Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19938, for Takel Ouderkirk, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Ouderkerk, Takel or Tacarus
N. 19938
Maria
CONTENTS

Albany 3364
Maria Ouderkirk widow of Jacob, or Jacobus Ouderkirk N.Y. who died on the 12. April 1826 of Schenectady Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Van Alstine of the reg't, commanded by Col. Schuyler in the N. York line for 14 months, 28 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 49 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of June 1840 and sent to G. F. Yates Schenectady, N. York
Arrears to the 14th of March 1840 447.93 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sep. " 24.88 $472.81
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book C. Vol. 1. Page 124

Maria Ouderkirk widow of 5017 Takle Ouderkirk
Applicant for Pension
Act 4 July 1836
Manned 12 June 1777 Husb. died 12 April 1826
Col Schuyler Capt Van Buren
Admitted Private 14 & 28 days
Agent Giles W. Bates Schenectady N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, ss.
On this ninth day of October 1838, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Schenectady in said State Maria Ouderkirk a resident of the town of Rotterdam in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of Takec (or Sacarus) Ouderkirk who was a private of militia in the Army of the Revolution in the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Van Aernam in the Regiment of Col. also a private in the Company of Captain John Clute in the Department of the Quarter Master General in the year 1777, and then served for one year as more particularly described in the supplemental affidavit now annexed. She further declares that she was married to the said Takec Ouderkirk on the Twelfth day of June, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven; that her husband, the aforesaid Takec Ouderkirk, died on the Twelfth day of April 1826 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed, and that she never learnt to write her name.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the Judges aforesaid in open Court
M c W. Broadway Dep. Clk
Maria Ouderkirk mark
I certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings had in said Court, in the matter of the application of Maria Ouderkirk for a pension
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court, this 9 th October 1838
M c W. Broadway Dep. Clerk
This Deponent, was at the middle Schoharie

Maria Ouderkirk
Takel Ouderkirk

State of New York Schenectada County } ss.
Isaac Groat aged eighty-one years and upwards, of the town of Water-vliet in said State, being duly sworn saith that during the war of the revolution and previous thereto he was well acquainted with Frankel Ouderkirk the same person whose widow Maria (Ouderkirk) is now an applicant for a pension. That in the year 1776, he thinks in the summer of that year the said Frankel Ouderkirk served as a private soldier in the Company of militia commanded by Capt. John Groot & performed garrison duty at Lake George for the term of at least four weeks, at the fort named Fort George that the name of the Colonel who commanded on this occasion, was Francis Nichols, according to the best of this Deponent's recollection - This deponent served at the same time.
And this Deponent further saith, that when he this Deponent was in military service in the campaign which eventuated in the Capture of Burgoyne, to wit in the summer & fall of the year 1777, he saw said Frankel Ouderkirk in the service of the United States as a fatigue man, battauman & laborer, at Saratoga, Fort Miller & other places in that vicinity, and understood at the time thereof that the term of his service as such battauman, fatigue man & labourer was one year and that he did serve the whole period of his enlistment but this Deponent cannot distinctly recollect the name of the particular Captain under whom he served.
The next term of military duty performed by said Frankel in company with this Deponent, was at the middle Schoharie

fort in the summer of the year 1778 - for the term of nearly two months, but this deponent cannot from his own knowledge specify the precise time. Captain Groot aforesaid was commander of the Detachment under which said Tahel served - In the fall of the same year the said Tahel served at least one month with this deponent at the Scho- harie lower fort under command of Lieutenant Jacob Weaver - The next tour & last of which this deponent has any recollection, was one to fort Hunter in the spring of the year 1779 for the term of one month under Captain Jacob Van Aernam and Col. Philip Schenck & Major Abraham Fonda. This deponent is assured that said Tahel Ouderkirk served in several other expeditions, but cannot specify them from his own knowledge - The said Tahel was ever a faithful soldier and zealous in the cause of American freedom.
Subscribed & sworn this 25 day of March 1839, before me; and I certify that said Isaac Groot is a credible witness. Note "nearly two" written on margin.
Isaac Groot
Victoria Putnam re-quoted

State of New York County of Schenectady
William Earl of the Town of Rotterdam in said County of Schenectady being duly sworn doth depose and say that he this deponent is a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he this deponent well knew Takel Ouderkerk in the time of Revolutionary War of the United States of America And he well knows that said Takel Ouderkerk was enlisted in the service of the United States of America as a private in the company of Captain John Clute for the term of one year this was as deponent believes in the year 1777. That deponent well knows that he the said Takel Ouderkerk entered upon his duties as such private in said company in the year 1777. And this deponent further says that said Takel Ouderkerk was taken sick and returned as far as Niskayuna during the year and remained there a short time and then as deponent believes returned again to Stillwater at which place deponent saw him during the year in the month of September 1777. That deponent was well acquainted with said Takel Ouderkerk in the time aforesaid and with his family & deponent verily believes he the said Ouderkerk served out his time of one year in said company of said John Clute as a private. That deponent saw him in the service at Stillwater and knows he was absent from home & reputed to be on duty as a private one year in the company aforesaid at the time aforesaid.
And further that said Takel Ouderkerk was a good soldier and a genuine Patriot and very much attached to the cause of American Free-

= do in and a good Whig of 1796. and always during said war. And further, this depo- ment says not.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 13 th day of February 1839.
William Cool
Stephen A. Daggett Commissioner of Leeds. —
Note
Ms. A. 9. 2. 11

J. Jacob Van Vechten, Pastor of, the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectada do hereby certify that the Register of Marriages solemnized by the previous pastors of this church is in my custody. That I have ex= =amined the same often, and can find no record of marriages between the second day of July 1775 and the ninth day of January 1785. Jacob Van Vechten
March 1840 On this 30 th day of October 1839 personally appeared before me the under= =signed the Reverend Jacob Van Vechten above named, to me well known to be the Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectada, and the said Jacob Van Vechten made oath that the facts set forth in the above certificate by him signed, are true and correct. Note. "October 1839" erased before execution & March 1840 substituted before execution
C. C. Van Vechten The Rev. Jacob Van Vechten Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectada
Jacob Van Vechten

State of New York } ss. County of Schenectada }
I certify that the following is a true copy of the record of the baptism of Pieter Ouderkirk a _____ child of Takel Ouderkirk and Maria Ramsey as the same is contained in the Register of Baptisms solemnized in the Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectada, by the Rev d Parent Vrooman — at the time, pastor of said Church viz.
1779 January.
Takel Ouderkirk } Maria Ramsey } Pieter —
From which it appears that said Pieter Ouderkirk above named child of said Takel Ouderkirk and Maria Ramsey was baptised according to the rites of said church, by the said pastor on the Ninth day of June  January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine and that Jacob Van Vechten
I, Jacob Van Vechten above named depose & say that I hold the office of pastor of said church, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church as certified by me: and that the date of said baptism is expressed in fair legible figures. Jacob Van Vechten
Subscribed and sworn this 30 th day of March 1840 before me
Al. W. B. a justice of the Peace in and in the city and county of Schenectada

State of New York County of Schenectady Ss. Clerk's Office
I, Frth. Compsteele Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Victore Putnam before whom the foregoing deposition of Isaac Grock purports to have been taken, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified, and that Stephen A. Daggett, before whom the accompanying deposition of William Cook purports to have been taken was at the time thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn, & that Albert A. Vedder before whom the the accompanying certificate of the Rev. Jacob Van Vechten purports to have been sworn was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures of the said Victore Putnam, Stephen A. Daggett & Albert A. Vedder to said depositions and certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 13 th day of March 1840.
Frth. Compsteele - CLK

State of New York County of Schenectady ss. Clerk's Office
J. Fitch a Campbell Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Victor Putnam before whom the foregoing deposition of Isaac Root purports to have been taken, was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified, and that Stephen A. Daggett, before whom the accompanying deposition of William Root purports to have been taken was at the time thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn, & that Albert A. Vedder before whom the the accompanying certificate of the Rev. Jacob Van Vechten purports to have been sworn was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures of the said Victor Putnam, Stephen A. Daggett & Albert A. Vedder to said depositions and certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office. this 31 st day of March 1840.
J. Fitch a Campbell - CLK

State of New York } St. Lawrence County } ss. Peter Oudehirk of Williams- burgh in the Province of Upper Canada being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that the said deponent will be eighty seven years of age on the twenty first day of March Instant, that he this deponent was a private soldier in the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution, under Colonel Hay, and a part of the time in Captain Vanamer's Company, and a part of the time in Captain John Grote's Compa- ny. That Uncle Oudehirk, a brother of this deponent was also in the said service as a private in the New York State Troops; that the said Uncle first enlis- ted in the year 1777 under Captain John Cruise, of the New York State Troops, for one year, that depo- nent understood at the time and verily believes that the said Uncle served out the whole of the said term. That the said Uncle afterwards served under dif- ferent officers during the whole or nearly the whole of the Revolution. That during his service the said Uncle was stationed a part of the time at Fort Schu- hane, in the company commanded by Captain Van- amer for a part of the time, and also for a part of the time under Captain John Grote, and also for a part of the time under Captain John Ostrom, that deponent can not say how long the said Uncle served in the whole, at said Fort Schuhamie, but he should think he must have been in the service at that Fort at least ten months. That in the year 1777, and as this deponent believes in August, and while the said Uncle was in Captain Cruise's Company, he was married to Polly Ramsey of the town of Gilderland by the Reverend Barn. Vroman of that town. That this deponent was present at the wedding. That depo- nent saw the said Polly in August last past at the town of Osgoodatchie in the county of St. Lawrence, & deponent is informed and believes that she is still

living and resides in Schenectada in the State of New York. And further this deponent saith not. Subscribed & sworn before me this 4th day of March 1839 Peter his X Ouderkirk Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of St. Lawrence } ss: Town of Amegatchie } I, Anthony C. Brown a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Amegatchie in the County aforesaid, do certify that the within named Peter Ouderkirk who has before me, sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, is well known to me to be a man of good character for truth and veracity; and that owing to want of education he is unable to write his name.
Anthony C. Brown Justice of the Peace
State of New York ss: Lawrence County } ss: I Alvin C. Love Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Anthony C. Brown before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and used for the said County duly elected and qualified. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and hereby believe that the signature to the said affidavit and Certificate purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11th April 1839 A C Love Clerk

State of New York County of Albany Town of Guilderland
Michael Barkley of the said Town of Guilderland being duly sworn doth depose and say that he this deponent is now eighty years of age and upwards and is a Revolutionary pensioner. And that he this deponent well knew Teackle Duderick the husband of Mary or Polly Duderick the applicant for a pension and that deponent was well acquainted with the said Polly before she was married to the said Teackle and that as deponent was then informed and believes the said Polly was married to the said Teackle Duderick during the war of the Revolution.
And this deponent further says that he this deponent well knows that the said Teackle was enlisted in the said War in the service of the United States for the term of one year the same year that Burgaine was taken and as deponent believes in the year 1777. That deponent saw said Teackle at Stillwater the same year. And that deponent and said Teackle were neighbours and that deponent knew when said Teackle left home in the service and when he returned from the service of his country as a soldier and that he was absent one year which was the time for which he had enlisted that a Brother of this deponent enlisted at the same time with the said Teackle and for one year and that they both returned home together that deponent's Brother is now dead.
And this deponent further says

that the said Leackle Dudenbeck was out in service as a soldier, with this deponent in the war of the revolution. Once at Schoharie the same time that Schoharie was burnt and that said Leackle Dudenbeck was often out with this deponent at Schoharie under Captain Groot and Captain Van Alstyne during said war from the year 1778 to the close of the war that the aggregate of the services rendered at Schoharie by said Leackle at the three forts at Schoharie and in the different excursions about the adjacent country would exceed ten months to the knowledge of this deponent and that the said Leackle was a genuine good Whig and very much attached to the cause of American freedom and was a valiant good soldier and was often drafted and called out on duty as a soldier during said war and deponent well knows that he was out full ten months at and about Schoharie. And this deponent further says that the officers in command at Stillwater in 1777 were Schuyler and Gates and others and that at Schoharie one Moomay and Ball had command as deponent believes while he was there. And further this deponent says not
sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of February 1839.
by Mikel X Barkly Mark
John G. Quackenbush Justice of the Peace

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File No. 19938
Maria Ouderkirk Ouderkirk widow of Jakob or Jacobus Pri. New War
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Schenectada March 31 st 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
I send accompanying this, papers in support of the claim of Maria Ouderkirk , widow of Takeel Ouderkirk , for a pension under the act of 4 th July 1836.
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
Giles F. Root