Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,726, Dirk Hansen, Continental New York
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SERVICE: Continental New York
Hansen, Dirk (Linn, Helen) (former widow)
NUMBER: W 16726
B.L. Wt. 981-300 Capt.
Issued July 13, 1790.
Name recorded as Dirck Hanson
No papers
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Albany 1295 
Helen Linn, who was 
the widow of Dirk Hansen 
who died on the___ June 1799 
of Schenectady Co. in the State of N. York 
who was a Captain in the [blank] commanded 
by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Livingston in the N. York line 
for 2 years N. Y. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 480 Dollars per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Aug 1837 
and sent to Nicholas Hansen, Schenectady, N.Y 

Arrears to the 4th of March '37 2880.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " 240.00 
[=] $3120.00 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act July 4, 1836,} 
{Section the 3}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 112
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State of New York} 
Secretary's Office} 
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that Dirk Hansen was Commissioned as a Captain in Col. James Livingstons Regiment on the 18th day of December 1776 and was mustered to January 1781- It also appears by the Balloting book of the Commissioners of the Land Office of this State and by the records of patents in this Office that three Lots of Land of 600 acres each were granted to the said Captain Dirk Hansen pursuant to the Laws of this State in relation to lands promised to be given as Bounty lands-- See a printed copy of the said Balloting book in the pension Office at Washington page 58 - See also page 21 of said book certain resolutions of the Commissioners of the Land Office in relation to Officers & Soldiers of the Line of this State entitled to bounty lands from which it appears that the said Captain Hansen was considered by his services as fully entitled to the grant aforesaid.
[Signed] Arch'd Campbell 
Dep. Secretary
Albany May 13, 1837
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State of New York,} 
Schenectady County ss.} 
On this 10th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county aforesaid, Helen Linn, a resident of the City of Schenectady, in the county aforesaid, in the seventy seventh year of her age, who is now and has been for a year past confined to her room by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, and is altogether unable to attend and be qualified in Court; and who being first 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 passed July 4, 1836, and the Act explanatory of said Act, passed March 3, 1837: That she was married to Dirk Hansen, then a Captain in the Revolutionary Army, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Livingston, in the New York Line. That after her marriage with the said Captain Hansen he was variously employed in the army, the particular services he rendered she cannot, at this distance of time, specify, excepting that she recollects generally the direction in which he went, which was to the frontiers, north and west
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of Albany, and down along the Hudson river, southwards, and has always born in mind, that he was at the surrender of Cornwallis. After her marriage, she distinctly remembers, that he was on a tour of duty for at least a year and a half, visiting her but once, not to exceed twice, in that time. That afterwards his absences from home were not so long, he visited his family more frequently, and continued with them longer at a time, but always more or less from home, engaged in his duties, as an officer, to the close of the War. She particularly remembers, from some affecting circumstances attending the transaction, that towards the close of the War, he was ordered down the River to apprehend some tories or disaffected persons. He wore his uniform to the close of the war, particularly his cockade. Captain Hansen was always, after the war, considered and treated as a soldier who had served his country to the end of it, and that he did continue to the end this deponent knows and avers to be true. 
She further declares, that the cannot say precisely in which of the two years she was married to Captain Hansen, 1779 or 1780, but that she was married in one of them she is confident, as her first child was born in 1782, and she was two or three years married before she had a child. She says that she has no record of her marriage; if one
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was kept by her father's family, she does not now know where it is, and that it is probably lost, her family being ruined and dispersed by the war, and never reestablished. That in Captain Hansen's family also there is no record of her marriage. That if one was kept, it is either lost or beyond her power to have access to it. That it was in one of the two years specified, she is further confirmed, from the fact that she attended the wedding of Nicholas Van Rensselaer, whose affidavit is hereto annexed, and that she was then a married woman, and had been, as well as she can recollect, about a year, perhaps a little more or less. 
She further declares, that Dirk Hansen, her said husband died in June 1799; that she was afterwards, to wit, 1800, married to the Rev. Doct. William Linn, who died in January 1807, and that she was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836, and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 
[Signed] Helen Linn
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me} 
[Signed] Geo McQueen 
Judge Court Common Pls County of Schenectady
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County of Schenectady ss. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Helen Linn named with foregoing deposition That she is a person of Credibility & truth, & entitled to full belief. And I further certify, that by reason of her bodily infirmity she is unable to leave her room. Dated May 18, 1837 
[Signed] Geo McQueen 
Judge, Court Common Pleas County of Schen'dy County 

State of New York}
Schenectady County} ss.  
I Johnathan C. Burnham, Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify, That George McQueen, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of credibility, was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County, and his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate is his proper hand writing. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said County this 18th day of May A.D. 1837 
[SEAL]
[Signed] J. C. Burnham Clk.
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State of New York} 
Schenectady County} ss 
On this 27th day of July A.D. 1837, appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county aforesaid, Helen Linn, who being first duly sworn, according to law, in addition to her former oath or declaration, says, That at the time of her marriage with Captain Dirck Hansen, she resided with her father in Rensselaerwyck, now in the Town of Greenbush and County of Rensselaer- That she was married to the said Capt. Hansen, by the Rev. Doct. Westerlo, Minister of the Dutch Church in Albany, and that the marriage took place in the City of Albany, at the residence of Doct. Westerlo. That the reason of her going to Albany to be married was, that her marriage might be private, as her intention was unknown to her family. That Nelly Bleecker, wife of Nicholas Bleecker, accompanied her from her residence to Albany, and was present at her marriage. That the said Nelly Bleecker is now deceased, but that the said Nicholas Bleeker is yet living in the City of Albany. She says, That she has been shown the Certificate of the Rev. Mr. Vermilye, and verily believes that it contains the Record of her marriage with Capt. Hansen, and that the name "Lynie" is there by mistake instead of Lana or Helen. She says she cannot fix upon the precise year of her marriage, but from the circumstance of the Record known to her, she has no doubt it is in all respects true of her marriage, excepting in her christian name.
[Signed] Helen Linn
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid.}
[Signed] Geo. McQueen Judge Schedy Com Pleas
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I certify, as before, to the credibility and respectibility of the Deponent, and that her bodily inability to attend and be qualified in open Court still continues. 
Given under my hand at Schenectady, this 27th day of July 1837- 
[Signed] Geo. McQueen 
Judge Schedy Com. Pleas

State of New York}
Schenectady county ss.} 
Nicholas Hansen being sworn, says, That his mother, Helen Linn, the applicant, is, besides much bodily weakness, so afflicted with deafness, that it is with a great deal of difficulty that one can make himself to be understood by her. That though she recollects perfectly well events, she is becoming much confused in applying them to persons or to times. That at the time of making her first affidavit, neither she nor this deponent were in possession of the Records of the Births of the children of Capt. Hansen, that this deponent has since procured that Record from an
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older sister, residing in a distant county, and finds on comparing it with the Certificate of Mr Vermilye, hereto annexed, that his mother was mistaken in the interval which existed between the time of her marriage, and birth of her first child. That her first child was born, as appears by the Record, now in this deponents possession, on the 29th day of May 1782, and the birth of her second child on the 22d February 1785; and that the interval of two or three years, of which she speaks in her affidavit as existing between her marriage and birth of her first child, applys [sic] not to those two events, but in truth to the interval between the births of her first and second child. 

This deponent further says, that before his mother made her declaration, he had been to see Captain Nicholas Van Rensselaer and his wife, at Greenbush, and they both informed him, that this deponents father and mother were married about a year before them, and that they were married in 1780.

This deponent further says, That he has lately and since the application of his mother, examined the Records of the Churches in existence in the time of the Revolution, in what was then called Rensselaerwyck, and also in Albany, and that he found an entry in the Record of Marriages kept by the Dutch Church in the latter City, and which he has no doubt is the record of the marriage of his mother, the present Mrs. Linn, and his father, Capt. Hansen, deceased- And that there is no where else any record of their marriage to be found.
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This deponent further says, That the certificate of the Rev. Mr Vermilye, hereto annexed, contains a true copy from the Record of Marriages kept by the Dutch Church in Albany, which this deponent has himself seen, and that the signature "Thos E. Vermilye", is the hand writing of the Rev. Mr Vermilye, now minister of said Church. 

This deponent further says, That the other certificate, hereto annexed, of the Rev. John Gray, contains a true copy from the Records of Marriages, in the Dutch Church in Schodac[k], Rensselaer County, which this deponent has also himself seen, and that the signature  "John Gray, Pastor", is the hand writing of the Rev. Mr Gray, now minister of said Church. 

This deponent further says, That in the Record of the births of the children of the late Capt. Hansen and the present Mrs Linn, there is no record of their marriage. 
[Signed] Nicholas Hansen

Sworn & subscribed before me this 27th day of July 1837}
[Signed]  Geo. McQueen 
Judge Schedy Com. Pls. 

I certify that I am acquainted with the foregoing deponent & that he is entitled to belief. Schedy 27th July 1837 
[Signed] Geo. McQueen
Judge Schedy Com. Pls.
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State of New York}
Schenectady County} ss. 
I Jonathan C. Burnham, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify, That George McQueen Esq before whom the preceeding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the Certificates of credibility, was on the day of the date of the same, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, and that his name subscribed to the same as his proper Signatures. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 27th day of July AD 1837 
[SEAL]
[Signed] J. C. Burnham Clerk
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I John Gray, minister of the Reformed Dutch Church, in the Town of Schodac[k], County of Rensselaer, and State of New York, Do hereby Certify, that I have examined the Records of Marriages, kept by said Church, and that therein I find the following entry, in the hand writing of the Rev. Christian Bork, then Minister of said Church, viz: 
"May 27th 1800. Rev. William Linn, D.D. one of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York 
with 
Mrs Helena Hansen, widow of the late Captain Hansen, deceased."

And further that the said marriage was performed, by the said Rev. Mr Bork. 

Given under my hand, at Schodac, this 23d day of July in the year of our Lord 1837. 
[Signed] John Grey Pastor
Signed & certified in presence of 
Nicholas Hansen
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I Thomas E. Vermilye, Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of Albany, Do Hereby Certify, That I have examined the Records of Marriages belonging to this Church, and that therein I find the following entry, viz: Under the date of "July 18, 1781. Dirk Hansen & Lysie Low." 
in the hand writing of the Rev. Doct. Westerlo there, and at that time, minister of this Church. 
Given under my hand, at Albany, this 7th day of July AD 1837. 
[Signed] Thos. E. Vermilye 

Signed & Certified in presence of Nicholas Hansen
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State of New York} 
Secretary's Office} 
I certify that the district of Country or Tract of land known and distinguished by the name of Rensselaerwyck was within the bounds of the County of Albany in this State in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and eighty one and that the Town of Greenbush now in the County of Rensselaer is part of the said Rensselaerwyck.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office at the City of Albany the 22d day of July A.D. 1837. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Archd Campbell 
Dep. Secretary
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., ____, 19__
W. 16726

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Dirk Hansen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN/COLONEL. | STATE
DEC. 18, 1776 | to June 1781 | Captain | Colonel James Livingston | NY

Battles engaged in, none stated 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Manor of Rensselaer Wyck Albany Co. N Y. 
Date of application for pension, May 18, 1837 Her claim was al 
Residence at date of application, Schenectady, NY 
Age at date of application, 76 years 
Remarks: Sol. mar at Albany N.Y. July 18, 1781, Helen daughter of Nicholas Low of the Manor of Rensselaer Wyck, (later called Greenbush Rensselaer Co. N.Y.) Sol. died in June 1799. they had children, only name stated being Nicholas, the 1st child was b. May 29, 1782, 2" ch. b. Feb. 22. 1785, the widow mar May 27 1800 the Rev. Dr. Wm. Linn of the Dutch Reformed Church of N.Y. City, he d. in Jan 1807
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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1982 [??]
July 31. 
[illegible]
Helen Linn,
NY
[Postmark] SCHENECTADY N.Y. JUL 28

FREE [postage]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions,
Washington City.
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Schenectady, July 28 1837

Sir, 
Your letter of 29th June last, was duly received. I have been unavoidably delayed in procuring the supplemental evidence in the case of the claim of my mother, Mrs Linn, which I now have the pleasure to enclose. 
The feebleness of my mother, her memory in detached parcels, and the effort it requires, in her situation, to recall the past, makes it very difficult as well as unpleasant, to take her deposition. 
May I ask your decision as soon as consistent the your other & higher duties, that the application may be concluded in her life time. 
I am, Sir, 
Respectfully,
yr. obt. svt.
[Signed] Nicholas Hansen

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions,
Washinngton City.
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City
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Schenectady, N.Y. May 19, 1837. 

Sir,
I enclose proceedings under the Act of Congress, July 4, 1836, and the act explanatory March 3, 1837, which I transmit to the Department, in behalf of my mother, an applicant for the benefit of the provisions made by those statutes - 
In addition to the affidavits of the applicant and Capt. Van Rensselaer, I respectfully request the attention of the Department to the "Balloting Book" of this State, a copy of which is at Washington, especially the Resolutions of the Commissioners, pages 21 & 22, by which it will be seen that my father must have served to the close of the war.
If that fact has a bearing on the amount of the pension which may be granted to my mother, and the proof offered to establish it is not sufficient, I should be pleased to be informed of it, that I may have an opportunity to furnish further evidence.
My mother being unable to attend personally to the business, I will be obliged to the Depart. to address all communications to me- 
I am, Sir,
Respectfully,
[Signed] Nicholas Hansen

 J. L. Edwards Esq
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I forward the Enclosed at the request & in behalf of Nicholas Hansen Esq. of this city.
Yours respectfully
[Signed] G.F. Yates
Schenectady May 18 1837
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1982 [??] 
May 23.
NY
4 July '36
3d Sec.
[postmark] SCHENECTADY NY MAY 19

Crosswise:
FREE [postage]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.
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stamped env. M.H. 
Rev Sec  Div [?] 

Erie, Pa., July 6, 1920. 

Re: Capt. Dirk Hansen,
Revolutionary War 

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen: 
I am very anxious to secure a statement of the military history of the above named man, who fought in the Revolutionary War for the State of New York. He was in Col. Nicholson's Regiment, Albany Co., and if he applied for a pension no doubt there is a record in your office. If so, will it be possible for me to obtain same? 
Thanking you very kindly for any information regarding this matter, I remain, 
Very truly yours, 
(Mrs.) F. Hansen Sommers

231 Sassafras Street, 
Erie, Penna. 
[Receipt mark] U.S Pension Office JUL 8 1920
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V
New York
Helen Linn
Suspended Let to
Nicholas Hansen
June 29, 1837
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1920 July 30. Hist to Mrs. F.H. Sommers aw

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16726
Helen Linn
Former Wid of
Dirk Hansen
Capt. Rev War
Act: July 4th '/36
Index:-Vol M, Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New York} 
Albany ss.} -
Killian K Van Rensselaer of the City of Albany, in the Seventy fourth year of his age, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that Mrs. Hellen Linn, the Widow of the Revd Doctor Linn, deceased, is also the Widow of Captain Dick Hansen, formerly a Captain in the American Army of the Revolution. The said Hellen Linn and Dirk Hansen, this deponent having well known from the early part of his life. The said Dirk being a kinsman to this deponent, and the said Hellen a neice [sic] to this deponents stepmother. That the said Helen resided chiefly in the family of this deponents father, from the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, or early part of 1777, till she married Captain Dirk Hansen, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one.

That this deponents father lived about four miles, from the city of Albany, on the East side of the Hudson River, on the river road leading South in Rensselaer Wyck, County of Albany, now the Town of Greenbush, and County of Rensselaer. That Nicholas Low the father of Mrs Linn lived with his family next door, north to this deponents father, and the said Captain Dirk Hansen in the same neighbourhood
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nearer the City of Albany. That this deponent from that circumstance was intimately acquainted with both persons. 

And this deponent further saith that from his first acquaintance with Mrs Linn, she was called Lene, pronounced broad, Lana, and often Leentie, (pronounced Laneshe) and which is in the Dutch language spoken in Holland (a diminutive) of the full name Helena, signifying Younger, smaller, inferior. And is also generally a word of Endearment. 

That Hellen, Hellena, Lene, and Laneshe are synonymous terms in the Dutch; Hellen being the english name. 

That this deponent has examined the Book of Marriages Kept by the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the city of Albany, and finds an entry therein-- Thus, under the date of July 18th, 1781 "Dirk Hansen & Lysie Low."  This is an error in the Christian name of Mrs Linn, as this deponent verily believes and has no doubt thereof. 

And this deponent saith that Captain Derk Hansen, had an impediment in his speech, that he stammered, and what was very remarkable lisped also. 

That this deponent is in the belief that owing to
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Captain Hansens manner of speaking the minister put down the Christian Name Lysie, instead of Lana or Leentie, (pronounced) Laneshe.

And this deponent further saith, that he has never known a female of the name of Lysie, nor heard the name, till he first saw a copy of the aforesaid entry. 

That he is convinced of the error, the Clergiman [sic] made in Recording the name of Lysie instead of Leentie, Lana, or Hellen, from the fact, that the widow Hellen Linn, now of the City of Schenectada, is the widow of Captain Dick Hansen deceased, who married Hellen Low in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, who was usually named Lana, and some times Lan-she, and further saith that the said Dirk Hansen was married but once, as this deponent verily believes - And further this deponent sayeth not
[Signed] K. K. Van Rensselaer 
Sworn to & subscribed this 22d day of July 1837 before me} 
[Signed] L. Jenkins Comr. of Deeds.

I certify that the above Deponent is a credible Witness of highly respectable character.
[Signed] L.  Jenkins Comr. of Deeds
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State of New York} 
Albany ss-} 

Maria Van Rensselaer (widow of Leonard Gansvoort Junior deceased) of the city of Albany, in the seventy second year of her age, deposeth and saith that she is well acquainted from the early part of life, with the widow Hellen Linn of the City of Schenectada in this State, who is also the Widow of Captain Dirk Hansen deceased. 

That the said Mrs Linn is the daughter of Mr Nicholas Low, who lived in the Revolution next door to this deponents father in the Manor of Rensselaer-wyck, County of Albany, now Town of Greenbush and county of Rensselaer within four Miles from the city of Albany on the East side of the Hudson River, that the Maiden name of Mrs Linn was Hellen or Hellena Low, generally named Lene (pronounced broad Lana) That the said Mrs Linn resided much of her time in the family of this deponents father in the Revolution, That Mrs Linn was a neice [sic] to this deponents Step Mother, the wife of her father Killian Van Rensselaer.
And this deponent further saith that she was well acquainted with Captain Dirk Hansen deceased, who was a Kinsman to this
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deponent, and lived in the Revolution in the same neighbourhood of this deponents father, and the father of the said Mrs. Linn. 
And this deponent further saith that the Widow Hellen Linn married to Captain Dirk Hansen the 18 of July in the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty one. That by a copy of the Marriage Record, shown to this deponent, it appears, that the Christian name of Mrs Linn is recorded Lysie, which this deponent verily believes to be a mistake intended no doubt for Laneshe.
In the Dutch language spoken in Holland, Hellen, Hellena, Lene, Leentie, have the same signification. Hellen being the English name. 
Mrs Linn at early life was called Lene (pronounced Lana) and often Leentie (pronounced Laneshe) the latter dutch word Leentie (a diminutive of the full word Helena) signifying the younger, smaller, inferior is also generally a word of endearment. 
Captain Hansen (as the deponent believes) at his marriage intended to give the name Lene or Lane-she, but which the clergyman mistook for Lysie,
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from the circumstance that Captain Hansen stuttered, and his pronunciation imperfect. 
And this deponent further Saith that she has not known or heard of a female by the name of Lysie Low, and that Captain Hansen was married but once, and that to the widow Hellen Linn, now of the City of Schenectada 
[Signed] Maria Van Rensselaer
widow of
Leonard Gansevoort Junr
Sworn & subscribed this 22d day 1837 before me 
[Signed] L. Jenkins Comr of Deeds

I certify that the above Deponent is a credible Witness of highly respectable character. [Signed] L. Jenkins, Comr of Deeds 

State of New York}
Albany County} Sss. I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said City and County do hereby certify that Lemuel Jenkins Esq. before whom the preceeding affidavits purport to have been Sworn and whose name is subscribed to the certificate of credibility was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds &c in and for the said County and that his name subscribed to the same are his proper Signatures 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the Said County this 25th day of July 1837.
[SEAL]
[Signed] C.A. Ten Eyck Clerk
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V. 1982
Helen Linn

Admitted
Capt 2 years
See Balloting Book
page 58

Nicholas Hansen Esq.
Schenectady N.Y.
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State of New York}
Albany County ss.} 
Killian K. Van Rensselaer, of the City of Albany, being duly sworn, says, that he is in the seventy fourth year of his age. That he is well acquainted with Lana Low, the widow of Dirk Hansen, deceased, and subsequently also the widow of the Rev. Doctor William Linn - That the said Dirk Hansen was a Captain in one of the Regiments of the New York Line, in the American Revolution, and that he served in the war of the Revolution, as this deponent personally knows. That the said Captain Hansen was a relative of this deponent, and resided (near the residence of this deponents father) at Greenbush, in the manor of Rensselaerwyck, now County of Rensselaer. 

And this deponent further says, That the said Lana Low, applying now for a pension, under the Acts of Congress, is the widow of Captain Hansen, deceased, who was married to the said Captain during the Revolutionary War, the precise year he cannot say.

That the said Lana Low resided chiefly in the family of this deponent's father, at the time she married Captain Hansen, in the Revolution. And further, that the said Lana Low is the daughter of Nicholas Low, deceased, who was driven from his home, with his family, in the neighbourhood of Cherry Valley,
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then a frontier settlement, and rented a dwelling from this deponent's father, next door to him in Rensselaerwyck aforesaid.

That this deponents father, by second marriage, and Nicholas Low were brothers-in-law, having married sisters.

This deponent further says, that Captain Hansen died many years ago, and is informed & believes that it was in the year 1799. That after his death, his widow, the present person applying for a pension, married the Rev. Doct. William Linn, then of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York, with whom she resided both in that City and in Albany, at which latter city the said Doctor Linn died many years ago, the precise year he does not recollect, but is informed and believes it was 1807. This deponent was a member of the Church in which the said Doctor preached in Albany. 

That the said Lana is now usually called Helen, except by her old friends, Helen being the English for Lana which is a Dutch name. 

That the said Helen Linn so as aforesaid necessively [?] the widow of Capt Hansen & Doct Linn has remained a widow since the death of Doct. Linn, and now resides in the City of Schenectady.
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That the said Captain Hansen mentioned in the Certificate of the Secretary of State, and the Captain Hansen referred to in this deponents affidavit, are one and the same.
[Signed] K.K. Van Rensselaer 
Sworn & subscribed before me this 16 day of May 1837}
[Signed] Calvin Pepper Justice of the Peace
 
I further certify, that I am acquainted with the above K K Van Rensselaer, and that he is a gentlemen of truth & veracity, and great respectability.
[Signed] Calvin Pepper Justice of the Peace
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State of New York}
Albany County ss.} 
Nicholas Van Rensselaer of the Town of Greenbush, in the county of Rensselaer, in the eighty Third year of his age, being duly sworn, says, That he was a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Van Schaick, in the New York Line. That he was a neighbour of Dirk Hansen, deceased, who was a Captain in the Regiment of regular Troops commanded by Colonel James Livingston, and that he was well acquainted with the said Captain Hansen before the War of the Revolution, during the time of that war, and afterwards to the day of his death. 

This deponent further says, That he knows Helen Linn, applying for a pension on account of the services of Capt. Hansen, her first husband. That she was the daughter of Nicholas Low, and was called, previous to her marriage with Captain Hansen, Lana Low, and that she was married to the said Captain Hansen, a year or some period short of a year before the marriage of this deponent (which was in the year 1780), as this deponent has always believed.

That at the time of the marriage of the said Captain Hansen and Lana Low, he the said Captain Hansen was then a Captain in Livingston's Regiment, and the said Lana resided with her father at Greenbush, where the marriage took place.
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This deponent further says, that he kept up his acquaintance with Captain Hansen, during the whole of the War, interrupted only in the intervals that their respective duties seperated them, and that the said Captain Hansen continued in the army, as this deponent personally knows, to the close of the war - This deponent's regiment and the said Livingston's being employed, in and from 1781 to the close of the war, much on the frontiers, at Ft. Stanwix, West Point, Westchester. 

This Deponent further says, That he has recd the affidavit of his brother, K. K. Van Rensselaer hereto annexed, and is knowing to all the facts therein set forth, and confirms the same of his knowledge, and only adds that he attended the funerals of both Captain Hansen & Doctor Linn, both many years ago, and also that the marriage of Mrs. Hansen with Doctor Linn was a year & perhaps a few months more, after the death of Captain Hansen. 
[Signed] Nichs. Van Rensselaer
Sworn & subscribed before me this 16th day of May 1837
[Signed] Calvin Pepper Justice of the Peace
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I further certify that I am acquainted with the above Nicholas Van Rensselaer, and that he is a gentleman of truth & veracity, and great respectability. 
[Signed] Calvin Pepper Justice of the Peace 

State of New York} 
Albany County} ss. 
I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Calvin Pepper Esq before whom the preceeding affidavits purport to have been Sworn and whose name is Subscribed to the certificates of credibility was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that his name Subscribed to each is his proper handwriting. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the Said County the 17th day of May 1837. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] C.A. Ten Eyck
Clerk