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1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services
Schenectady County, New York

This information is from pp. 95-96 of A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as returned by the marshals of the several judicial districts, under the act for taking the Sixth Census, 1841 [free PDF viewer required].

Town of Duanesburg
Names of PensionersAgesNames of heads of families
with whom pensioners
resided June 1, 1840
Jonathan Herrick79 
Isaiah Tower80Isaiah Tower
David Hillard80 
Enos Howard80Enos Howard
Henry Head82Henry G. Head
Samuel Rogers76Samuel Rogers
Town of Glenville
Names of PensionersAgesNames of heads of families
with whom pensioners
resided June 1, 1840
Sally Goodenough78Sally Goodenough
Rebecca Shelly80 
Job Hedden86G. Hedden
Benjamin Crandall77Benjamin Crandall
Abraham Seppius81 
Garret Van Eps79Garret Van Eps
Nicholas G. Veeder78William Veeder
Angelica Kane99 
Andrew Seaman76Andrew Seaman
Philip Carner79Jacob Carner
Jacob Wallace80 
Frederick Van Patten79 
James Van Vorst77James Van Vorst
Joseph Carley80 
Reuben Wheaton82William Wheaton
 
Town of Princetown
Names of PensionersAgesNames of heads of families
with whom pensioners
resided June 1, 1840
Margaret Brougham88John J. Brougham
 
Town of Rotterdam
Names of PensionersAgesNames of heads of families
with whom pensioners
resided June 1, 1840
William Coyt80William Coyt
Bartholomew Schermerhorn88Bartholomew Schermerhorn
John Myers78 
Lewis D. Peck75 
 
Town of Niskayuna
Names of PensionersAgesNames of heads of families
with whom pensioners
resided June 1, 1840
Dinah C. Groat81Beruch C. Groat
 
City of Schenectady — First Ward
Names of PensionersAgesNames of heads of families
with whom pensioners
resided June 1, 1840
Joseph Peck84Joseph Peck
Catharine Mercellis76Catharine Mercellis
C. L. Van Santford83C. L. Van Santford (possibly Van Santvoord)
City of Schenectady — Second Ward
Sarah Vedder75Sarah Vedder
John Carl83John Carl
Mary Perry82 
John Van Voast99 
John J. Schermerhorn76John Schermerhorn
Rebecca Groat72 
Joseph Brittian84 
Jacob Leport90Jacob Leport
City of Schenectady — Third Ward
Rachel Van Desbogart86Joseph Van Desbogart
Jerome Barhydt75Jerome Barhydt
Jacob D. Clute84Jacob D. Clute
City of Schenectady — Fourth Ward
Charles Geer79Charles Geer
Bartholomew Clute75Bartholomew Clute
Isaac Imax83Isaac Imax
Reuben Finch82 
Henry Kellar67Henry Kellar
Henry H. Peck77Henry H. Peck

Source: Compendium of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants and Statistics of the United States, 1840 Census of Agriculture

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