Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15827, Solomon Van Demark, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Van Denmark, Solomon Lena
W, 15827
CONTENTS

N. York Lena Van Demark widow of Solomon Mt. to Hon. J. C. Brodhead 27. Dec. '38
Act. 7. July 1838

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15827
Lena Vandemark Widow of Solomon Vandemark Priv Rev War
Act July 7 th '38
Index: Vol. Am , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hn. J. C. Brodhead P.H.R.

War Department
Pensions Office
Dec. 27. 1838
Sir,
The papers of M rs Lena Van Demark, widow of Solomon Van Demark, have been examined and filed. It is stated by one of the witnesses in this case, that the claimant's husband was drafted in 1779 and served eight months under Capt. Robert Hunter, and that he served three months under Capt. Charles Brodhead in 1777, and five months under Capt. Hasbrouck in 1776. On examining the rolls of Capt. Hunter it appears that the claimant's husband was discharged on the 25 th Dec. 1779 after having served one month and twenty five days. Of the term of three months in Capt. Brodhead's company in 1777 there is no satisfactory evidence. In view of further investigation as to this part of the claim, the manner in which the claimant's husband entered upon that term should be set forth viz. whether by draft, enlistment, or otherwise. All that can be allowed upon the evidence on file is six months and twenty five days.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
J. L. Edwards
11. 25 2 26 9 21 Hon. J. C. Brodhead House of Representatives

Lit. to A. Hardenburg Esq 21. May 1839 }
New York 1.592
Lena Vandemark widow of Solomon Vandemark
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 16. May 1826 of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hartbrough of the Regt. commanded by Col. Powning in the N. York line for 9 months & 21. days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Jan. 1839 and sent to Hon. J. C. Brothman N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 38. 80.83 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st May '39 16.46
$97.09
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 108

In De namen Des Heren Amen
De ouderdom Van De Kinderen Van Salomon Vandemerk ande mede Zyn broeders Lena Stroom
1757 November De 30 Ben ik Salomon Vandemerk geboren
1762 February De 7 is myn Huishrouw geboren
1780 October De 20 Benen myn Trouwe getrouw
1781 October 13 Dan is myn Eerste Zoon Jan geboren En Van D e Heerenbergh gedoopt
1785 July De 24 Dan is myn 2 Zoon Salomon geboren En Van D e Heerenbergh gedoopt
1788 May De 13 Dan is myn Eerste Dochter Catharina geboren En Van D e Heerenbergh gedoopt

 15 Enige nemen dese woorden booz e woorden Christi, ndze / booz de worden der Suster-cken / twenschende en welstant. C. w. de Kercke de Heydenen. Dat is / vast ende sch / in 't geloove l gesondeert op fondamente van leere der twalf uwen Israëls / ende der Apostelen. siet Apoc. 21. 14 / 19. 38 Hier by han verstaen de Suster-kercken / of de Joodsche Kercken / want booz de ledema der selber heeft de Heere de Heydenen beroepen tot de gemeenschap der Heyl- / insonderheyt ende by nanien booz de Apostelen / die alle gebozene Ioden waren / ls wijze timmerlieden het fondament van dit silveren palaps geleyt hebben / 12. 3. 10. 39 Of / kasteel, of / stercken toren, gelijk men pleeght in of kercke muere der steden te timmeren. 40 Dit betreckent de supberheyt / nheyt / ende geduersaemheyt van dit palaps / versiert zijnde met de gabe van s woort ende Geest / op dewelke sy gebouwt soude worden tot eene woon- Godes / Ephes. 2. 22. 41 D. wy sullense meer ende meer verstercken ende ren / te weten / booz het woort ende de predicatie des heyligen Euangelij. d. staet haer herte open / om de predicatie des Goddelicken woort's tot binnen r herte te laten komen / ende dat met vreugde te ontfangen. 43 Of / ver- ten, besluyten, bevrijden. Godt de Heere belooft Zach. 2. 5. dat hy eenen gen muere rontom sijne Kercke wil zijn. 44 D. met stercke palisaden / ende e vastigheden. Cederenhout / ende de planken daer van gemaeckt / zijn schoo- terck / duersaem / ende goet van reuke. Van sulck hout was de Tempel Ba- is gesumiert / 1. Reg. 6. 15. Dooz dese cederen planken magh men hier ver- het woort der waerheyt / daer tegen de poorten der hellen niet en vermogen / th. 16. 18. ende 2. Coz. 13. 8. 45 D. ick ben opgewassen / ende sterck ge- en / in 't geloove ende liefde aen Iesum Christum. Met dese woorden geeft de e suster / als propheteerende / te kennen hare bereytwilligheyt / om aen te nemen te wassen in de leere des H. Euangelij. Andere nemen dit booz de worden der ische Kercke / danchende den Heere Christum booz sijne genade / dat sy eene stadt s geworzen was / ofte tot dat de stadt Godes was aengenomen: Ofte / om dat geloove sterck was als een muere. 46 De sin deser worden is / Mijne boz- zijn hooge opgewassen / of volwassen / als Ezech. 16. 7 / 8. D. de Kercken- t is in my bevestight / genoechsam om Christo kinderen op te voeden / deselve nde met de melk van Godes woort / 1. Petz. 2. 2. De gelijkenisse van torens / 
Baal Hamon :  52 hy gaf desen wijn- gaert aen 53 de hoederen / een peder bracht voor de vrucht des selven 54 duyfent 55 silverlingen.
12 56 Mijn wijngaert: 57 dien ick hebbe/ 58 is voor mijn aengesichte: 59 de duiſent [ſilverlingen] zijn voor u / O Salomo/ 60 maer twee hondert zijn voor de hoeders van de vrucht des ſelven.
13 61  O ghy bewoonster 62 der hoven / 63 de nietgesellen mercken op uwe stem- me: doet[se] 64 my hooren.
14 d 65 Komt haestelick / mijn Liefste / ende weest gy gelijk een rhee / of ge- lyck een twelp der herten op de bergen der spererijen.
grootte vruchtbaerheyt van desen wijngaert / die soo vele vooz den eygenaer op- bracht / behalven het profijt ofte winste des pachters / of des huermans. Siet oock Iesa. 7. 23. 55 Van den prijs / of weerdije des silverlinghs / siet Genes. 20. 16. ende 23. 15. 56 D. mijne genuepte / als Cant. 1. 6. Iesa. 5. 1. Het zijn de woorden des Bruydegoms. 57 D. die mijner sorgte ende opzicht bevolen ende toevertrouwt is. 58 Ich selfs pas'er steeds op / ich selfs drage sorgte / dat hy wel gebouwt worde : niet doende gelijck Salomon / die het op de wachters liet aenko- men / ich nenie mi selfs mijnes wijnberghs / ende mijner schapen aen / Ezech. 34. 11 / 12 / &c. Ioan. 10. 14. Apoc. 2. 1. 59 Als of hy seyde / Ghy Salomo sult uwen bollen pacht hebben / C. w. dupsent silverlingen / Ps 11. 60 D. de ar- beiders ende hoeders des wijngaerts sullen oock het hare hebben / elck na advenant van sijnen arbeyt. Siet Matth. 20. 1 / 2 / &c. 1. Cor. 3. 8. Verstaet hier by / Maer my komen de vruchten mijnes wijnstocks geheel ende al toe. Dese cere geben geern alle getrouwe Kerckenbienaers haren Heere Christo Jesu, wy mogen planten ende nat maken / maer het is Godt alleen die den waasom geeft / 1. Corinth. 3. 6 / 7. ende 15. 10. 61 Hier spreekt Christus sijne Bruyt aen / die in de hoven woont / dat is / die haer onthoudt in die plaetsen / daer Kercken geplant zijn / in verscheydene lantenschappen ende steden. 62 Ofte / der gaerden, der lochtingen, der tuynen. 63 't Schijnt dat men hier door de metgesellen moet verstaen / d'andere geloovige Christenen die oken dierbaer geloove verkiezen hebben / 2. Pet. 1. 1. ende de leere
 52 D. hy verhuurde / ofte verpachtte desen wijngaert aen de pachters / op dat sy den selven souden bouwen / op dat hy vele vruchten soude voortbrengen. 
 53 Door de hoe- ders, ofte wachters/ moet men verstaen de Propheten des Ouden / ende de Apostelen / mitga- ders hare nabol- gers in den Nieu- wen Testamente. siet Matth. 21. 33. 
 54 Duyſent ſilver- lingen, ofte/duyſent ſilveren ſikels, hier in betrekkinge, de 
 op verlatenheit de vooz den eygenaer op- huermans. Siet oock ghs/ siet Genef. 20. 16. Iesa. 5. 1. Het zyn de de opzicht bevolen ende dzage forge/ dat hy wel de wachter liet aenko- hapen aen / Ezech. 34. hy seyde / Ghy Salomo 11. 60 D. de ar- oben / elck na advenant Werft hier by/ Maer l toe. Dese cere geben esu , wy mogen planten eft / 1. Cozinth. 3. 6/ 7. / die in de hoven woont/ nt zyn / in verscheydene chtingen , der tuynen. en / d'andere geloovige Detz. 1. 1. ende de leere 

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's Office S d : I John Ferguson, Clerk of Ulster County, and Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that Samuel Stilwell before whom the annexed declaration of Lena Vandemark was taken, was, on the day of the date of the said declaration, and the Certificate accompanying the same, a Judge of the Court of Common pleas for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such — I do also Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily believe the signature "Samuel Stilwell" to the said declaration and Certificate to be genuine —
I do further Certify that Abraham G. Hardinbaugh, before whom the annexed affidavits of John Morris, Benjamin A. Kroom, Christopher Snyder and Lena Vandemark were taken, was, on the day of the dates of said several affidavits, and the Certificates of Credibility accompanying the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster, duly commissioned and qualified as such — I do also Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and Verily believe the signature "Abr m G. Hardinbaugh" to said several affidavits and Certificates to be genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County this Eleventh day of December, One thousand eight hundred and thirty Eights —
John Ferguson Clerk by Richard Keator Dep. Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" —
State of New York, County of Ulster ss: On this third day of October One thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight, personally appeared before me Samuel Stillwell, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, being a Court of record, having a Clerk and a seal and keeping a record of their proceedings, Lena Van De Mark  De Mark a resident of the town of Marbletown, in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged Twenty Six Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oaths 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 Solomon Van De Mark, late of Marbletown in the County of Ulster deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution — She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Van De Mark on the twentieth day of October One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty, that her husband the aforesaid Solomon Van De Mark died on the sixteenth day of May One thousand Eight hundred and twenty six — that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January One thousand Seven hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated —
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and Year above written before me —
Lena her  Van De Mark mark
Samuel Stillwell one of the Judges of Ulster County Courts —

State of New York
Ulster County ss: I do Certify that on the 3 rd day of October 1838 before me came Lena Van Denmark, within named and made oath to and Subscribed the within Declara- -tion before me — I do further certify that on account of old age and infirmity the said Lena Van Denmark is unable to attend Court — (Note the word "Krom" obliterated, and the word " Van Denmark " interlined instead thereof before the execution of the within declaration) —
Samuel Stillwell one of the Judges of Ulster County Courts.

State of New York
County of Ulster ss: Lena Van Demark of Marbletown, in said County being sworn says that before her marriage her name was Lena Kroon, that she was married to Solomon Van Demark of Marbletown aforesaid on the 20 th day of October 1780 - that she was married to said Van Demark by the Reverend Martinus Schoonmaker at Rochester, in said County of Ulster - that there was no regular settled Minister at that time either in Marbletown or Rochester; that said Schoonmaker was at that time at Rochester, and said parties were married by him - that said Deponent cannot find there any record of her said marriage, but that her husband at the time and during his life kept a family record in his Bible - that in said record the marriage of said Solomon Van Demark with said Deponent is entered in the Low Dutch Language as follows
"1780 October de 20 Boven wye tesame getrouw" which in English may be rendered "1780 October 20 th we were married" - that said record is in the hand writing of her said husband Solomon Van Demark, and was made shortly after the marriage, by him - and for the services of said Solomon Van Demark during the Revolutionary War and for which said Deponent claims a pension according to the act of the 7 th July 1838 she would refer to the affidavits herewith transmitted - and said Deponent further states that since the death of the said Solomon Van Demark she has remained, and still remains a Widow - the original family record above mentioned is herewith sent marked 1 "A" her  Van Demark mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 3 rd day of October 1838 before me A. Van Hardenburgh J. peace

State of New York, Ulster County ss: I do Certify that on the 3 rd day of October 1838 before me came Lenah Van Demark within named, and made oath to, and subscribed the within affidavit before me — I do also Certify that said Lenah Van Demark is a person of truth and veracity, and that her testimony is entitled to full credit — Henry Harnackhough J. peace

State of New York, Ulster County ss: John Morris of man- ifestation in said County being sworn says that he is Seventy Eight Years of age, that in the time of the Revolutionary War, and before, he was well acquainted with Solomon Van Demark, and knows him until his death - that in the year 1777 said Deponent did serve with said Solomon Van Demark for the Term of three months at Saratoga to stop Gen. Burgoyne - said Deponent and said Van Demark did serve said term in the Company of Capt Charles Brodhead in Col. Graham's Regiment, were discharged some time in the last of October in said Year - said Deponent is also well ac- quainted with Lenah Van Demark, formerly Lenah Kroom, now the widow of said Solomon Vandemark - that said Solomon and Lenah were married some time before the 1 st of Jan- uary 1794 - and that said Lenah now is a widow - John Morris
Sworn & Subscribed this 27 th Aug. 1838 before me
W m H Hardenburgh J. peace
State of New York, Ulster County ss: I do certify that on the 27 th day of August 1838 before me came John Morris, also Benjamin A. Kroom and made oath to and subscribed the within several affidavits before me - I do further Certify that the said John Morris and Benjamin A. Kroom are men of truth and veracity, and that their testimony is Entitled to full Credit W m H Hardenburgh J. peace

State of New York, Ulster County ss Benjamin A Krum of Marbletown in said County being sworn says that he is in the Eightieth Year of his age, that in the time of the Revolutionary War before and since he was well acquainted with Solomon Van Demark late of Marbletown deceased — that in May 1779, (the year that Sullivan's Army went to Niagara) men were drafted from the Militia to guard the frontier; that said men were raised for the term of Eight Months — that said Deponent then went for said term as a Substitute for a Class — that said Deponent was stationed at Jacob Longyears in Shandaken — in said County, and there was placed in the Company of Capt Robert Hunter, in Col Gilbert Pawlings Regiment — that after Sullivan's army started westward, part of said Company, together with the Capt. and Col, Pawling with Capt. Wood, Capt. Faulkner with their Companies were ordered to march to join Sullivan's Army — that when said force arrived on the Susquehannah we found that Sullivan's army had left there two days before, and being out of provisions, we returned — that said Sol- omon Van Demark also served in said Company of Capt Hunter, but remained at Shandaken aforesaid until that part of the Regiment which went to join Sullivan returned; that after the return of said Deponent to Shandaken aforesaid, the Re- giment was ordered to Stony Point, that said Deponent and said Van Demark went together in the Company of said Capt Hunter to Stony Point, and there served until discharged, which was near the 20 th of December in said Year — and that said Van Demark was in the same Company with this Deponent for said term, except when said Deponent was on duty to the Susquehannah as above stated — during which time said Van Demark remained at Shandaken —
Sworn & Subscribed this 27 th Aug t 1838 before me J. H. Hardenburgh J. P.
Benjamin A Krum

State of New York, Ulster County ss. Christopher Snyder of Marlinton in said County being sworn say, that he is Eighty two Years old - that in the time of the Revolutionary War, before and after the same he was well acquainted with Sol- omon VanDemark late of Marlinton deceased - that in the year 1776 said Deponent did serve for the term of Five Months in the Company of Capt. Harbrough in Col Levi Pawling's Regiment, served said term at King'sbridge and White Plains, was discharged about New Years day 1777, after serving said term of Five Months - that said Solomon VanDemark did serve in said Campaign, in the same Company with this Deponent - for the same term, and was discharged at the same time -
Said VanDemark has been dead several Years, and left Senah VanDemark, formerly Senah Kooms (with whom said Deponent is also well acquainted) his widow - and that said Solomon and Senah were married long before the first of Jan'y 1794 -
Sworn & Subscribed this
5 th day of September 1838
before me
Wm. Hardenburgh
Justice of the peace
Christopher Snyder

State of New York Ulster County ss: I do Certify that on the 6 th day of September 1838 before me came Chris- topher Snyder within named, and made oath to and Subscribed the within declaration before me — I do also Certify that the said Christopher is a man of truth and Veracity, and that his testimony is Entitled to full Credit —
Henry Vandenburg Justice
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Sim Vandenburg
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Hon. J. C. Mathew H. R.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Van de Marken, Cornelius GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7917 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 7, 1791 to Assaph Morse, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.