Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22747, John Echert, New York
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New York
Eckert, John
Eckert,Johannis
22742
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473
New York
John Eckert
of Ulster in the state of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hasbrouck of the (illegible) commanded by BD Dalding in the New York line for 12 months 14 days
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 41 dollars ? cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of pension issued 11th day of Feb. 1833 and (illegible)
Arrears to 4th of Feb 1831 $62"21
Semtant allowance ending (illegible) 83 20"77
$82.98
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 1832}
Recorded by Geo c Stiles clerk
Book D. Vol 5. Page 84
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John Echert

asem

12 month of day pre
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State of New York
Ulster County} SS

On this Eleventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid now sitting at the Court House in Kingston in said county Johannis Eckert of the town of New Paltz in the County of Ulster aforesaid, aged Eighty five 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. In the beginning of the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he volunteered to serve his Country against the British for the term of five months at the town of New Paltz aforesaid in a Company of militia whereof Jacob Hasbrouck was Captain, Abraham Deyo was first Lieutenant, Frederick Westbrook second Lieutenant, and Reuben DeWitt Ensign. From New Paltz said Company marched to ? , where we entered on board of a Sloop and went by water to Fort Montgomery in the county of Orange after laying at this place for one day we went by water to Van Planks point on the eat side of the Hudson River in the County of Westchester, from here we marrhced by land to Kingsbridge where we lay for sometime.  The Regulars landed on Long Island and the British had possession of New York.  Some of them went up the East River.  Deponent was marched to White Plains, from there to Peekskill thence Fort Constitution where the Company lay until the first of January when they were all honorably discharged, and the whole Company returned home, no written discharge was given at this time.  Deponents Company belonged to Col. Paulding's Regiment, General Clinton had command of the troops, we were engaged monthly when  in Westchester County in guarding the inhabitants from the incursions of the British and tories, who were continually plundering the county.  Abraham Palmateer and John York who are now living belonged to the same Company with this deponent, the said York returned home and said Palmateer's affidavit is herein to annexed.
     This year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the County of Ulster and Orange were kept in continual alarm.  The British threatening onn the South and the Indians on the west, in connection with many tories and disaffected persons amoug us, our militia were kept in constant readiness to march in a body on short notice to the threatened point.  They were also put in classes of detachment for actual duty each one in a class of four having to serve actually one month.  About the first of April this year deponent volunteered out of his calss to serve one one month under Captain John Hasbrouck and Lieutenant Derich Westbrook, he marched to Newburgh and from thence through to Highlands to Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton in the County of Orange, deponent was engaged in fortifying then placed at the expiration of this month depnent was to have been relieved by on Slayter, who became disaffected and instead of coming to relieve this deponent undertook to pilot one Meddaugh to the British Army.  They were taken by some of our men in the highlands, and brought to the Fort in consequence of this deponent served ouut another month which expired in month of June, when the deponent at the expiration of saidtwo months was honorably discharged at Fort Clinton, and received the permit hereunto annexed signed Sam(?) McClaughey Col. to return home.  During this time
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Paulding and Col. McCloughey and General George Clinton commanded.  There were some Continental troops and other Militia at these forts during this time, but despondent recollection is too indistinct to describe their particular Co.  He however remembers Evert Terwilliger who served there two months in Captain John Hardenbergh's  Company.  That said Terwilliger and this deponant were discharged and returned home together as stated in the affidavit of said Terwilliger accompanying this declaration.
     About the first of October this year (1777) an alarm was made on the approach of Burgoyne's Army at the north. Department vounteered under Captain John Hardenbergh and Lieutenant Abraham Deyo in Col. Hornbeck's Regiment.  We marched directly to Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and after the surrender of the British Army we took charge of one hundred and fifty prisoners and brought them to Albany.  While there Henry Paulding brought the news to Col Hornbeck that Fort Montgomery was taken.  We shortly returned home having been absent about two weeks.  General Cantine was with us at this time.
     During the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, seventy nine, and eighty deposant was kept (?) readiness to meet the enemy, which was the case with all the Militia in this town (New Paltz) and within this time deposent was in actual service for five months, in terms of one month each.  Service was under the command of Captain Abraham Deyo.  At these times Evert Terwilliger above named was with me.  The other times I was under the command of Capain John Hardenbergh, and of Joseph Hasbrough who was either a Lieutenant or an Ensign.  We were employed in guarding the Indian Frontier in the town of  Rochester and (?).  The surrounding mountains were at times filled with indians, and we were out as scouts nearly all the time, sometimes in one place and then in another.  John York was with me at one of these terms of service as stated in his affidavit appended.  This depondent first says in answer to the question put to him by the said Court in the County of Ulster.  That he was born near Staatsburgh in the County of Dutchess, State of New York, on the twenty fourth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty six.  He has a record of his age written in High Dutch by his father.  During the revolutionary war I lived in the town of New Paltz aforesaid and have lived there ever since.  Depsoant when called into service entered as a volunteer.  In addition to the aforegoing above  other officers commanding me have been General Putnam at Kingsbridge and General Williams(?) at East Chester.  He cannot recall the Continental or Militia Regiment which he served (?)., or state the (much is illegible).  Despondent never received a written discharge.  Despondent is known to Abraham A Deyo Esq one of the Judges of Ulster County and to Levi Hasbrouck Esq, residing in the neighborhood with this deposant who can testify to his character for verasity and their beleif of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declaring that his name is not on the pension list roll of the agency of any State.  
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
                             Johannis   X    Eckert
                                      his mark
A D Soper  First Judge
A G Hardenbergh
Abraham A Deyo        Judges
John Jansen

We Abraham A Deyo residing in the Town of Plattekill and Levi Hasbrouck residing in the Town of New Paltz in the County of Ulster and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Johannis Eckert, otherwise called John Eckert, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe
him to be Eighty five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and the we concur in that opinion.

                                         Abraham A Deyo
                                         Levi Hasbrouck
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A D Soper    First Judge
A G Hardenbergh      Judges
John Jansen

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department, that he above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Abraham A Deyo Esq and Levi Hasbrouck, who hae signed the preceeding certificate reside in the towns of Plattekill and New Paltz, Ulster County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

A D Soper    First Judge
A G Hardenbergh      Judges
John Jansen
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I Jacob Snyder clerk of the court of common pleas in for the County of (illegible) in the State of New York do herby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Johannis Eckert for a pension- In Testimony whereof I have here into set my hand and seal of office this their tenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
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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 Abraham Sofer Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate of the annexed Affidavet , First 
on and for the said County of Ulsterdult authorised to take affidavits, and further that I an well acquainted with the hand writing of the said and verily believe the signature A. D. Soper subscribed to the Certificate is the sure annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony wheras, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County. this fourteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
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Ulster County NY
Evert Terwilliger of the Town of New Paltz in said County being duly sworn says he will be seventy three years of age on the twenty ninth day of September next, that he is well acquainted with Johannis Eckert, otherwise called John Eckert, now present before this deposent, that he knew him before the Revolutionary war and ever since.  That in the months of April and May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven this deposent knew the said Johannis Eckert in the service of his country against the British at Forts Montgomery and Clinton.  That he served at that time two months in Capt. John Hasbrouck's Company.  This deposent served the same time in Capt. John Hasbrouck's Company as the said Johannis Eckert and this deposent returned home together the beginning of June 1777 at the expiration of their respective terms.  They were both under the command of Col Paulding and Col. McClaghery and General George Clinton
and this deponent further says that afterwards in the years 1778 and 1779 he was again in company with the said Johannis Eckert in the service of his country guarding the Frontiers in the Town of Rochester in the County of Ulster, for the term of two months, being one month each year.  They were under command of Captain Abraham Deyo in Col. John Canter's Regiment.

                                              Evert Terwilliger
Sworn August 14 1832 before A D Soper  First Judge of Ulster County

State of New York
County of Ulster
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Evert Terwilliger, who by my pleasure subscribed the above affidavit and was by me duly sword to the same, is of veracity and entitled to full credit as a witness.
Dated August 14th 1832
A. D. Soper   First Judge

Ulster County
Abraham Palmateer of New Paltz is said County being duly sworn says that during and ever since the revolutionary war he has known Johannis Eckert, and this deponent belonged to and served in Captain Jacob Hasbrouck's Company of five months men in the year 1776 most of the time at and near Kingsbridge and were discharged together at Fort Constitution.  Said Johannis served as aforesaid his full term of five months.  Deponent further says that in October 1777 the said Johannis was out on an alarm in Captain John Hardenbergh's Company at Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, at the time of the battle with Burgoyne. Deponent thinks the said Johannis was out at this time about three weeks.
                                    Abraham    X  Palmateer
                                                   his mark
Sworn Sept. 11th 1832 before me
A D Soper   First Judge
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Ulster County : 

I certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Palmateer who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit before me, that he is a man of veracity and entitled to credit as a witness. 
Sept. 11th 1832 
A D Soper First Judge
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Jn Echert
of
N York

[?]

Hon. J C Budhead
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BRIEF in the case of John Echert of Ulster County 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? 85

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period | Duration of Service years, Months, Days | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

August 1776 | 5 months | Pri | Capt. Hasbrouck, Col Palding, Genl Clint. Col. Mc Clanghry

1777 2 tours | 2 months | " | Capt. Hardenbaugh Col Hasbrouck. Genl Cantine. Capt. Deyo

" | 14 days | " |

1778 5 tours | 5 months | " |

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ulster County New York

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Documentary & living

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so in what respect? Departure papers not attached as required

I certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[?] Examining Clerk
Jy 16 1839
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ECHERT, JOHN
(N.Y.)  S-22747
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Rev war
22747
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