Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,728, for Thomas Middleton, New Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County   SS:

   On this tenth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred forty three personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County Hannah Hendricks a resident of the Township of Freehold in the said County of Monmouth aged eighty years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Thomas Middleton who was a private of Infantry, and also of cavalry in the Revolutionary War.
   That the said Thomas Middleton entered and enlisted in a company of State troops under the Command of Capt. Thomas Chadwick and Lieut. Elihu Chadwick about the first of January 1781, and served in Said Company for term of one year, ending about the first of January 1782, that the head quarters of said Company were at Cottsneck in the said County of Monmouth - And she further states that the said Thomas Middleton about the first of Feby 1782 entered and enlisted in a company or troop of Horse under Capt. John Walton and David Rhea Lieut. and served therein for the term of twelve months, and that their head quarters were at Freehold in the said County of Monmouth, as She has been informed and verily believes.  She also believes that David Forman was General & Asher Holmes Col. -
   She also declares that she was married to the
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Said Thomas Middleton on the twenty third day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five - that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Middleton died on the (blank) day of July in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine:  that She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz:  at the time above stated, She further declares that after the death of the Husband aforesaid She was married to William M. Hendricks on the Seventh day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety five that he died on the twenty seventh day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight and that she is still a widow -
     Hanah Hendricks
Sworn to & Subscribed in
open Court the 10th
day of February A.D. 1843
   W.J. Browne
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County SS:

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of the said County the Reverend Aaron A Marcelles who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that he is the Minister and Pastor of the first Dutch Reformed Congregation of Freehold, and that he hath in his possession the Register of said Church and congregation in which there is contained a record of marriages solemnized by the Ministers of the said Church, and this deponent finds records in said Register the marriage of Thomas Middleton and Hannah Woolly in the following words and figures to wit:
"January ye 23d. 1785 Thomas Middleton and Hanna Woolly"
That the said marriage was solemnized and recorded by the Revd. Benjamin DuBois who was at that time the ordained Minister of said church.
   A A Marcelus
Paster of the Ref. Dutch
Church of Freehold

Sworn & Subscribed before
me Justice of the peace aforesaid
the Sixth day of March 1863 by
the said Aaron A. Marcelles who
is a credible person & whose testament
is entitled to full credit -
   C Bruen
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State of New Jersey
Mnmouth County SS.

   Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County John Aumock who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged eighty two years and upwards that he was acquainted with Thomas Middleton in the War of the Revolution - that shortly after the war the said Thomas Middleton married one Hannah Woolley and they lived together as man and wife until the death of the said Thomas Middleton - that after the death of the said Thomas Middleton, his widow Hannah was married to William M. Hendricks, with whom she lived until the death of the Said Hendricks about four or five years ago -
   John Aumock
Sworn to & Subscribed before
me Judge as aforesaid by the
said John Aumock who is
a credible person & whose
statement is entitled to credit
March 4, 1843
   W J Bowne
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County   SS:   Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace of said County, James Yetman who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that he is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution : that he was well acquainted with Thomas Middleton in the Revolutionary War : that the said Thomas Middleton enlisted and entered a company of State troops under the command of Capt. Thomas Chadwick & Lieut. Elihu Chadwick for the term of one year Beginning about the first of January 1781 and ending on the first day of January 1782 when the Company was discharged : This Deponent belonged to and lived in the same Company with the said Thomas Middleton during the said term of one year, and the said Middleton performed his duties faithfully as a good Soldier in the grade of a private during the said term.  That the head Quarters of said Company were at Colts neck and their duties were to guard the inhabitants from the depradations of the enemy in different parts of the County of Monmouth, wherever the exegencies of the times & Service might call them - They received no written discharge, it was merely verbal : That the said Company was an embodied Corps called into Service by the authority of the laws of New Jersey.  that they Served in field and not in garrison : and that for the time during which the said Service was performed the said Thomas Middleton was not engaged or employed in any civil pursuit, and
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further Saith not
   James Yetman
Sworn & Subscribed before
me Justice of the peace as
aforesaid this Twenty fourth day of
January A.D. 1843 by the said
James Yetman, and I do hereby certify that the Said James Yetman is a credible person and that his Statement is entitled to full credit -
   Moses S. McChesney Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County  SS:

   Personally appeared before me Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County John Matthews who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution aged seventy nine years - that he was well acquainted with Thomas Middleton in the Revolutionary War - that he knows that the Said Thomas Middleton was an enlisted Soldier under Capt. Thomas Chadwick at Cottsneck in the County of Monmouth, in the years Service, in the year 1781 - This Deponent frequently saw him in Said Company, and has no doubt but that the said Thomas Middleton served out his full term of one year - This Deponent lived near the head quarters of said Company at Colt-neck, and was well acquainted with Said Middleton; And he further states that James Yetman was also an enlisted Soldier of the said Company of Thomas Chadwick in the year's service : and this Deponent further Saith that the said Thomas Middleton married one Hannah Woolley, who after the death of Said Middleton, married William M. Hendricks, who died about 4 or 5 years ago -
   John Mathews
Sworn to & Subscribed before
me Judge as aforesaid by
the said John Matthews who
is a credible person & whose
statement is entitled to credit
  March 4, 1843. -
    WJ Bowne
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County   SS

   Be it known that on the Sixth day of March 1843 personally appeared before me Justice of the peace of the said County John Chasey who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Middleton in the War of the Revolution.  that the said Thomas Middleton Served in a Company of Light Dragoon under Capt. John Walton under an enlistment for a tour of nine months, in the year 1782, beginning in April, and ending in December of that year  That he this Deponent belonged to and Served in the Same Company with said Middleton - That the head Quarters of Said Company was at Freehold in said County and said Company was raised under & by authority of an act of the Legislature.
    John Chasey
Sworn to & Subscribed before
me Justice as aforesaid by
the said John Chasey who
is a credible person & whose
statement is entitled to credit
  Lyttleton White Justice
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County   SS:

   I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the Said County of Monmouth Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of Said County in the matter of the application of Hannah Hendricks for a pension, and that William J. Bowne whose name is Subscribed thereto is the presiding Judge of said Court, and that his Signature thereto and also his signatures to the affidavits of John Aumock and John Matthews are genuine - And I do further Certify that Moses S McChesney and Lyttleton White are respectively Justices of the peace of Said County & that Cyrus Bruen is also a Justice of the peace of Said County, and that they are all duly commissioned and sworn as Such, and that their several Signatures to the annexed affidavits are genuine -
[seal with ribbon affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
eighth day of March eighteen hundred
and forty three -
   Samuel Mairs CMC
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State of New Jersey  Monmouth County  SS:

On this ninth day of October 1848 before me Thomas C. Throckmorton one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths  Personally appeared Hannah Hendricks a resident of the Township of Millstone County & State aforesaid aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, Doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of the late Thomas Middleton deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and that she drew a pension under the act of Congress passed the 17th June 1844, at the rate of Eighty two dollars and ninety one cents per annum, on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband the said Thomas Middleton decd.  She further declares that she is still a widow.
   Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written.
   Hannah (her X mark) Hendricks
   Before me
Thos. C. Throckmorton   
Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named affiant's
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personally known to me, and that she is the same person who drew a pension, as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit -
   Thos. C. Throckmorton Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County   SS   
I Daniel Christopher clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Thos. C Throckmorton Esquire is and was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the time of Signing the foregoing affadavit & Certificate duly Commissioned, Sworn and enrolld. in my office and authorized by law to take affadavits &c. and that his Signatures to the foregoing affadavit & Certificate is Genuine
[Seal of Monmouth County affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Seal of Office
this Sixteenth day of October A.D.
Eighteen hundred & forty eighty (1848)
   Daniel Christopher
     Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County   SS

On this eleventh day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Hannah Hendricks a resident of the Township of Freehold in the County aforesaid aged eighty years and upwards, who is personally known to me and who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d. March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
  That She is the widow of William M. Hendricks and formerly the widow of Thomas Middleton who was a private of Infantry and cavalry in the New Jersey State Troops in the War of the Revolution, and that She received a pension of eighty two dollars and ninety one cents per annum under the Act of July 7, 1838  She further declares that She is still a widow
   Hannah Hendricks
Sworn to & Subscribed on the
day and year above written
before me
   Thos. C. Throckmorton

State of New Jersey  Monmouth County Court
[Monmouth County seal affixed]
I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Said County do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton Esquire is now and was at the date of the above affidavit, a Justice of the peace of said County, duly qualified commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred & forty three -
   Samuel Mairs Clk
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Freehold N.J. Oct 16, 1848

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Sir

   Enclosed I send the Declaration of Mrs. Hannah Hendricks widow of Thomas Middleton decd. under the act of Congress of the 2d Feb. 1848
   Mrs Hendricks filed her claim & was inscribed upon the Pension roll, I believe under the act of the 7th July 1838, & has been continued thereon under the subsequent act.
   She claims a Pension under the act of Feb 2d 1848, & begs leave to refer to the papers on file in the Department for proof -
Very Respectfully &c
A.R. Throckmorton
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Freehold March 1843

Sir

  On the 17th of Feby last I sent to the Department the papers of Catherine Vanderhoef only child of the widow of Barron S Norris - And also on the same day a letter in the case of Hannah English in answer to your letter of the 26th Jany last.
   I also transmitted to you the papers of Hannah Hendricks the widow of Thomas Middleton on the 8th March inst.
   Will you have the kindness to inform me whether they have been received, and what determination you have come to upon them respectively - Not having heard from them I felt some anxiety lest they might have miscarried.
  Your Respectfully &c
  J.M. Hartshome
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Freehold N.J. Mar 8, 1843

Sir

  I herewith enclose to you the papers of Hannah Hendricks, the widow of Thomas Middleton, and also the widow of William M Hendricks for a pension under the Acts of July 7, 1838 & Augt 23, 1842 for the services of her first husband Thomas Middleton -
  Thomas Middleton Served 1 year under Capt. Thos. Chadwick & Lieut. Elihu Chadwick at Cottsneck in 1781 - See affidavits of James Yetman and John Matthews - I refer you also to the Certificate of the Secretary of State filed with the papers of Elizth. Clinton widow of Benjn.  And also to the papers of Elihu Chadnick of Penn. & Mary Throckmorton of N.J. now on file in your Office for further proof upon the same point.
  He also served in Capt. John Walton's troop of horse from Feby 6, to Dec 15, 1782 - 10 mo & 9 days.  See Exhibit No. 11, attached to the papers of Margaret Walton widow of John Walton.
  See also Exhibit Y, attached to the papers of the Children of Lydia Russell widow of John.
  See also the affidavit of John Chasey Survivor.
The marriage was in 1785 & is fully proved by the affidavits of Rev. A.A. Marcellus & John Aumock

1 year in Infantry  $80.00
10 m: 9 days Cavalry $8/3 per month.  85.82
  2/165.82
       82.91

Yours Most Respctfully
JM Hartshome

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr at Pensions