Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 14,142, for Jacobus Teerpenning, New York
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SERVICE |   | NUMBER
New York | Teerpenning, Jacobus | S14142
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CONTENTS
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24930 New York
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Jacobus Teerpenning Ulster Co in the State of N York was a Priv & Corp'l in the Compy commanded by Captain Schoonmaker of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N. York line for 6 months private 12 months 9 days Corporal
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 65 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certiicate of Pension issued the 21 day of Mar 1834 and sent to P. V. Gaasbeck Kingston NY
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 $195.36
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 $32.56
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$227.92
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 82
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13042
Jacobus Teerpening
Admitted
Corporal 12 mo & 9 days
Private 6"
5. 14
P.298
Ma 14 '09
Han
J. C. Brodhead
MC
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BRIEF in the case of Jacobus Teerpenning of Esopus
County of Ulster in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77yr
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service.  | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
            | Years, Months, Days.|
volunteered in 1776 | - 2 - | private | Lieut Westbrooke
volunteered in 1777 | - about 5 - | " | {Capt Heidrick Schoonmaker Capt Philip Swant
"cannot distinctly state" | - 5 - | " | {Lieut Heindricus Teerpenning -2 mo 3
 | | | {Capt Philip Swart 1-
 | | | {Lieut Theophilus Ellsmont 2 -
 | | |  5
 | | | guarding the Frontier against the incursions of the Indians
5. In what battles was he engaged? 
Stillwater
6.Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Esopus, New York
7. Is the statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
living witness & traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
not properly attached
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk
8th March 1833
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State of N. York
Ulster County
In the matter of the application of Jacobus Teerpening
{for a pension

P. V. Gaasbeck Jr.
agent or atty
Kingston
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Ulster Common Pleas
Of September Term 1833
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
State of New York}
Ulster County{ Ss: On the Tenth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, Personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster, Now sitting Jacobus Teerpenning a resident of the town of Esopus, in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged 78 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 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated-
In answer to the several interrogatories directed to be put to him by the Court in this matter he deposes and says -
1st That he was born in the town of Esopus in the County of Ulster and State of New York in the year 1755
2'o That the Record of his age is contained in the book of baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch
Church in the town of Kingston in Ulster County
3'o That at the time he was called into service he lived in the town of Esopus has lived there since the Revolutionary war and now lives there-
4th That he volunteered and was drafted-
5th That General Washington commanded at New York Genl Clinton in Fort Montgomery, and General
Gates at Stillwater & Saratoga 
6th That he never received a written discharge but was verbally dismissed at the end of each time
7th That in support of his character for truth and
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4 months
private
month
Corporal
2 Marth
Corporal
month
Corporal
veracity he would respectfully refer to Abraham Hasbrouck certificate annexed

And the said Jacobus Teerpenning declares that He volunteered as a private Soldier into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the fall of the year 1776 and served for the term of "Two" months at Peekskill as a water Guard under the command of Lieutenant Wesbrouck, and at the End of said two months was then there verbally discharged that he has no documentary evidence of this service and knows of no living witness to prove the same
[left margin note} 2 months private

2'o That in the year 1777 he served for the [illegible] "four" months in the capacity of a for (4 months a private Four Months at fort Montgomery in the company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker and one month at Stillwater ^as corporal^ and Saratoga under Lieutenant Abraham G. Van Akin of Esopus now dead. General Clinton in Fort Montgomery and Gates at Saratoga, and was verbally discharged from the above services by the commanding officer of the Company at Expiration of each service, but has no documentary evidence thereof, as a volunteer and for proof of this service would respectfully refer to the affidavits annexed to his former Declaration
[left margin note] 4 months private 1 month corporal

That in the year 1778 he served for the term of "Two" months at big Shandaken in the company commanded by Captain Philip Swart and one month at Little Shandaken in a detachment of Captain Swarts company commanded by Ensign Theophilus Elsworth deceased in the capacity of a corporal - and was verbally dismissed at the end of each service, but has in documentary evidence thereof, and for proof would refer to
[left margin note] 2 months corporal 1 month corporal
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affidavits hereto annexed

That in the 1780 he served for the term of three Months in the Company of Rangers commanded by Captain Moses Yeomans (sp?) stationed at Major Houghtaling and Newkirk, in the capacity of a corporal that be received no written discharge and has no documentary  evidence thereof, and was a volunteer for proof would again respectfully refer to the affidavit of his former application
[left margin note] 3 months corporal

That in the year 1781 he served for the term of Three Months as a corporal in the town of Kingston at Van Etten and Leggs (sp?) and Burhaus (s[?)  in detachment under the command of Lieutenants Van Aken and Teerpenny, that he never received a written discharge from this service and has no documentary evidence thereof and for proof refers to the affidavit of William Teerpening hereunto annexed and was a volunteer & would again refer to proof aa annexed
[left margin note] 3 months corporal

That in the year 1782 he served for the term of Two months in the capacity of a corporal in detachment commanded by Lieutenant Lieutenants Ardurick and Teerpenning Captain Swart at Wawarsing and Woodstock, that he has no written discharge from this service and knows of no living witness by whom to prove it, and has no documentary Evidence - and was a volunteer and knows of no living Witnesses
[left margin note] 2 mos corporal

That he has in addition to the above stated services served in 1778 in an alarm to Warsing eight days as a Corporal & one day in the same capacity to the Landing. The reason why he did not in his former declaration state the particular grade of
[left margin note] 9 days corporal
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that the soldiers were only to be allowed pay as privates and that he was not questioned whether he had served in any other than as private soldiers, but he hereby solemnly declare that he has served as above stated at Peekskill and Fort Montgomery in the capacity of a private soldier the term of Six Months, and that the Residue of his services being on the Northwestern frontiers of Ulster County in the several tours of Wawarsing Thandaken Shandaken, Woodstock and Kingston were in the capacity of a Corporal which grade he held in the Militia company of Captain Philip Swart Lieutenant Abraham G. Van Aken and Hendricus Teerpening and Ensign Theophilus Elsworth in Colonel Snyders Regiment, but on the frontiers was under the command of Colonels Pawling and Wiesenveldt.- which said last mentioned [illegible] were for Twelve Months and nine days and more as a corporal - that on account of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot more particularly state his Services

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 any State
[signarure] Jacobus Teerpenning

Subscribed & Sworn the day & year aforesaid}
[signature] A. Dlopee (sp?) First judge
[signature] Wills Lake}
[signature] Samuel Stilwell} Judges
Henry Wynkoop
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WE John Gosman a clergyman residing in the town of Kingston, Ulster County and Henry Schryver residing in the town of Esopus Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood (sic) where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signature] John Gosman
[signature] Henry Schryvere

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
A Dolpec First Judge
Wells Lake} Judges
Samuel Stilwell}
Henry Wynkoop

And the said Court do hereby declare the 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 John Gosman, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Kingston in Ulster County, and that Henry Schryver, who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Esopus in said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
A Dlopee First Judge
Wills Lake}Judges
Samuel Stilwell
Henry Wynkoop

J. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster is hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said
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court in the matter of the application of Jacobus Terenning for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of September, in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three-
[signature] Jacob Snyder
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State of New York}
Ulster County } Ss. Abraham Whitaker of the town of Kingston Ulster County aged 83 years being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning of Esopus, that this deponent served during the Revolutionary war with the said Jacobus for 3 months as stated the this deponent declaration, and that to the best of this deponent recollection the said Jacobus acted in the capacity of a corporal during the whole of that service, and was stationed on the north western frontiers of Ulster County viz 1 month under Capt Dedrick at Peter [illegible], 1 month under Captain Yeoman at Houghtaling & 1 month at Peter Shortz under Lt Elmouth
[signature] Abraham his + Mark Abraham Whitaker
Subscribed & from this 6th day of September 1833 before me
P.V. Gaasbeck Jr Jus. Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Whitaker, that he is a credible person and entitled to credit-
P.  V. Gaasbeck Jr. Jus. Peace
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Ulster County Ss.
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire was on the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorised (sic) to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signatures to the within affidavit and certificate to be genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the tenth day of September 1833
[signature[ Jacob Snyder
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State of New York}
Ulster County } Ss. Wilhelmus France of the town of Kingston aged 78 years, being duly  sworn says that he is well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning of Esopus and has been in the United States service with him on the Northern frontiers of Ulster County during the Revolutionary War. That the said Jacobus acted in that service as a corporal under Lieuts Van Aken and Terpenning in Captain Swarts company of Militia
[signature] Wilhelmus his X mark France

Sworn this 10th day of September 1833 before Mr. P. V. Gaasbeck Jr. Jus. Peace}
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Wilhelmus France. That he is a credible person and entitled to full credit
[signature[ P. V. Gaasbeck
Jus. Peace
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Ulster County ss: I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire was on the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signatures to the within affidavit and certificate to be genuine-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of September 1833
[signature] Jacob Snyder
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State of New York}
Ulster County } Ss.
I Abraham Hasbrouck of the Town of Kingston in Ulster County, Do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning of the Town of Esopus in said County now an applicant for a Pension) for the space of thirty eight years, that he is Penson of Truth and veracity, and that his statements are entitled to the greatest credit
[signature[ Abm Hasbrouck

Ulster County ss. I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Hasbrouck who signed the foregoing certificate, that he formerly represented the Counties of Ulster & Sullivan in the State of New York in the United States Congress. Dated Kingston Sep. 9th 1833
P. V. Gaasbeek Jr
Jus. Peace

Ulster County ss. I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior was on the date of the above affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signatures to the above affidavit and certificate to be genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the tenth day of September 1833
[signature[ Jacob Snyder
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16142
INVALID.
File No. 17,142
Jacobus Teerpenning
Copr. Rev War
Act: June 7 "32
Index: -Vol 1, Page 371
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New York}
Ulster County } SS: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Kingston, in the County of Ulster and State of New York Jacobus Teerpenning, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot positively swear as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades. For Two months. I served as a private Soldier. for one year and Four months I served as a Corporal, and for such
Service I claim a pension.
[signature] Jacobus Teerpenning
Subscribed and sworn this 16th day of April 1833
Before Me
[signature]  P. V. Gaasbeck Jr.
Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,}
Ulster County Clerk's Office,} ss. I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P.V. Gaasbeck Jr." --- subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this Sixteenth day of April 1833
[signature] Jacob Snyder
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Ulster Common Pleas | of September term 1832
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832

State of New York}
Ulster County} Ss: On the twelfth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court house in the Village of Kingston, in and for the County of Ulster, Proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a Record of their proceedings having a Clerk and seal of their own now sitting Jacobus Teerpenning a resident of the town of Esopus in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged Seventy Seven 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 , 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated
1st The said Jacobus Terpenning Declares, that he was born in the town of Esopus, County of Ulster & State of New York on the twenty fifth day of April 1755
2d That the record of his age is contained in the family bible of his father
3d. That at the time he was called into service he was living in the town of Esopus, Ulster County aforesaid, has lived there since the Revolutionary war and lives there now.
1st That he served "Two" months after harvest at Peekskill in the year 1776 as a volunteer and private soldier under Lieutenant Wesbrook, and was employed in the Water Guard Service during the whole of this term of service, that he has no living witness to prove this service
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[left margin note] 5 months
[left margin note] Witnesses Martin Post, Samuel Post, Tjuck Barkaus}
2. That in the year 1777 he served as a private Soldier and Volunteer for about four months at fort Montgomery in the Company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker, Lieutenants Van Aken and Post commencing about the first of April and ending about
the first of August, and also one month in the company commanded by Captain Philip Swart, and marched from the town of Esopus Ulster County with the militia under the command of Lieutenant Abraham G. Van Aken through the Counties of Ulster, Green & Albany to Stillwater.  Was at the battle of Stillwater, and a few days before the Surrender of General Burgoyne returned to Albany guarding prisoners, and discharged at Albany, making in all about Five" months in the year 1777 aforesaid That General Clinton commanded at fort Montgomery and General Gates at Stillwater

[left margin note] 5. Months
[left margin note] Witness Abm Whitaker 3 months}
[left margin note] 2 months Wm Smith
[left margin note] ---
[left margin note] 5
That he served in said Militia service for other terms making in all five months but in what years he cannot distinctly state, under the following Officers to wit, "One" month at little Shandaken in the tour of Woodstock Ulster County quartered at Peter Shorts, under Lieutenant Hendricus Teerpenning now deceased "Two" months at big Shandaken in the Company of Captain Philip Swart in Colonel Pawlings Regiment Stationed in a packet fort. "One" month at Woodstock at Peter Shorts under the command of Lieutenant Theophilus Elsworth and "one" month in the company of Captain Moses Yeomans quartered at Philip Houghtaling's in the town of Kingston, and the duty in all of the above terms of service Ranging along the frontier Settlements to protect them from the incursions of Tories and Indians, that all the services performed by him during the Revolutionary war, were, as a private Soldier
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And the said Jacobus Terpenning here now in open Court Solemnly declares that he has actually served in the Revolutionary war for the terms as above stated amounting in the whole to "Twelve" months and more at the places and under the officers as above also mentioned, but that he does not distinctly recollect the years when the above mentioned services were rendered
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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
[Signature] Jacobus Terpenning 
[Signature] Abm G Hardenbergh}
[Signature] Abm A Deyo} Judges
[Signature] John Jansen
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We Benj'm Van Keuren a Clergyman residing in the town of Esopus in Ulster County and Jonathan Sluyter  residing in the town of Esopus in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy Seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood (sic) where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
and subscribed the
[Signature] Benj Van Keuren
[Signature] Jonathan Sluyter 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court}
[Signature] A.G. Hardenbergh}
[Signature] Abm A Deyo} Judges
[Signature] John Jansen}

And the said Court hereby declare 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 Benjamin Van Keuren who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the town of Esopus in Ulster County, and that Jonathan Sluyter who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Esopus in said County, and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to Credit.

[left margin, vertical script]
[Signature] A.G. Hardenbergh}
[Signature] Abm A Deyo} Judges
[Signature] John Jansen}

I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacobus Teerpenning for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office the twelfth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two.
[Signature]Jacob Snyder
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, }ss.
Ulster County Clerk's Office,}
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature"P.V. Gaasbeek Jr." subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fifteenth day of September 1832
[Signature] Jacob Snyder

[underlapping text from next page] first that the same to an
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State of New York}
Ulster County} Ss:
 Abraham Whitaker of the town of Kingston Ulster County aged 72 years a soldier of the Revolution being duly Sworn deposeth & saith, that he is well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning a Soldier of the Revolution and now an applicant for a pension, that this deponent was in the Service of the United States, in the militia of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war, and was in the company commanded by Captain Matthys Dederick, Lieutenant Henry Teerpenning stationed at little Shandaken in the town of Woodstock in the County at the House of Peter Winne, and well knows that the said Jacobus Teerpenning belonged to the same company with this deponent, that this deponent saw the said Jacobus in said service for "One" mouth in the year 1776 and knows that the said Jacobus Continued to serve in said corps in the Capacity of a private soldier, until he was discharged
[left margin note} 1 month
 And this deponent further says, that during said war this deponent was in the Company commanded by Captain Moses Afromaus now deceased, stationed at one Philip Hoghtalings in the town of Kingston in said County on the West side of the Esopus Creek, that the said Jacobus belonged to the same company with this deponent, that the said Jacobus continued to serve in said Corps as a private solder for the term of one month in the year 1786, that the said Companys were engaged in ranging the frontiers under the mountains to protect the same from the incursions of the tories and Indians
[signature] Abraham his X mark Whitaker
Sworn this 8th day of September before me having first Read the same to him}
[Signature] P.V. Gaasbeck Jr. One of the Jestices of the peace of Ulster County

And this deponent Abraham Whitaker further says there he served for one month as a frontier Guard in the Company under the command of Lieutenant Theophylus Elsworth stationed at one Peter Sherts in the town of Woodstock and the said Jacobus Teerpenning belonged to the same Company and this deponent saw the said Jacobus in [illegible] from
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[left margin note] 1 month

in the Capacity of a private soldier in said Service for "One" month, and knows that he remained there for the said term,
[Signature] Abraham his X mark Whitaker
Sworn and Subscribed after reading its Contents to him this 8th day of September 1832
P.V. Gaasbeck Jr Justice of the peace of Ulster County

State of New York}
Ulster County } Ss. I Do Hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Whitaker, who has been duly sworn by me to the above affidavits, that he is a credible persons and that his statements are entitled to credit.
[Signature] P.V. Gaasbeek Jr
Justice of the peace

[left margin note, vertical script]
Abm Whitaker for Jacobus Teerpenning} 
1 mo. 1776
1 mo 1780
1 mo ___
3 ___
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,}
Ulster County Clerk's Office,} ss. I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P.V. Gaasbeck Jr." subscribed to the
Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fifteenth day of September 1832
[Signature] Jacob Snyder

[left margin, vertical script, repeat from prior page]
1780
m. 1776
m.___
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day
he
of
State of New York}
Ulster County} Ss: Martin Post aged 75 years, & Samuel Post aged [blank] years of the town of Saugerties & Tjuck Burhaus aged [blank] years of the town of Kingston, Ulster County being duly sworn depose & say that they are well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning a Soldier of the Revolution and now an applicant for a pension, that these deponent were in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and were in the company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker, Lieutenant Peter Post and Abraham G Van Aken and well knew the said Jacobus Teerpenning that the said Jacobus belonged to the same company with these deponents, that these deponents saw the said Jacobus at fort Montgomery in the said service for "four" Months in the year 1777 and know that the said Jacobus continued to serve in said Corps as a private Soldier until he was discharged, and these deponents farther say that the said service commenced on or about the first of April and Ended in the month of July following in said year, that these deponents, and the whole company were conveyed from the town of Kingston on board a sloop to fort Montgomery and were there discharged and conveyed back again by water at the expiration of said three months, that General ^Clinton^ had the command of the fort-
And these deponents further say that in the fall of the of year 1777 the militia from the towns of Kingston Esopus and Saugerties marched to Saratoga to assist General Getty against General Burgoyne that these deponents saw the said Jacobus Teerpenning in the Militia Company commanded by Lieutenant Abraham G. Van Aken, for about one month in said service, and know that the said Jacobus Served in said Corps as a private soldier for said term of service
[Signature} Martin his X mark Post
[Signature] Samuel Post
[Signature] Thirth Burhaus

Sworn & Subscribed this 16th day of September 1832 having first read the same to them
[Signature] P.V. Gaasbeck Jr one of the Justices of the peace of Ulster County
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STATE OF NEW-YORK}
Ulster County Clerk's Office,} SS. I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the "P.V. Gaasbeck Jr." subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 15 day of September 1832
[Signature] Jacob Snyder
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State of New York}
Ulster County} Ss: I Do Hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Martin Post, Samuel Post and Tjuck Burhaus, who were by me duly sworn to the above affidavit. That they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
[Signature] P.V. Gaasbeck Jr
Justice of the peace

[left margin, bottom of page, vertical note]
Marten Post}
Tjuck Burhaus}
Saml Post }
for 
Jacobus Teerpenning}
fort Mont 4 mo
Burgoune 1 m
_________________
5
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State of New York}
Ulster County} Ss: William Smith of Esopus aged 71 years in Ulster County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Jacobus Teerpenning a soldier. of the Revolution and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the United States Service in the Revolutionary war and was in the Militia commanded by Captain Philip Swart in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pawling that the said Jacobus belonged to the same company & Regiment with this deponent that this deponent saw the said Jacobus Teerpenning in the said service for Two months in the year 1776 & 8 and knows that the said Jacobus Teerpenning continued to serve in said corps in the capacity of a private Soldier until he was discharged, and this deponent always understood that the said Jacobus Volunteered volunteered in said service at each of the said times that in the 1776 he served at Warsing and the first term at Shandaken at Jacob Longspars in the picket fort was was enlarged at this time. That Each of the above terms were for one month and further this deponent says not
[Signature} William Smith
Sworn & Subscribed the 12th day of September 1832 before me
[Signature] P.V. Gaasbeck Jr one of the Justices of the peace at Ulster County

State of New York 
Ulster County} SS.: I Do Hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Smith, who was by me duly Sworn to the above affidavit. That he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
[Signatrure] P.V. Gaasbeck Jr.
Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,}
Ulster County Clerk's Office,} SS. I Jacob Snyder. Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised (sic) to take affidavits, &c.;, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P.V. Gaasbeck Jr." subscribed to the  Certificate of the said annexed and to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County this 15' day of September 1832
[Signature] Jacob Snyder