Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26754, for John Kendrick, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Kendrick John Dolly
W. 26754
CONTENTS

State of New York Orleans County } ss.
Be it known that before me Elisha W.
Wood a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Polly Kendrick a resident of the town of Kendall in the County of Orleans and State of New York aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of doing up passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": that she is the widow of John Kendrick who was a private in the war of the Revolution, that he resided in Northfield in the State of Mass - a chusetts in the year 1775, that he entered the service of that State and believes he served four years and nine months as a Volun - teer, that she does not know the particular duties of his ser - vice, but that during the time her husband, the said John - Kendrick was in the service as aforesaid, he was in the Battles of Benker Hill, Trenton and Princeton. The names of some of the officers under whom he served were Captain Knapp and Colonel Williams. She further declares that she was mar - ried to the said John Kendrick at the town of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts in the month of November, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; and that about the year 1794 or 1795, they removed from the town of Worcester to the State of New York and settled in the town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, at which place her husband the aforesaid John Kendrick, died on the 18th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. She further de - clares that Abraham J. Lyon is her duly authorized Attorney to present her claims to the Pension office and receive stipends for her
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of April 1838. Before me Elisha W. Wood Judge

I do hereby certify that Dolly Kendrick who made the foregoing affidavit or declaration for a Pension is unable by reason of age and bodily infirmity to appear in open Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30 th day of April 1846
State of New-York, Osteans County Clerk's Office, ss. I hereby certify that Elijah M Wood Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed proof of Affidavit was, at the date of the same, a Judge in and for said County and duly authorized to take the same, and that his term of office commenced on the first day of February 1846 and will expire on the Last day of January 1851 and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to the same is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and impressed my Official Seal this fourth day of May 1846
Jonathan D. Dey Clerk.

State of New York County of Orleans Town of Wendell
Paul Wendricks being duly sworn deposes and says he was Sixty one years of age on the 11 th day of March instant. That he is the second child of John and Dolly Ken- drick. That the eldest Son Samuel Kendricks was born as he was always informed and be- lieves on the 30 th day of May in the year 1783 and that this deponent was born on the 11 th day of March 1785. That John Kendricks and Dolly Kendricks the parents of this deponent always from his earliest recollection lived together as husband and wife up to the death of the said John Kendricks which happened on the 15 th day of August in the year 1816 That this de- ponent lived with and was brought up by the said John and Dolly Kendricks until he was 31 years of age. And this deponent further says that he and the said Samuel Kendricks were born in Worcester in the County of Worcester and State of Massachu- setts and when this deponent and the said Samuel were respectively of the ages of nine and eleven years the said John Kendricks and Dolly Kendricks re- moved from the said town of Worcester to the town of Stillwater the County of Saratoga the State of New York and resided there until the year 1816 when the said John Kendricks the father of this deponent deceased. That during the time they so lived together as husband and wife they raised a family of eight children. And this deponent knows the said John Kendricks and Dolly Ken- dricks lived together as husband and wife, of his own knowledge, previous to the first day of Janu- ary in the year 1794. That it was previous to that time when they removed from the State of Massachusetts to the State of New York above said which circumstances of removing their

deponent does now distinctly recollect and has at all times recollected since the same took place
Sworn before me this 27 th day of March A.D. 1846
Paul Kendrick
Linus E. Prouty Justice of the peace in and for Orleans County
I hereby certify that Paul Kendrick the above person who made the above affidavit before me is a person of truth and veracity and fully entitled to confidence and belief. Dated the 27 th day of March 1846
Linus E. Prouty Justice of the Peace in and for Orleans County
Orleans County Clerk's Office } 23. STATE OF NEW YORK

person who, many insurors affirm that he is a person of truth and integrity and fully entitled
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Orleans County Clerk's Office.
I hereby certify that Simon E. Poverty Esq., before whom the annexed proof or acknowledgment purports to have been taken, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said
certificate is genuine. And that his term of Office commences on the first day of January 1844 and will expire 4 years thereafter. Witness my hand and official seal this 8 th day of March 1846. J. P. Darius J. P. Bellon Deputy Clerk

12803
Dolly Kendrick N.Y.
act. J. July 38 Married 1782 husband died aug. 30 th 1816
Capt. Pelli Col. M ighty
Secretary Antiquity that the was but one John Kendrick from Franklin County - Thomas M ighty advised that he served in Capt. Cleveland's Company with John B. the Kendrick his brother John Mallard for 9 mo. in 1778 - all paid upon the roll of Capt. Cleveland's Company of Col. McKnight's Regiment

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, Joseph L. Kendall , Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That William Garrison Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Charles A. Hamilton , hereunto annexed, is genuine; and that said William Garrison was such Justice, on the day of the date of this said certificate.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of said County, this Twenty sixth day of March , in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Joseph L. Kendall Clerk

Town Clerk's Office
Worcester March 24. 1846.
“Bans of Matrimony entered for Publishing.” John Kindreck & Polly Kingston both of Worcester entered November twenty third, Seventeen hundred eighty two.” The foregoing is a true extract from the eleventh page of the Appendix to the fourth volume, of the records of this town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record, in fair, legible figures, as follows, November 23 d 1782. A. H. Hamilton, Town Clerk.
I, Charles A. Hamilton, abovenamed, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town of Worcester in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception abovenamed, as certified by me, A. H. Hamilton, Town Clerk.
Worcester ss. March 25. 1846.
Sworn to before me, William Jennings, Justice of the Peace.

Rev. & 1812 War Section
WCS
February 18, 1927
Winfield W. Robinson Batavia, P.O.Box 321 New York
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26754, it appears that JOHN KENDRICK was the son of Elijah Kendrick. The date of birth of John Kendrick was not stated.
Only used service counted by Mass State in Fort & testimony soldier who served under Gen. Kendrick
While a resident of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, he served one year with the Massachusetts troops and was in the battle of Trenton. He enlisted in February or March, 1778, and served nine months as a private with the Massachusetts troops under Captains Pettis and Cleaveland and Colonels Wright and Michael Jackson.
He married November 23, 1782, Dolly Kingston, and both were residents of Worcester, Massachusetts.
He died August 10, 1816, in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.
His widow, Dolly, was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1846, at which time she was eighty-four years of age and was a resident of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

omitted without day of his birth, so had about 6 wks. from date of marriage.
They had eight children but the following were the only names that were given: Samuel who was born in 1783 and Paul who was born March 11, 1785.
In 1896 Betsey Kendrick Brooks, a granddaughter of John Kendrick, was living in Harvey, Illinois.
Elijah Kendrick, the father of the Revolutionary War soldier, John Kendrick, served in the French and Indian War and he moved to Warwick from Roxbury, Massachusetts. This bureau has no record of his having served in the Revolution and there is no further data on file relative to his service in the French and Indian War.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF New York Orleans } ss. COUNTY. }
On this
24 th day of
October
1848
personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Dolly Kendrick a resident of Kendall in the county of Orleans
State of New York , aged 86 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of John Kendrick who was a Private in the Massachusetts Line in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty ( $30. ) dollars cents,
per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of } Dolly Kendrick Lysenus Bellman
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before
Lysenus Bellman
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Lysenus Bellman Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Orleans County Clerk's Office.
I Certify that Cyrus Wellman Esquire, was at the date of the Certificate of Proof, or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same: that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verify believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine; and that said instrument is executed according to the laws of said State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Albion, this 28 day of October 1848
N. Woodworth Clerk.
permitted to be read according to law, and on the oath made the following declaration in order to

State of New York Albany County
Be it known that before me Robert Delano a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Dolly Kendrick a resident of the town of Kennebec all in the County of Albany and State of New York aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follow- ing declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows". That she is the widow of John Ken- drick who was a private in the war of the Revolution and who resided in Warwick in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 and entered the service of that State and believes he served four years and nine months as a volunteer. That she does not know the particular duties of his service. That the said town of Warwick was once a part of the town of Northfield, and that the said town of Northfield was afterwards divided and the town of Warwick erected therefrom. That she cannot state the particular date of such division but she has very often heard the said John Kendrick state the above facts, and that he resided in Northfield previous to such division and in Warwick subsequent thereto. That previous to his said Revolutionary service the said John Kendrick wrought as a laborer for Elisha Hunt, several seasons who was a captain in the Revolutionary war and who resided in the said town of Northfield. That in making her de- clarations now on file in the pension office this declarant's attention was not specially called to the above facts, and that by reason of his (the said John Kendrick) having wrought for several seasons in Northfield, and the other facts above stated the said town of Northfield was accidentally

stated as the place of his residence in the year 1775 when in fact at the time last mentioned he resided in the said town of Warwick.
And she further declares that during said service her husband the said John Kendrick was engaged in the battle of Bunkerhill, and Trenton and Throgg's Point, and White Plains. That he crossed the Delaware River and was at the taking of Red Bank headquarters with General Washington. That he was stationed for some time at Jersey Town and was present at the time Burnside was executed at Red Bank for attempting to blow up Washington's quarters. That this declarant has heard her said husband frequently mention the names of Captain Knapp and Captain Kent, and Adjutant Trotter and Colonel Williams and Malbridge, but cannot recollect that she has heard him name either Captain Pills or Colonel Wright. That he was also at West Point at the time that Arnold ordered the guns dismounted and acted as corporal of the guard at the time.
And she further declares that Elijah Kendrick the father of John Kendrick came from Roxbury in Massachusetts to Warwick or Southfield aforesaid. That he had four sons viz. Thomas, Oliver John and Bartholomew. That the said Elijah and Thomas served in the French war. That said Thomas Kendrick died before the Revolutionary war. That Oliver, John, and Bartholomew all served in the Revolutionary war. That Oliver acted as a sergeant at the battle of Bunkerhill. That Samuel Kendrick was Elijah Kendrick's brother and Thomas and Justus his sons both lived in Massachusetts. And that during all the time that this declarant lived in Massachusetts and with the said John Kendrick, she never knew or heard of any other person by the name of John Kendrick and that no person by that name

except the said husband of this declarant lived at that time in either the said town of Northfield or the said town of Mansfield and that the above named are all the persons by the name of Kendrick that lived in that vicinity and were known to this declarant. She further declares that she was married to the said John Kendrick at the town of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts in the month of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two, and that about the year 1794 or 1795 they removed from the town of Worcester to the State of New York and settled in the town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga at which place her husband the aforesaid John Ken- drick died on the 10 th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated. She further declares that Abraham J. Lyons is her duly authorized attorney to present her claim to the Pension Office and receive stipends for her
I, the undersigned this 28 th day of September
Jolly Kendrick
Robert Clark, Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Orleans County Clerk's Office.
I hereby certify that Robert Clark Esq., before whom the annexed proof or acknowledgment purports to have been taken, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said certificate is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal this Thirtieth day of Sept 1846 E. Dana Clark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov. 12, 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Rendrick of Warwick is borne upon a list of men raised for the term of Nine months from the time of their arrival at Fish Kill, as a private in Capt Pellis's company Col Wright's reg t arrived at Springfield June 16. 1778. - Not upon rolls of Capt Knapp, or any of- ficer in Col Williams's reg t The above is all the evidence of service, which can be identified with the individual described in the annexed application.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Windale MS Aug 9.
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Louis James Beck ESQ Sunday
1654.

State of New York Ashe County Town of Kendall
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
You are hereby required to furnish evidence from the rolls in your office of the services of my husband Mr. John Kendrick in the war of the Revolution
He resided in the town of Northfield in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 and went into the service of that State and served Four years and nine months as a volunteer
I am unable to state particularly when my said husband served during the said Four years and nine months except as above. During the time the said John Kendrick was in the service as aforesaid he was in the battles of Bunkerhill Trenton and Brandywine & I believe some others. The names of some of the officers under whom he served were Captain Knapp whose first name I never knew or do not recollect, and Colonel Williams whose first name also do not re- collect
I am now eighty three years old and upwards and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than I have above stated, there
Witness my hand this 7 th day of July 1845 Hollis Kendrick In presence of Linus E. Denny

Rep o
(10,285.)
New York.
Dolly Kendrick
Widow of John Kendrick who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the 10 th August 1816. of Orleans in the State of N. York who was a Pri. in the Compts commanded by Captain Bellis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wright in the Mays line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of June 1836 and sent to A. J. Lyons, Rutherford, N.Y.
Total amount, $ 150.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by N. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 165.

Rep 2 ber.
Albany. New York. 8180.
Dolly Kendrick widow of John Kendrick who was a private in the Mass. Line Husb. died 10 th Aug. 1816.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the fourth day of June 1847. and sent to
A. J. Lyon, Esq. Rushford N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 78.

V 12833
Dolly Harkness N.Y.
Le d. J. Lyon. July 30/46 to same Oct. 27, 1846 to same May 10, 1846
July 7, 1838.

P.O. money Order for $1.00 has been returned to writer Jan. 7-96. Yours Sincerely Chief Mail Div.
KD
Hon. William Lockren, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:-
I write you concerning the record of service of my grandfather John Kendrick, a Revolutionary soldier . Dolly Kendrick - his widow - received a pension a few years before her death. She was living at the time - in the town of Kendall, Orleans Co. New York. He enlisted from some town in Mass. but where I do not know. Enclosed find $1.00, which I understand, entitles me to a Certificate of Revolutionary service of my grandfather.
Respectfully Yours.
Priscilla Kendrick Brooks,
Jan. 1 st 1896.
Harvey, Ill. Box 32.

JOHN A. WARNER SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE P. DUTTON DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE BATAVIA
TROOP A WINFIELD W. ROBINSON CAPTAIN
P. O. Box 31, Batavia, New York, February 16, 1927.
Winfield Scott, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Rev. & 1812 Sec.
Sir:-
I thank you for your letter of the 10th inst., in reply to mine of the 2nd, in reference to the Revolutionary War pensioner, Dolly Kendrick (W.26754).
There is no question but that Mrs. Robinson was in error as to the first name of her ancestor, and I shall thank you, therefore, if you will furnish me with a copy of the records of your office such as you have regarding Dolly Kendrick and her application for pension, and also a transcript of the military services of her husband, John Kendrick, together with such information regarding him as may appear.
If there is a charge from your Bureau for these documents, I shall be very glad to remit upon advices from you.
Thanking you for your attention, I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
Winfield W. Robinson Major, N.P., Res.

JOHN A. WARNER SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE P. DUTTON DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE BATAVIA
TROOP A WINFIELD W. ROBINSON CAPTAIN
P. O. Box 31, Batavia, New York, February 2, 1927.
The Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Dolly Kendrick, who died at Kendall, Orleans County, N. Y., in the neighborhood of seventy-five years ago, at the age of ninety, was the widow of Isaiah Kendrick, a soldier of the Revolution. She received a pension for some years before her death from the U. S. Government because of the services of her husband in the Continental army. Previous to moving to Kendall she lived at Saratoga, N. Y.
I shall appreciate it very much if you will furnish me with a copy of the records of your office in regard to Dolly Kendrick, and also a transcript of the military services of Isaiah Kendrick, family record, etc., such as may appear on either his or her pension application.
If your Bureau has a charge for these documents, I shall be glad to remit upon advices from you.
With my thanks for any courtesies you may extend to me, and with assurances of my esteem, I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
Winfield W. Robinson, Major, N. P., Res.

Rev. and 1818 Wars Section.
Ans
February 10, 1927
Winfield W. Robinson Batavia, Box 31 N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any Isaiah Kendrick, all spellings of that name searched.
Dolly Kendrick (W. 26754) was pensioned, while a resident of Kendall, Orleans County, New York, on account of the services of her husband John Kendrick, in the War of the Revolution.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1896 Library to Brooks see
26754 WIDOW, &c.
Feb Mrs. Betsy Shirley
26213 Dolly Kendrick Widow of John Kendrick Died New York
1927 Feb 10 - Winfield Johnson - ad. in Dolly was 1927 Feb 12 - to Winfield Robinson
Feb 24 48
Vol. A Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12503 May 28. 1896
John Parker July 27. 1898. Fols
J. J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Kensford May 16 1846
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the Claim of Polly Hendrick widow of John Hendrick for a pension under the Act of the 7th July 1834 This is one of the losses that my friend Mr. Hick has examined and finished me to forward to your Office he says the Claim is a just one and has been presented to your Office previous to this I think by the old Lodge statement her husband might have served in Continental Troops
I wish you to search all the rolls in your Office and give the widow the benefit of all the records Enclosed that is in her favour as she is unable to procure any other evidence to sustain her claim
I am very Respectfully your Obedt Servt A H Lyon
Hon J. Belwards Com of Pensions

Oct 22 '46
Supp dec
Doll. Hunsdick
Gen. P. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
PAID 20

Kershford Sept 5. 1826
Dear Sir
On receiving your last Communication in the Claim of Polly Kendrick under the act of July 7 th 1838 I forwarded it to my friend Mr Park of Kendal and have received from him the enclosed Sub Declaration of Mrs Kendrick in explanation of her Claim which is herewith transmitted to await your decision
I know nothing of the claim only what has been sent me which I have forwarded to you Mr Park says there is not a doubt of her Claim being just I find the greatest difficulty in the way of giving any thing like a correct statement of her husband's services not one in ten at this late day can give a statement that can be relied on. Therefore all reasonable allowances ought to be made
I am very Respectful Your Obedt Servt A H Lyon
Hon J S Edwards Comr of Pensions

Albany County N.Y. Rushford Jan. 25. 1847.
Hon Secretary of State of Massachusetts — } Sir
Annexed is copy of letter from the Com. of Pensions in the case of service of John Kendrick - as follows, viz:
Pension Office
October 27. 1846.
Sir
The explanatory statement of Dolly Kendrick is not at all satisfactory to identify her as the widow of John Kendrick for whose service she is claiming a pension. In her application to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts for evidence of her husband's services, Mrs Kendrick states that he entered the service in 1775 from Northfield and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. John Kendrick whose service is certified to by the secretary, enlisted in the continental line in 1778 for 9 months from Warwick which corresponds in no one respect with the service as set forth by claimant. If Warwick composed a part of the town of Northfield during the revolution the contradictions from the town would not have been credited to Warwick which had no existence and if they were separated from that period it will not be admitted that the services credited to one of them was evidence by a citizen of the other.
Now Sir I want you to re-examine the Rolls in your office and send me an other Certificate of all the services of John Kendrick: and state whether it appears that there was any other person of that name entitled to service or not.

if the town of Warwick was a part of Northfield in or previous to 1775. or whether the towns of Northfield and Warwick are adjoining as it appears that the widow set forth that her husband entered the service from Northfield in 1775. - or any other circumstance that you may find that will identify the said service with the said John Kendrick - and forward your certificate to me for Mail -
Your attention to the same will very much Oblige
Your Ob t Serv t
A. Henson.
Attorney for Dolly Kendrick.

Secretarys Office Boston, February 20. 1827.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 25 th ult, relative to John Hendrick's services in the war of the Revolution. I have to inform you that, I cannot comply with your request to furnish you with all the evidence of service credited to the name of John Hendrick upon Military records in this Office, for there were several of that name who served in said war from various towns in this Commonwealth as appears from said records, and besides it would be contrary to regulations of this office so to do.
It does not appear from the records spoken of above, that there was more than one John Hendrick, who served in said war from Franklin County, and that one belonged to Warwick a town adjoining Northfield, which was incorporated in the year 1763. and that of Northfield in the year

1714, both of these towns then belonged to Hampshire County.
Respectfully, your obedient servant J. G. Pease.
A. J. Lyon Esq Rushford. Alleghany Co N. York

It is in this the
Spence 20.1.84 Old a. b. con Hobbs April 14 NY
FREE
Hon J. G. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Rushford April 16-1867
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you Additional evidence in support of the claim of Fanny Rindrick widow of John Rindrick under the act of July the 7th 1838 now on file in your Office I think the enclosed medium covers the whole ground and shows that her Husband was the man that died the survivor and the only man of that name from that country That the old Lady should be mistaken about the time of his survivor is not strange to me for I find there is not now in town that can give a correct history of their husbands survivors or any thing like it please examine all the proof in this case and with your decision the old Lady must be content
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt A H Lyon
Hon J L Edwards Com of Pensions

State of Massachusetts } Franklin Co. ss. }
I Thomas Mallard of Warwick in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act 1818 aged Eightyfive Years depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Kendrick for many years before the "Revolutionary War" (he being an inhabitant of said town of Warwick) and that the said John Kendrick enlisted at the same time that I did and his Brother Bartholomew Kendrick & my Brother John Mallard and quite a number of others that I could name if necessary in said town of Warwick sometime in the month of February or the beginning of March 1778 for the term of Nine months and marched to Watfield a place of rendezvous in Mass. we there mustered under a United States officer and marched to Fishkill N.Y. and from there to Westpoint and there worked on the Forts principally on Fort Putnam, we then moved down the River to Plank Point and after the Battle of Mamaroneck we were distributed into different Regiments. the said John Kendrick & myself under Capt. Cleveland in Col. Michael Jacksons Regiment. we missed together in our tent the whole of the time and were both discharged (after serving our time out) at Pechskill Highlands. No other person by the name of John Kendrick ever to my knowledge enlisted from Warwick or Northfield. (the town adjoining). He had previously served one year in the army as he told me and was at the battle of Trenton N.J. I was not with him but was knowing to his being absent from Warwick and it was the common report that he was out in the Susquehanna and I have no doubt of the fact. I knew him for some time after the war was over; he then left this place but I cannot tell where he went but have heard it reported that he was married and settled down some where to the west. and further your deponent saith not, Warwick April 20th 1847.
State of Massachusetts } ss Franklin County }
Thomas Mallard
Sworn to and Subscribed this twentyth day of April A.D. 1847.
Before me Jonathan Blake Justice of the Peace

Franklin ss.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Mallard an Inhabitant of Warwick and have been for fifty or sixty years past he is a Pensioner under the act of 1818, and a man of truth and veracity and a competent, and the witness, in any case whatever.
Warwick April 20 th 1847 Jonathan Blake Justice of the Peace
Bachelor Kendricks John Kendricks
in Capt Cleveland's Regt of Col. Brooks Regt 9th Me Vols June 1878
Witness Thomas Mallard John Mallard a son Roll
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Jonathan Blake Esquire, whose signature is affixed to this paper, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within & for said County, duly commissioned & acting under the authority of said Commonwealth. That full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity; & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jonathan Blake Esq. & that his believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth this 27th day of April. A.D. 1847.
H. Chapman. Clerk.

May 25 th /47
Abdala Lawrence Care of Polly Hendrick widow John
establish in the in the
in the time at
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Knoxford May 19. 1847
Dear Sir
Since receiving your Last I have received from Mr Park the enclosed Affidavit in support of the claim of Sally Rindrick widow of John Rindrick now on file in your office under the act of July 4th 1838
I think you draw the lines too tight in this claim as long as there was no other soldier in the service from that country by that name would it not establish the fact that he must have been the man and the only man that done the service
Perhaps I am wrong my rule has been to draw the declaration first and then look up the evidence to support it. Other agents tell me they procure the evidence first and then draw the declaration to suit it. I find there is very few claimants that can at this late day give any thing like a correct history of the services of their husbands or their fathers a liberal allowance ought to be made
I do not mean to cast any insinuation on you for I never had any reason to find fault with you in any of my claims. And still depend on you to give me instructions from time to time in all my claims believing you will allow all claims that you are satisfied are honest
I am very respectfully Your Obt Servt A Lyon
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions

No. 12803 9289 1439 Dolly Kenanick widow of John NY act 7 July 1838
adm o 9 mo from $30 00 per annum
Adm o acts March 1846 and 17 June 1844 $30 00 per annum
H. J. Lyon Esq r Rutherford NY