Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14753, Andrew Van Middlesworth, New Jersey

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New Jersey
Van Middlesworth Andrew
S14753
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No. 2410 New York
And: Van Middelveld of Coeymans in the State of New York who was a Ensign in the Coeymans by Captain DeMotte of the Arty. commanded by Lieut. Quick in the N Jersey line for 12 Mths. 8 Ds. 21/2 Cts. 9 " Sept.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 16 2/3 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug. 1833 and due to a United Auburn
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33 $334.80 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar. 33 83.70 $418.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. } John Steele Clerk
Recorded by Book 6, Vol. 3. Page 84
Feb. 23, 1838

Andrew Van Middleworth
11753
Agent Should Auburn N.Y.

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. Personally appeared before me the Subscribed a justice of the peace first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County Andrew Van Middleworth who being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration supplementary to & explanatory of the annexed declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. In the month of Sept 1777 I was called out in case of alarm with the company of which I was Ensign and continued in service two or three days.
2 days About the last of August in the same year I was again called out and marched to Elizabeth- town where I was stationed one month.
1 mo About the first of December A.D. 1777 I was again called out in the same company and marched to Elizabethtown where I was stationed as a guard a term of one month.
1 mo About the first of February 1778 I was again called out in the same company and marched to Eliza- bethtown where I was stationed as a guard a half month.
1/2 In the Spring of 1778 as I believe I was again call- ed out and marched to Pownton Plains where I was stationed a half month.
1/2 In the month of June following I was again called out in the same company and marched to Eliz- abethtown aforesaid where I was stationed under the command of Gen. Weynans & Col. John Doyle a term of one month. I was there at the time of the battle of Monmouth.
1 mo In the month of September following I was again called out and marched to Elizabethtown where I was engaged in a battle with the refugees and British from thence I marched to Hakenback, from thence to Germantown where the battle of Germantown took place - from thence home, and continued in service one month.

5. 2 1 mo About the month of December following I was again called out and marched to Elizabeth town where I was employed in guarding the lines one month -
1 mo About the month of February 1779 I was again called out in said company and was stationed at Elizabethtown guarding the lines one month -
1 mo About the month of June 1779 I was again called out in said company & marched to Elizabeth town where I was stationed said one month in guarding the lines -
21 days At the time of the battle of Springfield I was again called out in same company and marched to Springfield and was engaged in said battle. and was out at this time at Elizabethtown Woodruffs farms and Springfield a term of three weeks -
1 mo In June 1780 as I believe I was again called out in said company & marched to Elizabethtown where I was stationed one month in guarding the lines
1 mo In the month of January 1781 as I believe I was again called out and marched to Elizabethtown where I was stationed as a guard upon the lines one month -
15 days About the month of June 1781 I was again called out and marched to Elizabethtown where I was stationed a month -
1 mo About the first of Sept 1781 I was again called out and marched to Elizabethtown where I was stationed as a guard one month - All of the above mentioned service I performed as Lieutenant Indigne of said company of militia mentioned in my said declaratio -
12. 8 On the nineteenth of October 1781 I was appointed captain of said company, after which I was a few times called into said service in short tours in cases of alarm but cannot recollect when said services were performed -
In the month of June 1776 I entered said service as Sargeant in the company of militia commanded by Capt Peter Dehorne 1 st Lieut. James Quick 2 d Lieut

Isaac Suydam & Insign Joacum Quick in the Regiment commanded by Col Abraham Quick - I marched first to New York from thence back to Elizabeth town where I was on the 4 th of July following and served at this time three weeks - In the month of August following I again entered said service in the same company and marched to Bergen at and near which place I continued in service until after the battle of White Plains a term of two months when I was discharged & returned home. In the month of December following I was again called out and marched on to the lines & continued to serve in same company until the following June a term of six months & ten or fifteen days when the enemy evacuated New Brunswick. that he lived immediately upon the lines, and was unable to attend to business but was in constant service in scouting & guarding the lines - that he served during the fore part of said term under Major Benjamin Baird the Major of said Regiment, and after his death under Major William Baird -
In consequence of old age and the loss of memory I cannot remember all my services but according to my best recollection I served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For one year and nine days I served as Insign, and for nine months I served as Sargeant and for such service I claim a pension. I was born in the town of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey AD 1752 & have a record of my age in my family bible - I continued to reside there until the year 1800 when I removed to the town of Owasco aforesaid where I have resided ever since - I was out frequently in cases of alarm and performed other service there above set forth but cannot remember when said services were performed - that he was not drafted but was always ordered out by the

Colonel of his my Regiment, a under whose own and direction I always serve Sworn & Subscribed the 16 th day of May A D 1833 before me John Grover Justice Andrew Van Middelvort of the Peace —
I certify that said Andrew Van Middelvort is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit May 16 th 1833 Andrew Van Middelvort
John Grover Justice
State of New York
Cayuga County } ss I Michael S. Myers Clerk of said County do certify that John Grover before whom the foregoing declaration was made was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice and believe his signature to said declaration and the above certificate to be genuine - Witness my hand and seal of office the 16 th day of May 1833
M. S. Myers Clerk

State of New York Cayuga County Is on this 26 th day of Septem- ber A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New York Powell I Amerman a resident of Owasco in said County who being first duly sworn according to law says that he is well acquainted with Andrew Van Middlesworth of Owasco in said County and was well acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary war that they both resided at that time in the town of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey that from about the year 1777 until the fall of 1781 as he believes the said Andrew Van Middlesworth served as Ensign in a company of militia commanded by Captain Peter De Krom in Col Abraham Quick's Regiment. He further says that in the fall of the year 1781 as he believes but at what particular time he does not now remember the said Andrew Van Middlesworth was chosen a captain in said com- pany and continued to serve as such captain until the close of the war that after he became of proper age to be enrolled in the militia he was enrolled in the company commanded by said Van Middlesworth and continued a member of said Company until the close of the war, and that he was frequently in active service in said company whilst under the command of the said Van Middlesworth as captain
Powell I Amerman
Asahel Fitch judge
And the said Court declare their opinion that the said Powell I Amerman is a man of truth and veracity
Asahel Fitch judge

State of New-York, } Cayuga COUNTY, } ss.
On this 26 th day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting, Andrew Van Middlesworth a resident of Owasco in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, aged 79 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 June 7th, 1832: - That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: - That he is the same person mentioned in the accompanying Ensigns Commission. that immediately after receiving said commission he entered the service of the United States in the company of Militia commanded by Capt Peter De Vries in Col Abraham Linc's Regiment at the town of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset in the state of New Jersey. that he continued to serve in said company as such Ensign in the Revolutionary war from about the first of August A D 1777 until the nineteenth day of October A D 1781 when he was duly commissioned Captain of said company. that he continued to serve as such captain until the close of the Revolutionary War when he left said service. that his said Captain's commission is now lost so that he is not able to produce it. that said services were rendered on the lines near New Brunswick, that the guarding of said lines was entrusted to the militia, and that the militia were constantly employed in said service. that he was in the battle of Springfield, and in frequent skirmishes with the enemy - during said term
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 any State or territory
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Isabel Fitch judge
And T. Middlesworth

We Israel Hammond a clergyman residing in in Cayuga County and Samuel Hombrick residing in Onondaga aforesaid do certify that we are well ac- quainted with Andrew Van Middelworth who has sub- scribed and sworn to the preceding declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Isahel Fitch judge
Israel Hammond
Samuel Hombrick
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the war department that the said applicant was a Revolutionary officer and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Israel Hammond - who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Onondaga - in the County of Cayuga & Samuel Hombrick who has also signed the same is a resident in Onondaga - and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isahel Fitch judge
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Van Middelworth for a pension. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the 26 th day of September AD 1832
M. S. Myers
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A. Gould Subano NY

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Van Middlesworth  of Coeymans  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? /  3. How old is he? 79 years  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.     enlist 1 In 1777 to 4 2 19 Ensign Gen. Lord Howe Col. Lusk   19th Oct 1781 then as Captain to the close of the war Captain -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Somerset Co. N Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? De currentia  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.
* The claimant does not state how or where he was employed during the long time of his service -
Richard Alcott Examining Clerk.

Per man
14753
INVALID.
File No. 14, 753
Andrew Van Middleworth
Census Revd Van
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE STATE OF
NEW-JERSEY,
Andrew Van Middelvort, Governor,
GREETING:
WHEREAS it hath been certified to Esquire, Governor and Commander chosen by the Privates of a  regiment in the County of Somerset Second Regiment of the said Corps Esquire, is Colonel ) to be Ensign are therefore to take the said Company Ensign thereof, and of the said Company in Arms: And as they Ensign you are like Directions, from Time to Time, as you your superior Officer or Officers; and for you IN TESTIMONY whereof the Great Seal of WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire, Commander in Chief in and over the State of belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the Day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy four
Excellency WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, of this State, that you have been of Militia in the County of Middlesex being the Third Company in the whereof Abraham Quick of the said Company; into your Charge and Care as exercise both Officers and Soldiers ereby directed to obey you as their to obey and follow such Orders and receive from your Colonel or other doing this shall be your Commission. said State is hereunto affixed: Witness Governor, Captain-General and Com- New-Jersey, and Territories thereunto at New Brunswick the twelfth One Thousand Seven Hundred and
By His Excellency's Command,
Chas. Petten
Wm Livingston

Mr. Andrew Van Middleforth Committee...
Mr. Van Middleforth is to take Rank as Esq. from the 6 th of June 1777.
Andrew Van Middleforth File 14753. M
August 9 28 1777 Spencer before me and J. Middleforth before me and took the oaths before me Henry J. Middleforth Clerk

Auburn N.Y. May 16 1835
Sir
Enclosed I return the papers in the case of Andrew Van Middelworth with the objection answered. From the time that has elapsed since his services were performed he cannot set forth each term of service, or all the services which he did perform. but has been able to remember enough to make nine months service as sergeant and one year and nine days as Ensign - for that term he now asks a pension. He performed service after his appointment as captain as appears by the accompanying affidavit but can not remember when or where the service was performed. Will you please send returns to me Very Respectfully Yours &c H. Gould
Hon. J. S. Edwards