Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 1133, Abraham Van Tine, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
✓ New Jersey
✓ Van Line, Abraham
✓ S 1133
✓ Carded
CONTENTS

New Jersey 9289.
Abraham Van Line
Died January 9, 1836 (AB)
of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sott of the Regt commanded by  in the Militia line for
14. months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 46 Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. day of April 1833. and sent to Mrs. S. Stevens, N. Brunswick, N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33. — $ 93. 52 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. — 23 33
$ 116. 85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis F. Fancioni Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 d Page 134.

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss. On this twelfth - day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Superior Court of common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey being a court of record and now sitting, Abraham Van Pelt who being first duly sworn, according to Law and being examined & interrogated according to the instructions from the court as aforesaid doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That is to say -
That he was born in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey in the year 1760 and is now seventy two years of age or thereabouts has no family record of his age the same being lost during the revolutionary war, but in what manner he is unable to say - He learns his age from some old persons many years since & makes his calculation of his age at present from the information then received and that too from a source upon which he can depend - Always resided in the county and State aforesaid except for about one year when he lived in the adjoining county of Somerset & was serving as an apprentice - At which time and in the year 1778 as he thinks, he entered the service of the United States as a private in the militia service in

enlistment for six months in the company commanded by captain Lott whose first name he does not recollect and Lieutenant James Sickles; the colonel's name he has al- so forgotten. He enlisted at Millstone a small village in the county of Somerset where he then resided. Immediately after his en- listment he marched to New Brunswick on the Raritan river & from thence to Elizabeth town in the county of Essex and there & in that vicinity served out his term of six months. After the expiration of his said 6 months he returned home & stayed home for about a fortnight & then enlisted again in the five months ser- vice under Lieutenant Wixon but does not recollect either the name of the captain or colonel. He again went to Elizabeth- town & served his five months out at that place and along the line between New York and New Jersey between the points of Paulus Hook and the mouth of the Rar- itan river. After the expiration of his second term he volunteered under captain Adam Hyle who commanded a company of whale boats at New Brunswick & who was newly com- missioned. Served under him for some months but cannot tell how long. He after- wards continued in the same service under captain Peter Nevins or Nafey who had the command of a whale boat called the Gen- eral Green & served under him for the period of five months, when they were taken pri- soners by a privateer in the British service called The Jack o' Lantern commanded by

captain Thomas Marsh a tory and were sent to New York & confined as a prisoner in what was then called the Provost Prison where he lay for seven months and was discharged finally at the expiration of 7 months imprisonment and when peace was proclaimed. During his service under captain Ayler and Nevins they took several regiments engaged in the enemy's service but the names of which he does not now recollect. They went out to take the Schooner or privateer commanded by Leach & made an attack upon her in the night but were overpowered by numbers & taken prisoners themselves. He further declares that while he served in the said forces he marched through the country between the places above named and their vicinity. That the only battle he was engaged in during his said service was the battle of Springfield. That he does not remember the names of any of the officers of the regular army with whom he served nor the names or numbers of any continental or militia regiments with which he served. That the engagement in which he was taken prisoner took place between Sandy Hook and the great Kill. That his whole term of service during the war together with the term of his imprisonment as aforesaid amounted to at least two years. He never served as a substitute. He cannot distinctly remember the year when he commenced the service but thinks it was in 1778 as above stated & forms that opinion from the time he served

til the end of the war - He never received a written discharge from the service nor has he any documentary evidence of his service nor does he know any person at present who can prove his service in the militia during the war but is well known to Darby Drazn & Peter Nevins who served with him in the whale boat service and the latter of whom was taken prisoner with him & both of whom can attest to the matters set forth in this declaration in relation to that service. And he is also well known to Samuel B. How a clergyman and Staatsraad Dunsberg who resides in his neighbourhood & who can attest to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby solemnly wishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed his in open court the day of Abraham Van Tine and year aforesaid mark.
State of New Jersey } We Darby Drazn and Peter Middlesex County } Nevins residing in the city of New Brunswick with county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Van Tine who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing

Declaration, that we respectively knew him during the revolutionary war & that he served under Captain Adam Hylas in the whale boat service as he states, and the said Peter further states that the said Van Tine served under him in the General Green and was taken prisoner as set forth in said declaration and we have full confidence in the entire statement made by Van Tine in his said declaration -
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day of 2 years aforesaid
John S. Vandylke
His mark Darby
His mark Peter
New Jersey
Middletown county ss
We Sam l B How a clergyman residing in the city of New Brunswick county & State aforesaid and Staats Van Dusen residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Van Tine who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy two years or thereabouts and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day of 2 years ago - N. Voorhies
Samuel B How
Staats Van Dusen

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Samuel B. How is a clergyman resident in the county of Middlesex aforesaid & has signed the preceding certificate and that the said Isaac Van Dusen who has also signed the same is also a resident in said county & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit - Attest Sept. 7 th 1832 -
The same I certify
H. Ford
Simon Mundy
Isaac Patton
I Ferdinand Van Coddelen Clerk of the Superior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham Van Veen for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty J. F. Van Coddelen Clerk

Abraham Lincoln's Application for pension
1887
Certificate to be sent to Mrs. J. N. Rivins N. B. Lewis? R. J. —
$46: 66 per ann.

Supplementary affidavit of Abraham Van Line -
State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Inferior court of common Pleas & a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Middlesex, Abraham Van Line the foregoing declarant who being duly sworn deposits and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the pe- riods mentioned below and in the following grades: That is to say for six months as a pri- vate in the six months service, which were six consecutive months having enlisted for that period in the militia of New Jersey - The com- mencement of this service was in the Spring or summer of 1778 but don't remember what month - Knows it was in the Spring or summer of that year because it was the year that the battle of Monmouth took place - After the expiration of the six months, he again en- listed for the five months service, commencing two or three weeks after his former term of six months - He served the whole five months as a private and volunteer - When the five months expired he immediately volunteered under Capt. Adair Hyles in the whale boat service & served as a private under him for some months but cannot recollect how many

but can swear positively to three months 2 thinks he served six months - He contin- ued to serve under Hylar till he died, when he came under the command of captain Peter Nevins as a private in the same service and served under him for five months when he was taken prisoner as stated in his aforesaid declaration and remained a prisoner for four seven months, and for this service he claims a pension -
Sworn & subscribed before me this 22 nd day of April 1833 H. Ford Judge Com. Pleas
Abraham Mark  Two Parsons
I Josiah Ford one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middle- sex do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Peter Nevins and Darby Brown who have signed one of the foregoing certificates and know them both to be per- sons of credibility and that their statement is entitled to credit - April 22. 1833 H. Ford
I Nicholas Boorman clerk of the Inferior court of common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before said court and also the supple- mentary proceedings had before Josiah

For one of the Judges thereof in the matter of the application of Abraham van Si ve for a pension - And I further certify that the said Josiah Ford is one of the Judges of said court & also a Justice of the peace of said county duly commis- sioned - Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 22 nd day of April eighteen hundred and thirty three -
N. Woodruff Atty

FREE
L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
846:66 per am

INVALID.
File No.
1133 Abraham Van Line His N. J. Mil.
Act:
June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol.
a, Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]
can't be War.