Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,634, Henry Bogardus, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Boyardus, Henry Nary
NUMBER _____
N. 18634 B.L.Wt 3068-160-55
CONTENTS

8733
New York
Henry Bogardus.
of Onondaga in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Mills , of the Infy ; commanded by Col McKester - in the Ex - June for 11 mo 8 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 37 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Apr 1833 and sent to Gardner Lawrence Lydaus
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $75.10 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 18.77
$93.87
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book C Vol. 4 Page 43

13410 Act March 3/55 March 24/55 Mary Bogardus wid of Henry Bogardus, Knit.
St. J. N. Holmes, July 10/55, N.Y. Feb 48- No 2859
Revolutionary Pensions
N.Y. Mil: Capt: Anthony Welch St. Col. M. Willett.
Ad: 160 acres, July 23, 1855, Berk Co.
Boynan
3068 of July 23/55 J. N. Holmes Syracuse N.Y.
Vol. Bo-1.

2859
New York Albany
Mary Bogardus
widow of Henry Bogardus N.Y.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 Dollars 50 Cents
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jan'y 1849 and sent to
Gardner Lawrence Syracuse N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 10 Vol. 4.
Reported Jan'y 8/49

11,327
Henry Bogardus
admitted.
11 mo 8 days Private.
$56.14 3/4
15 Sep 21 Sep
1791.
Gardner Lawrence Syracuse Onondaga Co. New York

11,327
BRIEF in the case of  Henry Bogardus, - Manlius,  Co of Onondaga in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Apl In 1781 all 16. Decr. private Gen. Col. M c Kinst.   1777 & 1778 Thurs Bruns u Genl Putnam  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? near Boorman's Kiln; near Cherry Valley, Johnstown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witness for the 1 st term & Brady  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

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
Onondaga County ss - On this Eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand Eight hundred & forty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the village of Syracuse in & for the County of Onondaga & State of New York - in open Court - Mary Bogardus - a resident of the Town of De Witt in said County & State - aged Sixty Six years, five months & Eight Days - 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 of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Henry Bogardus who was a private in the army of the Revolution - That he served under Col. Willett - She further states that her said husband was for several years a pensioner of the United States on account of his revolutionary services - under & by virtue of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. as she verily believes - She further declares that her said husband continued to draw a pension up to the fourth of March previous to his death as herein after stated -
She further declares that she was married

to the said Henry Bazarus on the twenty eighth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety three. by the Reverend Mr. Bapst, of the City of Albany - at the said City of Albany - That Peter Schoonmaker of the City of Albany was present at the said marriage and he is the only person now living to declarant's knowledge, who was present at said marriage. She further says that she has made enquiry of a Mr. Gruesbeck - who, she was informed by the Honorable Lemnis Van Vechten, late Mayor of the City of Albany, was the person who kept the Records of the Church of which said Bapst was Pastor in former years - for record evidence of such marriage. & Declarant was informed by said Gruesbeck that there was no Church Record of such marriage - She further saith that she has no record evidence of such marriage except the family Record kept by her said husband - & which is hereto annexed - & that the same is a leaf taken from the family Bible, kept by declarant & her said husband ever since about the year Eighteen hundred and five - & the entries on the said leaf are in the proper handwriting of her said husband She further states that the said Bible has been in possession of declarant ever since the same was purchased in 1805 - & that the facts therein stated are strictly correct so far as she ever had any knowledge. & was informed by her said husband - said leaf was this day cut from said Bible by this declarant

She further declares that at the time of her said marriage as aforesaid she & her said husband were both residents of the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany aforesaid.
That she was not married to him prior to the time of his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety-four. viz: at the time herein before stated.
She further states that her said husband was of Dutch origin - & his Christian name was formerly written & called Heendrick - in accordance with the Dutch language & custom - but for many years past & previous to his death he wrote/called his name Henry in accordance with the English language & custom - She further states that her said husband died at the Town of De Witt aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of June - in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty one - & that proof of such marriage  death has been made & sent to the agent for paying pensions at Albany - when declarant drew the arrears of pension of her said husband in the summer or fall of 1841 - That declarant drew the sum of Eleven Dollars Thirty Seven & a half cents arrears of pension for due to her husband as aforesaid. Subscribed & sworn to before the said Court this 18 th day of March 1843.
Witness - E. A. Brown
Mary Bogardus mark
John L. Stewart } Judge Lyman Kingsley } of our Court Yes. A. Stansbury } on Com. Pleas

State of New York
Onondaga County - p. On this 18 th day of March 1843 - personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in for the County of Onondaga Henry P. Bagardus - made oath in due form of law. That he is well acquainted with the within named Declarant Mary Bagardus That he has resided with her & her husband ever since he can remember - & that he (deponent) is now forty nine years of age - This deponent well knew the within named Henry Bagardus, who was an uncle of this deponent, up to the time of his death. That he was a Revolutionary pensioner - & that he died on the 24 th day of June 1841 -
Deponent further says that the annexed leaf taken from the family Bible of said Declarant was taken therefrom by said Declarant in his presence this day & he well knows the said Bible to have been in Declarant's family for a great number of years - & that the entries contained on said leaf are in the proper hand writing of said Henry Bagardus distinctly remembers of seeing said entries as long ago as deponent can now recollect - & further says not - Subscribed & sworn to in open court This 18 th day of March 1843 -
John L. Stewart a Judge of the Com. Pleas
H. P. Bagardus

This Bible was bought by Henry Bogardus the Sixth of February the year of our Lord one thou- sand Eight hundred & five 1763
So was a name in Baptism Hendrick Bogardus was born in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred Sixty three 1763 Mary Badgley was born October the 15th 10 th The year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred Seventy five the year of Independence of the unit 1776 the States Hendrick Bogardus & Mary Badgley Was Married the twenty Eight day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred Ninety three

David Merrill born January 25 th A 1779
Abiah Badgley born April 3 rd A 1787
David Merrill & Abiah Badgley Married March 15 th (A 1804)
Daniel Dudley Merrill born February 22 nd A 1806 (10-00 clock P.M.)
Martin Merrill born March 31 st ——— 1808 (8-00 clock P.M.)
Daniel Dudley Merrill died 27 th December 1812 9 o'clock A.M.

13410 Bounty Land Act of March 3, 1855 Claim of Mary Bogardus
S. A. Holmes Agent Syracuse N. Y.

State of New York } County of Onondaga. } ss.
On this twentieth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Commissioner of Courts within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Bogardus aged Seventy eight years, a resident of the town of De Witt, County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Henry Bogardus deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War in the Regiment Commanded by Marmenus Willets that her said husband Enlisted at Fishkill Landing Dutchess County in said State on or about the month April 1781 for the term of nine months & was in actual service in said War about nine months and was Honorably discharged at Albany on or about the last of December 1781.
She further States that she was married to the said Henry Bogardus in the City of Albany January 28 th A.D. 1793, by one Reverend John Basset of said City a Clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Badgley, that her said husband died at the Town of De Witt aforesaid on the 23 rd day of June A.D. 1841, and that she is now a widow, that she has no public or private record

of her said marriage as aforesaid at the time that when she made application for a Pension a leaf of the Bible containing such record was attached to the application papers as aforesaid and sent to Washington that her Pension Certificate by which she now draws a pension is endorsed "Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2 d 1848 Page 10. Vol. 4 Lev Jk. Chief Clerk."
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855.
Sworn Subscribed before me this 20 th day of March. 1855 J. A. Holmes. Com d of Lorado. Syracuse
Mary her X Bogardus Mark
We Henry P. Bogardus of Lor Witt. Onondaga County aforesaid and Grove Lawrence of Syracuse in said County upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Bogardus in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicants that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we further state that we knew the said Henry Bogardus deceased in his lifetime and knew that said Mary lived with the said Henry Bogardus deceased and cohabited together for twelve years (which knowledge is derived from personal acquaintance with said parties) and

until the death of the said Henry Bozardus deceased as husband and wife and were reputed all that time to be husband and wife and is now a widow
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 20 th day of March 1855 S. N. Holmes Count of Onondaga
H. P. Bozardus Groom
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim.
S. N. Holmes
Count of Onondaga
State of New York
Onondaga County Clerks Office
March 1855
I certify that S. N. Holmes before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same a commissioner of courts of the city of Syracuse in & for the county of Onondaga & State of New York and duly authorized to administer
oaths for general purposes.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county the day & year above mentioned
Clerk of Onondaga County

STATE OF NEW YORK, ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, { ss:
I Certify That S. D. Holmes whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed instrument was at the time of taking the same, a Comr of Deeds in and for said county, and duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to said Jurat is an genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and af- fixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 22 a day of March 185 5 .
Barnard Blocher Clerk.
For all purposes in matter of hand mentioned county

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 16th day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before Daniel Roseley Esq. Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit at a Special Session at Onondaga for the State of New York, Henry Bogardus of the the town of Manlius in said County and State aforesaid, aged 69 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 Uni- ted States under the following named officers and served as herein stated,
* That he volunteered as a private  enlisted into the continental service of the United States service, in the town of Fish Kill in the County of Dutches in said State, in April in the year 1781. that the Matitia was clapped into classes of a certain number of men each, that one man was to be punish- ed by each class, and that he volunteered to serve as the one to be taken from the class that he belonged to. That he was mustered at Fish Kill and placed under and in the com- pany of one Welfs, Lieutenant Drel. and Ensign Sankill, that he was marched from Fish Kill to Saratoga, and then attached to Col. M c Kinsters Regiment that they were the company he belonged to was soon marched to Fort Plain and attach- ed to Col. Marinus Willets regiment and that in the last of June or first of July that he and 29 other men were detach- ed as a scouting party under Capt. Grout and they marched towards Cherry Valley
That his first services were in the Matitia in the year 1777 along the north River to keep the British under the command of Genl. Putnam 3 months. at Fish Kill sending from landing. he was and served. he thinks

and that they came upon an Indian trail and that they then returned to a place called Bourmans Kilm, and went to Col. Willet, and Col. Willet the same night came with 200 men, and the same night they reached 8 miles to the Indian Camp and about sunrise attacked about 500 Indians and took the camp; and the Indians after a severe battle retreated; That he was wounded in his right shoulder at the above battle by a musket ball, that he then returned to Fort Plain; that he then marched to Johnstown in Montgomery County in said State and that he was in a battle at Johnstown on the 25th of October with only 500 men with Col. Willet at their head, against 1300 of the enemy and fought all the afternoon, and gained a victory, and that he was wounded in the right leg by a musket ball that he was carried from them and arrived at Albany Hospital the 8th of November staid there till the 16th day of December and that he was removed from there on the certificate of the doctor and the Mayor of the City of Albany to Fisk Kilm to his father's where he remained two years unable to do any kind of duty in consequence of his said wounds, that he never received any discharge except the one from the Mayor and the doctor above stated, which he sold as evidence of his wages,
That he was born in the town of Fisk Kilm in Dutches County in said State, in the year 1763. That he has a record of his age at home, that he moved after the war to Albany from

Albany to Schobane, and from them to Manlius when he has resided 27 years last past
and that he is acquainted with Jacob Ryder and Ebenezer Ward in the neighbor- hood where he resides who can testify to the tradition of his services also to his morality character for truth,
That he has no documentary evidence of his said services, and that he knows of no person that he can prove any part thereof except the affidavits of Daniel H. Brock Solomon Huntley hereto annexed.
and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State for ten years of the declaration. Henry Bogardus are written on the margin
Sworn to this 14. Sept. 1832
Daniel H. Brock
Corr. Judge Vice Chancellor
We Ebenezer Ward & Jacob Ryder residents of the town of Manlius do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Bogardus who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 68 years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we fully concur in that opinion
Sworn to this 14 Sept Ebenezer Ward
1832
Jacob Ryder
Daniel H. Brock Corr. Judge

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 Ebenezer Heath who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Machias and that Jacob Ryder who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town, and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit -
Daniel Mosely Vice Chancellor
I Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Bogardus for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk

August 19, 1930
Mrs. Charles A. Lytle R.R.# 3, Box 369 Salem, Oregon
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section On
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18634 , that Henry Bogardus was born December 11, 1763, in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. He was of Dutch origin and his name was frequently written Hendrick Bogardus.
He enlisted in 1777, exact date not stated and served under Lieutenant Isaac Van Wyck and Colonel Griffin at Fishkill Landing, length of service three months.
He volunteered in April, 1781, at Fishkill, New York, served as a private in Captains Welp's and Grout's Companies, Colonels Marinus Willett and McKinstry's New York Regiment, was in a battle with the Indians near Cherry Valley, where he was wounded in his right shoulder by a musket ball and in the battle of Johnstown where wounded in the right leg by a musket ball and in consequence of said wounds returned to his father's (name of his father not given) home in Fishkill, length of service about seven months.
After the war, he lived in Albany, then moved to Schoharie, and then to Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, where he had lived for twenty-seven years when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832.
He died June 24, 1841, at De Witt, Onondaga County, New York.
The soldier married January 28, 1793, in Albany, Mary Badgly or Badgeley, who was born October 10, 1776.

Both were then residents of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1843, at which time she was a resident of De Witt, New York. In 1855, she was still residing in De Witt, New York.
The following appears on the family record:
David Merrill born January 25, 1779. Abiah Badgley " April 3, 1787.
David Merrill and Abiah Badgley married March 15, 1804.
Daniel Dudley Merrill born November 22, 1806. died November 27, 1812. Martin Merrill born March 31, 1808.
No relationship to family stated.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Date of death of widow not on AB

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1920, Sept 29, Hist to Mrs. L. C. Broadbent EW
1930-Aug 19 - Hist. to Mrs Chas. A. Lytle - EEL
File No. 18634
Mary Bogardus Widow of Henry Bogardus Pre Rev War
Act: Feb 29, 48
Index: — Vol. 04 , Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ No 8504 Mary Bogardus N.Y.
let to E.A. Brown May 9. 1843
• Act 7 July 1838
✓ 3068
S
New Jersey

Rev 2 d Feb: 48. Albany.
Boyle W.

✓ 4732 New York Albany
Mary Bogardus widow of Henry Bogardus who was a private in the Conn't Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 Dollars 55- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twentysixth day of Jan'y 1844 and sent to
E. A. Brown Syracuse N York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. / Page 259

No. 13410
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mch. 24, 1875.
Henry Bogardus Revolutionary War
Warrant No. 3068-160-55
J. N. Holmes Syracuse N.Y.

Rep?
Let to E.A. Brown Dec 2. 1843.
Duplicate Certificate issued 11 th Dec r . 1843 & sent to Edward A. Brown, Esq. Syracuse, New York —
New York 7570
Mary Bogardus widow of Henry Bogardus,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 24 th June 1841 of Onondaga Co. in the State of N. York — who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wells, of the reg t commanded by Col. M c Kastar in the Com d . line for 11 months, & 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 37 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of August 1843 and sent to Edward A. Brown, Esq. Syracuse, N. York
Whole amount due . . . . . $187 75
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D r Brown, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 70

City of Syracuse
N.Y.
Sept. 5, 1848
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send the Declaration of Mrs Mary Bazarus for sum under act of consup, dated Febry, 2, 1848 Please return certificate to me when allowed.
Yours or
Gardner Lawrence
J. L. Edwards

5758
Mary Rogandus

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 3 d of March 1843. granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York Montgomery County. ss.
On this Eighth day of January one thousand Eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the undersigned. John H. Johnson, a justice of the peace, in and for said County of Montgomery, in the State of New York. Mary Bogardus, a resident of the Town of De Witt in the County of Montgomery aforesaid. aged Sixty Seven years & upwards. who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Henry Bogardus, who was a private in the Revolution - & who was a pensioner of the United States, and died on the 24 th of June 1841. That this Declarant was a pensioner under the act of July 7. 1838. at the rate of Thirty Seven Dollars & fifty five Cents per annum. & received a Duplicate Certificate for such pension, bearing date the Eleventh day of December 1843. & signed "J. M. Porter" Secretary of War" & "examined and countersigned" by "J. S. Edmunds, Commissioner of Pensions" & purporting to be issued in lieu of one, dated August 29 th 1843. supposed to have been lost.

She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the Day and Year above written. N.B.
her Mary Bogardus - mark -
"Seven" written on an erasure before execution
John H Johnson Suster of the p.
State of New York Onondaga County - 3 p. I John H. Johnson, the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing declaration was this day sworn to. Do hereby certify that the said Mary Bogardus is personally well known to me - that she is the widow of Henry Bogardus, deceased at the time of signing the foregoing declaration -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Eighth Day of January A. D. 1844 - John H Johnson Suster of the p.
State of New York Onondaga County } p. I hereby certify that John H. Johnson, before whom the foregoing declaration of Mary Bogardus was taken & who signed the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Onondaga aforesaid, and that the several signatures above, purporting to be his, are his genuine signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal at said

Counts of Ornduff at Syracuse This 9 th day of January, one Thousand Eight hundred and forty four - N.B. The words "Declaration of Ad Boyers" in this certificate written on an erasure before signing
Chas. T. Hicks Clerk

Dec 11. 1843
Mr. Stuart
Mary Bogardus for Dubuque
J. J. Schenck Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

State of New York County of Onondaga
ss - Edward A. Brown of Syracuse in Said County. being duly sworn says that he has been employed by Mary Bogardus - widow of Henry Bogardus, deceased - to aid her in procuring from the United States, a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838. on account of the Revolutionary Services of said Henry Bogardus. Deponent further says that he has not received through the mails, nor otherwise, any certificate of pension for said Mary Bogardus, from the War Department or pension office at Washing- ton - Deponent further says that he has enquired particularly at the post office in this village for such certificate. I was informed by a clerk in said office, that he had no knowledge or recollection of any package of any description - arriving at said office except those which have been taken from said office - Deponent further says that he is in the daily habit of calling or sending to the Post Office, at least twice a day - I was taken therefrom every letter & package addressed to him - I that there is not now in said office, to deponent's knowledge or belief, any letter packages or papers, for this deponent -
Deponent further says that he has made diligent search among the papers in his office & made enquiries of his clerks & partner - I is wholly unable to discover or learn that any certificate of pension for Mary Bogardus has ever reached this deponent - I he further says that no such certificate has ever reached him or come to his knowledge - I further says not -
Sworn before me this 6 th day of December A.D. 1843. John S. Stevens Judge of On. Co.
Edward A. Brown

State of New York Onondaga County - 3
ss - I hereby certify that John L. Stevens - before whom the foregoing affidavit of Edward A. Brown was this day taken is a judge of Onondaga County Courts - & that the signature above purporting to be the signature of said Stevens is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said County at the village of Syracuse this 6 th day of December One thousand eight hundred & forty three -
Chas. T. Nichols Clerk

Syracuse Dec - 6 th 1843 -
Dear Sir -
Your letter of 2 nd Dec. inst. in answer to mine to you of Nov 29 th last, has been received - I examined and enquired made as to the receipt of Mrs. Bogardus certificate of Pension of 29 th August last - I did not know but there was a possibility of its being received during a temporary absence of mine from home - But I find no trace or information with regard to it - I therefore am perfectly satisfied it was never received at our Post office - Because I have a Box & am at the office every day - two or three times - & there are no clerks but what are well acquainted with me -
Yours Truly - Edward A. Brown
Hon. J. L. Edmunds - Post Sec -

"Fishkill January the 17. 1785"
"Sir Pleas to pay John G. Brinckerhoff all my pay due me for my services in your Regiment in the Year 1781 And this order shall be your discharge from me."
"To Col. Willet or the Paymaster of that Regiment ,"
"Witness present" "Hendrick Bogardus" "Cornelius Bogardus"
Endorsed
"Received New York 24 th Feby 1785 of Col. Marinus Willet the sum of nineteen pounds Sixteen Shillings & six pence on the within" "£ 19. 16. 6" "John G. Brinckerhoff"
State of New York } Comptroller's Office } Albany July 18, 1885
I certify that the above are true copies of an original paper remaining in this office that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the said original with the endorsements made thereon -
Thos. D. S. & asst. clk. Philip P. Phelps Deputy
"Hendrick Bogardus order to Col. Willet or paymaster of said Regiment"

State of New York } Onondaga County } ss:
On this fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Onondaga in the State of New York Mary Bogardus a resident of the Town of DeWitt in the said County of Onondaga aged seventy one years last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following deposition in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed on 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Henry Bogardus, who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and an account of whose services she was pensioned under the act of 7 th July 1838, 3 d March 1843 and 17 th June 1844 and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act 17 th June 1844 was thirty seven dollars and fifty-five cents, she further declares that she is still a widow,
Sworn to and subscribed } her mark. an the day & year above } Mary X Bogardus written }
Re Voluntas Secta & of the Peace

I certify that the within Declarant is personally known to me, and that the words "3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844" and the last part of the word "annual" and "17 th June 1844" (again) and the letter "a". were written on erasures before execu- tion, and I further certify that said Declarant did not write her name because she does not possess the art - also the word "hoped" if it is indeed. Richard M c Alsweth Justice of the Peace
State of New York Onondaga County } ss: Clerk's Office
I certify that Richard M c Alsweth Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County, September 5, 1848.
V. W. Smith Clerk for

State of New-York, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, July 18 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. No. of BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     Henry Bogardus Private 2 4.487 Dec. 31. 1781 2 13 4 Capt. Anthony Wkhp Lt. col. Marinus Willet.   Wendt te Bogardus " 8 36.026 Aug. 31. 1779 " 5 6 " Benjamin Dubois Col Anthony Van Bergen   Henry Bogardus " 8 38.036 Dec 15. 1780 14 6 2 Wergt. Thomas Farden (suppose to be levies from Col. Fred ke Weissenfels)   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Regt. that joined the 4 th New York Regt. in 1780) -   Henry Bogardus " 8 39.073 Nov. 21. 1779 3 3 3 Capt. Brinckerhoff Col. Hopkins   £20 8 3  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct.
W. D. Haswell Clerk.
Philip Schuyler Comptroller.

8504
Mary Bogardus N.Y.
abt 7. July '38
Peter Schoonmaker
Affidavit

Onondaga Common Pleas. State of New York of February Term 1843 - Onondaga County - p. 3 Charles T. Hicks, Clerk Clerk of the County of Onondaga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas - in the matter of the application of Mary Bogardus for a pension - I further certify that satisfactory evidence was produced before said Court that Henry Bogardus the husband of said Mary Bogardus died at De Witt in said County of Onondaga on the 24 th day of June 1841. That the marriage of said Mary Bogardus to said Henry Bogardus took place on the 28 th day of January 1793. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County of Onondaga on this Eighteenth day of March 1843 -
Chas. T. Hicks, Clerk
I hereby certify that the following erasures & alterations were made in the foregoing decla- -ration before the same was signed & sealed. The word "personally" & "a" - partially blotted & written in erasure - on first page - & the word "Twenty" before "Eighth" interlined . & "Declarant" written on a partial erasure before on 2 nd page - and the word " marriage " erased. & "Death" interlined , and the word " So " altered from "Sae" on the third page before execution. Also " me " erased - also the following alterations

in the affidavit of Henry P. Bogardus to wit a "Henry P. Bogardus" after "acknowledged" were interlined before signing - dated this 18 th day of March 1843 -
Chas. T. Hicks, Clerk, By S. J. Hill, Dep. Clk.
State of New York County of New York
11th City

State of New York Albany County ss
Peter Schoonmaker of the City of Albany in the County & State aforesaid being Duly Sworn Deposeth & Saith that he has Resided in the County of Albany aforesaid over sixty years that he is Seventy Six Years of Age the 7 th Day of Octo. Insto. — And this Deponent further Saith that he was formerly well acquainted with Henry Bogardus & Mary Badgely then of the town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany aforesaid and this Deponent further Saith that he has a Distinct Recollection of going with & being present at the Solemnisation of Marriage between the aforesaid Henry Bogardus & Mary Badgely which said Marriage Ceremony was Solemnised by the Rev. Mr. Brapett then of the City of Albany & County & State aforesaid and this Deponent further Saith that the aforesaid Solemnisation of Marriage was according to the best Recollection of this Deponent about from forty seven to fifty years ago and further this Deponent Saith
Subscribed & sworn to before me Octo. 5 th 1841
D Russell Comr. of Deeds
Peter Schoonmaker mark
I hereby Certify that I have been Intimately acquainted with Peter Schoonmaker, the above named Deponent, from my Infancy, and that I am now over forty years of age, & that during my whole Life have never heard his character for truth & veracity doubted
Bethlehem Octo. 27 th 1841
D Russell Comr. of Deeds & Justice of Peace
also "me" erased - also "the" following alterations

Sir.
Syracuse June 28 th 1843 -
Enclosed I send further papers in the case of Mary Bagards.
In respect to the suggestions of your letter to me, dated May 9 th 1843 - I have to say that I have procured a certificate from the office of the Comptroller of this State - which I hope will establish all that was established by the parole evidence in the case of her husband, if not more.
In respect to the proof of marriage - I have enclosed two additional affidavits. The old man Schoonmaker - I found on enquiry had left Albany for the "country" - but the "country" being rather an indefinite locality, I may not as yet find him.
Stephen Pargburn I swear to his being present at the marriage of Mr. Henry Bagards & Mary Bedly - "or or about the month of January 1793" - and he has known them to live together until the time of his death. That he has always known Mrs. Bagards - that they were brought up together from infancy - The old gentleman is respectable - a man of truth. well acquainted with the facts he swears to. & states them positively - his statements are deserving of confidence & credit.
Mrs. Bookhout - has always been acquainted with Mrs. Bagards & her husband - I swears that her 2 nd child was an infant of about one month old, when Mary Bedly & Bagards were married. That from an ancient record in her bible that 2 nd child was born Dec. 19 th 1792. She well remembers that the marriage was in 1793 - The month she cannot swear to. But the year she can. & there is a good reason why she can - the birth of

of her Second Child - an event that women rarely forget. & they remember a marriage with about as much tenacity & accuracy as they do a birth -
Now as to the Register which was sent you. If I had sent you the Whole Book - you would not have supposed it was a very modern Book - It has been much Service If I recollect right, the family record states the marriage to have been solemnized on the 28 th day of January 1793. Is that Record correct? It is proved to have been taken from the family Bible - that the Record of marriage was in the hand writing of Mr. Henry Bogardus - who has been dead for some time years - & that Henry P. Bogardus who has resided with the family for his whole life about fifty one years, I believe, has frequently seen this entry in said Book for a long number of years - I believe also the record itself shows the Book to have been purchased in 1805.
If this record is not correct, it must be on the ground that the person who made the entry in 1805 might have forgotten the day of his marriage - why should that be presumed He might have had some other record at that time, which he might have deemed wholly useless - & therefore did not longer preserve it - But Sir - is it all likely that he made any mistake ? Certainly not. & sitting down there to record so important an event - would he not have taken every means to secure accuracy - when it was so easy to do so? He must have designed to be accurate - & must have had the means of being accurate

He must have designed to be accurate - I must have had the means of being accurate
Then why should any error be committed?
And assuredly he could have had no motives for making a false entry -
The very object of the Record was to perpetuate the memory of an important occurrence in his life - & every possible consideration which could have had any weight with him - would have been to make that Record true - And it is true -
The rights of Mrs. Bagardus in this case are just as perfect as if the marriage had been solemnized in 1783 - instead of 1793 - and although the proof of the exact  date of her marriage may have been less material in the one case than in the other - as to the particular day or month - Still when all the evidence produced shews a marriage in the year 1793 - & I believe all the proof on the subject shews the marriage to have been performed in January 1793 - & the family Record shews the 28 th of January 1793. It seems to me that there can be no possible doubt of the truth of the record, or of the just record
of these People. old Mr. Bagardus. his wife or rather his widow. & Henry P. Bagardus have ever been held in high estimation for truth - honesty & strict uprightness in all things - They have resided in this neighborhood for some forty years - & I venture to affirm that no family stands higher for good morals, honesty & truth than they do in this community -
I suppose I need not raise any other considerations in this matter - There can certainly be no ground for suspicion of fraud in the case - The old lady was first informed

of her having a probable right to a pension by me - I asked her when she was married & she informed me of the day - I asked her if her family Bible contained any record of it. & she informed me it did - I directed her to bring it - & she did so - I drew the paper first sent to you - & caused the leaf to be taken from the old bible in my own presence - & annexed to her declaration & sent with it - There is no fraud in this case. nor in any other , in which I have any thing to do -
Before the papers in this case were first drawn, and at the time - I was not officially informed & therefore was not satisfied . That Mrs. Bojardus came within the laws & rules allowing pensions to widows on account of the late period at which her husband died - Therefore I did not procure proof of the non-existence of town or church records - I have now obtained an affidavit of Judge Wilson of Albany. That there is no church records in the Books of the Church of which Deputy was pastor - I suppose you are abundantly aware that there are very few if any records of marriages in our town Clerk's Office in this State - I have never been able to find one, as yet -
I would respectfully suggest whether I have not laid the foundation for the use of the family record & parol proof of the marriage - I hope you will deem it satisfactory in this case - I feel sure that I should have not the slightest difficulty in convincing any court or jury in this country or state of the fact of this marriage - having been lawfully solemnized at the city of Albany on the 28 th day of January 1793 - Pardon this tedious epistle. My confi- dence in the justice & legality of my case is my apology Yours Truly - Edward A. Brown Hon. J. L. Edwards - Comr. of pensions -
Memorandum of J. L. Edwards - for J. L. Edwards -

Henry Bogardus
G. Lawrence Wyatt

State of New York Onondaga County p 3. David Holbrook of the Town of La Fayette in said County being duly sworn says that in the latter part of the year 1781 this de- ponent served in the Regiment of infantry com- manded by Col. Marinus Willett, in the war of the revolution, as an adjutant about six months that this deponent was attached to said Regiment sometime in the month of July of said year. That after leaving attached to said Regiment this deponent noticed Henry Bogardus then a young man a private in said Regiment and recalls him distinctly on account of his being very tall and thin That he saw said Bogardus frequently in said Regiment during the time aforesaid and remembers his being wounded in the right leg at the Battle of Johnstown. That he does not know when said Bogardus left said Regiment or when he left the Town and believes he was in said Regiment dur- ing the whole time of nine months  that deponent continued therein That this deponent is now well acquain- ted with said Bogardus who now resides in the Town of Manlius in said County of Onondaga. and has been acquainted with him & lived in the same town with him for nearly twenty six years until within a short time past and further saith not —
Subscribed & sworn this 16 th day of July 1832 David Holbrook before me
Samuel Hawley Com d of Brds & Co.
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with David Holbrook the above named deponent and know his reputation for truth & veracity to be good — July 16 th 1832 Samuel Hawley

State of New York County of Onondaga
ss: I Reuben S. H elp Clerk of the said County do certify that Lemuel Hawley before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Commissioners of Deeds in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 15 th day of September 1832. R. S. H elp Clerk

State of New York Onondaga County } ss. Solomon Hensley of the town of Salina in said County being duly sworn doth on his oath say that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and that he knew in the army one Harry Bogardus who is now a resident of the town of Manlius in the County of Onon- daga, that he was in a battle in the year 1781. near Cherry Valley in the State of New York when that he was in Col. Willets Regiment, that the battle was between about 200 of Col Willets men and about 300 Indians, that the battle took place at the Indian camp about sunrise in the morning, that he recollects of seeing the aforesaid Harry Bogardus in said battle, and that he was discharged soon after and never knew said Bogardus afterwards during the war Subscribed and sworn before me me this 11th day of September 1832 John Durnford, Justice } Solomon Hensley
State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss. I, Reuben S. Heps. Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John Durn- ford before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the 11th day of September instant a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name above subscribed to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 11th day of September 1832. R. S. Heps Clerk

I John Dunford the within named Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Solomon Huntly, who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit, and know him to be a man of good reputation and a person who is entitled to credit John Dunford Justice

Henry Bogardus
admitted.
11 mo. 8 days Private.
3.6.11 89 37.55
in return a copy in the hospital at Ellensburg
see

State of New York Onondaga County
ss Henry Bogardus of the town of Marcellus in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn doth on his oath say, that he is the identical Henry Bogardus who subscribed and swore to the declaration to which this is annexed, and he further saith that in addition to what is already stated in his said Declaration that the reason that he did not procure the testimony of a Clergyman at the time of making his said Declaration was that there was no one who resided in the neighborhood of that deponent, and no one who was so well acquainted with the character of this deponent & the transaction of his said services, as Ebenezer Ward & Jacob Riker the witnesses who subscribed and swore to a certificate on his said declaration,
And he further saith that by reason of old age and infirmity and consequent loss of memory he cannot state sworn positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods, & in the manner stated below, & in the following grades. That in the last of the summer & in the fall of the year of 1777 he served three months in the Matilda along on the North River that he was ordered out by one Griffin who was the colonel of the Matilda at that place and he served in a company commanded by one Isaac Van Wyck & one Lieutenant Seaborn, That the second period of his said services was in the year 1781. that he served Eight  six  months seven months - That he was then wounded & lay in the hospital at Albany.

one month & Eight days, That he was then removed to his fathers where he remained with his wound unable to do any duty for two years, and all of his said services were as a private soldier, and for such disabilities services he claims a pension,
Subscribed and sworn to the 21 st day of Jany 1833
Henry Bogardus
before me
John Durnford Justice
State of New York } County of Onondaga } p:
I, Reuben S. Hays Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John Durnford Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit to be the proper hand writing and sign- nature of the said Justice. Witness my hand and Seal off Office this 21. day of January 1833.
R. S. Hays Clk
By T. Edwards Jr. Deputy.

Mary B. Bagardus - London papers -

State of New York } Onondaga County } ss Stephen Wangburn of Pompey in said county of the age of seventy one years: being duly sworn, saith deposeth and saith that he was at present at the wedding of Henry Bogardus now deceased and Mary Badgely his present widow - that the marriage took place at the city of Albany on or about the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three (1793) and that he has been acquainted with them and known them to live together as husband and wife until the time of his decease amounting to fifty years, up to this this date.
And this deponent further saith that he and the within mentioned Mary Bogardus was a widow of Henry Bogardus deceased, brought up together from infancy and am well acquainted with all the circumstances relative to all that relates to them since.
his Stephen Wangburn on oath
Subscribed and sworn before this 22 nd day of May 1843
In presence of Moses Pangburn David Merrill
David Merrill justice

I certify that the following alterations & erasures were made in the foregoing afft before the same was sworn to - viz - 4 th line from top. "South" erased or blotted out - 5 th line do - "at" erased - "present" somewhat blotted - 6 th line the word "misdemeanor" written on an erasure - 7 th line "and" written on an erasure - 14 th line "this" erased - 17 th line "were" interlined before "brought" - I further certify that I am well acquainted with the Seaman Stephen Pangborn I have been for thirty years last past. I that he is a credible person. I that his statements are entitled to full confidence. Dated May 22 nd 1843 -
David Merrill justice peace
Stephen Pangborn Affidavit

State of New York
Onondaga County ss: Margaret Bookhout of the town of Pompey in said County being duly sworn saith, that when a girl she resided in the town of Bethlehem, County of Albany in said State. That she then well knew Mary Badgley of Bethlehem aforesaid that said Mary and deponent lived within one and a half miles of each other, deponent further saith that she was mar- -ried in the year 1790 and said Mary was present, she further saith that she well knew Henry (or Hendrick) Bogardus of Bethle- -hem aforesaid at the same time, she further saith that she well recollects the time that it was reported in the nei- -ghboorhood that said Henry Bogardus & Mary Badgley were married, that it was in the year 1793. but deponent cannot state the month, she well recollects that her second child was an infant of about one month old, and she finds from an ancient record in her bible in addition to her recollection that her second child was born in December 19th 1792. deponent further says she was intimate with the said Mary Badgley and well recol- -lects of seeing the and said Bogardus,

I said Mary together living as husband & wife frequently ever since up to the time of the death of said Basardus. — deponent further saith that she well recollects that it was in the winter when it was said that they were married as afore said, and that deponent is now seventy one years of age and has lived in the County of Rundage since the year 1818 and further saith not subscribed and her sworn before me) Margaret Bookhout This 29 th day of ) March May 1843 David Merrill Justice of the peace
I the above named Justice do hereby certify that I have been personally well acquainted with the above named Margaret Bookhout for over thirty years last past, and that she is a credible person and her state- ment is entitled to full credit May 29 th 1843. David Merrill Justice.
I further certify that the following alterations were made in the foregoing affidavit before the same was sworn to. Viz. first page 5 th line "She" interlined after girl. on the 8 th line from the bottom "mouth" — after "one" & before "old" was written in part on an erasure. On 7 th line do. "ancient" interlined & "an" "in her bible" written on blot & partial erasures.

David Merrill jurat.
I further certify that the following alterations were made in the foregoing affidavit before the same was sworn to. viz - first page 5 th line "She" interlined after girl - on the 8 th line from the bottom "mouth" - after "one" & before "old" was written in part on an erasure - On 7 th line do. "ancient" interlined & "can" "in her bible" written on blot & partial erasures -
On the 6 th line from the bottom "her" interlined between "to" & "recollection" - On the 4 th line from bottom "December 19 th " interlined between "1792" & "deponent" - on the last line "and" erased - Dated May 29 th 1843 -
David Merrill justice peace

State of New York Onondaga County } ss.
I Charles T. Hicks. Clerk of the County of Onondaga and State of New York. do hereby certify that David Merrill. The Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavits of Margaret Backhaast & Stephen Pangburn were taken on the 29 th and 22 nd days of May 1843. respectively. & who executed the certificates annexed to the said two affidavits respectively. was at & before the 22 nd day of May 1843 & still is a Justice of the Peace (residing in the Town of De Witt-) in & for the County of Onondaga aforesaid & duly authorized to administer oaths - I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice of the Peace. & that the several signatures to the Jurats of said affidavits of said Pangburn & Backhaast & to said certificates therewith annexed purporting to be the signatures of said David Merrill. are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office this 28 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty three - at the village of Syracuse in said County of Onondaga. - Chas. T. Hicks Clerk

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  31 st Augt 1779 Henry Bogardus Private 1 0 5 6   21 st Nov r do do do 3 3 3 3   17 th Sept 1780 do Sergt 4 14 8   15 th Dec r do do Priv 14 6 2   30 th Nov r 1781 do do 17 3 1   31 st Dec r do do do 2 13 4    19 16 4   250   950   38   750   204   1954 
20 90 49 90  244 10 220 226- 16
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, June 24 th 1843.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1. 2. 88 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Benj o Dubois  in  Col. Marcus Willett  Regt.    Second, " "  Brinkerhoff  " " Roswell Hopkins  "    Third, " "  Thos s Knaghtaling  " "  "    Fourth, " "  do not appear  " "  "    Fifth, " "  Anth y Welp  " " Marcus Willett  "    Sixth, " "  do  " "  "    Seventh, " "  " "  " "  "    Eighth, " "  " "  " "  "    Ninth, " "  7. 13  " "  "    Tenth, " "  " "  " "  "  
Philip Phelps Comptroller.
for 50 st 6. - 40 1. 6.66 666. - 30 - 288 30 666 ) 8640 12. 666 1980 1332 648 49.54 6.66 11) 2.88 30 - 6.66 6.66 - 30 - 288 666 ) 30 6.66

State of New York - City & County of Albany
John D. Wilson
of the City of Albany aforesaid - being duly sworn Says that he is an Elder and Church Master of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the person who has re- possession of the records of the said  said Reformed Protestant Dutch Church  the Dutch Church in said City. That he has held possession of said records for the space of about one and one half years last past. Deponent further says that among the aforesaid Records are those of the Old Dutch Church of said City of Albany of which Reverend John Bapst was formerly Pastor. That said Bapst was the Pastor of said Church in the year 1793 - as appears by the said Records. Deponent further says that he has examined the said records thoroughly for several years prior & subsequent to the 28 th To wit from the year 1758 to the year 1800 day of January 1793 - & is unable to find therein any record or memorandum of the marriage of Henry (or Kendrick) Bogardus & Mary Badgley - Further Deponent says not -
Sworn before me this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1843 -
John D. Wilson Elder & Church Master -
Man O.H. Comm of Records
I hereby certify that the Hon. John D. Wilson the person who made the foregoing affidavit before me this day is a credible person & his statement is worthy of confidence. Date May 16 th 1843 -
Man O.H. Comm of Records

State of New York City & County of Albany ss. I Henry B. Haswell of the City of Albany in said County, Clerk of the City & County of Albany & State of New York do hereby attest — That — before whom the foregoing affidavit of the Hon John D Wilson was taken who executed the foregoing Certificate. Was at the time of the execution of said Certificate & the taking of said affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County as aforesaid. That his signatures to the Great to said affidavit & to said Certificate, are genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office this Seventeenth Day of May 1843 at the City of Albany H. B. Haswell Clerk

No 8504 Mary Bogardus New York Act 7 th July '38
Admitted on at 11. 8 priv.
$37.55 pr.
E
Edward A. Brown Esq. Syracuse N York

Syracuse July 19, 1955
Dear Sir
On the receipt of your last. I immediately wrote to the Comptroller as referred to, for the record Evidence of the service of Henry Bojardus deceased (the husband of the present applicant for Bounty land his widow) in answer to that letter I received the enclosed Certified Copies thereof which I trust will supply the Evidence required for this case if any thing else is wanting I desire to do it at once for the old lady is aged and a great pleasure it will be to her to live to receive for services ren- dered - tokens of her country's grateful remembrance
Truly Yours
J. N. Holmes
For Mrs Mary Bojardus
An Early return is much desired

Albany January 27 th 1844
Sir
I herewith return the certificate in the case of Mary Hill for correction —
It will be observed that the names of Nancy Morris and Josiah Hill are inserted, instead of Mary Morris and Josiah H e Hill —
You will do me the favour to have the correction made & certificate returned at Your earliest convenience, and much oblige Yours very respectfully and b d Servt
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions
W m Valentine "

Recd 7/15
2036 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ill., August 19, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the pension record of Henry Bogardus, Onondaga County, N. Y., pensioner of the Revolution. I think that after his death his widow received a pension.
Yours truly,
Doris E. Brodribb
Address:
Mrs. L. C. Brodribb, 2036 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Salem Oregon, July 22, 1930. Sec'y Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- I would like some information concerning three Revolutionary Soldiers, ✓ Henry Bogardus , Peter Bogardus and ✓ Cornellius Bogardus. of Onondaga County New York. Have you any record of them in your department?
I am quite sure that one of them at least, is my Revolutionary ancestor my great great grandmother was Deborah Bogardus married John - DeVoe.
I will be very grateful for any information that you can give me.
Yours truly.
(Mrs Charles A.) Julia A Lytle
Rt 3. Box 369
Salem, Oregon.

Ev. 418634
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Sept 28, 1920
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Bogardus a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 3 mos. Isaac Van Wyck Griffin   Apl. 1781 7 mos. Pvt Welp McKinster N.Y.   Grant- Willett N.Y.  
Battles engaged in, wounded in right shoulder wounded in right leg in a Battle with Indians; battle of Johnstown  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fishkill, Dutchess Co. NY  Date of application for pension, Sept-16/1832 - cl al  Residence at date of application, Manlius, Onondaga Co. NY  Age at date of application, in Fishkill, NY Dec. 11, 1763  Remarks: He mar. Jan 28, 1793 in Albany NY Mary Badg. b Oct 10, 1776. Bethlehem, Albany Co. NY He d in De Witt NY June 24, 1841 & she was al Ren in her ap. of Mar 18, 1843 whil. res in De Witt NY aged 66 yrs. No further family data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.