Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29936, for Asa Kendall, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Kendall Asa
S29936
CONTENTS

8075
Elizabeth
Mendell
of the in the State of the who was a the in the the command by Captain Hosley of the the command by the in the the due for the
Inscribed on the Roll of the at the rate of the Dollars the Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the the day of the and the
Arrears to the 4th of the Seminal allowance ending the
450.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by the Clerk, Book the Vol. the Page the

Asa Kendall
19.458
@ monks 22 days adm'a
5 2200.
Sam! Dana 69. Grooton, Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Asa Kendall  of  Ashly  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1777 . . . . . 1 15 Private Col: Reed Hap: Hosley   1779. . . . . 3 15 Private Capt: Porter   1781 . . . . . 3 22 Private Col: Webb Capt: Bowker   6 22 total  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Ashly, Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correctly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
Sealing of the The certificate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shows this applicant is found on the Rolls of said Commonwealth -

Declaration of Asa Kendell.
This case contains only two Papers the Decon + Secy Cent . Please send the Cent to Sam. Dana by Griston Ms.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of
ss.
On this Seventeenth day of August  AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate  Plaintiffs now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
foresaid
Asa Kendall of F.H. by
aged 70 years
Who being 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 is to say
1 That in AD 1777 in the latter part of Summer or suspect of the Fall he engaged to go to the Northern frontier for the space of six weeks to oppose the progress of Burgoyne's Army and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Hovey of Townsend (his Father) Asa Kendall of Ashley was Lt. and Sawtelle Ensign in Col. Dorr's Regt. of Mass. Forces , he marched south - his Company to Battenkill in New York , and from thence they moved to Fort Edward where they were at the surrender of Burgoyne's Army which he saw from the opposite side of the river, after the capitulation was settled his Company was taken as part of the guard to conduct Burgoyne's troops to Cambridge where having completed his service of six weeks, he was dismissed. — 2 In Autumn 1779 he agreed to go to the Northern frontier and a campaign of three months, and enlisted in the Company of Capt. John Dyer of Littleton in Col. Dyer's Regt. of Mass. Forces he joined his Company and marched to Glencoe in New York , thence proceeded to Tray , and was stationed there a short time, then was marched to a place called the Sproats , where he continued until he served out his term of three months, and was dismissed. 3 In 1781 , he engaged to go into the Continental service, for three months and enlisted and was mustered and sent to Galloway hill in New York , from thence to Peeks Kill , where he was ordered into Capt. Wauken's Company in Col. Webb's Regt. of the Mass. Line in this Company he continued until he served out his term of three months and was discharged, but he can not recollect whether any written discharge was given him
He

He remained in the country, which was then part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and was not in the prison cell, of the agency of any State or other authority, at the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. Fay  Wm B. Kendall
Certificate with respect to Medfield County We, the undersigned, a Clergyman residing in the town of Resident in the county of Medfield , Massachusetts, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Kendall who has subscribed his name to the above, and that we believe him to be a man of his years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in the opinion.
Before me Sam. Dana Justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as in said.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev. Ezekiel L. Bascomb who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Ashley and that Cushing Barr is a credible person, and that their J. P. Fay  Wm B. Kendall
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Asa Kendall for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
Isaac D. Dyer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit.
In the Court of Probate Concord - - - - - written and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth - - - - - day of August - - - - - A. D. 1852 On the application of Asa Kendell - - - - - claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following interrogatories were propounded to him:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer. Answer I was born in Scituate on the 27 th of May A.D. 1762
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer. I have a family record of my age.
3. Did you ever receive any discharge from service?
Ans r I can not recollect that any written discharge was ever given to me
4. Where were you in 1812, when you were last in service, when did you leave service since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer. When I was living in Ashby when I have sense and now do live.
5. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer. All my services were voluntary and of my own accord
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer. I saw Genl. Stark, Gates at Saratoga, Genl. Henry Worth and Col Stark Genl. Prescott -
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. Rev d Mr. Bacon Hon John Locke Rev d T. Millard Sergt. Cushing Burnham Genl. Bacon Isaac Tabor uncle Solomon of Ashby.
Asa Kendall
Sworn to the J. P. P. May W.

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May 4, 1903 Mrs. C. H. Ruggles Ontida N.Y.

76 Elizabeth St. Oneida N.Y.
April 25. 1903
Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
Can you give me any record of Ezra Kendall who went from Dunstable, Mass to Concord or Lexington April 19. 1775. He was a minute man. His wife was a Revolutionary soldiers widow for years and received a pension.
Also can you inform me about Robert Carstaddu Senior or Junior of Revolu- tionary times.
Robert junior went

from Newburgh N. Y. I think and was a pensioner He died in 1853.
His history is very vague, but quite necessary to join the D. A. R's.
Any information will be most gratefully re- ceived -
Mrs C. M. Ruggles Oneida N. Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Asa Tendall which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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 or periods of the war when he served? yes 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 amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  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.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 27 1832.
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 Asa Kendall is borne on Capt. James Hoskins Muster roll of Volunteers, who marched to the assistance of Major General Gates, according to the resolve of the General Court of 22 d of September 1777. In the regiment whereof Jonathan Reed Esq r is Colonel "for the space of 1. month and 15 days from the 26 th of September 1777." Again, Asa Kendall is borne on a Pay roll of Capt. John Porter's company of Militia, commanded by Col. Samuel Denny Esq r , raised for the defence of the United States of America "for 3. months Oct. Nov. & Decr. 1777" for the space of 1. month & 15 days. from the 18 th of November 1777. Again, Asa Kendall is borne on a Pay roll of Capt. Daniel Boocock's company, Col. Webb's regiment, raised agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of the 30 th of June 1781, to reinforce the army of the

United States of America", for the space of 3. months and 22 days from the 15th of August. Date of Discharge dated Nov. 2 1861
Edward D. Bangs. Secy