Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 729, for Richard Marcus Petrie, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Petrie, Richard Marcus or Hendrick M.
P 729
Bellinger, Catherine
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

State of New York } County of Onondaga } } A
Be it known, that before me a justice of the Peace in and for the county afore- said, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Catharine Bellinger a resident of the Town of Lyndon in the County of Onondaga in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, States that she is the daughter of Mark's Dedrick Petrie, the name Dedrick sometimes called Richards who was killed in the Brandy Battle during the Revolutionary war and also the daughter of the late Catharine Bellinger who was the widow of said Mark's Dedrick Petrie and an applicant for a Pension previous to her death for services rendered the United States by her former husband said Mark's Dedrick Petrie in the Revolutionary war and that she believes the United States are still indebted under existing laws for the Pension that was due under the application heretofore made and that she is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid. And constitutes and appoints George C Ames of Washington D.C her true and lawful attorney with power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension and do all acts necessary thereto.
In witness whereof Catharine Bellinger has on this twenty fourth day of February 1858 hereunto signed her name and affixed her seal
Witness } Hanson Dunham James Bellinger
Catharine Bellinger mark

Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and sworn to before me on this 24 th day of February 1852
Nelson C. Durham Justice of the Peace of the County of Onondaga
Catharine B. Buel Wife of A. M. Durand
NY
W 14 May 36
Durand
Geo C. Adams Present

Revolutionary. Act 4. July 1836.
Suspended Claim of Catherine Bellinger, dec. formerly Widow of Richard M. Petrie.
New York.
To examine papers — Power of Attorney in favor of
Ch. C. Tucker Atty.
Present.

Daniel Bellinger
to
Chas. C. Lachman
n
Power of Atty. to examine Claims for Pension of Catharine Bellinger former Widow of Rev. D. M. Pettie
Seal for further proof

Know all men by these presents that I Daniel Bellinger of Danville in the County of Herkimer and State of New York a Son and heir at law of Catharine Bellinger deceased widow of John Bellinger deceased and formerly the widow of Richard M. Petrie deceased do hereby constitute and appoint Charles C. Lucker of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute the claim of the said Catharine Bellinger formerly the Widow of the said Richard M. Petrie for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increased Pension that may be due under the provisions of the act of June 7. 1832 or any other act or resolution of Congress and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and docu- ments in the latter of said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present: hereby ratifying & confirming all that my said Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises and hereby revoking also all powers of Attorney by me heretofore made or given to any other person or persons whatsoever than my said Attorney hereinbefore named. Witness my hand and seal this 2 nd day of May 1854. In presence of Charles C. Lucker
Daniel Bellinger
State of New York Herkimer County
On this 2 nd day of May 1854 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State above said personally appeared Daniel Bellinger to me well known and acknowledged the execution of the fore- going power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned. David Rasbach Justice

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New York
Catherine Bellinger
Attest 4 th July 1836
Samuel White (blank)
Aug. 17 th 1836
Livingston - his mark
wife of Samuel White
State of New York Albany County
Clerks office Is I John Dyer Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Charles Gray Esq r whose name

State of New York 36 County of Herkimer
On this sixth day of June 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County in open Court
Catharine Billinger a resident of Danube in the County of Herkimer and State of New York aged Eighty Six 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 and the act ex- planatory of said act passed March 3, 1837: That she was married to Richard M. Petrie, (called in the German Hondsdrick. Mr. Petrie) who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Small, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Billinger, who was the father of the deponent. That as such Ensign her said husband was in the service of the United States. That he left home at different times and went in the service. That he was in service most of the time but that she cannot recollect the particular service. That he went to Oriskany and was in the Oriskany battle and was killed in that battle as she was told immediately after. His brother and other friends afterwards went to the battle ground to inter him, and informed her that they did inter his body. That she recollects that her said husband Richard Mr. Petrie was stationed at Fort Dayton some time but cannot state the time as she was not there. She further declares that she was married to the said Richard M. Petrie, (called in German Hondsdrick Petrie) in the month of June in the Year seven hundred and seventy seven the day of the month she cannot recollect but recollects the month & Year, and that the nuptials were celebrated by the Reverend Abraham Rosecrants at the house of her father. That Peter P. Billinger was present. That her said husband died as before stated in the month of August in the Year 1777, being killed in the battle at Oriskany before mentioned. That she was afterwards married

State of New York 36 County of Herkimer 36
On this sixth day of June 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County in open Court
Catharine Bellinger a resident of Danube in the County of Herkimer and State of New York aged Eighty Six 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 and the act ex- planatory of said act passed March 3, 1837: That she was married to Richard M. Petrie, (called in the German, Hondsdrick M. Petrie), who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Small, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Bellinger, who was the father of the deponent. That as such Ensign her said husband was in the service of the United States. That he left home at different times and went in the service. That he was in service most of the time but that she cannot recollect the particular service. That he went to Oriskany and was in the Oriskany battle and was killed in that battle as she was told immediately after. His brother and other friends afterwards went to the battle found to inter him, and informed her that they did inter his body. That she recollects that her said husband Richard M. Petrie was stationed at Fort Dayton some time but cannot state the time as she was not there. She further declares that she was married to the said Richard M. Petrie, (called in German Hondsdrick Petrie), in the month of June in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy or so the day of the month she cannot recollect but recollects the month Year, and that the nuptials were celebrated by the Reverend Abraham Rosecrants at the house of her father. That Peter P. Bellinger was present. That her said husband died as before stated in the month of August in the Year 1777, being killed in the battle at Oriskany before mentioned. That she was afterwards married.

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to John Billings who died in the month of Feb- ruary in the year 1820 - and that she was a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs annexed, on the 4 th of July, 1836 and still remains a widow
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and Year above written
Catharine Billings mark
In Witness Whereof I as the Clerk of of this Court have hereunto Sub.
scribed my name & Affixed the Seal of said Court which is a Seal of Enrolment
Joynt Clerk
1836

State of New York } of Stephen Eyamann of Little Falls Herkimer County } in said county being due sworn says that he was Eighty seven years of age in March last - That he knew Richard M. Peters (called in German Hendrick Peters) in the Revolution war. That said Richard was the husband of Catharine Billings - That said Richard M. Peters served in the Revolution war as an officer but cannot say whether as Lieutenant or Ensign That he well recollects that he (his deponent) was called out on duty with a company to the place now called Rome. Then called Fort Stanwix. That said Richard M. Peters & Christian Ottig were the officers that they were then engaged in building said Fort. That said Richard was then on duty as such officer fourteen days besides going & returning which took several days this he thinks was in the year 1775. may have been in 1776. he is sure it was at the time Fort Stanwix was built - and that said Richard M. Peters was there one of the offi- -cers commanding a company and was in the Amer- -ican service on that occasion fourteen days as before stated.
his Stephen X. Eyamann mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 th day of June 1838
John L. Babcock Justice
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Stephen Eyamann the deponent named in the foregoing affidavit and have been acquainted with him about Eighteen years and that he is a man of good character and his statements are entitled to full credit dated June 11 th 1838 John L. Babcock Justice of the peace

acquainted regarding affairs of Gen. and General Pat.
State of New York
Herkimer County ss: Marks Cravath of the Town of Columbia in the said County of Herkimer and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was seventy seven years of age on the 12 th day of February last past and that he is now on the Pension Roll under the act of 1828, as he thinks, for dollars  Eighty a year that this deponent was born on the Mohawk River about four and one half miles below the Village of Herkimer on the north side of the River, that the place of his birth at the time of his birth was called Gornamflats but was afterwards called Herkimer and is now included in the Town of Little Falls in said County - that this deponent continued to live at the said place where he was born from the time of his birth until the year 1799 when he enlisted into the service and left home - that Richard M. Petrie, who was the husband of Catharine Bellinger who at the time of this deposition is an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 was at the time of the birth of this deponent and from that time forward until the year 1799 when this deponent enlisted and left the place as heretofore stated, a resident also of the same place where this deponent then resided, and lived within one half a mile of the residence of this deponent. That this deponent from his earliest recollection was well acquainted with the said Richard M. Petrie and also with the said Catharine Bellinger who at the time of the War and until the death

25 1/2 of the said Richard M. Petrie in the year 1777 was intermarried with the said Richard — that according to this deponent's present recollection and which this deponent believes true the said Richard M. Petrie and the said Catherine Bollinger were married together before the commencement of the Revolutionary War — that the said Richard M. Petrie at the commencement of the war was an Ensign in the Militia in the district in which he and this deponent then resided — That the said Richard M. Petrie was an Ensign in a Company of Militia commanded by Jacob Small as Captain, George Helmer 1 st Lieutenant and John Davy 2 d Lieutenant — that the said Richard M. Petrie continued to act as in the said Company in the capacity of Ensign from the commencement of the said war until the 7 th day of August 1777 when he was killed in the bloody Battle near Fort Stanwix that in the year 1775, commencing early in the summer or spring the said Company on occasions of alarms and inroads repeatedly made by the enemy into the district or neighborhood in which the members of the said Company resided, the said Company was repeatedly called together at the house of the said Jacob Small the Commandant of the said Company who also resided until he was afterwards killed by the enemy in the immediate neighborhood and within one half a mile of the residence of this deponent — that although this deponent was not at the time of sufficient age to subject him to military duty yet he repeatedly saw the said Company and of different times in different

although this deponent was of sufficient age to subject him to military duty yet he repeatedly saw the said Company and of different times in different times & at other times without offense
and under arms and kept on duty for terms or periods varying from three to eight days, that this deponent during said season repeatedly saw portions of said Company on duty at the house of said Capt. Small where they were stationed and on duty, and that the times occasions of those assemblies were the approaches of the enemy and that the duties performed by the said Company on those occasions were the usual garrison duties and scouts Scouts, and at times pursuing the enemy - that the said Richard M. Petrie attended the said Company on those occasions as the Ensign of the said Company and at times had the Command of the said Company, and at times the Command of portions of the said Company - that although this deponent cannot state precisely how long the said Richard M. Petrie served as such Ensign as aforesaid in the Summer of 1775 yet this deponent believes and has no doubt that he served at least for the period of two months
That late in the fall of the aforesaid year in the year 1775. The said Richard M. Petrie went to Johnstown now in the County of Montgomery on a military expedition with the Company to which he belonged, that the occasion of this expedition was that the said John Johnson who with a party of Indians and Tories were about to attack as it was represented the inhabitants on the Mohawk - That the Company to which the said Richard M. Petrie belonged was attached to a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Peter Bellinger and that the whole Regiment was called out on the occasion and proceeded to Johnstown - that the said Richard M. Petrie was out on this service for the period of one month as this deponent believes - That this service was performed when there was snow on the ground and sleighing, and that deponent

do not know but the service may have been performed in January or the winter of 1776 — that in the spring summer of the year 1776 I now sta
does not know but this service may have been performed in January or the Winter of 1776 — That in the Summer of the year 1776 the last thing of importance this deponent cannot now state the said Richard M. Peter went out also as such Resister with a part or all of his said Company on an Excursion to Mount Edmundston a place now in the South part of Atsepolony, in pursuit of Tories who as was reported were in the neighborhood of Edmundston where a Mr. Carr and a Mr. Edmundston who were reported to be Tories also resided — That this deponent remembers the going away and return home of the said Richard M. on this occasion and believes and therefore states that he was absent on this excursion one month — That on the said Richard M. Peter on the said season of
and many other occasions during the said season of 1776 was absent occasionally with part of said Company, in pursuit of the enemy, and at times stationed for short periods at the house of said Capt Small and also at some time at the house of the said Richard M. Peter that this additional service was rendered on occasions of alarms and approaches of the enemy and amounted to at least one half a month's service in addition to the said one month rendered in the same year afore said - That in the spring of the year 1777 the whole of
and month rendered in the year 1873 aforesaid - That in the spring of the year 1873 the said Richard M. Active and the whole of his company went out on an Expedition to the south to the Madilla River in the country of Grant and the Indians of Foris and that on this occasion he was out for the period of at least one month - that shortly after his return home from the Madilla Expedition the said Richard M.

the period of at least one month - this shortly after his return home from the Madillo Excursion. The said Richard M.
Petrie and the said Company to which he belonged was ordered to Fort Stanwix and remained Stationed there and on duty felling trees and blocking up wood creek and the road to prevent the approach of St. Leger and his army who was about to invest the Mohawk Country and who afterwards besieged Fort Stanwix. That this service continued for at least three weeks. That immediately after his return home from Fort Stanwix the whole militia of the district under the Com- -mand of General Herkimer including the Company of the said Richard M. Petrie together -er with the said Richard M. were again ordered out and after being on duty in the vicinity of Herkimer at Fort Dayton were marched towards Fort Stanwix for the relief of the garrison then in Fort Stanwix under the Command of Col. Millet & Gansevoort and when the said Militia was attacked at Oriskany by the Enemy and which brought on the Oriskany battle wherein the said Richard M. Petrie fell. That this deponent cannot state how long this last service continued but should say and is quite certain that it continued over five weeks and no doubt that the two last services - the chopping at Fort Stanwix and the service in which he afterwards fell which this deponent considers a continued service was together at least two months actual service . That this depo- nent was not in any service with the said Richard M. Petrie, but having lived in the immediate neigh-

hood of the said Peter this deponent generally knew of his going off and frequently saw him when he went away on the occasions of his said service and would also generally know of his return home That the said Richard M. Peter was a true Patriot and had the reputation of being among the foremost and most prompt in opposing the Enemy and in promoting the American cause during his life - That the knowledge of this deponent that the said Richard M. Peter was killed in the Briskany battle is the positive knowledge of this deponent that the said Richard left his home to go with the militia to said Fort Stanwix that he never returned and that it was immediately after said battle and forever since that time reported and believed that the said Richard was killed in the Briskany Battle - That the said Richard M. Peter was the son of Mark Peter and had an uncle by the name of Richard and that the said Richard M. Peter was called by the German people in his neighborhood and by the family Hon Sedder- ick Peter. That the maiden name of the said Catharine the wife of the said Richard M. Peter was Billinger she being a daughter of Col. Peter Billinger the commandant of the said militia Regiment aforesaid that after the death of the said Richard M. Peter the said Catharine intermarried with John Billinger and the said John Billinger the second husband of the said Catharine has been dead for more than ten years has that the said Catharine is yet living and is yet remaining a widow and unmarried

That the said Richard M. Petrie and the said Catharine at the time of the death of her husband the said Richard Petrie had two children which survived the said Richard M. Petrie - and further saith not -
his
Subscribed and sworn to this 1 st day of June 1888 before me
Markus Crantz mark
Chas. Gray Judge of Probate Co. Courts his Markus Crantz mark
State of New York } Kortright County } ss. Peter P. Bellinger of Dannike in the said County 2 nd State of said being duly sworn saith that he was seventy eight years of age on the 24 th day of April last past - that Catharine Bellinger who is an applicant for a pension under the act of April of July 4. 1886 is a sister of the deponent - that the said Catharine was married to Richard Marcus Petrie sometime about the year 1770 that this deponent cannot state the precise time of their marriage but having been present and having witnessed the ceremony of the marriage. he can state positively the fact of the marriage

that the nuptials were celebrated by the Revd Abraham Rosecrants as this deponent believes in the house of the Peter Bellinger the father of this deponent and the said Catharine, who at the time of the said marriage lived on the Mohawk River at a place now called Little Falls in the said County of Herkimer — That the said Richard M. Petrie the husband of the said Catharine was killed in the Oriskany Battle under General Brant's Command on the 7 th day of August 1777 — That this deponent was not present in said Battle, but knows that the said Richard left home to go to Fort Stanwix That this deponent accompanied said Richard up the River as far as Fort Dayton where Herkimer's Battery was built. That he there parted with him That immediately after the said Battle news was brought to this deponent and the family by those persons who were in said Battle with said Richard, that he the said Richard was killed in the said Battle — That this deponent has never since seen the said Richard or heard in contradicted in any way that he was so killed in the said Battle, and this deponent believes it has no doubt

that he was killed in said striking Battle, that at the time of his death he and the said Catharine had two Children - That after the death of the said Petrie and sometime after the close of the War she intermarried with John Bellinger - that she continued to be the wife of the said John Bellinger until about sixteen years ago when the said John Bellinger also died - that the said Catharine has not since the death of the said John Bellinger been married, and that she is now living and still is a Widow That this Deponent was acquainted with the said Richard M. Petrie ever since this Deponent had any recollection of events and up to the time of the death of the said Richard - that the said Richard at the commencement of the Revolutionary War was an Ensign in the Militia and this Deponent is informed believes that he held the commission of Ensign under the provincial Government - that he at the commencement of the War espoused the cause of liberty and of the Americans and received the appointment of Ensign in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Jacob Small who was also killed by the enemy in the Revolutionary War - that the said company to which the said Richard belonged
was attached to a Regiment

was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Bellinger who was the father of this deponent. in the Brigade of General Nicholas Kettler - that the said Richard Peter with the Regi- ment of Militia of the said Col. Peter Bellinger in the Winter of 1735 in the month of January as this deponent believes. were ordered and went on an expedition to Johnstown, now in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York - that Col. Peter Bellinger who was the father of this deponent and who commanded the said Regiment also with the said Regiment went on the said Expedition - but how long the said expedition continued from the time the men left home until they again returned this deponent cannot now recollect nor can he state - that this deponent has no personal knowledge that the said Richard performed any Military service except the time when this deponent accompanied him to Kettler on his way to the preceding battle hereinbefore mentioned - that this deponent in the War lived on the South side of the Mohawk and belong- ed to a company of Militia on the South side of the Mohawk River commanded by Capt. Michael Stig and that the said Richard A. Peter belonged to a company on the north side of the Mohawk River

Commanded by Capt. Small which is the reason that this deponent did not accompany the said Richard M. Peter in any Military Service - that the said Richard from Common Report did serve in the Militia as such Ensign from the Commence- ment of the War until his death - that before the concluding battle where the said Richard was killed, the said Richard as was reported at the time and which this deponent believes true performed service also in the neighborhood of Fort Hamming falling trees & into Wood Creek to impede the approach of St. Leger & his Army but how long he was engaged in said service this deponent does not now remember that he ever understood -
Peter P Bellinger
Subscribed & sworn to this 1 st day of June 1838 before
Charles Gray Judge of Probate Co. Courts
and I the said Charles Gray do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Marks Grants & the said Peter P Bellinger and have been acquainted with them for eight or ten years past, and that they are both men of good report and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit, and I further certify that the said Marks Grants signed & subscribed the said Affidavit by him made by marking his mark and that he made his mark for the reason alleged by him, that he could not write - Dated June 1 st 1838
Charles Gray Judge

I John H. Rashbach a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that an alteration was made in the foregoing affidavit of Mark Crantz by him and which he made oath to before me as correct on the 12 th day of June 1838. the former draft made by Judge Gray was left and the third leaf in the affidavit of Mark Crantz was put in anew to which he made oath that it was is correct with as also the whole affidavit.
And I further certify that I am acquainted with Mark Crantz and have been so acquainted with him for a number of years and am also acquainted with Peter P. Billings and that they are both men of good report and character and that their statements are entitled to full credit.
Dated June 12. 1838
John H. Rashbach
Justice of the Peace

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New York
Catherine Bellinger
Oct 4 th July 1836
Great Falls - New York Aug. 17 th 1836 Frederick - the same after formal notice & hearing
State of New York Albany County
Clerks Office To I John Dyer Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Charles Gray Esq r before whom several of the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken Was at their date s of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for said County And I further certify that John A. Hasbuck Esq r before whom also several of the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken Was at their date s a Justice of the Peace in and for said County And that I am Well Acquainted With the hand Writing of the said Charles Gray & John A. Hasbuck And Utterly believe that their several Signatures to said affidavits & certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and Affixed the Seal of said County this 9 th day of July 1838
Dyer Clerk

October 3, 1939
BA-J/AWF Richard Marcus Petrie R. 729 one
Mrs. Charlotte T. Luokhurst 156 Western Avenue Albany, New York.
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 729, based upon the military service of Richard (in German Hondedrick) Marcus Petrie, in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Richard Marcus Petrie are not given. He was the son of Marck Petrie, and the nephew of Richard Petrie, name of his mother not shown.
Richard Marcus Petrie married in 1770 or in June, 1771, Catharine, the daughter of Colonel Peter Bel-linger. They were married at her father's home in Little Falls on the Mohawk River, Herkimer County, New York, by the Reverend Abraham Rosenorantz. The date and place of birth of Catharine, and the name of her mother were not stated. Richard Marcus Petrie was killed in the battle of Oriskany. His widow, Catharine Petrie, married, date not given, John Bellinger, who died in the month of February, 1820. No relationship between said John Bellinger and Catharine was given.
Catharine Bellinger, June 6, 1838, then aged eighty-six years, and a resident of Danube, Herkimer County, New York, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of her former husband, Richard Marcus Petrie, and stated that before the commencement of the Revolution, and while residing in German Flats, which was later called Little Falls,
copied E.E.L.

New York, Richard Marcus Petrie was an ensign in Captain Bell's company, engaged in protecting the frontier along the Mohawk River from the depredations of the Indians and Tories; that from the beginning of the Revolution, he served at various times on tours as ensign in Captain Jacob Small's company, Colonel Peter Bellinger's (Catharine's father) New York regiment, under General Nicholas Herkimer; that he assisted in the construction of Forts Stanwix and Dayton, went on expeditions to Johnstown, to Unadilla and to Ticonderoga, was out on scouting parties against the Indians, which scouting parties were generally under his command; he was promoted lieutenant, and was in the battle of Oriskany, where he was killed. It was stated that after the battle his body was found by a party of friends and neighbors and interred. No dates of service were given.
The claim for pension of Catharine Bellinger was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service, as required by the pension laws.
Richard Marcus Petrie and his wife, Catharine, had two children when Richard died. The only name of a child of this marriage that is shown is a daughter, Catharine Bellinger, who was living in Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, in 1853. One James Bellinger made affidavit in Lysander, New York, in 1853, but it is not shown that said James was the husband of Catharine.
David Bellinger, a son of Catharine by her second husband, John Bellinger, was living in Danube, New York, in 1854. His age was not given, and no names of any other children of John and Catharine Bellinger are designated. In 1840, one George Bellinger lived in Little Falls, New York; his relationship to the family was not stated. Peter P. Bellinger, son of Colonel Peter Bellinger and brother of the widow, Catharine Bellinger, born April 24, 1760, and was living in 1838, in Danube, New York; he served in the War of the Revolution. The widow, Catharine Bellinger, was deceased in 1853, exact date not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Ex'r.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Calherine Bellinger
P. O. _____ Person Nib. of _____ Service: Richard M. Petrie Petrie
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
1909 - Mar 16, Hightstown N.J. moved Shawboro New - M.E. G. 1937 - Aug 18 - visit to Mrs. J.B. O'Brien (B.B.K.) 1939 - Oct 3 - copied Mrs. Lake - sent to Mrs. Charlotte J. Schumacher See her letter in Johnson's Petrie Dir. Rev. Army

Catharine Bellinger widow of Rich d M. Petrie
TO THE HON. THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS:
I hereby appoint Mr. Giles F. Yates, of Schenectady, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute before you the claim of Mrs Catharine Bellinger former widow of Richard M. Petrie dec d for a pension under act of 4 th July 1836. (of New York State)
and I hereby revoke all powers of attorney by me at any time heretofore made.
You will be pleased to allow him, or his substitute, to examine the papers on file in your office relating to this claim. Witness my hand and seal, this Ninth day of October 1852.
Daniel Bellinger J. P.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged before me— No 10 West Baston Justice of the Peace

State of New York, HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, Standish Barry , Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Robert Casler Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his genuine signature, and that the same is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, at Herkimer, this 28 day of October A. D. 1852
Standish Barry
Clerk.
Mr. Notes

March 18. at New York
Dear J. L. Edwards Compt. of Pensions Washington

West Roxbury June 15. 1834
Sir
I was Yesterday requested to write You in relation to the Claim of Mrs. Catharine Bellange the Claim was forwarded to Your office some time last summer and concerning which I have received several communications from You. I am informed that the witness Mark Grant who made an affidavit says that if it is not directly expressed in that his affidavit that Lieut. Stone has just finished and served in the war of the Revolution served seven and a half months or about that time. He intended to have it state that the different services testified to by him of which he was certain amounted to six and a half months and about one month more that he could not be so positive in the precise time. but leaving the one month out. there would be still six and a half months. to which should be added the time stated in the affidavit of Stephen Eysaman being sixteen days. and the service would then amount to seven months at least. and as it appears from the communications rec d from You in relation to the Claim. the proof of the service

is not sufficient to entitle her to a pension and the witnesses say that her said Husband did perform service to the amount of time stated in the Claim - She requests that the papers in relation to her Claim be returned in order that the witnesses may correct and qualify their statements by being more particular, as to the time, although I for- warded the papers to you I did not read the affidavit made by Mrs Grants relative thereon - Except a portion written by me on account of an error by the person who drew it up Please return the papers to me
I am Sir Your Most Obt Servt
J. A. Russell
Dear S. L. Edwards

Dec 26
In at
+ Margaret Mary  W. H.  John  son + Elizabeth Hunter + Catherine William  son + Jacob Bell and  son
Alvonia
J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington
Alvonia Mrs. Alvonia P.A.R.

Hearst of Rep. Dec 26. '35 -
Dear Sir -
Be so good as to examine & furnish me with replies to the enquiries in the cases mentioned in the enclosed letter -
Respectfully Yours &c
Alvah
Hon J. L. Edwards -

Stearns Claims New York NY.
Hon. S. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington

State of New York
Herkimer County 36 Peter P. Billings of Danube in said County being duly sworn says that during the Revolution war he was well acquainted with the Ptrie Family - in Herkimer then Troy. that he is certain that Hendrick Marcus Ptrie (Called Richard M Ptrie) was a Lieut. in the Revolutionary service in Captain Jacob Small's Company and that he acted in that capacity, and that while acting in that capacity in the Battle at Oriskany, he was killed. that the statement in Horn's late history of Jo. Brant on the 242 nd page in the first volume where he says in the note that Lieut. Ptrie was killed must refer to the same Richard M. Ptrie who was the husband of Catharine Billings, who has made application for a Pension - that he this deponent was well acquainted with that Event and is certain that no other Lieut Ptrie was killed in that Engagement. but him - that he this deponent is the same that made a former affidavit in the same claim
Peter P. Billings
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 th day of September 1838
John A. Rabbach Justice of the Peace

Dr Sir
Westboro Sept 14. 1838
with this I forward you an additional off ce in the claim of Catharine Billings, whose first husband was Dedrick M. Pitrie or Richard M. Pitrie, and who was a Lieut in the Revolution war and was killed in the Bunker Hill battle. persons who knew him will then say that before the Revolution war he was an Ensign, that at the commencement of the war he was Espoused the American cause with great zeal, and was chosen a Lieut, in Capt. Jacob Small's Company, and thinks he was commissioned by the Committee of safety at any rate numerous affidavits that he was a Lieut can be had, and that as such Lieut, and while acting in that capacity he was killed in the Engagement as stated, that he served in that capacity from the commencement of the war to his death. Search has been made for his commission, but it cannot be found and one of the old Revolutionary veterans here says he saw his commission, I was yesterday requested to enquire of you whether the commission was not now in the Pension office or war office, as one of the old veterans says he thinks that within a few after the close of the war the commission was returned to the Pension or war office in order to obtain five or seven years \frac{1}{2} pay and which pay could not then be made except on presentation of the commission. You will please examine if said Commission be not there, or inform me when commissions were presented at the close of the war for pay!
Yours Ob d Servt
Nau S L Edwards
J A Washburn

Hon. J. Edwards Camp of Pioneers Washington.

Sir
Hartford New York July 10. 1835
Enclosed I herewith forward your a pension claim for Widow Catharine Billings a who claims a pension for Revolutionary Service done by her first husband Richard M. Pitrie as a Lieut. or Ensign, and who was killed in battle at Brandywine. The service of said Richard M. Pitrie, as testified to by Marks Grants amounts to 7 1/2 months. I also testify that Catharine Billings the claimant was married to said Richard M. Pitrie before the Revolution War. The marriage is also proven to by Peter P. Billings as well as some services and also a further service testified to by Stephen Esgarnac, as well as that she the said Catharine was then the husband of the said Richard. The service testified by Marks Grants amounts to 7 1/2 months & Stephen Esgarnac to 1 1/2 over making in all 8 months & upwards than was claimed more service but the  most of of the same Company are no more consequently the proof of the whole service can not be had.
Respectfully Yours A. K. Root
Hon. J. L. Edwards Compt. of Pensions
John S. Washburn
P.S. Please inform me of the result as soon as acted upon. and also if any more like money is required.
J. A. R.

State of New York Herkimer County ss.
Peter P. Billinger for being duly sworn says that he has been a witness in the Application of Catherine Billinger for a pension in addition to his former testimony this deponent says that in the commencement of the Revolutionary war & until the Oriskany Battle the Country along the Mohawk River was in great commotion and Alarm so that for the most part of the time the Inhabitants and militia were in service in self defence, and in defence of the Country that the defence of the Country was intrusted to the Committee of safety whose Orders were obeyed, and as such small parties were often ordered out on Scouts & on fatigue, building forts & other defences.
Peter P. Billinger
Sworn before me this 3
16th Nov. 1840
E. Chaprow Sup Court Mississippi

Wm Lloyd Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington City

Danube November 17 th 1840
Hon J s L o Edwards Com r . of Pensions
Sir
M rs Catherine Bellinges will not abandon her claim for a Pension. Her Friends think it unrighteous that she should be denied a pension when so many others in this part of the Country are allowed pensions who are much less entitled to, or at least ought much less to be entitled to a pension. In your Letter to me of the 31 st of August last you say that the duration of each tour of service and names of Officers under whom the service was rendered must be mentioned. It is next to an impossibility at this late hour to comply with this rule in as much as there are few persons now living of that age that can know any thing of what transpired at that period of time. In your also mention in your Letter that from all the evidence collected there is no reason to believe that any Officer or private in that part of the Country served over six months.
To satisfy you of your error on that subject (as appears to me) I have with the additional Affidavits herewith enclosed also enclosed Campbell's Annals of Frazar County. I have no doubt of your having the Book in your private library but for the greater certainty I have enclosed this and request you to read at least the third Chapter thereof by which you will learn the state of this part of the Country at that time and that the whole Militia were in truth almost constantly in service. And that by the orders of the Committee of Safety where orders were approved by Congress and

The General Officers - These Committees commanded and issued Orders to the General Officers as well as ordering out small Squads and Scouting parties from the Forts and from other places. and while Orders were implicitly obeyed and the services rendered without pay or subsistence, services of the utmost importance to the country, it being an important frontier the key and passage by which the British Forces intended to enter the Colony of New York and join Burgoyne at Albany and yet for this Patriotic Service and loss of life & property these Germans and Frontier Settlers have often been treated with indifference and neglect.
The Act granting a Pension does not require the service to be under a regular Officer it is enough that the service was rendered no matter where nor how - it may be said it was in self defence be it so. it was all in self defence, and had it not been for this self defence and had the Mohawk Country surrendered to Sir John - Brant in such case it is doubtful yes very doubtful whether the Colonies would have succeeded in establishing their Independence.
According to my humble construction of the Evidence, I have not the remotest doubt but that Lieut. Petrie has served two years (for it may be said he served from the year 72 or at least 73. even as Early as that they had constantly to be on their Guard for fear of the Indians) but should your Honor think otherwise then allow a Pension for a less time for a half a loaf is better than none - but in case you should after all this decline to grant any pension, in that case it is requested that all the Papers and affidavits be returned as in such case an application will be
made to Congress for a Special Act Very respectfully Your Obedt & humble Servt
B. Herberg
Please return answer to Post Office at Schenectady which is nearest -

State of New York Herkimer County ss:
Henry Walbrath being duly sworn says that he is now eighty — years of age that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and is now a Revolutionary Pensioner. That he this deponent was in the Oriskany Battle where General Herkimer was wounded of which wound he died. This deponent further says that he was well acquainted with Lieutenant Richard Petrie who was called Johan Richard who was killed in said Oriskany Battle. This deponent says that the said Lieutenant Petrie was from the commencement of the war to his death much in the service of the United States, that said Lieut Petrie was with General Herkimer at Unadilla. That he was also once to Johnstown and once to Mayor Honda's a few miles from Johnstown. These services were rendered under the orders of General Herkimer. The said Lieut Petrie has been much in scouting parties of which he was generally commander, and was in several skirmishes in one of which two of his men were killed. Lieut Petrie was a fine officer athletic and brave and often volunteered his services. This deponent says that these services were principally rendered in compliance with orders issued by the Committees of Safety of Tryon County who in those days commanded the whole Militia Population. This deponent cannot now recollect how long said Lieut Petrie has been

in Service in Each Case, but the deponent has no doubt that said Lieut Petrie served at least two years including the time that he served on Fatigue in assisting to build Fort Stanwix and Fort Dayton Each of which said Forts said Lieut Petrie assisted in Building - That Lieut Petrie served at least one year under General Herkimer in Capt Smalls Company - The Officers were however commissioned by the Committees and may in some cases have been informal -
This Deponent says that this relation is substantially true. The most of which he this deponent was an Eye witness to and others he knows from relation given him at the time of the appearance that he has no reason to doubt and that the whole is according to the best of his knowledge and belief and further that he knows that the said Lt. Petrie was an Ensign in Capt Bell before the war under the King  the war commenced  under the King before the war commenced but that in the commencement of the war the said Capt. Bell and Ensign Petrie both took side with the Country and were active and brave and active  whigs in favor of the Country to the end of the war Lt. Petrie to his death.
Sworn to before me this 3 16th Nov. 1840
Mary Walroot
Esplanade Court (Minit)

State of N. York Herkimer County ss.
Peter Flagg being duly sworn says that he is now eighty nine years of age and that he in the Revolutionary war well knew Lt. Pitse who was killed in the Oriskana Battle. That he knows the said Lieutenant Pitse to have been much in the service of his Country from the beginning of the revolutionary war and that before the the declaration of Independence until his death. That he was along with deponent in said service in a tour to Una-dilla which was in the year 1776. and on one occasion to Johnstown in the year 1775. and one trip to Ticonderoga which was 1775. or 1774. That the said Lieutenant Pitse was in said service in helping to build fort Stanwix and also fort  Fort Fort Dayton, and the said Lieutenant Pitse was also on many occasions on scouting parties but this deponent can not now recollect the time the said Lieutenant served on each occasion -
This deponent says that in the commencement of the war these frontiers were constantly  mostly in danger of the Indians & Tories & that Lt Pitse as well as others were much of their time in service in the defence of these frontiers. This deponent says that he variously believes that the said Lt. has been in said service at least two years anterior to his death the Oriskana Battle
This deponent says that Lieutenant Pitse's given name is Johan Sedrick Pitse but that was commonly called Richard Pitse. And this deponent says that he well knows the said Colonel Pitse to have been at the time of his death in the Oriskana Battle. The husband of the now Catherine Billings the present applicant for a Pension - and this is according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent
Sworn and subscribed before me { Peter Flagg this 24 day of July 1840. { mark John S Shoemaker Comr of Deeds -

State of New York Starkville County p:
I hereby certify that John J. Schoenmacher Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Peter Flagg was sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Courts in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified. And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe the within signature purporting to be his genuine - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County at Starkville August 11 th 1840 -
E. A. Munsow Deputy for John Deygent Clerk

State of New York Steuben County ss:
I hereby certify that George H Fox Esq before whom the within affidavit of Henry Brendoff was sworn was on the oath then of a Justice of the Peace & duly elected & qualified. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe the within signature purporting to be his genuine - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Hohenheim August 11th 1840 -
E. A. Sherman Deputy for John Dyer At Clerk

State of New York Herkimer County ss }
Henry Brendonff being duly sworn says that he is in his seventy eighth year of age that in the revolutionary war he was once acquainted with Lieutenant Richard Pitree who was killed in the Oriskana Battle and was when killed the then husband of the now Widow Catherine Bellen- ger claiming pension for the services of her said husband Richard Pitree this deponent says that he knows the said Lt Pitree & have been a brave soldier & often volunteered his services that he was often out on scouting parties and often commander of such parties that in a severe skirmish at Fort Herkimer this deponent said Lt Pitree were both in said skirmish that said Lt helped build Fort Herkimer & Fort Dayton and also helped put up pickets around the Stone church near Fort Herkimer. The said Lt Pitree was along with General Herkimer to the Uniedilla & Oughquaga where there was a conference with Brant — This depo- nent thinks that said Lt Pitree was also once with a party to Johnstown. This deponent says that the said Lt Pitree was before his death he thinks more in service than any of his neighbours & that the time he was in actual service will at least exceed two years —
Subscribed by making his mark this 4 th day of August 1840. before me George H. Fox Justice
Henry his Brendonff mark
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State of New York Herkimer County ss
Peter Fox being duly sworn saith that he is now in his Eightieth year of age that in the revolutionary war he was well acquainted with Richard Pitney a Lieutenant in Capt Small's Company of Militia. That the said Richard was killed in the Oriskany Battle that at the time he was killed he was the husband of Catherine Bellinger Widow who now claims a pension for the services of her said Husband The said Lieutenant Pitney was some times called John Patrick Pitney, this deponent says that the said Lt Pitney was a brave Soldier and often volunteered his services and that the whole of his services he rarely believes were at least amount to two years. he was often on scouting parties & commandant of such parties that in several cases the scouting parties in which the said Lt commanded, they had severe skirmishes in one case two of the scouting parties got killed to wit North Eagle the other names this deponent doth not now recollect. this deponent says that the said Lt Pitney worked much at the building of Fort Stanwix at which fort the Militia worked by Sills and by parties for several years before it was completed that the said Lt also helped to built Fort Gayton  Stanwix that he the said Lt was along with General Herkimer & Uni- della with General Herkimer at the time there was conference between General Herkimer & Col Brant this deponent says that these frontiers were from the year 1774. to the time of the Oriskany Battle in which the said Lt fell. in constant alarm and fear of the Indians and Tories, that the Militia that were yet for duty were most constantly in service. that the said Lt Pitney was a man of great bodily strength & one of the handiest & most athletic men in the country & always ready & willing to do duty, was in the opinion of this deponent more in service in the time and place above mentioned than any other of his contemporaries

neighbours This deponent says that this relation of facts is substantially true according to his recollection & belief. That it is a long while since the occurrence of these facts that though he can not recollect the term of time precisely yet he is satisfied in can not be less than twenty years. The said S. has been in service as above stated —
Subscribed and sworn Aug 17 th 1840 before me
Peter Fox
Henry Eysman in Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Herkimer County }
I hereby certify that Henry Eysman Esq. was on the day of the acts of the above and within affidavit a Justice of the Peace duly elected & qualified and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & truly believe the above signature purporting to be his genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County of Herkimer this 18th day of Augt, 1840.
E. S. Morrison Esq. for John Lygert Clerk

J. D. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington City

N. Y. Watkins Co Little Falls August 20 th 1840
J. S. Richards Esq r
Sir,
In the year 1830 your father Esq r applied for a pension for the widow Catherine Billings for services rendered in the revolutionary War by her first husband Lieutenant Richard Pitrie who was killed in the Brandywine Battle.
Mr. Rankin not succeeding, Mrs. Billings and friends much disappointed, think that they are not well situated, inasmuch as there are several widows neighbors to Mrs. Billings that receive Pension who are deemed not equally so much entitled to and deserving a Pension as Mrs. Billings.
Mr. Rankin residing a distance of 200 a mile from and reluctant to pursue the application in behalf of Mrs. Billings as Pension. To that end appointed and procured a few additional affidavits with an intend to lay them before Congress and apply for a special act on examination of the testimony in ad- sisting that before you it is believed not necessary to apply to Congress for a special act, but that you are not only justly but a duty required to allow the Pension.
In your letter to Mr. Rankin of date July 30 th 1838 you say that the nature and character of the service should be particularly described and the duration of each service specified. That at this late hour can not be expected the witnesses principally all dead and those remaining of such advanced age that it can not be expected that they can now recollect the particular term of time of service nor could such minute testimony be expected from any person unless a minute account was kept at the time which was done in no case or few cases of Military Service.

The affidavits enclosed containing the highest and best evidence that the nature of the case will admit at present admit, is evidence that would be sufficient for a jury to render a verdict upon in favor of Mrs. Bellenger; it is hoped to satisfy satisfy you so that you will have no hesitation to allow the pension.
In your letter to Mr. Resbach of the the 21 st September 1838 you say that Mr. Petrie's death is recorded in the first Vol. of House Life of Brant etc. I beg also to refer you to the "Annals of Tazewell County by William W. Campbell" which will give you some further account of the United States Service on these frontiers.
But no writer has in any degree done justice to the merits and services of the officers and soldiers of Allegheny or these frontiers, nor is there a section of the country where there has so much valuable service been rendered and life rewarded by pension as otherwise than along these frontiers. Wherein truth the whole western population owes a immense constantly in service to save off the Indians and Tories from making incursions into the interior interior parts of the country.
Your immediate attention is respectfully requested and directed to Mrs. Stephen & George Bellenger at Little Falls Warren County New York or to Catherine Bellenger, Yankee Hill N.Y.
I am with profound respect Yours etc.
Ph. H. H. H.

124 Maple Ave Ithaca NY
Oct. 31 /28
Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
Is it possible to give me information as to whether there is any record in your dept concerning Christian & Jacob Schoeffler or Shaeffer (father & son) also Mark or Marcus  Petrie of Revolutionary days. Any help you may give me will be gratefully received.
Mrs L. Mandz Shaeffer nee
Pr.

One University Place New York, N.Y.
August 1, 1937
937H
Dept. of Veterans, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Would you please tell me what infor- mation was given on the application for

a pension, after Revo- lutionary War service,
by Marcus Peter?
He was my great-great- grandfather.
I found that he was listed in
Volume I - New York State Comptroller's Office. N.Y. in Revolution as

Colony and State - page 273. Pensioners and applicants for pensions: Marcus Petri.
I understand it is not necessary for me to send postage for your reply. Very truly yours,
Ornelia S. O'Brien (Mrs. J. B. O'Brien)

October 3, 1939
Mrs. Charlotte T. Luckhurst 156 Western Avenue Albany, New York
BA-J/AWF Johannes Petri Dis. Rev. War Richard Marcus Pettit R. 729
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Marcus (Marks) Petrie who was killed in the battle of Oriskany, in the War of the Revolution, and the record of Johan Jost Petrie, born about 1738. They were both of the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County, New York.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of Johannes Petri, and Richard Marcus Petrie, both of New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
See her letter re Johannes Petri. Dis. Rev-

August 18, 1937
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BA-J/EEL Richard Marcus Petrie-R.729
Mrs. J.B.O'Brien #1 University Place New York, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Marcus Petri.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 729, based upon the military service in that war of Richard(in German Hondedrick) Marcus Petrie.
Richard Marcus Petrie was the son of Marck Petrie, and the nephew of Richard Petrie. The date and place of birth of Richard Marcus Petrie and the name of his mother are not shown.
Richard Marcus Petrie married in 1770 or in June, 1771, Catharine, the daughter of Colonel Peter Bellinger. They were married at her father's home in Little Falls on the Mohawk River, Herkimer County, New York, by the Reverend Abraham Rosecrants. The date and place of birth of Catharine and the name of her mother are not stated. After the death of Richard Marcus Petrie, as shown below, Catharine married, date not given, John Bellinger, who died in February, 1820. No relationship between said John Bellinger and Catharine was given.
On June 6, 1838, Catharine Bellinger, then aged eighty-six years and a resident of Danube, Herkimer County, New York, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of her former husband, Richard Marcus Petrie, and stated that before the commencement of the Revolution, and while residing in German Flats, which was later called Little Falls, New York, Richard Marcus Petrie was an ensign in Captain Bell's Company, engaged in protecting the frontier along the Mohawk River from the depredations of the Indians and Tories; that from the beginning of the Revolution, he served at various times on tours as ensign in Captain Jacob Small's Company, Colonel Peter Bellinger's(Catharine's father)New York Regiment under General Nicholas Herkimer; that he assisted father's

in the construction of Forts Stanwix and Dayton, went on expeditions to Johnstown, to Unadilla and to Ticonderoga and was out on scouting parties against the Indians, which scouting parties were generally under his command; he was promoted lieutenant, and was in the battle of Oriskany, where he was killed. It was stated that after the battle his body was found by a party of friends and neighbors and interred. No dates of service were given.
The claim of Catharine Bellinger was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
Richard Marcus Petrie and his wife, Catharine, had two children when Richard died. The only name of a child of this marriage that is given is a daughter, Catharine Bellinger, who was living in Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, in 1853. One James Bellinger made affidavit in Lysander, New York, in 1853, but it is not stated whether or not said James was the husband of Catharine, whose age was not shown.
David Bellinger, a son of Catharine by her second husband, John Bellinger, was living in Danube, New York, in 1854. His age was not given, and no names of any other children of John and Catharine Bellinger are designated. In 1840, one George Bellinger lived in Little Falls, New York; his relationship to the family was not given.
Peter P. Bellinger, son of Colonel Peter Bellinger and brother of Catharine, born April 24, 1760, resided in Danube, New York, in 1838. He served in the Revolutionary War.
The widow, Catharine, was deceased in 1853, exact date of her death not shown.
Very truly yours
George H. Sweet Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MRE/eel
May 16, 1929
Mrs. L. Maude Shaeffer New 124 Maple Avenue Ithaca, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.729, (In German Household) it appears that Richard Marcus Petrie, called in German, Hendrick M. , was the son of Marks Petrie, and had an uncle named Richard Petrie.
Said Richard Marcus Petrie married about 1770 or in June, 1771, Catharine, daughter of Colonel Peter Bellinger. They were married at the home of the bride's father in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York. After the death of Richard Marcus Petrie, as shown below, she married, date not given, John Bellinger, who died in February, 1820.
On June 6, 1838, Catharine Bellinger, while a resident of Danube, Herkimer County, New York, then aged eighty-six years, applied for pension on account of the services of Richard Marcus Petrie, and it was stated that before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and while residing in German Flats, which was later called Little

Falls, New York, said Richard was an Ensign in Captain Bell's Company, protecting the frontier along the Mohawk River; and that from the beginning of that war, he served at various times as Ensign in Captain Jacob Small's Company, Colonel Peter Bellinger's (said Catharine's father) New York Regiment; that he assisted in the construction of Forts Dayton and Stanwix; he was promoted to Lieutenant and was in the battle of Oriskany where he was killed.
The widow's claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish satisfactory proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.
Richard Marcus Petrie and his wife, Catharine, had two children; both survived their father; Catharine Bellinger, who was living in Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, in 1853, is the only one whose name is given.
One James Bellinger appeared in support of her statement made in Lysander, New York, in 1853, but it is not stated whether or not he was her husband.
Daniel Bellinger, son of John Bellinger and his wife, Catharine (former widow of Richard Marcus Petrie) was living in Danube, New York, in 1854.
The widow's brother, Peter P. Bellinger, was a resident of Danube, New York, in 1858, then aged seventy-eight

years.
One George Bellinger was a resident of Little Falls, New York, in 1840, no relationship stated.
The above noted Richard Marcus Petrie is the only soldier named Mark or Marcus Petrie found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
In order to identify the records of particular soldiers of the Revolution named Christian and Jacob Schoeffer, who might be the subjects of your inquiry, as much as possible of the following data pertaining to each, is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.