Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,418, for Samuel Mase, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Mase, Samuel | S.34,418

CONTENTS
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18,549
New Jersey

Samuel Mase of Morris Co. in the state of New Jersey, who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shreve of the New Jersey line, for the term of Six years [illegible].

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Apr. 1822. and sent to Hon. L. Condit, H. Rep.

Arrears to 4th of March 1833..........$377.33
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1822.....48.00
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                                      $425.33

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

May 1, 1822
[illegible]
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

Personally came before me, Lewis Condict, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, Samuel Maise [Mase], who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served in the American Revolutionary War. That he enlisted sometime in the spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six in the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey in the Company of Capt. John Hollingshead of the Second Regiment, commanded by Col. Israel Shreves of the Jersey Line. That he continued in the said regiment under several captains six years and nine months or until the conclusion of the war on the Continental Establishment, at which time he received a regular discharge in writing from the said army. That by reason of time, the said discharge he supposes to be destroyed.

This deponent further saith that he resides in the Township of Jefferson in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey. That he is upwards of Sixty years of age and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his county for support.
s/ Samuel Mase

Sworn before me the 1st day of April 1818. Note: The words, "of the Jersey Line," interlined before signing.
s/ Lewis Condict

State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

Personally came before me, Lewis Condict, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, James Raymond, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Mase, the person in the foregoing deposition named. That he knew him as a soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That he belonged to Capt. Hollingshead's Company of the 2nd Regiment commanded by Col. Israel Shreeves of the Jersey Line. That the time and place set forth by the s(ai)d Samuel Mase in the s(ai)d deposition of his entering & leaving the service is as this deponent believes correct and true. That the s(ai)d Samuel Mase has no apprent means of support but by his daily labor.
s/ James Raymond

Sworn before me the 1st day of April 1818.
s/ Lewis Condict
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I, Lewis Condict, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Mase did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the foregoing deposition, against the common enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress of the 18th March A. Domini 1818.
s/ Lewis Condict

Morris Town, N. Jersey
1st Apr. 1818

State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

I, Robert H. Mc Carter, Clerk of the said County of Morris, do certify that Lewis Condict, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits [crossed out: is] are made, is and was at the doing thereof duly enrolled one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the Court of Morris. And that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County of Morris this second day of May A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen.
s/ Robert H. Mc Carter
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Samuel Muse
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

On this Twentieth day of March A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Twenty two, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, being a Court of Record, having a Seal and proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, Samuel Maise [Mase], aged about Sixty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the First of May 1820. That he, the said Samuel Maise [Mase], enlisted sometime in the spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six in the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey in the company of Capt. John Hollingshead of the Second Regiment commanded by Col. Israel Shreves of the Jersey Line. That he continued in the said regiment under the said Captain Hollingshead and Captain Samuel Hendry until the conclusion of the war on the Continental Establishment. That he was regularly discharged in writing at the close of the war in the year 1783 at Newburgh in the State of New York. That he was in the Battles of Germantown, Monmouth, at Yorktown in Virginia, at the White Plains and several other skirmishes. That his discharge is lost and he has no recollection of what has become of it. That he has no other evidence conveniently in his power of his said services except the affidavit of Capt. Samuel Hendry, which will accompany this declaration. And in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the First day of May A.D. 1820, I Samuel Maise [Mase], do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March A.D. 1818. That I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed the Eighteenth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen. And that I have not nor has...
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...any person for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me nor have I any income or property other than what is contained in the schedule hereunder written and by me subscribed. That I reside in the Township of Jefferson in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, am by occupation a laborer, am in an infirm state of health occasioned by rheumatism, which prevents me from active labor for the greater part of my time. I have a wife, aged 57 years, who is a weakly Woman and has been for a great many years and is unable to obtain her own support. I have six children, one William, aged 37 years; Anna, aged about 35 years; Hannah, aged about 33 years; Peter, aged about 20 years; Samuel, a twin brother of Hannah, aged about 33 years; Elizabeth, aged about 24 years; who are all married and do not reside with me. I have a grandchild living with me [crossed out: daughter] Prudence, daughter of my daughter Elizabeth, whose husband has run away and left her and the grandchild depends upon me for support. That I am a very poor man and, were it not for the kindness of my neighbors, I should have been obliged to have had recourse to the overseen of the poor for support.
s/ Samuel Mase

Declared to and sworn in Open Court March 20th 1822 before us.
s/ Silas Cook
s/ Samuel Cobb
s/ Jesse Upson

Schedule of property referred to in the foregoing declaration of Samuel Maise [Mase]:
1 Feather bed and bedding, bedstand and cord.
1 Throw bed and bedding, bedstand and cord.
2 Tables.
6 Old chairs.
1 Old pair dishes.
1 Lot of crockery and pewter.
1 Set of knives, fork and spoons.
1 Large wheel.
1 Shovel and tongs.
1 Pair andirons.
1 Pot.
1 Spider.
1 Griddle.
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1 Chest of drawers.
1 Tea Kettle.
1 Chopping ax.
2 Wedges.
2 Shovels and bogging hoe.
1 Crowbar.
1 Hay fork.
1 Reel.
1 Stand.
1 Looking glass.
1 Pair smoothing irons.
1 Lot of old lumber &c.
s/ Samuel Mase

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the 20th day of March A.D. 1822 before us.
s/ Silas Cook
s/ Samuel Cobb
s/ Jesse Upson

State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

I, Robert H. Mc Carter, Clerk of the Inferior County of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of the said Court and do further certify that in the opinion of the said Court the total amount in value of the property mentioned in the annexed schedule is Twenty three dollars and Seventy seven cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this Twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty two.
s/ Robert H. Mc Carter
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O. W. & N. Div.
I 34413
L. W. B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6, 1896.

Madam;

Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Samuel Mase, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension April 1, 1818, at which time he was residing in Jefferson, Morris Co. N.J., and 60 years of age, and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. John Hollingshead and Col. Israel Shreeve. He enlisted from Gloucester Co., N.J.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Brinckerhoff,
347 Gennessee Street,
Utica, New York.
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34,418
Rev(olutionary) War
INVALID.
File No. 34,418.
Samuel Mase
Pri(vate), Rev(olutionary) War
Act: 18th March 1818.
Index: -; Vol. 2; Page 272.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

Aug. 6, '96 - Sold(ier) pens(ione)d to Mrs. W.C. Brinkerhoff, Utica, N.Y. L.W.B
Nov. 21, '96 - To Mrs. W.C. Brinkerhoff, Utica, N.Y.
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Cert(ificate No.) 18549

Hon. Dominic F. Murphy
Commissioner Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am anxious to learn from what town in New Jersey Samuel Mase (or Mays) enlisted? This Samuel Mase was in the Revolutionary War serving as a private from May 1777 until March 1783...
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...serving under Colonel John Cummings, Captain John Hollingshead and Captain Samuel Hendry.

I have written to the Adjutant General of the State of New Jersey asking him for the above information but he writes me the records are not complete and he is unable to give me the desired information and suggests that I write...
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...you as this Samuel Mase (or Mays) may have been a pensioner or drew bounty land. If you cannot tell me about Samuel Mase, possibly you can tell me from what towns in New Jersey Colonel John N. Cummings, Captain John Hollingshead and Captain Samuel Hendry enlisted? Hoping to have an early, reply I remain.

Yours truly,
s/ Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Brinckerhoff,

July 28th 1896.
Please address Mrs. A.S. Brinckerhoff
347 Genesee St.
Utica, N.Y.
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I 34,418
O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 21, 1896.

Madam;

Replying to your communication of recent date, in which you request further information concerning the pension granted Samuel Mase, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that it does not appear that any other member of his family received the pension after the soldier's death. As to the date of the soldier's death application should be made to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, this city, giving the soldier's full name and military record as furnished in this Bureau's letter of August 6, 1896, together with the following data: Ctr. No. 18,549, New Jersey Agency, Act of March 18, 1818.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Brinckerhoff,
347 Gennessee Street,
Utica, New York.
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State of New Jersey
County of Burlington//

Personally came before me, Thos. Swain, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for County of Burlington, Samuel Maise [Mase], who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served in the American Revolutionary War. That he enlisted sometime in the spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six in the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey in the Company of Capt. John Hollingshead of the Second Regiment commanded by Col. Israel Shreve of the Jersey Line. That he continued in the said regiment under Capt. Samuel Hendry about three years or until the conclusion of the war on the Continental Establishment, at which time he received a regular discharge in writing from the said army. That by reason of time, the said discharge, he supposes, to be destroyed.

The deponent further saith that he resides in the Township Jefferson in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey. That he is upwards of Sixty years of age and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
s/ Samuel Mase

Sworn before me the 16th day of February A.D. 1822.
s/ Thos. Swain

State of New Jersey
County of Burlington//

Personally came before me, Thos. Swain, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for County of Burlington, Capt. Samuel Hendry, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Mase, the person in the foregoing deposition named. That the said Samuel Mase stands enrolled on his Muster Roll, Pay Roll & Size Roll and served under his command about Three years or until the close of the Revolutionary War, as a soldier and, to the best of his knowledge, believes he served his country faithfully.
s/ Samuel Hendry, Capt. 

The words Pay Roll & Size Roll interlined before signed. Sworn before me the 16th day of February A.D. 1822.
s/ Thos. Swain
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I, Thos. Swain, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Sam'l Mase did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing deposition. I also certify in corroboration that I have seen the Muster Roll of Capt. Samuel Hendry and find that the said Samuel Mase is regularly enrolled on the muster, size and pay rolls & on also opened for clothing &c. &c. And I have hereby transmitted the proceedings and testimony had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War.
s/ Thos. Swain

Mount Holly
February 16th 1822

I, Joseph H. McCain, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, do certify that Thomas Swain, Esquire, who hath subscribed his name the foregoing instrument of writing, is one of the Judges of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn and that faith & credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court the Sixteenth day of February Eighteen Hundred and Twenty two.
s/ Jos. H. McCain