Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6367, Garret Voorhis, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Voorhis, Garret Voorhies
W 6367
Matilda
CONTENTS

New Jersey 1264
Matilda Voorhies widow of Garret Voorhies
who died on the 18. October 1823 of Middlesex Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Johnson of the Line N. Jersey Inf. by in the N. Jersey Inf. time for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 55 Dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of August 1837 and sent to Mrs. J. F. Randolph, N. Brunswick, N. J.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 330.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th " 27.50 $357.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 - Page 133

Declaration
of Matilda Voorhees, of the State of New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the act of Congress of July 1836
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } ss
On this fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Matilda Voorhees, residing in said County, aged eighty one years, who being duly sworn, in her oath makes the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress of July 4. 1836. That she is the widow of Garnet Voorhees, formerly of the County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, deceased. That her husband, the said Garnet Voorhees, belonged in the war of the Revolution to the company of mi- litia commanded by Capt Philip McHenry; that he was a sergeant in said company from the beginning to the end of the war, and acted in that capacity in all the service that he ren- dered; that with respect to such service, she can- not enter into the particulars she is informed the rules of the War department require, and must therefore rely upon the testimony of those that remain who may have done service with him or been in circumstances to give them a knowledge of it.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Garnet Voorhees on the eighth day of Fe- bruary in the year seventeen hundred and seventy

Sir, by the Rev Mr Ferriss, of St. Hilaire  St. Augustine long since deceased; that a record of their marriage toge- ther with a record of the birth of the children, the is- sue of such marriage, was made by her husband in Dutch, and is forwarded with their application; that her husband, the aforesaid Ganeet Voorhees, died on the eighteenth day of October, 1845, one hundred and twenty three; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed. Subscribed Mon the day of March Matilda Voorhees year aforesaid, before me Peter P. Duryee Judge
Whereupon the Court gave it as their opinion, that the said Matilda Voorhees is the widow legal representative of Ganeet Voorhees, late of the County of Somerset, dec'd and has not intermarried since her death; and that the said Ganeet Voorhees was a revolutionary soldier, and a sergeant in the company of militia commanded by Capt. Hultgren.
I Nicholas Booraeu Clerk of the Court of Somerset Reas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Matilda Voorhees for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. N Booraeu clerk

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County) On this fourteenth day of March, 1837, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Phoebe Moore, known to me as a credible person, whose testimony may be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on her oath saith, that she is in the 74 th year of her age, and a sister to Matilda Voorhies, widow of Ganet Voorhies, formerly of the County of Somerset, dec d . That she knows of the marriage of her said sister Matilda, then Matilda Atmar, to the said Ganet Voorhies, etc. was present at the wedding; has a distinct recollection of it: A little place in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, the year of the Declaration of Independence; they were married by the Rev Mr. Herim, of Millstone, at her father's house; knows that her said sister Matilda is now living the widow of said Ganet Voorhies, not having intermarried since the death of said Voorhies. The deponent further saith that she has a vivid recollection of a part of the military service of said Ganet Voorhies, in the war of the Revolution; knows that he belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Hucherson, and that he was a sergeant in that company; knows that he was out very frequently from home, in fact more than half the time. She, the deponent, used to stay with her sister frequently during the absence of her husband, the said Voorhies. Deponent lived within a few hundred yards of her sister. Knows that the buildings of the said Voorhies were burned by the enemy. - That, she thinks, was in 1779, in consequence of the active part & the great efficiency of the said Voorhies. Has a general recollection of said Voorhies's services from the beginning to the end of the war, and knows that he was in the war the whole time of its existence.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Peter P. Haring, Justice of the Peace
Phoebe Moore

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } On this fourteenth day of March 1837. Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John G. Voorhees, known to me as a credible person, whose testimony may be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath says, that he is in the 45th year of his age, and son of the late Garret Voorhees, of the County of Somerset, decd. and of Allendale Voorhees; that the said Garret Voorhees departed this life on the 18th day of October 1823, and that his mother, Matilda Voorhees is now living, the widow of said Garret, and has never been married since the death of said Garret; that he has a know- ledge of a family record in Dutch, made by his late father, which said record contains the time of the mar- riage of his father & mother, as well as the dates of the birth of their children; that he has always regarded this as the true family record, and the original one, and that there is no other, to his knowledge, in existence.
Then the said the day of year aforesaid before me Peter P. Nuyson Justice of the Peace
John G. Voorhees

1750 den 4 maert ben ik Gerret Voorhees geboren 1756 den 21 dagh van maert is Mareche Ditmarus geboren 1776 den 8 dagh van febrewarie ben ik Gerret Voorhees getrouwt met Marreche Ditmarus
1776 den 22. Dagh van November is ons een soon geboren ende is genaemt Gerret Voorhees ende is gestorven den 23 dagh van maert in het ijaer 1777
1778 den 11 dagh van mej is ons een Dochter geboren ende is genaemt Lena Voorhees
1780 den 27 dagh van mej is ons een Dochter gebore ende is genaemt Neette Voorhees
1782 den 15 dagh van September is ons een Dochter geborn ende is genaemt Janceche Voorhees
1784 den 5 dagh van November is ons een soon geboren ende is genaemt Gerret Voorhees
1787 den 11 dagh van mej is ons een Dochter geboren ende is genaemt Dinah Voorhees
1789 den 24 dagh van September is ons een Dochter geborn ende is genaemt Antee Voorhees
1793 den 17 dagh van janewarie is ons een soon geborn ende is genaemt Johanne
1796 den 20 Dagh van june is ons een soon geboren ende is genaemt Raelij Voorhees

October 26 1798 a Daughter was born named Maria my Daughter Nelly. Departed this life Feb. 18 th 1810 in the thirtieth year of her age October 18 th 1823 Garret Voorhies Departed this Life

State of New Jersey Middlesex County, ss. On this 14 th day of March, 1837, be- fore me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of personally appeared David Voorhees, known to me as a credible person, whose testimony may be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution and now in the receipt of a Pension as such; that he was intimately acquainted, during the war of the Revolution, with Garret Voorhees, of the County of Somerset, deceased, lived with said Voorhees several years, and served an apprenticeship to him in the Black- smith business, and belonged to the same company of mi- litia; Knows that said Voorhees was a sergeant in the com- pany of Capt. Bullock, and did serve as a sergeant he believes throughout the war - recollects that he was a sergeant in the early part of the war, for that he had order to warn out the men in 1777, just before the battle of Germantown - remembers that they were at the tea table when the order came, and that he had to start immediately. The first service of said Garret Voorhees which the respondent can specify distinctly was in 1776 in June or July, when the enemy had landed, or was about to land, on Staten Island. Said Voorhees was then out in his company under Capt. Bullock at least one month at Bergen and that neighborhood, to watch and repel the enemy. Said Voorhees was in the same year another month in Bergen County under the same captain, after the enemy was on Long Island, doing similar service. In the early part of the winter of 1777, when the enemy was in Pennsylvania, said Voor- hees was out one month along the Millstone, under Capt. Baird. In the same year said Voorhees served another month at Pompton under Capt. Lusk, in resisting that part of the country from the enemy.

4- afterwards in the same year the said Voorhees served one the month under Capt Sott, about the time the enemy left New Brunswick, to pursue Sannyoy him. In the fall of the same year, the said Voorhees performed another tour to Germantown, under Capt Pulkeran, and was in that battle. In the early part of 1778 the said Voorhees served a tour of a month at Elizabethtown under Capt Pulkeran, in guarding the lines. In the same year he was  did a tour of a month immediately pre- ceding, and at the battle of Monmouth, going into New Jersey to meet & arrest the projects of the enemy. This was under Capt Pulkeran. In the same year said Voorhees did another tour of a month under Capt Keyhon at Elizabethtown, in the service of guarding the lines. In 1779, about May said Voorhees did a tour of a month at Elizabethtown under Capt Pulkeran. Same year said Voorhees did another tour of a month at Elizabethtown, in guarding the lines, under Capt Abrn Van Heist. In the year 1780 deponent left the service of said Voorhees, & cannot speak positively as to his further military duty. He is positive as to the said Voorhees being a Sergeant, and during the whole war, as he verily believes - certainly as early as 1777. Said Voorhees was uncommonly active and efficient in the service, and so incurred the dislike & hatred of the enemy, that his buildings were plundered repeatedly, and finally all burned to the ground. The depo- nent has also a knowledge of the marriage of the said Voorhees with Matilda Ditsmar, now Matilda Voorhees. This took place in 1776 whilst this deponent was an apprentice to him. He is certain upon this point, as his apprenticeship commenced in 1774, and terminated in 1780, and the marriage took place about two years after his indenture. Deponent also knows that said

Garet Voorhees is now dead, that the said Mathilda sur- vives him, under his will, not having interim armed since his death.
Subscribed sworn the day 3 year aforesaid, before me
David Voorhees
Peter D. Armstrong Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey, Middlesex County. On this seventh day of April, 1857, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Peter Van Gort, known to me as a credible person, whose testimony may be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he was intimately acquainted with Garet Voorhees, Blacksmith, formerly of the County of Somerset, N.J. deceased. Knapp said Voorhees during the war of the Revolution, Knapp that he belonged to the company of militia company by Capt Halkerson, and that he was a Sergeant in said Company. Knapp that he was engaged in the militia from the begin- ning to the close of the war. That he was a very active and efficient soldier, and so far incurred the hatred of the enemy, as to have his buildings burned by him dur- ing the war. Said deponent cannot trace the said Voor- hees through all his services in the war, and specify his tours, &c. but he can unqualifiedly say, that he was out in each and every year of the war, and did his full share of duty, which deponent well knows was occupied a large part of the time of every able bodied man, true to his country, the whole of the war.
Subscribed sworn the day 3 of said, before me
P. Van Gort
Peter D. Armstrong Justice of the Peace

1896 at Seneca Matilda's books
Admitted Private Sergeant 11 months
In Mergenthaler's No. 2444 - No. 1500 Sergeant -
James N. Randolph N. Brant. May 25.

I Nicholas Bownam Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex New Jersey do hereby certify that Peter P. Ruygoy, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was and is a Justice of the Peace, & also a Judge of the Court, duly commissioned therefor, and that his signature thereto, was in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
N Bownam clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
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May 19, 1928
Oscar M. Voorhees, D. D. 145 W. 55th St. New York City.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 6367, it appears that Garret Voorhees was born March 4, 1750, place not stated.
He enlisted in June or July 1776 and served as a sergeant at various times until the close of war in the New Jersey Militia in Captains Philip Fulkerson's, Baird's, Quick's, Lott's, Kershon's, and Abraham Van Nest's Companies, and was in the battle of Germantown.
He married February 8, 1776, Matildah Ditmars (Marreche Ditmarce), who was born March 21, 1756.
The soldier died October 18, 1823. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 14, 1837, at which time she was living in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Their children were-
Gerret            born November 22, 1776, died March 23, 1777.

   Lena  born  May  11,  1778.    Neelte  "  May  27,  1780.    Janeche  "  September  15,  1782.    Gerrat  "  November  5,  1784.    Dinah  "  May  11,  1787.    Antie  "  September  24,  1789.    John or John G.  "  January  17,  1793.    Racley (son)  "  June  20,  1796.    Mary  "  October  26,  1798.   
Also on family record appears "my daughter Nelly died February 18, 1810, thirteen years of age".
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

CHARLES F. THWING, LL. D., PRESIDENT WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY CLEVELAND, OHIO
FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON, LL. D., VICE-PRES. 5234 DORCHESTER AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL.
OSCAR M. VOORHEES, D. D., SECRETARY 145 WEST 55TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y.
DAVID LAYTON, M. S., TREASURER 145 WEST 55TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y.
PHI BETA KAPPA HEADQUARTERS 145 WEST 55TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y.
August 13, 1927
Director Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I understand that Garret Voorhees, a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Middlebush, New Jersey, died on October 18, 1823, and that his widow afterward applied for a pension, her number being 6367. I am writing to ask if a copy of the documents in your possession may be had, and what would be the cost of the copying. The said Garret Voorhees was my great-great grandfather.
Very sincerely yours,
Oscar M. Voorhees
OMV/AD

Ex. BHT Div. RECORD
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19, 1928.
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit and return to this Bureau.
No. of claim Revolutionary War
Name of soldier Garret Voorhees
Sonata Co. N. J. Militia P. O. address of claimant
Company _____
Regiment _____
State where enlisted _____
Date of enlistment _____
Date of discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
E. Morgan Acting Commissioner.

THE PHI BETA KAPPA FOUNDATION
CHARTERED BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
PHI BETA KAPPA HEADQUARTERS 145 WEST 55TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y.
TRUSTEES
FOR TERM ENDING DECEMBER, 1928
ALBERT SHAW GRINNELL '79 FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON BROWN '83 CHARLES F. THWING HARVARD '76 OSCAR M. VOORHEES RUTGERS '88 MARY E. WOOLLEY BROWN '94
FOR TERM ENDING DECEMBER, 1929
JOHN H. FINLEY KNOX '87 NELSON G. MCCREA COLUMBIA '85 CLARK S. NORTHPUP CORNELL '93 ELLEN F. PENDLETON WELLESLEY '86 JAMES R. ANGELL MICHIGAN '90 FOR TERM ENDING DECEMBER, 1930 JOHN G. HIBBEN PRINCETON '82 DARWIN P. KINGSLEY VERMONT '81 BENNO LEWINSON NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE '73 WINIFRED H. MAXFIELD BOSTON '98 *TALCOTT WILLIAMS AMHERST '73
*DECEASED JANUARY 24, 1928
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JOHN H. FINLEY ALBERT SHAW BENNO LEWINSON NELSON G. MCCREA OSCAR M. VOORHEES
OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN, JOHN HUSTON FINLEY VICE-CHAIRMAN, DARWIN P. KINGSLEY SECRETARY, OSCAR M. VOORHEES TREASURER, DAVID LAYTON
September 7, 1928
Winfield Scott, Commissioner Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Since receiving your letter of May 19 in answer to my inquiry respecting the pension granted Mrs. Matildah Ditmars Voorhees, I have examined the family records and find that Neelte was usually spoken of as Nellie. She must have been 30 instead of 13 years of age, at her death. Janeche was Jane, Antie - Ann, and Racley - Ralph. The spelling of these names indicates the Dutch habit of using nicknames.
Very sincerely yours,
Garret Voorhees  Oscar M. Voorhees Somerset Co N.J. OMV/AP Militia

1928. May 19. H. O. R. to Doan M. Voorhies, Cur.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6367
Matilda Voorhies Wid. of Garret Voorhies Sergt. N.Y. Heila
Act: July 4 th 36.
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Janet Voorhies N. Jersey line Indiana
Acc. # 6.367 make new case Quail - Robinson

Garnet Voorhies born March 4 1750 -
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March 21. 1756
Garnet Voorhies born March 4. 1750 Marreke Ditmars " 21. 1756
Garnet Voorhies married and Marreke Ditmars were married on February 8, 1776
On Nov. 22, 1776 born the first son and his name was Gerret Voorhies, died March 23. 1777.
on May 11, 1778 born a daughter - Lena Voorhies
on May 27, 1780 born a daughter - Neette Voorhies

On September 15, 1782 - born a daughter Janecke Voorhies
On Nov. 5, 1784 born a son Gernet Voorhies
On May 11, 1787 born a daughter Dinah Voorhies
On Sept. 24, 1789 born a daughter Antie Voorhies
On January 7, 1793 born a son John.
On June 20, 1796, born a son Radey Voorhies
Oct. 26, 1798 born a daughter Mary
My daughter Nelly died Feb. 18, 1810 13 years of age.