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DAR application:
Fini Heynen's transcription of the original discharge paper of Thomas
Lenington. This is to certify that the Bearer Thomas Lenington did voluntarily
enlist in my Regiment in Captain Nicholsons Company in the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy five and did the duty of a Serjeant
till the Regiment was dismissed in Canada, when by his good behavior
he was promoted as Ensign in Col. Nicholsons Regiment, in which Station
he served faithfully untill the eighth of May one thousand seven
hundred and seventy six, at which time he was taken prisoner below
Point Levy, when in Command, and before he was exchanged the said
regiment was disbanded by which he was left out of the service. Given under my hand the twenty second day of March, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty.
James Clinton
Florence Hadley Heynen: "Thomas Lennington was director of the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank of Albany. In 1814, 1815, and 1816 Albany City
Directories John Thorne was a clerk in the same bank. I suspect
that John Thorne married Abby Lenington about 1814 because their
son John Edmund Thorne was born about 1815." She also writes (5
Feb 1985): "Thomas Lennington was involved in certain land records...
He was also U.S. Inspector of the Port of Albany." Another letter of 15 Feb 1985 says: "There is considera |