Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,296, Peter Hommel, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hommel, Peter or Hummel,
No. 16,296
Rachel
CONTENTS

New York 2.170
Rachel Hommel
widow of Peter Hommel.
who died on the 1. February 1828 of Ulster Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain DeWitt of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Allerson in the N. York line for 8 months & 2 days N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 88 1/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of June 1838 and sent to Mrs. J. C. Brodhead, N. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March '38. 188.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. " 13.44
$ 201.44
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2
Clerk
Page 110

State of New York Ulster County ss
I John Lillie of the town of Kingston County of Ulster and State of New York do hereby certify that it appears by the records of the Prot- estant Reformed Dutch Church in the town of Kingston aforesaid. That Peter Hommel was legally married to Rachael Hommel the fourteenth day of April in the year one thousand Eight Seven hundred and Seventy, since which is expressed on said record in fair legible figure and letters as follows
1779 d. 14 April is met geboden getrouwet Peter Hom- mel J. M. met Rachel Hommel J. D. beide gebooren en woonachtig onder Kingston
I John Lillie abovenamed depose and say that I hold the office of clergyman in the County, town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said above named church. John Lillie
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 13 th day of March 1838
Pastor of Prot. R. D. C. Kingston.
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster
And I do further certify that John Lillie the abovenamed deponent is a clergyman of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church in the town of Kingston
Henry Wynkoop Judge B.C.

State of New York Ulster County ss
I John Ferguson Clerk of the County of Ulster aforesaid and of the Courts of the same, Do hereby certify that Henry Wynkoop before whom the foregoing Declaration of Rachel Hommel purports to have been taken Sworn and Subscribed, and who Certified to the inability of the Same, And before whom the affidavit of John Lillie purports to have been Subscribed and Sworn, And who certified to the ministerial Character of the Same was at the date of the said declaration, affidavit and Certificates, one of the Judges of the County Courts of Said County, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of Said Judge, and verily believe the Signature Henry Wynkoop thereto to be genuine, —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said County and Court this 13 th day of June 1838
John Ferguson Clerk —

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 rd Section State of New York of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836 Ulster Co. County ss
On this thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges in and for Said County of Ulster aforesaid Rachael Hummel a resident of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York Aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
That she is the widow of Peter Hummel deceased who to the best of her knowledge and belief was ordered out in the Military Service of the State of New York in the fall of the year of 1776 in a Militia Company Com- manded by Captain John L. Dewitt as a private Soldier for the term of about one month and was in the State of New Jersey in a place called Ramapack untill at the expiration of the above term of one term of one month and returned to the neighborhood where she then resided
That Early in the spring of the year of 1777 he volun- teered in in the Service of Said State of New York in a Company commanded by Captain John L. Dewitt in Colonel Johannis Huygens Regiment as a private Soldier for the term of four months and was Stationed at Fort Montgomery for the full term and was duly discharged and returned home
That immediately after he again volunteered in Said Military Service of the State of New York in a Company Company  Comp commanded by Captain Philip Swart of the town of Hinton that the said

Company marched from the said town of Kingston up the Hudson River to half moon point and from thence to a place called Stillwater and Joined the Army commanded by General Gates and Remained there until after the Army of Genl Burgoyne Surrendered to the Americans and was discharged after late in the fall of said year of 1777 and returned home after an absence as she believes about three months
That in the Summer of the year 1778 he was drafted in a company of militia commanded by Captain Matthew Dederick in Col Snyders Regiment for the term of one month and was Stationed on the Frontier in the town of Shandaken in said County of Ulster for the term of about one month as a private Soldier
That in the same year in the he was drafted in the same company and was Stationed in the same place for about the same time as she now believes
That in the Summer of the year 1779 he again was called out in defense of the frontier of said County of Ulster as a private Soldier in Captain Jeremiah Snyders company in Colonel Snyders Regiment for about one month and was Stationed at a Fort built round the house of one Tobias Wynkoop near the foot of the Catskill Mountains in the town of Saugerties in said County of Ulster
That in the fall of the said year of 1779 he also engaged as a private Soldier in Captain Jeremiah Snyders Company in said Regiment of

Colonel Johannis Snyder in advance of the frontier of said county of Ulster and was Stationed at different places along the foot of the Catskill Mountains in said county of Ulster from the towns of Saugerties and Woodstock for the term of about one month
She further declares that her husband the said Peter Hummel has served in the revolutionary war not less than the periods above mentioned as a private soldier according to the best of her recollection
That he has also at various other times under different officers served in Short towers in the Militia in Colonel Snyder's Regiment during the Revolutionary war. the particular periods and amount of service she cannot now recollect but the annexed copy of the payroll has been read to her and that the amount of pay therein stated for the said Peter Hummel her husband she believes he was fully entitled to for said service
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence nor any other living witness to prove the foregoing except those herewith annexed
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Hummel the 14 th of April in the year 1779 that her husband the said Peter Hummel died the 1 st day of February 1828 and that she has ever since that period remained a widow and never afterwards married as will more fully appear by the proof herewith annexed
She further declares that the said Peter Hummel in the revolutionary resided in the town

of Saugatuck county of Ulster and where he resided untill the day of his death and where she now re- sides —————
Sworn to and Subscribed on the } Rachael her X Hummel day and year above written } mark before me
Henry Weykoop one of the Judges of the county county of the county of Ulster —————
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Rachael Hummel the above named appli- cant having lived in the same town for near near forty years and that she still is the widow of Peter Hummel deceased that she is a person of good standing in Society
And that from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court
Henry Weykoop Judge —

State of New York Ulster County ss
Solomon Hummel of the town of Saugerties County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is fifty five years of age that he was well acquainted with Peter Hummel deceased being deponents father
That deponent has frequently as heard him relate the occurrences of the revolutionary war that deponents remembers that he has often as told deponent that he served in the revolutionary war — in Captain John Dewitts company at Port Morris for the term of four months also three months at Saratoga near the Army of General Burgoyne and also two or three months in Captain Ireniah Snyders company at different times along the frontier of Ulster County & also in a number of — different services — different other services in the militia all under the command of Col. Snyders of Kingston during the revolutionary war
And this deponent further saith that the said Peter Hummel deponents father died the first day of February 1828 leaving a widow named Rachel Hummel and who has ever since that period remained a widow and is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her husband the said Peter Hummel deceased and further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me Solomon Hummel this thirteenth day of May 1837
Henry Weyrauch one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster

And I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with Solomon Hummel the above named deponent and believe him to be a credible witness
Henry Wynkoop Judge & 6
State of New York Ulster County Clerk's office ss: I Charles M. Clapp Clerk of the County Courts of the County of Ulster do certify that Henry Wynkoop Esq. before whom the Declaration of Rachel Hummel and the affidavits of John Lillie, Peter J. Weir, Cornelius Larendy Jr., Peter P. Egger, Peter L. Myer, Garret Snijder and Solomon Hummel respectively purport to have been sworn, and by whom the certificate of widowhood & inability of said Rachel and of the testimony of the said John Lillie, and the credibility of the said other witnesses is subscribed was at the respective dates of the same a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Ulster aforesaid. That I am acquainted with his handwriting and that his signatures thereto respectively are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 22 nd day of July 1839.
Chas. M. Clapp
State of New York Ulster County Saugerties July 25 th 1837
Sir
You will please direct your answer to me
I am respectfully your most obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City
V 2687 Rachel Hummel

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 16.296
Rachel Hommel widow of Peter Hommel Prisoner War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. a , Page 347
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V. N. York Rachel Hummel Letter to H. Mynkroop 24. Nov. '37

State of New York Ulster County ss
Cornelius Longelyck of the town of Saugerties County and State of said being only sworn upon oath and saith that he is Seventy Nine years of age that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War that in the Spring of the year of 1777 he volunteered in a Company of the line of the State of New York commanded by Captain John L. Dewitt in Colonel Johannes Snyder's Regiment as a private Soldier for the term of four months that component with the said Company and Regiment was Stationed at Fort Montgomery
And this deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with Peter Hummel now deceased of the same place who was a private Soldier of the same Company at the same time and knew that the said Peter Hummel continued in said corps for the full term of four months and was only discharged
4 And this deponent further saith that shortly after in the same year of 1777 deponent again entered the said Service of the State of New York in a Company commanded by Captain Philip Swart in Major John Cantius Regiment for three months that the said Company marched to Stillwater & from thence to Saratoga and Joined the Army of General Gates and continued in said corps as a private until after the Surrender of General Burgoyne's Army and was discharged after having performed Service as aforesaid for the full term of three months
And this deponent further saith that the said Peter Hummel was a private Soldier in the same Company but for what length of time deponent does not now remember that the said Peter Hummel lived in said corps but according to the best

of his recollection he served not less than two months and was only discharged and further saith not And this deponent further that late in the fall of the year of 1776 he was ordered out in a company commanded by Captain John L. Dewitt in Colonel Suydam's Regiment for the term of about one month and was stationed in the State of New Jersey in a place called Ramapough and was discharged in the beginning of the year of 1777
That the said Peter Hummel was a private soldier in the same company at the same time and knows that the said Peter Hummel continued until dis- charged in said company as a private soldier and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed this 11 th day of May 1837 before me
Cornelius
His X Longdyke mark
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
Cornelius Longdyke
Peter Hummel

State of New York Alster County ss
3- Peter I Winne of the town Woodstock County and State of America being duly sworn upon oath and saith that he is Seventy Nine years of age that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War that in the Spring of the year of 1777 he volunteered as a Substitute for his father Johns Winne in a Company commanded by Captain Henrich Schoonmaker in Colonel Snyders Regiment of New York Service in the four months Service and was engaged in said Service for the term of about three months as a private Soldier and that said Company and Regiment was Stationed at Fort Montgomery
4- That deponent in the Revolutionary War resided in the town of Saugerties of said County of Ulster and that he was well acquainted with Peter Hummel of the same place who was a private Soldier of the same Company Regiment at the same time but whether the said Peter Hummel served in Capt Schoonmaker or Captain John L. Dewitt Company deponents does not remember or and believes that the said Peter Hummel served as a private Soldier for the term of four months in said Company in said year of 1777 —
5- And this deponent further saith that shortly after in the same year deponent again entered the Service of the State of New York as a private Soldier for the term of three months in a Company commanded by Captain Philip Swart that the said Peter Hummel served at the same time in the same Company that said Company was Stationed at Stillwater in the neighborhood of Burgoyne's Army and was there during both battles and continued in said Service for the full term of three months and believes that the

said Peter Hummel served for the full term as afore said and further saith not Sworn and Subscribed before me this 7 th day of May 1837 } Peter J. his X Minne mark
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster And I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with Peter J. Minne the above ar- raigned and believe him to be a credible witness
Henry Wynkoop Judge of C.

State of New York Ulster County ss
Garret Snyder of the town of Kingston County & State of said being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is twenty one years of age that he is a lineal descend- ant of Colonel Johannes Snyder and that some of the papers of said Colonel Snyder are in the possession of deponent that deponent has examined the remnant of a book purporting to be an abstract of a Pay Roll of Colonel Johannes Snyder Regiment of Militia made in the revolutionary war by which it appears that  Peter Schummel received payment under the following named officers in the following manner viz. in the year
  1778 Captain John L. Dewitt 0-8-10 as a private Soldier   do do do. do. 2-4-11 do   1779 Captain Jeremiah Snyder 0-5-11 do   1780 Capt John L. Dewitt 0-11-10 do   do Capt Tobias Vanburen 1-8-0 do   do do John L. Dewitt 1-3-8 Corporal   do Sint Bak Snam 0-11-1 private   do Capt Jeremiah Snyder 1-0-8 do   1781 Sint Tobias Myer 0-8-10 do 
£5-3-2
And this deponent further saith that the above is a true copy taken by deponent from said abstract and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 12 th day of May 1837 } Garret Snyder
Henry Weykoop one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster
And I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with Garret Snyder the above deponent and believe him to be a credible witness Henry Weykoop Judge & C.

State of New York Ulster County ss
Peter L. Myer of the town of Cobles Kill county of Schoharie  Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is Eighty Years of age that in the Revolutionary war deponent resided in the town of Saugerties county of Ulster of said State of New York and was a pri- vate Soldier in the Militia Service of said State of New York in Captain Matthew Decker's company 1st Johannis Ingenious Regiment and was stationed on the frontier in the coun- ty of Ulster for the full term of one month
That he was well acquainted with Peter Hummel (now deceased) who was a private Sol- dier in the same company at the same time and knew that the said Peter Hummel con- tinued to serve in said corps for the full term of one month and was discharged
And this deponent further saith that owing to the length of time and loss of memory deponent does not exactly remember in what year but be- lieves that the abovenmentioned Service was per- formed in the fall of the year of 1778 and fur- ther this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me, Peter L. Myer This 7 th day of June 1837
Henry Weykoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
And I do further certify that I am acquainted with Peter L. Myer and believe him to be a credible witness
Henry Weykoop Judge & 6

State of New York, Ulster County ss
Peter P. Egner of the town of Catskill County of Greene and State of New York being duly sworn depose and saith that he is Seventy Nine years of age that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and was a private Soldier in a Company commanded by Capt Mathew Dederick in Colonel Johannis Snayers Regiment of Militia of the State of New York for the term of one month that aponent with the said company was Stationed on the frontiers in the town of Woodstock and Shandaken in said County of Ulster And this aponent further saith that he was well well acquainted with Peter Hommel of the town of Saugerties who was a private Soldier in the same company at the same time and knew that the said Peter continued to serve in said Corps as for the full term of one month and believe said service was performed in the year 1778 and further this aponent saith not —
Peter P. Egner
Sworn and Subscribed before me This 28 th day of April 1837
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
And I do further certify that I am acquainted with Peter P. Egner and believe him to be a credible
witness
Henry Wynkoop Judge & c —

State of New York Ulster County ss
John Lillie of the town of Kingston County & State aforesaid being duly sworn aforesaid and saith that he is the clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church located in the village of Kingston - that it appears by the Marriage Records of said church that Peter Hommel was married to Rachael Hommel the 14 th of April in the year one thousand seven hun- dred and Seventy Nine and further this deponent saith not
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Sworn and subscribed before me this 6 th day of February 1837
John Lillie
Henry Weynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster And I do further certify that John Lillie the above deponent is the present clergyman of the Dutch Reformed in the village of Kingston
Henry Weynkoop Judge

Rachel Homull
Col J. L. DeWitt
Col Allerson -
Admitted
Private 8 Mo & 2 days
Hn. J. C. Brodhead H. R.

State of New Supplement Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the third Section of the act of Congress of the fourth July 1836.
State of New York Ulster County } ss
On this Ninth day of April in the year one thousand Eight hundred & thirty Eight per- sonally appeared before me Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the county courts of the county of Ulster aforesaid Rachael Hommel a resident of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York who aged Seventy Six Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Supplement declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
That she is the widow of Peter Hommel deceased that her maiden name before she was married to Peter Hommel was also Rachel Hommel That from the best of her knowledge and belief her husband the said Peter Hommel deceased was engaged as a private soldier in Captain Jeremiah Snyders Company at several times after she had been married to Peter Hommel for a longer term than what she had stated in her Original dec- laration but owing to the length of time she is unable to procure any living witness to prove the said Service except the proof annexed to her original declaration
Sworn and Subscribed before me } in the day and year aforesaid }
Rachel her  X Hommel mark
Henry Wynkoop Judge.
And I do further certify that from bodily infir- mity the said Rachael Hommel is unable to attend court
Henry Wynkoop Judge B G

Saugeties June 13 th 1838
Sir
The requisitions contained in your communications in relation to the pension application of Rachel Hommel are partially complied with and herewith Enclosed.
The evidence in relation to the the official character of Cpts John L. Dvitt and Jeremiah Snyder called for in this case I would respectfully refer the department to the Evidence accompanying the papers to the applications of Margaret Brink, Catherine Pierce, Catherine Bear, and Maria Snyder, transmitted by the me to the department and hope it may suffice in this case.
In relation to the objections to service after marriage without proof I have procured none as I believe sufficient Evidence would be discovered by reference to the pay Roll sent by me to the department and establish that portion of objections.
The remainder of the depts complained of I believe have been literally complied with you will therefore please direct your answer to me
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City
I am respectfully your obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop