Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12015, Abraham Aumock, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Aumock, Abraham
S. 12015
carded
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4132

16059
New York

Abraham Amuck
of Montgomery Co.  in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Caprtain Brouck of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Thompson in the NJ
line for 10 months 20 days

Inscribed on theRoll of New York at the rate of 35 Dollars and 53 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May
1833 and Sent to
Genl. Elijah Wilcox Charleston

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    $71.06
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept" 17.76
                                                              $88.82

Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 14
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(other name erased at top and over-written) 

Sworn 14132

Abraham Amuck

Declaration for Pension
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State of New York
Montgomery County
     On this 19th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Montgomery County Courts the said Court now sitting Abraham Amuck of Glen in the County Montgomery and State of New York aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein. stated.  That the service required a detachment of seven from each company and that he volunteered was one of the several from his company for one month;  that the company was organized under Captain John Ten Brock at the White House Tavern in Reddingtown and marched to Amboy where he joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Mark Thompson; recollects of no continental officer except a Capt. McLane;  went to Elizabethtown matched back to Amboy and was discharged at the end of the month.  In the month of February 1777 was again out one month under Capt. Low; was stationed at Somerset, recollects that a detachment of Lee's Cavalry were there; does not remember whether  they went out in half companies or in smaller numbers but thinks in half companies; relieved one moth and then was called out again for another month served the time and was discharged.  About the first of April of the same year was called out again, and served for one month at Somerset under Capt. Ten Brock.  In June followings as near as he can recollect was out one month under Capt. Berry Col. Mahelm at Brook Bound and Millstone.
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...In December of the same year out one month with Capt. Ten Broeck, Col. Taylor, marched from Somerset to Matuchin where after serving out his month was discharged.  In May in the same year 1778 was out one month under Capt. Low at Somerset served  out the month and was discharged at Somerset.  In the summer of 1779 he was out two half months at the North Branch of Raritan under Captain Berry.  At Somerset the same or the following year he does not recollect which, was out and served twenty days under Lieut. Col. Ten Brock.  In the year 1780 was out and served one month under Capt. Peter Prine, Lieut. Ten Brock at Somerset.  He further states that he was out at numerous times and different places for short periods of times  as seven and eight days but under what officers and at what times recollection will not enable him to specify, the whole of which time, however, amounts most probably to six months and upwards (written in here VERY small: "whole time - smudged for - him and of months  -?-..."
     He also further states  that he was born on 12th day of April in the year 1757, as appears from the record recorded in his family Bible - at the Town of Reddingtown in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey.  At the age of two or three years he father removed to the town of Tewksbury in the aforesaid County, where he resided at each and every time he was called out into the service; that from thence removed to the Town of Charlestown (now Glen) in the County of Montgomery and State of New York, where he has ever since resided.  That he knows of no living evidence to his services except the affidavit attached hereto - Has no documentary evidence of his services.
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..... He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Abraham Aumuck

Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
   Geo. C. Ferguson Clerk
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     We Abraham Van Horne a clergyman residing in the town of Johnstown and County of Montgomery and Abraham Becker presiding in Charleston hereby certify that we are well Acquinted with Abraham Amuck who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in the opinion.
Abraham Van Horne
Abraham Becker

Sworn and subscribed the and year aforesaid
Geo. D. Ferguson Clerk

   And the said Court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states;  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Abraham Van Horne who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Johnstown aforesaid and the Abraham Becker who has also signed the same is a resident in  town of Charleston and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
    I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Montgomery County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham Amuck for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 26th day of September 1832
Geo. D. Ferguson
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14132

Abraham Amuck
Montgomery Co. N. York

Admitted
  10 mo 20 days Private

30
 3.33
 2.20
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35.53


Gen. Elijah Wilcox
Charleston
Montgomery Co
NY
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(transcription of hand written parts)

Brief:...Abraham Amuck...Montgomery Co....
           N. York

1.  open Court

2.

3.  75 years

4.& 5.   Period: Feb 1777 April 1777 June 1777  ?   1777 May 1778.  January (?) 1779 / 1780
     Duration of service:  (all ONE month)
     Rank:  Private
     Names:  Capt. Ten Broeck / Col. Thompson /     Capt.Low / Capt. Ten Broeck / Capt. Berry / Col. Mahelm / Capt. Ten Broeck / Col. Taylor / Capt. Low / Capt. Berry / Col. Ten Broeck / Capt Prine / Col. Ten Broeck

6.  Tewksbury New Jersey

7.  By living witness & traditionary to present (?)

8. Papers not att' as reg.

Richard Cutts - Examining Clerk
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12015

INVALID.     Rev War

File no. 12015
Abraham Amuck
Priv. Rev.. War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index:- vol. A, Page 13 (15?)


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1939 Nov. 16 - Hist to Mrs. HV (Ethel C) Mercer
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State of New York
Montgomery County
     George Young of Charleston in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith tat he is of the age of sixty eight years, and that in the year of our Lord 1776 he the said George Young was a soldier in the revolutionary service; that in the said year he served in the militia of New Jersey for one month as a substitute for a man by the name of Hoover;  his captains name he thinks was Ten Broeck.  They mustered at the White House Tavern, marched to Amboy, thence to Elizabethtown, returned to Amboy where at the expiration of the month he was discharged.  And this deponent further saith that he personally knew Abraham Aumuck as a private soldier in the said Capt. Ten Broecks company and that the said Aumock continued in the service in said company during the said time and in the capacity aforesaid and further this deponent saith not.
George Young his X mark

Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Geo. D. Ferguson Clerk