Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,851, for Gabriel Leverick, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Leverick, Gabriel or Leverich
S 42,851
CONTENTS

(No. 1778.) New York
✓ Gabriel Seunick Private line Capt Brown 77-64 yrs Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of July 1818 and sent to Pensioner New York City
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 Semi-ann. all ee ending
4 Months & 8/30ths — $ 34.18 3/4
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Certificate mislaid & reissued in Dead Letter Nov. 18. 1819 sent to Pen o Brookline
Henry Co.
Chas. L. ... Dec. 20. 1820 to R. Ricker Esq. City of New York

Oath & Declaration of Gabriel Severick } a Revolutionary Soldier)
Schedule to be sworn to in the Court of the County of Queens, where the petitioner resides.

Schedule District of New York ss
Marine Court of the City of New York On this nineteenth day of June 1820. personally appeared in open court, being a Board of Record according to Statute of the State of New York, Gabriel Leveque of the Town of Newtown in the County of Queens and State aforesaid aged sixty eight years resident in the said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. That he the said Gabriel Leveque enlisted for the term of the whole war in the Month of April 1777. in the State of Connecticut, in the Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Jonathan Brown in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Colonel John Lamb in the line of the State of New York on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about a year and a half of the peace - And then was transferred to a corps of Infantry and served the last mentioned period in the Company of Captain Graft in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Groomer in the line of the State of Connecticut Making the term of service the whole war from April 1777. - That he was in the battles of Fort Montgomery on the North River at the time it was stormed by the British. And the said Gabriel Leveque was discharged at the conclusion of the peace - That he made an original declaration on or about the 29 th of April 1818. and that he has received in the whole $178.25/100. And that the Number of his Pension certificate is (1778). And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818. and have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to be disenabled as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for a fair pension

engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war." I signed on the 18 th March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herewith annexed and by me subscribed.
My real estate consists of a small wooden house, one story high, standing on a part of a piece of ground 80 feet square, leased for fifty cents a year. The house is out of repair, and was built for me by private charity.
My personal estate property, consists of 3 pots, one half Doz. chairs, one Table, a Doz. knives and forks about a Doz. spoons, 1 Doz tea cups and saucers the same No of plates, 1 pair of tongs, 1 shovel, 1 pair of andirons.
My trade that of a Blacksmith. Have no occupation or ability to procure it. My family consists of a wife 68 years of age and infirm, 2 daughters & one son the last of which are capable to contribute to their own support. And further that I the said Gabriel Lewis are incapable of supporting myself except by private or public charity.
Signed (Gabriel Lewis)
Sworn and declared on the Nineteenth of June 1820 Before me in open Court
signed (Jeremiah S. Drake, one of the Justices of the Marine Court of the City of New York.

I William J. Ferris Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing Bath and the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in Value exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred dollars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My Hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this day of June 1820.
Wm. Ferris C.R.

The judge must certify that the claimant is an indigent person within the meaning of the act.
Correct

State of New York ss.
On this 27 th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Superior Court of the City and County of New York personally appears Gabriel Leveick aged sixty five years resident in New Town, Long Island in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war". That he the said Gabriel Leveick enlisted in a Regiment of Artillery in the State of Connecticut in 1777 under the command by Col. John Lamb in the Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Brown. That the time of his first enlistment was some time in April 1777 That he continued to serve in the said Corps about four years, was then transferred to Col. Groomer's Regiment of Infantry in a Company commanded by Capt. Clift and remained in the service until about two months before the Army was disban- ded in the year 1783 during which two months he obtained a furlough from Col. Groomer in conse- quence of sickness and before he recovered the said Regiment was disbanded as aforesaid and he did not therefore obtain his regular discharge in writing. That he was engaged in the battle of Fort Montgomery and served in the said Army against the common enemy the whole of the period from 1777 to 1783. and That he is in reduced circumstances and

and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now of his said services
Gabriel Leverick
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
I John B Scott one of the Justices of the Supreme Court in and for the City and County of New York as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Gabriel Leverick did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and laid before me to the Secretary for the war department of war pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
John B Scott one of the Justices of Supreme Court
City County State of New York } ss.
I Richard Ellis clerk of the Supreme Court held in the City Hall of the City of New York do hereby certify that John B. Scott Esq. is one of the Justices of said Supreme Court In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 28 th day of April 1812
Richard Ellis clerk

is breeding 3 filly & 1 colt cannot get at Leverage's This may be by reason of the military has taken of Capt. Brown's Com the horses belonging to to Purvis's Forage the best of it on Capt. Clarke that Com and giving of Danbury for them
I Solomon Read
I do hereby certify that Gabriel Leverage the above claimant is in indigent & reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his bounty for his support and that he has served as a Revolutionary Soldier as aforesaid for the continued service of nine months
New York - July 11 th 1818
J. M. [unclear] Justice
as

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. 1. 42801.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 31, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Gabriel Leverick, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 24, 1818, at which time he was 65 years of age and residing at New Town, Long Island, and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Jonathan Brown and Col. John Lamb. He enlisted at New Haven, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. G. Leverick,
179 Washington St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

permitted 2d. Conn. M.C. Levrick N.Y.
42 851
Rev INVALID.
Mar. 28/96 Soldier W. C. Arnold, Stamp
Jan. 31/98. Mr. G. Brooklyn
File No. 42 851
Gabriel Levrick
Pri Rev Mv
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ENGINEERS' OFFICE, NEW YORK & BROOKLYN BRIDGE, 179 WASHINGTON STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Jan. 20/98
Hon. Dominic I. Murphy, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir :-
Gabriel Leverich, a resident of Newtown, L.I. (Queens County) who died about September 13, 1828, was in receipt of a pension, presumably for services as soldier in the Revolutionary War. I desire to have transcript of the public record relating to him. Whether it may be within the province of your department (with or without charge) or whether it is essential that I should engage an attorney to obtain it, will you kindly inform me. Also, please state where possibly by reference to records accessible to myself, such information may be obtained, and where these records are deposited.
Very truly yours,

Gabriel Levenick Sergeant
Colonel Lamb's Regt
New York line
1777-Mar
Not on Roll
Admitted

W. A. D. R. L.
Judges Court Record
State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY.
during ident of
That Richard Riker Esquire before whom
the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the certificate also annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certi- ficate signed, Recorder of the City of New York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, and duly Commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New York: And the signature of R. Riker subscribed to the said certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker
is the of Brown the of April 1777 the end crowd mercy my escape instrument
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirty first day of March 1819
Benj. Ferris Clerk
And this Declaration further representeth that the said Gabriel Levenick is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in the Queens County aforesaid,

To the Honorable Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York,
The Declaration under oath of Gabriel Leverick formerly Sergeant — engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of Queens County State of New-York
Respectfully Showeth, that the said Gabriel Leverick enlisted a Sergeant for and during the war in Captain Jonathan Brown Company in Col. John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery of the State of New-York. On or about the 15 th of April 1777 and continued in the service of my Country until the end of the war and was honorably discharged having served upwards of six years. I was in the Fort of Montgomery at the time it was taken which was in Oct r 1777. I made my escape out of the fort that evening and crossed over to the Continental Village. I am now about 66 years of age.
And this Declaration further representeth that the said Gabriel Leverick is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in the Queens County aforesaid,

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support;
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Declaration of himself and that of Isaac Morrill and John Morrill hereafter set forth,
Dated, the 31 st day of March 1819
City and County of New-York, ss. Gabriel Leverick of Queen County and state aforesaid —
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn the 31 st day of March — 1819 before me, S
P. H. Reeder of New York City
City and County of New-York. ss. Isaac Morrill and John Morrill both of Queens County and state aforesaid being both sworn doth severally depose and say, that we were personally acquainted with the above applicant Serjeant Gabriel Leverick. That we knew him while in the Continental Service in Col d Ledy's Regiment of Artillery, from some time of the Summer of 1781 until such time in 1783 making about five years which we knew him in the Revolutionary war, see both of us was in Col d Coeur d'Alene Reg t from the State of New York and served until the end of the war.
Sworn before me this 31 st day of March 1819.
P. H. Reeder
John Morrill Isaac Morrill

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support;
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Declaration of himself and that of Isaac Morrill and John Morrill hereafter set forth,
Dated, the 31 st day of March 1819
City and County of New-York, ss. Gabriel Leverick of Queen County and state aforesaid
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Gabriel Leverick
Sworn the 31 st day of March — 1819 before me, S
J. P. Kirtland Clerk of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss. Isaac Morrill and John Morrill both of Queens County and state aforesaid being both sworn doth severally depose and say, that we were personally acquainted with the above applicant Serjeant Gabriel Leverick. That we knew him while in the Continental Service in Col d Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, from some time of the Summer of 1778 until peace in 1783 making about five years which we knew him in the Revolutionary war, we both of us was in Col d Coe's Land Reg t from the State of New-York and served until the end of the war
John Morrill
Isaac Morrill
Sworn before me this 31 st day of March 1819
J. P. Kirtland

City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Thirty first day of March — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen before me, Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, personally appeared the aforesaid Gabriel Leverage Applicant, and Isaac Morrell and John Morrell both Soldiers during the Revolutionary and was personally acquainted with the above applicant Sergeant Leverage and both of them appears to be duly and respectable evidences — and — entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn — to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Artillery of the United States , on the Continental Establishment , in the Revolutionary War , against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War .
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at the City of New-York, the day and year last above written.
R Riker

Gabriel Loverick
Pension
Newtown
Lucea Co
1778
Can
Apr '78

Queens County } Common Pleas }
In the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in North Hempstead in and for the said County of Queens before the Judges of the same Court of November term in the year of our Lord 1820
Present Effingham Lawrence Esq. Chief Judge Singleton Mitchell and Gavit Furman Judges
Court of Queens
Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of November 1820 personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in and for Queens County in open Court the said Court being a court of Record for the said County according to the Laws of the State of New York Gabriel Leveque of the Town of Newtown and County of Queens aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows — That he enlisted for the term of the whole War in the month of April 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Matthew Brown in the Regiment then commanded by Col o John Lamb in the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about a year and a half of the Peace — And then was transferred to a Corps of Infantry and served the last mentioned period in the Company of Capt o Clift in the Regiment commanded by Col o Thomas + + Grover in the line of the State of Connecticut making the term of service the whole War from April 1777. That he was in the Battle of Fort Montgomery on the North River at the time it was Stormed by the British — And the said Gabriel Leveque was discharged at the conclusion of the Peace — That he made an original declaration on or about the 27 th of April 1818 and that he has received in the whole $178. 25/100 and that the number of his certificate is 1778 — And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and have not since that time by

Gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th March 1818 And that I had not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities Contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.
My Real Estate consists of a small wooden House one Story high standing on a part of a piece of ground 30 feet square leased for fifty Cents a year The House old and out of repair and was built for me by private Charity.
My Personal Estate consists of 3 pots one half dozen chairs one table a dozen knives and forks about a dozen Spoons 1 Dozen tea Cups and Saucers the same number of plates 1 pair of tongs 1 Shovel 1 pair of Andirons.
My trade that of a black Smith, now, no occupation or ability to pursue it — My family consists of a wife 68 years of age and inform 2 daughters and one son the last of which are capable to contribute to their own Support — And further that I the said Gabriel Severick am incapable of supporting myself except by private or public Charity.
Gabriel Severick
Sworn and declared on the
10 12 November 1820 in Open Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this fourteenth day of November 1820
Edward Barker C.M. of Luans 60

11,8218 New York
Gabriel Leverich
of Queens County in the state of New York who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb of the New York line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1819 and sent to Richard Riker Esq. New York New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 . 41. 31
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$110 \frac{1}{2}  \frac{6}{30}
$41. 31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. I. 42851.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 28, 1896.
Sir:
In returning herewith your letter of March 20, 1896, you are advised that Gabriel Leverick made an application for pension on April 27, 1818, at which time he was residing in New Town, L. I., and sixty-five years of age, and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Jonathan Brown and Col. John Lamb. Enlisted at New Haven, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. A. C. Arnold, Stamford, Conn.