Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 14951, Samuel Henderson, New Jersey

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New Jersey
Henderson, Samuel Ann
P. 14951.
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Romey Strickland was Born
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Ann Stricklin Was Born September 22 nd the Sun about one hour high in the afternoon 1755
Thomas Henderson Son of Samuel and Ann Henderson Was Born June 22 nd 1788 at 10 O'clock in the morning
Mary Henderson Was Born November 14 th 1790 at 10 O'clock in the morning 1792
Meggy Henderson Was Born February 10 th 1795 at 5 O'clock in the morning
Samuel Henderson Was Born Oct 11 th 1797 at 9 O'clock evening
Joseph Henderson Was Born Sept. 22 nd 1790 at 10 O'clock morning
Ann Henderson Was Born Feb. 4 th 1792 at 9 O'clock Morning
Jonathan Stricklin Henderson Was Born September 2 nd 1794 at 9 O'clock Morning
John Henderson Was Born August 28 th 1796 at 9 O'clock in the morning

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Declaration of Ann Henderson Widow of Samuel Henderson die
m. 80. 3, 1898
H. 4 March 1898

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. On this tenth day of November 1838 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State Ann Henderson a resident of the township of Upper Freehold County and State aforesaid aged eighty three years on the twenty second day of September last, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of Samuel Henderson who was a private Soldier in the Militia in the war of the Revolution, that to the best of her knowledge and belief she having often heard her said husband say he entered the service as a private Militia man under the Laws and ordinances of New Jersey in or about the month of July 1776 while the British Fleet were off Sandy Hook previous to the British Landing at New York & contiguous thereto, in the monthly tours of duty required by Law and that he continued in said service as a private Militia man every other month during the remainder of the year 1776, and the years 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781, that said services were performed under Captains Hendrick Smock, Benjamin Banehead and William Banehead, that

when he first entered the service about July 1776 it was in Captain Hendrick Brooks Company, when Holmes Colonel Benjamin Bancheaf was Lieutenant and William Bancheaf was Ensign, that afterwards this deponent thinks in the early part of 1780, Hendrick Brod from age retired from the service and Benjamin Bancheaf who was Lieutenant of said Company was appointed Captain under whom this deponent thereby then served for some time when William Bancheaf was appointed Captain under whom he continued to serve as before stated that she cannot pretend to specify each month he was on duty or service but always understood from her husband before her marriage with him which took place in May 1780, that he served every other month from the time he entered the service when the British were off Sandy Hook until their marriage and that she recollects that during the years 1780 and 1781 after her marriage with her said husband he was absent from home on his monthly tours every other month during those years. That he continued in said service as a private until the close of the Revolutionary war the last year not so much service being required or performed by him - That after Hendrick Brod left the Command of the Company one Nathaniel Clayton was appointed Ensign, David Forman was General in Command during the time and one Elisha Walton was Major that the said Samuel Henderson resided in Fishkill Township in said County of

was General in Command during the time and one Elisha Walton was Major
that the said Samuel Henderson resided in Freehold township in said County of Monmouth which he fulfilled the service and continued reside in same township until his death which took place on the fourth day of March 1809. That the services of the said Samuel Henderson were performed under the laws & orders of New Jersey under which in said County of Monmouth the Militia in said township with others were required to perform annual monthly tours, under which draft or monthly tours his whole services were performed; that said Companies were stationed at Middletown, at both Nick Shrewsbury Freehold and other places in said County and their duties were to guard the Coasts and shores of said County from the British and Refugees, and their marches were of a corresponding kind confined to said County, that she never knew or heard of her said husband being engaged in any Battle that his Marches were confined to said County for the objects before named; That she the deponent has no documentary evidence in support of her claim; That she has a distinct recollection of having fitted out her husband the said Samuel Henderson for his monthly tours after her marriage with him. That a few days after their marriage he prepared left home for such service, and so con- tinued each every other Month during the years 1780 and 1781 after their marriage. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Henderson sometime

in the Month of May 1780 by the Revd John Woodhull D.D. now deceased, at his House in Freehold township in said County and that he and the present except the Deponent are now deceased, one Effy Wilson being Bridesmaid and Jonathan Clayton Groomsman, they being both dead that she has no Documentary evidence of her Marriage now such being then kept by the Laws of New Jersey. That she lived with her said husband until his death which was on the fourth day of March 1809, and had nine children by her said husband the oldest of whom was born on the 22nd day of June 1781. and the second on the fourteenth of November 1782, and that some of them said children are now living as she hopes and believes, that her said husband died seized and possessed of a small real estate in Freehold township in said County as well as some personal property and that as the widow of the said Samuel Henderson she has been & now is in possession of said Real estate, and expects to remain so in possession until her death when her and her said children will take the same as the Heirs at Law of her said husband, the personal estate of her said husband was divided among the said children with the exception as the Heirs at Law and widow of the said deceased; and further that she has remained a widow ever since the fourth day of March 1809 the time of the death of her said husband

has remained a widow ever since the fourth day of March 1809 the time
of the decease of her said husband. She further declares that her Maiden name was Ann Steele before her marriage with the said Samuel Henderson, and that in her family Bible which once belonged to her Mother after the entry of her own own birth is the following "Thomas Henderson son of Samuel and Ann Hen- derson was born June ye 22 1781. at 10 o'clock in the evening" which entry was so set down a short time after the birth of her oldest son by the said Samuel Henderson, and is followed by the entry of the births of her other children in the order of their births.
I swear to and subscribe on } her the day and year above } Ann J Henderson written before } March Thos. C. Shockmorton
And I the above named Judge do hereby certify that the above named Ann Henderson cannot from old age and bodily infirmity attend court. Dated November 10th 1838.
Thos C Shockmorton

State of New Jersey Monmouth County, ss.
Who is Clayton Eugene a resident of the township of Upper Freehold in said County aged fifty years and upwards being duly sworn according to Law deposeeth and saith, that he this Deponent was well acquainted with Samuel Henderson in his lifetime who died sometime in the year 1809 the husband of the said Anna Henderson his widow who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, that the said Samuel Henderson was always reputed to be a soldier of the Revolution having been much heard in the service of his country in Monmouth town, during the war, that he was reputed to have been a good and faithful soldier always doing his duty as such, That he this Deponent is also well acquainted with the said Anna Henderson his widow who has since remained his widow since his death, that as such widow she the said Anna Henderson is now and has been since the death of the said Samuel in the possession of a lot of land of which the said Samuel died seized and of which there are now living of the children of the said Samuel Henderson and the said Anna Henderson seven who have been always esteemed legitimate and who claim the said land as the heirs at law of the said Samuel and hold the same subject to the use and possession of his said widow - that the family bible referred to in the Declaration of the said Anna Henderson

-that the family bible referred to in the Declaration of the said Ann Henderson
and now shown this Deponent he has known for upwards of twenty years the said Ann Henderson having during that time principally resided in this Deponent's family and that the entry referred to in her said Declaration was contained in said Bible when he first saw it, and that said extract is correctly copied from said Bible That this Deponent married one of the daughters of the said Samuel and Ann Henderson twenty two years last February and that from such family connection he has often inspected and is well acquainted with said Bible, and further that the said Ann Henderson was never after the death of her said husband married.
Sworn to and subscribed before John A. Clayton one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of said County this 12th day of November 1838 Thos. C. Brockmorton
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: James Henderson a resident of the town- ship of Howell in said County aged eighty four years in March last being duly sworn according to law depones and saith that he this Deponent is a soldier of the Revolution and as such receives his pension under the act of June 7th 1832, That he was well acquainted with Samuel Henderson deceased the husband of the said Ann Hen- derson who died sometime in the year 1809, that the said Samuel Henderson entered

the Service in the County of Monmouth in the Month of July 1776 while the British Fleet were off Sandy Hook previous to their landing contiguous to New York, and served at a private Militia Man each alternate months during the remainder of that year, and during the years 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780 and 1781 as this Deponent only believes under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey, that said Service was performed by the said Samuel Henderson under Captain Hendrick Smock Benjamin Banchof and William Banchof, Asher Holmes Colonel and David Forman General, Elisha Waltons being Major, their Headquarters were at Middletown Shrewsbury, Colts Neck and at Freehold and their duties were to guard the coasts and shores of said County from the British and Refugees, and their marches were along the coasts and shores of said County, that this Deponent served in said Company with the said Samuel Henderson during said years and though he cannot specify each month town served by said Samuel, yet he well knows he always attended his regular alternate tours of duty during said years having frequently seen him out and served with him. That he has heard the said Samuel say that he never took a single tour of duty and that from the well known character of said Samuel as a good soldier and his untiring zeal in the cause of his Country he this deponent has no doubt the said Samuel served in

as a good soldier and his uniting zeal in the cause of his Country has this deponent
has no doubt the said Samuel was out in Monthly tours during said years at least two and a half years, besides other services in the year 1782, that during all the above period of time the Defendant and the said Samuel resided near neighbors and they went and returned very frequently together in the performance of their respective tours. That in the spring of 1780 the Defendant was at the house of Jonathan Steeblein the brother of the said Mrs. Henderson who has sworn to the foregoing declaration and that he was there informed the said Samuel Henderson and Mrs. Henderson then Mrs. Steeblein had gone to the Reverend John Woodhull to get married, that he heard of their return they had been there married and that they lived together afterwards as man and wife until the death of the said Samuel Henderson in 1809 this Defendant never having heard their lawful marriage doubted or disputed they having had a number of children always esteemed and received as legitimate the eldest of whom Thomas Henderson was born in little more than a year after their marriage and died when he was about twenty one years of age. That the said Samuel Henderson continued to perform his Monthly tours in said service after his marriage until the close of the year 1781. after which, they were not so frequently called out, That the said Mrs. Henderson has ever since continued to be the widow of the said Samuel now having been married since his death. That said Samuel was

always esteemed a good and faithful soldier being remarkable for his zeal in the cause of his country and prided himself in having always performed his regular alternate monthly tours during the period aforesaid and that Deponent further says that if the said Samuel Henderson was now living he would be as justly entitled to his pension as any soldier who served in said County.
I won't subscribe before me one of the judges of the Monmouth Pleas this 10th day of November A.D. 1838. Thos. C. Brockmorton
James { his } Henderson Mark
And I the above named judge do hereby certify that the above named Ann Henderson, John H. Clayton and James Henderson who have sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration and affidavits are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit. Dated 10 Nov. 1838.
Thos. C. Brockmorton
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. Daniel Applegate a resident of Richfield Township Monmouth County aged eighty one years on this twelfth day of October last being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832, That he was well acquainted with Samuel Henderson the husband of Ann Henderson who has now

well acquainted with Samuel Henderson the husband of Ann Henderson who has sworn
to subscribe the foregoing declaration, that he recollects to have seen the said Samuel out out in the service as a private militia man from the commencement of the war in 1776 until its close in 1783 in Monthly tours, that he believes the said Samuel was out out every other month under the laws of New Jersey in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 & 1781 he having very frequently seen him out and served with him under Captain Hendrick Smock and Benjamin Branch of said County in protecting the County courts and shores from the Refugees, that in the spring of 1780 he well recollects hearing in the neighborhood the said Samuel man and Ann Stridlin the above applicant and heard the said Samuel say he had married her, that from that time until the said Samuel died in 1809 they lived together as man and wife and raised a large family of children who were always esteemed legitimate the Deponent never having heard their marriage, doubted, he always acknowledging her as his wife, this Deponent served many monthly tours in the years before mentioned with said Samuel both before and after his marriage with the said Ann, that this Deponent has saw the said Samuel Henderson out in the service in several monthly tours in the year 1782. That he was always esteemed a good and faithful soldier and showed much zeal in the service always ready and willing to do his

duty. That this Deponent lived in the neigh- borhood of said Samuel during the period of the Revolutionary War, that this deponent frequently was at the House of the said Samuel after his marriage with the said Ann who lived with him as his wife and they went together to join their respective companies - That this Deponent distinctly recollects going from the said Samuel's home together on several occasions after the birth of Thomas Hudson his oldest child by the said marriage to join their respective companies. That this Deponent has no doubt from his knowledge of the services of the said Samuel that he served at least three years in Monthly tours of duty during the war including the tours before after his marriage. That the said Ann Hudson has always remained the widow of the said Samuel since his death never having been remarried, and that as the widow of the said Samuel she has been possessed of a lot of land of which the said Samuel died seized. That this Deponent has no doubt from his knowledge of the services of the said Samuel that if he was now living he would be as justly entitled to his pension as any other soldier who served in said Company during the Revolutionary War.
sworn to and subscribed before me one of the judges of the Court month Phos this 12th Nov - 1838 Tho. C. Shuckmorton
David Appleton

State of New Jersey Monmouth County, ss: James Craig senior of Freehold Township Monmouth County aged eighty four years on the eighth day of January last being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith, that he this Deponent was a lieutenant and captain and ensign during the War of the Revolution in the said County and a a pension under the act of June 7th 1832, That he was well acquainted with Samuel Henderson the husband of Ann Henderson the foregoing applicant and frequently saw him out in the service from the month of July 1776 to the latter part of the year 1782 that during all that period from July 1776 to the latter part of 1781, he believes the said Samuel performed his regular alternate monthly tours of duty as a private six months each year, that he frequently saw him out under Captains Hendrick Smock Benjamin Banehoof and William Banehoof during said periods of time in Monthly tours, in guarding the coasts and shores of Monmouth County from the British and Refugees, that he was esteemed a full rate soldier always ready and willing to do his duty, that he has no doubt from what he saw of the services of the said Samuel Henderson he served at least three years in Monthly tours during said periods of time, that said Samuel was remarkable for his zeal in the cause and was esteemed by all his officers and those that served with him as a full rate soldier, and this Deponent

has no doubt that if said Samuel was now living he would be justly entitled to his full pension, and that there can be no doubt his widow is entitled to her pension as it was reported he was married to the said Ann Henderson formerly Ann Steele during the period of the war that the said Samuel has been deceased for many years as this deponent has heard. Now I subscribe before me one of the judges of the court } James Craig Sen. This the 12th day of November } AD 1838.
Thos. C. Shrockmorton
And I the above named judge do hereby certify that the above named James Craig Senior and Daniel Applegate who have sworn to and subscribed the two last depositions are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit. - Dated Nov 12 1838 Thos. C. Shrockmorton
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that Thomas C. Shrockmorton Esquire who before whom the foregoing decla- ration and affidavits have been subscribed and sworn and who has signed the foregoing Certificate was at the respective dates thereof and now is one of the judges of the said Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the name signed "Thos. C. Shrockmorton"

County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the name signed "Thos L Throckmorton"
to the respective parts of said declaration and affidavit, and also to the foregoing certificates is the proper hand writing and signature of the said Thomas L Throckmorton as aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and caused my seal of office to be hereunto affixed this twelfth day of November Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
D. H. Ellis C. B.

June 7, 1933.
Elizabeth Henderson 57 DeVoe Street South River New Jersey.
RA-J/ILL Samuel Henderson R. 14951 Benjamin Norman W. 1065
Dear Madams:
The records of two Revolutionary War soldiers are given below.
SAMUEL HENDERSON-R. 14951.
Samuel Henderson of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, married sometime in May 1780, Ann Stricklin, who was born September 22, 1755; the place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. The ceremony was performed at the home of Reverend John Woodhull in Freehold Township, New Jersey; one Jonathan Clayton was groomsman.
Samuel Henderson died March 4, 1809 in Freehold Township, New Jersey, where he had resided ever since the war.
Ann Henderson, the widow of Samuel Henderson, applied November 10, 1833 for pension that might have been due on account of the service of her husband, Samuel Henderson, in the Revolutionary War. She was then a resident of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She stated then that Samuel Henderson, while a resident of Freehold Township, New Jersey, enlisted some time in July 1775 and served on alternate monthly tours during each succeeding year until 1782 as private under Captains Hendrick Smock, Benjamin Van Cleef and William Van Cleef, and Colonel Asher Holmes in the New Jersey troops; it was stated that his services amounted to between two and three years, specific dates of enlistments and discharge from service not given.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension law under which she applied.
In 1833, soldier's widow, Ann Henderson, stated that she and her

husband, Samuel Henderson, had nine children, seven of whom were then living; the names of only eight are given as follows:
Thomas born June 22, 1761; died aged about twenty-one years. Amy " November 14, 1762. Peggy " February 10, 1765. Samuel " October 11, 1767. Joseph " February 22, 1770. Ann " February 4, 1772. Jonathan Stricklin " September 30, 1774. John " August 20 or 29, 1776.
In 1828, soldier's son-in-law, John A. Clayton, aged about fifty-seven years, stated that he married a daughter of Samuel and Ann Henderson in February 1816, the name of his wife not designated. He resided then in Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey, and stated also that the soldier's widow, Ann Henderson, had resided principally for twenty years in his family.
One John Henderson was a resident of Leeds Point, New Jersey, in 1846, no relationship to the family stated.
Jonathan Stricklin, the brother of Ann, was living at the time of her marriage to the soldier, Samuel Henderson.
The following name and date appear also: - Amy Stricklin, Jun. born August 25, 1752.
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BENJAMIN NORMAN - W. 1065.
Benjamin Norman was born January 14, 1751 in Middlesex County, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not stated.
He enlisted in 1775, served as private in Captain John Coney's company, Colonel Wills' 1 st New Jersey Regiment, was on the expedition to

Canada, and was discharged at the expiration of service of one year. From the spring of 1777, he served on regular tours in each year as late as 1781, amounting in all to about two years, in the New Jersey troops under Captains James Johnson, John Dey, Wagnun and Morgan; during these years of service, he was in frequent skirmishes and, at one time, was taken prisoner by the enemy but made his escape.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 20, 1818, then of North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 1833, he stated that he was then a resident of South River, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and had always resided there.
He died December 13, 1837.
The soldier married December 29, 1787, Hannah Dunham, who was born March 19, 1764. The certificate of marriage was issued by Reverend Peter Wilson of Hightstown, New Jersey.
Hannah Norman, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed July 23, 1838, at which time she resided in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
The names of the children of Benjamin Norman and his wife, Hannah, are shown as follows:
Nancy Norman, born October 1, 1789 :married Oct. 1, 1808, Richard Serviss. Julia Anne " " September 1, 1793 :married October 11, 1815, William Hardenbrook. Susanna " " April 11, 179--. Hannah " " February 8, 1799.
In 1820, the soldier stated that his family then consisted of his wife and two daughters, Susan and Hannah. In 1829, he stated that his family consisted of his wife, that his two daughters had died in the course of three or four years.
The daughter, Julia Hardenbrook, made affidavit in behalf of her mother's claim for pension in 1838, in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The following births are shown also in the papers in this claim:
William Edgar Hardenbrook born October 8, 1816 Julia " " August 10, 1818. Susannah " " January 13, 1821. William " " March 28, 1823. John " " September 6, 1825. William " " October 13, 1827. Mary " " May 9, 1830.
In 1833, Obediah Norman stated that he had known the above named Benjamin Norman since childhood, that he remembered his leaving "home" in 1777; he stated also, that he was too young then to serve, but was in the service later in the war; he did not state any relationship to said Benjamin Norman.
One John D. Serviss was Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County, New Jersey, in 1843 and 1849, no relationship to the family shown.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILIER, Assistant to Administrator.

V N. Jersey
Ann Henderson
let. to D.B. Ryall 22 May 1834
" N. Jersey, Dec. 12, 46.
to Ann Jay Augt 31. 47-
This letter contained other matters & stated only that a letter was being forwarded etc., not important. D.B.R.
Act July 1876

14951
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1903 - June 7 - Heir. to Elizabeth Henderson JLL.
No file
Rev. War
REJECTED
P. O. Ann Henderson
Service: widow of Samuel Henderson
Enlisted: New Jersey Militia 18
Discharged: _____ 18
Application filed: _____ 18
1857 list REJECTED Alleges: Rejected + Suspended Pensions Page 194 - Suspended - Act of 1836 Re-enlisted: Reason - for proof from the marginal records at Trenton JLL.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____ 18

4068 Nov 15 N.J. July 1836.
Southwick Nov 13th
J. S. Edwards Esquire Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.
free

13th
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J L Edwards Esquire Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

Freehold New Jersey Nov 12th 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I enclose you the Declaration and accompanying evidence in the case of Ann Henderson widow of Samuel Henderson deceased. She is very aged and infirm & you will confer a favor by giving her case your early attention.
I presume there can be no difficulty in allowing her claim in full - she has no documentary evidence of her marriage or the services of her husband, but the facts are so strongly made out I presume you cannot hesitate. She has left with me her family Bible given her by her Mother in which is the entry contained in her deposition with the birth of her other children and the time of the death of her husband, but she requested I would not send it on for fear of its loss, which I promised not to do unless required by the Department. (You will please enclose her certificate to me at this place)
Yours very Respectfully Daniel B. Ryall
P.S. I sent you the papers of Rachel Bander (widow of Cornelius Bander deceased) for a pension under act of 4 July 1836 not long since, to which I respectfully calls your early attention - Mr. Governor & Council having given the certificate to the old members of Congress. I shall be compelled with my colleagues to a new attendance for some time at Washington I presume at the meeting of the New Congress when I can have some time to call your attention to the claim of a copy on two I have had charge of as the files of the Department.
Yrs very Respectfully Daniel B. Ryall

June 7, 1933.
Elizabeth Henderson 57 DeVoe Street South River New Jersey.
BA-3/12817/ILL
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Henderson, widow Ann, and in which you refer to the record of Benjamin Norman, W. 1065, whose son-in-law, you state, was Richard Serviss and not Lewiss.
The record of Samuel Henderson is given herewith as found in pension claim, R. 14951, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, also, a corrected record of Benjamin Norman. The similarity of the names Lewiss and Serviss when written, was, in a measure, the cause of the clerical error.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

BA-J/ILL
Benjamin Norman W. 1065
April 24 1933
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Your letter of April 10, asking for more information about Samuel Henderson in regard to his War record was received.
Samuel Henderson was born March 12, 1742, died March 4, 1809. His wife's name Ann Henderson. I don't know her maiden name, she was born Sept. 22, 1755, do not have date of her death or of her marriage.
I have been told that

Samuel Henderson was born in Belfast, Ireland, have no record of when he came to the United States.
In the "Henderson Family Records", a list of Hendersons who served in the American Revolution from the different colonies. I find the name of Samuel Henderson from New York. No county is mentioned. Perhaps New York City.
Samuel and Ann Henderson had nine children, the eldest, Amy born Nov. 14, 1782.
Peggy Samuel

Thomas Joseph Ann Jonathan John Charles
This is all the information I can give about Samuel Henderson.
In regard to Benjamin Norman , in your report of his war record, his daughter Nancy, born Oct. 1, 1789 married Oct. 1, 1806 Richard Lewiss I think the name Lewiss is a missprint. The name should be Richard Serviss as he married Ann Norman

daughter of Benjamin Norman. Oct. 1, 1806 according to the family history, which I have.
Respectfully.
Elizabeth Henderson. 57 De Voe St., South River, New Jersey.

Nathan Leake
Dec. 12, '40.

216 Pension Office, Dec. 12, 1846.
Sir,
The family record forwarded by you in the case of Ann Henderson has been examined and is deemed satisfactory to establish the date of the marriage.
On the 22 d May, 1839, Mr. Henderson's agent was informed that the statements of her husband's services - both in the declarations and testimony of the services of her husband were too vague and indefinite to justify the allowance of a pro rata pension - it being requisite that each item of duty should be specifically set forth and established. The agent was also advised that some evidence of the service might possibly be found on the marginal record of certificates in the office of the Treasurer of New Jersey. Since that time no action has been had upon the case.
Nathan Leake, Esq. Present.

D. B. O'Call
22 May 1839
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War Department Pension Office
22. May 1839
Sir,
The papers of Mrs Anne Henderson widow of Samuel Henderson, have been examined and filed. The statements relative to the Revolutionary services of the claimant's husband husband in her declaration as well as  in the  affidavits of the witnesses are vague and indefinite. Not one tour is specified in the manner required by  pointed out in the regulations of the Department, therefore  hence no opinion can be formed as to what ought to be allowed. In view of further investigation the name of the Captain in such tour, and the date must be given. Some evidence in support of this application may be found in the Marginal record of Certificates in the office of the Treasurer of New Jersey issued by the Militia of the County of Monmouth by Thos Henderson. The proof also in relation to the marriage is sufficient not satisfactory. In all cases where it is practicable that fact should be established by record evidence. The bible leaf referred to as containing the family record, properly authenticated should be transmitted to this office and a Certificate from the Revd Mr Woodhull or his successor showing what evidence if any of the marriage is to be found in his papers.
D. and B. Ryall Esq., Freehold N. J.

I wish N. Secke Esq to act as my agent Fraser Lloyd

Hon J. L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir I have appointed Arad Joy of Ovid New York agent to act in all things for Anna Henderson in prosecuting or investigating the surviving childrens claim to a pension Dated New Jersey June 30 th 1846 John Henderson
John Henderson of Lead Point N.J.

Ovid Augt 6th 1847
Sir
More than one year have I been trying to hunt up proof to enable me to obtain from you a report, in the case of Ann Henderson, widow of Samuel, of Manmoth Co. New Jersey, my agency with some proof that I forwarded, I suppose are filed, since it is as it is, I beg leave respectfully to ask you, (if agreeable to your rules) to please report to me the state of this case, please say what service you admiss, & whether the marriage is proven, or what the requisitions of your Department are, or all that you will please inform me
Respectfully Your Obl Servt Brad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Washington Dec r 7 1876
Sir I enclose herewith the family record of Mrs Anna Henderson of New Jersey an applicant for a pension under the law of 4 July 1836, in her declaration, as I am informed she swears that the marriage took place in May 1780, the enclosed bible leaf will show the birth of her first child to have been on the 22 d of June 1781 - and her own age at the time to be more than 25 years, it is alleged that her husband served in alternate monthly tours, till near the close of the war. I am not informed at what point the case labours, but respectfully submit this evidence of the relationship of husband & wife prior to Jun 1781 - I hope that nothing more is now required on that point.
Very Respectfully
Your O b t Servant
Nathan Leake
Yours J. L. Edwards Present.

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Family Record

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Henderson, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7248 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 20, 1790
To Samuel Curray, 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.