Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16353, for Abraham Myer, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Myer, Abraham Anna
N 16353
CONTENTS

Mar. 22. 1840. See Oct. 6 Page 1.
New York 4,363
Anna Myer widow of Abraham Myer
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 26. July 1821 of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt. [blank] commanded by Col. Housenfeldt in the N. York line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Oct. 1839 and sent to H. Wynkoop Saugerties, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. '39 93.31 Semi-annual allowance ending March 14. 13.33
$106.64
died Nov. 11 - 1839
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 89

5763
4363
In list of Col. Magie's page 229 Abraham Lincoln June 22, 1868
Henry Wynkoop Esq. Saugerties New York

State of New York
Ulster County
ss:
I John Dugan Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Ebenezer Lounsbury Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of the Rev. John Lillie purports to have been subscribed and sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid duly elected and sworn & that his signature to the same is genuine. I do further certify that Jacob Snyder Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of Moses Myer purports to have been taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County duly Commissioned and sworn, and that his signature to the same is genuine.
I do also certify that on the Eleventh day of June 1839. Anna Myer whose name is subscribed to the annexed Declaration appeared in the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Ulster at the Court house in the town of Kingston, and there and then subscribed & made oath to said declaration in open Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 24 th day of June 1839.
John Dugan Clerk.
State of New York Ulster County Jennesses June 24 th 1839
Dear Sir
The annexed application of Anna Myer I have drawn according to her directions and now send it destitute of proof of Service by living witness the applicant not being able to refer me to any who are living and myself to at present to much engaged to assist her in procuring any; being sensible that if her statement is supported by any documentary evidence in the department it will be allowed notwithstanding - if her name does not

exist on the rolls in the disposition of the depart- ment you will then return the papers to me for the purpose of obtaining witness if any are to be found You will therefore dispose of according it, with your accustomed liberality and direct either ans- wer to me and oblige
Respectfully your most obedient Humble Servant Henry Wynkoop
Hon. S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of New York Ulster County ss
On this Eleventh day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Judges of the County Courts at a Court of Common pleas and general Sessions held at the court house in the village of Kingston in and for the county of Ulster aforesaid Anna Myer a resident of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York aforesaid aged sixty five 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 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of Abraham Myer deceased who to the best of her knowledge and belief in the revolutionary war was resided in the town of Saugerties and was several times called out as a private Soldier in the Military Service of the State of New York in the Militia of the County of Ulster for the defense of the frontier of the County of Ulster aforesaid & was stationed in different places along said frontier. That she believes he was sometimes called out for short periods under different Officers in Colonel Snyders Regiment of Militia.
That she has heard him the said Abraham Myer say that he was at one time & place stationed in the town of Woodstock under Tobias Myer a Lieutenant after the term as she now believes for about one month

or more.
That she believes he has also been engaged under other officers in said Regiment - for short periods which as she now believes will in all amount to at least three or four months .
She further declares that the said Abraham Myer during said Revolutionary war has also been engaged as a private soldier in the lines of the State of New York - in Captain Livingston's or or Captain Henry Paulings Company - in either Colonel Wrisenfeldt's or  or or Colonel Abbert Paulings Regiment for the term as she now believes of Eight or Nine months and was stationed in the towns of Woodstock, Shandaken and Saugerties for the defense of the frontier of the County of Ulster.
She further declares that the said Abraham Myer as she now believes was also engaged in a company of rangers commanded by either Captain Westbrook or Lieutenant Moses Geymans but in what year or for what length of time she cannot now recollect.
She further declares that from her present recollection she is satisfied that the said Abraham Myer served not less than the periods above mentioned during the said revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Myer the third day of December in the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty Nine.
That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend J. Doll then a Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of the town of Kingston and that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Anna Dubois.
And that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Myer died the twenty Sixth day of July in the year one thou-

Send eight hundred and twenty one
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated.
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence nor knows of any living witness to prove the above statement except those hereto annexed.
She further declares ever since the death of her husband the said Abraham Myer - she has not intermarried but has remained and is still the widow of the said Abraham Myer deceased.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day { Anna her X Myer and year first above written before me. { mark
in open Court
John D. Engstrom Clerk.

State of New York Ulster County ss
John Lillie of the town of Kingston County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is the Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in said town that it appears by the marriage records of said church that Abraham Myer was legally married to Anna Dubois the third day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine which is expressed on said record in fair legible figures and letters as follows viz.
1789
2. 3. Dec. met certificaat getuigt Abraham Myer J. M. met Aantje Dubois J. D. en woonen onder Kingst.
I. John Lillie above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Clergyman in the town of Kingston aforesaid, that the foregoing is a true extract from the marriage record from said above mentioned church and further this deponent saith not
John Lillie Pastor.
Subscribed and sworn this 24 th day of June 1839. before me and I further certify that the above named John Lillie is Pastor as above stated Eben. Lounsbury J. P.

J. J. J. J.

Mosis Myer is gebooren in het jaar 1790 April de elfde dag
Helena is gebooren in het jaar 1794 November 22 dag en overleden den 28. January in et jaar 1796 out een jaar en twee maanten en ses dag
Johannis is gebooren in et jaar 1796 June de 3 dag
David is gebooren in et jaar 1798 Maay de 17 dag
Roelif is gebooren in et jaar 1800 Maay de 29 dag
Soones is gebooren in et jaar 1802 September de 20 dag
Benyamen is gebooren in et jaar 1804 November de 17 dag
Salomon is gebooren in et jaar 1807 February de 10 dag

State of New York Ulster County ss
Moses Myer of the Town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is forty nine years of age that he is well acquainted with Anna Myer widow of Abraham Myer deceased being the parents of this deponent.
That Abraham Myer the father of deponent died the twenty sixth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one and that the said Anna Myer has ever since that period remained and is still the widow of the said Abraham Myer deceased and that she is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her husband the said Abraham Myer deceased and that her name previous to her marriage with the said deceased was Anna Dubois and further this deponent saith not. Note the word none interlined
And this deponent further saith that the annexed leaf of the family bible on which the birth of the children of Abraham Myer (deponent's father) as written was done in the life time and is in the hand writing of the said Abraham Myer deceased and further this deponent saith not.
Moses Myer
Sworn to and subscribed before me the eleventh day of June 1839. by Moses Myer personally known to me and I certify that I believe the deposition of the deponent entitled to Credit.
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County
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March 18, 1932.
BA--J/ADY
Mr. Kenneth Robinson, 35 Smith Street, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Abraham Myer, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.16353, based upon his military service in that war.
Abraham Myer while a resident of Saugerties, New York enlisted, date not stated, served as a private at various times for short periods amounting in all to three or four months, in Colonel Snyder's New York Regiment. He served one month or more in Lieutenant Tobias Myer's New York Company, date not stated. He served eight or nine months as a private in Captain Livingston's or Captain Henry Pawling's Company, Colonel Weissenfels' or Colonel Albert ————— sol. name appears in N.Y. Book in both services Pawling's New York Regiment, date not given. He also served in Captain Westbrook's or Lieutenant Moses Yeomans' Company of Rangers, date and length of service not stated.
Soldier was married December 3, 1789 by Reverend J. Doll, a clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of the town of Kingston, New York, to Anna Dubois.
He died July 26, 1831. The date of his birth not given.
His widow Anna Myer was allowed pension on her application executed June 11, 1839 while a resident of Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, aged sixty-nine years.
She died November 11, 1839. On A.D.

Their children were:
Moses Myer born April 11, 1790. Helena " November 22, 1794, died January 28, 1796, aged one year & 2 months. Johannis " June 3, 1796. David " May 17, 1798. Roelif " May 29, 1800. Joones " September 20, 1802. Benjamen " November 17, 1804. Salomon " February 10, 1807.
This is the history of the only Abraham Myer, all spellings of the surname searched, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Said records fail to afford any information in regard to Christian or John Myer as described by you or Johannas Myer, all spellings of the surname searched.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Moses Myer is born April 11, 1790 Helena is born November 22, 1794. She died January 28, 1796, at the age of one year and two months
Johannis is born June 3, 1796 David " " May 17, 1798 Raelif " " May 29, 1800 Joones " " Sept. 20, 1802 Benjamin " " Nov. 17, 1804 Salomon " " February 10, 1807.
Prepared by Ser. Tarnowski U. S. Office of Education March 17, 1932

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16853
Died: (Widow) Daughter of Abraham Meyer Dr. Geo. Meyer
Act July 1 st 88
Index: Vol. III , Page 46
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1932 Mar. 18. Visit to Kenneth Robinson. A.M.

New York
Anna Meyer
Ad. July 7. 1838
✓ Married 3 rd Dec 1789
Husband died 26 July 1821 —
Col. Washington — paid for
8 months —
A daughter Private 8 months

35 Smith St.,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Feb. 9. 1932.
Director of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly send me the Revolutionary War records of Christian Myer who did Civil service he was with an ambulance wagon headed by Orderly Sergeant Cornelia Wells. This service was given from Ulster County N.Y. State.
And also wish the War records of a Johannas Myer was a member of First Reg. Ulster County Militia in Rev. War he enrolled Feb. 13. 1776 Col. Abraham Hasbrouck's Reg.
And have you a record of an Abraham Myer, serving in the Rev. War he would enlist in the First Reg. under Col. Hasbrouck's Reg. These men all enlisted from Ulster County in N.Y. State.
Any information you can give me will be appreciated, as I need these records for joining the S.R.W.
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth Robinson

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Myer, Adam GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4696 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 31, 1790 to Theodosius Fowler
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.