Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1375, Henry Brink, Continental (New Jersey)
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SERVICE
Continental (New Jersey)

Brink, Henry
Jemima

NUMBER
W 1375
B.L.Wt. 50.809-160-55_

CONTENTS
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1438 (9)
New York.
Albany.

Jemima Brink,
widow of
Henry Brink
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
New Jerseylline

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars 00 
cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
20 day of Aug; 33,
and sent to
J. H. Wethey,
Locke,
N. Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 69 Vol. A.
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20.950
New York

Henry Brink
Seneca Co.e in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
be
Captain Gegan of the Regt commanded
by Col Dubois in the New York
line for 2 years-
(8 )

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Octr
1833 and sent to L. F. Stevens
Seneca falls

Arrears to the 4th Sep. 33........................$200
Semi-anl. allowance ending [Illegible]......40
.............................................................................$240

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 89
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End P
9563- 120

Vol. B2. _ 88. _ [Illegible]

284.763 Act mar 3/55.
Aug 19/56.
(14 )

Jemima Brink
Wid.
Henry Brink decd.
Priv.
Pensioner

[Written long-ways across the document:] 50809 Decr 19/?6

Private
N.Y. Troops

Rev. War

Feby 53-1438
Ad. 160 acr's Decr 17/56
Dodge
E. W. Edgcomb.

Courtland Village
N. Y.
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No 16024

Henry Brink N.Y.
f. i. g.

Admitted
Private 2 years
Luther F Stevens Agent
Seneca Falls
Seneca County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT. (2 )
Pension Office,
May 16 1833

Sir?
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Henry Brink of Seneca County, New York

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted [illegible] 1778
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. 2
Months. some
Days ____
Rank of claimant. Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Gegun
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Colonel Dubois
Count Pulaski
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Seige of Savanah
Country through which he marched.
To the Southern State _ 
Charlestown [sic]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
[?] Sussex County
New Jersey
Age seventy
five years
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary &
living witnesses
for the term
claimed

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[See original document 7]
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[See original document 8]
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Jemima Brink
Declaration
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State of New York,
COUNTY OF Senica [sic] } Ss (3)
On this 7th day of April A. D. 1833, personally appeared
before the undersigned [inserted: one of the Justices of the Supreme Court in open court] within and for the [crossed out: County and] state
aforesaid Jemima Brink aged Seventy Seven years, a resident of
the town of Tyre in the county of Senica and state of New York
who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved the 3d day of February, 1853.
Who says that he is the widow of Henry Brink deceased who was a
Private in the war of the Revolution, andI was pensioned under the June 7th 1832
at the rate of $80 per annum, and was paid at the Albany N.Y. agency.
She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Brink on the
15th day of October 1816, in the town of Phelps in the county of
Ontario in the state of New York
That she has no public or private record of
her said marriage or of her Husbands death

She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Henry Brink died in the
town of Tyre in the County of Senica and state of New York
on the 11th day of January A.D. 1841. That she was not
married to him prior to the 2d of January A.D. 1800 but at the
time above Stated

She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the [illegible] and is still a widow, and that she has
never before made application for a pension. That proof of her widowhood and
of the death of her Husband was filed in the Pension Office
at the time she drew his last pay up to his death
Jemima X her mark Brink

Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid, before me in open
Court,
T. R. Stong
Justice Sup Court
appears in open Court & makes the above Declaration
I hereby certify that the above named deponent [crossed out: was unable to attend the signing of the ILLEGIBLE
[crossed out: the infirmity of old age]; and further certify that I have no interest in the result of tis case, and am not
the result of this case, and am not [illegible]
in its prosecution & that the words " in open Court" were interlined in
the second line above, before sworn to
T R Strong
Justice of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York.
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[Document was folded over, and some text was obscured]

Henry [Illegible] Brink
the matter of his
application for a
Pension
16.024
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of New York  
Seneca County ⎬Ss:  On this 6th day of
October one thousand eight
hundred & thirty two personally appeared
before the courrt of Commonpleas of the
County of Seneca Henry Brink
a resident of the town of Tyre in the County
of Seneca and State of New York aged
seventy [inserted: two] 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
provision [crossed out, illegible] made by the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832 - that he enlisted in
the army of the United States in the year
one thousand seven hundred seventy eight and
according to the best of [crossed out, illegible] his knowledge
recollection and belief - he then lived at
Montague Sussex County, New Jersey and
enlisted at that town in the month of February
as he thinks in the company of Captin
Segan who commanded a company of light
infantry. He was attached to Colonel Dubois
regiment in the Corps afterwards commanded
by Court Pulaski _ the corps to which he
was attached marched with this declarant for
the southern states and continued to march
to the southern Country, that summer
& the army lay that winter in barracks at
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Charles town _ on the next fall he well remembers
being in the battle at the siege of Savanah
where Count Pulaski was mortally wounded
this declarant will remembers General Lincoln
who commanded the United forces engaged
in the siege of Savanah _ In County
Pulaski's Corps he remembers Captain Bentha
or some such name who commanded a corps
of Dragoons in Pulaski's Legion He also
remembers Captain Frey who commanded
a rifle Company _ He enlisted as he
understood at the time for one year but
he afterwards learned that he had enlisted
for three years or during the war" _
He was however discharged in the
spring of the year one thousand eight [sic]
hundred & eighty having served two
years & some months. He received an honorable
discharge, but the same has been lost
by time & accident - He has procured the
affidavit James Olos made some years
since for another purpose [inserted: which is hereto annexed] _ He cannot
now procure the said Olos' testimony without
great inconvenience _ He knows
Daniel Ennis of Owasco Cayuga County
in the State of New York - that he has
known the said Daniel Ennis Since
his childhood - He also knows Luther
Bishop of Tyre in said County of Seneca
who is his near neighbor and also thinks
[illegible] is also his neighbor
Henry Brink
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Sworn in open Court
the day & year first above written
Seba Murphy Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after investigating the matter, and
after putting interrogatories prescribed by the
department of war, that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and
served as he states. And the Court do further
declare and certify . that it appears to them
that Daniel Ennis of the County of Cayuga
and Luther Bishop and Thomas Armstrong
of the County of Seneca, and of James Rolls
of the County of Steuben, who have subscribed
and sworn to the above certificates, are
credible persons, and that their statement
is entitled to full credit ,
Seba Murphy Clerk

I Seba Murphy Clerk of the County of Seneca
and of the Court of Common Pleas of the
said County 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 Henry Brink
for a pension , In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
this sixth day of October 1832-
Seba Murphy Clk

[From the next page: & the army lay that winter in barracks at]
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State of New York (11 )
County of Cortland}

On this 5 day of April A. D., 1856 personally appeared
before me, J. Wethey a Notary Public and for the County and State aforesaid
Jemima Brink  aged [crossed out: seventy, inserted: eighty] years, a resident of Tyre in the County 
of Senica [sic] and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, declares
that she is the widow of Henry Brink deceased, who was a Private in the
War of the Revolution, and was pensioned under the act June 7th, 1832 at the rate of $80 per
annum, and that she has been pensioned under the act of Feb 3 1853 at the rate of $80 per
annum, as the widow of the said Henry Brink deceased.
That she has no record of her marriage
to said Henry Brink or of his death but for
proof of the same reference may be had to the [sic]
on file in the Pension Office upon which her said
pension was granted
She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Brink in Phelps
in the County of Ontario and State of New York on the 15th of October 1816
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Henry Brink died in Tyre
in the County of Senica and tate of New York on the 11th day
of January 1841 and that she is still a widow. That she has never
applied for or received any Bounty Land
warrant under this or any other act of
Congress.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled
under the act of March 3, 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me
Jemima X her mark Brink
J H Wethey 
Notary Public
J. K. Schuyler

We J. K. Schuyler and Laney, J. Munson, residents of Tyne
in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
by Jemima Brink, in our presence, and that we believe, from
the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; & that 
she still remains the widow of Henry Brink deceased and is now
drawing a Pension under 2d Section Act Feb 3" 1853 as his widow
J. K. Schuyler
Laney, J. Munson

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above
written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents
herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. H Wethey
Notary Public
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STATE IF NEW YORK,
Cortland County Clerk's Office, }ss.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That the annexed instrument is
executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the Laws of the State of New 
York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that J. H. Wethey Esquire, before whom the same was
proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Notary Public
in and for the said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take
the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe
that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Witness Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
County, this 16th day of Aug A. D. 1856
Rufus A Reed Clerk

[At bottom of page in margin:] 254.763.
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In rereply to your request of ____, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Henry Brink (16)
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. 
W. File 1375

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Feby. 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Spring 1780
RANK. ____
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Selg?? [Crossed out: Segan]
COLONEL.
Baron De Boze [sic]
[Crossed out: DuBo??]
Count Pulaski Legion
Continental troops
STATE. ____

Battles engaged in, Seige of Savanah
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montague, Sussex Co. N. Jersey
Date of application for pension, Oct. 6, 1832. Alld.
Residence at date of application, Tyre, Seneca Co, N. Y. .
Age at date of application, 72 years. died Jan 11 1841 at Tyre N.Y.
Remarks: He mar Phelps NY. Oct 15, 1816 Jemima
[Hardly readable. Individual words that appear:] 
& she....on the appli...Apl 7, 1853 where...
... of Tyre aforesaid

[Crossed out: 1853, ILLEGIBLE 51, testified]
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Apl. 25, 1904 - His to
Geo. Tate City
1910 June 10. To Mrs. E. M. Stanton

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 1375
Jemima Brink.
Widow
Henry Brink,
Priv. Rev. War.

Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: --Vol. A Page 81

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pennon Office (7 )
Aug 158

Sir
Please report time
of last payment to or
death of within named
pensioner
Respectfully &c
F. Burt Esqr S. Coll for Commr
3 Aud
Present

Henry Brink, act 32
$80 p.an. Died 11th Jan.
1841. Paid to his death

F. Burk
Auditor
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June 1. 1883
No 1942 (6)
Appl of Jemima
Brink widow of
Henry
P. $80
29050
NYork

Act 3d Feby. 1853

Rev.
Allowed $80 per annum
Com. Feb. 3rd 1853

J H. Wethey
Locke
NY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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1438
New York Albany

Jemima Brink
widow of Henry
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
(10)

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the [cerossed out: 4th March, 1848.
[inserted: 3 February 1833]

Certificate of Pension issued
the 20" day of Aug 13
and sent to
J.H. Wethey
Locke

N. Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February [crossed out: 2, 1818,] Page 69 Vol. A
3/53
1832

254763
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Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C

FREE (13)

25476

[Illegible] VILLAGE N. Y.
AUG ?5
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[illegible] (15)

50.809

Nev Ans
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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
E 
JUN 2 1910

RECORD DIVISION
JUN 3 1910
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J. A. Stanton LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE E. M. Stanton
Hilldale Stock Farm Holstein-Friesian Cattle
J. A. STANTON & SON, Props.
The Home of King Segis Beets
No. 48702

[Crossed out, illegible]

New Woodstocrk, N.Y. May 31, 1910

Comissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir:-
Am seeking information
of one Jemima Brink, Tyre, N. Y.
widow of Henry J. Brink who
was a Revolutionary soldier. She
drew a pension but would like
official information to be used
as D.A.R. data. These papers, pension
have been destroyed and would
deem it a great favor if you
would assist me in placing him
as well as verifying the pension.
Believe me,
Very truly yours
Miss E. M. Stanton

JUN 3 - 1910
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254.163
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(12)

Cortland Village
August 16 1856
Sir
Enclosed please find the
Application of Jemima Brink
Widow of Henry Brink deceased
for Bounty Land under the act
of March 3d
1855
When acted on report to me
I am Very Respetfully
Your Obedient Servt
E W Edgcomb

Hon J Minot
Com of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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Brink
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Brief in the case of Henry Brink widow of Henry
Senica [sic] County and State of New York
act of Feb 3, 1853 (5 )

Claim, ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7th 1832
at $80 per annum
Private
(If for increase,) Marriage proven by Cr. Wittnesses
Has additional evidence been filed in the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death _ audd report
Identity on with

Name and residence of Agent
J. H. Wethey Esqr
Locke
N York

Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray
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(4 )

Locke Cayuga County N.Y
May 28th 1853
Sir
Herewith
enclosed find application of
Jemmima [sic] Brink for Pension
under 2d Section of Act Feb 3d 1853
& when acted upon please forward
Certificate to me
Respectfully
your Obt Servt.
J. H. Wethey

L.P. Waldo Esq
Comiss of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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State of New York
Seneca County } Ss: Henry Brinks [sic] the revolutionary soldier
named in the papers hereto annexed being
duly sworn saith that his name is not on the pension roll of any
agency in any State and he does hereby relinquish every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
Sworn before me this 10th
day of June 1833 Henry Brink
Jonathan Metcalf Justice 
of the Peace⎬

State of New York 
Seneca County⎬
I Seba Murphy Clerk of the County
of Seneca, do certify that Jonathan
Metcalf Esqr. whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing affidavit, was on the
date of the [illegible] of the Justices
of the Peace in and for said County,
and I do further certify that I am
well acquainted with the handwriting 
of the said Jonathan Metcalf
Esqr and verily believe his name
thereto subscribed to be his own
proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and
Seal of Office at Ovid this tenth
day of July. 1833. Seba Murphy clk.

[At the bottom of the page: Seba Murphy Clerk]
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State of New York
Seneca County} Ss Daniel Ennis aged Eighty
Seven years resident of the town of [Illegible]
in the County of Cayuga in the State
aforesaid on his oath saith that he has
been acquainted with Henry Brink the
above declarant ever since he was a child
and that he knows that he enlisted in
Count Pulaskis Corps of Light Infantry
in the year one thousand seven hundred
and seventy eight [crossed out: as] in the month of
February and that he was gone from home
two or three year and that he believed
then and does still believe that he was all
that time in the service of the United States
and that it was generally believed in the
neighborhood where he lived that when
he enlisted he went to serve in the army,
and that when he returned he had served
as stated in his said Declaration, that he
was frequently before this [illegible] of the
present [illegible] heard the said declarant
tell anecdotes of his service of the
army, and further he saith not
Daniel Ennis
State of New York
Seneca County Mr Luther Bishop & Thomas Armstrong
residents of the town of Tyre in the County
of Seneca aforesaid [inserted, maybe: in New York] [crossed out: of] being the same town &
County of the said declarant [inserted, illegible] hereby sertify
that that we are will acqainted with Henry
Brink the above declarant who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration, that
we believe him to be seventy two 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 that opinion
Luther Bishop
Thomas Armstrong
Sworn in open Court
on the date & year first aforesaid
Seba Murphy Clerk
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[page folded, illegible] County SS.
James Rolls of the town of Dansville
in the County of Steuben and State of
New York being duly sworn deposeth
and Saith that according to the best recollection
of this deponant Henry Brink
of the town of Tyer [sic] in the County
of Seneca and State aforesaid enlisted
in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy
Eight or Seventy nine into the company
of [crossed out: Captain Segon] light Infantry 
commanded by Captain Segon [sic] for three
years and during, and that said
company aforesaid was attached to
the Regiment commanded by Collonel
Debose. and that said Regiment belonged
to the Legion commanded by Count
Pulasci [sic] _ this deponant further
saith that he served in the same company
Regiment and Legion aforesaid with
aforesaid Henry Brink for the term
of three years and fore months, and
that at the end of wich time he this
deponant and the said Henry J. Brink
were regularly and legally discharged
from the service in the revolutionary
army by Gineral De Calne. then stationed
near Trenton in the State of Newjersey
and further this deponant saith not
James X his mark Rolls
Subscribed and sworn
before me this fourteenth  
day of May AD. 1831- ⎬
Russel Day J. P.

I certify that James Rolls made the above
mark for the reason that he cannot write
his name
Russel Day Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Livingston Ss.} I Chauncey R Bond Clerk of the said
County do certify that Russel Day before whom
the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was
at the date of the same one of the Justices of the
Peace of the said County and that he at at the date of
the same was duly empowered to administer oaths
and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the
within certificate to be his proper hand writing and 
signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of
said County this 14th day of May 1831
Chauncey R Bond Clerk

Livingston County Ss _
[crossed out: Seneca County Ss.] I Russel Day the Justice of the peace
within named do certify that the within named
James Rolls is a credible person & that full faith
& credit aught to be given to his declaration &
oath.
Dated June 6th 1833
Russel Day J. P -
State of New York
Liviningston County} ss I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the said County certify that 
Russel Day whose signature appears to the above certificate
of the Credibility of James Rolls was at the date of the same
a legally authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said County
and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of
the said Justice and verily believe that
his name as it appears to the said certificate is his own
proper hand writing & signature - Two words in this certificate cancelled
by me. Witness my hand and seal of office this 6th day of May 1833
Chauncey R Bond Clk
By S. G. Haven Dep Clk
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State of New York
Senica [sic] County S.S.
On this 8th day of April
A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace within & for the County
& State aforesaid John Brink --- Aged
Fifty One years a resident of Tyre in the
County of Senica --- and state of New York
who being duly sworn according to law doth
depose and say That he has been well acquainted
Henry Brink and Jemima Brink
his wife ever since the year AD 1814
and that he was acquainted with them before
they were married and was present at the
at the time of said their said Marriage [crossed out: ceremony] and
saw the marriage ceremony performed
and that they were married as aforesaid in the
town of Phelps in the County of Ontario and
State of New York on or about the 15th
day of October A.D. 1816 and that they lived
and cohabited together as husband and wife
from the time of their marriage aforesaid up
to the time of the death of the said Henry Brink
who died in the town of Tyne in the County of
Senica and State of New York on the 11
day of January A.D. 1841 and that this deponent 
attended the funeral of the said Henry Brink at the
time of his burial and that the said Henry
Brink was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States and that at the time of the death
of the said Henry Brink he left the said Jemima
Brink his widow [inserted: him surviving] who still remains his widow
and has not intermarried since his death and
is now a widow and resides in the town
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of Tyre in the County of Senica & State of
New York
John X his mark Brink
Sworn and Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before me
Jason Smith J. Peace

I certify that the above named deponent is a
reputable witness and I further certify that I
have no interest in the result of the case where
this is to be used and am not concerned in its
prosecution and that the words "him Surviving
interlined on the opposite side of this [crossed out, illegible] Sheet in the
third line from the bottom interlined before signing
Jason Smith J. Peace
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State of New York
Senica [sic] County } Ss
On this 8th day of April
A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the 
undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County & State aforesaid Jacob Kittles
aged Fifty Eight years and Dianah Kittles
aged fifty one years residents of the town of
Tyre in the County of Senica and State of
New York. Who being duly Sworn according to
law doth depose and say that they have
been well acquainted with Henry Brink
and Jemima Brink of Seneca County
N. Y. for thirty years past and that the
said Henry Brink and Jemima Brink
lived and cohabited together as husband &
Wife ever since, their first acquaintance
as aforesaid with them up to the time of the
death of the said Henry Brink who died in
the town of Tyre in the County of Senica
in the State of New York on or about the
11th day of January A.D. 1841 and that at
the death of the said Henry Brink he left
the said Jemima Bronk his widow him
Surviving who still remains his widow
and has not intermarried and is now a
Widow, and resides in Tyre in the County
of Senica and State of New York and
that the said Henry Brink in his life time was a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
Sworn & Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid 
before me 
Jacob Kittle
Dianna Kittle
Jason Smith J. Peace
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I hereby certify that the within named
deponents are reputable persons and
entitled to full credit and I further certify
that I have no interest in the result of the
case where this is to be used and am not
concerned in its prosecution
Jason Smith J. Peace

State of New York
Senica [sic] County Clerks Office Ss I hereby
Certify that Hon T. R. Strong before whom
the foregoing declaration was taken was at
the time of taking the same a Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the State aforesaid, and that said 
declaration was made in open Court holden at
Waterloo in said State - County aforesaid and
further that I am well acquainted with the
hand writing of said Justice of Supreme Court and
that his signatures thereto are genuine
And I further certify that Jason Smith Esq before
whom the foregoing affidavits was taken was at
the date of taking the same a Justice of the
peace in & for the County & State aforesaid
duly qualified and authorized to act as such
and further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of such Justice & that his
signatures to said affidavits & Certificates
are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my name & seal of the Courts
of record of said County this 26th day
of May AD. 1853
Hugh Montgomery Clerk