Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,039, Benjamin Van Steenbergh, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Van Steenbergh Benjamin
S 23039
CONTENTS
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Died 20. June 1892
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of June

State of New York, West County
In the matter of the Application of Elizabeth Osterhout to us as an al Whitaker, heirs at Law
for a pension
Of Benjamin Van Sleen- burgh dec d
J. V. Gaasbeek Jr Agent - (Kingston)
Admitted to the probate of the last Will and Testament of the said Benjamin Van Sleenburgh on the 14th day of March 1831 to the 20th day of June 1832 in presence
Hon J. C. Barhcad House Reps NY

State of New York Ulster County
ss Jacobus Tenpeuning of the town of Esopus in said County aged 79 years being duly sworn says that he belonging to the Company commanded by Colonel Thomas Organ late of the town of Kingston deceased in the Revolutionary war, and was well acquainted with Benjamin Van Sleenburgh of the same place deceased, that he has read the affidavit subscribed by Samuel Post with whom he is well acquainted that he verily believes the facts set forth in the same are true, and also that the said Samuel Post belonged to the same Company with this deponent and the said Benjamin - Jacobus Tenpeuning Subscribed & sworn this 20 th day of Sept. 1834 before me J. V. Gaasbeek Jr. Justice of the peace
Ulster County ss: Also hereby certify that I am personally ac- quainted with Jacobus Tenpeuning above mentioned who from to & subscribed the above affidavit before me. that he is a credible person & entitled to credit J. V. Gaasbeek Jr. J. T.

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office 3/5: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby Certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within Affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster duly Authorised to take affidavits &c and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writ- ing of said Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the Certificate of the within affidavit to be genuine. — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 13 th day of October 1834. —
Jacob Snyder

Ulster Common Pleas
Of June Term 1834
Declaration in order to,
obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 -
State of New York
Ulster County
ss. On this tenth -- day of June 1834 Personally appeared in Open Court before the judges the judges of the court of Common Pleas, at a court of Common Pleas held at the court house in the Village of Kingston in and for the county of Ulster, in the State of New York now sitting Susan Whitaker wife of Henry Whitaker aged 48 years, and Elizabeth Osterhout wife of John P. Osterhout aged 52 years. Residents of the town of Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to Law do on their Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 That to the best of the knowledge and belief of these applicants Benjamin Van Steenburgh the father of these applicants, entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated -
1 st . That he was born in the town of Kingston, in Ulster county and New York State, the 21 day of March 1759 2 o . That the Record of his age is contained in the book of Baptismal Records of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of the town of Kingston aforesaid 3 o . That at the time he was called into service he lived in the town of Kingston, has lived there since the Revolutionary war, and lived there at the time of his death - 4 o . That he Enlisted, was drafted, and volunteered -

1776
5 Months
And the said Applicants declare that to the best of their knowledge and belief the said Benjamin was enlisted into the United States Service as a private soldier, in the Revolutionary war in the year 1776 in the company of New York Levis commanded by Captain Moses Cantine and served for the term of Five months at New York, Kingsbridge and White Plains, as more particularly set forth in the affidavit of Solomon Has brouch hereunto appended
1777
5 Months
That the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh deceased served as a private in the said war for the term of Five Months, or Four Months in the Company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker in Fort Montgomery and one month at Saratoga in the year 1777 - as more particularly set forth in the affidavit of Martin Post hereunto appended -
1778.
9 months
That the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh deceased served in the year 1778 as a private for the term of Nine Months in the Company commanded by Captain Henry Pauling in Colonel Albert Pawlings Regiment - stationed at the frontier posts in Ulster County as more particularly set forth in the affidavits of John C. Brink and Adam C Brink hereunto appended -
1779
3 months
That the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh deceased served as a private in the year 1779 for three Months in the company commanded by Captain Gort Bogardus de d in Colonel Halkhorns Regiment Station at Fish Kill in Dutchess County, as more particularly set forth in the Affidavits of Abraham Whitaker and Martin Post hereunto appended -

6 m s 28 months
That in the year 1781 the said Benjamin Tan Steinburgh served as a private in the company of Rangers commanded by Captain Moses Sprouns died for the term of Six months, stationed at Major Philip Houghtaling's on the west side of the Esopus creek in Kingston Ulster County as more particularly set forth in the affidavit of Samuel Post a living witness, whose affidavit is herewith appended
They the said applicants hereby relinquish on the part of the said Benjamin Tan Steinburgh deceased, every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that to their knowledge and belief the name of the said deceased is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn & subscribed the 1 st day of March 1841 Elizabeth Steinburgh J. Hannah Houghtaling Judges Abner D. Deyo Henry Wynkoop Samuel Pitkin
Mr. John Chipp - - - - - residing in the town of Kingston, Ulster County and Benjamin Tan Steinburgh residing in the same - - - - - Hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Benjamin Tan Steinburgh late of the town of Kingston deceased that we believe him to have been at the time of his death 73 years of age that he was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Abner D. Deyo Henry Wynkoop Samuel Pitkin Judges
J. H. Houghtaling J. H. Jacobs Clerk

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 said Benjamin Van Steenburgh, was a a Revolutionary Soldier. That he died on the 20 th day of June 1832, leaving no widow, that Susan- nah Whitaker wife of Henry Whitaker, and Elizabeth Osterhout wife of John P. E. Oster- hout, are the only children and heirs at Law of the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh deceased That they are both of the age of Twenty one years of age and upwards, and that the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh deceased, died as herein stated, All which was satisfactorily proved before the said Court.
And the said Court further certifies that It appears to them that John Clapp and Peter Van Gaasbeck who have signed the pre- ceding certificate are residents in the town of Kingston in said County of Ulster, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
J. D. Phelps First Judge — Henry Wynkoop Hon. A. Deyo } Judges Samuel Pitwell }
Jacob Snyder clerk of the court of common Pleas aforesaid. Do hereby certify: That the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court, in the matter of the application of

Susannah Whitaker wife of Henry Whitaker and Elizabeth Ottenhought wife of John P. L. Ottenhought for the pension of Benjamin Van Steenbergh deceased -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Kingston this tenth day of June 1834 - the word tenth written on an erasure -
Jacob Snyder Clerk of Ulster County - County. —

State of New York Ulster County
ss. Samuel Port of the town of Saugerties in said County a Soldier of the Revolution aged 73 years being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Van Steenburgh late of the town of Kingston deceased, a Soldier of the Revolution. That this deponent was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war, and was in the company commanded by Captain Moses Spofford, and well knew the said Benjamin, that the said Benjamin belonged to the said company with this deponent. That this deponent saw the said Benjamin in said service for six months or more in the 1781 and knows that the said Benjamin continued to serve in said Corps in the capacity of a private Soldier, until he was discharged, and this deponent further says, that he always understood that the said Benjamin was drafted for the term of six months, that the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh was discharged in Kingston in the County of Ulster at the expiration of said six months from when the whole company were verbally discharged by the Captain.
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Subscribed & sworn this 14th day of June 1834 Before me
Mynard Post Justice of the peace
Samuel Port
Ulster County ss. I the undersigned Justice of the peace do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Port, that he is a credible person, and that his statement above sworn to, before me, is entitled to credit.
Mynard Post
Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Ulster ss:
I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Mynerd Post was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly authorized to administer oaths &c and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signatures of said Justice subscribed to the within affidavit and Certificate to be genuine — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this thirtieth day of June 1834
Jacob Snyder

Samuel Port
for
Respectfully Your Father
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Abner Wheeler J. Davis for Benjamin Wheeler
1779 3 m
J. Davis

State of New York Ulster County
3 Abraham Whitaker of the town of Kingston, in Ulster County aged 73 Years, and Joseph Dubis of the town of Saugerties aged 71 Years, both Soldiers of the Revolution, being duly sworn depose & say that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Van Steenbergh late of the town of Kingston deceased that these deponents were in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and were in the company commanded by Captain Evert Bogardus in Colonel Hathorn's Regiment, and well knew the said Benjamin; that the said Benjamin belonged to the same Company and Regiment with these deponents, that the said Company was stationed at Fishkill Dutchess County, that these deponents saw the said Benjamin in said service for the term of Three months in the year 1779, and know that the said Benjamin continued to serve in said Corps as a private until he was discharged that the said Benjamin was discharged at Fishkill in Dutchess County late in the fall of said year 1779 where the whole company were discharged.
Sworn & subscribed this 2 day of September 1833 before me J. V. Gausback Jr Justice of the peace
Abraham Whitaker in act
Ulster County ss. Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Whitaker above known that he is a credible person, and that his statements are entitled to credit.
J. V. Gausback Jr J. P.

State of New York Ulster County
ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby Certify that Peter Van Gasselbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorized to administer oaths &c and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the within affidavit and Certificate to be genuine ——— In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 30 th day of June 1834. —
Jacob Snyder Clerk

John Adams ~ 1778 Trunk for ~ 9 mo Buyant Newby

State of New York Ulster County
ss John C Brink, aged 72 years and Adam Brink aged 72 years both Soldiers of the Revolution, being duly sworn depose and say that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Van Stenburgh of the same place, now deceased that these deponents were in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and were in the Company Commanded by Captain Henry Pawling in Colonel Allen Pawlings Regiment, and well knew the said Benjamin that the said Ben- jamin Van Stenburgh belonged to the same com- pany and Regiment with these deponents, that these deponents saw the said Benjamin in said service for "Nine" months or more in the year 1778 and know that the said Benjamin continued to serve in said Corps in the capacity of a private soldier until he was discharged, and these deponents say that they always understood, that the said Benjamin enlisted for the term of Nine months ; that the said Benjamin was discharged at Kingston, in the county of Ulster in the beginning of the Month of January in the year 1779 where the Company were all discharged.
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Sworn & subscribed this 5 th day of September 1833 Before me
J. W. Gausbeck Justice Peace
chin mark John C Brink
Adam Brink mark
Ulster County ss Also Herby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John C. & Adam Brink, that they are credible persons and entitled to credit.
J. W. Gausbeck Jr Justice of the peace

State of New York,
Ulster County 3/31
J. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby Certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits to and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signatures of the said Justice subscribed to the within affidavit and Certificate to be genuine —————
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 30 th day of June 1834.
Jacob Snyder

Martin Port
for
Buyann Kufeen bough
1777 34 m 2 at Port Morda 1777 31 - Sanatoga 1772 = 3 Fuhkil

State of New York Ulster County
§ Martin Fort of the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster aforesaid a soldier of the Revolution aged 73 years being duly sworn, deponeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Van Steenburgh late of the town of Kingston deceased that this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and was in the company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker, and well knew the said Benjamin, that the said Benjamin belonged to the same company with this deponent, that this deponent saw the said Benjamin in the said service for "Five" months or more in the year 1777 to wit "Four" months at Fort Montgomery and "One" month or more at Saratoga and Stillwater, and knows that the said Benjamin continued to serve in said Corps as a private soldier until he was discharged.
Subscribed &c 5 m
And this deponent further says that he this deponent was also during the said war in the year 1779 in the company of Captain Coert Bogardus stationed at Fort Hill in Dutchess County and that the said Benjamin Van Steenburgh belonged to the same company with this deponent, and served for the term of three months, 8 months in the fall of the year 1779 at Fishkill aforesaid in the capacity of a private, that this deponent obtained no written discharge from the said Service and that the said Benjamin served during the whole of that term and was discharged at Fishkill aforesaid, that Colonel Nathan commanded, that there were no continental Regiments there.
Fishkill 3 m 8 Months
Subscribed & sworn this 16 th of April 1833 before me P. V. Gansleeck Justice of the peace
his Martin X Fort mark

State of New York } Ulster County } ss. I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Martin Post, that the contents of the above affidavit was read to him, that he is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit. Kingston April 16 th 1833 P. V. Gaasbeck Jr.
State of New York } Ulster County } ss. I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and justly believe his signatures to the within affidavit and above Certificate to be genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 30 th day of June 1834. —
Jacob Snyder

Abt Van Flemmergh 3 off for Day r. Flemmergh 35 ml

State of New York
Ulster County
ss: Abraham Van Stumbergh of the town Of Kingston aged 70 years being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he this deponent is a younger brother of Benjamin Van Stumbergh late of the same place deceased, a Soldier of the Revolution & for whom pension his two daughters now apply that this deponent knows that his brother Benjamin enlisted during the Revolutionary war in the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Morris Cantine for the term of Five months in the year 1776 and knows that the said Benjamin served in said Corps for the full term of 5 months at New York and until he was discharged from said Service in the capacity of a private soldier -
Sworn & Subscribed this 22 d day of March 1834 before me J. V. Gaesbeek Jr. Peace
Attest: J. V. Gaesbeek Jr.
Ulster County ss: To all to whom these presents shall come, I, J. V. Gaesbeek, certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Van Stumbergh who subscribed the above affidavit, that he is a person of credit and that his statements are entitled to credit -
J. V. Gaesbeek Jr. Peace
State of New York
Ulster County
ss: I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaesbeek Junior was on the day of the date of the above affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the above affidavit and Certificate to be genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 30 th day of June 1834. -
Jacob Snyder

State of New York Ulster County
ss. Solomon Hasbrouck Esquire of the town of Kingston, County of Ulster, aged 83 years, a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Van Stenburgh late of the town of Poughkeepsie deceased a soldier of the Revolution, that this deponent was in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and was in the Company commanded by Captain Moses Cantine of the New York Levys, and well knew the said Benjamin Van Stenburgh, that the said Benjamin Van Stenburgh belonged to the same Company with this deponent, that this deponent saw the said Benjamin in said Service for "Five" Months or more in the year 1776, and knows that the said Benjamin continued to serve in said Corps in the capacity of a private soldier until he was discharged and this deponent saith that he always understood that the said Benjamin enlisted in said service for the term of "Five" months, that the said Benjamin Van Stenburgh was discharged verbally at Pechskill in Dutchess County in the Month of December in said Year 1776 and that the whole Company were then there discharged That this Service was at New York, Kingsbridge and White Plains according to this deponent's knowledge and belief - and further saith not.
5 Months -
Subscribed & sworn this 21 st day of April 1834 J. V. Gausbeck for J. Pease
Solomon Hasbrouck
Ulster County ss. Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Solomon Hasbrouck above named that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. J. V. Gausbeck for J. Pease

State of New York
Ulster County ss:
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter VanGaestbeck Senior was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits to and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature of said Justice subscribed to the within affidavit and Certificate to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 30 th day of June 1834.
Jacob Snyder

December 12, 1906.
Miss Florence A. Acker, 1 West 127th St., New York, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 30th ultimo, and received in this Bureau on the 3rd instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim Survivor's File #23,039 it appears that Benjamin Van Steenbergh was born March 21, 1759 at Kingston, New York where he resided when he enlisted and served as a private in the New York troops as follows: In 1776 under Captain Moses Cantine, five (5) months; 1777 under Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker, five (5) months; 1778 under Captain Henry Pawling, Colonel Albert Pawling, nine (9) months; 1779 under Captain Everett Bogardus, Colonel Hathorn, three (3) months; 1781 under Captain Moses Yeomans, Major Houghtaling, six (6) months.
Soldier died June 20, 1832 leaving no widow, and his pension was allowed on an application made June 10, 1834 to  by his only surviving children Susan, aged forty-eight years, wife of Henry Whitaker and Elizabeth, aged fifty-two years, wife of John P. L. Osterhoudt, residents of Kingston, N.Y.
In 1834 soldier's brother, Abraham Van Steenbergh, aged Seventy years, testified in the claim.

Miss Florence A. Acker. (Page End)
The above mentioned Benjamin Van Steenbergh is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

S23039 Ab M rs . Kattenburgh

Terre Haute, Ind.,
Aug. 21, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am trying to obtain information that will enable me to join the Daughters of the Revolution and I have been told that perhaps you can help me. My Great-great, grandfather, Benjamin Van Steinberg , who lived

near Kingston, N. Y., served in the Revolutionary War but I do not know in what regiment.
Benjamin Van Steinberg had two daughters, Susan Whitaker and Elizabeth Osterhout.
Susan Whitaker had a daughter, Leah Whitaker, who is my Grandmother. Any information on this subject will be much appreciated. Thanking you in advance for your trouble, I am Yours truly,
(Miss) Mabel E. Marshall.
49 South 13 th St.

O.M. #2
November 30, 1906.
Dear Sir; -
As I am anxious to establish my right to become a D. A. R., will you kindly help me by giving me some information regarding one Benjamin M. Steenburgh.
There were two by that name, cousins, who served in the war, so will you please tell

me if either one, or the widow of either drew a pension. I forgot to mention they enlisted from Dutchess Co., New York.
Thanking you for the favor of an early reply, I am
Very truly
(Miss) Florence A. Acker
West 127 th St. New York City New York.

Pension Office. Dept. Revolutionary Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Have you any record of a pension ever having been paid to a Benjamin Van Steenbergh, Dutchess County, New York for Revolutionary services, or to any one his

wife - or children, for such services.
Any information would be much appreciated.
Yours respectfully
Azalea Clizbee
315 West 94 th Street
New York.
Nov. 27, 1906.

Benja Van Steenberg
N. York
Surfside
Lot. 6 J. V. Gaasbeek
18 oct. 34
Ad 9. June '32

Revolution
23 038 INVALID
1926 Nov 11 Frontier New England Club 1000 Massachusetts Ave Boston, Mass. Mr. J. H. Jones Marshall, P
No. 33092
Benjamin Franklin Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1775
Index: — Vol. 2 Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. War Section.
August 31, 1912.
Miss Mabel E. Marshall, 49 South 13th Street, Terre Haute, Ind.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 21 st and received the 23 rd instant, you are advised that from the papers in claim Sur. File No. 23,039, it appears that Benjamin Van Steenbergh was born March 21, 1759, at Kingston, New York, where he resided when he enlisted and served as a private in the New York troops as follows: In 1776, under Captain Moses Cantine, five months; 1777, under Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker, five months; 1788, under Captain Henry Pawling, Colonel Albert Pawling, nine months 1779, under Captain Everett Bogardus, Colonel Rathorn, three months; 1781, under Captain Moses Yeomans, Major Houghtaling, six months.
Soldier died June 20, 1832, leaving no widow, and his pension was allowed on an application made June 10, 1834, to his only surviving children. Susan aged forty-eight years, wife of Henry Whitaker, and Elizabeth aged fifty-two years, wife of John P. L. Osterhoudt, residents of Kingston, New York.
Very respectfully,
J. H. Klaven Commissioner.

December 12, 1906.
Mrs. Azalea Clisbee, #318 West 94th St., New York, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 27th ultimo and received in this Bureau on the 28th, you are advised that from the papers in claim Survivor's File #23,039, it appears that Benjamin Van Steenbergh born March 21, 1759 at Kingston, New York, where he resided when he enlisted and served as a Private in the New York troops as follows: In 1776 under Captain James Cantine, five (5) months; 1777 under Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker, five (5) months; 1778 under Captain Henry Pawling, Colonel Albert Pawling, nine (9) months; 1779 under Captain Everett Bogardus, Colonel Hathorn, three (3) months; 1781 under Captain Moses Yeomans, Major Houghtaling, six (6) months.
Soldier died June 20, 1832 leaving no widow, and his pension was allowed on an application made June 10, 1834 by his only surviving children, Susan, aged forty-eight years, wife of Henry Whitaker, and Elizabeth, aged fifty-two years, wife of John P. L. Osterhoudt.

Mrs. Azalea Clisbee. Page 2nd.
In 1834 soldier's brother, Abraham Van Steenbergh, aged seventy years, testified in the claim.
The above mentioned Benjamin Van Steenbergh is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

llb.
See file 23039
Rev. Mar.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Van Steenberg a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     76 5 mos. Pvt. Moses Cantine N.Y.   77 5 " " Hendrick Schoenmaker   78 9 " " Henry Pawling Albert Pawling N.Y.   79 3 " " Quint Bogardus Hathorn   81 6 " " Moses Yeomans Maj. Houghtaling  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kingston, N.Y.
Date of Heirs application for pension, June 10, 1834.
Heirs Residence at date of application, Kingston, N.Y.
Sol - Age at date of application, B. Mch. 21, 1759 at Kingston, N.Y.
Remarks: Died June 20, 1832 leaving no wid. &amp; only two ch -
1834 Sol. br. Abraham ae 70 testified
dau. Susan ae 48 wife Henry Whitaker
" Elizabeth ae 52 " John P. L. Osterhout
Very respectfully,

The letter dated Oct 18, 1834, concerning this claim, and sent to P. Gassbeck. Kingston, New York, has been cut from the book and is in the claim of Jeremiah Baker, R. 3237.
October 11, 1928.
M. E. E.

J. S. Edwards Letter on F. P. N. Steenburgh Claim
2 5 5 8

War Department Pension Office August 5. 1834
Sir The papers relating to the claim of Susan Whitaker and Elizabeth Osterhoudt, for a pen- sion for services rendered by their fathers have been examined; The tours in 1777, 1779 & 1781 ap- pear to have been in the militia when the tours were short and occasional only. The tours in Col. Pownings regiment were eight months in- stead of nine as alleged. Unless supported by further proof no more than the five months in 1776 and eight months in 1778 can be allowed.
The papers are herewith enclosed Respectfully J. L. Edwards
P. V. Gansbuck Esq. Kingston New York

Kingston Oct 13 1884
Mr
The papers in the application of Benjamin Van Steenburgh are now returned with additional testimony which I hope will warrant the Department to all his heirs a full pension. The tradition here is that he was in every Service, but it is now extremely difficult to procure witnesses, those that are still living cannot recall to memory who were with them unless they have the opportunity to see each other. You say that the term in 78 was only 8 Months. The Enlistment was only 8 Months, but the troops were kept in service 9 Months. in that delay, all concern. I have known Mr. V. Steenburgh for many years. He was a person of credit. His children are worthy of their Country, Country -
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com'r of Pensions
Yours very Respectfully Peter Van Gaasbeek Jr.