Endicott Contributions in the War of 1812

Endicott Cousins Reunion Roundtable Discussion June 14, 2008

Kentucky Added to the Union in 1792 15th State Endicotts Migrated through the Cumberland

Gap in 1786 and into Fayette County, VA

Introduction and Overview Gordon S. Harmon - Introduction Carmen Izzo - Overview

Overview -War of 1812 Principal Campaigns Source: USMA – West Point, NY

Overview Battle of Tippecanoe Battle of Frenchtown “Remember the Raisin” Role of Kentucky in the War of 1812 Governor Issac Shelby Call for the Kentucky Militia

Battle of Tippecanoe November 7, 1811 William H. Endicott

by Alonzo Chappel

Battle of Frenchtown News of Massacre Reaches Kentucky “Remember the Raisin”

“Remember the Raisin” Recreation of River Raisin Flag by Kevin Smith

Role of Kentucky in the War of 1812 Kentucky War Fever Northwest Frontier Indian hostilities British policies Determination of Kentuckians

Governor Issac Shelby Revolutionary War Hero American Forces Harrison and Winchester

British Forces Proctor and Tecumseh

Call for the Kentucky Militia

Call for the Kentucky Militia Kentucky provided 25,000 men in the war

with 40 regiments of volunteer militia Kentucky suffered 1,200 men killed in the

war where the total killed was 1,876 or 64%

Endicott Brothers and Cousins Step Forward to Enlist Joseph Endicott and John A. Endicott –

Brothers William H. Endicott, Joseph Nation Endicott

and John B. Endicott – Brothers Mentioned in Disposition of Wilmont Nation

Endicott (Moses Endicott Pension – NARA) William Endicott – 1st Cousin of Woodford,

Co., KY

Joseph Endicott (1784 - 1867) Cindy Endicott Levingston

Sarah Endicott Munoz

Joseph Endicott (1784 – 1867)

Courtesy of James R. Endicott

Joseph Endicott (1784 - 1867) 1st son of Moses Endicott (American Rev.

War Patriot) and Martha Hill m. Rebecca Casey in KY Were part of the Migration of 44 with their

five sons

Joseph Endicott (1784 – 1867) Enlisted in Capt. James Coleman’s Company, Col.

Richard Johnson’s Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry – Pvt. Aug. 15, 1813 – Nov. 19, 1813

Battle of Thames

Personal belongings of Joseph Endicott

Kentucky Long Rifle Joseph Endicott personal artifacts

Joseph Endicott (1784 – 1867) Endicott Cemetery – Joe Seibert’s Farm

Poseyville, IN

John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) Ed Tracy

Ray Weber

John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874)

John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) 3rd son of Moses Endicott (American Rev.

War Patriot) and Martha Hill - b. KY m. Nancy Adair Migrated to Posey County, IN ca. 1818 Migrated to Grant Co., WI 1844

John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874)Enlisted in Capt James Coleman’s Co., Col. Richard Johnson’s RegimentKentucky Mounted InfantryAug. 1813 – Nov. 1813

Battle of Thames

John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) Survivors Pension

John A. Endicott Obituary

William Endicott (1789 – 1871) Teddy Sanford

William Endicott (1789 - 1871) Woodford County, KY – m. Martha (Patsy)

Searcy – 12 Children Enlisted Captain Tom Lewis Company,

Woodford County, KY – Aug. 29, 1813 – Sep. 28, 1813

Obtained a “substitute” on march to Ohio Moved to Platte City, MO in 1830

William Harrison Endicott (1792 - 1859) Gordon S. Harmon

William Harrison Endicott (1792 - 1859) 1st son of Joseph Endicott (1775-1833) and

Wilmont Nation of Nicholas Co., KY. b. NC m. Mary Ann Ross Removed to Montgomery Co. IN

William Harrison Endicott (1792 – 1859) The Indian Fighter The Battle of Tippecanoe Captain Coleman A. Collier’s Company,

Scott’s Regiment Lieutenant Atwell Boswell’s Company Captain Bryson’s Company All of the Kentucky Militia

Joseph Nation Endicott (1795 - 1874) Gordon S. Harmon

Carmen Izzo

Joseph Nation Endicott (1795 - 1874) 2nd Son of Joseph Endicott (1775-1833) and

Wilmont Nation of Nicholas Co., KY – b. NC m. 1. Elizabeth Varner Enlisted in Captain Coleman’s Company – Col.

Johnson’s 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Militia – Aug. 15, 1813 – Nov. 19, 1813

Battle of Thames

Joseph Nation Endicott (1795 - 1874) Received two bounty land warrants for War of

1812 military service 1850 US Census – Posey County, IN Elizabeth, age 16 m. Wilson Harmon in Posey County, IN - 1851 Removed to Franklin County, IL after 1850 m. 2. Rebecca Hart Probate

John B. Endicott (1797 – 1878) 3rd son of Joseph Endicott (1775-1833) and Wilmont Nation of Nicholas Co., KY. m. Elizabeth Swanson Lived in Montgomery Co., IN before 1830 Posey Co, IN before 1850 Saline Co., IL

John B. Endicott (1797 - 1878) Capt. Archibald Morrison’s Company of

Infantry of the Kentucky Militia, Detached Pvt., Enlisted March 29, 1813 – September

28, 1813 Appears to have a pension, but not located

at NARA

Memorial Forrest (1783 – bfr. 1815) Teddy Sanford

Memorial Forrest (1783 – bfr. 1815) m. Nancy Endicott Captain in the Kentucky Militia in War of

1812 Served under LTC Andrew Porter at Fort

Gratiot near present day Port Huron. MI Fort Gratiot cut off water route for British Died there on 15 March 1815.

A Letter from A Soldier on the Front Carol Pool

Battle of the Thames Teddy H. Sanford, Jr. Harrison’s Campaign into Canada

Battle of Thames October 5, 1813 On the Thames River near Chatham,

Ontario 800 Brits/500 Indians vs 3,700 Americans

including 1000 cavalry - including 3 Endicott brothers

Decisive Victory for US – Control of the Old Northwest Frontier

Battle of Thames

Battle of Thames

Battle of Thames

Home and Beyond The Migration of 44 - 1815 Other Endicotts Migrate to Indiana Territory (Smith

and Robb Townships, Posey County) or remain in Kentucky

Joseph Endicott – 1815 John A. Endicott – 1818 Joseph Nation Endicott – bfr 1850 John B. Endicott – bfr 1850 William and William Harrison Endicott remain in Kentucky

Bibliography 1. McCloskey, Mabel McFatridge. Some Descendants of John Endecott, Governor

of Mass Bay Colony. (Salem, Massachusetts: Higgingson Book Company, 1942). Reprinted.

2. Kentucky Adjutant General’s Office. Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, 1891.

3. White, Virgil D. Index to War of 1812 Pension Files Vol. I: A-L. (Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992).

4. Kentucky Department of Military Affairs – War of 1812 Muster Rolls. 5. Disposition of Wilmont Nation Endicott Endicott – Moses Endicott

Pension File (Revolutionary War) – NARA, Washington, DC 6. NARA, Washington, DC – Endicott Military Service Records

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