Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13349, Caleb Hendee, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Hendee, Caleb
S13349
CONTENTS
bearded

18 all  all
9686
Connecticut
Caleb Hendee
of Ashford - in the State of Connecticut who was a for Cav. 7. in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Ct. ma line for 2 years. Continental.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Jan 1833 and sent to Saml H. Parsons Hartford
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 50.00
$250.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 18
Dead Letter to Hon. J. A. Brockmeyer Esq. 3 rd Aud 5 th Jan'y 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 17 Nov 1839 the day of his death. Age Notified 24 th Feb'y 1841.

I, Caleb Hendee of Oxford in the county of Wineham and district of Connecticut now a resident citizen of the United States do hereby declare and say that in the month of December A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I entered the army of the United States under the continen- tal establishment and enlisted for the term of three years into General Washington's horse guards and was attached to the com- pany commanded by Captain George Washington Lewis in the regiment under the command of Colonel Bailey (his given name I do not recall but) of the Virginia line performed the aforesaid term of three years service and in the month of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at Philadelphia I received my discharge from Colonel Washington - not apprehending that said discharge would be of any advantage I was not carefull to preserve it - and it was long since lost - and I further depose declare and say that in the spring of the year, the month I do not recall, one thousand seven hundred and eighty one I again enlisted and entered the service for the term of one year in the company commanded by Captain James Danna of Mansfield in the district aforesaid now deceased and reg- iment under the command of Lieu t . Colo- nel Shiselman, his given name I do not recall, in the Connecticut line and

and was stationed at Warrenrock for the defense of that part and parts adjacent during this term of duty we were sent ordered to Briggs-park and White-plains in the state of New York. While in this service on the 19 th day of August one thousand Seven hundred and eighty one I was appointed and received the commission of an Ensign in the aforesaid company which commission accompanying this affidavit, I discharged the duties of said appointment from that time until the expiration of the aforesaid term of one year when I was discharged in the spring of the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty two then at Stamford for in the district aforesaid the company having served the full term for which they were enlisted no discharges were given in writing. I am now sixty one years of age with a family, without property, and so edu- cated in my circumstances as to need the assistance of my country for support - Dated at Windham April 7 th 1818. Caleb Hendece
State of Connecticut to Windham April 7 th 1818
Personally appeared before me Lephanah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Caleb Hendece subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Attest 64 Lephanah Swift

L: Swift, Esq; Judge.
Caleb Hinde, General Washington's life guards, Revolutionary claim.
No rolls are in the pension office, to prove the services stated by the applicant. As an officer, he appears to have been attached to the State line of Connec- -ticut, not on the Conti- -nental establishment.
Inadmissible — unless the services of the claimant on Continental establish- -ment, can be satisfactorily proved.

We Tera Preston and James Boutell of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do testify and say that we have always been acquainted with the before named Caleb Hendee, and that we saw him in the year 1776 when the Continental army was near New York, standing as a Centinel at the door of General Washington at his head quarters, and that we then understood that he belonged to his life guards - Dated Windham April 7 th 1818
Tera Preston James Boutell
I William Walker of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I well recollect that the within named Caleb Hendee was in the life guards of General Washington in the revolutionary war, and that I saw him with the same at the head Quarters of General Washington at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts. William Walker Windham April 14 th 1818 -
State of Connecticut ss Windham April 14 th 1818
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature of Connecticut Tera Preston, James Boutell and William Walker Esq s Subscribers to the foregoing depositions and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Attest Lephaniah Swift
Whereas it appears to my satisfaction from the foregoing declaration of the before named Caleb Hendee, and from the foregoing depositions of Tera Preston, James Boutell, and William Walker Esq s and from the inclosed commission from the late Governor Trumbull, that the before named Caleb Hendee served in the revolutionary war for against the common enemy for the term of three years in General Washington's life guards - and that he served for the term of one year in a Battalion ordered to be raised for the defense of the Country against the common enemy by the State of Connecticut, and received a Lieutenants commission from the State of Connecticut as he has testified in the within declaration.
I do therefore certify and transmit the aforesaid testimony to the Department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
Certified by
Lephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut.

Additional declaration of the before named Caleb Hende
I Caleb Hende do further depose, declare, and say that when I first enlisted it was expected that I should have been mustered in Col o Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Horse but the company was placed in Col o Bailey's Regiment where I served as I have stated in my declaration. After I was discharged I applied to the State of Connecticut for the depreciation of my wages to which I was entitled as I was counted for one of the Quota of that State in the Continental army, and the board of commissioners in that State placed me in Col o Sheldon's Regiment, and gave me a certificate accordingly, and I received from the State of Connecticut the depreciation on my wages (which were paid in Continental money) for my three years service. In this way I explain the fact that my name appears in Sheldon's Regiment in the Books in the Comptroller's office in Connecticut - as is stated in his certificate.
Windham July 24 th 1818.
Caleb Hende
Sworn to before
Lephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court
State of Connecticut ss Windham July 25 th 1818.
Whereas it appears to my satisfaction from the foregoing declaration and additional declaration of Caleb Hende - and from the foregoing deposition of Ezra Preston, James Boutell and William Walker, and the inclosed Certificate of Elisha Col o Esq r - Comptroller of public accounts of the State of Connecticut, known to me to be genuine that said Caleb Hende served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy as a soldier for the term of three years in General Washington's Life Guards in the manner he has testified and it appearing to my satisfaction on due enquiry that the said Hende is in reduced and indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for his support.
I do therefore certify and transmit the aforesaid testimony to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the act of Congress in such case made and provided.
Certified by Lephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut.

Caleb Hendelee ss Application — R 2
No. 2,075.
for 6 Aug. 1818.
(Sept. 1810)
Continuing.

District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Pomfret within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 20 th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,] Caleb Hende of Ashford
in said County — aged Sixtythree years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of three years — in the Month of December day of 1776 — in the State of Connecticut — in the company commanded by Captain George Washington Beiley & served — in the Light Dragoons regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon — in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until the end of three years
when he was discharged from the said service in Philadelphia in the State of
Pennsylvania — I am a shoe maker by trade my health is tolerably good — I have a wife aged fiftythree able to labor — one son aged 19 years who is able to labor & now earns for me himself 8 dollars a month — I have drawn a Pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. from the 7 th day of April 1818 — as per certificate N o 2075 — I was in the Battles at Brandywine & Germantown & Monmouth —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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, and by me subscribed.
Schedule
Containing the whole of Caleb Hende Estate Income, of Ashford , his necessary clothing & bedding excepted —    3 dining chairs  1.80  6 Kitchen chairs  1.50  2 old chairs  25  3.55    Pair of flat irons  0.75  2 iron kettles  3.00  1 Pot  60  Shovel & tongs  60  4.95    6 th old Pewter  1.00  Crockery  0.40  2 tables & light stand  2.34    3.74    1 Bake Kettle & frying pan  1.00  2 candle sticks  17  Loom & reeds  5.00    6.17    Amount carried over  $18.41  

Amount Brought over
$118.44 11
  2 Pails 40 c - 5 Glass bottles 1.00 - Scapot - 17 c - trim ewes 1.40 c 11.97   1 Jug 40 c - Bible & other Books 50 c - 2 chests 1.74 2.24   4 earthen Pans 0.32 - 1 Meat barrel 1.00 c - 100 c of Pork & 2.00 9.32   6 old casks 58 c - 1 Dillo axe - 25 - 3 old hoes 25 - 2 long handles 34 1.34   1 Scythe & handle 83 c - set of old shoe making tools 1.50 - shag - 12.00 14.33   Knives & forks 50 c - 1 Tub - 40 - 1 looking glass - 75 c - 1.65 
Total $49.26
Subscribed by me this 20 th day of June 1820
Calch Hendelee

Sworn to and declared on the 20 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest.
David C. Bolles
Clerk.
I, David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opin- ion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is fortynine Dollars, and 26 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 26 th day of June A. D. 1820.
David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 22, 1930
Mr. Lee W. Hendee Portland Michigan
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, B.13349 , it appears that Caleb Hendee , while residing in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut , enlisted in December, 1776, in General Washington's Life Guard, was attached to Captain George Lewis' Company and served in Colonels Baylor's and Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Continental Dragoons. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and served three years.
In the spring of 1781, he enlisted in Captain James Dana's Company in Major Shipman's Connecticut Regiment, and on August 19, 1781, was appointed Ensign and served until the spring of 1782, when he was discharged at Stamford.
He was allowed pension on an application executed April 7, 1818, while a resident of Ashford, Connecticut, aged sixty-one years. He died November 17, 1839.
In 1820, his wife was fifty-nine years and a son, nineteen years old, their names are not stated and there are no other data as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rehrung
13349 INVALID.
1917 Nov. 8 Hist. Soc. Miss. L. 2. C. Story 1930 - Jan 22 - " " Lee W. Hendel assg
File No. 13 349
Caleb Hoender Corp: Boer War
Act: Jan 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Connecticut Roll.
(2075)
Caleb Hendee,
Private (Drag.) Washington's Life Guard
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. of Aug. 1818 and sent Jephaniah Swift, Esq. Windham, Conn.
Arrearages to 4. Sept. 1818
4 m. 28/30. $39.46
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818, }
3 years not year claims as an officer
Asford. Windham Connecticut

Admitted under act June 3 d 1832
Notification sent July 3 d 1820/6
David C. Bolles Esq.
Mindham Conn.

Admitted under oath June 5 th 1832
Testification of my 3 rd visit
David C. Hetherington
Franklin County

Admitted Private. Cavalry Col Sheldon, Reg 2 years

State of Connecticut } Set Hartford County of Hartford }
On this 3 d day of April 1833 before me the Subscriber a Notary Public for the County of Hartford personally appeared Caleb Hendee and made oath that he is the same person named in an original pension Certificate herewith forwarded & dated at the War Office of the United States the sixth day of August 1818.
That he served more than two years as a private in a Company of Dragoons Commanded by Captain George Washington Lewis in a regiment Commanded by Colonel Baylor in General Washington's Life Guard. The deponent believes that by the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 his entitlement to more than he now receives as a pensioner and would therefore respectfully request that his name may be transferred to the

roll under the act last above mentioned at the rate to which he is legally entitled. His place of residence is in Ashford in the County of Hartford and State of Conne- ticut where he has resided from his birth excepting the time he was in the revolts on any war -
Given to the subscribers the 3 rd day of April 1833
Caleb Hemen
Before me Samuel H Parsons Notary Public
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the Caleb Hemen above named and know that he sustains a fair moral character -
Sam H Parsons Notary Public

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford July 10 th 1818
On examination of the Books of this Office it appears that Caleb Hendee served as a private in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Regiment of Horse in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War - from the first day of January 1777 to the fifteenth day of December 1779 -
Certified by
Elisha Colb Comptroller of Public Accounts

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 7 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Adm rs of Caleb Hendece, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of one hundred Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 17 th Nov. 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Payable on the 4. March & 4. Sept. of each year at the U. States Branch Bank, Middletown, Conn.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Act UNITED STATES,
of the 18. March 1818, Caleb Hender,
_____ late a Private (Dray.) in the Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars _____ cents per month, to commence on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this sixth day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. B. Calhoun
Sec. of War.
Capt. George W. Lewis. Dragoon Col. _____ Bagley's Regt. Arkansaw _____

Rev. Sec H 1 220 Broad St. Uplamont, W. Va. November 12/1917.
Com. of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me a statement of the Rev's service of Caleb Hendee, who was a pensioner in 1880 - also the date of his death if given.
He went from N. H. but might have enlisted in a Mass. company - and Ohio. Yours truly, (Mrs.) L. E. C. Story Historian, Samuel Asphy C.

Portland, Mich., Nov., 30, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:-
I am writing to ask if you will kindly search your records and ascertain if a man by the name of Rev Caleb Hendee, Rev Josiah Hendee, or 0 1812 pen Zebulon Hendee served either in the War of 1812 or the Revolutionary War 0 1812 pen If so, will you kindly send me their war record? If you have a record as to who their parents were, please include that in your report. They probably enlisted from one of the following states. Conn., New York, Mass., Rhode Island, New Hampshire or Vermont. If possible, state from what town they enlisted.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
C. W. Hendee. Lee

V. L. M. Rev. War Section.
November 8, 1917.
Mrs. L. E. C. Story, 220 Broad Street, Claremont, N. H.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 1 st instant, you are advised that it appears in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. F. No. 13,349 that Caleb Hendee a resident of Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, enlisted in December 1776 into General Washington's Life Guard, was attached to Captain George Lewis' Company and served under Colonels Baylor and Elisha Sheldon in the Continental Dragoons. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth and served 3 years.
In the spring of 1781 he enlisted in Captain James Dana's Company in Major Shipman's Connecticut Regiment, and on August 19, 1781, was appointed Ensign and served until the spring of 1782, when he was discharged at Stamford.
He was allowed pension on an application executed April 7, 1818, while a resident of Ashford Connecticut, aged 61 years. He died November 17, 1839.
In 1820 his wife was 59 years and a son 19 years old, their names are not stated and there is no other data

on-file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "James M. Mays".
Commissioner.
Caleb Hendee ( 3 )

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hender, Frederick GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7276 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 21, 1792 To Augustus Sackett - assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.