Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,059, for Andrew Reeder, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
CONTENTS
Reeder, Andrew
Sarah
NUMBER
W 4,059
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Reported
Decr 12/48
Date of widow death not on A. B.

2332
New Jersey
Sarah Reeder,
widow of Andrew Reeder, N J
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private & Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
47 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
12 day of Decr 1848
and sent to
Hon Wm A. Newell
H of R
Hook
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 312 Vol 4.
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no value. She has always heard that he enlisted in the service, and in the same Company throughout the war, and that he was in the Battle of Monmouth and she thinks, the Battle of Trenton, but having no other knowledge of the facts than she has obtained from hearsay, and her memory being defective from age, and infirmity, she cannot untertake to state anything more specific in relation to his service.

She further states that she was lawfully married to the said Andrew Reeder on the twenty first day of August, A. D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, at the house of her father Stephen Burrowes, in the township of Hopewell aforesaid by the Rev. Jos. Rue, a regularly licensed Presbyterian Clergyman, then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Pennington in the same township, and has never been married to any other person. She has a family Bible, which belonged to her father, and which she has had ever since the death of her father, who willed it to her. It contains a correct entry of the birth day of her husband and herself, and of their marriage _ which were made by Mr. Reeder himself, not long after the marriage, and which is appended to or accompanies this declaration, and she expressly swears that her husband died on the 14th of April 1824 _ that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: as above, and at the time stated.
Sarah Reeder

Sworn and subscribed on the}
day and year above written}
before me, and I hereby certify}
that the said Declarant}
is from bodily infirmity unable}
to attend the Court.}
Chas. Burroughs
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Andw Reeder Was Born April
the 17 day and year of our Lord
1755
Sarah Burrowes was Born Jany
the 8 day 1762
-
Andw Reeder and Sarah Burrowes
was Married Augt 31- 1786

Andrew Reeder Departed this life
April 14 day 1824

Andrew Reeder Prall was Born Febuary
18 day 1796 -
Andw Reeder Prall Departed this life
March 13 day 1806
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County Ss}
Personally appeared before the Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer, Charles Burroughs, who, being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say: That I extracted this leaf from an old Bible produced before me
by the Declarant Sarah Reeder, at the time.
She swore and subscribed the foregoing declaration, as the Family Bible mentioned and described in her said declaration_
Sworn and subscribed in open}
Court the twenty ninth day of}
September AD. 1838 before}
me the subscriber one of the}
Judges of said Court.}
Chas. Burroughs
Elmer Esther, Prest Judge
of Court
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County Ss}
Personally appeared before the Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer in the State aforesaid, Jasper S. Scudder, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith as follows: I was present and saw Charles Burroughs esquire, who has made the foregoing afficiant, extract from the Family Bible of Mrs Sarah Reeder, the foregoing leaf, containing sundry entries, of Births, Marriages and deaths _  I know that the said Bible is the Family Bible of the said Sarah. I have seen Andrew Reeder, the husband of the said declarant write and know his hand writing. The first three entries on the foregoing leaf of the said Bible are in his handwriting. I have known the said Sarah Reeder the widow of the said Andrew Reeder, ever since I can remember, say for thirty five years. She is of highly respectable character in all respects. She always lived with Andrew Reeder, as his wife, and was always reputed so to be. They never had any children. The said Sarah Reeder never has been married to any other person since the death of the said Andrew Reeder, and still remains his widow.
Jasper S. Scudder
Sworn and Subscribed in open}
Court, this twenty ninth day of}
Sept. 1838, before me}
Evan Evans, Past Judge of the Court}

I Ralph H. Shreves Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Charles Burroughs and Jasper S. Scudder, are the orginal affidavits made and taken before the Judges of the said Court, in open Court on the day of the date thereof, and that the name Evan Evans which is signed to the Sworn of the same is the proper handwriting of Evan Evans the presiding Judge of the said Court. In testimony whereof I have as hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Trenton, this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Ralph H Shreve Clk
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County ss}
Before me Samuel Evans one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer personally appeared Joseph Reed of the City of Trenton in the said
County whose character for truth and veracity is good, and who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God doth
depose and say as followeth to wit: I knew Andrew Reeder late of the township of Trenton, deceased, he was a Lieutenant in Captain
John Motts Company_ I remember serving four tours of one month each with the said Lieutenant, Andrew Reeder_ I think these tours
were made to the Blazing Star, Heady's Mills_ Smith farms and at the Battle of Monmouth_ In the Battle of Monmouth owing to the sickness
of Captain Mott, Lieutenant Andrew Reeder commanded the company_
The three preceding tours mentioned were after the Battle of Monmouth, when the British lay in New York_ I recollect being with Captain Mott's company upon one occasion at Howell's Ferry on the Delaware just after the Battle of Trenton, the boats were all collected at Howell's Ferry to be used by General Washington's Army if a retreat was necessary. I remember Lietenant, Andrew Reeder was there with the Company acting as Lieutenant_ I do not know how long he staid, I left him there when I came home_ I believe Lieutenant  Andrew Reeder served during the war_ I do further say that I am according to the family register ninety years old last month and am a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States_
his
Joseph  X  Reed
Mark

Sworn and subscribed this 22nd}
day of August A.D. 1838}
before me at the house of this}
deponent in the City of Trenton}
in the State of New Jersey. The}
said deponant being unable from}
bodily infirmity to attend in Open}
Court}
Saml Evans.
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County Ss  ⎬
Personally appeared before me Charles Burroughs one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer aforesaid, Abigail Reeder who, I am satisfied is a respectable witness and whose statements are entitled to full credit, and who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith as follows: I am seventy six years old. I have always resided in what is now the township of Ewing (formerly Trenton) County of Mercer (formerly Hunterdon) and State aforesaid where I was born. Andrew Reeder whose widow Sarah is now applying for a Pension under the Act of Congress of July last, was my brother. I resided in the same house with him (my Fathers) during the whole war of the revolution. Andrew was eight years older than myself. He entered the militia service as a volunteer soldier in the Militia Company raised by Captain Robert Hoops in that neighbourhood. At the first call that was made upon the
Militia of New Jersey my brother Andrew marched with his Company. I think this was when the British landed on Long Island. I know that during the continuance of the war he served fourteen different tours. I was
at home during all the times, and remember well his going and returning. Soon after he entered Hoop's Company_ Capt Hoops was made a Major and John Mott was made Captain of the Company_ Pretty soon after my brother Andrew entered the service he was made an Ensign in Captain Motts Company_ he continued as ensign for some time and was then promoted to a Lieutenancy in which capacity he served to the end of the war. I say upon my oath to the best of my remembrance and belief, that through the whole war of the Revolution he always performed his regular tour of service whenever called on. He was with our army at the Battles of Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth, as I have always  understood from himself and others and as I 
verily believe. In consequence of exposure
during the war he lost his health and never
regained it. He died, I think in eighteen hundred and twenty four.
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I remember well when my brother Andrew was married to his present widow_ Her maiden name was Sarah Burrowes. She was the daughter of Stephen Burrowes, [Illegible] and had a brother Stephen whose widow, after his death, married Peter B. Dumont, and is now living in Somerset County in this state. I do not recollect the date of the marriage but have no doubt it was at the time stated in Mrs. Dumont's affidavit. It was a stormy day and I was prevented from attending the wedding. They always after lived together as man and wife, and the said Sarah Reeder still remains his widow, never having been married to any other person
Abigail Reeder

Sworn and subscribed before}
me, this day and year first}
above written, fifteenth day}
pf September A.D. 1838.}
Chas. Burroughs

I do hereby certify that the Deponent who has made subscribed and sworn to the above deposition is in consequence of age and bodily infirmity unable to attend Court.
September 15, 1838.
Chas. Burroughs
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County Ss. ⎬ Personally appeared before me Charles Burroughs one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer, John Burroughs who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith as follows: "I am in my eighty fifth year. I was born in the township of Trenton, now Ewing, County of Hunterdon, now Mercer, and State aforesaid, and have lived in the same township all my life. I was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution, and belonged to Capt.
Hoops' Company, afterwards Mott, and served
my regular tours of duty in said Company
during the war, for which services I now receive a pension of eighty dollars a year from the United States. I remember Andrew Reeder whose widow Sarah is no applying for a pension, perfectly well; he lived
all his life a neighbor to me. The said Andrew Reeder joined Hoops' Company at the breaking out of the war. It was in the Spring or Summer of 1776_ We made one tour together in said Company, that is: Andrew Reeder and myself, to the Sound opposite Staten Island that Summer. I remember we were with the Company at Amboy when the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed, and heard it Read there to the troops, we were out that tour a month_ Capt Hoops was made a Major immediately after, and Capt John Mott was appointed Captain of the Company_ It was then, in consequence of the promotion, that the office of Ensign became vacant, and Andrew Reeder was elected Ensign by the vote of the Company. I remember it well. Many of the men wanted me to stand for it, but my father was unwilling, and I declined. The election was held at Birmingham in the then township of Trenton. The next tour we made was to Smiths Farm where we served a month_ the third tour that I recollect was made to Elizabeth town where we also served a month_ And we went two or three monthly tours afterwards to Elizabeth town and in that neighbourhood. I say, according to the
best of my recollection we were three or four months at Elizabeth Town altogether. In each of the
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County Ss.}
Personally appeared before me Charles Burroughs one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Jessee Moore, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith as follows: I was born in the township of Hopewell, County of Hunterdon and State aforesaid, and have lived in the neighborhood all my life, except from 1765 to 1775, ten years during which I lived in Philadelphia. I am in my eighty ninth year. I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served during the war sometimes under Capt  John Hunt, and sometimes under Capt John Mott in Col. Joseph Phillips Regiment, and Gen Dickinson's Brigade. I have known Andrew Reeder whose widow is now applying for a pension, ever since I was a boy: he was born but a mile and a half or less miles from where I lived, and I was acquainted with him all his life. I remember when the Jersey Militia was first called upon to go to New York and Long Island in the Spring of 1776. Andrew Reeder entered the service and marched under Captain Hoops as a private soldier_ I was not out with them in that tour. After Capt. Hoops was promoted to a Majority, Capt Mott was chosen Captain of the Company, and I think Ralph Jones who was an Ensign was made Lieutenant and Andrew Reeder was made Ensign. And soon afterward, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the same Company, (Capt. Mott's). Lieutenant Reeder according to the best of my knowledge and belief served his regular monthly tours during the war. I remember his being out in the service, but am not able to state the different tours which he made. I was out several tours with him. My memory fails to such a degree that I cannot undertake to state particular time, or occasions upon which we were out together. My general Recollection, I repeat, is that he did his duty regularly as his turn came during all the war. I have no doubt he served as much as any of us. I drew a pension of twenty dollars for my services. I know John Burroughs, Joshua Furman, and Joseph
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Reed, they are all now living and were soldiers in Capt. Mott's Company.
Jesse Moore

Sworn and subscribed at the}
residence of the deponent in}
Manor township, County}
aforesaid, before me this 5th}
day of October AD 1878, the}
Deponent being from age} 
& bodily infirmity unable to}
attend in Court}
Chas. Burroughs}

I Charles Burroughs one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer do hereby certify that Jesse Moore who has made, taken and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a respectable person, whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Oct. 5, 1878
Chas. Burroughs
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State of New Jersey}
Mercer County Ss.}
Personally appeared before me Charles Burroughs one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Joshua Furman, who alleging himself conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to law, on his solemn affirmation says - I am in my eighty fourth year. I have lived in the neighborhood where I now reside all my life. I knew Andrew Reeder whose widow is now applying for a pension before the war of the Revolution. I served in that war _ was a soldier in Capt. John Motts Company, and received a pension of eighty dollars a year for my services. I first entered Capt. Hoops Company of Jersey Militia, but did not serve my tour under Hoops: Capt. Hoops Company made a tour to Amboy about the time of the Declaration of Independence_ I believe Andrew Reeder went on that tour. When the Companies returned Hoops was made a Major, and John Mott was appointed Captain of the Company. Andrew Reeder was first made Ensign in the Company and afterwards Lieutenant. The first tour that I remember being out with Andrew Reeder was at Springfield _ whether he was then an Ensign or Lieutenant I can't recollect. I know he was an officer _ we were out in the tour at Springfield and neighborhood a month, and Andrew Reeder was with us on duty during all the time. I remember being out with Andrew Reeder at another time_ We were both on duty in Mott's Company at Howells Ferry _ Twenty men were detailed at that time to guard the boats on the river, and these men were under the command of Andrew Reeder, who was there as Lieutenant in the Company. I do not remember the year. It was when the British army lay in Philadelphia. I did not serve in the same class with John Burroughs, who was also a member of Motts Company. I served ten months that he did not. On our tour at Howell's Ferry and along the river we were not out I think more than three weeks_ we were discharged I think in a little less than a month. I am satisfied that Andrew Reeder served during the whole war of the Revolution as an officer and soldier, faithfully. He belonged to Motts Company to the end of the war _ and I believe he never neglected his regular tours. But I have no distinct recollection of having served personally
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with him, except on the two occasions I have
mentioned. I know that Andrew Reed was
Lieutenant in Motts Company early in the
war, that he continued to be a Lieutenant
during the war after his appointment_ and that he held the office with honor, and the reputation of a brave and good officer at its close, and was after the war chosen Captain of the same Company on capt Motts retiring

his
Joshua X Furman
mark

Affirmed and subscribed}
before me, at the residence}
of the Deponent in the town-}
ship of Ewing & County aforesaid}
On this 5th day of October A. D.}
1838, the said deponent}
being unable in consequence}
of age & bodily infirmity to}
attend the Court}
Chas Burroughs

I Charles Burrough one of the Judges of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Mercer, do hereby certify that Joshua Furman, who has made and subscribed the foregoing affirmation is a person of respectability whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.  Oct 5, 1838
Chas. Burroughs
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I James D. Westcott, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Charles Burroughs, whose name
is subscribed to the Jurat of the Declaration and affidavit of Sarah Reeder, and to the Jurat (and certificates) of the affidavit of Abigail Reeder, John Burroughs and Jesse Moore, and to that of the affirmation of Joshua Furman, 
which original Declaration, affidavits, affirmations & certificate, are hereto annexed, is a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer in said State, and that the signatures aforesaid are his genuine signatures, that Evan Evans whose
name is signed to the Jurat of the affidavits of Charles Burroughs and Jasper S. Scudder, is and then was President Judge of said Court,
and that the signatures aforesaid are his genuine signatures, that James Taylor whose name is signed to the Jurat of the affidavit
of Hannah Dumont is and was then a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset, and that I believe said signature is his genuine signature; that William Howell whose name is signed to the Jurat of the affidavit of George Muirhead hereto annexed, is and then was a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer aforesaid, and that the same is his genuine signature and that
Samuel Evans whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the affidavit of Joseph Reed hereto annexed, is also a Judge of the Court last aforesaid, and was so at the time of
taking the same, and that the same is his genuine signature_ that the said several officers were each and all of them officers as aforesaid at the time of taking said affidavits & affirmations, and that the several Declaration, affidavits & affirmations herein before mentioned are annexed hereto. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State of New Jersey
at Trenton, this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight  hundred and thirty eight
James D. Westcott

Admd
3 mo pri
3.22 as Ensign
$47.33
no deduction

S. G. Potts
Trenton
N. J.
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New Jersey
Mercer County ⎬

On this twenty second day of
August Eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County George Muirheid, who being duly sworn on his oath saith: that he is now in his Seventy ninth year:  resides in the township of Hopewell County of Hunterdon, where he resided during the Revolutionary war: In February 1778 marched from  Hopewell to Elizabeth town under
Lieut. Andrew Reeder, where he joined
a company commanded by Albert Updyke, 
Captain, Col. Seely being in command: he
set out for a monthly tour, but Col Seely consented to discharge us in twenty days, which he did:
Deponent was one of Gen. Dickerdon's bodyguard in the battle of Monmouth, Sergeant Amos/ under commanded the guard: before the battle, while lying at Bordentown. The guard of Gen. Dickerson were ordered, under the command of Lieut Andrew Reeder, to move forward as advanced guard to Mount
Holly; before marching more than a few miles
the order was countermanded and we returned to Bordentown, where we lay two or
three nights & then took up our march for
Monmouth: whether Lieut. Reeder was out
then on a monthly tour, or upon a general requisition made upon the intelligence being
received that the British were about to leave
Philadelphia, deponent can't say: Nor does he now recollect meeting Reeder in any
other tour of service.
Geo. Muirheed

Sworn &  subscribed before me}
the day & year aforesaid }
Wm Howell}

I, William Howell, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Mercer do hereby certify that George Muirhead who has made subscribed and taken the above affidavit, before me, is a respectable person and his statements entitled to the present credit_ and that in consequence of bodily infirmity he is unable to attend in
Court.  Dated Aug 22. 1838
Wm Howell
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October 10, 1932
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ANDREW REEDER
W. 4059
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Charles E. Reeder
10 Everett Street
Brunswick, Maine

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Sarah Reeder, a pensioner living in Lawrence, Mercer County, New Jersey, on June 1, 1840.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4059, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Andrew Reeder.

Andrew Reeder was born April 17, 1755; definite place of his birth and names of his parents not stated.

While living with his father in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, he volunteered in the spring of 1776, served at various times, on short tours, to the end of the war, amounting
in all to about two years, as private, ensign and lieutenant, under Captains Robert Hoops, John Mott, Albert Updike, Colonels Joseph Phillips and Seely, in the New Jersey troops, was in an
engagement at Springfield and battles of Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth, in which last named battle he acted as captain because of the illness of his captain.

He died April 14, 1824, in the township of Trenton, New Jersey.
.
Soldier married August 31, 1786, in the township of Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, Sarah Burrowes who was born January 8, 1762, and was the daughter of Stephen Burrowes, of said township of Hopewell, New Jersey, with whom she lived and at whose house they were married. The soldier was then a resident of Trenton, New Jersey.
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Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed September 28, 1838, at which time she was living in Lawrence, Mercer County, New Jersey, where she was
living in 1848.

It was stated that the soldier and his wife, Sarah, never had any children.

In 1838, Abigail Reeder, aged seventy-six years, a sister of the soldier, Andrew Reeder, was a resident of Trenton, Hunterdon County (which was later Ewing, Mercer County), New Jersey, where she stated she was born.

In 1848, one Mary G. Reeder witnessed the widow's claim in Mercer County, New Jersey; relationship to soldier not shown.

In 1838, Hannah Dumont, aged seventy-six years, wife of Peter B. Dumont, was a resident of Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, and stated that the widow, Sarah, was a sister of her first husband, Stephen Burrowes.

In 1838, Charles Burroughs was one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Mercer County, New Jersey; and John Burroughs, aged eighty-four years and a resident of Trenton, New Jersey, where he was born, stated that he served a tour of one month with the soldier in the spring of 1776;
their relationship to soldier's wife, Sarah, not stated.

The following statement appears in the claim: "Andrew Reeder Prall was born February 18, 1796; departed this life March 13, 1806." His relationship to the family not shown.

There are no further family data in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1932 Oct 10 Hist to Charles
E. Reeder - MLB

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4059
Sarah Reeder
Widow
Andrew Reeder
Pvt Rev War
---
Feby 2nd/48
Index: - Vol. M, Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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10 Everett St.,
Brunswick, Maine.
Sept. 21, 1932.

U. S. Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. and 1812 War Section
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Since I am trying to prove my family connection with a Revolutionary War soldier for the S. A. R., I would like to have any record of family or military service of the following described pensioner. Sarah Reeder, living in Lawrence, Mercer County, New Jersey, on June 1, 1840 as found in the list of pensioners. Also, any record of that person by whom she received that pension.

Very truly yours
Charles E Reeder
Charles E. Reeder.
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N. Jersey
Sarah Reeder
let. to S. G. Potts 13. Apl. 1839
Act July 1838
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Hon Cyrus Beers
House Reps
US
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John Burroughs_ For [Illegible] of Andrew Reeder

1776   0.1.0   Capt Hoops _ Amboy
__|__    0.1.0      "               _ Smiths Farms
__|__    0.1.0 0.3.0   "          +Elizabeth Town
__|__    0.1.0                      _ Stiles Mountain
__|__    0.1.0                      +Raritan
__|__    0.1.0                      -Blazing Star
3.00    0.4.8                      _Springfield _ 1780
14      0 =14                    _Monmouth _ 1778
              3 00

Ensign 3.20 ______________________
Privt   3        John Burroughs
 6.00  0.1.0       Capt Foster    _+Smiths Farms
          0.1.0                              +Blazing Star
          0.1.0               Phillips    +Eliz town
          0.1.0                    "   _____________  do
          0.2.0                    "       Smithfield
          0.4.0               Titus _____
          0.3.0               Guild
          0.1.0               Jones   Raritan
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Trenton Oct. 18, 1838

Sir,

The enclosed application of Mrs. Reeder widow of Lieut. Andrew Reeder, for a Pension is respy submitted

Yo ob. Servt.
Stacy G. Seth.

J L Edwards Esq.
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A muster roll of Captain John Motts Company of Militia in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Phillips Esqr.

Commissioned officers
Present

{John Mott Captain
{Ralph Jones 1st Lieutenant went home sick Sept {27
{Nathaniel Temple 2 Lieut went home by order {Sept 30
{Andrew Reeder Ensign

Oct 7. 1777, Mustered thru the company commanded by Capt Jno Mott as specified in the above roll.

Josa M. Wallace
M. M. G.

State of New Jersey
I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the
State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the
foregoing are true extracts from an original
paper on file in my office headed "A muster
roll of Captain John Motts company of
Militia in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Joseph Phillips Esqr as taken
from and compared with said paper.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton this twenty seventh day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838)
James D. Westcott
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FREE
Apl 17
N.J.
Reeder
Hon J. L. Edwards
War Department
Pension Office
Washington
D. C.
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Trenton, N. J. Apl 15, 1834.


Sir.

Yours of 13th is recd. I am instructed by Mrs. Sarah Reeder widow of Andrew Reeder to say, in reply, that she accepts the proposed pension for "3 months service as a private, and 3 mo. & 22 days as an Ensign."

The difficulty of collecting authentic proof of these old transactions, increasing as it is every day, induces me to despair of adding anything to the evidence before you, worthy of reliance.

I am very respy
Yo ob sevt.
Stacy G. Potts.

J. L. Edwards Esq
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4232
S. Reeder
$47.33 per an 
Jasper Scudder
Trenton
N. Jersey
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting
pensions for one year, to certain Widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,}
Mercer County} ss.

On this Eighteenth day of September 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, Sarah Reeder a resident of Lawrence in the County of Mercer aged eighty years, who being personally known to me, and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to
obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Andrew Reeder who was a private and Ensign in the troops of the New Jersey line in the service of the U. States, during the Revolutionary War, in Captain Mott's Company-
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Reeder

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND}
YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN BEFORE ME.}
Thos. J. Stryker  J. P.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY

I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Thomas J. Stryker Esquire, before whom
the within declaration was taken, and acknowledged, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer in said state, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Thomas J Stryker

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said state, this Nineteenth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-three

Charles G. McChesney
Sec'y of State.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Your early attention to the above declaration
will much oblige your friend

Jasper G Scudder

Trenton Bank Septembr. 19th 1843
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d February 1818, entitled, ""An Act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution."

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.}
Mercer County.} ss.

On the Twenty first day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the Common Pleas, in and for said county, Sarah Reeder, a resident of Lawrence
in the County of Mercer, aged ________ years, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Andrew Reeder who was a Private & Ensign in the war of the Revolution, and served in the New Jersey Line, and that she received forty seven dollars and 33 cents per annum 
under the Act of June 17, 1844.

her
Sarah X  Reeder
Mark

She further declares that she is still a widow,

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND}
YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN, BEFORE ME.}
Chas. Burroughs Judge

Witness   Mary G. Reeder
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me.
Chas. Burroughs Judge.