Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,862, John Van Eps, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York.
Van Eps, John Jane
N 27862
B. L. Wt. 31. 760-160-55.
CONTENTS

New York Sept 18790.
John Van Eps
of Montgomery in the State of NY who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Patten of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Wm. Plunk in the N.Y. line for one year and six months
Family Record on file Sept. 10, 1909.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Sixty Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of April 1838 — and sent to Giles H. Yates. Seneca Falls N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Sep 1833. 30.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 34

Montg y Co: Court
In the matter of the application of John Van Eps for a pension
Proceedings &c 12. 4. 5. 6
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To the care of
Giles H. Yates
Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York County of Montgomery ss.
On this twentieth 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 Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting, John Van Eps , a resident of the town of Amsterdam in said County, aged sixty-seven years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
He was born on the 27 th day of December 1764 in Westina (now town of Glenville in the County of Schenectady in said State. The Record of his age is in the Register of Baptism in possession of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady aforesaid.
When called into service, he was living in said town of Westina; he lived there since the revolutionary war, until about thirty three years ago, when he removed to the town of Amsterdam aforesaid where he now lives.
He was called into service as a substitute for his father John Bt. Van Eps when he was fifteen years of age, to wit in the fall of the year 1779. He then entered Captain John Van Patten's Company of militia, being the one within his beat in the Regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple. His other Company and Field officers, were

Simons H. Van Patten and Cornelius Mabee Lieutenants. Daniel Toll Ensign. Abraham Swits and Myndert Wemple Majors. He was also several times under the command of Lieutenants Junis Swart & Philip Vedder.
When he arrived at the age of sixteen, he was enrolled in said Company of John Van Patten & served therein to the end of the revolutionary war. His first expedition was to Fort Paris in Stone- Arabia in the fall of the year 1779, when he remained on duty for the term of five weeks. In the month of August in the ensuing year he was called out with a detachment from his regiment when Brandt at the head of a party of Indians & Tories laid waste the country round Canajoharie. In this excursion he was from home about two weeks. In the month of October in the same year the enemy under Sir John Johnson having again made an incursion into the Mohawk Country, the militia were ordered out under General Van Rensselaer. In this Campaign the Claimant volunteered his services. marched to Fort Hunter, Caughnawaga, Fort Plain, & as far West as Herkimer in pursuit of the enemy. He was in this campaign on duty about two weeks.
He was with the troops under Colonel Willett when they pursued the British and Indians under Major Ross in the fall of the year 1781. He marched on this occasion to Johnstown - was with the party of Oneida Indians who pursued Walter Butler to West Canada Creek, when said Walter was shot at and tomahawked by one of the Oneidas.
In the month of November in the

2 year last named, he assisted in taking 62 prisoners. He was engaged in several skirmishes at Ganada Creek & in Canajoharie the year previous. In the year 1782, he was called out several times with detachments of militia for the purpose of repelling threatened incursions, but they did not encounter the enemy. He has performed garrison duty on sundry occasions besides those above alluded to, at Fort Paris, Fort Hunter, Johnstown & Fort Plank. And when not on duty in these campaigns up the Mohawk river, he was on one occasion called out to Ballstown where he remained two weeks. He was also engaged on a great many occasions as a scout to Sawadauga, Galway & the precincts of Westina. He assisted in erecting military works for the defence of the last named town; and which being among the frontier ones, he was in consequence required in common with the other members of the militia on this frontier to perform sentinel duty day after day and night succeeding night at these works. In those troublous times, and not then entertaining the most distant idea that he would ever be called upon to give an account of the number of days, and the precise periods of time in which he engaged in these numerous expeditions and services in the cause of liberty & his country, he kept made no memorandum thereof and cannot therefore possibly specify the particular periods of his different engagements, but knows that the different terms of his services extend in the whole a period of eighteen months.
The following are the names of some of the Regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops when he served, & such Regiments

and Companies as he recollects. viz Colonels Dubois Van Schaick, Harper, Cortland, Gaansevoort, & Willett & their Regiments, Colonel Dayton of one of the Jersey Regiments, and the following inferior Officers & their Companies - Lieutenants Van Dyck - Bunshoten Capt: Jellis Fonda, Ten Eyck, Fink Wendell, Peter Fier Adj: Jellis A. Fonda - Major McBracken.
He has no documentary evidence, but can produce the testimony of persons who can testify to his services; to wit, Jellis A. Fonda & Ahasuerus Wendell, whose depositions are herunto annexed. He never received any written discharge from the service.
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, & who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolu- tion; to wit Abraham Van Horn a clergyman & Joseph DeGolia
He hereby relinquishes 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.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first aforesaid } John Van Eps
Geo: D. Ferguson Clerk

Simon
We Abraham Van Horn a clergy man residing in the town of Johnstown in said county of Montgomery and Joseph De Golijer a resident of the town of Broadalbin also of said county, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Van Eps who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Subscribed and sworn to the _____ Abraham Van Horn S.D.M. day and year aforesaid _____ Joseph hi De Golijer Geo: D. Ferguson Clerk mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. — And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Abraham Van Horn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Johnstown in said County — and further that Joseph De Golijer who signed said certificate is a resident of the town of Broadalbin aforesaid that they are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit —
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Van Eps for a Pension. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this twenty-seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty two — Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss.
I, Gilles A.
Wanda of the City of Schenectady in said County, late a Lieutenant and Captain in the army of the revolution, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with John Van Eps a resident of the town of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery in said State, the same person described in the preceding declaration, as an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that I was well acquainted with said John Van Eps in the time of the revolutionary war - that I know he was a private in a Company of Militia under the com-

mand of Colonel Abraham Wemple - but for how long a period or in what ex- peditions he served I cannot tell. I remember to have seen him perform garrison duty at Stone Arabia (Fort Paris) in the year 1779, or 1780 - and I think I saw him with the detach- ment of militia, that went in pursuit of Major Ross and his forces in the fall of the year 1781 - further I cannot say. Subscribed & sworn this 27 th Aug t } Jelles A Fonda 1832 before me James V t Ryley Judge Schenectady county courts
I James V t Ryley before whom the preceding Certificate of Jelles A. Fonda has been subscribed & sworn, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said Jelles A. Fonda, and that said Jelles A. Fonda's statements are entitled to the fullest credit. Witness my hand, this day of August 1832.
James V t Ryley Judge etc

State of New York } County of Schenectady } ss.
Peter Warren Cain of the Town of Glenville in said County, being duly sworn and examined, doth depose and say, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war & is now well acquainted with John Van Eps a resident of the Town of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery in said State an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that he this Deponent was a member of the same Company of Militia in which said John Van Eps served during said war, to wit the Company of John Van Patten in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple Esq. was Colonel - this Deponent knows that he said John Van Eps served in said Company whenever called upon from the year 1779 to the end of the war - that this Deponent & said John Van Eps were out together in several expeditions of which he remembers particularly that under Colonel Willett against Major Rops in the fall of the year 1781 - he remembers also that said John Van Eps served with this Deponent in performing sentinel duty at Westina, and was out with him also in many short expeditions which were ordered in consequence of alarms of the approach of the enemy, & this Deponent further saith, that said John Van Eps faithfully served during the period aforesaid as a member of said Company.
Subscribed & sworn this } 13 th Sep r 1832, before me } James V t Ryley Judge } Schenectady county courts }
Peter Warren
his mark Cain

I, James V. S. Ryley before whom the preceding deposition of Peter Warren Cain has been subscribed & sworn, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with said Peter Warren Cain & that his statement is entitled to credit. Witness my hand, this thirteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty-two.
James V. S. Ryley Judge
I, John S. Wrooman Clerk of said County of Schenectady, do hereby certify, that James V. S. Ryley before whom the preceding deposition of Peter Warren Cain purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said James V. S. Ryley & verily believe the signature to said deposition purporting to be his, is his own proper handwriting & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office. this fifteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty-two.
John S. Wrooman. Clerk

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss.
Adams Wendell
of the town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga in said State, maketh oath and saith that he is well acquainted with John Van Eps the same person referred to in the preceding documents as an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that he this Deponent knew said John Van Eps in the time of the revolutionary war - this Deponent was a private in the same Company with said John Van Eps, but said John Van Eps in consequence of his age did not enter the same until the year 1779, from which time he remained a member of said Company until the end of the said war - to wit, the company of Captain John Van Patten in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple Esq was Colonel - this Deponent further saith that he performed military duty with said John Van Eps on several occasions at Fort Paris in Stone Arabia, Ballstown - Saratoga, Fort Hunter, Johnstown, Saratoga & other places in the declaration of said John Van Eps mentioned - said John Van Eps & this Deponent were in service together under Colonel Willett on the occasion of the encounter with Major Ross in the year

1787, also with the militia under General Van Rensselaer in his expedition against the British under Sir John Johnson at Canajoharie in the fall of the year 1780. Subscribed & sworn this 8th day of September 1832 before me
James V. Ryley Judge Schenectady county courts
I James V. S. Ryley before whom the preceding deposition was sworn, do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with said Ahasuerus Wendell, and know him to be a man of veracity, whose statements are entitled to the fullest credit.
James V. S. Ryley Judge
I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County of Schenectady, do hereby Certify that James V. S. Ryley before whom the preceding depositions of Jellis A. Fonda & Ahasuerus Wendell purport to have been sworn was, on the days of the respective dates thereof, a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County, and that the signatures to the same purport.

ting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
John T. Freeman Clerk

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A. A. Veder
Schenectady, N.Y.
Vol No = 73

Application of
Jane Van Eps
FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under Act March 3, 1855.
1661-11-
DECLARATION
(Not to count before the 1st of March 3, 1855)

DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.
State of New York,
city and county of Schenectady
On this sixth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five , personally appeared before me, a born mississauga of Seneca within and for the city & county and state aforesaid Jane Van Eps aged 75 years, a resident of said city & county in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Van Eps deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war and for whose services she now receives an annual pension of sixty dollars by certificate issued to her from the pension office under the act of 29th July 1848, beginning on the 4th of March 1848 and dated 4th day of October 1849. Signed S. Ewing Secretary of the Interior.
She further states that she was married to the said John Van Eps , in the town of Glenville in said county of Schenectady on the fifth day of February A. D. 1795 , by one Reverend Mr. Ledyard, that is the name she thinks, a Gospel Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Van Hook that her said husband died at Glenville aforesaid on the 29th day of August A. D. 18 47 , and that she is now a widow. She says that her recollection may not be distinct in every particular, if she should happen to be in error it can be easily corrected by examining the proofs accompanying her application for the pension. She now draws said now in the pension office to which she refers the Department.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to Albert J. Blander of Schenectady and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me.
Jane Van Eps
We Dunham B Blander and John M c Kee residents of the city & county of Schenectady , in the State of New York , upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jane Van Eps above named in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Dunham B Blander
John M c Kee
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
B. H. Wadsworth Com. of Deeds
[Signature]

State of New York, Schenectady County }
I, Maria Strong Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Benjamin H. Holder was, on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate, a Commissioner of Pensions within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this seventh day of June A. D. 1855.
Maria Strong Clerk

N o 12456 M c Van Ops
G. F. Yates Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York } Schenectady County } ss. I Harman Van Schuick, of the City of Schenectady, in said County, do certify that I know the Bible from which the annexed Family Record was taken, to be the identical Family Bible mentioned in the annexed  foregoing certificate by Jane Van Eps, and Isaac (Q.) Van Eps; that, on the 19 th day of July, 1849, I saw the said Family Record hereto annexed, cut loose, and taken out, of the said Bible, by Benjamin V. S. Vreden, Justice of the Peace in the city and County aforesaid, for the purpose, as he stated, of transmitting the same to the Pension Office, at Washington city, D.C.; that the said Bible bears date, on its title page , as of the year 1813, and the title page reads, in part, as follows, viz.: "The Holy Bible: containing the Old & New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha; and arguments prefixed to the different Books, with moral & theological observations illustrating each chapter, composed by the Revend Mr. Osterwald, Prof. of divinity, and one of the ministers of the church, at Neufchatel, in Switzerland. New York: Published by Evert Duyckinck, John T. Tienbout, G. & R. Waite, and Webster & Skinner, of Albany. George Long, Printer. 1813." That the said Bible purports to be thirty-six years of age, and has the appearance of being quite as old as it purports to be. Witness my hand this 19 th day of July, 1849. H Van Schuick
State of New York } Schenectady County } ss. I hereby certify, that on this 19 th day of July, 1849, personally appeared before me, B. V. S. Vreden, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Harman Van Schuick, and being first sworn according to law, made oath and said that the matters set forth in the foregoing certificate, by him subscribed, are true. And I further certify, that I personally, and of my own personal knowledge, know all the matters above certifying to be the said Harman Van Schuick, to be true. And I further certify, that I changed my intention of sending the Bible itself , containing the annexed Family Record, for no other reason than because of its great bulk ,

which renders it inconvenient, and cumbersome to transmit by mail, and the supposition I entertain that the family Record which forms a part of it would be deemed sufficient, certifying, under oath, in the manner I have caused it to be done. And I further certify, that I know personally, and well, Harman Van Schaick, who sub- scribes his name to the foregoing certificate, and that he is a man whose evidence is entitled to full credit; as is also the evidence of Jan Van Eps & Isaac D. Van Eps, whose names are subscribed to their respective certificates hereto annexed, they being both to me well known as persons of great respectability and good moral standing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. P. H. VAN EPS. J. P.

State of New York Schenectady County } ss. I, Jane Van Eps, widow of John Van Eps, deceased, who was late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, residing in the town of Glenville, County & State aforesaid, do certif- that the Bible intended to be herewith transmitted, and to the first page of the "Family Record" therein contained, this certificate is annexed, by two wafers, is the Family Bible of the late John Van Eps, aforesaid, and that the "Family Record", consisting of one sheet, containing therein, (between "the End of the Old Testament," and the "Apocrypha") is a true record of the Marriages, Births and Deaths, in the family of the said John Van Eps, including the marriage of the said John Van Eps to me, his widow - that the said sheet comp- -ising the said "Family Record" composed a part of the bound volume at the time the same was first purchased, and has ever been preserved with care, as a part of the said book, and that the said sheet has been  transmitted herewith  and that the said sheet has been  transmitted herewith  and that the said sheet has been  transmitted herewith
I further Certify, that there is no other record of the marriage of the said John Van Eps and myself in existence, that I know of, or have any reason to believe, having caused diligent search to be made to ascertain if there were, and none having been found. Witness my hand, the 19th day of July, A.D. 1849. -
Jane Van Eps
State of New York } County of Schenectady } ss. Be it known, that before me, Benjamin V. S. Vedder, a justice of the peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Jane Van Eps, above named, and, being first sworn by me, according to law, she did, on her oath, depose and say, that all the matters set forth in the foregoing certificate by her subscribed, are true. And I further certify, that I have seen John Van Eps, the identical person named in the foregoing Certificate, write, that I know his handwriting and justly believe that the second, third, fourth and fifth entries under the head of "Marriages", in the Family Record, to which this Certificate is annexed, & with which it is transmitted.

are in the proper and ordinary handwriting of the said John Van Eps. Witness my hand, at the city of Schenectady, the 19th day of July, 1849. P. H. V. D. H. B. I. P.
State of New York County of Schenectady } ss. I, Isaac D. Van Eps, son of the late John Van Eps, the identical person named in the foregoing certificate by John Van Eps, do certify, that I am now past thirty-three (33) years of age; that I know the Family Bible of the aforesaid John Van Eps, and have known it from my early boyhood down to the present time, and that the Bible, to the Family Record con- tained in which, this certificate is annexed, is the identical Family Bible of the said John Van Eps, and the Family Record therein contained, the true family record that has been kept therein from the time of my earliest recollection; that the second, third, fourth and fifth entries in said Record, under the head of marriages, are in the handwriting of my father, and that the foregoing information concerning the marriages of the said John Van Eps before his death, was made by John H. Van Klief, brother of the said John Van Eps, Jacob Van Klief, now widow of said John Van Eps, into the information my father, said John Van Eps, a summary of which was Witness my hand the 19th day of July, 1849. -
Isaac D. Van Eps
State of New York Schenectady County } ss. Be it known, that on the 19th day of July, 1849, before me, B. V. S. Veldon, a Notary of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to adminis- ter oaths, personally appeared Isaac D. Van Eps, and, being first sworn according to law, made oath and said that the facts set forth in the foregoing certificate by him subscribed, are true. - Witness my hand the day & year last above mentioned. P. H. V. D. H. B. I. P.

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
John Van Eps to Jane Van Vleck Feb'y 5th 1815
Hamilton A Van Eps to Rachel Van Vorst 1823 February 27th
John E Van Vorst to Ann Van Eps 1823 - 3 d December
Jacob Bonta to Abigail Van Eps 1824 January 15
Henry J Romelyn to Agnes Van Eps Dec 1 st 1830
MARRIAGES.
Harmanus Van Eps to Martha Nemstreet
December 26th 1832 David C. Van Eps to Cataline Van Patten September 4th 1833.
John P. Van Eps to Sarah Plum May 6th 1835.
Isaac D. Van Eps to Eliza Ann Staley October 4. 1837.
Aaron V. Van Eps to Maria Smart July 1 st 1840.
Amos C. Van Eps to Caroline Louisa Howard January 18 th 1844
George K Van Eps to Emma M. Snyder March 10. th 1847

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
1764 John Van Eps December 27th. Jane Van Eps April 1 st 1779 Their Union took place February 5th 1795. John Van Eps Jun r August 25th 1796. Abigail Van Eps June 21 st 1798. Hamilton A. Van Eps July 16th. 1800. David E. Van Eps September 14th 1802. Ann Van Eps December 27th. 1804. Harmanus Van Eps April 29th. 1807. Agnes Van Eps August 4th. 1809. John D. Van Eps September 23d. 1811. Anna Mary Van Eps March 3d. 1814. Isaac De Graaf Van Eps July 9th. 1816. Aaron Van Eps December 4th. 1818. George H. Van Eps July 6th. 1821.
1826 Nov. 23 George Van Wormer Charles Van Eps  = Wormer  Wormer son May 2. 1836

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Deaths.
John Van Eps Jun r October 5 th . 1808. Aged 12 yrs 1 mo. & 8 days
John Van Eps, Sen r August 29 th . 1847. - Aged 82 yrs. 8 mo. & 2 days

BRIEF in the case of John Van Eps  County of Montgomery in the State of NY  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     after this enrolled in the same Comp y & Reg t for def g the war In 1779 Substitute for his Father Gen. Col. M c Intosh, Capt. Patten   30 Augt. 1 7 drafted N.B. from the year 1779 to the end of the war, he served one year & six months   " Oct 15 do   51 15 do   52 15 do  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions & Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

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357 New York Ab
Jane Van Eps widow of John Van Eps.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Oct r 1847
and sent to
B. V. S. Veeder Schenectady N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 29 1848, Page 185 Vol. 1 July. Book D

N 322
Jane Van Eps
mo of John
N
act 29 May 1848
Maria 1795
husband died 24 th Aug 1847
adms $6000 per
per 4 March 1848
B. V. S. Veder
Schenectady
N

State of New York } County of Schenectady } I, Helen Smart, of Glenville, in the County of Schenectady, aforesaid, do certify, that I am now Seventy- two years of age past; that I am a sister of John Van Eps, who was a revolutionary soldier and drew a pension as such, and died on the 29th day of August, 1847 in the town of Glenville, aforesaid; that I have never, during the life of the said John Van Eps, resided more than 12 miles distant from him, and a large part of the time I have resided within a less distance from him; that I was married to Jeremiah Smart, long since deceased, 52 years ago last October the 8th; and that previous thereto, I was present at the marriage of the said John Van Eps to Jane Van Neck, whose first child, named John, was born before my marriage to said Jeremiah Smart. That the said John Van Eps and Jane Van Neck were married at the residence of the father of said Jane, in the town of Glenville, in the County of Schenectady, aforesaid, by the Reverend Mr. Lindley, then pastor of the Presbyterian Church located at West Galway, in the town of Perth, in the County of Montgomery, now Fulton County; that the said John & Jane have had (13) thirteen children born in wedlock all of whom I have personally known, and now know, except two of them who died. That the Hon. John J. O'Grady, who died during the past year, was a nephew of mine and the said Jane Van Eps, I am being sister to his mother; and that the first, & eldest, child, of the said John & Jane Van Eps, named John, boarded with me at the age of seven years, and went to school to the said John J. O'Grady, who was then teaching a school at the age of (19) nineteen years in the town of Florida Montgomery County, on the opposite side of the Mohawk river from where the said John & Jane Van Eps resided.
Dated, Schenectady City, January 17, 1849.
Witness Madison Velders
Helen her Smart mark

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss. I hereby Certify, that on the 17 th day of January, 1849, personally appeared, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly author- ized by law to administer oaths, Helen Swart, the individual whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate, and made oath, in due form of law, that the statements by her made in the said Certificate, are correct, and true. And I further certify, that the said Helen Swart is personally known to me to be a lady of high respectability, and that her statements are entitled to full credit, and that she has the appearance of being quite as aged as she has, in her said certificate, represented herself to be.
J. H. WEDDLE, J. P.
Jane Van C

STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Schenectady, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, SILAS H. MARSH , Clerk of the County of Schenectady, Do hereby Certify, That Benjamin V. S. Vedder Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said B. V. S. Vedder and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 17 th day of January 1849.
S. H. Marsh Clerk.
Dane Van Eps

State of New York } County of Fulton } I, Alvin L Bloodgood, hereby certify that I am the present Minister of the Presbyterian Church, located at West- Galway, in the town of Perth, County of Fulton and State aforesaid, and that as such Minister, I have the custody of the records of marriages and baptisms of said Church. I further certify that the said records purports to have been commenced in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety, and that I have carefully examined the said records to ascertain if it contains a record of the marriage of John Van Eps to Jane Van Bleck, and that there is no record made therein of said marriage.
A L Bloodgood
State of New York } I certify, that on this County of Fulton } 7 day of October 1848, personally appeared before me James Munnedy - - a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Alvin L Bloodgood, above named, and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing Statement subscribed by him is correct and true. Also, that I am personally

acquainted with the said Abn L Woodgood, and know him to be the minister of the Presbyterian Church at West Galway, in Peth, in the County of Fulton, as in his certificate above stated.
James Kennedy J.P.
State of New York } Fulton County Clerk's office }
I, Stephen West Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James Kennedy Esquire before whom the within & foregoing statement and affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of taking or making the same a justice of the peace of said County dwelling in said County and duly & legally qualified & authorized to take the same, and further that his name subscribed to the foregoing jurat or certificate is his genuine certificate or signature, — For testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this ninth day of October 1848 S. West Clerk

State of New York } ss. County of Schenectady , } ss. I, Silas H. Marsh, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Schenectady, aforesaid, held at the City of Schenectady, in said County, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the said Court, that John Van Eps was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Sixty-Dollars per annum; was a resident of the County of Schenectady, in the State of New York, and died in the town of Glenville, in the County of Schenectady and State of New York, on the twenty- ninth (29 th ) day of August, in the year 1847; that he left a widow, whose name is Jane Van Eps .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, at the City of Schenectady, this 1 st day of September 1848. S. H. Marsh Clerk

State of New York } Schenectady } ss. On the twenty ninth day of August A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the County Court of the County aforesaid, Jane Van Eps , a resident of the town of Glenville, in said County, aged sixty-nine years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, depose and say: That she is the widow of John Van Eps , "who was a private in the army of the Revolution", and drew a pension of sixty dollars per annum, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June, 1832. She doth further depose and say, that she was married to the said John Van Eps on the fifth — day of February, A.D. 1795, and that her husband, the aforesaid John Van Eps died on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1847, in the town of Glenville, aforesaid.
Jane Van Eps
State of New York } Schenectady County } ss. I hereby certify, that on the 29 th day of August, 1848, personally appeared before the County Court, of the County of Schenectady, aforesaid, Jane Van Eps , above named, who, being first duly sworn according to law, did on her oath depose and say that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit, by her subscribing, are true.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the day and year last aforesaid.
J. H. Marsh Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Van Eps a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
N. File 27.862
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall * 79   Aug 1780 1 yr 6 mos. Pri John Van Patten Abraham Menville N.Y.   Nov 1781   1782   * data for his father John Bt. Van Eps Served in short terms guarding the frontier.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westina Schoharie Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 20. 1832  Albany
Residence at date of application, Amsterdam, Montgomery Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Dec 27. 1764 Westina, N.Y.
Remarks: Col. mrs. Glenville N.Y.  Apr. 5. 1795 Jane Van Vleck  to Apr. 1. 1779  he died Aug. 29. 1847 at Glenville N.Y. where  she resided when she appl. for pension Aug. 29. 1848. Her claim was  allowed
(See Supplement for family data)

Record Division.
December 27, 1804. April 29, 1807. August 4, 1809. September 23, 1811. March 3, 1814. July 9, 1816. December 4, 1818. July 6, 1821.
September 10, 1909.
S Mrs. Clayton J. Potter, Simsbury, Conn.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of John Van Eps, Wid. File No. 27,862, you are herewith furnished the following family data taken from the papers on file.
Births.
John Van Eps December 27, 1764. Jane Van Vleck April 1, 1779. John Van Eps, Jr. August 28, 1796. Abigail Van Eps June 21, 1798. Hamilton A. Van Eps July 16, 1800. David C. Van Eps September 14, 1802. Ann Van Eps December 27, 1804. Harmans Van Eps April 29, 1807. Agnes Van Eps August 4, 1809. John P. Van Eps September 23, 1811. Amos Covey Van Eps March 3, 1814. Isaac De Craaf Van Eps July 9, 1816. Aaron Van Eps December 4, 1818. George K. Van Eps July 6, 1821.

Wid. File No. 27,862.--2
Births.
George Van Wormer, November 23, 1826.
Charles Van Wormer, Ann's son. May 3, 1836.
Marriages.
John Van Eps to Jane Van Vleck, February 5, 1795. Hamilton Van Eps to Rachel Van Wormer, February 27, 1823. John E. Van Wormer to Ann Van Eps, December 3, 1823. Jacob Bonta to Abigail Van Eps, January 15, 1824. Henry S. Romoyn to Agnes Van Eps, December 1, 1830. Harmans Van Eps to Martha Hemstreet, December 26, 1832. David C. Van Eps to Cataline Van Patten, September 4, 1833. John P. Van Eps to Sarah Plum, May 6, 1835. Isaac D. Van Eps to Eliza Ann Staley, October 4, 1837. Aaron V. Van Eps to Maria Swart, July 1, 1840. Amos C. Van Eps to Caroline Louisa Howard, January 13, 1844. George K. Van Eps to Emma M. Snyder, March 10, 1847.
Deaths.
John Van Eps, Jr. October 5, 1808.
John Van Eps, Sr. August 29, 1847.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1909 Sept. 10. Hist. to Mrs. Clayton J. Potter. 4
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27.862
Jane Van Epps
Wid. of
John Van Epps
Rev. War.
Act _____
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N 322 Lieve Van Eps N Sept 3. 1848 June 1848-1849.
Act 29 July 1848

✓ 31.760
5 Rev. Cams

Simsbury, Conn.
Sept. 1. 1909
The Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Can you give me any record of information concerning me, John Van Eps a soldier of the Revolution, born at Glenville, N.Y. in Aug. 1764, and who died on Aug. 29 th . 1847.
I understand that the said John Van Eps

draw a pension for some period of time -
Being a direct de- scendant of this man, and wishing to join the D. A. R. I should be very grateful for any information that might be given which would substantiate my claim.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. Clayton D. Potter Since my Comm-

John Van Eps. Montgomery Co NY, act 7 June 1832 $110 00 per Ann
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office Oct 1. 1849
Isb A Died 29 th August 1847, P. 15 in death B. B.

No 12,455
Inverness Co.
G. F. Gates Schenectady N.Y.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Van Eps which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Schenectady, N. Y. Sept. 25. 1849 -
Sir,
Sometime since, I transmitted to your department, in the case of Jane Van Eps, widow of John Van Eps, dec'd, late a revolutionary pensioner of the U. S., the family records, detached from the old family bible, of the said John Van Eps, as the only record, or documentary evidence existing of the marriage of the parties; since which, I have heard nothing of the matter. Mrs Van Eps has called on me to know the results. Please inform me whether the delay is occasioned by a non-receipt of the evidence, its insufficiency, or on account of its not having been reached in the order of business, that I may relieve her anxiety. -
Very respectfully,
R. H. VANDER
J. L. Edwards Esq. -
Commr of Pensions.

Q u er-
Schenectady Feb. 23. 1849
Enclosed with this, you will receive the papers relating to the case of Mrs Jane Van Eps, widow of the late John Van Eps, and I trust the evidence will be deemed sufficient. Had not the Hon. John I. DeGraff expired a few months since, I should have strongly corroborated by him, the statements of Helen Swart, his aunt, who resided in his family at the time of his decease. Additional testimony, of a similar character, could, no doubt, by taking considerable trouble, be procured; but it would be merely accumulative, and will, therefore, I presume, be deemed unimportant.
Very respectfully, B. F. WOODRUFF
J. G. Edwards, Esq. Comm ee of Pensions }

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, CLERK'S OFFICE.
I,
{ S.
Silas St. Marsh
Clerk of said County,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Benjamin J. V. Vedder
before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed
and sworn, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the
Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified
as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe
that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate are genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county,
this 19 th day of July 1849.
S. St. Marsh Clerk.

10 Roodavang
Mr Allers
23 July 1849
add. Evid. Jane Van Es.
J. J. Schunck Esq. Country Business Washington City. P. O. B.
(Official Business)

Schenectady, N. Y., July
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir, Under date of the 19 th ult., you evidence to show that "no record or documentary proof" obtained of marriage in the case of Jane Van Eps, widow of Van Eps. You are already, I believe, in possession of the facts usually requiring to show that the Church records of the Church by whose pastor, Rev. Mr. Lindley, she was married to John Van Eps, in Feb. 1795, contain, or furnish, no evidence of the said marriage. Why, it does not, of course she cannot know. It must be chargeable as neglect on the part of the Pastor. I have communicated with her again on the subject, and the result you have in the accompanying Family Record, and certificates. The Family Bible, containing the same, was produced to me, and I have it now before me. It is the only "record or documentary" evidence that can be furnished in the case. The testimony of individuals of the highest respectability, to almost any number you might name, can be furnished, showing that they lived together as husband & wife prior to 1800; but this of course would be evidence deemed inferior to that now furnished, and which it is hoped will be satisfactory.
Very respectfully,
B. H. WOODRUFF