Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4365, Stephen Van Tassel, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Van Tassel, Stephen Van or Tassel Van or Tassle
W 4365 B.L.Wt. 26219-160-55
CONTENTS
Elizabeth

4826  New York  Stephen Van Sable  of Chestus Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ladiu of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thom as — in the New York line for 2 Years — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cts per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Jan'y.  1833 — — — and sent to H. A. Ward  No. of let.
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $ 120    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th in '33  40  
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Sibley Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 148
let to Mrs E Van Sable. See 22/9

In the matter of
The application of Stephen Van Dapple for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
admitted
2 years previous
80 th
Stephen Van Dapple

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Westchester ss. On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the court of Common pleas in and for the county of Westches- ter in the State of New York, now sitting Stephen Van Tassel a resident of the town of Pocumers in the said county aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that is to say he entered the said service as a private in the volunteer troops of the State of New York on or about the last of April or the first of May in the year one thousand eight hundred seven hundred and seventy six at Tarrytown in the said County of Westchester for the term of nine months in the Company of Volunteer troops com- manded by Captain Abraham Laddie in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas that he faithfully served said term in the County of Westchester aforesaid and was honorably discharged at White Plains in said County at the expiration of said term which was on or about the first of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. That at the time he entered the service as aforesaid he resided in said Tarrytown and immediately joined the said Company, which was raised in that neighborhood; and marched immediately to Fort Independence in the southern part of said County and was attached to said Regiment, and stationed at that fort, and worked upon it at the that he was stationed

there until about the beginning of the month of September following when he was marched to the town of White Plains in said County and was in the battle at that place in the left wing of the American Army near Chatterton's hill. After the Battle he was stationed on the lines in said County until the expiration of said term when he was discharged as aforesaid. That there was one other Regiment of militia at Fort Independence but he does not at the time he served there but he does not now recollect by whom it was commanded: that he knew some of the officers in the Army at White Plains but that he does not now recollect their names except Generals Clinton and Washington.
That he again entered the service of the United States as a private in the volunteer troops of the State of New York some time in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the company commanded by Captain Sylvest Acker for the term of three months that he faithfully served said term in the said County of Westchester on the American lines and was honorably discharged at the expiration thereof that immediately after the expiration of said term he again enlisted in the said company for the term of four months and faithfully served said four months and was honorably discharged: That he resided at Ferrytown at the times he enlisted for the two last mentioned terms: that said company was considered as belonging to Lieutenant Colonel James Harmons Regiment, though the said company was composed of volunteers and was raised to serve on the lines in said County of Westchester the same being at that time exposed to the depredations of the enemy.

And the declarant further states he again entered the service of the United States in the volunteer troops of the state of New York in the month of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Williams for the term of three months. that at that time he resided in the said County of Westchester, that said Company was a company of Rangers raised for the purpose of guarding the lines in said County of Westchester that he continued to serve in said company on the lines in said County for two months, when he being stationed at Young's house in said County with said Company, they were attacked by the British and said Captain Williams was taken prisoner by them and some of the Company killed, that said Company did not again organize until after the expiration of the time for which he enlisted.
And the declarant further states that he again entered the service of the United States some time in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the volunteer troops of the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Gilbert Dean for the term of six months that he served said six months on the American lines in the said County and was at the expiration thereof honorably discharged in said County that said company was raised to serve on the lines in said County and was called a company of Rangers.
And the declarant further states that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty in the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment for the term of one year

that he was stationed at Kings Ferry in the County of Westchester under the command of Colonel Hens of the Quarters masters department, that he does not now recollect the name of his Captain or any other of the officers at said Kings Ferry. That he continued in the service at that place about one month when he obtained a furlough for three days, for the purpose of visiting his friends who resided in said County: That while at home and before the expiration of his furlough to wit in the month of April 1780 he was taken prisoner by the British and carried to the city of New York and confined in the Sugar House in that city until eleven months and five days when he was exchanged
And the declarant further states that he was born in the year 1758 in the County of Westchester. has no record of his age: that he resided in the County aforesaid at the times he entered the service and has, ever since the revolutionary war and now resides in said County: That he entered the service and served as a private as a volunteer: that he does not recollect the names of any of the officers with whom he served other than those herein before mentioned. That he does not know or recollect that he does not now recollect that he ever received a written discharge from the service: that he has no documentary evidence of his service: nor any other evidence thereof than that herewith transmitted: that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Samuel Losee and Samuel Wilson —

He hereby relinquishes every 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
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of September 1832 before me
N o Bayler Atty Stephen his X Van Tassel mark
We Samuel Losee and Samuel Wilson residing in the town of Somers in the County of Westchester and State of New York hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Van Tassel who has subscribed and sworn to the above dec- laration: that we believe him to be seventy four 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 to and subscribed this 24 th day of September in the year 1832 before me
N o Bayler Atty Samuel his X Losee mark
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 appears to them that Stephen Van Tassel Samuel Losee and

Samuel Wilson who have signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that they are residents of the town of Bedford in the said County of Westchester
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester 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 Stephen Van Fassel for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thou- sand Eight hundred and thirty two
N Bayles

State of New York County of Westchester ss Samuel Youngs of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now seventy two years of age, that during the Revolutionary war he resided in the said County of Westchester at his fathers house until the same was burnt by the British on the 3 d day of February in the year 1780: that said house was situated on the American lines in said County: that it was a military post and was the head quarters of the American troops stationed on the lines in that part of the said County. And the Deponent further saith that he was acquainted with most of the officers and soldiers in the service on that part of the American lines during the revolu- tionary war. And the deponent saith that he was well acquainted with Stephen Van Tassel in the pension declaration to which this affidavit is annexed named and was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary War: that said Van Tassel was a friend to the independence of his country. And the deponent further saith that he knows of his own personal knowledge, that said Van Tassel was in the service of the United States in the militia of the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Ladieu in the year 1776. And the Deponent saith that he was at Tarry town in the said County of Westchester at the time the said company left there in the year 1776 and saw said Van Tassel in said company and that said Van Tassel then marched from that place in the said company and was a private therein. And the deponent further saith, that he does not know of his

personal knowledge how long the said Van Tassel served in said company in the year 1776. but he then understood that said company was raised for the term of nine months.
And the Deponent further saith that he knows of his own personal knowledge that Captain Sybert Acker commanded a company of volunteer troops that was in actual service on the lines in said County in the year 1777; that he the Deponent for  personally saw the said Stephen Van Tassel in actual service in said company on the American lines in the said County in the year 1777. And he does know of his personal knowledge that the said Van Tassel served in said company in said year seven months.
And the Deponent further saith that he knows of his personal knowledge that Captain Daniel Williams commanded a company of volunteer troops on the American lines in the said County of Westchester in the year 1778; that said company was quartered at the house of the father of this Deponent. And the Deponent saith that the said Stephen Van Tassel to the personal knowledge of this Deponent was in the service in said company in the fall of said last mentioned year, and the Deponent knows that said Van Tassel was in the service in the said Captain Daniel Williams company at the time the same was attacked by the British while quartered at the house of the father of the Deponent and the said Captain Williams taken prisoner.
And the Deponent further saith that he frequently saw the said Stephen Van Tassel

in actual service in the company commanded by Captain Gilbert Dean, in the said County of West Chester in the year 1779. And further the Deponent saith not Sworn to and subscribed this 17 th day of November 1832 before me
Sam l Youngs
A. Graham Commissioner v. c.
I Andrew Graham the above named commissioner do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Youngs who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit: that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit Dated Sing Sing November 17 th 1832
A. Graham

State of New York County of Westchester ss John Israels of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now eighty two years of age that he is well acquainted with Stephen Van Tassel in the pension declara- tion to which this affidavit is annexed named and was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary war. And the Deponent further saith that he the deponent was taken prisoner by the British, in the revolutionary war in the latter part of the month of December 1779 and confined in the sugar house city of New York from that time until some time in the month of January 1781. And the deponent saith that said Van Tassel was a prisoner to the British and confined in the Sugar house in said city at the same time he the deponent was and was exchanged a short time before the deponent was, and the deponent further saith that said Van Tassel was a prisoner in the city and confined at said time as near as he can recollect about ten months and the deponent further saith that he understood that said Van Tassel was a prisoner had enlisted for the term of one year at Huds- ferry a short time before he was taken prison- er and further Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 15 th day of September 1832 before me
John Israels
J. Grahame Commissioner of Deeds
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Israels and that he is a credible person and entitled to belief Dated Sept 15 th 1832
J. Grahame

State of New York County of Westchester S.S.
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Andrew Graham esq before whom the foregoing affidavits of Saml Youngs & Ishk Grace were taken was on the day of the date of the said affidavits a commissioner in for the County aforesaid, commissioned & sworn duly authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the s d Graham & verily believe the signatures of s d Graham to be genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the s d County the 11 th day of Decr. 1882 N. Bayles.

✓ 3684 Maryland Elizabeth Van Tassel widow of Stephen N Y  Van Tassel who served in the Revolutiona- ry war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 15 th day of Feby 1853, and sent to
Alexander Yearly & Son Baltimore MD
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 118 , Vol.
Reg 3 rd M th 55- No 87100

To L. P. Waldo Comr of Pensions
Baltimore Sep t - 5, 1853
Sir Herewith I send you my application for a Pension under the Provisions of the act of Feb. 3, 1853 on account of the Military Services of Stephen Vanlassel my Husband who was a revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. of the State of New York at the rate of 80$ per annum from 4 March 1831 and ending 4 March 1846 on the day prior to his death. She respectfully refers to the enclosed documents. and requests that any communication to her may be sent to the care of Alex r Yearley Esq r . Balt r .
Your ob t Servant Elizabeth Vanlassel

State of Maryland,
Orphans Court for the City of Baltimore, Set; On this Tenth day of September 1833 Personally appear- ed before said Court Elizabeth Van Tassel formerly a resident of Putnam County, State of New York, now a resident of this City, aged 80. years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 3rd of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is the widow of Stephen Van Tassel late of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army of the U States and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $80. per year, payable at New York and for the particulars of his military services she refers to the documents presented with his application for said Pension now on file at the Pension Office. She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Van Tassel on the 31 st day of March Eighteen hundred and forty one and that her said husband died on the fifth day of March Eighteen hundred and forty six. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, she further declares that she is now a widow Elizabeth Van Tassel
Sworn to and subscribed on the

day and year above written before
James A. Reed
J. G. Gross
Maryland, Ss. I hereby certify, that James A. Reed and John J. Gross Esquires, who have subscribed the foregoing Instrument of writing, were at the time of so doing two of the Judges of the Orphans Court for Baltimore City in the State of Maryland duly elected commissioned and qualified according to Law.-
IN Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of the said Orphans Court for Baltimore City, this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three.-
Test: N. Hickman Register

State of New York
Putnam County ss: On this 22 nd day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty three, Before me a Justice of the Peace of the State of New York in and for Putnam County aforesaid Personally appeared William Pierce and Cordelia B. Pierce and being duly sworn according to Law, Depose and say, that they were personally acquainted with Stephen Wartassel and Eliza beth Stephenson prior to their marriage, that they were informed of their marriage & that the Rev d Joseph Niemo married them, about the year eighteen hundred and forty one, that they the said Stephen Wartassel and Elizabeth his wife resided near deponents and that they were publicly known as man and wife that their acquaintance continued till the death of the said Stephen Wartassel, which took place on or about the fifth day of March Eighteen hundred and forty six, that they continue to know his widow said Elizabeth Wartassel and that they never have heard of her having married again, The said William Pierce further deposes that he was acquainted with the fact of the said Stephen Wartassel having been a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
William Pierce
Cordelia B. Pierce
Sworn to and subscribed

before me, and I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Pierce and Cordelia K. Pierce the above named deponents and that they are persons of good character and entitled to full credit. Abraham Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New York, COUNTY OF PUTNAM, ss:
I, Ira Mead, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify that Abraham Smith Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate a justice of the peace in and for the said county, residing in the said county, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same according to the laws of the said State, and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Abraham Smith and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county courts, the 2 nd day of August A D. 1853.
Ira Mead CLERK.

State of Maryland
City of Baltimore, Set! On this fifth day of September 1833 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore aforesaid personally appeared John Stephenson a resident of this City aged forty eight yrs, and being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that his mother Elizabeth Stephenson, was a resident of Putnam County in the year 1841, that he at that time was informed of her marriage with Stephen Vantassel, that he knew the said Stephen Vantassel from that time till his death as the husband of his mother, that he was informed of his death in the year 1846, that his mother Elizabeth Vantassel widow of said Stephen Vantassel, now resides with deponent in this City and that she still remains his widow. Sworn to and subscribed } John Stephenson before me. And I hereby certify that the above named John Stephenson is a person of good character and entitled to credit
Wm H Baysand

STATE OF MARYLAND,
Baltimore City, Sct.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that William H. Baygard Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the City of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, this 6th day of September A. D. 1853
Edward Dowling
Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Stephen Van Sack of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary
Army is entitled to receive Eighty dollars each each per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
Loebl Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Payments to be made at New York by the Presd. U.S.Br.Bk Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded by Geo C Stiles, Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5 page 148

27.100 act March 3/55 March 31/55
Elizabeth Van Tassel widow of Stephen Van Tassel P.M.
aw 160 as May 16/56 Baltimore
War of Revolution
Rec Pension Act Feb 3. 1853 page 118 vol a.
3654
M
Alex Yearley & Son Baltimore Md
in: to Alex Yearley from Aug 9/55 " 16/55 " July 53 no 3684
Vol 11, page 71

27 3/100 Elizabeth Van Tassel
FOR BOUNTY LAND.
Widow of
War of
Presented by
ALEX. YEARLEY & SON,
General Agents, Baltimore, Md.

State of Maryland City of Baltimore } Set.
On this 30 th
day of March
18 55
before me, the
Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland aforesaid appeared Elizabeth Van Tassel aged 82
in and for Baltimore City years, a resident of the Baltimore
who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Stephen Van Tassel deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war, and was at the Battle of Trenton, and that she is now a pensioner of the United States on account of the Revolutionary services of her said husband, which will appear by reference to the Roll of Pensioners under the act of February 3rd 1853, Page 118 Vol A, $80 per year
She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Van Tassel, in Westchester State of New York on the 31 day of March A. D. 1841 by one Joseph Minimo a minister of the Gospel; that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Stephenson; that her said husband died at Carmans, New York on the 5 th day of March 1846 and that she is still a widow. She has never obtained bounty land from the United States under the act of Sept 1830 or any other act
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855."
Witness Sam l M c Lawler
Elizabeth van tassel
We, John Stephenson and Mary Stephenson residents of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland upon our oaths declare that from our personal acquaintance with and knowledge of the above named Elizabeth Van Tassel who has signed the above statement, we believe her to be the person she represents herself to be; that we have known her for upwards of twenty years past, that she is in the receipt of a United States Pension on account of her husband's services, and that she has not remarried since his death and that she is still his widow and that we are not interested in this claim
Witness Sam l M c Lawler
John Stephenson Mary Stephenson
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I am satisfied that the affiants are credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Sam l M c Lawler J. P.

State of Maryland City of Baltimore Set:
I hereby certify that Gerrit Smith Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of the State and city of Baltimore , duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal
of the Superior Court, this 30th day of March A. D., 1855
John T. Swann Clerk of the Superior Court. Baltimore City

STATE OF NEW YORK, ) ss. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, )
I, JAMES B. COOPER, Clerk of the County of Suffolk,
do hereby certify, that G. A. Shepard before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking such deposition; a Justice of the Peace in and for said coun- ty, dwelling in said County, elected, sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature thereunto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I haveunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the Sixth — day of January 1853
James B. Cooper Clerk.

Extract.
"Married on the afternoon of the 31 st March 1841, at my own residence, Somers, Westchester Co. N. Y. Stephen Vantassel to Elizabeth Stephenson, both of the neighborhood of Somers.
Witness, Hannah Kimono "
I do hereby certify that I was personally acquainted with Stephen Vantassel and Elizabeth his wife; that I united them in Marriage agreeably to the laws of the state of New York; and that the above Extract is a true copy of the record of said Marriage, as contained in my own private Book of Marriages solemnized; and further that there was no registry of Marriages kept at that time by the Church of Somers of which I had the charge.
Huntington S. I. Jan y 4 th 1854 Sworn and subscribed to in presence of (Jan 4 1854) G. H. Shepard Justice of the Peace
Joseph Kimono Minister of the Gospel

Stephen Van Tassel of New York
admitted
John A. Ward

BRIEF in the case of Stephen Van Tassel of Westchester Co in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May In 1776 9 Private Gen. Sadien Col Thomas   1777 3 as Gen Washington & Clinton   Oct 1778 4 as Capt Becker   June 1779 2 as as   March 1780 6 as Capt Williams   year was taken Prisoner April 1780 as Capt Dean   kept 11 mos & 5 days Col Hens  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westchester County New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Mahon Examining Clerk.  July 17 1833

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/cel
May 29, 1929
Mrs. Grace Husted Randall 211 N. Broadway Tarrytown, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4365, it appears that Stephen Van Tassel was born in 1758, in Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of Tarrytown, New York, he enlisted and served with the New York Troops as follows:
From April or May, 1776, nine months as a private in Captain Abraham Ladiu's Company in Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains; from sometime in the spring of 1777, seven months as a private in Captain Sybert Acker's Company in Colonel James Hammond's Regiment; from October, 1778, two months in Captain Daniel Williams' Company; from June, 1779, six months in Captain Gilbert Dean's Company; he enlisted in March, 1780, in the Quartermaster Department under Colonel Hughes, and in April, 1780, he was captured and confined in to the Sugar House in New York City, for eleven months and

five days when he was exchanged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, at which time he was living in Somers, Westchester County, New York.
He died March 5, 1846, at Carman, New York.
The soldier married at Somers, New York, March 31, 1841, Mrs. Elizabeth Stephenson.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 5, 1853, while a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, aged eighty years.
Her son, John Stephenson, was forty-eight years of age in 1853.
There are no further data relative to family.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Elizabeth van Lypell
wid Stephen
Reg 3 Mar 55 no 27100 Ad 3 Feb 53 " 3684
Thomas Gray Esq. M.P. Burlington J. G.
FREE

Stephen Van Tassell -
W. of 4365 -
our wife Mary = Revarr Had two

Walter Smith Nash D.

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Nov 1897

NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE,
30 WEST 23 d STREET.
124 PARK AVENUE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3rd. 1902. 190
To the Pension Office Washington D.C.
Gentlemen;
Will kindly inform me if I can get a certified copy of the record of Stephen Van Tassel, who applied for a pension Dec. 11th. 1832, and who fought in the Revolutionary War .
Respectfully,
Chas. Merrill
30 W. 23 d St N.Y.C.
Chas

New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Co.
FEBRUARY 23, 1910.
190
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
DEAR SIR -
I ENCLOSE CORRESPONDENCE WITH 'THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' WHICH WILL EXPLAIN MY REASONS FOR WRITING TO YOU FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING MY SOLDIER ANCESTRY.
ANY INFORMATION WHICH YOUR RECORDS SHOW, WILL BE MOST GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, YOURS MOST TRULY,
ANNA E. VAN TASSEL
KATONAH
WESTCHESTER COUNTY
NEW YORK

To Chief of the Record and Pension office War Department. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
That I may prove myself a "Daughter of the Revolution", will you kindly furnish me with such in- formation as your Department records show regarding my ancestors—
My great-grand-father was one Stephen Van Tassel. In 1758 entered the service about May 1, 1776 at Tarrytown, N.Y. in the Company of Capt. Abram Ladein. — re-enlisted

in 1777 in Capt. Sijbert Becker's Company Lieut. Col. Harmons Regiment. He served throughout the war and was taken prisoner April 1780 and confined in Old Sugar House Prison. His application for a pension was dated December 10. 1832.
His father was one John Van Passel (or Jessel) who enlisted at or about the same time - son - died 1813 He was a soldier in the French war - enlisted March 15. 1759 in Capt. Wm Gilchrist's Company. He also served throughout

the war of the Revolution and was once taken as prisoner in N.Y. City, and I believe but cannot prove to you, that he also served in Captain Ladieu's, afterwards Col. James Hammond's Regiment.
If you can furnish me with the record of either or both of these, father and son, who served in the Revolutionary war, I shall be very grateful to you and the Department.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
7 1021803-1 FEB 10 1910 DEPARTMENT Thanking you in advance,
Yours truly, (Miss) Anna E. Van Tassel Katonah Westchester County New York.
Feb. 16, 1910.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4365-
Eliz th Ann Tassel Wid.
Stephen Ann Tassel Port Royal War
Act: Feb. 3 rd 1853
Index:—Vol. VI , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See by W.D. Keyser Jonesboro, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1894
Feb 26-1902 Chas. Merritt Jr. New York City
1907 May 28. Hist. to Arthur H. Smith. (2 copies) aw
1910 March 14 Hist. To Anna E. Van Tassel V.P.M.
1919 Feb. 12 Hist. thro Mr. C. H. Bryant's desk To Arthur H. Smith.
1929 May 29. Hist. to Mrs. Grace Husted Randall See letter in Nathaniel Husted W. 18089.

Mr. G. W. Bryant of Deputy Commr's Room on Feb. 12, 1919 requested that the record of Stephen Van Tassell Widow File #365 be furnished Mr Arthur H. Smith, through his desk - he gave no address except Wash. D.C. AW -

Elizabeth Van Tassel Stephen
Putman Co NY 80
Decm { Married - 31 st March '41 Died 5 th March '46
Wrote to Recd evidence of marriage - and proof of identity

sion on file in this Bureau.
Stephen Van Lassel, N. File A 36 5
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. or May 1776 9 mos Pvt. Abraham Ladein Chas Thomas N.Y.   Sep. 1777 7 " " Lybert Acker Jas Hammond   Oct 1778 2 Daniel Williams   June 1779 6 Gilbert Dean   Mar 1780 1 in the 2 d M t Dept. Hughes   and in Apr 1780 was captured and confined in New   Sugar Town in N.Y. City 11 mos & 3 days, when exchanged.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sarytown N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 24, 1832. Claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Somers, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 75 Westchester Co. N.Y. 1758. died Mar 5, 1846 at Canaan N.Y.
Remarks: Sol. mar. at Somers N.Y. Mar. 31, 1841. Mrs Elizabeth Stephenson.
She was allowed pension on an ap. executed Sept. 5, 1853 while a res. of Balti. Md. aged 80 yrs. Her son John Stephenson was 48 yrs old in 1853. No further family data. Day & month of soldier's birth not stated. (Van L.)
His statement of service shows he was not at Battle of Saratoga as stated in summary but was in New York State in Albany and New York City.

13 Feb
Pension Office
4M 115
February 13/54
$80
240 $50
Sir
Please report time of, last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Yours. etc. etc.
F Burt Esq Baud. Present.
R Cole for Comm ee
Stephen Van Tassle, Act 1832. $80 per annum. Paid to 4 Mar 1845. No death.
F Burt Auditor

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Sept. 7, 1853
Elizabeth Van Tassel widow of Stephen Van Tassel Baltimore Co Md
Rev
Act 3 d February 1853
Allowed $80 per annum Com. Feb 3 - 1853
Elizabeth Van Tassel, Care of Alexander Leary & Son Baltimore

No 3119
Elizabeth Van Tassel widow of Stephen Van Tassel Let A Yearly D Don RH Oct 13/53
Allowed $80 per an to Com. Feb. 3. 1853
Rev.
act 3 rd Feb 1853

Let to clearly & son Feb 15/54

✓ Elizabeth Van Tassel Dec: 16/49
For a pension on account of services of Stephen Van Tassel of the Revolution
W. S. Washington D.C. President of Genl. Anthony Sayer to the Honorable
✓ Comm: of Pensions for answer Dept. of the Interior Dec: 20/49

Newyork Dec 16 th 1849
To The Honorable Zachary Taylor President of the United States
Dear Sir
I am under the extreme necessity of appealing to your Excellency. for assistance which I hope your Honour will see fit to examine into
Respected Sir
I am the Lone Widow of Stephen Van Tassal an Old Revolutioner who Died on the 5 th of March 1844 in the eightyFifth year of his age since then I have depended on my friends which I cannot no longer do as I am a complete Bankrupt. My Husband Sailed from Farry Town & fought through many Battles of the Revolutionary War which I trust your Excellency will have no trouble to prove. as I still retain the Necessary Papers & my Marriage Certificate If you see fit to assist me in this my last days I hope God will Reward you for it is the humble Prayer of
Elizabeth Van Tassal
Please Direct an answer for me care of Tho s White 39 wndgt N.Y. City

State of Maryland
Howard County Set
On this eighth
day of February 1834 Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Howard County aforesaid John Gaw and James Gaw they being known to me as person of good character and entitled to credit and made oath in due form of law, that they were personally acquainted with Elizabeth Stephenson prior to the year 1833 that she was at that time a resident of Baltimore City, that she removed to New York and was married as these deponents verily believe to Stephen Vautassel, that they continued to hear from said Elizabeth after her said marriage, till the death of her said Husband, which is reported to have taken place in the month of May 1846 and that these deponents verily believe took place at that time, that afterwards the said Elizabeth Vautassel returned to Baltimore and confirmed the previous information relative to the marriage and death of her husband, that they continue to know the said Elizabeth Vautassel as the widow of Stephen Vautassel, who is now applying for a U.S. Pension
Signature of deponents John Gaw James Gaw
Sworn to and subscribed before me
[Signature]

State of Maryland Howard County set I hereby certify that E. C. Lyons Esq are before whom the annexed Affidavits were made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for Howard County duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I herewith subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Circuit Court for Howard County on this ninth day of February A. D. 1834.
W. S. Washington CLK As Ct for Howard County

Baltimore Feb 10 th 1834 L P Waldo Esq Commissioner of Pension Sir
Herewith we submit additional proof (required by our letter of of 3 Octo last) of the marriage and identity of Elizabeth Van Tassel, in order that she may receive pension from the States on account of her husbands services.
Will you please inform us if she is entitled to Bounty land, by virtue of her husbands services.
Very Respectfully Yours obed Servt Wm Mearly & son

Waltham March 30 th 1835
L t R. Waldo Esq.
Comm ee of Pensions
Sir
Herewith you have the application of Mrs. Eliza Vantassel for Patent Land under the act of March 3 rd 1835. She is at present a U. States Pensioner on ac t of her husbands services in the Revolutionary war
Very Respectfully
Yours ob t Servt
Abu Scary & son

Balto Aug 11 1833-
J Marmot Esq Comm r of Pensions D r Sir
Yours of 9 th inst notifying us that the claim of Elyth Van tassel, widow of Stephen Vantassel, was suspended, for want of record evidence of his service in the revolutionary war.
In Answer, we beg to call yr atten- -tion to the fact that Stephen Vantassel was a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $80 per annum, payable fourth of March & September, commencing on the 24 th of Jan y 1833, and payable at New York, that on age of his services, his widow the said Elyth Vantassel was allowed a Pension, that at the time of her application for the same, as also at the time of his application there must have been record evidence in yr office, of his service. Please refer to his application , & if possible be satisfied with yr records as it would be next to impossible for the old Lady to furnish any other.
Very Respectfully &c The Early & Son

Addressed to Mr Arthur H. Smith 5, 11 th St. N.E., Wash. D.C.
PHILADELPHIA CABLE ADDRESS "BELLEVUE, PHILADELPHIA" NEW YORK CABLE ADDRESS "WALDORF, NEW YORK"
THE WALDORF THE BELLEVUE-STRATFORD, PHILADELPHIA THE WALDORF-ASTORIA, NEW YORK
THE ASTORIA
The Bellevue-Stratford,
Peekskill, Philadelphia May 22, 1907.
Dear Art:—
Your letter just received today, and I am sure you will credit me with unusual promptness in replying, but as this is in reference to the D. A. R. I want to get it settled and off my hands as soon as possible. Saturday my mother and I went to Tarrytown to hunt up a Mr. Van Tassell who belongs to our family and who has a great deal of information regarding our ancestors. He gave me a number of dates, etc., but I want still more information concerning this Stephen Van Tassell, and he says I can get it from the Pension Dept., as he, Stephen, drew a pension, also his 2 nd wife continued to draw it after his death, so in the Pension Office they have papers containing necessary dates and information as

to his service when in the Revolution. He said if you will go there and ask to see those papers and make a copy of them it will be much more satisfactory than if I should write. This is his letter to me after my return from Tarrytown Saturday, as he had to look it up among his papers.
"I find that Stephen Van Tassel made an application for a pension dated Dec. 11, 1832, in which he says that he entered the service May 1, 1776 at Tarrytown for nine months, in the company of Capt. Abram Ladien. In spring of 1777 he re-enlisted in Capt. Sybert Acker's company. In 1780 he enlisted in the Continental line under Col. Hughes, was made a prisoner, in April, 1780, and so continued for eleven months and five days. His widow applied for a pension Feb. 3, 1853. A man named John Israel endorsed Stephen Van Tassel's application." Now he says, "Ask your relation to copy the complete application of Stephen V. T. and also the statement, or affidavit, of John Israel. The two ought to give a very good idea of Stephen V. T.'s revolutionary services."
I think first wife died before he applied for pension. 2 d wife drew his pension after his death.
See if you can get the day and month and year in which he was born and date of death, also date of marriage to Mary De Revere (1 st wife), or to 2 d wife. I have the year of his birth 1758 & year of death 1853, but not day or month. While you are hunting this up see what you can find concerning John Van Tassel, his father, who also fought in the Revolution, would like to know as much about him as possible too. Hope I haven't asked too much.
Hope you can get all this information for me. I can join the Sons and Daughters if we like. Hope to hear from you soon. Love.
Hope you can get this interesting when you are working on it.

John Tassel

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Van Tassel widow of Stephen Baltimore County and State of Maryland act of February 3-1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832 at $80 per annum & paid
Allowed $80 per annum to com. Feb. 3-1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by Clergyman's record Death of husband proved by credible witnesses Identity & widowhood proved by credible Witnesses
Name and residence of Agent Alexander Yearly & son Baltimore Md.
Examining Clerk. J. H. Gray