That he was in the sendee again that year, and in the beginning of the year 1777 he kept his home at the house of the father of this deponent, and in a short time enlisted more than 30 men, and this deponent well remembered to have seen the said Isaac Van Wart, and a number of the soldiers that enlisted under him doing duty in the Regiment of Continental troops commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortlandt. The said deponent has always understood from the officers and soldiers that served with the said Isaac Van Wart that he was a very bold, active and enterprising officer, and that such was his reputation on the lines in the County of Westch ester. Also attested to by Samuel Hitchcock, who was with Lieut. Isaac Van Wart in the capacity of a servant.

The following is the declaration of the widow of Lieut. Isaac Van Wart made in her application for a pension date of Nov. 16, 1840 :

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

That she was born in the town of Mt. Pleasant, Westchester Co., N. Y., and married Jan. 24, r 779, at the then parish of Hanover, in sain Co., by Rev. Samuel Saekett, her maiden name being Amy Bishop, Isaac Van Wart being a Lieut, in Col. Van Cortlandt's Regt. at the time of the marriage. He drew a pension of $320 per annum. IP- died July 13, 1840. David Henry, of Lansinburgb, makes affidavit in support the claim of Isaac Van Wart's widow ; says he then resided at Lausinburgh, aged 86, and a pensioner ; he well knew Isaac Van Wart to be a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution. In May, 1775, lie was enlisted in the service by him at White Plains. Ambrose Horton was the Captain, and Isaac Van Wart 1st Lieut.