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About Henry Pawling
From Burhans Genealogy, page 322:
Henry Pawling "seems to have been in active service through the whole of the War of the Revolution. His name first appears as lieutenant, 21 Nov. 1776. In 1777 he was among those taken prisoner at Forts Montgomery and Clinton, and was confined in a prison-ship for about two years. He was finally released, it is said, by the untiring efforts of his brother, Col. Albert Pawling. He must have been released about this time, as he appears in the Revolutionary records as captain, 11 May 1780, and again in 1783. His descendants are settled principally in Steuben Co., N.Y., where Henry removed shortly before his death."
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From "Pawling Family" in Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families, page 549:
Henry Pawling, a "Revolutionary soldier, he became Captain in the Second Regiment, New York Continental Line. Upon the fall of Forts Clinton and Montgomery, he was captured and confined for months in the prison ship Archer, and later on the Myrtle. His military Journal, now or late in the possession of Sutherland DeWitt, Esq., vividly describes the hardships on the former ship. The war ended, he settled in Montgomery Co., where he was Captain of Light Infantry in 1786, and which he represented in the State Legislature of 1798-9. He was also town-clerk of Amsterdam in 1798. His descendants are to be found in Montgomery and Steuben Counties, to the latter of which he removed shortly before his death."
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From Hudson-Mohawk Memoirs, page 700:
Henry Pawling "was also active in the cause of independence, appearing on the records as a captain. He was captured and confined on the prison ships for two years."
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From Northern New York, page 231:
Henry Pawling "was also active in the revolution, his name appearing as lieutenant November 21, 1776; he was taken prisoner at the capture of forts Montgomery and Clinton; was confined in the prison ships of New York harbor for two years; was released, and appears again as captain May 11, 1780, and again in 1783. His descendants are settled principally in Steuben county, New York."