Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,921, for Jonathan Knapp, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Knapp, Jonathan Mary
N. 15,921
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S. A. Peugh Aug, 1. 1851
8262 44 New York Mary Knapp dec d widow of Jonathan who was a Capt & En in the Revolution
Inc d from $138 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 360 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Ending 10 Feb y 1848. Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apr 1851 and sent to S. A. Peugh Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. Page 78.

Coon 18 Knopp
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State of New York } City and County of New York } ss. On this 6 th day of October, 1849, personally appeared before the subscri- ber, a Commissioner of Deeds Justice of the Peace for said city and county, Margaret M'Grath, a resident of said city and county, aged forty seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in right of her mother, Mary Knapp, deceased, and in behalf of herself, her only surviving child; in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1835.
That she is the only surviving daughter and child of Mary Knapp, who drew a pension of 138 dollars per annum under Act of 7 th July, 1835, for the service of her husband, the father of this declarant, Jonathan Knapp, as Ensign in the war of the Revolution; that her said mother died in the city of New York on the tenth day of February, 1848, leaving no child surviving her but this declarant.
Declarant further saith that she has been informed and believes that subsequent to her service as Ensign, her said father was Captain of the boats at Kings Ferry at or near the entrance of the Highlands of the Hudson, and for services of his service in this capacity in addition to what was submitted by her mother, she refers to the accom- panying documentary testimony.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this
6 th day of October, 1849
Frederick Martin Commissioner of Deeds
Margaret M'Grath
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Witness: Sarah H. Knapp

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 the said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Therone Martine before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds for said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 9 th day of October 1849.
James Conner.
Clerk.

State of New York City & County of New York ss: I, James Connery Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City and County of New York do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Mary Knapp was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 138 dollars per annum; was the widow of Jonathan Knapp; a resident of the city of New York and died in said city in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight on the tenth day of February; and that she left an only surviving child, whose name is not Mary M c Grath.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office this 9 th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine -
James Connery Clerk Chas. T. Daly

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July, 1836.
State of New York, City and County of New York } ss.
Marine Court. Present John B. Justice.
On this twenty fifth day of September, 1837, personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City and County of New York and State of New York, Mrs. Mary Knapp, a resident of the City of New York, State of New York, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; that she is the wife of Captain Jonathan Knapp, deceased, who was captain of the boats at Stony Point in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty; (She was married the said year, and part of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.) She further declares that she was married to the said Captain Jonathan Knapp on the tenth day of December, A. D. 1770, and that her husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Knapp died in the year 1815, with the County of New York and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and also that she has no documentary evidence that her name is not on the Church records that she was married by the Reverend Samuel Sackett deceased, as will more fully appear in reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this 25 th Sep.
1837
John B. Justice
Mary Knapp
Witnes Mark Sole here

City and County of New York p. cl do hereby certify that the within Mary K. is entitled to belief.
25 Sept 1837
John B. Scott Justice of the Peace
I, John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that John B. Scott of the Justices of the said Court and that the said Court is a court of Record and that the signature to the Certificate annexed is his genuine Signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty fifth day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
John Barberie

Wm McDonald 15 Wright Street New York

State of New York Westchester County to Sumner Young of the town of Greenburgh in the said County of Westchester being duly sworn saith that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War he lived with his father Joseph Young about four Miles East from Tarrytown on the Hudson River that Jonathan Knapp then lived about three Miles West from the residence of his said parents, further that the said Jonathan Knapp took an early and active part in the revolutionary War That in the fall of the year 1776 the said Jonathan Knapp was in the service of the United States and States at the house of Peter Van Brussel on the Sawmill River Road about fourteen Miles from the British lines. That he then belonged to the the Militia Company then commanded by Capt. Abraham Ledyard in a Militia Regiment then commanded by Col. James Hammonds. That same in the year 1777 the said Capt. Ledyard moved from the said County of Westchester and Isaac Dyer was appointed Capt. of the said company and the said Jonathan Knapp was to the knowledge of the Deponent an ensign or lieutenant in said company in the year 1778 that he held that rank and did duty as such in that year That the Deponent was then a lieutenant in a company commanded by Capt. Isaac Dyer in the said Col. James Hammonds Regiment of Militia That in the fall of the year 1778 and the Winter of the year 1779 the Deponent of course the said Jonathan Knapp was in service with the Militia of Col. Hammonds Regiment on the American lines That in the fall of the year 1779 and in the Winter of the year 1780 the said Jonathan Knapp continued in that Service That the Deponent well knows that he then did duty as an ensign or lieut  in said Regiment but at what time the said Jonathan Knapp received his commission the Deponent is unable to state. But that the said Jonathan Knapp was during the years of 1778 and 1779 considered and obeyed as an officer either ensign or lieutenant in  in said Hammonds Regt. The Deponent well recollects that the Deponent was a sergeant in said Regiment and frequently on duty and served under the said Jonathan Knapp. But after the hard Winter of the year 1780 the most of the inhabitants that resided on or near the American lines were driven from that part of the said County of Westchester by the British Troops. Soon after the defeat of Col. Thompson at the house of the Deponent's father. But still the Deponent after that passed frequently in the said Jonathan Knapp with the American Troops when they were making excursions to the lines of the British Troops and on attacks made on the British Refugees who lived in

huts at a place called Morrisania. That the said Jonathan Knapp was an active and brave Man during the whole of the Revolutionary is well known to the Deponent, but I cannot form of only testify to the services of the said Jonathan Knapp in the fall of the year 1778 from the beginning of the Month of Nov r until some time in the Month of May 1779 and from the fall of the year 1779 until the Month of May 1780 and during the whole of the year 1780 in which the whole of Col d Harnmonds Reg t were in for that year and the Deponent believes that during the whole of that year the said Jonathan Knapp served as an Ensign or Lieut t in said Col d Harnmonds Reg t of Militia. That in the latter of the Month of February 1780 the said Jonathan Knapp was one of the Volunteers of the said Col d Harnmonds Reg t who attacked a Detachment of Col d Emmericks Reg t of British Refugees consisting of thirty two Men. The said Lt t Althoune and his guide that when the attack was made on the said Althoune he was carrying off more than one hundred head of the Stock of the the inhabitants who resided in the neighborhood of the said Joseph Youngs. That those who made the attack were all Volunteers. The conflict lasted about two hours when the Volunteers succeeded in taking all the Stock and finally killing or capturing the whole of the men of the said Althoune excepting one farmer I trusted his guide in that conflict. The said Jonathan Knapp took a very active part. That the Deponent was a Volunteer in that conflict and well remembers the manner in which the said Jonathan conducted himself on that occasion and well it met the approbation of all that were in that action.
Sam l Youngs
Sworn this third month of September 1837
Before me
Stephen Martworth - Justice
This is to Certify that I am well acquainted with Sam l Youngs the above Deponent, and consider him to be entitled to full credit.
Stephen Martworth - Justice

West Chester County Clerk's Office Oct 4 th 1837
I hereby certify that Stephen Swartswout Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of West Chester duly Com- missioned and sworn and that his Com- mission is dated on the 19 th day of April 1836 and will expire on the 31 st Decem- ber 1838.
John H. Smith Clerk

State of New York } City and County of New York } ss;
Be it Known, that before me, Sylvester Spencer, a Notary Public in and for the state of New York, dwelling in the City of New York, personally appeared Abraham Hitchcock & made oath in due form of law, that he served under capt. Jonathan Knapp, and col. Hughes who had command of the ferry at Stony point called King's Ferry, in the beginning of the year 1780. for the space of about one year, and that the said Jonathan Knapp died at Mount Pleasant Westchester county, of the then prevailing winter fever, about the year 1815 - Abraham Hitchcock. Sworn and Subscribed to this 14 th day of September 1837. before me - Note "the words" and col. Hughes" obliterated
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public
I certify that the above named Abraham Hitchcock is a credible person Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

State of New York } City & County of N.Y. } b
Be it known That before me the subscriber, a commissioner in and for the City and County aforesaid, personally appeared, William Vanwart, and made oath in due form of law, that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and that he was at Stony Point and service under Captain Jonathan Knapp in the year seven - ten hundred and eighty the whole of the said year and part of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, and that the said Captain Knapp was in the Revolutionary war and under the pay of the American government as Captain, and that he was Captain of the boats at Stony Point and had command of six boats, belonging to govern- ment, each boat being manned by six men in all thirty six men, and that they conveyed the army back and forth as also the property belonging to government, and that this deponent was on board one of the said boats at the time Major Andross was taken across the river, and in the same boat with him, and that

In the deponent now receives a pension from Government, And further more this deponent saith not, Wm Van Wart
Sworn before me this } 12 th day of Sept r 1837. }
Charles F. Lineback.
Comm r of deeds, &c.
I certify that William Van Wart above named is a credible witness. —
Charles F. Lineback.
Comm r of deeds, &c.

J. Knapp

York Town Westchester County State of New York
personally appeared before me James White one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Thomas Strang of York Town personally known to him to be of the age of forty years as he said after being sworn deposit and saith that the records of the Rev Samuel Sackett a minister of the Gospel in York Town about the time of the American Revolution were lost search having since been made and they cannot be found and this further saith not Sworn before me this fourth day of September 1837
James White Just Thomas Strang

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Mary Knapp widow of Jonathan N.Y.
Hon. A. C. Heane, H. R.

State of New York, City & County of New York, ss: }
Be it known that before me the Subscriber, a Commissioner of deeds, &c: in and for said City & County, personally appeared before me James Knapp of the City of New York, and made oath in due form of Law, That he was well acquainted with Capt n Jonathan Knapp dec d — and that he died in the Winter 1815. with a Fever called the Country or prevailing fever, and that he was at the Funeral and saw him buried at Tarry Town, West Chester Co o in this State, — and further this deponent saith not. —
Sworn before me this 9 21 st day of Septem r 1837. } Charles F. Lineback.
Comm ss d of deeds, &c
James Knapp
I certify that the above named James Knapp is a credible witness. —
Charles F. Lineback
Comm ss d of deeds, &c

Philips Town Putnam County State of New York Personally appeared before me John Lickly one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County. Elizabeth Wheeler now in Philips Town personally known to me is seventy two years of age as she says after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the tenth Day of Decem- ber A.D 1779 she was present at the Marriage of her Sister Mary Odell and assisted as bride maid at the solemnisation of the Marriage Covenant Between her & one Jonathan Knapp a Capt in the Revolutionary war and that the said Marriage Covenant was solemnised By the Reverend Dr Samuel Sacket at his the said Dr Samuel Sacket's house in Crompond and he was a Minister of the Presbyterian Church at the aforesaid Crompond and then further saith the Deponent Subscribed & sworn
Sept 5 th A.D. 1837
Chas. H. Sacket
Before me John Lickly Justice
I certify that Elizabeth Wheeler above named is a Credible Witness John Lickly Justice
Philips Town Putnam County State of New York Personally appeared before me John Lickly one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Mary Knapp Now in Philips Town Personally known to me, is seventy four years of age as she says after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the tenth Day of Decem ber A.D. 1779 She was Married to Jonathan Knapp a Capt in the Revolution Army and that Elizabeth Odell & John Odell was present and the said Elizabeth Odell Now Elizabeth Wheeler as said maid assisted at the solemnisation of said Marriage Covenant Between this Deponent and her said Husband Jonathan Knapp and that the Marriage Covenant was solemnised By the Reverend Dr Samuel Sacket at his the said Dr Samuel Sacket's House in Crompond and the said Dr Samuel Sacket was a Minister of the Presby- terian Church at Crompond and then further saith the Deponent Subscribed & sworn
September 5 th 1837
Mary Knapp
Before me John Lickly Justice
I certify that Mary Knapp above named is a Credible Witness
John Lickly Justice

Philip's Town
Putnam County - State of New York
Personally appeared before me John Lickly one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County. John Odell of Philip's Town Personally know to me is in the eighty first year of his age as he said after being Duly sworn saith that he was present at the Solemnisation of the Marriage of his Sister Mary Odell to one Jonathan Knapp a Capt in the time of the Revolutionary war. Does not recollect the day But that the said Marriage Covenant was Solemnised in the time of Revolutionary war and in the year A.D. 1779 according to the best of his recollection and that the said Marriage
State of New York
County of Putnam ss I. Jonathan Marchant Clerk of the Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Lickly is a Justice of the peace in said County duly commissioned and qualified and that he was a Justice at the time the annexed affidavits purport to have been made. That his commission is dated on the first day of January 1837 and will expire on the first day of January 1841 and that his signature to the annexed affidavits is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County the 6 th day of Sept. 1837
Jonathan Marchant
By his deputy W.H. Stout
[Handwritten flourish]

Philip's Town Putnam County - State of New York Personally appeared before me John Sickly one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County John Odell of Philip's Town Personally know to me is in the eighty first year of his age as he said after being Duly sworn saith that he was present at the Solemnisation of the Marriage of his Sister Mary Odell to one Jonathan Knapp a Capt in the time of the Revolu- -tionary war Does not Recollect the Day But that the said Marriage Covenant was Solemnized in the time of Revolutionary war and in the year A.D. 1779 according to the Best of his Recollection and that the said Marriage Covenant Between his Sister Mary Odell & Capt Jonathan Knapp was Solemnized By the Reverend Dr Samuel Sackett at his house in Crompond and that Deponent further saith Not.
Subscribed & Sworn
September 5 th A.D. 1837
Before me John Sickly Justice
John Odell
I Certify that John Odell above named is a credible Witness John Sickly Justice

State of New York City & County of New York 3 d
Be it known that before me the subscriber a Commissioner for the said City & County personally appeared Margaret Mc Grath, of the City of New York, & made oath in due form of law. That she is well acquainted with Mary Knapp, widow of Jonathan Knapp, and that she was acquainted with her husband the said Jonathan Knapp, & that he died on _____ day of _____ in the year 1815. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, further this deponent saith not — Margaret her Mc Grath marks.
Witness Present —
W. M. Donald
Sworn before me this 12 th day of Sept r 1837.
Charles F. Lineback.
Comm r of deeds, &c.
I certify that Margaret Mc Grath above named is a credible Witness. —
Charles F. Lineback.
Comm r of deeds, &c.

July 26, 1934
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Mrs. Alice S. Throop 209 Walnut Street Montclair, New Jersey
BA-J/EEI Jonathan Knapp- W.15921 James Parshall- S.43799
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jonathan Knapp and James Parshall, who served from New York, John Thorp and Isaac Oysterbanks, who served from Connecticut, in the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of claims for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of John Thorp or Thorpe or of any soldier with surname Oysterbanks. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. The records of Jonathan Knapp and James Parshall have been found and their histories are given herein, the data for which were obtained from the respective claims for pension based upon the military service of those soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Jonathan Knapp W.15921
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonathan Knapp are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing near Tarrytown, on the Hudson River, in Westchester County, New York, Jonathan Knapp volunteered in the summer of 1776, and served six weeks as a private in Captain Ladue's Company, Colonel James Hamman's New York Regiment; this was at the time two British vessels, the "Phoenix" and "The Rose" came up the North River and anchored opposite Tarrytown; he again enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served at various times as private and sergeant in the New York Troops under Captains Abraham Ladue, Sybert Acker, and Jonas Orser and Colonel James Hamman; June 16, 1778 was appointed ensign in Captain Gabriel Regnaw's Company, Colonel James Hamman's
I identified all of this service in NY. hasb

Did not find boat resume New York Regiment and served until sometime in 1779; in 1778, he was one of a company of volunteers who captured a party of British engaged in driving off the cattle belonging to the inhabitants of Westchester County: in 1780 and 1781, Jonathan Knapp was appointed lieutenant, promoted captain and was in charge of the boats at King's Ferry, Stony Point, New York: there were six boats, each manned by a crew of seven men, and it was Captain Knapp's duty to carry the soldiers back and forth across the river: it was stated that Major Andre was carried across in one of these boats after his capture by the Americans.
Full account of the capture in NY Archives
After the Revolution, Jonathan Knapp resided at Sleepy Hollow, near Tarrytown, New York.
He died in 1815, exact date not shown, at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.
The soldier married December 10, 1779, at Crompond, Westchester County, New York, Mary Odell, of Tarrytown, New York.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed September 25, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and resided in New York City.
She died February 10, 1848, in New York City.
Children are referred to and it was stated that the eldest child was born at Sleepy Hollow, New York. The only name of a child that is given is daughter, Margaret McGrath, who, in 1849, was aged forty-seven years and resided in New York City. James McGrath was stated to be a son-in-law of the widow, Mary Knapp, but whether or not he was the husband of Margaret was not shown.
In 1837, one James Knapp was a resident of New York City: in 1845, the name Shepherd Knapp appears and in 1849, the name Jarvis H. Knapp: no relationship of any of the above named persons with surname Knapp to the soldier and his wife was shown.
In 1837, the widow's sister, Elizabeth Wheeler, lived in Philipstown, Putnam County, New York: Elizabeth was born in April, 1755: in 1839, John Odell, brother of Mary Knapp and Elizabeth Wheeler, lived in Quinoy, Putnam County, New York. John was born in May, 1757. There are no further family data.
The foregoing is the history of the only soldier named Jonathan Knapp, who served with the New York Troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
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James Parshall S. 43799
James Parshall was born in the state of New York; the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in the state of Connecticut, James Parshall enlisted at Guilford, that state, May 3, 1775, served in Captain Daniel Griffing's Company, Colonel James Clinton's New York Regiment and went to Crown Point and Ticonderoga; length of service not shown; he enlisted sometime in 1776, and served one tour in Captain Paul Reeve's Company, Colonel Smith's New York Regiment and was in the battle of White Plains; length of the tour not shown; he enlisted in February, 1777, served as sergeant and orderly sergeant in Captain Benjamin Walker's Company, Colonels Henry B. Livingston and Weisenfels's New York Regiment, was in the battles with Burgoyne, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth and in General Sullivan's expedition against the Indians; on December 22, 1779, he obtained a furlough and went to visit his family in Connecticut; while still at home, there was a request made by Governor Trumbull for a small party to go to Long Island to suppress a British party that had been engaged in plundering the inhabitants; James Parshall volunteered March 20, 1780, to go on this expedition and set sail in a small schooner for Long Island but while going down the Sound encountered a British vessel and was captured together with the thirteen men under his command; he was placed aboard the British prison ship "Scorpion", and held until about the first of June or until sometime in the fall (he gave both dates) when he was exchanged; he was made so ill from the effects of his life on the prison ship, that he had to be carried from the ship; he was taken to his home in Connecticut, and was not able to rejoin his company and regiment until after the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and was living in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York, where, he stated, he had then lived for twenty-two years.
In 1825, soldier referred to his wife as aged sixty years and to two daughters, aged twenty-eight and eighteen years, respectively, but gave no names. Three sons are referred to: Miner, the eldest son; Gilbert, born in March, 1800, in 1822, living in Middlefield, New York; and James Parshall, Junior. A son was referred to as aged seventeen in 1820, his name was not given.

John Parshall, a brother of the soldier, James Parshall, lived in Middlefield, New York, in 1828.
There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Parshall(S.43799), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city; citing the following data:
James Parshall, Certificate No. 7959, issued March 20, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 1, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D.HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the Fourth of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
State of New York
City and County of New York ss.
Marine Court.
Present Scott Justice
In this Twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City of New York in the County and State of New York aforesaid — Mrs Mary Knapp a resident of the said City of New York — Aged Seventy five years Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the Fourth of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
That she is the Widow of one Jonathan Knapp - deceased who was a Capt as she believes of the Packet at Stony Point according to the best of her recollection during all or most of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty and her impression is a part of

of Eighty one, And this deponent further declares that she believes that the said Jonathan Knapp her husband deceased resided at Tarry Town in the County of Westchester and State of New York, where he intended to reside — that according to the best of her recollection the said Knapp was a volunteer — she further declares that her husband the said Jonathan Knapp was in the service after her marriage with him until peace was declared — but what service she does not distinctly recall, she further states that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim except the Abstract from the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, which is herunto annexed, she also declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Knapp on the Tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty nine, that her husband the said Jonathan Knapp deceased in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen of what was called the Country fire and that since the decease of the said Jonathan Knapp, she has never been married, — that she was married by the Reverend Samuel Sackett now deceased that there is no records of the marriage of any description and that her name is not to be found on the church records, she further states that her recollection is very much impaired — that she does not remember under what officers her husband served — nor whether he was in any battles — but she distinctly recalls that he was at one time called an Ensign & afterwards a Capt in Sawyer's Battery 1838 in front of New York before the Battle of Bunker Hill. Mark

City and County of New York p. I do hereby certify that by the testimony of John C. Baxter I am satisfied that the said Mary Knapp who made the above declaration is entitled to belief -
1 st October 1838
John M c Watt Justice of the Common Pleas -
I, John Barberie Clerk of the Common Pleas of the City of New York do hereby certify that John H. Scott is one of the Justices of the said Court, and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the above signatures are his genuine signatures,
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court this first day of October One Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight -
John Barberie

Dear
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
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New York 6 th October 1837
Sir
It the request of Mary Knapp widow of Captain Jonathan Knapp deceased I enclose her declaration - in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension Law passed by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 -
Faithfully yours Obt. Servt -
Wm Lloyd
85 Forsyth St NY

V. r
Knapp
Aug 25 Phila Pa
NY. 20
Mr
J. L. Edwards
W.C.E.
Senior Commissioner at the War Department Washington D.C.

New York August 23 d 1838
Mr Edwards
Sir
Mr M c Donald of New York, was employed by Mary Knapp, widow of Jonathan Knapp, who was a soldier of the Army of the Revolution, to obtain the pension, which the said Mary was entitled to by law, as widow of the said Jonathan. Mr M c
Donald obtained certain testimony which was forwarded to Washington. This testimony was forwarded to Washington some time in September last or thereabouts. Since which time Mrs Mary Knapp, the widow, has not been able to obtain any information from Mr M c Donald in reference to this matter, and Mr M c Donald's conduct has been altogether strange and unaccountable - The widow

therefore becoming entirely impatient and disaffected at the conduct of Mr M c Donald. has desired me to request you, to send me a statement of the case, and inform me for her benefit, why the pension has not been allowed to her — If the testimony is insufficient in her case, will you please to send me the papers on file, in order that I may know what testimony must be supplied, she cannot obtain the copies of the papers in Mr M c Donalds hands nor can she get any informa- tion in respect to them from him. I hope, Sir, that you will send me the papers on file. but if not, please to inform me what testimony is on file, and if there is any deficiency in the testimony, please to state wherein that deficiency consists, in order that I may know what it is necessary to furnish. — I trust hope you will give me an answer as quick as possible —
Yours with great respect
To Honble J. D. Edwards Com d of Pensions. at Washington. —
C. L. B. Brooks 333 Broadway N. York

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W. H. Knapp N.Y. City
To Hon. S. J. Edward Washington D. Columbia
Mr. Sept 6. 1838

New York September 4. 1835
Mr Edwards
Sir
Please to send me copies of the affidavits furnished in the pension case of Mrs Mary Knapp and I will immediately forward you the amount of your Bill for the same
Your Ob st Serv t
E. I. B. Brooks
333 Broadway N. York
To Hon ble S. L. Edwards.

Ans
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State of New York
Town of Phillips Town and County of Putnam
Elizabeth Wheeler being duly sworn doth depose and say that she resides in the Town Phillips Town aforesaid - that she is twenty two years of age last April - that she was present at the marriage of Jonathan K m app and Mary Odell - that said marriage was performed at a place called Green Pond in the County of Westchester and State of New York - that said marriage was celebrated on the tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine - And this deponent further says that she was bridesmaid at the marriage of the said Jonathan K m app and the said Mary Odell at the time aforesaid and that she saw the said marriage consummated between the said Jonathan K m app and the said Mary Odell - And that the said marriage ceremony was per- formed by the Reverend Samuel Sackett a clergyman of the Presbyterian denomination who resided for many years at the place called Green Pond aforesaid and was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that place - And this deponent further says that at the time of the marriage of the said Jonathan K m app and the said Mary Odell the said Jonathan K m app was, as this deponent was informed at the time, in the service of the American Revolutionists - And this de- ponent further says that since the de-

cease of the said Jonathan Käpp, his widow, whose maiden name was Mary Odell as aforesaid has not been married but that the said Mary Odell widow of the said Jonathan Käpp has remained his widow ever since his decease and now resides in the city of New York - And this deponent further says that the said Jonathan Käpp died according to the best of her recollection about the close of the late War between Great Britain and the United States - And this deponent further says that this deposition is made by this deponent at the request of Mary Käpp widow of the said Jonathan Käpp in order to enable the said Mary Käpp to obtain the pension, which this deponent understands the said Mary Käpp is entitled to by law for the services of her husband in the War of the Revolution.
Elizabeth Wheeler
Subscribed & Sworn
September 21 st 1838
Before me
John Lickly Justice
I certify that Elizabeth Wheeler Above named Is a Credible Witness
John Lickly Justice
State of New York County of Putnam } ss
I William H Steel Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Lickly is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Putnam duly commissioned and qualified that his commission is dated on the 1 st of January 1807 and will expire on the 1 st day of January 1841 that his signature as written is genuine - Given under my hand & seal of the said County the 27 th day of September 1838 W H Steel Clerk

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State of New York Secretary's Office
Certify that on the 16 th of June 1778 the persons herein after named were duly appointed and Commissioned Officers of a Company in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Westchester in this State whereof James Hammond was Lieut. Colonel Commandant viz.
Gabriel Regnaw Captain vice Dean
John Baker 1. Lieut.
William Veal 2. Lieut.
Jonathan Knap Ensign vice J. Lee resigned
All which appears by the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of this State in this office.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary
Albany Sep. 7. 1838

Declaration
In Order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838
State of New York
City and County of New York } ss: On this first — day of July, A.D. 1827 personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York Mary Knapp a resident of said City 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 benefit of the Pension made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, Entitled, "An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows" That she is the widow of Jonathan Knapp, who was an Ensign in the war of the Revolution and Captain of the boats at King's Ferry; And for a more particular account of his service, she refers to the documentary evidence of his Appointment as Ensign, transmitted under her former application for a Pension under the act of 4 th of July 1836; to the Depositions of Samuel Young, Abraham Hitchcock and William Van Wart filed under that application & to the accompanying deposition of Benjamin Achus.
She further saith that she was married to the said Jonathan Knapp during the war of the Revolution, and according to the best of her recollection and belief, in the month of December and on the ninth day of the month, that she cannot state the exact year. She knows that it was during the war, and towards its close, and that shortly before her marriage to her said husband and while he was paying his address to her, she passed the American Line at Yonkers, on a visit to her sister under a pass obtained for her by him. She also saith that she resided at Peekskill at the time of her marriage; that she continued to reside there during the winter and that in the ensuing Spring peace came; people began to

return to their homes they had abandoned and she & her husband removed to her former residence at Sleepy Hollow near Tarrytown in Westchester County, and there her first child was born -
Declarant further saith that she was married at Crown Pond about six or seven miles from Peekskill by County the Rev. Samuel Sackett and in his house; that her father was opposed to the marriage, and therefore it took place privately  without her father's consent at the house of the clergyman aforesaid. She further saith that her husband died in the winter of the year 1815, and that she has ever since remained a widow -
Sworn to and subscribed before me { Mary X Knapp the 1st day of July A.D. 1827 } Mark
M. Ulshoeffer [Signature]
I further certify that the above named declarant
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, before whom the annexed
That M. Ulshoeffer  First Judge deposition as taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Mary Conner in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said First Judge thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 1st day of July 184 7
D. M. [Signature] Clerk.
to attend and coun. AL see my com pleas

return to their homes they had abandoned and she & her husband removed to his former residence at Sleepy Hollow near Tarrytown in Westchester County, and there her first child was born -
Declarant further saith that she was married at Crown Pond about six or seven miles from Peekskill by County the Rev. Samuel Sachett and in his house; that her father was opposed to the marriage, and therefore it took place privately  without her father's consent at the house of the clergyman aforesaid. She further saith that her husband died in the winter of the year 1815, and that she has ever since remained a widow -
Sworn to and subscribed before me { Mary X Knapp the 1st day of July A.D. 1827 } Mark
M c Cluskey 1 st Judge
I further certify that the above named declarant is unable from age and infirmity to attend and make the foregoing declaration in Open court. AL July 1 st 1827
M c Cluskey
1 st Judge NY Com pleas

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Verba of New York
Westchester County ss. Samuel Young of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County being duly sworn with that he well remembers Jonathan Knapp long before and at the time he was an Ensign in Col d Gabriel Regnaw's Company in a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col d James Hammond that this defendant was then a Sergeant in said Company and that during the Winter and Spring of the year 1777 the Continental or regular American Troops having been removed from the American lines in the said County and those lines were wholly defended by the Militia of Col d Hammond's Reg t . The said Jonathan was then a private in Col d Abraham Ledoux's Company in said Hammond's Regiment and was then attached to Col d Sylvester Dike's Company in said Regiment and stationed at the House of Peter Vanterville on the American lines in said County and continued to defend that Post until some time in the latter end of summer 1777 when an attempt was made by the Americans for the taking of Fort Independence near Kings Bridge. That four or five thousand of the Militia of the State of the States of Massachusetts Connecticut and New York assembled at Tarry Town and White Plains under the command of Gen l Heath together with Wooster, Parsons and Lincoln to the which place Fort Independence and commenced an attack on it - but after continuing the siege about sixteen days the American Army was withdrawn but continued in the vicinity of White Plains some time longer but the Eastern Militia were soon discharged and a great number of them were then employed in removing grain and hay from the southern part of the County to a place then called Wright's Mills in said County and the greatest part of said Hammond's Regiment was retained in that Service to guard those teams that the said Jonathan was in the whole of that Service sometime of which he did duty as a Sergeant that the Defendant served with the Continental Army during the whole of that time commenced in the latter end of November or the beginning of December 1776 and continued until sometime in the latter end of April or the beginning of May 1777 which was at least five months. That in the fall of the year 1777 soon after the British evacuated Fort Montgomery about one half of said Col d Hammond's Regiment was again ordered out and continued to defend the American lines in said County until the latter end of March 1778 when they were relieved by a Regiment of Levies commanded by Col d Morris Graham that the Defendant and the said Jonathan Knapp was in that Service during which last mentioned Service they were wholly commanded by the Continental Troops and had several very severe conflicts with the British Loyalists in one of which a Lieutenant Althouss belonging to Col d Emmerick's Partisan Legion with thirty five men succeeded in taking more than one hundred men prisoners and Morris was from the Defendant's Father the said Col d Hammond and other Farmers in that Neighborhood and were drawing them to the British lines. That about eighteen of said Col d Hammond's Militia commenced an attack on the said Lt Althouss and were soon reinforced by the Reg t

Inhabitants who resided on those lines that conflict lasted about two hours when the said Militia succeeded in retaking all the killed and captured the said St Althou and all his men excepting his guide. That the said Jonathan Knapp was in that conflict and conducted himself so well that some short time afterwards he was appointed an Ensign in Capt Gabriel Reguears Company in said Hammonds Regt. That the term of that Service was at least four Months.
That in the fall of the year 1778 the American Line were again wholly defended by the Militia of said Hammonds Regt. That the said Jonathan Knapp was in that Service and some part of that time he and those with him or under his command were annexed to and did duty with the Continental Troops then stationed on those lines then under the command of Col' Aron Wier. That the said Jonathan Knapp served during this Service at least three Months. That during the latter part of the Winter, Spring and  and Summer of the year 1779 and during a part of the Winter and Spring of the year 1780 the said inhabitants belonging to the said Hammonds Regt were obliged to keep embodied and in a particular manner after the defeat of Col' Thompson with the Continental Troops under his command at the House of the Deponents father all the Continental Troops were withdrawn from that part of the said County. That the said Jonathan was then an Ensign and continued actively engaged in protecting the said Inhabitants who resided near the said lines until some time in the ensuing Spring. That the Militia of the said Col' Hammonds Regiment were away from the State of New York for that Service but the Deponent is certain that at that particular time that Service commenced or indeed but is fully assured that if the pay roll of said Hammonds Regt is found the said Jonathan Knapp will be found therein as an Ensign in that Service as the Colony of Willkine was that he did on several occasions during the Summer of 1779 to duly under him as such. That Deponent also well remembers that the said Jonathan served six weeks in the Summer of the year 1776 at a time when British Ships viz the Ship Phoenix and some of the North River and anchored off porterry town that the said Jonathan Knapp was then a Private in said Capt Ladeurs Company in said Col' Hammonds Regiment and was actively engaged in that Service during the said term of six weeks.
Given this 2 nd day of October 1838
Sam l Young
Before me Elias G. Gann Justice of the Peace  Elias G. Gann
I certify that I have for

for many years been well acquainted with Samuel Young the above deponent and consider his testimony to be entitled to full credit. Elijah Gideon
State of New York County of Ulster ss. I John H. Smith Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, do here by certify that Elijah Gideon before whom the an- nexed and foregoing affidavit of Samuel Young pur- porting to have been taken was on the day of the date of taking the same a Commissioner of deed & Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly Commissioned & sworn and authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquaint- ed with the handwriting of the said Elijah Gideon and verily believe the foregoing signature to the affidavit and certificate of character purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 2 nd day of October A.D. 1838.
John H. Smith Clerk

Oct 6. N.Y.K. H. N.Y. 1886
100 pages Myr. Frank
JAMES EDWARD LYNN Oral opinions at Washington D. Columbia

Oct. 4, 1838
N. York
Mr. Edwards, I herewith have the honor to enclose you the Testimony taken in the case of Mrs. Mary Knapp, widow of Jonathan Knapp upon a pension. I trust you will do me the honor to inform me at the earliest day of your action upon the same,
Yours &c. &c.
E. S. B. Brooks 333 Broadway N. York.

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(Copy)
War Department Pension Office
Oct: 24. 1838.
Sir,
I have examined and filed the papers lately sent to this office in the case of Mrs. Mary Knapp, widow of Jonathan Knapp, deceased, and I find that they furnish evidence not more satisfactory than that already exhibited.
The affidavit of Mr. Samuel Young as to the service of Knapp, is too vague, particularly the alleged service in 1780, to which he does not make the least allusion in his affidavit made in Sept: 1837. The proof as to the marriage is equally objectionable. The affidavit of Elizabeth Wheeler is produced, and she without having any memoranda or book to refresh her memory, and without any reference to any well known fact in the history of the War; which might in some cases furnish sufficient data, undertakes from mere strength of memory, to allege, that Mrs. Knapp was married on the 10 th Dec: 1779. The amended declaration of

Mrs. Knapp does not remove any objection to the case, and the extract from the minutes of the council of appointment merely shews that Jonathan Knapp was appointed an Ensign in the militia; but how long he served, or whether indeed he served any time under the commission, is uncertain.
The claim cannot be allowed without more satisfactory proof. —
I am, Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt:
(signed) J. L. Edwards.
J. L. B. Brooks Esq. No. 333 Broadway New York.

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Sir -
I am desired by Mary Knapp widow of Jonathan Knapp to ask for the papers on file in your office relating to an applica- tion of hers for an pension, for the purpose of laying them before the H. of Reps. Please send them to the group
Edward Curtis.
H of Reps. 22 d July
J. L. D. - 1845 One Penn.

Mary Knapp praying for a Pauline as a result of the service of their husband
37.

To the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of Amer- ica in Congress assembled
Your petitioners Mary Knapp respectfully represent to your Hon- orable body, that she is the widow of Jonathan Knapp, that she has not been married since the decease of her said husband, that as the widow of the said Jonathan Knapp she is entitled to a pension and that in proof of her said claim she refers to the testimony on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington. And your petitioners prays your Honorable body to act in the matter of the said claim with all convenient speed as she is old and in circumstances of great want.
Attest.
Edwin L B Brooks
for Mary Knapp Mark

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Oct 24 Comt.
Mary Knapp
Oct 6 2223
To Honble
J. C. S. Awards
Court of Pinion at Washington D. Columbia

New York Oct r 20, 1838
Mr Edwards
Sir, you will I trust pardon me for writing you again on the subject of Mary Knapp's claim for a pension - Mrs Knapp is out of balance, and she insists that I shall write you - and I am quite sure that the sooner I hear from you the sooner you will be relieved from further trouble - I hope you will be able to reply to me on the receipt of this letter.
Your obed t servant,
E. L. C. B. Brooks
333 Broadway
N. York

Concord N.Y. Sept. 20. 1850
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James M c Grath Esq r Clarkson Street N o 38 New York City

I certify that John Odell within named Is a Credable Witness
John Lickly Justice
State of New York
Putnam County
Clerks Office
I William H Moat Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John Lickly Esq r before whom the within Affidavit is purpo- rted to have been taken was at the time of taking such Affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County residing in said County Commission- ioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquain- ted with the hand writing of said Justice & truly believe his signature to the foregoing Aff- idavit &c is genuine.
The foregoing whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 20th day of Sept r 1839.
W H Moat Clerk

State of New York Town of Quiney County of Dutcham
John Odell being Duly Sworn doth depose and say that he Resides in the town of Quiney aforesaid that he is eighty two years of age last May that he was present at the Marriage of Jonathan Knapp and Mary Odell - said Marriage took place at Crompond in the County of Westchester and State of New York that said Marriage was celebrated in the as near as this Deponent can now Recollect some time in the year one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine and this Deponent further says that Elizabeth Wheel was present at the Marriage of the said Jonathan Knapp and Mary Odell and that he saw the said Marriage Consumated between the said Jonathan Knapp and the said Mary Odell and that the Marriage Ceremony was performed by the Reverend Samuel Sackett a Clergyman of the Presbyterian denomination who Resided at Crom Pond aforesaid and this deponent further says that at the time of the said marriage of the said Jonathan Knapp and the said Mary Odell the said Jonathan Knapp was as this Deponent was informed at the time in the service of the American Revolutionists and this Deponent further saith that since the decease of the said Jonathan Knapp his widow whose Maiden name was Mary Odell as aforesaid has not been Married but the widow of the said Jonathan Knapp has Remained his widow ever since and now Resides in the City of New York
Subscribed and sworn the 14 th Day of September
1839 before me
John Lickly justice
John Odell

Sept 26
Nipak Adolph May Knapp
Alma Camara
out of London Washngt D. Columbia

2786. Mary Knapp N.Y. Act 4 July 36 10.

New York September 23 rd 1839
Mr Edwards
Sir
I enclose in this letter an affidavit of John O'Neil as to the Marriage of Jonathan Knapp and Mary O'Neil, Mary O'Neil being now the widow of the said Jonathan Knapp and who claims a pension on account of the services rendered by her husband Jonathan Knapp during the Revolutionary War. The objection raised by you on the receipt of the deposition of Elizabeth Wheeler, who testified that the now present witness' marriage was, that Elizabeth Wheeler swore positively that the marriage took place on a certain day, to wit, the 10 th day of December 1779 without giving her reason why she remembered the particular day. The fall of Marriage seems now to be clearly established as happening in the year 1779.
Please to give this case the earliest possible attention & inform your Obt Servant
Y. Honble J. S. Edwards Edwin B. Brooks on: Benson Waltham D. C. N o 14 Chambers St N. York

Mary Knapp -
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War Department
Pension Office
February 24. 1840
Sir,
Agreeably to the request contained in your letter of the 22 d inst. I have the honor to enclose herewith, papers numbered from 1 to 6, in the case of Mary Knapp, widow of Jonathan Knapp, dec d . Be pleased to acknowledge, the receipt of them, designating the number of papers received.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your O bt . Serv t . J. S. Cawards
awarded 25 th Feby. 24.
Hon. Edward Curtis, House of Representatives.

Mary Knapp
March 9. 1840 Com: Revy Pensions
April 4 1840
Report re - see printed report N o 423 - Salley Stanley & others
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Mr Curtis

26. Congress. 1. Session.
Congress of the United States
In the House of Representatives March 9. 1840
On motion of Mr Curtis
Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Mary Knapp, for the Revolu- tionary services of her husband, now de- ceased,
Attest
H. J. Hall Clerk

Dec 26, 1845.
Recd. Mary Knapp.
Wm. Allen Esq. Correspondence of Friends W. H. Burleigh J. B.

New York. December 23. 1851
Sir
I address you at the particular request of Mrs Mary Knapp, an applicant for a pension under the act of 4 th July, 1836, and of Mr Shepherd Knapp, the former pension agent, - to inquire into the state of her claim. She claims on account of the services of her husband, Jonathan Knapp, who was an Ensign in the War of the Revolution. Her application was transmitted about 7 or 8 years ago, & the last communication received from you was about 4 years since, in which it was stated that the proof of service was satisfactory , and that another affidavit to the marriage was all that was wanting to complete the evidence in her case . This additional affidavit was immediately furnished from an unexceptionable source, and forwarded by her agent, Edwin S. B. Brooks, who soon after disappeared from the city, leaving her in ignorance of its success; since which time she has been able to gain no tidings of him or of the fate of her application.
In this exigency she would ask the favor of an early reply to this letter, stating in what situation her claim now stands, & whether any further, and what evidence is necessary to perfect

it.
I am very respectfully Your obedient Servant Siene M. Irving (32 Wall St)
Is Edward Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.

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May 10 '47
Mary Knapp

Washington City May 8. 1847
Dear Sir
Mr. Curtis of New York has requested me to inquire at the Clerk's office of the House of Representatives for papers in the case of Mary Snapp a widow who applied for a pension which papers you represent to Mr. Curtis he took away on the 24 Feb 1840 to present to Congress and which you now desire to have returned - I have made the inquiry and found the papers, - and the Clerk says you have only to address him a line calling for them and they shall be transmitted - Respectfully
Yours W. Andrews
James L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Pensions

B B French Esq Clerk H. Rep.
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Patron Office, May 31, 1847.
Sir,
M c John Underwood has requested me to send you the papers of Mary Knapp. They are accordingly herewith enclosed. He is her agent and wishes to obtain a copy of her papers. Please to return the originals to this Office when you have caused them to be copied for M c N.
I am, respectfully,
Your Ob dt . Serv t ,
J L Edwards
B. B. French Esq. Clerk of the House of Representatives.

State of New York
173 Benjamin Becker, a resident of the town of Ossining in said county, being duly sworn deposed and saith as follows: Is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum: will be Eighty, Five if he lives to 12 th of August next: was born in the year 1762: enlisted as a ferryman for King's ferry in March 1780 : it was well on, he thinks, to the first of March: he & Hank (Henry) Lambert enlisted together: was employed on the Ferry from that time until peace: enlisted at Berplanch's point under lieutenant Jonathan Knapp . Knapp was lieutenant of the Ferry, and Bond was Captain . knew Knapp before when he was in the militia service in his neighborhood: lived about 3 or 4 miles from him in Sleepy Hollow: the lieutenant was stationed on one side of the Ferry; the Captain on the other: there were six large flat-bottomed boats on the Ferry, each manned by seven men, six to row and one to steer; but one of them generally staid at home to cook - sometimes carried over fourteen men in one boat - could recollect all who were on the ferry with him if he took time - there was Abraham Hitchen, William Davis, Bill Van Wart, who was some time ago in the West of India in New York, Richard Cunn, Peter Kistler, Bill Bell and Neddy (Edward) Haines (asked) . Capt. Bond drew their pay, and ran away with it after he had been there three or four months - and Jonathan Knapp was then appointed Captain and John Ackerman lieutenant.
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Knapp continued Captain for the whole of that year & a great part of the next year, if not longer; he cannot say exactly how long; he, Acker, was at Verplanch's Point for the first year, and at Stony Point for the rest of his time. Knapp was stationed at Verplanch's Point the whole time he was there, and continued there after he was transferred to Stony Point: the ferry was from Verplanch's Point to Stony Point: McGuire was Captain after Knapp left - He (Acker) never got any pay before Bouda absconded, but after the peace Government gave him a certificate for three months of which Bouda had defrauded him & the others - they drew their rations, pay and clothing, from the quarter master's department - they were paid as privates, but their work was harder than ordinary privates, and they received more rations - each man a pound & a half of meat and a pound and a half of bread - If they wanted a furlough, went to the quarter master to get it - was in the boat that ferried Andre across going & when he returned a prisoner - was absent with five others at Tappan to attend his trial - saw him executed - Saw some hard service - was in the boats three days & three nights when the troops were ferried over to go after Cornwallis - his meals were hung to him - Colonel Hughes was in the quarter master's department and cropped occasionally - did not like him as he found too much fault - General Pickering was at the head of the Staff, but they did not see him often -
Binyarnis Scher
Sworn to & Subscribed

before me this 18 th day of June A D 1847, who further deposes, that the deponent is a person of respectability & veracity, & that his statements are entitled to credit - Peter Clark - Justice of the peace
Printed at "THE CHRONICLE OFFICE," Sing Sing.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Westchester, } ss.  MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, - That Peter Clark whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed INSTRUMENT, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Twelfth day of June 1847
Munson I. Lockwood Clerk.

State of New York Secretary's Office
I certify that it appears by the minutes of the Council of Appointment of this State in this Office that on the 16 th day of June 1778 Jonathan Knap was appointed and Commissioned Ensign of a Company in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Westchester whereof James Hammon was Lieut. Col. Commandant
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany July 2. 1849

Application N o 13,399 of Mrs Mary Knapp, for a pension under Act 7 th July, 1838.
N o 13.399. July 12/38
Marr d before 1794 Australia and 1815
Reside in 1836
30.
See in the gaz. A. J. D. John Knapp Nid.

Pittsfield June the 18-1849
Dear Sir,
In reply to your request, I herewith give you all the information which can be obtained from the sources of information within my reach, as to the points to which your memorandum refers.
I find engraved on the Tomb Stone of the Rev d Samuel Sackett, that he died the 5 th of June 1784, - aged 72 years -
As to the marriage of Jonathan Knapff to Mary Odell, there is no record to be found, and on inquiring Thomas Strong Esq. he has no recollection of the marriage nor the parties -
The exact point of time when the Church at Green Pond was burned in the Revolution, may be ascertained by examining the records of the House of Representatives at Washington. - The Presbyterian church of this place, some few years since made

application for remuneration for the burning of that Church, the documents in reference to it, and which embrace the precise time when the burning took place, may be found there —
With much respect I remain yours most sincerely &c —
Henry White
P. M. Irving Esq

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New York August 26. 1847
Sir
Your letter of the 22 d ultimo in the case of Mary Knapp states that the evidence of marriage prior to 1774 is satisfactory, but requires the service as Ensign to be verified by the record in the Comptroller's office at Albany. This evidence I now transmit, and you will perceive that it establishes the accuracy of Mr Samuel Youngs' deposition in which I before relied, and also explains the reason why it was not found in the searches which had been previously made at Albany at my request. The Comptroller's certificate is proof of upwards of thirteen months service as Ensign. The deposition of Mr Samuel Youngs, a witness of approved authority, and whose testimony to Mr Knapp's service as Ensign is so fully sustained by the record now presented, will no doubt be received as proof of his service as Private prior to the date of his commission as Ensign in June 1778; a period of the war for which, as I infer from your letter, documentary testimony of service in New York is not usually exacted. By reference to that deposition, it will be seen that Mr Youngs testifies that he and Knapp were in service together in Hammond's Regiment from "the end of November or beginning of December 1776" — "until some time in the latter end of April or beginning of May 1777, which was at least 5 months" and again "from the fall of the year 1777" — "to

til the latter end of March 1778" "that the term of this service was at least 11 months." Here then is testimony of the most satisfactory character to prove at least 9 months service of Mr Knapp as Private, (part of the time during duty as Sergeant) prior to the date of his commission as Ensign. It also appears from the close of Mr Youngs' deposition that Mr Knapp "served six weeks in the summer of 1776" as a Private in Capt Ladd's Company in Hammond's Regiment; making altogether 10 & a half months' service as Private.
I claim therefore an allowance for Mrs Knapp for her husband's service as Private & Ensign. I have the fullest persuasion that she is entitled to much more than this demand on account of his service as Lieutenant & Captain of the boats at King's Ferry, but as I am unable to establish this description of service by documentary testimony, I cannot of course push the claim on that score.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant Rene M. Irving (32 Wall St)
John Laurens Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

John Knapp

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  25 th May 1780. Jon n Knap Cas. £ 110 7 8    
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 9 th Aug t , 1847.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 6. . . . now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Gabriel Regina in Col. Ja s Waumond Reg't.   Second " " " " "   Third " " " " "   Fourth " " " " "   Fifth " " " " "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " "   Eleventh " " " " "   Twelfth " " " " " 
Handwritten calculations: 110.7.8 20 8/2207 20/375.87/13.71 20 71 60 15.8
Philip H. Phelps
In the arrangement of the Revolutionary papers, the name of Jon n Knap Esq. was omitted in the index to such papers, in consequence of which, his name was not found in the

Searches which have been previously made. Albany August 17 th 1847.
Philip Phelps Esq.
John B. Knight
 116 1/4  220  55  275  138 3/4 50  110 
23

Sep 15 47
Mary Knapp
Im at
31

New York September 13. 1847
In reply to your letter of the 11 th instant in the case of Mary Knapp, I have to state that she will accept the amount offered; viz. an allowance for her husband's service as an engineer for thirteen months, and twelve days.
I am
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Rene L. Living
(33 Wall Street)
To Mr. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

38,

New York. September 29. 1847
Sir
I herewith transmit the personal agent of Mrs Mary Knapp to receive the allowance offered in your letter to me of the 27 th instant - viz: 13 months 25 days service of her husband as Ensign. In your letter of the 11 th instant, it was 20 days. The difference is not material, but I believe the last computation is correct.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant Pierce M. King
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissaire of Pensions Washington. D.C.
P.S. Mr Howard is known at the pension office as a Commissioner of Deeds - Jas McGrath - the witness - is a son in law of Mrs Knapp.

18

New York September 28. 1847
Sir
On the 13 th instant I received a communication from you, under date of the 11 th , to the effect that "the certificate of the Comptroller of New York in the case of Mary Knapp, widow of Jonathan Knapp, was satisfactory to establish her husband's service as an Ensign, for thirteen months, twenty days, and that a certificate would issue to her under the act of July 7 th 1835, if she would agree to accept that amount;" that "no other service could be admitted upon the proofs now filed."
A reply was transmitted on the same day (the 13 th ) agreeing to accept the offered allowance, but no certificate has been received. As it is the usage of the office in such cases, if I am rightly informed, to transmit the certificate immediately, the long interval which has elapsed has led to an apprehension that my letter may have miscarried. At the instance, therefore, of Mrs Knapp, I beg leave to call attention to the foregoing statement - & to request that the certificate may be forwarded, for the amount offered.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant Heneott King
H. Edwards Esq Commissary of Pensions Washington D. C.

27

New York September 29 th 1847
Sir, In compliance with the requirements of your letter of the 27 th instant to me, Attorney Mr. Irving, I hereby signify personally my acceptance of the offer of a pension Certificate for thirteen months and twenty five days' service of my husband as Ensign; a being understood that I do so without prejudice to my right to a further amount on the discovery of Evidence of additional service. I therefore request that a certificate issue to me for the amount offered - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my mark Mary X Knapp
State of New York City & County of New York ) On this 29 th day of September A.D. 1847 personally came before me a Commissioner of Oaths for the city & County of New York in said State, Mary Knapp, and affixed her mark to the above instrument and acknowledged to me that she had executed the same - J. A. Edwards Esq - Commissioner of Oaths Washington D.C.

6

Washington City D.C. April 1857
Mr J. E. Heath Sir
In the case of Mary Knapp widow of Jonathan Knapp of N York I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the certificate giving an increase of pension under acts 1858, - H 34, 48.
This claim was originally presented under the act 1836. Her service was allowed later than 1798. The Marriage took place in 1779. The Boot service was performed in 1780 & 1781, which of late years has been decided as of a "Military Character". The admission of this service clearly gives the widow the benefit of the act of 24 th July 1830.
I regret that this fact was not observed by the examining Clerk. You will therefore be pleased to place the case under the act 24 th July 1830, as she is clearly entitled. Yours Respectfully &c C. H. Pugh

Mrs Knapp widow of Jonathan Knapp N.Y. City Res (act 58) For increase of Pension for re-enlistation of pupu,
7.
W. A. Pough 30 th July 1851

Washington City D.C. 29 th July 1881
Hon. Jas. C. Keath (Commissioner of Pensions) Sir
I herewith enclose you the Certificate of Court in the case of Mrs. Knapp widow of Jonathan Knapp for increase of Pension & also ask permission to see the papers to make an examination of them previously, New York City Hall (Oct 1858)
I am very Respectfully Yours &c W. H. Burleigh.

29.

Palmer Office August 19 1857
Sir,

Payment to be made at New York by P. M. Irving Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Margaret M. Groth Sole heir of Jonathan & Mary Groth dec
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book L. Vol- ume 2. Page 358, by
Clerk.
J. R. Wightman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States,
the Mary Knapp deceased, who was the widow of Jonathan Knapp, was entitled to a pension under Act 4 th July 1836, and having died on the 16 th February 1848, the only surviving child Margaret M c . Grath is entitled to the amount at the rate of three hundred and fifty dollars per annum, from 4 th March 1848, to 16 th February 1848, when she died, assuming former payments under acts 7 th July 1838, 3 rd March 1843, 31 st June 1844.
Given at the Department of the Interior; this fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty fifty one
W. A. Graham Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.
Certified to be a true copy, signed

Brief in the case of Mary Knapp, dec d widow of Jonathan. County and State of New York. act 4 July 1836.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This case has been allowed for $360 under the Act of 7 July 1838. The first allowance was for 138 dolls, militia service prior to 79, when the parties were married. Subsequently the boat service in 80 & 81 has been allowed; consequently as they were married previous to the last service she is entitled under Act of 36. instead of 38.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. A. Penfield
Present.
F. F. Kirby Examining Clerk

Knapp's case
28,

Department of State, Washington, September 23/85.
Dr. Addison, Esq.
Washington.
Sir,
The following evidence of the mili- tary character of the 'Boat Service' of the Revolution is found in the Washing- ton Papers, and communicated in com- pliance with your request.
In vol 36, p 95 of the Army Returns under date of 30 June 1779, there is a re- turn of persons employed in the S. M. De- partment, in which appears a list of "Boat- men enlisted" with their pay stated at 33 1 / 3 dollars per month.
Page 113 of the same book shows a return of x x x Batamen & others who drew rations at Continental village - Sept. 11, 1780" wherein under the caption of "Batamen's Names - How they have been and now are employed with their engagements," the following memorandum occurs opposite the roll of names "Two boats crews transporting Provisions and stores"

"from New Point and Fishkill to this place and from this place to Sing Sing carrying horses to Salisbury Island and bringing them from thence when recruited hauling up and corking boats transporting baggage & stores of all kinds to and from Kings Ferry — these are all enlisted until the first of January 1781."
The following extract from an order of 19 th June '81, found in the 5 th vol. of the Order Books, appears to relate to the subject: —
"A captain, five Subs, six Serjeants and one hundred rank and file of the best oarsmen in the Army are to be drawn from the line at large, in as equal proportion as such men can be had, and placed under command of Major Darby, who is to receive all the boats ordered to that Point, and will put them in the best order he can."
The "order" of 29 th June 1781 is in the following words: —
"The Waterguard is in future to be furnished from Major Darby's "

"Command, which is for that purpose to be augmented immediately with a captain, two subs, four sergeants, four corporals, and fifty men. Captain Day's detachment is to be utilized accordingly - the command to assemble in the Grand Parade at four o'clock this afternoon and march as soon as possible to join Major Dodge."
The preceding extracts will, it is presumed, sufficiently characterize the military nature of "Double Service."
I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
M. G. Donick, Acting Secretary.

40.

State of New York
Secretary's Office } I hereby certify that it has never been or doubted that King's Ferry on the Hudson River, was during the whole Revolutionary War under the control of the American Army, and constantly guarded by a military force. Dated Albany, Sept. 4, 1857.
A. G. Munroe, Dep. Sec. of War,

Copy of letter from the Comm. Pensions to S.A. Pugh rejecting the claim of Mary Knapp to increased Pension dated Sept. 17, 1857.

(Copy)
Pension Office
September 17 1851
J. A. Pugh Esq Present.
Sir.
I have examined the papers in the case of Mary Knapp, claiming a pension, under the Act of 4 th of July 1836 instead of the act of 7 th July 1838. The first difficulty that presents itself in this case is, in regard to the precise  pension date of the marriage in connection with which, it will be necessary to dispose of the question of length of service for which a pension should be allowed. The record evidence on file consists, of 1 st A Certificate of the Comptroller of New York, that Jonathan Knapp was commissioned as an Ensign showing, in Col. Hammonds Regt. of Militia on 16 th June 1778. 2 d A Certificate of the same Officer that on 25 th May 1780. Jonathan Knapp was entitled £ 110:7:8 d as Ensign in Capt. Regnas Co. in Col. Hammonds Regt. Ma. In addition to the above is the parole testimony of several witnesses, the most important portion of which is, to be found in the depositions of Samuel Younger

and Benjamin Acker. The first deposition of Samuel Yonge taken 13. th of Sept 1837, and filed with the original declaration claim a pension under the Act of July 4/36, testifies to service in the part of Knapp, as an ensign or Lieut. up to the latter part of the year 1779, but says nothing of Boat or Ferry service.
His second deposition taken 4 th Oct. the deponent speaks of service as an Ensign in the Ma "during the latter part of the Winter Spring Summer & fall of the year 1779, & during the part of the Winter & Spring of 1780," & says that Jonathan Knapp "was then an Ensign & continued actually engaged in protecting the Wig inhabitants who resided near the said lines until some time in the ensuing Spring" but he says nothing of boat service.
In his Deposition taken on the 18 th June 1842 nd Benjn Acker a pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832, says that he "enlisted as a ferryman for Kingsferry" on the 1 st of March 1780, under Lieutenant Jonathan Knapp. Knapp was Lieut of the Ferry & Bond was Capt" — "Knew Knapp before when he was in the Ma. service in his neighborhood." He further says that Capt Bond drew his pay & ran away

with it after he (Acker) "had been there three or four months" and Jonathan Knapp was then appointed Capt at Verplanck's point & continued so during the remainder of the year after which he (Acker) went to Stony Point, leaving Knapp at Verplanck's point where he believed he remained throughout the year. The ferry connects the two points.
Young's testimony it may be observed harmonizes with the Comptroller's Certificate in all respects. That Certificate credits Jonathan Knapp on 25 th May 1780, with £ 100: 7: 8 d then due to him, as an Ensign in the Inditia, Regt. commanded by Marmaduke during the very time at which, Young says he was an Ensign in the same Regt.
Acker in the other hand who was nearly 85 years old when his deposition was taken swears, that Knapp was a Lieut. of the ferry at Kings ferry in March 1780. No very active service set forth by Young who swears that Knapp "was then an Ensign and continued actively engaged in protecting the Ulig Inhabitants &c."
The record says nothing of the boat

service at Yirgo's ferry but speaks of Knapp as an Ensign of Militia at or about the very time, May the 25 th 1780, when he was a Lieut & Capt. of Boats. Acker according to Acker, was nearly 85 years old when his deposition was taken and the service of which he speaks took place (if at all) 67 years previously to the date of his deposition, - under such circumstances human memory is fallacious and I am disposed to rely upon the evidence of Yirgo sustained as it is throughout by the record instead of the reminiscences of a man aged nearly 85 years.
If Knapp served as a Capt of Boats as alleged why is it that the same records which speaks of his service as an Ensign in the 25 May 1780 does not also mention his service as Capt & Lieut which is said to have taken place about the same time.
Acker says he was enlisted in 1780. "Wellon to March" & Capt Bonds default took place 3 or 4 months after he (Acker) enlisted, say in May or June which agrees nearly with the date of Knapp's Credit for service up to May 25 th 1780. in the Certificate of the Comptroller as an Ensign in Regnals Bg in Hammonds Regt.
Thus much for the service of Jonathan Knapp which according to the record extended to the 25 May 1780, embracing 13 Months & 24.

days as an Ensign for which a pension was originally & properly allowed amounting to $138- per annum.
Whatever may have been my impressions when the increase to $860 was allowed, I am fully convinced, upon a reconsideration of the whole subject that the allowance was not sustained by the testimony and should therefore cease.
The marriage is alleged to have taken place on 10 th Decr. 1779.
In proof of this statement we have the depositions of Elizabeth Wheeler & John Odell. Elizabeth Wheeler who was 72 years & a few months old at the date of her deposition & consequently about 14 years old when it occurred, says. The marriage took place upon Decr. 10 th 1779.
It is difficult to believe that a person 72 years of age can speak positively of the precise day on which an event took place which occurred when she was only 14 years old.
John Odell aged 81 years, & supposed to be the brother of the claimant swears, that to the best of his recollection the marriage took place "some time in the year 1779 & that the Ceremony was performed by the Rev d Samuel

Sacket who is said to have died in 1784.
Surely it cannot be expected that in the absence of record or documentary evidence to sustain it in any way the testimony of a girl of 14 can be satisfactory proof of the date of the marriage when the brother of the Claimant who must have been a grown man at the time swears that it occurred as well as he can recollect some time during the year.
In conclusion I will report that the increase heretofore allowed is justified by the testimony in the case & will therefore cease & that the proof of the date of the marriage is not such as to justify the Dept. in allowing a pension under the Act of July 4 th 1836.
Very Vc
J. C. Heath, Comm
(Signed)
(Dawdge)

Sept. 23 d 1831 37
Washington
Sept 20/31
J. A. Pugh
Appeals from the decision of the Comm. of Pensions in the case of Mrs. Mary Knapp.
47.
Expt
Ref'd to Comm. of Pensions for a report
Sept 22 d 1831

Washington City D.C. Sept. 20. 1831
Honble. A. A. Stuart Sir,
I respectfully appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions of the 11 th inst in the case of Mrs Mary Knapp of New York Bill act 1838 and ask a reference of the papers to your Office for examination
Yours very respectfully S. A. Pugh

38. Sept. 27. 1851
Court of Pleasants -
Reports on the case of Mary Knapp on the appeal of Mr. Plough.

Pension Office,
Sept 25, 1857.
Sir,
I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Mr. Pugh of the 20 th inst, appealing from the decision of this Office in the case of Mary Knapp, and to enclose all the papers in the case numbering from 1 to 46 inclusive, as also a copy of my letter to Mr. P. of the 17 th inst, disallowing the claim.
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Yr. Obt Servt John Wilson for Commissioner.
Hon. Alex. H. H. Stuart Secy Interior.

May 8 th 1854.
Thos L P Waldo.
Com. of Pensions
Sir
In the case of,
Elizabeth Beck, formerly widow of John Atkinson man . I respectfully request a reexamination of the the case & refer to the affidavit of Bengy Atkinson , a Pensioner on the N. H. agency & file in the case of Mary Knapp of N. H. in which he ( Atkinson ) says that he enlisted in March 1780, and served 4 months afterwards John Atkinson was Lt. of the Company. It also appears on a copy of an original paper in file in the Office that Atkinson was also Supt in the year 1781, & also from an original document on file he was in service 4 months in 1782, making in all about 20 months service as Lt. when which I claim a pension.
Respectfully C. A. Peabody

Department of the Interior Washington Dec. 23. 1851.
Sir,
I herewith return the papers relating to the claim of the heirs of Mary Knapp wid. for arrears of pension alleged to be due under the act of July 4 th 1836. and am of opinion that the claim should be allowed as both the date of the Marriage and the Service appear to be sufficiently established. You will therefore issue a certificate to the claimants for whatever arrears of pension may appear due for the services of Jonathan Knapp as Ensign for twelve Months and as Captain for twelve Months under the act of July 4 th 1836.
I am very Respectfully Your obedient Servant
Alex. A. A. Stuart Secretary.
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Argument of A. H. Lawrence in the case of Mary Wm. asf.

In the case of Mary Knapp.
Jonathan Knapp was originally allowed a pension of $138. per annum, which was afterwards increased to $360. under the Act of July 7 th 1838.
The present claim, on the part of the widow under the Act of 1836 has not only been disallowed but the whole question of service, marriage &c has been reopened and the former decision of the office reversed.
The Commissioner is correct (if the question of service is not settled by the former decision) in saying that there are but two questions in the case viz, the length of Jonathan Knapp's service, and the fact of his widow's marriage to him prior to the last period of his service.
1. As to the length of service. It is strange that the Commissioner in his review of the case should have omitted all mention of two most important & pertinent matters of evidence actually filed in the case, as well as two or three other pieces of evidence to be found among the papers in two other cases (all of which were brought to his notice when his former decision was made, and which were not brought to his notice in his review of his former decision) leading to the belief that the difference of opinion has arisen from that circumstance.

This last mentioned evidence is to be found in the declarations of pensioners now on the roll, detailing the service of Jonathan Knapp long before his widow's application for a pension and therefore free from any chance of suspicion, and which could have been suggested to the minds of those persons only by the fact of its having actually occurred as they related it.
The proof of service is 1 st a certificate of the Comptroller of New York shewing that Knapp was commissioned as Ensign 16 th June 1778. 2 d a certificate of the same officer that on the 25 th May 1780 he was entitled to £. 110.7.8. as Ensign. 3 d The depositions of Saml. Youngs, Benj. Acker, Abraham Hitchcock, William Van Wart, and the declarations of Hitchcock & Van Wart and also that of William Davis to be found in their own applications for pension and entirely independent testimony. The Commissioner only notices the first two of these depositions, and seizing upon what he thinks an inconsistency with the second proof in the deposition of Acker he rejects the whole case without noticing the fact that in all the important particulars he is not only not inconsistent with the second proof but is corroborated by all the other evidence.
Now if Acker, Hitchcock, Van Wart & Davis are to be believed, then there can be no question that Knapp

was a Captain of boats at King's Ferry in 1780 & 1781. They swear to the point distinctly, & that they served under Knapp at the time, and two of them fix their recollection of the time by their recollection of the fact that Major Andre was conveyed across the ferry in one of the very boats under command of Knapp. And by a reference to any history of the United States it will be seen that Andre was actually carried over King's Ferry in September 1780. Acker has undoubtedly made a mistake in his testimony of March for May . In every thing else not only is his testimony consistent with the record proof but it is confirmed by all the evidence in the case. The certificate of the Comptroller shews Knapp to have been entitled to £110.7. 8. on the 25 th  May 1780, as Ensign . And the probability is from the certificate that his duties as Ensign ceased at that time. The parole testimony proves conclusively that in the fall of 1780 & the beginning of 1781 he was acting at King's ferry as Captain of boats. There is therefore not only no inconsistency between the record evidence & the parole evidence but the one confirms the other.
Next as to the fact of marriage, before the last period of her husband's service. I cannot but regard the opinion of the Commissioners and the reasons by which it is supported as most singular. Two credible wit-

witnesses swear that they were present and saw the ceremony performed & that it was performed by the Rev. Saml. Sackett, the one swearing that it was on the 10 th December 1779 and that she acted as bridesmaid on the occasion, and the other swearing that it was in the year 1779 but that he could not recollect the month. They each swear to the other's presence on the occasion. Their Testimony has a sort of confirmation in the fact that on the Rev. Saml Sackett's Tombstone it appears that he died in 1784 shewing that he might have performed the Service and that it could not possibly have been performed by him much later than the witnesses represent.
Now to all this there is not one word of contradictory Testimony. The witnesses are certified to be credible persons. They swear point blank to the fact. They both swear to the year. And yet forsooth the Commissioner rejects the evidence in toto , from the presumption that a girl of 14 years could not recollect so precisely the day & month of the marriage, whilst a grown man could only recollect the year; Taking it for granted that there is no difference in the strength of memory in different persons, and that where one presumes

to fix the date more accurately than the other if that other be the elder the younger must be perjured. One would have supposed that the Commissioner instead of arguing seriously in a paper & he placed on the records of his office that because a grown man could not recollect the precise date of a wedding at which he was present, therefore a girl of 14 could not do it; I say one would have supposed that the least knowledge of human nature & especially of female human nature would have suggested, that the very person of all others to recollect minutely every circumstance connected with a wedding would be a girl of fourteen who had acted, probably for the first time in her life, as bridesmaid on the occasion; and that the last person to recollect at a distance of time any thing more than the fact generally would be a man, with his head full of other con- ceits, going from the ceremony to the bustle & con- fusion of business -
A. H. Lawrence

Appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Mary Knapp widow of Capt: Jonathan Knapp. act 4 July 1836.
Brief
There are two questions at issue in this case 1 st proof of duration of Service, and 2 d proof of Marriage The Commissioner denies the Sufficiency of either and disallowed the Claim. The proof of Service is - 1 st a certificate of the Comptroller of New York, showing that Knapp was Commissioned as Ensign 11 th June 1778. 2 d a Certificate from same Officer that on the 26 th May 1780. he was entitled to £110.7.8. as Ensign. 3 rd the depositions of Sam l Young, William Van Wart, Ben o Acker, Abraham Hitchcock, and William Davis, (in his own declaration) Who testify that they were in the Service at Kingsferry and Stony Point, under Capt: Jonathan Knapp in the year 1780 & 1781. and in their declarations in their own applications for pension & affidavits in support of each others claims, incident- ally mention Jonathan Knapp as Captain of the boats at Kingsferry in the year 1780 & 1781. These several declarations and affidavits which were made at different periods covering a space of nearly 20 years wherever they relate to the position & services of Jonat- han Knapp are uniform throughout and completely in unison with their affidavits in support of Mrs. Knapp's declaration. That no possible collusion could have been had to preserve the continuity of substance in that portion of their declarations and affidavits, relating to the service of Capt: Knapp is

apparent from the fact that their Statements made in behalf of Mr. Knapp corroborate Statements made many years previous, and some of them even before the law was in existence under which she claimed. The following extracts from the different declarations & affidavits will show the nature of the testimony.
William Van Wart - who was pensioned in 1834, in his declaration July 11. 1834. Swears that he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Knapp's Company in the spring of 1780. for one year, for the purpose of guarding and tending the boats at Kingsferry on the North River and continued in that service for more than a year —
In his affidavit appended to the widows declaration which was made some 12 years after - Van Wart - Swears that he served under "Capt. Jonathan Knapp at Hony Point, during the whole of the year 1780, that Capt. Knapp commanded the boats at Hony Point &c. and that deponent was on board the boats when Major. Andre was taken across the River &c"
William Davis - pensioned in 1833 - In his declaration made at that year. - Swears that he was detailed to act as ferryman at Verplank's Point, about 1st Ap. 1780. and that to the best of his recollection, the Captain's name was Dennis Macquin or Mr.  Knapp - but is not positive -
Abraham Mitchcock pensioned Oct 1832. in his declaration made in 1832 - Swears that he was stationed at Kingsferry and performed the duty of ferryman from May 1780 to May 1781. was honorably discharged, re-enlisted in May 1781. and served another year, at said ferry &c. Mitchcock also in 1846, in his affidavit in the application of Catherine Knapp - reiterates his own services and states that there were several Captains, who commanded the boats at Kingsferry at different times and men =

The names of Capt. Macguire and Capt. Bond, &c - Benjamin Acker - a pensioner. - Swears that he enlisted at Verplancks point in March 1780 - as he thinks about the 1 st of March enlisted under Lt. M c Knapp who was S t . of the ferry and Bond was Captain. Some three or four months after Capt. Bond drew his pay and ran off and Lt. Knapp was appointed Capt n and continued in the Command the whole of that year (1780) and the great part of the next if not longer cannot say how long, that Capt. Knapp was stationed at Verplancks point that whole time he Acker was there and continued there after Defence was transferred to Stony point - that Macguire was Captain after Knapp left &c. Acker in his affidavit in the case of Catharine Knapp made in the year 1846, also swears to the fact of Knapp's having been Captain in 1780 & 1781. &c -
Samuel Jennings - Swears to Knapp's services from the beginning of the Nov. 1776 to May 1777, and from the fall of 1777 until the month of May 1778, and during the whole of the year 1779 - during which latter period he served as Ensign or Lt t in Col l Hammonds Reg t of M c Intire t Sept 13. 1837.
The foregoing is an accurate brief of the evidence of Service and as Mr Lawrence in his argument remarks "if Acker, Hiltchcock, Van Ward, and Davis, are to be believed there can be no question that Knapp was a Captain of "boats at Kings ferry in 1780 & 1781" which must settle the question of service. — Marriage —
The other question - proof of marriage, is precisely as sta- -ted by Mr Lawrence in his argument, and the substance

of which is as follows. V.
Elizabeth Wheeler - Swears that on the 10 th day of December 1779. She was present at the marriage of her Sister Mary Adell, to one Captain Jonathan Knapp and that defendant assisted as bridesmaid, and that the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr Samuel Sackett at said Sackett's house &c. and that she understood at the time that the said Knapp was in the service of the Revolutionary War.
John Adell - Swears that he was present at the marriage of his sister Mary Adell to one Jonathan Knapp a Captain in the time of the Revolutionary War, and in the year 1779, and that said marriage was solemnized by the Rev. Dr Sam d Sackett, at said Sackett's house &c and that Elizabeth Wheeler was present &c.
The testimony both as to service and marriage are in strict conformity with the rules and regulations of the Pension Office respecting parol proof. The conclusions of the Commission as to the weight of the testimony are based entirely upon this or the examinees views of the "fallacy" of the human memory after the lapse of so many years - Upon such a test test few or no cases no matter how meritorious and how well attested by parol , could be admitted unless by deed proof, as all who have for the last ten years or who now can testify to the scenes and acts of the revolution are far in the decline of years, and would undoubtedly come under the Commission's Statute of limitations in memory.
Respectfully Submitted Nicholas Clegg

Miss. to Leonard Bridgeport, Conn. 90 papers Mather city 1934 - July 26, Hist to Mrs. Bliss D. Shrop. Elk
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15921  Henry Knapp  wid  Jonathan Knapp  Capt. Rel. m. Act July 1 st 1836 Index: Vol. a , Page 458
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 26/94 H. Knapp. June 5- examined by Mr. L.J.

Office of Seymour V. Knapp. Attorneys at Law.
Morris W. Seymour Howard H. Knapp.
DICTATED
Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 18th, 1894
R
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I would like very much to get some information as to the identity of one Jonathan Knapp , who was, I am told, a sergeant in the Revolutionary War , and whose widow, Mary Knapp, drew an annual pension from the United States Government through the services of her husband in that War. After her death, one Margaret McGrath, her daughter, I am told, obtained a pension also.
I have very meagre information as to where either Jonathan or Mary Knapp lived, and I would like very much, if I could through your records, to be able to locate the place where they lived and the dates of their deaths and place, and get such other information about them as I could. A reply will very greatly oblige me.
Yours truly,
Howard H. Knapp

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Sam Young says nothing of Knapp's boat service - his testimony includes the year 1779 early in 1780 in the Prison Rolls.
Abraham Hiltch says he served under Capt. Smith at Stony Point and commanded at Kings Ferry. Stony Point was taken in July, first of 1780. In 1780 he was in the Prison Rolls. I swear that he never served under Knapp at Stony Point in 1780 or 1781 and that Knapp was not in command at the American lines at Capt. Bond's place. Capt. Bond was in command at Stony Point with 500 men. R. Park says that Young swears that the Church records at the Town had been burned.
Mar. Dec 10 1779 - Eliz. ... App. Ensign 16th June 1778 in Lieut. Hammond
Acting B.P. - Capt. Bond's presence in the year 1780. 5 or 6 months after Sept. ... which was in March 1780
Sept 1 st 1838 -    1838     72.6     1765.16   
  1780.3     1765.6     4.9   
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., October 27, 1894.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of -:J O N A T H A N K N A P P:- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. The statements relative to his services are very indefinite but it appears that he was commissioned as Ensign on June 18, 1778, and served in this capacity in Capt. Gabriel Sequa's Co., Col. James Hammond's New York Regt., at least thirteen months and fourteen days. It is probable that he also served about twelve months as Captain of the boats at Kings Ferry in the years 1781 and 1782.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westchester County, N.Y. Date of application for pension, by widow, Sept. 5, 1857. Residence at date of application, of widow, New York City. Age at date of application, of widow, Seventy-four years.
Remarks: He married Mary Odell at Crumonds, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1779, and died at Mount Pleasant, N.Y. in the year 1815.
Mr. Howard H. Knapp, Bridgeport, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

June 20, 1934
209 Walnut st
Montclair, N.J.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
If any information in regard to the following Revolutionary Soldiers is available, will you kindly send it to me?
I would like any Genealogical information connected with each.
✓ C 27 Jonathan Knap who is given in New York in the Revolution as from Orange County, N.Y. serving in 4th Regiment .
James James Parshall, same as above.
○ John Thorp who enlisted in Conn. Probably Fairfield Co., April 24, 1778 for term of the War.
Corporal Isaac Oysterbanks, Oct 5, 1777 in Conn. probably Fairfield co.)
(Mrs. Alice S. Throop) Alice S. Throop

50416 - N 6 36
as
33 N. York
Brown Oct 24/35
Mary Knapp
Set to Hen E. Curtis 17 March 1838
at to E. P. B. (Brook) 2 Nov. 1839
" Hen E. Curtis H. R. 24 Feb. 1840.
Set to P. M. Vroom March
6th 1846. do to CLK H. R.
May 10 '47 - do. to J. Underwood.
May 14. 1847 - do. to CLK. H. R.
30 May 1847 -
Set July, 4th 1836

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2, The Certificate of the Comptroller of New York in which mention is made of Jonathan Knapp is filed with the papers in the case of Mary Bell - wife of William Livingston.

Bureau of Pensions.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHIEF'S DESK

L. J. Mather city
Papers in this case ex. by above on June 5-95-
98
56 221 221

July 26, 1838,
Letter to
Hon. Eber Austin
H. H. R.
in claim of
Peter Wilson
Comp. R. 11.681
Mary Knapp

I enclose her papers in the cases of Elizabeth Warner act 20 N.C. & Mary Knapp N.Y. City act 20, both dame the cases of her Agent in both cases.
St. P. & L.
By order of the Court July 1872

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Abraham Hitchcock
M c Davis
Benj n Acker
all on roll New York
Act y June 1832.
Two of the above served under Capt Graham Knapp

V V No 13399 Mary Knapp Ms. Ltr to P. McKim July 22 1847. Ltr to Same Sept 11 '47 Ltr to Same Sept 29 '47
act 7 July 1838

✓ No 27386/39 Mary Knapp. dec. widow of Jonathan N. York.
Act 4 July 1836.
12 Mo. Capt. Book 240
12 " Ensign 120
$360
per Ann. from 4 March '31 to 10 Feby 1848 when she died. Deducting the amt p. d under the Act 7 July 38 & at the rate of $360 per An.
Payable to Margaret McIntosh only Child.
bequeathed to D. A. Pugh Present.

24 McLean Mary Knapp, wife of Jonathan. N. Y.
Acc 7 th July 1838 -
Ad 12 mo 240 En
12 mo Capt. Bonds $240
12 - En
120
$360
From 1 st March 1836, when Capt 2 years, to 10 July 1848, when she died -
Former payments to be deducted -
Payable to Margaret McGrath, her only surviving child - (Ad? in commutation with the Com)
Leave same to
S. A. Pease
Present

5046 New York City
Mary Knapp deceased, widow of Jonathan Knapp who died on the year 1818 of N.Y. Co in the State of New York who was a Captain in the  commenced by Captain of the  commenced N.Y. in the Revolution for 12 mo Capt 12 " Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 360 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and to end Feb 1848 to be paid from the act July 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec 1851 and sent to V. A. Pensions
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending

10,349
45.
New York City Mary Knapp dec d
Widow of Jonathan who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the — of — in the State of N.Y. who was a Capt t En in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — in the — line for the from 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 360 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apr. 1851 and sent to J A Pease
Total amount, $ Present
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. C. Robinson Clerk. Book D Vol. 1, Page 165.

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10349
Reported
New York
Mary Knapp
Widow of Jonathan Knapp who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died in the 1815 of New York in the State of New York who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain — of the Regt. commanded by — in the Revolution line for 13 Mos. 24 d's
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 138 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Oct. 1847 and sent to P. M. Irving Esq. New York
Total amount, $ 690.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. Rumpkin, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 165

No 2786 Mary Knapp Ms
Set to Hon E Curtis March 1' 38 " " E S Brooks Aug 1-28-38 " " do do Oct 24 " " " Hon E Curtis Nov. 2. 39 " " " July 24 40 " " P. M. Irving March 6. 41 " " Clark H. R. May 10 47 " " J. Underwood " 14 47 " " Clark H. R. " 31. 47
35.
act 4 July 1836

ad 43-9361. N 13399 Mary Knapp 34 wife Jonathan N O at 7 July 1838
Aged 13 mo 24 days in align $138 00 per Anm pm 4 March 1836,
Adm acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $138 00 per Anm pm 4 March 1843,
P.M. Irwin 32 Wall Street NY

Report
New York 8262 city
Mary Knapp widow of Jonathan Knapp who was an Ensign 42 in the Revolution Husband died in 1815
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 138 Dollars —————
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Oct 1847 and sent to P. M. Spring New York
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 78.