William M. HENDRICKS

1765 - 1838  (73 years)

• Name	William M. HENDRICKS
  Birth	27 Jan 1765	Middletown Point, Monmouth, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Sep 1838	West Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Person ID	I7737	HHDHA
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Willam HENDRICKSON,   c. 25 Dec 1736, Freehold Middleton DRC, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 19 Nov 1769, Whale Creek, Matawan, New Jersey (Age ~ 32 years)
  Mother	Charity ROBINSON,   b. 5 Feb 1737, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 1812, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1756	Tennent, Monmouth, New Jersey   [2]
  Family ID	F2531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah WOOLLEY,   b. 1762   d. 28 Jun 1854 (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1795	First Baptist Church, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey   [3]
  Children	1. Charlotte H. HENDRICKS,   b. 31 Dec 1799, West Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. Jun 1877, Pawnee, Sagamon, Illinois (Age 77 years)   2. James W. HENDRICKS,   b. 27 Jul 1808, West Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 30 Sep 1849, West Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 41 years)   3. Hannah HENDRICKS,   b. 1812, West Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 8 Apr 1889, Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Hendricks, Andrew A. MD, Hendricks and Hendrickson Family of Monmouth County, New Jersey, (November 13th-14th, 2010), Desc. of William Hendrickson p. 21. On January 1, 1782, at the age of sixteen, William M. Hendricks enlisted for one year in Captain John Walton's state cavalry troop under Colonel Asher Holmes. According to his pension claim S. 2303 which was applied for on February 1, 1836 and granted on May 24, 1836 under the American Revolution Claim Act of 1832. William M. Hendricks was stationed at Monmouth County Court House during 1782. He was employed in "protecting the frontiers and the inhabitants of the county of Monmouth". He was discharged after nine months at the request of his parents "who were then aged, lonely, and in unprotected circumstances". William stated that he had not applied for a pension earlier because of failing health and difficulty witnesses to his service. Furthermore "he would rather remain unpensioned than by a fruitless effort [to get a pension] jeopardize that reputation for fidelity to his country, which is now no small satifaction and solace." [S38] Hendricks, Andrew A. MD, Hendricks and Hendrickson Family of Monmouth County, New Jersey, (November 13th-14th, 2010), Desc. of Willem Hendirickson p. 11. William Hendricks married Charity Robinson on December 21, 1756 at Tennent Church in Tennent, NJ. She was the daughter of James Robinson and Charity Van Dyke. James Robinson was a prominent merchant and had emigrated to Freehold in 1727 from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Their daughter, Charity Robinson, was baptized at White Hill (later Tenneant Church) on Monday night, February 5, 1738/39 according to her mother's New Testament Bible (text in Dutch, published in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1719; property of Tennent Church). William Hendricks died on November 19, 1760 according to the Dutch Bible. His grave site is unknown. His wife, Charity Robinson, susequently married Abraham Jones on August 22, 1771 and later Richard an ter. She was buried at the Old Baptist Church graveyard in Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ although her grave can not be presently located. [S38] Hendricks, Andrew A. MD, Hendricks and Hendrickson Family of Monmouth County, New Jersey, (November 13th-14th, 2010), Desc. of Willem Hendrickson p. 21.