Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2126, John Clutch, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey
Clutch, John
NUMBER
S. 2126 
CONTENTS
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Left side:
Nov 17 1890 Jos C Sinclair
Jany 10 1891 Clutch history prior J. C. Sinclair gave rate of pension & referred here for pay & to 3 auditor. Informed him of history. do not include the rate & amt of pension paid, but do death when on record - Prior
Prior " 26 same (, with rate of pension & giving the reason of omission from history  Prior

Right side:
New Jersey
John Clutch-
Windsor in the State of N. J.
was a Pri in the [illegible]
commanded Captain Barden of the Regt commanded in the N Jersey troops
line for 10 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of N. J.
the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Octo 1833 and sent D. N. Bogart, Princeton N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of September 33 $83.33
amount allowance ending March- 16.66
$99.99
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
E D Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 106
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss:
on this eleventh day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty two before Robert M Chesney Esquire and others judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at New
Brunswick in and for the County of Middlesex John Clutch a resident in the township of western Windsor in the said County aged
seventy four years last May, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated. He was born in the month of May 1758 in the township of Nottingham, Burlington County in the
State of New Jersey, about halfway between Fenton and Allentown lived there when he entered the service and continued to live
there till the year 1790 when he moved to Allentown in Monmouth County and continued to live there till 1829 when he moved to the county of Middlesex in which he now resides-
He entered the service as a volunteer militiaman in the Company
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of Captain John Quicksill and
lieutenant Robert Quigley in the
township of Nottingham in the
Spring of 1776 month of May- There
were twenty men wanted out of
our company to go to Little Egg
Harbor and I was one of them
and they marched to the shore &
remained in the service for one
month. The next tour was in the
fall of the same year 1776 under the
same Captain Quicksell. they
marched to Perth Amboy in the
County of Middlesex and remained
here one month. The next tour
was at Elizabeth town under the
command of George Anderson
Captain - one month. The next to
was at Princeton under the command of Captain Robert Quigley
one month, he recollects that General Putman was quarter here and the British were quartered at New Brunswick at the same time
while her during this time the
Americans brought in by Richard
Stockton and son Woodward and
kept several days in the College
buildings
The next tour was for one month
at Shrewsbury falls in the County
of Monmouth for one month
under the command of Captain
Quigley the British were then in
the City of New York
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next tour was at Bordentown under
Captain Robert Quigley for one
month while here the British burnt
Col Kirkbride's house on the Pennsylvania shore.
Next tour was at Burlington under the same captains for one month near the way we were
quartered.
He was one month at Haddonfield
in Gloucester County under the
same captain. The British were
at Phild [Philadelphia] and the Delaware River
was frozen over - Captain Joseph
Burden was quartered there with
his troop of horse - Col William
Shreve of the militia was there-
He was one month at Trenton and
in Pennsylvania under the same
captain a little time before the battle of Trenton.
He was at the battle of Monmouth under the same captain and out on this tour one month
He was at Morristown under Captain Carlisle for one month a little after the British had burnt Springfield -
He was one month at Springfield under the same captain. The next tour he performed was under the same captain for one month. We marched to Sourland mountain and then  
moved to Steels Gap and laid there that day
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and night-- and the next day was
the battle at Short Hills, Ephraim
Anderson was killed at this battle
I was well acquainted with him
he was either a captain or Colonel
in the regular service. I was not
in the battle-- but our company
was at a short distance from there
He was out one month under  
Captain George Anderson on a scouting
party, and marched thro [through] Middlebrook and Middlebush in the
County of Somerset we were at the
latter place a little after the British had left there 

I no documentary evidence
of my service, but refer to the affidavit of Robert Maces and to
the affidavit of Alexander Douglas
am well known in Allentown &
refer to the certificate of the Revd [reverend]
Henry Perkins and of William Imlay esquire-- I am satisfied and do swear that was in actual service as a volunteer militia man
during the revolutionary war fourteen months 
I here relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
John Clutch
Joseph W Cheney