Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1096, for Andrew I Ten Eick, New Jersey
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New Jersey                                           W. 1096
Ten Eick, Andrew G.
or
Ten Eyck, Andrew G.
or
Ten Eych
Sarah
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New Jersey 4721 
Sarah Ten Eyek window of Andrew J. Ten Eyek who was a Private N.J. in the Revolution. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Jan. 1844 and sent to James H Randolph 
Mansfield
Warren Co. NJ
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book (?)
Vol. 1 Page 127
Reposrted Dead
Paid at the Treasury Act of April 1838 to March 1843 to 8 Day
Notified 26 April
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New Jersey 13171
Andrew J. Ten Eych of Somerset in the State of N Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain ------- of the Regt. commanded by Col. Van Dyke in the New Jersey line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars ------- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension Issued the 27 day of May 1833 and sent to Wm. Thompson Somerville, NJ.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833       $80..00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  $20..00
                                                        __________
                                                         $100..00
Revolutionary Claim;
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by  (I W Clagett?) Clerk,
Book 6    Vol. 3     Page 133
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6,067
Andrew J. Ten Eyck
Somerset County
New Jersey
Adm. for 12 months
Wm. Thompson
Somerville
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War Department
Pension Office
24th May 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 show what is necessary to be done. These point to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return you 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, showing the Service of Andrew J. Ten Eyck, Somerset Co. N.J.
Period when the service was rendered:
1776    
____7
____8
____9  (?) after the battle at Trenton
Years -----------
Months
1776  - 1
____7 - 1
____8 - 1
____9 - 2
            6
Days ---------------
Rank of the claimant: Priv
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Van Dyke 
(Trelinghuysen?)
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
73    Somerset County
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Living of Traditionary 
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army. and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.The Regular Troops.
2.The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4 Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court et Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1882. State, Territory, or District of County of }88
On this day of
personally appeared (a) before in the county of
A. B a resident (b) of and State, Territory or District aged (c) 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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and
served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
A. B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the
and C.D. residingt in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do 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 appeals to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, a and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{ Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Pence, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be male on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro- cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant mast make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively us to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For ____ year _____ months, and ____days, I served as a _____ ; For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, he clearly shows under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps culled into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, ho was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g]The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h]The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so us to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k]This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Declaration of Sarah Ten Eyck of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, made to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July, 1838, entitles "an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows."
State of New Jersey, Hunterdon County, on this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Ten Eyck, widow of Andrew Ten Eyck, dec. a resident of the township of Readington, in the county of Hunterdon aforesaid, Known to the as a credible person, in the eighty third year of her age, who being duly sworn on her oath saith the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 7, 1838 entitles "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." and of the seventy ____ ____ ____, 1842. That she is the widow of Andrew Ten Eyck, late of the County aforesaid, deceased, that her husband was a soldier during the War of the Revolution, engaged as a private in the militia of New Jersey, and a part of the time she believes as an orderly Sergeant, or Ensign, or both, and belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck, as she believes; that they (lived?) in Somerset County during the war, and her husband did his service in a company of Somerset Militia; That for his services in the war he received the small and inadequate pension of forty dollars a year under the act of Congress of June 7, 1838; that she does not know how this happened, nor what account her husband gave of his service, nor whether he recited any after their marriage;
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That she cannot undertake to narrate those services, as she has but little personal knowledge of them and would not be allowed, she supposes, to state any thing in contradiction of her account, if she could; that she is at a loss to know whether to apply with the Act of July 4, 1836, or of July 7, 1838; but supposing from the small allowance made to her husband that he did not claim to serve after their marriage, she makes her application under the law of 1838, and that she refers to her husband's paper now on file in the War Department in support of her claim.
She further, on her oath declares, that she was married to the said Andrew Ten Eyck on the eighteenth day of February seventeen hundred and eighty, by the Rev. Mr. Hardenbergh; That she has a record of their marriage together with a general family record, made between thirty and forty years ago, the name of her husband being in his own handwriting; and the remaining record in various hands, that this record is the best and only evidence within her knowledge and reach of her marriage, she therefore sends it with this application and refers to it for proof that her husband, the aforesaid Andrew Ten Eyck, died on the twenty seventh day of April, eighteen hundred and forty two, and that she has ever since remained his widow. 
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid before me                 Sarah Ten Eyck
Isaiah P. Large
a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for Hunterdon County
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I do hereby certify, that in consequence of the age and bodily infirmities of Sarah Ten Eyck, the above applicant, it would be very inconvenient if and impracticable for her to appear in open Court; and that she is therefore, in my opinion, entitled to the benefit of the rule which allows an application to be made before a Judge in chambers. I further certify, that I have inspected particularly the family record referred to by the said Sarah Ten Eyck, and the Bible which contained it, and have no doubt from internal evidence, as well as other (proof?) that is is a true and genuine record of what it purports to be. The Bible was printed in 1803, and from a note on the leaf of it, was purchased into the family in 1808, at which time it appears the greater part of the family record in question was made. 
Isaiah P. Large   Judge
State of New Jersey, Hunterdon County, on this fifth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before the Judge as aforesaid, personally appeared Matthew Ten Eyck, known to us as a credible person who being only seven on his oath saith: That he is the son and sixth child of Andrew Ten Eyck, late of the county aforesaid, (decd.?) and of Sarah Ten Eyck, was living with him, that he is acquainted with the family record referred to by his mother; that it is the record by which he ascertains his own age, and is the only family record within his knowledge, that his father, the aforesaid Andrew Ten Eyck, died on the twenty seventh day of April eighteen hundred and forty two, and that his mother is now living a widow, not having been married since the
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decease of his father.
Subscribed & sworn to the day (here?) aforesaid before me              Matthew Ten Eyck
Isaiah P. Large
Judge

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County } (?) I Peter I Clark Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that Isaiah P. Large Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits (be?) were made, was then and now is a Judge of this Said Court of Common Pleas, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his Signature here to Subscribed is in his own proper  hand writing -
In Testimony (whereof?) I have (hereto?) Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Flemington this 19th day of August AD 1843 - 
Peter I Clark Clk
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[677]
FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
Andrew Ten Eick and Sarah Berger was married by the Reverend Mr.  Hardenburg February 18th 1780
Cornelius Mesler and Jemima Ten Eick was married by the Rev. Mr. Studdiford Nov. 27th 1804
William Wortman and Mary Ten Eick was married by the Rev Mr. Suddiford August 31 = 1809
John Ten Eick and Jane ____________ was Married by the Rev. Mr. Studdiford August 29 in the year of our Lord 1811
Cornelius Ten Eick and Ann Ten Eick was Married by the Rev. Mr. Studderford February ? - 1812
Andrew Van Derbeek and Phebe Ten Eick was Married by Mr. Steddiford October 28th, 1821
Jacob K. Vanderveer and Sarah Ten Eick was married by the Revd Mr. Steddiford. October 28the 1821.
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[678]
FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Andrew Ten Eick
Son of John was born September 8th, 1758
Sarah Berger daughter of Casper, was born July 20th ...1761
The Ages of Andrew Ten Eick and Sarah his wife
John Ten Eick was born December 25th 1781
Christened by the Rev'd. Mr. Read of Boundbrook
Jemima Ten Eick was born April 1st ....1784
Chris'd. by Rev'd. Mr. Van (Ardonson?)
Mary Ten Eick was born February (4th?)....1788
Chris'd. by Rev'd. Mr. Romaine
Jasper Berger Ten Eick was born Jan 7th ...1790 Chris'd. by Rev'd. Mr. Romaine
Ann Ten Eick was born August 20th...1792 Chris'd. by Rev'd. Mr. Studdeford.
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[679]
FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS

Matthew Ten Eick was born January 12... 1796
Chris'd. by Mr. Studdiford
Phebe Ten Eick was born March 14...1798
Chris'd. by Rev'd. Mr. Studdiford
Sarah Ten Eick was born October 16th....1801
Chris'd. by Rev'd. Mr. Studdiford
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[680]
FAMILY RECORD
DEATHS
Casper Berger Ten Eick
died January 25....1792
Jemima Ten Eick
Wife of Cornelius Mestler Died Jan 16th 1832
Andrew Ten Eick Died April 27 1842 in his 84 year
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Payments to be made
at Trenton New J
by the (Pres?) Trenton Banking Co
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Jersey

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 3
Page 133 by (JW Clagrett?)
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Andrew I. Ten Eyck of the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars and ---------- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this Twenty Seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lincoln
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned.} JL Edwards
(Commissioner of Pensions)
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June 24, 1833 paid to 4 ____1833
Mar 18 1834 paid to 4 Mar 1834
Sept 19 1834 paid to 4 Sept 1834
April 10 1835 Paid to 4 Mar 1835
Sep 9 1835 Paid to Sep 4 1835
May 4 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836
Sep 7 1836 Paid to Sep 4 1836
Ap 13 Paid to 4 Mar 1837
                   Paid to 4 Sept 1837
                   Paid to __ Mar 1838
                   Paid to __ Sep 1838
                   Paid to 4 Mar 1839
                   Paid to 4 Sep 1839
                   Paid to __ Mar 1840
                   Paid to 4 Sep 1840
                   Paid to __ Mar 1841
                   Paid to 4 Sept 1841
                   Paid to 4 (Mar?) 1842
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9258
New Jersey.
Sarah Ten Eick, 
Widow of Andrew.
Act of July, 1838
dec'd
Aug 23, 1842

James J Randolph
Atty.
New Brunswick, 
N.J.
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Andrew I. Ten Eyck
No 6076


T.      P.
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State of New Jersey County of Somerset. On this Thirteenth Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and Thirty two personally appeared in open Court Before
the Court of Common pleas of the County of Somerset now Sitting Andrew
Ten Eyck a resident of the township of Bridgewater County and State
aforesaid Aged Seventy Three 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 the
7th June 1832. That Deponent was drafted in the service of the United States
in the year 1776 at the time the British landed on Long Island
and was out one month as a private soldier under Capt Quick, and
Col Van Dyke, we lay at this time at Bergen in the same year
was called out some way for one month our company lay at Newark
commanded by Capt Van Nest Col Ten Eyck was our Colonel in the
fall of 1777 was again called out in the same service for one month
we lay at Bergen Commanded by Maj Baird In the Spring following was called out the same way one month we lay at Pompton in
the County of Morris. Served under Capt Quick & Col. Ten Eyck
In the year 1778 again went into the service and served one month
under Gen F. Frelinghuysen. During that time was at the taking of the
Hessions at Trenton by Gen Washington and also of the Battle of
Trenton and Millstone -  In 1779 in September volunteered as a
private under Capt Steele and marched to Germantown (in Penn)
Col ___ _____ was in the Battle of Germantown at that time
Served one month in same year was one months under Capt Staats &
Col. Van Dike during this time was in the Battle of Monmouth -
was out one months under Capt Staats of the Battle of Springfield-- That after the Battle at Trenton and Princeton the
British marched to New Brunswick where they lay from that time
till about the first of June a period of about six months
During all this time this deponent served in the militia and minute under Capt Staats and others whose names this Deponent
does not remember  now - In the year 1778 he served one
month under Maj R'd Tunison at Amboy where we built a 
fort. During all the time of the above service this Deponent resided in the same neighborhood where he now lives and has
lived in the same neighborhood ever since the Revolutionary war
was born in Somerset County 8th September 1759. was born - has a
Record of my age in my family Bible are known to a great many
men in
the neighborhood who can testify to his good Character among
whom are Willet Taylor and others -
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever in a pension or
Annity Except the present and Declares that his name
is not on any pension Roll of any agency of any State
Sworn and Subscribed the Day and Year aforesaid ---
Wm. J Gaston
Andrew I Ten Eick
Somerset County. Be it Remembered that on this 13th day of
August A.D. 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the same
Court of Willet Taylor and being sworn according to law doth
on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Andrew I Ten Eyck
the above named applicant that he is about the age which he above
States that he was out in the service of the United States in the war of
the revolution with this deponent was with him in the Battle of
Monmouth (served as a militiaman) that it has always been understood in the neighborhood where he resides, that he served in the war
of the Revolution, that said Ten Eyck has lived in the same neighborhood where he now lives ever since the Revolutionary War that
said Ten Eyck is a man of truth and veracity upon whose oath the
most implicit _______ may be placed - That this deponent is
Seventy two years of age - 
Sworn in open Court - 
Willet Taylor
Wm. J Gaston
-
Mr. John Van Liew a Clergyman residing in the township of Readington ----------------------
and Willet Taylor of Somerset
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew I Ten Eyck
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we
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Believe him to be seventy three years of age That he is reputed and
Believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier
of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Wm, J Gaston
John Van Liew
Willet Taylor
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatores proscribed 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 Van Leiw - 
who has
signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the
Readington - and
that Willet Taylor who has also signed
the same is a resident in the Somerset County and is a Credible
person and that this statement is entitled to Credit -
Wm. J Gaston
______ Van Derveer
Wm ___________
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& 1812 Wars Section
M.E.E
Copied from letter by M.C.S.
dated Sept. 29, 1925
August 21, 1928
Mrs. J.S. Platt
1225 Sixth Street
Port Huron, MIchigan

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W.1996, it appears that Andrew J. or J. Ten Eick,
the son of John, was born September 8, 1758, in Somerset County,
New Jersey.
While a resident of said place he enlisted in the summer of
1776 and served at various times until sometime in September, 1779,
amounting to about fifteen months in all, as a private with the New Jersey
Troops under Captains Dick Van Neste, Steele, and Staats,
Major Baird and R. Tunison, Colonel Van Dyke, Ten Eyck and Vroom,
and General J. Frelinghuyson; he was in the battle of Springfield,
both battles of Trenton, and the battles of Millstone, Germantown,
and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13,
1832, while a resident of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey.
He died April 27, 1942, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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Soldier married February 18, 1780, Sarah Berger, who was born July 20, 1781, and was the daughter of Casper Berger. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 5, 1843, while
resident of Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Children of Andrew and Sarah Ten Eick: - 
John born December 25, 1781, Married Jane Brocaw August 29, 1811.

Jemima " April 1, 1784, " Cornelius Messler, Nov. 27, 1804, she died January 16, 1832.

Mary " February 4, 1788, married William Wortman, August 31, 1809.

Jasper " January 7, 1790.

Ann " August 29, 1792, married Cornelius Ten Eick, Feb. 2, 1812.

Matthew " January 12, 1796, 

Phebe " March 14, 1798, " Andrew Van Derbeek, Oct. 28, 1821

Sarah " October 16, 1801 " Jacob Vanderveer, October 18, 1821.
****************************
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any
information in regard to a John Dibble as described by you, or to
any Robert Satterly (Sattley), Moses Way or Thomas Burnside, and
the above noted is the only soldier by the name of Andrew Ten Eick
found on said records.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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September 29, 1925
Mrs. Edward G. Read
825 Second Place
Plainfield, N.J.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 1098, it appears that ANDREW I. or J. TEN EICK,
the son of John, was born September 8, 1758, in Somerset County,
New Jersey.
While a resident of said place he enlisted in the summer of
1776 and served at various times until sometime in September, 1779,
amounting to about fifteen months in all, as private with the New Jersey
Troops under Captains Quick, Van Neste, Steele, and Staats,
Majors Baird and R. Tunison, Colonels Van Dyke, Ten Eyck and Vroom,
and General F. Frelinghuyson; he was in the battle of Springfield,
both battles of Trenton, and the battles of Millstone, Germantown,
and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13,
1832, while a resident of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey.
He died April 27, 1842, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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He married February 18, 1780, Sarah Berger, who was born July 20, 1781, and was the daughter of Casper Berger. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 5, 1843, while
resident of Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Children of Andrew -------and Sarah Ten Eick: -
John born December 25, 1781, Married Jane Brocaw August 29, 1811.

Jemima " April 1, 1784, " Cornelius Messler, Nov. 27, 1804, she died January 16, 1832.

Mary " February 4, 1788, married William Wortman, August 31, 1809.

Jasper " January 7, 1790.

Ann " August 29, 1792, married Cornelius Ten Eick, Feb. 2, 1812.

Matthew " January 12, 1796,

Phebe " March 14, 1798, " Andrew Van Derbeek, Oct. 28, 1821

Sarah " October 16, 1801 " Jacob Vanderveer, October 18, 1821.

Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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State of New Jersey, Hunterdon County, ss:
On this
ninth day of November, Eighteen hundred and forty
three, before me one of the Judges of the Pleas in and for
the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Ten
Eyck, a resident of the township of Readington in the
County aforesaid, in the 83rd year of her age, and known
to me as a credible person who being duly sworn doth
on her oath make the following declaration ____
to entitle her to the benefits of a pension made
by the act of Congress of 3 March 1843; That she
is the widow of Andrew I Ten Eyck late of
the township & County aforesaid, dec'.d  That her husband received a pension of forty dollars a year
under the Act of June, 1832, for his service in the
Militia of New Jersey, (discharged?) the war after Revolution. that since his death, and recently she has
applied for a continuance of that pension for
five years under the act of July 7, 1838 and has
been successful in her application, and that she
now makes the further application for a
year's pension under the act of March
1843. provided for cases like hers, referring
to the papers on file in the War Department
in her husband's case and in her own, for
the necessary proofs to sustain her claim.
Subscribed & Sworn the day & 
year aforesaid before ___
Sarah Ten Eick
Isaiah P. Large    Judge
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James F Randolph
agent
Mansfield, 
Warren Co. N.J.
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State of New Jersey
I Charles G McChesney Secretary of State of
the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
that Isaiah P Large Esq. before whom the
within declaration was made & taken, was
at the time of the doing thereof one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Hunterdon in said State, duly
appointed, Commissioned and sworn, that full faith & credit
are to be given to his official attestations, and that the
signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said
Isaiah P. Large
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in
said State this twenty third day of November A.D. One
thousand eight hundred and forty three
Charles G McChesney
Secy of State
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7767.
New Jersey

Sarah Ten Eyck
widow of Andrew I. Ten Eyck
was a pensioner under the Act of
1832 and
who died on the 27th April 1842
of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey 
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the
Regt commanded by Col Van Dyke in the New Jersey line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 40 Dollars _______
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th
day of October 1843 and send to
Jas. F. Randolph
Mansfield
Warren Co. agent
Total amount; $200 -
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Tho. Lumpkin      Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 137
Rept Oct 10
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 31st 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm: of Sarah Ten Eyck dec'd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Trenton, New Jersey,
Agency, at the rate of Forty ----------
Dollars and ----------------------
Cents per annum, under the law of the 3d March ---1843
has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1843, to the 8th January 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
___________________ Harris

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
.
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9258
Sarah Ten Eick
N Jersey
Act July7 38
Admin'd
12 months
priv
$40 per ann

James F. Randolph
Mansfield
Warren Co
N Jersey
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1925 Sept. 29 Hist to
Mrs. Edward Read Gucs
1928 - Aug 21, Hist to
Mrs. J.S. Platt, M.E.E.
Recp
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1096
Sarah Ten Eyck
Widow
Andrew Ten Eyck
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: - Vol. M., Page 267.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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825 SECOND PLACE
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
July 21st 1925 - 

To the U.S. Pension Bureau.
May I ask you for the data pertaining to the two following Pension claims? i.e. names, dates of births, marriages and deaths.
1st Peter Brokaw of Hunterdon Co. N.J. who served in the Revolutionary War (Widow no. 3761).
2nd
Andrew I Ten [Eick Eyck, Somerset Co., N.J., Revolutionary War service. (Widow no. 1096)
(over)
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If there is a fee due you, or any expense, kindly inform me,
Yours truly
(Mrs. Edward G.)    Susan Rapalie Read
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1225 Sixth St. Port Huron, Mich.
Oct. 18 '27

To Officers of Dept. of Interior
Dear Sirs,
Some time ago I published a brochure
you can see in Library of Congress, entitled "House of Hawley." In that I had
the good fortune to have the record of about five relations of my own which you furnished, and which I probably could not otherwise have obtained.
A Mr. Stevens of Chicago got up a very comprehensive hist. of Black Hawk War,
and left out two of my relations, one an officer. I wrote him of the discovery through  your Help of these participants and this author was grateful. He said he
would put those two men in the book with the pen.
But I am a real Oliver Twist for that kind of information and will be very
grateful for knowledge about these people if any record:
ROBERT SATTERLY (SATTLEY )
occupied during revolution from British Man of War. Born
in England abt. 1755. He lived with family Daniel Davis on Long Is.
and married first, Mary Davis, later Widow Hawley, born Darrow.
He was alive in 1818 and continued to live at Vergennes or Ferrisburgh, Vt.
Twelve children, ten of whom survived.
"Lieut" JOHN DIBBLE
lived at Danbury, CT. during Rev.
Afterwards relations lived in Columbia Co. N.Y. Time 1708-1790.
He left a will and considerable property to Children: John, Jr.,
(These predeceased Lieut. John
Eleazer, Nathan, Samuel, Lucy mar. Hawley, and Sarah mar. Ferry.
Their children are mentioned in the will.
MOSES WAY
lived at Lenox Mass, wife Sarah Miles. His brother
Timothy was active in the Rev. and family tradition says that Moses also
fought. He had children: John Ashburn, Charles Russel, Jonathan and daughters.
At the time of his death He lived with son Russel, Turin, N. Y.
Time of Moses 1749 - 1813.
THOMAS BURNSIDE in Albany Co. Militia
under Capt. John VanderHeiden, wf Arianne Ten Eyck
Thos, bn 1750, wf bn 1755, Children can be given
ANDREW TEN EYCK father of above
do not know particulars
Also wanted the record of
JONATHAN WAY who as very young man, unmarried, fought in
WAR OF 1812. He probably enlisted from Mass, having been bn at Salem and
living at Lenox. son of Moses above. His wife was Abigail Higby, but she
predeceased him, His time was from abt 1793 - 1880. He died at Shell Rock, _____
and the last few years of his life enjoyed a pension.
I have the letter alluding to same.
Respectfully Solicited
Elsie Hawley Platt
Mrs. J. S. Platt
1225 Sixth St. Port Huron Mich
Elsie H. Platt
(Stamped "US Pensions Office 1924")