Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2888, for Martin Munday, New Jersey
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New Jersey| Munday, Martin| S2888
Carded
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No. 5363
Martin Munday
of Morris in N. Jersey
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Ross of the Troops commanded
by General Heard in the N. Jersey Militia
time job 1 year

Inscribed on the roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 40 Dollars - cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued [illegible] 8th day of Feby.
1833 and sent to Hon. L. 
Condict H. R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832               60.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March
1833                                                        20.00
                                                            ________
                                                              $80.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Let. to C. Freeman Aug. 2. 1842
Let. to Wm. H. Brown Mar. 10, [illegible]
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Martin Munday
No. 609[illegible]
New Jersey
Lusp. S. Jane '33
Obj. 5.5.11.12
[illegible} L. Condict
[illegible]
12 mo.
Private
- 40.
p. 198

Respecting a [illegible]
affidavit [illegible] let of Hon
S. Condict 7 Feb. '33
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Brief in the case of Martin Munday of Mendham
County of Morris in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court our a  Judge? Correct
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 85
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
_________________________________________
Period. |  Duration of Service.| Rank| Names of General and field officers under whom he served|
In 1774 to 1782| Went with the [illegible| | Capt. Dun, Capt. Manning|
nearly, if not quite half this| | Capt. Ross
time from 76 to 1782 "He was"| | |
in [illegible] of the United States| | [illegible] Heard|
2 years as [illegible - maybe quartermaster]
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the Service?
N. Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof,  by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Defective
records of service, nor his Rank not given
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J.C. Wilson Examing Clerk
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Declaration &c. of Martin Munday.
No. 6096
Mendham
P.O.
To Col. Brittain
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DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.

State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

On this Thirtieth day of July 1832, personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges in the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Martin Munday, a resident of Mendham, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, aged Eighty five [crossed out: years] 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 he volunteered as a militia soldier at the commencement of the war & held himself in readiness to go at any call until its close. That he was called & went into the service nearly if not quite half of the time from 1776 till 1782, but was seldom kept out more than one month at a time, & sometimes, in case of alarm, but a few days. That he cannot remember all the [crossed out: battles] skirmishes in which he was engaged, or the particular periods of his service, nor can he remember the names of all his officers, but he can specify the following particulars. At the time he engaged in the service he was a resident of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey, & continued his residence in s(ai)d Woodbridge several years after the close of the war. He entered the service in the township of Woodbridge in the County & State aforesaid for the first time in the summer of 1776, & was kept out about one month under General Hurd, Col. Dunn, Major Reuben Potter Capt. Jeremiah Manning, 1st Lieut. Ebenezer Ford, 2nd Lt. James Manning, Ensign John Longard. He was called upon to do a months tour of duty about every other month. Sometimes he was marched to Elizabeth Town in Essex Co., N. Jersey, sometimes to Amboy in Middlesex Co., N. Jersey, & sometimes he remembers at Woodbridge, his place of residence. He remembers several month's service at Elizabeth Town but cannot specify dates. Several times when on month's tour at Elizabethtown he was...
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...quartered at Evinsen's storehouse, at other times while on month's tours at the same place, he was quartered near the Stone Bridge in town. At other times a little way out of town. Sometimes under Col. Dunn & sometimes under Col. Webster. He served several times at all the different places above named, but under different officers. Some of whose names he cannot recollect. He was sometimes commanded by Capt. Wm. Manning of Piscataway & Lieut. Ford. At other times by Capt. Ross, who was afterwards appointed col(onel). He served under (Capt.) Ross as col(onel) several times. While being at Elizabeth Town he was marched by Col. Dunn to Staten Island & back again to Elizabeth Town. He served several tours of a month each at Amboy but cannot state the number. He thinks at least five or six months. He was on duty at Amboy when the Virginia Troops lay there. While in service at Woodbridge, he was quartered at several different places, some two or three months at Esq. Freeman's, one month at Thomas Edgar's, one d(ay) in a large brick house, one d(ay) in a house near the brick house. Sometime in a house near Hurd's Tavern & at a Mr. Barn's. He was commanded while at this place a part of the time by Capt. Wm. Manning & Lieut. Ford. At one time he was called out at Woodbury, where he stayed a week & then was marched to Elizabeth Town when he completed the month. At one time while on duty at Woodbridge, he had orders to march immediately to Philadelphia under the command of Col. Dunm or (Col.) Webster; he cannot recollect which. They marched 7 miles below New Brunswick. Met a man who gave the col(onel) a paper. The col(onel) read the paper then wheeled & marched back to Woodbridge. At one time he was marched under the command of Capt. Ross a little below New Brunswick in Middlesex Co., where they captured 30 Tories, said to belong to Sussex to N. Jersey. The Tories were sent to Trenton. He then marched back to Woodbridge. At one time he was marched to Quibble Town & from that to Springfield, Essex Co., where he arrived just as the meetinghouse was burning, which the enemy had fired. From this place he was marched to Elizabeth Town under Major Edger & Capt. Ross. On their may had a [crossed out: battle] skirmish with the enemy & took 14 prisoners...
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Your applicant was born at Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. He has no documents to which he can refer. In fact he has never been able to write. He knows no one whose testimony he can procure, but believes he was in the service of the United States three years or thereabouts but cannot be positive. As to character, he refers to Ephraim Sanders & James Stephens, with whom he has been intimately acquainted for the past twenty years.
s/ Martin Munday (X - his mark)
s/ William Brittain

We, Ephraim Sanders & James Stephens, residing in the Township of Mendham in the County of Morris hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Munday, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Eph'm Sanders 
s/ James Stevens

SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST AFORESAID.
s/ William Brittain

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that [crossed out: Martin Munday] Ephraim Sanders, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a resident in the Township of Mendham in the County aforesaid, and that James Stevens who has also signed the same, in the Township and County aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ William Brittain
s/ Stephen Dail

I, David Day, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Martin Munday for a pension.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
s/ David Day, Clerk
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[crossed out: He also had a skirmish with the enemy near John Walker's Mill damn in the neighborhood of New Brunswick. Your applicant has no documents to which he can refer. In fact, he was never able to write. He knows of no one whose testimony he can procure but believes he was in the service of the United States in the capacity aforesaid at least three years, but of this he does not pretend to be positive.]
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2888
INVALID.
Rev(olutionary) War

File No. 2888
Martin Munday
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: -; Vol. A; Page 268

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

Enclosed is the Power of Attorney from the widow of "Martin Munday," deceased, a Revolutionary Soldier, who states that she is in great poverty and very old, and only supported by a friend and she, in bad health, she thinks that she is entitled to the pension since the death of her husband, which happened about nine years since.

Your early consideration to this claim will be thankfully acknowledged.

Sir, I am your most Obedient, Humble Servant
s/ William H. Browne
42, Crosby Street
New York

12 March 1850
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Power of Attorney - Printed and Sold by Bell & Gould, 158 Nassau St. N.Y.

Know all Men by these Presents, THAT I, Charlotte Munday, widow of Martin Munday, late, a Revolutionary Pensioner, inscribed on the Pension Roll list of the State of Jersey, U.S. of America, have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make constitute, and appoint William H. Browne, of 42, Crosby St., New York, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, place, and stead to ask and receive information from the United States government, relative to claim of pension, which I may have as the widow of the said Martin Munday, deceased. Also what time the said pension has been paid up to.

giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

In Witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twelfth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
s/ Charlotte Munday (X - her mark)

Sealed and delivered in the presence of (blank).

State of New York
County of New York//

Be it known, That on the Twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State of New-York, duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling in the City of of New York, personally came Charlotte Munday and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be of her own act and deed.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written.
s/ N.B. Mountfort, Police Justice