Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5457, for Abraham Osborn, New Jersey
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SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey Osborn, Abraham W.5457
Elizabeth.
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w Jersey 46
lizabeth Osborn
of Monmouth in the State of N.J.
who was a N J in the     commanded
by Captain     of the     commanded
by     in the
[The words line of are crossed out.] Widow of Abraham
Osborn Pri & Lieutenant
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 106 Dollars 67 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Amt
p[illegible] to Feb  16. 1835 to be deducted
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept
1836 and Sent to P. Vre-
denburgh Freehold N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $533.35
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 37 53.33
$586.68
Act 4 July 1836 {Revolutionary Claim,}
{[The words Act June 7, 1832. are crossed out.]}
recorded by [Illegible] Clerk,
Book   Vol. - 1 Page - 150
repld Oct 8
[Written vertically]
Date of death
not on AB
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9992
New Jersey
Abraham Osborn
of Monmouth Co in the State of New Jersey
who was a Priv. & Lt. in the company commanded
by captain Brittain of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hendrickson in the N. Jersey Mil.
[The word line is crossed out.] for 6 months Lt. --- $80.00
8 " Pr. - 26.66
$106.66
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 106 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July
1833 and Sent to P. Vredenburgh
Freehold N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 213.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 53.33
$266.65
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 124
Let to P Vredenburgh
15 Aug 36
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Applicatin of
Abraham Osbor[illegible]
P O
No 6339
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At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Freehold in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey of the Term of July Eighteen hundred & thirty two -
Declaration of Abraham Osborn In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss: On this thirty first day of July Eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth aforesaid now sitting Abraham Osborn a resident of the Township of Howell in the County of Monmouth aforesaid & State of New Jersey aged Eighty 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 - That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated. That the Field officers were General Forman Colonel David Hendrickson Captain Garret Longstreet & Brittain Mount [The word was is crossed out.] first Lieutenant were the Company officers That he entered the Militia in What was Called the [Illegible] in the early part of the summer of the year 177[illegible]. that he served as such Militia Man for a year & upwards & was then promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant & served as first Lieutenant every other month till the End of the Revolutionary war & was in actual Service for more than two years [illegible] as Lieutenant Captain Garret Longstreet was succeeded by Captain John Buckalew who continued until the war was Nearly Ended - That near the close of the war
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when Samuel Allen was Captain he & the Company with boats took a Brittish Brig laying off Cranbury Inlet in the County of Monmouth aforesaid. The name of the brig is now forgotten. that he resided at Squan in the Township of Shrewsbury then, but now called the Township of Howell in the County & State aforesaid when he entered the Service, was born there [illegible] has then every [Illegible]. That he was drafter under the monthly calls. That he Marched through the County of Monmouth from Shrewsbury & the Highlands to Squan but that the head quarters were at Tinton Falls. That it was the duty of the Company to guard the Sea Coast. That he was acquainted with Captain Bowman in the continental Service & Lieutenant C[illegible] likewise of the Continental Service who with this Company were billeted at [The name Tinton Falls is crossed out.] Squan in said County, That his Commission as Lieutenant was given by the [illegible] by some accident been lost & that Benjamin Curtis served in the same Company with him as a Common Militia Man [The word under is crossed out.]. That he was taken prisoner by the Tories towards the end of the war but shortly made his escape - That in making his escape the guard attempted to fire upon him but their guns Snapped - That during seven years in s[illegible] he was robbed by the Tories of his horses [The word cattle is crossed out.] & furniture &c That he is acquainted with Richard Sopers & Benjamin Curtis [illegible] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state That he has a record of his age in his family. Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court being first read to him
John Patterson Abraham Osborn
Richard Sopers residing in the Township of Howell in sd County
we [The name William J Bowne is crossed out.] & John Hull (no minister being convenient), residing in the Township of  Freehold in the County of Monmouth hereby certify
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That we are well acquainted with Abraham Osborn who has [The word sworn is crossed out.] Subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be Eighty years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution And that we Concur in that opinion. That he is a Credible person & that his Statement is Entitled to full Credit
Sworn & Subscribed the day &
year aforesaid in open Court {John Hull
John Patterson {Richard his + mark Soper
I Benjamin Curtis residing in the Township of Howell County & State aforesaid do hereby certify under oath that I am well acquainted with Abraham Osborn before mentioned & have personal knowledge of his Serving in the Revolutionary war in the monthly Service & Served under him when he that said Osborn was first Lieutenant for more that two years & till the end of the war. That during Some part of the time Osborn was Lieutenant Colo Hendrickson was a field officer That Brittain Mount was first Lieutenant next preceeding the said Abraham Osborn & was taken prisoner by the refugees & that the said Abraham Osborn was the Lieutenant who Succeeded him
And that John Buckalew was captain of the Company when the Said Abraham Osborn was appointed Lieutenant, & that [The word afterwards is crossed out.] Samuel Allen was Captain of Said Company afterwards, that Captain Allen & the Said Abraham Osborn were taken prisoners towards the close of the war by the tories & afterwards made their escape - & that the said Osborn is a credible person & his (Statements entitled to full credit
Sworn & Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid}
in open Court} Benjamin his X mark Curtis
John Patterson
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And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion from the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he States. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that he said John Hull & Richard Sopers reside as in the above certificate in Mentioned and are Credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit. And also that the Said Benjamin Curtis resides as in his Certificate is States & is a Credible person & that his Statement is Entitled to Credit
John Patterson
John Hull} Judges
William Lloyd}
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Elizabeth Osborn -
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1833
State of New Jersey, Monmouth County Ss: On this Second day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty Six personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Freehold in & for Said County Elizabeth Osborn - a resident of the Township of Howell in the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey aged Eighty two years Eleven Months & twenty three days, 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 July 4th 1836. That She is a widow of Lieutenant Abraham Osborn deceased who was a Lieutenant in the Militia in Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, & which Said Abraham Osborn was a pensioner of the United States until his death under the act passed the Seventh day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty two entitled "An Act Supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain Surviving officers & Soldiers of the Revolution," And for eurther proff of the Revolutionary Services of said Abraham Osborn this declarant, [The word she is crossed out.] refers to the declaration & documents & prooffs filed with the department, of the said Abraham Osborn, on his Said application - That the Pension of her said husband was some thing over one hundred Dollars per year but owing to the certificate of her said Husband having been returned to the Department Cannot Say, precisely how much - That her Said husband Served as Lieutenant in the Militia during the Revolutionary War according to the best
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of the recollection & belief of this declarant, but She cannot now, for old age & failure of Memory, recollect the precise periods, or when they Commenced or ended of Service of her Said husband, but she believes he was in Actual service more than two years during the war aforesaid -
She further declares, That She was married to the Said Abraham Osborn on the third day of June [The word Eighteen is crossed out.] Seventeen hundred & Seventy three, to the Said Abraham Osborn by [The word Esq is crossed out.] Justice James Throckmorton which said Justice then lived at Long Branch in the Township of Shrewsbury in Said County of Monmouth, but who has since died. That She has no record or Certificate of her marriage, nor is there any record of her marriage in Existence So far as She Known, & as She verily believes - And that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Osborn died on the Sixteenth day of February Eighteen hundred & thirty five, That She lived with the Said Abraham Osborn from the time of her aforesaid Marriage as his wife until his death. And that She has remained a widow ever since the period of her Said Husbands dea th as will appear more fully by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court}
on the day & year above written be-} her
fore me one of the Judges of said Court} Elizabeth X Osborn
the words "Seven" & "She" erased & the} Mark
words "twenty three" & "Said Abraham Os-}
born" & "war" enterlined on first page & the}
words "Eighteen" and "Seventeen" interlined on
Second page before Execution
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss Abraham Osborn of Said County being duly Sworn according to law, deposeth & Saith That he is the fifth child of Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth Osborn mentioned in the foregoing declaration, & that he is now, fifty two years old, & that he has now three brothers, & three sisters living, that This deponents oldest brothers name is Samuel & who is now Sixty two years old, & that the following are the names of his other brothers & sisters, viz. Catharine Curtis, William Osborn, Deceased Anna Havens, Jane Havens, Elizabeth Clayton Deceased & James Osborn
That the Father & Mother aforesaid of this Deponent have always lived together as Man &wife as long as this deponent can remember, until the death of his said Father which happened on the 16th February 1835 & that his Said Mother has not been married Since & that his Said Father & Mother were always reputed in the neighbourhood to have [The word lived is crossed out.] been legally married, & that all his brothers & sisters, including the oldest, have always been considered & treated as legitimate, at all times & in all places, & are all so universally considered & treated in Society, & that the Father of this deponent divided his property by his last will & Testament among all his children above named & also left his said Widow the Mother of this deponent a reasonable portion of his estate, thereby treating the said Elizabeth Osborn as his lawful wife & the said Children as legitimate - And this deponent further Says, that his said Father was a pensioner of the United States under the act passed the 7th June 1832 Entitled "An act Supplementary to the Act for the
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relief of Certain Surviving officers & Soldiers of the Revolution." That the pension of his Said Father was about $106.66, as near as this deponent Can recollect, the [The words pension a are crossed out.] pension Certificate of his Said Father having been given up to the Bank at Trenton Shortly after his Said Fathers death And this deponent further Saith, That the Abraham Osborn mentioned in the Said pension certificate, & the Father of this deponent are one & the Same person
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court} Abraham Osborn
this 2nd Augt 1836 before me}
John Patterson}
State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss: [Illegible] James Osborn of Said County being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth & Saith that he is the younger brother of the Abraham Osborn who has Sworn to the next preceding affidavit, that this deponent has read over the said affidavit of his Brother, & that the matters & things set forth therein are true as far as this deponent Knows & as he verily believes
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court}
this 2nd Aug 1836 before me} James Osborn
John Patterson
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State of New Jersey, Monmouth County Ss: Sarah Poland of Said County being duly Sworn according to Law deposeth & Saith, that She now resides in the Township of Howell & has resided there for the last Sixty years & is now Sixty eight years of age & that She has been acquainted with Elizabeth Osborn the Declarant mentioned in the forgoing Declaration, & her late husband Lieutenant Abraham Osborn for the last Sixty years, & that during all that time the Said Elizabeth Osborn & Abraham Osborn have lived together as Man & wife until his death, & that they have always been reputed in the neighbourhood to have been legally married, & been always received & treated by their neighbours as man & wife & that this deponent never heard any thing to the Contrary - That the said Elizabeth has now several children living by her said husband, who have always been considered & treated as legitimate & this deponent believes them so to be
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court}
this 2nd Augt 1836 before me} her
John Patterson} Sarah X Poland
mark
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Elizabeth Oborn the above declarant being again duly Sworn according to Law doth further depose & Say, That James Thurkmurton mentioned in her said declaration was at the Said time of her Said marriage a justice of the peace for Said County of Monmouth & duly authorized by the laws of New Jerfsey to Solemnize Marriages - that she has the following named children now living, by her Said husband viz Samuel Osborn (the oldest, who was 62 years old the 12th day of Last March) Catharine Curtis, Anna Havens Abraham Osborn Jane Havens, & James Osborn, who were all born in lawful Wedlock
Sworn & Subscribed in open} her
Court this 2d Augt 1836 before} Elizabeth X Osborn
me} mark
John Patterson}
And I the Said John Patterson before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken do hereby Certify that I am Acquainted with the Said Elizabeth Osburn, Abraham Osborn & James Osborn her Sons & Said Poland & that they are severally persons of Credibility & their oaths & declarations are worthy of Credit & ought to be believed
John Patterson
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And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Examination of the Matter, That the above named applicant is the Widow of the Said Abraham Osborn & has never been Married again Since his death & that the Said Elizabeth Osborn Abraham Osborn the witness, James Osborn & Sarah Poland are residents of the Township of Howill, & that they are respectively Credible persons & their Statements entitled to Credit
Done in Open Court this 2d day of August 1836
William Lloyd
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the application of Elizabeth Osborn for a pension - And I do hereby further Certify, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of John Patterson & William Lloyd, who have Signed the forgoing declaration & affidavits & certificates, & that the names Signed John Patterson & William Lloyd are respectively the proper hand writing of the Said John Patterson & William Lloyd, & that the Said John Patterson 
& William Lloyd were respectively & Still at the time of said Signing of their Said names & Still are Judges of Said Inferior Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & Sworn & enrolled in my office In Testimony
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[Written vertically]
Elizabeth Osborn
widow of Abraham Os-
born decd. Lt & pri-
[Written horizontally]
I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the Seal of Said Court
at Freehold in Said County of
Monmouth this Eighth day of
August Eighteen hundred & thirty
Six
D. H. Ellis Clk
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss. Samuel Osborn of Said County being duly Sworn according to Law deposeth & saith, That he is the oldest child of Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth his wife which said Abraham was late a pensioner of the United States, that this deponent is now Sixty two years old, & that his said Father & Mother have always lived together as man & wife & been So reputed & believed in the neighbourhood as long as this deponent can remember
That this deponent & his brothers & sisters, of which there are several have always been treated & reputed in Society as legitimate, & that his Said Father died on the 16th February 1835 - & that his said Mother has not been married Since
Sworn & Subscribed before me one} Samuel Osborn
of the justices of the peace in & for}
Said County this Sixth day of}
August 1836}
Saml F Allen
State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss. I the Subscriber - one of the Justices of the peace in and for Said County do hereby Certify that I am Well Acquainted with Samuel Osborn, the deponent above named and that he is a Creditable Witness & that his oath and Decleration Worthy of Credit - and Aught to be Believed
Saml F Allen
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State of New jersey Monmouth County Ss William Morton of Said County being Duly Sworn and Asher Pearce of Said County being duly Affirmed did Severally depose and Say that they were Well Acquainted With Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth his wife before and during the revolutionary War of the united States that the Said Abraham Osborn and Elizabeth Osborn his wife were reputed to be husband and wife and that they Lived Together as Such be fore the Commencement and During the Revolutionary War aforesaid and that they have Ever been reputed and Known & Considered by the whole Neighbourhood to be Such And that they had Several Children before or during Said revolutionary War - And these deponents further say that they have Creditabely been Informed that the said Abraham Osborn was for Several years before his death A Revolutionary Pensioner and the Said William Morton States his Own Age to be Seventy years next October And the Said Asher Pearce to be Sixty Eight years in September next
Sworn to And Subscribed} his
this 5th day of August 1836} William X Morton
And affirmed at the} mark
Same Time before me One} Asher Pearce
of the Justices of the Peace in}
and for  Said County}
Saml F Allen
State of New jersey Monmouth County Ss. I, the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby Certify that I am well Acquainted with William Morton & Asher Pearce the deponents above named and that they are Creditable Witnesses and that their Oaths or Affirmations & Declarations Worthy of Credit and Aught to be Believed
Saml F Allen
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State of New jersey Monmouth County Ss Elizabeth Smith the wife of James Smith of Said County being duly Sworn According to Law deposeth and Sayeth That Dureing the revolutionary War [illegible] as this deponent Thinks in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty This deponent Lived at the hour And in the Employment of Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth Osborn his wife (The Said Abraham Osborn being Lately as this deponent believes a revolutionary pensioner of the United States) and that the Said Elizabeth Osborn was at that Time reputed and considered at that Time to be the wife of the Said Abraham Osborn aforesaid And Always has been So reputed And Considered in the Neighbourhood and at the Time Aforesaid this deponent Lived with them the Said Abraham & Elizabeth Osborn they had Two Children Namely Samuel & Catharine and that during Said Time this deponent Lived there One Capt. Bowman a Continental Solder Quartered at the house of the said Abraham & Elizabeth Osborn Aforesaid with a part of his Company of Soldiers and this Deponents age is Seventy Eight years
Sworn to and Subscribed before} her
me, Saml F Allen One of the Justices} Elizabeth + Smith
of the peace and for said County} mark
This Fifth day of August 1836}
Saml F Allen
State of New jersey Monmouth County Ss. I the Subscriber One of the Justices of the peace in and for Said County do hereby Certify that I am Well acquainted with Elizabeth Smith the deponent above named and that She is a Creditable Witness & that her Oath and Declaration worthy of Credit And Aught to be believed Saml F Allen
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[Written vertically] 
Elizabeth Osborn
[Written horizontally]
I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, That I am Well acquainted with the hand writing of Samuel F. Allen Esquire who has Signed the foregoing affidavits & that the Name Signed Saml F. Allen to the foregoing affidavits of Samuel Osborn William Morton Asher Pearce & Elizabeth Pearce [The words are respectively in the are crossed out.] & the certificates thereunder written are respectively in the proper handwriting of the Said Samuel F. Allen, & I do hereby further Certify that the Said Samuel F. Allen at the time of the doing thereof was & Still is a justice of the peace in & for Said County of Monmouth, duly Commissioned  & Sworn & Enrolled in my office
I Testimony Whereof I have 
hereto set my hand & affixed
the Seal of Said Court at Freehold in
Said County this Eighth day of
August Eighteen hundred & thirty
Six
W. H. Ellis Clk
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February 1, 1938
Abraham Osborn
W. 5457
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch BA-J/AWF
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Abraham Osborn of New Jersey, War of the Revolution, who died February 16, 1835.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, W. 5457, based upon the military service of Abraham Osborn in the War of the Revolution.
Abraham Osborn was born April 29, 1752 in the
Township of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in said township, Abraham Osborn served from early in the summer of 1778 as a private in monthly tours under Captains Longstreet and James Journee (?), and after the battle of Monmouth, he was appointed 1st lieutenant and continued to serve in monthly tours under Captains John Buckalew and Samuel Allen in Colonel Daniel Hendrickson's New Jersey regiment; he was taken prisoner by the Tories shortly before the close of the war, but soon made his escape
and continued in the service until the close of the war. His service was to guard the sea coast.
Abraham Osborn was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, then a resident of the Township of Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He
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died February 16, 1835.
The soldier, Abraham Osborn, married June 3 or 4, 1773 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Allen; they were married at her father's house, name of her mother not given.
The widow, Elizabeth Osborn, was allowed pension on her application executed August 2, 1838, at which time she was living in the Township of Howell, New Jersey, aged eighty-two years, eleven months, and twenty-three days.
Their oldest child, Samuel Osborn was born March
12, 1774, and in 1836 was living in Monmouth County,
New Jersey. Abraham Osborn, their fifth child, was fifty-two years of age in 1836, and a resident of Monmouth County. Other children referred to in 1836,
Catharine Curtis, William Osborn (deceased), Anna Havens, Jane Havens, Elizabeth Clayton (deceased), and James Osborne, who was in that year referred to as Colonel, and of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Samuel F. Allen was Justice of the Peace in 1836
in Monmouth County, New Jersey; it was not stated that he was related to the widow, Elizabeth Osborn, or that the Captain Samuel Allen under whom the soldier, Abraham
Osborn, served was a relative.
The application for headstone for Abraham Osborn is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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19 Feb 1 - [Illegible] to Memo. Br. [Illegible] to
Revy WIDOW, & c.
File No. 5457
Elizabeth Osborn
Wid of
Abraham Osborn
Lieut, Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:--Vol. M, Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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To what time was Abraham Osborn paid
at the N. Jersey Agency under act 7 June 1832
G.W.C.
He died 16th Feb. 1835 and Sept 23-'36-
was paid to the day of his death
A. H. 
23 Sep' 36
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Freehold NJ} free
September 2nd}
[Written vertically]
Elizaeth Osborn Sept 5
N.J.
Act 4 July '36
Addl [illegible]
[Written horizontally]
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
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Freehold NJ} free
August [illegible]}
[Written vertically]
Abraham Osborn Aug [illegible]
NJ
Act 4 July 1836
[Written horizontally]
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington  City
District of Columbia
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Freehold Aug6 8 1836
Dr Sir:
Enclosed is the application of Elizabeth Osborn widow of Abraham Osborn for a pension - Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832 & died in 1835 - She claims the same pension that he recd which was [illegible] $100. per year - I was Mr Abm Osborns agent in procuring his Pension & would take the liberty of calling your attention to the proofs in his case which must now be on file in your department, supposing that they would be satisfactory to you, I have not adduced in the accompanying papers, and additional proofs of his Services.
May I take the liberty of calling
your attention to the decision of her claim at your earliest convenience
Respy yr obt Servt
P. Vredenburgh
James E. Edwards Eq
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss Personally appeared before me Saml F Allen One of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Faithful Gifford who being by me duly Affirmed did declare & Say That she was well Acquainted with Abraham Osborn Late of said County Decd who was Lately Reputed to be a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and Elizabeth Osborn his wife (Now his widow) That she was present at the Solemnization of their Marriage which took place before the Said Revolutionary War and as She believes on the fourth day of June 1773 and She is now 79 years of age
Affirmed And Subscribed} Faithfull Gifford
this 26th day of August 1836}
before me}
Saml F Allen}
Monmouth County Ss I the Subscriber One of the Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby Certify that I am well Acquainted with the above named faithfull Gifford and have no hesitation to declare that she is a very Respectable Witness and that her Evidence is Entitled to full Credit and belief Saml F Allen
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Supplemental Declaration of Abraham Osborn to his Declaration of 31 July 1832 Accompaning This.
State of New Jersey Monmouth County. Personally appears in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Abraham Osborn who being duly Sworn according to law deposeth & Saith, that he was born at Squan in the Township of Shrewsbury in Said County in the year 1752, But since that time that part of the Township of Shrewsbury has been Set off & is now called the Township of Howell. [Illegible] he lived there when Called into service, & has ever Since & does now reside there. That he entered under the Monthly Service, & was Called out by the Continental Authority of the State. That he received a Commission as a Lieutenant from Govr Livingston of New Jersey, but that towards the Close of the Revo. War his house was robbed by the Tories & brittish & his [illegible] of papers including he believes his Commission were then Stolen. [Illegible] during each period Mentioned below, & whenever he was out & for all the times & time that he claims a pension for he Served with an embodied Corps Called out by the State authorities, & that both he & the bodies or Companies with which he Served respectively, drew their regular rations & pay. That this duty was to guard the coast & Country from hostile depredations, & for this time during which his Services were performed he was not Engaged in any Civil pursuits
That by reason of old age & the Consequent loss of Memory he cannot Swear positively as to the precise length of his Service, but according to the best of his recollection he Served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades 1st as a Common Soldier. He Served Six tours of one month each under Captain Gart- Longstreet Lieutenant Brittain Mount Stationed at the falls in Said County. He believes this in 1776 & 7. Then he Served two tours of one Month each under Capt. James Journee Stationed at Squan in Said County. 2d - As Lieutenant Three tours of one Month each under Capn John Buckalew after the battle of Monmouth, but can not recollect the precise year. Then Three tours of one Month each under Captain Samuel Allen
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He can not particularize at this time any other tours but is certain he Served not less than two years as a Lieutenant & for Said Services he Claims a pension
That there is no Surviving witnesses that he Knows of who can detail his services from their own memory Except Benjamin Curtis - All the Captains & lower officers are dead. That from the  Exposed Situation of the County & the disaffected State of the inhabitants of this district, the Militia were Kept at home by the authorities of the State, for the purpose of guarding the Coast & protecting the inhabitants & that this was the duty of this declarant of the respective Companies with which he Served.
That the Companies were Sometimes detached from others to guard particular points. That the words "Abraham Osborn was born April 29th 1752" on a paper accompaning this, is truly copied his family bible where it was put before his Memory
Sworn & Subscribed in open}
Court 7th June 1833}
William Lloyd} Abraham Osborn
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We             a Clergyman residing in the Township of Howell & Samuel F. Allen residing in the Same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Osborn who has Subscribed & Sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty one years of age. That he is reputed & believed, in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that we Concur in that opinion}
Sworn & Subscribed in}
open Court this 7th June} Saml F Allen
1833 William Lloyd
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department. That the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & Served as he States. And the Said Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that [The name Samuel F. Allen is crossed out.] who has Signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman residing in Said Township of Howell & that Samuel F. Allen who has also Signed the Same
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is a resident of the Same place & is a credible person & that their Statement is entitled to Credit
W. J. Browne
William Lloyd
John [Illegible]dden
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplemental proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the application of Abraham Osborn for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 7th day of June 1833
D. H. Ellis Clk
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I the Subscribed a clergyman residing in the Township of Howell in the County of Monmouth State of New Jersey do hereby Certify, That I am well acquainted with Abraham Osborn, who has applied for a pension under the Act of 7th June 1832, & who resides in this Township, & that I believe him to be Eighty one years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed before me one of the} John Taplin Newmon
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common}
Pleas in & for Said County of Monmouth}
This 22nd day of June 1833}
Saml F. Allen
I the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for Said County of Monmouth do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with John Taplin Newman who has signed the preceding Certificate & that he is a clergyman residing in Said Township of Howell, & is a person entitled to full Credit. Witness my hand this
Twenty Second day of June 1833
Saml F Allen
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Abraham Osborn's
Application for Pension
6 mo Lt. [illegible].00
8 mo. Pri [illegible]
$106.66 per ann
P. Vredenburgh Esqr
Freehold
N. Jersey
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I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth do hereby Certify, That Samuel F. Allen bef ore who the preceeding affidavit was taken, & who has Signed the preceeding Certificate was at the doing thereof & still is one of the Judges of the Said Court duly Commissioned & Sworn & Enrolled in my office & that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such, & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, & that the name Signed "Saml F. Allen to the Said affidavit & Certificate is the proper hand writing of Samuel F. Allen - In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand
& that of office this 27th June 1833
D. H. Ellis Clk
[Written vertically]
Abraham Osborn's
application for Pension
6 mo. Lt. [illegible] .00
8 mo. Pri [illegible]
$106.66 per ann
P. Vredenburgh Esqr
Freehold N. Jersey
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Elizabeth Osborn's
Admd
6 mo. Lieut 80
8 " private 26.67
106.66 per ann 106.67
died 16 Feby. 1835 & paid
to that date - deduct
P. Vredenburgh Esqr
Freehold
N. J.
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State of New jersey Monmouth County Ss Elizabeth Osborn of Said County being duly Sworn according to Law doth depose and say that she Thinks that She and her husband the Late Abraham Osborn Decd had a parchment before and during the revolutionary War upon which was Entered the Ages of this deponent and her said Husband And the Births of Such of their Children as were then born But that the house in which they Lived was robbed as Often as Seven times by the refugees & Tories during the revolutionary War in which this deponents Husband Lost most of his valuable papers & this deponent thinks Said parchment was Lost by One of Said robberies - at any rate that it was Lost during the war & This deponent has not seen it since this deponent does not recollect whether her said Marriage was Entered on Said parchment but She thinks that it was and this deponent further States that Since the Loss of said parchment neither She nor her Husband as this deponent Knows made any record of the ages or Marriage of her and her Said Husband and that there is not now to the best of this deponents Knowledge or belief any catemporaneous entry in any family bible or any where Else of the said Marriage of this deponent Except upon the said parchment aforesaid
Sworn and Subscribed before} her
me a Justice of the peace in} Elizabeth X Osborn
And for Said County this} mark
27th day of August 1836}
Saml F. Allen
I the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Said County before whome the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Osborn was Taken do hereby Certify that I am Acquainted with the Said Elizabeth Osborn and have been Acquainted with her for upwards of forty years Last past and that She is a Creditable person and her statement and Affidavit Entitled to full belief & Confidence Saml F. Allen
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County Ss: Aaron Chamberlain of Said County being duly Sworn according to Law doth depose & say, That he is now between Seventy nine & Eighty years of age & has always resided in Said County of Monmouth. And has been acquainted with the late Abraham Osborn, a pensioner of the United States & Elizabeth his wife, which said Elizabeth is now an applicant for a pension ever Since he was a boy And this deponent further States, that he recollects being present at the marriage of the said Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth, That said Marriage took place at the house of Samuel Allen in Said County before the Revolutionary war, this deponent believes in the year 1773. This deponent is not certain of the year, but is certain that it was before the Commencement of the Revolutionary War - That Said Samuel Allen was the father of Said Elizabeth. This deponent does not recollect who performed the ceremony of Marriage, but recollects that it was done by Some person having Competent authority, to Solemnize marriage, in the presence of the families of the parties & a large party.
That Shortly after the Marriage this deponent was present at the home Coming, when the bride & groom were again present with their friends & relatives - That Said marriage was Solemnized as marriages were Solemnized in this part of the Country at that time - That this deponent has not the least doubt but that Said marriage was legally Solemnized at the time & in the manner he has stated & that it was so Considered & treated at the time by all the Company present, as well as the rest of the neighbourhood & that the Said Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth have always Since resided in the Same neighbourhood & Continued to live together as man & wife & been so universally reputed in the neighbourhood Ever since, & their children of which they have had several universally considered & received in Society as legitimate - That at the time of Said marriage it was customary in this part of the Country for
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justices of the peace to Solemnize marriage, who had Competent authority then & Still have so to do
Sworn & Subscribed this 26th}
August 1836 before me a just-} his
tice of the peace in & for said} Aaron + Chamberlain
County - the words "& a large} mark
party" & "so" interlined before}
Sworn to, being first read}
to him}
William Lloyd
New JErsey
Monmouth County Ss. I the Subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for Said County do hereby Certify, That I Am Acquainted with Aaron Chamberlain who has made the foregoing affidavit & have been acquainted with him for the last forty years & that the Said Aaron Chamberlain is a credible person & his Statement & affidavit worthy of Credit & Entitled to Confidence & belief - Witness my hand this 26th August 1836 William Lloyd
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County Ss:
I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for Said County do hereby certify that William Lloyd & Samuel F. Allen before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken were respectively at the time of the doing thereof & Still are justices of the peace in & for Said County duly Commissioned & Sworn & Enrolled in my office & that to their official acts as Such full faith & Credit are due & ought to be given & I do further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Said Lloyd & Allen & that the names Signed William Lloyd & Saml F. Allen to the foregoing affidavits & Certificates are respectively the proper hand writing of them the said William Lloyd & Samuel F. Allen
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In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said at Court at Freehold in Said County this first day of September
Eighteen hundred & thirty Six
D H Ellis Clk
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Freehold Sept 1-1836
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you additional Evidence of the legality of Marriage of Mrs Elizabeth Osborn widow of Abm Osborn Decd late a pensioner. there is not as you will perceive no cotemporaneous entry in any family record - a thing which is very common even to this day in the part of the Country where she resides & still less frequent in anchient times, Besides the inhabitants of the Coast of our County were Subject during the whole Course of the War to perpetual robberies, & what records they had were very frequently destroyed or lost in the confusion of the times - It is hoped therefore that the evidence of Eye Witnesses of the fact will prove Satisfactory to the department
If the department wishes it, she may perhaps find out Some other persons who were present, but the department are doubtless aware how difficult it must be after a lapse of more than Sixty years to do that.
respectfully yours
J. L. Edwards Esq. P. Vredenburgh
Comr of Pens