936

John Hendy- S. 13381
BA-J/AWF

Esther Hull Julian
814 West Valerio Street
Santa Barbara, California

Dear Madam:

	The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 13381, based upon the service of John Hendy in the Revolutionary War.

	John Hendy was born September 3, 1757 in “Pennytown” near Trenton, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not given. He stated that his father, several years after the Revolution, moved to Tioga County, New York.

	John Hendy, while residing in Lower Smithfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
	From August 20, 1776, about three months as a private in Captain John Mack’s company; he was elected sometime in November, 1776, ensign in Captain Alexander Patterson’s company, served from sometime in December, 1776 about three months under Captain James Schoonover  and Major Benjamin Van Campen and was in the battle of Princeton; from about the middle of September, 1777, three months as ensign in Captain Hugh Forgeman’s company, under Colonel Jacob Stroud; he continued to serve as ensign at various times until the close of the war, under Captains John Bush, Alexander Patterson, Timothy Jayne, and Colonel Jacob Stroud, this service was along the Delaware River to protect the frontiers against the Indians.
	He moved shortly after the Revolution to Shawneetown, Pennsylvania, and from there to Elmira, Tioga
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County, New York.
	The soldier, John Hendy, was allowed pension on his application executed, September 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Elmira, New York, where he had lived about forty-three years.

	Reference was made to his children, their names not given, nor was the name of his wife stated.

	In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following data:

John Hendy
Certificate #24144
Issued November 6, 1833
Rate $66.88 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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13381
INVALID
File No. 13381
Rev.War
John Hendy
&c
Ensign. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 170
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Duplicate
New York 24.144
John Hendy
(El)mira in the State of N. York
(cut off) an Ensign &c in the comp. com(cut off
(cut off)ain of the Regt. (cut off)
Col. in the Penn.
(cut off) for 2 months & 2 days Private
6 " (months) Ensign
$6.88
 60.00
_______
$66.88

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 66 Dollars 88 Cents per 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of (cut off)
1833 and del(ivere)d. to J. Robinson
of Elmira, present
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33   1 (cut off)
Semi-anl. allowance ending 6 Mar '34 (cut off)
                                                    $200
Revolutionary (cut off)
Act June 7 (cut off)
Recorded by G.C. Stiles
Book E. Vol. 4 Page (cut off)
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Date of death not on A B

(sideways at right) 
Hendy, John 
Penn. S13381
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(at bottom)
Hendy, John
Penn S13381

(sideways in middle)
Date of death not on A B
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application for increase
See letter 14 Jany. 35 to
J. Robinson
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Testimony in the Case
 of John Hendy
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Thomas Maxfield Esq(uire)
Elmira
Case paid in Centre

[illegible sideways at left]
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In the matter of the application of John Hendy of Elmira Tioga County N.Y. an Ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia for an increase of Pension.

State of New York
Tioga County
John Hendy of Elmira in the County aforesaid being duly Sworn deposeth & saith, that at the September term 1832 of the Tioga Common Please the deponent made his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 to which he refers: That the said declaration details particularly the various services performed by him and for which he desires a pension. That he has lately received a certificate from the War Department numbered 24144 bearing date November 6th 1833 for a pension of $66.88 per annum. That he is informed by his agent James Robinson Esq(uire) who attended to his application in person at the War Department that he was only allowed for nine months service with the main army, and that the services on the frontier & other services were rejected on the ground that they were not authorized by competent authority.
The services for which he claimed compensation & were so rejected were performed in the Regiment under command of Col. Jacob Stroud of the Northampton (Penna.) Militia. It is the impression of the deponent, that at the time these services were rendered, there was then in the said County of Northampton an officer, who was called the County Sub-Lieutenant, of Lieutenant Colonel, who had the charge of the troops raised or called out in cases of emergency, and who issued the
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orders to the militia officers, this officer was John Chambers. He was considered Superior to Col. Stroud, & his orders when issued were always obeyed. From whom he derived his authority this deponent cannot state & his impressions have always been that they were from government, but whether from the State authority or from Congress he does not know. The deponent has also learned that such officers had control in other Counties in the State of Pennsylvania, and that it was so, in the County of Northampton he offers the affidavit of Mr. John Fitz Simins of Southport in the County aforesaid, who was at the time a resident of Northumberland County, and is now in the receipt of a pension under the act of June 7th, 1832 for services rendered on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, against the Indians.
This deponent therefore prays that a re-examination of his papers on file may be made the proofs of his service are annexed to his declaration; he deems himself entitled to a greater compensation than has been allowed to him, and trusts that on reconsideration he will be allowed for all his service, deducting the amount already allowed him.
Sworn & subscribed the 21st Novemr. 1833
Before me

(signed) Wm. Dunn J.P 
(signed) John Hendy
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Tioga County. John Fitzsimins of Southport in the said County aged Seventy two years & upwards, being duly sworn deposeth & saith; that during the Revolutionary War he resided in the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania. That he performed various services on the frontiers of Pennsylvania for which he now draws a pension under the act of 7th June 1832, and the Services by him performed are particularly detailed in his declaration.
That at the time he refers to, and he thinks during the course of the war, and at any rate from 1778 to its close, there was in the said County and officer (Col. Samuel Hunter) who was called the County Lieutenant or sub Lieutenant of the County. This officer was considered superior to the Militia officers who were in command, who obeyed his orders, and the deponent understood him to have had charge of the public stores at Northumberland & Sunbury; that he issued orders to the officers of the militia in order of emergency, and ammunition & provisions were drawn from the said Col. Hunter, or the commissaries under him.
Sworn & Subscribed the 21 Novem(ber) 1833
Before me
(signed) Wm. Dunn J.P.

(signed) John Fitzsimmins
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State of New York
Tioga County
I Green M. Tuthill clerk of the said County do hereby certify that William Dunn Esq(uire) before whom the within affidavits of John Hendy & John Fitzsimmins were made is a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly qualified, and that the signatures to them purporting to be his, are genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office the 21st Novem(ber) 1833

(signed) Green M. Tuthill Cl(erk)

(seal attached upper left)
(sideways at left: "Re Hendy")
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State of New York
Tioga County
Samuel Shoemaker of the Town of Elmira in the said County being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that his age is Seventy two years & upwards, that during the revolutionary war he resided in the County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania; that he was a Lieutenant in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Henry Shoemaker in said County of Northampton in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jacob Stroud, which was frequently called out in Service on the frontier against Indian & Tory incursions. That he knew John Hendy named in the foregoing papers; as an Ensign in a company in the same Regiment & has ever since been acquainted with him. That there was at the time an officer in the County of Northampton (Col. John Chambers) who was called the County Lieutenant of Sub Lieutenant Colonel, who gave orders to the commanding officers of the militia when cases of alarm, or sudden emergency required their being called out. That he always understood that this County Lieutenant Col. Chambers, was under the immediate orders or direction of Col. Robert Hooper, who lived near Easton. Whether he received orders from the State or United States authorities he does not know.
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That soon after the close of the Revolution this deponent and the said John Hendy removed from the County of Northampton to the State of New York, and have lived in the neighborhood of each other ever since.
Sworn & Subscribed the 16 Jan(uar)y 1834 before me

(signed) Wm. Dunn J.P.

(signed) Saml. Shoemaker
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Tioga County
John Swartwood of the Town of Cayuta in said County aged Eighty years and upwards being sworn says that during the revolutionary war he resided in the county of Sussex New Jersey (crossed out: "and was well") near the Pennsylvania line & was well acquainted in the county of Northampton Pennsylvania; that he knew Colonel John Chambers of Lower Smithfield Township in said County; that the said Chambers was called the County Lieutenant, & had the charge of the stores & munitions of war designed for the public service, and that he had the control & direction of troops who were occasionally called out in cases of emergency in that county. That the said Chambers was always considered a government officer. That he is well acquainted with John Hendy of Elmira in said county, and knew him in the revolutionary war, and was in Service with him occasionally and always understood at that time & since that he performed service as an Ensign on the frontier.
Sworn & Subscribed the 8 day of September 1834 before me by the said John Swartwood whom I consider a credible and disinterested witness.

(signed) James Van Etten J.P.

(signed) John Swartwood
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State of New York
Tioga County
I Green M. Tuthill clerk of said county do hereby certify that James Van Etten Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Swartwood was sworn and subscribed and William Dunn Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Daniel Van Campen was sworn and subscribed were at the dates of the tesputive affidavits Justices of the Peace in and for said county that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justices and know their signatures to be genuine.
Witness my hand and Seal of office this 15 day of Sept. 1834

(signed) Green Mr. Tuthill Cl(er)k

(seal affixed at left)
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State of New York
Tioga County
Daniel Van Campen of Chemung in the County of Tioga aged Seventy one years and upwards being duly sworn saith that during the latter years of the War of the Revolution he lived in the neighborhood of Easton in the County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania; that he knew Colonel John Chambers of that County and was a near neighbor of his in lower Smithfield township that the said Chambers was in office under the government and frequently purchased provisions for the army and that the militia officers, when called out in cases of emergency (crossed out: "and that") were in the habit of calling upon Col. Chambers for the necessary supplies of provisions & munitions of war. The deponent was also a resident of the County of Northumberland in the early part of the Revolution & recollects Col. Hunter who had charge of the Stores and provisions in that county intended for the public service, and that he has always understood that both officers held the same command & authority over the militia in both counties.
Sworn & Subscribed the 4th Septr. 1834 before me.

(signed) Wm. Dunn J.P.

(signed) Daniel Van Campen
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John Hendy
Supplemental
Statement
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State of New York
Tioga County
John Hendy of Elmira in the County of Tioga aforesaid being duly Sworn says that his application for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 is now on file in the War Department and has been acted upon and a certificate granted to him bearing date November 6, 1833--by which he is placed on the roll at the rate of sixty six dollars eighty eight cents per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1831; that he deems himself aggrieved by the decision of the Department and that the justice may be done him, to which he thinks himself entitled has applied for a reconsideration of his case. In conformity with the requisition of the War Department in answer to his request he now proceeds to state definitely for what service he claims; referring however to the papers on file for dates &c (meaning "etcetera") in case he should vary from them in consequence of loss of recollection which may be incident to his advanced age:
The first service he performed was as a volunteer in a company commanded by Capt. John Mack for three months as he verily believes, but the dates are specified in his declaration he at that time having referred to the events of a historical nature occurring at & about the time & which were & still are in his memory, and by that process arrived at the time of his volunteering & discharge; it being in the fall of 1776: he entered the service in Lower Smithfield Township in Northampton County, Penna. and was marched to Perth Amboy in New Jersey & there remained in Service until discharged: in this tour of duty he acted as a private.
On his return home in October about the
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close of the month or first of November 1776 he was elected an Ensign in the company of militia in the town in which he resided; Alexander Patterson on being the Captain, the other officers he has now forgotten. On or about the 5th December 1776, the company was ordered to march to the camp of Genl. Washington, then near Philadelphia, when the deponent proceeded as Ensign of the company then commanded by Capt. James Scoonover & Lieut. John Gaston; and (crossed out: "proceeded") fell in with the army under Gen. Washington at Trenton. the brigade to which the deponents company was attached being commanded by Genl. Mifflin. this was on the 2nd Jany. 1777: deponent was in the battle of Princeton the next day and continued in the Service for two months, and was discharged at Morristown.
In the beginning of September 1777 & he thinks the first of that month the company was again ordered out under command of Capt. Hugh Forgeman, Lieut. DeWitt and the deponent as Ensign, and marched to Allentown where they remained a few days, and from thence to where Washington's army then lay being above Whitemarsh, and then marched with the army to Whitemarsh, where the deponent continued in Service (crossed out: "for") until discharged making three months in all: The whole amount of service for which he claims while attached to the main army being three months as a private, and five months as an Ensign, in 1776 & 1777.
That after leaving the main army he continued to hold the office of Ensign and was out in three different tours that he can now remember as of longer duration than the occasional tours of a few days at a time which occurred very
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frequently towit one month with the company under Capt. John Bush, Lieut. Wm. Clark and deponent as Ensign on an expedition into the State of New Jersey in Sussex County where one Barton had raised or was about to raise the British standard; to prevent which the company was ordered out; they, captured upwards of seventy tories in the expedition and committed them to the jail in Sussex. The year was 79 or 80 but which he cannot say positively. He thinks it was in April & May. Another tour of one month from his residence to the head of Minisink, when the whole regiment under Col. Stroud was out. This was in the spring of the year, but the year he cannot now positively state but it was between 78 and 81 as near as he can now determine. Another tour of three months in garrison at Stroudsburgh and Jamestown on the Delaware River in the county of Northampton, and on what was then called the Delaware or Minisink frontier, from October to about the first of January, the dates not precisely recollected but the term was 3 months. Capt. Timothy Jayne was then the superior officer under whom deponent was Ensign. The year he cannot now state (crossed out: "but") he believes he has stated it in his declaration but he refers to the affidavit of Samuel Shoemaker who was a Lieutenant in the Service under Stroud and by whom he proves the frontier service here detailed, as also to the affidavit of Lieut. John Swartwood, who was an officer in the Jersey troops under Majr. Westbrook, both of which are on file with the other papers in his case. These two individuals are now pensioners under the act of June &th, 1832. 
As the deponent has heretofore stated from 1778 to 1782 the militia on the Delaware
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frontier were called out very frequently and for three years he was in Service as he verity believes on half the time, and in this statement he is sustained by the evidence of Lieut. Shoemaker but the details required by the department cannot be given by him as to this service and under the rules established the foregoing is all he can make out with any thing like the precision required; towit
3 months as a private with the main army
5 months as an Ensign with the main army
5 months as an Ensign on the frontier in the three expeditions above detailed and proved by Samuel Shoemaker--making in all ten months as an Ensign and three months as a Private, for which he prays he may be allowed, deducting the compensation already allowed; If the other service rendered by him on the frontier & alluded to by Shoemaker is not proved with sufficient detail, he trusts that the details above given will received and his pension increased accordingly altho he fully believes that his Service entitles him to full pay as an Ensign under the Act of June 7th, 1832.
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 10th January 1836

(signed) Th. Maxwell J.P.

(signed) John Hendy
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State of New York
Tioga County
I D. Wallis clerk of the County of Tioga do certify that Thomas Maxwell whose name appears to the forgoing affidavit is a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly qualified and that the signature above subscribed is genuine witness my hand & seal of office the 10 Jun 1836

(signed) David Wallis Cl(er)k

(seal affixed at left)
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Act of 7th June 1832 has been heretofore filed with the War Department for revolutionary services: that he was allowed a pension for such portion of the service detailed in his declaration, as was performed in connexion with the main army under Gen. Washington, but as he has been informed, that the portion of his Service performed on the frontier of Northampton County was not allowed, partly on the ground that it was not rendered under competent authority under the laws of Pennsylvania or the United States, and for want of particularity in the details. He now states that such service was rendered in a Regiment of Militia under the command of Col. Jacob Stroud in the county of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania who he has always understood was regularly commissioned by the constituted authorities of Pennsylvania; that Col. John Chambers who resided in said County & bore the appellation of the "County Lieutenant" generally issued the orders for the militia to march in cases of alarm: he does not know & therefore cannot state whether Chambers was a continental officer or derived authority from the State of Pennsylvania, but he was considered the highest authority in military matters on that frontier. The deponent was elected an Ensign in December 1776 and received his commission at Philadelphia in the latter part of December 1776 on his way to Jersey with the company to which he was attached and was at Princeton in the engagement of the 2 ? Jan. 1777, as he has stated in his said declaration, and in which he has accounted for the loss of his commission. He refers to the affidavits of John Swartwood, Samuel Shoemaker & John Fitz Simins in the files in the Pension Offices with regard to the common understanding as to Chambers' rank & in reference to the officers called County Lieutenants.
From a letter directed to James Robinson Esq(uire)
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signed "J.L. Edwards" and dated Jany. 14, 1835 it is stated that "in the case of John Hendy no exception under the circumstances will be taken to the renewal of a part of his claim, which had been formally relinquished, but it is indispensable that he should specify each term of service as to period length & grade, names of officers &c (meaning "etcetera")."
In compliance therefore, with the requirement above contained he proceeds to state that the service by him performed in the militia, and when not connected with the army is from his best recollections as follows.
In 1777 in the Spring of the year, as he believes, & he thinks in May of that year, he went with his company under Capt. John Bush, (the deponent as Ensign) and Lieut. Wm. Clark, to Sussex County New Jersey to aid in preventing the erection of the British standard at Sussex as was contemplated by a Col. Barton; the battalion to which he belonged was commanded by Majr. Benj. Van Campen, & was detached from Stroud's Regiment. Deponent with his company was engaged in scouring Sussex County in pursuit of Tories & (of whom upwards of seventy were committed to the gaol of Sussex County) and returned to Northampton having been engaged in that service according to the best of his present recollection on month. His opinion is that the battalion was marched under the orders of Col. Chambers, but is certain that they acted under what at the time was considered competent authority.
In consequence of the incursions and depredations of the Indians on the frontier of Northampton, after the Wyoming Massacre in July 1778, it became necessary that all the disposable force of Northampton County should be retained for the defense of the Inhabitants of that quarter. The deponent still being in Commission as an Ensign was engaged in the
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various military operations necessary for the common defence at that period and until the close of the war. The people were much harassed by the Indians during the summer & fall seasons from 1778 to the close of the contest.
In 1779 (as near as he can remember) the company in which he served as Ensign, was engaged for three months at Fort Penn (now Stroudsburgh) and Fort Jayne on the Delaware River, from October to the last of December.
In the Spring of 1780 as he believes, the regiment (or a battalion from it) under Col. Stroud in person, marched from Stroudsburgh to the head of Minisink, in consequence of an incursion by the Indians in which they burnt Wells Mills, on the Minisink; In this expedition, the deponent was engaged as Ensign and his best recollection is that he was out one month. 
The lapse of time, and consequent loss of memory prevents his giving further details of precise periods, dates and names of officers as to other services besides the five months above detailed. He believes that the one month in 1777 at Sussex was detailed in his declaration but he cannot say positively that it was so, nor does he know whether it was allowed by the Department in the pension granted to him.
He was during the years 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and until the close of the war, frequently on duty as Ensign for short periods, in the almost constant state of alarm existing on the Minisink frontier. Situated as he was, on the extreme frontier of Northampton, and where the first intimations of the approach of the Indians was received, he and that portion of the company under his command who were in his immediate neighborhood, were necessarily more frequently in service that those in the lower parts of the County
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It is out of his power now to detail particularly every instance of these engagements, or affix dates to the transactions or define the exact period of these various services. He can only state that from the best recollection he can bestow upon the matter that he served in each of those years in the occasional alarms referred to, not less than three months of each of the four years mentioned above, in addition to the five months particularly detailed. He is aware that this relation will not bring him within the precise rules adopted by the Department, he submits the matter to the sound discretion of those to whom the execution of the pension laws is committed whether he should be allowed for more that the five months detailed. He has no doubt that he did serve twelve months in those occasional expeditions; they were frequent, he might say that it was during the summer & fall seasons almost a constant engagement in scouting parties but he cannot detail them with more precision.
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 9th June 1835
(signed) Th. Maxwell J.P.
Tioga County N.Y.

(signed) John Hendy

(in the margins of the preceeding pages of this deposition by Hendy, there are occasional notes, mainly detailing time served, perhaps made by a reviewer of this claim:
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Says that he has resided in said County about forty five years that previous thereto he resided in the county of Northampton in the state of Pennsylvania that while he resided in Northampton he became acquainted with Colonel John Hendy then a resident of that county and now a resident of Tioga County N.Y. that he has resided within a few miles of said Hendy ever since their residence in said County of Tioga, (Hendy having left Northampton about three years before the deponent). that their acquaintance has been intimate with each other ever since their childhood a period of upwards of sixty years. At fifteen years of age the deponent entered into militia service in Northampton, (in 1776) in a company then commanded by Capt. Timothy Jayne, in Col. Jacob Stroud's regiment of Northampton Militia (tho the deponent believes that at the commencement of his service said Stroud was a Major in the Regiment which was then commanded by Col. Elisha Barton who was soon after succeeded by Col. Stroud in the command of the Regiment). that he was himself frequently in service on the Northampton frontier; that soon after his entrance into military services he was appointed a Lieutenant in a company of militia in Northampton in Stroud's Regiment of which Henry Shoemaker was the Captain; that for a particular detail of his own service he refers to his declaration now on file in the War Department, he being a pensioner under the act of June 7th, 1832. That his neighborhood and personal acquaintance with Col. Hendy enabled him to be well informed in regard to said Hendy's service; that he recollects that in August 1776 said Hendy volunteered as a private in a company under Capt. John Mack which was marched to Perth Amboy in New Jersey and that said Hendy returned in the fall in October of November of that year and that the said Hendy was elected an ensign in December 1776,
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in the company of Northampton militia commanded by Capt. James Schoonover; that he recollects that said Hendy was frequently in service as an Ensign attached to the main army and could enter into detail as to much of that service; but having been informed that in the pension already granted to said Hendy, he was allowed for his service with the main army he confines himself in this relation to the service of said Hendy on the frontier, so far as he has any knowledge of the same; and for which said Hendy claims that he has not been compensated. After the massacre at Wyoming in July 1778 the Indians began to be troublesome on the Northampton frontier and consequently the services of the militia of that (crossed out: "& the") county and neighborhood was required for the protection of the inhabitants who were kept in continued alarm from spring to fall until the close of the war. In consequence of the frequent incursions made by the Indians, the militia were kept on foot engaged in scouting and pursuing the Indian enemy the greater portion of the summer seasons; In the companies thus engaged said Hendy acted as an Ensign and the deponent as a Lieutenant: of the services performed in that capacity by said Hendy the following detail is all that now remains in his memory:
In the year 1779 the company in which said Hendy acted as an Ensign was engaged for three months at Fort Penn (now Stroudsburgh) & at Fort Jayne about 9 miles up the Delaware River; from October to the last of December. In the spring of 1780 according to his best recollection, they were ordered to march from Stroudburgh to the head of Minisink, in consequence of an alarm, from the burning of Wells' Mills at Minisink, by the Indians; the Regiment or battalion under Stroud himself, who acted under the orders of Col. John Chambers (the county Lieutenant as he was called) marched to Minisink and was engaged in scouting &c (meaning "etcetera") as near as he can now determine and he has reflected

(there are a couple of marginal notes on this page, probably by a reviewer of the claim, detailing time claimed to be served by Hendy)
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maturely on the subject, one month.
In the spring of 1777 as he believes, the militia of Northampton were ordered out by Col. John Chambers to go to Sussex County in New Jersey to prevent one Col. Barton from raising the British standard at Sussex which it was said he designed to do; they were under the orders of Majr. Benjamin Can Campen. In that expedition said Hendy was an Ensign under Capt. John Bush; and the deponent was in the same expedition as a Lieut. under Capt. Henry Shoemaker: they marched to Sussex court house and were engaged some time there & in patrolling in various parts of Sussex County. In the course of this expedition they seized about Seventy tories and confined them in Sussex jail; and returned to Northampton; in this expedition his best recollection now is that they were engaged one month.
He well recollects that the militia were called out in small parties during the period from 1778 to the close of the war, in minor expeditions, which were of very frequent occurrence; in this alarm they occupied a few days at a time; but after the lapse of more than fifty years he cannot now detail with precision these various expeditions, the dates of their occurrence, the officers in command & all the particulars incident thereto. In these, the deponent & said Hendy were almost invariably engaged. He has no doubt that for about four years, that three months of every year were consumed in such expeditions; but he can only state the expeditions of longer continuance, which he has detailed above, making five months: though he does not doubt that said Hendy performed in addition to these five months, a full year's service, in the smaller expeditions referred to, as an Ensign. The said Hendy and this deponent lived on the extreme frontier of Northampton, and were consequently called upon in cases of emergence, when there was not time to alarm the more settled portions of the

(there are two marginal notes on this page, probably by a reviewer of Hendy's claim, which relate to months served by Hendy as detailed by this deponent's statement)
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county; and had frequently pursued and driven off the enemy before the reinforcements from the lower parts of the county could arrive at the scene of alarm. 

Sworn & Subscribed 
before me the 9th June 1835

(signed) Th. Maxwell J.P. Tioga Co. NY

(signed) Saml. Shoemaker

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Samuel Shoemaker and consider him a credible & disinterested witness 9 June 1835

(signed) Th. Maxwell J.P.
Tioga Co. NY

State of New York
Tioga County 
Clerks office
I Davil Wallis Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Thomas Maxwell whose name is above subscribed is a Justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned, sworn & authorised by law to act as such. That the above and foregoing certificates to the foregoing affidavits are genuine signatures. Witness my hand & seal of office the 11th day of June 1835.

(signed) D. Wallis Cl(er)k
per F. Forman Dep(uty) Cl(er)k
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(folded stampless cover)

(addressed to)
Geo. Wm. Crump Esq.
War Department
Washington DC

Free
Th. Maxwell P(ost).M(aster).
Elmira, NY

(docketed: " Sept 6 Jno Snyder no sp(ecial?) act Col Hendy's papers)

(Elmira N.Y. postmark dated Sep 1)
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(folded stampless cover)

Free
Th Maxwell P(ost) M(aster)
Elmira NY

(addressed to)
Geo Wm. Crump Esqr
Pension office
War Department
Washington DC

(docketed: Sept 6 Jno Snyder no sp(ecial?) act Col. Hendy's papers)

(Elmira N.Y. postmark dated Sep 1)
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Col. Hendy desires me to ask whether his papers for an additional allowance have yet been found. When I was at Washington last February they were missing. I have some additional proofs, but they are useless unless those heretofore filed can be obtained.
Yours truly
(signed) Th. Maxwell

Jno Snyder--no act passed for his relief at the last session of Congress
(signed) Jno. D. Wilson
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G.W. Crump Esq(uire)
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Elmira Dec 10 1836

G.W. Crump Esq(uire)

Sir
I wrote you some time since enquiring whether the papers in the case of John Hendy had been found, as they were mislaid when I was in Washington last winter. My object was to forward a supplemental statement which he made last winter and which I should have presented when I was at Washington if the other papers could have been found. In your letter of 10 Sept last you informed me that the additional evidence does not appear to justify any further allowance. May I ask previous to the final disposition of his application for further allowance that the enclosed supplementary aff(idavit)s may be examined.
Yours Respectfully

(signed) Th. Maxwell
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Answer to the objections
to the Claim of Col.
John Hendy
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To the allowance of John Hendy's claim there are interposed four main objections
   The first a variance between the original
declaration and the explanatory one in that
he states first that he sometimes acted at
discretion and in the amendment that he
acted under orders; and that he first states
that he entered the Indian service in the fall
of '78 in his amendment he begins it the
first of December of that year.
    When an officer is placed in command of a Fort, no superior being present he must of 
necessity act at discretion as commandant of the Garrison; though he received his general orders in the first instance and is supposed to be acting under them and at the same time exercising a sound discretion in his operations according to the exigencies of the service and this is precisely the situation of Ensign Hendy as set forth in both his statements. In his first statement he says he acted sometimes at discretion without setting out his general orders - in his specification he gives the names of the officers from whom he secured those general orders in the first instance, as he was required to do by the department -- In his first statement he says that in the fall of '78 he received orders to repair to the Delaware Frontier but does not state when he began that service. In his amendment he gives the first of December of that year as its commencement. If any variance in this my optics are too dim to discern it.
     The second main objection is that he "very specifically sets forth a term of service
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not referred to in his first statement". This must be a mistake or was overlooked by the examining officer, for in his first statement he expressly says that early in the spring (of '78) he was ordered to Sussex Court House against the tories where in a short time they took Seventy prisoners and confined them in jail &c (meaning "etcetera").  He does not say how long he was engaged in this expedition with the detachment so ordered out, but in his specification, he put it down for one month at least from the first of April to the first of May when he was ordered on to the Seacoast with a detachment in which service he was engaged five months.  This might probably have been thought by the examining officer to have been all one service for the reason that the length of the first trip was not given in the first account, but there were two distinct expeditions arising from two distinct sets of orders and are so expressly mentioned in the original declaration as well as in the second statement.
     The third objection is an exception to his memory; or in other words without the aid of documents he has been able to give day and date to his account. It will be seen by reference to the original declaration that in no one of his six terms did he volunteer for any definite length of time and gave him the privilege of changing and setting out less than the actual length of service performed without any injustice to himself or fraud upon the government for he had upwards of three or four years and two only required upon the principle that the greater always
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contains the less. To apply this principle to the case under consideration - suppose a servant has labor'd for his master six months in one continuous term of service. After a lapse of time or years if you please the master says to him "make out your account with day and date, present it and I will pay you. Now the servant cannot remember the day or the month when he began the service and he has to swear to it. but he does remember that he commenced sometime in the spring and of course ended sometime in the fall; now can he not with perfect truth and justice to his master charge him with four months and swear that he  served him from the 15th of May to the 15 September?  
     All over and above two years is of no use to the soldier and where he has served four or five years by tours and terms some of which were short expeditions he is not obliged to set out all of them nor the entire length of those he does go for in all those cases where he did not enlist for a definite term and it is to such cases only that the principle applies--Indeed this is the only method by which any degree of certainty is to be attained in relation to dates
     The next and last objection is that the testimony is "general and unsatisfactory."  The present Secretary of War speaking of the rule requiring two credible witnesses in cases of the regular troops says "Not that these witnesses should both certify from their personal knowledge to the actual service of the applicant, but that they should by direct or indirect circumstantial evidence confirm the amount given by himself" &c. See letter to Mr.  Foot June  15 1832.  The witnesses in this case have gone further than the requirement of the  Secretary. They
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certify from this personal knowledge of the service of the applicant and show that they were in a situation at the time to know concerning the matters whereof they testify.
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2nd application for an
increase of Pension
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Militia during the revolution and for which he claims that he was not allowed in the pension already granted him.  I have drawn these affidavits in compliance with the suggestions in your letter of the 14th Jan. last addressed to Jas (James) Robinson, a copy of which was enclosed in yours to me of the 19th May.  Col. Hendy desires that the enclosed papers may be attached to those already forwarded in the matter of his application for an increase of pension, and if satisfactory, or otherwise, that the result may be communicated to me. I trust that as to 5 months service, they will be satisfactory.

                  Yours &c Th. Maxwell



I have written to U. F Doubleday Esq of Auburn for information in relation to David Atkins. I hope I may be able to learn something from him.  If I knew who was the agent that processed the pension under the Act of May 1828, it might lead to the developement of the whole affair.  THM
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War Department
Pension Office
June 20th 1835

Sir
In reply to yours of 12th instant accompanying the renewed application of John Hendy for an increase of his present stipend I have to state that you appear to labor under a mistake in relation to the service upon which it was allowed. The computation of six months as Ensign was an estimated aggregate of all his service prior to 1781 which he now specifies as five months; after which time he professed then, as now, to be unable to furnish a definate narrative of his service. That estimate was made in consequence of his attorney (then present) limiting by a formal relinquishment his claim to that amount. If it is proposed to persist in this claim for an addition to his pension he should return the certificate and make out a corrected narrative in chronological order of each term of service for
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which he claims.
I am Respectfully
Your Ob. Servant
(signed) J.L. Edwards

(vertically at right: "J. Hendy")

Thomas Maxwell Esq(uire)
Elmira
N. York
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Washington City Nov. 6th 1833

As the duly authorised agent of John Hendy of Elmira New York I hereby agree to accept a Pension certificate for him under the act of June 7th 1832 for (crossed out: "thirteen") six months and ten days service in the rank of Ensign and two months and twenty days as a Private and that said allowance shall be in full of all other claims for Revolutionary Service.
given under my hand the day and year above written.

(signed) J. Robinson
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(Printed form with handwritten answers)

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of (handwritten: "John Hendy") which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? (answer: "Yes")

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? (answer: "Yes")

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 of periods of the war when he served? (answer: "not clearly")

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 to what amou(n)t of pension he is entitled? (answer: "No. A supplemental declaration setting forth each term of service in field or garrison is required. It should appear that he was called out each time by competent authority &c")

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? (answer: "No")

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June &, 1832? (answer: "Yes")

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? (answer: "Yes")

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? (answer: "Yes")

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? (answer: "Yes")
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(Printed form with handwritten answers)

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? (answer: "Yes")

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

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? (answer: "the Court has")
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 a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? (answer: "Yes")

XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? (answer: 'No")

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? (answer: "they are all satisfactorily answered")

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
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 that 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."
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(Printed form)

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 (italics) about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

†QUERE XIV. (italics) Proof of Service
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 in 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 administer 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 officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI. (italics) Mode of authenticating papers.
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.
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(Stampless cover)

Free
Geo. W. Crump Esqr.
Pension Office
War Department
Washington


(vertically at left: "N.Y. John Hende Dec. 19")

(postmark) Elmira N.Y. Dec 12
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(Stampless cover)

Geo. Wm. Crump
Actg. Commr. of Pensions

Thos. Maxwell, Esqr.
Elmira
N. York

(Stamped : "FREE")

(postmark) CITY OF WASHINGTON. SEP 16
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(One cent postcard)

Commissioner of Pensions
Department O
Washington, D.C.

(postmark) OIL CITY PA JAN 28 2 PM 1931 SOUTH STA.
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27th
Dear Sirs:
Please sent me a copy of the pension record of John Hendy (Revolutionary War) who served in the Penn. Militia and was pensioned at Newtown, New York (or Elmira) Nov. 6, 1833, when 76 years of age.
Sincerely, 
Nancy C. Morrow
109 Hill St. 
Oil City, Pa.
Jan. 27, 1931
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(National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Nebraska letterhead, with officers listed)

U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Will you please give me the pension record of John Hendy born Sept 3, 1757 New Jersey--died Newtown N.Y. Mar 15 1740 (sic: 1840). He served in the Revolutionary War from Northumberland Co Pa.
Very truly yours
Florence M. Keane Knight
Mrs. R.E. Knight
907 Cheyenne Avenue
Alliance Nebraska

(handwritten: "Revo. Sect.")
(handwritten: "canceled")

(circular stamp "RECEIVED MAY 29 1933")
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Veterans Administration Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Did Colonel John Hendy (or Handy) of Chemung Co. N.Y., (born 1757, died 1840) Revolutionary Soldier, receive a pension, and could I obtain a copy of his will? Have you any record of his relationship to Thomas Handy? Who were Colonel John Hendy's parents? Was Adam Brown of Fayette Co. Pennsylvania a Revolutionary Soldier, and have you a record
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of his having a son Adam, born in 1776?
Esther Hull Julian
814 West Valerio St.
Santa Barbara
Calif.
Sept, 29, 1936

(circular stamp: "RECEIVED OCT 3 1936")
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(Typewritten letter)

June 8, 1933

John Hendy-S.13381
RA-J/AWF

Mrs. R.E. Knight
907 Cheyenne Avenue
Alliance, Nebraska

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Hendy.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.13381, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Hendy.

He was born September 3, 1757 in "Pennytown, not far from Trenton in the state of New Jersey", the names of his parents are not given He stated that his father, several years after the Revolution, moved to Tioga County, New York.

John Hendy, while residing in Lower Smithfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows-
From in August, 1776, about three months as private under Captain John Mack; he was elected in November, 1776, ensign in Captain Alexander Patterson's company, served from in December, 1776 about three months under Captain John Schoonover and Major Benjamin Van Campen, and was in the battle of Princeton; from in September, 1777, three months as ensign under Captain Hugh Forgeman and Colonel Jacob Stroud; and continued to serve as ensign at various times to the close of the war on the Delaware frontier against the Indians, under Captain John Bell, Alexander Patterson, Timothy Jayne, and Colonel Jacob Stroud.

John Hendy moved, shortly after the Revolution to Shawneetown, Pennsylvania, and from there to Elmira,
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(Typewritten letter)

Tioga County, New York.

John Hendy was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Elmira, New York, where he had lived for forty-three years.

The children were referred to, their names not stated, and the name of his wife is not shown. there are no further data as to family.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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(Typewritten letter)

February 16, 1931

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF; MLB

Nancy C. Morrow
109 Hill Street
Oil City, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

	You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13381, that John Hendy was born September 3, 1757 in Pennytown, “not far from Trenton in the State of New Jersey”.

	While residing in Lower Smithfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he served with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:

	From in August, 1776, about three months as private under Captain John Mack. He was elected in November, 1776, ensign, in Captain Alexander Patterson’s company and served from in December, 1776 about three months under Captain John Schoonover and Major Benjamin Van Campen, and was in the battle of Princeton; from in September, 1777, three months as ensign under Captain Hugh Forgeman and Colonel Jacob Stroud. He served from the spring of 1778 as ensign at various times to the close of the war on the Delaware frontier against Indians, under Captains John Bush, Alexander Patterson, Timothy Jayne and Colonel Jacob Stroud. 

	He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Elmira, Tioga County, New York.

	His children are referred to, no names stated, and the name of soldier’s wife is not on record.

	The soldier stated that his father, whose name is not shown, moved several years after the Revolution to Tioga County, New York.

	There are no further family data.

Very truly yours

E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commisioner
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(Typewritten letter)

Esther Hull Julian
814 West Valerio Street
Santa Barbara, California. 

BA-J/Ill (handwritten: "Claim")

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Colonel John Hendy who was born in 1757 and died in 1840, and Adam Brown of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. 

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any Adam Brown of Pennsylvania. The record of John Hendy (underlined) is furnished herewith from pension claim, S. 13381 (underlined).

Very truly yours, 
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Miss Ford's History (unerlined)