Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 144, Daniel Hetfield, New Jersey
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New Jersey   Hetfield, Daniel                 N.144
                                       Sarah
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4012
New Jersey 
Sarah Hetfield 
widow of Daniel Hetfield 
who died on the 12 August 1843 
of Essex Co in the State of N. Jersey 
who was a Sg & Pri in the Company commanded by Captain Crone of the reg commanded by Col Thomas in the N Jersey 
line for 12 mos Pri:  12 mos Sgt
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey 
at the rate of 100 dollars ~ Cents per annum 
to commence on the [the words 4th day of March, 1831 crossed out] 12 August 1843. 
Certificate of Pension Issued the 1st day of May  1844 and sent to Hon. W. Wright- St Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of ~~
Semi=annual allowance ending ~~
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4 1836,}
{Section the 3'
Recorded by F. L Swann Clerk 
Book C  Vol. S.  Page 141., 
repo. May 17, '44
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22.955
New Jersey 
Daniel Hetfield 
of Essex Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a Sergt. in the Comp commanded by Captain Crone of the Regt Commanded by Col. Thomas in the New Jersey line for 12 months private}
12 months Sergeant}
Error shd. be $100
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Dec 1833 and sent to L. Condict Morristown
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33  $255
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4M. '34  45
Total $270
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3. Page 116.
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payroll
Daniel Hetfield
12 mo Sergt
12 mo pri 
No. 6591
name on the old muster roll of Capt Scudder in Dr. Condicts possession~~
admd
12 mo pri
12 Sergt.
defective authentication by Order of Hon. Secretary has been waived
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defective authentication by order of Hon. Secretary has been waived------------
payroll
Daniel Hatfield
12 mo Sergt
12 pri
No 6591
name on the old muster roll of Capt Scudder
in Dr. Condicts possession---
admd
12 mo pri
12 Sergt
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State of New Jersey}
Essex County ss}
Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Essex Daniel Hetfield of the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New-Jersey.-  Who being duly sworn deposeth and saith.  That he is the same Daniel Hetfield who heretofore made a Declaration for a pension dated the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Thirty two and that by reason of old age and the consequenat loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length or periods of the war when he served but according to the best of his recollection at this time he served as a drafted and listed soldier in the Revolutionary war, at the times and not less than the periods mentioned below.-  That he was first drafted in the Month of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six ^as a private soldier at the said Township of Westfield then in the Township of Elizabeth in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt John Scudder, and done Two Months duty in his Company stationed at Elizabeth Town point under the Command of Col Thomas
The same year done two Months duty in the same Company under the Command of Capt. Jacob Crone.  Stationed in bergain [Bergen] County near the York Bay and on the Hudson River under the Command of Col Thomas.-
In the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he was again drafted as a private soldier in a Company of Militia under the Command of Captain John Crone and done one Month duty in his Company stationed at the Short hills.-  And in the summer of the same year done one Month duty under Capt. Jacob Crone.-  and in the fall of the same year done one Month duty under the Command of Captain Benjamin Winans stationed
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at tremblys point and along the lines uder the Command of Col Moses Jaquiss.
In the Spring of the Year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he was again drafted on Captain John Scudders Company and done one Month duty in his Company stationed in Middlesex County near Woodbridege [Woodbridge].  and in the Month of June the same year done one Month duty in Capt. Benjamin Laings Company stationed at Elizabeth Town point.-  In the Fall of the same year done one Month duty in Capt Scudders Company of Militia as a private stationed between New Brunswick and Elizabeth Town under the Command of Capt Catter & Col Jaquish.
In the Month of March seventeen hundred and seventy nine he was again drafted and done one Month duty under Captain Ephraim Scudder and in June done one Month duty under Capt. Benjamin Laing and in the Months of August & September done one Month under Capt Ephraim Scudder and in October and November done one Month duty under Capt Benjamin Laing.  Stationed between New Brunswick and Hackensack under the Command of under the Command of [sic] Col Jaquish & Col Catter.--
In the year seventeen hundred and eighty he was a gain [sic] drafted as a private soldier in Capt Benjamin Laings company of Militia and done Three Months duty that year under Captain Benjamin Laing & Captain Ephraim Scudder stationed between New Brunswick and Hackensack under the Command of Col Jaquish or Col Jacob Crone (the whole under the Command of General Winn as he thinks)
In the year seventeen hundred and eighty one on the First of January he listed in a Company of years men under the Command of Captain John Scudder raised by the State of New-Jersey as a Sergeant in said
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Company for one year and served one full year
in said Company. (which officers he believes were commissioned by the provincial Congress of the State of New Jersey) as stated in his said Original Declaration. Making his whole Service two years & five months besides being out on alarms which. is not included in the above
Statement-- That the service herein stated
to have been performed by him in the war of the
Revolution was Bona fide and actually Rendered Viz one year and five months was service performed in the Militia as a private soldier. And one year as a Sergeant in Captain John Scudders company of years men actually in service and duly called out by the gover[n]ment. For all that time That he was duly called out with his company and actually stationed at the different places mentioned
in this and his said original declaration during Military duty all that time - And that for the time during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

As to the field officers he was under whilst he
was in the year service & the officers he was acquainted with and know the Marches Battles & Skirmishes he was in and for other particulars he refers to his Original Declaration.-

As to the Interrogatories presented by the war department
1st - that he was born in the Township of Elizabeth now the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the on the tenth day of April 1756

2nd - he has a Record of his age now in his possession

3rd - he was living in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey when first called into service and he now resides in the same place.
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4th - was Drafted and listed

5th - Lord Sterling General Wines General Dayton Col. Matthias Ogden Col. Sherman Capt Piatt &c.

6th - he Received a written discharge which is mislaid or lost.

7th - Gedion Ross Esq. Dennis Coles Esq. Col. Ramsone Stenbery -- Westfield - Genl. T. Frelinghuysen of Newark Col. Aaron Ogden of  Major Chetwood Elizabeth Town - Rev. O. B. Brown Washington City-

Daniel Hetfield

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark
in the County of Essex June
the 27th A D 1833
before me.   Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace

I Samuel B. Miller before whom the above affidavit of Daniel Hetfield was taken do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Daniel Hetfield and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
June 27th 1833.
Saml B. Miller

State of New Jersey }
County of Essex } SS.  I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made & taken at the time of taking the same was and still is a Justice of the peace for said County residing therein duly commissioned & sworn & that the name
"Saml B. Miller" subscribed to said affidavit & the Certificates hereto annexed (wherever it occurs) is his proper hand writing.-  In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Newark the Twenty Eight day of June AD Eighteen hundred thirty three-
E. Van Arsdale Jr Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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State of New Jersey }
Essex County ss. }. 
On this Seventeenth day of August  In the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common pleas in and for said County now sitting Daniel Hetfield A Resident of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey 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 Seventh in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two.

Was Born in the Township of Elizabeth in that
part now the Township of Westfield in the said
County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the Tenth day of April in the year Seventeen hundred and Fifty six and was seventy six years old last April according to his family Record which he has now in his possession.-- where he was living when first called into service and where he has Resided ever since and Now Resides.

That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under the following named officers and served as herein stated as near as he can Recol[l]ect. - That he was first drafted in the spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six in Capt John Scudders Company in the place he now resides and served  in his Company Capt Benjamin Laings & Capt Jacob Crains Company at different periods for more than one year commanded by Col. Thomas & Col. Jaques
was stationed at Bergain [Bergen] in the time of the Long
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Island Battle.-  the most of the time he was in the Common Militia was stationed on the line between Rahway and Elizabeth Town point.-  On or about the first of January Seventeen hundred and Eighty one enlisted as a Sergeant for one year in Captain John Scudders company 
of Infantry and served in his company one full year and Received his discharge which is mislaid or distroyed [sic] Whilst in the year service was first stationed at Elizabeth Town and Marched from thence to Dobbs Ferry on
the North River and was there stationed with the three Months men under the command of Col. Seely and Col. Ely-- Then Returned to Connecticut farms in Essex County and was there stationed for a short time then Marched to Rahway where he was stationed until his time expired.  Was at the Battle at Springfield and Connecticut Farms and in a number of skirmishes along the line.-   Was well acquainted with General Dayton Col. Matthew Ogden Col. Aaron Ogden & Captain Conneway
has seen Lord Sterling & General Wines and many others of the standing army & has no documentary evidence that he can produce except the pay Roll kept by Capt John Scudder Relative to the years service Jesse Dolbear & Clark Miller Can Certify to part of his militia service and Nicholas Moony & Benjamin
Crane can testify as to his years service.

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 or Territory
in the United States.
Daniel Hatfield

Sworn to and subscribed the
day year aforesaid
in open court-
[signature cut off]
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We John Rogers, a Clergyman Residing in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and
State of New Jersey and William Clark Residing
in the same place hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Daniel Heatfield who has
Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy six years old
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.
William Clark
John Rogers

Sworn and subscribed this
day and year aforesaid 
in open Court-
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk

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 John Rogers who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and that William Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk
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I Elias Van Arsdale Jr. Clerk of the Inferior 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 Daniel Hetfield for a pension.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this twentieth day of
August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two-
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk
[seal affixed at left]

[rest of page is bleed-through from other side of paper, so upside down and backwards--not legible]
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State of New Jersey }
Essex County SS }  Be it known that on this Seventeenth day of August Seventeen hundred and thirty two Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said
County Jacob Ludlow Clark Miller & Matthias Frazer who being first duly Sworn on their oath saith that they are well acquainted with Daniel Hetfield of the Township of Westfield in said County of Essex and State of New Jersey and are knowing to the said Daniel Hetfield being a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and serving in the Common Militia as a drafted Soldier for more than one year-- and further saith not.
Jacob Ludlum
Clark Miller
Mathias Frazer

Sworn and Subscribed }
the day and year aforesaid }
before me-- }
Saml B. Miller

State of New Jersey }
Essex County }    Be it known that on this
Seventeenth day of August Seventeen hundred and Thirty two personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County
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Benjamin Crane and Nicholas Mooney of the
County and State aforesaid who being first duly
Sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that they are well acquainted with Daniel Hetfield of the Township of Westfield in said County and are knowing to his being a soldier in the Revolutionary war and being an Enlisted soldier in Capt John Scudders Company for one year and doing a sergeants duty in said Company and was first stationed at Elizabeth Town then at Dobbs Ferry under the command of Col. Seely & Col. Ely and was discharged at Rahway after serving out his term and further saith not.
Benjamin Crane
Nicholas Mooney

Sworn and subscribed }
the day and year }
aforesaid before me ]
Saml. B. Miller

State of New Jersey, County of Essex SS:  }. 
I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior  Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Do hereby certify that Samuel B Miller Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, was at the time of taking the said affidavits, and now is one of the Judges of said Court, residing in said County, duly commissioned and sworn and authorised to take the same. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe the foregoing signatures "Saml B. Miller" are genuine---
[seal affixed at left]

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty first day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two--
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk
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the hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe the foregoing Signatures "Saml B. Miller" are genuine--

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty first day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two--
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk

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Daniel Hetfield

I Samuel B. Miller Before whom the above 
affidavits of Jacob Ludlum Clark Miller Matthias
Frazee Benjamin Craone and Nicholas Mooney was Taken do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jacob Ludlum Clark Miller Matthias Frazee Benjamin Crane and Nicholas Mooney and that their statement is entitled to full Credit and belief.
June 24th 1833.
Saml B. Miller
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6006

Mrs. Sarah Hetfield
Declaration and evidence
for a pension under the
Act of July 4th 1836
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Saml. B. Miller
Newark New Jersey
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Declaration
In order to obtain the Benefits of the 3d section of the Act of 4th July 1836

State of New-Jersey }
Essex County - } ss.  On this Nineteenth day of October In the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight hundred and Forty three, personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Essex. The widow, Sarah Hetfield, A Respectable Person and a Resident of the Township of Westfield in the
County of Essex and State of New Jersey. Aged Eighty three years last May, (who I hereby Certify Cannot from Bodily infirmity attend Court).-- Who being by me 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 the widow of Daniel Hetfield late of the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey deceased Who was a private soldier in the New Jersey Militia under Captain
John Scudder, and was also enlisted for one year as a Sergeant under the said Captain John Scudder, In the Revolutionary Army. And a pensioner of the United States under the
act of Congress of of June 7th 1832 at the Rate of Nin[e]ty dollars per annum. - And the said Sarah Hetfield Further declares, that her Ma[i]den Name was Sarah Owen and that she was married to the said Daniel Hetfield on the Eighteenth day of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty one. At Westfield in said County of Essex New Jersey By the Revd Benjamin Woodruff. Then pastor of the Presbyter[i]an Church at Westfield aforesaid.--  Which Marriage took place before the Expiration of the
Last period of her said Husbands service.-

her
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her husband the aforesaid Daniel Hetfield died on the Twelfth day of August One thousand Eight hundred and forty three at his Residence in said County of Essex New Jersey - And that she has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said Husband. As will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sarah Hetfield

Sworn to and subscribed on the 
day and year above Written }
Before me }
Saml B. Miller
Judge of Common pleas in and
for sd County of Essex.
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March Eighteenth Seventeen hundred and Eighty one
Daniel Hetfield and Sarah Owens Were Married.

I James M. Hunting Pastor of the Presbyter[i]an Church At Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Copy from the Record of Marriages kept by the Revd Benjamin Woodruff
When Pastor of said Church with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record, In fair Legible letters and figures as Follows, 1781 March 18th Daniel Hatfield & Sarah Owens
were Married.
James M Hunting

State of New Jersey }
Essex County } ss.  I James M. Hunting above
Named do depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Presbyter[i]an Church at Westfield in the County and State aforesaid. And that the Above is a true Extract from the Marriage Record kept by the Revd Benjamin Woodruff, whilst pastor of said Church, with the Exception above named as Certified by me.-- And further saith not.
James M. Hunting

Sworn to and subscribed at 
Westfield in said County this
Twenty ninth day of September AD
1843 Before me-
Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace

I do hereby certify that the above named James
M. Hunting, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Certificate and Affidavit is a Respectable Clergyman and Pastor of the above mentioned Presbyter[i]an Church at Westfield as above stated.
September 29th 1843.
Saml. B. Miller Justice of the peace
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In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Sarah Hetfield for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836.

State of New Jersey }
Essex County } ss   Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said County Dennis Coles Esq. a Respectable person residing in the Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey And personally known to me to be entitled to Credit
as a witness, and being by me duly sworn on his
oath saith that he is sixty five years of age, And
that he was well acquainted with Daniel Hetfield & Sarah his wife- whose maiden name was Sarah Owen for more than thirty years last past, and this deponent further saith that the said Daniel Hetfield died on the Twelfth day of August last, at his residence in said Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey, And
that he has left a Widow named Sarah Hetfield
who is still living in said Township of Westfield
Essex County New Jersey. And that he has left a widow named Sarah Hetfield who is still living in said township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey, who is now more then Eighty years of age. And that the said Daniel Hetfield and  Sarah his wife always resided together as husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of the said Daniel Hetfield as above stated, and has Remained a Widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband. And further saith not.
Dennis Coles

Sworn to and subscribed at
Newark in said County this
Eighteenth day of October A.D.
1843- Before me.
Saml. B. Miller
Justice of the peace
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Dennis Coles Esq.
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Sarah Hetfield for a pension under the
act of Congress of July 4th 1836.

State of New Jersey }
Essex County } ss.    Personally Appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County John B. Osborn A Respectable person Residing in the Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey, Personally known to
me to be entitled to credit as a witness and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Ninetieth year of his age and that he was well Acquainted with Daniel Hetfield and Sarah his wife Whose Ma[i]den Name was Sarah Owen, during and After the war of the Revolution And for more then sixty years last past. - And this deponent further saith that the
said Daniel Hetfield and Sarah his wife always resided together as husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of the said Daniel Hatfield, which took place in the month of August last past, and that the said Daniel Hetfield and Sarah his wife had a number of
Children together, And that his widow the said Sarah Hetfield is still living and now resides in said Township of Westfield Essex County New Jersey and is more than Eighty years of age and has remained a Widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband. -- And further saith not.
John B. Osborn

Sworn to and subscribed at }
Westfield Essex County New Jersey }
on the Twenty seventh day of October }
A.D. 1843, before me }
Saml. B. Miller
Judge of Common pleas in and
for said County of Essex
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Mr John B. Osborn


State of New Jersey }
County of Essex } SS. I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings in the matter of Sarah Hetfield for a pension; That Samuel B. Miller before whom
such proceedings were had and the several affidavits hereto annexed of the said Sarah Hetfield, James M. Hunting, Dennis Coles and John B. Osborn were made and taken, at the time of taking the same was a Judge of said Court, and one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures "Saml. B. Miller" affixed to the Jurats of said affidavits respectively are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand
and official Seal at Newark in said County the
Sixth day of November AD. Eighteen hundred & forty three
6th November 1843
J P Jackson Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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6591 payroll

Daniel Hetfield


admd.


Claimant must produce the payroll which is stated to be in his possession, that being best evidence of service and rank.


Hon. L. Condict
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Hetfield
Period when the service was rendered.
April 1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
4 mo
3 mo
3 mo
4 mo
3 mo
1 yr 
2 yrs 5 mo
Rank of the claimant.
private
private
private
private
private
Sergeant
Sergeant
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Thomas 
Col Jaquish
Col Potter
General Wines
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
77
Township of Westfield
Essex County New Jersey
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
The affidavits of Jacob Ludlow, Clark Mills
Matthias Frazer
Benjamin Crone & Nicholas Mooney
his own Declaration & Supplemental Affidavit
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
It is desirable that witnesses should designate in detail the services they prove.
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Document is page 2 of
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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Document is page 3 of
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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144
Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 144
Sarah Hetfield widow Daniel Hetfield
sergt. Rev. War.
Act July 4, 1836.
Index:—Vol. A, Page 323.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of N. Jersey }
Essex County } SS.
Be it known, that before the Subscriber, a Justice of peace in said County, personally appear this day the following persons, namely John Scudder, Daniel Hetfield, Benjamin Crane & Nicholas Mooney all of said County ,& well known to the subscriber to be men of good standing in society & fully entitled to belief as witnesses & being sworn - the three last named declare on oath that they were each of them, soldiers in the war of the revolution & performed military duty as soldiers. And all four of them unite in saying, that the several leaves or fragments of an old pamphlet book herein contained, purporting to be part of an old pay roll for Military services, & containing the names of Daniel Hetfield & Edward Clark & Samuel Littell as Sergeant- of Henry Lennington, Samuel Hicks & Samuel Ross as Corporals,- & several others as  musicians & privates, constitute a part of an original pay roll of the company commanded by Captain John Scudder (now decd.) in the case of the revolution; of which company, David Woodruff was Lieutenant-- & Charles Clark Ensign.  And said Danl .Hetfield further states, that these parts or fragments of a roll, are the papers or roll referred to & spoken of by him in his declaration for pension under the law of June 7th 1832, as furnishing evidence of his service of twelve months, in the New Jersey State troops.-  And said John Scudder first above named declares, that Captain John Scudder, who commanded
said Company, was his reputed father, & that the parts of said roll herein alluded to, were found among his fathers papers, with others, much mutilated & torn. He further states that he has seen the commission of his father, the late Captain John Scudder, & which was issued & signed by William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey in time of the Revolutionary war - that he has since looked for said commission, but has
not been able to find it & fears that it is lost.
Said Daniel Helfield further states that he is the same Danl. Hetfield alluded to in the aforesaid pay roll, who performed Sergeants duty, & was a regularly appointed Sergeant in Captain
John Scudders company aforesaid.
John Scudder
Benjamin Crane
Daniel Hetfield
Nicholas Mooney

Sworn & subscribed by the aforesaid persons, on this 11th day of September 1833, before me at Westfield Essex County.
Saml. B. Miller
Justice of the peace





Saml. B. Miller Esq. before whom the above depositions were taken, is known to me to be a Justice of peace in Essex Co. & the signature of his name thereto is genuine.
Morris Town 2d Nov. 1833-
Lewis Condict, late a Repr.
from New Jersey
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New Jersey }
Essex County } SS:  Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in said County personally appears Danl. Hetfield of said County a respectable & worthy man, & fully entitled to belief & being duly sworn saith. I am the same Danl. Hetfield  who on the 17th August 1832, before the Essex Common pleas made my
Declaration & supplement thereto- which have been returned. I have been endeavoring to tax  my memory to specify some of the times more minutely than are detailed in my annexed Declaration. On reflection I believe my two months service under Capt. Crane, Stationed on Bergen hills near N. York, & on Hudson, 
were performed in the summer. I heard the cannonade of the Long Island battle plainly 
& also the smoke of the cannon. This must have been in August.

My 3 months service in 1780, under Capt. Lane & Capt Scudder, were performed as I believe in the course of the summer. I was at Connecticut farms at the burning of that place.

During the 2 months of my service, I was not engaged in any civil pursuit, but was in constant faithful duty, under the command of my superior officers.  I have subjoined or annexed the testimony of all the witnesses who are known to me & hope it may be considered competent to a favorable decision.
Daniel Hatfield

Sworn & subscribed before me at Westfield
Essex Co. Novr 2d 1833-
Andw. H. Clark Justice of the peace

I certify that Andrew H. Clark Esqr. before whom the above Deposition of Danl. Hetfield was taken is a Justice of peace in Essex Co. N. Jersey & the signature of his name thereto is genuine.
Nov. 2d. 1833-
Lewis Condict
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[stamp:]. RECEIVED JAN 27 1945 {illegible} DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #12


MRS. HOWARD R. HATFIELD
SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JERSEY

Jan. 25, 1945
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Veterans' Administrator
Washington, D.C                FEB 1 1945

DIVISION OF
VETERANS' RECORDS

Gentlemen-

Please advise if you have military record of
of any of the following - "either Hatfield or Hetfield"

1. Mathias Hatfield born 1724
married Mary (?)

2. Zophar Hatfield born 1759 or 60
married Mary or Polly Frazee

3. Zopher Hatfiel - dates unknown -
wife Charlotte (perhaps )

4. Have you military records of any Hatfield or Hetfield living in New Jersey, who fought in the

Aaron Elias Hatfield Daniel & Stephen Hetfield

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Revolutionary War?  They would have come probably from Elizabethtown or Westfield - Essex County-

Thanks-

Sincerely
Hazel H. Hatfield
(Mrs. Edward R.)


[stamp:]. RECEIVED INCOMING  FEB 2 10 03 AM '45 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES RAIL SECTION
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SUMMARY SHEET
HETFIELD, Daniel
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Parents:  Names are not stated.

Birth:  On April 10, 1756 in Elizabeth Township, the part which was later Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey.

Service:  When this veteran applied for pension under the act of June 7, 1832 it was alleged: He enlisted in April 1776 and served at different times until January 1782, amounting to 2 years, as Private and Sergeant in the New Jersey Militia under Captains John Scudder, Jacob Crane, John Crane, Benjamin Winans, Benjamin
Lane, Ephraim Scudder and Woods, Colonels Thomas, Moses Jaques, Potter, Seeley and Ely. The veteran stated that he was in the "Battle at Springfield and Connecticut Farms and in a number of skirmishes along the lines".

Pension:  Certificate No. 22 955 was issued December 14, 1833 to Daniel Hetfield, rate $90 per annum, act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey
Agency. Pension Certificate No. 4 012 was issued May 17, 1844 to Sarah Hetfield, widow of Daniel Hetfield, rate $100 per annum, act of July 4, 1836, New Jersey Agency.

Family:  He married Miss Sarah Owen on March 18, 1781 in Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey; they were married by the Presbyterian Minister of Westfield Township. On October 19, 1843 when the veteran's widow, Elizabeth Hetfield, applied for pension her age
is shown as 85 years "last May".  Reference was made to a number of children of Daniel and Elizabeth Hetfield but their names were not
stated.

Residence:  He resided in Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey, at enlistment and continued to reside in Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey with his wife and family. His widow resided there in 1843.

Death:  The veteran died on August 12, 1843 at his home in Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey.

Information incident to pension payments may be obtained by addressing an inquiry to the Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., and citing the date recorded above opposite "Pension".

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February 22, 1945.

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Mrs. Edward R. Hatfield
[written in margin:  'Envelope - '] Box 456
Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Dear Mrs. Hatfield:

The Veterans' Administration has referred to the National Archives your request of January 25, 1945 for information concerning some Revolutionary War veterans with the surname Hatfield or Hetfield who were from Elizabethtown or Westfield, New Jersey.

The Revolutionary War pension records in this office have been searched and no file has been found for Mathias or Zopher Hatfield or Hetfield.  In the search of those records the file has been found, designated as above, relating to claims for pension based upon service of Daniel Hetfield of Elisabeth Township, Essex County, New  Jersey.  The information which has ben found in this file, believed to be of interest to you, is summarized on the attached sheet.

It is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, Department of War, Washington, D. C., for information pertaining to the military records of the veterans in whom you are interested.

Very truly yours,

W. Neil Franklin, Acting Chief
Division of Veterans' Records

By
Evangeline Thurber

ILL:elp
2-21-45
ILL
CS

RECEIVED
FEB 26 1945
CENTRAL FILES

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Daniel Hetfield N.J.  Act 7 June '32 - last pd?
GMC

14 May '44

Died 12th Aug 1843 paid to that period
JH

M Hagner
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                                  Rev. War
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HETFIELD, Daniel

Mrs. Edward R. Hatfield 1-25-45       J-923
Scotch Plains, N.J.         2-21-45.      ILL:elp
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6006
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Sarah Hetfield
N. J.
Act July 4th '36
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Ad d
1  year sert.
1 year priv
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$100 per an
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from 12th Aug 1843
day of husbands
death.

Honbl. W. Wright
['Saml. B. Miller Newark N.J.' crossed out]
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State of New Jersey }
Essex County } SS:  Before the subscriber a Justice of Peace in said County personally appears Jacob Ludlum of said County, & being duly sworn saith as follows. I was a militia soldier in the revolutionary war, & was well
acquainted with Daniel Hetfield then, & ever since. We both performed Militia service in the same companies & under the same officers. We have served together under Captain Laing, Capt. Morse, Capt. Mulford, Capt Williams, Captain Horton & Capt Potter, in different years & different months in each year throughout the war.-  We have served together at various militia stations, but most frequently at Elizabeth town,
Rahway, Trembly's Point, Woodbridge & Springfield. I have also know him on duty when we have been commanded by different Captains, & stationed either in the same places, or near together.  Our duties have been, building forts, guarding the landing places & defending the inhabitants against the inroads of the enemy & the depredations of Tories & Refugees. The enemy were possessed of New York, Staten Island, Amboy & New Brunswick, & the Jersey Militia were relied on to keep a line of guards upon the whole frontier & often the enemy came over is larger bodies & driving the guard before them, would lay the whole country waste for many miles, & every man capable of carrying a musket must march to oppose them.  Upon this kind of duty Mr. Hetfield & myself were much engaged one year of the war.  
And I verily believe, that in every year of the war Mr Hetfield performed not less than 3 & 4 months duty, & in the earlier years, 76-7 & 8, much more duty.

Sworn & Subscribed before me at Westfield
Essex County, Novr 1st 1833.-
                                      Jacob Ludlum
Saml B. Miller - Justice of the peace

Wm Clark, being duly sworn saith as follows viz: I am 77 years of age - was a Soldier in the war of the revolution - know Dan Hetfield & have known him well those 60 years - knew him as a soldier in the war of the revolution. I remember him on a tour of duty for a month at Trembley's point, under Capt. Wood & another month at Williams farms under Capt/ Ephm. Scudder, in '77 or 78.  I knew him again stationed or doing duty, at Strawberry hill, the British lying in Amboy under Capt. E. Scudder - & Ephm.  March Ensign.  We took from the enemy, 6 baggage wagons, between Amboy & Woodbridge.  Col. Potter had the command in those occasions. This capture of the baggage I did not remember when I made my own Declaration.
William Clark

Sworn to & subscribed before me
at Westfield Essex County November 1st 1833
Saml. B. Miller Justice of the peace

New Jersey
Essex County ss }  Ichabod Clark, first sworn, says, I well remember Danl. Hetfield being present at taking the 6 baggage wagons between Amboy & Woodbridge, in Capt. Scudders company & under Colonel Potter, in 1779 or 78.
Ichabod Clark

Sworn & subscribed before me this
19th day of November, 1833, at Scotch Plains,
in Essex County, New Jersey.
Dennis Coles, Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel B. Miller. Before whom the within
affidavit of Jacob Ludlum & William Clark was
Taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said J. Ludlum & W. Clark &
that they are men in good standing in society
and full entitled to belief as Witnesses.
November 1st, 1833
Saml B. Miller

I certify that Saml. B. Miller Esq. before whom the within depositions of Wm. Clark & Jacob Ludlum were taken, is a Justice of peace in & for the County of Essex, & the signature of his
name thiereto is genuine.
Morristown, 2d Novr. 1833

Lewis Condict late a Repr.
from N. Jersey


I certify that Dennis Coles Esqr before whom the within Deposition of Ichabod Clark was taken is a Justice of peace in Essex Co. & the signature of his name thereto is genuine.
Morristown Nov 20th 1833.
Lewis Condict
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Newark New Jersey November 6th 1843

J.L. Edwards Esq.

Sir I herewith transmit to your the Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Miller for a pension under the act of Congress of March 3d 1843 - which you will please to file in your Office & Examine and decide on in Turn.

I Remain Respectfully yours
Saml B. Miller
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Newark New Jersey November 7th 1843.

J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Sir I herewith enclose to you the Declaration and Evidence of the Widow Sarah Hetfield
for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836 which you will please to file in your office and examine and decide on in turn, ---

And you will much oblige yours
with the highest Respect &C,
Saml. B. Miller