Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,573, Cornelius Vermule, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Vermile, Cornelius Vermile
N. 19,573
Elizabeth
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Rep.
New York 5635
Elizabeth Vermeule
widow of Cornelius Vermeule
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars 13 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of June and sent to C. A. Lay New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 215.

8739
Elizabeth Vermule
N. York
Act 7 th July 1838
X
Admitted
mo days
10. 11
Priv.
$34.13 per an.
E
C. A. Lay Esq c City of N York.

State of New York
City and County of New York ss.
On this 16 th day of March eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me, Elizab th  Tracy Tracy Esq r , Alderman of the 10 th Ward, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said City, and County. Elizabeth Vermeule a resident of said City, County and State, aged, seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, and has oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Cornelius Vermeule, who was a private, during the Revolutionary War, in Col l Frelinghuysen's Regiment of New Jersey Somerset County Militia, that her husband the said Cornelius Vermeule, was a native of the Township of Warren, in the County of Somerset, in the State of New Jersey, during his whole lifetime, that she also resided in the same town, County, and State that according to the best of her recollection, he entered the service at the commencement of the war, by being drafted, and, served, in the manner that the Militia was required to serve, during the whole period of the War, she further declares that she was married to the said Cornelius Vermeule on the fourteenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two , that her husband the aforesaid Cornelius Vermeule died on the  day of October eighteen hundred and twenty four, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place, previous to the first of January, nineteen hundred and ninety four (sic) at the time above stated.
Elizabeth Vermeule

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me,
Elijah S. Sway Judge of Court of Common Pleas
City and County of New York, ss. Field Vermeule being duly sworn deposes and says that he resi- des at No 127 Orchard Street, in said City, that he is aged 35 years, that he is the eighth child of the said Cornelius Vermeule, named in, and Elizabeth, subscribed to the foregoing declaration that the said Elizabeth, Vermeule, is the widow of the said Cornelius Vermeule, who he has often heard relate his military services during the Revolutionary War. And this deponent further says that his father the said Cornelius Vermeule died on the _____ day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty four, and since which time, the said Elizabeth has not been again married but still continues the widow of the said Cornelius Vermeule
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid
J. Vermeule
Elijah S. Sway
Judge of Court of Common Pleas

Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, 55 before whom the annexed CERTIFY, That Elijah I Purdy Esq  a Judge of said depositions was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Judge of said Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Judge therunto subscribed as genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 16 day of March 184 3
Nathl Garrison Clerk.

1 State of New York City and County of New York, ss. Elizabeth Vermuele who has made the foregoing declarations being duly sworn, deposes and says, that her maiden name was, Middagh, that the records annexed, is the original family register of her, and her late husband the said Cornelius Vermuele, in whose hands writing the record is made, that said record (as registered) has been kept in their family Bible in the possession of herself and family, and is to the best of her knowledge as true record, of the date of her marriage and birth of her children, Elizabeth Vermuele Sworn to and subscribed, before me, this 18 th day of March 1843, }
Elijah F. Mundy Judge of Court Glens Falls
I certify that the declaration and depositions aforesaid are satisfactory evidence to me of the facts therein contained, and I do further certify that the applicant cannot from reason of bodily infir- mity attend the court, Wyatt H. Stickney 6 P.

This is a copy of the family record filed as evidence in this case and which was forwarded to Hon. S.E.Phillips M19 K Jr (by direction of Mr. Robinson) September 23, 1892.
February 14, 1782, joined in bands of matrimony, Cornelius Vermule and Elizabeth Middagh.
January 27, 1783, was born their first child, being a Son named Richard.
January 26, 1785, was born their second child, being a Daughter named Dinah.
January 24, 1787, was born their third child, being a Son named Cornelius.
was born their fourth child named Margaret.
their fifth child.
This part of the record is lost.
their sixth child Davis.
E.S.
seventh Judith Middagh.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Sept 26, 1897
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Cornelius Vermeule , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his his  widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Not stated Not stated Pr Not stated Frederick Huyse N.Y.  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warren N.Y.
Date of his  widow's application for pension, Mar 16 1893
Residence at date of application, New York City
Age at date of application, 77 years
Remarks: Widow's pension was allowed for the services of her husband as a private for 10 mos 11 da
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon S. J. Phillips 1119 K St NW Washington D.C.

Reported.
New York 7203.
Elizabeth Vermeule
widow of Cornelius Vermeule
who was a pensioner under the act of and who died on the - Oct. 1824 of New York in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Frelinghuysen in the N. Jersey militia line for 10 months & 11 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 34 Dollars $13 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1843 and sent to C.A. Lay. Esq. New York City
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $170.65 Pension annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 108
Decl. March 1st. 1843. W. C. Adams

Receipts for the Second Years Interest paid on Notes given by the Commissioners in the several Counties for Militia Services
   N o of Vouch N o of Certif Date Signed by Payable to Amount Am Int   L. S. D L. S. D     113 596 10 May 1782 Will m Verbruggen Com d Vermeule 25. 12. 1 1. 10. 8.  
State of New Jersey
I Charles G m Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that is a true abstract from a book headed as above as taken from and compared with the original now of record in my Office. And I do further certify that Will m Verbruggen Esq r was by the fifth section of an Act passed by the Legis- lature of this State appointed a Commissioner for the County of Somerset in said State for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia and troops of this State and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this second day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Charles G m Chesney Sec y of State

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843. granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York City and County of New York, } ss.
On this twelfth day of May eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Commissioner of the Court , in and for the said County of New York, Elizabeth Vermeule, a resident of the City and County of New York, aged, seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain, the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Cornelius Vermeule, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, in Col. Frelinghuysen's Regiment of New Jersey Somerset County Militia, that she has received a pension, under the act of 7. July 1838, at the rate of thirty four dollars and thirteen cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day, Elizabeth Vermeule , and year above written before me.
And I do further certify that the applicant is personally known  data factually proved to me, to be the identical person that received a pension as she states, by the oath of Chauncey A. Lay who being by me duly sworn saith that he resides in the city of New York and that he is well acquainted with the above named Elizabeth Vermeule and knows her to be the same person described in the affidavit by her above made. That she is the widow of Cornelius Vermeule, who was a private in the Revolutionary war in Colonel Frelinghuysen's Regiment of New Jersey Somerset County Militia, and that she is the same person who had heretofore received a pension under the act of 7. July 1838. at the rate in her said affidavit herein above set forth.
Robert J. Munslow Commissioner of Oaths.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and the State of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Robert F. Wenslow before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of the in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 16 th day of August 1843
Nathl Jarvis
Clerk.

I Robert J. Munder a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the City & County of New York do hereby certify that on the on the 9 th day of May 1843. the within named Elizabeth Vermuele presented certain papers to enable her to draw a pension under the act of July 7. 1838 and verified the same before me on the same day Robert J. Munder Comm r of Deeds New York May 22 nd 1844
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Robert B. Winton whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds for said City and County, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signa- ture to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
the due ments the Form
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 22 day of May 1844.
James Conner Clerk.
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[Handwritten mark]

Aug 18 43
3934
NY Mar 3 43 Eliz Vermule
J. L. Edmonds Esq.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington D. C.

New York. August 16 th 1843 -
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Elizabeth Permuted for the benefit of the act of 3-March last She desires the same may be returned to her
I am Respectfully Your obedt Servt J. A. Laps
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions

May 24 1844
NY.
at Cana Mar 3 1843
E. Vernele
L Edward Esquire Commissioner of Pensions -
Washington
85
New York
C. H. May
$34.43 h. a.
at 43
E. Vernele

New York May 22 d 1844-
Sir
Herewith returned is the declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Vermuele, claiming a pension, her act of 3 rd March 1843, referred to which you will find a certificate that will, it is hoped, meet the objections upon which it was returned,
I am very respectfully Your obed t Servant,
(C A Lays)
J L Edwards Esquire } Comm ee of Pension }

Hon. S. S. Phillips
make copies of papers
make cut also
1119 K. N.W.

1892 Sept 23 Copies of declaration and the original family record sent to Hon S. P. Phillips City also a copy of service.
Rev. WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 19573
Elizabeth Varnum Widow of Cornelius Varnum Priv. Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 d 1893
Index:—Vol. M , Page 299
[Arrangement of 1870.]

apl 27. 1843
See Circular sent
apl 27 th . N.Y. Call.
Philip J. Adneal
Richards Esq.
Prisons
Washington
D.C.

New York April 24. 1843.
Sir,
On the 15 th ult o I mailed to you additional evidence in the case of Hannah Simmons, and on which, you reported to me under date of the 6 th inst. I also on the 16 th ult o mailed to you the application of Mrs Elizabeth Vermeule, which has not yet been reported on, - and as I understand from your circular that all papers are examined in the order in which they are received, I am fearful that they did not reach you, in safety. Your attention is respectfully called to the subject.
I am very respectfully Your Obt Servt. L A Gay.
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Comm ee . of Pensions. }
Eliz Vermeule m d 20 th Mar.

-8739.
Mar 26 '43
N.Y.
July 7. 1838
Eliz Vermeale
Mississippians of Columbia
L. P. Edward
Belgium
Washington
2.6.

City of New York. 752 Greenwich Street March 16. 1843.
Sir,
The enclosed is the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. It is desired that you will report the same to me, to my above address.
I am very respectfully Your obed. Servt B A Sley-
G. L. Edwards Esq. Commiff. of Pensions. }