Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1511, Wilhelmus Westfall, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Westfall, Wilhelmus Terry, Margaret
W. 1511
(Former Widow)
CONTENTS

New Jersey 3287
Margaret Terry, who was widow of Wilhelmus Westfall
(N.Y.) who died on the 26. October 1796 — of Sussex Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Pr. Captain in the company commanded by Captain Kortright of the regt. commanded by Col. M'Cloughry in the N.Y. line for 8 months & 12 pr. — 27.98 3 days capt. ————— 2. ————— $29.98
Date of widow's death not on A.B.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 29 Dollars 98 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. day of April 1840 and sent to Hon. N. Jones N. R.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1840 269.82 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Apr. " 14.99 $284.81
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 - }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 132

V 4912 Margaret Tenny
Married June 1778 Husband died 26 Oct 1796 Husband died Oct 1796
8 Mos & 12 days Private Col McClellan } N.Y. Capt Kirtland }
Admitted Captain 3 days Private 8 Mos & 12 days
Hon. Nathl Jones H.R.
W. ...

State of New Jersey } On this sixth day of Decem Sussex County } ber Eighteen Hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex Margaret Terry a resident of the town of Wantage in the said County and State of New Jersey aged Eighty years who being first 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 d 1837; That she was married to Willhelmus Westfall who was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war and belonged to a company of Militia in the town of Goshen County of Orange and State of New York commanded by Captain Moses Kortwright John Van Dyke first Lieutenant and Martinus Decker second Lieutenant and Ephraim Meddaugh Ensign and belonged to the said company for several years after the war and at one time was Captain of the said company the said company during the war belonged to Col Allison's Regiment She further deposes and saith that as she has been informed and believes her said husband Willhelmus Westfall in the month of May or June 1776 was out in the militia under Captain Kortwright Lieutenants Van Dyke and Decker and in Col Allison's Regiment at Fort Mont- gomery for the term of one month and was discharged at Fort Montgomery at the expiration of the term for which he was called out That she has been informed and believes that her said husband Willhelmus Westfall was called out to Fort Montgomery again sometime in the latter part of July under Col Kortwright and Col Allison and served one month and was discharged sometime in the month of August of the said year That soon after New York was taken and she thinks in the month of October a part of the militia was

2 - called out to a place called Ramapo and Paramus to guard the passes in the mountains and keep back the enemy in this service her said husband was out one month 1 - under Captain Fortwright and she thinks under Lieut Col Justin or Col Hothorn That in the month of Decem- ber of the said year the enemy still holding New York and threatening devastation to the country a request of men was made and Col Allison's Regiment was called out to a place called New City in Orange County and served for the term of six weeks at New City, Goshen, Haverstown and other place for the term of six weeks and that her said husband went from home on the west side of the Shawangunk mountain to Goshen and joined his company under Capt Fortwright and and went with the said company to New City and 1 1/2 - served along the frontier for the term of six weeks and was discharged some time in January 1777 That in the spring of 1777 her said husband was again called out to Ramapo under as she believes Capt Jones and served 15 - in the company of Capt Jones for the term of fifteen days as a chapman but is from old age and loss of memory unable to tell who was the Col that her said husband was called out several times during the summer of the year under Capt Jones Wood Little and Swozey in Col Allison and Col Coopers and Hothorn's Regiments That about the last of August or the first of September of the said year Col Allison's Regiment was called out to Fort Montgomery and Captain Fortwright's company went from a place now called Carpenter's Point on the Delaware River across the mountain to Goshen from Goshen they went by land through what was called the cove to Fort Montgomery on the Hudson River where after the said Regiment under Col Allison or a part of them had been at the Fort one month were discharged with orders to be in readiness at a short warning in this service her said 1 - husband Wilhelmus Westphal served one month

in the company under Capt Kortwright and under Col Allison and was discharged with the rest of the company a few days before Fort Montgomery was taken. That immediately after the fort was taken those of Col Allison's Regiment who had been discharged previous to the taking of the fort were again called out to Murder's creek or New Windsor to follow the British shipping which had gone up the River. Capt Kortwright's company again returned along the Muddybrook and went to New Windsor and followed the enemy up the River some time and returned again and she further saith that her said husband was again out in service in Capt Kortwright's company and went with the said company under Major John Dicker and served in the said company at this time one month and was discharged some time in November of the said year. She further saith that as she has been informed and believes that in the year 1778 the Indians had become so formidable that on the western frontiers of the Counties of Orange and Ulster that instead of drawing away the militia from that place it was necessary to send men to assist in guarding the inhabitants and defend the frontiers of the Delaware from the incursions of the Tories and their allies the Savages and from the spring of 1778 Captain Kortwright's company was ordered to guard along the frontiers. The said company was clapped into four claps to one of which her said husband belonged and that the said company was under the command of Col Newbirk who had command along the western frontiers. The said claps were so arranged that each clap was under arms one week in a month during the summer and fall except on alarms and when they were out on scouting parties they served under their own officers who took their turns in commanding the claps. This kind of service continued through the 6.15 years 1779 1780 1781 1782 and the beginning of 1783

6.15 sometimes serving at Major Decker's fort Vanfleets fort Martins Decker's fort and Van Etters fort but from the impossibility of stating the particular time she is unable to do it except the following in June 1798 the Indians came down upon the frontiers and killed a Mr Sweetwood and two of his sons and Lieutenant Stewart this caused an alarm and Capt Horwrights company was called out to Decker's fort and -7 was held under arms one week this was under Col Newkirk That in the service her said husband was out in regular service one week That on the thirteenth day of October of the said year an alarm was again made by the appearance of a body of Indians on the frontiers and Capt Horwrights company was again called out and went to Fort Swift and -14 served two weeks and her said husband was out in the service in the said company at Swift's fort for two weeks under Col Newkirk That on the nineteenth day of July 1779 the Indians again made their appearance on the western frontiers of Orange and Ulster and the alarm was given and Captain Horwrights company was again called out and her said husband was out -6 in the said company six days a quarrel along the frontiers That in the spring of 1780 the Indians made their appearance again on the frontiers and Capt Horwrights company was called out and her said husband went with the said company to Martins Decker's fort and served in the said fort and along the frontiers -7 for one week this she thinks was either under Col Dawley or Newkirk That in the spring of the year of 1781 in March or April it was rumored that there was spies in the neighbourhood and a detachment of fifteen men was ordered out under Lieutenant Martins Decker to waylay them and if possible catch them and her said husband was one of the company that went with Lieut Decker They went to a place called Ten mile River where they way

laid an Indian path and catched two of the ships Robert Lane and Edward out of supply Gulls, that in June 1781 her said husband was called out on an alarm under Captain Hortwright to guard along the Delaware River and in this service her said husband was out at least three days. That in the month of September 1782 the Indians made a descent on the frontiers and burnt a place called Warwasesink in Ulster County this alarmed the whole frontier and the people were all under arms and Capt Hortwright's company was again out and her said husband was out under Capt Hortwright in this alarm along the immediate frontier at least two weeks That during the years 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783 her said husband was at least two months serving as a soldier in each year That in 1779 when the Indians attacked Minink and burnt the house and barns in that place her husband's house and barn and barracks with all their contents were destroyed They likewise set fire to the great mill belonging to the family but did not accomplish the design the fire going out before it caught to the combs tibles in the mill She further saith that she made her escape and saved her life by running and after travelling about five miles got into Van Gorder's fort That in the month of April 1781 she again had to fly for her life and made her escape at the time that three of her husband's cousins were killed by the name of Joseph John Lewis Westbrook and William Westbrook and she by the help of some friends she herself having just risen from a bed of sickness was enabled to cross the mountain to a place of safety She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Willhelmina Westfall on Thursday of the first week in June Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight in the town of Wantage Sussex County and State of New Jersey by Levi Adams an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said county

and that her said husband Wilhelmus Westfall died on the twenty sixth day of October Eighteen Hundred and ninety six; That she was afterwards married to Noah Terry on the eight day of February Eighteen Hundred and five by Elder Mead in the town of Wantage in Sussex County New Jersey then an acting Justice in and for the said County and that her said husband Noah Terry died on the twelfth day of October Eighteen Hundred and fifteen: And that she was a widow on the 4 th day of July 1830 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed And further she saith that she has no documentary evidence of her said husband's services in her presence nor does she know of any and further that she has no record of her marriage nor does she know of any Sworn and subscribed by making her mark on account of old age the day and year above written
Thomas Scasdale
Margaret his Terry mark
I Thomas Scasdale a Justice of the Court of common Pleas in and for Sussex County and state of New Jersey do certify that I am well acquainted with Margaret Terry who made and subscribed the foregoing declaration and believe her to be Eighty years of age and that she is a woman of truth and veracity and statements before made are entitled to full credit and belief Thomas Scasdale
State of New Jersey Sussex County ss
I Joseph P. Edsall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said

county of Sussex do hereby certify that Thomas Hardacre Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken was at the time of taking the same and still is a Judge of the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas of said county duly commissioned and sworn and to whose official acts full faith and credit is and ought be given and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and pronounce his signature above written genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Newton in said county this thirtieth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
W. E. Edsell

State of New York } S w iv er Van Etten of the town of Orange County } Deerpark in the said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is Eighty two years of age and that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and belonged to a company of Militia of which Mose Kortwright was Captain John Van Gyl first and Martinus Decker was second Lieutenant and Ephraim Meadough was Ensign in the Regiment commanded by Col Allison Lieut Col Benjamin Justen and Major John Decker in the County of Orange and State of New York. That in the early part of the summer and he thinks in May or June 1776 Capt Kortwrights company was called out by Col Allison to Fort Montgomery and served one month and this deponent served in the said company for the said term and Wilhelmus Westfall served in the said company for the term of one month and was discharged with the rest of the company
That according to his best recollection about the last of July of the said year Capt Kortwrights company was again called out under Col Allison to Fort Montgomery for the term of one month and this deponent and Wilhelmus Westfall both served one month in the said com- pany and was discharged at the expiration of one month
That when New York was taken an alarm was made and a part of Col Allisons Regi- ment was called out to guard the passes at Rammapoo Saramus & the English neighbour whoop and Capt Kortwrights company was again out one month and was discharged at the expiration of that time and Wilhelmus

Westfall served one month in guarding the papers in New Jersey and along the York line
That in the month of December of the said year Col Allisons Regiment was called out to a place called New City in Orange County and served at New City Heron town Tappan and other places for the term of six weeks and was discharged sometime in the month of January 1777 and Capt Kortwrights company served in the service six weeks and the detachment and Wilhelmus Westfall served in the said company the full term of six weeks and was discharged with the rest of the company
That in the spring of 1777 Wilhelmus Westfall went as a craftsman to Rensselaer under Capt Jones for the term of fifteen days and served under Capt Jones in Col Coopers Regiment for the above mentioned term
That about the last of August of the said year Col Allisons Regiment was called out to Fort Montgomery and Capt Kortwrights company went in the said Regiment and after they had been at the fort one month were discharged to be in readiness at the first warning in this service Wilhelmus Westfall served one month and was discharged three or four days before the fort was taken
That immediately after the fort was taken those of Col Allisons Regiment that had been discharged were again called out and went to Mundus Creek and New Windsor and followed the British shipping up the River pretty well towards Kingston which the British burnt when the British returned they followed them back to New Windsor and after a service of one month were discharged

in the service Capt Kortwrights company was out and Williamus Walpole was out in this service at least one month this service was done under Lieut Col Gustin and Major John Decker
This deponent further declares that in the spring of 1778 the Indians had become so formidable on the western frontiers of Orange and Ulster that it required all the militia on the west side of the Shawangunk Mountain to guard continually on the frontier and Capt Kortwrights company from the spring of 1778 to the close of the war done duty along the frontiers along the Delaware River and in the valley of the Neversink that the said company was divided into four classes each headed by a sergeant when each class served one week in a month along the frontiers except when out on alarms or by detachments and were under the directions of Lieut New Kirk but he is unable to state how much service was done in each year but thinks the said company must have done at least two months in a year until the close of the war in classes and the whole company was often out in a body upon alarms and sometimes by detachments but he is unable to state all the times that they were out upon alarms but recollects the following viz; That in June 1778 the Indians fell upon the frontier inhabitants and killed several and carried off a considerable of plunder the country along the frontier was alarmed and Capt Kortwrights company was called out and Williamus Walpole was out with the rest of the company and served at Martins Decker's fort one week

7-4 That in October of the said year the Indians made their appearance in a large body along the frontiers and greatly alarmed the people Capt Kortwrights company was again called out in a body and went to Dvitts fort where they remained two weeks and Willkelenus Westfall went in the said company to Dvitts fort on the bank of the Neversink on the western frontier of Ulster County and served two weeks this service was under Col Newkirk.
That on the nineteenth day of July 1779 a day long to be remembered by the people living in the valley of the Neversink the Indians again made their appearance on the frontiers and burned a number of houses and barns and destroyed much property the alarm was given and the Goshen Regiment was called out and Capt Kortwrights company with the rest and followed the Indians as far as Beaver brook where they overtook them and had a fight the Inhabitants were defeated Col Justin was killed with a number of other officers and men and Capt Wood was taken prisoner in the service Willkelenus Westfall was out under Capt Kortwright at least six days
That in the month of May 1780 an alarm was again made and Capt Kortwrights company was ordered out to Martins Creek fort and served along the frontier one week and Willkelenus Westfall served in the said company one week
That in the month of March or April 1781 notice was given that there was spies in the neighbourhood and a detachment of
of Little ... out under Lieut

of fifteen men was ordered out in an Swift Martins Dicker to catch them and Wilhelmus Westfall was one of the detachment they followed the ship to a place called Lee  Mill River where they waylaid them and caught two of them named Edward Hicks and Robert Landa in this service
- 7 They were out one week
That in June 1781 Capt Kortwrights company was again called out on alarm to guard the fording places on the Delaware River and Wilhelmus
- 3 Westfall was out three days
That in the month of September 1782 The Indians made a descent upon the portion of Ulster County and burned a place called Warwasing on alarm was given and Col Jansen ordered out the whole militia along the frontier Capt Kortwrights company was ordered out and Wilhelmus Westfall served in Capt Kortwrights company along the Minunk frontier at least
- 14 three weeks Once further he saith not he 8.25 the words "each and company interlined before Swi  Yan Eiten signing sworn and subscribed
before me this 28 day of January 1740 by making his mark because he is blind and cannot see to write
Jeffs Finch

I Leese Finch a Justice of the peace in and for Orange County do certify that I am well acquainted with Levi Van Etten who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statements made are entitled to full credit and belief.
Leese Finch Justice
State of New York
Orange County ss
I Albert S. Brewton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do certify that Leese Finch is a Justice as above, and that the above within signatures purporting to be his are genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal the 30 th day of January 1840
A. S. Brewton Clerk

State of New Jersey } Huldah Lewis of the town Sussex County. } of Wantage in the said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is seventy eight years of age and is the sister of Margaret Terry who is now an applicant for a pension from the United States for the services of her first husband whose name was Wilhelmus Westfall and she further saith that she was present at the marriage of her sister and the said Wilhelmus Westfall The marriage of Wilhelmus Westfall and Margaret Haynes was celebrated in the town of Wantage County of Sussex and State of New Jersey on Thursday in the first week in June but she cannot recollect the day of the month in Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight
She further deposeth and saith that the above mentioned parties were married by Evi Adams then an acting Justice of the peace in and for Sussex County and State of New Jersey and this deponent was pres- ent and saw the said parties joined in wedlock And she further saith that the said Wilhelmus Westfall died on the twenty sixth day of October Seventeen Hundred and Ninety six And she further saith that after the decease of her said husband Wilhelmus Westfall and in the month of February Eighteen Hundred and five her said sister Margaret Westfall was again married to Noah Terry by Ebenezer Mead then an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid but she is not able to state the exact day of the month and she further saith that the said Noah Terry died sometime in the month of October Eighteen Hundred and fifteen and that the said Margaret Terry was a widow on the 4 th day of July 1838 and still remains a widow Huldah Lewis

sworn and subscribed this 10 th day of December 1839 before me Andrew Willson one of the justices of the peace in and for Sussex county and state of New Jersey
I Andrew Willson a Justice of the peace in and for Sussex County and State of New Jersey do certify that I am well acquainted with Hululah Lewis who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and know her to be a woman of truth and veracity and her statements herein made are entitled to full credit and belief
Andrew Willson
State of New Jersey } Sussex County ss }
I Joseph B. Casall clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Sussex do hereby certify that Andrew Willson Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken was at the time of taking the same and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly com- missioned and sworn and to whose official acts as such Justice full faith and credit is and ought be given and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe his signature above written to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed My name and affixed the seal of said Court at Newton in said County this thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
J. B. Casall

October 31, 1934
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Miss Helen Moore 200 High Street Perth Amboy, New Jersey
WILHELMUS WESTFALL W. 1511 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 24, in which you request the record of William Westfall who served as private and captain in the Revolutionary War, and on account of whose service, Margaret Haynes Westfall Terry applied for pension as his former widow.
The record of Wilhelmus Westfall (as soldier's name appears in the claim) follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1511, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
Wilhelmus Westfall belonged for several years to a company of militia in the Town of Goshen, Orange County, New York, commanded by Captain Moses Kortwright. He enlisted in May or June, 1776, and served at various times until sometime in 1783, on alarms and scouting parties against the Tories and Indians, amounting in all to at least nine months, engaged in guarding the frontiers, the shores of the Delaware River and the valley of the Neversink, under Captains Kortwright, Jones, Wood, Little and Swazy, and Colonels Allison, Cooper, Hathorn and Newkirk or Pawling, in the New York troops. From May 15, 1782, he served three days as captain.
Wilhelmus Westfall married the first week in June, 1778, in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, Margaret Haynes.
He died October 26, 1796, place not stated.
Soldier's widow, Margaret Westfall, married February 8, 1805, in Wantage, New Jersey, Noah Terry, who died October 12, 1815.
The widow, Margaret Terry, was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her former husband, Wilhelmus Westfall,

on her application executed December 6, 1839, at which time she was aged eighty years and a resident of Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.
In 1839, Huldah Lewis, aged seventy-eight years, a sister of soldier's former widow, Margaret Terry, was residing in Wantage, New Jersey.
In the same year, reference was made to three cousins of Wilhelmus Westfall, namely, Joseph Jobs, Lewis Westbrook and William Westbrook, who were killed by the Indians in April, 1781.
There are no further family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

200 High St.
Perth Amboy N.J.
Oct. 24, 1934
Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:
Under date of Apr. 14, 1840, Mrs. Margaret Wayne Westfall Terry applied for pension as the widow of William Westfall of New Jersey, private and Captain in the Revolutionary War. Will you kindly send me the information contained in her claim.
Yours truly, (Miss) Helen Moore

N. Jersey Margaret Terry let. to Hon. N. Jones 27. March 1840
Act July 1836

1934 Oct. 31 - Hict. 6 - Miss Helen Moore - mtd.
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No.
1511
Margret Terry formerly Widow of Willhelmus Westfall Capt. Rm. War.
Act:
July 4, 1836.
Index: - Vol.
82
Page
267
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington Feb. 24 1840
To the Commissioner of Pensions }
Sir,
Enclosed are the declaration and papers of Mrs Margaret Terry widow of Noah Terry and former widow of Wilhelmus Westfall. who claims for services of the latter, under the provisions of the Act of July 4. 1836 and the Act explanatory of said Act passed March 3 d 1837
Please give the case your earliest attention and oblige
Your friend & serv t
Nathl. Vaux

The Number and Amount of Certificates issued by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Quarters and Militia Service &c. Continued from Book No. III.
   To whom given     1782 May 15 15.584 Solomon Westfall Capt 2 2 —  
3 days
State of New York Comptroller's Office Albany Jan'y 8. 1840
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book 4. now remaining in this Office, and also that it appears from the same Book that Maurice Willett was a Col. Com'd on the 31 st day of December 1782.
fee 34 c paid by Mr. Little
Atty Compt.
Apr. 7 th
Please make pay certif n for Mrs Terry for the 8 mo. 212 days unless you can add the above service as capt
Respectfully your ob d serv t
Col. Edwards
Nath l Dimes