Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22483, John Van Tuyl, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Van Fuyl, John Jane
N 22483
CONTENTS

24762. New York
John Van Snyl of Seneca Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Sebring of the Reg't commanded by Col Freelinghuyse in the New Jersey line for 8 months & 9 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 21 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Feb. 1834 and sent Dr. Alister Waterloo N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep 33 — $52.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Mar 34 10.50
$63.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Mr. Cromwell Clerk. Book 60 Vol. 4 Page 85

In the matter of John Van Puy appl. for Pension
252 P 42
The most of the time of service within pensionable will be found with Mr Delery's Papers - said to be in file
J. M. [?]
John Van Puy

State of New York.
Seneca County ss. On this sixteenth day of May in the year of Our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three - Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Seneca in said State of New York, Now sitting John Van Tyl aged Seventy three years, past who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born in the Province of New Jersey in the County of Somerset Township Bernard the sixteenth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred & fifty nine That he has a record.

of his age in his Bible - That during the times he served in the Revolution he was a resident of the township of Bernard in Somerset County & State of New Jersey -
That he first entered the service in the militia of said State of New Jersey in the month of November in the year 1776 at which time the Clap to which he belonged was called out under Captain Noel Sebring for one month which term he served at Hackgreen & New Ark. That Holk and Sebring served with him in the same company that he served one month -
That the next time his Clap was called out under Captain David Smally and he served one month at Elizabeth Town New Jersey under said Smally in the Spring of the year 1777 - as latter part of the previous winter

That he was again called into Service with his Clap in the month of April 1777 and Served one Month and one day as a Corporal under Captain John Sebring Stationed at Middlebrook under the command of General Lincoln. That Alexander Keith Patrick & Peter Vandement were his Lieutenants
That he was again called into the Service with his Clap in November 1777. under Captain John Sebring was Stationed at Elizabeth Town in New Jersey, under the command of Col. Meechey. James Wahaling was his Lieutenant That he then Served fifteen days - That during that time he was in a battle on Staten Island -
That he was again called out with his Clap in the Month of June 1778 under Capt ain John Sebring. Command by Col Meechey That he Marched to Delaware river & Home through Monmouth That he Served as a Corporal thirteen days at this time That Robert Balmer & William Mrazier were his Lieutenants & Isaac Van Dyke ensign - and was engaged in the Battle of Monmouth That he was next called out as a Private under the last above named officer on a General alarm in the State of New Jersey in June 1780 & Served Seven days That he was again called into Service with his Clap under Capt. John Sebring in the Month of July 1780 and Marched to Springfield where he Served twenty four days as a Sergeant John Swain was his Lieutenant -

That he was again called in to the Service with his Company in the month of January 1781 under Capt. John Sebring - and served nine days at New Brunswick under the command of Lieut. Col. McClellan - Isaac Van Pelt his father was ensign
That in the month of September 1781 - Each Company of Militia was required to furnish one three man for the three months Service That this declarant and John Rich Sebring, and another man agreed to do the duty of one man for three months That under this agreement this declarant served his portion of said term That is one month at Connecticut Farms in the State of New Jersey That Israel Richey was his Captain - Abraham Van Dam was his Lieutenant, during said term - That they were under the command of Col: Seely -
And further This declarant says he has been informed & verily believes the evidence of his services in Capt. John Sebrings Company may be found on the Muster or Pay roll of said Company which he has been informed & believes is on file in the office of the Secretary of War and was sent there by William Thompson Esquire of Brid - That this declarant has lived in the County of Seneca and State of New York about thirty three years -

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 Sworn & subscribed in open Court the 18 th day of May A.D. 1833 - Seba Murphy clerk, John Van Dyl
We Aaron D. Lane a Clergyman of the Village of Waterloo in the County of Seneca and John Knox Esq. of the same Place hereby Certify that we live within two Miles of and are well acquainted with John Van Dyl who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be of the age of Seventy three years that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and we concur in that opinion Subscribed & sworn to Aaron D. Lane in open Court this J. Knox day of May A.D. 1833 - Seba Murphy clerk,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War depart- ment 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 Varian D. Lane who has signed the Preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Village of Waterloo and that John Knapp Esquire who has also signed the same is a respectable person & that their statements are entitled to full credit.
I Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Van Duzee for a Pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of May A.D. 1853 Seba Murphy clk

State of New York Seneca County ss! I, Gerhard Sebring of the Town of Agra in said County being duly sworn in Open Court before the Court of Com- mon Pleas of said County now sitting in Open said County, depose & say that he is seventy four years old last February that he resides in said Town of Agra that he is well acquainted with John Van Dyke of the Town of Waterloo in said County that he has known said John Van Dyke ever since the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty that this deponent was with said Van Dyke in the revolutionary War that he served with him the first time he went out that winter & was defeated at that time and month each about 1777 in the fall - that he served with said Van Dyke at the Battle of Monmouth touching along services with him are recorded in said pension book after said last service and served with him some days - and knows that said Van Dyke served several times when this deponent was not with him in the service -
Sworn & subscribed this 2 nd day of October 1843 before me S. B. Ellsworth Clk.
Fathers Sebring
State of New York James Demott one of the Judges of Seneca Co. Seneca County ss! William Harrison County at law of the Village of Agra in the County of Seneca being duly sworn deposes says that he is well acquainted with Gerhard Sebring of said Town of Agra

Who made & subscribed the above affidavit and that Said Falkland Lee is a man of good standing for truth Veracity and entitled to full credit & belief And is generally reported & believed to have been a soldier in the revolution Subscribed & sworn to James D. Mott in open court this Wm Thompson 25th day of November A.D. 1853 Seba Allen phy Clk.
State of New York Seneca County ss: I, Jesse Field a Physician of the Village of Waterloo in the County of Seneca being duly sworn deposes and says that he has been the family Physician of John Van Dyke in the annexed paper named for about fifteen years last past and is well acquainted with said John Van Dyke, and that Van Dyke is generally reported & believed to have been a soldier in the revolution and he is a man of integ- rity & credit and entitled to full credit & belief in his statements and that he has during the acquaintance of this deponent with him been much afflicted with the Rheumatism and for some months past and now is from age Rheumatism and disease unable to be from home and is very infirm Subscribed & sworn to in open court this 25 day of Jesse Field November A.D. 1853 Seba Allen phy Clk

State of New York Seneca County ss:
On this 25 th day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in Open Court in a Circuit Court this day holden in & for the County of Seneca before Daniel Morely Esqum one of the Circuit Judges of the State of New York. John Van Dyl of Fayette in said County of Seneca who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the same Identical John Van Dyl who made subscribed the annexed declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 and which he made on the sixteenth day of May last past. And he now further deposes and says in addition to the declaration aforesaid and hereto annexed -
1 st That he was born in the Township of Barnard, Somerset County, and State of New Jersey on the sixteenth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and fifty nine 2 o That the only record which he has of his age is a memorandum of it written in his family Bible - 3 o That at the several times he was called in to the service as specified in the annexed declaration he resided in the said town of Barnard in Somerset County aforesaid & now resides in Fayette aforesaid 4 o That he was at the said several times in said declaration specified called in to the service by Drafting as he understands

it That he was Clapd and went when his Clap was Called -
5 th That he does not recollect the names of any other officers than those specified in his declar- ation hereto annexed
6 th That to his recollection and he believes he never had any written discharge
3 That he removed from said State of New Jersey to Seneca County in the State of New York about thirty three or four years ago, into Seneca County and has resided for the last fifteen years within one mile of the Village of Waterloo in said County -
7. That he has for the last twelve years been well acquainted with the Reverend Saran D. Lane Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Waterloo and during the whole of that time has been & now is a member of his Church - And during the whole of the same time has been well acquainted with the Hon. John Kray Esq. who subscribed & took the affixed affidavit with said Lane - That he is very infirm and much crippled with the Rheumatism and unable to go more than a mile or two from home and therefore has been and is unable to procure any other testimony of his services As to ascertain if there is any other than what he here with sends to be had That for the last four months he has been almost wholly confined to his house and was unable to get out at all at the Last October Court in this County

our view can in no way
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That he served about two months in the revolutionary war in the Matitia of New Jersey which he did not specify in his declaration here to connect because he could not remember his officers or give any other proof of said service than his own testimony - And this declarant further declares & testifies that in January in the year 1781 for which he was above charged & testified to nine days service he was drafted as aforesaid for a month that after being in the service a few days he with his company were ordered to Staten Island that they left Elizabeth

Down Just at Dark for the Island That it was very cold & snowed that this declarant while crossing the creek in the night slipped & fell in & got wet to his vest that he did not get into any house or place to dry until late the next night when they returned to Elizabeth Town that he was the the same night taken very bad with the Rheumatism and was sent home in a wagon and confined & unable to go out for about two months which was the reason he did not complete his term, and has at times ever since then & now is a cripple with the Rheumatism from said exposure as he believes Subscribed & sworn to in open Court 25 Nov - 1833
John Murphy Clk.
John Van Lief

In the matter of John Van Dyke
for a Pension

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 & that He served as He states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said William Thompson and Jesse D. Field who have taken and signed the annexed affidavits are residents of said County of Seneca and that they are creditable persons and entitled to credit
J. S. Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New York and of the Circuit Court of the same County DO hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
Proceedings of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said Circuit Court in the matter of the application of John Van Ghyse for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this twenty 25 th day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty three J. S. Murphy Clerk.

11.520
New York
Jane Van Ruyl deceased
widow of John who died on the 27 May 1836
of in the State of
who was a Private the
commanded
by Captain of the
commanded
by in the
line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 21 Dollars
Cent.
her May annum, to commence on the 27th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of July 1857 and sent to -
A. Jay
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Orion
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Book
Vol.
R. M. Hae
Clerk.
Page 185.

14.773
Aug. 28/32.
Dane Van Tuyl, Widow of John, N. Y.
Set July 7 th 1838.
Arad Joy, Ovid, N. Y.

Revolutionary Claim Widows pension New York Jane Van Luyt
Quincy Aug 26 '02
Sir I enclose papers in full in this case Respectfully Yours Affectionately Abraham
Wm J. E. H.
This is John

State of New York
County of Seneca (ss On this 11 th day of March 1852 personally appeared before the subscriber County Judge, & Surrogate of said County in open court in his office in Ovid, Seneca Van Tyl a resident of said county aged sixty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration for and in behalf of the surviving children of his late mother Jane Van Tyl and in her name to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That the said Jane Van Tyl, this deponent's said mother, was the widow of John Van Tyl late a pensioner of the United States formerly & during the Revolution resident of New Jersey.
That this deponent further declares that according to his best information & belief the said Jane Van Tyl was married to the said John Van Tyl in 1782 her name before marriage was Jane Sebring, married in the state of New Jersey and married after the said John Van Tyl had closed his revolutionary services, that he was not in service after marriage as aforesaid, that the said husband of the said Jane Van Tyl, to wit, the said John Van Tyl died at Waterloo Seneca County New York on the 27 th day of May 1836 as per inscription of the same upon his grave stone, leaving his widow the aforesaid Jane Van Tyl who remained his widow till her death, and that she died his widow at Waterloo in said Seneca County on the 16 th day of November 1844 leaving at her death, & who still survive her the following named children, being her only children now surviving her, each of whom is over the age of twenty one years, to wit John Van Tyl, Isaac Van Tyl, Abraham Van Tyl, Mary Chamberlin, Jane Keeler, & James Van Tyl Sworn before me in open court this 11 th day of March 1852
John Van Tyl
John B. Seely County Judge & Surrogate

State of New York County of Seneca ss I John E Seeley County Judge & Surrogate of said county do hereby certify that at a Surrogate's court held before me, in my office in Ovid, Satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said court fully to establish the fact, that John Van Tyl was a citizen of the United States and died at Waterloo in said County on the 27 th day of May 1836, leaving his widow Jane Van Tyl who remained his widow till her death, and that she died his widow on the 16 th day of November 1844 and that the following named children still survive her being her only children her surviving & that each of them is over the age of twenty one years, to wit John Van Tyl Isaac Van Tyl, Abraham Van Tyl, James Van Tyl Mary Chamberlin and Jane Weesler. I further certify that John Van Tyl one of the above named children and who executed the declaration on the page back, or first page is duly appointed Administrator of the estate of Jane Van Tyl within named, and that he is duly qualified to act as such, and that he has appointed Fred Day of Ovid his agent and attorney.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Ovid this 11 th day of March 1852
John E Seeley County Judge Surrogate

State of New York
County of Seneca } ss Doctor Peter Covert, whom I certify is a worthy witness, a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes & says that he was born in 1788, that prior to 1800 his father removed from New Jersey to the said county of Seneca & that at that time prior to 1800 they resided neighbors to John Van Dyke & his then wife Jane Van Dyke, & their family, the eldest child of which was then older than this deponent, by the name of Nelly, that their second child by the name of John was one year younger than this deponent, that this deponent was a school mate with Nelly & John Van Dyke, the two eldest children of the said John & Jane Van Dyke, that this deponent has a certain data for his knowledge of the ages of the said Nelly & John Van Dyke, from his own age, that this deponent was ten years of age in 1798 and the said Nelly Van Dyke was at that time eleven years of age and John Van Dyke was nine years of age, that the said John Van Dyke the elder was a pensioner of the United States & did leaving his widow Jane Van Dyke in whose behalf this application for a pension is made - This deponent further deposes and says, that the notice attached of the death of Nelly Harris Dec 4th last, is the notice of the death of the said Nelly Van Dyke, the said daughter of John & Jane Van Dyke, that this deponent had known her fifty or fifty five years as stated above.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 26th day of August 1852
Peter Covert
John E Seeley County Judge Seneca Co.
of how ions... disease is as frightful as... progress of the malady, bloating the system to a... renders the patient utterly unable to move, forms one of its most distressing features. HITHERTO INCURABLE, it now yields to this remedy - and Physicians use it publicly and privately with perfect success. Let any one who has ever had a symptom of Dropsy, of any character, keep this article before him, and if they would avoid the... of Hither to Incurable

DIED.
In Ovid, on the 16th inst., Mr. GEORGE HARRIS, in the 71st year of his age.
Also on the 4th of December last, NELLY, wife of George Harris, in her 65th year.
We are called time and again, to record the departure of the early settlers of this county, and in this case, that of two of our most worthy and respected citizens.
Mr. GEORGE HARRIS was born in Boundbook, Somerset Co., N. J., Nov. 8, 1781, and his wife was also born in the same place July 16th, 1787. They moved to this County with their parents about the year 1794 and remained in this town until the day of their death. They belonged to that class of staunch, worthy emigrants from the state of New Jersey, who have assisted to make our county what it is, and their descendants still remain among us, constituting a large portion of our most enterprising and substantial citizens.—The deceased were united in marriage Nov. 8th, 1804 and lived happily together nearly half a century, rearing up a large and respectable family commanding the respect of all who knew them and endeared to a large circle of friends and acquaintances on account of their many virtues.—Their loss is felt not only in the mourning family circle, but by the community, and the Church with which they were associated so many years. They united with the Reformed Dutch Church, now of Lodi, about the year 1822, and have always maintained its ordinances, adorned the religion which they professed by a well ordered life and conversation. [Ovid Bee, Feb. 25.]
and that the following...

No 25464
John Van Duyl Seneca County New York
il. m.
Adm. itus
Private bmo Sq duy,
J. McAlister Waterloo New 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 subjoined 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. Those 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, showing the Service of John Van Dyke Seneca County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entered Nov. 1776 - 1 - private Capt Sebring 73 years Somerset Traditionary evidence - papers not properly attached   Served Apr. 1777 - 1 - " Capt Smally Coventry   Called Apr. " - 1 1 Corporal Capt Sebring, Col Lincoln New Jersey   Called Nov. " - - 15 private Capt Sebring, Colonel Freelinghausen   Called June 1778 - - 13 Corporal Capt Sebring, Col. Freelinghausen   Called June 1780 - - 7 private Capt Sebring   Called July 1780 - - 24 Sergt. Capt Sebring   Called Jan'y 1781 - 1 9 private Capt Sebring, Col. M'Clanahan Battle at Staten Island and Monmouth   Served Sept. 1781 - 1 - " Capt Richey, Col. Sealy   6 9  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
A See Letter A new off following it... and Col. Richey's off. Should not this old father be paid for that month? in stead of 9 days?

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 days 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
There are numerous applicants for pensions who served in the same corps with applicant

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.

October 29, 1936
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Mr. F.M.Van Tuyl Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado
BA-J/EEL John Van Tuyl-W.22483 John Van Tuyl-S.11601
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Van Tuyl, Junior, a pensioner for service in the New York Troops and the record of John Van Tuyl, Senior, if on file.
The Revolutionary War records have been searched under all spellings of the surname Van Tuyl, and only two records found in addition to Abraham Van Tuyl, whose record was furnished you; they are those of John Van Tuyl, New Jersey service and John Van Tuyl, New York service. Their records follow as found in pension claims, W.22483 and S.11601, respectively, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
John Van Tuyl W.22483
John Van Tuyl, the son of Isaac, was born December 16, 1759, in Bernard Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. The name of his mother is not shown.
While residing in said Bernard Township, New Jersey, John Van Tuyl enlisted in 1776, and served until in September, 1781, on monthly tours, about six months and eight days in all, as private, corporal and sergeant under Captains Ruliff Sebring, David Smalley, John Sebring and Israel Rickey, Colonels Frelinghuysen, Middah and Seeley in the New Jersey Troops. He was in an engagement on Staten Island and in the battle of Monmouth. His father, Isaac Van Tuyl, was ensign of Captain John Sebring's Company, Colonel Middah's New Jersey Regiment and in 1781, John Van Tuyl served under his father in said company.
I failed names as I found them in A. J. host
John Van Tuyl was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833, while residing in Seneca County, New York, within one

mile of the village of Waterloo, where he had resided for thirty-three years. It was stated that he was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Waterloo.
John Van Tuyl died May 27, 1836, in Waterloo, New York.
The soldier married in 1782, in New Jersey, Jane Sebring. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not stated. Jane died November 16, 1844, in Waterloo, New York.
The following children were living in 1852:
John Van Tuyl . . . . . in 1852, aged sixty-four years and a resident of Seneca County, New York. Isaac Van Tuyl Abraham Van Tuyl Mary Chamberlin Jane Kessler James Van Tuyl
The ages and places of residence of the children, other than John, are not stated.
The oldest child was a daughter, Nelly, born July 16, 1787, in Somerset County, New Jersey. She married November 8, 1804, George Harris and died December 4, 1851, in Ovid, New York. George Harris, husband of Nelly Van Tuyl Harris, was born in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, November 8, 1781. He died after his wife. It was stated that George and Nelly Harris were members of the Reformed Dutch Church of Ovid, New York, and that they reared a large family of children, no names of their children are shown.
In 1853, John I. or J. Sebring, brother of Jane, widow of John Tuyl, was aged eighty-one years and resided in Seneca County, New York.
John Van Tuyl S.11601
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Van Tuyl are not shown.
John Van Tuyl enlisted at Albany, New York, in September, 1777,

served one and one-half months as a private in Captain Roseboom's Company, Colonel Lansing's New York Regiment, and did garrison duty at the fort at Schoharie: he enlisted in September, 1779, and served one and one-half months as a private in Captain Roseboom's Company, Colonel Ten Broeck's New York Regiment and was stationed at Fort Hunter on the Mohawk River: he enlisted in July, 1780, served three months in Captain Jacob Lansing's Company, Colonel Malcolm's New York Regiment and was in a battle with the Indians under Butler and Brant at a place called "The Nose" on the Mohawk River.
John Van Tuyl was allowed pension on his application executed February 18, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Van Tuyl (S.11601), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Vantyle, Certificate No.14672, issued June 8, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Van Tyl W.F. 22483
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1776 1 mo Raliff Sebring N.J.   " 1777 1 mo David Smalley   Apr. 1777 1 mo 1 day Corpl. John Sebring   Nov. 1777 13 days John Sebring Frelinghuysen   June 1778 13 days Corpl. John Sebring Frelinghuysen   June 1780 7 days Pvt. John Sebring Frelinghuysen   July 1780 24 days Sgt. John Sebring   July 1781 9 days John Sebring Middah   Sept. 1781 1 mo. Israel Riekem Seely  
Soldier's father Isaac Van Tyl was Ensign in this Service
Battles engaged in, Staten Island, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Twp. of Bernard Somerset Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, May 16, 1833 His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Seneca Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. in Bernard Twp. Somerset Co. N.J. Dec. 16, 1757
Remarks: d. May 27, 1836 at Waterloo Seneca Co. N.Y.
Soldier married in N.J. in 1782 Jane Sebring who died at Waterloo N.Y. Nov. 16, 1844 Children: Mary Kelly who was b. July 16, 1787 Nov. 8, 1804 m. George Harris and died Dec. 4, 1851. John. Isaac. Abraham James. Mary Chamberlain and Jane Reesler
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1911 Dec 13 Hist. to Maud R. Houghton V.L.M. 1920 Apr 8 Hist to Mrs. L. C. Heeley 1936 Oct 28 - Hist to F.M. Van Luyk St 54-3
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22483
Jane Van Luyk wid John Van Luyk Rev Rev. War
Act March 30/43 Jan 17th 744
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]

no. 24904
Jane Van Tynl widow of John
Act July 1838
Stw: To A. Joy Jan'y 5/53
A.T.

Jane Van Tuyle Suspended Law 1838 New York Letter of Jan. 5. '53 from Abad Joy

New York 399  ct
Jane Van Tyl dec d widow of John Van Tyl who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Induing 16 Nov. 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of July 5 th and sent to Mrs. Jay Ovid M 4 .
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book ct Vol. 2 — Page 89.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
GOLDEN, COLORADO
September 19, 1936
Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
Attention: A. D. Hiller
Dear Sir:
Your letter of August 25, 1936, in answer to my inquiry regarding the Revolutionary War records of Abraham, Isaac, and Otto Van Tuyl is very much appreciated. I am writing to the Comptroller General as you suggested for further information regarding Abraham Vantyle.
I have recently learned that John Van Tuyl, Senior, and John Van Tuyl, Junior, served in the New York forces during the Revolutionary War. I am certain that John Van Tuyl, Junior, applied for a pension, but I have no information regarding an application from John, Senior. Will you kindly check the records for information on these Van Tuyls. As indicated in my former letter the name is also spelled Vantyle, Van Tuyle, Van Tile, Van Tuil, and Van Thuyl.
Sincerely yours,
Fran. Van Tuyl F. M. Van Tuyl
FMVT:GE

Rec. Sec m
New York City 409 Edgewood Ave. March 19 '20
Department of the Interior: Bureau of Pensions. Revolutionary War Section: G. M. Salzgaber. Comr.
Referring to yours of the 12 th inst. regarding the Pensions of the two John Van Tyls I wrote about, would ask - if there would be any objection to my having the record of two pensioners John Van Tyl. It might be the means of identifying the John Van Tyl I am in search of and whose descendants all claim was in the Revolutionary War but not known from what state he served. Would esteem it a great favor could this request be granted and can assure you no improper use will be made of the information.
awaiting your reply I remain Most Respectfully (Mrs) L. C. Healy.

Plymouth, Indiana. Dec. 5, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me copy of pension record of John Van Tuyl who served in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey, lived in Seneca Co. N. Y., name placed on roll Feb. 20th, pension commenced Mar. 4, 1831, age 74.
I desire this information for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Maud R. Houghton.

In the Matter of Jane Van Gyl Widow of John Van Gyl New York
John Van Gyl of Waterloo, Seneca Co. N.Y. — was pensioned in 1834, under the Act of 7 June 1832. — He died May 27. 1836 — leaving Jane his widow who also died Nov. 16. 1844. — John Van Gyl, the child, and also administrator , of Jane, — now applies for a pension under the Act July 1838 , as arrear due his deceased mother. The dates of the death of Mr. & Mrs. Van Gyl — the number & names of their children, and the fact of John being the administrator are all certified by the County Judge. —
When the case was up for examination before, it was suspended, because the proof of the date of the marriage was not deemed sufficient. What is that proof? —
1. John Van Gyl , (the son & adm r .) swears that he is sixty five years old in 1852. — He must have been born about 1787 2. Peter Covert , certified to be a credible witness, swears that he knew John Van Gyl & Jane his wife prior to 1800, — that he was a school mate of their two oldest children, Nelly & John. Deponent swears that in 1798 when he went to school with them he was ten years old — and that Nelly was about one year older and John about one year younger than himself. He knows their ages from his

own age." Witness attaches to his deposition a printed notice of the death of Nelly Harris whom he identifies as the Nelly Van Gyl, his old school mate.
3. The printed notice of the death of Nelly Harris (who was Nelly Van Gyl) says she was born July 15 1787 - in Somerset Co. N. J., and removed to Seneca Co. N. Y. in 1794. - She was married in 1804 - then in her 17th year." —
As the laws of New York or New Jersey, at that early period, required no record to be kept of marriages - it can hardly be required of claimants to prove marriage by record evidence. The parol evidence, as detailed above, not only agrees each part with the other, but consisting of the parts it does, could not well be fabricated. For instance, John Van Gyl the administrator swears in open court that he was near 65 years old. Had he been much younger than that, it would have been known in a community among whom he had lived for half a century, and the false swearing detected by the Judge. Had John Van Gyl been but 57 years of age instead of 65, it would fix the marriage prior to 1794. —

Peter Covert not only swears to the ages of the Children but give the best of reasons for knowing - knowing his own age and having John and Nelly for Schoolmates in 1798. — What man can not come near telling the age of any one with whom he went to school in childhood?
This statement is again corroborated by the printed notice of the death of Mr. Nelly, Harris, and I think the date of the marriage sufficiently established to authorize the allowance of the pension.
A. H. Evans, Examiner
John van Tryl died May 27, 1836
Jane, his widow Nov. 16, 1844
Names of surviving Children
John van Tryl, Administrator of Jane and,
Isaac van Tryl
Abraham van Tryl
James van Tryl
Mary Chamberlain
Jane Kusler
To be allowed at $21. per annum under acts of 1838 & 1843-44

No 14, 90th St
Jane Van Tuyll, wife of John Van Tuyll dec. N. York
Act. 1838, '23 & '44
From March 4. 1836 } Act To March 4. 1841 } 1838
From March 4. 1843 } Act To March 4. 1849 } 1843
From March 4. 1844 } Act To Nov. 16th 1844 } 1844
At $21.00 per Annum
John Van Tuyll adm r of Jane dec Isaac Van Tuyll Abraham Van Tuyll James Van Tuyll Mary Chamberlain Jane Keesler Surviving Children
Abad Joy Esq Orch, N. Y.

State of New-York, } ss. SENECA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, HUGH MONTGOMERY, Clerk of said county of Seneca, and, also, Clerk of the County Court thereof, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that James Foster Esq. before whom the annexed Declaration and affidavit purport to have been sworn, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State, to administer Oaths and Affirmations generally. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the annexed Certificate and Jurat to be genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, this 12 th day of February 185 3
Hugh Montgomery Clerk.

Jane Van Tyn Proof Heirs Case
Rev. M. M. Miller John Church Barnesville Pennsylvania N. J.
Post

State of New York } County of Seneca }
John J Sebring whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that Jane Van Tuyle widow of John Van Tuyle (who was a pensioner) the said widow an applicant for a pension made by her son in her name, was a sister of this deponent, that this deponent is eighty one years of age, & that he was married in 1790 Seventeen hundred and ninety that his said sister, the said widow Jane Van Tuyle was married four or five years before this deponent, that the said John Van Tuyle and his then wife Jane the above named widow, as the issue of their marriage had children born unto them before this deponent was married, & that this deponent was married as above stated in 1790
Subscribed and sworn before me this 10 th day of February 1853 } John J Sebring
Darius Foster Justice of the Peace in & for said County
10001 9 me v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v.

Washington D. C. Feb 4 th 1853
Rev & Dear Sir - Will you, upon this page, please to give me a copy of the marriage record, of John Van Luyke to Jane Sebring, between 1780 & 1788, perhaps by Rev Mr Kennedy, or Canada - Please answer soon, turning this sheet inside out & directing it to me, not putting it in an envelope - I inclose postage Much Oblige
Rev Minister
Your friend & Servt Abad Joy
Baskerville Ridge Feb 12 th 1853
Sir
I am sorry to inform you that there are no records either of the church or township so far back as 1788. If Mr Kennedy kept any records of the church they are not to be found now; And all the old records of the town were burned up about two years ago, when our post office & several houses were destroyed -
Yours - Truly
John B Rankin. Pastor of the Presbyterian Ch.

Revolutionary Claim Heirs case, law 1838 from N. York
Orion July 6. 1853
Sir
When in Washington the 17th May, the case of Sam Van Luyt of N.Y. deceased, law of 1838 Heirs case was (as I believe), put into the hands of an examining clerk, I have not recd. a report
Most Respectfully
Your Ob d Serv t
Adad Jay
Hon L P Waldo
Comd. of Pms

Brief in the case of Sane Van Snyl , Widow of John Seneca County and State of New York , (acts of 1838, 1843 & 1851).
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
John Van Snyl was pensioned under the act of June 7. 1832. and died May 27. 1836. His widow, Sane , died Nov. 16. 1844. The Judge certifies to the date of the deaths, and to the number & names of the Children, & that John Jr. is adm r of his mother. The date of the marriage is proven 1st. by the age of John Jr. the adm r . — 2nd. by the testimony of one witness who went to school with the children in 1798 — and 3rdly. by a printed notice of the death of the oldest child, which printed notice states that she was born in 1787 — and therefore fixes the date of the marriage of her parents prior to that time. The widow left six children surviving. Pension to be allowed them $24. per annum, payable to administrator for the use and benefit of the children.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Isaac Hoy Esq. Orisk N. Y.
A. H. Evans Examining Clerk. "