Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1155, John Wyckoff, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Wyckoff, John
S 11155
CONTENTS
banded

9484 New Jersey John Mayhoff
of Somerville the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the 6th Penna. commanded by Captain Smock of the P. Res. commanded by Col Taylor in the N. Jersey Militia time for 6 Mo. 14 day
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 21 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May 1833 and J. A. Hartsock Somerville N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833 $ 43:08 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/2 Sep 33 10:77 $ 53:85
d. Mar. 2, 1834
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 135

John N o 6483.
Application of John Wyckoff, of Berminth Montgomery Somerset County New Jersey for a pension
Forward Certificate to T. A. Hentrell Somerville N. Jersey I name pensioner as of Montgomery , there being others of the same name
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New Jersey Somerset County p On this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Somerset Now Sitting John Wyckoff resident in the County of Somerset aforesaid aged Eighty five years old on the 10 th day of May last, 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated - That he entered the service at Readington by volunteering under Capt Smock served one month marched to Amboy Elizabeth Town - Dickerson was Gen l He again volunteered & served one month under Capt Smock at Elizabeth Town. He again volunteered and served two weeks under Capt Smock. Marched to Elizabeth Town - He again volunteered & served one month under Capt Smock - Marched to Allentown in Penn a passed thro' Bethlehem, Easton, crossed the Delaware came down it as far as Coryell's Ferry now called Samburgville - Taylor was Col - He again volunteered & served one month under Capt Smock. Employed along the Plockaminn Mountains, observing the motions of the Enemy - He again volunteered & served one month under Capt Smock. Employed at different places in Somerset in watching the Enemy - He again volunteered & served one month under Capt G Lane. Marched to Monmouth - was there at the time of the battle. Employed as a guard under Capt Hittwell - Col Michell was Commander of their Division - He is very certain that he has been

active service as a soldier in the Revolution more than nine months - But owing to his age - want of memory & he is unable to specify each particular time - he was a great number of times employed on Contingent parties but cannot recollect the time he was engaged - He was born on Long Island on the 10 th of May A.D. 1747 His Parents moved from there into New Jersey Somerset County when he was about five years old - He has lived in Somerset & Hunterdon Counties ever since his removal from New York He took his age from his father's bible - That he has no documentary evidence of his said services. He hereby relinquishes every claim therefor to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid -
W. J. Gaston
John his Wyzkoff mark
We Isaac M. Fisher & Abraham residing at Bedminster in said county and Job Lane residing at the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wyzkoff who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be eighty five years of age - That he is resided & resided in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. J. Gaston
Isaac M. Fisher Job Lane

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inquiry along 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 Isaac M. Fisher who has signed the preceding certificate is a Guggenmiller resident in the Township of Bedminster County of Somerset and that Job Lane who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. H. Gaston
Rev. Vandermeer
A. J. Rodgers
Dan. H. Disbrough John M. Kirtland
State of New Jersey Somerset County
I, John M. Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of John Mychoff for a pension.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two J. M. Mann

Personally appeared before me the subscriber (presiding Judge of said court John Wykoff) about named who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot speak positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & is in the following grace. For two years I served as a soldier & for such service I claim a pension - My memory fails me very fast & I can not recollect the times & places where I was out but I recollect that I was out regularly from the commencement to the end of the war - one year & was out half the year - This was when Washington retreated to Pennsylvania - I do not know of any living witness by whom I can prove my said service - I then lived in an adjoining county I believe my affairs are all settled - I am now almost blind
Sworn & subscribed this 16 th of March 1888 signed me
his John X Wykoff mark
A. J. Easton

Application of John Wirt of Bethminister in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey for a pension
Amended
Send certificate to T. A. Hartwell Somerville N. Jersey

May 7, 1940
am BA-J/MCS John Wyckoff, S.1155
Mr. Fred A. Wyckoff 2283 LaSalle Gardens South Detroit, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Wychoff, a Revolutionary War soldier who was born May 26, 1734, and lived at Potterstown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.1155, based on the military service of the only John Wyckoff (searched under all spellings) of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
John Wyckoff was born May 10, 1747, on Long Island and when he was about five years of age he moved with his parents, names not given, to Somerset County, New Jersey.
He enlisted at Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and served at various times, amounting to two years in all, from the commencement of the Revolution until the close of the war, as private with the New Jersey troops under Captains Smock, G. Lane and Stillwell, and Colonels Taylor and Mehelm and was at the battle of Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Somerset County, New Jersey, and he stated that he had lived in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey, ever since he moved from New York.
John Wyckoff died March 2, 1834.
The papers on file in this claim contain contain no data relative to the family of John Wyckoff.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John Wyckoff and the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, this city, giving the following data:
John Wyckoff, Certificate #9484, issued May 20, 1833, rate $21.54 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to a John Wyckoff who was born May 26, 1734.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1916 Mar. 10 Hist. to Mrs. William Holman. Letter in S.F. 17736 Thomas Todd 1918 May 31 Hist. to Mrs. M. A. Roberts.
1940 May 7. Hist. to Mr. Fred A. Wyckoff. MCS. 1.1
INVALID
Rev. Mar
File No. 11554
John Wyckoff his N. J. wife
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index — Vol. a Page 418
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
17. 115-5-
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Hyckoff a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1 Served at Pvt. Smock Taylor N.J.   various times G. Lane McHale   2 years Stillwell   from com-   encement to   end of war.  
Battles engaged in, Wormuth  Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Readington, Hunterdon Co. N.J.  Date of application for pension, Aug. 13, 1832. His ch. was ab.  Residence at date of application, Somerset Co. N.J.  Age at date of application, to May 10, 1747 on Long Island  d. Mar. 2, 1834  Remarks: to date as to his family
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

FRED A. WYCKOFF - (Ford Motor Co) 2283 LaSalle Gardens South DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Apr. 1, 1940
W. S. Government Department of Records Washington D.C. Dear Sir:
Will you please advise me regarding the connection of John Wyckoff born May 26, 1734, the husband of Sarah Immerman with the American Revolution. I am advised that he lived at Patterson Hunterdon County New Jersey and supplied the troops with food & hay. Is this true and if so does this constitute service connection with the Revolution? If you will furnish this record I will forward check for charge
Yours Sincerely,
F. W. Wyckoff.

Rev. Sir
St Peter Minnesota 22 May 1918
Sir,
Will you please send me a copy of the pension certificate of John Wickoff a Rev- Soldier from Hunterdon Co. New Jersey -
Thanking you
I am -
Mrs M. A. Roberts
815 - So. Main Ave
St Peter Minnesota -

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John Wyckoff Somerset Co. Penn A. J. ... Amended.
Cap Smock Cor Taylor 6.14 #2154
Am. C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Wyckoff further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? CH V. * Has he mentioned 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? CH See Decree 5. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.