Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,311, for Peter Kemble, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Kemble, Peter Kimble
N. 20,311
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

Rev. A. Jones, Jan 7 21, 1840.
NEW YORK 3174
Elizabeth Kemble
widow of Peter Kemble
N.Y.
who died on the 14. March 1797
of Orange Co. in the State of N.Y.
  who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company commanded     by Captain Roscrants of the regt. commanded     by Col. Allion in the N.Y. Militia     line for Pr. 3 months.  10    Serg. 4 " 22 days  23-66     $33.66  
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of January 1840 and sent to Rev. A. Jones H.R.
  Arrears to the 14th of Sept. '39.  286.11    Semi-annual allowances ending Mar '40  16.83  
$302.94
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 - }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 205

4888
Chas. Smith 1891
Mar 14 1891 1891
Col. Allen } N.Y. Capt. Roenartz } militia
Armistice Sergeant 4 mo 22 days Private 3 - " 7. 22
Am. Natl. Ins. ARR

State of New York, ss. On this eighth day of April Eighteen Orange County ss. I, the undersigned and the undersigned personally appeared before the undersigned
a judge of the court of common pleas in and for Orange County. Elizabeth Krombie a resident of the town of Minisink in the county of Orange and state of New York aged Seventy Nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress signed July 4, 1836.
That she is the widow of Peter Krombie who was a private and a sergeant in the war of the Revolution and who according as she has been informed and believes served as follows. That in the year of 1775 her said husband Peter Krombie belonged to a company of Militia of which James James Rosecrantz was Captain
James Clark was Lieutenant and Samuel Cottle was Ensign and in the Regiment commanded by Col William Allison in Orange County and State of New York. That in the fall of the year 1775 and she believes in the month of October Captain Rosecrantz and his men were called out and moved to a place called Tappan where they remained near the Hudson River and served at that place and at Tappan and along the Hudson River and served here until the end of the year and some time in December of the same year and that her said husband Peter Krombie went with the rest of the company and served in the same company for the period of two months but she is unable to state what Col he was under but believes it was either Col Warner or Lieut Col Tusten
That in the month of March 1776 her said husband was called out in the company of Col. John Krombie
The foregoing is a true and correct statement

and went to Green Point some where along the Hudson River and served one month. That in the month of the same year her said husband was drafted into Capt Rosecrantz's company and went to New York and along the north river for two months and served as a Sergeant under Capt John Whittaker and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Warner. That in the month of November of the same year Capt Rosecrantz's company of militia was called out with the rest of the Regiment commanded by Col. Wilson and rendezvoused at Goshen on or about the 12th day of November and went from thence to a place called New City on the Hudson River and served at New City, Tappan, Haverstown and other places for the term of six weeks and that her said husband Peter Kemble went with the said company and served in the said company as a Sergeant for the full term of six weeks. That in the month of July 1778 her said husband was called out into the service as a chapman and served as a sergeant at Paramus and other places along the frontiers for the term of one month in the company commanded by Capt. Abraham Gardin and in the regiment commanded by Col. Warner. That her said husband served as a chapman and upon alarms a great many times along the Hudson River and on the western frontiers during the years 1779, 1780, 1781 and 1782 but from old age and loss of memory she is unable to state the precise times or the length of service except that an alarm was made by the people on the western frontier along the Raritan river on the 19th day of July 1779 when the whole of the Goshen

Regiment was called out to Muncinick and her said husband Peter Kemble went with the rest in the company commanded by Capt Samuel Cook and under the command of Col John Heathorn and Lieut Col Justin and Major Meeker that the said Regiment drove the Indians from their and at a place called Cedar Brook where a dreadful engagement ensued that in said engagement was in the said engagement and was wounded in the arm that in this service her said husband was absent ten days in the
10 service her said husband was also a Sergeant. She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Kemble on the twentyfourth day of March Seventeen hundred and thirty Eight that her husband the above said Peter Kemble died on the fourteenth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Seven and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof recently annexed that she was married by the Rev Nathan Herr pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Cobleskill. That she has no documentary evidence of her said husband's services and that she is not a pensioner of any state or federal in the United States.
The figures "1778" were interlined before signing. I have to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me - signed her name by making her mark never having been taught to write.
Elisabeth X Kemble Mark
Filed Blank of Oinger County Court Pleas.

I Herleed Black a Judge of the court of common pleas before whom the foregoing declaration was made do certify that Elizabeth Humble who made and subscribed the same is a woman of truth and her statements herein made ought to be believed
Given that from personal examination I believe she ought to be excused from attending the court of records in the said county
Herleed Black Judge Orange County

State of New York } George Trimber (Being only Orange County) } sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Peter Kemble in his life time and with Eliza his wife and that the said Peter Kemble died on the fourteenth day of March, nineteen hundred ninety seven and that Elizabeth Kemble has ever since the death of her husband Peter Kemble remained a widow I certify that the above affidavit of George Trimber is a credible will The above "oath", intoned before signing
Sworn and subscribed the twelfth day of April 1839 before me
Hulet Clark esquire of Orange County

State of New York ) Margaret Horton of the town Orange County of Minisink in the said county being only sworn deponeth & saith that she is eighty four years of age and that she was the sister of Peter Hensable who was a soldier in the militia of Orange County and State of New York in the Revolutionary war and belonged to a company under the command of Captain Rosecrans and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wilson That her brother Peter Hensable served in the militia from time to time during the whole of the war but she is unable to state particular times as to the following (viz) that in the winter of 1777 & 1778 the said Peter Hensable went from home under Capt. Rosecrans and in Col. Wilson's Regiment down towards New York and was about six weeks he afterwards at New burgh and other places along the North River and along the valley of the Raritan until the end of the war. That on the 19th of July 1779 the Indians came down upon Minisink and burnt and destroyed the same when a general alarm was made and the Goshen Regiment was called out in a body under Col. Benjamin Suster and went to Minisink and from thence to a place called Beaver brook where a battle ensued and the whites were defeated in this alarm her brother Peter Hensable turned out with the rest of the company to which he belonged and she thinks the company was commanded by Capt. Cole and went to Minisink and from thence to Beaver brook and was in the engagement that took place there between the whites and the Indians and was wounded in the abdomen & arm

in this service she thinks he must have been at least ten days.
She further says that her brother Peter Humble was married sometime in the year to Elizabeth Clark and that the said Peter Humble is now dead and that the said Elizabeth still remains his widow herein and subscribed by making her mark on account of old age mark and infirmities and I certify that above is a Creditable Witness
Elizabeth Clark a true copy of same Betsy Common Pleas
State of New York Orange County ss. I, David J. Morton Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that the said Clark being whom the foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Hum- ble and the affidavits of George Humber and Mar- garet Morton were subscribed and sworn to at the time of taking the same in Ridge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Ridge and hereby believe that the signatures to the said declaration and affidavits are genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court The second day of November 1839 D. J. Morton Clerk

Champlain County ss
Be it known that the foregoing affidavit was one of the before me this day personally appeared Elias Clark and being duly sworn upon oath and with that he is well acquainted with Peter Shambal in the time of the Revolutionary War and that said Shambal then was in the County of Orange & State of New York that said Shambal married one Elizabeth Clark he thinks in the year 1777. This deponent further saith that he said Shambal was in the Revolutionary service and that he the said Elias Clark served in the same company with the said Shambal Captain Joseph Clark & said Elias Clark saith that the said Shambal was in the battle of 1775 and went to Plattsburgh and from thence he went to Saratoga and from there went to Albany. This deponent further saith that the name of the Colonel was Peter Shambal or Shambal. Further saith that the said Shambal was again called out he thinks in the year of 1776 and went to Connecticut and was there as near as he can recollect about one month does not know the name of the place where he served served as he the said Clark at the time was not in the service. Elias Clark mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day of Jan'y 1833
Horace Brown Justice
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Elias Clark who made and subscribed the above affidavit affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statements therein made to be to the best of my belief true. H. Brown Justice
Be it known that the foregoing affidavit was one of the before me this day personally appeared Elias Clark who made and subscribed the above affidavit and I know him to be a man of truth and veracity.

Subscribed and sworn before me this 18 th day of Jan y , 1839
Horace Bronson Justice
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Elias Clarke who made and subscribed the above affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and sincerity and his statements therein untruthful to the best of my knowledge.
H. Bronson Justice
Jeese Gay Witness. I am acquainted with Elias Clarke who made and subscribed the above affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and sincerity.
Jeese Gay
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18 th day of Jan y 1839
H. Bronson Justice
State of New York ) Chautauqua County ) I, George W. Tew, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Horace Bronson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above certificate and Affidavit was on the 18 th day of January 1839, and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and qualified according to law, and I further certify that the signatures "H. Bronson" above subscribed are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21 st day of January A.D. 1839.
G. W. Tew Clerk

State of New York } Samuel Finch of the town Chemung County } of Elmira in the said county being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a soldier in the war of the revolu- tion and that he belonged to a company of militia of which James Sawyer was Capt Gilbert Vail Lieut and Samuel Steele was ensign that in May of 1776 he was drafted in a company of which John Little was Captain and went to Haverstraw and along the north river for two months and that he knew Peter Hemble in the said service as a sergeant in a company of drafted militia men under the command of Captain John Whittaker and that the said Peter Hemble served in the said company for the term of two months and was discharged in the month of July 1776 the service was under Col Wisner that in the month of July 1778 he was again in the service under Abraham Harnin Capt as a captain and that he knew Peter Hemble in the said company as a sergeant in the said company and that the said Hemble served in the said company as a sergeant for one month at Paramus Hackensack and Ramapoo in the regiment commanded by Col Wisner
Subscribed and sworn to this 16 th day of December 1857 before me
Samuel Finch
My Father's history of the Revolution Chemung County N.Y.
I certify that I believe Samuel Finch who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit to be a man of truth and veracity and his statements above made are entitled to full credit and belief.
John Whittaker

State of New York 6th January County Clerk's office ss 3
I here by certify that John W. Diner Esq whose name is subscribed to the within aff d was when the same was subscribed a Justice of the peace of said County duly qualified, and that his signature as therein subscribed is genuine. Witness my hand & Seal of Office the 16 th December 1837
M c Maxwell Dep Clerk

I do hereby certify, that I am in possession of the Marriage records kept by the late Rev. Nathan Herr Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen, Orange County & State of New York, And that I find the Marriage of Peter Kemble and Elizabeth Clark, dated the Fifth day of March One thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, recorded in said records in fair legible writing and figures (13) Married Peter Kemble and Elizabeth Clark, Mar. 5. 1778.
Sworn before me The 17 Decr 1839 be- fore me & I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original H. M. Hopkins, Clerk of the Session of said Church J. W. Elliott Judge of Orange Co. N.Y.
State of New York Orange County ss. I Albert T. Bentrone Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Horace W. Elliott is a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas, as above, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have herewith Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 8 th day of January 1840
A. T. Bentrone Clerk

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