Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13767, for Cornelius Longedyck, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New York | Longedyck, Cornelius | S. 13767
Carded
CONTENTS
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6996 New York
Cornelius Longedyck
of Saugerties in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain DeWitt of the Regt commanded by Col Snyder in the New York line for 12 months & 17 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 44 Dollars 87 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Mar 1833
and sent to Hon J C Brodhead
N.Y. City
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $83.74
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 $2093
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$104.67
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{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 24
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20341
Cornelius Longedyke
aom'd
Hon
J. C. Brodhead
MC
Mr Harbrook
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Brief in the case of Cornelius Landy of Saugerties
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? 74
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 | As a | [lined out "Gen."]
drafted December 1776 | -- -- 24 | private | {Col Snyder, Capt John L Dewitt } NY troops
in [illegible] In 1777 April | -- 4 -- | " | same regt, same officers
drafted every part of Augt 1777 | -- 3 -- | " | Capt Swart - - NY Militia
ditto Sept 1778 | -- 1 -- | " | {Col. Snyder Capt Shoemaker}
ditto Augt 1779 | -- -- 21 | " | {Col Albert Pawling Capt Abr Van Acker}
Enlisted Aug't 1784 | -- 3 -- | " | Capt Westbrook
  | -- 12  17 |  |
5. In what battles was he engaged? not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kingston New York
7. Is his 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? no
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk
7. March 1823
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10. 175
Cornelius Longedyck
application for a pension
under Act of Congress 7 June 1832
12 mo. 17 days
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Declaration of Cornelius Longedyck in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of New York
Ulster County Ss. On this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Ulster aforesaid now sitting Cornelius Longedyck a resident of the town of Saugerties and County of Ulster aforesaid aged Seventy four 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 following named officers and served in the Manner and at the times herein after stated.
That he was born in the town of Kingston County of Ulster aforesaid in that portion of the town which has within a few years been set off and designated as the town of Saugerties.
That sometime in December in the year 1776 as he thinks and believes the militia being ordered out to proceed to Rampough [Ramapough] in the State of New Jersey he ^was drafted at Kingstown and^ proceeded with his company commanded by Captain John L. Dewitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel Snyder to Rampough {Ramapough] on the west side of the Hudson in the State of New Jersey - Marching through the County of Orange and a place called Snuths Corr - and that he there regularly served under his aforesaid commanders for the time of twenty six days.
[margin note reads "26 days"]
That many of his neighbors and townsmen accompanied ^him^ in this expedition among whom now living is Peter C. Brink of this vicinity-- See Schedule A hereto annexed
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That sometime in April in the year 1777 he enlisted as a volunteer ^at Kingston^ in a company^ of New York Militia^ under the command of John L. Dewitt in a regiment commanded by Colonel Snyder for the term of four months
That this deponent left Kingston under the command of Lieutenant Snyder with the company in a sloop belonging to Peter Post for Fort Montgomery. That at Fort Montgomery he joined his regiment under the command of Colonel Snyder - That General Clinton Colonel Dubois and Lieutenant Colonel Bruyn were among the regular officers stationed there at the time this deponent served at that place - that he duly served his full period of enlistment namely four months and was then regularly discharged at the fort and returned home-
That the following named persons now living accompanied him in this service namely John
Brink, William Myer, Ferrick Burhan and Peter J. Winn who can testify to his service as aforesaid
That after his discharge at Fort Montgomery he returned home and after remaining home for two or three days he was drafted in a company ^of New Your Militia^ in the early part of August in the year 1777 commanded by Captain Swart at Saugerties ^then called Kingston^ in the County of Ulster aforesaid
That this deponent left Saugerties ^then called Kingston^ under the command of his said Captain with his company in a Stoop for Albany - that the regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Colonel Graham. Their Brigade Generals name was Glover - They left Albany immediately after their arrival in the same day from whence they proceeded to Schenectady and thence marched to Half Moon whence they marched to Schoicks Island where they remained encamped about a month That they then left that last mentioned place and
marched to Stillwater where they came up with the
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British General Burgoyne who [lined out "immediately"] retreated to Saratoga the American army in which this deponent was serving ^remained at Stillwater about one month and then went^ [lined out "following  [illegible]"] to Saratoga this deponent was present at Burgoynes   surrender as prisoner on the eighteenth of October (the capitulations being entered into on the seventeenth) in said year - On the nineteenth of October the day after the surrender of Burgoyne the regiment to which this deponent belonged and in which he ^then^ served marched to Albany and arrived there on the morning of the twentieth after having him marched all the previous day and night. That after remaining there a few days the exact number this deponent does not distinctly recollect they left Albany and marched on the west side of the Hudson in down to Hurley in Ulster County when he was regularly discharged together with the rest of his company in the early part of November after having [margin note "3 months"] served three months being the time for which he was drafted- See Schedule C. hereto annexed
That several of his townsman were with him in this [lined out "exped"] service among whom was Peter I Urum now living who will testify to his service as aforesaid.
And this deponent further saith that sometime in September of the year 1778 he was again drafted as a militia man in a company under the [lined out "common"] command of Captain Schumaker. That he joined his company at Shandaken in said County of Ulster then one of the frontier settlements where he was stationed in a regiment under the command of Colonel Snyder to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians - that he served in said Company [margin note "1 mo."] for the time of one month when he was regularly discharged at Little Shandaken in said County which was then ^the^ head quarters of the regiment. that several of his townsmen & Neighbours accompanied him in this expedition among whom was William Myer now living in this vicinity. And this deponent further saith that some time in August in the year 1779 he was drafted as a
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malitia man ^at Kingston^ and [illegible] in a company commanded by Captain Abraham Van Aken of the New York Militia and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Pawling- that this deponent marched with the company to the regiment which was then lying in Shandaken Ulster County - That immediately on joining the regiment they were marched to join General Sullivan then in the interior of the State of New York or Pennsylvania through the County of Delaware to a place called Tuscarora at which place they learnt that General Sullivan was serval days march ahead and the provisions of the regiment being nearly exhausted they were ordered back to Shandaken at which place this deponent was regularly discharged after a service of at least but as this deponent think + believes more than [margin note "3 weeks"] three weeks - That several of his neighbors accompanied him in this excursion among whom is Jacob Brink now living in this vicinity who will give his evidence in support of this service. Set Schedule E. hereto annexed.
And this deponent further says that in August in the year 1780 he enlisted ^at Kingston^  in  a company of Rangers commanded by Captain Westbrook of the New York Militia of which company Hommel was the lieutenant and regularly served in said company for the space of three months along the frontier settlements as they then were in the western and southwestern parts of this County and that after a service of three months he was regularly discharged in Marbletown in said County of Ulster - That several of this deponents neighbours and townsmen accompanied him in this expedition among whom were John C. Brink, William Longyear and Abraham Dewitt some of whom he hopes to obtain to substantiate this portion of his declaration. See Schedule E hereto annexed.
And this deponent further saith that he was born in that portion of the County of Ulster then in the town of
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Kingston but now called Saugerties, and that he has resided there ever since until this time. That he never received any written discharge and that he has no documentary evidence of his services as herein set forth but that he will be able to furnish evidence of said services by the affidavits of some of the persons who served with him at the various times herein mentioned and who are now yet living.
And this deponent 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 agency of any State
[signature] Cornelius Longedyck
Sworn to this 10th Sep 1832
A G Hardenburgh}
John Jansen}
Abm A Deyo} Judges
(* for further particulars ^& additions to declaration^ required when papers were returned see Schedule G.)

We Peter A Overbagh a clergyman residing in the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York and Henry H Schoonmaker of the [lined out "same"] town of ^Kingston^ certify that we are well acquainted with Cornelius Longedyck who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion-
[signature] Peter A. Overbagh
[signature] Henry H Schoonmaker
Sworn to this14th day 19 Sep 1832
A Hardenburgh}
John Jansen}
Abm of Deyo} Judges

[text from bottom of next page is shown below this page]
time in August in the year 1779 he was drafted as a
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CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New York, sitting this eleventh day of September in the year on the eight hundred & thirty two at the court-house in Kingston in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 Peter A Overbagh who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in town of Saugerties in the County aforesaid, and that Henry H Shoonmaker who has also signed the same, is a resident in the [lined our "same"] town ^of Kingston in said County^ and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signature] A G Hardenburgh}
[signature] John Janson}
[signature] Abm A Deyo} Judges
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Cornelius Longedyck for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eleventh day of September 1852 -
[signature] Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Ulster County ss. Peter C. Brink residing in Kingston Ulster County aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he served ^with^ Cornelius Longedyck in the same company at Rampough [Ramapough] in the State of New Jersey- in December in the year 1776 - And that Cornelius Longedyck served there for the time of twenty six days as stated in his declaration hereto annexed.
And further this deponent saith not
[signature] Peter C his X mark Brink
Sworn and Subscribed before me the tenth day of September 1832 J
[signature] John Chipp Justice Peace
Schedule A
I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and of the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster ^duly athained (sic) to administer oaths^ and that the signatures in the accompanying affidavits in [lined out "Schedule"] the several schedules A. B.C. D. & F. are  his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Seventeenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
[signature] Jacob Snyder
I Do hereby certify that Peter C Brink the person who subscribed and took the above oath ^before me^ is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief
[signature] John Chipp Justice of the Peace
(for Clerks Certificate see Schedule H)
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State of New York
Ulster County ss. [lined out "Abraham Jeweth"] John Brink a resident of Saugerties in the County of Ulster aged Seventy two years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Cornelius Longedyck and has been ever since before the Revolutionary war [lined out "and acquainted with him"] that he served with Conting Longedyck in a company under the command of Captain John J. Dewitt at Fort Montgomery [lined out "[illegible"] and that Cornelius Longedyck regularly served there as stated in his declaration  [lined out "for the full term of"] hereto annexed for the full time of four months
And further deponent saith not
[signature] John his X mark Brink
Sworn and subscribed before me the 16th September 1832
[signature] John Chipp Justice of the Peace
Schedule B
I do hereby certify that John Brink who took and subscribed the above oath before me is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief
[signature] John Chipp Just Peace
(for Clerks Certificate see Schedule H)
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State of New York
Ulster County ss Peter I Winne being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he served with Cornelius Longedyck in a company under the command of Captain Swart at and before the taking of General Burgoyne as stated in the declaration of the said Cornelius Longedyke as aforesaid in the fall of the year 1777 and that the statement of the said Longidyke is correct.
That this deponent was a messmate of the said Longdyke. He lives in the town of Saugerties County of Ulster aforesaid and is aged 72 years.
And further this deponent saith not
[signature] Peter his X mark Winne
Sworn and Subscribed before me the tenth day of September 1832
[signature] John Chipp Justice of the Peace
Schedule C
I do hereby certify that Peter I Winne the person who took and subscribed the above oath ^before me^ is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief
[signature] John Chipp Justice of the Peace
(for Clerks Certificate see Schedule H)
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State of New York
Ulster County ss. William Myer a resident of the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster aforesaid seventy four years of age, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was drafted with Cornelius Longedyke as a malitia man in a [lined out illegible] company commanded by Captain Schoonmaker and that he served with said Longedyke in said company as stated in his declaration hereto annexed for the time of one month. - And that Cornelius Longedyke did regular service for the time of one month at that time as stated in his eclaration hereto annexed.
[signature] William Myer
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 10th day of September 1832
John Chipp Justtive Peace
Schedule D
I do hereby certify that William Myer the person who took and subscribed the above oath before me is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief
John Chipp Justice of the Peace
(for Clerks Certificate see Schedule H)
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State of New York
Ulster County ss Jacob Brink a resident of Kingston Ulster County aforesaid aged Seventy eight years being duly sworn doth depose and say that in August in the year of our Lord 1779 he was drafted as a militia man and served with Cornelius Longedyck  in a company of New York Militia commanded by Captain Abraham Van Aken and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Pawling And that Cornelius Longedyck regularly served at that time as stated in his declaration hereto annexed for the time of at hast three weeks
[signature] Jacob his X mark Brink
Sworn and Subscribed before me the tenth day of September 1832
John Chipp justice Peace
Schedule E
I do hereby certify that Jacob Brink the person who took and subscribed the above oath ^before me^ is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief
[signature] John Chipp Justice of the Peace
(for Clerks Certificate see Schedule H)
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State of New York
Ulster County ss. Abraham Dewitt of Saugerties in the
County of Ulster aforesaid aged about seventy years being
duly sworn doth depose and say that he served with
Cornelius Longedyke in a company of Rangers under the
command of Captain Westbrook for the term of three months
as stated in his declaration hereto annexed along the
frontier settlements in the western and Southwestern parts
of the County of Ulster aforesaid. And that the said Longedyke did serve reqularly (sic) for the space of three months as therein stated-
And further this deponent saith not
[signature] Abraham Dewitt
Sworn and Subscribed before me the tenth day of September 1832
John Chipp Jus Peace
Schedule F
I do hereby certify that Abraham Dewitt the person who took and subscribed the above oath before me is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief-
John Chipp Justice of Peace
(for Clerks certificate so Schedule H)
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Conus Longedyck
Application for a Pension-
Sorice 12 Mo. 19 days
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21361
aom'd
12 mo. 17. as pri
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State of New York
Ulster County ss Personally appeared upon me the undersigned a [lined out "Justice of the Peace"] ^Judge of the County Court^ in and for the County of Ulster Cornelius Longedyck a resident of the town of Saugerties in the said County of Ulster who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is aged
Seventy four years that he was born in the town of Kingston County of Ulster aforesaid on the Twenty Seventh day of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty Eight - [lined out "That he has no record"] as he has been informed by his parents and others and [illegible] believes. That he has no record of his age- That he has served as a private soldier in defence of his country in the New York Militia during the revolutionary war for the terms  and at the times as stated in his declaration hereto annexed. ^During^ the whole time of his service as [lined out "stated"] set forth in his declaration amounting to twelve months and nineteen days he has regularly send as a private soldier and for said service he claims a pension
[signature] Conel's Longedyck
Sworn and subscribed before me this Eighteenth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two [lined our "Before me"] }Judges
[signature] Jacob Trumpbour, One of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County
And I do further certify that Counties Longedyck who subscribed and took the above oath before me is a credible person and his statement is entitled to belief
Jacob Trumpbour one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County
Schedule C
(for clerks certificate see schedule H)
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State of New York
Ulster County Clerks office ss I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said County of Ulster do hereby certiby that Jacob Trumpbour is one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County of Ulster duly authorised by law to administer oaths and that his signatures to the annexed affidavit of Cornnelius Longedyck and also his [lined out "certificate"] signature to the certificate of the credibility of said Longedyck are his genuine signatures. And I do further certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorised by law to administer oaths and that his signatures to the annexed affidavits of Peter C. Brink, John Brink, Peter J Winne William Myer and Jacob Brink and also ^his signatures to^ the certificates of the credibility of each of the said Witnesses and his genuine signatures. Also the signatures of the said John Chipp to the affidavit & certificate of the credibility of Abraham Dewitt is genuine signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty first day of December AD 1832
[signature] Jacob Snyder
Schedule H
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J. L. Edward Esq
Pension office
War Department
Washington
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Kingston N.Y. Dec 21st 1832
Sir
I as few days since enclosed to you under address to the Secretary of War, the pension papers which had been returned for causes assigned in your letter. I now also enclose the papers of Cornelus Longendyke, which were not ready to be transmitted with the others. These are all that were subsequnalty (sic) forwarded by Mr. Westing that every requisite has been fully complied I remain
very Respectfully
[illegible]
A Brug Hasbrouck
J L Edwards Esq
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RevWar
13.767
INVALID.
File No. 13.7.67
Cornelius Longedyck
Pri. Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
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Index:--Vol. 1, Page 225
[Arrangement of 1870.]