Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,812, for John Kendall, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Kendall, John or Kindall
S. 39,812
CONTENTS

4893 Pennsylvania Roll
John Kindale Capt Benton Connecticut Line } Sergeant 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania - at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 13 th of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to Sam l Roberts Esq r Judge Pittsburg -
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 3 m th  \frac{18}{30} \frac{4}{30} 29:70 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 March 1819 - 48:
$ 77 70
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6 years
Original on the roll under the Act of 1818 Pension Law

Amongst the pleas enrolled in the District court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania at an adjourned session of the court it is contained as follows
United States of America & /s Western District of Pennsylvania & /s
At an adjourned session of the court held on the 17 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record in & for said District John Kendal aged sixty years resident in the county of Allegheny in the state of Pennsylvania in said District who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of congress passed March 18, 1818 & May 18, 1820 that he served in the revolutionary war as follows That in February 1776 he enlisted in Hartford Connecticut under capt Christopher Daragh (being then sixteen years of age in the regiment commanded by col Parsons in the connecticut line on the Infantry Continental establishment) & served twelve months being the term of his enlistment That on May 1777 he again enlisted under capt Daragh in the regiment commanded by col Sedediah Huntington in the connecticut line on the Infantry continental establishment at New Haven connecticut during the war. That he served during the whole war viz. in the same regiment (after the promotion of col Huntington to a Brigadier Generalship) commanded by col Josiah Hark afterwards commanded by col Isaac Sherman & in the same company after the promotion of capt Daragh commanded by capt Ebenezer Benton. That about nine months before the peace he was transferred into the company commanded by capt Williams in the regiment

commanded by Col Samuel B Webb in the Connecticut line on the Infantry continental establishment. That at the conclusion of the war he was discharged at West Point by Col Samuel B Webb. & That his discharge was forwarded to the department of War when he applied for a pension & has not since been returned! That he was in the battles of White Marsh near Philadelphia under Col Stark Monmouth under Col Sherman & Staten Island That he was in the expedition to Monocine on the retreat from which place deponent was wounded in the leg & That he has heretofore received a pension from the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month commencing on the Thirteenth day of May 1818 by virtue of a certificate from the Secretary of war dated 14 December 1818. No 4.893
And deponent further solemnly swears That he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 March 1818 & That he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with the intent to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on 18 March 1818. And That I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed
Schedule
The deponent swears that he has no property Deponent swears That his occupation was a shoemaker but That on account of the rheumatism in the shoulder & hip he is totally unable to pursue it. The deponent swears That he has no property real or personal except a barren tract of Mountain land containing 800 acres worth about thirty dollars & That he is indebted to various

persons upwards of seventy dollars. That he has a wife aged about fifty who is sickly & infirm. That he has nine children, eight sons, & one daughter. That his first & fourth son reside in Kentucky. His second son in Middleton in this state. That his six other children reside with him. That the oldest residing with him is 24. That he has the falling sickness, is insane & unable to labor. That the next oldest residing with him is 20. The next 15. The next 13. & his next & youngest son 5. That his daughter is seventeen years of age. That he resides on rented property. That he has no other family residing with him. & that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country.
John Kendall
Signed & subscribed in open court before The Judge of this court on this 17 th of June 1820
For H. Walker
J. R. Walker Clerk of the District court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court. & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this 17 th day of June 1820
J. R. Walker Clerk of the court The Western District of Pennsylvania

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War
State of Pennsylvania } County of Allegheny } }
The declaration under oath of John Kindall an applicant for a pen- sion in virtue of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the U.S. in the Revolutionary war"
Respectfully Shewett,
That he is a citizen of the U. States and now resides in St. Clair township in the county aforesaid -
That in March 1777 at New Haven in the State of Connecticut he enlisted in Capt. Christopher Daragh's company 3 d Connecticut Regt. for and during the war -
That he was afterwards transferred to Capt. Benton's company and appoin- ted a Serjeant -
That he served against the common

common enemy - was in several Battles & many skirmishes received a wound in the left leg -
That he does not now, nor ever did receive a pension from the U.S.
That he was Honorably discharged in June 1783 - (as will among other things ap- pear from the inclosed papers)
Allegheny County ss
Before me President of the 5. th Judicial District of Pennsylvania in a per- sonally came the aforesaid John Kendall who being duly sworn deposes and saith that the facts stated in the foregoing de- claration are true to the best of his remem- brance and that from his reduced circum- stances he needs the assistance of his coun- try for his support -
Sworn to subscribed before me this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1818.
John Kendall
Sam Roberts

Pennsylvania S ts
I Samuel Roberts president of the courts of common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District in the Commonwealth aforesaid - Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Krudolf did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common money for the term of nine months at one period on the continental establishments. And I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the claimant is in reduced cir- cumstances and needs the as- sistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the city of Pittsburgh the fourth day of December A.D. 1818.
Sam l Roberts

Allegheny County ss.
I Ephraim Pentland Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the Said County do by these presents certify that Samuel Robert, Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken And who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was at the time of taking such deposition And now is President of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania including the County of Allegheny, to All whose Acts As such due faith And Credit Are And of right ought to be given throughout the United States And elsewhere.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand And Seal of Office At the City of Pittsburgh this 13 th May A.D.
1818.
E. Pentland. Pro.

April 4, 1934.
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Mrs. R. E. Wiley 1316 Grant Avenue Rockford, Illinois
BA-J/ady John Kendall S.39812
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Kendall, who served from Connecticut and was pensioned in Pennsylvania.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.39812, based upon the military service of John Kendall in that war.
John Kendall, his name was borne on the military rolls as Kindal, enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut, in February 1776 and served as sergeant in Captain Christopher Darrow's Company, Colonel Parsons' Regiment; length of service one year. He enlisted in March 1777, served in Captain Christopher Darrow's Company, Colonels Jedediah Huntington's and Josiah Starr's Connecticut Regiments, served in Captain Benton's Company, Colonel Isaac Sherman's Connecticut Regiment and in Captain Williams' Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment; was in the battles of Staten Island, Whitemarsh, Monmouth and in the expedition to Morrisania and on the retreat from that place he was wounded in his left leg and discharged June 10, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818 at which time he was about fifty-eight years old and living in St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
In 1830, soldier stated that he had nine children, eight sons and one daughter, six of whom, with his wife aged about fifty years, were living with him; aged twenty-four, twenty, fifteen, thirteen and five years and daughter aged seventeen years; he stated, also, that his first and fourth sons then resided in Kentucky, place not stated, his second

son, in Middletown, Pennsylvania; he gave no names and no further information in regard to residences. There are no further family data.
Soldier died November 10, 1838, place not given. On a/P.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Respectfully,
(Handwritten notes in left margin) This is to certify that the above is a true copy of the original as shown to the Bureau of Pensions. all of the above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. and the first warrant does, which is to certify the same. and the second is not a true copy of the first.
Commissioner.

Pension Office Washington D.C. G. B. [unclear]

April 27-1914.
Dear Sir Will you please send me the record of John Rendall, who was pensioned under act of 1818. He served from Conn. but resided in Pennsylvania at the time of being pensioned.
1152-1901 Eleonore Jones
Very truly, Almeda Warpel

Rockford, Ill. Mar. 5, 1934
Dear Sirs:
I wish to join D.A.R.'s on name of Kendall. Could you please inform me as to the name of the town in Penn. to which John Kendall of Hartford Conn. removed?
He is given in Hartford Rev. rolls and also in list of Pensioners living in Penn. Any information as to his name birth, death or family will be greatly appreciated also place of residence in Penn.
Sincerely
Mrs. P. E. Wiley, 1316 Grant Ave. Rockford, Ill.

39812 INVALID.
1914 May 6 Hist. to Mrs. Almeda Harpful T.P.M. 1934 Apr. 4 Hist. to Mrs. A.E. Wiley A.B.Y.
Rey
File No. 39812
John Mindall Seiz Her Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 275
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ss. I, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the following is a list of the names of the persons who have been admitted to practice before the said Court, and who are now members thereof, to wit:
The names of the persons who have been admitted to practice before the said Court, and who are now members thereof, to wit:
Joseph G. Cook John D. Sleeper James M. Pickens Samuel H. Phillips John D. Sleeper Joseph G. Cook James M. Pickens Samuel H. Phillips
The names of the persons who have been admitted to practice before the said Court, and who are now members thereof, to wit:

Albert Pike of Ark, now in the City has been requested by the Socy. John Kin- dall - a Rev. pensioner on the Pa. Roll - who was in the Conn. Continental line to get his original discharge to come to Wm. signs of Genl Washington -
Keep a copy of it & enclose the original to Mr Pike
G. C. W.
- 1 June 1858

Isaac Sherman Esquire
Lieut d COLONEL COMMANDANT, FGAh
Connecticut Regiment.
To John Kimball Greeting.
By virtue of the power and authority to me given I do constitute and appoint you to be a Serjeant in Capt. Bentons Company; you are there- fore to receive such Orders and directions as you shall receive from me or other your superior Officers according to the rules and Discipline of War; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Jan y 1 st Anno Domini 1781
Isaac Sherman Lieut d Col d Com d

SAMUEL B. WEBB, ESQUIRE, COLONEL of the Third Connecticut Regiment, in the Service of the United States:
To
John Kendall.
BY VIRTUE of the AUTHORITY vested in ME, by the United States in Congress Assembled, I DO by these P R E S E N T S C O N S T I T U T E and A P P O I N T You to be a Sergeant in the Regiment under My Command, to take Rank as such from the day of July 1782. You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as You shall from Time to Time receive from ME, or other Your Superior Officers; and diligently to Execute the Duties of a Sergeant for which this shall be Your SUFFICIENT WARRANT.
GIVEN under My HAND, in the GARRISON of WEST-POINT, this 11th Day of January 1782.
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Joseph Brant