ADDITIONAL PARTISANS A-G GARRET ABEL, RWPA #S28210. He was born on March 15, 1757. He was noted to be a merchant in the Coxsackie District of Albany County, New York. He served as a private under Captain William Snider of Colonel Anthony Van Bergen's Regiment. He sustained a musket ball wound to his right shoulder while out on a scout to Schoharie Kill under the command of Lieutenant David Becker of the United Districts of Duanesburgh and Schoharie District Militia on July 22, 1778. ABRAHAM ACKER. During the Revolutionary War he possessed 150 acres of land in Lot 9 of the Abraham Gouverneur Patent (Garret Y. Lansing Papers 8:10). ADAM ACKER. During the Revolutionary War he possessed 150 acres of land in Lot 9 of the Abraham Gouverneur Patent (Garret Y. Lansing Papers 8:10). ALBERT ACKER, RWPA #R15. He was age 59, when deposed on May 24th, 1819. He married at Pepper Cotton in Sussex County, New Jersey on July 17, 1786, Sarah Hart. He served as a private in Captain Henry Tiebout's Company of the Third New York Regiment from 1776 through 1782. He was present in Fort Stanwix during the Siege of 1777. He marched as member of Sullivan's Expedition. His file contains a deposition by Ichabod Stoddard. BENJAMIN ACKER. He served as a private in Captain Thomas DeWitt's Company of the Third New York Regiment and was killed near Mister Brodock's House while out from Fort Schuyler on the morning of September 8th, 1778 (Gansevoort's Military Papers, p. 346). HENDRICK ACKER. During the Revolutionary War he possessed 150 acres of land in Lot 9 of the Abraham Gouverneur Patent (Garret Y. Lansing Papers 8:10). PETER ACKER. During the Revolutionary War he possessed 150 acres of land in Lot 9 of the Abraham Gouverneur Patent (Garret Y. Lansing Papers 8:10). SOLOMON ACKER, RWPA #S15351. He was born in Dutchess County, New York in 1753. He served as a private in Captain Walter Groesbeck Company of the Hoosick and Schaghtecooke Districts Regiment of Albany County Militia, He states he marched to Johnstown in 1775 to disarm Sir John Johnson. CORNELIUS ACKERMAN, RWPA #W23393. He was age 64 when deposed on July 5th, 1820. His file contains a Family Bible Record. He served as a corporal and sergeant in the Captain Amos Hutchin's Company of the Fifth New York and as a lieutenant in Colonel John Harper's Regiment of New York State Levies. He, Joshua Drake, and 56 others were captured by Sir John Johnson's forces in October of 1780, while out under the command of Captain Walter Vrooman. JOHN ACKERSON, RWPA #R18. He was born in Schoharie County, New York in October of 1752. He served as a private in Captain George Mann's Company of the United Districts of Schoharie and Duanesburgh District Regiments of Albany County, New York Militia. HENRY ADAMY, RWPA #S44287. He was age 65, when deposed on June 8, 1820. He enlisted as a private for the length of the war in November or December of 1776, in Captain Cornelius T. Johnson's Company of the Third New York Regiment. He states that he was stationed at Fort Stanwix during Barry Saint Leger's Siege of the fortress in July and August of 1777. He states he also took part in the Sullivan Campaign. JOHN AKER, RWPA #S11950. He states he was born at Black Creek about three or four miles from the Helleburgh in Albany County, New York in 1757. He first served as a second lieutenant in Captain Jacob Van Aernam's Company of the First Rensselaerwyck Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Philip P. Schuyler's Regiment] and marched to where Colonel ____ Bailey commanded. He was also one of seven men who volunteered to serve as privates under Captain John Williams of the City of Albany Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Jacob Lansing, Junior's Regiment] and to go to Fort Constitution opposite West Point on the Hudson River and there he served as part of the tow guard monitoring vessel traffic on the Hudson River under the direction of Lieutenant ____ Elsworth. His next tour of duty was under Captain John Price of the Albany City Regiment of Albany County Militia [Jacob Lansing Junior and Abraham Cuyler's Regiment], the sergeants being First Sergeant Hugh Dennis and Sergeant Benjamin Wallace. In 1778, he also served a tour as a second lieutenant under Captain John J. Lansing Junior and Lieutenant Colonel John H. Beekman of the Second Rensselaerwyck District Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Kilian Van Rensselaer's Regiment] guarding the public stores and the quarters of Barron Von Steuben as well as going to Stillwater to attempt to save some boats from ice which was building up. In 1780, he was ordered out to the Lower Schoharie Fort under Captain Jacob Van Aernam along with First Lieutenant George Waggoner, & Ensign John Van Aernam. While at the Lower Schoharie Fort, he states that Major Barent Staats of the First Rensselaerwyck Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Philip P. Schuyler's Regiment] was also present. Of this tour, he states: . .when the enemy came he with Capt Van Orna Lieut John Dietz with a small party to meet them with a field piece fired upon them & retreated to the fort, above the fort the enemy parted the regulars passed on the west side & the tories and indians on the east side both fired some upon the fort & fired buildings as they passed and they we fired upon them from the fort with a field piece after the enemy passed a volunteer was wanted to go on express to Albany he tendered his service which was accepted by maj- Staats & Abraham Evert Vanorna a son of the capt. Accompanied him they went to gen. [Abraham] Tenbrook came there in the night called him up the general sent his son with them to governor George Clinton who was then in the city the gov. told them he had no time to write and that they return and tell maj- Staats that he must pursue the enemy with all the force he could raise and that he himself was preparing to go. And that when he came to Schoharie the troops had already gone in pursuit of the enemy he then followed after to the Mohawk river the troops to or near fort Plain met the men returning. He also marched to Beaverdam and Bradts Fly under Second Major Myndert M. Wemple of the Schenectady District Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Abraham Wemple's Regiment] to arrest a few Loyalists. Eaker states that he was taken hostage by some Loyalists at Bankers Hill 13 or 14 miles from Albany but was not long detained . He also speaks of serving a tour to the Middle Schoharie Fort as a second lieutenant under Captain Henry Ostrum of Colonel P. P. Schuyler's Regiment. In August of 1780, he marched to the Upper Schoharie Fort as second lieutenant under the command of Captain Lavinus F. Lansingh's Company of the said Colonel Schuyler's Regiment, the first sergeant being Lawrence Schoolcraft. He states that he stood at the Saratoga Stone Church and watched General Johnny Burgoyne's Army pass by as prisoners-of-war. On a tour of duty at Fort Anne, he states he remembers seeing a regiment of Negroes, many of whom had been wounded in battle. His file contains a deposition by Cornelius Van Sice as to his services, and Ensign Dirrick Hans Staats at Fort Hunter. WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Esquire. In 1755 Johan Jost Petri submitted an account to William Alexander For my trouble in keeping an Account of Ryding at the two carrying place[s] [one being called the little Carrying place] and paying the men employed in that service. Amongst those listed in this account were: Daniel Petry; Jacob Miller; Conraet Miller; Jurrie Hilts; Frederick Helmer; Jacob N. Weaver; Lawrence Herder [for providing and grinding wheat]; Lieutenant ____ Winter [for peas, cutting and riding firewood for the winter guard, and for carrying supplies from Harkman’s to Petri's Home (Petrie Family Papers ACC.1-5). JESSE ALLEN, RWPA #R112. He was born in 1755. He died New Bradford County, Pennsylvania on June 24, 1824. He was married by the minister of the Reformed Dutch Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York prior to May 30, 1784, Elizabeth Eckler. At the time of his marriage, he lived on the Cotten Kill near the aforesaid of Catskill. His file contains a Family Bible Record. It is stated that he served as a sergeant in Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett's Corps un 1782, which is reflected in the payrolls of Captain James Cannon’s Company. Gertrude Eckler, widow of the Revolutionary War Pensioner John Eckler states that Jesse married Elizabeth Eckler, a sister of John Eckler. She also states that Jesse went to Quebec and fought in the Battle there under General Richard Montgomery. EPHRAIM AMES, RWPA #W9704. He was age 54 when deposed on October 2, 1820. He married in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania on April 19, 1789, Margaret ____. He enlisted in Lieutenant ____ Curtis’ Company of the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment while stationed at Cherry Valley, New York in 1778 and served therein until April of 1783. He was present at Cherry Valley during the Massacre of November of 1778. LEVI AMES, RWPA #R177. He married at Spencertown in the Town of Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York on May 8, 1777, Ruth [____]. His widow states that he once served as a substitute for Elijah Parker.