Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,009, Jacob Brink, New York

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New York
Brink, Jacob
S. 15.009
carded

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New York 8044
Jacob Brink
of Ulster in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Dewitt of the Regt commanded by Col. Hardenbergh in the New York line for 7 months 21 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars 64 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March 1833 and Sent to Hon. W. Broadhead Moo[?], Ulster Co. N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $51,28
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33. 12,82 [underlined]
$64,10 [underlined]

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. A. Page 15

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24392
Jacob Brink
admd. [admitted]
Hon J. C Brodhead

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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Brink of Kingston
County of Ulster in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge: last
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 78
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
|Period.|
enlisted summer 1776
ditto Spring 1777
drafted summer 1779

|Duration of Service.|
|Years, Months, Days.|
-5-
-2-
--21

|Rank|
As a private

|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|
Gen. 
Col. Johannes Hardenbergh
Capt John L Dewitt
Col. Albert Pawling
Capt Moses Cantine
Col Albert Pawling
Capt Abm Van Ness

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kingston New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk.
7. March 1833

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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of New York
Ulster County ss. On this seventh day of September in the year of or Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster aforesaid now sitting Jacob Brink a resident of the town of Kingston in said County of Ulster aged seventy eight years and upwards 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 June 7th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served in the manner herein stated
That in the year 1776 he was residing in the said town of Kingston in Ulster County with his father That in the early part of the summer of that year being then about twenty two years of age he enlisted as a volunteer [underlined] in a company commanded by Captain John S Dewitt now deceased in a regiment where of Johannis Hardenbergh was Colonel for the term of five -[underlined] 5 mo. [written in left margin and underlined] months - [underlined] That this deponent left Kingston under the command of his said captain with the company in a sloop for the city of New York and that upon their arrival at the city they were placed under the command of General Scott whose christened name this deponent does not recollect. That the name of the Brigade Major was Fish but he cannot tell what his other name was. That this deponent remained in the said city of New York serving under his enlistment until the British entered the City when he retreated with the American

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army to Kingsbridge and from thence to White plains and thence to Haverstraw - That this deponent next remained at Haverstraw encamped until the expiration of his term of enlistment where he returned to his fathers house - This deponent - further says that he never received any discharge from his service at the time and that he returned in company with his friends and neighbors after the expiration of the period of his enlistment, none of whom to the best of his recollection or belief received any written discharges
That this deponent enlisted at the same time with the following named persons from the vicinity of Kingston who are still living and who performed duty with this deponent as above stated to wit Leonard Croes, Tjerick Burkaus and Garret Constable that the said Croes and Burkaus returned with this deponent to Kingston from Haverstraw after being discharged. That this deponents messmates were Petrus Myer, Hans Dubois, John Post, William Dewitt and Willaim Dubois - who all enlisted at the same time with this deponent and were from the same vicinity - but that his said messmates above named are all dead. This deponent cannot state the precise day of his enlistment or of his departure from Kingston to New York but he positively declares that he  - served out the full period of five months [underlined] in the manner above stated
That in the spring of the year 1777 but on what precise day he cannot recollect, he volunteered again in the service of his country by enlisting at Kingston aforesaid for the - term of two months [2 mo- written in margin] in the company commanded by Moses Cantine as captain in the

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Regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Pawling 
That he marched with the company in which he so enlisted under the command of Captain Cantine to Ramapo in the State of New Jersey. That after remaining there two months till the expiration of the period of his enlistment he returned home. That Captain Cantine and Lieutenant Ellsworth who was the Lieutenant of the company in which this deponent enlisted are dead - that he recollects no person from this quarter of the country who served with him during this enlistment, except Hiskia Wynkoop and Osterhoudt reside in the adjoining town of Saugerties in this - County and that he cannot without much trouble and expense to himself procure their evidence in support of this his declaration -
And this deponent farther says that after harvest in the summer of ^[insert] the year 1779 he was drafted as a Militia man and went in the company commanded by Abraham Van Aken of the New York Militia and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Pawling. That this deponent marched with his company to the Regiment which was then lying in Shandaken Ulster County. That immediately on joining the regiment they were marched to join General Sullivan then in the interior of the state of New York or Pennsylvania through the County of Delaware to a place then called Tuscarora at which place they learnt that General Sullivan was several days march ahead and the provisions of the Regiment being nearly exhausted they were ordered back to Shandaken at which place this deponent was discharged after a service of little more than three weeks [underlined] -

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That several of this Deponents neighbours and townsmen were with him in this excursion among [illegible] now living is Cornelius Longendyke in this vicinity whose testimony he hoped to be able to obtain
That he has always resided in Kingston Ulster County that he has no documentary evidence of his said service that he never has received any written discharge and that he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. ['or of' erased]
And this deponent further says that he is known in his present neighborhood to Henry H. Schoonmaker and the [illegible lined out] Reverend John Gosman, Jonathan Hasbrouck, Jacob Snyder Peter A Overbagh Cornelius Longendyke who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of this deponents services as a soldier of the Revolution. The testimony of some of whom he hopes to be able to obtain
Jacob his X mark Brink ['x' between first and last name]
Sworn before me in open court
A G Hardenbergh}
John Jansen} Judges
Abm A Deyo}

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P. 15009
INVALID.
File No. 15,009
Jacob Brink
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 497
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Jacob Brink
Application for a pension -

Admd. [admitted]
7 mo 21. ds. pri [underlined]
$25-64

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I John Clipp Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Cornelius Longedyck, Leonard Krows and William Osterhroudt who together the annexed affidavit before me in the matter of the application of Jacob Brink for a pension are credible persons and their statement are entitled to belief
John Chipp Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster and State of New York do hereby certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Ulster duly authorised by law to administer oaths and that his signature to the above certificate of the credibility of Longedyck - Krows and Osterhoudt is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of December A.D. 1832
Jacob Snyder

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10.178
Jacob Brink
7 months 3 weeks

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State of New York
Ulster County ss. William Osterhoudt a resident in the town of Saugerties and County of Ulster aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is aged seventy five years - that he is well acquainted with Jacob Brink who has subscribed and sworn to the preceeding [sic] declaration that he was well acquainted with the said Brink before the revolutionary war and has been on since well acquainted with him - That sometime in the spring of the year 1777 he enlisted together with the said Jacob Brink aforesaid in a company at Kingston in said county of Ulster under the command of ['of' lined out] Captain Moses Cantine and in a regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Pawling - that he went in company with said Brink under command of their said Captain to Ramapo in New Jersey and that he served there with said Brink for the your of two months and returned home after ['their' lined out] his discharge in company with said Brink - [illegible lined out] And he swears positively that the said Jacob Brink did serve at the tour above mentioned as stated in his annexed declaration for the full tour of two months - 
William his X mark Osterhoudt ['x' between first and last names]
Sworn and Subscribed before me the thirteenth day of September 1832
John Chipp Justice of the Peace

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Allow'd [allowed]
Jacob Brink

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State of New York
Ulster County ss. Cornelius Longedyck a resident of Saugerties in Ulster County aforesaid ['being duly' lined out] aged seventy four years ^[insert] being duly sworn doth depose & say that this deponent is well acquainted with Jacob Brink and served with him in the revolutionary war in the service of his country and that ['in the latter part' lined out] after harvest in the year 1779 he served in the same company with him ['in a company' lined out] under the command of Captain Abraham Van Aken and that he knows that the said Jacob Brink served regularly at that time for the space of three weeks at least as stated in his declaration hereto prefixed -
Conls Legdk [signature]
Sworn and Subscribed before me the eleventh day of September 1832
John Chipp Jus Peace

I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster ['said' lined out] duly authorised [authorized] to administer oaths and that he signature to the accompanying affidavit are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Jacob Snyder

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State of New York
Ulster County ss. Leonard Krows residing in Esopus County of Ulster aforesaid aged seventy two years says [illegible lined out] that he ['served with' lined out]  is well acquainted with Jacob Brink and served with him at New York ['Kingston' lined out] city, Kingsbridge & White Plains & Haverstraw under the command of Captain John L. Dewitt for the full term of five months as stated in the declaration of the said Jacob Brink hereto annexed during the year 1776 - And that he knows that Jacob Brink served as stated in his declaration for the full term of five months
And further deponent saith not
Leornard Krows [signature]
Sworn and Subscribed before me the eleventh day of September 1832
John Chipp Justice of the Peace 

Ulster County ss: I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that John Chipp is a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Ulster duly authorised [authorized] to administer oaths and that the signatures "John Chipp" subscribed to the Certificates of the above affidavit of Leonard Krows and the annexed affidavit of William Osterhoudt are genuine signatures of said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Jacob Snyder

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WE, Peter A Overbagh - a Clergyman, residing in the town of Saugerties - in the County of Ulster - and State of New-York, and Cornelius Longendyke of the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Brink - who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 A. Overbagh [signature]
Conel Lngdck [signature]
Sworn and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.}
in open Court
A G Hardenbergh}
John Jansen} Judges
Abm A Deyo}

CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster - in the State of New-York, sitting this eleventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and ^[insert] thirty two at the court-house in Kingston - in said County, do herby declare their opinion, after 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 appears to them that ['Jacob Brink' lined out] Peter A Overbagh - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Saugerties - in the County aforesaid, and that Cornelius Longendyke - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A G Hardenbergh}
John Jensen} Judges
John A Deyo}

I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jacob Brink for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eleventh day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder