Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,837, Matthias H Van Denbergh, New York
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SERVICE  New York

VanDenbergh Matthias H.

NUMBER  R.10,837
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State of New York
County of Greene ss
Best known that before one a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorised by law to administer oaths personally appeared Henry M. Vandenburgh. a resident of Coxsackie in the county aforesaid so he being duly sworn according to law states that he is a son and heir at law of Mathies H Vandenburgh deceased of Coxsackie in the county and state aforesaid. who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. and that he believes the United States are still indebted under existing laws for th epension that was due under the application heretofore made and that he is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was made as aforesaid and he hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Parker of Franklin in the county of Delaware and State aforesaid. his true and lawful attorney with power of substitution and revocation to examine into in [illegible] and establish the claim for said pension and perform all acts necessary there to
In witness whereof Henry M Vandenburgh has hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal on this 25th day of 1855
In presents of

Henry M VanDerBerg
Arthur Beath
Hulett P Bedell
Signed sealed and acknowledged on this 25 day of June 1853

Garet G Heermance Justice of the Peace
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State of New York,
Greene County Clerk's Office. A, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that
Garret G Heermance before whom the annexed deposition
was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and
duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to
be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
County this 27 day of June
1853
Wm H Van Orden Dep 
Clerk.
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State of New York
Greene county ss
William V.B. Heermance of Coxsackie in said county being duly sworn, says that on the third day of September 1832 he was clerk of the county of Greene. That he was personally acquainted with Tunis P. Van Slyck of the town of New Baltimore in the said county, who on that day made an affidavit in open court of the revolutionary services of Matthias H VanDenBurgh and with Robert Van DenBurgh of Coxsackie in said county, who on the first day of September 1832, made a like affidavit before Abraham VanDyck a commisisoner of deeds and which was presented to the said court, that the said Tunis & Robert are both now dead. that he has known them, in their life time, for many years that they were men of good character, and that in his opinion then affidavits are entited to the fullest credit.
William V.B. Heermance
Sworn to and subscribed this 16th day of Sept 1853 before me and I certify that William V B Heermance Esq by whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a person whole character for truth and veracity is unquestionable
Garet G Heremance Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Greene County
I Jacob VanOrden clerk of the county of Greene do hereby certify that Garet G. Heermance Esq before whom the within affidavit was made, and who thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn - that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said justice of the peace, and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Greene County Court this 1st day of November in the year 1858
JVanOrden Clk
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10.066
Declaration of Mathias H. VandenBergh of Coxsackie, County of Greene & state of New York for a pension under the Act of 7th June 1832
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State of New York
Greene County ss

Tunis P. VanSlyck of the town of New Baltimore in the county of Greene being duly sworn saith that he was acquainted with Mathias H. VanDenBergh during the revolutionary war & has been ever since - That he knows that he did militia duly in the service of the United States or scouting parties, in keeping guard, & on alarms for [illegible] during the war - that the duty was frequently in company with this deponent
Tunis P. Van Slyke
Sworn and subscribed in open court the third day of September 1832 before me
William V.B. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York
Greene County ss
Robert VanDenBergh of the town of Coxsackie in the county of Greene being duly sworn saith that Mathies H. VanDenBerg is his brother; that the said Mathias to the personal remembers of this deponent was liable to military service for the United States during the revolutionary war from some in the year 1777 until the end of the war - That he knows that he very frequently went from home on said service - That he knew him to go on scouting parties and on other occasions - that during the war and ever since he understood that he was a faithful soldier in the American service - 
Robert VanDenBurgh
Sworn to & subscribed this 1st September 1832 - before me
Abrm Van Dyck
Commisioner of Deeds
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State of New York
Greene County ss
I William V.B.Heermance Clerk of the said county do certify that Abraham VanDyck Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same a commissioner of deeds of the said county authorized to take the said affidavit. and that his signature annexed thereto is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal of office this third day of Sept 1832

William V.B. Heermance Clk
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State of New York County of Greene ss
On this third day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county of Greene now sitting being a court of record Matthias H. VandenBergh a resident of the town of Cossackie in the County of Greene and State of New York aged beteen seventy and seventy one 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 July 7th 1832 - 
that he was born in the town of Cossackie in the County of Greene (formerly called county of Albany) on the 26th of September 1760 as he has always understood and believed, and which day is also the day in a family record of his father - That he has always been a farmer and always resided in the same town and still resides there - That in the year 1777 and a short time before the surrender of Burgoyne he was enrolled as a militiaman in the said town as a company commanded by Captain Henry VanBergen of the same place and Lieutenant Rychert VanDen Bergh and in a Regiment commanded by Col: Anthony VanBergen also of the same place all of which officers are dead - That the
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said Anthony remained the commandant of the Regiment to which this deponent belonged the whole of the revolutionary war - That immediately upon his enrolment he was ordered by his commanding officer to be prepared for constant actual military service against the enemies of the country, that he prepared himself forthwith with ammunition and the requisite accoutrements - That from that time he was bound to military service until the close of the revolutionary war. That within a very few days from his enrollment he was ordered out on scouting parties and on guard at various parts in the town and in places adjoining - That after the surrender of Burgoyne he was ordered to go to Albany a distance of twenty two miles from Coxsackie that he went there under Captain Henry VanGergen has stationed in a fort, did duty there, and was from home at that time he thinks one month - 
That after that he was called on to go to Schoharie that he went under Lieutenant Rychert Vanden Bergh That they were ordered to go by the way of Schenectady - that when they arrived there, they were directed to remain & defend Schenectady from a
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expected attack of Indians - That Schenectady is about forty miles from Coxsackie - that he believes he was at Schenectady not less than a fortnight and he was have been placed here between three & four weeks - 
That he also did duty at Catskill, under Captain Henry Van Bergen - that he was stationed at one William Salisbury's now deceased - That an attack was affected from the tories & indians - that he was there about ten days - 
That afterwards, and he thinks it must have been between 1779 & 1781, he did duty under Philip Caine a Captain Lieutenant in New York line of the continental army & remained at a place called Passamaquassac in the town of Catskill aforesaid & performed duty there for one month.
That he was called to a place called Basick in the county of Albany - That he was then commanded by the aforesaid Ryckery VandenBergh i and was absent at that time on duty about a week - 
That he was also on duty in pursuit of the Tories who had robbed one Peter Van Slyck residing in the Baltimore in the county of Greene - that he thinks he was there gone
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about a week - 
That he distinctly recollects he was under orders and on duty for three whole seasons from some time in the spring until the later part some time in the spring until the latter part of the fall in the same year; but the years he cannot state but it was after 1777 - This duty was performed in the said towns of Coxsackie, Baltimore, Cathey & Catskill The duty was done in the following [illegible] The country was in a state of alarm expecting daily & nightly attacks from the Indians  Tories, and expertion of the Militia (of where this deponent was one) was ordered to guard & protect a distance of country extending north and south about twenty or thirty miles That this guard was directed to keep apart of them on the march constantly - relieving each other at specified times - that according to the best of his recollection he was on guard not less than two nights each week, sometimes also in the day - 
That besides the [illegible] in this declaration above enumerated he further declares that from the time that he was enrolled until the termination of the revolutionary war he did every and various other services as a soldier for the United States - That there was an alarm
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of some kind almost every week from [illegible] parts of the country adjoining where he resided - That he was released out & did duty some times in one direction and sometimes in another - sometimes to keep what was called guard sometimes on scouting parties and sometimes in pursuit of the Robbers who infested that country - That upon such occasions he was on active duty generally for a few days and nights at a time and occasionally for a week or ten days, but at this remote period and having us memorandum a witness from which he can calculate, he cannot either state with any degree of certainty all the places he went to or the length of time he served upon each occasion - That he believes that the actual services he [illegible] as a soldier for the United States during the revolutionary war amounted to not less than one year and six months and every have amounted to two years or more - That 1777 until the end of the war he considered himself as bound to military service, and he does not remember any time that he was not tiable to military duty in behalf of the United States during that period - All the services was a lieutenant
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That he has no discharge or other written evidence and [illegible] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares an annuity except the present and declares and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - 

Mathias H Vanbergen

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court before me William V.B. Heermance Clerk

We Peter H Van Bergen & John Van Schaack residing in the town of Coxsackie - in the country of Greene aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mattias G. Vanden Bergh who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be between seventy and seventy one 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.

Peter H Vanbergen
John Van Schaack

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court before me
Wilham V.B. Hermance Clerk
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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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter Van Bergen & John Van Schaack who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Coxsackie and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

Darrance Kirtland
[illegible] Judge of Land Court

I Wilham VB Heermance Clerk of the Court of common pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the Application of Matthias H Vandenbergh for a pension In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Law Court this thud - day of September 1832.

William V.B. Heermance Clerk
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10837
Mathias H VandenBergh
Service:
Enlisted:

Act Aug 25, 1906  VandenBergh

REJECTED
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10,066
Mathias H VandenBergh
NY

Jas.O. Parker Sep 4 1854

10837

June 71832
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Franklin Aug 28th /57
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I herewith forward to you the original proceedings in the case of Matthias H VandenBergh for pension, which (if I am correctly informed, was filed in your office many years ago, and was examined and returned for correction of some slight informalities which was not attended to in the life time of the applicant or the person having the matter in charge. Matthias the applicant died 18th Dec 1841. His widow died 18th Mar 1848. Officers & witnesses whose names are given in the case have [illegible] years ago Consequently the claim has been neglected til now.
Henry M VandenBergh of Coxsackie N.Y. a son, and only surviving heir of Matthias has put the papers into my hands and requested me to intercede for him
The informalities above refered to as two as follows 1st the officer who administered the oath to the witnesses proving the service of Matthias did not certify that they, were credible witnesses. As that officer is not now living, in order to remove this objection an affidavit from Wm VB Heermance Esq.  (Whom you will observe was acting County Clerk at the date of said claim) has been obtained. proving the fact to which said officer failed to certify
2d The applicant did not obtain the evidence of a Clergyman and an other respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service
On this point allow me to say there are two credible witnesses (viz) Peter H Van Bergen & John Van Schuack whom I am confident were men of truth and veracity, but unfortunately neither happened to be a clergyman
Abundant evidence on this point including that of a Clergyman may be obtained if hearsay,
In conclusion I will that the applicant was a man of the strictest integrity and for many years a Deacon in the Reformed
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Dutch Church of Cosacki generally respected and beloved, and his declaration is entitled to the fullest credit.His son, , Henry M Vanden Burgh of Cossacki is also a worthy man. but indigent in circumstances, and if possible to that favourable construction upon the evidence in this case the department are respectfully requested to do so, as Mr Vanden Burgh is in need of help.
Very respectfully your obt srvt
Jas. O Parker
Frankin Del co NY