Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42469, for John C Ten Broeck, New York
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Service
New York

Ten Broeck, John C

Number 
S. H2H69
{B.L.Wt. 2184_Boo_leapt.
{Issued June 2, 1792
{no papers
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New York   4   64

John C: Ten Brook
Colo. [Colonel] Van Schaick
Captain
New York line - 1776  - 7 years 
In the army of the U. States

At $20 per mo: to com. 31st March, 1818 

Certificate issued 6th of April, 1818
and sent to Honble W. Spencer, of the House of Rep. U.S.
Ars. to 4th Sept. 1818. 5 2/28. mos. $101.42

(Revy Claims, Act 18th March, 1818)
Van Schaick

Notification sent 25 Sept 1822 [to?] Pensioner Waterford, N.Y
 Date of death [illegible]
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N. 64
31


1818.9.4
1818.3.30
         5.  /28

$100
         1.42
$101.42
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City & County of Albany & State of New York Ss} Be it remembered that on the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one hundred eight hundred eighteen personally came before me John C. Ten Broeck, who being duly sworn deposed and said, that about the month of January 1776. He entered the service of the United States, as a Lieutenant in the first New York Regiment on the continental establishment and that he received on or about the 28th day of June 1779 a commission as a Lieutenant, under the seal of the United States, signed by John Jay Esquire President of the Congress of the said United States; and that on or about the 28th Day of April 1781. He received a Commission on appointment as Captain of the said Regiment, and now holds a Commission as such Captain under the Seal of the United States, signed by Elias Boudinot as President of the said Congress. and that he actually served in the Army of the said United States, in the line of the State of New York, from the first of March in the Year 1776, until the Month of June in the Year of our Lord 1783. at which time the said Regiment was disbanded and He was discharged and the said John C. Ten Broeck did further depose and say that he is aged sixty three
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years, and now resides in the Town of Watervliet in said County of Albany and State of New York and is a Citizen of the United States, and that he is by reason of his wound circumstances in life in need of assistance from his Country for support. And I do certify that the said John C. Ten Broeck produced to me, the Commissions herein before stated, and that have no doubt and am fully satisfied that they are authentic documents being personally acquainted with the signature of the said John Jay and knowing the same to be genuine.  
And I do further certify that I have known the said John C. Ten Broeck for the last thirty years and have always understood from him and others, that he did serve in the Capacities aforesaid in the revolutionary war.   
And I do further certify that from a personal knowledge of the circumstances of the said John C. Ten Broeck, in addition to the part stated by him on oath as aforesaid, I am satisfied that he is in wound circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. And I do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John C. Ten Broeck served in the revolutionary war
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as aforesaid against the common enemy
 This done & certified to the Honorable the Secretary of war of the United States, this 31st day of March 1818.
  Ambrose Spencer one of the Justices of the supreme Court of Judicature of the state of New York

We certify that the above signature of Ambrose Spencer is genuine, and that he is one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.     Daniel Cruger  J.C. Spencer
House of Representatives
April 4th 1818
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John C. Ten broeck
 Copy
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State of New York County of SARATOGA } ss    
On this twenty eighth day of August 1822 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John C. Ten Broeck late Captain in the first New York Regiment of the army of the Revolution aged sixty seven years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: Entered the service first of March 1776, as a first Lieutenant in Col Wayn Ross's Regiment of New York troops and served one year the period for which the regiment was raised and then extend Col. Van Schaicks Regiment, and served as Lieutenant until April 1781, at which time he was promoted to Captain and in that capacity he served until discharged at the close of the war in June 1783, was one of the detachment that raised the seige of Fort Stanwix was at the Battle of Monmouth and served at the Seige of Yorktown, during the whole of it  --- That his original declaration was made on or about the thirty first day of March, 1818 and that his Pension Certificate is not numbered --- And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Worn to and declared on the twenty eighth day of August 1822, in open Court  J. C. Ten Broeck     

Thomas S. Palmer Clerk     
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing swear and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred and seventy three dollars and seventy five cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty Eighth day of August 1822 Thomas S. Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.
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Schedule of the Real and Personal Estate of John C. Ten Broeck the pensioner in the within affidavit named (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) made in pursuance of the act within mentioned, Real Estate I have none     Personal Estate 
1 old fashioned Looking glass $4 1 table $3 1 writing desk $5 - 12.00    
1 table $9 2 pair of Candlesticks $2 a carpet $20 12 chairs 20 - 43.00    
1 Looking glass $1.20 2 Picture frames 50 cts 1 Sheet Iron Stove & Pipes 3 15.00 
1 Set of window blinds $5 3 Dog Carther plates 1.75 1 do dishes $3 - 9.50 
1 doz Cups & Saucers 1.75 1 1/2 do knives & forks $1.50 2 brass kettles $7.00 10.25 
2 Stoves $20 4 milk Pans $1.50 1 churn 75 cts 2 Stone Pots 50 cts 22.75 
1 tea board $ 1.50  2 Pitchers $1.75 4 Pots 6 Bowls 50 cts - 4.25  
2 Decanters 1.75 12 tumblers 1.75 12 wine glasses 75 4 Iron pots $ 3.75 - 6.00 
1 Pr Andirons 50 cts 2 Copper pots $1.00 1 Pr shovels & tongs 50 cts - 2.00 
1 Dutch oven $2.00 1 table cherry (tea) $3.00 2 pine tables $2.00 - 7.00   
1 Pr Steelyards $1.50 3 wash tubs $1.75 2 Empty barrels $2.00 - 3.25 
2 soap pot $1.50 1 meat cask 1.75 1 Leach tub $1.50 - 3.75   
3 Kegs $1.75 1 saw 15.00 1 Musket $4.00 1 hog $5.00 - 24.75 
1 Wood plane 1.25 1 axe 75 1 Shovel 1.75 1 hoe 25 1 Spade 50 3.50 
Beelte 5 wedges ,50  wheelBarrow 50 Small brass bars - 1.62 
1 Spider 50 1 Skillet 1 34 -.6 2 
$169.75 
My old Sword to me Invaluable, but probably a stranger would not give one dollar - 2.00 Diploma of the Cincinnati Society framed perhaps - 1 00 
$172.75     
The said John C. Ten broeck was in his youth by occupation a Cordwainer, and has since been engaged in Mercantile business and is now by reason of age and infirmity unable to support himself and family by manual Labour His family consists of his wife Anna Ten Broeck about his own age, feeble in Strength and unable to Support herself by Labour, and a daughter Catharine aged about twenty nine and able to support herself if her Service was Not Required to take Care of her Parents J.C. Ten Broeck Sworn to in open Court 28 August 1822 Thomas S. Palmer Clerk
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May 12, 1938
Miss Sarah M. Gray
Groton Road
Ayer, Massachusetts

BA - J/EEL
John C. Ten Broeck - S. 42469

Dear Madam:
  The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42469, based upon service in that war of John C. Ten Broeck, the only John Ten Broeck that is found on the records of this office, said war.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John C. Ten Broeck are not shown.

John C. Ten Broeck entered the service, place of residence not stated, about March 1, 1776, served as 1st lieutenant in Colonel Wynkoop's New York Regiment one year, then entered Colonel Van Schaick's 1st New York Regiment and served as lieutenant; April 26, 1781, was promoted captain in same regiment and continued to serve until June 3, 1783.

He was granted three hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 2184, issued June 2, 1792, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance.

John C. Ten Broeck was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty three years and resided in Watervliet, Albany County, New York. In his youth he had been a cordwainer but later was engaged in mercantile business. He was a member of The Society of the Cincinnati.

In 1828, he was living in Waterford, Saratoga County, New York, and stated that his family then residing with him consisted

He first stated that he entered 1st NY. in 1776  He did not given Col Wynkoop until his statement in 1822 - & as this agrees with Heitman, I used it & put 1st NY. afterward. Wynkoop was Col of the 4th NY.
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of his wife, Anna Ten Broeck, about his own age and his
daughter, Catharine, aged twenty-nine years. There are
no further data in regard to wife or daughter and no names
of any other children are shown.
	In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of
death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John C. Ten Broeck
(S. 42469), you should address the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following data:

John C. Ten Broeck
Certificate No. 64
Issued April 6,1818
Rate, $20.00 per month
Commenced March 31,1818
Act of March 18,1818
New York Agency

No charge is made for this service.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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42469
INVALID
Revy
File No. 42,469
John C Ten Broeck
Capt Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 505
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Apr 9 1900
Miss Alice A Ten Brook
Sadorus Ill

1912 Sept 11 Hist to
Miss Margaret P. Hill-
house. aw.

1938 - May 12 - Hist to
Sarah M. Gray.  ES
Letter in care of
Oliver Wolcott - R11763 
ES
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No of org. Pamt 24

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

Treasury Department
10 June 1828

John C Ten Broeck of the village of Waterford in the County of
Saratoga in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of
the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the first regiment of the New York
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re-
solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March,
1826, the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent
in the State of New York.
	The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
A. Dinkins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
	Third Auditor's Office,
June 11th, 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to Captn John C Ten Broeck in
the New York line, amounting to Twenty four hundred dollars.
It further appears that Capt John C Ten Broeck is now on the pension
list of the New York agency, and has been since the 3 March
1826 at the rate of twenty Dollars per month.

P Haynes Aud
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STATE OF NEW-YORK
SARATOGA COUNTY

I Thomas Palmer Clerk 
of the county of Saratoga and of the Court of Common Pleas, of the the said county, Do Certify That Joshua Bloore whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Commissioner in and for the said county of Saratoga, dwelling the said county, appointed and sworn, and duly authorised by law to administer oaths and take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds, and discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joshua Bloore and verily believe that the signature of Joshua Bloore subscribed to the said certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Joshua Bloore.  

In Testimony Wereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of the said Court, this 5th
day of June 1828.

Thomas Palmer
Clerk
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State of New York
Saratoga
County

For the purposes of obtaining the benefits of an act, Entitled
"an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May 1828,
I, John C. Ten Broeck, of the Village of Waterford, in the County
of Saratoga, and State of New York, do hereby declare that I was
an officer in the Continental line of the army of the revolution, and
served as such, to the ends of the war, at which period, I was a
Captain in the First Regiment of the New York line.
	And I also declare, that I afterward received
certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum
equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was
offered by the resolve of congress of the 22nd of March 1783, instead
of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve 
of the 21st of October 1780-
	And I do further declare, that I have
received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3rd day of
March 1826, the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars, paid
to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of New York.

	Witness my hand this fifth day of June in
the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and twenty Eight.

John C. Ten Broeck

State of New York
Saratoga County

Samuel Steward and Henry Edson of the Village of Waterford in the
County of Saratoga & State of New York -- being duly sworn severally depose
and say that they are personally acquainted with the above named John
C. Ten Broeck of the Village of Waterford aforesaid, and that the said John C
Ten Broeck is generally reputed and believed to be an officer of the
Revolution.

S. Stewart
Henry Edson

Sworn before me this 5th Day 
of June 1828

Joshua Bloore a Commr for
said Co. to take affidavits
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Commission in favor of John C. Ten
Broeck as Lieut 1st N. York Regt. to rank from
1st March 1776 & dated 28 June 1779.

Commission for same as Captain, same 
Regt to rank from 25 April 1781 & dated 3rd
June 1783
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Consd. with
Invalid file
#42,469

Payable on the 4th
March & 4th Septe in
each year by the agent
at the Branch Bank
U States, New York

Recorded.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Rev Claims

I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United States,
of the 18th of March 1818,
John C. Ten Brook, late a Captain in the Army of the
Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency,
at the rate of Twenty dollars per month,
to commence on the 31st day of March one thousand eight
hundred and Eighteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States
this 6th day of April
on thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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Rev. War Section

September 11, 1912

Miss Margaret P. Hillhouse
The Walpole Inn
Walpole, N. H.

Madam: - 

In response to a personal inquiry of this date, you are advised
that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of John C.
Ten Broeck, Sur. File No. 42,469, it appears that he was commissioned
March 1, 1776, First Lieutenant of the 1st regiment, New York Line, and on
April 25 or 28, 1781, as Captain of said regiment. He was one of the
detachment that raised the siege at Fort Stanwix; he was at the battle
of Monmouth and at Yorktown during the Siege, and was discharged in
June, 1783. He was allowed pension on an application executed March 31,
181, at which time he was 63 years of age and a resident of Watervliet,
Albany Co., New York.
On August 28, 1822, he was living in Saratoga Co., New York,
and then stated, that in his youth he was cordwainer and had since been
engaged in mercantile business; that his wife, Anna, was about his own
age, and his daughter, Catharine, was 29 years old; that he had his
diploma of the Cincinnati Society and "my old sword, to me invaluable."

Very respectfully,
L. Stillwell
Acting Commissioner
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March the 22 1900

kind Sir i thought
i would drop you a few
lines in reply of [underline] John
tenbroeck [sic] [/underline] as he Served 
in Several grades ending
as lieutenant colonel and
comanded [sic] a Battalion in
the Battle of manoth[sic - Monmouth]
near Jersey in our
revolutionary War
is so plese [sic] notify
me at once

Alice tenbrook
Sadorus illnois
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May 12, 1938

BA-J/EEL

Miss Sarah M. Gray
Groton Road
Ayer, Massachusetts

Dear Madam,

Reference is made to your letter in which you request in-
formation in regard to John Ten Broeck, a Revolutionary War
soldier, who is buried in New York State and Oliver Wolcott,
a signer of the Declaration of the Independence and Oliver Wolcott,
Junior.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon the service in the Revolutionary War of the Oliver Wolcott,
who signed the Declaration of Independence. Such claims are
the source of the data furnished by this office. The records of John
C. Ten Broeck and Oliver Wolcott, Junior are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.