Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,063, Hugh Henry, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Henry, Hugh Mary
N. 17.063
CONTENTS

18,788
New York
burgh
in the State of New York who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Thomas of the New York Line for the term of three years (1780)
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of November 1821
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of October 1822 to John Thomas
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1822 78.93
Semi anl. all'ce ending March 1823
  92 130  126.93    6 93   
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1820
Page 110

44 T. C. ...
5760
New-York
Mary Flannery
of Hugh Flannery
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 16th day of 1827 of Livingston Co in the State of N. York who was a Private in the ... commanded by Captain ... the Regiment commanded by Col. ...
Inserted on the Roll of ... at the rate of 68 Dollars & 70 Cents per annum to commence on the 5th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of September 1840 and sent to S. H. Bicknell Esq. Gen. Adm. N. Y.
Arrears to the 5th of Sept 1840 $309.15 Semi annual allowance ending 11 Mar 1841 $34.35 $343.50
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by W. H. Edwards Clerk Book Vol. 2 Page 83

626 May Moon also May Honey Punch
act 7 July 38
adnd 14.22. prj 5.12 - forpl.
$687 70 / 100
No deduction
D.H. Bickell Esq. Genesee N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"
State of New York
Livingston County ss On this Twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me the subscriber Daniel H. Bissell one of the judges of the county courts of the county of Livingston in the State of New York Mary Henry a resident of the town of Lincroft in said county aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" That she is the widow of Hugh Henry who was a soldier of the Revolution as will appear by reference to the records in the pension office as this deponent understands and believes that the said Hugh Henry was placed on the pension Roll of the New York agency on the 28 th day of October 1822 the pension to be Eight dollars per month to commence on the 9 th of November 1821. That by reason of the infirmities of this deponent she is unable to attend the county courts of Livingston county in which she resides that she has often heard her husband Hugh Henry relate the incidents of his connexion with the revolutionary Service & who were his officers but that this deponent cannot recollect with certainty the names of such officers though she thinks he went into such Service as a private under Capt M c Clelland that he was in the battle of Bennington & Saratoga when Burgoyne surrendered

She further declares that she was married to the said Hugh Henry on the Sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty five at the Town of Salem in the county of Washington and State of New York that the nuptial ceremonies were performed by The Reverend James Prondapit a Presbyterian Clergyman then resident at that place that there was no record of said marriage made that this deponent knows of that she has understood and believes, that the said Clergyman has been dead many years that her maiden name was Mary Moore that her brother James Moore now a resident of Bradford county in the State of Pennsylvania was present at this deponents marriage with the said Hugh Henry That she has caused inquiries to be made for the Books and papers of the said Clergyman that if possible some record of such marriage might be discovered & that she has hitherto been unable to get any evidence that any such record was ever made and this deponent further saith that her said husband Hugh Henry died at the Town of Olean in the county of Allegany and State of New York on the Sixteenth day of November 1829 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated and that she has never been married to any other person but remains the widow of the said Hugh Henry
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above
Mary H. Henry 'Mark
written before D. H. Billings

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss
Before me Aaron Shubback one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Bradford personally came James Moore a respectable witness residing in Rome township in the county of Bradford aged twenty four years and after being duly sworn on his solemn oath doth declare & say that he was present at the wedding of his sister Mary Moore and that her married by the Rev. James P. Hough a Presbyterian minister of the Gospel in the town of Salem Washington County (Pennsylvania) to a Mr. Hugh Henry and that the wedding took place at the house of said Hugh Henry in the month of September, he thinks in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five. Thinks that his sister was, when married about twenty one years old and this deponent about nineteen. Knows that she was married since the Revolutionary war. Further this deponent saith not.  Sworn & subscribed this 1 st day of July A.D. 1834 James Moore  Before me Aaron Shubback J.P.
Bradford County ss
I Aaron Shubback a magistrate of the county of Bradford do hereby certify that James Moore the above deponent was resident of in the township of Rome Bradford County and has been for a number of years. That he is a man of good repute for truth and veracity so far as I know and believe among his neighbors and that full faith and credit is due to his testimony. Witness my hand and seal this 1 st day of July A.D. 1834.  Aaron Shubback J.P.

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County P. 3
I David Cash Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that Aaron Chubbuck is a duly qualified acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Commissioned on the 7 th day of January 1819 to continue during good behavior - and that I am acquainted with his Signature and believe the foregoing purport- ing to be his are genuine
Witness my hand and official seal this 1 st day of July A.D. 1839
David Cash Prothonotary By J. M. Wattles By

State of New York Ontario County ss. }
(In this ninth day of November 1821 personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial proceedings of said State) Hugh Henry aged sixty three years resident in the town of Farmington in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first May 1820: That he the said Hugh Henry enlisted in Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty in the town of Salem in the State of New York for the term of nine months in the regular service of the United States in the New York line as a Corporal in the Company then under the command of Capt John Chipman in Colonel Seth Warners Regiment and delivered to Majr Hughs in Schenectady and put under the command of Capt Drake and that he continued under the command of Capt Drake until October or November one thousand seven hundred and eighty where where he was taken prisoner by the enemy togeth with Capt Drake and several others between Fort Mankiwae and Oswego and that he was the a prisoner about one year and then made his escape and returned to Albany where he was honorably discharged from the service and that having lost his discharge has no other evidence to prove his service that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country —
Hugh Henry
Sworn and subscribed this the 9 th day of November in the year 1821 in open Court before me a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas
Moses Alwater

And in pursuance of the said act of the 1 st May 1820 I, Hugh Henry do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1820 One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever 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 eighteenth 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 -  viz
   One Cow $12.00   One table 1.00   2 Chests 1.50   4 Chairs 00.50   3 Tin Basins 00.12 \frac{1}{2}   2 Earthen pots 00.25   3 Knives and forks 00.25   1 Iron pot 1.50   1 Spinning wheel and reel 2.00   1 tea Kettle 00.75   1 Churn 00.25   2 Old pails 00.25   $20.37 \frac{1}{2}  
Hugh Henry
Sworn and subscribed this the 9 th day of November in the year 1821 before me a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in said County
Moses Atwater

Ontario County ss. I Gavin S. Nicholson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I 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 Twenty dollars and thirty seven and an half Cents —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this ninth day of November A.D. 1821.
Gavin Nicholson Clerk of the Court aforesaid in and for said County —

To examine papers of Hugh Henry Pen r under Act of 1838 New York -
Also papers of his widow Mary Henry Pennington New York. Act of 1838.
Ex 6, John E. D. L. W. Sept 11. 37
Sep 23 - 1837

State of Ohio } p. Be it known that (Simeon M. Henry) Lorain County } On this 2 nd day of September A.D. 1837 before the undersigned a Notary Public in & for said County & State personally appeared Simeon M. Henry a resident of Carlisle, Lorain Co. Ohio and made oath according to law that he is the son of Mary Henry who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $68.70 per annum under the Act of July 7 th 1838 as the widow of Hugh Henry and resided in Livingston County New York where she died. That deponent has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased from the fact that his said father when dead of said Mary performed over two years service in the Revolution of which a part was in the Company of Col. Sargeant That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension & makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent or Attorney may use in prosecu- ting said Claim  Simeon M. M. Henry mark  Sworn to & subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me Bena B. Chapman In presence of Geo. E. Nichols, Notary Public for Lorain Co. Ohio
I Bena B. Chapman a Notary Public in and for said County do hereby certify that Simeon M. Henry who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County & is I believe directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth. Bena B. Chapman Notary Public for Lorain Co. Ohio

Know all men by these presents that I Simeon M. Henry son and only surviving child of Hugh & Mary  Henry who were Revolutionary Pensioners of the United States on the New York Roll, hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Emery Davis my true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute the claim for myself as son of said Mary Henry deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension due under Act of July 7 th 1838 as increase of pension to the pension allowed said Mary  Henry under said Act and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim of Mary  Henry or Hugh Henry on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present Witness my hand & seal the 2 nd day of Sept. 1851 Signed & sealed in the presence of B. B. Chapman } Simeon M. Henry (Seal) Geo. V. Mitchell } mark
State of Ohio } ss. On this 2 nd day of September A.D. 1851 Lorain County } before me a Notary Public in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Simeon M. Henry also named & acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act & deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one B. B. Chapman Notary Public for Lorain Co. Ohio

I Bena B. Chapman a Notary Public in and for said County of Linn & state of Ohio do hereby Certify Simon M. Henry who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable Citizen of the County and upon his oath said he was directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my official Seal this 21 st day of September A.D. 1851
Bena B. Chapman Notary Public

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 17063
Widow Mary of John of the County of State of
Act: 17th Dec 1888
Sex: — Vol. 11 , Page 326
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. York Mary Henry mt. to C. H. Bryan 11. Dec. 1839 to D. H. Bifull 15. April 1840
Act July 1838

Albany
Hugh Henrys act 1818 to 'what time' paid
Died 26 th Nov 1827 p th that paid V L JA

State of New York Cortland County ss
On the 7th day of September one thousand eight hundred & twenty one. Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cortland & State of New York personally came William Preston and Paul Hammond whom I verify believe to be credible Witnesses and being first justly sworn do hereby declare & say upon their respective oaths that in the year nineteen hundred & eighty three they were acquainted with Hugh Henry then a sailor belonging to Capt John Chipmans Company in the Service of the United States and that he was delivered to Major Hughes of Schenectady and after wards to Capt Drake and that he served Nine Months in the regular Service of the United States and that he was taken prisoner in the Fall of Sullivan Town & Beighty and carried to Saratoga and here always understood that he was regularly discharged
Wm P. D. Form
Sworn to before me this the 7th day of September 1821 before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County
Paul Hammond
Alonzo Atwater
I certify that the above deponents are Credible Persons Alonzo Atwater

State of New York } Ontario County } Clerks office } }
I certify that Moses Atwater whose name appears within and which I verily believe is his proper hand writing, was on the seventh day of September 1821 a Judge in and for the County of Ontario duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to take affidavits - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this tenth day of November A.D. 1821
Heman Norton Dep: Clk

Mary Henry Residence

Witnesseth my hand and seal this 21st day of October 1830 at Honeoye Falls in the County of Livingston
STATE OF NEW YORK, { 89. COUNTY OF LIVINGSTON, }
I, WILLIAM H. STANLEY, Clerk of the County of Livingston, do hereby certify, That William H. Mitchell Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written; was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a notary of County Courts in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such notary and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the twenty first day of October 1830
W. H. Stanley Clerk

Yonkers N.Y. Feb 14
183
Mr. Simon Henry Genesee Livingston Co. N.Y.

Bradford County ss State of Pennsylvania
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared James Moore who being sworn, deposes and says that he is personally acquainted with
Ann Moore his wife formerly Mary Moore that he was present at the wedding of the said parties that they were married on the 16th day of September 1785 and that they were married by the Reverend James Francis, Jr. of the town of Calane Washington County State of New York, and further deposes not
Sworn & subscribed Before me this 15th day of February 1840
James Moore
Barton Kingsley J.P.
State of Pennsylvania ss Bradford County ss
I David Clark Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Barton Kingsley before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 15th day of February A.D. 1840 David Clark Prothonotary By John M. Wallis Sfy

State of New York to Wm Lloyd In my pay as a private in Capt Warren Company Col. Raritan Bty during my captivity from 23 Oct 1780 to 11 Nov 1781 as per Roll Dth. 9th Dec 1781 at 12 Months, 19 days } 534 33 15 6
Audited 7 April 1785
State of New York & Employment (Yates (Utica) May 23 1840
I certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing with an original Enty in Book Letter B of "Audited Accounts" in this office and that it is a true transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original entry
W. D. Smith Disbursing Officer

The number and amount of subscriptions and the balance of the State of New York for the 1st & 2nd Series & Collected from Proofs No. 1 & 2
   Date Amount Series Subs Amount Series Subs     1778 March 5 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1   1779 August 18 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1   1779 Dec 6 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1   1779 November 5 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1   1780 July 30 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1   1780 Oct 23 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1   1781 November 11 100.00 1st 1 100.00 2nd 1  
State of New York Comptroller's Office Albany May 28 1820
Sir, In reply to the above like the Subscriptions & Proofs No. 1 & 2 you are requested to the given and that the same for which the first & second and fourth Subscriptions above named were paid were paid under Captain Edward Vail in a regiment commanded by Col. Alexander Webster and the fifth and sixth under Capt. Joseph Mearns in a regiment commanded by Col. Col. David John Mearns and Col. John Chapman
W. H. D. D. D. (S. P. Scholten)
5.12 for 2 14.22 for 20.4

Oct. 26. 37
Hon J. R. Poinsett 7 July
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
(Pension paper) Washington

Genesee Livingston County N.Y.
D Sir
and I send the application of Mary Henry for a pension - any communication in reply made to me will reach her
Yours respectfully G H Bryan
J K Poinsett Esq
21 Oct 1837

FREE
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10
Rev. Henry Mr. Henry
Volunteers in Home of the Poor N.Y. City

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1872. By  the  same  order .
I have respectfully your obedt Servt
Dear Will.

Sept 11. 1840
Henry Henry Vice-Chanc John Quincy Adams Mary
Edward Esq - Home of Penhallow Washington

Yonkers N.Y. 7 Sept, '40
Sir
Will you have the goodness to inform me what there has been a decision on the application of Mary Henry for a pension, and what is the state of the matter
Respectfully yours
J. H. C. [unclear]
Chas. Edward Page Washington

Paris March 1884
He says he received a letter from his son that the Rev. James Wright has been dead many years. He transmitted your letter to the Rev. Dr. William Wright the son & daughter of James Wright who were residing in New York. He has never seen him since. He says that he has had several applications of his description but he cannot find any thing among his father's papers to show where he married. He says he usually has it used after that he did not keep any record of marriages when he officiated as a clergyman. I return the letter you enclosed me.
Respectfully yours
Henry W. Bell

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Mr. G. A. C. New York, June 1840
Dear Sir, Very respectfully yours, W. L. G. [?]