Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,969, Evert Van Eps, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
new york
Van Eps, Evert Polly
N. 15969
CONTENTS

8956
New York
Sally Van Eps, deceased, widow of Evert Van Eps, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 19 Decemr. 1813, of Montgomery in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Batchelder of the the New York line for 13 days private, 4 mo. 19 d. officer, 12 mo. Captain of
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26 1/4 Dollars 12 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836, and ending Octo. 10. 1839 when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Decemr. 1844 and sent to Giles Yates, Schenectady, New York
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
recorded by G. D. Swann, Clerk. ok D. Vol. 1 Page 135
Payd to Mrs. Van Eps. Jane Hageman, Maria Luackembuck, Eveline Russells & Lucy the only surviving children of Sally Van Eps.
rep d see let. to Agent.
Dec. 19. 1844
Hon. G. Smith
20th Jany. 1854.
1855 March 8. Hon. B. Cochrane, " " 30 Same

Van Eps, Evert
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 145
Rank: Sergeant
Regt: Capt. Fonda's militia
Disability: Wounded in the left leg in an engagement with the British and Indians.
When and where disabled: 1777, Oriskene
Residence: Mohawk
Remarks: Militia
Evidence totally incomplete.

154) Polly Van Eps widow of Gert V. Eps
Declaration of John E. Van Eps, at New York Act of 7 th July 1838.
N o 1.
M 87. 013
Agent B. H. Bates Schuylkill N. Y.

State of New York County of Montgomery ss.
in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County now sitting on this seventeenth day of September 1844, personally appeared John C. Van Eps a resident of the town of Glen in said County, aged fifty-six years and upwards, and he being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain in his own behalf and in behalf of his sisters brothers the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed in July 1838, granting pensions to certain widows. That the widow on whose account this application is made was his mother Polly Van Eps widow of Evert Van Eps who served in the war of the Revolution in manner herein after stated. That the maiden name of said Polly was Minthorne . That said Polly & Evert were lawfully married on the twelfth day of June one thousand seven hundred & eighty-seven, by the Reverend Thomas Romeyn at the time thereof Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Saughnawaga. That said Evert Van Eps departed this life on the nineteenth day of December 1813 leaving her the said Polly his widow him surviving - and that said Polly has remained his widow & unmarried since his death, & that at the time of her decease she was still his widow. That she the said Polly Van Eps died on the tenth day of October - one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine - & that she left her surviving the following named children, who are the only surviving children of said Evert & Polly, & are all

of lawful age; to wit this Declarant John C. Van Eps Jane Hugenem — wife of Richard Hugenem — Hannah — wife of David P. Quackenbush, and Eve- line wife of Luke Wespells of Montgomery & Otsego Counties N.Y. & Lucy, wife of Eli Crampton of Erie County N.Y. — And this Declarant further saith, that the said Evert Van Eps at the time of his decease was over seventy-three years of age. That at the time the revolutionary war commenced he was a resident of the said town of Glen, then town of Charlestown in said County, (then County of Tryon) and that although not obliged to train or perform military duty, in 1777 & subsequently, yet he volunteered to serve his country & was enrolled in the Company of of Exempts commanded by Captain Jellis Ponda in the Regiment of Colonel Frederick Fisher , and one " Bacheller " was a Lieutenant of said Company — as deponent heard & believeth to be true — And this Declarant has often heard his father the said Evert Van Eps state that he served in said Company of Captain Ponda at the Battle of Oriskany where & when his horse was shot under him & he was severely wounded. He also served in the subsequent years of the war as a Sergeant in said Company but for how many days each term this Declarant is unable to say, & can only produce record evi- dence of such portions of his said Militia Service, as was returned to the Comptroller's office of this State, volunteer service for which he was not

paid, not being included in said record evidence. In the fall of the year 1781, when the battle of Johnstown took place, the said Evert Van Eps was taken prisoner & carried into captivity to Canada, where he remained a prisoner about eighteen months. and this Declarant further saith, that the said Evert Van Eps in the year 1776 served in the Quarters Master Department under General Schuyler at Lake George, Saratoga, & elsewhere as Declarant understood his said father to say & believes to be true. He remem- bers in particular hearing him speak of transporting cannon across Lake Champlain or Lake George - and that he served the whole of that season in said Department of the Quarters Master General as Captain of Battalions, & laborers -
This declarant can find no record evidence of his father's services among the papers left by him, except those accompanying this Declaration - Note that the words "in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County now sitting" interlined herein & subscribed to the Evert Van Eps
Chester S. Burney Clerk
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion that that the aforesaid Evert Van Eps departed this life at the time in the foregoing declaration stated & that he served in the revolution as therein stated - That he was married to said Polly & that she died at the time therein stated; and that she left her sur- viving the son & daughters also in said declaration

stated:
I Charles Brumley Clerk of said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application made in behalf of Polly Van Eps widow of Court Van Eps de- ceased, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 17 th day of September 1844.
Charles Brumley
Clerk

Everst van Eps die Application for widow Polly M rs Eps Documentary proof of marriage
No 6.

State of New York } County of Montgomery } ss.
I certify, that the above is a true Copy of the Record of the marriage of Evert Van Eps and Polly Minthorne, as the same is contained on the Register of Marriages solemnized in the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Coughnawaga, by the Rev d Thomas Romeyn at the time thereof Pastor of said Church viz June 12. } Evert Van Eps met } 1787 } Polly Minthorn }
From which it appears, that said Evert Van Eps and Polly Minthorn, were lawfully joined in wedlock by the said Rev d Thomas Romeyn on the twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
Domas Van O'Linda
I, Domo Van O'Linda above named named, do depose and say, that I held the office of Minister of said Church, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church as certified by me; and that the date of said marriage is expressed on said record in fair and legible figures.
Subscribed & sworn this 10 th day of October 1844, before me; and that said deponent Domo Van O'Linda is to me well known to be Minister of said Church.
Domas Van O'Linda
My affixation of the Seal

STATE OF NEW-YORK, { ss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office. }
I, Chester S. Brumley , Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Jacob Graff Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed Durat was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Durat is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 12 day of October. 1841
Chester S. Brumley Clerk.

Polly Van Eps
Nov 2 58
El Franc & Sylvester
Dec 20 1857

Whereas there was allowed to Polly Van Eps dec d Widow of Evert Van Eps, a a Pension at the rate of $261 44 / 100 per Annum - under the act of 7 July 1838, for the services of her said Husband in the Revolutionary War, and it is believed she was entitled to a larger annual allowance - And whereas she died on the 10 th day of October 1839, leaving several children, one of whom is my wife - And whereas I the Subscriber have been duly appointed administrator of the Estate of the said Jane Van Eps deceased - Now therefore I hereby constitute and appoint Henry H Sylvester of the City of Washington, my true and lawful Attorney, on my behalf as such administrator, and on behalf of the Children of the said Polly Van Eps dec d , to prosecute the claim of the said Children to an increase of the Pension of their Mother the said Polly Van Eps dec d - This Power of Attorney to be valid during one year from this date - Witness my hand & Seal this 6 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty one.  Executed in presence of Joseph Strong } Luke Wessel Senior
State of New York } City & County of Albany } ss On this 6 th day of December 1851, before the Subscriber, a Commissioner of deeds in and for said City & County, came Luke Wessel Junr, above named, and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be his act & deed. Joseph Strong Commissioner of deeds

State of New York } City & County of Albany } ss. Luke Wipels Jun r with me named, being duly sworn, saith, that he has a direct interest in the within men- -tioned claim, for an increase of the Pension of Polly Van Eps dec d , as the Husband of one of her daughters, and as the Adminis- -trator of her Estate.
Subscribed & Sworn to this, Luke Wipels Junior 6 th day of December 1851 { before me - { Joseph Strong Commissioner of deeds
In Testimony Whereof day of the

Sub 10 State of New-York, CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, Robert E Gay Clerk of the City and County, do hereby CERTIFY, that Joseph Strong whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instru- ment in writing and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such proof or ac- knowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Joseph Strong and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledg- ment is genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged ac- cording to the laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official Seal, this Ninth day of December 1851 W. Gay CLERK.

June 19, 1925.
Miss. Helen Amelia Van Eps, Kent, Orleans County, New York.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War Pension claim W-15969, it appears that Evert Van Eps while residing at Charlestown, Tryon County, New York, (Which was later called Glen and was in Montgomery County), enlisted in 1776 and served one year as Captain of batteaumen and laborers in the Quartermaster's Department at Lake George.
He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Oriskany.
He served between 1778 and 1782 at various times amounting to four months and thirteen days, as a private and sergeant in Captain Jellis Fonda's Company, Colonel Frederick Fisher's New York Regiment. He was captured at the battle of Johnstown and held a prisoner in Canada for eighteen months.
He married at Caughnawaga, New York, June 12, 1787 Polly Minthorn. He died December 19, 1813 aged over seventy-

seventy-three, and she died October 10, 1839, leaving the following children who were allowed the pension due on account of their father's service: Jane, wife of Richard Hageman, Hannah, wife of David P. Quackenbush, Eveline, wife of Luke Wessels, Luoy, wife of Eli Crampton, and John E. Van Eps who was fifty-six years old in 1844 and then resided in Glen, Montgomery County, New York,
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

11475
Polly Van Eps and Maw of Evert NY
act 7 July 1838
Alms?
12mo Capt of Pattearmar $240 00
4 mo Serjt. of Ennifly 20.00
13 day female 1.44
$261.44
Commencing on 4 March 1836 to 10 October 1839 the day of her death payable to John Van Eps, Jane Hugenan, Hannah Quackenbush, Eveline Wessel, and Lucy Crampston, only surviving child. Polly Van Eps, acc d
Giles F. Vail, Schuylerville New York

Send record of Evert Van Eps New York W-15969
to Miss Helen Amelia Van Eps Kent, Orleans Co. N.Y.
Personal inquiry of June 12, 192V

Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir - I would like information regarding Capt. Chas o Van Epps and his son Capt. Evert Van Epps who served in the Revolutionary War. One of them was wounded in the hips, in the battle of Oriskany, and Cherry Valley, and I think drew a pension. I would like to know if there is a record of it. The

Van Epps, were born and lived in New York either at Fultonville, or Schenectady.
Hoping you will favor me with an early reply, and thanking you for same, I am,
Sincerely yours, Mrs. M. A. Hollam, 2nd & Jackson Sts Mankato, Minn.
October 12 th 1901

Oct. 18 1901 Mrs. M. A. Wallam Mankato Min
Nov. 15 - 1902 To above - can give no monetary authorization statement of rank. Then already furnished 1909 May 19. Hist. to Robert D. Pierce & 1909 Aug 21. Hist. to Mrs. Arthur Van Eps M.B.H. 1925 June 19. Hist. to Miss Helen Amelia Van Eps. 2nd
N.Y.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 15969
Dolly Van Eps Widow of Everett Van Eps Capt. Recr. War.
Act July 7 th 1882
Index: Vol. M , Page 296
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Report of Capt Edward Van Eps for 1st Bark flower
No 3.
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111 Park, newago the 8 July 1776 —
Rev d of Illus Londa for ty four Barls of flour for the use of the Publick Service Everit Van Yrs Capt o

Washington Mar 26.
Will please oblige the undersigned by answering the inquiry with pleasure. Very respectfully C. B. Cookman

Hon. J. Cahn

Fultonville N.Y. Aug 2nd 1909
Commissioners of pensions Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me information of Ermit Van Eke of Fultonville N.Y. Montg Co his widow & children draw pension but I do not know his wife's name one child name was Abby Van Eke one Lucy & one John Ernest Van Eke I am sure he served in revolutionary

was kindly let me know as soon as possible as I wish to join d, A, R the last of Aug.
And Oblige
Mrs Arthur Fan E H
Fultonville
N.Y. in imitation of d, Elvert Fan E H
Fultonville
N.Y. Montg Co

November 6 th 1902.
H. Clay Evans -
Dear Sir -
In your letter of Oct. 18 th 1901, you stated that Evert Van Eps, served as Private, Sergeant and Captain. Will you please send me a pension certificate or a certified record,

stating that he was a Captain, so that I can send same to the W. A. R. society.
Hoping to hear from you soon,
Sincerely yours, Mrs. W. A. Holland, San Pedro, Cal.

W. 15,969
NAVY NOV 13 1902 FILES. P. B.

ROBERT D. PIERCE, 77 CHARLOTTE ST.
UTICA, N. Y. May 6 1909
Commissioner Dept of Interior. Bureau of Pensions Dear Sir
Can you inform me from your records whether the widow of Ezra Van Eps. receiving a pension. whose husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. and when that original pension released. and if so if she was the only widow of a Van Eps receiving a pension.
Yours truly Robt Pierce

Ever Van Epps of State of New York served in the Revolutionary War - His widow, Polly Van- Epps claimed a Pension. She is dead. Her daughter Lucy Compton, inquire of me whether she is entitled to a part of her mother's Pension, under the Act of July 4 th 1836, or any other Act?
Dear Mr. Waldo,
Comp. of Pension,
Sir,
Will you be so good as to give me the information which I need in the above case?
Respectfully Yours G. Smith
Washington Jan'y 16 1854.

Application in behalf of Polly Van Eps widow of Evert Van Eps — under act of 7 th July 1838. —
Letter explaining the nature of the claim &c
G. H. at  YAR

Schenectady, N.Y. Nov 20 Oct 25 1844.
Sir.
I send enclosed papers in support of the claim of Polly Van Eps widow of Evert Van Eps for a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838. This claim is asserted by John E. Van Eps son of deceased, and pay claimed from the 14 th day of March 1836, to the tenth day of October 1839, when she died.
I present first the declaration of said John E. Van Eps marked No 1. asserting the following service. As captain of a Company of Batteaurmen, fatigue men & laborers for the year 1776, and service subsequently in the Company of associated Exempts commanded by Captain Jellis Fonda, (for his retiring to the Garrison Department) by the Lieutenants of said Company Lepernich Bachellor & Abraham Garrison - in the Regt under Command of Col: Fredrick Fisher in the County of Tryon. After serving in the

Department of the Quarter Master General for one year (1776), Court Van Eps was exempt from performing military duty, yet joined the Com- pany of " Exempts " commanded by my maternal grandfather the said Jellis Fonda. I shall have to rely altogether upon the documentary evidence extant as to this service, Isaac Covenhoven & others who knew of this service according to a memorandum left with me by Mr Sammons (who during his lifetime commenced the prosecution of the claim) having years ago departed this life. For such documentary evidence I beg leave to refer to a few rolls of the Company left in your office by said Sammons in the matter of the application of Angelica the widow of John Fonda, who was a brother of said Jellis Fonda. These rolls Mr Sammons took in my presence from a trunk of said Fonda & carried with him to Washington. I have however been fortunate enough to find what I believe to be the same proof in the office of the Comptroller of New York - and it is enclosed (see document marked N o 2). It shows that Court Van Eps served as a private & sergeant in said company in sundry short tours in the years 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, & 1782, for which he was paid in the whole £11:0:4 - showing in all a service of 4 months & over, of which only about a week was as a private, & the remainder of the time as sergeant .

As to the service of said Van Eps as a Captain of Batteauxmen, there is already a variety of proof in your office, and I would now refer you to the entry in the account-book of Genl Schuyler, which I sent to you for inspection in the matter of the application of Dennis Flander for restoration to the pension list. To prove the same thing I now send you a written order of said Van Eps - see Document marked N o 3. drawn on said Gilles Fonda for provisions for his company. The Book of Correspondence of H. Glen D. 2. Mr. Genl V. shows also that Van Eps was a Captain in the year designated. The traditional accounts in the family are to the effect that he served in the year 1777, at the battle of Oriskany, but I can find no reliable proof of the fact.
Documents N o 4. & 5. show the identity of the Event Van Eps before us, with the Event Van Eps who was a Captain. Dennis Flander served in his company & knew Van Eps well during & after the Revolutionary war. Document N o 6. furnishes record proof of the marriage.
Although some of the members of Capt. Van Eps's company may have enlisted in said Company after 1 st January 1776, &

consequently did not serve for 12 months, yet the Captain himself was in service from 1 st Jany 1775, to 1 st January 1777 - or for one year. In all claims of this kind one year's service has been & should be allowed. In case of Jos: Peck &c
I am very respectfully
Your mo: ob: serv:
G. H. Wood.
J. L. Edward - 3 Commission of Pensions.
Self | 1 | 5 | 11 | the De
1775

Montgomery Co. Dennis A. Flanders Aff t for the widow of Evert Van Eps under act of 7 th July 1833
No 5

State of New York — County of Montgomery } ss:
Dennis A. Flander of the town of Schoharie (in said County, aged  years, being duly sworn saith, that he was well & intimately acquainted with Evert Van Eps , the Captain of Batteauxmen in whose company he served in the war of the revolution during the year 1776. That said Evert Van Eps resided in the then town of Charlstown now town of Glen in said County. That he this Deponent has often visited him the said Evert Van Eps in his house in said town, & since the revolutionary war he Deponent has often seen him - that his wife's name was Polly, and that he had a son named John E. Van Eps with whom Deponent is well acquainted & that said John as Deponent understands is now making ap- plication for a pension in behalf of said Polly as the widow of said Evert.
Subscribed & sworn this day of September 1844; & I certify that said Dennis A. Flander is a credible witness C. S. Westerlo Justice
his Dennis A. Flander mark

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office. }
I, Chester S. Brumley , Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Cornelius O'Neills Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed Deed was at the time of the date a Justice of the Peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Deed is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 21 day of Sept 1844
C.S. Brumley Clerk.

Evert Van Eps Comptroller's Certificate
No 2.
Sergeant 4 no/20 Punt 135 - 144

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
   19 1778. Aug 5 23 26402 Evert Van Eps Sergt £ 2 — — 4 ✓   " " Nov 18 26448 Ditto " " 1 16 8 ✓   21 1779 July 7 26539 Ditto priv " 1 3 1 1/3 ✓   25 1780 Oct 21 26825 Ditto Sergt " 1 2 8 ✓   27 1781 July 29 26931 Ditto " " — 11 — ✓   29 1782 June 14 27032 Ditto " " 1 2 — ✓   30 1779 Nov. 29 27086 Ditto " " 1 17 4 ✓   34 1780 May 29 26715 Ditto " " 1 7 4 ✓   16 8 4   $ 240 5   4 mo Sept   13 Day June  
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Oct 19 th 1844.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 6. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
First—under Capt. Jellis Fronda in Col. Company of Associates Exempted. Second " " Do " " Do Do " Third " " Do " " Do Do " Fourth " Lieut. Zeph: Batcheller " " Do Do " Fifth " " Do " " Do Do " Sixth " " Do " " Do Do " Seventh " Lieut. Abraham Garrison " " Do Do " Eighth " " Zeph: Batcheller " " Do Do " Ninth " " " " " " Tenth " " " " " "
Philip Phelps Comptroller

Polly Van Eps widow of Evert Van Eps
Aff te of Henry A. Plandau No 4.

State of New York County of Montgomery ss
I Henry A. Flander of the Town of Hohenville in said County, aged eighty four years upwards, a pensioner of the United States, being duly sworn saith, that I was during the revolution well acquainted with Evert Van Eps who then resided in the Caughnawaga District in what is now called the town of Eben in said County. That said Evert Van Eps was during the year 1776 & for that year, a Captain of a Company of Battlemen. That I well remember the circumstance from the fact that my brother Dennis enlisted into & served in said company during said year 1776 - and I also remember the names of the following persons among others who also belonged to said company viz Daniel Halcok Peter Young &c
Henry A Flander mark
Subscribed & sworn this 12 th day of September October 1844; & I Certify that said Henry Flander is a witness of credibility & that the foregoing affidavit was carefully read over to him & its contents explained, before he signed or made his mark & swore to the same
STATE OF NEW YORK Montgomery County Clerk's Office. Laurence Marcellus
I, Chester S. Brumley, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Laurence Marcellus Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed Deed was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Deed is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 17 th day of October 1844
Chester S. Brumley Clerk.