Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,949, John De Witt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
De Witt, John Mary
N. 16949
CONTENTS

3664
New York
Marylee Witt widow of John M c Witt
who died on the 19 th Febr y 1816 of Ulster Co. in the State of New York who was a Private of the Comp y commanded by Captain Schimmelfennig of the Reg t commanded by Col d M c Intire in the New York line for 10 months & 22 days Private 1 " & 28 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $3 Dollars 82 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Feb y 1842 & sent to M c William
Arrears to the 4th of Feb y 1841 $460.20 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar ch 2 21.91
$482.01
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by W. M. M c Intire Clerk Book - 6 Vol. 15 e Page 112

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress passed July 10 th 1836 State of New York Alster County ss
On this twenty seventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one at a court of common pleas held at the court house in the city of Hudson in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared in open court before the Judges thereof Mary Dewitt a resident of the town of Germantown in said County aged seventy five years who being 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 11 th 1836
That she is the widow of John Dewitt deceased who in the revolutionary war resided with his father John L. Dewitt in the town of Saugerties County of Ulster - and was a Captain in a Company of Militia in Colonel Johannes Snyders Regiment - that this declarant resided in the same place - That she has often heard her husband the said John Dewitt say that he had been engaged as a private soldier in the military service in defence of his country in several different campaigns under different Officers during said war - sometimes with the whole Regiment for a short period - sometimes he was drafted for sev

eral months - sometimes he volunteered for a shorter or longer period and with an officer from his company attached to some other Regiment and she thinks that his services in all would amount to Sixteen or Eighteen Months as a private soldier -
That owing to the lapse of time and loss of memory she cannot give autho particulars of her husband's services but according to the best of her present recollection he served in each tour not up than the following in each campaign viz.
That late in the fall of the year of 1776 the militia of Ulster County were called out en mass into the state of New Jersey and the said John Dewitt was a private soldier at the same time in a company commanded by his father Captain John S. Dewitt - and was from home and returned after an absence of not less than one month about the first of January 1777
She further declares that in the spring of 1777 the said John Dewitt volunteered or was drafted as a private soldier either in Captain John S. Dewitts or Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker company and was stationed at a place called Fort Montgomery for the term of not up than four months and was discharged and returned home at the end of the full term of four months
She further declares that during the revolutionary war the said John Dewitt served in short

tours under different officers in Colonel John nes Snyders Regiment for the defence of Ulster which she believes would in all amount to near two months as a private Soldier She further declares that in the Summer of 1778 or 1779 the said John Dewitt enlisted in a Company of light horse - commanded by Capt ain Sylvester Salisbury of the town of Kingston that from said years of 1778 or 79 said John Dewitt was out in said corps, in short tour until the fall of 1780 That she believes he was with a detachment of said Company stationed on the Hudson Riv- er at a place called Sishkill - the first was in the summer of 1779 as she now believes for not less than one month -
The second was in the fall of the same year at the same place for about two months . The remainder of the services of the said John Dewitt in said corps she cannot remember any particulars but thinks they would in all amount to at least one month
She further declares that in the Spring or Summer of 1781 the said John Dewitt vol- unteered as a private soldier in a Company of Rangers commanded by Moses Yeomans who was the commandant of said Company and was stationed at different places for the de- fence of the frontier of Ulster County for the term of not less than five or Six months and was discharged late in the fall of said year of 1781 - and that she well remembers one of her acquaintance Samuel Post was the orderly

Sergeant (now deceased) and that Abraham Dewitt a brother of said John Dewitt was a private Soldier in the same company at the time
She further declares that she was married to said John Dewitt the Sixth day of July in the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty two that the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Derundin Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed church in said town of Saugerties - That her maiden name previous to her marriage was Maria or Mary Breasted
She further declares that her husband the said John Dewitt was called after they were married for a short tour for the defence of the frontier of Ulster County in the latter part of August or beginning September of said year of 1782 under a Lieutenant in Colonel Snyders Regiment - by the name of Martin Hornmel with whom she was well acquainted and that she believes he was absent from home five or Six days
She further declares that the foregoing statement of her husbands Services the said John Dewitt during the revolutionary war is all she can at present recollect - and she believes it is less than he has actually performed and although she may have erred in some particulars as to dates and other particulars - she believes it mainly correct
She further declares that with her husband the said

Declaration of Maria Druett W. John T. T. T. Aug 1836

John Dewitt resided in said town of Saugerties for many years and had several children and that the annexed family record is a leaf taken out of a bible belonged in his lifetime to said John Dewitt deceased
She further declares that her husband the said John Dewitt died the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and Sixteen and that she has ever since that period remained and is still the widow of the said John Dewitt deceased as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
She further declares that her present residence is in the county of Columbia with her Son William Henry Dewitt and that she has for three or four years made several attempts to go to court but in consequence of indisposition and other causes has not been able to reach the court house until now
Given before me this 27 th day of Sept. 1841.
Mary Dewitt
C. Van Valkenburgh Dept. Atty. Co.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Peter Breasted DeWitt was born 22 Feby 1783.
John Dewitt was born 15 Dec. 1788.
Andrew DeWitt was born Nov. 8 th 1793 - and died 10 Dec. 1793. +
William Henry DeWitt was born 27 May 1804.
Charles DeWitt was born 13 th Jan. 1807.
Grand son of John I. Dewitt Andrew DeWitt was born 8 th of November 1806 —
Grand son of John I. Dewitt Horace DeWitt was born September 2, 1808 —
Andrew Dewitt, was born November 20 th 1774 —
BIRTHS.
Anna Maria Dewitt March 5 th 1730 —

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
John J DeWitt was married to Mary Breasted July 6 th 1782
1-2-13-48 4-10-13-48 2-10-13-48 2-10-13-48

State of New York Ulster County ss
I am well acquainted with Abraham Dewitt the person who made the above affidavit who is a person of high standing and respect- ability, and whose depositions are entitled to full credit Washington Jan 12 1842 John B. Van Klief M.C. by A. Clegg Secy N.Y.
On this eleventh day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the County courts in and for said County Abraham Dewitt a highly respectable citizen to me personally known who after being duly sworn according to oath on his oath before and say That he is Seventy eight years of age was a Soldier in the revolutionary war and was well acquainted with John Dewitt who was a brother of deponent - That in the revo- lutionary war this deponent and his brother - John resided with their father John L. Dewitt in the town of Saugerties the place where de- ponent always resided
And this deponent further saith that the said John Dewitt during the revolutionary war more or less every year from the commencement to the conclusion was engaged as a private Soldier in the Service of his country
And this deponent further saith that according to his present recollection the first Service he was engaged in was in the fall of the year of 1776 - in a Company commanded by his father Captain John L. Dewitt for the term of about one month and was Stationed in the State of New Jersey at and near a place called Ram- apough
Deponent further saith that the following year the said John Dewitt was engaged as a private Soldier in a Company of drafted Militia

commanded by his father the said John L. Dewitt for the term of four months and was stationed at a place called Fort Montgomery until duly discharged
Deponent further saith that said John Dewitt his brother afterwards enlisted in a Company of Light Horse - that the Captains name was Sylvester Salisbury of Kingston - under whom the said John Dewitt served several tours and was stationed at different places for the defence of the frontiers of Ulster and the adjoining Counties - sometimes under the command of Lieutenant or Ensign and sometimes under the command of a Sergeant or corporal
Deponent has no distinct recollection in what year and how long these various duties continued at each time - but deponent has no doubt but they would in all amount Six or Seven months in said Company of Light Horse - deponent remembers that one time and he believes it was in the year 1779 the said John Dewitt was with a small detachment of Captain Salisbury's Company engaged - under a Sergeant by the name of Wolver who with said Company went across the Hudson River to a place called Fishkill - for the term of two or three months - and at another place time at the place for about one month .
And this deponent further saith that in the Summer of 1781 the said John Dewitt volunteered in a Company of Rangers commanded by Captain Moses Goodman and was station-

sed at different places for the defence of the frontier of Ulster County for the term of five or six months and was duly discharged late in the fall of said year of 1781 - and this deponent was a private Soldier at the same time in the same Company.
And this deponent further saith that near the close of the revolutionary war to wit in the Summer of 1782 the said John De- witt was legally married to Mary Breasted also of the town of Saugerties with whom he lived several years and had several children - and that said John deponents brother died more than twenty years ago and left his widow the said Mary - who is still liv- ing - and is still the widow of the said John Dewitt deceased and is now an applicant for a pen- sion.
And this deponent further saith that du- ring the revolutionary war the said John Dewitt has also served in several tours of short duration under different officers are in Colonel Johannes Snyder's Regiment which deponent believes may in all amount to two or three months.
Deponent further saith that his brother the said John, was sometimes called John J. Dewitt - and sometimes John Dewitt Junr because a near neighbor of the same name was an older man and who was generally named Johannes and sometimes John deponents father the Captain was always

named John L. Dewitt and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Abraham Dewitt
Jacob Snyder Judge
State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office
vs. George A. Gay Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County,
Certify that Jacob Snyder Esq. is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Certificate, purporting to be his is genuine,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Seal of Office, and Subscribed Name this fifteenth day of December in the year 1841.
Geo. A. Gay Clerk
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Mary DeWitt N.Y.
Act. 4 July '36
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adad 10.22.04 fri 1.28.04 Dragoon
Hon R. H. Callan

John 1:1-4

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay 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:
  1 1779 Nov 22 o 1055 John R DeWitt Apr 6 8 0   2 1779 Nov 22 o 1060 John S DeWitt " 16 8 0   3 1781 Dec 8 o 6382 John DeWitt Jr " 16 1 9   4 1782 May 31 10582 John DeWitt Junr " 1 10 0   5 1782 May 31 10583 John DeWitt " 1 8 0   6 1779 June 20 32001 John DeWitt " 0 11 0   7 1779 June 18 46118 John S DeWitt " 0 5 6   8 1779 June 11 46122 John DeWitt " 2 18 4   9 1779 May 19 46118 John DeWitt " 0 8 4   10 1778 Oct 18 46201 John DeWitt " 0 8 4   11 1782 Aug 26 46414 John DeWitt " 0 10 5   12 1780 June 11 46478 John DeWitt " 0 24 8   13 1779 June 26 46584 John DeWitt " 2 16 8   14 1780 Nov 2 46799 John DeWitt " 0 3 8   15 1779 May 10 47051 John DeWitt " 0 11 11   16 1780 June 24 47071 John DeWitt " 0 
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Dec 24 1841
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1. 2. 3. 7 & 10 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.  Seth Herron  in  Col.  John Hathorn  Regt.    Second, " "  Seth Herron  "  "  John Hathorn  "    Third, " "  Lt Moses Yeomans  "  "  Albert Pawling  "    Fourth, " "  Does not appear  "  "  Does not appear  "    Fifth, " "  Does not appear  "  "  Does not appear  "    Sixth, " "  Does not appear  "  "  Does not appear  "    Seventh, " "  Capt John P. DeWitt  "  "  John Snyder  "    Eighth, " "  John P. DeWitt  "  "  John Snyder  "    Ninth, " "  John S DeWitt  "  "  John Snyder  "    Tenth, " "  John S DeWitt  "  "  John Snyder  "    11 th " "  Lt Martin Wanniel  "  "  John Snyder  "    12 th " "  Martin Wanniel  "  "  John Snyder  "    13 th " "  Peter Baker  "  "  John Snyder  "    14 th " "  Sergt Andylan Schack  "  "  John Snyder  "    15 th " "  Adam Wolf  "  "  John Snyder  "    16 th " "  Lt Oke Suydam  "  "  John Snyder  "  
M.W. Duryay Dip. Comptroller

Washington February 15 th 1842
Sir
In reply to your report made to the Hon R. McChlanchy on the 12 th in relation the application of Mary Dewitt widow of John Dewitt due under the act of July 4 th 1836
I have the honor to say that I have carefully examined the documents from Albany and compared them with her declaration & the accompanying affidavits, and find some difficulty to arrange them in order to make an explanation satisfactory to the Department.
But would respectfully refer your honor to a further examination of the affidavits of Abraham Dewitt & Samuel Mc. Gee - the former a brother a brother of the applicants husband & was acquainted with the material facts in the case.
That there were two privates by that name I have every reason to believe - because I was personally acquainted with their location as being within the beat of Captain John L. Dewitt's company - the father of the John in question.
The service that appears credited on the Comptroller books out of the bounds of the County, is Satisfactorily explained by the affidavit of Samuel Mc. Gee who saw him in the service corroborated also by his brother - who swears that in 1781 he served with his brother John 5 or 6 Months in Mose Yeoman's company of Rangers.
The service anterior to the date of the Comptroller books I presume no valid objection can be raised being supported by respectable witnesses - and corroborated by the history of the times - I therefore trust that on a second examination your decision will be more favorable, and please direct to the Hon. R. McChellan M.C.
Respectfully your most obedient Servant
Henry Wynkoop
Col. J. L. Edwards Comms of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.

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N.Y.
Chesapeake
Det to New R
McClellan 12 th
February 1842
at 4 July 3 rd

Rev WIDOW, &c. )
File No. 18949
Mary DeWitt Wid. of John DeWitt Priv. Rev War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Catskill Dec 1841
Sir
The annexed application of Mary Dewitt widow of John Dewitt for a pension under the act of July 14 th 1836 I was requested to prepare three or four years since but in consequence of her remote residence from me and other unforeseen incidents I have not been able to obtain her declaration untill last September in the mean time as occasion occurred I succeeded in obtaining proof in support of her claim which together with the documents obtained since I hope since may be satisfactory. — Of the Services alleged to have been performed in 1776 of one month and four months in '77 - no documents of so early a date are in existence at Albany. The remainder of the service is mainly supported by the annexed abstract from the Comptroller &c. and corroborated by respectable witnesses.
The Comptroller it appears has made an abstract of both the John Dewitts privates and which will more easily enable the Department to discriminate those Services which of right belong to the case in question.
Upon the whole I have reason to believe no more service is claimed than what she is legally entitled to. Whatever may be your decision you will please direct to the Hon. Robert C. McLane House of Representative
I am Respectfully your most obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.
P.S. For further proof I would refer the Department

to an abstract of Bob Snyder Payroll in the proportion of the Department
H. Wyzkoon—

State of New York } Columbia County } ss I Jehoiakim Van Valkenburgh Clerk of Court of said County do hereby certify that the annexed declaration of Mary De Witt are the proceedings had at the court of common pleas at the court House in said County who being duly sworn in open court, I further certify that Jesse Van Riper Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of William H DeWitt purports to have been sworn & subscribed was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace duly elected & qualified & that his signature attune thereto is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court & County this 17 th day of December 1841 J A Van Riper Esq. Clerk of Col. County

after Mr. Dewitt

State of New York Columbia County ss
William Henry Dewitt of the town of Germantown County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is the son of Maria Dewitt widow of John Dewitt deceased late of the town of Saugerties Ulster County. That deponents father the said John Dewitt died the Nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand Eight hundred and Sixteen and that his widow deponents mother the said Maria Dewitt has ever since that period remained and is still the widow of the said John Dewitt deceased and is now an applicant for a pension and further this deponent saith not that she now resides in the town of Germantown aforesaid & further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th day of April 1840 and I do further certify that I am person- ally acquainted with said depo- nent and believe him to be a credible witness
Wm H Dewitt
Jesse Van Nep Justice
I certify that I am well acquainted with William H. Dewitt above named and know him to be a person entitled to perfect credit - and I further certify that I am acquainted with the character and reputation of the family of Mrs Dewitt the applicant in this case, and that it is of the highest respectability - That the applicant is the mother of the late celebrated Dr Dewitt, late a professor in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick New Jersey - R. McLellan. HO. Reps Jan'y 12. 1842
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State of New York, Ulster County
Andrew Breasted of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is seventy five years of age that he was well acquainted John Dewitt late of the same place now deceased who who was a Soldier in the revolutionary war
That said John B. Dewitt in the fall of the year of 1776 was a private in a Militia Company commanded by his father was called out by the State of New York and was Stationed in the State of New Jersey at a place called Raripagh for about one month as he now believes
And this deponent further saith that in the spring of the year of 1777 the said John B. Dewitt was again engaged in a Company commanded either by Capt Henry Schoonmaker or Capt John B. Dewitt - and was Stationed on the Hud- son at a place called Fort Montgomery for the term of about four months or more as he now believes
And this deponent further saith that the said John B. Dewitt has under different officers in Colonel Johannes Snyder's Regiment for the defence of the frontier of the County of Ulster during said war in all for the term as he now believes of three or four months in all in said County of Ulster aforesaid
And this deponent further saith that near the close of the revolutionary war the said John B. Dewitt was legally married to Maria Breasted a Sister to deponent - that the marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Derunda

Clergyman of the Dutch Reformed church in said town of Saugerties
And this deponent further saith that the said John H. Dewitt and the said Maria lived together several years and had several children
And that the said John H. Dewitt died - more than twenty years since - and that his widow the said Maria Dewitt is still living and is now an applicant for a pension residing at present in the County of Columbia in said State of New York and further this deponent saith not Note the letter I obliterated before execution
Sworn and Subscribed before me this { Andrew 16 th day of June 1839 and further Andrew Breasted certify that I am personally acquainted with said deponent and believe him to be a credible witness
John P. Soland Justice of the peace
State of New York
Ulster County Clerks office } I George A. Gay, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Certify
that John P. Soland Esq r is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing Certificate, purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and Subscribed my name this fifteenth day of December in the year 1841.
Geo. A. Gay Clerk

State of New York Columbia County
Samuel McGe of the town of Germantown County of Columbia and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is seventy five years old that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, that he was well acquainted with John D. D. D. who was also a soldier.
That in the fall of the year 1777 his regiment was a private soldier in the Continental Army. John D. D. D. was in the same regiment. The terms of two months. He was stationed on the Hudson River at a place called Fishkill. That respondent resided in the town of Poughkeepsie Ulster County at the time and was a near neighbor to said John D. D. D. that said John was a private soldier at the same time in a company of light horse and a desert. He recalls commanded by either Capt. [illegible] or Lt. [illegible] the latter at least.
That respondent also knows John at different periods since the war. He recalls D. D. D. engaged as a soldier during said war but does not remember any particular.
And his respondent further saith that the said John D. D. D. was afterwards married to Maria [illegible] that he said John at present is a near neighbor of respondent and is now an applicant for a pension for the services of her husband. The said John D. D. D. deceased and further this respondent saith not. Sam McGe

Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, KILLIAN MILLER, Clerk of the county of Columbia, Do hereby certify, That Andrew Havvan before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said county, this Fifth day of January 1839
K. Miller
Saml McGehee John D. Smith

Sworn and Subscribed before me the 11 th day of October 1838
and I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Mc Gee the above named deponent and that he is a man of good standing in society and believe him to be a credible witness.
Andrew Moore Justice of the Peace
Samuel Mc Gee John D. Smith

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 11 th day of October 1838
Andrew Moore Justice of the peace
Saml. H. Gee John D. Smith