Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,973, John Wharry, New York

SERVICE
New York
Wharry, John Esther
NUMBER
N. 25,973
CONTENTS

New York 4516
Esther Wharry
widow of John Wharry
who was a Sergeant
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20. day of Jan. 1844 and sent to G. G. Mitchell Shawangunk, Ulster Co. N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 258

5753
Esther Whang Widow of John Whang Under act of July 7 th 1838.
Col Van Cortlandt Capt Pilt
Enl d May 1778
Disch 16 Feb 1779.
8 Mo & 11 days Supt
9 " 29 "
Col Van Cortlandt } Capt. Pilt — }
Admitted into Sergeant 17 & 20 days
B. Armstrong Newburgh N.Y.
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State of New York, Ulster County Ss. On this twenty th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine before the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ulster aforesaid, personally appeared Esther Whary a resident of the town of Shawangunk in said County of Ulster aged Seventy one years on the sixth day of March last who being first duly sworn makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 granting half pay & pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of John Whary late of said County of Ulster deceased who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and served as is hereinafter stated according to the best of her knowl- edge information & belief. That in the years 1776 & 1777 her said husband performed various tours of service in the Militia of said County but she is unable to state under what officers or at what places or the length of said tours respectively, but must refer to the proof of such service hereto annexed.
That in the month of May in the year 1778 her said husband enlisted into a company of which Samuel T Bell was Captain in the Second New York Regiment Commanded by Col. Van Kortlandt for the term of nine months and served said term in the State of New Jersey & elsewhere as a private & was discharged in the month of February in the said year 1779 having served out the full term of his en- listment in said company.
That on or about the first day of May in the year 1779 her said husband entered into the service of the United States in a company of levies of the State of New York of which William Faulkner was

the Captain in Col Penhings regiment of levies for the term of eight months. & served said term as the first sergeant of said company on the western frontiers of said state & was discharged at Stony Point on the Hudson River on or about the first day of January in the year 1780. having served out the full term of eight months for which he had enlisted. And for proof of this service she refers to the rolls of Captain Trichnus now on file in the Pension Office
That in the year 1780 her said husband was also engaged in different terms of service on the western frontiers of said County of Ulster but she is unable to state the names of the officers under whom he served or the length of such terms of service
That in the spring of the year 1781 her said husband entered the service of the United States in a company of levies of which James Penhings was captain in Col Weissenfels regiment for the term of eight or nine months & served out said term on the western frontiers of said County of Ulster as a sergeant.
That she has no documentary evidence of her said husbands services except an order for his pay for his services in Capt Pells Company in the year 1778 & 1779 which order was found among his old papers which order is hereto annexed and she further says that her said husband in the neighbourhood where he resided was among his neighbours & acquaintances sometimes called Wherry & sometimes Worry but that he always spelled & wrote his name Wherry.
That she was married to her said husband the said John Wherry on the twentyfifth day

of September in the year 1790. by the Rev. W. Goe- lehus a Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church of said County of Ulster. That she has no record But for proof of her said proof of her marriage with her said husband Marriage she refers to the family record kept by her said husband & has to-annexed that her name before marriage was Esther Miller and that her said husband died on the twenty sixth day of December in the year 1811. and that she now knows of no town county or church record of her said marriage. That she was not married to her said husband previous to the time of his leaving the service. but their marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year 1794 about at the time aforesaid and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband the said John Whary. and that by reason of old age & bodily infirmity she is unable to attend the sittings of the court of record of said County.
Subscribed & sworn to this
Esther Whary
day & year first above written The words and for proof of her said marriage she refers to the family record kept by her said husband & has to-annexed were erased & the words. That she has no record proof of her marriage with her said husband interlined before signing. before me
Abraham A Deyo one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster
I the undersigned Judge before whom the foregoing declaration of Esther Whary was made do certify that I am acquainted with her & believe her to be a woman of truth & veracity & her statements under oath entitled to full credit & belief & also that I am satisfied that she is from old age & bodily infirmity unable to attend court.
Abraham A Deyo
one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster

State of New York,
Ulster County } ss David M Whary of Shawangunk in said County being duly sworn says that he is aged forty three years & that he is the son of John Whary late of said County deceased & of Esther Whary formerly his wife & now his widow and that he knows that his said father the said John Whary died on the twenty sixth fifth day of December in the year 1889. And that his mother the said Esther Whary has remained a widow ever since his death. and further that the annexed order for pay is signed in the proper hand writing of his said father & was found among his papers. After his decease. & further says not sworn before me this David M Whary
20 th day of June 1889.
(the word twenty substituted)
Abraham H Deyo one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Ulster I the undersigned judge do certify that I am well acquainted with Doctor David M Whary who made the foregoing affi- davit & know him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statements under oath entitled to full credit & belief. Abraham H Deyo
State of New York
Ulster County } ss I John Deyo Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Abraham H Deyo before whom the foregoing affidavits of Esther Whary & David M Whary purport to have been taken was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts of Ulster County & that his signatures to the same are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 6 th day of July 1889.

State of New York Orange County Ss. Sylvanus Miller of the city of New York Counsellor at Law being duly sworn deposes & says that he is more than Sixty Six years of age, and that he was well acquainted with John Whary late of the County of Ulster deceased & with Esther Whary his widow, that the said Esther is a sister of this deponent, that in the year 1790 this deponent was attending a Grammar School in Montgomery in the County of Orange aforesaid that he was invited to attend the wedding his his sister the said Esther Miller and that he attended her wedding & saw her married to the said John Whary by the Rev. Mr. Goetchius a minister of the Re- formed Dutch Church of Ulster County afore- said. And he verily believes that they were married on the twenty fifth day of September in the year 1790. And further that in the month of November in the year 1793 this deponent went to the city of New York & entered College there & at the time last aforesaid the said John Whary & Esther his wife were living together as man & wife & so continued to live together until the death of the said John & the said Esther then had one child by her said husband the said John Whary. And deponent further says that he has in connection with the Rev. Mr. Vanderveer examined the records of Marriages purpor- ting to have been kept by the Rev. Mr. Goetchius but was unable to find any entry of the mar- riage of the said John Whary & Esther Miller that the father of deponent had a record which was kept of the ages & marriages of his children but that the said record is lost & that he now knows of no record

of the marriage aforesaid & further says not known before me this 2 nd day of July 1839 H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace
Siwamus Minn
I the undersigned justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit of Sylvanus Miller was made do certify that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statements under oath entitled to full credit & belief.
H. Armstrong J.P.
State of New York Orange County ss. I, Albert H. Benton Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that Francis Armstrong Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and hereby believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine -
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County the 3 rd day of July 1839 -
A. H. Benton Clerk
for Asa Dunning Depy Clerk

John Wherry order
Wherry, John NY W 25973

Newbury Oct 27-1780
Please to Pay unto Justice Bartholomew the the Bene my whole Pay due to me for my Service as a Private Soldier in Capt. Samuel T. Pills Company in Col. Philip Van Cortlandt Regiment of New York Continental Troops in the year 1778 & 1779 for siding this order. Shall be your Rev. for the same from
To General Washington Esq.
John Wherry
In the presence of James Jones
No pay appears to be due this man by any Returns that is filled in the Treasury. apply to the Continental Pay Master Genl

Ref
WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 25,973
Esther Wherry
Wid. of
John Wherry
Sugt. Rev. na
Act: March 2 nd 1843.
Index:—Vol. W , Page 325
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Esther Wherry
Act. July 7, 1838
Marr'd 25. Sept. 1790
Husband died 26. Dec 1811
let. to H. Armstrong 16. Oct. 1839
to same 22. Oct. 1839

Oct 22.
Inat
N.Y.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington

Newburgh Oct 19 th 1839
Sir
Your letter of the 16 th is received stating that Esther Whang the widow of John Whang will find proof of her husband's services in the office of Bates book keep Comptroller at Albany. The widow claims for nine months & sixteen days services under Capt Bell in Col. Van Courtland's regiment commencing in May 1778. For eight months serve under Capt Wm. Faulkner in Col. Pawling's regiment commencing 1 st of May 1779 as a sergeant and for nine months serve in 1781 or 1782 under Capt Pawling, the last two services being long services. Your letter states that John Whang is found nine months & sixteen days in Col. Van Courtland's Regiment. in relation to the service under Capt. Faulkner in 1779. I was informed by the Hon S W Eager of this county that several years since he forwarded to your Department the original pay roll of Capt. Faulkner for that service. & in the year 1837. I was informed by your Department that it was still on file there. if said roll should be still in your possession I would beg leave to refer to it instead of being at the expense of procuring a certificate from Albany.

if that roll still should be on file in your office I presume it would be satisfactory. & save the necessity of a certificate from the Comptroller.
I have heretofore examined the books returned to the Comptroller & am unable to find John Whary's name on Capt. Pawling's rolls for 1781 & can find no roll of his company for 1782. if that roll is not also on file in your office, I shall be compelled to abandon the claim for service for the year 1781 or 1782.
Will you inform me whether that roll of Capt. Faulkner's can be found in your Department.
I am Respectfully Your obt servt R. M c Intosh
J. L. Edwards Esq.

New York 4644
Esther Wharry
widow of John Wharry
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 26. Dec r 1811 of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Pille of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Van Cortland in the N. York line for 17 months & 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 88 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of Nov. 1839 and sent to H. Armstrong Newburgh, N.Y.
Arrears to the 1 th of Sep. '39 309.15 Semi-annual allowance, ending 1 st Oct. '40 44.16 $ 353.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 112

5059
Shawangunk Decem 26 1842 Dec 22 th
N.Y. Esopus M'harry March 1843
Free.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Washington City D. C.

Shawangunk
Ulster Co., N.Y. Nov. 15. 1843.
Sir
Enclosed I send you an application for a certificate of pension for Ethna Wherry, which when granted you will please forward to me.
Very resp.
Geo. G. Schuchert
Hon. J. A. Edwards Washington City D. C.

5753
July 10
N.Y.
July 7. 1838.
Esther Whang mo: of John
0
N.Y.

Free
Robt Edwards Esq.
Comt. of Pensions
Washington

Newburgh July 6 th 1839.
Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers relating to the claim of Esther Whang widow of John Whang for a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838 when the claim is examined please communicate the result to me.
L Edwards Esq. Washington
Yours Respectfully P. Armstrong Newburgh, N.Y.

Oct. 31. 1839
enclosing certificate of to the service of Genl. Canby's D o .
J. S. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington

Newburgh Oct 28 th 1839
Sir
Enclosed I send you a certificate of the Secretary of State of NY. certifying that Samuel Parsons 2 d was a sergeant of Artillery in Capt. Wool's Company, Col. Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, & that he served to the end of the war. by the enclosed pay certificate it is evident that he is only pensioned as a sergeant of Infantry as the Attorney of Mr Parsons. I hereby relinquish my claim to the pension in the enclosed pay certificate & claim a pension as sergeant of Artillery. the document from the Secretary of State shows the fact that he served as such.
I received a letter from your Department in relation to the claim of Esther Wherry widow of John Wherry stating that the roll of Capt. Faulkner had been found showing 8 months service for said Wherry as a sergeant in 1779 which together with the 9 months & 16 days in 1778. is all that can be substantiated for said widow. I am willing to accept a pay certificate for that time as no further proof can now be found to support said claim.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
I am Respectfully your Obed Servt R. Armstrong

5059
Ethel Wherry
$88. 33
J. B. Mitchell
Shawangunk Ulster Co N.Y.

State of New York } County of Ulster } p.
On this 1 st day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, personally appeared Esther Wherry a resident of the town of Shawangunk in said county, aged seventy five 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 rd of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of John Wherry who was a sergeant in the War of the Revolution who served under Captain William Faulkner in Col. Albert Paudings Regt. and was entitled to eighty eight dollars and thirty three cents per annum.
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was eighty eight dollars and thirty three cents.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn and subscribed on the day Esther Wherry and year first above written.
Geo. G. Mitchell Justice of the Peace
I certify the above declarant is personally known to me and the word "first" in the 7 th line was interlined before execution.
Geo. G. Mitchell Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Ulster } p.
I George A Gay clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that Geo. G. Mitchell was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this 4 th day of November 1843.
Geo. A. Gay Clerk