Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14667, for Coanrod Ten Eick, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Ten Eick, Conrad Ten Eyck, or Conrad
S 14667
CONTENTS
buried

14913
New York 14913 Conrad Ten Eick
Enlisted in the State of New York who was a Private of the Co. A. 1st Regt. commanded by Captain Dabcock of the Regt. commanded by Col. Johnson on the N. Jersey line for 7 1/2 mos. Sept. 1833 { 5 " " Privet " { 5 " " " Supt {
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 96 Dollars 17 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1832 and Rev. Mr. A. Gould Ad. born
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $193.34 Pension allowance ending 21 Sept '33 118.08 $241.42
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. E. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 3, Page 80
Conrad Ten Eick Records corrected. Mar 22, 1907. R.
Det. to Isaac Vanrenen 28 Sep 33

Cornwall Jan Eyck 11/45
Aug 4. 5. 6. 17
corn 2
P. 318.
75 cents per bushel 5.20 per cwt 5. per bushel
  7.83  4.11  20.80  58.72  16.61  96.17      335  1665  783  712        581  291        18.72   
(V) Gail D Auburn N York

BRIEF in the case of Conrad Ten Eyck of Coeymans Co in the State of N York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1776 5 Private Capt Babcock Col Johnson   Dec d 1776 6 " Capt Stryker   June 1777 "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Samuel C. & Mary  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Michael Butts  Examining Clerk.

Coonsad Ten Eyck
11745
Agent
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Auburn
NY
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State of New York
Cayuga County ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Conrad Denyck who being duly sworn says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades For five months I served as a private foot soldier for five months and twenty days I served as a private of dragoons and for seven months and a half — I served as ser- geant of Dragoons and for such services I claim a pension. About the first of January after the close of my five months service I entered the company of light dragoons commanded by Captain Jacob Arnold & Coronet Peter and continued to serve as a soldier of said company until about the 20 th of June 1777. Said company continued on the lines near New Brunswick from the time of my entering the same until the month of March following, when I was detached therefrom and continued to serve as waiter or aid to Gen Reuel who commanded all the militia on the lines at that place and had his head quarters at my mother's house. I served from the month of March til about the 20 th of June as aforesaid under the immediate direction of Gen Reuel as aforesaid and was employed during said term by him in reconnoitering and giving notice to him of the motions of the enemy who then had possession of New Brunswick. I was during all this time a soldier of said company of dragoons
About the 20 th of June aforesaid I enlisted into the company of light dragoons commanded by Capt John Stryker, Coronet Peter T Schank & Lieut Reynier Wyk as stated in my declaration and was immediately elected a sergeant of said company and performed all my subsequent services as such sergeant About the tenth of Sept 1777 I was called out

in said company and marched to Elizabeth town where I was stationed one month under the command of Col. Peelinghuyzen - as I believe
About the tenth of February 1778 I was again called out and entered said service in said company & marched to Princeton where I was stationed one month under the command of Gov. Livingston. At the time of the battle of Monmouth I was again called out in said company & continued in service half a month -
At the time of the battle of Springfield I was again in said service in said company and continued to serve ten days a term of three weeks as I believe
About the 26 th of July 1778 I was again called out & marched to Hakenback where I continued to serve in said company one month
About the 8 th of November 1778 I was again called out in the same company and marched to Elizabeth town where I continued to serve under the command of Major Baird one month -
About the last of January 1780 I was again called out and marched with said company to Elizabeth town where I served one month
About the month of Sept 1781 I again entered said service in said company & marched to Elizabethtown where I was stationed one month
In the Spring of the year 1780 as I believe I was again called out in said company and marched to Passaic falls and continued in said service a term of ten days ten days - I performed during said terms other tours of service besides those above set forth but when or where said tours of service were performed I have forgotten - I was born in the town of Hesselborough in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey in the year 1758 - and have a record of my age at home - I continued to reside in said County until the year 1793 when I removed to Schenectady in the State of New York and continued to reside there about

Six years. from thence I removed to the county of Montgomery in said State of New York. and contin- ued to reside there "twelve years and a half - - from thence I removed to said county of Cayuga where I have resided most of the time ever since Sworn & subscribed the 2 d day of May 1833 before me
J. L. Richardson First Judge of Pleas.
Coonrad Ten Eyck
I certify my opinion that said Coonrad Ten Eyck is a man of truth & veracity May 2 d 1833
J. L. Richardson First Judge of Pleas.

State of New York Cayuga County ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do certify that Joseph L Richardson before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was on the day of the date of the same first Judge of said Court - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and believe his sig- nature to the said affidavit and the foregoing certificates to be genuine Witness my hand and seal of office the 2 nd day of May 1833.
M. S. Myers Clerk

State of New York County of Seneca } ss:
On this seventh day of September 1832, personally appeared before me Nichol M. Ward a Justice of the Peace of said County, Abraham Voorhies, aged 76 years in February last, a resident of Perry in said County of Seneca, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make oath on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain for Coarrod Ten Eick the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 — That the said Coarrod Ten Eick, entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
On or about the first day of June 1776 he enlisted in the same company with witness, in the five months service of the Troops raised in state of New Jersey under Captain Joseph Babcock, first Lieutenant Cornelius Wyhoff, second Lieutenant William Piatt. Name of Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel forgotten. The name of the Brigadier General was — Heard.
At the time of enlisting Witness lived in the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Somerset, State of New Jersey and applicant lived in the adjoining Town of Hillsborough.
In the spring of 1777, Witness and applicant both volunteered our services in an independent Company of Light-Horse which was raised in the County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, under the command of Captain John Stryker, Lieutenant Reynier Vaught, Colonel Peter J. Schenck, which Company was uniformed throughout at the private expense of each volunteer, and was held in readiness for actual service at a moments warning until the close of the war, and for whose services no compensation was ever rendered. Our services while in said company were mostly performed in the state of New Jersey.
From the situation of New Jersey being for a long time the seat of war, and from the frequent

calls made upon the said company of Light-Horse witness believes that applicant served in the war of the revolution more than two years. Abraham Voorhies
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Nichol M. Ward Justice of Peace
State of New York Genesee County } ss
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the County of Genesee in said State do certify that Nichol M. Ward before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County duly com- missioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capa- city that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of said justice and believe his signature to the said affidavit to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name the Seventeenth day of September A.D. 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk

State of New York Cayuga County
On this 25 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appears in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Andrew Van Middelbrooth who being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Conrad Ten Eyck of Auburn in said County and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War that they both resided at that time in the town of Hillsborough & County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey about five miles distant from each other. that in the month of June 1776 the said Ten Eyck entered the service of the United States in the company of State troops commanded by Captain Joseph Babcock in the Regiment commanded by Col Johnson. Regiment for a term of five months as he was informed. that he was in service at the same time and saw the said Ten Eyck once during said term. That during the winter of 1777 when the enemy lay at New Brunswick Gen Reed was stationed in the neighbourhood to watch their movements. he well recollects that Gen Reed had his headquarters during said term at the house of said Ten Eyck's mother and that that said Ten Eyck was engaged in said service under the direction of said Gen Reed. that he was not with him in service but frequently saw him during said term. He further says that he well recollects that said Ten Eyck commenced service in a company of Light horse about the month of June 1777. and continued a member of said company until the close of the war that said company was commanded by Captain John Stryker. that he saw said Ten Eyck in active service frequently during the war in said company and has no doubt, that said Ten Eyck served in said company a term of one year and more. that he forms his judgment of said service from his knowledge of

Said servus and knowledge of the state of the country at that time. that he has long been acquainted with said Ten Eyck. that he is a clergyman of good standing and high respectability and that his statement with or without oath may be relied upon.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
And J. S. Middlesex
Asahel Fitch judge
I certify that I am well acquainted with Comrad Ten Eyck mentioned in the preceding affidavit and was well acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary war. that he was a soldier in the company of Light horse commanded by Captain John Stryker. from the month of June 1777 until the close of the war. that I have heard the said affidavit read and believe the statement therein made as to the servus of said Ten Eyck to be substantially correct.
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Asahel Fitch judge
Fredrick
his J. Van Liew marks
And the Court certify their opinion that the said Andrew Van Middleworth and Fredrick Van Liew are men of truth and veracity.
Asahel Fitch judge

State of New York Cayuga County ss on this 25 th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Cayuga and State of New York now sitting Coonrad Ten Eyck a resident of Auburn in said County of Cayuga and State of New York, aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service under the following na- =mel officers and served as herein stated. That about the last of May or first of June AD 1776 then being a resident of the town of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey, he entered said service in the company of State troops commanded by Captain Joseph Babcock as he believes in Col Johnsons Regiment. that he marched with said Company to New York City, from thence to Bergen Point in the State of New Jersey for the purpose of destroying a tender then lying at that place, from thence he returned to New York - and from thence to Long Island and was there at the time of the battle of Long Island. after which he retired with said company to New York where he remained about two weeks, and marched from thence to Fort Washington on the Hudson River, about which time he was taken sick and continued unfit for duty until the expiration of five months from the time of entering said service when he was discharged as aforesaid . He further de- clares that about the first of December following he again entered said service as a volunteer at the town of Hillsborough aforesaid and continued to serve until about the month of June 1777. that he served during part of said term as aid or waiter to Gen Reed whose head quarters was at the house of his

mother. that the enemy at this time lay at New Brunswick about on 10  8 miles distant and Gen Reed was stationed near them to watch their movements. that he the said Ten Eyck was employed in ranging the country around under the immediate direction of Gen Reed to watch the movements of the enemy as they went out in parties to forage and plunder the inhabi- tants. that at one time he assisted in taking about fifty — four horse foraging waggons from the enemy. that he unhitched most of said horses from said waggon with his own hands.
He further declares that about the month of June A D 1777 he enlisted into a company of Light horse at the town of Hilsborough aforesaid commanded by Captain John Stryker. that said company was raised to serve as long as they should be needed in said war, and that he continued to serve in said company until the close of the war. that altho not all the time in active service yet said company was required to keep themselves and horses in constant readiness to mount and move wherever directed at a moments warning. that from the time of said enlistment until the close of the war he well recollects the following incidents that occurred and services rendered and where rendered. that at the time of the battle of Springfield, in the afternoon after the British had retired to Elizabethtown. that said Captain Stryker on the next day with his troop was sent out to reconnoitre the enemys lines, that said company rode through Elizabethtown and returned without any encounter with them. that afterwards the British made an excursion into the neighbourhood of Hackensack when said company was sent out to obtain information as to the situation of the enemys lines and having

passed through the village of Hackensack near to what was called the new bridge when casting their eyes to the left on a height of land running parallel with the road they espied a number of horsemen dressed in British uniform and immediately endeavoured to make good their retreat. that after a rapid retreat of about three miles the two parties met and recognized each other - the party in British uniform proved to be an American party sent out in disguise to reconnoitre the British lines, two of them were sent to Gen Washington, to wit Alexander Hamilton & another named William they at the same time supposing us to be British troops in disguise until the meeting and recognition as aforesaid. That afterwards and when the British were in Philadelphia as he believes he was stationed at Hackensack as a guard against the Refugees & Tories a term of one month.
That soon after he was detached to wait upon Governor Livingston at Princeton, that his business was to receive warrants against Tories and bring them before his Excellency for examination, this term lasted one month & that some of said company were employed in riding. That at an other time he was stationed as a guard upon the lines at Elizabethtown when the enemy were in possession of Philadelphia as he believes and was engaged one month - that when the American army lay at Valley Forge he was sent to that place upon business business and was absent one week. That at the time the enemy evacuated Philadelphia and passed through New Jersey. the said company together with all the militia were called out. that they first came in contact with the enemy first at Mount Holley. that at this time he was under the command of Col White - that the next time they came in contact with the enemy

at Allentown bridge. at this time he was under the command of Gen Maxwell and was ordered by him to pilot a Regiment of militia to a certain field nearly surrounded by woods. that soon after entering the wood his horse came near being killed by a field piece - that he piloted the Regiment to the place appointed where he remained until the American army had retreated. that the next encounter was at the Blackhorse when Col White at the head of said company with two or three of his own men went out to reconnoitre the enemy who lay at Black horse. when said company came in sight of the enemy they dispatched a large body of horse in pursuit of said company and followed them a distance of about three miles. that from this time he did not come in contact with the enemy again until after the battle of Monmouth. that he was not engaged in the battle of Monmouth, having obtained leave of absence and returned home to exchange his horse (whose back had become sore by the saddle) for another on Saturday before the battle. which took place on Sunday. that during the whole time of the war from the time that the enemy entered New York he resided in the town of Hillsborough & County of Somerset about eight or ten miles from New Brunswick, and about twenty miles from Amboy & Elizabethtown to which places the enemy could come by water at any time in three or four hours. and had possession of said places whenever they chose. that the guarding of the lines at that place was principally entrusted to the militia and State troops. in which service the militia and state troops, were constantly engaged by turns. that he was frequently engaged in said service at times different from those above particularly set forth but at what times he is unable to set forth. but thinks that his time

spent in active service in said company was one year & a half or more - that he was chosen a Sargeant in said company of horse when said company was raised and continued to serve as such Sargeant during the whole of said term - that he never received a written discharge from said service and has no other proof thereof documentary or otherwise than the accompanying.
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He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Coarned Jan Eike
~ Osahel Fitch judge

We, Matthew L. R. Perrine a clergyman residing in Auburn in Cayuga County and Amos Gould hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Conrad Ten Eyck who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
M. L. R. Perrine
A. Gould
Isahel Fitch judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Matthew L. R. Perrine who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Auburn and Amos Gould who has also signed the same, is a resident in Auburn and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isahel Fitch judge
I, Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said C
in the matter of the application of Conrad Ten Eyck for a pension.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the 25 th day of September A.D. 1832
M. S. Myers

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Conrad Jue Eick 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. pen. as Conrad Jue Eick  8,114,667
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May or June '76 5 mos. Pvt. Inf. Joseph Baderick Johnson N.J.   Jan. 1, 1777 5 mos. 20 days Pvt. Jacob Arnold's Co. Light Dragoons "   June 20, 1777 Sgt. John Strickland's Co. Light Dragoons "   and so on in 1777 1 mo. Frelinghuysen "   1778 3 mos. Major Baird "   1780 2 mos.   1781 1 mo.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hillsborough, Somerset Co., N.J. Date of application for pension, Sept. 25, 1832. U. al. Residence at date of application, Auburn, Cayuga Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, b. Hillsborough, N.J. in 1758 Remarks: No family data. Only Col. J. name
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev 14667
14667 INVALID.
File No. 14,667
Conrad Ten Eick Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 371
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Conrad Ten Eick
Records corrected Feb. 22, 1907. B

Mar. 23. 1897 History to Mrs. Francis E. Stett Petoskey, Michigan -
1942, Mar. 19. Hist. 15 J. H. Van Eyck.

THE BROWN PALACE HOTEL DENVER
W o Pearson Office Wash D.C. Dear Sir
My great grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. And his name was Coonrod . Sen Eyde and I understood that he done a portion up to the time he died I understand he went from Albany

with the 6 th on 11 th Regt. I also understand there was two Conscripted men Ely's ie Revolution. but the one that was my Great Grandfather died a pension until he died - Can you give me any information whether this is correct or not - if so I will be much pleased - Very truly Yours J. H. Ely St. Len Ely Brown Palace Hotel Denver Colorado

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Petoskey, Michigan Feb. 8 th , 1897.
The U.S. Pension Office, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
My great grand father, the Rev. Conrad Ben Eick was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and as such drew a pension from the govern- ment up to the time of his death, at East Germantown N.Y., but I do not know the year.
His home was in New York, where he held several charges in the

Dutch Church. Will you kindly look up the records and tell me when he entered the war, and in what company and regiment, enough to establish my claim as a Daughter of the Revolution. An answer will greatly oblige me.
Respectfully, Mary R. Hart.
Address Mrs. Francis E. Street. Petersburg. Virginia.

RECEIVED FEB 16 1897 PENSION OFFICE
First Division FEB 16 1897 * BUREAU OF PENSIONS *
PENSION OFFICE FEB 12 1897