Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,856, Myndert Vandebogart, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Vandebogart, Myndert or Vandenbogart or Vanderbogart
P 10,856
CONTENTS

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } COUNTY of } ss.
On this twenty fifth day of July 1832, personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Albany , in open Court, Myndert Van den bogart , a resident of Almshouse in the City of Albany in the county of Albany and state of New York aged on the first Feb last Seventy Seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.— That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776, with Capt. Andrew Bellings in the Village of Poughkeepsie — and served in the third New York regiment of the line, under the following named officers: Col. Rip Van Dam was the first Colonel, who, as this Declarer has been informed and believes, afterwards deserted, whereupon the Command of the Regiment devolved on Lieut. Col. Frederick Wilson and served faithfully for one year — that in the year 1777 he enlisted again for nine months under Capt. Elijah Herrick , and in Col. Grahams Regiment in Poughkeepsie aforesaid , and marched to Peramys to the Southward, and returned from thence to Poughkeepsie , where after a short stay, he marched with the Regiment to Van Schaicks Island up the River above Albany , and from thence to Bemis's Heights , where Burgoyne's army then lay, and that this Declarer was in the battles of the 1 st Sept. and 2 d Oct. with the army, and that the declarer was with the Brigade after his surrender, and which guarded the prisoners on their way down to Albany ; the third time he enlisted again at Poughkeepsie for nine months under Capt. Charles Newkirk , of Col. Van Rensselaers Regiment , and marched from Poughkeepsie to Valley Forge , and from thence to Red Bank , and Red Bank . He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. G. Wapson Clk
his Myndert X Van den bogart mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
I John G. Wapson, Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany and the under written between these marks X & the annexed subject DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Myndert Van den bogart for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 25th day of July 1832.
J. G. Wapson Clk
X in the battle of Monmouth in which Col. Thompson & Major Dickinson were killed, and Col. Henry Livingston was wounded in the thigh — that after marching through Peramys , through Mumbachys , where this Declarer with the Regiment wintered, and where he was discharged by Captain Newkirk , & then returned home to Poughkeepsie — that he afterwards removed to Aurora where he remained five or six years, following the business of brick making, and then came to Misquithaw or Stonykill in the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany , where he has resided until he came to the City of Albany — and having in the battle of the White Plains been wounded, & become infirm and impoverished, he has been compelled to receive support in the Almshouse of the County of Albany , as one of the poor of the Town of Bethlehem — That this Declarer, also says that his father and his brother John Van den bogart were also in the service, the former for two years & upwards, and the latter for three years and upwards, and that his said brother was a pensioner for about two years before his death, which took place eight or nine years ago X.
Subscribed of sworn to, as above
J. G. Wapson Clk
his Myndert X Van den bogart mark

In the Justice's Court of the City of Albany ss.
On this 25 th July 1832 before the Justice's Court of the City of Albany, in Open Court, personally appeared Joseph Van der Bogart of the Town of Princetown in the County of Schoharie, Farmer, who being duly sworn, saith, that he is well and intimately acquainted with Myndert Vandebogart who is the person that hath subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration, that the facts therein stated as having relation to his services in the years 1776-1777 & 1778, are substantially true, and that the said Myndert is a man of truth and veracity, and that he is infirm and of the age which he states -
Subscribed and sworn to the 25 th July 1832 J. G. Watson Clerk
Joseph his mark Van der Bogart
City & County of Schoharie ss.
On the fourteenth day of Nov r 1832 - before me John L. DeGraff Mayor of the City of Schoharie personally appeared Joseph Vandebogart, the person who made and subscribed the foregoing deposition, and being before me duly sworn, according to law, doth depose & say, that in addition to his intimate knowledge of, and acquaintance with Myndert Vandebogart, the person by whom the within Declaration has been made, subscribed and sworn to, as above stated by him, he this deponent doth further say, that in 1776 the said Myndert Vandebogart enlisted as a soldier in Capt. Billings's Company, in the Village of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, for one year, and was knowing to his marching from Poughkeepsie in the month of March of the year 1776 to the City of New York, which shortly after was taken possession of by the British, and that he has always understood, that the said Myndert served out his said enlistment - That in 1777 he again enlisted, and marched to the Southward, & served in that campaign, until his return from the Southward, and then marched to the northward with the Company to which he belonged, to oppose Burgoyne's army then advancing southward from the North; that in 1778 he again enlisted for nine months, and was in the Battle of Monmouth, and that he this deponent understood from the said Myndert Vandebogart, that after his return home from the Southward that his discharge from Col. Galt's Reg t had been delayed beyond his term of enlistment, but that whilst sitting together with Isaac Wells and half a dozen others of his fellow soldiers in the kitchen of one Mumbacher, he and his said messmates, severally received their discharges - In the year 1780, the said Myndert Vandebogart again enlisted either for six or nine months, and this deponent believes for nine months, became the father of this deponent's wife, and this deponent well remembers on their return home in the month of December, they both returned home to Princetown, and this deponent well remembers that their deponent's father returned home earlier than the said Myndert, whose feet and legs were swollen and had been very sore nearly mid leg high; that the said Myndert Vandebogart, was discharged from the service at Fort Stanwix while on his way home to Poughkeepsie; staid for a few days at this deponent's residence, which was then at Hanykill in Albany County - sworn before this  14 November 1832 John L. DeGraff Mayor  Joseph his mark Vandebogart sworn in presence of J. Van Ingen, and also of the Justicing Magistrate.

Myndat Vansborgs
Declaration.
2 Wester
16/3 79
New York rolls enlisted 2 June '77 for the war deserted 12 July '77

I Isaac Willse of the county of Schoharie town of Linton do solemnly swear and declare, that I am now seventy four years of age and upwards; that I am a pensioner under the laws of the United States; and that I am well and intimately acquainted with Myndert Vandebogart, who hath subscribed and sworn to the declaration which is herunto annexed, and that I know the facts therein stated to be true, so far as includes nine months service of the within time.
Sworn and subscribed this 9 July 1832 before me
Abraham Hance Justice
his Isaac X Willsey Mark
State of New York } County of Schoharie } p. I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county do certify that Abraham Hance before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the justices of the peace in and for the said county, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and do verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this tenth day of July 1832  John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
Schoharie 14 Nov. 1832 I do certify, that Joseph Vandebogart, who has this day testified before me, is a good moral citizen, and is entitled to the highest credit.
John S. De Graaf Mayor of the city of Schoharie -

State of New York
Schenectady County
To John S. Vrooman Clerk Of the County aforesaid, Do hereby certify
that John B. De Graff, Esq., whose name appears to the Certificate of the Mayor Charles Joseph Van Debogaert was Mayor of the City of Schenectady at the time of certifying the same, and that the signature "John B. De Graff" is his true & genuine signature In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of December 1832.
John S. Vrooman Clerk
Samuel Miller Affidavit

State of New York City of Albany ss.
Myndert Vande Bogart, formerly of Dutchess County, now a Resident in the Almshouse in the City of Albany, aged Seventy seven years and upwards, being desirous of claiming the pension granted by the Act of Congress, approved June 7. 1832, do hereby make the following declaration, to wit: That I have served in the course of the Revolutionary War under L t Col o Weisenfels, under Col o Graham under Col o Van Courtland, again under Col o Weisenfels; and that my whole service amounted to three years and upwards — and that I have never received any pension or annuity from the United States for my said Revolutionary services.
Subscribed and sworn to this 2 nd July, 1832 before me
L. J. Van Ingen Notary Public
Myndert V Vande Bogart mark
I do certify that Isaac Wiltsey, who took and subscribed the affidavit on the annexed sheet, before me, on the ninth day of July 1832 is a good moral citizen and entitled to the highest credit. Dated at Fulton the 28 th day of December 1832.
Abraham Haines
State of New York Columbia county ss.
Justice of the Peace
I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county
Do certify that Abraham Haines whose name appears to the preceding certificate of moral character and credibility of Isaac Wiltsey, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county — And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature — Witness my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of December 1832.
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk

State of New York City of Albany ss.
Myndert Vande Bogart, formerly of Dutchess County, now a Resident in the Almshouse in the City of Albany, aged Seventy seven years and upwards, being desirous of Claiming the pension granted by the Act of Congress, approved June 7. 1832, do hereby make the following declaration, to wit: That I have served in the course of the Revolutionary War under L t Col o Weisenfels, under Col o Graham under Col o Van Courtland, again under Col o Weisenfels; and that my whole service amounts to three years and upwards — and that I have never received any pension or annuity from the United States for my said Revolutionary services.
Subscribed and sworn to this 2 nd July 1832 before me
Myndert Vande Bogart mark
D. S. Van Ingen Notary Public
I do certify that Isaac Wiltsey, who took and subscribed the affidavit on the annexed sheet, before me, on the ninth day of July 1832 is a good moral citizen and entitled to the highest credit. Dated at Fulton the 28 th day of December 1832 —
Abraham Haines
State of New York Cohoes county ss.
Justice of the Peace
I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county
Do certify, that Abraham Haines whose name appears to the preceding certificate of moral character and credibility of Isaac Wiltsey, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county — And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature — Witness my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of December 1832 —
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. COUNTY of }
On this twenty fifth day of July 1832, personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Albany , in open Court, Myndert Vande bogart a resident of Almshouse in the City of Albany in the county of Albany and state of New York aged on the first Wed of most  Seventy Seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.— That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776, with Capt. Andrew Bellings in the Village of Poughkeepsie — and served in the third New York regiment of the line, under the following named officers: Col. Rip Van Dam was the first Colonel, who, as this Declarer has been informed and believes, afterwards deserted, whereupon the command of the Regiment devolved on Lieut. Col. Frederick Wilson and served faithfully for one year — that in the year 1777 he enlisted again for nine months under Capt. Elijah Herrick , and in Col. Grahams Regiment in Poughkeepsie aforesaid , and marched to Peramys to the Southward , and returned from thence to Poughkeepsie , where after a short stay, he marched with the Regiment to Van Schaicks Island up the River above Albany , and from thence to Bemis's Heights , where Burgoyne's army then lay , and that this Declarer was in the battles of the 1 st Sept. and 2 d Octobr with the army, and that the declarer was with the Brigade after his surrender, and which guarded the prisoners on their way down to Albany ; the third time he enlisted again at Poughkeepsie for nine months under Capt. Charles Newkirk , of Col. Van Rensselaers Regiment and marched from Poughkeepsie to Valley Forge , and from thence to Red Bank , and was there . He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. G. Watson Clerk — Myndert X Van den bogart his mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
I John G. Watson, Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany (and the under written between these marks X the ann of 1832) DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Myndert Vande bogart for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 25 th day of July 1832.
J. G. Watson Clerk
X in the battle of Monmouth in which Col. Thompson & Major Dickinson were killed, and Col. Henry Livingston was wounded in the thigh — that after marching through Peramys , through Mumbachys where this Declarer with the Regiment wintered, and where he was discharged by Captain Newkirk , & then returned home to Poughkeepsie — that he afterwards removed to Aurora where he remained five or six years, following the business of brick making, and then came to Misquithaw or Stoneykill in the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany , where he has resided until he came to the City of Albany — and having in the battle of the White Plains been wounded & become infirm and impecunious, he has been compelled to receive support in the Almshouse of the County of Albany , as one of the poor of the Town of Bethlehem — That this Declarer, also says that his father and his brother John Vande bogart were also in the service; the former for two years & upwards, and the latter for three years and upwards, and that his said brother was a pensioner for about two years before his death, which took place eight or nine years ago . — X
Subscribed to, as above
J. G. Watson Clerk
Myndert X Van den bogart his mark

In the Justice's Court of the City of Albany ss.
On this 25 th July 1832 before the Justice's Court of the City of Albany, in Open Court, personally appeared Joseph Van der Bogart of the Town of Princetown in the County of Schenectady, Farmer, who being duly sworn, saith, that he is well and intimately acquainted with Myndert Van der Bogart who is the person that hath subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration, that the facts therein stated as having relation to his services in the years 1776-1777 & 1778, are substantially true, and that the said Myndert is a man of truth and veracity, and that he is in firm and of the age which he states -
Subscribed and sworn to the 25 th July 1832 J. G. Wason Clerk
Joseph his Van der Bogart mark
City & County of Schenectady ss.
On the fourteenth day of Nov r 1832 - before me John L. DeGraff Mayor of the City of Schenectady personally appeared Joseph Van der Bogart, the person who made and subscribed the foregoing deposition, and being before me duly sworn, according to law, doth depose & say, that in addition to his intimate knowledge of, and acquaintance with Myndert Van der Bogart, the person by whom the within Declaration has been made, subscribed and sworn to, as above stated by him, he this deponent doth further say, that in 1776 the said Myndert Van der Bogart enlisted as a soldier in Capt. Billings's Company, in the Village of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, for one year, and was knowing to his marching from Poughkeepsie in the month of March of the year 1776 to the City of New York, which shortly after was taken possession of by the British, and that he has always understood, that the said Myndert served out his said enlistment - That in 1777 he again enlisted, and on going to the Southward, served in that Campaign, until his return from the Southward, and then marched to the northward with the Company to which he belonged to oppose Burgoyne's army then advancing southward from the North; that in 1778 he again enlisted for nine months, and was in the Battle of Monmouth and that he this deponent understood from the said Myndert Van der Bogart, that after his return home from the Southward that his discharge from Col. Cottle's Reg t had been delayed beyond his term of enlistment, but that whilst sitting together with Isaac White and half a dozen others of his fellow soldiers in the kitchen of one Mumbarger, he and his said messmates, severally received their discharges - In the year 1780, the said Myndert Van der Bogart again enlisted and served for nine months, and this deponent believes for nine months, became the father of this deponent's daughter, and this deponent well remembers on their return home in the month of December, they both returned home to Poughkeepsie; and this deponent well remembers that this deponent's father returned home earlier than the said Myndert, whose description is as follows: Joseph Van der Bogart, very large, nearly mid leg high; that the said Myndert Van der Bogart was discharged from the service at Fort Stanwix while on his way home to Poughkeepsie; stayed for a few days at this Deponent's residence, which was then at Hoesfield in Albany County - sworn before this
14 November 1832
John L. DeGraff Mayor
Joseph his Van der Bogart mark in presence of J. Van Ingen and also of the subscribing Magistrate

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10.800
P. O.
Wyndham DeBogart
Service: _____
Ad.
Enlisted: Aug. 27, 1906 _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Extract of a Letter from J. L. Edmonds Esq. to Honble G. H. Lansing dated Dec r 13. 1833. respecting Myndert Van Derbayarts Case -

Extract of a Letter from J. L. Edwards Esquire to Hon. ble G. V. Lansing - dated Dec r 13. 1833 -
"The claim of Myndert Van Der Bogert was rejected, as you will perceive by the accompanying eng Copy of a letter to Mr. van Ingen dated 15 April last. The affidavit of his Brother who speaks of his the material fact of desertion on the part of the part his Cousin who bore the same name as a matter of belief and tradition, is not deemed satisfactory. If the testimony of a dis- =interested witness would disconnect this claim from the entry on our rolls, or if the deserting Myndert Van Der Bogert could be found and identified with it, all difficulty would be removed to an examina- =tion of fit upon its own merits."

Copy office letter 15 Apr '33

(Copy)
War Department Pension Office April 15. 1833
Sir,
The claim of Myndert Van Det Bogert has been again examined. Although the supplemental declaration, which was called for with a view to elicit farther facts to ascertain the identity of the claimant with a person of that name on our rolls, employs general terms, it yet shows that he claims for service in the New York line of the Continental Army. A soldier bearing his name (it is a singular and peculiar one) enlisted in 2 d Reg t of that line, on 3 d June '77, for the war; and deserted 12 th July '77. The rolls furnish no evidence of after service by any person of his name. His claim is rejected and his papers placed on file.
I am Respectfully & (Sign d .) J. L. Edwards
Van Ingen Esq Albany 8.9.

1379
Rev
New York
Myndert Van De Bogart
Rejected not 7 Jan '32
See letter to
James Van Arden
15 Apr 1833
See letter to Hon L. C. C.
3 March 1831
Set to L Jenkins By
8th Sept 1834
108 57

Albany October. 14. 1833.
James I. Edwards Esquire. Court of Pensions.
Sir.
In the case of Myndert Vander Bogert now deceased I enclose the affidavit of Joseph Vander Bogert his Brother, stating that there were two persons of the name of Myndert Vander Bogert. one the brother & the other the Cousin of the Deponent - and that the latter and not the former was the Deserter . The credibility of the witness Joseph Vander Bogert is strongly corroborated by the affidavits of two highly respectable citizens of this place - who are well known to the Court.
In this case it appears from your letter from to Isaac Van Engen Esq. of April 16 th 1833 that the only objection to his claim was the fact that a person of the same name & belonging to the same regiment was returned as a Deserter . I think this difficulty is now satisfactorily removed by the enclosed affidavits & I therefore hope and trust that his claim will meet with a favourable reconsideration - and that thru  through the applicant himself cannot now be a subject of the bounty of his Country, his widow will receive the small am t to which her husband was entitled at his death -
Very Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t . Samuel Jenkins.

Albany February 8. 1834.
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to trouble you again in the case of Myndert Vandebogart - I do not feel satisfied with the decision of Mr. Edwards in this case, and I am desirous to have it reviewed by the Secretary of War - It appears to me that the evidence in favor of the claim ought to be deemed sufficient - You are personally acquainted with Mr. Newland & Mr. Winne, the witnesses who testify to the credibility of Joseph Vandebogart, and can therefore certify to their respectability & credibility - I enclose a copy of my letter to Mr. Edwards respecting the application, & an extract of his letter to you, rejecting the claim - I wish you would obtain the decision of the Secretary as soon as possible, that if it should be favorable, the Widow may have the benefit of it - If a Certificate should be granted, please send it to me - Very Respectfully
Your ob't Serv't Lemuel Jenkings
The Honble G. H. Lansing - House of Reps. U. S.

Certificate of the Dep't Compt. of the State of N.Y. Respecting Mynders Vanderbrynt -

Abstract of the Series that joined the Late 4 th New York Ridgemen, in the year One thousand seven hundred & Eighty
   Names & Rank Amount of Wages Voucher N o of Certificate Sum Paid When Paid We the undersigned do acknowledge to have rec d the several sums specified to our several names in Notes signed by Gradus Barker Esq. Treasurer being in full of wages as Series in the late 4 th N. York Reg t Continental, raised by Col. Frederick Wöisskopf in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, and signed two receipts.   £ s d     Myndert Van De Bogert 14 6 2 171 37991 Fourteen Pounds 6/2 24 March 1786 Lemuel Conklin  
State of New York Comptroller's Office  I certify that the preceding is a true extract from a paper remaining in this office purporting to be an Abstract of receipts for levy pay for men that joined Colonel Wöisskopf's Regiment in 1780. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 28 th day of August 1834.  Philip J. Phelps Dep. Comptroller

Albany Aug t 28. 1834.
James L Edwards Esquire Com d of Pensions
Sir I beg leave to call your attention again to the hitherto unfortunate case of the Widow of Myndert Vandebogart. You will perceive by the papers herewith sent, that it is one which was referred at my request to the Secretary of War, and that he confirmed your decision adverse to the claim. The papers were returned to me by Hon ble G. G. Lansing.
I now enclose a certificate of the Dep y Comptroller of this State containing an extract of an old document on file in his office, being a pay or receipt roll of Levies belonging to Weissenfeldts Reg t in 1780 of the existence of which I was ignorant until lately and by which you will see that Myndert Vandebogart was one of those levies and that his Attorney Lemuel Conklin received his pay.
That this is the Myndert Vandebogart for whom (or whose widow rather) I ask a pension must I think be evident from the affidavits of Joseph Vandebogart sworn to on the 14 th Nov 1832 and on the 12 th of Oct 1833. And I think it will be equally evident that he was not the same person who was returned as a Deserter on the 12 th July 1777. For it is not probable that he would afterwards have returned and re-enlisted in 1780 - or that he would have been paid, as it appears he was by the pay or receipt roll above referred to. Without troubling you with

any further remarks I submit the case for your consideration upon all the papers herewith forwarded believing that the new document now sent will remove all difficulties, and establish a fair claim for a full pension. A prompt decision on the case is very desirable on account of the widow who is poor and needs all she may be found entitled to —
Very Respectfully
Your ob. Servt.
Lemuel Jenkins.

State of New York } Albany Justice Court } I, Joseph Vandenburg of the Town of Pinestown in the County of Schoharie in the said State, being duly sworn in open Court, depose and saith - That he this Deponent is seventy three years of age, upwards - That he this Deponent had a brother named Myndert Vandenburg who died in the month of January last, at the Alms House in the City of Albany - leaving a Widow named Anna - who is still living - This Deponent further saith that he has always understood and believed that his said Brother Myndert was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & served his country faithfully - and has never heard until lately that he was a deserter - This Deponent does not believe that his said Brother Myndert did ever desert from the service of his Country - And this Deponent earnestly believes that the report or allegation that his said brother deserted whilst in the service during the Revolutionary War, is a mistake , owing to the fact that there were two persons of the name of Myndert Vandenburg - one of whom was this Deponent's brother - and the other was his Cousin - and both of whom were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and as this Deponent has understood and believes, belonged at one time to the same Regiment - but this Deponent has forgotten the name of the Col. of the Regiment - This Deponent further deposes and saith that he has often understood and has no doubt of the facts that his Cousin Myndert did desert to the British in the Revolutionary War - that he deserted from his Regiment at the White Plains and went & joined in the enemy at the City of New York - This Deponent has not seen his

Cousin Myndert in several years - but the last time he about 70 miles from Troy, and as he believes from the hand of him he was living Leonia in the State of Massachusetts - This Deponent further saith that the Deponent's Father was named John Vandebogaert & he had seven sons, one of whom of whom was Myndert Vandebogaert now deceased - That this Deponent's father had a brother whose name was Cornelius, and who was the Father of the other Myndert - This Deponent has heard his Mother say that there was about three months difference between the ages of his brother Myndert and his Cousin Myndert - and this Deponent believes his brother Myn- dert was about seventy nine years of age when he died
This Deponent further saith that both his Father & his Uncle's families resided in the County of Dutchess during the Revolutionary War - This Deponent's father resided in the Town of Poughkeepsie - & his Uncle resided about 16 miles North of that Town - at a place called the Cold Springs - afterwards that previous to his removal about the Cold Springs he resided further about his Uncle's resided to within a quarter of a mile of his father's in said removed from there to the Cold Springs Town of Poughkeepsie - and this Deponent well knows that his Cousin Myndert - and knows the fact that he had a Cousin and a brother of that name - who were each soldiers in the Revolutionary War as above stated - This Deponent is unable to write owing to his thumb severed & subsided in open Court being into of joint - this 19th day of September 1833
John G. Watson 6th -
Joseph T. Vandebogaert mark
N. 13. The reason of the various subscriptions being made in the latter part of the above affidavit was that the attests was at first misunderstood by the person who drawn said affidavit - and whose name is hereunto subscribed - Viz - Samuel Van Riper.

State of New York } Albany Justice Court } S ps
David P. Winne of the city of Albany being duly sworn in open court deposeth as follows. viz. I have known the above-named Joseph Vander Bogart for Twenty years and upwards during which time he has always borne a good character for truth and veracity and I believe his statements as a witness are fully entitled to credit. I also of formerly knew his brother Myncent Vander Bogart now deceased. I knew him for many years and know that he was also a man of good character for honesty, integrity & veracity. Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 12 th day of October 1833. } David P. Winne
J. C. Wesson Clk
State of New York } Albany Justice Court S ps .
David Newland of the city of Albany being duly sworn in open court deposeth as follows. viz I have the above named known Joseph Vander Bogart for Twenty years and upwards during which time he has always borne a good character for truth and veracity and I believe his statements as a witness are fully entitled to credit.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 12 th day of October 1833. } David Newland
J. C. Wesson Clk

Albany Justice Court. It is hereby certified that the above named Joseph Vanderbryant, David P. Brins and David Newland are credible witnesses - and that the said David P. Brins and David Newland, are well known to this court, as respectable merchants in the City of Albany - And it is also certified that in the opinion of this court the facts stated in the above affidavit of the said Joseph Vander- bryant, are true - By order of the court -
Witness, the seal thereof this 12 th day of October 1833
John G. Wapson Clerk.