John Depuy and family
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Depuy's in 1800 Census
John Depuy loses land
John De Puy faces foreclosure on his parcel of land #80 in Lysander, (Baldwinsville) on 10 July 1835.
John is living on this property on this date.
John Depuy in 1820, 1830 Lysander
John Depuy, living in Lysander, Onondaga, New York in 1830
Benj Depuy affidavit for pension
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
{Revolutionary War Records Section]
...military history of Benjamin Depuy,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, ...
S31645
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment, Length of Service, Rank, Officer under - Captain then Colonel, State
April 1778 6 mos. Pvt. Abraham Cuddebeck Newkirk N.Y.
Apr 1779 4 mos “ Abraham Cuddebeck Newkirk “
Mch 1780 9 mos “ Abraham Cuddebeck Newkirk “
During 1781,
1782 & 1783 “ Abraham Cuddebeck Newkirk “
Battles engaged in: None Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Mamaking, Ulster Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept 11, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lysander, Onondaga, Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Dec 29, 1764, in Mamakating, Ulster Co N.Y.
Remarks: Son of Benjamin Depuy
FILES:
Benjamin Depuy
12.068
At a Court of Chancery held for the State
Of New York at the village of Onondaga
In the county of Onondaga on the
Seventh day of September one thousand
Eight hundred thirty two [7 Sep 1832]
Present: - Daniel Morley, Vice Chancellor of the
Seventh Circuit
Benjamin Depuy of the Town of Lysander in the
County of Onondaga, aged sity seven 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 -
He was born in the Town of Mamaking, in the
County of sullivan, New York, December 29, 1764 -
He has no record of his age in his possession but has
understood that the family records were burned in
1779 - He lived in that town until 1793 with the
exception of a few months during the war. In the
spring of the year 1778, a party of persons of whom
he was one, volunteered to build a fort on the Never-
Sink River. They were under the command of Capt
Cuddeback & officer by the name of Newkirk
commanded at Fort Dewitt, about a mile farther
up the river. The fort was for the protection of
the Frontiers & to guard against Indians & Tories
had previously attacked & carried off a number of
families in the neighborhood, & for greater safety
the families remaining removed into the fort
when it was completed. They continued to keep guard
at the Fort during the onsuing simmer & fall. The persons
who were at the fort (which was called Fort Depuy)
as far as he recollects were Benjamin Depuy, his father;
Samuel Depuy, Moses Depuy, Elias Gumear, Abraham
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Cuddeback & Jacobus Cuddeback, head of families –
there were also John Depuy, James, a colored man,
three sisters of the despondant all of whom are now
living. During the summer and fall, they kept scouting
parties out in the woods to watch the Indians and Tories,
but they saw nothing of them until the month of October
in that year, when a large body of them, & as he
now thinks between two and three hundred, under the
command of Brandt made their appearance. Oh
Ken approach all who occupied Fort Depuy abandoned
it in haste & escaped to Dewitts Fort where there
was a small party of men. The Tories came up &
commenced firing on the Fort & also fired on
the cattle in the fields. They burned a number
of houses & barns in the neighborhood & destroyed
considerable property. They killed about six persons
who were not in the Fort, & then retreated & did
not make their appearance again that year.
In the following winter he left the Fort & went
to live with his uncle in the Town of Rochester in
Ulster Co. New York & remained there until the
spring of 1779 when he returned to his fathers, in
Mamakating & enlisted to keep guard in the Fort
until the Month of August in the ensuing summer when
his father removed to what was called Wallkill -
he went with him & stayed until the whole family
moved back to Mamakating. In the summer of
1779 there was a company @ DeWitts Fort commanded
by Capt’ Wood who were called nine months men
& who assisted to keep guard the Frontiers & to keep
off the Tories. During that summer, the Tories and
Indians made an attack on a settlement four or
five miles below Dewitt Fort & burned nearly
the whole settlement, including some mills & a
meeting house. They carried off some cattle
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and a number of prisoners. Brandt, he thinks, commanded
the enemy. In the ensuing winter they remained at
home near Dewitts Fort where a guard was kept -
The winter was uncommonly severe & they suffered
no inconvenience from the Indians or Tories –
In the spring of 1790 they rebuilt Fort Depuy.
This fort they continued to guard until the end
of the war, assisted nine months in the year
by parties of militia from the East, & for the remaining
three years the duty devolved on the residents at
that place. He cannot now recollect the precise
nine of his service, but it was between four & five
years, during which time he was taken altogether
from agricultural employments & obliged to be
constantly on guard, & frequently to scour the
woods. Said Depuy, his brother, now living &
James, a colored man also living were engaged
in the same service, & continued in it until the
end of the war. Cornelius Wallace also living
was also in the same service during the same
length of time but was stationed about a mile
below at what was called Gumaer Fort –
In 1793 he moved to Aurelius in Cayugo Co.
New York - in 1802 he moved to Marcellius in
Onondaga Co. & in 1804 he moved to Lysander
in the same county where he now lives.
He has no documentary evidence in his pos-
session to show his services – He hereby all____?
Every claim whatever to a pension Except the present
Y declars that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State.
Sworn .... Benj Depuy signature
...Daniel Moslley
Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor
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