Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12770, Philip Deforest, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Deforest, Philip
S 12770
Carded
CONTENTS

Dead
Letter to Pensions Agent Dec 1840.
Order to pay W.O. Nov 1840.
1171
Albany 31,740
Philip Deforest
Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York
was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Deforest of the regt. commanded
by Gen. Ten Broeck in the
war for 6 months & 10 days
N.Y.
Enscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 21 Dollars 10 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of April 1840 and sent to Hon. P. J. Magner H.R.
arrears to the 4th of March 1840 189.90
Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Apr. " 10.55
$200.45
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 4. Page 18

Philip Defries
Pardon Paper
11999
P. Potter, agent
75

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. On this nineteenth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery now sitting Philip Deforest (late a resident of Florida) in the County of Montgomery now of Glen in said County in the State of New York. Aged Twenty five 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 th 1832
That he was born at Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York on the 5 th day of December in the Year 1757 that the only record of his age which he knows is one kept in the family of his brother at Greenbush which descended from his father in a Bible. That sometime in the Year 1776 as he thinks because it was the first Year of the War of the Revolution he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in a company of Militia at Greenbush Commanded by Captain Jacob Deforest. Martins Sharp & Andrew Miller were Lieutenants and that he served in this Company from the time he so entered the same during the whole War & until its close in the Year 1783. as a private soldier & as a volunteer in said Company. that this Company was attached to a Regiment Commanded by Col Stephen Schuyler. the Majors name was Fonda. & that the name of the Brigadier General was Ten Broeck. that this Company was ordered on various expeditions. and quartered at different times during the war at Fort Edward. which was the most general place of rendezvous. Fort Miller. German Flatts. Schoharie. Schenectady. Saratoga & many other places to guard the Country from the continued attacks of Tories. Indian Scouting parties & British. And that he is unable now to recollect the order of their movements or marches. which were directed from time to time by the nature of alarms. sometimes by Regiments or Battalions at other times by Companies or parts of Companies to guard

Particular places & dangerous places of Communication. That he does not recollect any battle during the war in which he was engaged. & that his memory has failed him to such a degree that he cannot recollect the names of the other officers of Companies in the same or other Regiments with whom he sometimes served. That he recollects that he & the Company to which he belonged were with the main body of the American Army at Saratoga at the Surrender of General Burgoyne. though they were not engaged in any of the battles, that the American Army were under the Command of General Gates. and that this was in the fall of the Year 1777. the second Year of his service. that he does not know of any person living, who served with him but Jacob van Alstyne who now resides in the City of Albany and who served as Quartermaster & as Adjutant in the same Regiment with him. that after the war he resided in the County of Albany in the town of Bethlehem until about the Year 1811 when he removed to Florida in the County of Montgomery & that he has resided in this County ever since. that he never received a written discharge from the service nor has he any documentary evidence of his service. 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
(the word "the" above, last line interlined)
(Subscribed & sworn to the day & Year aforesaid)
14 6 The said Philip Deforest further declares to be more specific that the first Year of the war he recollects that the Militia under the Command of Colonel Schuyler was marched to Fort Edward where they remained three or four weeks then they returned home. then to Fort Miller where they remained about four weeks then returned home. the second Year he was at Stillwater at the taking of Burgoyne twice to Schenectady & Staid about two weeks each time. that this Company served about two Years as he believes and that during that time he served as much as six months, as rangers, patrolling by night & day around at distance of four, six, eight & ten Miles from Greenbush at Newtown Albany and other places. that besides the six months he served as a ranger

he was at Stillwater twice two or three weeks each time. twice to Schenectady as much as three or four weeks. once to Cohoes two or three weeks. at German Flatts he cannot tell how long, at many places which have no name within a few miles of the place of rendezvous. one day, two days, three days, a week, & ten days, at a time. but he cannot now state in which particular year he served at the places above mentioned nor can he come near the estimate of time put together, which he was actually on duty but believes more than one third of the time during his term of service that he was so engaged.
Subscribed & Sworn the day & Year aforesaid
Philip his Deforest mark
The word "that" 1 st page of declaration after "Ten" struck used before sworn to the word in double brackets above same in before sworn to
after the investigation of the matter and after finishing 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 Nicholas Hile who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and that Cornelius Damp who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Glen in the County Montgomery and is a creditable person and that their statements is entitled to credit
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Deforest for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of September 1882. Geo. D. Ferguson

We Nicholas Hill a clergyman residing in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and Cornelius Devoe residing in the town of Glen in the County aforesaid - do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Deforest who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be Seventy five Years of Age - that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Subscribed & sworn to the day & Year aforesaid
Cornelius Devoe
And the said Courts 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 Courts further Certify that it appears to them that Nicholas Hill who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and that Cornelius Devoe who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Glen in the County Montgomery and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Courts in the matter of the application of Philip Deforest for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of September 1882. Geo: D. Ferguson

11.799
Philip De Forest
Col Schuyler } N.Y. Capt DeForest } Milia
Admitted
Private 8 mo & 10 days
5.14.16
Specifics
29 Sep 1832 28 Dec "
p 186
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NY

BRIEF in the case of  Philip de Forest  of  Glen  in the State of New York!  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy five 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.      thinks In 1776 to close of the war in 1780. as a volunteer.   says he served about two years & again thinks he served more than 1/2 of the time of his engagement.  private.  Gen. Burgoyne  Capt. DeForest. Co. Schuyler   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Greenbush.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? of clergymen & friends in Pownal. Certify to traditionary evidence. Jacob Van Alstyne, a living witness. prima facie, applicant to have been a revolutionary soldier.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Kirtz Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Philip De forest which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no
V. * Has he mentioned 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? none
Each tour of actual service in an embodied corps called out & commanded by competent authority should be separately & distinctly
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
set forth in a supplemental affidavit before some judge or magistrate whose official character & signature should be
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
duly certified  29
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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:
“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 _____. For _____ 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 the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Rev. has
12440 INVALID.
Rev.
File No. 12. 770
Philip Defores Prin. Brew. War.
Act: June 9 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Phillip De Forest New York
Act 7 June 1832
Suspended
See letter to Platt Potter 15 Ap l 1833 do to Hon. C. McVean 3 Mar ch 34 do do do 2 June 34 to Hon. P. J. Wagner 7 March 1840 to same 7 April 1840

Schenectady Febr. 18 th 1840
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions.
Sir:
The claim of Philip De Forrest for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832, has not been under examination since 1834, when the claimant was informed that a more particular specification of each term of his actual service was required. This he was unable to do in consequence of old age & loss of memory. Not long after he departed this life. It is also noted in your letter of June 2 nd 1834, to the Hon. C. McVean M.C. that there was a discrepancy between the affidavit of a witness of the applicant, the former swearing to two terms of 6 months each, while the latter claimed only as many weeks. A circumstance like this, would seem to prove the honesty of the applicant.

and should operate in his favor, and the pre- sumption would be, that he served longer than his memory served him to state with precision. In consequence of the death of the applicant & witnesses the regulations of your Department in regard to this claim cannot be complied with. I would therefore respectfully solicit in behalf of the heirs a reexamination & a statement of what portion of the services alleged are not satisfactorily proven -
Very respectfully
Wm H. Smith
Giles H. Harkness

free
Hon: Peter J. Wagner M.P. House of Representatives Washington D.C.

Pension Office
April 7. 1840
Sir,
The additional evidence in support of the claim of Philip De Forest accompanying the letter of Giles F. Yates, Esq. has been examined. All the service that the claimant can be allowed for, upon the proof on file, is six months and ten days. If it be decided to allow a pension for that term, a certificate will be issued accordingly.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obvt. Servt.
J. B. Edwards
Hon. P. J. Wagner House of Representatives

True P. J. Wagner M. C.
Report of Hon. P. J. Wagner H.R.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Albany militia
War Department Pension Office June 2 d 1834
Sir
I have the honor to state, that the papers relating to the claim of Philip Deforest have again been examined. The applicant was required on a former examination to specify the duration of each term of actual service , the names of his officers and the place or places where each tour was performed. The requisition has not been complied with. The militia were called out occasionally only and for short tours; the applicant himself states that no one tour of the service in question exceeded four weeks and many of them not more than three or four days, and yet one of the witnesses declares that the claimant served two tours of six months each.
Before any decision can be had on this case, the regulations of the Department, in regard to service of this nature must be fully complied with.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t . J. L. Edwards
Hon. C. Morehead House Representative

Phil De Forrest June 8th
Phil De Forrest
June 8th
city
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de Forest
N.Y.
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Mr. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.
Revolutionary Claims
Free

Alma Ville 7 th June 1833
De Sir
Yours of the 15 th April ult. giving notice of the suspension of the Application of Philip Defant for a Pension, was duly rec d . Fully satisfied that Mr. Defant's Application was a meritorious one, and laboring under the disadvantage of his own almost entire loss of memory of his own service, & his want of intelligence, I have nevertheless been able to obtain positive evidence to corroborate his own statement. It is again submitted to the Department for such allowance or such further action as they may deem proper, asking however with due deference whether his own statement now so perfectly sustained may not be considered as the measure of his allowance.
Very Respectfully
Your Humble S er
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Plato Patten

To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
P. G. Chapman H. H. H.

Schenectady, March 30 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions. Sir.
I have received your favor of the 7 th inst. in the matter of the application of Philip De Forest under the act of 7 th June 1832. The aff s of Jacob Van Alstyne and Jacob Conck are herewith returned, certified cred- ible as required. The only evidence of service after 1778, to be found in the office of the Comptroller of this State is for a short tour in 1781, a certif- icate of which is enclosed.
I am respectfully your ob t serv t .
Giles F. Yates

P. J. Wagner M.C. 25649 Browns Washington D.C. your cert in this case by written
your cert Gm 10th J. E.
send cert: to Hon P.J. Wagner H.R.

Schenectada April 13 th 1840
To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply
to your letter of the 7 th inst. I would state that Philip De Forrest will accept a pension for six months and ten days if the proof furnished will not warrant a larger stipend. It is not at present in his power to furnish any additional proof.
Very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Giles H. Yates.

State of New York Montgomery County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Montgomery. Philip Deforest 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 period mentioned below and in the following grade, For two Years and four months I served as a private soldier. And for such service I claim a pension. And this deponent further saith that his manner of service was such as to render it impossible that each term of actual service should now be remembered and distinctly set forth. Further than to say, that each one term according to his recollection exceeded four weeks. Many of them not more than three, four, & five days at one time, and that the means of calculating his time of actual service under arms is from the proportion of time which he was called out on duty, which he is satisfied was not less than one third. but he believes would much exceed that proportion during the whole term of the war. that the above is in addition and supplementary to his declaration made before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery on the 19 th day of September 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
Subscribed & sworn this 28 th January
+ 1833 before me { the word "made" in 3 rd line above interlined } { the word "No" in 11 th line above written over } { an erasure }
James Voorhies Justice of the Peace
Philip his X Deforest mark

State of New York Montgomery County, ss: I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County do hereby certify that James Voorhies before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a justice of the peace of the County aforesaid. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe that the name of said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of February 1833. Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York City & County of Albany } ss. See
Jacob Van Alstyne, formerly of the Town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer, now of the City of Albany in the County of Albany, maketh Oath and saith, that he is well and intimately acquainted with Philip De Forest, (formerly of Greenbush aforesaid in which Town he was born,) now of the Town of Florida in the County of Montgomery, Farmer - whose age, according to a memorandum now shown to the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany, in open Court, and by the said Philip De Forest extracted from the Family Bible, remaining in the family at Greenbush, is Seventy four years on the 5 th day of December last past - That this Deponent hath known the said Philip De Forest from his childhood; That in the course of the Revolutionary War, this Deponent was an Adjutant, and also a Quarter master in the militia Regiment then Commanded by Col o Stephen S. Schuyler, who was a brother of General Philip Schuyler; that he this Deponent well remembers having seen the said Philip De Forest in actual service with the militia from the year 1776 until the end of the said Revolutionary War, on a variety of occasions (and particularly on sundry expeditions, to Schoharie, to the Germant flats, to the Northward at the time both previous to, and at the time of the capitulation and final Surrender of General Burgoyne and his Army at Saratoga) - that according to this Deponent's best recollection, the said Philip De Forest belonged to Capt o Jacob DeForest's Company and Col o Stephen

I Schuyler Regiment, and in the General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade of Militia.
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court this 10 th August 1832.
Jacob Van Alstyne
John G. Watson Clerk
I John G.
As the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany do hereby certify that Jacob Van Alstyne who subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit is a person of Credibility and that his statement is entitled to Credit. In testimony whereof we have directed the Clerk of the said Court to affix the seal of the said Court this twenty day of February in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three
Gerrit Root C. H. Mear } Justices at

Philip Defouets Additional Affidavits for Ransom
Agent Giles F. Yates Schumacher N.Y.
P. J. Maginn -

The number and amount of certificates issued by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Services & Militia services &c Continued from Book N o 4
1781
December 5. 23. 212. Philip De Trait
To whom given
3. 4. 42 1/2
State of New York Comptroller's Office Albany March 25. 1840
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book N o 5 now rendering in this office and also that it appears from the same Book that the said Philip De Trait served the term above named under or with Captain Geo Sharp. It appears that Alexr Webster was a Col o and Albert Fawlinga Col o Comm d on the 26 th December 1781
M c Intire Dep y Comptroller

State of New York Albany County ss
This may certify that I have been acquainted with Philip De Forest for more than sixty years and that he was enrolled in Capt Jacob De Forest Compy of Militia in Col Stephen & Schuyler Regt. whereof I was Quarter master & Adjutant. That In the year 1775 he was enrolled in the said Company as a Private In the year 1776 was called out to Fort Edward & Fort Ann One month - In the year 1777 was called out to Fort Edward and in removing the stores from Lake George to Fort Edward and remained with Army untill the Surrender of Burgoyne Six months. In the year 1778, he was enrolled in Capt Jacob De Forest Company of Rangers, for Six months In the year 1779 was called out to Stone Arabia Montgomery County One month In 1780 was called out to Fort Hunter and Fort Plank Montg y County Two months In the year 1781 was called out Fort Edward Fort Miller & Saratoga Two months In the year 1782 was called out to half Inverness Saratoga and Schoharie one month, Amounting in the whole to Nineteen months. These Services have been performed by the said Philip De Forest. To the best of my knowledge and belief agreeable to a small memorandum what I had kept - and also to my Recollection -
Jacob Van Alstyne
Given and subscribed this 3 rd day - of June 1833 in open Court,
V. G. Wagon, Colo
$ $ In Comptroller Certificate 1 mo & 10 days

State of New York City & County of Albany
ss. Peter Conkate of the Town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer, being duly sworn, deposes and saith that I am well acquainted with Philip De Forest, and have known him from my boyhood - I am seventy five years of age & upwards, and he is about the same age - I know that said Philip De Forest served in Capt. Jacob De Forest's Company, as a private in the year 1775 I belonged to the same Regiment & served in Capt. Sharpe's Company The Regiment was commanded by Col. Stephen S. Schuyler - John S. Haden was Major of said Regiment - To the best of my recollection said Philip was in the service about four weeks in 105 the year 1776 - The said Philip was also in the service in the same Company commanded by Capt. De Forest - and was at the taking of Burgoyne in the year 1777 - I do not know how long said Philip served in that year - but believe the within statement of Jacob Van Alstyne as to the period of his service to be correct - I know that in the year 1778 the said Philip served as a private in a Company of Rangers commanded by the said Capt. De Forest - but I do not know how long he served - as I then belonged to the Militia - The said Philip was also in the service, ac- -cording to the best of my recollection & belief in the years 1779 1780 - 1781 & 1782 as stated in the within statement or affidavit of Jacob Van Alstyne - but I am not able to say for what periods he served during those years - I believe he served the periods mentioned in Mr. Van Alstyne's affidavit
J. G. Wapson Clerk
sworn and signed by making his mark being unable to write, this 3 rd day of June 1833 in open Court
his Peter X Conkate mark

Albany Justices Court ss.
I certify that on the 3 rd day of June 1833 personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Albany, the above named Jacob Van Alstyne and Peter Conck, who being duly sworn, made oath in due form of law that the facts of the preceding affidavits by them respectively subscribed and signed were true - And it is further certified that the said Jacob Van Alstyne and Peter Conck are credible persons - and that the preceding affidavit of Jacob Van Alstyne was drawn by him and subscribed by him in his own hand writing, in the presence of the Court - And that said Peter Conck stated to the Court that he was unable to write -
By order of the Court -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this day and year above written -
J. G. Wagon Clerk Albany Justices Court ss: March 18 th 1840.
And I the said J. G. Wagon Clerk as aforesaid, do further certify, that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to said Justices' Court of said City of Albany, to show, that the aforesaid deponents Jacob Van Alstyne, and Peter Conck were esteemed & reputed to be credible witnesses, and this Court believes them to be such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, the day & year last above written.
J. G. Wagon Clerk