Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,022, Rinard Hopper, New Jersey New York

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Hopper, Pinard
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22.899 New Jersey Minard Kopp of Bergen Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Corps commanded by Captain Cooper of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nicolet in the New Jersey line for 20 months
New York & New Jersey Line. Record of Pension Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Dec 1833 and del. to Hon. L. Condict present
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. '33 $166.66 Semi-annual allowance ending Apr. '34 33.33
$200
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Miller Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page 116.

Morris Tynard & Hopper New Jersey.
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Lewis Conditt, Print.
Albert G. Lydacker
Abraham Westerveldt
Col. Bergen County
Amst M. R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 May 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Reynard Hopper Bergen County N.J.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 March Enlisted. 4 Priv Capt Cooper Col Mon N.Y. Aged 78 Bergen County N.J. Traditionary Living testimony   1776 July Enlisted 5 " Quartermaster Nicoll " N.Y. " "   1777 Spring Enlisted Served till middle of Sept - continued till fort Mundy where he was taken Quartermaster " May See N.Y. " "   Enlisted Served till the Battle of Red Bank Quartermaster " " N.Y. " "   Enlisted April 1778 discharged a few years ago Served till the Battle of Red Bank Quartermaster " " N.Y. " "   1779 Spring at least 14 years Quartermaster Cooper " N.Y. " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. }
Dyer Castor Exam Clerk

State of New Jersey Bergen County Superior Court of Common Pleas at a Special Term held at the Court House the 27 th day of June 1833
Personally appeared in open Court this 27 th day of June 1833 Reynard Hopper - an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 who under oath made the following facts annexed to the questions propounded by the Court in pursuance to the directions of the United States War Department.
Examination
1 st where and in what year were you born (Answer) I was born in what is now called Rockland County in the year 1754 the 23 rd of March as I have always understood 2 nd Have you any Record of your age (Answer) yes. it is in my family Bible, having taken it out of the Church Record of Clarkstown & placed it there - 3 rd when were you driven from Calver into service, who have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live (Answer) I lived in Clarkstown in the County of Rockland at the time I entered the service - there I lived for some time after the war - when I moved to the Township of Franklin Bergen County where I now live. 4 th how were you called into service when you drafted did you volunteer or when you a substitute - and if a substitute for whom (Answer) I volunteered for 4 months (in the first place) & afterwards continued as a volunteer when ever I was in the service until the end of the war - 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and generally the circumstances of your service (Answer) I was General Washington's Col Spencer - Major Lee - Col Isaac Nicol & H As to the circumstances of my service I can give no better answer than referring you to my declaration wherein I have stated all the circumstances of my service -
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it (Answer) I have never received a discharge that I can now remember & if I have I cannot tell what has become of it -

Question 7 th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your Present Neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity and their Belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - Garret Serren Esq. John House, James Lemmer, Andrew Dudenbont, Nicholas Van Houten, Peter Stephens, Garret O'Brien, & Peter Vander...
Sworn to, & subscribed in open Court this day and year aforesaid. W. M. Westervelt, Clerk
RINARD HOPPER
And the Court do thereupon hereby declare that having this 27 th day of June A. D. 1833, put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to Rinard Hopper, the applicant, in open Court, they were answered by him, under oath in the manner above stated to the satisfaction of the Court.
And the Court further declare that Garret Serren and John House the deponents who have made and signed the affidavits hereto attached are known to the Court, and that it appears to the Court that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
By the Court W. M. Westervelt, Clerk
I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed papers contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Rinard Hopper for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands and seal of Office this 27 th day of June A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty three.
W. M. Westervelt, Clerk

Personally appeared before me John A Van Voorhase one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen Luke Degray who being duly sworn on the Evangelist of God Saith Richard Hopper has served under Capt Jacob Decon- -da for the space of five month which when cald five Month men at that time Also under Capt Gamer for the space of three month which when cald three Month Men at that time all the above Services which rendered in the late Revolutionary War Sworn to and subscribed                                     Luke Degray before me the fourth day of August eighteen Hundred and thirty two John A Van Voorhase

State of New Jersey County of Bergen
ss I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the Superior court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Bergen & Clerk of said court. Do hereby certify that John A Van Boekel before whom the foregoing affidavit of Luke Degrave was made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is a justice of the Peace. Judge of said court. Duly commissioned and sworn. That I am ac- quainted with the hand writing of said Judge and that the signature "John A V Boekel" subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of October AD 1832. Abraham Westervelt

State of New Jersey } Bergen County. }
On this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Reynard Hopper, a resident of the township of Franklin in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, aged seventy eight years the twenty third day of March, last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That on or about the first of March, 1776, he enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Gil bert Cooper and John D Vanderbilt was Lieut. for four month, was soon after enlisted marched to New York, and was stationed at a place called Bunkers hill, on York Island, and continued some time in that place when we were sent back to the then town of Hempstead the then county of Orange Now Rockland, with orders to be ready to march when called upon and we was most of the time out on duty until my time was expired, then, in the latter part of July 1776 I enlisted at the then town of Hempstead for five month, in a company commanded by Capt Jacob Derand Isaac Coe Lieut. in a Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Nicoll. of Goshen marched to Haverstraw, there took boats and went up to a place called red hills, near Peekskill where I remained until the first of January 1777 when I was discharged, then early in the Spring of the year, 1777 I went into service in a company commanded by Capt Hendrick Tenure, Nout Van Orden was first Lieut and Thomas Blauvelt 2 d Lieut. and served in that company more than half of the time in actual service until about the middle of September following when I in the town of Haverstraw, enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Garner, and went with the company to fort Montgomery first commanded by Genl. Arnold and Col. Isaac Nichol had the command after Arnold went off and remained in said company until fort Montgomery was taken when my Capt being Dead or taken prisoner I again joined my old company, and was soon taken out of the company by Major Lee as an express rider and continued in that service until the Continental army mov d down into the state of New Jersey, which was late in the year. Then in the Month of April 1778, at a place called Tappan, now in the county of Rockland, I enlisted for nine months, in a company commanded by Capt John Bell. Tunis Tallman first Lieut. Resolbert Vanhouten 2 d Lieut. and soon after our enlistment we crossed the river and Marched to the White Plains, where we lay some time when we was

ordered to recross the river and march to Hackenback, which we did and encamped at a place called the New Bridge, where we lay until the British army drove us off, when we marched to Paramus, and lay there some time, then went to Tappan and lay there until New Years day when we were discharged, I then in the spring of the year 1779 again went out under my aforesaid Capt Tenure, with his other officers and served in said Company, under Col l Gilbert Cooper, when called upon, in scouting and guarding along the river and through the county of Bergen from that time to the close of the war, at least one year - he has no documentary evidence of my services as I do not recollect ever to have received a discharge for any of his services, and has no other testimony to prove his services by, than the accompanying affidavits and testimony He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension-roll of the Agency of any State. -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Most respectfully
Richard Hopper
We Wilhelmus Etting a clergyman Residing in the Township of Saddle River and David I Christie Residing in the Township of New Barbado hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Hopper who has subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is Reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he Resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
David I Christie
Sworn & subscribed to the day and year aforesaid Most respectfully
Wilhelmus Etting V.D.M.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Wilhelmus Etting who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman Residing in the Township of Saddle River and that David I Christie - who has also signed the same is a Resident in the Township of New Barbado and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit -
Most respectfully

State of New York Rockland County } On the 29 th day of August 1832, before me personally appeared John House a Resident of the town of Clarkstown, in the said County, who being duly sworn according to law, did depose and said that he personally knows that Rynard Hopser did serve in a company commanded by Capt John Bell as is by him stated in the declaration hereunto annexed, and also knows of his serving with the militia under Capt Hendrick Tenure and verily believe that he actually served in said company for more than one year during the Revolutionary War
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me
Alm B Stephens
Justice of Peace
John House
State of New York } Rockland County. } On the 29 th day of August 1832, before me person- ally appeared Garret Sarven, a resident of the town of Ramapo, who being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say that he served with Rynard Hopser in the year 1776 and knows him to have served five month in a company commanded by Capt Jacob Doronde, as is by him set forth in the annexed declaration, and also knows him to have served in Capt Tenures company, and verily believe him to have to served the time by him set forth in said declaration
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me
Alm B Stephens
Justice of Peace
Garret Sarven
I Do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponents John House and Garret Sarven and have been acquainted with them for many years and know them to be men of the most unquestion- -able Veracity whose oaths may be relied on
Alm B Stephens } Justice of Peace

State of New York. Rockland County.
ss I David Pyle, Clerk of the County of Rockland. Do hereby certify that Abraham B. Stephenson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within affidavits, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, residing in the town of Clarkstown in said county, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature subscribed to the said affidavits is genuine - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county the twenty ninth day of August 1832.
David Pyle
Reynard H. Appen application
17113
I Abraham Westerveld Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of Reynard H. Appen for a Divorce.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of October A.D. 1832.
Abraham Westerveld
Reynard H. Appen 12th Feb. 1832 Rambler
I here present my certify that the within named Reynard H. Appen is a member in full communion, and in good regular standing in the Reformed Dutch Church at Ramapoa Bergen County New Jersey - That he is a man whose word has always been relied on in all matters and is worthy of abundant credence.
Jefferson Vanhook
Pastor of R.D. Church

State of New York Bergen County } A.
On this 12 day of Nov Dec r 1888 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Rinard Hopper of Franklin in said County aged 79 years and personally well known in said County and to the Subscriber as a man of truth and good standing and being duly sworn saith that he is the same Rinard Hopper who on the 31 st day of October 1832 made a Declaration under oath of his Revolutionary Services in order to obtain the benefit of the act of longeps of June 7 th 1832 which was done in open Court then sitting in and for the County aforesaid when his original Declaration was made out the pressure of business before the Court was such as to prevent him from detailing minutely each tour of duty he performed and specifying as accurately as he has since learned is necessary the officers who commanded on each occasion & the time and nature of the duty. He has endeavoured to refresh his memory by bestowing more thoughts & reflection on the subject and believes that the Secretary of war and commission of pension will receive this as his amended Declaration in which he will endeavour to set forth more specifically & in as much detail as his memory will allow the Revolutionary Services he performed.
That He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that in the month of March 1776 He enlisted for for one month (as stated in his original Declaration) but the deponent believes he did not enter until the middle or latter part of March in company commanded by Capt Silbert Cooper and in Regiment commanded by Col Hawk Hays then stationed at the new city in Cumberland County of Rockland and State of New York and were marched from thence to Nyack a landing called Nyack on the north River from which place we were conveyed with Boats to the City of New York at which place we landed. from thence we were marched to Dunker's hill on York Island at which place the deponent with the rest of the company were employed in building fortifications in which employment as near as he can recollect they were engaged for better than two months from which place they were marched back to the City of New York and from thence they were conveyed with Boats to Sappan Island at which place they were landed and from thence they were marched to the new City the place of enrolment for a few days when his term of enlistment expired having served three months and actual service when he was discharged in June 1776.

In the latter part part of July 1776 He enlisted in Company Com- manded by Capt Jacob Spears Underdonk in Col. Spears Nichols Regiment at Nyack, or Haverstraw, in the State of New York, from which place we were marched to Haverstraw where we were Stationed for Sometime doing guard duty then we crossed the North River to a place called Fellows Point from thence we were marched to Red Hook near Peapack Kill Here we were Stationed until the first of employed in aiding and assisting in building a fort and also other duties as necessity required until the first of January 1777 when he was Honorably Discharged
all the Services Rendered under Capt Hendrick Tenure as is stated in his first Declaration. He cannot at his advanced age give the periods nor dates, and doth hereby Relinquish them
In the month of September 1777 He enlisted in a Company Command- ed by Capt James Garner at Haverstraw in the State of New York from which place they were marched to Fort Montgo- mery where they joined Col. Nicholas Regiment, whilst Stationed there the deponent asks the favour of his Said Col. Nichols for a furlough to be absent for three days which was granted him, the second day of his absence the British attacked the fort and took it the Company to which he belonged was dispersed and scattered. If the deponent's memory serves him Right one week after, He rejoined His Said Company Com- manded by his Capt Garner at Haverstraw where he Remained a short time doing guard duty then he was taken out of the Company by Major Lee who had obtained consent from his Capt. as an Express Rider in which service he continued until sometime in December when he was Discharged having served the full period of three months in actual service
In his first Declaration it is stated that his Capt being dead or taken prisoner and did know so by which he meant or intended that he did not know where to find them (immediately) after the battle of Fort Montgomery was over
He further states that he does not know of any living witness who he can prove to testify to the last mentioned service service, except Luke DeGray who is absent and does not know at this present time where to find him
9 About the month of April 1778 He enlisted in Company Commanded by Capt John Bell Col. Grayham Regt for nine months then

Stationed at Nyack in the now county of Rockland and State of New York where they remained a short time guarding the shores and landing places then crossed the north River to Westchester County from which place they were marched to White Plain where the main army was stationed here we remained sometime, our company then was attached to a body of troops under the command of Major Peter Kill from which place we were marched to Kings Bridge. Going here we crossed the north River from there we were marched to Newburgh in the State of New York from there to the New Bridge here we were stationed for some time at which place we received intelligence that our Piquet guard had been routed and dispersed then stationed at the Liberty pole by the British Light Horse when our company marched off to a place called Paramus here we were stationed for sometime doing guard from which place we were marched to Rockland County on the Bank of the north River doing guard duty such as defending the inhabitants at which place his term of enlistment expired when he was Honorably discharged the last day of December.
In the month of April 1779 He enlisted for two months under Lieutenant Hays belonging to the Continental troops when company consisted of near Twenty five men the Remainder of men to fill his company He enlisted out of the militia for the above period to what Regiment he belonged does not now recollect Stationed this part of the time at Tappan from which place we were marched frequently to the Liberty pole New Bridge and along the north River in the County of Bergen guarding the shores and landing places also that of defending the said County the enemy who had possession of the City of New York and the lower part of said County who were constantly committing depredations on the inhabitants in this last mentioned service we had we had a skirmish with the British and Refugees at Closter in which engagement one John Taylor was severely wounded served the time and was Honorably discharged.
In his Original declaration this his last mentioned service was omitted, the reason of it is this, that he did not remember it, at that time.
In the forgoing Recital of his Revolutionary services the deponent has stated none but such as he conscientiously believes he actually performed. He may have mistaken the years in which it was performed, but is fully satisfied that he has faithfully served his country in the war of the Revolution for the full period of Twenty two months being in actual service in the field and Garrison for each term alledged and was not employed in any civil pursuit during the above mentioned.

services for which he claims a pension under the law of August 7th 1832
Sworn and Subscribed before
Me this 12 th day of December 1833 } RICHARD KOPKE James M c Cartan Justice of the Peace

State of New York Rockland County
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county Andrus Onderdonk age 77 years who being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Asnerd Hopper of the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey who has applied for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 who on his oath deposes and saith that he has a perfect recollection of serving with him in the war of the Revolution being members of the same company and done duty as follows viz for four  four months in the year 1776 under Capt Gilbert Cooper who went with them as their Capt stationed at Clarkstown and from there they were marched and conveyed to Bunker's Hill on York Island where they were employed in building a fort and to the knowledge of the deponent the said Hopper was personally employed after having been stationed there Some time cannot say as to the exact time they worked at the fort  for about two months as near as the deponent can Recollect, they then returned to Rockland to Clarkstown in the now County of Rockland where to the knowledge of the deponent, the said Hopper was discharged after having served the time
Said the deponent further saith that he knows the said Asnerd Hopper enlisted for five months in a company Commanded by Jacob Deronca at Nyack in the now County of Rockland in the State of New York in the latter part of July or the first of August 1776 from which place (Nyack) we were marched to Haverstraw where we were stationed for sometime doing guard duty, then crossed the North River to Teller point from thence they were marched to Red Hill (near Pukaskille) Here we were employed the remainder of our time in building fortifications until the first of January 1777 when our term of enlistment expired and I personally knowing that Asnerd Hopper performed and regularly done duty with during the whole five months Subscribed & sworn to before me this 2 nd day of November 1833 John T. Blanch Justice of the peace
Andrus Onderdonk

I John T Blanch one of the Justices of the peace of Clarkstown in the County of Rockland Do certify that Andris Onderdonk who Subscribed & Sworn to the preceding Affidavit is a man as near as I can ascertain of good Credit And have no doubt But his oath is correct
John T Blanch Justice of the peace

State of New York Rockland County } S
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County Garret  Garret  Sarver one of the same place and  who  years being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Rinerd Hopper of the Township of Franklin County of Bergen and State of New Jersey who has applied for a pension under the Law of Congress of June 7 th 1832, who on his oath deposeth and saith that he has a perfect Recollection of serving with the above named Rinerd Hopper in the Revolutionary War being members of the same Company, and served together as follows for the  four months under Capt Gilbert Cooper Stationed at Clarkstown for three months in the Spring of 1776 and from thence they were marched to Nyack on the Banks of the North River from thence they were conveyed with Boats to the City of New York from thence were marched to Dunks Hill on York Island here we were employed in Building a fort for some time then returned to New York then took Boats and landed at Captain Sloats from thence we were marched to Marketown where we remained a few days when our term of enlistment expired and the deponent further states that he knows the said Rinerd Hopper enlisted for five months in a company Commanded by Jacob Seronda at Nyack in the now County Rockland, in the State of New York in the latter part of July or the first of August 1776 from which place (Nyack) we were mar- ched to Haverstraw where we were stationed for some time doing guard duty, then crossed the North River to Tellers Point from which place we were marched to Red Hill near Peek- skill) Here we were employed in Building fortifications untill the first of January 1777 when our term of enlistment expired, and is personally knowing that the said Rinerd Hopper performed and regularly done duty with me during the whole of the above mentioned services
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 2 nd day of November 1833
John T. Blanch Justice of the peace
Garret Sarver
I John T. Blanch Do certify that I am personally acquainted with Garret Sarver who Subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit who is a man of good character and his oath may be relied upon
John T. Blanch Justice of the peace

State of New York Rockland County } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County at Stevens of Clarkstown in said County aged 72 who being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Richard Hopper of the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey who has applied for a pension under the act Law of Congress of June 7 th 1832 who on his oath deposeth and saith that they served together in the Revolutionary, under the Command of Capt John Bell in the Spring Summer and fall of the year 1778 Stationed first at Clarkstown and along the Shore of the north River in the County of Rockland for a short time then crossed the north River at Nyack to a place called Tarrytown and was marched from there to White Plains where the Company joined the main Army who were at that time Stationed there where we remained sometime our company then was attached to a body of troops commanded by Major Peter Sell from which place we were marched to Kings Ferry where we crossed the north River and then was marched to Hackensack and from there to the Newbridge where we were Stationed for some time from which place the British Light Horse drove us, we then retreated to Paramus where we were Stationed some time then marched from the last mentioned place to Rockland County on the Shore of the north River doing guard duty, then marched to the western side of said County to protect the inhabitants against the marauders & home thieves who were making depredations in that section of the Country, and the deponent states that the said Hopper was personally engaged throughout the whole time therein and was Honorably discharged
Sworn & subscribed before me. David Clark. Justice of the Peace This 26 th of October 1833
Peter Stephens
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Peter Stephens and know him to be a man of good character and that his oath is to be relied upon. (David Clark Justice)

State of New York Rockland County
Personally appeared before the Sub- scriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County John House of the same place aged 74 years who being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Bernard Hopper of the Township of Franklin County of Bergen and State of New Jersey who has applied for a pen- sion under the Law of Congress of June 7th 1832 who on his oath deposeth and saith that he has a perfect Recol- lection of living with him in the Revolutionary War five months in year 1776 under Capt Jacob Beronda and the Deponent further saith to his knowledge the said Reuben Hopper, five months under as stated in his amended Declaration in the year 1776, they being at that time neighbours and very well acquainted this time when he enlisted and the time of his being discharged
That on the first of April 1778 to the knowledge of the depon- ent the said Reuben Hopper enlisted for nine months under Capt John Bell then stationed at Clarkstown (deponent being a member of the company at the same time) from which place they were marched to Nyack and along the shores of the Hudson River in the County of Rockland for short time then crossed the north River, and marched to White Plains where we joined the main army where we remained for some time, our company then was attached to a body of troops command- ed by Major Peter Tapp from which place we were marched to Kings Ferry where we crossed the north River and then were marched to Hackensack and from there to the Newbridge in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey while stationed at the last mentioned place we received intelligence that the British Light Horse had killed and wounded some of our Regiment of which we believe the said Hopper was one from which (Newbridge) we retreated to Paramus where the losses continued for some time doing guard duty and from there we were marched to New Rockland County on the shores of the north River guarding the shores and landing places

John House
Sworn and Subscribed before me This 1 st day of November 1833
John T. Blanch Justice of the peace
I John T Blanch Being one of the Justices of the peace of the Town of Clarkstown in the County Rockland Do certify that I am well acquainted with John House who Subscribed & sworn to the preceding Affidavit & whose oath may be relied upon
John T Blanch } Justice of the peace of Clarkstown Rockland County
State of New York
Rockland County } I. David Pyle, Clerk of the County of Rockland Do hereby certify, that John T Blanch, before whom the preceding affidavits, and the annexed affidavits of Garret Sarven and Andries Onderdonk was sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the different certificates, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that his name subscribed thereto is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of November, 1833.
David Pyle
State of New York
Rockland County } I. David Pyle, Clerk of the said County. Do hereby certify, that David Clark, before whom the annexed affidavit of Peter Stephens was sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the certificate is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that his name subscribed thereto is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of November, 1833
David Pyle

State of New Jersey } Bergen County } B.
3. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Said County Garret Smith of the Said County aged 76 years who being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Rnerd Hopper of the same place who has applied for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 who on his oath deposes and saith that he has a perfect Recollection of serving with the Said Rnerd Hopper in the war of the Revolution for Three months in the Spring of the year 1776 under Capt Gilbert Cooper then Stationed at the Newity in Clarkstown and now County of Rockland from which place they were marched to Closter Nyack on the Banks of the north River from thence they were conveyed to the City of New York from thence they were marched to a place called Bunkerhill on York Island where they performed a duty in making a fort from thence they returned to the place of enlistment where they were discharged and to the knowledge of the deponent the Said Hopper served the full period as above mentioned and the deponent further saith that the Said Hopper  for  for months in the year 1778 under Capt John Bell in Col Doy- -hani Regiment then Stationed at Nyack in the County of Now Rockland from which place they crossed the north River and from thence our company was marched to White Plains where we found the main army after remaining there for some time when our company then was attached to a body of troops commanded by Major Porter Fell from which place (White Plains) we were marched to Kings Ferry here we crossed the north River then we marched to Haverstraw then to the Newbridge here we were Stationed for sometime then to Pomona and from thence we were marched to Rockland County

there they were discharged and the deponent further saith the said Hopper elected for two months under Lieutenants Hays who did belong to the Continental Line then stationed at Sapirun from which place they were frequently marched to Liberty pole and bridge guarding from place to place as necessity required and to the knowledge of the said Deponent the said Hopper performed and done duty for each term as above stated being in actual service in the field, to the order of time perhaps he has fallen into disrepute
Given under my hand and subscribed before me
this 8th day of November 1833
James Van Houten Justice of the Peace
Garrett Smith
2 ad. mo omitted in orig. not tendered in supple. etc. their before justic. in account admo. pri 66.66 2/3
C. I do hereby certify to the Secretary of War and Commission of Pensions that Garrett Smith whose affidavit with his signature attached to the Declaration of Richard Hopper is a credible person and fully entitled to belief
James Van Houten
State of New Jersey County of Bergen ss:
I Abraham Westerlo Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that James Van Houten whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit of Richard Hopper marked A. and to the foregoing affidavit of Garrett Smith, marked B. as well as to the above Certificate marked C. was on the day of the date thereof, & still is, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned & sworn, and authorized by law to take the same. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, & verily believe that his signature to the said papers is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fourteenth day of November A. D. 1833.
Ab: Westerlo Clerk

Adv. and 1812 War Section AWP/cel
August 13, 1929
Mrs. Fred E. Fasset Stevensville Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1022, it appears that Rinard Hopper was born March 23, 1754, in Rockland County, New York.
While residing in Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, he enlisted and served with the New York Troops as follows:
From in March, 1776, three or four months in Captain Gilbert Cooper's Company, Colonel Hawkes Bay's Regiment; from in July, 1776, five months in Captain Jacob Deronde's or Jacob Onderdonck's Company, Colonel Isaac Nicoll's Regiment; from the spring of 1777, about half the time until in September, 1777, in Captain Hendrick Turnure's Company; from in September, 1777, in Captain James Garner's Company, Colonel Isaac Nicoll's Regiment, marched to Fort Montgomery, and remained there until the fort was taken, after which he served as an express rider under Major Lee, and served

in all three months; from in April, 1778, in Captain John Bell's Company, Colonel Graham's Regiment, after  after a while, at White Plains, his company was attached to some troops under Major Peter Fell, of the New Jersey Troops, and served in all nine months; from in April, 1779, two months under Lieutenant Hays; also in 1779, two months in Captain Hendrick Turnure's Company, Colonel Gilbert Cooper's Regiment. He continued to serve at various times in scouting parties to the close of the war, no further details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

New York
INVALID.
1929. Aug. 13-14-22. Ex mrs. Fred E. Fasset cont.
File No. 1022 Richard Hopper Pa. N.J. Line.
Act: June 7. 1882.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]
New York and New Jersey Line. Records corrected July 20 th

Stevensville Pa-
May 14, 1929
Pension Dept. Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs, -
Do the Revolutionary War Records in your Dept. contain the name of one Rinehart Hopper as a soldier who served in N. Y. State and who was born in same State - ? Think he died at Walton, same State - The name may have been spelled Rinert, Rhinert, Rhinehart, Rinhardt and other ways - Any favors you may grant will be thankfully received -
Very truly -
Mrs. Fred E. Lasset-