Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,116, Andrew Hermance, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hermance, Andrew
No. 18,116
or Hermans
or Hermance
CONTENTS
Jim Brock, Maria
(Former Widow)

Reported Sept 16 1851
No 2348 Increase.
New York.
Maria Jen Brock, former wife of Andrew Hermann who died on the 14 August 1818. of Columbia in the State of New York who was an apt Commr in the by Captain of the commanded by in the New York line for N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept 1850 and sent to Hon. H. D. Gould, N.Y.
Increases to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Increased from $480.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the
Recorded by Book
Vol.
Chase Clerk, Page 359
C. Vol. 1 - 131

State of New York } 18 Columbia County }
On this 3 d day of July Eighteen hundred and Thirty Seven personally appeared before me William Gault a Justice of the Peace for the above County, Mairiah Ten Broek (late Mariah Hermann) a Resident of the City of Hudson County of Columbia State of New York Aged 80 Years when being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provisions made by the different acts of Congress that she was Married to Capt Andrew Hermann on the 20 th of June 1778. that he died on the 14 th of August 1818 in the City of Troy State of New York with the inflammation of the Lungs that he belonged to Colonel Graham Regiment of Militia of the State of New York in the County of Dutchess that the said Capt Andrew Hermann resided in the town of Redhook County of Dutchess State of New York when he was called out in the Revolutionary Service the first term of service was for Nine Months the second term of service was for the end of the revolutionary War, and continued in the service until the end of the War, he served as a Volunteer - a Captain of Militia that she (Mariah Ten Broek) was Married to Anthony Ten Broek on the 3 d February 1823 and Ten Broek died on the 13 th of October 1832 that she was a Widow on the 6 th of July 1836 and still remains a Widow
Sworn Before Me the 3 d July 1837 Mariah Ten Broek Wm Gault Justice of Peace { late Mariah Hermann

I Certify That I am acquainted With the within applicant Mariah Kennebec Late Mariah Kennebec & that She is a Credible Person & Highly Respeable & I further Certify that in consequence of Her Bodily Infirmitity She Was unable To appear in Court & that the Within Deposition Was Taken at Her Residence in Hudson She having Removed from Claverack To Hudson on the First Inst
July 3 rd 1837
W m G. Paul Justice Peace
State of New York Columbia County } ss I James Storm Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that William G. Paul before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County. and further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verify that his signature to the said Affidavit, and also to the Certificate of Credibility are genuine
In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand & Affixed the Seal of the said County the 3 rd day of July 1837.
James Storm Clerk
July 1837

State of New York } Columbia County } City of Hudson }
The further declaration of Maria Tyn Brock who was the widow of Andrew Hermance made in order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 -
On this Seventh day of September 1838 personally appeared before me Darius Peck Recorder of the City of Hudson & Presiding Judge of the Mayor's Court of said City Maria Tyn Brock a resident of the City of Hudson in said County & State aged about one year the 14th of August last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following further declaration for the purpose above mentioned:
That she recollects the day of her marriage with Andrew Hermance it was the twentieth day of June 1778, that she was married at West Hook in the County of Dutchess by the Rev Archibald Laidlay a minister of the Reformed Dutch Church who had had charge of a church in the City of New York but had been compelled to leave the City in consequence of the war & was then temporarily residing and occasionally preaching at West Hook but had charge of no church there at the time of the marriage. He was then residing with his brother in law Mr Hoffman who was an intimate acquaintance of Andrew Hermance. That she received no certificate of her marriage but an entry of her marriage was made in the family Bible of her father Peter Hermance, that she does not know where that bible is but believes it is lost or destroyed -

At the time she was married to Andrew Armance he was a Captain as she understood in Graham's Regiment of New York Militia. That from the time of her marriage in June 1778 until the next May she & her husband made it their home at the house of her father Peter Armance. During that time military operations were going on but she does not recollect of any particular military service of her husband Andrew Armance. For the next three years they resided in a house kept house near her father's. That in the Summer of 1779 soon after they com- menced house keeping her husband began to be employed under Colonel An- drew Bostwick as a assistant or Deputy Com- missary in procuring hay and grain for the army that she recollects in particular his being engaged on New Years day following in pressing hay in Livingston's Manor & of his being employed a number of different times in pressing hay, that the supplies were generally sent to Fishkill & sometimes to Poughkeepsie & she remembers that her husband went several times himself to Poughkeepsie with hay & grain. That her husband was frequently engaged in raising men & pursuing the Tories but she does not recollect of his being in actual service with his company but once after they were married & this was as she thinks in the spring after they began keeping house & according to her recollection he was absent about three months at Fishkill, Poughkeepsie & West Point. She recollects he once came home on a furlough for two weeks. During the whole of the residue of the time until the close of the war her husband

acted as a Commissary under Col Bostwick that she recollects his getting rolls of Continental money in sheets from Col Bostwick at Fishkill to pay for Sup- plies - He sometimes borrowed hard money from Mr. Goldsborough Bangas which he afterwards replaced to Bangas - Until the end of the war her husband was in no other business was but that of Commis- sary except serving with his company about three months as above stated His duties as Commissary occupied his whole time - Previous to her marriage she knew her husband from infancy, we were Cousins and our father's farms joined each other - She knew he was in service some months before her marriage with him & the nine months mentioned in her former declaration was intended to refer to his service before the marriage, how long that service was or in what capacity she does not recollect, she has some recollection of his taking flour to Saratoga before the Cap- ture of Burgoyne, she recollects of hearing her husband say that he had to drive through the river & crossing the river at Waterford that they had great difficulty in saving the flour from injury by the water - That the Commissary is Captain & other original documents annexed to her former declara- tion were collected together by her husband about two weeks before his death which took place in August 1818 with the view of applying for a pension under the act of Congress then lately passed - She has no doubt that many other original papers of her husband had been previously lost or destroyed.

Sworn to & Subscribed { Maria Fen Brock on the day and year } above written Be- } fore me -
D Anus Peck, Recorder of Hudson
Since making the above declaration the said Maria Fen Brock requests further to state that on further reflection she believes, that her husband during the time he was in service with his Company after their marriage as above mentioned had been absent three months before he received his furlough & after his furlough returned to the Service how long he remained she cannot say but thinks he served in the whole six months.
She states that the papers marked A B C & D hereto annexed were found among the papers of her husband & the three last named papers on Saturday since the making of the above deposition. That the Jacob Warmer mentioned in Receipt marked C was a brother of her husband.
Subscribed & Sworn to this 11th day of Sept 1838 Before me
Maria Fen Brock
D Anus Peck, Recorder of Hudson
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Maria Fen Brock, that she sustains a good moral character & that in my opinion her statements are entitled to full credit -
D Anus Peck Recorder of Hudson

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18116
Maria Ten Broeck
Wid. of
Andrew Freeman
Asst-Comms Genl Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. M , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hudson, New York
September 7. 1838.
Maria Ten Brock's
further declaration;
some old receipts; and
the affidavits of Maria
Villee and the Hon. B. F.
Butler.
✓✓

Washington D.C.
March 3. 1842
G. F. Yates
appeal from the decision of the Pension Office in the case of Maria Ten Brock;
also a certificate from the Register of the Treasury showing that Andrew Bost- wick was a Deputy Commissary General of Forage.

Mrs Maria TenBrooks formerly in bond of Andrew Germanco N.Y. A.D. at 36 or 38 Please do me the favor to write to the State Dept & give the name of his commanding officer & obliged
36-2348 MM
Mr. Alexander

Maria TenBroek spouse formerly wife of Andrew Hermance Albany N. Jersey, act 4 July 1836 p 480 m
To what time was the last paid p 6 A
Pension Office Sept. 4 1850 S Sept. 4, 1849-
(TenBroek)

W letter file Mrs. F. and Mr. W. Clark by Telling them that the

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let Darius & Lemuel Sept 22. 48
Giles H. Yates is the Agent for the Pension - See his letter within.
Let to W. W. Sylvester April 5th 1845.

Set to H. H. Sylvester April 5 1845
Set. to Dridge, & Lemmer Sept 28. 1848
" H. H. Sylvester 8 th June 1850 " Hon. P. H. Sylvester 17 th June 1850 " " Herman D. Gould July 30/50 " to same 8 th Sept 1850

Reciv d of May the 26. 1700 from And rs Newman M c George the sum of Two Thousand Eight hundred Dollars on Joint Certificate of Three hundred Dollars in Coll s To Pay the Public Expense. I say Reciv d By me
D.
Wm s Dubois A.M.
+ Chap is the Deficitum of Cash from the Duties
W B

Under Pestwick Pul. for the
H. B. Mitchell General

Received this 19. March 1700 of Mr. Jacob Harman a - Sixteen
Thousand four hundred & ninety four Dollars in part of an order on Albany County Treasurer
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And Porter with 20 12

Aug. 1. 6 th 1779 Rec d by the Hands of Capt. Andrew Remiance fifteen Hundred Dollars on account of Col l . Henry Hays D ef . - for payings of Wagon for Juniata Valley  Heitman Hoffman
B.
Wony Hay
W.D.

Received Red Hook House in lease to 21/7/77 of Andries Heermans the sum of Three Pounds 10 Shillings in full for the time being for his company debt his Augustinus Van der Veen March N 2

Received New York 1 October 1774 of Mr. Andreas Heermans Ten pounds nineteen shillings and four pence \frac{1}{2} in full
£10 19 4
For Miss m Ludlow Shaw & Ludlow Daniel Hale
Received of John Kansef. The sum of two Pound one Shilling \frac{1}{2} in full for rent of Mr. William's on the 11 day of August 1775. Johnson

York
Jen Broeck, who was Andrew Heermans
who died on the 14. August 1818 of Columbia Co. in the State of N. York
who was an of Forage { in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by _____ in the N. York line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 480 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. Increased from $270 per annum
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of April 1842 and sent to Hon. R. W. Cliftan, House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1842 5620.00 Semi-annual allowances ending June '43. 240.00 Former payments to be deducted } $5860.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 131
Reported to Agent } See letter }
Letter to the Hon. Genl. R. W. Cliftan. May 11. 1843 do to G. H. Yates Jan 26. 1843 do to Sec. War. March 7. 1843.
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Albany 2,348
Maria Jen Broeck, who was widow of Andrew Heermance 36.
who died on the 14 th August 1818 of Columbia Co, in the State of N. York who was a Capt. & Asst. Q.M. Forage Master in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Graham in the N. York line for 3 mos. Capt. 60.00 21 " Aft. Dfs. Forage Master 210.00 $270 00
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany the rate of 270 Dollars — Conts. per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Sept. 1838 and sent to M rs Maria Jen Broeck, care of Hon. B. F. Butler, Hudson, N. Y.
arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38 2025.00 semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39. 135.00 $2160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 } { Section the 3 — }
Clerk.
Let. Hon. J. Ely Feb. 17 th 1840.
To same March 25, 1840 To G. F. Yates, May 1841 Let to Hon. J. C. Spencer Jr. war, March 14 1842 enclosing p rs (four in number.) do. to G. F. Yates April 1842.

From Andrew Bostwick Sept 2 nd 1882
Capt. Andrew Harman
General W. Roosevelt
Re: D. Hooker

Baughman 2 Sept. 17 1842
Dir
W B - By reading the inclosed you will see the necessity of your going immediately to Albany -
Shall be glad to see you as soon as you can get an account of the Quantity & the different places where the wheat is lodged - If any is in such places as can be immediately forwarded with you to let them to work direct them to prepare sacks in such mills as can now grind so as to be ready the first train -
M c Delude is expected this day
as soon as he arrives money will be ready for you -
It will be necessary that you take an unlimited order from the Treasurer not mentioning the Quantity on the several Mills or Stores in the district because he cannot know what they will deliver - the Treasurer of this County did with me - I am Dir
In behalf of Delude & self -
Your Most Obedient
Andrew Stuart
Capt Harman

Nobody knows who
1779
(It is from Alony Hay who was in the Quarters Nights Dept.)

Fishkill
16 Dec 1779
M c 11
I saw a letter of yours to Col o Bostwick respecting the failure which has lately arose in getting the Hay transported by water. You may rely on it, no person ever blamed you in the least. The fault lay betwixt Mr Gilbert and the masters of the Vessels, and if it has arose through the fault of the latter, rely on their being treated as they deserve as far as lays in my power
I am extremely obliged by the early and expeditious attention you have given in obtaining the Scams for transporting the Hay many reasons made this very necessary, and that of the Hay's being exposed to the weather is not one of the least.
I am Dear Sir
Y r Mo Obed Serv t Henry Hay
Please deliver the enclosed to Mr Walms
Mr Havermaes
Henry Hay

George Clinton 2 nd Feb 1780.

Sir
Cine Brian 27 Nov. 1779
N 8
In consequence of an Application from his Excellency the Governor we must supply him with his winter forage. You will therefore order him 15 Tons of the best kind of Hay which Immediately let it be carried down by a Vessel that you have sent by one of the Continental Brig-
wait your answer & am Sir Your Most Ob. Servt. Capt. Harman
And. Foster Esq. H 68

Indue Boston
27 th Nov 1799
Cat.
But

W. Sir
Cine Blain 27 Nov r 1779
N 8
In consequence of an Application from his Excellency the Governor we must supply him with his winter forage. You will therefore order him 15 Tons of the best kind of Hay  that Immediately let it be carried down by a Vessel that you dis- patch by one of the Continental Brig- s wait your answer & am Sir
Your Most Ob d Serv t . Capt. Harman  And d rostwich 26 Nov r

Johnstown Feb 4/78
Dear Sir
No 9
I have been for some time out of season for my home and from what you mentioned when I saw you last I relied on your supplying me with some; I shall be much obliged to you if you will send me thirty or forty Bushels of Oats or Rye & Indian Corn the I would prefer the former & the sooner I receive it the better
I am yours
most
Obed Servt
J. L. Johnson
To Capt Andrew Armand

City of Albany } State of New York } th
ss
I, Dolly DeWitt do hereby certify that I am sister of Capt Andrew Hermann late a Captain in the Revolutionary service and knows him to have served in the Revolutionary War at different times about three years the services of said Capt Hermann was in a Regiment from the County of Dutchess in State of New York and that said Andrew Hermann remained in the Revolutionary service until the end of the Revolutionary War I do hereby certify that I was at the Wedding of Capt Andrew Hermann in the year Eighteen hundred and seventy eight at Dutchess County State of New York and seen the said Capt Andrew Hermann married to Mariah Hermann the applicant for a Widows Pension she afterwards married Anthony Van Bruck who is since Dead I do hereby further certify that Andrew Hermann died at Troy in the State of New York on the 18 th of August 1813
Dolly DeWitt
Sworn- Subscribed this 1 st day of July 1837 before me
L. Jenkins Comt. of Deeds
I certify that I am acquainted with the Dependant, and that she is a credible Witness & highly respectable -
L. Jenkins Comt. of Deeds

State of
State of New York
Albany County S. I Edward A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify the Comm- issioners Esq before whom the within affidavits respect to have been sworn and whose names is subscribed to the within certificate of credibil- ity was on the day of the date of the same a commissioned officer in and for the said County and that his signatures are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this first day of July 1837. E. A. Ten Eyck Clerk

County of Columbia } ss State of New York }
I Samuel TenBrook late a Major in the Revolutionary Army do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Andrew Hermans a Captain in the Militia of the County of Dutchess and State of New York that said Hermans served in the public service a number of times and until the the end of the War in the Revolutionary war - is as a Captain, and his services were very serviceable to his County and I do hereby further certify that I was well acquainted with Mourick Hermans and know her to be the Wife of Captain Andrew Hermans during the Revolutionary War and that they was married in Dutchess County before the close of the Revolutionary War. Subscribed & sworn before me } S. TenBrook The 30 th May 1837 }
W ms Paul Justice of Peace }
I certify that I am acquainted Samuel TenBrook the the above Deponent & that He is a Credible Witness & a highly Respectable Citizen } W ms Paul Justice of Peace
State of - New York } ss Columbia County } ss I James Storm Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Gaul before whom the above Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe that his signature to the said Affidavit

and also the certificate of Credibility are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said County this 3 rd day of July 1837—
James Storm CNR

In Congress May 11 th 1779 —
No 8
Resolved, That all Deputy Quarter Master Generals who transact business upon commissions shall not be entitled either to pay or Rations, but where they act without receiving such commissions whether stationed at a post or with the Army they shall be allowed two hundred Dollars per Month, two Rations per Day and Forty Dollars per month Subsistence. —
That the pay of an Assistant Quarter master be one hundred and forty Dollars per Month and the usual pay and Subsistence —
That the pay of a Deputy Wagon Master General be one hundred dollars per Month, and one Ration and twenty Dollars per Month Subsistence, and that a Wagon Master be allowed eighty Dollars per Month, per one Ration and ten Dollars per Month Subsistence. —
That a Deputy Commissary General of Forage attending the main Army or attached to an Army in a separate department be allowed the same pay & Rations as a Deputy Quarter Master General acting without Commissions —

That the Assistant Commissaries of Forage either attending the Army to collect Forage on a Mass or those employ'd in purchasing under the principal purchasers in districts have the same allowance as the Assistant Deputy Quarter Master Generals and the Forage Masters who attend the Receipt and Issue of Forage at Posts or Magazines and one each with each Brigade of the Army be allowed the same pay and Rations as Wagon Masters. —
That all Staff Officers who serve with the Army shall be allowed Clothing on the same Conditions as Officers in the Line provided they engage for a year or Longer.
Extract from the Minutes
Ch. Thomson
T. B. Brown
Copy

To what time was Mary Maria Ten Broeck, act 1836, Albany Roll, last paid?
03 She was widow of Andrew } Hermance
J. L. Edwards 9 March 1842
5 th to 4 th Sep 1841 JH

Jan 26. 1843.
Income cannot be allowed
J. L. Richards Esq. Governor of Prison Washington D.C.
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J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Sir:
In case you decide in favor of allowing Mrs Maria Ten Brock increased pay, you will oblige by writing to her for her old certifi- cate this in her possession & she resides at Hudson N.Y.
I am with respect
Yours mo: ob t Servt
J. L. Edwards
Albany Jan'y 18 th 1843.

Oct 16
NY 1000
Adolf ✓ Maria Th. Bruck
50
St. J. [unclear]
St. J. [unclear] Adolf [unclear] Maria Th. Bruck
Washington

Maria Ten Broeck who was widow of Andrew Heermance,
Capt. 3 mo. ————— $60
Assistant } 21 mo. $210 Deputy } Purveyor } Mast
$270 per ann. act 4 July '36 - 3 d Sec. Albany Roll
1/1
Send cert: to Mrs. Maria Ten Broeck, care of the Hon. B. F. Butler, Hudson, N. York.

Payment to be made at Albany. by J. W. O'Leott, Esq. Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of Albany
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 119 by
D. Brown,
Clerk.

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, Maria Ten Broeck of the State of New York, who was widow of Andrew Heermance ————— who was a Captain & Assistant Deputy Forage master in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Two hundred & seventy dollars and 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 twenty first day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
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Examined and } Countersigned. }

apl. 23. 1842.
To
Maria Len Brock, Assistant Q.M. Genl. of Forage
Issue Certificate at the rate of $480 per ann.
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Edward
Secy of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Hon. R. M. McLellan, H.R.
Pension office

Department of State Washington Mar. 14. 1848
James L Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions.
Sir,
In compliance with your request, I have caused the Washington Papers to be examined for evidence of the service of Andrew Heirmance as Assistant Commissary General in the army of the Revolution, and have to report that no such evidence has been discovered.
I am Sir, very respectfully Your Obedient James Buchanan

July 10 1841
Sir
Maria Lee Brooke
J. A. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington D.C. Hon. R. McChesney Secy
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Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comr of Pensions.
Sir,
I am now in receipt of a pension of $480 per annum, for the revolutionary service of my first husband, Andrew Haimance, who was "Deputy Commissary General."
I have been informed & believe, that I am entitled to a pension of $600 per annum, in lieu of the $480, I now receive, and that pensions of $600 per annum have been allowed in cases analogous to mine.
If entitled to $600 per annum, instead of $480 or if entitled to an increase, I trust you will see fit to allow it.
Messrs Dridge & Seamus of your city or Mr. Clarke, of this, are authorized to prosecute this claim as my Attorneys. and I would respectfully request of you, that they may be permitted to examine the papers & correspondence in this case in your office.
Respectfully & truly Yours.
Henrietta Vilee for Maria Van Brock Hudson, New York. Nov 2 nd 1847.

Decm. 27. 47.
Asks care of Maria Ten Burch
charge to all 20
The Hon. J. H. Estlin
Convent of Holy Cross

59.
Washington Dec. 26. 1847
Sir
Sometime last week we deposited with your chief clerk Mr. Crump a Power of Attorney from Mrs. Maria Ten Broeck authorizing us to attend to her claim for an increase of pension.
It has heretofore been admitted by you in adjusting the claim, as we are informed, that the husband of Mrs. Ten Broeck served two years in the capacity of Deputy Commisary General. Indeed we learn that such is the fact given in the Certificate of Pension itself. Such being the case, it appears that according to the Journals of Congress showing the pay provided for Dep. Com. Generals, Mrs. Ten Broeck is entitled to an increase to $600 per annum. In addition to the Journals, we think it highly probable that the Washington Papers in the State Department will exhibit evidence of the amount of pay actually received by the husband of the claimant, whereby we therefore respectfully request that they may be examined with a view to the ascertainment of that fact.
Very Respect.
David J. Skinner attys
Hon. J. L. Edwards

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir -
Will you be good enough to examine as soon as you can, the claim of Maria Ten Broeck, widow of Andrew Hamilton late of New York, for an increase of her portion from $480 to $600. The application was filed about the 5 th or 6 th of June. She lives in your District -
Yours very resp - A. H. Silvester -
14 June 1850 -

July 15. 1845
Sir
The object of the enclosed is to obtain an increase of Mrs. Fox Brock's pension for her husband's services in the Staff of the army; proof of which will appear with her pension papers now on file in your Office
I am Very Respectfully H. H. Sylvester
62 Edward

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In this case to assist Mr. Anderson, sent the evidence to him - A note sent to Col. Saunders
H. No. March 3. 1842.
Hon. A. L. Linn.
Enc. letter of G. D. Bates, with fur- ther evidence in case of Maria Witbrock.
L 52. Rec March 5. 1842.
Pension Office.
Hon: Secy of War J. M. Washington City

Young Representative March 3. 1842
Sir.
at the request of friend Mr. Gats. I have the honour to enclose the within With great Respect
A. J. Linn
Hon. J. P. Kennedy

Nov 29
Mr. Snee
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Rev. Charles G.
Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Schenectada Nov. 27 th 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
Not having for the last three months or since the same was handed in, heard any thing from you in reference to the claim of Maria Van Brock widow of Andrew Hermance who was a Commissary of Forage &c during the revolution, I am induced to solicit your attention to it.
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt
G. H. W. L.

ab 11. 42
ny
St. John Brook
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FREE
Charles L. Gay
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

April 7 th 1842.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
I have received your favor informing me, that if I will return to your office the certificate of Mrs Maria Ten Broeck a new one will be issued allowing her increased pay. The old certificate has for the last few weeks been in the hands of the Hon: R. McClellan. I have written to him requesting him to forward it to your office.
I am very respectfully (Your most obedt Servt
G. H. Yates.

Hudson, N.Y. Sept. 7. Oct 850.
Dear Sir,
I was employed by Maria In. Brown years ago to get her pension increased from $480 to $600. Mrs. In. Brown resides in Hudson Columbia County N.Y. She obtained $480 under act of 4th July 1832 for the Pension services of Andrew Stevenson whose services are described as Deputy Compt. Genl. of Pensions in the California.
After Mrs. In. Brown gave me a Power of Attorney, which I sent to Col. H. H. Silvester & I employed him to urge this case to a final hearing.
I have written Col. Silvester since my giving an Early Decision. I have not heard from Col. Silvester in the matter but once when he said the case would come up in your office as soon as it could be reached. I am now informed that Mrs. In. Brown has employed an Agent without my knowledge & that the Acting Secretary of War has increased it to $600 per Annum.
I have to the best of my ability had this case presented to your decision & when was Equity

daily to hear from you or my agent. I am informed that another has suddenly stopped in & obtained it.
Col. Schuster wrote me that it was necessary to wait until you had reached it in its regular turn. How has it happened with the Power of Attorney given me by Mrs. F. Brooks on file that another Agt. is allowed to step in without my knowing the fact. To who it seems, I should think, has not to wait . I presume that so far as you are concerned, that you have not heard any favor to one more than another. I never have complained of you in the business I have had in your office; but this is the first time anything of this kind has happened, & if this prevails, there will be no safety in spending time & money in prosecuting claims in your office. I was Mr. F. Brooks Agt. The Power of Attorney on file. I was anxiously waiting a decision in the case in the usual way & I am surprised by another stopping in & mistaking the whole from me & as would appear without much effort or delay. I think what I have written in this letter is only a statement of facts & contains nothing but what it was proper I should express.

If the culprits have not been sent, ought you not to send it to me? I am in the library in this case, she has never worked my agent to my knowledge.
I feel much in pain by the action of some one, probably Mr. In Brook himself. & those who advise him. I the person who supplied  between us Agents from your city, with every body promising almost any thing, entirely regardless of the rights of others, & they take away business from the agents, who reside in the middle neighborhood, by their extravagant assurances - promising what we dare not, because if we do not succeed according to what we promise, we are not daily I am made uncomfortable by its reputation to us. But the foreign agent does not see them & does not care what he promises. And these agents are allowed to overstep us whenever they feel we have a case worth attending to.
I am, as ever, yours with great respect. W. H. Burleigh Clarke, Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pension.

May 14. 1840
106 St.
M Leadbrook
J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Schenectada May 12 th 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I have received your letter of the 17 th February last in the matter of the application of Mrs Maria Ten Brook formerly widow of Andrew Hermann in which you state that the character of "the Staff appointment of Mr Hermann is nowhere shown by the documents filed." I beg leave respectfully again to refer the you to those documents (of which the widow has furnished me with exact copies) for evidence of the fact above denied. He is styled "Asst Commissary of Forage," and is called "assis- tant by the "Q. Commissary as General of Issues". She desires to be placed on the same footing with others who served in the like grade, & nothing more.
I am very respectfully Your ob t Servt
G. H. W. [Signature]

Capt J. L. Edwards Sir
You will herewith receive the additional evidence in the case of Maria Zen Brook for your letter of the 22 d Ult and the return of her first affidavit, she has now produced all the evidence in her power - Capt Hermans Commission with his other vouchers I hope will insure her the bounty which Congress has thought proper to grant Widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary War I wrote you in a former letter that the President & Attorney General are both acquainted with the Col & Widow old Neighbors & acquaintances
Your early attention to this case will be duly appreci- -ated
I remain
yours
J. E. Beckman
Hudson Oct 12 th 1837

House of Representatives U.S. July 26. 1850.
Sir
Herewith I present the application of Maria Ten Broeck of Hudson, N. York for an increase of her pension.
An early decision, to be forwarded to me, is solicited.
I have the honor to be Yr Obed. Servt
Herman D. Ladd
Hon. J. S. Edwards Chair of Pensions

Dec 14. 1842
7.8.
W. A. J. Edwards Esq. Committee of Finance Washington D.C.
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New York, Dec r 12 th 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir When I left Washington I was promised an answer in the matter of the application of M rs Maria Ten Broeck formerly widow of Andrew Hermance; which answer was to be addressed to me in this city . I purpose to remain here about a week longer, and in the meantime would like to receive the promised communication. M rs Ten Broeck expects me to call upon her on my way to Albany, and I would like to put her in a position, as soon as possible, to reap the full benefits of the decision of the Secretary of War in her case.
I am very respectfully Yours ob t Serv t G. H. M c H.

Hudson Sept 12 th 1887
I hi You will herewith receive the additional Affidavit of Mrs. TenBrook with you request of her through me by your letter of the 8 th Inst. Mrs. T. is very desirous to have her claim adjusted; and I presume all the evidence is now produced by the Touchers, she has not on with the Commission of her late husband.
I remain
Capt. L. L. Edwards
Yours J. B. Beckman

Albany, March 11 th 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir.
I have had the honor to receive a letter from the Secretary of War in reply to my appeal in the case of Mrs Maria Ten Brock former widow of Andrew D'Vermance, with your letter accompanying the same under date of the 7 th March instant. In this letter you observe that I "allege what is wholly untrue" when I say "that the Commissioner of Pensions has not carried into effect the order of the Secretary of War."
It would be inconsistent with the duty I owe myself & the respect I have always entertained for you, to suffer such an imputation as the above to remain unanswered. I regret extremely to have said any thing that was calculated to elicit from you the remark above quoted; and I write this to assure you, that I had not the most distant intention to attribute any thing intentionally wrong as regards the your fixing Mrs Ten Brock's stipend at $480. The whole misunderstanding arises from the fact of my not having received (as I now have) a copy of the decision of the Secretary of War: or if in my last application to you to have Mrs Ten Brock

receiving a stipend corresponding with her husband's rank of Assistant Commissary General, you had informed me that the Secretary had decided as to the amount of the stipend & not the rank of Mr. H., I would have understood the true position of the case. Having stated to the Hon. Secretary in my first appeal that the main point at issue, was as to Mr. Hermance's rank, & thereupon pursuant to his decision receiving a new certificate in which Mr. Hermance's rank was raised to Asst. Comm. General, the only inference I could possibly draw, was that the Secretary had decided as to Mr. Hermance's rank, and all now asked for is, that the pay of the widow may be raised accordingly. While an ordinary Commissary of Subsistence (2 grades lower than Mr. H.) receives $600 per annum, it seems unreasonable that an Assistant Commissary General should receive less.
If I have waited nine months or more since receiving the $480 certificate before I received the application for increase, it was not an "after thought" but in accordance with my usual practice. I have other calls upon my time. Because I am not hasty & pertinacious in urging such claims as I have before your Department, I hope will not be set down to my disadvantage, nor yet militate against my clients or operate to their prejudice. I can show that Mrs. Len Brock was dissatisfied from the commencement with the amount allowed her, and she had repeatedly urged me to go on with her claim for increase before I did so. Three or four pension agents from Washington & Hudson, have tried hard to get the case out of my hands, & promised her success in a short time. She thereupon wrote me a letter (now on file with her papers) saying she would have no other agent but me & urging me to proceed. Could I then have done otherwise than I have done?
As it seems I was misled as to the Secretary's decision, & it related after all to the amount of the pension

and not to Mr H's rank, the application for increased pay is now with you; and it rests upon the ground of his rank which certainly cannot be considering a matter of conjecture with the documentary proofs exhibited & the nature of Mr H's service. I have also furnished abundant proof of the amount of pay received by Officers discharging his duties, by resolution of Congress &c.
I am with respect
Your mo: Ob: Servt
G. F. Yates.

Mr Allin
Increase at Maria Ten Broeck wife no of Andrew Arromana N
act 4 July 1836
Adm. $100. per
per 4 March 1831 deduct- ing what has been paid at the rate of $480 per ann per the same date
Hon H. D. Gould Admin of Estate

(Copy) Department of the Interior August, 22 nd 1860.
Sir.
I herewith return the papers in the case of Maria Ten Broeck, who was the widow of Andrew Hermann, deceased, an Assistant Commissary of Forage.
It appears from the evidence that he occupied a similar grade to that of John Slight, whose case was examined and decided upon by the Hon T Ewing on the 4 th of April last, and that he served as such for two years.
The certificate of Pension should be sent to the Hon H. D. Gould, House of Representatives.
I am very respectfully, Your Obdt Servant.
D. C. Goddard, Acting Secretary.
J. L. Edwards. Esq., Commr of Pensions,

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. Olcott, Esq. Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of Albany.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C. Vol. 1. Page 131 by D. Brawn,
Clerk.

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, Maria Ten Broeck — of the State of N. York, formerly widow of Andrew Heermance — — — — — who was a Deputy Commissary General of Forage — in the War of the Revolution — is entitled to receive Four hundred and eighty — dollars and — 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. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated Sept. 21. 1838 for $270 per annum, which has been cancelled. Former payments to be deducted.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
John C. Spencer Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Hudson Oct 20 th 1846
To Mr Yates
When I obtained my new pension certificate for $480 per annum as Deputy Commissary General of Forage it was understood that I did not receive the amount of pay to which I was entitled under the decision of the Hon Secretary of War & you promised as my attorney to prosecute my claim for a larger stipend. Mr McCallan M.C. was also engaged in the business. But I cannot learn that Mr McCallan or you have done anything about the matter you will have the goodness to inform me how the case stands as I am anxious to have the business completed. A lawyer in this city and others have voluntarily offered their services to act as my agent and say that they will insure me success. But I wish to employ no one but you and hope you will use your best exertions to have the claim allowed as soon as possible.
To G. F. Yates Albany N.Y.
Your friend Marcia Jen Brock

In at Nov 13 NY
Blank
Free
Col. H. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Hudson. N.Y. Nov 10 th 1837
Dear Sir
I sent you the additional evidence in the case of Maria TenBroeck which you solicited some time since, as it is all she can offer. viz. the Commission of Capt. Hermans. the evidence of her Marriage and her Identity &c of her Widowhood. leave her claim entirely to your decision, as it now stands. should you think proper not to allow her claim. she wishes to have sufficient time before Congress meets to present her claim at the opening of Congress. will you my Dear Sir please to inform me of your Decision as soon as convenient
I remain yours
J. E. Baskerville
Capt J. L. Edwards

Ho Representatives
July 9 th 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, I send you herewith a communication from the citizens of Schenectady N.Y. asking a reexamination of the case of Mrs. Mariah TenBroek in her application for an increase of her Pension - Be pleased to advise me of the result of your action upon the application - in haste
Truly yours
P. McWilliam,

Washington Sept 7. 1852
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Dear Sir
I sent you Mrs. Testbrooks Pension Certificate on the same day I received your letter informing me that on the receipt of the old Certificate you would forward me the new one - Are the persons who is to take the Certificate leave early Monday morning you will confer a great obligation by sending it to me this day.
Your Ob't & Humble Servt Herman D. Eales

Washington May 8 th 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir / Permit me to call your attention to the enclosed letter from Mrs Maria Jon Brock of Hudson N.Y. - I sent her the new pension certificate which you forwarded to me, and although her pension was greatly increased thereby. She still thinks that she is entitled to more - I think her pension is now very respectable, however if the rank of her deceased husband entitles her to more under the decision of the Hon the Secretary of war, it is not unreasonable that she should ask it - Her certificate now grants $480 - Be pleased to advise me of your opinion in the matter . That I may inform her thereof -
in haste. Truly yours
A. W. Clegg

Nov 29 43
Maria TenBroek N.Y.
Edward Gay Comms of Panama Washington D.C.
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Sir:
In the matter of the application of Maria Ten Brock former widow of Andrew Hermance for increased pay, I have been informed by those interested, that M c H. Clarke of Hudson N. Y. has assumed the prosecution of it. I am assured that he has not & cannot furnish any proof additional to that already on file, on which was on file before he took the case in hand. On a reexamination of the claim as asserted by me I am satisfied that you will find sufficient evidence to convince you that Mr. Hermance was an assistant or deputy to A. Bostwick Commy General of Forage, & accordingly entitled to $600 instead of $480, the pay of a Forage Master.
But I do not now write for the purpose of arguing the case. I write merely to claim my right to the agency. On reference to the papers you will find a letter from Mrs Ten Brock appointing or recognizing me as her sole and exclusive Attorney or agent. I have suffered heretofore through the interference of other agents who have reaped the fruit of my labors. Unless you have received written authority from Mrs Ten Brock expressly superceding me as attorney, I must protest against the interference of others in my affairs.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt
S. F. YATES.

Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.
Report to Hon. J. Ely, H.R. & return the within letters to W. E.

Schenectada Febr 6 th 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions
Sir.
I beg leave to renew my application for a decision in the matter of the claim of Mrs. Ten Broeck of Hudson N.Y. widow of Andrew Herman deceased. The proof in this case is of the highest character. I have never received an answer of any kind from your Department respecting this claim.
Very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Giles H. Young.

Feb 5 30 M. at NY Pension Office A. Edwards Esq Washington D.C. Hon Robt. McClellan A.R.

Ho. Rep Sept 30 th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir) I am requested by Theo. E. Beekman Esq of Hudson N.Y to ask of you what has been done with the claim of Mrs Mariah Hermans widow of Capt Hermans of the Revolutionary army - I wish you would be pleased to inform me of the situation of her claim and what additional Evidence (if any) is required - Mr Van Buren & Mr Butler he informs me are well acquainted with the family and if necessary he informs me that their evidences of the merits of her claims can be produced - I am in your obedient servt Robt McCallan Ho. Rep.

12 Dec 1842
de 6.
Mr. Van Buren
Edward Eng Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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To
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
Albany, Nov 9 th 1842
Sir. The amount of pay awarded to Mrs Maria Ten Broeck widow of Andrew Hermance pursuant to the decision of the Hon. Secretary of War, was not, it is conceived sufficiently large. An ordinary Commissary, or one of the lowest grade receives $600 per annum; and was much as the decision aforesaid sustained the position that Andrew Hermance was an assistant to a Commissary General, it is respectfully urged that Mrs Ten Broeck should have her pay increased to $600, the usual pay of an ordinary Commissary of Issues.
This application was entrusted to the Hon. Mr McClelland, but as usual with gentlemen of that stamp, nothing it seems was done by him in the premises.
I enclose Mrs Ten Broeck's letter to show that she renews her application, and as my authority to act in her behalf.
I am with respect G. F. Yates

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Free
FREE
July 16 Maria Jen Broeck
Rev. J. H. H. J. Schwarz Benevolent Institution Washington
Ans July 19. 1838. J. H. H.

Hudson N.Y. July 11 th 1858
Capt J. L. Edwards
Sir
I have this day been informed from Washington, that the Widows Bill is passed, including all married persons the 1794, of course it includes the claim of Mariah TenBroeck late Mariah Hermann, Widow of Capt Andrew Hermann, De
You have all her evidence now on file in your office with the Commission of Capt Hermann &c, your early information on the this claim will be duly appreciated
I remain
yours &
C. B. Beekman

Nov 29
Return letter kept in gown
Maria and Brock's
Free
Charles For
Pigeon Cornerstone
Washington
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Hudson N.Y. Nov 26 th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
Your Letter of the 17 th Inst is now before me respecting the claim of Mariah TenBroeck
I cannot construe the meaning of this Letter I perceive it only contains your Signature I presume it was wrote by one of the Clerks of your Department
In the first place it is stated that Capt Hermann served as a Capt in a Militia Comp only Twenty one Days I presume the Gentleman that examined the evidence must have omitted examining the the testimony of Mr Dolly DeWitt who says that his Brother Capt Hermann served upwards of Two Years to the end of the War and the evidence of Mariah TenBroeck with Maj Samuel TenBroeck responds to his services
It appears by the order contained in the official Letter of Genl Clinton under date of Feb 1780 to to Capt Hermann and one to Andrew Bortwick C.S. of Spies dated 2 nd Sept 1782 from that Capt Hermann acted in that capacity Two Years hereby acting forvius in the line
It is stated in your Letter that Andrew Bortwick was Company of Spies on the 27 th Nov 1829 I cannot conceive what the above date means as Nov, 1829 is long since the late War
I remain yours J. L. Beckman

July 30.
I'm ab. Mrs Van Broeck
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Capt J. L. Edwards Sir
In a former letter you mentioned you could not have Capt Hermann on the Muster Roll of Grahams Regt serving as a Capt in the Line for only Twenty one Days. Capt Hermann served out the War as an Assistant Deputy Com Missary of Spies which will offer by the will of affidavit of his Widow and the order now on file from Genl Clinton to Commsy Genl Borkent and for Commsy of Borkent to Capt Andrew Hermann your decision she awaits your pleasure hoping for the best as she is very anxious to obtain the Bounty of Congress
Yours J. B. Beckman
Hudson July 25 th 1838

Hudson, N.Y. Sept 17 th 1898
Capt J. L. Edwards Sir
You will herewith receive the Papers of Mrs. Mariah L. B. Cook Sub Maria Hermany which our friend the Ex Attorney General, and myself has arranged with additional proof we hope will be satisfactory to you respecting her meritorious claim.
My anxiety for the old lady is very ardent as she was once in very affluent circumstances, and now quite the reverse, which I have undertaken without expecting any remuneration and merely as a Voluntary Attorney.
I remain
Yours
J. E. Beckman

140. Representatives
April 22 o 1842.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir / I have the honor herewith to send you the Pension certificate of Mrs Maria Tentsrock of Hudson N.Y. - Be pleased to forward to me the new certificate under the decision of the Hon the Secretary of War - I am informed that his decision allows her an increase and pension and that it will date back to the 4 th March 1831 -
I have the honor to be yr obed Servt
R. McCallan,

Pension Office
March 14. 1842
Commission of Pension
Report accompanying the papers of Maria Ten Brook. Yb. Rec March 14/42.
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Pension Office.
March 14. 1842.
Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the papers in the case of Mrs Maria Jen Breck, who was the widow of the late Andrew Heermance, dec d . In this case Mr G. F. Yates has taken an appeal. I do not consider it necessary to reply to the misstatements of Mr Yates. I shall content myself with merely stating the necessary facts, and submitting to you the evidence, and the points to be decided. The claim was allowed for three months service as a captain of militia, and for 21 months service in the Forage Department. As it was difficult to determine in what grade in that Dept t he served, I considered it proper to allow for his service, the pay of the lowest grade of commissioned Officers. The pension was computed as to allow her $270 per annum. A claim for $600 per annum is now made on the ground that Heermance was an Assistant to a Deputy Commissary of Forage, and in that capacity served two years, and received pay equal to $50 per month in specie. Of his appointment to that Office, and his

pay at that rate, I can discover no evidence to satisfy me. The journals of Congress do not shew how much per month was allowed to an Assistant Deputy Commissary of Forage?
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obedt. Ser. J. L. Edwards
Hon. John C. Spencer Secretary of War!

Col. L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions
In the matter of the application } Sir - of Maria Sen Brock , widow of Andrew Hermann Esq for an increase of Pay -
The objections still adhered to, as appears from your letter of the 1 st May last, are these -
1 st That it is "not established that he (A. H.) was an apt Comm'ry of Forage" - & 2 d That it is "not satisfactorily shown that he received in specie or its equivalent a higher pay than is computed".
In regard to the 1 st objection, I beg leave again most respectfully to represent that Mr. H. is expressly called "A. C. of F." in one of the documents on file with the papers in this case, and although he is designated as "Capt. Hermann" in the other documents, in conformity with the rank he held previous to his being made a Comm'ry, yet the subject matter of these documents, the rank or nature of the office of the officers who wrote them, and the duties required to be performed by Mr. H. show (& the fact is not & cannot be denied), that Mr. H. was bona fide a Comm'ry of Forage & nothing else. But even admitting that he was only a Comm'ry of Forage Master, which he must have been, if he was not a Com. of F., I would then refer an answer to the 2 d objection, that before "depre- ciation of pay commenced," at least when the pay

was in Specie or its equivalent, to wit in May 1777, Forage Masters were paid pursuant to Resoln of Congress at that time $40 per month, while the pay of a Captain of Infantry at the same time was only $20 per month, and was not increased to $40 per month, until after the depreciation commenced, to wit, by resolution of Congress passed 27. May 1778.
As to the duties of Commissary of Forage, viz, "to purchase & store forage" &c I beg leave to refer to Resolves of Congress Vol. 3. (1777) at page 183-old edition. †
I beg leave to solicit a reexamination of this claim, and would not urge, were I not fully satisfied of its merits.
With much respect
Yours At Servt
G. H. L. O. D.
June 2 d 1841.
† The pay of an "Asst Commissary of Forage", was fixed by resolution of Congress passed 11. May 1779, at $ or the same as "Asst Dep: Quartermaster General Forage."

State of New York Columbia County ss. I, Maria TenBroek of Hudson in said County aged 93 years being sworn say I am a Revolution- ary Pensioner of the United States, under act of July 4 th 1836 at the rate of $2180 per annum.
That said pension was allowed me for the Revolutionary services of my first husband, Andrew Heermance, who served in the war of the Revolution as Captain & as Commissary. That said Andrew Heermance's services, as described in the pension certificate in my possession, were that of "Deputy Commissa- ry General of Forage". That I am informed and believe that I am entitled to an increase of pension to Six Hundred dollars per annum for my said husband's said revolutionary services; and that such increase is now due to me under the aforesaid
act, as I believe Sworn to & subscribed this 20 day of May 1850. before me Henry Miller Clerk of Court Hudson - Ny
and further say not. her Maria X TenBroek mark

State of New York & H. I. John R. Cunn
clerk of said County do certify that a Henry Miller before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of said in & for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths therin. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Com-
missioner and only believe his signature subscribed thereto to be in his hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my & affixed the seal of said County this 20 th day of May 1857.
John R. Cunn
Clerk Columbia County
H. H. H. H. Clerk
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May 1 st
Mr. Cunn
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Staten Island
Andrew
Mani Tompkins
State
May 23 rd

Sept 10
May Maria Ten Broeck for increase
J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Marble Patent Washington D.C.
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Schenectada Augt 31 st 1839.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
In compliance with the request of Mrs Ten Broeck, contained in the accompanying letter of 20 th April last, ( & which until now I have neglected to attend to), I beg leave respectfully to solicit a review of her claim. She receives a pension of $270 by reason of the services of her first husband Andrew Hermance in the war of the revolution, under the act of 4 th July 1836 . She has furnished me with a copy of the papers, (or some of them) on which her claim was originally allowed, & from an examination of them, I am induced to agree with her in opinion that she does not receive as large a pension as she is justly entitled to.
His commission as Captain bears Date 28 th May 1778. There is no satisfactory proof of his having served for any length of time in this Capacity, though
(Voucher A. = a receipt of one of his privates for nearly two months pay in the Spring of 1779, would seem to show that he was for at least that term in actual service. But we urge the claim for increased pay on the ground of his having served as an assistant Commissary General not forage .
This, we think, clearly appears to have been the case from 26 th May 1780 till September 1782, and as we think without a violent presumption from 8. June 1779  5 th August 1780 till September 1782, or for more than three years. To particularize -
By Voucher B. it is manifest that he paid a large sum ($1500) for wagons to transport grain - or the phrase "paying of wagons" may mean, paying for the transportation of grain or forage in wagons. This voucher bears

date 6 th Augt 1779 . He is designated in it as "Captain", but this is without doubt, the title he retained & by which he was still familiarly known in consequence of his having so recently served in that capacity. And by the way, it would seem from the affidavit of the widow, that he occasionally engaged in active service as a militia Captain, after his appointment as a Commissary.
27 th Nov 1779 , we have a letter from Col. A. Bostwick, Dep: Com: Genl of Forage addressed to Mr Hermann on matters appertaining to his duties as Asst Com: of Forage.
Dec r 1779 , we have a letter of the same purport, from Mdney May D. 2 nd Mr General .
February 1780 , — a similar letter from Geo: Clinton .
19 th March 1780 = Voucher C: is signed by Col. Bostwick before named, but the $14.494 spoken of therein, appears to have been paid by Mr Jacob Hermann who the widow testifies was her husband's brother & who must pro hac vice have acted in behalf of Andrew Hermann .
Voucher D. dated 26 th May 1780. Andrew Hermann is expressly recognized as an Assistant Commissary of Forage . This voucher is signed by Benjamin Dubois Forage Master , to whom Mr Hermann had paid $2800.
The last voucher adduced is a letter from said Col: Bostwick to Andrew Hermann in reference to forage matters. It bears Date 2 nd Sep r 1782 , & shows that Mr Hermann was at that late date still in active service as Asst Com: of Forage . All of which is confirmed by the affidavits in this case.
I am very respectfully Your me: O ur Clerk
[Signature]

P.S. In enumerating the vouchers in the foregoing letter, I omitted one of great importance dated 8 th June 1779. It is an order given by Genl. Washington to Clement Biddle Com: Genl of Forage, who directs his Deputy Col. Bostwick to carry the order into execution, & Col. Bostwick calls upon his Assistant Capt. Andrew Hermann to aid him therein.

Sir
Hudson April 20
I am satisfied that the amount awarded me under the act of 4 July 1836 is not so large as I am entitled to my husband having a commission for more than two years to say nothing of Capt. Tainey. and I receive only $270 per annum. I am informed that you have devoted much time to business of this description and have collected a good deal of documentary evidence on the subject. I should like to engage your services in my behalf you are hereby authorized to institute the necessary proceedings to procure for me increased pay
Elizabeth Rankine

In the matter of Maria Sen Brook widow of And o Hermance under the act of 4 th July 1836, for a pension
Appeal
March 1: 1842
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To the Hon.:
John C. Spencer
Secretary of War
U.S. March 2. 1842
Pension office. upon recd March 14/42.

To the Honorable John C. Spencer Secretary of War.
In the matter of the application of Maria Ten Broek widow of Andrew Hermance under the act of 4 th July 1836, for a pension &c
On appeal
Sir.
I beg leave to present for your consideration and decision thereon, several points involved in the above matter about which the Commissioner of Pensions alleges that he is unable to make up his mind. Several years ago, when the widow first made her appli- -cation being convinced of the merits and justice of her claim he allowed her stipend on account of her husband's services as a Captain for 3 months in the War of the Revolution and for 21 months as "an assistant deputy Forage Master" at the rate of $20 per month. This was done by way of Compromise , he being not fully satisfied as to the rank or grade her husband the said Andrew Hermance held in the Forage Department of the army. He placed Hermance in what he conceived to be the lowest grade in that Department, and the 21 months service was set down with the

view to make out with the 3mo d service as Captain, 24 months service in the aggregate, that being the length of service required for full pay, to which the widow was clearly entitled.
It is claimed that Hermann served for a longer period than 3 months as a Captain, and that the papers on file in the matter in the office of said Commissioner abundantly prove this fact. But no claim for additional pay as Captain is urged for the reason that the proof of Captain Hermann's services in the Forage Department for more than 2 years is established by the highest evidence, to wit, documentary. The widow claims then to be allowed full pay on account of her husband's services in said Department to be graduated by the revolutionary pay he received while in that Department.
The Commissioner in one of his letters on the subject of Hermann's grade asserts that Hermann was only a "Deputy" or "assistant Deputy Forage Master." No such officer was ever known in the army. The lowest grade in the Department aforesaid, was "Forage Master." His pay was fixed by Resolves of Congress as early as 1777 in specie at $40 per month.
The Commissioner admits, that Andrew Hermann is recognized as an A.C. F. (Assistant Commissary of Forage) in one of the documents accompanying the papers

of the applicant, signed by "Forage Master Dubois", but contends that this alone is not sufficient to establish the grade of C. of F. or any particular term of service in the Forage Department. But there are other Documents fortified by parole proof to establish the grade & length of service. To these we refer, and on them rely to substantiate the claim for full pay as Ast Commissary of Forage .
In these "other documents" Hermann is called " Captain Hermann", that being the rank or military title he held previous to his appointment as Assistant Commissary of Forage, and by which he was usually addressed. I humbly submit, that this does title does not disprove his appointment to some grade in said Department, any more than the fact that Andrew Bostwick being called in the selfsame papers by the title of " Colonel " (which he was previously to his appointment as Dep. Com. Genl. of Forage) disproves that said Bostwick, was Deputy Commissary General of Forage .
If the Honorable Secretary will be pleased to examine said documents, he will find among them an order of General Washington to Clement Biddle Esq.  Commissary General of Forage , authorizing him said Biddle and his assistants to impress forage the pro hac vice, & Biddle directs Andrew Bostwick his Deputy Com. Deputy Commissary General of Forage) and his assistants in New York to execute this order; and by an instrument under the hand and official signature of Col. Bostwick as Dep. Com. Genl. of Forage, "Captain" Andrew

Hermane whom he designates as his assistant , is empowered to execute said order. These papers have date 8 th June 1779. —
Another document bears date May 26 th 1780. It is a receipt signed by Benjamin Dubois Forage Master in which Andrew Hermane is expressly designated as Assist Com: of Forage .
Another document is a letter of Lt. Bostwick dated 2 nd Sep r 1782, directing Hermane to procure forage at Albany &c
As before observed, it is claimed that these documents show that Hermane served more than 2 years in the Forage Department, or rather Commissary of Forage Department, and that he was in reality an Assistant Commissary of Forage for New York, and not a Forage Master. Mr. Hermane was an assistant to Bostwick & Bostwick was not a Forage Master, but a Dep: Forage Master General , deputy to C. Biddle who held the highest grade in that Department of the army.
I would further urge, that the nature of the duties required of in and by said documents to be performed by Hermane prove him to have been an assistant Commissary of Forage . Forage Masters were attached to Brigades & travelled with them. It was their province to receive forage from the Commissaries of Forage at the magazines they were for the time being stationed at, or at the posts where stationed, while it was the province of the Commissaries of Forage , to purchase & store forage (see subjoined extracts from Resolves of Congress) the very thing required of Hermane. From these resolves the revolutionary pay of Forage Masters & Commissaries of Forage, will also appear.
Resolves of Congress — Vol. 3. page 183. (1779)

Commissaries of Forage are directed to be appointed for the army - one for each of the military Departments thereof, with such & so many Forage Masters as shall be deemed necessary. Commissaries of Forage to purchase & store forage - & the Forage Master to receive all forage purchased &c. The pay of a Wagon Master fixed at $40 per month, and of a Forage Master at $40 per month.
Vol. 5. (1779) May 11: 1779- Assistant Commissaries of Forage employed in collecting or purchasing forage are given the same pay as Assistant Deputy Quarter Masters General and Forage Masters the same pay as Wagon Masters .
1780. July 15. Pay of Commissary of Forage $75 per month besides rations.
All of which is most respectfully submitted
J. H. [Signature]
Attorney for applicant
Washington D.C. March 1 st 1842.

May 13. 1841.
Snab ny.
M. Brooks
Stearns Ames
Washington D.C.
By P. P. Jones
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Albany May 10 th 1841.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions
Sir
In the matter of Maria Ter- Brock widow of Andrew Hermann under the act of 4 th July 1836 -
Admitting that Mr Hermann was only a Forage Master as you charge, the widow's pay should be greatly increased. I have shown you that the journals of Congress fixed the pay of a Forage Master at $480 per annum in specie or its equivalent in the Spring of 1777 . On this point there is no uncertainty whatever. The scale of depreciation does not touch the case, & if it did, I have shown (you took a memorandum or statement thereof) that depreciation did not commence in this & other States till September 1777 .
But Mr Hermann was a Commissary of Forage & not a forage Master, as it is incontrovertibly proven by the letters addressed to him & alluding to his services. You have not noticed this part of my letter referring to the nature of his services, which were such as would apply only to a Commissary of Forage . In some of them he is expressly designated as a Commissary, in the others he is styled Captain, he hav- ing previous to his appointment as Commissary, filled

the officer of a Militia Captain, and it was natural & usual then as now to call people by their military titles. I seek not to establish the fact that he was a Commissary from 1779 to 1782 (or for 3 years) two years of that time, is all that is necessary to entitle the applicant to full pay, or even one half of that period of service is sufficient to entitle the widow to take as much as she now receives - if I remember right a little more than $200 only.
I am very truly
(Yours etc. Sincere)
G. H. Ladd

Feb 19. 1841
My Dear
Maria Louisa Beecher
Elizabeth Bay
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Commission of Maria Louisa Beecher New Bedford
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In the matter &c of Maria Ten Brock widow of Andrew Hermann under the act of 4 th July 1836.
To J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions.
Sir.
The last communication received from you in the above matter, bears date on the 25 th March 1840. In it you state or admit, that Andrew Hermann was a Forage Master . As such he would be entitled to higher pay than he now receives. The pay of a Forage Master as early as [April, 1777], before depreciation commenced in this State (in Sep: 1777) was fixed by express Resolves of Congress at 40 Dollars per month besides rations, while the pay of a Captain of Infantry was then only $20 per month - and yet you allowed a Captain $40 per month, although his pay was not raised by Congress to $40 per month until long after depreciation commenced. If you say that depreciation was made good to Captains of Infantry, I can show the same thing as to Forage Masters. But I

must continue to maintain that Hermann was an as Commissary of Forage for a portion of the time, as I think I have shown by my previous letters, to which I beg leave again to refer. Should the length of his service as such be deemed doubtful, that he actually served as such in 1780, is incontrovertibly shown by an Official document signed by Dubois I beg leave to solicit your attention to this claim anew.
I am very respectfully
Your ob d Servt
L. H. H. H.
Schenectady
Feby 15. 1841.

Registers Office New York 9 th November 1786
Andrew Bostwick D. B. G. Forage His account of Certificates issued in Old Emissions Dr to Old Emmissions reduced and accounted for in Specie
For his two Certificates N o 1229 & 1246 dated 31 March 1780 favor of John Hoogland the former for 30 the latter for 50 — 80 80.
Treasury Department
Registers Office March 3 rd 1842
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an entry made from Blotters No 9. page 3206 one of the Revolutionary record Books in the office I further certify that Andrew Bostwick, is recognized on said Books as Deputy Commissary General of Forage William H. Register

On Appeal - In the matter &c. of Maria Ten Brock widow of Andrew Hermance , under the act of 4 th July 1836, for a pension &c. Supplementary evidence.
To the Honorable John C. Spencer Secretary of War. Sir.
On the 2 d inst. I took the liberty to leave at your office a full statement in the above matter, and solicited your examination thereof, and decision thereon, and now send the annexed additional documentary evidence.
In the documents now before you, Andrew Bostwick is designated by the initials D. C. G. F. As there may possibly be some doubt in reference to the true meaning of these initials, I adduce the annexed certificate to show that said Andrew Bostwick was in reality, as alledged, a Deputy Commissary General of Forage. The documents prove that Andrew Hermance , the applicant's husband was an Assistant to Bostwick. Hermance's rank or grade therefore in the Department of the Commissary General of Forage in the revolutionary army, must, it is contended, clearly appear from all the documents now furnished.
I am with great respect
Your Ob t Servant
G. H. HARRIS
Washington March 3 d 1842.

Nov. Col. M. Lebrock J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.
Report to the Hon. John Ely H. R.
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Schenectada, Feby 24 th 1840 J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
Your favor of the 17 th inst. addressed to the Hon: Jno Ely M.P. on the subject of the application of Mrs Maria Ten Broek formerly the widow of Andrew Hermance for an increase of pension, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of.
It is said in that letter, that Andrew Hermance was in the Quartermaster General's Department. The Quartermaster General & Commissary General , & their as- sistants & deputies acted in concert in many matters connected with their respective Depart- ments; and M c Hermance although attached to the Commissary Department, may have been at times under the direction of the Quartermaster General . I beg leave respectfully to call your attention to the Documents on file in this case, and you will find that it is only on the 6 th August 1779, that Hermance's name is mentioned in connection with the Quartermaster General's Department, in which Col: Abney May was a Deputy Quartermaster General , and Hermance him- self is there called a Captain his former rank & grade. In June 1779 he is called an assis- tant to Andrew Bostwick  D. Commissary Genl . In March 1780 (see Document C) he is again recognized as serving under the same Bostwick , and in May 1780, is definitely shown his grade, of Assistant Commissary of Forage (Note Document D. (A. C. Forage) and not "deputy Forage Master". I think therefore, & would respec-

fully submit, whether a reference to the documents in question do not satisfactorily show that he served in a higher grade than Q.M. Forage Master.
I am respectfully (Your obed Servt)
Giles H. Yates

Maria Ter Bruck NY.
M rs And d Harman ~ 2 m 7
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Henry H. Schults

Know All men by these presents that I Maria T. Borch of Hudson New York a Navy Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint William H. Gatke of Hudson my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name, to apply for & claim an increase of the amount of Pension I now receive, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 9 th day of November A.D. 1843, Sealed & delivered in presence of ROTH M c LELLAN Maria T. Borch Hennietta Bille
State of New York Columbia County for on the 9 th day of November 1843 personally came before me Maria T. Borch, known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the above power of attorney, who acknowledged that she executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned - ROTH M c LELLAN Recorder of the City of Hudson

Petition of 1600 Mariah Len Broeck Late Mariah Hermann
Dec. 18 1837
Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions
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Am W K Bond WR
Mr McCallan of N.Y.

To the Congress of the United States
Your Petitioner Mariah Jen Broock Late Mariah Heman Widower of Andrew Heman a Captain in the Revolutionary Army by leave to represent to your Honorable body that she has made application to the Com- missioner of Pensions to be placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York under the Annuity act of July 4 th 1836. She has produced the Comm- ission of Capt. Andrew Heman, the affidavit of her marriage by the sister of Capt. Heman and an affidavit of General Samuel Jen Broock who was Major in the Army of the Revolution with the said Heman and her own affidavit with the General orders of General Clinton and Bostwick to Capt. Heman which your Petitioner considers satisfactory to an enlight- ened mind.
which being rejected by the Commis- -sioner of Pensions without more additional evidence. Your Petitioner being Poor and being in want of the Bounty your Honorable Body has thought proper to allow the Widows of officers of the Revolutionary Army.
Beys have to supplicate your aid And Your Petitioner will in duty bound ever Pray
Hudson Dec 13 th 1837
Mariah Jen Broock Late Widow of Andrew Heman
Documents on file in the Pension Office 2 Affidavits for Doll, Dettl 2 for Mrs Mariah Jen Broock 1 for Genl Samuel Jen Broock 1 letter for Genl Clinton Genl order for Genl Clinton Commission

1600
Chas. J. Perkins M to the Pres. of Office

V 224 1600
Sep '37

15 Solomon Biddle Esq: Commissary General Forage
Whereas by an act of the Legislature of the State of New York of the 2 d day of April 1778 The Commander in Chief of the American Army or General Commanding in said State is Authorized in case of an invasion of the Enemy whereby a Sudden movement of the Army may be necessary and the urgency of the case may not admit of the delay incident to the procuring Forage by the Modes pointed out in said act to Grant a Warrant under his Hand to imp o a Necessary supply of Forage pro hac vice within the Said State Therefore the present Situation of the Army not Admitting of delay you are hereby authorized to imp o the Necessary Forage and Pasturage for the Army by yourself or Assistants taking care to prevent damage or abuse to the inhabitants & causing payment to be justly made to them for the Forage or Pasturage so taken for which this shall be

Be your Warrant
Given under my hand at Camp Smiths Cove this 8 th day of June 1779.
By His Excellency's Command Geo Washington. Rob t H. Harrison (Copy)
Col. Andrew Bortwick Esq r at Fishkill and his Assistants in the State of New York are appointed to carry the above into Execution when necessary in their Districts Smiths Cove 8 th June 1779 Clement Biddle (copy) -

Capt. And. Normans my Appt. is here by Authorized Gimpsewood to put this Warrt into Execution —
And Bostonich DSB

County of Columbia Co State of New York
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I Mariah TenBrooks late Mariah Hermans Widow of Capt Andrew Hermans do hereby certify that Capt Andrew Her- mans served to the end of the Revolutionary War as a Captain in Grahams Regiment and a Deputy assistant Commissary of Spies that the said Capt Hermans provided forage for the Army at Newburgh West-Point and Verplank Point continually until the close of the War under the orders of General George Clinton and General Bathurst Commissary of Spies with which more fully appears an order now on file in the Pension office as one of my Vouchers from General Clinton and Genl Bathurst and I do hereby further certify that Capt Andrew Hermans acted in the capacity of Commissary of Spies to my person- al knowledge having seen the Wagon Loads and outg furnished for the Army by him and seen the transportation of forage &c sent to the Army at different times during the Revolutionary War and to the very close of the War
Mariah Ten Broeks

sent to the army at different times during the Revolutionary War and to the very close of the War
Maria Jen Broeck
Sworn this 25 th day of June
AD 1838 Before me
Thos. Miller Comm d of Deeds for Col. Cy. State of New York
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Maria Jen Broeck & that she is a person of truth & veracity & entitled to credit & belief. Hudson July 25 th 1838
Thos. Miller Comm d of Deeds for Col. Cy. State of New York

State of New York } Columbia County } ss. I Killian Miller clerk of the County of Columbia, State of New York do hereby Certify that Theodore Miller Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of Oaths in & for the County aforesaid duly Com- missioned & sworn - authorized by the Laws of this State to administer oaths & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner & verily believe that the within name to be his own proper hand writing and signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty sixth day of July Eighteen hundred & thirty Eight
K. Miller
Clerk of Columbia Co. N.Y.

City of Albany State of New York
NY
I hereby certify that I was sister to Capt Andrew Herrick tutor of the Revolutionary army that the said Capt Herrick was married to Maria Herrick about the 20 th June 1778 by Joseph Durdley at Redhook Dutchess County State of New York that the said Maria Herrick, now Maria TenBrook has never had any children either by Herrick or TenBrook that I was present at the ceremony of Marriage and the said Durdley was a Minister of the Gospel Reformed Church that the deponent does not recollect any particular circumstance connected with the Marriage will undoubt be to remember the date of it except that one of the parties Capt Herrick was her Brother in whom she took a deep interest and it has always been impressed on her mind that the said Marriage took place in June 1778 but she cannot be positive about the exact day of the Month she is however confident it was in June 1778
Subscribed this 11 th day of October 1837. before me L. Van Rins Notary Public
Dolly De Witt
I certify that the above Deposition is a credible Witness — L. Van Rins Notary Public

State of New York,
Albany County S ss
I Bernard A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Lemuel Perkins Esq before whom the the foregoing affidavit was sworn and whose name is subscribed to the certificate of indebtedness was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County and that his signatures are genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11 th day of October 1837.
B. A. Ten Eyck Clerk

M1- State of New York } ss Columbia County }
On this 12 th day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Seven personally appeared before me Darius Root Recorder of the City of Hudson in the County of Columbia Mariah Jen Brook Late Mariah Kernan a Resident of the City of Hudson and County of Columbia State of New York Aged 80 Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following decla- -ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act passed the 4 th of July 1836 that she was Mar- -ried on the 20 th of June 1778 to Captain Andrew Kernan that he died on the 14 th of August 1818 in the City of Troy State of New York with the information of the deponent that he belonged to Colonel Graham Regiment of Mili- tia of the County of Dutchess State of New York that the said Captain Andrew Kernan resi- ded at Redhook County of Dutchess State of New York when he was called out in the Revolu- -tionary War the first time was for Nine Months the second term for the end of the War he continued in the Revolutionary Army until the end of the War. he served as a Volunteer Captain of Militia that she Mariah Jen Brook was Married to Anthony Jen Brook on the 3 rd Feb- ruary 1823 and Jen Brook died on the 13 th of October 1832. that she was a Widow on the 4 th of July 1836 and still remains a Widow
Mariah Jen Brook
Late Mariah Kernan

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss City of Hudson } ss I Darius Peck Recorder of the City of Hudson and presiding Judge of the Mayor's Court thereof do hereby certify that on the 12 th day of September A.D. 1837 came before me the within named Maria Ten Brock who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court and duly made oath to the truth of the within affida- vit the said Maria being a Darius Peck Credible person —
State of New York } Columbia County } ss I Darius Peck Clerk of Columbia County and of the court of common pleas of said county do hereby certify that Darius Peck to whom whom name is subscribed to the foregoing certifi- -cate and before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same, a presiding Judge of the Mayor's court of the City of Hudson in said county. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and will believe the name subscribed to the foregoing certificate & affidavit to be his proper hand writing, and further that said Mayor's court is a court of record. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said county this 12 th day of September A.D. 1837. Darius Peck Darius Peck Clerk

County of Columbia } State of New York } ss
Personally appeared before me Darius Beck Recorder of the City of Hudson County of Columbia State of New York on this 12 th day of September 1837 Mariah TenBrook late Mariah Hermann, and made oath that she was married on the 20 th of June 1778 at the Town of Redhook in the County of Dutchess State of New York by the Reverend Archibald Ladd of the Village of Redhook, that she the said Ma- -riah TenBrook late Mariah Hermann has made strict inquiry, and finds that the said Rev Archibald Ladd is dead that he died between forty and fifty years since, and his Family has gone to the Tomb with him, as the said deponent can- -ot get any tidings of his Family or his Book of Marriage Record if any he had kept Records of Marriage cannot be found in the Church or Town Clerks Office
That the deponent further states that her name before her Marriage to Capt Hermann, was Mariah Hermann
Mariah TenBrook late Mariah Hermann

State of New York Columbia County ss. I, Darius Peck Recorder of the City of Hudson & Presiding Judge of the Mayor's Court thereof do hereby certify that on the 12 th day of September A.D. 1837 came before the within named Maria Van Brock who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court and duly made oath to the truth of the within affidavit the said Maria being a credible person Darius Peck
State of New York Columbia County ss. I, Darius Peck Clerk of Colum- bia County and of the court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Darius Peck to whom the name is subscribed to foregoing certificate and before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Presiding Judge of the Mayor's court of the City of Hudson in said County. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and truly believe the name subscribed to the foregoing certificate and affidavit to be his proper hand writing. & further that said Mayor's court is a court of Record. In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my name and affixed the seal of said County this 12 th day of September A.D. 1837. Darius Peck Clerk

State of New York & Columbia County } ss
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Maria Viller of the city of Hudson in said County and State being duly sworn deposes and says that she is fifty five years of age and is a niece of Mrs Maria Van Borch and was also a niece of Colonel Andrew Armstrong her first husband, that she went with her mother to reside in the family of Col. Armstrong when she was four years of age & this deponent resided in his family un- til she was twenty two years of age and subsequently resided in his family, that she always understood from her uncle and Aunt that they were married in the year 1778 that this deponent always under- stood from her infancy that her uncle Andrew Armstrong had been  an officer and served as Captain in the revolution- ary war.
Subscribed & sworn this 11 th day of Sept 1838 Before me
Maria Viller
Darius Peck Recorder of Hudson
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Maria Viller, that she sustains a good moral character and that in my opinion her statements are entitled to full credit —
Darius Peck Recorder of Hudson

State of New York
State of New York Columbia County ss: Benjamin F. Butler late of the city of Washington in the Dis- trict of Columbia, now of the city of New York, being duly sworn deposes & says, that he knows Col. Andrew H. Hovey - formerly of the city of Hudson, & knows Mrs. Ten Broeck who was formerly the wife of said Hovey; that he was present on the seventh & eleventh days of September instant when the foregoing deposi- tions of Mrs. Ten Broeck were made, and conducted the examination by putting such questions to her as he believed proper to elicit her knowledge of her husband's servi- ces; that although she was infirm in body and apparently insanely infatuated in mind, she an- swered with intelligence & great apparent candor; that the answers made by her, were taken reduced to writing by the Re- nder of the city of Hudson, Mr. Peck, with accuracy; & that the foregoing deposition made on the seventh instant contains, in substance, all that was stated by her in reply to deponent's questions. That on the same day, but after the deposition had been closed deponent received a message from Mrs. Ten Broeck stating her apprehension that she had been mistaken in stating the

time of her husband's services with his company, and wishing to have such mistake corrected, in consequence whereof, the second of the above depositions was this day taken. This deponent, at the interview on the seventh of September, suggested suggested the importance of a further examination of the papers of Col. Harmeance, or made some inquiries on the subject, and was afterwards informed, that the papers marked B. C. & D, & hereto annexed were found on a search made in consequence thereof. This deponent further says, that Mr. Ten Brook of Mr. Villie are persons of high respectability; that this deponent has no interest in this application except that produced by his belief, that Col. Harmeance, the first husband of Mr. Ten Brook had served as an officer during the war of the Revolution, & his desire to assist a worthy & now indigent female in obtaining the share to which he believes her entitled, of the bounty of her country.
Sworn before me this 11 th day of Sep- tember 1838.
B. H. Cutter
Oliver Peck
Recorder of Hudson

New York Columbia County Clerks Office 3 / 4 .
I William Miller Clerk of the County of Columbia do hereby Certify that Darius Peck whose name is subscribed to the within Certificates and Af- -fidavits was on the day of the date of the same Recorder of the City of Hudson and one of the Judges of the Mayors Court of the said City of Hudson and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peck and that the Signature to said Certificates and Affidavits are genuine - Witness my hand and Official Seal this 18 th day of September 1838
W. Miller Clerk.

The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God FREE and INDEPENDANT.
To Andrew Heermansen Esq r in Greeting.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Con- duct and Loyalty, as in your Labour and Readiness to do us good and faithfull Service. Have Appointed and constituted, and by these Presents DO Appoint and Constitute you the said Andrew Heermansen Captain of His Company of Militia
formerly commanded by David Knapp Esq r in our Regiment of Militia in our County of Dutchess where of Gerrit Brant Esq r is Colonel You are therefore, to take the said Company into your charge and care as Captain thereof.
and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain. And you are also to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from time to time receive from our General and Commander in chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, Ac- cording to the Rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you, and for so doing this shall be Your Commission, for and during our good Pleasure, to be signified by our Council of appointments. In Testimony
whereof, we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto Affixed. Witness our Trusty and well Beloved George Clinton Esq r our Governor of our State of New York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Poughkeepsie the thirteenth day of March in the second year of our Independence, and in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy eight.
Sealed at Albany this 28 th May 1778
By His Excellency's Command. J. Kirtland Secretary.
[Handwritten signature: A. Heermansen]

This is To Certify that the Within named and Heermann Esq. took the Oaths of Office and of allegiance as prescribed by Law before me. Dutchess County June 5. 1818 Anthony Hoffman Junr.
Capt. Heermann