Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46042, Moses Hendrick, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hendrick, Moses
S 46042
CONTENTS

21. 555 New York
Noah Hendrick
Resipellar in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Cutting of the Regt. commanded by Col. — in the Me.pts time for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1833 and to A. P. Nauman Berlin
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33  $ 75    Hemi-ant. allowance ending 4 M. '34  15         $ 90  
Revolutionary Claim, Apr June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. C. Stiles Clerk. Book 8. Vol. 4, Page 91

In the Matter of Mrs. Hendricks
Application for a Dinner
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 9 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer
On this Ninth - day of August 18 32 personally appeared in open Court, before The Judge of the Court of Troy Mayor's Court now sitting, Mans Hengenick a resident of Berli county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventy five years, 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1777 he resided at North Hampton in the State of Massachusetts. That in the forepart of August of this year he belonged to the Militia at that place and was then & there drafted into the service under Captain Cutting and was ordered to the North to join the Troops then near Bennington. That they March accordingly and on the 16 th of August which was the day of the Bennington battle he with his Company had got to Williamstown in said State of Massachusetts and the next morning got to Bennington and helped force the prisoners taken the day before who were confined in the Meeting house and were very unforty and had to be fed upon corn while confined in the said Meeting house. That he remained at this place till his time of three months expired when he was discharged. That in the spring of 1778 he again entered the service at Northampton aforesaid and enlisted under Captain Pumeroy for six months in the Mass'a County Troops and marched to Albany in the State of New York where he was engaged during his said enlistment in guarding the publick stores on Albany hill &

Pumroy for Six months and marched to Albany in the State of New York where he was engaged during his said enlistment in guarding the publick stores on Albany hill & continued there until his term of enlistment expired when he was discharged. That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
To the foregoing interrogatories put by the Court he answers
1. He was born in the Town of Reckling in said State of Massachussetts in the Year 1759 - 2. He does not know of any record of his age - 3. He resided at North Hampton when he entered the service and continued there till the Year 1786 when he removed to where he has ever since and now lives in the town of Berlin County of Hampshire and State of New York 4. He was called into the service as above stated - 5. From want of recollection he can give no further answer to this interrogatory than is above given. 6. He never received any written discharge - 7. He is known in his present neighbourhood to Hon. Reuben D. Noble & Burton Hammond Esq. - who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
Moses his + Wendrick mark
We, William Satterlee a Clergyman, residing in the town of Berlin and Abel Rhodes residing in Berlin hereby certify that we are acquainted with Moses Wendrick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventyfive years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
Wm Satterlee Abel Rhodes
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Berlin and that Abel Rhodes who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Berlin and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Troy Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Wendrick for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk

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Moses Hendrick Rensselaer Co N.Y.
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Al. Hammond Berlin N.Y.
Period.
Duration of Service.
Rank.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

BRIEF in the case of Moses Hendricko of Rensselaer co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     Drafted In 1777 3 Private Capt. Catling   enlisted 1778 6 Capt. Rumsey  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Not corrected as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Bradford, Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Hendrick , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. File 46,042
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1777 3 mos. ✓ Kirkland ✓ Mass.   Apr. 1778 6 mos. Pomeroy ✓        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 9, 1832.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1757 at Reading, Mass.
Remarks: For the date of sol. death & name of person to whom arrears of pens. were paid etc. "Moses Hendrick $ 265.55 iss. Sept. 21, 1833, under Act June 7, 1832 at the New York Agency."
Office note: No Capt. Catling in Mass. records but John Kirkland marched to Bennington.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1912 Sept. 11. History to Mr. Chas. T. Hendrick
Revy Invalid WIDOW, &c.
File No. 46 042
Moses Hendrick Private Left Mass mil a Rev. War
Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 4, Page 91.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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carrying officer should accompany the paper.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other official officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, bearing the official character and signature of the officer, is attached to the certificate.
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly affixed must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must be written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper supplemented, the certificate in every instance where the jurisdiction of the certifying officer, who authorizes the paper, is not
CHARTER XVII. Mode of administering oaths. Who must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
In a case where the name of the applicant is found on the records of the Department, he must
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Moses Hendricks of Rensselaer Co. N.Y. which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy  III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy  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? yy  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
 IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy  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? yy 

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No it Amended
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Christopher Falls Mass.
Aug 20. 1912.
Supt of the Pension Bureau.
Dear Sir:
I have been trying to locate the descendants of Moses Hendrick on the place where he last lived. He was a Revolutionary Soldier. from Northampton. He removed from Conway, Mass and is thought to have gone to Hoosac N.Y. where he lived to a great age but I fail to find any records of him in Hoosac. Thinking he may have been on the revolution pension lists. I am sending

ing you this letter of enquiry Will you kindly inform me if his name appears on the Pension records and if so where he lived when he died And greatly Oblige Yours Truly Chas. T. Hendrick Christopher Falls Mass. 394 Broadway,