Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20235, John Van Mater, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Van Water, John Sarah
W. 20235
CONTENTS

(2222) ✓ New York.
John Van Mater, private, New Jersey Line. Dayton
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Augt 1818 and sent to James Schildeth, Esqr Johnstown, New York
Arrearages to 4 th Sept 1818
4 Mo. 29/30. $ 39.73
12 June 25- { Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Jersey Line - 7 years
See letter to V. M. 17th May 1820.
Johnstown & Montgomery
Discontinued
6 July
Inform July 7. 1821 that he could not be res d to sent res d to M c Carthy
Notification sent to John M c Carthy Esqr 6 July 1820. Johnstown New York
W. has sent 8811 if need to I know what dear s p

John Van Brunt Corr. Secretary N.Y.C. Nassau Street New York.
Compan y this can if found correct on the 20 th - admit the claim to of C. & D. No.
Why you  she ask like?
Dear Sir,

State of New York,
Montgomery ss John Van Mater of the Town of Johnstown County and State above said being duly sworn says, that he served in the revolutionary war as a soldier from the year 1776 until the peace of 1783. That in 1777 he joined Captain Mitchels Company Colonel Daytons Regiment, Jersey line, and remained in that Regiment during the war excepting the time he served as a light infantryman drafted from said Regiment, and attached to the Corps of General LaFayeth, with whom he served in Virginia and at the Siege of York Town; that he received an honorable dis- charge as a Sergeant at Newburgh, State of New York in the year 1783 which discharge he has lost. And this deponent further says that by reason of his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support, and that he receives no pension at present from the United States
Sworn and submitted before me this 6 th day of April 1848 before me
John Van Mater
James Hildreth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Montgomery County in the State of New York
Moses Applegate
State of New York, Montgomery County ss, Moses Applegate being duly sworn says that he served in the revolutionary war in the Continental Regiment of Moxes Command by Colonel Alden of the Jersey line that he was then acquainted with John Van Mater the above deponent and served with him in the same Brigade, Jersey line, during some of the campaigns of the said revolutionary war. Sworn and subscribed this 8 th day of April in the year 1848. before me James Hildreth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Montgomery County State of New York
Moses Applegate

Montgomery Co, I James Hildreth, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery and State of New York do certify, that upon an examination in pursuance of the law entitled, "an act to provide for certain pensions engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed the 18 th day of March 1818 I do find that John Van Mateer, lived as a private soldier and sergeant in the revolutionary war from the year 1776 until the peace of 1783, when he obtained an honorable discharge at Newburgh in the State of New York, and that the said John Van Mateer agreeably to the provisions of said act of Congress is entitled to a pension of Eight Dollars per Month. Given under my hand at Johnstown County & State aforesaid this 8 th day of April in the year 1818. James Hildreth
State of New York,
Montgomery County ss I John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery State of New York do certify that James Hildreth, the above signed, is one of the Judges of the said Court for said County, and was at the time of taking the annexed affidavit and examination
J. M. McCarthy

John Van Mater
Certificate N o 2,222
Aug 18
for reconsideration

PRESENT the Honorable  Aaron Haring Esq. first Judge state of New York Montgomery County ss. Be it Remembered , That on the Eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Courthouse in the town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid in the Court of common pleas of said County in open court, the said court being a court of record for the said County , having the power of fine and imprisonment and proceeding according to the course of the common law with a supplication unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings John Van Meter aged Sixtyeight years, resident in Johnstown in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That in the forepart of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he enlisted at Monmouth county in the state of New Jersey as a soldier for during the War in Captain Patterson's Company and Colonel Dayton's Regiment and Jersey line called the third Regiment , that he continued in said Regiment until the close of War in the year 1783 when he was discharged at Newburgh in the state of New York with the rest of the Troops, that he continued in said Company and Regiment through all the changes of officers during said term except in one instance, he was drafted as Light Infantry under the Marquis De La Fayette for the purpose of going to York town when they took Corn- wallis . that he was likewise in the Battles of Monmouth, Brandywine & Germantown , and that he has already been placed on the Pension list —
and that his original declaration is dated the Sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 2,222.

AND I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Schedule
Real property I have none.
Personal Property 7 Knives & forks 1 cow ten sheep, fourteen plates, two old tables, Eight chairs, two pots, one pan, 7 Milk Pans 1 Dresser, 1 Closet, 1 stand, 1 large Wheel, 1 small do, six spoons, six cups & saucers, 1 Teapot 1 Tea canister, 1 sugar bowl, 4 small bowls, 1 Wash tub, 2 pails 1 Tea Kettle, 2 Hogs, some old Barrels, 1 Shovel & tongs 3 Bellies, 3 Jugs 1 Giddle, 1 Two Gallon Keg, one churn 2 Stone Jugs - and the said John Van Atta further swears that the remainder of his Property and which he inventoried at last June Court have been sold by John Siswell, Dow Van Keuren & Daniel Kyscher on Executions taken out on their demands which was inventoried in the former Schedule, that those debts were bona fide due and owing to them by me the said John, and their taking out Execution and selling the Property is the reason why the difference appears between the two Schedules, the one of June and that now presented, that I am yet indebted to Creditors in the amount of $80. that I am by occupation a farmer and labourer, that I have a family of five for whom I provide viz. my Wife Sally 60 years old, infirm and not able to do much, my Daughter Kitty 18 years old and healthy, two Sons, John & Daniel aged 18 & 20. that I am so troubled with Rheumatism and other infirmities on account of age & hardships that I am not able to do much Work, and in fact have to depend upon my boys to do what little work is done, that I have no means of

a livelihood except what is above stated, and the Pension I received from the United States which I received up to the fourth of March last.  Sworn to and declared on the 18th day of October 1820 in Open Court  John his  X Van Alstyne Mark Mem d Garthy Clerk
I, John M c Garthy — Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for Montgomery County in the state of New York Do hereby certify, That the foregoing declaration which are duly sworn to and the schedule hereto annexed , are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Forty Dollars and thirty nine cents.  In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this eighteenth day of October 1820.  Mem d Garthy

Let. to Curtis Moses, May 28/83
Page no 1
2566.
New York Albany
Sarah Van Alster widow of John Van Alster who was a Sergeant in the N. Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of November, 1843 and sent to Curtis Moses Marcellus N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . L Vol. 1. Page 115.

State of New York Montgomery County
On this 8th day of May 1839
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Van Mater a resident of the Town of Newville Coeymans County Aged Twenty four 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 7. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: That She is the Widow of John Van Mater who was a Sergeant Major and served in the War of the Revolution as stated in the declaration of my said Husband now on file in the office of the Secretary of War - claimant further says that her said Husband was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18. 1818; She further declares that She was married to the said John Van Mater on the 15th day of November 1784 annexed by the Rev d John Woodhull in the Town of Freehold Monmouth County and State of New Jersey - And that her husband the aforesaid John Van Mater died on the 12th day of June 1825; That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 Y.L.L. at the time above stated - Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before - (the word Woodhull in the above first wrote in an obliteration before Sworn too) in John Hurd a Judge of the  Sarah Van Mater County Courts of the County of Montgomery

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss. I, the Judge within named do hereby declare my opinion after examining the declaration & affidavits hereto annexed - and the within declaration - That Sarah Van Matre named in said declaration is the widow of John Van Matre named in said declaration - and that she was lawfully married to the said John Van Matre at the time mentioned in said declaration - that he died at the time mentioned therein - and that she has not remarried but remains the widow of the said John Van Matre and that she is unable to attend the county courts of this county or of any county - by reason of bodily infirmities - To all of which I certify John Hanna a Judge of the county courts of the county of Montgomery

State of New York Montgomery County 3/4.
Personally appeared before the Subscription one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid Abraham Van Horne a resident of the Town of Schoharie and County aforesaid aged Twenty five Years who being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Sarah Van Matre and knows that she is now a Widow and has been so since the death of her said Husband John Van Matre and further this deponent saith not.
Abraham Van Horne Sworn and subscribed before me
This 8th day of May 1839.
John H. A. a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent who has submitted the above affidavit and know him a creditable person and that the Statements by him made in said affidavit are entitled to full credit. John H. A. and a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
State of New York } Montgomery County } Clerk's office S.D. I certify that John Hoard Esqr whose name is subscribed to the several certificates of the foregoing affidavits was on the day of the dates thereof a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery duly Commissioned & sworn and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21. day of May 1839 J. J. Conner Clerk

State of New York County of Montgomery } ss - Richard Van Mater of Johnstown in the County of Fulton State aforesaid, being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say, that he is the son of John and Sally Van Mater, late of Johnstown aforesaid - That the said John died in 1825. and was at that time a pensioner of the United States that his widow the said Sally is still living and is an applicant for a pension. This deponent was fifty two years of age on the third day of April last past - has had a family record of his age - but had his house burnt several years ago when Johnstown aforesaid was part burnt up and the said record amongst other things was then also burnt - his parents the said John & Sally Van Mater were reputed to have been lawfully married before they had any children - and they had nine children - of which this deponent is now the oldest living and the second child of his said parents, there first child having died when young - the said Johns name was frequently spelled John Van Mater but generally called John Van Mater his said mothers maiden name was Sally (or Sarah) Hendricks - and further this deponent says not - Richard Van Mater
Sworn to and Subscribed
this 30th day of March
1839 - Before me
John H and a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent who has Subscribed Sworn to the above affidavit and know him a creditable person & the statements in said affidavit are entitled to full credit - John H and a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery

State of New York, Montgomery County Clerk's office
for I do hereby certify that John H. and Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Subpoena of the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery duly commissioned & sworn and that his signature subscribed as aforesaid is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed my seal of office this thirtieth day of March 1859
J. Conner Clerk

State of New York County of Montgomery
on the 15 th day of March AD 1839 personally appeared before me Harmen DeWandelaeir and John Conyne Junior - both personally known to me and who being both duly sworn by me, do on their oaths severally depose and say, that they were severally personally acquainted with John Van Meter deceased of the Town of Johnstown (Cats Mohawk) in said County - and understood and believe that he was a prisoner of the United States at the time of his death - and has left a Widow by the name of Sally, (or Sarah) that these deponents both reside in the Town of Mohawk aforesaid - and severally know that the said John Van Meter is dead and that these deponents were both bearers at the funeral of the said John Van Meter - which took place in the summer of AD 1825 - but the day they do not now recollect, and these deponents saw him then dead and buried, and further these deponents say not.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year  Harmen DeWandelaeir first aforesaid  John Conyne Jr.
Before me John H and a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with both the deponents - who has severally Subscribed Sworn to the foregoing affidavits - and know them creditable persons - and the statements by them made in said affidavits are entitled to full credit
John H and a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery

State of New York Montgomery County
Clerks office p. I do hereby certify that the within Named John Handegne whose name is Subscribed to the Jurats of the foregoing affidavit Was On the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Montgomery County Courts and duly autho- rized by the Laws of the said State to administer Oaths and that his Signature Subscribed to the Same is genuine —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of my office this 15 th day of March 1839
A J Bonner Clerk

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss
Personally appeared before me John Haddad one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, the Rev James Clark Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Freehold in said County of Monmouth. Being duly sworn deposed & saith, that the Reverend Do t John Woodhull was pastor of this church for nearly a half a century as he is informed, and that the said Rev Do t John Woodhull died on 22 nd day of November in the year of our Lord 1824. and I am his successor, although at an interval of some years. I have not found in the church records any thing in rela- -tion to the marriage of John Van Marten with Sally Hendrickson, and I have been told that Do t John Woodhull did not keep & have recorded regular minutes of the marriages solemnized by him. —
Taken & sworn to before James Clark. — the 2 nd day of April A.D. 1839
John Haddad

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior court of Common Pleas Do Hereby certify that John Weaddean Before whom the within affidavit is taken is one of the judges of said court of Common Pleas in & for said county duly Commissioned and enrolled in my office further that the name signed John Weaddean to said affidavit I believe to be the genuine signature of said judge further that due faith & credit are justly due & owing all his official acts as such officer
Given to set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine D. H. Ellis Clerk

5470 Sarah Van Maer N.Y. 3907 Act 7. July 38.
m 84 d 25.
adm d 2 yrs servt. 120 $
No deduction
Abraham Van Horne Fonda N.Y.

State of New York
Onondaga County ss William Van Buren of the village of Syracuse in said County being duly sworn says that he is now about seventy one years of age that in 1784 or 1785 this deponent was a resident of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey; that deponent was born in the town of Shrewsbury in the County & State aforesaid, that in the years last aforesaid & long afterwards deponent was well acquainted with John Van Mater and Sally or Sarah Van Mater and deponent well recollects the time they were married which he believes to have been after the revolution in the year 1784 or 1785 - This deponent well believes that the marriage ceremony was performed by the Revd Mr. Woodhull then a resident minister of Lower Freehold in Monmouth County. - that deponent was for several years afterwards well acquainted with the said John Van Mater & Sally his wife. -
This deponent has within one or two years seen the said Sally Van Mater who is now the widow of the said John Van Mater now deceased & further saith not
Subscribed & sworn before me this 13 th day of May 1839.
Wm Van Buren
Grover Lawrence First Judge of Onondaga County
State of New York
Onondaga County ss I am Sharp of the town of Marcellus in said County being duly sworn says that she is personally acquainted with William Van Buren who has made the foregoing affidavit & has known him upwards of thirty years past & that he is a man of good standing in society & entitled to full faith & credit when under oath; that the said John Van Mater deceased was this deponent's father & the said Sarah Van Mater was this deponent's mother & this deponent is forty five years of age the 4 th day of October last & that my said father was a soldier of the Revolution & placed on the pension roll as this deponent has often been informed & believes to be true. - this deponent's mother resides with this deponent in Marcellus aforesaid & has resided

the widow of my said father since his death who did this deposit thereto on the 12 th day of June 1826 & further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn before me on May 13 th . 1839 Grove Lawrence First Judge of Onondaga County Councilor D.
Jane Shearpe
State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
ss: I William M. Clarke Deputy Clerk of the said County do cer- tify that Grove Lawrence whose official signature is affixed to the two preceding affidavits, was at the date of the same First Judge of the County of Onondaga and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his genuine hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 13 th day of May 1839
W. M. Clarke Dep. Clerk

August 4, 1937.
Miss Allie Van Husen 33 Stewart Street Amsterdam, New York.
BA-J/ILL John Van Mater W. 20235
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Van Mater, a pensioner of Montgomery County, New York, who died June 12, 1825.
The data given herein were found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 20235, based upon service of John Van Mater in the Revolutionary War.
John Van Mater was the son of Richard Van Mater; the name of John's mother and the date and place of his birth are not shown.
John Van Mater of Monmouth County, New Jersey, enlisted early in the summer of 1776, served as private and sergeant in Captains Patterson's, Howell's, Jonathan Forman's and Mitchell's companies, Colonel Elias Dayton's 3 d New Jersey regiment, until after peace was declared in 1783, when he was discharged at Newburgh, New York. During the period of his service, he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, and was detached from his regiment as a light infantryman under Marquis de Lafayette and was at the Siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years. He resided then in Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York. He died there June 12, 1825.
The soldier married November 15, 1784 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Sarah (Sally) Hendricks. They were married by the

Minister of the 1 st Presbyterian Church of Freehold, New Jersey.
Sarah Van Mater, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 8, 1839, at which time she resided with her daughter, Jane Sharp, in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York. She died August 25, 1847.
John Van Mater and his wife, Sarah (Sally), had nine children, the first of whom died when young, name not shown. Richard Van Mater, their second child, was born April 3, 1786 and lived in Johnstown, New York, in 1839. Jane, the daughter noted above, was born October 4, 1793; the name of her husband was not given. The only other names of the children designated in this claim are John and Daniel, aged in 1820 eighteen and twenty years, when they lived at home with their parents, and Kitty, also aged eighteen in 1820.
In order to obtain the name of the persons to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should write the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Sarah Van Mater, widow of John Van Mater, Certificate #2566 Issued November 1, 1843 Rate $120 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

New York. v 2222 Sep r 1818
John Van Mater, private, aged 7 years to end of year.
1 st Schedule dated 15 June 1820,
No real estate -
Personal estate consisting of live stock, farming utensils household and kitchen furni- ture worth $290.00
Other Restore  $131.00
Schedule under act March 1823, dated 10 June 1823.
No real estate -
10 cows, 6 sheep, some articles of household & kitchen furniture $40.00
Accounts for the decrease of his property by the sale of it to satisfy executions against him in favor of Daniel Fisher & John Lewis. His statement is supported by the certificate of the Constable. Claimant aged 72, by occupa- tion, a farmer & labourer. Wife
aged 63 in firm - 1 married daughter for whom he has to pro- vide - 2 sons of full age, not very efficient.
No debts mentioned.
Dead.
Wrote to the agent to pay arrears - see letter to him & M rs Sarah Van Mater, June 7 th - 1833.
Restored under act Mar ch 1823, commencing 10 th June 1823, notification sent 18 th July, 1823, to the co- of $32.
Sarah Haring, Johnstown, N.Y.
4 Sept. 1818.

Application for restoration rejected 7. July 1824.
2 d Schedule dated 18 Oct 1820. The same M c family residing with him as stated in his first schedule and that he is dependent on his boys for his support.
Real Property none. Personal, to wit. 1 Cow 10 Sheep. Household and Kitch- en furniture in all valued by the Court at  $40-39.
He states that the remainder of his property mentioned in his 1 st schedule has been sold to satisfy his creditors named in his 1 st sche d and that he is still indebted to the amount of $80-
Regulations sent April 17 th 1823.
John Van Mater Johnstown, Montgomery Co New York
New York. John Van Mater (private)  7 years N. Jersey line
Aged 69 years by occupation a Farmer and has no means of support except by manual labour. Wife aged 58 years, 2 Children ages 18 & 19 years, and depend on him for support.
1 Schedule dated 15 June 1820.
Real Estate none Personal Do. Stock Consisting of Cows, Horses, Young Cattle Sheep & Hogs  $215- Farming Utensils  65- Household & Kitchen furniture. 10
Schedule of Debts orig l $290- To D r Kitchen  $30- L r Leaville  24- D r Van Kitcher  22- R r Houghtaling  8- I r Devoe  13- I r Taylor  8- M r Kunkel  20- M r Pockham  16- Small Debts  10-   189- $215

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Property valued at $290. age 69. wife 58 — two children 18 & 19 — in health —
(H) Served 7 years

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Van Mater 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. W. File 20,235
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Early summer 76 served until after Peace was declared in 1783 as Pri. Sergt. Patterson Horrell Jonathan Forman Mitchell Elias Dayton New Jersey.  
Battles engaged in, Brandy - Germ. Mtn - siege of Yorktown Residence of soldier at enlistment, Eul. in Monmouth Co., N.J. Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Johnstown Montgomery Co., New York Age at date of application, 67 years - son of Richard Van Mater
Remarks: Sol. mar. at Freehold N.J. Nov. 15, 1784 Sarah Hendricks; he died June 12, 1825 + she was all pen on appl executed May 8, 1839 while 74 yrs of age + a res. of Marcellus, Onondaga Co. N.Y. Ch. mtn - Daniel at 20 yrs, John + Kitty both 18 yrs in 1820; Richard 52 yrs - Apr. 3, 1838 + Jane Sharp 45 yrs. Oct. 4, 1838 Widow d. Aug 25, 1847

1909 Apr. 8. Hist. to Mrs - E. Burton Wells, P. 1922 Apr. 13 A. H. Davison 1937- Aug. 4 - Hist. to Miss Alice Van Husen - J.L.L.
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20235
Sarah Jane Mateu wid of John Jan Mateu Sergt Rev. War
Act March 3 rd  1843
Index: Vol. 111 , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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let: to Cr / Meof 21. Oct 43 -
New York - 3909
Sarah Van Mater, widow of John Van Mater, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. 18 and who died on the 12 th June 1825, of Montgomery in the State of N. York who was a Serg t in the Comp y commanded by Captain Howell of the Reg t commanded by Dayton in the N. Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Aug t '39, and sent to John Van Mater Troy, N. York.
Arrears to the 4th of March - $ 360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending " 60.00 $ 420.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bardin Clerk Book A Vol. 2 - Page 108

State of New York Monday County Marcellus Dec. 23 d 1852
Hon. S. E. Herrick Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
John Van Mater
A Revolutionary Soldier of the U. S. Arm y a pension under the Act of March 18, 1818 at the rate of $8.00 pr. Month and died June 12, 1825; his widow Sarah Van Mater subsequently drew a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 at the rate of $120.00 per Annum and died August 25, 1847.
The heirs of the said John and Sarah, are told that they are entitled to some back pension, in as much as that their father drew but $96.00 per Annum when in fact he was entitled to $120.00 per Annum by reason of his being  having been a Sergeant Major in the Army.
If so please forward me the Files and forms which would be necessary to establish the Claim.
Very Respectfully Curtis Rootes

Wurtis Moses
May 21. 1853

Pension Office May 21/53
Sir
In reply to your communication asking for an increase of Pension in the case of John Van Mater of N.Y. deceased, who was a Pensioner under the Act of March 18 th 1818 & who died in 1825 , I have to inform you that the pay of a Sergeant was $96 00 / 100 per annum until the 4 March 1831, when by the provisions of the Act of 7 June 1832, it was increased to $120 per annum.
There is therefore nothing due the Heirs of John Van Mater.
Curtis Moses Esq Marcellus N.Y.

Amsterdam N. Y. July. 22. 1937.
Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen,
I find among the list of pensioners the following:
John Van Maler . Private in N. Y. aged 75, on pension roll beginning 4/6/1818. d. 6/12/1825.
Montgomery Co. N. Y. pensioner.
Can you give me any further information regarding this soldier?
Yours sincerely,
(Miss) Alice M. Van Huren. 33 Stewart St. Amsterdam N. Y.

EXPLANATORY LETTER.
Dear Friend:
In asking you to contribute to the family history, the facts of the history of your family, we make the following explanation:
About 1885 we began gathering data for a family history of the American lines of Davisons-Davissos and Davidsons , with little thought of the extent of the labor required for such an undertaking. About the year 1898, Mr. H. R. Remsen Coles, of New York City, advised me, he desired to print a Davidson-Davison genealogy. Desiring to further every effort to preserve the family history in permanent form I freely loaned him the data then gathered, to which he added considerable material, printed the "Davison genealogy" of 1899. His work had merit but was very incomplete and had several serious errors. He began by making Nicholas Davison, 1611-1664, father of Daniel, 1630-1693. At the time I advised him I had traced the Nicholas line to the third generation and that it was a separate line. Early historians had confounded Daniel Davison 1651-1717, son of Nicholas, with Daniel the emigrant of Ipswich, Mass. I have completed the genealogy of the Nicholas Davison line ready for the printer.
Daniel, 1630-1693, left five sons, Daniel, William, John, Peter and Thomas, each of whom today is represented by a large number of living descendants.
Daniel, the second, left three sons, only one of whom (Josiah) left male descendants. Josiah died, 1759, in Middlesex county, New Jersey. He had eight sons. He changed the spelling of his name to Davisson and generally his descendants have retained the spelling. It is a very numerous branch. Some descendants of each of the other four sons of Daniel, the first, spell the name Davidson .
The Davisons and Davidsons of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and other Canadian provinces are quite largely descendants of Davisons, who migrated from New London county, Conn., to Nova Scotia in 1760, following the expulsion of the French in 1755. They were sons and grandsons of Thomas, son of Daniel the first. Thomas married Hannah Tracy, whose ancestry is traced to the early English Kings.
While I have these branches well toward completion, there are many lines yet incomplete—you may be one of these.
Another large branch is the family of William Davison, who came from Scotland to New Jersey, 1685. He had sons, John, Andrew, William, George and Robert. I have much material on these lines, but need much help to complete the same. John Davison Rockefeller is a descendant of the son Robert. We have had a few good helpers in this line, but need many more.
The family of Robert Davison, who came from Antrim, Ireland, about 1730, to what is now Warren county, N. J., is quite complete except the descendants of a grandson, Archibald, born 1767, which I need badly; otherwise the family is ready for the printer.
In the several Scotch-Irish lines, including (1) William born at Menemore whose descendants settled first in Massachusetts and New Hampshire; (2) John who married Sarah Overton at Salem, Mass., 1719; (3) George of Lancaster county, Pa., father of General William Davidson of North Carolina; (4) Robert, father of Maj. John Davidson, also of North Carolina; (5) John, father of William (first senator from Buncombe county, N. C.); (6) John, father of William of Winchester, Va.; (7) Alexander of North Carolina; (8) James of Lancaster, Pa., who died, 1795; (9) William, whose son William was born in Pennsylvania, in 1747, and in other lines I have now sufficient material, which when printed, would enable the next few generations to trace their ancestry, but I am urging each descendant to aid in making these records more complete.
I find some hesitancy on the part of those who believe Davison and Davidson entirely separate and distinct families. That is not true in America except as to the Hebrew and Scandinavian lines. All we ask of these is, that they say they are Hebrew or Scandinavian and go in peace.
The Scotch-Irish settlers in Lancaster county, Pa., and North Carolina of the first generation made their land entries as DAVISON . The succeeding generations have generally written it DAVIDSON . It is no part of my work to start or maintain a debate as to the correct spelling. We record what you use and will so print it. For Scotch-Irish families we have received from Ulster abstracts of the early recorded wills, registry lists, baptisms, hearth tax lists, etc., which precede the dates of American settlement. In these the prevailing spelling is Davison, with a few Davidson. I am now arranging for like records from Scotland and have much from England. In short, so far as there are authentic foreign records, which antedate the American settlements I hope to print the same, thinking thus many American branches may unite in one great family at an earlier date.
Even educated people unacquainted with genealogical research do not appreciate the extent of the labor and expense required to compile the records of an early Colonial family. The compiler of the Peck genealogy devoted seventeen years to the work—his was an early work and went begging for buyers at the time and now is difficult to obtain at $25.00 per volume. The author of a Stowell genealogy just issued began twenty years ago; for the last ten years he and a secretary have devoted their entire time to the work and incurred many thousand dollars in expenses—"his gift to the family"—and now offers his work at cost of printing. Henry C. Quimby has likewise spent more than ten years in collecting and preparing the materials—his contribution to kindred.
Our experience is the same. Our work is multiplied by the diversity of spelling of the name. An educated Davidson of Texas, who holds a high position answers a request for data, "You are Davison , you do not want my record." Another member of his family, ex-Attorney General of his state, who had examined, says after naming the first members of the family in North Carolina, that they uniformly made their first land entries as Davisons . Land was patented in Lancaster county, Pa., to the emigrant ancestor of the Texas gentlemen in the name, " John Davison ." Do not hesitate to give us your family history because you have known no name but Davison or Davidson . The name you use will be printed as used. Few of the Dhal of America are of Highland Scotch who had enough Scandinavian to give them Davidson . We were of southern and middle Scotland—lowlanders and borderers—and the name was generally Davison , sometimes Davinson .
Again some think if they should report their family next month a book should come at once and fear it may never be produced—or they might find something they do not want printed. Send such data as you would have succeeding generations know. As to publication, if I die, there will be found in the safe, provision for and a requirement upon, my sons to complete and publish the same. We are not expending these best years of life to be thrown in the waste basket. All copy is kept in a fireproof safe with financial provision for printing the same.
You will find the records include many very worthy characters—but it is noted more seem interested in knowing whether they are related to John Davison Rockefeller than to the Reverend Archbishop of Canterbury. There are high points and low points—the average is very creditable. We cannot all do as Alice Davison did at her recent wedding reception, have a thousand callers including the Morgans, Rockefellers, Belmonts etc. She is the sixth generation from Jeames and Agnes of Stow—who never dreamed of such and only a few generations from her Revolutionary ancestor, Edward of Guilford, who went to mill upon horseback, never to be heard of again. Her father Henry P. Davison, during the World War, has put us all under lasting obligations to the family—to whom homage is paid.
The descendants of Thomas (Daniel) trace their ancestry to Alfred the Great—William the Conqueror and the like.
For four years, since retiring from state service, I have given my whole time to this work. Will you not aid me to an early completion of the work? I ask no financial aid, although the expense is great and the returns will be almost nothing in money, but the history will be put in the libraries for the benefit of coming generations.
There are a few to whom my appeal will be in vain, and they are not of the uneducated members of the Clan. The loss will be to their descendants.
In preparing facts give all names in full. Try to tell the place where each person was born, lived and was buried at death. Tell what they did or are doing. Date of birth, marriage and death, if known. It is better to put the day of month, before name of month, as 25th March, 1919. Write plainly. Do not leave us to guess whether it is Ray or Roy. Dot your "i's" and leave your "e's" open. It will provoke you if your name is misspelled because you were careless. Poor writing is not so dangerous as careless writing in making records. Use b. or born, m. for marriage, d. for death.
Do not confine your statement to the items called for in the blank form. Be sure to give full information as to marriage dates, as well as to births and deaths. Do not fail to reveal the wife's mother's maiden or family name. This applies to wives of ancestors, when known.
Use an additional sheet of paper to tell all about yourself, your occupation, important things of your life, or of members of your family. Do not be too modest, the reader will not know who furnished the facts. Thus tell your great grandchild, what you would know of your great grandfather's life.
Give me the family traditions with the facts known.
Your line is wanted, whether it has been in America one or ten generations. The later arrivals help to make the foreign connection. There are several important lines not mentioned herein. I shall print all the data furnished; if we cannot give it the proper place, the facts will be available for future students to use.
I do not expect much from each individual; send me what you can and I will be thankful for that.
If you receive a stamped return envelope, do me the courtesy to use it, even though it be to tell you are a Hebrew or of Scandinavian ancestry.
The time is fast approaching when delays will be very important in this work. Copy is being written each day with ample provision for insertion of eleventh hour data, but this has limitations, and I urge prompt action. Kindly aid me.
Respectfully,
A. H. DAVISON, 1272 East Ninth Street, Des Moines, Iowa.

1710.E..
A. H. DAVISON 1272 EAST NINTH STREET DES MOINES, IOWA
MEMBER IOWA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions (Revolutionary War - Dept.)
March 13 1922.
Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me a brief statement of the family data that appears in applications of John Van Marten Mater or Matre of New Jersey and of his wife's application No 20235 as given me at Trenton, N.J. - I have not the husband's pension claim No.
My wife is of these people,
I shall be greatly obliged by your kindness,
Respectfully
A. H. Davison
A. H. DAVISON, 1272 East 9th Street, Des Moines, Iowa

E. BURTON WELLS,
TELEPHONE 122.
TANNING MATERIALS,
DYE STUFFS AND . . . . .
CHEMICALS . . . . .
#21 W. Melcher St.,
JOHNSTOWN, N. Y., Feb. 16 th 1909
Dept of the Interior Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Could you give me the military history of John Van Marter (or Van Meter) a soldier of the Revolutionary War. I am also interested to know when and where he was born and died.
Respectfully yours.
Mrs. E. Burton Wells Pres. Col. Willett Society C. A. R.
I think John Van Marter came from New Jersey. Would also state his wife's name was Sarah Henderson.

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss Personally came before me Henry Valentine Esquire one of the justices of the peace in and for said county. Albert Coonhoven of Charleston in said county a person to me well known. Who being by me duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with John Van Mater of Johnstown in said county and that he is the same person who served in the revolutionary war in the New Jersey Line in the third regiment commanded by Elias Dayton and Company commanded by Captain Mitchell and that said John Van Mater is now living and is a son of Richard Van Mater
Albert Coonhoven
Subscribed and sworn to this 10 th day of July 1820
Before me Henry Valentine Justice of the peace
State of New York } Montgomery County } ss Personally came before me Henry Valentine Esquire one of the justices of the peace in and for said county. Moses Applegate a person to me well known who being by me duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with John Van Mater of Johnstown in said county and that he is the same person who served in the revolutionary war in the New Jersey Line in the third regiment commanded by Elias Dayton, and Company commanded by Captain Mitchell and that said John Van Mater is now living and is a son of Richard Van Mater -
Moses Applegate
Subscribed and sworn to this 10 th day of July 1820
Before me Henry Valentine Justice of the peace

State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's office
I John M c Carthy Clerk of the said County do certify that Henry Valentines before whom the within affidavit appears to have been subscribed and sworn to is one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal the 10 th Day of July 1820.
Jno M c Carthy

War Department, Pension Office, May 17 th 1820.
Sir,
From peculiar circumstances relating to your statement made for the purpose of obtaining a pension, it becomes necessary for you to adduce evidence of identity before you can receive the gratuity you claim. The testimony of at least two credible and disinterested witnesses will be required, proving that you are the same person who served in the New Jersey line and in the regiment and company as set forth in your declaration. The affidavits must be made before duly qualified magistrates whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
I am, with due respect, J. L. Edwards
W m John Van Mater, Johnstown, Montgomery Co New York. —

2359 Declaration
Sarah Van Matre
$120 per ann
Curtis Moser Marcellus N. York

State of New York } Onondaga County } Js.
On this 17 th day of June in the Year 1843 personally appeared before me Curtis Moses a Commissioner of Drets in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Van Mater a resident of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga age Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of John Van Mater who was a Sergeant Major in the Army of the Revolution (does not recollect the Regiment or Corps in which he served) That she received a pension of $120. per annum under the Act of July 7. 1838. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on Sarah Van Mater the day and year above written before me
Curtis Moses
Commissioner of Drets
I certify that Sarah Van Mater the above named declarant is personally known to me and that she has drawn a Pension under the Act of July 7. 1838
Curtis Moses
Commissioner of Drets

State of New-York, Onondaga County, Clerk's Office,
ss.
I certify that Curtis Moses Esquire before whom the within Declaration was sworn to, was at the date of the same, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County, and as such, duly authorized to administer oaths, and take affidavits, that I am acquainted with his hand writing & hereby believe that the signature to the first of the said Declaration is genuine. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Syracuse this 22 d . day of June 1843.
Chas. T. Hicks Clerk

5470 May 27.
Post.
7 July 1838.
Sarah Van Malen Mister John
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington D.C.

To Sir
I send you enclosed the papers relative to the Pensions of Mrs. Sarah Van Meeteren - you will oblige her by giving her case your earliest attention -
You will please return - to Abraham Van Meeteren Neorie at Gouda Mont. Co. N.Y.
Yours with Esteem
Abraham Van Neorie U.S.M.

Hon. Sam. M. Bell
Oct 6.
Hon. Lewis Ross, Secy. of War Washington
FREE Pension papers Pension office

Sept. 26th. 1832.
Sir,
I enclose to you proof relative to the decease of My husband John Van Mateer, a pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death.
If the papers are correct so as to entitle me to draw the amount due to me will you have the goodness to enclose to me the check or draft for the same directed to me at Johnstown, Mont. Co., New York" - or if the Papers are defective please to enclose & direct to me as above.
Yours with respect.
Sarah Vanmateer
I know the above widow to be the relict of the deceased Pensioner named in the enclosed papers & known the Pensioner well in his lifetime.
A. Haring First Judge - of Montgomery.

Montgomery County ss: on this 10 th day of June one thousand Eight hundred and twenty three personally appeared in Open court being a court of record of the said County of Montgomery called the Court of Common Pleas proceeding according to the course of the Common Law having the power of life and imprison- ment John Van Alstine resident in said County aged seventy two Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 That he the said John Van Alstine in the fore part of the summer of 1776 enlisted at Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey as a soldier during the war in Captain Pattersons Company and Colonel Dayton Regiment of the New Jersey line called the third Regiment on the Continental establishment that he continued in said Regiment until the close of the war in the Year 1783 when he was hon- orably discharged from the said service at New burgh in the State of New York with the rest of the troops that he continued in said Company and Regiment through all the changes of office during the said time except in one instance he was drafted in the Light Infantry under the Ma- rquis De La Fayette for the purpose of serving at the siege of York-town where he continued till the taking of Cornwallis That he was likewise in the battle of Monmouth Brandywine

and Germantown and that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citi- zen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
Schedule of property now owned or possessed by John Van Alstyne -
Real property, I have none
Personal property, I have 7 horses & 1 mule one cow 6 sheep, 14 plates, 2 old tables, 2 pots, 1 pan, 7 milk pans, 1 dresser, 1 closet, 1 stand 1 large wheel, 1 small wheel, 6 spoons, 6 cups & saucers, 1 tea pot, 1 tea canister, 1 sugar bowl, 1 wash tub, 1 water pail, 1 swill pail, 1 tea kettle, 1 sow, 1 pig, 2 old barrels, 1 shovel & tongs, 2 bottles, 2 jugs, 1 two gallon key, 1 churn
John V. Alstyne

And the said John Van Alstyne further swears that his personal property which was inventoried in a schedule and sworn to in this Court on the 13 th day of June 1825 have been sold by virtue of executions issued on judgments in favor of John Sissell and Daniel Fisher that the debts for which said judgments were rendered against him were bona fide due and owing to them by the said John and that the sale of his property on said executions makes the difference between the first schedule and that now presented and that many of the Articles enumerated in the schedule of the 13 th day of October 1825 and which was transmitted with my insufficient papers to the war office at Washington have been consumed for use or destroyed by accident that he is at present justly indebted to creditors in the sum of eighty Dollars that he is by occupation a farmer and laborer that he has a family of four his daughter Getty being married for whom he provides his wife Sally aged sixty three years infirm and unable to do much and two sons John and Daniel of full age but not very efficient who do manual labor when they can obtain employment in the neighborhood and at other times return home to live with the said John and who consume rather than add to his scanty means of livelihood That I am so troubled with Rheumatism and other infirmities on account of age and hardships that I am not able to do much work and in fact have to depend on my boys to do what little work is done that I have no means

of Livelihood except what is above stated and the pensions which I have received from the United States which has been paid to me up to the 11 th day of March 1825 and that I can not sup- port myself without the assistance of Government or of public or private Charity that since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
First schedule of John San elaters property made June 15 th 1824. Real estate I have none. Personal property consisting of a stock and stores Young cattle sheep & hogs $215. Farming utensils Waggon ploughs sleighs $65. Household & kitchen furniture $10. all of which have been disposed of by sale in the following manner
   Items of property To whom sold Time of sale Amount Received by Constable     Two ploughs one set of harness To Daniel Fisher September 4 th 1824 $5.25   Waggon & harness Do Do 10.00   3 Horses To John Liswell Do 60.00 Sold   2 Calves Daniel Fisher Do 3.00   3 Head Cattle Do Do 20.50   Grain &c Do Do 11.75 on   Sleigh & cutting box John Liswell Do 6.50   A lot of hay & grain in the mows Daniel Fisher Do 9.25 executions   A quantity of Rye in a Barrick Peter Congne Do 11.25   $137.50  
That on the 15 th day of June 1820 he was laboring on a farm and was to receive his pay in the prod- uce thereof and that he could not thereof at that time have enumerated in his inventory the hay and grain so above sold because it not yet grown

John N. Water
Montgomery County ss: Adam E. Vetter being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that in the Year 1820 he was a Constable of the town of Johnstown in said County that some time in the month of August of said Year he received from John Lisswell out of the office of John Nottingham Esq. then acting as a Magistrate of the said town two executions in favor of John Lisswell against the above mentioned John Van Water for $66.95 damages and costs in the whole two executions in favor of Daniel Fisher for $53-12 1/2 damages and costs in the whole all against the said John Van Water. That on the 30 th day of August of the same Year he made a Levy on the person & property of the said John according to law by virtue of said executions That he advertised and on the 14 th day of September following he sold at public vendue according to law on said executions the items of property above mentioned to the persons and for the sums above mentioned and that the sales as far as he was concerned and to the best of his knowledge were bona fide & legal and that the Plaintiffs in said executions released him from all liability therein as a public officer.
Subscribed & sworn to This 10 th day of June 1823
Before me
Aaron Haring first Judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas New York State
Adam E. Vetter late Constable

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. I Henry H. Yates Clerk of the court of common pleas of the said county, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said court, that the within named, John Van Klief, did serve in the revo- lutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copies from the records of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Forty Dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, the Tenth day of June 1823.
Henry H. Yates Clerk
John Van Klief Sept 19

John Van Klief
Not entitled
2222
11 Aug. 1878

State of New York County of Montgomery ss. On this 15 day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said County of Montgomery called the court of common pleas proceeding according to the principles of common law having the power of fine and imprisonment John Van Mater aged sixty nine years resident in Johnstown in said state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolu- tionary war as follows in Captain Patroon House. Jonathan Freeman and Mitchell's companies in Colonel Dayton's regiment in the New Jersey line called the 3 rd regiment on the continental establishment as is mentioned in my original declaration. that the date of my original declaration is the 5 th day of April 1818, and the number of my certificate is 2222 And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with int- ent thereby or to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolu- tionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subs- cribed
Sworn to and declared in open court the 15 th day of June 1820 John Van Mater In open court, Clerk
Real Estate I have none either in possession, reversion remainder or expect- ancy. Personal Estate Stock

consisting of Cows. Horses Young cattle. Sheep and Dogs = $215.00 Farming utensils. Waggon Plough & Sleigh = $65.00. Household and kitchen furniture = $10.00. = $290.00
owe the following debts. To Daniel Nihor Notes - $30.00. "John Liswell 24.00." Drow Van Keuten 22.00. "Richard Houghtaling 2.00." "John Devoe 13.00. John Taylor 8.00 "Mr. Peckham 18.00. "William Pypert 20.00 and in small debts 10.00 = $151.00 that I am a farmer by occupation that my wife aged fifty eight years and two children are eighteen and the other nine ten live with me and depend on me for a living. that I have no means of support except by manual labour and the pension which I receive from the United States. And further saith not John Van Mater
John Van Mater
State of New York Montgomery County Clerks Office I John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of common pleas in and for the said county do hereby certify that the fore- going oath and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of the said court. And I further certify that it is proved to the satisfaction of the said court by the oaths of two credible witnesses and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Two hundred ninety Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on the 15 th day of June 1820
J. M. McCarthy