PENSION: Barent Shipperly; Dutchess Co., NY Submitted by Donald E. Lampson (dlampson@earthlink.net) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. State Of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } On the 19th day of May one Thousand eight hundred & forty two personally appeared in open Court before the Justices Court of the City of Hudson in said County, the same being a court of Record, Barent Shipperly of Germantown in said County aged Eighty two years on the 12th day of November last past, who being first duly sworn according to law. Doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That in the Year seventeen hundred and seventy six (1776) late , in that year & towards the close of it, he was drafted for three (3) months to go to Fishkill in the County of Dutchess to work on the Barracks then there **** *********. That he was drafted out of the Company of Capt. Diel Rockefeller of Livingstons Manor Regiment then in the County of Albany, now County of Columbia. That the company of drafted men to which he was there attached & with whom he went to Fishkill was commanded by Captain John Shaver of the same regiment. Declarent was in actual service this tour under Captain John Shaver at Fishkill nearly said three months & as long or longer than two & a half months, & until the Company was discharged. Declarant further says that in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven he was out thrice with the Militia; once before harvest & again after harvest, in Captain Diel Rockefeller's Company in said Manor Regiment, Colonel Henry Henry Livingston, Major Samuel Ten Broeck. The service in these tow tours amounted in all to about three months, viz. about 2 months before harvest & one month after harvest. The last time I was in service was in 1780 contained in his certificate of the Comptroller of the State of New York. It was up on the Mohawk when Brant & Butler with Indians & Tories were there. Absent from home this time nearly four weeks out in all. Mos. 1776 to Fishkill under Shaver 2. 16 1777 to Saratoga under Rockefeller 2. --- 1777 to Saratoga under Rockefeller 1. --- 1780 to the Mohawk under Rockefeller 0. 25 Besides Claimant acted as a guard in home service two months or more. Declarant has always lived in the town of Germantown aforesaid. He has not heretofore applied for a pension for the reason that under the law he was entitled to only a small stipend & he had a sufficient property for his support. This declarant has been a witness for Adam Clum when he applied for a pension. Was witness for Henry Dick. Adam Clum was at Fishkill with me in 1776. To the best of my recollection John Shaver was the Captain of the company when I served at Fishkill in making Barracks. Declarent relinquishes all claim to any other pension except the present and his name is not any pension roll of any State. I was in John Shaver's Company in 1776 & I think I cannot be mistaken about it. His /s/ Barent X Shipperly mark Sworn in open Court before The said Justices Court May 19th 1842 /s/ Wm. E. Heath, Justice of Said Court (Note: It appears that Shipperly marched back to the Continental Army facing Burgoyne with the remainder of the Livingston Militia in later September 1777. He is not in the Rockefeller Payroll for the return march of Sept. 15-19, 1777. Those on that Payroll marched to the Army a few days before the remaining 200 militiamen. See: Memoirs of William Smith, the entry for Sept 22, 1777.) _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } I, George B. Lasher, of Clermont in said County, aged Eighty years, being sworn, say I have always known Barent Shipperly. The said Shipperly went to Fishkill in 1776 to work on the Barracks. I have heard Adam Clum say said Shipperly was there. I know Barrent Shipperly was up when Burgoyne came down, and afterwards when Brant & Butler came down. In these northern Expeditions I carried Baggage for the Militia from this part of the Country. /s/ George B. Lasher Sworn & subscribed before me this 19th May 1842 by said George B. Lasher who is a credible person & witness. /s/ Wm. E. Heath, Justice of Said Court. _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } I, Henry Dick, aged Eighty one years old, residing in the town of Germantown in said County, being sworn, say I have resided in this town always since I was born. I draw a pension under Act of 7th June 1832. I have known Barent Shipperly of this town ever since, my recollection. We were in service in the same Company, viz, that of said Rockefeller's in two Expeditions to the north. One in 1777 when Burgoyne came down & one after that up on the Mohawk. /s/ Henry Dick Sworn & subscribed Before me this 18th May 1842 by said Henry Dick who is a credible person & witness. /s/ Michael De La Mater, Justice Peace.