Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,926, Frederick Van Petten, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER _____
Van Petten, Frederick " Van Patten
S. 28926
CONTENTS

Albany 24582
Frederick Van Patten
of Schenectada Co, in the State of N.Y. or 1 who was a Pr. Inf. Bn in the company commanded by Captain Van Patten of the Reg't commanded by Col. Mumplo in the N.York line for 6 months & 1 day Pr. Inf. 9 Battalions
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 50 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of March 1838 and sent to Giles F. Yates, Schenectada, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by D. Brown Book E. 2 Vol. 4 Page
Increased from $20.11
Albany Reg 7th 14/59
Same date 8/59
This correspondence was in connection with Frederick A. Van Patten, S. 11600.
Total of death allowance
AB

11 In the matter of the application of Fred k  W. V. Patten for a Pension
Proceedings
19851
No 74. to the care of Giles F. Yates Schenectady N.Y.
perfect

State of New York County of Schenectady, ss.
On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting Frederick Peter Patten a resident of the town of Glenville in said County & State, aged nearly seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
He was born in the town of Westina of within the town- ship of Schenectady in the then County of Albany, now County of Schenectady in the State (then Colony) of New York, on the Eleventh day day of November 1760 — He has no record of his age except that
When he was called into the service of the United States in the army of the revolution, he was living in said town of Westina _____ and since the revolutionary war he has lived in the same place now town of Glenville in the County of Schenectady in said State — He now lives in the town — of Glenville — aforesaid
He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the month of November 1776 he was enrolled in Captain John Van Patten's company in the Regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple. The names of his other Company & field officers whom he recollects were Dennis Stwart Lieu- tenant & Philip Vedder Lieutenants

The inhabitants of Tryon & Albany Counties being threatened with incursions from the enemy at every point, the militia were called out on numerous occasions, and received scarcely any aid from the regular troops to defend their frontiers. As the Claimant was out with Scouts of the militia & Indians to sundry places, the particular periods of which engagements it is impossible for him to specify. At the Westina fort, he mounted guard almost every day when not out on distant expeditions. He served for the term of three weeks on an alarm to Johnstown - for the term of one month he performed garrison duty at Stone Arabia - he was on duty at the upper fort in Schoharie for a term exceeding one month - After Cobleskill had been destroyed by the enemy, he marched with a detachment to Cobleskill aforesaid in pursuit of the enemy - and after aiding in burying the dead there, returned to said fort in Schoharie & remained on duty at said fort the term of one week. He has marched to Hunter several times - was on duty at Sacandaga one week. While at the last named place he was sergeant of the guard under Major Myndert Wemple. When Raughnawaga was burnt in 1780, he marched with a detachment of militia from Westina aforesaid to German flatts, and was out in this tour more than one week.
In the year 1778, he was drafted & marched to Saratoga & served with the troops at that post and in guarding the

artificers under Colonel Christopher Yates for two months. In the fall of the year 1787, he was called out & marched to Johnstown when & where he was taken sick & returned home.
Judging from the short periods of time he remained at home, the whole period which he served in the garrison & in the field during the Revolutionary war is not less than eighteen — months.
It did not fall to his lot to engage in any battles or skirmishes during said war.

_____ THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz : General Schuyler, Colonels Gaanswoort, Ten Broeck, Willett, Van Dyck & others
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit John Sanders and John Van Patten
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
John S. Noorman
Clerk.
Frederick Van Patten
On the day & year first aforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid Peter Adam van Patten  of the town of Rotterdam  of the town of Schenckville in said County, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he has been since the year 1775 well acquainted with Frederick Van Patten , who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. That this Deponent performed military duty with said Frederick Van Patten on different occasions during said war in the company of Captain John Van Patten in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple was Colonel as set forth in said declaration. & this Deponent further saith, that he knows said Frederick Van Patten served faithfully in said Company whenever called out by his superior officers

This Deponent remembers to have seen said Frederick Van Van Patten perform garrison duty at said fort in Westerna on numerous occasions
Sworn & Subscribed before me in open Court this 18 th day of October 1832
John S. Wooman Clerk
Adam his Van Patten Mark
On the day herein aforesaid personally appeared in open court before the Judge aforesaid James J. Peck  John S. Wooman of said City, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is now well acquainted with Frederick Van Van Patten, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, and remem- bers to have seen said Frederick frequently perform military duty during said war he remembers in particular to have seen him discharge military duty at the German Flatts
James J. Peck
Sworn & Subscribed before me in open Court this 18 th day of October 1832
John S. Wooman Clerk

County of Schenectady ss Peter Warren Cain of the town of Glenville in said county being duly sworn saith that he served during the revolutionary war in the said company of Cap- tain John Van Patten as set forth in the prece- ding declaration as being the company in which the before named applicant Frederick Van Patten served - and this deponent has personal knowledge of the services of said Frederick at the western fort for a term not less than two months in the fall of the year 1776 - and at fort Hunter on several occasions years not particularly recollected, but is certain that he the said Frederick served in several expeditions to or the last named fort for a term in the whole not less than twenty days & further this deponent cannot testify his Subscribed & sworn this 3 Peter Warren X Cain 18 th day of June 1833 marks before me (and I certify said deponent to be a man of credibility) J. D. HARMAN Justice of the Peace.
County of Schenectady ss The aforesaid applicant Frederick Van Patten being further duly sworn 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 in the following grades
viz-
2- In the grade of a private soldier in the aforesaid Company of Captain John Van Ditter in the year 1778 at Saratoga for the term of two months under command of Col: Christopher Yates - to Johnstown in the Spring & fall of the year 1780 he marched with a detachment of men from said Company & performed military duty in the garrison & in the field on both those occasions for a term exceeding One month, including a tour to the German Flatts as set forth in said declaration. In the like grade he performed garrison duty for one month at Stone Arabia he thinks in the year 1779 - at Cobleskill & the upper Schoharie fort for a term exceeding thirty-five days - at Sacondaga at least six days - at fort Hunter on several occasions for a period exceeding twenty days - He has also performed garrison duty at the Westona fort aforesaid for a term when not called out on distant expeditions for the term of least two months every year from the year 1777 to the year 1782, discharging actual and active duty in the garrison for a period in the whole greatly exceeding six months - and for the aforesaid period of at least twelve months service this Deponent claims a pension. And this Deponent further saith, that while rendering the aforesaid services, he was not

engaged in any civil pursuit whatsoever. Subscribed & sworn this 25 th day of June 1833 before me, and I certify said Frederick to be a man of Credibility J. D. Harman
Justice of the peace
State of New York County of Schenectady } ss } John L. Wood- man Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that the deposition of Frederick Van Patten & James Beck whose depo- sition purport to have been taken in open court before me, appeared to said court at the time thereof and I hereby certify them to be men of Credibility, as is also Peter Warren Cain whose deposition has been taken before Joshua D. Harman Esq. and I further certify, that said Joshua D. Harman was at the time said deposition was taken before him a Justice of the peace in & for said County & and also that he was such Justice at the time the aforesaid deposition of Frederick Van Patten was taken before him - and I certify the said Frederick also to be a man of Credibil- ity - and further that the signatures to said de- positions of Frederick Van Patten & Peter Warren Cain, purporting to be those of said Joshua D. Harman are genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this 5 th day of July 1833. John L. Woodman Clerk

WE John Sanders residing in the town of Glenville in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and John Van Eps residing in the town of Amsterdam county of Montgomery do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Van Patten who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
Subscribed and sworn the { day and year aforesaid}
John S. Woerman Clerk.
John Sanders John Van Eps
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 John Van Eps who has signed the foregoing certificate is a resident of said town of Amsterdam in the vicinity of the place where the applicant resides, & that John Sanders who also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Glenville aforesaid & are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John S. Woerman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Frederick Van Patten for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John S. Woerman Clerk.

no 19851
Dear Van Patten Schenectady 6 o N. York
Admitted
Private 6 mos & 1 day add " Policeman 9 mos — 15 days Service not specified disallowed
In Book A.
April 2. M. Glyn — M. Wemple cost A Policeman — 9 mos to be added
Giles T. Yates Agt Schenectady N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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. These 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 Frederick Van Patten Schenectady Co. N.Y.
   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.     Enrolled 1776 21 Guard Capt Van Patten Col Munn 72   Alarm 1 Lieut Munn Col Westina Westina Adam Van Patten   up until 1 Lieut Munn Johnstown Albany James J. Peck   March and April 1780 more than 7 Infantry Maj Munn Stuyvesant N.Y.   drafted 1778 2 Col G. G. G. Stuyvesant Traditionary   called 1781 Stuyvesant   out Stuyvesant   Says he served altogether 24 mos 1 6  
6 1 only specified
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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) 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 the 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 payments can 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.
[j] 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

December 6 - November 18, 1932.
H. A. Van Patten 3226 North East 56th Avenue Portland Oregon.
BA-J/ILL Frederick VanPetten S. 28926
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Frederick Van Patten, whose name appears on the printed list of pensioners of 1840, as a resident of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York, age 79 years.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 28926, based upon the service of Frederick Van Petten, as his signature appears, in that war.
Frederick Van Petten was born November 11, 1760 in the town of Westina, Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York, which town was later within the bounds of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York.
While residing in his native town, he enlisted sometime in November, 1776 and served two months as private in Captain John Van Patten's (no relationship to the soldier stated) Company, Colonel Abraham Wemple's New York Regiment; he enlisted early in March, 1777, and served ten months as private in Captain Myndert A. (or R.) Wemple's Company, part of the time in the batteaux service transporting supplies between Schenectady and Fort Stanwix. After this, he served on tours during the succeeding years of the war until 1782 under Captains John Van Patten and Roseboom, Colonels Abraham Wemple and Christopher Yates, specific dates and lengths of these services not given; he was on alarms at Cobleskill, Saratoga, Caughnawaga, Schoharie, Stone Arabia and at Johnstown. In 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, at which time he resided in Glenville, Schenectady County, New York.

1832 In 1832, Adam Van Patten, the soldier's brother, was living in the town of Rotterdam in Schenectady County, and in 1837, his residence was Glenville, that same county, New York. The soldier's sister, Rebecca Bradford, was living in said Glenville, New York, in 1837, and gave her age as sixty-nine years.
It is not stated that the soldier, Frederick Van Patten, was ever married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
Reviewed & signed Dec. 7-1932

Ms 8.53
Alexander Ray Esq Washington D.C.

Wrong Frederick Van Patten N.Y. - off 32 - 24,582
Whiting for Com d of Pensions Washington D.C.
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New Certificate for
6 mo & 1 day Pmto of Infantry
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28926 Rev INVALID.
1132-22e-6-Hist. to H.A. Van Patten 222.
File No. 28,926
Frederick Van Patten
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 493
[Arrangement of 1870.]

24.582 New York Frederick Van Patten
Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corps commanded Captain Van Patten of the Regt. commanded Col. Wm. Steele in the New York for 6 months 21 days
inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 20 Dollars 11 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jan'y, 1834 and sent to J. H. Yates Schenectady
arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 50.27 semi-ann. allowance ending A.D. 34 10.05 $60.32
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Geo. C. Tate
Recorded by Book E.
Vol. 1, Page 85
Clerk,

Lee let. to Geo. H. Bates, Nov. 30, 1857.
5001 5001 2204

Mar 15
F. Van Patten 66m
4582 NY
Charles Ely Commissioner of Pensions New Department Washington D.C.

Schenectada Mar: 8 th 1838. J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions. Sir.
I send enclosed Mr Frederick Van Patten 's old pension War- rant or Certificate, required to be returned previous to the issue of a new Certificate. Awaiting which
I remain
Yours respectfully
Giles H. Hays Atty for said Van Patten

G. F. Yates, Nov. 30, 1897 G. C.
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
Record (46) page 105

War Department Pension Office
Nov. 30, 1837
Sir Frederick Van Patten who  off an applicant for an increase of pension under the act of June 7, 1832 should in a supplemental affidavit specify the time he was in actual service as a Batavian
Giles F. Yates Esq. Schenectady N.Y.

Fredrick Van Patten Original for increase,
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions
Warting for Pension Certificate to be returned Dec 17. 37

In the matter of the application of Frederick Van Patten , for an increase of pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 —
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions for.
The services for which an increase of pension is claimed in the above matter, are set forth in the Decla- ration of applicant, and these services are proved by four witnesses. I am not certain that your Department is furnished with evidence that Myndert R. Wimp or Wemple was a Captain in the Quarter Master's Department as alleged - and have adduced the testimony of Judge Delgraff, who was a commissary &c to that effect. I am yours respectfully
Giles P. Yates
Schenectady Aug t 12 - 1837.

Payments to be made at New York by Dred Meek M.D. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E, Vol. 1, Page 65. by J. C. Hile Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Frederick Van Patten of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Twenty — dollars and Eleven — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 13 — day of January — one thousand eight hundred and thirty=
24.583

McCRACKEN-RIPLEY CO.
Established 1856
JOBBERS
BUILDING MATERIALS
61-67 ALBINA AVENUE PORTLAND, OREGON
November 3, 1932.
Bureau of Pensions, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
For purposes of completing a family record I am seeking information relative to Frederick Van Patten, who appears in the U. S. State Department Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service as drawing a pension on June 1st, 1840. His residence at that time was Glenville, Schenectady County, New York. At that time his age was listed as 79 years.
I would appreciate it very much if you would advise me what the record on file may show and, if possible, forward a transcript of the record itself.
Please accept my thanks in advance for any assistance you may be able to give me in this matter.
Yours very truly,
H. A. Van Patten, 3226 North East 56th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.

In the matter of the application of Frederick Van Patten for an increase of pension -
under the act of 7 th June 1832
See Book A. ap n 2. M. H. Glen -
Agent Giles F. Yates Schenectada N.Y.

State of New York County of Schenectada } ss.
On this twenty sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, Frederick Van Patten , a resident of the Town of Glenville in said County, aged seventy - six years and upwards and a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress passed 9 th June 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain an increase of his pension under said act.
In addition to the services set forth and described in the original declaration now on file in the war department of the United States, or in further explanation thereof, if alluded to in said declaration, & not particularly described therein for the reason that the services herein after set forth, were not then adjudged to be such as are embraced within the provisions of said act, he this Declarant saith, that he served as follows.
He this Declarant during the first week in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven

9 hundred & twenty seven, enlisted for a term which was to expire on the first day of January then next, to wit for the term of two months, in the Company of Butteumun commanded by Captain Myndat R. Wemple, or Wemp, at Woos-tina, a place now included within the bounds of the aforesaid town of Glenville. The whole number of enlisted men in said Company, was about thirty.
The members of said Company immediately after their enlistment were ordered to the garrison or barracks at Schenectady, where they were employed in cutting or preparing timber and wood for the use of said garrison or barracks. In this last named service they were engaged about three weeks.
Previous to the performance of the service before described at said garrison, the Company of said Captain Myndat R. Wemple, were ordered and marched to the City of Albany - at which place they were mustered and reviewed by General Philip Schuyler or some officer in behalf of said Schuyler, who as it appeared to this declarant had been

appointed for the purpose of making such examinations, or review.
After performing the services before described at said barracks, they were engaged in transporting provisions and munitions of war from Schenectada to Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk river, During the period of his enlistment as aforesaid, they made twelve trips to Fort Stanwix aforesaid in their boats, of which there were ten belonging to said Company. During the siege of Fort Stanwix, he thinks in the latter part of the month of July 1777, they said Company were ordered to Fort Dayton, now German Flatts.
As this declarant has no docu- mentary evidence, but can produce the testimony of witnesses as to his services as aforesaid.
Frederick his Van Patten Mark
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court, this 26 th Day of April 1837, before me
J. C. Durnham Clerk

County of Schenectady p s Lewis D. Peck of the town of Rotterdam in said County aged twenty three years & upwards, being duly sworn & examined do depose & say, that I was during the war of the revolution well acquainted with the be- fore named Declarant Frederick Van Patten - that during the year 1777, he this Deponent lived in the immediate neigh- borhood of said Frederick Van Patten and remembers that said Frederick enlisted in said Company of Myndert R. Wemple as set forth in the foregoing declaration of said Frederick hereto prefixed, and this Deponent further saith, that he said Deponent saw said Frederick on duty as set forth in said declaration, under said Captain Wemple on several occasions
Subscribed & sworn this 26 th day of April 1837 in open Court, before me
J. C. Darnham Clerk
Lewis D. Peck
County of Schenectady p s John Van Ops

the town of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery in said State, aged seventy two years and upwards, being duly sworn and examined, doth depose and say, that during the year 1777 aforesaid he resided in the immediate neighborhood of the beforenamed applicant Frederick Van Patten, and heard at the time stated in the said declaration of said Frederick and verily believes it to be true, that said Frederick enlisted in the said Company of Myndert R. Wemple, he this Deponent saw said Frederick on duty as a member of said Company, saw him often pass and repass up & down said Mohawk river during said year 1777 carrying on his boat continental stores to Fort Stanwix & other forts west of Schenectada. he this Deponent saw him in this service as late if not later than the month of October in said year.
Subscribed & sworn in John Van Eps Open Court this 26 th day of April 1839, before me J. C. Burnham Clerk

The Deposition of Rebecca Bradford of the town of Glenville in the County of Schenectady, in the State of New York who testifies & says, that she is now sixty-nine years of age, and is a sister of Frederick Van Patten, the same person referred to & described in the annexed documents as an applicant for an increase of pension under the act of 7 th June 1832. That the this Deponent remembers well that in the beginning of the year 1777, the said Frederick Van Patten enlisted as a private in the Company of Patten's men commanded by Captain Myndert de Wemple or Wemp, and she this Deponent often saw him said Frederick Van Patten on duty as such private during said year and further she says not.
Rebecca her X Bradford mark
On this tenth day of August 1837, personally appeared before me the undersigned, Rebecca Bradford, who made oath, that the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by her signed, are true, & I certify that she is a credible witness.
John M. Van Ope
J. Brace
Frederick Van Patten
State of

The Deposition of Adamon Patten of the town of Glenville in the County of Schenectada & State of New York, who testifies & says, that he is a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832. That he is the brother Frederick Van Patten before named - and knows that said Frederick enlisted & served in the Company of Battlemen commanded by Capt: Myndert R. Wemp or Wemple, & was engaged in such service for the term of at least ten months in the year 1777, and that he this Deponent saw his said Brother Frederick on duty at several places & on several occasions during said year between Schenectada & Fort Stanwix his and further saith not.
Adam X Van Patten mark
On this thirteenth day of April 1837, personally appeared before me the undersigned John A. Van Eps Justice of the peace in and for said County of Schenectada, Adam Van Patten to me well known, who made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing Deposition by him signed, are true and correct, and I certify that said Adam Van Patten is a credible witness, and that his statements are entitled to credit.
John A. Van Eps Justice of the peace

The Deposition of Isaac Delgraft of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schene- tady & State of New York, who testifies & says that he is now over seventy nine years of age & a pensioner of the United States, under the act of 9 th June 1832. That he this deponent was from his youth up, well acquainted with Myndert R. Wemple the same person referred to and described in the foregoing documents as a Captain of a Company of Battlemen under in the service of the United States, during the war of the revolution. That on a par- ticular occasion in the year 1777, or 1778, or thereabouts he this deponent happened to be at a public house kept in the village of Coeymans in the then County of Troy, where were assembled the Committee of that district, Abraham Garritson, Samson Sam- mons, Jacob Gardiner & others for the purpose of taking the oath of allegiance, abjuration &c from the militia of such district. On this occasion said Myndert R. Wemple was pres- ent, and represented that in the course of con- versation, that he was engaged in enlisting men to serve in his Company aforesaid & of this fact this deponent has no doubt.
Isaac Delgraft
On this tenth day of August 1837, person- ally appeared before me the undersigned Isaac Delgraft Esq, to me well known, who made oath, that the facts set forth in the above Deposition by him signed, are true; & I certify that said Isaac De- lgraft is a credible witness. S.W. Jones, Esq. Judge of Schenectady County.
J. C. Dunnano Clerk

State of New York County of Schenectada Duke's office J. S.
I, Jonathan C. Durnham Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing declaration of Frederick Van Patten & Depositions of Lewis D. Peck & John Van Eps comprise the original proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas held in & for said County, on the twenty-sixth day of April last, in the matter of the application of said Frederick Van Patten for an increase of pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 - And I further Certify, that John H. Van Eps, before whom the preceding depositions of Rebecca Bradford & Adam V. Patten have been sworn, was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified & that the signatures to the Certificates annexed to said depositions purporting to be his are genuine - And I further Certify, that Samuel W. Jones Esq., whose name appears to the Certificate subjoined to the preceding deposition of Isaac De Graff Esq. was at the time thereof, First Judge of said Court, and that the signature to said Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Official Seal, this 12 th day of August - 1837.
J. C. Durnham Clerk

Frederick V. Patten Supplemental affidavit

State of New York County of Schenectady ss
John Wemple of the town of Princetown in said County, being duly sworn first that he was in the time of the revolutionary war & is now well acquainted with Frederick Van Riper a resident of the town of Glenville in said County, that said Frederick belonged to the same Regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Abraham Wemple in which he this deponent served, and this de- ponent knows that said Frederick (the same person who has subscribed & sworn to the declaration hereto annexed) served at the following places for the following terms - at fort Paris in Store Arabia under Colonel Wemple aforesaid for a term exceeding two weeks in the year 1779 at Schoharie at least one month under Captain Roseboom; and in the year 1780, when the Mohawk settlements were destroyed for more than two weeks and further than this de- ponent cannot specify the services of said Fred- rick in the war of the revolution - this deponent having served in a different company and in different expeditions from those in which said Frederick served
Subscribed & sworn this 20 th day of October 1833, before me,
and I hereby certify that the deponent John Wemple has al- ways sustained the character of a man of credibility & I believe him to be such
Wm Strong
Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss
The aforesaid applicant Frederick Van Patten being further duly sworn saith that in his expedition to Johnson & German as set forth in his declaration & supplemental affidavit hereto annexed in the year 1780, he served under his Captain John Van Patten & the field officers of said Regiment of Colonel Wemple, or a part of them. That in his expedition to Stone Arabia he served under Major Wemple, Colonel Wemple & Captain John Mynderse - in his expedition to Schoharie, he was under the immediate Command of Captain John Roseboom at Sacondaga under General Clinton, at Fort Hunter under the immediate command of the officers of his said Company, at the westin's fort under the command of the inferior officers of said company, and Louis Swart one of the lieutenants of said Company, and at the Schenectady garrison under the command of different times of all the officers of said Regiment of Colonel Wemple, and many privates who acted at different times as captains of the guard - and further I cannot recollect or specify -
Frederick Van Patten
Subscribed & Sworn this 28 th day of November 1833, before me
John H. Van Eps
Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Schenectady Clerk's office
I, John S. Vrooman
Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William Strong before whom the foregoing deposition of John Wample has been taken was at the time thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, & that his signature to said deposition is genuine - And I further certify, that John H. Van Eps before whom the foregoing deposition of Fred- erick Van Patten has been taken, was at the time thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, & that his signature to said deposition of Frederick Van Patten is genuine -
Witness my hand and the seal of said County, this 2 d day of December 1833
John S. Vrooman (Seal)