Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19128, for Peter J Suits, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Suits, Peter J. Magdalena
W 19128
CONTENTS
rec at sub. Palatine Montgomery Co. N.Y. S. died 1828

Albany N.Y. 8110.
Magdalena Suits widow of Peter Suits N.Y. who was a Private in the N.Y. Line
Husb. d died in 1828.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th. day of March 1843. and sent to
Hon. W. J. Hough, Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book cl. Vol. 2. Page 85.
2 Certs. 1838, 1843 V. o
Recd d

State of New York
Montgomery County } ss. Peter N Wilts of said County aged 83 years, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that during the War of the Revolution he was intimately acquainted with Peter Suts or Peter I Suts, also with his wife Mary Magdalene Suts - that deponent and the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts lived near this deponent in the town of Palatine now Montgomery County. That the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts and the said Mary lived together as man and wife, and had several children - although deponent was not present at their marriage - that the said Mary Magdalene was a sister of John Fraley and now the widow of Peter Suts or Peter I Suts, who has made application for a pension - This deponent well knows that the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts did duty as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was in the same company with deponent, under Captain Samuel Gray, in the Boat Service - and knows of no other Peter Suts or Peter I Suts in the same company than the husband of the aforesaid Mary Magdalene Subscribed and sworn to this
26 th day of January 1847 before me and I certify that deponent is a respectable man, and his statement entitled to full credit
J. W. Hamilton
Justice of the peace of the said County
Peter N Wilts
100/100

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Montgomery County Clerk's Office.
ss. I, CHESTER S. BRUMLEY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that James W. Hamilton Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed Justis to affidavits was at the time the same bears date a Justis of the peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justis and verily believe that the signature to the said Justis are the genuine:
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county. the First day of February 1847 C. S. Brumley CLERK.
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State of New York
County of Montgomery } ss. John Fraley of said county aged Seventy one years, being duly sworn deposes and says that during the war of the Revolution, he was personally acquainted with Peter Suts, who generally went by the name of Peter I Suts, the late husband of Mary Magdalene Suts, who has applied for a pension - that the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts was a resident of the town of Palatine, now Montgomery County - that deponent and the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts were near neighbors and were intimate, during the said War, that this deponent was well acquainted with the said Mary, both before & after her marriage with the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts, that he well recollects attending the marriage of the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts & the said Mary - and deponent believes they were married in the year 1786 - I have heard the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts frequently say that he was in service during the war of the Revolution - that he was in the Johnstown Battle, and also in the Oriskany Battle, and it has always been understood and known in the neighborhood that the said Peter Suts or Peter I Suts was engaged in the service during said War. His deponent and the said Mary Magdalene, wife of the said Peter or Peter I Suts, are brother & sister. Children of Jacob Fraley -
John Fraley
Subscribed and sworn to this 26 th day of January 1847 before me - and I certify that the deponent is of reputable character and his statement entitled to full credit
J. W. Hamilton Justice of the Peace in said County

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" State of New York
County of Onondaga S.S. On this 6 th day of May 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Sessions for said County, Magdaline Suits a resident of Verona in said County aged seventy two years and upwards, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Peter Suits, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; that her said husband resided during the Revolution in Palatine, Montgomery County; that this deponent was quite young at that time, and all that she knows of her said husband's service is what she learned and understood from him; that her said husband served several years in the war of the Revolution, in different capacities, as a private, sergeant, and as an officer; she well recollects, his having returned, as having served under Capt. DeLock or Col. DeLock; also under one Capt. Wagoner or Col. Wagoner - and one Thos. Skinner. The time he served she is unable to set forth, but always understood he served several years.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Suits on the 15 th day of September in the year 1787, seventeen hundred and eighty seven; that her husband, the aforesaid Peter Suits died in the year, eighteen hundred and twenty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four - at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Maydaline Suits
J. B. Robert Judge of Onondaga County Court
I certify that the above named Magdaline Suits, is a respectable person, that I consider her to be of the age represented by her and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court - is unable to write her name
J. B. Robert Judge of Onondaga County Court
State of New York
County of Onondaga S.S. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Betsey Suits of Verona in said County aged fifty four years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith, that widow Magdaline Suits who is applying for a pension as the widow of Peter Suits late a soldier in the war of the Revolution, is this deponent's mother; and that the said Peter Suits was this deponent's father; that this deponent has from her first recollection been informed by her said father, that he had served several years, in the war of the revolution; that she has often heard him speak of his having served at various times, till his death;

that this deponents said father and mother have not a family record, nor a record of their marriage and that this deponent has not a family record or a record of her own age, but that from the information obtained of her age from a child, she is fifty four years and upwards, and is the third child of her said father and mother; that her said father died in the year of our Lord 1828, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, leaving as his widow the said Magdaline Suits, who is still a widow.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 9th day of May 1844
Betsy her mark Suits
N. S. Soorns Justice of the Peace
I certify that the within and above named Betsy Suits is a respectable person - N. S. Soorns Justice
That from want of Practice & Education - is unable to write her name N. S. Soorns Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Oneida ss. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Jacob P. Suits of Verona in said County aged forty four years, after being duly sworn according to laws, deposed and saith, that Mother Magdaline Suits, who is applying for a pension, as the widow of Peter Suits late a soldier in the war of the revolution, is this deponents mother, and that the said Peter Suits was this deponents father; that this deponent is the eighth child of his said father and mother, all of the same father and mother and all at single births; that this deponent has from a child understood from his said father that he had served several years in the war of the revolution; that he has often heard his said father talk of the hardships of his service in the war of the revolution; that this deponents said father and mother had not a family record, nor a record of their marriage; that this deponent has not a family record, nor a record of his own age, but believes from learning his age, when a child, that he is forty four years of age; that his said father died in the year of our Lord 1828, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, leaving as his widow the said Magdaline Suits, who still remains a widow.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 9th day of May 1844
Jacob P Suits
N. S. Soorns Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Jacob P. Suits is a respectable person -
N. S. Soorns Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Oneida ss. Personally appeared before me, subscribed a list of the peace in and for said County, John S. Cook of Verona in said County, aged Sixty Six years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he has from a child and for sixty years been personally acquainted with widow Magdaline Suits, (and his late husband Peter Suits, for whose revolutionary service, she is applying for a pension, that the said widow Magdaline Suits, is the identical person and widow of the said Peter Suits, late a soldier in the war of the revolution; that she is the identical person, who was the wife of the said Peter Suits, when this deponent was ten years of age; that this deponent was, and is intimately acquainted with the children of the said parties, and has been so acquainted with them from their birth, and well knows, that the eldest child of the said parties was not ten years younger than this deponent and was a play-mate of this deponent, only from eight to ten years younger, than this deponent; that this deponent has from his first recollection been informed and believed and still believes, that the said Peter Suits, had served in the war of the revolution several years; that he resided during the revolution at Palatine in Montgomery County, New York; that the said Peter Suits died in the year of our Lord 1828, eighteen hundred and twenty eight. Leaving as his widow the present applicant for a pension, the said widow Magdaline Suits, who is still a widow -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 9 th day of May 1844
John S. Cook
S. S. Loomis Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named John Cook is a respectable person -
S. S. Loomis Justice of the Peace State of New York.
Blakes Office Oneida County ss. I. DeLo Dewolf Clerk of the said County certify, that Seth B Roberts Esquire was on the 6 th day of May A D 1844 a judge of the County Court in and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified to act as such. Also that S. S. Loomis Esquire, was on the 9 th day of May A D 1844 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Oneida duly elected and qualified to act as such; and that the signatures respectively of the said judge, and of the said justice subscribed to the proof or authenticity of the foregoing depositions are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County (such Court being by the laws of this State a Court of record) & subscribed my name this 10 th day of May A D 1844 DeLo Dewolf Clerk for James Edgar Dep. Clk

State of New York
County of Oneida ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county, Willis Wade of Brown in said county, after being duly sworn, according to law, deposed and saith, that he took a journey to Palatine in Montgomery County, New York State, for the purpose of procuring a church or town record, of the marriage of Peter Suits to Magdalene Drale. The Present Widow of Peter Suits, the same being the within named Magdalene Suits, who is making application for a pension. That this deponent made application to those whom were recommended to be the best acquainted with the transactions of marriages, Baptisms &c in former times, and that he applied to those who had the church records in their possession, and that after making a diligent and thorough search of such records, and for a record of the marriage of said parties, kept by some brothers or Sisters, or by the friends of said parties, he failed altogether, of finding any record of their marriage, and that he is fully satisfied that there is no such record exists, there being a space of some five or six years during the Revolutionary War, and for some years after, or until about the year 1772, that there are but very few marriages recorded. That this deponent found recorded on the Church records, under the title of Baptisms, and under the date of Jan. 8th 1788, the baptism of Adam Suits, son of Peter Suits & Magdalene Drale, which this deponent believes was none other than the child of the above mentioned parties, having been informed, by the present applicant for a pension, Magdalene Suits, previous to this deponent making search for records of marriage, that her eldest child of name was Adam, was born in Palatine Montgomery County & State of New York,
Subscribed & sworn before me this 21 st day of May - 1841
Willis Wade
N. S. Loomis Justice of the Peace
I Certify That Willis Wade is a Respectable Person N. S. Loomis. J. P.
11018
Magdalene Suits
N.Y. 10 th Feby. 38 Ans
New York
Oneida
Palatine

Dec 12 6 1826
Major General Lint.
Paid
PAID 10
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Chittenden Dec 9 th 1846
By Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I write you to inquire on behalf of Mrs Mary Magdalena Snits widow of Peter J. Snits a soldier of the Revolution, whether any pension has been granted to said widow.
About two years ago she appointed one made her agent to procure for her the allowance of a pension. Soon after made left the country but whether any pension was allowed under the proceedings instituted by him Mrs Snits has never been able to learn.
Please write me how this is; if a pension has been allowed please state how much has been drawn & from what time, & how much is now in arrear the widow being still living, & under what act the allowance was made.
Peter J. Snits deceased was in Capt Andrew Dillenbach's company in Col Jacob Bloch's Regiment at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Aug 6. 1775. Is the muster roll of this Regiment on file with the Department & if so does Mr Snits name appear?
Please answer the above at your earliest convenience & oblige
Yours Truly Benj. Snits.

P.S. Mr P.V. Smith was a volunteer in the service.

Oct. 28/98. B.H. Loucks. City.
Rev
WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 19128
Magdalena Suits Widow of Peter Suits Prin Rev. War.
Act: Mar. 3 rd . 1843
Index:—Vol. M Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 3 1844
11078
NY
Magdaline Suits 7 July 1838
Hon J. G. Edwards Com. Pen. Washington D. C.

Quincy May 31, 1844
Hon J L Edwards
Comt. of Pensions
Dear Sir
I beg leave to inclose application and proof for a pension, for Magdalena Suits, you can judge as to what part of the Service named in the certificate, was performed by her husb- -and, and you may find some Service done by Peter J Suits as there was (as I am informed) some time when I put in his name - I am respectfully your Most Ob dt Servt Abad Joy

State of New York Montgomery County
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County. John Fraley of Palatine in said County, aged sixty nine years, 6 th April 1844. Who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith, that he is personally acquainted with Widow Magdalene Suits of Onida County, State of New York, who is applying for a pension, as the Widow of Peter Suits, with whom this deponent has been acquainted, from his earliest recollection & whom he always understood & believed done several years service, in the war of the Revolution; having been engaged in actual service, most of the time from the commencement of the Revolutionary War to the close of the same - This deponent fur- ther saith, that the above named Widow Magdalene Suits, is this deponent's sister, that she is between three & four years older than this deponent according to the family record, kept by his father, which is in this deponent's possession also that she was married to Peter Suits, above named in the fall of the year Seventeen Hun- dred & Eighty seven, of this fact this deponent is confident, as he was present at their marriage which occasioned much talk in the neighbourhood on account of his sister being married so young not being sixteen years of age of which fact this deponent has the most distinct recollection Subscribed & sworn to this 24 th day of April 1844 before me Laurence Marcellus Justin
John Fraley

I, Chester S. Brumley , Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Lawrence Harellus Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed Sworn to  Affidavit to Certificate was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said Sworn to  Affidavit to Certificate is genuine.
sworn to affidavit to certificate
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 25 th day of April 1844
Chester S. Brumley Clerk.

I certify that the within named John Fraley is a highly respectable person & that his statements under oath are entitled to full credit & belief
Laurence Marcellus Horton
JC

24. J. P. July 10. 1847 May I ask the favour of an answer to the within
W. J. Hough

State of New York }
Madison County ss: Henry Brightmeyer of the town of Sullivan in said county being duly sworn deposes & says that he is eighty three years of age - That during part of the war of the Revolution he was well acquainted with Peter Suts or Peter J. Suts - That deponent well knows that said Peter Suts or Peter J. Suts did duty as a soldier in said war - That deponent was a soldier in said war & was engaged for nine months in the year (1780) Seventeen hundred eighty in said Revolutionary war in the boat service between Fort Stanwix & Schenectady on the Mohawk River under captain Samuel Gray - That Peter Hyger was Lieutenant in said Gray's company & that Andrew Gray was the orderly sergeant thereof - That Peter Suts or Peter J. Suts was an enlisted soldier in said Gray's company & served therein as such soldier during the entire term of said nine months enlistment - That deponent knew all the officers & soldiers in said captain Gray's company & that there was but one person by the name of Suts therein who was the above named Peter or Peter J. - That deponent was well acquainted with Peter H. Hills during part of the time in the aforesaid war & that said Hills was a soldier in said Gray's company during the period of the aforesaid boat service And further deponent says not.
Subscribed & sworn to this 29 th day of January 1847 before me & certifying that deponent is a reputable man & his statement entitled to full credit.
David Severance justice of the peace
Henry Brightmeyer

And I David Severance, the Justice of the peace whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the above affidavit do further certify That I have been well acquainted with Henry Rightinger the deponent in the foregoing affi- davit named & that said Rightinger formerly wrote a good hand but that from old age & in- firmity he is no longer able to write but is obliged to make his mark which he did in my presence in subscribing the foregoing affidavit. Dated Sullivan, January 29 th 1847-
David Severance, Justice of the peace

State of New-York, Clerk's Office, Madison County, } ss
I, Robert H. Shaw Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that David Lawrence Ely whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 1 st day of February 184 7  Robert H. Shaw Clerk.

✓ 11,018 Magdalena Suits NY
Sugarcane Lt. to Ana Ray Act to 1884 to same Aug 20 '43 - " B. Suits Dec. 18, '46. " than Lt. J. Keough Feb. 22 '47
Act July 7 th '38

10.213.
Rep.
New York.
Magdalena Suits
Widow of Peter Suits who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the 1828 of Oneida in the State of N.Y. who was a Pri. in the Company commanded by Captain Hook — of the Reg. commanded by Col. Maggner in the N.Y. line for 8 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1837 and sent to Hon. M.J. Hugh, Present.
Total amount, $ 133.30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D.H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1, Page 195.

11018
9216
1371
Magdalena Suits
NY.
Act 7 July 38
adm 2
Snopki
26.96
Also Acts 43 & 44
26.66
Oneida Co.
d. 1828.
Capt. Kloak at Wagoner.
Rev W. J. Hough
Present

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 services 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:
   26 th Sept. 1780 Peter Suits Serjt £10 10 8   30 th Nov. 1781 Peter Suits Priv 7 16 5   31 st Decr. 1782 Peter Suits Do 3 14 8   31 st Decr. Do Do Do ... 19 6   31 st Decr. Do Peter Suits Capt 49 19 0  
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, May 17 th 1844.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 244. 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. Rudolph Koch in Col. Peter Waggoner Regt.   Second " " Thomas Skinner " " Marcus Willett "   Third " " Severius Klock " " Peter Waggoner "   Fourth " " Henry Miller " " Do "   Fifth, " " " " Do "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " "  
Philip Phelps Comptroller.
M. File 19,128