Henry Pawling (1752 - 1836)

Born 22 Apr 1752 in Marbletown, Ulster Co, New York

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1836 at age 84 in Hagamans Mills, Montgomery Co, New York, United States

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Biography

Captain Henry Pawling served with Westchester County New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Henry Pawling is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086671.

Henry Pawling was born in 1752. Henry Pawling passed away in 1836. ^[1]

Military: Captain, also Lt with Colonel Cornelius Dubois Du_Bois-4818. He obtained a pension for his service - Pension Number: S43785. ^[2]

Captain Pawling was captured at Fort Montgomery and held as a prisoner of war in the prison ships in New York. He left a journal describing his capture and imprisonment that was transcribed in Mrs. Kitts' genealogy.^[3]

1777...Was two years a prisoner, released at the efforts of his brother Col Albert Pawling. He is said to have been a founded of St George's Church. Married late in life to widow Sila Wells. ^[4]

Obituary

• Captain Henry Paulding, a revolutionary soldier, died at Schenectady on the 29th ult. in the 84th year of his age. He was an officer in the revolutionary army during the contest for liberty; was a prisoner two years confined in the water prison ship, which was the grave of thousands. Wednesday, July 13, 1836; Evening Post (New York, New York) Page: 2.^[5]

Church Records

Baptism:

• 1753, 25 February, Henry, Levi pawling, Helena Burhans, Wit., Thomas Vankeuran, Neeltje Van Keuran, Marbletown RDC.^[6]

Children's baptisms

1. 1783, Nov. 9, Levi, Henry Pawling, Nancy Brown, Wit. Levi Pawling, Helena Pawling, Schenectady RDC.^[7]
2. 1786, John, Henry Pauling, Nancy Brown, Wit., John Brown, Schenectady RDC.^[8]
3. 1790, Aug 26, Abram Brown, b. July 22, Henry Pauling, Nancy Brown. Wit., Abram Brown, Jane Kittle, Schenectady RDC.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by DavaLynn Joy, Thursday, March 13, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 May 2024), "Record of Henry Pawling", Ancestor # A086671.
3. ↑ Henry Pawling and some of his descendants, by Kitts, Katherine (Wallace) Mrs., Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pa. 1903, pg 25, https://archive.org/details/henrypawlingsome00kitt/page/25/mode/2up, accessed 02 Dec 2020. See note by Mrs Kitts in margin, pg. 25.
4. ↑ Burhans Genealogy: Descendants from the First Ancestor in America, Jacob Burhans, 1660, and His Son, Jan Burhans, 1663, to 1893, Page 1, Issue 346, private distribution, 1894 - Kingston (N.Y.) - 799 pages, 6125, https://books.google.com/books?id=dj07AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA319-IA7&dq=Pawling+Hagaman+1777&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKiNbKju7qAhVWa80KHVfwCq4Q6AEwBXoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=Pawling%20Hagaman%201777&f=false.
5. ↑ Schenectady County Genealogy Trails, Obituaries, "P", http://genealogytrails.com/ny/schenectady/obits_p1.html#henpau
6. ↑ Marbletown Dutch Church, Stone Ridge, Ulster County, New York, baptisms, 1746-1769, by Zimm, Louise Hasbrouck, 1883-1967, Stone Ridge, N.Y. The Church, 1938, https://archive.org/details/marbletowndutchc00zimm/page/8/mode/1up . Typed transcription includes witnesses.
7. ↑ Records of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady; v. 04, Title No 3694_04, Cormack, Marie Noll, Montgomery County (New York). Department of History and Archives, First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady (New York), Baptisms 1783-1786. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/239837/?offset=&return=1#page=6&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
8. ↑ Records of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady; v. 04, Title No 3694_04, Cormack, Marie Noll, Montgomery County (New York). Department of History and Archives, First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady (New York), Baptisms 1783-1786. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/239837/?offset=&return=1#page=6&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
9. ↑ Records of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady; v. 04, Title No 3694_04, Cormack, Marie Noll, Montgomery County (New York). Department of History and Archives, First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady (New York), Baptisms 1783-1786. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/239837/?offset=&return=1#page=83&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54182239/henry-pawling: accessed 05 November 2022), memorial page for Capt Henry Pawling Jr. (22 Apr 1753–29 Jun 1836), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54182239, citing Old Hagaman Cemetery, Hagaman, Montgomery County, New York, USA; Maintained by Terry T (contributor 47154391) .
• Burhans Genealogy: Descendants from the First Ancestor in America, Jacob Burhans, 1660, and His Son, Jan Burhans, 1663, to 1893, Page 1, Issue 346, private distribution, 1894 - Kingston (N.Y.) - 799 pages, 6125, https://books.google.com/books?id=dj07AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA319-IA7&dq=Pawling+Hagaman+1777&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKiNbKju7qAhVWa80KHVfwCq4Q6AEwBXoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=Pawling%20Hagaman%201777&f=false. Also: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080566599&view=1up&seq=387 .
• Henry Pawling and some of his descendants, by Kitts, Katherine (Wallace) Mrs., Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pa. 1903, pg 25, https://archive.org/details/henrypawlingsome00kitt/page/25/mode/2up, accessed 02 Dec 2020. See note by Mrs Kitts in margin, pg. 25.
• Journal Links: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106169091&seq=351&q1=Pawling , https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106169091&seq=377&q1=Pawling , https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924007357159&seq=26&q1=Pawling , Brink, Benjamin M., editor. Olde Ulster: An Historical and Genealogical Magazine (Brandow Printing Company, Albany, N.Y.), Vol. _ (19__), pages __-__.

See Also:

• Focus on History: Early days of Hagaman, Amsterdam, https://dailygazette.com/2012/09/22/focus-history-early-days-hagaman-amsterdam/