Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,833, Andrew Decker, New York.

SERVICE
New York.
Decker, Andrew Mary
NUMBER
R. 2833
CONTENTS

2780
New-York. — 4
Andrew Decker, private — New-York line —
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence the 13. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Sept. 1818 and sent to Samuel B. Seward, Esq. Warwick, Orange County, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 — $ 37.87 Semi-annual acct ending 4 March, 1819. $ 48 — 4 mos. \frac{22}{30} 1819. $ 85.87
3 years.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Jan 4, 32 Sixm gtw
Continued
Warwick Orange Co.
Notification sent to James M. Wilkin 1 August 1820 Yonkers,
New York

From
to
Post Office
Hon. John L. Patten
Secretary of War
Washington City
Joseph P. [?] New York City
Staten Island
Connecticut
Port Royal
Admitted
Enlisted 9 May 1777
Deserted 15 Aug 1779
See Rolls Col. Livington
Regiment N.Y. Line

State New York. } Orange County. } Andrew Decker of the Town of Warwick County of Orange and State of New York being duly sworn on the holy Evangelist Almighty God deposes and saith that he is a natural citizen of the United States. That according to his best recollection it was in the Spring of 1776 he enlisted into the regular Army of the U. States, at Rhinebeck Dutches County State of New York under Capt. Peter Van Karsdalen in Col. James Livingston's Regiment - Gen. Benedict Arnold's Brigade and Gen. Gates Division. That he served in said division between  about three years, and received an honorable discharge from the Army at their head Quarters in the Highlands below Fishkill State New York. That he left his discharge with one William Mackayfellow, with whom he worked, in safe keeping. That when he called for it Mackayfellow stated it was lost. That he and his wife died shortly after and this deponent could never after hear of his discharge. That he is sixty six years old - and in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his country and that since the publication of the late Pension Law he has made diligent search to find some of his companions

In arms by whom his service could be more particularly identified but believe there are none living in this part of the country - He then for prays that his case may be taken into consideration and be placed on the pension list - agree- able to an act of Congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolution- ary war passed the 18 th March 1818 -
Andrew his Dether Mark.
We whose names are hereunto subscribed being duly sworn depose and say that we have been a number of years acquainted with the above named Andrew Dether that he bears a good character as to truth and veracity - Have no doubt but his statement of service is true - and from his indigent circumstances think him entitled to the aid of his country S tho J. S. Hutton
Daniel Dunn

State New York } ss. Be it known that on the Orange County } thirteenth day of April 1818 personally appeared before me Samuel J. Seward one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County the within named Andrew Deker and being duly swor- n saith that the facts contained in the within affidavit are true - And from the knowledge I have of him and the cer- tificate of the within named Nathaniel Whuler and Daniel Himm who were also duly sworn - It appears to my satisfaction that said Andrew Deker is justly entitled to become a per- son eligible to the within described act -
Sam. J. Seward
To the Hon. P. C. Calhoun secretary of the department of War -
State of New York Orange County -
I David M. Westcott Clerk of the said County of Orange do hereby certify that Samuel J. Sew- ard, Esq r above named is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said County of Orange the 13 th day of April 1818
D. M. Westcott

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Andrew Decker } A Revolution } Pension }
Loca
2780
C
23 Sep 1818.

State of New York Orange County
ss. On this second day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty in open court, to wit: the County of Orange, ss. This day personally appeared Andrew Decker, a resident in the town of Warwick in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Livingston in the Company commanded by Peter Van Brant in the New York line. That the date of his original declaration is the thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen that the number of his Pension Certificate is 2780.
And the said Andrew Decker in open court as aforesaid doth take the following oath, to wit: I Andrew Decker do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to being myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed; and the said Andrew Decker in open court as aforesaid produces the following schedule, that is to say:
I have one Cow worth $20.00 Two Pigs $1.75 Six Chairs $1.25 one Table 75 Cts Three Trunks $1.50 Half Dozen Tea Spoons .25 Broke Jug worth $2.00 Knives & Forks .37 Fettle two & Dishes $1.00 Shovel

I am $2.00 No. 12 Two old Checks $1.50 Grand total $1.00. I am indebted to different Persons $50.00 And the said Andrew Barker further states that his own position is that of a farmer is able to do about half the labor of a common man. That his family is four in number his wife Polly aged about sixty years much infirmed Harriet Barker aged nine years his daughter Sally aged twenty one able to work His Grand son Lewis Barker aged four years
Andrew Barker
Subscribed and sworn to before me master Before me Nathan H. White Subpoena Clerk of Court Second day of June 1890 - J. W. Wilkin Clerk.
I James W. Wilkin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing Books and Inventory are truly taken from the records of said Court; And I do further certify that it is the sum of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above and Inventory is thirty two dollars and twenty two cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this second day of June 1890
J. W. Wilkin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange

State of New York } Orange County } }
This day, to wit the 27 th day of May 1845 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Thomas Decker a resident of the town of Warwick, in the County aforesaid aged fifty four years past, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836.
That he is a son of Abraham Decker (deceased) and Mary Decker (now both deceased); that his father was a pensioner under the law of 1818, and that he died January 4 th 1833.
That this declarant has frequently heard his father & mother say that they were married about the commencement of the revolutionary war at Oblong in the County of Dutchess and State of New York. That even since the earliest recollection of this declarant declarant they lived together as and were reputed to be man and wife. That the maiden name of this declarant's mother was Mary Cook and at the time of her marriage with the declarant's father her name was Mary Norton.
And this declarant further saith, that his mother died the ninth day of June 1838 aged eighty eight years. That she was about applying for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 but that she was taken sick shortly after the passage of said act, & continued without the use of her mental & physical powers until the time of her death.
And this declarant further saith that at the time

of the death of his mother, as far as he knows, there were four children of the said Andrew Decker and Mary Decker, still living, whose names are as follows: to wit - This declarant, Abraham Decker, Thomas Decker, Susan Owens, and Sarah Lewis, all of whom are still living - and that they are the only children
That Abraham Decker, the oldest child now living of the said Andrew Decker & Mary Decker is now upwards of sixty years of age - And this declarant further saith, that his father was a pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum, and that the mother of this declarant, remained & continued a widow from the time of the death of her husband, Andrew Decker up to & until the time of her death.
That his deponent has no record or documentary evidence of the marriage of the said Andrew Decker & Mary Decker, neither does he know of any such record or evidence.
The words "Abraham De"
"deceased" "deponent's" "mine" & "still" & the words "now living" interlined Erased before swearing -
Sworn in open court this
27 th day of May 1845. Thos Decker
J. G. Wallace Clerk of Orange Common Pleas.
Goldsmith Dennis Tans.
First Judge of Orange Com Pleas -
Approved of proceedings in open court, 27 th day of May 1845
and of course

State of New York } County of Orange } }
I John C Wallace clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify holden at Goshen in & for the County of Orange do hereby certify that satisfactory Evidence had been Exhibited to said Court that Andrew Decker was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1831 at the rate of $96 per annum that he was a resident of the County of Orange, in the state aforesaid and died in the said County on the 24th day of January 1838.
That he left a widow and four children: the name of his widow being Mary Decker, and the names of the children being Abraham Decker, Thomas Decker, Susan Owens and Sarah Lewis.
That the said Mary Decker, the widow of the said Andrew Decker, died the ninth day of June 1838, leaving the children before named, her surviving. and that she continued & remained a widow from the time of her death husband Andrew Decker's death until the time of her death.
That the said Andrew Decker & Mary Decker lived together as have reputed to be man & wife. & that Abraham Decker the oldest child now living is upwards of sixty years of age, & that there were two older children of the said Andrew Decker & Mary Decker who are now dead.
That the said Mary Decker was about making an application for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 & that she was taken sick shortly after the passage of said Act, & continued & remained without the use of her mental & physical powers up to the time of her

death For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand This the official seal of office at Goshen affixed the 27th day of May 1825
John C. Wallace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1890 Nov 11
Mr Beckwith in person took history Prior
2833
P. O. Mary Decker
Service: widow of Andrew
Enlisted: REJECTED , 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

V No 6811 • Mary Decker acd N.Y.
Rejected Lib. of Cong. McLean Sept. 15. 1846
act 14 July 1836.

15 Mary D. ... 16 D. C.
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Warwick N. York Augst 27, 1826
Sir
Enclosed I hand you the Application of Thos Becker & others for a Pension under the act of July 4, 1836
You will please to report to me
I am very Respectfully Yours
Hon J. L. Edwards
Thos C. M c Ewen

J. C. McEwen
Sept 15 46

299 Pension Office September 15 1846
Sir,
The papers in the Case of Mary Decker Widow of Andrew Decker have been examined and filed under with rejected Claim under the act of 4 th July 1836
Since the adjustment of her husband's pension the rolls of the New York Continental Line have been received in this Office which shows that Andrew Decker enlisted in Capt Van Rensselaer Company of Col. Livingston's Regiment in May 1777 for the War and deserted 15 th July 1779 thereby forfeiting all pay then and pension either to himself or to his Widow afterwards. Mrs Decker had no claim at the time of her death and of course there is nothing to be paid to her Children
Thomas C. McEwen Esq Warwick N.Y.

State of New Jersey } Sussex County } }
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace of the county aforesaid, Abraham Decker, a resident of the township of Newton, in said county of Sussex and State of New Jersey, aged about sixty three years, who after being sworn upon the holy evangelists to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, did depose and say that he is the fourth child of Andrew Decker and Mary Decker, now both deceased, and further that he knew of his said father Andrew Decker drawing a pension while he lived and believes he was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of 1818, he further says, on his oath, that his eldest brother William Decker, who is now dead, would have been sixty nine or seventy years of age, if he had lived until this time, that his eldest sister Christeen, being of the next birth after William, is also dead, she was about two years younger than my brother William, my second brother Christopher, is also dead, as I have heard, he went to Canada, and I have not seen him since, he was about two years younger than Christeen. I was myself my father's fourth child and third son, and was born the 7 th of July 1783 as appears by the  my family record. I do not know, nor have I heard who married my father and mother together nor have I heard at what place it was done, all I know relative to their marriage consists in their living together as man and wife as far back as my memory runs, that they called each other husband and wife, that they were reputed in the neighborhood where they lived to be man and wife, and their children including the four above mentioned were reputed to be legitimate and born in wedlock. They had three children younger than myself all of whom are now living, so far as I know—

And further that the record of my father's family I believe has been destroyed. I know my father had a record containing the date of births of his children, I have seen it, but I cannot now say what has become of it, unless it was destroyed when my father's house was burnt up, which took place some 14 or 15 years ago. — Sworn and I was myself married about thirty eight years ago, by Esq. Thomas Van Kirk of Hardiston township in this county. — Sworn to and subscribed before me, this fifteenth day of August, A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty six by making his mark Sam l Lane Justice of the peace. Abraham his Decker mark
I the said justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Decker who subscribed and was sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief. Sam l Lane Justice of the peace.
State of New Jersey Superior Court } I William L. Smith Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Super do hereby certify that Samuel Lane before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, whose term of Office is five years, Commission dated October 28. th 1842 and expires October 28. th 1847. In full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at Newton this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1846. William L. Smith Clerk

6871.
Mary Peckham and widow of Andrew
NY
act 4 July 1836
Rejected husband deserted -
2833

State of New York Orange County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County aforesaid Samuel B Seward a resident of the town of Warwick County and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years Part who being duly sworn according to law says on his oath that he became acquainted with Andrew Becker and Mary Becker his wife in the year 1807. That they were living together as man and wife and was reputed as such. That this deponent further says that the said Andrew Becker was a person of the United States and that this deponent frequently lent his money for him  Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 19th day of August 1846 Samuel B Seward Asaph V. Aspell Justice of the Peace  I the said Justice do hereby certify that
STATE OF NEW YORK.
ORANGE COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JOHN C. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Asaph V. Aspell Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Asaph V. Aspell and verify believe that the signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Twenty fifth day of August 1846
John C. Wallace Clerk

State of New York Orange County ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County aforesaid Samuel B Seward a resident of the town of Warwick County and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years Part who being duly sworn according to law says on his oath that he became acquainted with Andrew Becker and Mary Becker his wife in the year 1807. That they were living together as man and wife and was reputed as such. That this deponent further says that the said Andrew Becker was a pensioner of the United States and that this deponent frequently lent his money for him
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this 19 th day of of August 1846 Samuel B Seward Hosop. B. Aspell Justice of the Peace
I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel B Seward who subscribed and was sworn to the foregoing affidavit and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief -
Hosop. B. Aspell Justice of the Peace