Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,167, William Van Northstrand, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Van Northstrand, William
8.17.167
Carded.
CONTENTS

New York N o 24,941
William Van Northstrand of Montg. Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hammond in the N. York Troops line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1834 and sent to J. V. Berry Johnstown N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 240.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. " 40.00 $280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E, Vol. 4 Page 88
Wife of William not on roll.

William, Van North Strand,
Swan Application

11 State of New York Montgomery County 33
On this 19 th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery and State of New York, now sitting William Van Northstrand a resident of the Town of Johnstown in the County and State of New York, aforesaid, aged sixty six years in the Month of October, last past, 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 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served, as herein stated: Your applicant says that he volunteered into the Yeas Service in the year 1779: in the Militia Service, in a Company commanded by Captain George Combs. Lieutenant John Van Wart, & Ensign Jacob Van Tassel, belonging to the Regiment of Colonel James Hammond the names of the other officers he does not recollect, that he resided at Greensburgh, West Chester County & State of New York, at that time when he volunteered as above stated, that he went out early in the Spring of that year and before the time for which he had entered the service had expired he Your applicant was taken a Prisoner by the British and taken down to the City of New York, which was then in the possession of the British, that he was taken Prisoner on the seventeenth day of December in that year and remained a Prisoner until the fifth of November 1780: Your applicant says that at the time he went out he went from his said place of residence to a Place called Morrisescam in the South End of West Chester County, for the purpose of catching the Tories & opposing the British; He was  out six months, besides the time he was in captivity Your applicant says that he again in the Spring of the year of 1781, volunteered into the Militia Service, under Captain Honeywell, Lieutenants name and the other officers names he does not recollect belonging to the Company that this company was commanded by and belonged to Colonel

Hammonds Regiment, that he went from West Chester County to the White Plains and along the frontiers of that County, that he was during the whole of the summer of this year, out occasionally and frequently, the particular times when he went out and when discharged he this applicant is wholly unable to state: Your applicant says that he was out in the summer & spring of the year following 1782 under the same officers, & in the same manner: And your applicant says that he was out in those two years at least two  three Months: And your applicant says that he knows of no person, with whom he can prove those services, except Easter Van Wart, a sister of his, who knows that he was engaged in the services and knows of his going out. And your applicant further says, that he was born in West Chester County & State of New York in the year 1765, on the first day of October; He has no other record of his age except his family Bible: And your applicant says that, there is a Bible in the City of New York in the possession of his sister, belonging to his fathers family: Your applicant says that he has resided since the revolution in Johnstown Montgomery County, That he resided at the place where he was born when called into the service.
He recollects none of the regular officers, or other circumstances, which he thinks material. He is acquainted with the following persons residing in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution to wit, Simon Haring, Abraham Van Horn, Abraham Van, Wort & others: He has no written discharges, or documentary evidence.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except, the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
William Van North Stran

We Abraham Van Horn a clergyman residing in the Town of Johnstown and William  Abraham Van Woort residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Van Northstrand that we believe him to be 66 years of age in the month of October last past, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Abraham Van Horn D.D.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Abraham Van Woort
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
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 residing in the town of Johnstown and that Abraham Van Woort is a resident of the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credence.
I George D Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of William Van Northstrand for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of September 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson

Please send Certif. to Geo. W. Berry Johnus M.N.

Van North Strand
22881

State of New York Montgomery County } ss.
On this 20 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Montgomery & State of New York, while the court were in session, Ester Van Wart, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth depose and say that she is the sister of William Van, Northstrand and is seven years older than her brother, that she was born in the same place that her said brother was born, that she knows that he was out frequently during the Revolutionary war, and served as he states in his declaration and further this deponent says not her Ester Van Wart mark
State of New York } ss. Montgomery County } ss.
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery, do hereby certify that at the September Term of this court in 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges thereof Ester Van Wart, whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit and the said court declare their opinion that the said Ester Van Wart is a person of respectability, creditability and entitled to credit and the said court at the said did order me their clerk to certify the same to the War Department.
In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 7 th February 1833.
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York Montgomery County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for said county William Van Northstrand being duly sworn deposed 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 1 year & 6 months I served as a private under the officers named in the declaration in which he gives the name of the company officers & his col, the following and the time when taken a captive and when liberated from captivity, the following only he says he does not state in his declaration when he was taken a prisoner which he now does, he was taken at a place which was called a mile square between the White Plains & Kings Bridge. The service done before he was taken a prisoner was all done in West Chester County; For 6 months I served as a private under Captain Honeywell in Col Hammonds Regiment in the summers of 1781 & 1782. He cannot state the names of the other officers he says the service was performed in West Chester County on the frontiers of said county. He was all the time in the field on duty while out, and for the time during the time which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit; for the above services I claim a pension the following
Subscribed this 10th day of June 1833 Before me William Van Northstrand Aaron Haring Justice of the Peace

State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Aaron Haring Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of the said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name subscribed to the within affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14th June 1833.
Geo: D. Ferguson

22881
William van North Strand Montgomery County New York
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J. V. Berry Sons Johnstown New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 183 3
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William van Northstrand Mont-gomery Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. 1779 1 6 pr. Capt Lamb Col - Hammam N. York 88 Greensburgh N. York Traditionary   1781 " Capt Honeywell " Living Witness   1782 6 " " "   1 12  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr R Newman will send answer to pro v Berry of Hudson Mont County N Y

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payment be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[5] 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 claimant's 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.
[6] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Andrews
E. Keenan clk

May 10, 1940
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WILLIAM VAN NORTHSTRAND S. 17167 BA-J/MLB am
Mr. Burt G. Close 360 South Gore Avenue Webster Groves, Missouri
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your personal request of May 7, for the Revolutionary War record of William Van Northstrand (S. 17167).
The record follows of William Van Northstrand (as soldier signed, but in Dutch he was known as Van Ostrand). The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17167, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William Van Northstrand was born October 1, 1765, in Greensburg, Westchester County, New York; the names of his parents are not shown.
While living with his father in Greensburg, New York, William Van Northstrand volunteered early in the spring of 1779 for the term of one year, served as private in Captain George Combs' company, Colonel Joseph Drake's New York regiment; one John Van Wart served with him on this tour as lieutenant. Before the time for which he entered expired, he was taken prisoner by the British December 17, 1779, at a place called Mile Square between White Plains and Kings Bridge, was carried to New York City then being held by the British where he was confined until November 5, 1780. He volunteered again in the spring of 1781, served during the spring and summer of that year and in 1782, amounting to six months for the two years, as private in Captain Israel Honeywell's company, Colonel Hamman's New York regiment.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York.

It is not shown in the claim whether William Van Northstrand ever married.
Easter Van Wart, sister of William Van Northstrand, was born in Greensburg, Westchester County, New York, and was seven years older than he. She was residing in New York City in 1832.
In 1832, one Abraham Van Wart was living in Johnstown, New York; his relationship to soldier's sister, Easter Van Wart, or to Lieutenant John Van Wart with whom William Van Northstrand served a tour, was not stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Van Northstrand Certificate No. 24941 Issued March 21, 1834 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1940, May 10 - Hrt to Burd G. Close W.R.B.
17.167 INVALID.
File No. 17.167
William B. Northcutt
Pr. Rev. 1882
Act: June 7 th '89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 448
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Burt G. Glose 360 So Gore av. Webster Groves. Mo.
Furnish record to above of William Van Northstrand S. 17167, Rev. War.
2 carb's one to send him
May 7, 1940

FREE
Hon S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
12/2/52 11000 Broadview Road Johnstown, N.Y.

Johnstown, Sep Oct 26. 1833
Hon S L. Edwards.
Enclosed I send you
further prooff in the case of William Van Northwaad otherwise called according to the Dutch phraseology William Van Ostrand I suppose you cannot have the least doubt of his services after looking at the two affidavits and the certificate of the Comptroller of this State. It is not very probable that the state would pay a man for services if they had not been rendered.
Yours Respectfully
Wm Burritt
Please send an answer soon at least before he dies of old age

"We the subscribers do hereby acknowledge to have received of Capt. Israel Honeywell the several sums affixed to our names in Certificates issued by the Treasurer, pursuant to an act of the Legislature passed the 27th day of April 1784, being for the military services performed by us in the years 1780: 1781 & 1782, or transferred to us by those who have done said service."
   "To whom payable" "To whom transferred" When received No. of Certificates "Warrants to the work" "Amount of Certificates"   "L." S. D."     "William Van Ostrandt ..... Apr. 5-1785 2 ..... 22 15 6"  
State of New York } Comptroller's Office }
I certify that I have compared the above extract with the original paper on file in this office purporting to be an original pay roll of Capt. Israel Honeywell's company of militia in the service during the Revolutionary war, and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of the said original so far as the same relates to the name of William Van Ostrandt.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of my office to be affixed this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Isaac Wright, Jr. Comptroller.

State of New York 3 rd . Westchester County ss 3 rd .
Nicholas Banker of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County aged (as he alledges) Twenty five years, being by me duly Sworn Saith that he has been acquainted with William Vanstrand otherwise called W m Van northstrand from some time in the year 1773 that before the Revolutionary War he resided within about one mile of the residence of the said William. That he was in the Month of December 1779 was with a Party of the Westchester County Militia who made an excursion to the British lines. That after capturing a Number of the British Refugees and and were on their return they were pursued and overtaken by the said Refugees who retook the Prisoners thus taken and killed three and captured Six of our said Party That he has always understood and Still verily believes that the said William was one of the Americans thus captured by the said British Refugees and the said William was kept a Prisoner by the British about ten  some Months, that that the said William was absent from during about that time and Deponent has never heard it doubted by any Person but that the said William was so kept as a prisoner during that time by the British in the City of New York that Deponent made his escape at that time
Sworn and subscribed by the said Nicholas Banker this 18 th day of October 1833
Before me
Nicholas Banker
John Paulding Jr Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that Nicholas Banker the person who subscribed and swore to the above deposition is well known to me and that he is a Person whose oath is intitled to the fullest credit
October 18 th 1833
John Paulding Jr Justice of the peace

State of New York 3
Westchester County ss 3
Samuel Youngs of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County of Westchester aged (as he alledges) Seventy three years on the fourteenth day of May last being by me duly Swoorn Saith that he has been acquainted with William Van Northbrand otherwise called William Vanstrand formerly of that part of the said County now called Greenburgh but who now resides in Johnstown in the County of Montgomery in the said State ever since some time in the year 1777. That the said William then resided with his Father about three Miles from the then residence of the Deponent. That he will remember that the said William embarked at a very early age as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in Col d Joseph Brakes Regiment then commanded by Lt d Col d James Hammand that the Deponent was then a Sergeant in Capt d Jesse Bakers Company in said Regiment. That he has frequently been on duty with the said William while he was doing duty as a Soldier on American lines in the said County. That he also will remember that in year 1779 the said Regiment was ordered out to guard those lines and to protect the inhabitants residing near those lines from the depredating parties of the British Refugees. That those of the said Regiment who were thus called into Service drew provisions from the Continental Store at Bedford. That they continued in that Service for the term of one year for which they drew pay from the State of New York that the Deponent drew pay as a Sergeant for that Service that said William was a Soldier in the said Regiment at that time that he will remember seeing the said William in Service at sundry times and is fully impressed with a belief that the said William drew his pay from this State for said Service for the term of one year. That the Deponent also remembers the time the said William was taken prisoner by the British Refugees that he has always understood and still believes that the said William was confined as a Prisoner at that time about ten months. And the said William was always deemed an active Soldier in the Revolutionary War and continued true and faithful to the American Revolutionary cause to the end of the said War
Swoorn and subscribed by the said Samuel Youngs this 18 th day of October 1833
Sam l Youngs
Before me John Paulding Jr Justice of the peace

I do hereby certify that Samuel Young the Person who Subscribed and made oath to the within Affidavit is and has been for a Number years well known to me and that his oath is entitled to full credit
October 1833
John Paulding Esq. Justice of the Peace
I, Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of the Westchester, State of New York, do hereby here- by certify that John Paulding Esq. before whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit was sworn to was is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Westchester aforesaid duly elected & sworn and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the several signatures subscribed to the same & the accompanying certificates as his own genuine In testimony whereof, I have hereunto af- fixed the seal of said County and sub- scribed my name this 18 th day of October 1833
N. Bayles Clerk
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