Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 28001, Jacob Willsey, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York
or Willsey, Jacob or Wilsie or Woolsey
W 28001
CONTENTS
Riker, Abigail
This woman's last husband was also a pensioner-
See case of Gerardus Riker. New Jersey and New York, S. 11293

New York 2,505
Abigail Riker, family widow of Jacob Woolsey or  ★ Willsey
who died on the 31. May 1784 of N. York in the State of N. York who was a Capt. of Artil. in the company comm. by Captain Shotwell of the Reg't. comman by Stearns in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 120 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of Feb. 1839 and sent to Hon. Ely Moore, H.R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 38 900.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar 39. 60.00
★ The name Woolsey $960.00 was a clerical error.
The right name is Willsey { Revolutionary C Act July 4, { Section 14. { Act. May 4, 1905
Recorded by D. Brown
Book A. Vol. 2 P.

State of New York City and County of New York } ss:
On this twenty fifth day of August 1837 before me Phoebe Riker, Recorder of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, personally appeared Abigail Riker a resident of the State of New York and of the City and County of New York Aged Ninety four Years who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837 - That she married to Jacob Woolsey, who was a non commissioned officer in the Revolutionary Army, and served in the Second Regiment of New York Artillery, Commanded by Colonel Lamb, and of which Regiment Stevens was Lieutenant Colonel, (Doughty and Beman were majors), and in a company attached to the said Regiment of which note was Captain Farns was Lieutenant or afterwards Captain; George Seacraft was 1 st Lieutenant; Campbell 2 nd Lieutenant, That said Woolsey entered the Service on or about the commencement of the war, and left the same on or about the 9 th of June 1783 on Furlough being sick - The said Joseph Woolsey was at the Battle of White Plains in the year 1776 and of Yorktown Virginia in 1781 under Genl Knox at White Plains Col: Lamb Commanded the Regiment & with the Company at Yorktown Col: Stevens Commanded the Regiment & with the Company the Company Captain Meacham acting as Engineer, both under command of Genl Knox, The said Joseph Woolsey at the time of his entering into the Service resided in the town of Tappan in Rockland County in the State of New York, and he volunteered his Services, entered for the war and as defendant believes received a bounty, and served during the war faithfully - The Regiment during the war was marched from New Windsor in the State of New York to Yorktown Virginia, from Yorktown to Burlington in New Jersey and there had winter quarters, from there to West Point; And defendant saith that the said Joseph Woolsey never received any pension, and that defendant has no documentary

26 July 1833 P.P. evidence in support her claim. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Woolsey in the Spring of the year 1761. That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Woolsey died on the 31 st day of May 1784 of Measles at his residence in Rye, Westchester County aforesaid, and that she was a widow on the 4 th of July 1833. And that she was afterwards married to Jeremiah Riker (who was also a soldier in the Revolutionary Army) who died on the 14 th of October 1833. That she was a widow on the 4 th of July 1833. And still remains a widow as will more particularly appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. - And Defendant further saith that she has no certificate of her marriage to the said Joseph Woolsey and the Clergymen who married them, and those present at the marriage are all deceased, all which is to the best of defendant knowledge recollection and belief - and that Defendant has no property except her clothing.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written, before me; the said Abigail Riker being unable from bodily infirmity to attend in court.
A. Riker
Recorder of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said City & County.

New York Nov. 3. 1838.
Sir,
The pension certificate of the widow Rike, came duly to hand, In relation to that of Abigail Rike, you will receive a Document signed by William B. Aitken, sworn to before our Recorder, making most beggarly excuse for the many errors committed by him, in drawing up the papers, and which was the means of leading others in error also. In one of the Documents forwarded, made by Elizabeth Rike, (daughter of said Abigail Rike,) you will perceive that she discovered the mistake made by Aitken, and mentioned it to him, which he promised to rectify, but which he neglected. In a conversation had with Mrs Abigail Rike with my father last spring, in relation to the services of her husband, she was consistent in every respect, and as where she was married, as well as the name of the clergymen, the place where her children were born, viz. at Tappan, that is four of the number, which Document is at the Department.
J. S. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions
Your H st Serv t
Casper C. Childs 80 Vesey street

State of New York, } ss. Robert H. Morris, Recorder City and County of New York. } of the City of New York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the City and County of New York, do hereby certify, that on the twenty ninth day of October, 1838, before me appeared, Elizabeth Rike, who says, that Abigail Wilsie and Jacob Wilsie, were her father and mother, and that her mother is a religious woman, and has always borne a good character, and has no doubt whatever, that she has stated facts in her affidavit, that her mother had eight children by her father, that she has often heard her mother, and acquaintances, speak of his servi- ces during the Revolution, and also of his having served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samb, that he died at Tappan, with the disease called the measles, in the following year after the war. and I further state that our right name is Wilsie, although some part of the family have been called Woolsey , and she further states that when the first Document, was forwarded to the De- partment, drawn up by William B. Aitkin, she then discovered the many errors made, he promised to rectify them, which he never attended to, and gave his reasons for not doing so, which is most inglorious! and She further states she was six years of age in February last - and she further says, that after the death of her father her mother married the father of deponents husband -
19th Nov 1838 Robert H. Morris } ss. } Recorder of the City of New York } and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas } Elizabeth X Rike

State of New York, City & County of New York } ss:
I Robert H. Morris, Recorder of the City of New York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City and County of New York, do hereby certify, that on the twenty ninth day of October 1838, before me appeared, Gerardus Riker, who says that he is the son of Elizabeth Riker, and grandson of Abigail Wilsie, that he has in possession a remnant of an old deed with the endorsement of John Wilsie, on the back, and in the body the name of John Wilsie, is also mentioned, (this deed was given for a piece of Land to my father, in Bergen County N. J.) said John Wilsie, was the eldest son of Jacob and Abigail Wilsie the name on the deed is spelled. Willsey , nevertheless, it is the same, and in all transactions, the name has been Wilsie or Willsey, and not Woolsey, as has been incorrectly stated. That he further states, that his grandmother was the mother of eight children, by Wilsie, and that from her good character, and the many proofs that he has had, that no doubt rests on his mind, that she was the lawful wife of Jacob Wilsie, deceased, and he further states that his grandmother, was taken unwell some time previous to her application for said pension
see Rec. 21567 ms. of 1838

and at her request, he placed on the Family Register, her birth day and the date of her marriage, without thinking it would ever be asked for, any other purpose, than it was intended for at the time, a memorandum
Sept 19 1871
Gerardus Riker
Read of the letter of Nov 1871 and In p of the Cert of marriage Please think —

Town of Greenberg Village of Ardsley Westchester Co State of New York, July 24 th 1838.
Ann Brown, of said village, aged eighty seven years and upwards, says that she will state on her oath, all the facts within her knowledge, relative to her half sister, Abigail Fosha. (maiden name.) that she was married to Jacob Wilkie, a soldier of the Revolution, on the 7th day of September, 1761, agreeable to her statement, under oath I was very young at the time she was married, and recollecting her return to her father's house, after the marriage, that soon after, Mr Wilkie, started on a journey, and that during his absence, I slept with his wife, until his return; that she had eight children by said Wilkie, all of whom, I was well acquainted with namely - John Wilkie, Peter Wilkie, James Wilkie, Samuel Wilkie, Jacob Wilkie, Elizabeth Wilkie, Isaac Wilkie, Henry Wilkie. My Mother, had two husbands, viz, first Peter Fosha, and the second my father, Benjamin Laforge. My maiden name was Ann Laforge. I was married in the early part of the Revolution, at White Plains Westchester Co N.Y. Upon diligent enquiry I find that the records of these early marriages were destroyed, when the British were in possession at White Plains, during the Revolutionary War.

I further state, that my sister, became religious, soon after the death of her first husband, which happened soon after the Revolutionary war, that she has lived an exemplary life, and that I consider her character without a stain and that she afterwards married a Mr. Ryker, a respectable old gentleman of the city of New York, long since dead.
In presence of J. A. Constant - Ann X Brown G. Childs mark
Sworn before me, one of the judges of the county courts in & for the county of Westchester State of New York, this Twenty fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Joseph A. Constant
I have known know the character of Mrs. Ann Brown to be highly respectable in this neighbourhood. She is now very aged & infirm
J. A. Constant

State of New York County of West Chester } ss.
I John H. Smith Clerk of the said County & Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the said County Do hereby certify that Joseph A Constant before whom the foregoing affidavit of Joseph Ann Brown was taken, was on the day of the date of the taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County duly Commissioned and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph A Constant and verily believe the foregoing signatures pur- -porting to be his and signed to said and Certificate of Character are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County this 25 th day of July 1838 —
John H. Smith Clk

Whereas, I, Cornelius T. Dinnarost, of the City of New York, and Minister of the Dutch Church in King Street, in said City, in my affidavit respecting Abigail Riker am made or represented to swear that the said Abigail was reputed to be the widow of Joseph Woolsey, at and before the time of her marriage with Leonard Riker, and am understood to say and swear, that I personally knew the said Joseph Woolsey - do now solemnly declare that I have been misunderstood, and that there is a mistake in said affidavit, which I desire to correct.
I attended at the dwelling of Abigail Riker in August 1837, and there before the Hon. Richard Riker, then Mayor of our City, I swore to such facts as I knew to be true, and such as I believed to be true; William B. Atkin, Esq. took a memorandum of these facts; and when the business for which I and others had come there, was finished, the Mayor said to Mr. Atkin, "Now do you wake out all the affidavits in due order, and I will certify them." By some inadvertence, most certainly, the name of Joseph Woolsey has got in the affidavit.
I do now solemnly declare, (referring to my memorandum of marriages confirmed by me, while Minister of the Dutch Church of the English Neighbourhood, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the bounds of which Congregation Port Lee was included, and which memorandum is now before me), that, at Port Lee, (where the parties then resided,) at the house of William Riker, on the fourteenth day of July, A.D. 1817. I publicly united in marriage, "Leonard Riker to Abigail Willsey" - so it is in my memorandum - so I then spelled the name according to the pronunciation, being guided by the sound when parties are illiterate. I knew the parties well, and had known them from my boyhood, Leonard Riker, as my maternal uncle, and Abigail Willsey, as the mother of Elizabeth Willsey, wife of my cousin William Riker, son of the above Leonard. I never knew said Abigail by the name of Woolsey - I only knew her by the name of Willsey - reputed to be the widow of Jacob Wilsie. I did not personally know Jacob Wilsie as he died in 1784, it is said, and I was born Jan. 23. 1786 and graduated at Columbia College, N.Y. in 1804. In my Father's family, and among my relations and acquaintances, to the best of my recollection, Abigail was reputed to be the widow of Jacob Wilsie, or Jacob Wilsie (Jacob is according to the dutch pronunciation, as tho' it were spelled, Jan-cup, that is, Jacob. It is possible that Jan-cup may have been taken for Joseph) -
when

When I was a boy, say from 8 years old and upwards, I was well acquainted with a son of the above Abigail by the name of Jacob Wilse. May 13 th 1815. at Fort Lee, I united in marriage "John Wilse to Elizabeth Wilse" - so it is in my memorandum - so the name was then spelled by me - This John was the son of Abigail's son John, and this Elizabeth was the daughter of Abigail's son Peter - grandchildren of Jacob and Abigail Wilse -
I am perfectly satisfied that Wilsey, Wilse, and Wilse, however spelled, is the family name. - But I also know, and do so declare, that the Wilses of Rockland - a neighborhood within the bounds of the Tappan congregation, bordering the Hudson River - were frequently and are still by many called Woolse or Wilse - one or the other - indifferently -
From what I know personally and from what I have heard of credible persons, I believe that Abigail Riker is the widow of Jacob Wilse -
Given the known excellent character and Christian reputation of the said Abigail, (I have known her for Forty years at least, and I never knew or heard any thing against her good character), and from her declaration, and that of her family, I firmly believe she is the widow of Jacob Wilse -
From the Baptismal Record of the Dutch Church at Tappan, I entertain not the least doubt that Jacob Wilse and Abigail Forsha were lawfully married. The well known rules and customs of the Dutch Church forbid me to think otherwise. Had not the church at Tappan been satisfied of that fact, she could not have been a member of said church, nor would the record have stated what it does respecting the baptism of the children of Jacob Wilse & Abigail Forsha. Abigail Riker is, I have not the least doubt, the widow of Jacob Wilse -
Given to this 27 th day of October 1838 before me I do certify that said C T Demarest is a person in whose statement perfect confidence may be placed.
Cornelius T. Demarest
W. H. Morton, Reader of the City of New-York Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City & County of New-York

William Riker Was born The 26 of June In the Year of our Lord
1779
William Riker Was born The 26 of May In the Year of our Lord 1787
Elizabeth Riker Was born The Feby 24 th In the year of our Lord 1779
Gerardus Riker Was Born Oct 13 1801
Jacob Riker Was Born August 11 th 1806
Jacob Riker Was Born February 29 th 1822
Abraham Riker Was Born March 4 th 1827
Elizabeth Riker Was Born March 4 th - 1829
William Riker Deceased January 24 th 1826
Abagale Riker Was Born August 13-1835
William Riker Was Born March 28 - 1837
Jacob Woosey Deceased May 30 Year of our Lord 1754
Hagale Forshae was born July 14 th 1743
Was married to Jacob Williams Sep 27 1761
Gerardus Riker Deceased Oct 31 Year of our Lord 1833
William Riker Was Born April 4 - 1839

Gerardus Riker Was born The 13 th of April in the year of our Lord 1798. Aged 40 years
Margaret Riker Was Born The 2 nd of January The year of our Lord 1758 Aged 45 Years
Gerardus Riker Was Born  the 13 th of
Margaret Riker Was Born July 14 th 1761 Second Wife to Gerardus Riker —
Gerardus Riker Was Born 7 th November 13 th 1758

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. Abigail Riker former widow of Jacob Woolsey or Wilkie Capt of Arty, N Y Rev. War
Act _____
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hullin
Apr 18 1901
E. Blodgett Brockport N.Y.
Jan 19 1901
Anna C. Hobby Brooklyn N.Y.
Mar 1, 1905 History to Mrs. C. W. Blodgett Brockport, N.Y. letter in Wd. 22628 Jacob Millsie.

Important
Index - 2 pieces no duplicates

July 26-1852
Recd
Letter of Eliz a  Millard
The Department of the Office Petition Washington D.C.

N. York Abigail Riker lit. to C. C. Child, 15. Oct. '38.
Act. 4. July 1836~

Suspended.
See let. D. C. C. Childs August 21, 1838
Abigail Riker New York
Suspended
See letter 7 th Nov 1837 to W. B. Aitkin let. to Hon. Eli Moore 3.1 p. 38 v Let. to same June 13, 1838. let. to C. C. Childs 18. Sep. 1838

Mr. Girardus Riker 125 Perry St

Office of the Chief of Police.
New York June 23 rd 1853.
Sir!
You are Requested to Report yourself to the Commissioners of Police, on Saturday next, the 25 th Inst. at 10 O'clock A.M.
Geo. W. Marshall Chief of Police

New York, Aug. 8. 1838.
Sir, Yours of June 13 th addressed to Hon. Ely Moore, on the subject of Mrs. Ryker's Pension, stating that it was necessary, to furnish the original family register, in order to establish the date of the marriage. It is impossible in consequence of the loss of the original family Register, to furnish said copy - Said fact is however placed in the family Register now in their possession, and which has been for upwards of forty years past, to wit, her birth, on the 14 th day of July, 1743, and her marriage, on the 7 th of Sept. 1761. In addition, is now furnished the affidavit of her half sister, Ann Brown, who had a knowledge of the fact of her marriage as stated, and also that of Benjamin Loring, who served in the same Regiment and company, and of Benjamin Samuel Youngs. The Clerk's certificate to Loring's affidavit is not attached, as he is already identified at the Department.
J. G. Edwards, } Commissioner of Pensions }
Your W. Servt Casper C. Childs, 80 Vesey St. N. Y.

New York, Jan 14. 1838.
Sir,
In a letter addressed to you on the 13 th June last, from S. G. Edwards, Esq. in relation to a pension for the services of Jacob Wilson, a Corporal in Col. John Gants Regiment of Artillery, he states that the proof furnished was more than sufficient. The claim for this pension, was in the first instance made by M c Akin, who in drawing up the necessary papers, made several gross errors, which might have had a tendency to mislead the Department as to the validity of the claim, which I had no knowledge of until said papers were returned. Stating that no pension could be granted until the errors made were corrected, such explanations have been made and forwarded to the Department since three months since. You will oblige me in a particular manner, by calling the attention of Mr. Edwards to this subject, and forwarding me a reply, as soon as your convenience will permit.
Hon. Ely Moore.
H. R.
Your Ob t Servt
Casper C. Childs.
20 Vesey St. N.Y.

2 Park Place New York January 20 th 1838.
Sir
I send herewith a renewed application for a pension on the behalf of Mrs Abigail Rika, as the widow of Joseph Woolsey deceased, hoping the same may be satisfactory to you. I have endeavoured to comply with the rules and regulations of your department, in relation to such claims so far as the same is known to me; and if the papers furnished, are not sufficient, then insufficiency I expect must depend on my not being fully instructed, in the mode in which they ought to be drawn; I am convinced the applicant is a meritorious old lady, deserving of a pension, and an allowance of her claim would be a very great relief to her as her wants are great. Be pleased to return an off answer at as an early day as possible. I oblige
Yours Respectfully Wm. B. Dikeman
J. L. Edwards Esq.

New York, August. 28. 1838
Sir,
In answer to yours of 8 th inst. requesting that a leaf of the Family Register, containing the marriage of Mrs Abigail Riker, the former widow of Jacob Willis, deceased, be forwarded to the Department, I handed said letter, to my Father who has procured the leaf spoken of. From an examination of the same, you will find that there is evidently an error made in the recording, in our instance, reading thus, "born July 14 th 1761." whereas this event took place as will appear from a statement made under her oath, now at the Department, and in addition from a well authenticated Document, procured at Tappan, Rockland Co. containing the baptism of a part of her children, viz: Peter, born 3 d November, 1767; Jacob, 3 d Dec. 1769; Samuel, 9 th Dec. 1771; James, 22 d Feb. 1774. From the manner, in which the Record is kept, it must have arisen from ignorance, as the correct time of her birth, will be found on the opposite page, viz. July 14 th 1743, which from the birth of her children could not be otherwise. It will also be observed that both mother and daughter were married to men of the same name, viz. Riker. Your M t Serv t
To James S. Edwards, Esq. Com of Pensions
Casper C. Childs. 80 Nassau St.

I have enclosed the within paper, in order to remind you of the circumstance, as the very numerous calls upon your kindness, led me to suppose that it might have escaped your memory.
Yours at Supt
C. C. Childs

War Department Pension Office June 13, 1838.
Sir:
I have the honor to return you the letter of Mr. Childs, and in reply to state that the rolls determine the fact of service more than sufficient for a full pension as Corporal of Artillery; but the original family register of which a copy has been furnished is indispensable to establish the date of the marriage, as indicated in my letter to you of the 3 d of April last.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your obed. Servt. J. L. Cawards
Hon.
Ely Moore House of Representatives.

State of New York, } City and County of New York, ss. } I Robert H. Morris, Records
of the City of New York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the City and County of New York, do hereby certify that on the thirtieth day of October, 1838, before me appeared, James Riker, of the City of New York, aged Seventy-three and upwards, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, That he was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, and that he was well acquainted with Jacob Wilsie, and Abigail his wife. Said Wilsie, was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, (but cannot give the particulars of his service.) That during the war the said Jacob Wilsie, and the said Abigail, lived together as, and were generally reputed to be husband and wife, and had a large family of children, and deponent has no doubt of their being so related by lawful marriage, and that the said Abigail Riker, has always borne a good character, and that he is positive that their name was Wilsie and that he never knew them by any other.
(The words "James" and "Riker", were written on an erasure.) And on the same day also appeared before me, Major Morris Riker, who being by me duly sworn, (of the State of New York,) makes the fol-

lowing declaration, That he was also well acquainted with Jacob Wilsie, and Abigail his wife, and knew that they had a large family, and also, that he is positive that the name of Wilsie is correct, and that he knows from various reports that he was a soldier in the Revolution. That he has not the least doubt, that were legally married.
James Piker James Piker
BB:J: Morris Recorded the lots of New York and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas therein -

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Robert H Morris, Esq before whom the annexed deposition I were  was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Recorder of the  City of New York in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Recorder thereto subscribed are  is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 3 rd day of November 1838.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.

War Department To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Dr Sir
Mrs Abigail Biker of the City of New York is desirous of obtaining a pension, under the provisions of the acts of July 4 th 1836 and March 3 rd 1837. Granting pensions to widows. and Enclose the within as evidence, in connexion with the (supposed) Evidence in your Department in support of her claim
I am Respectfully Yours &c
Wm B. Bitter No 2 Park Place, City of New York
P.S. Please inform me on your decision in favor of the Claim -

New-York, July 24 th 1852. To the Hon ble Department of the Office of Pensions - 3 Gentlemen -
on February In January or February last, the Hon ble Judge Meigs was so kind as to send a Petition to your Department to ask of you, whether I am entitled to the Pension  Security Money, that my late Mother received after the death of my Father Jacob  Jacob Willse, He served during the Revolution, and died soon after the war was over. My Mother, made ap- plication some 14 or 15 years ago as near as I can recollect - (but I presume by referring to your Documents, you can obtain all the informa- =tion, better than I can give it on that subject) She then was in her 96 year - and recd: back pay, the amount of, (as far as I remember) about $700 - She then drew twice more, and would have drawn again March 4 - 1840 - as she died in Feby - previous - Since then we have received no tidings, nor neither has Judge Meigs, to the papers he sent on for me - And being very in firm, assistance at this time, would

be very acceptable, and whatever farther information, or documents, the Department may require, by notifying me, shall be forwarded without delay—
And Your Petitioner, who is now in her 72 nd year, and in feeble health, and who can not in course of human events, expect to remain here much longer, prays of your Department, to listen to the prayer of your Said Petitioner, and to be so kind as to answer this Letter, as soon as convenient, directed to your Petitioner, to the care of Mr. Isaac Willse, No 137 Elm St. New-York
And Your Petitioner Will Ever Pray & c.
Elizabeth Piter.

New York September 21 st 1838
Dear Sir Yours of the 18 th inst reached our office in due season, in the absence of my Brother and Partner, the marriage Certificate inclosed was handed to my Father, who waited upon the family of Mrs Riker, and handed it to her daughter Elizabeth who solicited the aid of Mr Spencer to assist her in making out the additional. proofs required
J. S. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions
Your Obeat, Humble Servt O. C. & E. Childs Jr 80. Vesey Street

State of New York
Westchester County ss 3 Samuel Youngs of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary War he has resided in the said County of Westchester and hath during that time held the offices of Justice of the peace Surrogate and Master in Chancery and hath often been applied to for his testimony respecting the Marriages of Persons applying for pensions under the Act of Congress giving to the Widows of officers and Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War That he has endeavoured to find the Register of the Marriage of the Persons who thus served. That all that he has been enabled to find was an old Dutch Record of such Marriages kept by the Dutch Minister at Tarry Town. That before the Revolutionary War there were two ministers who resided in the Town of White Plains in the said County one of them by the name of Smith and the other by the name of Davis. That in pursuance of his business he has frequently had occasion to search for the Records of the Marriages Solemnized before them. That all the information that he has obtained on that subject is that if any such Record was ever kept they were destroyed during the revolutionary War. as the Town or Village of White Plains was burnt soon after the Battle of White Plains in the fall of the year 1776. And that those records kept by private families where generally lost and destroyed during that War. That all such memorandums kept by the Father of the deponent of the Marriages and births of his family were lost or destroyed during that War.
Sworn this 22 d day of July 1838
Sam l Youngs
Before me
Stephen J. Hartshorn - Justice of the peace
I certify that I have for many years been well acquainted with above deponent Samuel Youngs and consider his testimony to be entitled to full credit
Stephen J. Hartshorn - Justice of the peace

State of New York County of Westchester ss.
I, John H. Smith Clerk of the said County, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby certify that Stephen Swastwood before whom the within Affidavit of Samuel Youngs was taken, was on the day of the date of the taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Commissioned & sworn and duly authorized to take the same and further that I am well ac- quainted with the handwriting of the said Stephen Swastwood and Verily believe the foregoing sig- natures signed to the Swat & Certificate of Character purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 25 th day of July A.D. 1838
John H. Smith Clerk

State of New York Do
I William B. Nathan a Notary Public in and for the State of New York dwelling in the City of New York duly admitted and sworn do hereby certify, That on the Eighth day of August 1838 appeared before me Benjamin Loring of said City a Revolutionary Soldier, who makes the following declaration under oath. That among other reasons that he has for forming the opinion that Jacob Wiltzie was a married man was that frequently during the service of the said Jacob Wiltzie he had a furlough or leave of absence for the purpose of going home to visit his wife and children, and that deponent is well acquainted with Abigail Riker formerly the wife of Jacob Wiltzie that he has had frequent conversations with the said Abigail Riker and in the course of such conversations the said Abigail Riker has mentioned scenes, circumstances, and facts known to deponent, that had happened during the service of Wiltzie and while deponent was in the service in connexion with him, and has also given to deponent a very minute and exact description of the person manners and habits of the said Jacob Wiltzie such as no other person could give except they were very familiar and well acquainted with him him, that the said Jacob Wiltzie depo- nent knows had several children eight, as deponent thinks, two of them deponent is ac- quainted with, deponent served in the said Company with said Jacob Wiltzie and deponent has not the least doubt that said Abigail was the lawful wife of Jacob Wiltzie Benjamin Loring

In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 8 th of August 1838. The words "in person" erased
Wm. B. Atkin Notary Public NY

City, and County of New York Do:
William B. Dithmars of said City, Counsellor at Law being duly sworn, doth on this twenty sixth day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight make the following Declaration under oath, that some time since he was applied to as a Notary Public by a Mrs. Abigail Riker as formerly the widow of Jacob Wilsie, that deponent thereupon enquired into the reasons and grounds of the application; and being convinced that said Abigail Riker had as deponent conceived just grounds for asking for a pension, deponent proceeded to draw such affidavits and papers as deponent deemed essential to establish the claim. That at the time of the application being made for the services of deponent to draw such papers, the name of the said Jacob Wilsie was stated to deponent by Mrs. Elizabeth Riker (who is an illiterate woman to have been "Jawcup Wilsie" the Dutch name he having been of Dutch descent as deponent is told) and his companions and associates being Dutch he was most frequently called by that name; and deponent from his little knowledge of Dutch translating supposed the name to be Joseph Woolsey and so wrote the name in drawing the papers for such pension. That deponent not supposing he was mistaken as to the correct translation of the name made no enquiries as to its correctness, but was most particular to get at a correct statement of facts relating to the service of Wilsie and the marriage of said Abigail Riker, that the papers drawn by deponent were drawn in haste, that deponent being satisfied in his own mind that Mrs. Abigail Riker was a

meritorious and deserving applicant and Poor that deponent drew such a statement as he considered necessary for the Pats faction of the War Department supposing that the statement so drawn would be confirmed by other evidence in the Department, Deponent not being paid or looking for any fee or compensation for the labor of Depo- nant did not take perhaps as much care in drawing up the papers to obtain such pension as deponent generally does where he receives or expects a remuneration for his services - That the said Mrs. Abigail Ritten (and - Elizabeth Ritten were strangers to deponent prior to deponent's being called on to draw such papers That the mistake in the name is an inadvertency on the part of deponent and deponent has since ascer- tained the true and only name to have been Jacob Wilsie except however that the name is most generally pronounced "Woolsey" and the name "Jacob Wilsie" should have been used were deponent has inserted "Joseph Woolsey" in draw- ing up the said papers - William B. Ritten
Sworn to before me and I do hereby certify that the said William B. Ritten declaration as made under oath aforesaid is entitled to full faith and credit
W. T. Morris Recorder of Deeds City of New York

State of New York City and County of New York ss
I Robert H. Morris Recorder of the City of New York, and one of the judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and the City and County of New York. Do hereby Certify that on the 2 d day of November One thou- sand eight hundred and thirty eight, before me appeared Benjamin Loring aged seventy years and upwards, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations; That he now receives a Pension for his services as a Musician in the Second Regiment of New York State Artillery Continental line. Commanded by Col: John Lamb; That he is well acquainted with Jacob Wilson and that he belonged and served in the same Com- pany and Regiment with him; and that he had a wife and family, and that Wilson visited them several times during the War, by consent of the officers — And he further says that after he came to New York he boarded with Mrs. Piker — formerly the wife of the said Wilson, and her daughter — That he is well ac- quainted with her and has no doubt of her having been lawfully married to the said Jacob Wilson. That in conver- sation with her, and in order to find out what she knew and recollects about her husband, she described him exactly stating what size and complexion he was and what amusements he was fond of — That he was the best dancer in the Regiment That said Jacob and Abigail lived together many years and had a large family of chil- dren — And deponent further states that

the former husband of the said Abigail the petitioner in this matter - who served in the same Company and Regiment with defendant as before stated, says a Corporal and says as such that his name was John Wilson and defendant sup- poses he was so described in the de- position heretofore made in this matter by him as drawn by William Aikin
W. A. Morris
Being a loving
Remarried after death of New York and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas therein

V 2537 Abigail Riker formerly widow of Jacob Joseph Woolsey
2 d Aug t Col Lamb da
Admitted Corporal of Artillery 2 years
Hon Ely Moore Hon Capt NYS

State City and County of New York - -
ss. On the 14 th day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Richard Riker Recorder, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City and County of New York, (said Court being a court of Record) Abigail Riker a resident of the said City of New York widow, aged Ninety four Years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837 —
That she is the widow of Jacob Woolsey, (who was her first husband prior to and during the American revolutionary war) That the said Jacob Woolsey was a soldier in the American revolutionary army, he entered at the commencement of the war as a volunteer and served in the Second Regiment of New York State Artillery which was under the Command of Major General Henry Knox of which John Lamb was Colonel, Stevens was Lieutenant Colo- nel, James Griffith was adjutant Doughty and Boardman were majors, and at one time Rutter was major in the train of Artillery, That the said Jacob Woolsey served in a Company attached to the said Regiment of which Company Scott was Cap- tain, Hemen was Lieutenant or afterwards Captain George Scay- craft was first Lieutenant Campbell was Second Lieutenant Higgins orderly sergeant, Hemen 2 nd Sergeant, and the said Jacob Woolsey was a non Commissioned officer, and as deponent believes, a corporal in said Company, the said Jacob Woolsey was at the battle of White Plains and at Yorktown - at White Plains, Lamb Commanded the Regiment, and Hemen the Company, under Genl. Knox Colonel Stevens Commanded the Regiment at Yorktown Colonel Lamb being absent, Woolsey resided during and after the war at Rockland County in the State of New York, and died in said County about a year after peace was declared. The Regiment was marched from New Windsor in the State

of New York in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one to Princeton Plains in New Jersey and there joined the French Army Commanded by Rushmore, and was marched from thence to Bordentown, from thence to Philadelphia, and laid there about half a day, from thence Sailed to Cristine, and marched from Cristine to the head of Elk River, from thence Sailed down the Chesapeake River to Hampton Roads, and from thence to Yorktown and was present at the Siege of Yorktown in October One thousand Seven hundred and eighty one from Yorktown went up Chesapeake Bay to the head of Elk River again and back the same way as travelled before to Burlington in New Jersey, and remained there about nine months repairing the Carriages & under the direction of Captain Price at the head of the Artificers, from Burlington marched to West Point in the fall of the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty two, Mott's Company was a short time afterwards marched under the Command of Said Fenn to Stony Point and from Stony Point back to West Point in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and eighty three The said Jacob Woolsey Served during the whole of the war and was discharged on Peace being declared; and died with the disease called Measles on the 31 st day of May 1784 that deponent has no documentary evidence of the service of said Jacob Woolsey That the first Declaration is made accurately to the best of deponent's knowledge, information, and belief; and deponent further declares that she was joined in the bonds of lawful wedlock to the said Jacob Woolsey at the house of, and by the Rev d Mr. John Knapp formerly a minister of the Gospel at White Plains, West-Chester County, but now deceased on the said fourth day of September One thousand Seven hundred and sixty one in the presence of five or six witnesses; and as well the said Minister of the Gospel, as also those persons present at deponent's marriage with the said Jacob Woolsey are dead, that deponent has caused diligent search and enquiry to be made, and that there is no record or documentary proof whatever in existence of the said marriage of deponent
that deponent's grandfather had a family record of said

has caused diligent search and enquiry to be made, and that there is no record or documentary proof whatever in existence of the said marriage of deponent.
that deponent (excepting a family record of said marriage in a family folio Bible containing the family births deaths and marriages; which Bible has been in the family of deponent about forty years, and is now in the possession of deponent's daughter Elizabeth Riker; from which record the following memorandum appears, viz, Abigail Fosha was born July the fourteenth one thousand seven hundred and sixty three; and was married to Jacob Woolsey September the fourth one thousand seven hundred and sixty one, and the said memorandum is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows - "Abigail Fosha was born July 14 th 1743; was married to Jacob Woolsey September 7 th 1761"
And I the said Abigail Riker do further depose that the above is a true extract from the family records in said family bible; and is the only record in existence of said marriage that deponent knows of; and deponent is informed and believes that it was not the custom at the time of the said marriage for the said minister to keep records, or make any minutes to preserve of marriage, solemnized by him, and deponent further saith that she was afterwards married to Gerardus Riker who died on the thirtieth day of October 1833 and that she was a widow on the 4 th of July 1836 and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - The words "of the said marriage of deponent" being first added at foot of same.
Subscribed to and sworn to on the day and year above written before me and I also certify that the said applicant is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity that she is a woman of respectability and full faith and credit should be given to her said declaration and I also certify to the respectability of the other witnesses viz Benjamin Loring, Elizabeth Riker, Innes Riker and Peter Riker. That the words "that deponent has no documentary evidence of the service of the said Jacob Woolsey was interlined on 23 rd line of the 2 nd page before the execution hereof" -
Abigail Riker mark
I wish to be clearly

and distinctly stating that the applicants & witnesses are of the most unquestionable respectability & veracity.
R Riker Recorder of the City of New York.

State City and County of New York
§ 2. On this twenty Eighth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven personally appeared me William D. Aitken a Notary Public, duly admitted and sworn, Benjamin Loring a resident of the City of New York Tobacconist, aged about Seventy Years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, That Abigail Rike of the City of New York widow is well known to deponent, and that the said Abigail Rike is the widow of Jacob Woolsey, her first husband. That the said Jacob Woolsey was a Soldier in the Ameri- can Revolutionary Army, and deponent was also a Soldier in the Revo- lutionary Army, that the said Jacob Woolsey must have entered the Service at the commencement of the Revolutionary war as the said Jacob Woolsey was in the army when deponent entered the Service that the said Jacob Woolsey as was reported entered as a volunteer Soldier in the Second Regiment of New York State Artillery which was under the Command of Major General Henry Knox of which John Lamb was Colonel, Steven Lint: Colonel, James Bradford adjutant Doughty and Bondman were majors, and at one time Reed was major to the train of Artillery, that the said Jacob Woolsey served in a Com- pany attached to said Regiment of which Company Mott was Cap- tain, Fenne was Lieutenant or afterwards Captain. George Peacraft was first Lieutenant, Campbell 2 nd Lieutenant Higgins or duly Ser- jeant, Fessell 2 nd Serjeant, and the said Jacob Woolsey was as depo- nent believes a Corporal in said Company, the said Jacob Woolsey was at the battle of White Plains and Yorktown; at White Plains. Lamb commanded the Regiment and Fenne the Company; Colonel Steven commanded the Regiment at Yorktown, Colonel Lamb being absent. Woolsey resided during and after the war at — Rockland County in the State of New York and died in said County about a year after peace was declared. The Regiment was — marched from New Windsor, in the State of New York, in the year 1781 to Pughkeepsie Plains, New Jersey, and there joined the French army com-

mand by Rushmore, and was marched from thence to Bordentown, from thence to Philadelphia and laid there about half a day from thence sailed to may have Crisfield and from Crisfield to the head of Elk River, from thence sailed down the Chesapeake Bay to Hampton Roads and from thence to Yorktown and was present at the siege of Yorktown in October 1781, from Yorktown went up Chesapeake Bay to the head of Elk River again, and back the same way as travelled before to Burlington in New Jersey and remained there about nine months repairing the Carriages & under the direction of Captain Price at the head of the artificers, from Burlington marched to West Point in the fall of 1782, - Mott's Company was a short time afterwards marched under the Command of Capt Fermo to Stony Point and from Stony Point back to West Point in 1783. The said Joseph Woolsey served during the whole of the war - on the 9 th of June 1783 is thereabouts a furlough was granted to him to the Peace and he was discharged on the ratification of the treaty of Peace That during the service the said Woolsey was married and his widow is Mrs Abigail Riker before mentioned now a resident of the City of New York. That Deponent entered the revolutionary Army as a Drummer Boy and continued in the army during the war - And deponent saith that he has made this declaration to the best of his recollection & belief.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial Seal of office.
The word marched in 3 rd line of this page being first interlined.
Wm B. Atkinson
Notary Public
And I do further certify that the said Benjamin Loring is of known respectability, and full faith and credit ought to be given to the declaration of the said Benjamin Loring.
W.B. Atkinson Notary

State City and County, of New York - - -
ss: On the 18 th day of January in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eighth, personally appeared before me William B. Pitkin a Notary Public, in and for the State of New York, dwelling in the City of New York — Elizabeth Riker a resident of the said City of New York — widow aged fifty Nine Years; That deponent at the instance and request of Abigail Riker of said City of New York widow has made diligent Search and enquiry in West-Chester County in the State of New York (the reputed place of the marriage of Jacob Woolsey with Abigail Riker) and deponent cannot find any record, or documentary proof of the marriage of Jacob Woolsey with Abigail Riker before-named (now Abigail Fosha prior to said marriage) and deponent is satisfied that there is no town or church record of the said marriage and deponent further declares, that she has in her possession an old family folio Bible which she received from the said Abigail Riker and which Bible among the family marriages contains the following memorandum or record, viz. Abigail Fosha was born July the fourteenth one thousand seven hundred and forty three, and was married to Jacob Woolsey, September the Seventh one thousand seven hundred and sixty one, and the said memorandum is a true copy of the record in deponent's custody, with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows — viz "Abigail Fosha was born July 14 th 1743; was married to Jacob Woolsey September 7 th 1761, and the said Elizabeth Riker do further depose that the above is a true extract from the family records in said family bible, and is the only record that deponent can find although she has been diligent in her search — and enquiry to find a church or documentary evidence of said marriage, but there appears to be none in existence that deponent can find; and deponent further saith that the said family bible also has the following record, viz, That Geradus Riker died on the thirtieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and is also a true copy of a record in

deponents custody with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows, "Gerardus Riker died 30 th October 1833, that the said Abigail Riker after the death of the said Jacob Woolsey was married to the said Gerardus Riker, who died on the said thirtieth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty three; and that the said Abigail was a widow on the 4 th of July 1836 and still remains a widow and that the said Abigail Riker is possessed of little or no property except her wearing apparel, and is dependent upon deponent for her support and maintenance -
Elizabeth Riker
The words "of" in 9 th line of 1 st page "mrs" in 6 th line first page "from" in 18 th line first page all written in original before execution }
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first above written and
I do further certify that full faith and credit ought to be given to the declaration of the said Elizabeth Riker as aforesaid. As to her respectability,
Wm. B. Aitken
Notary Public N.Y.

State, City and County of New York
On the _____ day of January in the Year of
Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me William B. Atkin a Notary Public in and for the State of New York dwelling in the City of New York James Riker and makes the following declaration under oath viz, That he is a resident of the City of New York and is aged Seventy Six Years That he has been acquainted with Abigail Riker of the City of New York widow, (whose maiden name was Abigail Pesley) for about the space of Sixty Years, That Deponent was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and knows that Jacob Woolsey (who was the husband of Abigail Riker) also was a Soldier during the Revolutionary war, but the particulars of the Service of the said Jacob Woolsey deponent cannot relate; that the said Jacob Woolsey and the said Abigail were united in the bonds of Matrimony deponent has no hesitation in asserting, although deponent was not present at the Marriage of the said parties and saw not the solemnizing of the external forms of the said marriage, yet deponent has no doubt the forms of Marriage were duly complied with, inasmuch as they were universally reputed to be husband and wife, and as the parties always showed a regard for propriety and a due deference to the good opinion of others, that the said Abigail Riker lived as, and performed all the obligations and duties of a wife to the said Jacob Woolsey, and she was recognized by him as his wife - and deponent further saith That the said Abigail has sustained always a good reputation in Society -
James Riker
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and Year first above written and I do further certify that the said James Riker is of
Known respectability & full faith and credit ought to be given to the declaration of the said James Riker
Wm. B. Atkin Notary Public N.Y.

State of New York City and County of New York ss. I Joseph Hoxie Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County Do hereby Certify that - Richard Riker before whom the preceding deposition of Abigail Riker was taken, was at the time of taking the same one of the judges of the said Court of Common Pleas the same being a court of record that he was then duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and that I believe the said signature of Richard Riker thereto subscribed is genuine - And also, That William B. Ritner before whom the preceding deposition of Benjamin Loring, Elizabeth Riker, and James Riker and the following deposition of Peter Riker were taken was at the time of taking the same a Public Notary in and for the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and the signature of said Notary Public thereto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County the 20 th of January 1838
Joseph Hoxie, Clerk

City and County of New York ss:
On the twenty first day of December in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven before me William B Dithmars a Notary Public in and for the City and County of New York duly Commissioned and sworn Came Peter Riker of Bergen County New Jersey, who being by me duly sworn deposed, that he is aged Seventy one Years, that he is well acquainted with Abigail Riker of the City of New York widow and has been so acquainted for the last Sixty Years and upwards; That the said Abigail Riker was universally reputed to have been married to Jacob Woolsey formerly of Rockland County now, but which County was then called Orange, that they lived together as Man and wife from the time of their reputed marriage, that is the year 1768 to the death of Jacob Woolsey in 1784 and deponent has no doubt that the said parties were legally and regularly married, from the respectable standing the said parties had in their neighbourhood in which they resided and wherever they were known; and deponent has been informed and believes that the records of Marriages in the town where the parties resided and which contained the record of the marriage of said Jacob Woolsey and said Abigail Riker were destroyed if any existed during the revolutionary war and it was not the custom in those days to give and take Certificates of Marriage That deponent has always resided in said Bergen County
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Peter Riker before me on the day and year first above
Peter Riker
written. The words "if any existed" first being interlined before signing and that the said Peter Riker is a respectable man and full faith should be given to his said statement
Wm B Dithmars Notary Public

State of New York City & County of New York } ss. Elizabeth Riker and Gerardus Riker both of the City of New York being duly sworn do severally depose and say, that the paper hereto annexed, containing a list of births, marriages and deaths is the family record of Mrs. Abigail Riker, and that the same was torn out of her Family bible in the presence of these Deponents. — And these Deponents further say, that the two entries on the said record or register of Abigail Forshee and Abigail Riker are intended for one and the same individual, and that in the last entry of her name as Abigail Riker where she is stated to have been born on the 14 th July 1761, it should have stated that she was married on the seventh day of September in that year  that day , which latter entry is erroneous, and was done by mistake. Sworn and Subscribed to this 21 st day of September, 1838 before me Sylvester Spencer Notary Public Elizabeth Riker Gerardus Riker
I certify that the above named Elizabeth Riker and Gerardus Riker are credible witnesses, and that the words "the seventh day of September in that year" were interlined, and the words "that day" obliterated, all before execution of the above affidavit, Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

State of New York City & County of New York E. Evander Child of the City of New York, being duly sworn, says, that the family records hereto annexed was torn out of the Family Bible of M rs Abigail Riker by this Deponent. Sworn to and Subscribed E. Childs this 21 st day of September 1838 before me, Sylvester Spencer Notary Public
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Evander Childs, and that full faith and confidence may be placed in the above statement made by him, Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

State of New York - - - City County of New York ss; I Robert Schenck Mayor of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City and County of New- York Do certify that on the 29 th day of October 1888 before me personally appeared Isaac Pitkin aged ninety five years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law oath on the oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Legislature passed July 4 th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837. That she is the widow of Jacob Pitkin who was her first husband prior to the Revolutionary war. That said Pitkin was a soldier in the American Army, entered as a Volunteer from Tappan Rockland County at the commencement of the war - The clan not remembered in whose Regiment he served it was in the artillery the New York State Artillery - One of his Captains name was Shutt - he was a Corporal in one company - witness was married to Jacob Pitkin at White- Plains Westchester County - that the Clergymen and John and Philip Arden were present at the marriage and that all of them are now dead - I had eight children by my first husband. When her first born was born at Yonkers in this state - Peter Pitkin was born 3 rd November 1767 Bap- tized 6 th Dec r 1767. Jacob born 3 rd Dec r 1769 Baptized 24 Dec r 1769 Samuel born

9 th Dec 1771. Baptized 1 st Jany 1772 born born 22 nd July 1774 Baptized March 1774. The further States that her said husband died the year following the peace. That she was married a second time to Gerards Piker and he died 30 th of October 1833, that she was a widow on the 4 th July 1836 and still remains so. The further States that her maiden name was Abigail Fosberg that the Clergyman who married her to Wells was named Smith.
Abigail her + Piker mark
In addition to the above I certify that I called at the house where the above named Abigail Piker resided with her daughter. And I found her very infirm and broken. So much so that I should not be surprised if she should die in a short time - and also that her memory appears to be very much im- paired.
J. P. H. MOTT. Recorder of the latter of New York and Judge of Probate of Common Pleas there.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.
I, Abigail Riker of the City of New York Widow, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be my last WILL and TESTAMENT. That is to say, First, after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Riker, of the City of New York Widow, all my property, goods and effects of whatever nature or kind, and all moneys due or to become due to me, or to which I am or may be entitled, under the several Acts of the Congress of the United States or either of them, as the Widow of my first husband Jacob Riker deceased, for his services in the Revolutionary Army of the United States.
Likewise I make, constitute and appoint my said Daughter Elizabeth Riker to be Executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal, the Thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. Abigail Riker Mark
The above written Instrument was subscribed by the said Abigail Riker in our presence, and acknowledged by her to each of us: and she at the same time declared the above Instrument so subscribed, to be her last Will and Testament; and we, at her request, have signed our names as witnesses hereto, and written opposite our names our respective places of residence.
E. Childs No 29 Thomson Street New York R Fenton No 141 Eight Avenue

Wid. 28,001
Abigail Riker, pensioned as former widow of Jacob Willsey.
Her husband Gerardus Riker Inv. 11,293 Rev. pensioner.
Her daughter Elizabeth Willsey widow of William Riker war of 1812, see Rej. 21,567.
May 9. 1905 J. S. C.

Jacob Wilsey Regiment, Van Alstyne Regiment, Phillips Co. Albany Regiment, (Roster of State Loop After Service lived Fishkill NY Died after 1800 Exact date not known Wife's name Mary or Nancy Snyder in Fishkill NY. Cannot either at present - died few years
I found an record of 4 th pg. 8 th Co A Foot Battery 2 d Regiment. Will be used Is this the same man as above
Hatti E. Blodgett Brookport NY

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Willsey, William GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 8029 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 4, 1791 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.