Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,544, John Henry Wilkert, Continental Widows Residence New York In 1839

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Wilkert John Henry or Wilkins Rebecca
R 11.544
CONTENTS
Widows residence New York in 1839.

5027 Declaration of Rebekah Wilbert
Act July 1838
Married 13. Dec 1785 Husband died 9 Oct. 1802

State of New York, Rockland County, ss. On this fifteenth day of March, in the year 1839, personally appeared before me Abraham B Stephens, one of the judges of the county aforesaid, Rebekah Wilkert, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged Seventy -- years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision 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 John Henry Wilkert, (commonly called Wilkins) who was a Matross, and enlisted in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, for three years, as a Matross and served under Capt. Fleming, in a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Lamb, in the Continental line, and after serving out the term of enlistment, was discharged in the fall of the year 1783, and re- ceived his discharge in writing. That the death of her late husband having taken place more than thirty six years since, and her memory as it respects the recital that her late husband made to her of the services by him rendered under the said enlistment, the time and place when it commenced and ended, the country through which he marched and the battles in which he was engaged, so very imperfect, that she is now unable more fully to set them forth, and does not know of a single person living whereby to prove the same, and must refer the Commissioner on Pensions to the Rolls of the said Regiment, for the proof of his services, and if she has erred as to the Name of the Capt. under whom she served, that the same may be also rectified. She further declares that she was married to the said John Henry Wilkert or Wilkins, on the thirteenth day of December, seven-  teen hundred and eighty five, by the Rev. Nicholas Lansing, and that her husband, the aforesaid John Henry Wilkert or Wilkins died on the ninth day of October, eighteen hundred and two; that she was not mar- ried to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, at the time above stated.  Sworn to and subscribed, on the } her day and year above written, before } Rebekah Wilkert Me Abm B Stephens } mark Judge

I do Certify that I am acquainted with Rebekah Wilkute the within Deponent and believe her to be a a person of Veracity, whose testimony is entitled to the fullest credit and further by Reason of age and Infirmity she is not in a condition to attend a Court and has not the ability to write her name Abm B Stephens { judge
State of New York, Broekland County. ss.
1839 March 29
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of -- Broekland, Do hereby certify, That Abraham B Stephens Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to, is One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature annexed to the same, is his genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, this twenty first day of March 1839.
Abm Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York, } Rockland County. } On this twentieth — day of March, 1839. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a justice of the peace, in and for said county. Abraham Clark — a resident of the town of Orange, in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he was acquainted with John — Henry Wilkert, commonly called Wilkins, and at  he — recalled that they , well recollect that they he died in his neighbour- hood, that he is not able to state the exact time of his death but knows that it was between thirty and forty years since and, has remained a widow ever since that period Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Abram R Clark Before me Peter T Stephens Justice
State of New York, } Rockland County. } On this twentieth — day of March, 1839. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a justice of the — peace in and for said county. David Clark — a resident of the town of Orange, in said county, who, being first duly sworn accor- ding to law, doth depose and say, that he was acquainted with — John Henry Wilkert, commonly called Wilkins, and was at his — recalled , that he recollects that the said John Henry died in his neighbourhood between thirty and forty years since and that she has remained a widow ever since that period — Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me Peter T Stephens Justice David Clark
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abraham Clark and David Clark and know them to be men of truth and veracity whose statements are entitled to credit Peter T Stephens Justice

State of New York Rockland County ss
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the County of Rockland, Do hereby certify, that Peter T Stephens Esq. Before whom the within affidavits of Abm R Clark, and David Clark, and the annexed affidavit of the Rev. Isaac D Cole were taken, is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature annexed to each of said Affidavits, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county. This Twenty first day of March, 1839.
Abm. Hogenkamp Clerk

Extract from the Record of Marriages, of the formerly United Congregations of Tappan and Clarkstown, of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church." Johan Henry Wilkert met Rebekkah Grof
bride van Tappan I. Isaac D. Cole, Pastor of the Re- formed Protestant Dutch Church at Tappan, certify, that I am in possession of the Book, being the Record of Marriages of the formerly United Congregations of Tappan and Clarkstown, that the above extract is a true copy of the record of Marriages of the said United Congregations, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the said record in fair legible figures, as follows " 1785 (One Thousand seven hundred and Eighty five) December 13 th (thirteenth).
Isaac D. Cole V. D. M.
State of New York,
Rockland County ss. I. Isaac D. Cole, above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Tappan, in the town of Orange, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Uni- ted congregations, with the exceptions above named, as certified by me -
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of March 1839 before me
Isaac D. Cole V. D. M.
Peter S. Stephens Justice

✓ N. York Rebekah Wilkett bt. to D. Pye 3. Aug. 1839 to same 27. " " do. to same Sept. 12. 1839
115 H4
Act July 1838

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11.044
P. O. Rebecca Wilkert
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Clarkstown March 22 d 1839
Hon d . Sir
Accompanying I send you the papers of M rs Wilkeet - as the Name is spelt on the Church Records. The Widow says that they were generally called Wilkins, how his name will appear on the rolls of the company in which he served will appear from the same. but believing that the clergyman spelt it as given up - has induced me to draw the papers as they are, if any error does exist, by informing me thereof it will be rectified if possible -
I remain Respectable Sir your Ob t Serv t .
Hon d James L Edowards
David Dye

Clarkstown Sep r 3. 1839.
Hon. Sir -
By your letter of the 27 th of August I am informed that - from the year 1780 to the close of the war, there is no evidence in the War Department of any service rendered by John Henry Wilkert. But as the family connections appear to be so confident that he did serve in said Regiment at some time during the war and thinking that they may have misstated the time or that his name at that time was not so written perhaps only John, or Henry, or Wilkins that if you will so much oblige them as to inform me whether the name in either form is born on the rolls of that regiment at any time during the war and whether a Capt y by the name of Fleming did belong in Col l Lamb's Regiment
I remain Hon d Sir
your B t Serv t
Daniel Pyle
Hon d James L Edwards

David Frye Sep. 12, 1839
O.K.

War Dept 253.
Pension Office
Sept. 12. 1839
Sir,
Your letter of the 3 d inst. relative to the case of Mrs Catharine R. File 10,838 Vanderbilt, widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt has been received. The claim will not be admitted without the production of such proof as has been required.
In relation to the case of Rebekah Wilkert, widow of John Henry Wilkert, I have to inform you that her husband's name is not on our rolls, neither is there such a name as John or Henry Wilkins. There was a captain named Fleming, in Col. Lamb's reg t . Unless proof of Wilkert's service be produced, a pension will not be granted. The enclosed rule of evidence marked (j) must be strictly adhered to.
David Pye, Clarkstown N. York
Enter these - Wilkert - act '38 - No. 5027 Vanderbilt - act '38 No. 5374

Aug 26 Myrtle Sampson } Aug 21 st }
Free
Mr. & Mrs. Hon.
James L. Edwards Comr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Clarkstown August 21 st 1839.
Hon d Sir,
On the receipt of your letter of the 3 d Instant, in the case of Rebecca Wilkert, I wrote to the Dep t Secretary of this State, and from him received a letter in which he says. "I have carefully examined the return of Col n Lambs Regiment, in this office, but I can find no such name as John Henry Wilkert or Wilkins, and no land has been granted to any such person, as far as I can find out — If he enlisted and served during the war his name would have been returned among the rest of the Soldiers — We have not in this office any roll of the enlistments in 3 d Reg t , or of the term the men were to serve" — You will therefore see that there is no evidence to be obtained from the Records of the State of New York as to the service rendered by John Henry Wilkert, in said regiment. (if any was rendered)
Mrs Wilkert appears to be confident that her late husband did serve for some part of the war, as she has by him been informed, and to the best of her recollection under the Capt y by her named, And Peter Groff (her brother) who says that he served in Col n Lambs Reg t , says he knows that said Wilkert did serve in said Reg t , but not under the same Capt y with him —
I therefore have to request, that if there is any record of the service of the said John Henry Wilkert in the War Department, that the widow may be permitted to receive the benefit thereof, and if her claim has not been rightly presented, that such information may be given thereof as will enable her to amend.
Please to inform me of the final result, as I know of no other testimony to offer but that of her brother which I expect will be of no avail unless supported by document.
I remain Respectable Sir your Hum d Serv t .
Hon d James L Edwards
David Pyle