Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,979, Peter Van Orden, New York

SERVICE
New York
Van Orden, Peter
NUMBER
S. 23979
CONTENTS
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New York 29.79
Peter Van Orden 2 of Rockland in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain 1 of the reg t commanded by Col 1 in the New York line for 10 months private Certificate issued to Hannah Van Orden Widow of deceased New York
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
333 3.33 6.66 5.55  8.87
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March 1835 and sent to David Pye Clarkstown
Arrears to the 4th of Semiant. allowance ending Arrears to the 3 d Nov r 33 to day of Pensioner's death $88.87
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Sam l Boyd Book 62 Vol. 4 Page

State of New York.
Rockland County. ss on this twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord 1832. personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Peter Van Orden, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, aged seventy one years, on the sixth day of September, 1832, 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 services of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of September, in the year 1777. he entered the service in a company commanded by Capt. Hendrick Tenure. Walter Van Orden and Resolvert Vanhouten were Lieutenants and in a Regiment then commanded by Col n A. Houghes Hoag, afterward by Col n Gilbert Cooper, and served therein until the close of the Revolutionary War, that about the time that he entered the service, the militia belonging to the aforesaid Regiment was divided into four classes in order that one fourth part thereof should take their turn of duty every fourth week, as it was necessary that a part of the Militia should be continually on guard along the west shore of the Hudson River to prevent the British from landing from the shipping (which then lay in the river) to plunder the inhabitants and as scouts to guard the inhabitants in the interior of the new county of Rockland and the county of Bergen, in the state of New Jersey, from being plundered and taken prisoners by the British army aided by our own citizens who were enemies to their country who almost continually were in the practice of coming from New York in large companies and taking horses cattle sheep and every thing valuable that came in their way, and taking our aged and infirm citizens who remained at home, and in many instances murdered them. There being no standing army to oppose them and in that manner I served to the close of the war, often taking the place of others who could not leave home and besides performing my part of duty as above, those that were at home had to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moments notice whenever there was an alarm, which was whenever the enemy would land in large bodies from the shipping or march out of New York when the whole of the militia was ordered out to oppose them and some of the expeditions would last more than a week as we often had to go many miles as our route where from Hoboken to Stony Point, the distance about forty miles, and

during the years 77. 78 & 79. I was most continually out except in the severity of the winter, when there was a little rest for the Militia, but then there was guards. Except in the years 80. 81 & 82. we had much more time to be at home, the time I was actually engaged in the service during the whole war I am not now, (after the lapse of so many years) able positively to state but verily believe that it exceeded eighteen months. I have no documentary evidence of my services, and all the positive testimony I can offer of my services is some of my surviving partners in the war. I at the commencement of the war I resided in the town of Clarkstown where I ever since resided — 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 to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid —
In Open Court —
David Pyle Clerk
his Peter Van Orden mark
We John Hutton and Garret Oblenis, residents of the town of Clarkstown, who being first duly sworn, do depose and say, that they was well acquainted with the above deponent Peter Van Orden, know that he served in a company commanded by Capt. Hendrick Tenbroek, as they served with him a part of the time, and believe that the statement set forth in the above declaration to be true as he always has borne a good reputation and that his statement is entitled to credit. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court —
David Pyle Clerk
John Hutton Garret Oblenis
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 John Hutton and Garret Oblenis, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the town of Clarkstown aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And also, that they are personally acquainted with the said John Hutton and Garret Oblenis, and know them to be credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And also, that all the above proceedings were in open court
Per Crownan

David Pyle Clerk
I, David Pyle, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid. Do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Peter Van Orden for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this twenty ninth day of November, 1832.
David Pyle.

Declaration of Peter Van Breden
21373

State of New York Rockland County, ss
On this Twelfth day of July 1833, personally appeared before me Cornelius P. Blanck one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Rockland, Peter Van Orden, the same person who has sworn to and subscribed the annexed declaration (who being first duly sworn according to Law, as a amendment to his declaration) did Depose and say, that he was born, in the neighborhood of Clarkstown, on the sixth day of September, 1761 as appears by the family record kept by his father, as also by the record of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Clarkstown, That he voluntarily rendered his services set forth in the annexed declaration, that he did not receive a written discharge from the service, that he was often stationed as a guard along the Hudson at Haverstraw and at Nyack, as there was a continual guard kept at those places during the time that the navigation of the Hudson River was not obstructed with Ice, as some of the British Vessels lay in the Nyack and Haverstraw bays during the season of the year that the Ice would permit them from the summer of 1776 until 1782, that he understood that the Militia was called out in the service by orders of Governor Clinton then Governor of the state of New York, and that the time he served as by him set forth in the annexed declaration is only for the time he was actually out on duty, and not employed in any civil pursuit.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me - Com! P. Blanck Peter Van his Orden mark
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rockland.
We Alexander H. Warner, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Clarkstown, and Dowah J. Tallman - residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Van Orden, who has subscribed and sworn to the above and annexed declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, 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 -
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Before me - Com! P. Blanck Alexander H. Warner
Judge. Dowah J. Tallman

Personally appeared before me, John House, a resident of the town of Clarkstown in said County, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Peter Van Orden, who has sworn and subscribed the preceding and annexed declaration, and knows that he did serve in  during the Revolutionary war, in a company commanded by Capt Hendrick Tenbroe, in Col d A. Hasches Hays's Regiment, but how long he served therein he is unable precisely to swear, but from the long acquaintance and his general reputation and his knowledge of his services he has good reason to believe his statement is true, he being a person of good character whose statement is entitled to credit — Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid — before me. Com d S t Blauvelt John House Judge. —
I Com d S t Blauvelt Judge as aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Alexander H Warner & Dowah S Tallman, who have signed the preceding Certificate, and know that said Alexander H Warner is a clergyman, residing in the town of Clarkstown in said County, and that Dowah S Tallman who has also signed the same, resides in the same town, and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit. — And further that all the interrogatories prescribed by the war department were put to the said Peter Van Orden, at the Court of Common Pleas on the twenty ninth  fourth day of November last past, and were all satisfactorily answered, at which Court, I presided as one of the Judges. —
I do further certify that John House who has deposed sworn to the above affidavit is a credible person and his oath is entitled to credit — Com d S t Blauvelt Judge.
We the undersigned, also judges at the said court, hereby certify that all the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, were all put and satisfactorily answered, as is above certified —
Daniel Johnson

I, David Pye, Clerk of the County of Rockland Do hereby certify, That Cornelius J Blancett Esq. before whom the Affidavits of Peter Van Breden, Alexander A Warner, Deborah J Tallman, and John House was taken, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn and that his signature subscribed to the different Affidavits and the Certificate is his genuine hand writing and also that Daniel Johnson who has subscribed the Certificate is also one of the Judges of said County duly Commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said County, this third day of August
1833.
David Pye

State of New York Rockland County } ss
Be it known, That before me John T Blanch a justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Van Buren, and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the Identical person who was posed before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, on the eighteenth day of November 1834, to be the widow of Peter Van Buren, late of the town of Clarkstown in the said County deceased, who is the Identical person named and intended in the annexed Pension Certificate.
That the said Peter Van Buren, from his birth to the time of his death has always resided in the town of Clarkstown aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 18 th day of March 1835
John T Blanch J. Peace
Hannah Van Buren
Know all men by these presents, That I Hannah Van Buren, widow of Peter Van Buren, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint David Pye, of Clarkstown, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions, in the City of New York, the pension due to my late Husband Peter Van Buren, from the fourth day of March, 1831, to the twenty third day of November 1833.
Witness my hand and seal, this 18 th day of March 1835—
Sealed and delivered
in presence of
John T Blanch
Hannah Van Buren
State of New York Rockland County } ss
Be it known, that on the 18 th day of March 1835— before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Hannah Van Buren, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year first above mentioned.
John T Blanch } Justice

At a Court of Common Pleas, held at the Courthouse in Clarkstown, in and for the County of Rockland, on Tuesday the Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four-
In the Matter of Peter Van Breden Deceased.
I. David Pyle, Clerk of the Court of the County of Rock- land, Do hereby certify, that it was proved to the satisfac- tion of the Court, That Peter Van Breden, late of the town of Clarkstown aforesaid deceased was an Applicant for a pension, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. That the said Peter Van Breden departed this life on the twenty third day of November - 1833. and that he left a Widow named Hannah who is now living
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, this twenty first day of November 1834
David Pyle

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Peter Van Orden of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five
Lee
Secretary of War.
Exan. d } Counte. ad. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made Peter Van Orden at New York by Messrs. Mechams Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book B2 Vol. 4 Page 78 by Dan D. D. S. Clerk.

No. 21.373
Peter van Orden
Rockland County
N.Y.
Admitted 10 months
Promote 10 months
Certificate to be issued to Hannah, Widow of Peter Van Orden deceased - to be paid up to the day of his death No 3 Nov 1833
David Pycroft Clarkstown P.O. Rockland co N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 1833
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. These 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, shewing the Service of Peter Van Orden Rockland Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 He believes his service ended 1 6 Private Capt. Tenure Lt. A. Van Orden G. Van Orden Col. A. H. Hoag Col. G. Cooper From Hoback to Stony Point 71 years Rockland Co. N.Y. Living witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
A correct
The regulations require the best proof to be obtained should be presented.

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 day 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 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.
1-2. Lab L 3
Daniel D. Davidson Esq. Clerk

Resolution
23979 INVALID.
File No. 23979
Peter Van Orden
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 433
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York 29.790
Peter Van Orden Rockland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Com manded by Captain Tamm of the regt commanded by Col. Hovey in the New York line for 10 months service
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feb y 1835 and sent to David Pye, Clarkstown,
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 116.65
Semi-ant. allowance ending March 16.66
$133.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Saml Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 74 Page 78
Died.
Typical return and new one from the General Van Buren section of the New York

NY Jan 12 -
Hyatt Township Jan 9 th
Chas
Hon.
James A. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
9 m

Jan'y 3 rd 1835
Hon d Sir
I herewith send you the papers in the case of Peter Van Orden, they were in his life time amended like some others sent to you but they not answering these were not forwarded, and before they were amended agreeable to the requisit of the war department he departed this life, and since his decease until lately the widow made no request to have them completed I therefore agreeable to her request, have procured the testimony of two soldiers that served in the same company, and as far as they can define his time make out ten months services in weekly tours during the Revolutionary war—
J L Edwards Esq.
I remain Respectable Sir your Hum d Servant Daniel Dye

State of New York
Rockland County
On this eighth day of January, 1835, personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, John House, a Resident of the town of Clarkstown in said County, aged 74 years, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he was well acquainted with Peter Van Orden, who made a Declaration in Open Court on the twenty ninth day of November 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and recollects that the said Peter Van Orden did during the Revolutionary belong and serve in a company whereof Hendrick Tenbroek was Capt. in a Regiment whereof A. Hawkes Hay was Col n that the said Company was raised early in the Spring of the year 1777, in Clusters of four men each, and each man bound to serve one week in each and every four weeks, and the said Van Orden early in the fall of the said year, was put into a class with the rest of the Company, and did serve his tours of duty therein until the close of the said war, and was stationed as a guard at Clarkstown, Sackett's Town, Nanuet Meadows, Tappan town, along the Hudson River from Sneden's Landing to Stony Point, at different stations along the same, and at the long and short blocks, and generally had to serve from some time in March until near the first of January in each and every year until 1782, as a continual guard was kept along the said River during the time the British War Vessels lay therein, which was during the season of the year that they was not prevented so to do by the Ice, or for fear of being frozen therein, that he verily believes that the said Peter Van Orden served as a guard at some one of the places aforesaid (as we were not always stationed at one place but was moved from place to place where most needed) not less than one month in the year 1777, and not less than two months in each of the years 1778, 1779, 1780 & 1781, and not less than one month in the year 1782, in which year the British sailed to New York some time in the month of September, and after which time lay no more in the River opposite to the Nyack Shore

That Capt Tenures Company, with Capt Avery Smiths and Capt. John Bells Company were generally stationed to guard along the said River from Snedens Landing to the point of the Verelatia Hook Mountain, a distance of about Eight Miles, and was stationed at different places in different parcels, at some not more than six men at others from that number to twenty or twenty five as it was then judged by the Officer who commanded the guards, and the Men composing or belonging to Capt Tenures company was generally commanded by the Capt. or Walter Vanorden the Lieutenant or some by the noncommissioned Officers but at times some of the men were placed under Officers belonging to other Companies  Officers . That during the Revolutionary War, the men belonging to Capt Tenures Company as well as others, had to do considerable other duty on alarms which was until the year 1781. very frequent, then those not out on guard duty had to March into the State of New Jersey, sometimes to the Liberty Pole, to Closter to Schraalenberg to near Bergen Woods which towers would last from two to fifteen days at a time, but not being regular and performed so long since the deponent is unable with any degree of certainty to say to what time they would amount if put together, but he believes they would nearly if not altogether equal their regular tours of duty that the deponent belonged to the said Company and served much of the time with him. That in the year 1779 while the British was in possession of Stony Point, and also in other years, said Tenures Company was stationed as a guard at the long and short Clove, the only two places where the enemy could march out of Haverstraw into Clarkstown, the rest being a very steep Mountain, and a guard was generally kept at each station, as was at Clarkstown and Tappan town, and from the knowledge of the service of the said Peter Van Breden this deponent is confident that he served not less than ten Months in weekly tours as is above set forth exclusive of the duty by him performed on
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alarms as aforesaid
Sworn and subscribed the Day and year aforesaid.
Before me - John T Blanch } Justice
I the said Justice do certify that I am personally Acquainted with John House who subscribed and Sworn to the above affidavit and Is a man of Tarapoi whose statements are entitled to credit
John T Blanch } Justice
State of New York } ss
Rockland County } ss
I. Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of Rockland. Do hereby certify, that John T Blanch, before whom the above affidavit of John House was taken, and whose name is subscribed to the jurat thereof and the above Certificate is a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his name subscribed to the same is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said county, this eighth day of January, 1835.
Abraham Hogenkamp

At a Court of Common Pleas, held at the Courthouse in Clarkstown in and for the County of Rockland, on Tuesday the 18 th day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty four. —
In the matter respecting the Deceas of Peter Van Orden an Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832
I, David Pye, Clerk of the County of Rockland. Do hereby Certify. That it was proven to the satisfaction of the said Court. That Peter Van Orden, late of the town of Clarkstown, deceased, was an Applicant for a Pension, under the act of Congress, of June 7 th 1834, and that he departed this life on the twenty third day of November 1833, and that he left a widow named Hannah, who is now living in the said town. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said County, this twentieth day of November 1834.
David Pye

State of New York } Rockland County }
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County. Gerrit Bolenis aged 74 years, and John Hutton aged years, both residents of the town of Clarkstown, in the said County, who being each duly sworn do each for himself depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Peter Van Biden, (late of the town of Clarkstown deceased,) during the Revolutionary War, who has sworn and subscribed the annexed declaration on the twenty ninth day of November, 1832, and knows that he entered the service of the United States in the beginning of the fall of the year 1777, in a company whereof Henrick Tenure was Capt. and in Col m A. Hawkes Hays Regiment. That the company at that time was divided into classes of four men in a class and one man out of every class had to serve one week in each and every four weeks, so that some might be at home to attend to their domestick concerns and a continual guard might be kept along the Hudson River and other places where it was judged necessary to keep a guard. That the said Peter Van Biden did serve in the aforesaid company performing his regular tours of guard duty from the time he entered the same until some time in the following winter, and from early in the Spring until some time in the winter in the years 1778, 1779, 1780 & 1781, and from Spring until in the month of September in the year 1782, after which time the guards that was kept was but few and not regularly attended, that during said years, or not less than eight months in each year there was a continual guard kept along the Hudson River, at different places from Stony Point to Snedens Landing, at the Long and Short Clove, at Clarkstown Sapsan Town, and sometimes at Sickle Town and Manuwit Meadows, but the men of Capt m Tenures Company was generally stationed, doing guard duty, along the

river at Nyack and at Clarkstown, and that they verily believe that the said Peter Van Breden did not serve less than one month in the year 1777. nor less than two months in each of the years of 1778. 1779. 1780 & 1781. nor less than one month in the year 1782. in weekly tours as aforesaid. And the deponents further say that the said Peter Van Breden did frequently during the years aforesaid serve on Alarms and scouting parties, in the county of Bergen in the state of New Jersey, but the periods, length of each tour of duty, or the precise length of the said services, being all put together, they are unable to say but know that considerable duty was so performed by the said Peter. And the deponents further say, that during the said war and ever since they have resided very near neighbors to the said fore Peter, and was fellow soldiers with him in the said company, and served much of their time with him during said war. And the said Deponents further say, that they frequently visited the said Peter during his last sickness, and after his decease attended his funeral, and know that the said Peter departed this life on the twenty third day of November 1833. and left a widow to wit Hannah Van Breden.
Garret O'Brien Sworn and subscribed this } 18 th day of February 1834 }
Before me John T Blanch Justice
I, David Pye, Clerk of the County of Rockland. Do hereby certify that John T Blanch whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit and certificate is a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and his name subscribed to the affidavit and certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said County, this nineteenth day of February 1834.
David Pye
I, Certify that I am personally acquainted with Garret O'Brien who is known to me to be the person described in and who subscribed to the above affidavit and certificate, and that his name subscribed to the same is his genuine signature.
John T Blanch Justice