Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2308, Simon Hedden, New Jersey Penn.
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(S-1776)
SERVICE  
[handwritten in ink] 
New Jersey 
Penn 

Hedden Simon Number S2308


carded 
[/handwritten in ink]

CONTENTS
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d, Dec. 2, 1836 see agency book 

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New Jersey  22.852

Simon Hedden
of Newark in the State of New Jersey who was a Private of Infanty in the ____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt command by Colin Seely in the [star icon] New Jersey troops line for 6 months
12 months Private of Cavalry. 
Pa. [star icon] And N.J. 
Records completed June 6/06

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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 70 Dollars __ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of November 1833 and sent Hon L. Conaich. Morristown N.J.

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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. ‘33                       $175
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th March ‘34             
$35
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$210
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by C. Laurie           Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 116
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Application of Simon Hedden of Newark, Essex County New Jersey, for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed 7th 1833

26/31-
26/31-

[witnessed now? the certified to be credible pension]
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Declaration of Simon Hedden in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New Jersey
Essex County

On this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three personally  in Open appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas holders at Newark in & for the County of Essex, now sitting Simon Hedden, a resident of Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid aged Seventy Six 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 7th 1832 in
That he was born on the twenty first
day of March A.D. 1756. in the Township of Newark at a place called
Freemantown now in Township of Orange.
That the old family record of his age is destroyed but he has a copy of the old record taken upwards of twenty years ago. That he entered the service of the United States as a Militia Man in the month of June 1776, being one of a Class of his Company, ordered out by Captain Josiah Pierson of Newark and marched under him to Long Island and joined the
Army under Gen. Washington, that after being there about two weeks he was marched back to Newark and there finished one months service and was then discharged in that in the following September he was called out and marched
to Elizabeth Town point under the command of Captain Matthias Lyon, where he served one month during this time they were commanded by General Livingston, who addressed them, and who about that time was appointed Governor of New Jersey. That in March 1777 he did one months duty in the Town of Newark under the command of and in Captain Robert
Nichols Company. That in April or May of the same year he moved to Luzerne County in the State of Pennsylvania where he
was frequently called out for short periods against the Indians. That in the year 1778 he returned to New Jersey and in June of its
year marched to Monmouth in New Jersey under the command of Captain Matthias Lyon and joined the army under Gen. Washington
and served one month and was during that time at the Battle of Monmouth, though not in the engagement from the position of their company. That in the fall of the last mentioned year he was out under the command of Captain Josiah Pierson, one month doing duty as Guard at Newark. That in the year 1779
he was out under the command of Captain Elias Baldwin and
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served one month at Newark under Shrieve. That he did several montly tours of duty one month each from 1779. The particular times of which he does not recollect, being ordered out with his class. But of this he is certain that he served his regular tours or class faithfully whenever it came round which was every third or fourth month until the year 1781, when he enlisted under Captain McNeal for one year as a horseman in the State Troops of New Jersey, and agreed to find and did find his own horse and equipments which cost him one hundred and fifty Dollars;
[illegible]. That there were attached to each company of “years men” six horsemen. And that he enlisted as one of the said horsemen that he was enlisted and attached to Captain McNeal’s company who shortly after left the command of the company which was then commanded by Lieut. John Burnet of said company who commanded and under whom he served until and at the time when this applicant was taken prisoner by the British and confined for four months in the Sugar House in the City of New York, that in September of the same year he was exchanged and returned to and did duty in his company until the end of the year for which he had enlisted when he was discharged. That the regiment to which his company belongs was commanded by Col. Seely & his company after he was exchanged by Captain Abraham Speer. That after he was discharged from his year’s duty he did his regular monthly tour of duty whenever the same came round which was about every third or fourth month in the company of Militia in which he was enrolled until the end of the war. That while on duty in February or March 1782, he with several others took three reffugees, prisoners, in Captain Kennedy’s Barn in Bergen County, and delivered them up to Col. Shrieve. That during his service he was out on duty at the Battle of Connecticut Farms, when the Meeting house was burnt by the Enemy and followed them to Elizabeth Town. That he was also in the Battle of Springfield Hollows and followed the Enemy in their retreat to Elizabeth Town Point and had a skirmish with them there. That he is confident he did in all at least one year’s regular service in the Militia of New Jersey, in monthly tours besides the year of enlistment as above stated and besides being out in frequent [illegible] sometimes for days together, that living on the lines he was subject to the latter duty very often and always turned out whether his regular tour of duty or not. That he has resided in the County of Essex ever since the Revolutionary
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has resided in the County of Essex ever since the Revolutionary

War. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person now living who can testify to his excepting the affidavit of David Hedden, Isaac Tichenor and Joseph Lyon hereto answered. 
[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. 

Sworn & subscribed
the day and year aforesaid}     Simon Hedden 


        Saml B. Miller, Judge

We Baxter Dickinson a clergyman residing in the Township of Newark & George Crane residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simon Hedden who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & subscribed 
the day of year aforesaid}     Baxter Dickinson 
                                                 George Crane


         Saml B. Miller - Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the in=vestigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations pre=scribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Baxter Dickinson, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Newark, that George Crane who has also signed the same is a resident in the same, and is a credible person, that their statement is entitled to credit and the court do further certify that David Hedden, Isaac Tichenor and Joseph Lyon whose affidavits were taken in open Court and hereto annexed are old and respectable inhabitants of the county of Essex and entitled to full credit and belief. 

                             Saml B. Miller - Judge
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex
I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior Clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex. Do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Hedden for a pension.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid the Sixteenth day of April AD Eighteen hundred and thirty three-- (1833)--
E Van Arsdale Jr Clerk
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New Jersey
Essex County
Be it remembered that on this Thirteenth day of April A.D. 1833. Personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas Holders at Newark in and for the County of Essex. aforesaid David Hedden of Newark aforesaid who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now aged eighty two years and nine months, that he resided in the Township of Newark during the Revolutionary War and has resided therein ever since, that he is personally acquainted with Simon Hedden who is applying for a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, and has known him from his birth that he distinctly recollects that said Simon was on duty as a militia man at different times during said war, but by reason of his age and infirmities he cannot now specify the particular months when said Simon was on duty or the particular officers under whom he served but this deponent recollects being on duty with him several times in and near the Town of Newark standing guard and this deponent distinctly recollects said Simon being enlisted in the "year's service" as he has stated in his application and that he served the whole year therein as he has specified except the time when he was imprisoned in the Sugar House in the City of New York as he has also mentioned in this "years service" this deponent distinctly recollects as said Simon is a brother of this deponent and the fact of his imprisonment as aforesaid impressed this service more distinctly on his recollection than any other portion of his brother's service, but he knows that said Simon did many other tours of duty during the war which this deponent cannot recollect at this time for the reason which he has above specified, but which service this deponent verily believes said Simon has correctly and truly stated as is contained in his said application and further he saith not.

Subscribed and sworn as above mentioned the day and year first above written.  Saml B. Miller - Judge } David Hedden
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New Jersey
Essex County
ss:
Be it remembered that on this 13th day of April A.D. 1833 personally appears before the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Newark in & for the County of Essex aforesaid Isaac Tichenor of the Township of Orange in the County aforesaid, aged seventy two years and two months who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is personally acquainted with Simon Hedden who is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1812 and knew him well during the Revolutionary War that when said Simon was in the years service this deponent belonged to Captain Van Blarcom's company in the same Regiment with said Hedden and distinctly recollects seeing said Hedden doing duty oftentimes in his company which was compounded by the officers as he has stated & knew that he was enlisted & served as he has stated for the period of one year [illegible] That previous to the year's service this deponent did duty in company with said Hedden two months duty under Captain Matthias Lyon at different times standing guard in and near Newark but n what months or years this deponent by reason of his age & infirmity cannot recollect. That this deponent recollects also doing duty with said Hedden for one month under Captain Robert Nichols standing guard in and near Newark at another time but the year he cannot specify for the reason he has above mentioned That said Hedden did many other tours of duty during the War than this deponent has above mentioned or can now recollect. That this deponent has heard said Hedden's appreciation read and believes the cause to be true and correct so far as this deponent has knowledge thereof & further he saith not
Subscribed & sworn this day & year above mentioned
Isaac Tichenor
Sam B Miller Judge
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New Jersey
Essex County

On this 13th day of April AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas holders at Newark in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Joseph Lyon of the Township of Orange in said County - aged seventy one years who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is personally acquainted with Simon Hedden who is applying for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he knew him during the Revolutionary War and was a foot man in the same Company to which said Hedden was attached as a horseman in the years service and knew of said Hedden serving as he has stated in his application for one year as a horseman in Captain McNeal's Company except when he was taken prisoner and confined in New York as he has also stated and further this deponent saith not.

Subscribed and Sworn the day and year first above written.

Saml B. Miller - Judge } Joseph Lyon
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January 23, 1934
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BA-J/MCS
Simon Hedden, S.2308

Mrs. Maria O. Le Brun
453 Park Street
Montclair
New Jersey

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 2308, based upon the military service of Simon Hedden.

He was born March 21, 1756, in a place called Freemantown which was then in the township of Newark, but later the township of Orange, New Jersey.  The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Newark Township, New Jersey, he served with the New Jersey troops as follows: in June 1776, one month in Captain Josiah Pierson's company; in September, 1776, one month in Captain Matthias Lyon's company; in March, 1777, one month in Captain Robert Nichol's company.  He moved to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in April or May, 1777, and while there was frequently called upon to serve for short periods against the Indians.  He returned to New Jersey in 1778 and served with the New Jersey troops as follows: in June, 1778, one month in Captain Matthias Lyon's company; in the fall of 1778, one month in Captain Josiah Pierson's company as guard at Newark; in 1779, one month in Captain Elias Baldwin's company; from 1779 until 1781 he served a tour of one month in length every three or four months, was in the battle of Connecticut Farms and the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Elizabethtown Point; in 1781 he served in Captain McNeal's and John Speer's companies in Colonel Seely's regiment, was taken prisoner by the British and confined in the Sugar House in New York City for four months when he was exchanged and returned to his company from which he was discharged at the close of 1781 after having been in service one year; he afterward served tours of one month in length every three or four months in the New Jersey militia until the
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close of the Revolution and in February or March, 1782, he aided in capturing three refugees in Captain Kennedy's barn in Bergen County.  His entire service amount to at least two years as private.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1833, at which time he was living in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

In April, 1833, his brother, David Hedden, was living in Newark, New Jersey, aged eighty-two years and nine months.  The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Simon Hedden.

Simon Hedden died December 2, 1836. (see Agency Book handwritten)

Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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[LEFT PAGE]
[Handwritten] Rev War
2308
INVALID
File No. 2308
Simon Hedden
Privt Rev War

Act: June 7 1932
Index:-Vol. A., Page 168
[Arrangement of 1870]

[RIGHT PAGE]
1934 Jan. 23 hist to 
Mrs. Maria O. Le Brun See
letter in Samuel Perry [illegible]
D.1078

(Left page hand written) 
2308 INVALID
File No. 2308 
Simon Hedden 
Print. Rev war 
Act: June 7 1839 
Index:- vol. A. PG 168
[Arrangement of 1870] 
(RIGHT PAGE) 
1934 Jan 23 (redacted)
Mrs. Maria O. Le brun see 
Letter in Samuel (redacted) 
D.1078
END
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Simon Hedden Aug 27th 33
6 mo pri [illegible]
12 mo pri cavalry
$70
Hon L Condict
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War Department
[?] Office
August 27, 1833

Sir,
Mr. Simon Hedden states that in the year 1781 he enlisted for one year in Capt. McNeals' company of years men as a horseman furnishing his own horse and equipage and that his company in this service was commanded by Capt Abraham Speer during the latter part of the term. Capt Speer has made a declaration in which he states no such continued service. His whole service appears to have been monthly. Either there is a mistake in one of these declarations or Mr. Hedden has not sufficiently explained whether his services were constant or periodical. The papers are again returned.
I am Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Geo Wm Crump

Hon L Condict
Morristown NJ
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New Jersey
Essex County
Be it remembered that on this 27th day of September 1833, personally appeared before the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in open court now sitting at Newark in & for the County of Essex aforesaid Simon Hedden who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is the same Simon Hedden in the declaration hereunto annexed mentions and in explanation thereof says that the service mentioned as performed by him in the year 1781 was as an enlisted horseman in Captain McNeal's/by some called Captain Neal's/company of "years men" as he has set forth in his declaration that in enumerating the officers by whom he was commanded during that year he has misstated the first or given name of Captain Speer whose name was John instead of Abraham as he has set forth. That at the time of deponents enlistment the company commanded by Captain Mc Neal (or Neal) John Burnet 1st Lieut. and John Speer 2nd Lieut. That while deponent was confined as a prisoner by the British as he has also set forth in his declaration Captain McNeal (or Neal) resigned and certain difficulties arose between Lt. John Burnet & one Captain Gillam who wished to obtain command of said company by reason of which Lt. Burnet was cashiered or broken and the said John Speer was appointed to the command of the company as deponent understood before returning to his duty in the company after his exchange when said John Speer was in command & deponent continues to do his duty under said Speer until the full term of one year (the length of his enlistment) had expired when deponent was discharged by word of mouth - that in drawing up this declaration aforesaid of the deponent, the name of Captain Abraham (underlined) Speer was inadvertently written instead of Captain John (underlined) Speer as deponent never did any duty under Captain Abraham Speer - That for the satisfaction of the War Department
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Department he has procured the affidavit of Captain Abraham Speer which is hereunto annexed who is brother to the said Captain John Speer now decd. And further deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn in open
court the day & year aforesaid
Simon Hedden
Sam B. Miller - Judge

New Jersey
Essex County
PS:
Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex now sitting Captain Abraham Speer of the Township of Bloomfield in the County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is now in the eighty sixth year of his age. That he held a captain's commission during the Revolutionary War in the militia of New Jersey in the county of Essex. That his brother John Speer during said war & in the year 1781 or a part thereof held a Lieutenant's commission in Captain McNeals (or Neal's) company of "years men" & was 2nd Lieutenant of said corps. That John Burnet was 1st Lieutenant. That in the latter part of 1781 he recollects visiting the company to which his brother was attached as aforesaid, which was then stationed to the South of Springfield at Connecticut facing in this county with whom he remained over night. That at that time his brother was in command who then informed him of the difficulties aforesaid between Lt. Burnet & Captain Gillan which resulted in the discharge of Lt. Burnet (Captain Neal having resigned) by which deponents said brother was advanced to the command of the company & from that time his brother commanded said company until the close of the war. That said brother was younger than deponent & died four years ago.
Subscribed & sworn in open court
this day & year aforesaid
Abraham Speer
Sam B. Miller-Judge
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resigned ) by which deponents said Brother was advanced to the command of the Company & from that time his brother commanded said Company until the close of the
War. That said brother was younger than deponent & died some years ago.
Subscribed & sworn in Open Court
the day & year aforesaid 
Abraham Speer
Sam B. Miller - Judge
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I hereby certify that Capt Abraham Speer, the above Deponent, is a man of respectable standing in Essex County & entitled to full credit.
Newark, N.J. Oct 7th 1833.-
Silas Condit
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January 23, 1934
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BA-J/MCS

Maria O. Le Brun
453 Park Street
Montclair
New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, James and Simon Hedden and Samuel Perry.
Because of the large number of requests for the records of soldiers of the Revolution and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, this office is unable to send more than two records to each inquier. 
You are furnished herewith the records of Simon Hedden, S. 2308, and Samuel Perry, S. 1078.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator