Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19402, for Abraham Storms, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Storms, Abraham Alotta
W19402
CONTENTS

New York N o 24. 986
Abraham Storms of Rockland Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt, commanded by Col. Paulding in the N. York Troops line for 9 months (26 days)
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 31 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. day of March 1834 and sent to Hon. A. Ward N. R.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 95.28 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. " 15.88 $ 111.16
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book E,
Vol. 4
Page 123

State of New York. } s
Rockland County. } On this thirty eighth — day of November in the year A.D. 1832. personally appeared in Open court, before the judges of the court of common Pleas, now sitting, Abraham Storms, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, aged seventy three years, the sixth day of June, 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 service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of June, in the year 1776, he enlisted in the City of New York, in a company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Wool, in a Regiment commanded by Col n Malcom, in Genl Scotts Brigade, for six months, and first lay some time in the City of New York, then crossed the river to Long Island, and was near General Starling in his engagement with the British Army, and then retreated with General Washingtons Army to New York, then to Harlem, then to Kings Bridge, then to White Plains, then to Peekskill and from that place to Haverstraw, where he was discharged about Christmas day. Then early in the month of February 1777 at a place called New City, in the now town of Clarkstown, he enlisted for three months, in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Briderdank Isaac Coo Lieutenant, in a Regiment commanded by Col n Paulding, and sometimes Col n Coopey, and marched to Closter, and being on a Picket Guard, on the twenty first day of March, was taken prisoner by Col n Bushicks and Bartlys men, and taken to New York, and remained there a prisoner (some time in the Provo, some time, in the Sugar House, and some time on Parole) for one year six months and a half, when he was exchanged, and he returned home, that then early in the spring of the year 1779, he entered the service in a company commanded by Capt Avery Smith, in a Regiment then commanded by Col n Gilbert Cooper, and served therein until the close of the Revolutionary war, that during his service under Capt Smith he served in guarding along the west shore of the Hudson River, from Closter to Stuy point, and at different places in the now county of Rockland, and in the county of Bergen, in the state of New Jersey, and served at different periods from one to four weeks at a time so that the most of his time during the years 1779, 80 & 81 was expended in the service of the United States, and is confident that he served more than one year under the aforesaid Capt Smith, that he has no documentary evidence, the discharge he received from Capt Wool is now lost , and the only positive proof he has to offer, is some of the men that served in the Brigade and company with him. That during the Revolutionary war he resided when at home with his father, in the now town of

Clarkstown, where he has resided ever since the war, and is well known by the inhabitants of the same who can testify as to his character for veracity. 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 Dye Clerk
Abraham Storr
Peter Stephens of Clarkstown in said County aged about 72 years being duly sworn saith that he has been acquainted with Abraham Storr the within applicant from their youths to the present day. that this deponent served with the said Abraham in the Revolutionary War, in Cap. Abm Underdonk's Company as by him stated in his declaration, well remembers his being taken prisoner as by him set forth, that this deponent was on a picket guard, when the said transaction took place. from the personal knowledge this deponent has of said Abraham does not doubt of the truth of the services by him set forth Deems him as a Respectable Citizen a man of Credit and Veracity. Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and time above stated David Dye Clerk Peter Stephens
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories described 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 Peter Stephens who has signed the preceding certificate and John Felter who has signed the annexed certificate are residents of the town of Clarkstown and Haverstraw in said county and are credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit. And also, that they are well acquainted with the said Peter Stephens and John Felter know them to be a credible persons and that his statements is

entitled to credit. And also, that all the above proceedings were in open Court.
the word "John Fetter" interlined
before sealed -
Per Curiam
David Pyle Clerk
I, David Pyle, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in said county. Do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Abraham Storms for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirtieth day of November, 1832.
David Pyle Clerk

John Fitter of the Town of Haverstraw being duly sworn according to Law deposes and saith, That he became personally acquainted with Abraham Storms, early in the Revolutionary war, that he served as a soldier with the said Abraham Storms in the Militia service in the Revolutionary war under Cap. Asa Smith, he thinks from the year 1779 to the close of the said war, was esteemed a faithful and good friend to his country and believes him a man of credit, and one that full credit can be given to his testimony Sworn and subscribed in open Court the above date.
John Fitter
Daniel Pyle Clerk

Declaration 21378 of Abraham Storm.

State of New York Rockland County, ss On this Twelfth -- day of July 1833, person- ally appeared before me Cornelius J Blauvelt one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County. Abraham Storms, the person who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he was born at a place then called Philips Manner in the County of Westchester, in the year 1709, on the sixth day of June: as he was informed by Jacob Van Kort, who informed him that he (then Sexton of the Church at Tarrytown) had so seen it on the Church record in that place, which is all the correct information he has of his Age having no other record, That he served six months in a company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Wool, in 1776, that he served one month in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Onderdonk, when he was taken prisoner, that he was a prisoner in New York one year, six months and fifteen days, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory and the services being performed at many different times during the years 1779, 80 & 81, in a company commanded by Capt Hury- of which company Tunis Sallman was first Lieutenant, he can- not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but ac- cording to the best of his recollection he served not less than one year, and for such service and imprisonment I claim a pension, that he has not been able to procure any person to prove his service under Capt Wool in 1776, as he does not know of one of his fellow sol- dier in that company that is still living, that during his imprison- ment in New York, while in the Sugar house and prove he had nothing to do but suffer with his fellow prisoners and while on pa- role he was obliged to labour to procure his provision and cloathing but during the time of the performance of the other recited service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and he always understood that the Militia was ordered out by the Governor of the state of New York Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me - Com! J. Blauvelt
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rockland
Abraham Storms

We Alexander H Warner a Clergiman, residing in the town of Clarkstown, and Dowah J Tallman - residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abraham Storms, who has subscribed and sworn to the above and annexed declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Alexander H. Warner Sworn and Subscribed the day and Dowah J Tallman year aforesaid, before me - Com! J. Blauvelt Judge.
Junis Tallman a Resident in the town of Clarkstown in the County of Rock and aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, did Depose and say - that he was first Lieut in a company commanded by Capt Avery Smith, in Col n . J Hanhues H ay and Col n Coopers Regiment , that he was well acquainted with Abraham Storms who has subscribed and sworn to the above and amended declaration knows that he served in the said company a considerable time during the Revolutionary War, and verily believe that the said Abraham Storms did not serve less than one year in the said company during the said war -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me - Com! J. Blauvelt Judge Junis his X Tallman mark
I Com! J. Blauvelt Judge as aforesaid, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Alexander H Warner & Dowah J. Tallman who have signed the preceding Certificate, and know that said Alexander H Warner is a Clergiman residing in the town of Clarkstown in said County, And that Dowah J. Tallman who has also signed the same, resides in the same town, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, - and also that I am well acquainted with Junis Tallman who has subscribed the above affidavit, that he is a credible person and that his oath is entitled to credit. -
Com! J. Blauvelt Judge

And further that all the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department were put to the said Abraham Stormes, at and before the Court of Common Pleas on the thirtyeth day of November last past, and were all Satisfactorily answered, and at which Court, I was one of the Judges!
Col. J. Blandvelt Judge
We the undersigned also Judges at the said Court hereby certify that the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department were all put and satisfactorily answered as is above certified.
Daniel Johnson
I. David Pyle. Clerk of the County of Rockland, hereby certify, That Cornelius J Blandvelt Esq. the Magistrate who has taken the deposition of Abraham Stormes the applicant, to his amended declaration, and before whom the depositions of the Rev. Alexander H Warner, Sarah J Tallman, and Tunis Tallman was taken is one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Rockland, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take depositions and acknowledgments, and also, that Daniel Johnson Esq. who has signed the above certificate is one of the Judges of said court, and commissioned and sworn, and that they did preside (in company with Peter B W Smith Esq. now out of office) at the court of common Pleas held on the thirtieth day of November, 1832, and that I am well acquainted with the signatures of the said Col. J Blandvelt and Daniel Johnson, and verily believe that their signatures above subscribed is genuine. And that the papers of Abraham Stormes are in the same condition in which they passed the court on the thirtieth day of November, 1832, and that the amended declaration and additional testimony are now added to them.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this thirty first day of July, 1833
DAVID PYLE

2903 City New-York Abella Storm widow of Abraham Storm N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Pensioned under act no 18
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Jany. 49 and sent to P. M. Irving New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 186 Vol. 4

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No 28 Dec 1779 Married 27 June 1838
Report of Marriage
Manner 28 Dec 1779 Husband and 27 th June 1838
Col Pauling } N.Y. Capt Underwood } Marine
Admiral Private 2 years
David Rye Esq Clarkstown N.Y.

State of New York,
Broekland County, ss. On this twentieth day of November, 1830, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, Metta Storms, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1830, entitled: "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Abraham Storms, who was a private she believes and served under Capt. Jeremiah Root, in the City of New York, and under Capt. Abraham Cuykendonk, in which service he was taken prisoner and taken to New York, where he remained a prisoner for eighteen months, and also served under Capt. Henry Smith, as is particularly set forth in his declaration made in Nov. 1832, and the amendment thereto, subsequently made, now on file in the Pension Office, for which services her said husband was allowed a pension amounting to thirty one dollars and seventy five cents per annum, or near that sum.
She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Storms by the Rev. Samuel Verbrugh, on the twenty eighth day of December, in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, of which she has no record; that her husband, the aforesaid Abraham Storms, died on the twenty seventh day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; that is prior to the last period of service that could satisfactorily be proven; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written in Open Court.
Henry Stoyenkamp Clerk
Metta Storms

Rockland county. ss
I. Abraham Hogenkamp. Clerk of the county of Rockland. Do certify. that the foregoing Declaration was subscribed and sworn to in Open Court. This 20 th day Nov r 1838
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county. this twentieth day of November. 1838.
Abraham Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York } Rockland County. } On this eighth day of September October 1838, personally appeared before me Peter P. Stephens, a justice of the Peace, in and for said county, The Rev. Isaac D. Cole, Pastor of the Reform- ed Protestant Dutch Church, at Tappan, in the town of Orange, in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, That the Record of Marriages of the formerly United Congregations of Tappan and Clarkstown are in his possession; That the Rev. Samuel Verbrugh was Pastor of the said United Congregations from the year 1750 to the year 1783, and that there is no record of any marriage recorded in said Book from the year 1754 to the year 1784, and that there is no Record of the Marriage of Abraham Storms with Alotta Snedeker, entered on said Record. Sworn to and subscribed, the day } Isaac D. Cole V. D. M. and year aforesaid. Before me- }
Peter P. Stephens Justice

State of New York } Rockland County, } ss. On this twenty third day of November  February 1839. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a justice of the peace, in and for said county. Edward L Cornelison and David Rye - - - residents of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, who, being each duly sworn, according to law, do depose and say, that they were well acquainted with Abraham Storms, deceased, and was at his funeral, and knows that he died on the twenty seventh day of June, 1838, and left a widow named Milty. Sworn to and subscribed, the day { and year aforesaid. Before me - {
Edward L Cornelison David Rye
Peter T Stephens justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Edward L Cornelison and David Rye and know them to be men of truth and veracity whose statements are entitled to credit
Peter T Stephens justice

Declaration of Altha Storms

State of New York,
Rockland county. ss. On this twentieth day of February 1839, personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a justice of the Peace, in and for said county, Garret Smedeker, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged nearly seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he has for many years been personally acquainted with Abraham Storms now deceased, — and Alotta his present widow, and knows that Abraham Storms was legally married to his sister, his present widow Alotta Storms. Then Smedeker in the latter part of the month of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine, by the Rev. Samuel Verbrugh, it was between Christmas day and the last of the month in said year, sworn to and subscribed.
The day and year aforesaid, Garret T. Smedeker before me
Peter T Stephens justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Garret Smedeker and know him to be a man of truth and veracity whose statement is entitled to credit.
Peter T Stephens justice
Rockland county. ss
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of Rockland, do certify, that Peter T Stephens, Esq. before whom the above affidavit of Garret Smedeker, and the annexed affidavits of the Rev. Isaac D. Cole and Edward L. Cornelison and David P. Ye were taken is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature annexed to each of said affidavits is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this twenty third day of February, 1839.
Abm. Hogenkamp Clerk

Abraham Storms Born Son ick Abraham Snider Storms Born the 2 nd of March 1759 Abraham Storms Born the 6 of April 1781 John Storms Born the 4 of August 1783 Maria Storms Born the 11 of May 1785 John Storms Born the 5 of June 1791 Elizabeth Storms Born the 25 of June 1795 Garre Snider Storms Born the 6 of March 1803
Nager John Smith Clerk of Clarkstown Dr Church

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No. 21.378
Abraham Storms Rockland County, New York
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David Pyle Esq. Clarkstown P.O. Rockland County N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 183 3
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, shewing the Service of Abraham Storms Rockland County N.Y.
   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.     Enlis 1776 6 Private Capt. Wood Col. Malcolm Genl. Scott To Long Island 79 years Living Witness   " 1777 Capt. Underdonk Genl. Washington To New York Riverland   Taken Prisoner and kept such 1 6 15 " Capt. Wood Genl. Washington Col. Paulding Lt. Cooper To High Bridge To White Plains To Red Bank To Red Bank To Red Bank To Red Bank Co. N.Y.   1779 1 " Capt. Smith ditto To Stony Point  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 he 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, deposes 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.
[1] 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.
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 [1] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Daniel D. Davidson Exam Clerk

June 9, 1938
Abraham Storms-W.19402 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Mary E. Yntema 447 Wealthy Street, S. E. Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 19402, based upon the service of Abraham Storms during the War of the Revolution.
Abraham Storms was born June 6, 1759 at Phillipse Manor, Westchester County, New York. The names of his parents were not stated.
check this — and this —> While residing, (with his father,) in New York City, Abraham Storms enlisted sometime in June, 1776 served as private in Captain Jeremiah Wool's company, Colonel Malcolm's New York regiment, was on Long Island at the time of the engagement there and in the retreat and was discharged at Haverstraw about Christmas, 1776, and returned to his father's home, who had moved to New City, (which was later Clarkstown,) Rockland County, New York. Abraham Storms enlisted in Clarkstown some time in February, 1777, served as a private in Captain Abraham Onderdonk's company, Colonel Paulding's New York regiment, was taken prisoner March 21, 1777, carried to New York City and held in the Sugar House three months and fifteen days, when he was released on parole, but was compelled to remain within the limits of the City until exchanged in September, 1778. He enlisted in the fall of 1778 and served at various times until the close of the war in Captain Aury Smith's company, Colonels A. Hawkes Hays' and Gilbert Cooper's New York regiments, did guard duty along the North River, on the West Shore of the Hudson River, and in various places

in Rockland County, New York, and Bergen County, New Jersey.
The soldier, Abraham Storms, was allowed pension on his application executed, November 30, 1832, then a resident of Clarkstown, New York. He died there June 27, 1838
Abraham Storms married December 28, 1779, Alletta (Aeltje) Snedeker (Snidiker); they were married at a house then occupied by Isaac Blauvelt and his wife, Elinor, it is not stated that they were related to either Abraham Storms or his wife, Alletta.
The widow, Alletta Storms, was allowed pension on her application executed, November 20, 1838, then residing in Clarkstown, New York. She was born March 2, 1759, place not stated, nor are the names of her parents given; she was living in 1848 in New York City.
The children of Abraham Storms and his wife, Alletta-
Abraham born April 6, 1781 John " August 8, 1783 Maria " May 11, 1788 John " June 5, 1791 Elizabeth " June 25, 1798 Garret Snidiker " March 6, 1803
The widow's brother, John Snedeker, died late in the year, 1779, her sister, Sarah Snedeker, was present at the marriage, and her brother, Garret Snedeker, in 1839 was seventy-five years of age and living in Clarkstown, New York. Polly Storms, the soldier's sister, was also present at the marriage.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Lt. Col. Charles D. Lewis 24 Jan y 1843.
New York 4991
Metta Storms
widow of Abraham Storms
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 27. June 1838 of Rockland Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Overdank of the regt. commanded by Col. Pawling in the N.Y. militia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 28. June 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of Feb. 1840 and sent to David Pye Clackston, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 39 98.47 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar. 40. 40.00
$138.47
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 101
Clerk,

New York 24.986
Abraham Storms, decd.
of Rockland Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Onderdonk of the regt. commanded by Col. Pawling in the N.Y. Militia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars each per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. Ending 27. June 1838, the time of his death, and payable to his widow, Hetta Storms, deducting Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of April 1840 and sent to David Pyc Clarkstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2, Vol. 4, Page 68
Increased from $31.76
Lib to C. D. Lewis 24 Jan 1843.

4.991. New York.
Alotta Storans widow of Abraham Storans
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 27 th June 1838 of Rockland Co in the State of New York. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Underdonk of the Regt commanded by Col Parling in the N. Y. Militia line for 2. years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & ending 27 th June 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of February 1843 and sent to Hon John Van Buren . House of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk Vol. 2. Page 101.
Reported
A new Certificate was issued in this case under the opinion of the Attorney General of the 2 nd V. p. 1842, which was given in consequence of the Resolu- -tion of Congress of the 16 th Aug 1842.
Dana Pyn March 8 th 1843

N. York
Alotta Storms
lit. to D. Pye 10. July 1839
to same 19. Nov. 1839
to same 3. Dec. 1839
to same 24. Dec. 1839
Act July 1838

Make out a Certificate of $80 per Ann payable from 4 March 1831 to 27 June 1838 any of her husbands death & give direction to Agent to pay at that rate deducting payments previously made
David Pyle Esq. Clarks town N.Y.

New York City
Abraham Storms act June 7 1832 to wit that time first
DL Died 27 th June 1838 p. 1. that preceded 1838

Reported
New York 1264
Alletta Storms
widow of Abraham Storms who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of August and sent to David Pye
Clarkstown, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 113.

Resolutions
23940 INVALID.
File No. 23,940
Abraham Storms
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 899
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov. 20. 1904. Thirty A. A. Rhentan - move to Mass.
1923 Aug 23 - Hist to Helen J. Cornell Univ.

1st St, Bayside, L.I.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington - D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Have you any Revolutionary records of the following:-
1 - John Zen Broeck b. 1757 d. 1798 married Mary Ladner Webster who survived him. She lived at Raritan Landing - N.J. at his death. Is he the John Zen Broeck who served at Albany during the war? 2 - Johannes Suedeker. died in Sugar House Prison, N.Y. Sept. 28 1779 - wife - Affie Marlyne lived near Haverstraw Orange Co. N.Y.

3-Abraham Stern b-1757 his wife Altze Suedesker, daughter of above Johannes lived at Waldberg, Orange Co - then Rockland Co - Now -
Thanking you very much, I remain yours truly -
(Mrs.) Helen S. Cornell -

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1936 June 9. list to Mrs. Mary E. Lynterna and
File No. 19402 Alretta Stevens Widow of Abraham Stevens Dr. Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In allusion to an affidavit sent me by Mrs. Altha Stone a Pensioner under the Act of 1838 for arrears of Pension from 4 th of March 1835 to the 28 th day of June 1838 the day of her husband's death I find it is without the usual black certificate and I have not thought it would be required inasmuch as full evidence with regard to identity will be given upon payment of the Pension
I remain Sir
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servant
Charles D. Lewis
New York Dec 31 st 1842

Clarkstown May 1 st 1843
Hon Sir
I herewith inclose the Declarations of Alotta Storms and Mary Garson requesting when their term comes to be decided the Pension certificates may be enclosed directed to me
I remain Hon Sir
Your Obt Serv t
David Pyle
Hon
James L. Edwards.

Ms. 4.8 1264
J J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissaire of Pensions Washington D.C.

New York Sept. 4. 1888
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs. Abigail Stevens for a renewal of her pension under Act 2 nd February 1848.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant Pierce Mott String
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D. C.

June 8, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Mary E. Yatema 447 Wealthy Street, S. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Abraham Storms and John Storms, both of Haverstraw, New York, who served in the Revolution from New York State.
You are furnished herewith the records of the only soldiers named Abraham and John Storms, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who served from the State of New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. War Section.
Aug 23, 1923.
Helen T. Cornell, First St., Bayside, L. I.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 19402, it appears that Abraham Storms was born June 6, 1759 at Philipsse Manor, Westchester Co., N. Y. and while residing in New York City, enlisted June 1776 and served 6 months as a private in Captain Jeremiah Wool's company Colonel Malcolm's regiment, N. Y. troops. Feb. 1777 in New City, N. Y. he enlisted and served in Captain Abraham Onderdonk's company under Colonels Gilbert Cooper and Paulding, March 21, 1777 he was taken prisoner, carried to New York City and held one year six and a half months.
From the Fall of 1778 to Sept 1782, he served at various times in Captain Aury Smith's company under Colonels A. Hawk Hay and Gilbert Cooper, N. Y. militia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

Nov. 30, 1832, while a resident of Clarkstown, Rockland Co., N. Y. He died June 27, 1838.
Soldier married Dec. 28, 1779, Alleta (Aeltje) Snedeker, who was born March 3, 1759, she was allowed pension on her application executed Nov. 20, 1838, while living in Clarkstown, N. Y.
Their children-
Abraham born Apr. 6, 1781. John " Aug. 3, 1783. Maria " May 12, 1788. John " June 5, 1791. Elizabeth " June 25, 1798. Garret Snidiker " Mar. 6, 1803.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a John Ten Broeck as described by you or to any Johannes Snedeker.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

May 27-1936 -
Veterans Administration: Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with information regarding only my man  Abraham Storms and only 17 John Storms of Haverstraw N.Y. if there be such material in your records. An Abraham Storm from Philip's Manor was an officer, but I wish a record of the Storms soldier. If I am not mistaken, he served as a private in the line (N.Y.) 4th Reg't Col. James Holmes. He resided in Haverstraw, both before and after the Revolution. John Storms also resided in Haverstraw. I'm sorry that I can furnish so little data regarding these men, and will appreciate whatever you can send me.
Yours very truly.
Mrs. Mary E. Yntema
447 Wealthy St. S.E.
Grand Rapids
Mich

1882 declaration Abim. Storrs November 11 1833
De Mack Nov 7 th Hon.
Free
James L Edwards Comt. of Pensions Washington City

Nov. 1 st 1833
Hon d Sir
Inclosed Abrahm Storms has endeavoured to answer the requisits of the War Department as to the reasons why his original and amended declaration did not agree, and if any other requisit is yet necessary if in his power it will be immediately complied with - He informs me that it is not in his power to give the periods of his services in his Militia duty in Capt Smiths Company as his memory is so much impaired that he is not now able to state the exact time he served under any one of his engagements and if each tower must be particularly set forth as to the precise time he must relinquish all claim for such services
I remain Respectable Sir your Humble Servant
Daniel Pyle
James L Belcher Esq.

Dear Myack Thompson Nov 27 th Hon.
Free
File
James L Edwards Comm te of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Clarkstown Nov. 26. 1839.
Hon d Sir.
Abraham Storms, in his declaration or Amendment now on file in your Office did set forth six Months service under Capt. Wool, in the City of New York, in 1776 Three Months enlistment under Capt. Abraham Onderdonk, in 1777, under which enlistment he was taken to prisoner and taken to New York where he remained a prisoner for eighteen Months, and was then exchanged, and some service under Capt. Sime Smith, for which service, in all he was was allowed a pension of thirty one dollars and seventy five cents (if my memory is right) and commencing on the 4 th March 1831. for life.
In your letter of the 19 th Instant, you say, "The additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Aletta Storms goes to show her late husband Abraham Storms was in the service, including the term of his imprisonment, more than two years" - and then states as to the proof of her marriage &c -
It appears, from the said letter, that you have misunderstood the claim of Aletta Storms, made as her agent, in my letter inclosing the certificate of the Comptroller, containing the additional evidence -
Mrs. Storms, as yet has been unable to procure a single person who is willing to swear that they was present and see and hear the ceremony altho one or two who was present at the time, and in the same room, is still living, but as yet cannot bring it to their recollection -
From the additional evidence, it is now certain that Abraham Storms ought to have been allow Eighty dollars per year -
The widow, Aletta Storms, now claims that the sum of Eighty dollars a year, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831. and ending on the 27 th day of June 1838. the day of her late husbands death (as does appear by certificate an affidavit now on file in your Office) shall be allowed to her as such widow, subject to the deduction of such sum as her said husband in his life time, and she, since his death, has received agreeable to the Pension certificate issued in favour of her said husband -
I remain Hon d Sir your Humble S t
David Pyle
Hon d James L. Edwards.

Clarkstown Oct 19 th 1839.
Hon. Sir
Abraham Storms, late a Resident in this town, in his declaration set forth six Month under Capt Wool in New York, several tours of Duty under Capt. Guy Smith, and an enlistment under Capt. Briderdonk and under the enlistment was taken prisoner and taken to New York and there remained a prisoner for eighteen Months, which service was much of it rejected and a pension granted to the said Abraham Storms for a little exceeding thirty one dollars.
In My search at Albany last week, I discovered the documentary evidence of the service and imprisonment contained in the inclosed certificate, which exclusive of the amount of Certificate 43647, and adding adding thereto the six months service under Capt Wool, will make more than two years service, and entitle his widow to receive $80- per year from the 4 th of March 1831, to the 27 th of June 1838 (the time of the death of the said Abraham Storms subject to the deduction of such sums as has been received by the said Abraham and his widow.
At the request of Alotta Storms, widow of the said Abraham, I have to request you to Increase the pay of the said Abraham Storms to eighty dollars per year from the fourth of March 1831, to the time of his death which time is proven by the Certificate of the Court and also by proof annexed to the Declaration of the said Alotta Storms, for a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838. Now on file in your office.
If any thing further is necessary, in order to have the above pension increased, by informing me thereof, (if it can) will be complied with.
I remain Hon. Sir Your Obt Servt.
Hon James L Edwards
David Pyle

State of New York
Comptroller's Office.
From Book 4.
The number and amount of Certificates issued by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Levies and militia services &c. continued from Book 3.
To whom given
  1778. May 4 th 15339. Abraham Storms Priv 7 1   1779. Oct. 3 rd 15570. Abraham Storms 4 14 2   Nov. 20 th 16237. Abraham Storm 2 13 4 
From Book 9.
The number and amount of Certificates issued by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Levies and militia services &c. continued from Book 8.
To whom given
  1782. Jan. 1 st 43647 Abm Storm 5 per cent 45 12 3 3/4 
Book 13. of Audited Accounts.
The following are Copies of Accounts Audited by Peter T. Curtius Auditor for the State of New York. Viz:
  1778. Aug. 7. State of New York To Abraham Storm Dr   To my pay as a Private in Capt. Underdonk's Company Col. Pauldings Regt Militia from 21 st March 1777. to this day being the time I was in Captivity is 16. 15 days @ 5 3/4 pr. M o   44 1 9   Audited 5 th May 1785. 
I hereby certify that the above are true extracts from books Nos. 4 & 9 and book 13. of audited accounts remaining in this office that said Storm appears to have served the first and second terms under Capt. Sury Smith, the third under Capt. John Flannery.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 10 th day of October 1839. Peter T. Curtius Comptroller
fee $1.60

Clarkstown Dec. 21 st 1839.
Hon d Sir -
Accompanying I enclose the Affidavit of Allette Storms widow of Abraham Storms deceased relative to her Marriage the report of the Neighbourhood sworn to by some of the most aged Neighbours, a certificate of the age of her Children made out by the former Clerk of the Church and the Affidavit of the Rev Peter J Zwick giving a true extract from the Record of baptism as the same was kept, and to understand it, in the four first named the first date is the time of birth the second the day the child was baptised. Next the names of the parents and last the name of the child - in the two last, the first date is the time the child was Baptised, second the name of the child and when born and last the name of the parents.
Your Honor I expect need not be informed that the discipline in the Dutch Church is, that no children is baptised unless the Consistory is satisfied that the parents have been legally married -
In your letter to the Hon d J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, of the 29 th of November last, in answer to my letter of the 19 th directed to his Excellency the President of the United States Requesting some alteration to be made as relates to the proof of Marriage in certain cases, you intimate that where no record or proof of the Marriage, except the widows Bath, can be obtained, that such proof as is now offered has been admitted
You will see by the widows Affidavit, that the accompanying proof, is the best that is in her power to offer
I remain Respectable Sir
Your Afft Servt.
David Dye
Hon d Geo W m Crampton Acting Comr of Pensions

N.Y.
Aletta Storms
adm d . '38.
N o 4,991

Clarkstown. Dec r 11 th 1839.
Sir
In your letter of the 3 d Instant. in the case of Mrs. Alotta Storms. you say "it is necessary that the widow should apply for it under the act of June 7. 1832" - It being an application never before made in any case and I not having the opportunity to see any draft of a declaration in a case simi l ar. I have taken the liberty to enclose to you the accompanying draft. and beg leave to request you to peruse the same, and erase and interline the same in such a manner as you shall see fit to make it to answer the purpose intended, and when so done to return it to me for a form to follow -
I also wish to know if the declaration must be taken in open court, if the widow is able to attend the same, or wether it can be taken before a Judge -
By complying with the above request, as soon as convenience will permit you will much Obli g e
Respectable Sir your Humble Serv t .
George W m Crump Esq r .
David P ye

Clarkstown Feb y 20 th 1843
Hon d Sir
Accompanying I send you the Declaration of Meltha Storms, drawn according to the form you sent me which was rec d the 25 th instant. Please to send to me the certificate to enable her to draw the balance due as soon as it can be convenient for you to attend to it
I remain Hon d Sir your Ob t Serv t
David Pyle
Hon d James L Edward

Clarkstown Feb'y 25 th 1839.
Hon d . Sir
The accompanying Declaration of Alletta Storms got separated from others soon to on the same day, and recently has been discovered, which I now enclose and send
I remain Honorable Sir
your Ob t Serv t .
Hon d James L. Edwards
Daniel Dye

Feb. 10. 1840
Declaration of
Alitta Storms, widow of Abraham Storms
Cal Hawks Hay 2 N.Y. Capt. Benjamin D. Mylaine
Husband died 27. June 1838
Admitted
Privat 2 years $80-
former wife husband of Levi G. Smith

State of New York Rockland County, ss. On this fourth day of February, 1840, personally appeared before the judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, Alotta Storms, widow of the late Abraham Storms deceased, of the town of Clarkstown, in the county aforesaid, aged _____ years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832, entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers" That she is the widow of Abraham Storms, who was a pensioner under said act. — And she now claims such pension, as by proof of the services of the said Abraham Storms, lately sent to the pension office, the said Abraham Storms was entitled to, from the fourth day of March 1831, to the twenty seventh day of June 1838, the time of his death, subject to the deduction of such sums, during said years, as was an semiannually drawn by the said Abraham Storms, during his life, or by his said widow, after his death, for the proof of her marriage &c. she would refer the Honorable the Commissioner of Pensions to her papers, now on the file in the pension office under the act of July 7 th 1830.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court. Alotta Storms
Rockland County, ss
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the above declaration was subscribed and sworn to in open court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fourth day of February, 1840.
Abraham Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York } County of Rockland } Town of Nyack ss }
On the 30 th day of december 1842 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County personally appeared Altetta Storms who being duly sworn did declare and says that she is the Widow of Abraham Storms who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and Pensioner of the United States and who died 28 th day of June 1838. That this declarant applied for and re- -ceived a pension under the act of Congress of 4 th July 1838 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and which said pension commenced from the date of her husbands death That declarant has been informed and verily believes that she is entitled in pursuance of a recent decision of the Department to the arrears of pension commencing the 17 th March 1836 and ending 28 th June 1838 being the date of her husbands death as aforesaid and she accordingly makes application therefor
Altetta Storms
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to before me the day and year above written by Altetta Storms the de- -clarant therein mentioned and I certify that I believe the said affidavit entitled to full credit
Garrit Sallman Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Rockland ss
I Maham Voyageur Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Garrit Sallman before whom the foregoing declaration was made to

have been taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commis- -ioned and qualified and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Gerrit Tullman and verily believe the signature above written to be genuine
Witness my hand and official Seal this First day of February 1843 Wm. Hogenkamp Clerk

Aletta Storms
Arrears
C. D. Lewis C. D. Lewis, Esq. Feb 6 '43.
Aletta Storms (N.Y.)
act 7. July 3 R 80 $ from March 36 to 27 June 38
Hon. John Sanford N.Y.

910
Alotta Storms
$80 per ann
David Pye Clarkstown N. York

State of New York. Rockland County } ss
On this twenty second day of April 1843, personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens a justice of the peace in and for said county Alotta Storms, a resident of Clarkstown in said county aged eighty four years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Abraham Storms, who was a private and served in Col n A. Hewkes Hays Regiment and others and was taken a prisoner and taken to New York and there remained a prisoner near eighteen months. That the annual amount of the pension - which she received under the act of July 7, 1830, was eighty dollars. She further declares that she still is a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before
Alotta Storms
Peter T Stephens Justice
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to be such widow
Peter T Stephens Justice of the peace
Rockland County, ss.
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the County of Rockland, do certify that Peter T Stephens is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this first day of May, 1843 Thos Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York. Rockland County. } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of February 1843. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a justice of the peace in and for said county. Alotta Storms, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4 th of March 1836. to the twenty seventh day of June, 1838. from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7 th July. 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Abraham Storms, who was a private during the revolutionary; that her pension was allowed at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and was paid to her at the agency in the City and State of New York And further saith not.
sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me
Alotta Storms
Peter T Stephens Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I know the above named Alotta Storms to be the widow of Abraham Storms deceased as above set forth.
Peter T Stephens Justice

Rockland County, ss.
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of Rockland, Do certify that Peter T Stephens is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my county seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty-seventh day of February in the year 1843.
— H. Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York
City & County of New York } p: On this fourth day of September A D 1848 personally appeared before me Irving Paris, a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for said City & County, Abetia Storms, a resident attorney of the City of New York and of Richland County, aged Eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 a February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: That she is the widow of Abraham Storms, who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension at the New York City agency of Eighty dollars per annum under Act of June 1834.
She further declares that she is still a widow sworn to and subscribed this 4 th day of September A D 1848 before me.
Abetia Storms
Irving Paris Commissioner of Deeds. }
I further certify that I am acquainted with Mrs Abetia Storms and know her to be the same person who drew the Pension as above stated by her -
Irving Paris Commissioner of Deeds

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Irving Paris before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a competent  of Leeds in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said competent thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 4 day of Sept 184 8
James Conner Clerk.
ms 1284

State of New York
Rockland County } ss. on the fifth eleventh day of March 1834. Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace, in and said county, John Fetter, a resident of the town of Haverstraw in said county, aged 76 years, who being by me duly sworn, saith that he was well acquainted with Abraham Storms, who has sworn and subscribed the annexed declaration. During the Revolutionary war and ever since, knows that the said Abraham Storms was enrolled and classed in the fall of the year 1778, in a company commanded by Capt. Asa Smith, in Col. A. Hawkes-Hays Regiment, said company being previous to that time put into classes of four men in a class, and orders was issued that one man in each and every class should guard one week and then be relieved by an other of the class, so that each man in the class had to serve one week in each and every four weeks, in which manner the said Abraham Storms did serve doing guard duty in the said company from the fall of the year 1778 until the fall of the year 1782, except in the severity of the Winter a guarding at the long clove, at Slaughters Landing, at the Hook, and at different stations along the river at Nyack for the distance of more than two miles - and verily believes that the said Storms served not less than two weeks in the year 1778, and not less than two months in each of the years of 1779, 1780 & 1781, and not less than one month in the year 1782, in weekly tours agreeable to the arrangement of the said company, that he was always a faithful soldier and esteemed as a man of truth and veracity.
John Fetter
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me —
Levan Brown Jr. Bacc

Certify that I am acquainted with John Totten and know him to be a man of veracity whose statem- ents is entitled to credit
Leonard Gurne "
State of New York Rockland County
I, David Pye, Clerk of the County of Rockland, hereby certify, that Abraham B Stephens before whom the annexed declaration of Abraham Storms was sworn and before whom the annexed Affidavit of Peter Stephens was and whose name is subscribed to the same and the Certificate thereon endorsed, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, and that John T Blanch before whom the annexed affidavit of Lewis Tallman was sworn and whose name is subscribed thereto and to the certificate thereon, and Leonard Gurne whose name is subscribed to the preceding Affidavit and Certificate, are Justices of the peace in and for said county, duly commissi- oned and sworn, and that their respective names subscri- bed thereto is their genuine signatures
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of March 1834.
David Pye
Abraham Storms
Leonard Gurne
Abraham Storms
Service under Anderson & Smith being failed against "House things refugees & Forces" is double
Acqd 9 mo 1688.
Mr Wren

State of New York Greene County
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, Sunis Tallman, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged 85 years, who being by me duly sworn, saith that he is well acquainted with Abraham Storms who has sworn and subscribed the annexed declaration, and was acquainted with him during a great part of the Revolutionary war, and knows that the said Abraham Storms did serve in a company commanded by Capt. Asa Smith, in a Regiment commanded by Col n A. Hawkes Hay, from the spring of the year 1779 to the fall of the year 1782, performing his regular tours of weekly duty in said company. That in the spring of the year of 1777, an order was issued by Col n Hay that all the militia companies under his command should be divided into classes of four men in a class and that one in each and every class should be stationed to guard at the different places along the Hudson River from Snedens Landing to Stony Point where it was judged necessary to station a guard, during the season that the British war vessels lay in the said river in the Tappan and Haverstraw Bays and to guard at some important places in the New County, to protect the inhabitants from the inroads of Horse thieves, refugees and Tories who would collect in numbers and plunder and distress the inhabitants, and that a continual guard might be kept up that one fourth part of the militia had to be out at one time. In which manner the said Abraham Storms did serve performing his weekly tours of guard duty from early in the spring until winter and sometimes late in the winter during the years 1779, 1780 and 1781, and from early in the spring until September in the year 1782, after which time the guard was not regularly kept, that the said Storms was stationed as a guard at the long clove, at Slaughters Landing at the Hook and at several different stations along the Nyack shore as the said war vessels moved up or down the river, and verily believes that the said Storms did not serve less than two months in weekly tours during each of the years of 1779, 1780 & 1781, and not less than one month, in the year 1782, that this deponent was during the said years, first

Lieutenant, and most of the time did command the men that was out on duty of said Company. That said Storm was a faith- ful soldier and has always been esteemed as a man of truth and veracity. -
Sworn and subscribed the day this sixth of March 1834 before me and given upon oath
his Tunis X Tallman mark
John T. Blanch { Justice
I Do Hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with Tunis Tallman who has subscribed and sworn to the Above affidavit that he is a man of veracity his Statements are entitled to Credit
John T. Blanch { Justice

State of New York Steckland County } ss. On this fifth day of March, 1834, personally appeared before me Abraham B Stephens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County. Abraham Storms a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said County aged Seventy four years, well known to me and in the said town as a man of truth and veracity, who being by me duly sworn saith, that he is the same Abraham Storms who on the thirtieth day of November 1832 made a declaration in open Court, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and the same Abraham Storms who on the twelfth day of July, 1833, made an amendment to the said declaration before Cornelius J Blauvelt one of the Judges, in and for the said County, which declaration is now on file in the pension office, and he is required distinctly to set forth each item of service, as to the length and grade, name of Officers actually in command, where lodged & marched, by what paymaster paid & supplied with rations, and that he must show that every part of the service was purely military i.e. that being called upon by the competent authority, the company was duly organized, took the field & continued to perform as an embodied corps the daily duty of soldiers during each term a claim is asserted. He will now as far as his recollection will enable him (after the lapse of so many years) truly to set forth his services during the revolutionary war, endeavour to comply with the requirements of the War department, and as far as is now possible for him to do prove his services, hoping that a reasonable allowance will be given for the frailty of human memory.
He entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated
That in the month of June 1776, and near the latter part of the month he enlisted in the City of New York, for six months, in a Company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Wool, in a Regiment

commanded by Col n Malcom, in General Scotts Brigade, and was stationed some time at Bunkers hill fortifying that place then they crossed the East River and was stationed on Brooklyn Heights and was there a part of the time employed at the fortifications there where they remained until after the Battle was fought on Long Island between the British and American armies, when they retreated with Gen t Washingtons Army to the City of New York, and then to Kings Bridge from there to White Plains, and after the Battle was fought there General Washington marched to Kings berry and crossed the river there, and the Company to which he belonged marched to Peekskill where they remained some time doing guard duty, when they crossed the North River at Haver- straw where they remained doing guard duty until the twenty fourth day of December, having served out the full term of his enlist- ment and was there discharged, that during the said term of his enlistment he received one months pay which was paid to him by his Capt t , but the other five months pay he never received as he did not see his Capt t again until some years after the war was over, when he asked the Capt t about his pay who informed him that he had drawn his pay and would pay him if he would take Continental money, such as he had received, which was then of no value which he refused to take, that the company regularly drew their rations but the name of the different com- missaries he does not now recollect, That the above recited services he is now unable to prove, as he is unable to find a single person that served with him and if there is any still living they are to him unknown as to their present residence That Capt t Abraham Onderdonk having received orders from Capt t Hay to raise a Company to march in the county of Bergen to prevent the illicit trade, he on the last of January or first of February, 1777, enlisted for three months, under the said Capt t  in a regiment commanded by Col n Gilbert  Col n Malcom and joined Col n  Booster  Malcom Regiment and was marched shortly after his enlistment to the Liberty Pole  Liberty Pole in the county of

Bergen and State of New Jersey where head quarters was kept and on the night of the 21 st of February  March while on a Picket guard stationed at the england  Liberty Hill  Neighborhood he with three others, to wit Carpenter Shelly their Sergeant, Abraham Maspeo, and Jost Vorhis was taken prisoner as by Col l . Bushwick and Barttyes men, and taken to New York, and put in the Provost where he was kept four days when he with other prisoners were removed to the Sugar house, where he was confined for three months and a half, (where he suffered greatly for the want of provision, it being not more than half of the usual allowance granted and that so bad that hunger alone forced the prisoners to use it and that two of his fellow prisoners, to wit Maspeo and Vorhis Died prisoner in the hospital) when he was permitted to go out on parole on condition that he would not go beyond the bounds of the then City where he remained (having no chance to escape) until some time in the month of September 1778, when he was exchanged, having been a prisoner eighteen months and a half—that they drew rations while in the County of Bergen, but he never received any pay for his said services —
That after he was exchanged he immediately returned to the now town of Clarkstown to his fathers residence which was in the beat of a Company commanded by Capt n Avery Smith in Col l A. Hawkes Hays Regiment and was enrolled in the same of which Company Simas Sellman was Lieutenant and was ordered out on duty and was put in to a class as the rest of the company was all clasped in classes of four men in a class who had each to perform his weekly tower of duty to guard along the North River to watch the British vessels of war which lay in the said River, in which manner he served two weekly towers of duty in the fall of the year 1778 a doing guard duty along the North River at Nyack—

That early in the Spring of the year 1779 he was again ordered out to perform his weekly tours of duty, and served one full week in each and every four weeks doing guard duty and was stationed at the Long Clove, Slaughters Landing at the Hook, and at different places along the river at Nyack, or until the Winter and served not less than two months in actual duty in the field in weekly tours
That in the year 1780, he again commenced early in the Spring and served until in the Winter and served not less than two months in weekly tours in actual duty in the field doing guard duty along the North river at the different stations stations aforesaid they having to move from place to place as the British war vessels moved up or down the river—
That in the year 1781, he was ordered out in the aforesaid company early in the Spring and served until Winter serving one full week in each and every four weeks, doing guard duty along the river as aforesaid, and served not less than two months in weekly tours
That in the Spring of the year 1782, he was again ordered out to perform his weekly tours of duty and served one full week in each and every four weeks doing guard duty along the said river as aforesaid and served until the month of September and served not less than one month in weekly tours—
That all his weekly tours of duty was performed in Capt. Avery Smith's company in Col. Hays Regiment and that Capt. Smith or Junius Tallman the first Lieutenant had the command—That during the time set forth by him that he served they sometimes received rations from Wm Hears the Commissary, sometimes from the Inhabitants and sometimes brought it from home but did not receive any pay—

That he was Born at Philips manner in the County of Westchester and State of New York, on the sixth day of June 1759 -
That he has no record of his age but received his information from Isaac Van Court the sexton of the church at that place who got his information from the church records -
That he resided with his father in the City of New York when he first entered the service that his father removed from the City when the British took possession thereof - and came to reside in the town of Clarkstown in which town he has ever since resided -
That his services were all voluntary performed altho he was bound to perform duty under Capt Smith agreeable to the orders of the Governor of the State of New York.
That Genl Washington Putman, Wayne and Clinton were with the troops in which he served -
That he never received a written discharge
That he is personally known to Tunis Tallman Peter Stephens and John Seller who can testify to his character and their belief his services in the Revolutionary war -
He has now narrated his services and set forth each event with as much precision as he now having a conscientious regard  conscientious regard to truth is able to do and prays that for his fif- fourteen months services of actual duty in the field, and during the time the services was performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, and for his eighteen months and a half while he was a prisoner in New York he may be allowed a pension and if in any case he has set forth in his first, or amended declaration any thing contrary to what is above set forth that the error therein may be contributed to the frailty of human memory, and overlooked by the Commissioner of Pensions
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Abraham Storms Abn B. Stephens { Judge

State of New York } } Rockland County } On the fifth day of March, 1834, personally ap- peared before me Abraham B Stephens, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county. Peter Stephens, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged 73 years, who being by me duly sworn saith, that he was well acquainted with Abraham Storms, (who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration) during the Revolutionary War and ever since, knows that the said Abra- ham Storms did Enlist on the last of January or first of February 1777 for three month at a place called the New City in the now town of Clarkstown in a company commanded by Capt. Abraham in a regiment, then commanded by Lieut. Col. Gylfe of  of  of Onderdonk, which company was Marched to for liberty in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey where the company commanded joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Paulding, and that part of the said company was sent as a picket guard to the lower part of the Long  brook  brook  brook  to the fly at the  liberty  pole in the latter part of the month of March and that the said Abraham Storms with some others was taken prisoner by Col. Bushwick & Barclay's men and taken to New York that he this deponent was near the said Abraham Storms when he was taken prisoner and made his escape, that the said Storms did not return to the place of his residence until the fall of the year 1778, when the deponent saw him and was informed by the said Storms that he had just been exchanged, that this deponent enlisted in Capt. Abraham Onderdonk at the time the said Storms enlisted and served with him until he was taken prisoner - That the said Storms after his return home served in Capt. Smith Company until the close of the war, as he often see him on duty but cannot say how long he served as he did did not belong to the same company, but believes that he served his full term of weekly duty agreeable to the general divisions of the and orders of the Militia - Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Stephens, and know him to be a man of veracity whose statement is entitled to great credit. Peter Stephens
Abraham B Stephens { Judge
Peter Stephens

State of New York } Rockland County }
On this Day of November 1833, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county, Abraham Storms, aged 74 years, who being duly sworn, saith, He is the same Abraham Storms who made a declaration in the Court of Common Pleas on the 30th day of November 1832, and also the said Abraham Storms who made an amended declaration before Cornelius J. Blevett, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, on the 12th day of July, 1833. In his first it is stated that he was a prisoner then confined in the Provost and also in the Sugar house, in the City of New York, in his last amended declaration he states that he was on parole, but does not state the period how long, he will now endeavour to set forth the circumstances of his imprisonment more fully and at large. That he was taken prisoner the 21st of March 1777, and carried to New York, and there confined in the Provost and from the Provost was removed to the Sugar house, and was there confined in all (Provost and Sugar house) for three months and a half, after the expiration of the three months and a half he was let out on parole, but upon the condition that he should continue within the British lines as a prisoner until he should be exchanged, that in pursuance of the condition of his parole he continued in the City of New York until a general exchange took place, which was fifteen months after the time he was let out on parole, as above stated. The City of New York was then guarded by the British army, who was then in possession, as well as by British ships laying in the river also as guards, so that it was out of his power to escape. The said Abraham Storms further states, that the circumstance of his being a prisoner in New York, as well as being let out on parole as above stated, and as stated in his supplemental declaration, was at the time his original declaration was drawn, mentioned to David Pye Esq. who drew the same, and this deponent thought the same was mentioned therein, and if not that it was an error or omission of the draftsman of his original declaration, and not on account of his own forgetfulness or omission to state the same. Sworn and subscribed before me the date first above mentioned
Abraham Storms
State of New York } Rockland County }
David Pye, of the town of Clarkstown in said county (the person who drafted the original and supplemental declaration of

Abraham Storms, who has applied for a pension under the law of June 7. 1832, and which said original and supplemental declaration is now on file in the pension office, waiting the explanation of the said Abraham Storms, "why his being on parole was not mentioned in his original declaration, and for the said Abraham Storms to state how long he was on parole," being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, If the circumstances of the said Abraham Storms being on parole, was not mentioned in his original declaration, it was owing to the omission of the said David Pye, who drafted the same, to state the circumstance, through the hurry and pressure of business as clerk of the court of Common Pleas, as the said deponent has now a perfect recollection that the said Storms did, at the time his original declaration was drawn, particularly mention all the circumstances of his being in the prove & Shugar house, and on parole, in the same manner as he the said Storms has now set forth the same, in the explanation he has now given in his preceding deposition, in compliance with the request of J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, and that the omission occurred in consequence of the neglect & forgetfulness of the said deponent, and not that of the said Abraham Storms.
Sworn and subscribed this Day of November 1833. before me —
David Pye
John T. Blanch { Justice of the peace
State of New York
Rockland County
I David Pye, clerk of the said County. Do hereby certify. That John T. Blanch, before whom the foregoing Affidavits was sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits, is a justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his name subscribed to the said affidavits is his genuine signature.
Witness, my hand and seal of Office this - first day of November, 1833.
David Pye

State of New York. Rockland County. } On this twentieth day of December, 1839. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county. Alotta Storms, widow of Abraham Storms deceased, of the town of Clarkstown in said county, aged 80 years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, That she was legally married to Abraham Storms by the Rev. Samuel Verbuyck, at a house then occupied by Isaac Blauvelt and Eleanor his wife between Christmas and New Year, in the year 1779, the day of the month she has forgot but the day of the week was Wednesday, that owing to the sickness of her Brother John her Marriage had been delayed for some time, and after his death, the following persons went with her to witness the ceremony, viz John Feller, Polly Storms, sister of her late husband, William Stephens, and her sister Sarah Smediker.
That there is not one of the above named persons now living, and the only now living, of all that was present, at the time of Marriage is Eleanor, then the wife of Isaac Blauvelt aforesaid, but now the wife of John Van Houten, and residing in the town of Clarkstown aforesaid; that this deponent has called to see the said Eleanor, and was informed by her that she had no recollection thereof, that she used every endeavour to bring it to her recollection but could not effect it, and was told by the said Eleanor that she would try to recollect the circumstances and having waited for more than a year, and finding that it cannot yet be brought to her recollection, she is lead to believe that it will never be the case, — and there being no Church Record thereof, as appears by the affidavit of the Rev. Isaac D. Cole. Nor family record, as she has formerly set forth under oath, she has no other proof thereof to offer, but her own affidavit supported by the accompanying Affidavits.
Sworn to and subscribed } And the said Deponent, under her the day and year aforesaid } oath aforesaid doth further depose and say, that the annexed Record of the ages of her children, is a record made by John Smith, the Clerk of the Church at Clarkstown, Many years since, now long since deceased, which has been kept by her and her late husband, in the family bible, which bible, since his decease has remained in her possession.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Alotta Storms
Peter J Stephens Justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Alotta Storms and know her to be a woman of truth and veracity whose Statement is entitled to credit.
Peter J Stephens Justice
Rockland County, ss.
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of Rockland, Do hereby certify That Peter J Stephens, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Alotta Storms, and the annexed affidavits of Garret Smedeker, Dowsah J Sallman, George Myers, and the Rev. Peter J Quick were taken, is a Justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures subscribed to each respectively, are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, this twenty first day of December, 1839.
Abraham Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York, } Rockland County. } On this twentieth day of December 1839. personally appeared before me Peter J. Stephens, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county. Garret Snedeker, a resident of the town of Clark- town, in said county, aged 75 years, who, being first duly sworn, accor- ding to law, doth depose and say, That Alotta Storms, the present widow of Abraham Storms deceased is his sister, That he had a Brother by the Name of John, who, after lingering for some time died a little before Christmas in the year 1779. he well recollects the time, that his said Sister was engaged to be married to her late husband Abraham Storms, but owing to the sickness of his said brother, the marriage was delayed until after his death; and that between Christmas and New Year, they, with a small company left his father's house to go to be married, and after being gone for a considerable time, returned and reported that they were married by the Rev. Mr Verbrugh, and that his sister the said Alotta Storms, is the only survivor, of that company, that owing to the death of his brother, he did not accompany them, that since the said marriage and until the death of the said Abraham Storms, they have resided together as man and wife and have had several children, that after the death of his father, the said Alotta, became heir to a part of his father's lands, on which they built and resided for many years, which lands have been sold by the said Abraham Storms and the said Alotta, and a deed executed by them, under which chain of title, the said lands are still held sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } Garret Snedeker Before me.
Peter J. Stephens Justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Garret Snedeker and know him to be a man of truth and veracity whose statements are entitled to credit Peter J. Stephens Justice

State of New York, Rockland County.) On this Twentieth day of December, 1839. personally appeared before me Peter I Stephens, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county. Dowah J Tallman, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged 67 years: Who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that for many years, and nearly as early as his Memory would permit, he has been acquainted with Abraham Storms and Alotta his wife, that from the common report of the Neighborhood, as far as his knowledge extends, it was the undoubt- ed belief that they were legally married, that they resided in the town of Clarkstown (a few years in the City of New York excepted) ever since their Marriage, until his death and for several years a near Neighbour to this deponent, and always esteemed as virtuous citizens, and raised up a family of Children -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Dowah J Tallman
Peter I Stephens Justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent and know him to be a man of truth and veracity whose Statement is entitled to credit
Peter I Stephens Justice

State of New York, ) Rockland County, ss. On this twentieth — day of December 1839. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a Justice of the Peace, in and said for said county: George Myers, a resident of the town of Clark- ston, in said county, aged 71 years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say: That he was well acquainted with Abra- ham Storms, who had for his wife Alotta Smedeker, that they resided in the part of the town of Clarkston in which this deponent resi- ded nearly the whole of the time from their marriage until his death and for several years a near neighbour, that as far as his knowledge extends, there never was a doubt but that they were legally married, and have raised up a family of children, and always bore a virtuous and respectable reputation — Sworn to and subscribed, } George Myers the day and year aforesaid. } Before me
Peter T Stephens Justice
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent, and know him to be a man of truth and veracity whose statements is entitled to credit Peter T Stephens Justice

Extract from the Record of Baptism kept by the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Clarkstown, Virg. -
A.D. 1731.
6 April { Abraham Storm 20 May { Aeltje Smediker { Abraham
A.D. 1733.
8 August { Abraham Storm 14 September { Aeltje Smediker { John
A.D. 1738.
11 May { Abraham Storm 13 July { Aeltje Smediker { Maria
A.D. 1791
5 June { Abraham Storm 3 July { Aeltje Smediker { John
A.D. 1798. 15 July Elizabeth      Abraham Storm 4 Feb 25 June      Aeltje Smediker
A.D. 1803. 10 April Gerrit Smediker      Abraham Storm 4 Feb 6 March      Aeltje Smediker
State of New York, } Rockland County, } S. J. Peter J. Quich, Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Clarkstown. Depose and say, that a Book, being a Record of the Children that are Baptised, belonging in said Congregation, and that the above are true extracts from the Records of said Church.
Sworn before me this 20 th day of December 1839 -
Rev. Peter J. Quich
Peter J. Stephens Justice