Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,964, Samuel Cochran, Green Mt. Boys New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Green Mt. Boys New York
Cochran, Samuel Dutcher, Mary (Former widow)
W. 16,964
CONTENTS

Rept by let: to Pen: agent 28- apr: 1843 —
New York 3/57-
Mary Dutcher, formerly the widow of Samuel Cochran
who died in the year 1797- of Green Co. — in the State of N. York who was a Sergeant in the co — commanded by Captain Cochran — of the — commanded by ————— in the N. York line for Dyeard —
Increased from $114.22 per ann:
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany — at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of — 1843 and sent to Henry Vlykoop Catskill, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1843 $1.1110.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sept: 60.00
$1.500.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by W. H. Stewart Clerk. Book C — Vol. 3 — Page 112

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the act of 11 th July 1836 and of the 1 st Section of the act of 3 d March 1837
State of New York Greene County ss
On this Seventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one at a court of common pleas and general Sessions held at the Court house in the village of Catskill in and for the County of Greene aforesaid personally appeared in open court before the Judges thereof Mary Dutcher a resident of the town of Catskill County of Greene and State of New York aged Seventy nine years since last May 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 11 th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed the 3 d March 1837
That she was married to Samuel Cochran who to the best of her knowledge and belief in the revolutionary war resided in the town of Woodbury in the State of Connecticut
That she has often heard him say that he the said Samuel Cochran at the commencement of the revolutionary war entered the Military Service of the United States in a Company commanded by his Cousin Robert Cochran and was the most part of his time during said engagement in the Province of Canada and was at Quebec at the time General Montgomery was killed and believes he was a prisoner for a short period but how long

he continued in said Service she is unable to say She further declares that she has also heard the said Samuel Cookran say that afterwards he entered the Service as a Sergeant in the Connecticut line for the term of two or three years during which time he was in several engagements and was finally dis- charged at the end of said term of enlistment but under what officers she does not know She further declares that he the said Samuel Cookran afterwards to wit in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty moved into or came into Dutches County in the State of New York That this applicant became acquainted with the said Samuel Cookran and was legally married to him the thirtieth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one That the ceremony was performed (at the house of this applicants brother named Job Milks) by the Reverend Job Swift Clergyman of the Pres- byterian Church at a place called the City in said County of Dutches and that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Mary Milks She further declares that her husband the said Samuel Cookran afterwards to wit in the Spring of the year of one thousand seven hundred and eighty two volunteered and became a Substitute for a Class in Colonel Grahams Regiment of Militia as a private Soldier for the term of eight or nine Months - That her husband the said Samuel Cookran went from home when their eldest child was

three or four months old
That he was ordered to join a Regiment of Service or State State troops on the West Side of the Hudson River where he was Stationed for the protection for the of the frontiers of the County of Ulster untill late in the fall of said year of Seven hundred and eighty two when he was discharged and returned home
She further declares that a few years afterwards she with her said husband moved from thence to a place called Pittstown in Rensselaer County in said State of New York and remained there several years and from thence moved into Greene County where she has ever since remained
She further declares that owing to the lapse of time and loss of memory she is unable to give any more particulars neither does she remember the name of the officers under which her husband the said Samuel Cookman served but believes that the Captains name was Livingston in the last Campaign
And that she believes the whole of the Revolutionary Service of her husband the aforesaid Samuel Cookman during the Revolutionary war would amount to more than five years  more than half she believes in the capacity of a Sergeant
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Cookman while absent from home and was buried died in the town of Cairo on the fourteenth day of July in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Seven and left several children
She further declares that she was afterwards mar

sworn to wit on the twenty ninth day of April in the year one thousand Eight hundred and Seven to David Dutcher that the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Christo Ghygman of the Baptist Church in the town of Cairo and that her husband the said David Dutcher died the 21 st  day of June in the year 1807 one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen in said town of Cairo and that she has not intermarried since the period of the death of said David Dutcher and that she was a widow on the 11 th of July 1836 as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
She further declares that she has no family record nor any documentary evidence to prove any of her foregoing statements either in relation to her marriages or the Revolutionary Services of her former husband the said Samuel Bachman deceased etc. the words: while absent from home and was buried: also the words & day of
Sworn to and Subscribed on the 3 rd June: interlined "day and year first above written } Mary X Dutcher before me William L. Leavitt. her mark
Samuel Bachman

State of New York Greene County
Mary Conner wife of Hugh Conner of the town of Catskill County of Greene & State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that the annexed leaves of her family bible contains a correct history or record of deponents family
That the earliest part of said records were kept by deponents directions - by William Northrop Esq of the same neighborhood where deponent resided at the time of the death of her first husband Ezra Prindle - shortly after his death
That the remainder of said record deponent believes was written by her son Ezra Prindle and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and Subscribed this 18 th day of June 1842 and certify that I am personally acquainted with said deponent & believe her to be a credible witness
Mary Conner
B: Van Vleck Justice of the peace
Greene County Clerks office
I William Pierson Clerk of said County certify that B. Van Vleck Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of Mary Conner purports to have been sworn & subscribed - was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Elected & qualified. and that his signature there to is genuine. Given under my hand and seal of said County. this 18 th day of June 1842
William Pierson Clerk

Washington June 30 th 1842
Sir
In compliance with your report of the 17 th May last I have obtained a family record of the witness in the case of Mrs. Dulibet widow of Samuel Bachman under the act of 3 rd July 1836 which I believe are all the Documents that at present can be obtained in the case. I was in hopes to have obtained record evidence of Baptism - but in that I was disappointed for after having at considerable expense ascertained that the records of the church in which it is alleged that the elder children of Samuel Bachman were Baptized were several years destroyed by fire - your favorable decision is therefore expected & whatever it may be you will please direct to the Hon John Van Buren M c Sc & oblige Respectfully your Most Obedient Servant
Col. J. A. Edwards
War Department
Pension office
Washington
Henry W. Knapp

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Ezra Prindle
Dec 3 rd 1808
Mary Cochran Hugh Connor To Mary Prindle
May 6 th 1826

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Ezra Prindle Nov 14 th 1785 Mary Cochran Febr. 25 th 1782 W m Prindle Sept 21 st 1809 Lodima Prindle July 17 th 1813 Ezra Prindle Jan. 9 th 1816

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
Cyria Prindle
Wm Prindle Died
Jan 7 th 1816
Jan 27 th 1840
4 days before death
June 30 42
Abigail Prindle Jan 1816 Jan 1840

V 5509 N.Y.
Suspended on letter to the Hon Jacob Munk February 11 th 1842 H. Wynkoop Act 4 July 1842
Handwritten musical notation on a five-line staff. The notation includes a treble clef, a key signature of one sharp (F#), and a time signature of 2/4. The melody consists of eighth notes and quarter notes, with lyrics written below the staff: "I'm gonna tell God all my troubles".

State of New York 3 Green County 3 ss
James Cockran of the town of Cairo County of Green and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is 58 years of age and is the oldest son of Mary Dutcher who was first the widow of Samuel Cockran and who was deponents father That deponent when a boy has often heard his father the said Samuel Cockran relate the events of the revolutionary war in which he had been engaged as a soldier from the beginning to near the conclusion of the war, which according to deponents present recollection is as follows
That at the commencement of the war the said Samuel Cockran resided in the town of Woodbury in the State of Connecticut.
That he enlisted as a private soldier in a company commanded by his cousin Captain Robert Cockran
That he with said Captain marched into the province of Canada where he remained during the winter of the siege and attack of Quebec and was present at the time Gen Montgomery was killed and remained in the vicinity of Quebec until the spring or summer following when he was discharged and returned home
That not long afterwards he the said Samuel Cockran enlisted in a company of the continental troops as a sergeant for three years in a regiment commanded by Col Hazen - the name of the Captain he does not remember.
That during said period of enlistment he was in several engagements and stationed in different parts of the country and suffered severely and was finally discharged at the end of said term of enlistment and returned home to said town of Woodbury where he remained a short time
That he afterwards went into the State of New York in

Dutches County in a place called Pine Party where he became a teacher of a country school during which time he became acquainted with and was legally married to his mother the said Mary whose maiden name was Milks
That afterwards he received a bounty for a short enlistment as a soldier and was stationed on the west side of the Hudson River for the defence of the frontier during one whole summer and was discharged and returned home late in the fall of the same year which deponent now thinks was near the close of the war
That not long afterwards his father the said Samuel Lockran and family removed into a place called Pittstown where he remained several years and from there removed into Green County where he died about forty four years since and left a widow and seven children That eight or ten years afterwards his mother the said Mary was married to David Dutcher who died about twenty three years since and that the said Mary his widow has ever since that period remained a widow and is the identical person who is now applicant for a pension for the services in the revolutionary war of her first husband the said Samuel Lockran deceased and further saith not. James Lockran
Sworn & subscribed on the 10 th day of Feb y 1842 before me
Isaac J Dubois Justice of the Peace and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with James Lockran who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit that he is a very respectable citizen and his statements entitled to full credit
Isaac J Dubois Justice of the Peace

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Henry Wynkoop Esq. Catskill N.Y.
Henry Wynkoop Esq. Catskill N.Y.

Clerks Office Lewis County State of New York
I Charles Orvis Clerk of said County do hereby certify that J. B. Knox Esq. was on the day of the date of the annexed or foregoing certificate a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly appointed and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature within subscribed is genuine.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office This twenty fifth day of November 1842
Chas Orvis Clerk By Jas B. Carruth Dep. Clk.

State of New York } County of Greene ss }
I William Pierson Clerk of the County of Greene do hereby certify that Isaac I Dubois is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - And that his signature to the affidavit is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this 11 th day of February 1842
William Pierson Clerk

Sauquoit Feb. the 18 1842
To H. Winkoop Esq
In reply to your inquiry whether I was formerly acquainted with Samuel Cochran the former husband of Mrs. Mary Ducker who I was informed is an applicant for a Pension & who is now a resident of Green County I have the honor to say that I was intimately acquainted with him both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in a place called Pitstown in a Circuit of which I officiated as Clergymen about fifty or sixty years ago that I preached his funeral Sermon at Cairo when he died about 25 years ago, in relation to his military services in the revolution I can only say that he was a soldier at the siege of Danburt was present when Genl. Montgomery was killed that he was a Sergeant in the Continental line at which time I believe he was a President of the Town of Woodbury Connecticut that he afterwards  was  was a soldier in Cairo in to New York State and married a sister of Job and Benjamin Milks with whom I was also well acquainted that after his marriage he was a soldier in the New York line for several months and was stationed on the frontier of Ulster County with so all I can at present recollect from the numerous conversations I have had with him in relation to his services in the revolution in which he was a conspicuous actor as this took place in the early part of my ministry I cannot remember the particulars as he at that time related to me

In Relation to the Character of his widow I can fully say that in a course of a long and intimate acquaintance I have ever found her Hansford in all relations of life. She has raised a number of respectable Children as a Member of a Church her reputation is unblemished And any statement she may have made for the purpose of obtaining a pension may be relied on as being correct.
I have endeavored to give you all that I can recollect in relation to the the services of the said Samuel Cook in as by him related to me
Yours Resp W. Wm. Root by John Crawford
To the Commission of Pensions
I have been acquainted by reputation and personally for many years with the writer of the above letter the Rev. John Crawford
He is a man distinguished for piety & purity of character, and I would place the most implicit confidence in his statements
Very Resp y J. G. D. D. D. John W. D. D. Washington Feby 26. 1842

State of New York Catskill March 21 st 1843
Sir
After an absence of several days arrived here last evening and found your satisfactory report in the application of Mary Dutcher for an increase of her pension under the act of 4 th July 1836.
And enclose her certificate as requested in said letter.
I am Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col S. S. Edwards Commr of Pensions War Department Washington

Catskill N. York Jan 2 nd 1843
Sir
Enclosed is additional evidence in support of the application of Mary Butcher for an increase of a pension for services rendered by her former husband Samuel Cochran under the act of 4 th July 1836
She was allowed a small pension in July last for services rendered in Capt Robert Cochran Co. at Ithaca in 1775 & 76 & in the New York lines after marriage near the close of the war. The increase now asked is for services alleged in her declaration as a Sergeant in the Continental line - corroborated by documentary evidence from the Comptroller of Connecticut to which I beg leave to direct your attention - also the traditional evidence of her children & the letter of the Reverend Mr Crawford
At a personal interview with my Hon. friend Doctor Crump subsequent to the date of her certificate - I inferred from his conversation that the reason she was not allowed for services in the continental line was that the dec d was presumed to have been a resident of the State of New York & therefore was not the identical Samuel Cochran who appears on the continental line as a Sergeant for the term of three years in Colonel Hazens Regiment & also that Captain Robert Cochran was a resident of the State of New York. In reply to the latter objection I would respectfully refer your attention to the enclosed certificate of Mr Campbell Dept Secretary of State. In relation to the former I would respectfully direct your attention to the affidavit of a sister of

the dec d Mrs Elizabeth Strong & her Daughter Mrs Beardsley also herewith enclosed
In conclusion I beg leave to say that the enclosed proof has confirmed my conviction of the merit of the claim - & therefore feel justified in persevering as long as a hope of success remains, and that the Department will come to the same conclusion and allow a full pension as a Sergeant (4, thereby save the poor widow from additional expense) is the fervent prayer of
Respectfully Your Obedient Humble Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col. J. L. Edwards War Department Pension Office Washington D.C.
P.S. Please accept of my best wishes for the New year H. W.

Apr 28 1843
N.Y.
PAID
Col. J. S. Edwards Commr of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

State of New York - Catskill April 26 th 1843
Sir
Agreeable to the requests contained in your letter some four or five weeks since in relation to the application of Mary Dutcher widow of Samuel Cockman for an increase of her pension under the act of 1 st July 1836 - I enclosed her certificate, and have not since heard from you since. Has a new certificate been sent to me , or have you not received my letter above referred to - if either you will please inform me
I am Respectfully your most Obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions War Department Washington

Catkill May 10 th 1842
Sir
While sojourning in your city after your decision in the application of Mary Dutcher widow of Sam l Cochran for a pension under the act of 4 th July 1836. I directed a letter to her eldest son James Cochran and the Rev d John Crawford for additional proof of identity (as required by said report made dated the 11 th of February) which I received - shortly after - but as no documentary evidence to sustain her statement of her husband's services could be procured in the Connecticut line, I withheld the annexed papers for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of her statement - which I have since received and is also annexed. - And since all her statements have been fully corroborated by Documentary evidence and her  an unblemished reputation she has always sustained. I have full confidence in the justice of her claim - And I hope after an examination of the annexed papers your honor will come to the same conclusion and admit her claim and whatever may be your decision you will please direct to me and oblige
Respectfully Your most Obedient Servant Henry Myrkoop
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.

10
Henry Wynkoop Esq.
Catskill
New York
Yours sincerely from Henry Wynkoop

Comptroller Office
Watford Conn. April 21. 1840
I certify that on application for evidence of the Services of Samuel Cockran as Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, three years in Col d Moses Hazen's Regt., that I have examined the Records of Settlement made with the Com d Line, of the Continental Army, And find his name in a "Settlement made with Col d Moses Hazen Regt. before Jan y 1. 1780. where he is entered as a Sergeant. And commenced Service Jan y 1. 1777. Time of Settlement. Jan y 1. 1780, having served three years.
Henry Kilbourn Compt.
From Jan y 1. 1777 to Jan y 1. 1780. three years

Reported for H Henry Wynkoop Mar 9 43
3951
New York
Mary Butcher formerly widow of Samuel Cochran, dec d who died on the year 1797 of Green Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Cochran of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the N.Y. line for 13 mos. 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 44 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. day of July 1842 and sent to H. Wynkoop, Present
Arrears to the 4th of March '42 486.42
Semi-annual allowance ending J ly , 22.11
508.53
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by Theo Smoody Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 3 Page 112

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16,964
Mary Butcher Former wid. of Samuel Cochran Sergt-Rev. Nav.
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary Dutcher
Payment to be made at Albany N.Y. by J.W. Olcott Esq. Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of
N.Y.
Issue new Certificate 2 yrs Serf.
$120
Deduct what has been paid
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 6, Vol. 3 Page 112 by
Henry Wynkoop. Catskill N.Y.
Theo. Smoody Clerk.

removed from Cairo 1841 informally
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836,
Mary Dutcher of New York, formerly widow of Samuel Cochrane deceased who was a Private in the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty four dollars and twenty two cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 5 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
John C. Spencer Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

so faults
George W. ...

A list of the Field Officers, Captains and part of the Lieutenants of the Regiment of Green Mountain Boys, consisting of seven companies.
Ethan Allen Seth Warner } Field Officers.
Captains. First Lieut. Remember Baker Ira Allen Robert Cochran John Grant Michal Keal Ebenezer Allen Deleg Sutherland David Ives Gideon Warren Wait Hopkins Jesse Sawyer Heman Allen
Levi Allen Adjutant Elijah Babcock Comissary Jonas Fay Doctor to Surrurgeon.
Endorsed "July 4 th 1775. Col: Allen's royal list of loyal officers"
State of New York Secretary's Office
I certify the preceding to be a true copy of a list of officers in vol. 26 of the papers of the Provincial Congress of New York page 51, with the endorsement thereon, which volume is lettered "Military Returns &c 1775" and deposited in this office.
W. H. Campbell
Dep. Sec. of Sec. of State
Albany November 29. 1842.

State of New York Secretary's Office
Certify that it appears by the Military Register in this Office, that Robert Cochran was Lieut. Colonel of the Second New York Regiment, March 30. 1780, was Mustered to January 1782 & was Major November 21. 1776.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany November 29. 1842.

State of New York Lewis County ss.
Elizabeth Strong of the town of Denmark County of Lewis and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she eighty six years of age - and was well acquainted with well acquainted with Samuel Cookman now deceased who was a brother of this deponent.
That this deponent in the revolutionary war resided in the town of Woodbury in the State of Connecticut and her brother the said Samuel Cookman also.
Deponent further saith that said Samuel Cookman in the early part of the revolutionary war volunteered as a private soldier in a company commanded by Captain Robert Cookman and as deponent was there informed went with said corps into Canada and was at Ticonderoga at the same time General Montgomery was killed and finally returned home after an absence of nearly twelve months and told this deponent he had been in engaged in the United States Service as a Soldier and had suffered much fatigue cold and hunger.
Deponent further saith that shortly after his return home the said Samuel Cookman again enlisted in the United States Service in the Connecticut line as a Sergeant for the term of three years as a rule. That the said Samuel Cookman left home and was absent from home for the above mentioned term of three years or more - except two three times he told this deponent he had returned home on furlough and remained home a few days each time and at one time he returned quite out of health and told this deponent he had been severely sick of the small pox in the army - and had re-

turned home to recover his health which he did and afterwards returned to his quarters in the army as deponent very believes
That he has often told this deponent that he had been engaged in several battles and skirmishes with the enemy but owing to deponents extreme old age deponent cannot now remember any particulars
Deponent further saith that her brother the said Samuel Cookman after his discharge from the army went into the State of New York and married a wife whose maiden name was Mary or Polly  Mills with whom deponent was also well acquainted
That deponent has several times visited at her brothers the said Samuel Cookman house after his marriage with the said Mary Mills, that they had several children the eldest daughter was called Mary or Polly and that their oldest son was called James who resided with deponent when a boy of 18 or 19 years of age in the State of Connecticut
Deponent further saith that her brother the said Samuel Cookman died more than forty years since and his widow the said Mary was afterwards married to a man by the name of Dutcher who deponent was informed has been dead several years and that his widow is still living and resides in the town of Catskill and is the identical Mary Dutcher who is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her former husband the said Samuel Cookman deceased and further this deponent saith not — Jacob  Blank  Witness  Elizabeth  her  X Strong mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 22 d day of
November 1842 and certify that I am personally well acquainted with the abovenamed deponent and that she is a respectable citizen and her statement entitled to full credit
J. Knox Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Norhaven County } ss.
Edward Hemenway Jr. J.D.
Mary Bradsby of the town of Oxford County of Norhaven to State of Connecticut, being duly sworn de- poseth and saith that saith she was acquainted with Samuel Cockran formerly from the town of Woodbury (now deceased) and who was a brother to deponents mother ever that deponent has often heard her mother say that her brother the said Samuel Cockran was a soldier in the revolutionary war and was a Sergeant in the Connecticut Continental line for the term of three years, that after his discharge from said service her uncle the said Samuel Cockran went into the State of New York and was there married to Mary Hicks Mills with whom deponents was also acquainted that her uncle the said Samuel Cockran died more than forty years since and left several children the eldest son named James Cockran deponent was also well acquainted with, and who visited times several in the neighborhood where deponent resided in Connecticut Deponent further saith that the widow of deponents un- cle (the said Samuel Cockran) was afterwards married to a man by the name of Tutcher who as deponent was informed is also dead and is now that her widow an applicant for a pension for the services of her uncle former hus- band the said Samuel Cockran deceased - and fur- ther this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 4 th day of November 1842 and further certi- fy that I am personally acquainted with said Mary Bradsby and that she is a respectable citizen and her statement entitled to credit -
Edward Hemenway Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Newhaven County S.S.
R.D. Osborn Clerk of the County of Newhaven affirmed to hereby certify that Edward Hinman Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Mary Board- ley purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is his genuine signature
The testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County this 15 th day of November 1842 Note the word "that" inserted.
R.D. Osborn Clerk
May 11 1843
88 258

Catskill Dec. 1841
Sir
The annexed application of Mary Dutcher for the services of her former husband Samuel Boekhan dec. I have drawn according to her directions, and am happy to say that part of her Statement is fully sustained by the records at Albany and hereto annexed.
In consequence of which, together with the fair reputation of the applicant I have full confidence in the correctness of her Statement of the services alleged to have been performed by her husband in the Connecticut line as a Sergeant - for proof of which I presume the Department are in possession of to test its merits. —
The proof of Marriage is all that can reasonably be obtained - and I hope conclusive.
With the partial acquaintance I have formed of the case I believe it to be a meritorious one, & whatever may be your decision you will please direct to the Hon Isaac Hovey Jr M. C.
I am Respectfully your most obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col. J. L. Edwards War Department Pension Office Washington D. C.

I certify that David Cochran is mustered to serve until January 1 st 1783 for Ruben Sutherland Clap in Captain Read's Company, in Colo. Brabam's Regiment, in Dutchess County, this First Day of May 1782
G. Livingston Capt
State of New York } Comptroller's Office } Albany Dec r 24. 1841 }
I certify that the foregoing is a true transcript of an original paper now remaining on file in this office
M c Intire Lieut. Comptroller

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein-mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  1782 Dec r 19 3788 Saml Doehran Sp i 19 7 6                   
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, December 23 1841
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1 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. Gilbert Livingston in 1 st Col. Com Fredk Wispenfeld Regt.   Second, " " " " "   Third, " " " " "   Fourth, " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " "   Seventh, " " " " "   Eighth, " " " " "   Ninth, " " " " "   Tenth, " " " " " 
M c Intire Dep Comptroller

A Muster Roll of Capt Robert Cochran's Company and Major Brune's Detachment now in the service of the United Colonies Dated at Camp near Quebec 16 Day of Feby 1776 Samuel Cochran in list 26 Nov 1775 Present This Muster Roll is taken from the 26 Nov 1775 to the 30th Jan y 1776 inclusive
James Van Rensselaer Deputy M d Genl
State of New York Comptroller's Office
Albany Dec r 23. 1841
I certify that the foregoing are true Extracts from a paper filed in this Office on the 1 st Day of May 1841 by W. S. Vandenpelser Esq and supposed to be an original Muster of a Company in the Revolutionary War
M d Dewey
Dep Comptroller
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State of New York Greene County ss
I William Pearson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Mary Dutcher appeared in open Court on the 7 th day of September 1841 and was by me duly sworn and she subscribed to the annexed declaration.
And I further certify that Irea Dubois Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Mary Connin purports to have been sworn & subscribed. And that Robert G Field Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Mary Diero purports to have been sworn and subscribed. were at the dates of the said affidavits Justices of the peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified. And that I am ac- quainted with their hand writing and hereby believe their signatures thereto subscribed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 14 th day of October 1841
William Pearson Clerk

Mary Piers aft

State of New York
Green County } Marcy Hine, wife of Peter
Heir of the Town of Cairo, County of Green being duly sworn deponent and saith that she is fifty five years of age that she is a Daughter of Mrs. Mary Dutcher formerly Widow of Samuel Cochran deceased -
That deponent further the said Samuel Cochran died while absent from home the fourteenth day of July in the year one Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Seven in said Town of Cairo and that her Mother the said Mary Dutcher was afterwards legally married to David Dutcher to wit in the month of April in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred Seven in the said Town of Cairo That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Arnold Huggeman of the Baptist Church in said County of Green And that the said David Dutcher died the twenty fourth day of June in the year Eighteen Hundred & Eighteen in said Town of Cairo and that her Mother the said Mary Dutcher has ever since that period remained and still is the Widow of the said David Dutcher and that she is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her former husband the said Samuel Cochran deceased
On the 21 st day of September 1841 } Marcy Hine
Com before me Marcy Hine known to me to be the Person who subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the facts therein stated & that she is a respectable Citizen and that her statement is entitled to full credit R. C. Wells Justice of the Peace

State of New York Greene County ss
Mary Conner wife of Hugh Conner of the town of Catskill County of Greene and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that she is fifty nine years of age since last February and is the oldest child of Mary Dutch formerly widow of Samuel Cochrane die? That deponent with her parents Samuel and Mary Cochrane lived in Dutches County and from thence moved into the County of Rensselaer in a place called Pittstown, and from thence moved into Greene County in the town of Cairo where her father the said Samuel Cochrane died on the fourteenth day of July in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Seven — That her mother the said Mary Cochrane was afterwards married to David Dutcher of said town of Cairo when with whom she lived several years and that said David Dutcher died the 21 st day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that deponents mother the said Mary Dutcher has ever since that period remained a widow and that she now resides in the town of Catskill and is the identical person who is an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her former husband the said Samuel Cochrane deceased. She further declares that she has often heard her father the said Samuel Cochrane relate the adventures of the revolution he was engaged in while a Soldier and that he was a Sergeant for the most part of the time. And that she has heard her father & mother often say that her father was out from home as a Soldier after their marriage for the term of eight or

nine months and that deponent was three or four months old when her father the said Samuel Leahy started from home to join his company which deponent thinks was in Ulster County
Mary Connors
Mary Connors
Subscribed & sworn October 14. 1871 before me, and I also certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Connors, and that she is entitled to credibility
Chas. Dubois, Justice of Peace
aff of Mary Connors

State of New York Oneida County ss
Elizabeth Milks of the town of Lee in the County of Oneida and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is Eighty nine years of age and is the widow of Job Milks deceased - and was well acquainted with Mary Cochran - widow of Samuel Cochran deceased now widow of David Dutcher Deponent further saith that said Samuel Cochran and Mary Milks were legally married about Sixty years since - at the house of this deponent in Dutches County near a place called the City - that the ceremony was performed by a Presbyterian Minister of that neighborhood by the name of Swift -
She further saith the said Samuel Cochran and his wife Mary lived together many years and had several children the eldest which was called Mary
She further saith that said Samuel Cochran and his wife moved into Greene County afterwards where he died and that his widow the said Mary was afterwards married to a man by the name of Dutcher which deponent was informed is also dead and that said Mary is still living and is now an applicant for a pension for the Revolutionary Services of her former husband the said Samuel Cochran deceased
She further saith that she has heard the said Samuel Cochran say that he had been a Soldier in the revolution for several years and that he was a Sergeant part of the time in said Service And that after his marriage with said Mary he was absent from home for the term of Six or eight months & that his wife

" the said Mary was a Sister to deponents husband and further saith not her Mary X Milks mark
State of New York Oneida County } ss
On this 11 th day of October 1841 personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace and duly made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. Mary Milks. after being duly read to her and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said deponent who is a respectable citizen and her memory for a person of her age extreme old age is good and her statement entitled to full credit
Alpheus A. Spinning J.P.
State of New York Oneida County } ss
I William  P. Sheldon Root Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby cer- tify that Alpheus A. Spinning before whom the foregoing affidavit of Mary Milks purport- to have been sworn and subscribed was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto to set my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 12 th day of Octo- ber 1841 -
S. Sheldon Root Clerk Pro. T. Tuttle Dep.

State of New York Dutches County } ss
William J. McCord of the town of North East County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the present clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of Smith Field in said County. That according to the best of this deponent's knowledge & believe, no record of Marriages are in existence earlier  later than the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three in said Church and that said Church is located near a place formerly still denominated (the City) and that deponent was informed that a clergyman by the name of Job Swift officiated as a clergyman in said vicinity  church several years previous to the date of the above named records and further this deponent saith not. Note the words earlier & that interlined also the word still, vicinity, above.
Wm. J. McCord.
Pastor Presb.
Church, Smithfield, Dutches Co. N.Y.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 30 th day of July 1841 and further certify that said deponent is a clergyman as above stated —
Anno Bryant Justice &c

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Duchess, }
I, Robt. Hitchcock Clerk of the county of Duchess, Do hereby Certify, that Amos Bryant whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace _____ in and for the county aforesaid, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justi- tice _____ and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 30 th _____ day of July _____ A. D. 1841
Robt. Hitchcock
Clerk.

State of New York Ulster County
John Smith of the town of Saugerties county of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deporeth and saith that he is Eighty three years of age that he was a Soldier in the revolutionary war and was well acquainted with Samuel Cochran who was also a Soldier
That deponent near the close of the war was engaged as a private Soldier in a company of Levies or State troops command- ed by Captain Henry Pawling in Colonel Wysevelts Regiment for the term of nine months and was principally Stationed in the town of Saugerties & Woodstock & other places for the defence of the frontier of Ul- ster County
That said Samuel Cochran was a private Soldier in the same Regiment in Capt- ain Gilbert Livingstons Company and as deponent believes for the full term of Eight or Nine Months and was discharged at the same time with this deponent
Deponent further saith that said Cochran after he was discharged returned into Dutches Coun- ty to the place of his residence where he in- formed this deponent he had left his fam- ily and that this deponent hath never since that period seen or heard of the said Samuel Cochran and further this deponent saith not
his John X Smith mark

State of New York Ulster County ss
On this eleventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one before me came John Smith an aged and highly respectable citizen of this town of Saugerties and after having the foregoing affidavit read to him duly made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated.
John P. Foland, Justice of the peace
State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's Office ss. I, George A. Gay Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Ulster certify that John P. Foland Esquire 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 tenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Geo. A. Gay Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Ulster County
5509
Mary Dutcher N.Y.
act 4 July '36
License exp. 6 mo. Advises in '82 7.88 3/4
advised 13 mo 88s. $44.22 1/2
Maded within
H. Wilson Knapp Present