Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22643, Henry Becker, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Becker, Henry
S. 22643
CONTENTS

29.674 29674 New York
Henry Becker Clay in the State of N. York was a pri in the Compny commanded Captain Yates of the Battalion comman Major Tinker in the New York for militia 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Jany 1835 and sent to Hon W. Jay Esq.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 34 — 280.00 Femi-ant. allowance ending 4 mar '35 40.00
$320.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. H. Crump Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 5
Rate of death m th 4 B

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York
Onondaga County } ss: On this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Henry Becker a resident of the town of Clay in the said County of Onondaga & State of New York aged 84 or 85 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:
That the fore part of the Revolutionary war but the particular year or month he cannot recollect, he enlisted as a private soldier in the New York State Troops for the term of six months, and served in the company of one Captain Gates and under one Major Fink and the Lieutenants name was Keyser. That he cannot recollect the name of the Colonel or any of the other officers at that time, that he first went to Albany, and staid there about two weeks, that he marched from there to Skineborough, from thence they went by water across and landed near at Saint Johns, in Canada, that he then marched directly to Saint Johns and attacked the Fort there, and took it & some prisoners, that he then marched to Montreal attacked the British at that place and was in a battle, and took Montreal, that he then marched back and helped take a small wooden Fort near Saint Johns aforesaid and took some prisoners, and then returned to Montreal again, with the prisoners, and remained there until his said six months expired,

That he immediately Enlisted again during the war as a private soldier and served in the company commanded by one Captain Sever either in the New York State Troops or in the Continental Troops. & which he cannot recollect that he cannot recollect the names of the other officers in the company or in the Regiment except that he was placed under the command of General Montgomery. That he marched from Montreal to Quebec, thinks it was early in the winter but the year he cannot recollect. that there was a battle. & the Americans repulsed and General Montgomery was killed, that he was on guard at the time of the battle and was not in it, that he sometimes served as a Sergeant ,
That he then marched from there to Kingsbridge that he was on guard near Still water at the time Burgoyne surrendered  and was placed under the command of General  Thinks it was before he went to Kingsbridge that after supper , and went to the west on what was called Sullivan's expedition, against the Indians thinks he left Canada in the summer after Montgomery was killed, that he marched to a great many places whose names he cannot recollect.
That he recollects of being at Fort Stanwix that they marched to the Oneida, and to most of the Indian settlements in the interior of the State of New York, and conquered the different tribes. That he recollects of being at the Onondaga tribe, that they destroyed the Indians corn, that he thinks he was on this expedition about two years a year or more
That he went on a scouting party and got separated from the rest of the company, but the place he cannot recollect, and was lost. that in the mean time General Sullivan turned back and marched his men towards the east, thinks it was at Onondaga that he procured an Indian to pilot him out that it was along time  month before he got out and nearly the close of the war.

and was nearly starved with hunger in the time, that they came out of the woods at a place called German Flats, that he cannot recollect particularly of any, services that he did after that time, that he cannot recollect the particular year or the time of year; that that he could never read or write  right , and cannot recollect names & dates very well,
That he was born in the Empire of Germany, about the year 1748, as near as he can recollect, & came to this country at three years old
That he has no Record of his age—
That when he was first called into the service he resided at Stone Arabia in the State of New York, that since the Revolution he has resided at said Stone Arabia, & at Charleston Montgomery county & Sharon, & Cobleskill, from there he moved to the town of Caine in the county of Onondaga, which is now a part of it called the town of Clay, where he has resided for nine years last past,
That when he first entered the service he volunteered,
That he never received any written discharge from the said service
That he is acquainted with Horatio Warner a Clergyman and Andrew Johnson in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity also as to the tradition of his said services, and that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his said services any more fully, than by them
That he has no documentary evidence of his said services, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity to

except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
and he further saith that in consequence of old age and infirmity and consequent loss of memory he cannot state positively the length of the time of his said services or any more particularly than he has above stated, but according to his best recollection he served as much as three years for which he claims a Pension,
Subscribed and sworn in open court this sixth day of March 1833 before me R. S. Hoss clerk of Onondaga County
His Henry X Becker mark
We Horatio Warner, a Clergyman residing in the town of Clay and Andrew Johnson residing in the same town, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Becker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 84 or 85 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution (and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn in open court this sixth day of March 1833 before me R. S. Hoss clerk of Onondaga County
Horatio Warner A Johnson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed

by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them Horatio Warner who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Clay, and that Andrew Johnson who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Clay in said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
John Matison } Judges of George Pettit } Onondaga common pleas
State of New York Onondaga County } ss:
David Munroe
I Richard L. Webb Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Becker for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord 1833.
R. L. Webb Clerk
State of New York Onondaga County } ss
On the 3 d day of December 1834 personally appeared before George Pettit a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County, Gardner Lawrence of the Village of Syracuse in said County who being duly sworn before the said Judge, did depose & say that he is well acquainted with Henry Becker, the applicant in the foregoing declaration, that he is the person who drew the foregoing declaration for said Becker & acted as his agent in said application under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 that said Becker, when he dictated and sworn to the same was so old and infirm, was very deaf, & spoke broken English, & his mental powers, Especially his memory were so impaired that it was with great difficulty the deponent was able to connect the details of his service in the revolutionary War as stated in said declaration, imperfect as it is, so as to make it intelligible, that from all the deponent's knowledge & information about or concerning said Becker, since that time, he has become a very child in intellect and incapable now of making amendment or addition to said declaration & deponent firmly believes, that the statement of his services appears scattering & incoherent for no other reason but the loss of his faculties as above stated, & deponent is the more confirmed in this belief from the fact that said Becker's reputation as a soldier of the revolution is as extensive as his acquaintance & further says not known to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts } Gardner Lawrence

State of New York Onondaga County
On this 2nd day of December 1834 personally ap- peared before Otis Bigelow a Judge of County Courts in & for said County George Pettit one of the Judges of the Court before which the foregoing declaration of Henry Becker was taken & subscribed & sworn to, who be- ing duly sworn before the said Otis Bigelow did depose & say that as usual, in pension applications, the deponent was the mem- ber of the Court who was assigned by the said Court to examine the said Henry Becker, when he appeared in Court to make said declaration, and did so examine him under oath, by putting to him the several interrogatories prescribed by the War depart- ment in such cases, that said Becker appeared greatly broken with age, and very deaf, and his memory & other intellectual faculties so far destroyed, that it was with great difficulty that his answers were obtained, that said Becker's recollection as to distinct and isolated facts & incidents of his revolutionary history appeared tale- rable, but his powers of memory were so weakened as to render it difficult for him to connect them, & deponent wisely believes this is the only cause of the defects in said declaration to which the printed objections hereto annexed are applicable - being confirmed in the further belief and opinion that said Becker served more than two years in the revolutionary War, not only from the averred affidavits but from the fact that as far as said Becker is known his character as such Soldier goes with him, to the full extent and knowledge of deponent's information - that said declaration was prepared by another person - that said declaration & printed objections afterwards came into deponent's hands, since which time said Becker's powers of mind have become so prostrated, as deponent is informed, as to disqualify him for making an amended declaration or affidavit in the premises - and further deponent says not - - -
Sworn & subscribed the day and year first above written - - -
George Pettit
Otis Bigelow Judge of Onondaga County Courts
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said George Pettit & know him to be credible & his statement above is entitled to credit & belief -
Otis Bigelow Judge
Henry Becker Clay Onondaga Co. N.Y.
2374

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 3 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Becker
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     The fore part of the Revol. enlist? 6 Pri. Maj. Fink 84 or 85 years   enlisted 1 or more " Genl. Montgomery Stone " Sullivan Arabia Traditionary   says according to his recollection served in all 3 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____ Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"I personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the prisoner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached to it by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York County of Onondaga
On this 2 nd day of December 1834 personally appeared before George Pettit a Judge of County Courts in & for the said County, Otto Bigelow of Syracuse in said County, who being duly sworn before the said Judge deposes & says, that he is well acquainted with Henry Becker, the foregoing applicant for a pension, & has been so acquainted for more than six years - that said Becker is a native of Germany, and is ignorant, illiterate and speaks broken English - and naturally uncommonly dull of apprehension and unintelligible in his communications and from deponent's knowledge & information of said Becker at the time & before the making of his declaration aforesaid his powers of mind, even such as they were in nature, had become greatly impaired & prostrated by the infirmities of age and from all information of deponent, since that time, about said Becker, the faculties of his mind have sunk under the said infirmities into childhood, rendering him incapable of further examination as to his said application - deponent further says that said Becker is generally respected, whenever known, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & deponent verily believes his application to be a very meritorious one.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me.
Otto Bigelow
and I certify that I am acquainted with said Otto Bigelow & know him to be a man of truth & veracity and his statement above entitled to belief & credit.
George Pettit Judge of County Courts
Henry Becker New York
N o . 23943 -
State of New York } Onondaga County }
I, Reuben L. Hef, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that George Pettit and Otto Bigelow were judges of the said Court of Common Pleas at the dates of the several affidavits and certificates by them respectively subscribed and that I am acquainted with their hand writing and verily believe their names respectively subscribed to the jurats of said affidavits and said certificates to be the genuine signature of the said judges
Andrew Laurence Esq. Syracuse Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 3 rd day of December 1834
R. L. Hef Clerk

February 17, 1938
Henry Becker S. 22643 BA-J/AWF
Miss Helen C. Patchin North Blenheim New York
Dear Madam:
The following data concerning Henry Becker were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.22643, based upon his military service in the War of the Revolution.
Henry Becker was born about the year 1748 in Germany, and came to this country when about three years of age. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Stone Arabia, New York, Henry Becker enlisted early in the Revolution, and served between six and nine months as a private in Captain Christopher Yates' New York company, was in the Expedition to Canada, and in the attack on Saint Johns, and in the battle of Montreal. He enlisted at Montreal and marched under Captain Sever(?) and General Montgomery to Quebec, and at the time of the battle there was doing guard duty; after which he marched to Kingsbridge, and was on guard near Stillwater, when Burgoyne surrendered. He enlisted in the year 1779, served as a private in Captain Piercy's company in Colonel Weisenfels' 4th New York regiment, and in Captain Van Deburgh's company in Colonel Cortland's 2nd New York regiment, was in Sullivan's Indian Expedition, and continued in the service until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application ex-

outed March 6, 1833, at which time he was living in Clay, Onondaga County, New York.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Henry Becker.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Henry Becker Certificate # 29674 Issued January 26, 1835 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Henry Becker.
New York
Adm D
Certificate withheld & circular sent to Hon W. Taylor 13 Jan'y '35
act g June

No 23943 York
Henry Backers
Glasgow
Ad 18 Dec 1834/5
Hampshire

Providence
22643
INVALID.
File No. 22,643
Henry Becker
His Rev War
Act: June 1 st 92 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929-99 in 28-Hist. & Misc. D. Noble 1893 1938- Feb 17- Miss Helen C. Norton

Evidence insufficient
1600
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
MS. A.1.9.2.20
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
14 April 1829.
Henry Becker of Clay _____ in the County of Onondago in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private _____ in captain _____'s company, in the Fourth regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, F. H. Dickinson.
22 643 81501
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
 THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
15 th April 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
The name of Henry Becker, cannot be found among those of the New York line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued -
John Hagner Esq.

War Dept: Bounty land Office The records of this Office do not show that Henry Becker of the New York line ever received or is entitled to Bounty land of the United States. Robert Taylor 30 April 1829

Walamoolloo N. 3 Sree April 7. To the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States at Washington (Revolutionary Claims)
Recd 14 April 1829.

State of New York } Montgomery County }
James Williamson son of the town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid being Duly Sworn deposeth and saith that He belonged to the fourth Ridgement of the New York Line and became acquainted with a Number of Soldiers in the Said Ridgement and Remember a man by the Name of Henry Becker I think in Capt. Pierce Company and after the Ridgement was Dissolved I saw the Said Henry Becker to the best of my Recollection in the Second Ridgement Commanded by Col. Van Courtland and I Frequently Saw S d Becker and Considered him to be a Soldier belong to the Regular Troops and Did to the best of my knowledge See Said H. Becker a few Months before the army was Discharged Subscribed & Sworn to this 17 th Day of June 1829. before me J. Williamson
Albert Vreden. one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Montgomery N. Y.

State of New York Montgomery County
Clerks Office, W Alexander Hoom- re Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Albert Veeder Esquire, before me in the foregoing affidavits New Snow was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for Montgomery County and State of New York, and duly empowered to administer Oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 17 th day of June 1829
A. Hoomre

Baldwinville. Onondaga County New York - April 6 - 1829
To the Treasury Department, of the United States
Henry Becker hereby petitions for the benefit of the act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved the 15 th of May 1828.
If the papers enclosed are Satisfactory and Sufficient please signify it to him in a legal manner directed to the Care of the Subcollector at Bald win ville Post Office. If not you are requested to State what further is necessary to be done for the old Soldier to receive the benefit of that Law
With due Respect I am your most obedt. Servt. Abis Biglow

State of New York Montgomery County
John Lupper of the Town of Mander in the County aforesaid being Duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is now in his Sixty Ninth Year and was born and brought up in the Town of Palatine in the County aforesaid in a place called Stoneboro and when at the age of Twelve Years he became ac- quainted with Henry Becker who then lived in the same Neighborhood in the Year 1778 this Deponent enlisted in the army of the United States and served in Capt. Forest Smith Company and fourth Ridgement of the New York Line and in the Year 1779 he saw the said Henry Becker to be a listed Soldier in what was called Capt. Forest Company fourth New York Ridgement Com- manded by Col. Hissen with before the Ridge- ments broke up and continued in the service till the Termination of said war and that he is now personally acquainted with the said Henry Becker and is living this 17 th Day of June 1829
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 17 th Day of June 1829 -
his John Lupper mark
Albert Veder, one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Montgomery

1600. I Henry Becker of the Town of Clay County of Onondaga and State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in captain Forces Company in the fourth regiment of the new York line and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778
And I further Declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States
January 24 th 1827 Henry Becker Sworn & Subscribed Before his (mark) Me this 24 th Day Jan y . 1827 Deborah Johnson S.B.

Before me Andrew Johnson Justice of the peace in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York personally appeared this Day 24th Day of January 1829 Benjamin Drey & Leop -olt Friedrich Luerndagly of the said County who did severally Make oath that Henry Becker by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private Soldier in the army of the revolution in the manner as therein stated Sworn & Subscribed before me Andrew Johnson J.P.
Leopold Friedrich Luerndagly his mark Benjamin Drey
of the County Court of Onondaga County

I Ruben S. Heps Clerk of the Court of the County of Onondaga and State of New York do certify that Andrew Johnson before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer Oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of Office this 31st day of January 1829
Ruben S. Heps Clerk of the County Court of Onondaga County

NY Dec 29
Henry Becker
J. S. Edwards Esquire Commissions of Customs Washington

State of New York, Secretary's Office } Sir,
Albany December 23. 1834.
Your letter of the 18 th instant relative to Henry Becker an applicant for a pension has been received. It appears by your letter that the said Becker states "that he served in the capacity of a Sergeant in Capt. Pearsels Company in the 5 th New York Regiment. That the entry on your copy of the rolls is "Henry Baker Sergeant, died 27 th July 1778" - That in the balloting book this entry appears Henry Becker "Dead - Patent delivered to Henry Platner; and that it is desirable to ascertain if there be any evidence to shew that Henry Becker did Enlist and serve for the war and also if the patent noted on the Balloting book should have been issued to the heirs of Henry Baker instead of Henry Becker".
In answer I have to state that I have carefully examined the records in this Office and I find on the Military Register purchased by order of the Legislature from Alexander Neely in the year 1828 (a copy of which was made by Mr. Rush when Secretary of the Treasury and which I presume you have now in the pension office) that Henry Baker was a Sergeant in Capt. Pearsee's Company Fourth New York Regiment - Enlisted Nov 21 '76 for the war and died 27. July '78 - I do not find Henry Becker in any of the Regiments - neither do I find a captain of the name of Pearsel - Jon a Pearsee was a Capt. in the 4 th Reg t . Entered Nov. 21. 1776 and resigned 23 d April 1778.
In Connolly's original return of the Dead Soldiers made to the Commissioners of the Land Office in page 102 of the printed balloting book "Henry Becker sergeant 4 th Reg t . Pierce's Company died 27. July '78" is Entered - Also in the said book page 68 under the Dead of the several Regiments is Entered "Becker Henry Sergeant. 4 th Reg t . Piercy's Company Township 22 Lot 31 - 500 acres Date 1790 Sep. 13." - The patent was issued accordingly in the name of Henry Becker dated Sep. 13. 1790 but did not pass the Secretary's office until January 23. 1795 and it was delivered to Henry Platner according to the entry made in the said balloting book at page 154 - I am satisfied that the person entered on the Military Register by the name of Baker and on the Balloting book by the name of Becker and to whom the said Lot 31 in the Township N o 22 (Ulysses) was granted is the same - I find no person returned living of the name of Henry Baker

or Henry Pecker - It appears by the Minutes of the Council of Appointment that Jonathan Pierce was appointed a captain in the Levies - In Col. Paulings Reg t in 1781 and in Col. Miletts Reg t in 1782 & 1783. I suppose he is the same that was formerly in the 4 th N. Y. Reg t .
The Commissioners of the Land Office in most instances adopted the returns made by Michael Connolly who was the agent of the Troops in making application for their bounty lands and they made the entries on the balloting book from his returns - The patents were issued in the name of the soldier who had served whether dead or living and such grants were made only to those who had enlisted for the war, as you will perceive on examining the printed balloting book page 21 &c -
I am very respectfully Sir Your Ob. Servant
Arch d Campbell Dept. Secretary
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions
Fees for Searches & writing this Letter $1.

On the Petition of Henry Breker asst of John Williamson
left by M Earle
25 March 1870.

Rec 25 March 1880. Com. on Claims - City & County of Albany Co. } James Williamson
being known says he is aged sixty nine years last June - That he was a Sergeant in Capt Samuel Sackett's Company in the 4 th New York Regiment commanded by Cols Samuel Sloan & Wisnupeth and has seen Henry Bricker there but was not much acquainted with him - he belonged to Capt Price's Company & there was a Sergeant named Henry Baker belonging to the same Company who was discharged at New Windsor & about a month before discharged disponent saw Bricker upon going to disponent's last recollection & belief there also. Baker died in 1778 at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania - disponent has lived in Montgomery County ever since the revolution and Henry Bricker has lived in the same County as witness understands but

Should not know him if deponent saw him. Deponent first saw Breker in the year 1779- & was discharged in the year 1783. Deponent knew John Lepher - he belonged to the same company with deponent when discharged command- -ed by Capt Theodosius Fowler. Lepher was discharged with deponent.
Lepher is a reputable man as far as deponent ever knew or heard.
Sworn & subscribed
this 20 th day of February J. A. Williamson 1829 before me
A Mann Jr Commissioner of dueds a fpts 86-

State of New York Onondaga County On this 16 th day of June 1934 personally appeared before Jonathan Hicks a Justice of the peace in & for said County, in the town of Salina, Benjamin D. Sprague of said Town of Salina, who being duly sworn by and before the said Justice deposes and says that he is seventy years old next December, that he is well acquainted with Henry Becker of the Town of Clay in said County & has known him for eight or ten years, that said Becker has been related from Defendant's first acquaintance with him to have been generally of a soldier enlisted for during the War of the revolution, & served as such soldier from the beginning to the end of the revolution, that defendant was employed in the year 1926 to procure testimony for said Becker to enable him to obtain a lot of land from the State of New York, and a pension under the then existing Laws of Congress - that said Becker then went with defendant to Washington County in the said State, and once afterwards, that defendant was present when said Becker had interviews with James Williamson John Lappner and Joseph Waggoner whose affidavits are hereto annexed, when they all recognized him to be the same Henry Becker with whom they had all been acquainted in the revolutionary War - as stated in their said affidavits that said Becker was then very old, & as he stated, was born in Germany, was very unlearned & therefore somewhat unintelligible which were the reasons of his employing defendant to assist him in collecting testimony, as aforesaid, and has now become very childish & has lost his recollection in a great measure - that defendant, as agent aforesaid for said Becker, employed the Hon. Olof Bigelow, an of the Judges of the County Courts in & for said County, to make application and transmit the papers, for a pension in behalf of said Becker under the Act of Congress of 1928, but did not then include the affidavits of said Lappner, Williamson & Waggoner which had been obtained & used in his application for land as aforesaid, on account of irregularity in the taking of them by the magistrates before whom they were sworn

that in order to renew the said application, this deponent has recently been to Montgomery County for the express purpose of procuring the affidavits of said Lepper, Williamson & Wagganer, which are hereto annexed - that the affidavit hereto annexed also, of Ladawick Gring, was taken more particularly for the purpose of the land application & has not been till now used for the pension application for the reason that the Clerk's certificate had not been obtained, which defect is now supplied, it being in convenient for deponent to go the necessary distance to obtain a new affidavit from said Gring - and further says not.
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid, before me, & I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Depuy, the above deponent, & he is reported to be a man of truth & veracity & his statement above is entitled to credit & belief - - - - -
B. Depuy L. W. Gring
J. P. Hicks J. P.
State of New York Onondaga County } ss. Clerk's Office
I, Alanson Edwards Junior - Deputy clerk of the said County and of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan P. Hicks Esquire before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County was at the date of the same, and that I am a competent witness to his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said Affidavit and the above certificate to be his genuine signature - Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of June 1834
A. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

State of New York } Orange County } ss - On this 17 th day of June 1834 personally ap- peared before me Levi Robbins a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, His Bigelow of the Town of Lysander in said County and one of the Judges of the County Courts of the same, who be- ing duly sworn by and before the said Justice, deposes and says that he has been for four years last past acquainted with Henry Baker of the Town of Goshen in said County who is, & has been during that time generally reported to have been a Soldier of the revolution, & that he was enlisted and served for during the War - that in the winter of 1831 Deponent was a member of the Legislature of said State, & was a mem- ber of a Committee to whom was referred the petition & proof of said Baker for a Lot of Land, before which committee said Baker # Benjamin D. Sprague as his agent appeared to sustain said petition & application for Land - that the proof offered by said Baker  by Sprague was satisfactory to said Committee, & they would have reported in favor of his application, had it not appeared from the Balloting Book & Canallys original return of dead Soldiers in the Secretarys Office of said State, that a Lot of Land had been awarded to a Henry Baker returned as hav- ing died July 27 th 1778 which was before the Enlistment of this Henry Baker - that the Henry Baker, returned as aforesaid Dead , belonged to Capt. Pearces company - That the military Register in said Office, showed Henry Baker returned as having Enlisted in 1776 in Captain Pearces Company, same Regiment & having died on the very day on which the Dead Henry Baker, is alleged to have died - That although said Committee were satisfied also, that said Lot of Land ought to have been award- ed to Henry Baker, yet inasmuch as the records showed the land awarded to Henry Baker, it belonged to the applicant & he could have claimed & maintained his right to it - - That the Patent to said Lot of Land had been taken out by one Henry Henry Platner, before the military Register above mentioned, had been purchased by the State from Alexander Wesley & the applicant finally failed of his Land - That the Committee had the settled opinion that there was but one Hen- ry Baker, entitled to land, and but one Soldier of that name, that a Lot of Land already stood awarded to that name, on the records, & that the heirs & representatives of Henry Baker, could, & might thereafter, present a petition for Land, which could not be answered with the argument, that land had already been awarded to his name - they therefore reported unfavorably to the claim of Henry Baker

The Deponent further says that he was employed by Benjamin D. Dreyer as agent for said Henry Beecher, to prepare and forward to the War Department, a declaration and other papers to enable said Beecher to apply for a pension under the Act of Congress, of 1828, which was answered through the Hon. James Earl, then member of Congress, with a petition that the proof was defective — & further says not — Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me & I certify that the above deposition is above suspicion as to his character for truth and veracity —
Otis Bigelow
Levi Robbins Esquire
State of New York Onondaga County } ss: Clerk's Office
I, Manson Edwards, Junior Deputy Clerk of the said County and of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Levi Robbins Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit and the above certificate to be his genuine signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of June 1834.
M. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

years, & has known said Becker from the
State of New York } In this 17 th day of June 1834 personally appeared before Onondaga County } Stephen Rice a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, Nathan Saul of the Town of Clay in said County who being duly sworn by & before the said Justice, deposes and says that on the 29 th day of June 1826, deponent was one of the Judges of County Courts in & for the County of Montgomery in said State, on which day Benjamin Dey, of Salina in said Coun- ty of Onondaga, John Lippner of Minden in said County of Mon- tgomery & Henry Becker of the Town of Clay aforesaid, all ap- peared before deponent, for the purpose of having said Lippner swear to an affidavit in support of an application of said Becker for a Lot of Land thereafter to be made to the Legislature of the State of New York, when & where the said Becker & Lippner conversed and talked like old acquaintances & appeared to recognize each other as such - That deponent is well acquainted for many years, with said Lippner and believes him to be a man entitled to credit & belief - That deponent has resided in Clay aforesaid for one year past, & knows the same Henry Becker who now also resides there & is generally reported to have been a Soldier of the Revo- lution, enlisted for, & served, during the war & further says not-
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, & I certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Saul, late a Member of Congress from the said County of Montgomery, who has sworn to the above deposition & knows him to be a man of standing & reputation. & his statement above is entitled to full credit
Stephen Rice } Justice
Nathan Saul

State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
I Nelson Edwards Jr. Deputy Clerk of the said County and of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do certify that Stephen Rice Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit and the above certificate to be his genuine signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of June 1834
N. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

23943 Henry Becken's application for a Pension under the Act of 1832
George Pettit, Subins., Onondaga County, N.Y.
Agent -
Qomd
80 3/4
Hon. W. Jay Cox
80 3/4
Joseph Wiggins

State of New York County of Montgomery In this 13 day of June 1934 personally appeared before Mrs. Van Horn a justice of the peace in and for said county, John Williamson of Johnstown in said county who being duly sworn by & before the said Mrs. Van Horn deposes and says that he is 75 years old and was a Soldier in the revolutionary War, and in the year 1779 was a sergeant in the 4th New York Regiment then commanded by Col. Wisinwilt which was stationed at Fort Stanwix and then and there was well acquainted with Henry Becker who was a private in said Regiment, that afterwards there was a new arrangement & this deponent & said Becker were transferred to the Second New York Regiment, com- manded by Col. Cartland — that while in the 4th Regiment the deponent & said Becker be- longed to Capt. Percey's Company & while in the 2nd Regiment he belonged to a company commanded by Capt. Van Deburgh that deponent be- lieves said Becker served as aforesaid, was enlisted for during the War, and that said Becker resided as late as 1926 or 1930 in the Town of Glen in the County of Montgomery about which time this deponent saw said Becker twice at Johnstown in said County & recogni- zed him to be the same Henry Becker with whom he was acquainted as aforesaid in the army and deponent is informed & believes that said Becker is now living & resides in said town of Glen which recently belonged to the Town of Cairo

The deponent further deposes and says that he was also well acquainted with a Man by the name of Henry Baker, in Captain Pery's company 6th New York Regiment, who was a Sergeant and died at Valley Forge in July 1778 - and that he now well recollects seeing the said Henry Baker afterwards & particularly remembers that he saw him but a short time before they were both honorably discharged at a place called New Windsor & further says not -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me & I certify that I am acquainted with James Williamson the above deponent, & he is of the a man of truth & veracity and entitled to credit & belief -
J. P. Williamson
Rev. Van Horne Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerk's Office - ss: George D. Ferguson, Clerk
1832
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby certify that Michael A. Van Horne, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, and that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit & to the foregoing Certificate of Character is his proper hand-writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 13th June 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson.
James Williamson

State of New York 3/
County of Montgomery On this 12 day of June 1834 per-
sonally appeared before me H. Cook a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Lappner of Minden in the said County, who being duly sworn by and before the said Justice - deposes and says that he is now about eighty three years of age, & was born and brought up in the town of Palatine in said County that at about the age of about twelve years, he became acquainted with Henry Becker, who resided as late as 1826, & 1830 in the Town of Clay, formerly Ceres, in the County of Onondaga, in both which years deponent saw him in said County of Montgomery & recognized him, & deponent is informed and verily believes, that said Becker is now living and resides in the said Town of Clay - that it was in the year 1773 and in said Town of Palatine that deponent became acquainted with him as aforesaid - In 1778 this deponent Enlisted into Captain Davis's Company in the 4th New York Regiment, under the Command of Gen Col: Wiesenfeldt, and very shortly after, the said Henry Becker, in 1779, Enlisted into Captain Percy's Company
under Gen. Sullivan, and served in the army of the revolution until the termination of the War which was the period for which deponent knows he Enlisted as aforesaid, when he was honorably discharged - said Becker served under Captain Percy, and does not recollect the names of the other Captains under which said Becker served
and further says not - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me, & I certify that I am acquainted with John Lappner the above deponent & know him to be a man of truth & that his statement above is entitled to credit
his John Lappner mark
H. Cook Justice

John Lepper
1832
State of New York, Montgomery County, Takes office.
I, George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry Cook before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the said County. And that his name is subscribed to the said affidavit to the within Certificate of Character in his proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 13th June 1832.
Geo. D. Ferguson
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State of New York County of Montgomery
On this 12 day of June 1934 personally appeared before H. Cook a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Joseph Waggoner of Minden in said County, who being duly sworn by & before the said Justice deposes and says that he is now seventy five years of age that he was acquainted with Henry Becker about four years before the revolutionary War, then living in the town of Palatine in said County, that he saw the same Henry Becker in the year 1830 in Minden aforesaid, then living in the Town of Clay formerly Cicero, in the County of Onondaga & is now informed & believes that he is still living in that place, though very old & decrepit, that said Becker Enlisted for Nine months, in the beginning of the Revolutionary War, into a Company commanded by Captain Christopher Yates in which company Andrew Fink was a Lieutenant which Enlistment took place in said Town of Palatine and further, that from information deponent had during the revolutionary War, & afterwards, the said Henry Becker was absent, and was said, reputed & believed to be and to have been, & continued a Soldier in the American Army till the War terminated & was Enlisted for during the War & that said Becker was always reputed to be a man of good moral character - & further says not
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me I do certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Waggoner the above deponent & know him to be reputed for a man of truth and veracity & that his statement above is Entitled to credit
Joseph Waggoner
H. Cook Justice

State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's Office.
ss: I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Cook, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a true of the peace in and for the county aforesaid; and that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit to the within certificate of Character is his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 13 th day of June 1834.
Geo: D. Ferguson.

MISS HELEN C. PATCHIN NORTH BLENHEIM NEW YORK
February 3, 1938
U.S. Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the ReV. War record of Frederick Becker and Hendrick Becker ?Please give date of birth and death if it is given.
Thanking you in advance ,
I am yours truly,
no signature ?
These men served in New York state mostly Schoharie Co. My records give both names and I have been unable to find out which is correct.

MISS HELEN C. PATCHIN NORTH BLENHEIM NEW YORK
Feb. 3. 1938
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Rev. War record of Frederick Becker , also his date of birth and death if you have it.
Please also give me the record of Hendrick Becker as my records give both names and I have been unable to find out which is correct.
no Thanking you in advance,
I am yours truly.

Vicksburg Miss April 14 28
Hon. Commissioner Pensions Sir .
I have the honor to request a copy of so much of the Revolutionary records in your office as pertains to the name of Peter Becker and Hendrick Becker touching the following points of service only from N.Y. Hendrick P Becker is alleged to have served as a private in Col. Peter Vroomans regiment to wit the 15 th Albany County Militia, Schoharie and Duansburg, in the 3 rd Company thereof commanded by Captain Right Myer or Rightmyer, and Peter Vrooman Becker was a member of the Schoharie Committee of Safety. I should like also to know whether the widow of either Hendrick P Becker or of Peter Becker were pensioned .The maiden name of the wife of Peter Becker was Cornelia Uzielie,
The maiden name of the wife of Hendrick Becker was Jessica Vrooman, and the second wife s name was Marie Vrooman, daughters of Col Peter Vrooman,
The object of this inquiry is to make connection with t he Sons of the Revolution
Very respectfully
William D Noble #807 Grove st.
Vicksburg Miss

February 16, 1928
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BA-J/EEL
Miss Helen C. Patchin North Blenheim New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Frederick and Hendrick Becker, who served in the New York troops.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a Frederick Becker or similar spelling. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
You are furnished herewith the history of Henry Becker, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling, who served with the New York troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. The name does not appear as Hendrick.
Kindly make your requests over your personal signature.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 28, 1929
William D. Noble 807 Grove Street Vicksburg, Mississippi
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22643, it appears that Henry Becker was born in 1748 in Germany and came to this country when he was three years old.
While residing in Stone Arabia, New York, he enlisted early in the Revolution and served six or nine months as a private in Captain Christopher Yates' Company and was in the attack on Saint John's and the battle of Montreal.
He enlisted at Montreal and served as a private in Sixth Captains Pierce or Pearce's, Van Deburg's and Sever's Companies, Colonels Weisenfels' and Van Cortlandt's New York Regiments, he was in Sullivan's expedition against the Indians and served until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1833, at which time he was living at Clay, Onondaga County, New York.

There are no data as to family.
The above noted soldier is the only Henry (Hendrick) Becker found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau who served with the New York Troops and said records fail to afford any information in regard to any Peter Becker.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.