Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10685, William Crolius, New York

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Carolus, William H. 10685 Mary
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New York No 28
Mary Brolius
of Ulster Co in the State of New York who was a N.Y. in the command by Captain [blank] of the company by [blank] in the time of Widow of William Bro- lius who was a pri- vate in the Revolu- tion.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Sept 1836 and sent Col No. Bamford Present
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 36 $110.00 Semest. allowance ending March 37 10.00 $120.00
Act July 36 { Revolutionary Claims } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Addison Clerk, Book- Vol. - 1 - Page - 128
Sept 10 Oct 7. 36 Papers of Col. Bamford, Mar 3. 1838. Mrs. M. W. Thompson 15 Dec 1881

Brooklyn State of N.Y.
On this Seventh day of September 1836
Personally appeared before me Joseph Deane one of the Justices of the Municipal Court in the City of Brooklyn County of Kings and State of New York - said Court being at Court of Record having a Clerk and Seal - Mary Crolius a resident of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, aged Eighty One year who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of W m Crolius whose revolutionary services commenced on the second of March 1775. at which time he entered a company of Grenadiers commanded by Captain Van Dyke under Col. Lasher, and served in guarding the New York city records - on being relieved from that duty in 1776 he was engaged in the erecting of a unit onunker Hill, and in fortifying the Banks of the Hudson River.
In the same year, as a Volunteer (in the five months service) he marched from the city of New York, and was in the attack at Harlem Heights - afterwards in the action at White Plains - and in the retreat to Peeks Kill - in November of the same year, was appointed Harbor Master under Capt. W m Dobbz - and in 1777, after the storming of Fort Montgomery by the

English, he served under the orders of General M c Dougall in removing the vessels and stores to Albany, and in the destruction of such as might be taken by the enemy.
From Albany, after the capture of Gen t Burgoyne, he, under the orders of Col Morgan Lewis, attended to the transportation of Provisions for the Troops at Saratoga.
In 1779, he served in the Quartermaster's Department as Wagon Master, Express rider, and collector of Provisions.
In 1780, he served under Col Stevens and continued in the ensuing Department till 1781, when, from ill health, he returned to New Jersey on his recovery, he volunteered in Capt. Hays company of Artillery, (under Col. P. Courtland) and served therein until the conclusion of the war with England.
A document, signed by him dated April 26. 1825, confirming the foregoing facts, and certified by two Officers, James W m Lent & Lewis Rogers, (who served during the war of the Revolution) was forwarded to the War Department in 1825, and may be found on the files of the Pension Office, Washington.
The foregoing information I derive from a statement in writing, made by my deceased husband some years since, for the purpose of obtaining a pension and it is not in my power, from the nature of the case,

to set forth more explicitly his services.
His character as a revolutionary soldier is well known by a considerable portion of the old and most respectable inhabitants of the city of New York - and so fully satisfied was the New York committee of his services during the Revolutionary War, that they granted for my relief a small pittance, but the greatest that their limited funds would admit.
She further declares that she was married to the said Wm Crolius on the 28 th day of February 1775 - and that her husband, the aforesaid Wm Crolius, died on the 21 st day of April A.D. 1830. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the 3 day and year above written before me
Mary Crolius
Joseph Dean Justice of the Municipal Court in the City of Brooklyn
The deponent being by bodily infirmary unable to attend and appear before Court.
Joseph Dean Justice &c.

I Asbury W. Kirk Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Brooklyn in the County of Kings and State of New York, said Court being a Court of Record having Common Law Jurisdiction. Do Certify that Joseph Dean, before whom the foregoing Decla- -ration on oath was made, is one of the Justices of said Court and that the signature as said Justice was duly made by him.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name hereunto, and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Eighth day of September in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Six.
A. W. Kirk Clerk

Memorandum of some of the Services rendered by William Brooks in the Revolution war

Memorandum of some of the Duties performed during the Revolutionary War
On the 2 nd day march 1775 I entered on Public Duty by guarding the City Records at W m Bayards House in Capt n Vandykes Company of Grenadiers under Col l Lasher, I first assisted in the Erection of a Fort on Banker Hill and fortifying the Bank of the Hudson River in which Service I remained till 1776 When Col l retired in the five months service For leaving the bit we marched to Harlem heights where we had a Skirmish with the Enemy, We then Marched to the White Plains where we had a severe Engagement from thence retreated to Peekskill. On the 9 th Nov of same Year I was appointed assistant Quartermaster under Capt n W m (Dobb) and remained in this line of duty till 1777. When the British Stormed fort Montgomery I received Orders from Gen l McDougal to take a sufficient number of Watermen and remove all the craft we could find, to Albany and destroy all such Vessels & Stores as would fall in the hands of the Enemy.

which I executed with apparent satisfaction:— While in Albany and after the taking of Burgoyne: I received orders from Col. Morgan Lewis, to repair to Fish Kill with Provisions for the Army that was stationed in that Quarter which I executed. In 1779 I entered the Quartermaster Department as Waggon master Express rider, & Collecting Provisions for the Army in which I had my feet much frozen. On the 2 d April 1780 I was appointed Clerk under Col. Sturges in the Quitting Department where I continued till April 1781 at which time I was obliged to quit the service owing to ill health and retired in Jersey. On recovering my health I Volunteered in Capt n Spears Company under Col d Courtland as an Artillerist to Guard the Frontiers, And remained on duty till the conclusion of Peace between Great Britain & the United States of America; I then returned to the City of New York to enjoy that Freedom which I had the Honour to assist in obtaining.

When Congress had made a provision for the Revolutionary Armies — I in 1819 made applica- tion for a Pension, which I did not obtain, owing to my having been in the Staff.
New York 26 th April 1820 th
W m Cushing
We the undersigned do hereby Certify That we are acquainted with Mr William Cushing & also have knowledge of his Revolutionary Services before mentioned
W m Cushing
Lewis Rogers

Memorandum of Some of the Services rendered by William Grolius in the Revolution war

The following is a statement made by Mrs Mary Crolins of what she underwent in some of her Revolutionary times Struggles
In 1776 when we anticipated an attack on this City, my Father-in-law John Crolins sent his Sloop a new Vessel with all his & my Husband's property to Newark for safety with his aged Father Mr Crolins on Board was The Captain Employed, proved false to his trust and ran the Vessel in the hands of the Enemy, which was attested to by my Father Capt. Wm Dobbs who lay with a small arm Vessel in the bay as a guard to watch the motions of the I believe the Vessel's name was the Goldfinch or Dolphin he hailed him & bid make for the Hills which he pretended to do until he got out of shot distance Grand Father was not detained on account of his age and sat at Liberty on Staten Island. on the attack of the British we went to Newark (I mean we women & children) where I remained about three months. I then had a desire to see my Husband & Father & Brothers and to join my Mother's family which I did do by way of Bulls Ferry & Spite Devil Creek where I met my Husband at who saw his my first Born the first time which was only six weeks old the next day he took me by water to Ferrytown where my Mother was and immediately returned to the Army on hearing that the Enemy was coming out in force we retreated to Poughkeepsie where my Husband Father & I found us after they retreated from White Plains where they was all in the Battle. we remained here until the Spring when we collected to gether a few of the com- forts of Life. The Enemy came up by water and attack- then we retreated to Coombsland but returned in a or two but found nothing left but what we stood being plundered the several time of every earthly comfort our life Liberty & religious enjoyments excepting When the British came up the river a second time Gen. Macdougal advised my Father to send his family in land where the Public Store was kept at Danbury Conn. We was here nearly a year and when we had got a few stores to gether and made a little Clothing the Enemy. Visited us by way of Norwalk on the sound where they shewed great valour in killing the

Cattle cutting line hogs in two. There all our provision in road sat fire to the House and then retreated before the troops under Genl Wooster  Stearns who was unfortunately killed. On the advice of my Husband we joined him at Continental Village near Fishkill in the highlands presuming we had no plan of refuge better, we where here but a few months when my Husband was appointed Clerk and assistant under commissary Else of Provision Department we went to Fishkill where the stores were. We remained here until the year 80 when my Husband was  was  at  at  engaged  engaged in collecting provision for the army & fodder for horses. He was requested by his superiors to desist a while from his extra excursions as it would cause his death, but hearing that the garrisons at West Point & Newburg was in a starving condition he said the cause and line of these garrisons depended on their Exertion , he went out with 100 men and gore three weeks at which time they slept not 3 hours in twenty and most all that time he eat & wrote on horseback Scanned Connecticut and all the adjacent counties in this State (this I was told by the men) and on his return he had the satisfaction to be thanked by those very officers & men (he was the most  most  successful  successful (with those that assisted him) in saving as they personally said from starvation. He was so much of a cripple in the spring he thought he would be of but little service to the Army in any capacity so we went to Newark to establish his business (a stone was potted which he done but little as owing to the tenderness of his frozen feet the was in 80 which afflicted him until the day of his death while here Newark we had to keep a lookout for the Tories & Scouts for some time especially when they heard we entertain the unfortunate men who came that way from the prov. Ships, they being landed as far up the north river as possible where they lived at the south. This went on until the Battle of Monmouth when my Neighbors Mrs Sanford and my self and our Husbands go far as Rahway near Monmouth after the Battle to join the army after the Battle he returned and we remained until the Peace when I went to the City and was treated with imprisonment by one of the Butchers that supplied the Militia, many old Soldiers think he cause dissent in the city a little before the Army was called on for rent of our own house by Mathews the

Mayor but he got a cold reception. and not long after I had the satisfaction to see Cunningham the proven master as he was found deliver the Keys of the prison up to our people. which closed the scene of many trials and hardships. of Mrs Mary Corolins.
The above is taken down as repeated by my mother after a lapse of fifty two years. Yrs J Corolins
My Husband was Corolins in 75 & 6 was a private in the Grenadiers under Capt s Van Dyke. Col Lashier Reg t at same time Lieut of Infantrys Capt. Somerville after which he was Assistant Commsary of Provision on one occasion rode an Express assisted once as waggan Master. was appointed Assistant Harbour Master with my Brother Joseph Dobbs and preserved one and cared to always or destroyed all the Vessels that lay at or was building at the Landing with the stores & that was along the river side to prevent falling in the hands of the Enemy.
My Father Capt s Wm Dobbs was Harbour Master and acting as pilot to French fleet under Count De Grasse. and when not on that duty acted under Gen l M c Dougall as Superintendent of Forces he being a practical Blacksmith although following the trade for a living after he learnt his trade and was Commsary of Provision (Fox in French man) was nick named by Sir Henry Clinton. Commsary of Muskettiers Fleet when he offered a reward for my Father dead on Living he finally carried his hellish purpose by hiring my Father's servants to poison them Master which ended his mortal career in 1782 while Engaged in defending his Country by an invading Enemy the British. Regretted by all who knew him.
My Brothers Joseph & William was in the service all the war in capacities suitable to their abilities where both taken twice and imprisoned in the Jersey which lay at the Malabar once while recruiting on Staten Island they served the war out lined some time after was William left a widow who is now living in Connecticut.

The foregoing was not to brag on account of what my family performed then as they done no more than their duty but to convince those who may not have a fair view of things in those days and satisfy that every family was and all done their duty as good Citizens. This could be many things added to this that might be interesting to many such as showing how the country people in those days insulted us for not staying among the whites. and when they made bread for the sick & destitute soldiers and they kept part of the flowers. but on finding this out all us women my mother sister left & they bake it quarterly. My husband has been cold about me not being able at Eliz. Anderson & others who had the salt offalls &c but if they was to reflect how many women & children was in his neighborhood from this city while their husbands was in the army and which Congress made no provision for they could easily perceive where his sympathies went being human beings who had to eat & drink like others.
I hope this recital may not fatigue the Eyes & Ears of those who may read or hear it read as it is the language of a good woman eighty years of age though dimmed in its dictation I was actually acted some fifty five years since and was in intention in getting to obtain something to smooth down the five years she may yet live in this rugged road of life.
Yours Mary Collins New York 3 June 1882 Yrs J. Collins

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
10685
Mary Krolius
wid. of
William Krolius
Private Rev. war.
Act:
Oct. 4 th Jany '86.
Index:—Vol.
2
Page
154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Widow of William Coolins presents her claim for assistance under the Subscription for the relief of the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary war & their widows.
Her Husband was a native of the city of New York and died in the year 1830 .
He first entered in Capt. Van Dyke's Company in Col. Lasher's Reg't of Artillery on 2nd March 1775 and was on duty in guarding the city records - In 1776 He entered the 8 months Service and was engaged in the Battle of White Plains at the time of the retreat on Fort Montgomery as assistant Store Master under Capt. Dobbs was employed to remove all the river crafts to Albany. Served during the remainder of the war in the quarter Master's department under Col. Morgan Lewis. Col. Stevens & finally in Capt. Spears Company under Col. Gertrude & died in the year 1830 in the city of New York.
We of the Committee of distribution certify that we have fully en- quired respecting the above and do believe the same to be correct & do direct that the sum of Thirty Dollars be paid to Mrs. Coolins.
New York May 10 th 1835 C. W. Lawrence J. Watson

State of New York
City and County of New York ss On this 10th day of September A.D. 1836 I before me the subscriber Michael Ulshoffer asso- ciate & presiding judge of the court of common Pleas for the City & County of New York personally appeared John Crolius a resident of the City of New York who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he was intimately acquainted with William Crolius now deceased and Mary Crolius his wife that the said William and Mary were legally married by Doctr Swington about the year One thousand seven hundred Seventy five, and that the said Mary continued the wife of the said William from that time until the year 1830 when the said William departed this life. And further that the said Mary hath not since the death of her said husband married again, but still remains his widow.
Subscribed and sworn to before me by the said John Crolius the day and year above written
John Crolius
M. Ulshoffer
Associate judge &c

from that time since the year 1830 when the said William departed this life - And further that the said Mary hath not since the death of her said husband is widow -
Oliver
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Thomas Jeremiah , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Michael V. Whaeffer Esq d before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the Tenth day of September 183 0
Thos. Jeremiah Clerk.

To G. W. Crump - B C Pension Office
Washington the Sept r 17 - 1836 -
Sir In your communication of the 16 th inst. - on the subject of a Pension for Mrs. Crolins I notice some differences of opinions from those expressed to me on a former occasion by Mr. Edwards - but which no doubt had arisen from an omission on my part to furnish you - with all the papers - that had been previously examined by him -
Permit me on this occasion - which is one of the deepest interest to a most worthy Woman - to briefly state - That Mr. Edwards a few days before his departure from the City informed me - that so soon as the requisite proof was furnished of her Marriage & Widowhood - that she would be allowed a Pension - of twenty dollars per Annum with the arrearage - and that - in the event of her affording particular proofs in relation to the dates & duration - of the services of her deceased Husband - that the pension would be proportionally increased
I wrote accordingly to Mr. Crolins and at the same time transmitted the necessary form for signature & proof - as supplied by Mr. Edwards - which paper - was returned duly executed and is one of those in your possession
Under the foregoing circumstances - I hope no material objection will arise - to delay a relief which the widow has long been anticipating
Respectfully Your Most Obed t Serv t J. Brown Ford

Mary Grolius widow of Wm. D. Grolius N.Y.
com? 6 mo. pri 20
Report to Col. Geo. B. Sanford Quartermaster Dept.
Sept 14/44

War Department Pension Office October 12 th 1830
Sir
The papers forwarded by you for the benefit of the widow of William D. Cridling, deceased, for the purpose of asserting a claim for his revolutionary services, have been examined and are herewith returned.
These papers furnish unquestionable evidence of Revolutionary merit, and if Mr Cridling had been alive when the Act of 7 th June 1832 passed he would have been entitled to a pension to commence on the 4 th March 1831 and continue during his natural life, but as the papers shew that he died in 1830 no claim for a pension on account of his service can be allowed.
I am Respectfully Your obed t Servant
J L Edwards
Majr J. H. Hook Present

Mary Crolius N.Y.
Surrender
Let. to Col. Bonford 17 Sept 1836
adm 1
act. 4 July 1836
adm — Crolius act 4 July '36 on N. York roll copy papers for Col. Bonford

No rejected claim on file.
D. G. Feb. 16, 1911

The Widow of William G. Collins presents her case for assistance under the Subsidies for the Relief of the Old and Poor of the Revolutionary War & their Widows.
Her husband was a native of the City of New York and died in the City in 1830. He first enlisted in Capt. Vandyke's Company Col. Dutchess Regt. of Artillery on 2 nd March 1775 & was on duty in guarding the City Reserves. In 1776 he entered the 5 months service and was engaged in the Battle of White Plains. At the time of the Retreat on Fort Washington an Artillery Battery under Capt. Doss was employed to cover the Retreat to Albany. Several days after the remainder of the War in the South - under Col. Morgan Lewis Col. Lewis & finally in Col. Spear's Comp y under Col. Coudert - He died in the year 1830 in the City of New York.
We of the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that we have an exact copy of the service of the above and do believe the same correct - and do admit the sum of Twenty Dollars to be paid to the Widow.
New York May 16 th 1838
C. Lawrence
J. Morton
S. Matthews

Then May 20 th 1835 from Gen. Jackson
They believe in full of the within.