Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,880, for Thomas Templer, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER
W 16880
Templer Thomas Bunker, Elizabeth Former widow
CONTENTS

3432 New-York
Elizabeth Bunker former d widow of Thomas Templer who died on the 1778 of Schoharie Co? in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wright of the regiment commanded by Col. Van Kortland in the New-York line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N. Y. at the rate of 40 Dollars 50 Cents per annum; to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Septem- ber, 1840 and sent to Hon. J. Ely, Coeymans, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840 $180.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. 1841 $ 20.00 $ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
Recorded by W. H. Edwards Clerk Book C Vol. 3 Page 107

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4958
N.Y.
July 4. 1836
Eliz. Duer
born and of the family Married 5. Sept. 1765 - The first Husband died 1778 - 2 d Jan 1809 -
Col Van Cortland Capt Wright - Feb 28. May 1777 Died " 1778
adnd 12 mofri 40 $ no deduction Hm
D. D. G. Lowackie H. R. N. G.

State of New York Schoharie County Clerk's office } I William M. Hotten clerk of the County of Schoharie - aforesaid and of the courts of the same do hereby certify that Nathan P. Tyler before whom the foregoing annexed declaration of Elizabeth Bun- ker purports to have been taken and sworn and before whom the annexed affidavit of Marian Sorrels purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Schoharie aforesaid and that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of said Judge and very believe the signature N. P. Tyler thereto to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 19 th day of March 1840 William M. Hotten Clerk
Catskill March 20 th 1840
Sir
The annexed declaration of Elizabeth Bunker formerly widow of Thomas Bunker deceased under the act of Congress of the 14 th July 1838. I have in vain retained in my possession until now for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain evidence to support her declaration

She alleges in her declaration that the said Thomas Templer served in the Militia five or six months but under what Officers she cannot recollect.
But she swears in the Continental line she distinctly remembers that he enlisted for during the war (but died after about one year after) which I believe to be correct from the circumstance that a lot of land was awarded to him — which I found corroborated by the records of the bounty land office at Washington.
Should you not find any evidence of his Militia Service pre- vious to his enlistment as  at would not the department be justified in granting her a full pension in consequence of his enlistment for during the war from which he was pre- vented by an act of Providence.
No. Records I believe are in existence in any office in this State as early as the Service alleged in her declaration in the Militia. Whatever may be your decision you will please di- rect to me.
I am respectfully your most obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 3 rd section of the act of 4 th July 1836 and of the 1 st section of the act of 3 rd March 1837
State of New York Schoharrie County }/s
On this eighth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Nathan P. Tyler one of the Judges in said County Elizabeth Barker a resident of the town of Colesville in the County of Schoharie and State of New York of said age Ninety five 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 4 th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837
That she was married to Thomas Templer who to the best of her knowledge and belief in the revolutionary war resided with this applicant in the town of Coxsackie County of Albany and State of New York entered the Service of the said State of New York for the term of about five Months in a company commanded as she now believes by and returned home after in the fall of the year of 1775 or 6 —
She further declares that in the Spring of the year of 1777 the said Thomas Templer enlisted in the Military Service of the United States in a company commanded by Captain Wright in the Second New York Regiment

as a private soldier for during the war and remained in said Corps and as she was then informed for the term of about one year or more and then died in said Army
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Temple the fifth day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty five
That the marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend John Schuneman Dutch Reformed Minister of the town of Catskill
That her maiden name previous to her marriage was Elizabeth Vandyke and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Temple died in the Summer of the year of 1778
And that she was afterwards married to Isaac Bunker by a Baptist Minister in the town of Coeymans in the County of Albany
And that from thence she with the said Isaac Bunker moved into the town of Coeymans County of Schoharie aforesaid And untill the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine at which time her husband the said Isaac Bunker died
And that she was a widow on the 11 th of July 1836 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
She further declares that she has no proof of the marriage of either of her husbands

aforsaid except the annexed copy of the baptismal record of her youngest daughter Mary who was baptized in the Lutheran Evangelical church in the town of Athens. She further declares that she has no documentary evidence nor knows of any living witness to prove any of the foregoing statements except those herunto annexed.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the _____ day and year first above written before me Elizabeth for Bunker mark
W. P. Tyler Judge of Schoharie County Court
And I further certify that from bodily infirmity said Elizabeth Bunker above named applicant is unable to attend court
W. P. Tyler Judge of Schoharie County Court

Walter Smith for Elizabeth Bunker

State of New York Schoharie County ss
Marian Searls of the town of Conesville County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is well acquaint- ed with Elizabeth Bunker widow of Isaac Bunker - deceased.
That the said Elizabeth Bunker was former- ly the widow of Thomas Timpler who died in the Revolutionary war in the service of the United States while engaged as a Soldier That the said Elizabeth after the death of her first husband the said Thomas Timpler was married to Isaac Bunker with whom she lived several years and until the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine - at which time the said Isaac Bun- ker died and that the said Elizabeth Bunker has ever since that period and is still remained and is still the widow of the said Isaac Bunker deceased and that she resides in said town of Conesville and is now an applicant for a pension for the Military Services of her former hus- band the said Thomas Timpler and fur- this deponent saith not Mary Ann Searls
Sworn and subscribed to this 8th day of November 1839
W. P. Tyler Judge of
Schoharie County Court
I further Certify that the Statements of the above named Mary Ann Searls is entitled to full credit therein
W. P. Tyler Judge of Schoharie County Court

State of New York Greene County ss
Thomas Lape of the town of Athens County of Greene and State of New York being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is the present Clergyman of the Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church of said town That it appears by the records of baptisms in said Church that Mary daughter of Thomas Jester Templer and Elizabeth was baptiz- ed the twentieth day of March in the year One thousand Seven hundred and seventy three - and was born the twenty third day of October in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two - which is expressed on said records in fair- legible figures and letters as follows viz
Mary
Anna 1773 9 20 Mary Gedoopt - Geb. 23 Octobr 1772 De vader Thomas Templer Moeder Elisabeth
I Thomas Lape above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Clergyman in the above mentioned Church that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of said Church and further this deponent saith not - and the word Mary in said extract interlined -
Sworn and Subscribed this 15 th day of October 1839 and I further certify that said Thomas Lape is the Clergyman as above stated before me
Thomas Lape Pastor of Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church Matthew Winters Justice
State of New York Greene County ss: I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Matthew Winters Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County, duly elected & qualified and that his signature to said affidavit is his genuine signature - Witness my hand and the seal of the said County the Eighteenth day of March 1840.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New York } Greene County } ss
On this twenty eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty person-ally appeared before the undersigned Salmon P. Chase Justice of the peace, said Greene County Casper Collins an aged and highly intelligent & respectable citizen and whose testimony is entitled to full credit who after being duly sworn according to law doth depose and saith that he is seventy one years of age that he resides in the town of Coeymans Greene County the place where he was born & formerly the residence of his father Isaac Collins now deceased That deponent in the revolutionary war was well acquainted with Thomas Temple who with his wife Elizabeth resided in a house belonging to deponent's father the said Isaac Collins and that said Temple had several children his son William this deponent was well acquainted with And this deponent further saith that the said Thomas Temple enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental line or State Troops for during the war in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Cortland as he now believes —
That said Thomas Temple never afterwards returned to his family and as deponent always understood and nearly believes that he died in said army while a soldier but in what company or how long he served deponent does not remember
And that this deponent further saith that his widow the said Elizabeth Temple several years after married a man by the name of Isaac Barker with whom this deponent

was also well acquainted That several years since the said Isaac Bunke and his wife Elizabeth moved into the town of Catskill and from thence as deponent was informed moved into Schoharie County - that said Isaac Bunke died several years since that his widow the said Elizabeth is still living and as deponent is informed is now an applicant for a pension for the services of her former husband the said Thomas deceased Templar deceased and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid
Casper Collyer
Tallmadge Fairchild Justice of the Peace

State of New York Greene County ss:
I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Salinidge Fairchild Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits were sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County duly elected and qualified and that his signature to said affidavits is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 30 th day of July 1840.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New York Greene County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace Salmaadre Smith for said County John Out an aged and highly respectable and intelligent citizen and whose testimony can be relied on - who after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is Seventy Seven years of age. That he was well acquainted with Thomas Temple and his wife Elizabeth for several years. That they resided a near neighbor to this deponent in the revolutionary war - That the said Thomas Temple & wife resided on a place belonging to Isaac Collier now deceased in the town of Coeymans Greene County formerly Albany -
And this deponent further saith That the said Thomas Temple enlisted as a private soldier in the American Army in a company commanded by Captain Wright Colonel Coollands Regiment for during the war - but according to the best of this deponent knowledge the said Thomas Temple never returned to his family and as deponent always understood and verily believes the said Thomas Temple died while in the army as a soldier but how long he served and where he died this deponent does not know
And this deponent further saith that the said Thomas Temple and left a wife and several children - with whom deponent was also acquainted - And that his widow the said Eliz

Elizabeth afterwards was married to a man by the name of Isaac Bunker with whom deponent was also well acquainted. That several years since they moved into the town of Catskill and from there moved into Schoharie County where she has resided ever since.
And this deponent further saith that the said Isaac Bunker has been dead several years and that his widow the said Elizabeth is still living and as deponent is informed is now an applicant for a pension for a pension for the revolutionary services of her former husband the said Thomas Temple and which deponent believes she is honestly entitled to and further this deponent saith not.
John Ott
Sworn and subscribed on the 7 day and year aforesaid before me
Salmon J. Lakin Justice of the Peace
Elizabeth Bunker applicant

State of New York Greene County ss
On this twenty eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared before the undersigned Salmauge Fairchild one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County. Leonard Whitbeck an aged & highly respectable citizen of the town of Coxsackie in said County of Greene - who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath depose and say that he is Seventy four years of age that during the revolutionary war deponent resided in said town of Coxsackie in the neighborhood of Isaac Collyer deceased the place where Coasper Collyer now resides, that he was well acquainted with Thomas Templar now deceased - That according to the best of his recollection the said Thomas Templar enlisted in the Continental army as a private Soldier and was either killed or died while a Soldier in said army - and that he left a widow to wit named Elizabeth & a Son named William & a daughter named Esther with whom deponent was also well acquainted - deponent does not know what has become of the said Elizabeth Templar but was informed by some of his neighbors that she was afterwards married to Isaac Bunker & that he was also dead & his widow the said Elizabeth was still living in the County of Schoharie and that she is now an applicant for a pension for the Military Services of the revolutionary war of her former husband the said Thomas Templar deceased And that deponent believes she is justly

entitled by the laws of her country to a pension for the same and further this deponent saith not Leonard Whitbecke Subscribed and sworn on the day and year aforesaid before me Tallmadge Fairchild Justice of the Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16885
Elizabeth Bunker Wid. of Thomas Templer Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1 New York Elizabeth Bunker let. to Hon. J. Ely 3. April 1840 same June 19. 1840
Apt July 1836

adm 4 aug. 1840

Cox's Creek P.O. July 30 th 1840
Dear Sir
In reply to your report of the 3 rd of April 1840. in relation to the application of Elizabeth Branton formerly Widow of Thomas Branton under the act of 4 th July 1838. I would hereby inform you that the enclosed affidavits of Cooper Collier, John Dett and Leonard Whitaker were forwarded to me in order to supply the requisitions contained in your report, and by examination of the same hope they will be satisfactory. I am personally acquainted with the gentlemen above named, and take pleasure in saying they are men of undoubted veracity and trustworthiness. I will merely add, that if the testimony is now satisfactory to you, a wish, that relief may be granted to the old lady with as little delay as possible lest she die before it reaches her.
Very Respectfully yours
Hon. S. L. Edwards for M c Ely

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Templer, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10510 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 6, 1791 to in not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.