Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30479, Abijah Hendrick, Mass.

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Hendrick, Abijah
S. 30479
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Massachusetts Abijah Hendrick of Hampden in the State of Spald who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wiggin of the regt commanded by _____ in the Spald here for 6 Mo.
paid at the treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1835 from 4 th March to the 26 Nov 1840 paid to 2 nd of 4 th Children. Agt Notified 10. Oct 1841.
Paid as above to Adm from Agt Notified 28 th Feb 1842.
Hampden
Inscribed on the Roll of Spald at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Apr 1833 and sent to David  Sethup West Springfield Spald Arrears to the 4 th of Mar 1833 $40 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Feb " 10 — $50 —
{ Revolutionary Class Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by S H McBlain Clerk Book R. Vol. 2. Page 31.

5739
Abijah Hendrick
Mass
Print 6 Months
11. 12 14 & 16 of
Jan 24 1833
$20.
P 214
Samuel Lathrop
Springfield
West Springfield
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Abijah Hendrick  of Hampden Co. in the State of Mass. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 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 Decr — 6 — privt Capt J. Morgan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? W. Brahm  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

William D. ...
5739.
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1770 - six months - Springfield

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Hampden } ss.
On this eighth day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, now sitting, Abijah Hendrick, a resident of West Springfield in the County of Hampden aforesaid, & State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy-one years the 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 7 th A.D. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein after stated -
That in the month of December 1777 he enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of six months, & entered upon his service on or about the first day of January 1778. John Morgan of West Springfield was Captain of the Company. Tolman Brewer of Springfield was one of the Lieutenants. That he was employed during the whole period of his enlistment, in doing garrison duty, by guarding the public stores at Springfield - That after the period of his enlistment had expired on or about the first day of July, he was discharged, but he does not recollect having rec d a written discharge - The troops that enlisted at the same time with him & for the same time, were called out on the day when their time was out & discharged by the Captain - That he does not recollect having seen any officer there of a higher grade than Captain, though he recollects having heard the name of Col. Bannister mentioned, if he is not mistaken in the name, as having the command, but he was not at Springfield much of the time, if at all -
That he was born at Wilbraham in this County on the ninth day of August 1761 - That he has a record of his birth in the hand writing of his father, as well as of all the other members of the family & he believes that his birth is on the records of the town of Wilbraham - That he lived in Wilbraham aforesaid, when he was called into the service - That he continued to live in Wilbraham till the year 1823. when he removed to Springfield where he lived one year, when he purchased a small farm in West Springfield in the spring of 1824. when he removed there & has lived there ever since - That he was drafted into the service when he was called to do duty at Springfield. Phileas Stetson was Captain of the company & Ezekiel Russell Lieutenant of the company from which he was drafted -
That he knows of no persons now living who were in this service with him except Simon Brooks of West Springfield, Japhet Chapin now living at Buckland in this State, & Asaiah Butcher of Warren in this State - Asaiah Butcher That he is well known to Richard Barbank, Esquire

Alfred Flower Esq. Robert Leonard Esq. Samuel Palmer, & Frederick Palmer in his present neighborhood, who can testify to his character for integrity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity from the Government, & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Army of any State.
Given & subscribed this day & year aforesaid Abijah Woodruff
We Gad Warriner residing in the town of West & Elijah Button of Milfordham Springfield, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abijah Woodruff, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion. Gad Warriner Elijah Button
And the said Court - Present the Hon. Oliver B. Morris Judge, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a revolutionary soldier & entitled as his status - And the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Gad Warriner & Elijah Button who have signed the proceedings certificate are resident in said towns of West Springfield & of Milfordham in said County as they have stated & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Justin Willard Register of the Court of Probate, in & for the County of Hampshire aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Abijah Woodruff for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of August AD 1832 Justin Willard Register

I Azariah Butler of Newton in the county of Hampden & commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say that Abijah Hendricks of West Springfield in this county was in the United States service in the year 1778 That he was stationed at Springfield in this county to guard the public stores at that place & that he remained there on that duty for about six months - I was well acquainted with the said Hendricks for I enlisted on or about the 12 th of January 1778 & continued there at Springfield for six months & that the said Hendricks was there on duty with me all the time I was there
Azariah Butler
Hampden ss
August 27 1832 Personally appeared the said Azariah Butler & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me Sam l Lathrop Justice of the Peace
Before me Jonathan Forsey Justice of the Peace
Hampden ss. Feby. 4. 1832 I the subscriber certify that Azariah Butler who signed & made oath to the foregoing deposition before me sustains the character of a man of truth & veracity, & that I fully believe he is justly entitled to it. Not having been personally acquainted with Mr. Butler, this qualification was omitted in the former certificate, but this fact I have since learned from persons of veracity, who are intimately acquainted with him -
Sam l Lathrop Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being at least of Record for the county of Hampden do hereby certify that Samuel Lathrop Esq. before whom the above deposition and certificate were verified is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hampden and that his signature thereto is his true & genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Simon Brooks of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age depose & say that in December 1777 I was drafted into the United States service & on the 1 st of January 1778 was stationed at Springfield in this county - our only occupation was in garrison duty & guarding the public stores deposited at that place - That I continued there until the first of July 1778 when my time of service having expired I was discharged - While off was there a part of our company was sent to Brookfield in this state to assist in guarding the stores at that place - Abijah Hendricks of this town but then of Wilbraham in this county was drafted with me, arrived at the same time & continued there on duty in the same company until we were discharged on the first day of July 1778 - John Morgan of West Springfield was Captain of the company & Solomon Brewster of Springfield Lieutenant of the company - Simon Brooks
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. On this sixth day of August 1832 personally appeared the above named Simon Brooks with whom I am well acquainted & who sustains a good reputation for truth & veracity personally & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Saml Lathrop Justice of the Peace

I, Abijah Hendrick of West Springfield, the signer of the foregoing declaration, do now further declare, that the Clergyman of the Parish in which I live, has been settled there but about two years - that I never had any previous acquaintance with him - that I was live at a considerable distance from him - and that the reason why his testimony was not procured, was, that from the very short acquaintance I had had with him, I had good reason to presume that he knew nothing of the general belief concerning my revolutionary services - Abijah Hendrick
Hampden J. Feby 4. 1833 - Then the above named Abijah Hendrick personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed, before me Samuel Root Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abijah Hendrick , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( as his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 30,479
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1777 to July 1778 ✓ John Morgan ✓ Mass.   guarded public stores at Springfield   ^      
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wilbraham, Mass. until 1823.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 8, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, West Springfield, Hampden Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, born Aug. 9, 1761 at Wilbraham, Mass.
Remarks: he died Nov. 26, 1841 leaving four children whose names are not stated.
There is no further family data.
In 1823 he removed to Springfield for a year, and in the spring 1824 purchased a small farm at West Springfield where he cont. to reside.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

30479 Rev INVALID.
1920 Jan. 7. History to William P. Conkling. P.
File No. 30,479
Elijah Hendrick Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 397
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 30 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," Two of four Child ren of Abijah Hendricks, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, have been paid 1/2 of said pension at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 26 th Nov. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Edward L. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 13 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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," The adm rs of Abijah Kendrick, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 26 th Nov: 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Stearns L. Parrish
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Abigail Wmance
5/39
Same Lathrop West Springfield Mass

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Abijah L. Windrick 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? Yes
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, 1852? 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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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?
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? no
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
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? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
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 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 about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†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 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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December 22, 1919.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish a certificate showing the military history of ABIJAH HENDRICK, Private, Massachusetts State Troops in REVOLUTIONARY WAR. His name appears under Hampden Co., Mass., as placed on pension roll April 12, 1833.
This information desired complete family genealogy and to prove the eligibility of an applicant to membership in tis Society.
Will greatly appreciate any record of family data you may be able to furnish.
Very truly yours,
Wm J. Conkling Registrar N. J. S. A. R.