Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,339, Conrad Esler, New Jersey
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Service 
New Jersey l Esler, Conrad or Coonrod l S.34,339
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16.465.
New Jersey
Conrad Esler
Morris Co. in the state of New Jersey, was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton of the New Jersey, for the term of one year - 1776.

Described on the Roll of New Jersey, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Feb 1820, and sent to hon. Bernard Smith, Member of Congress for NJ.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1819 - 132
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March - 48
16 mos. 15/30 } 1820 } $180

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

Continued
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Notification sent September 18, 1820 to Lewis Condich, Morristown, N. Jersey
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Conrad Esler private
Dayton Jersey regt.
176 one from 20 April 1818

Confirmed
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State of New Jersey
Morris County
Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, before Silas Cook one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Conrod Esler, who being sworn according to law, did declare, that in the
Spring of the year Seventeen hundred seventy six, he did enlist as a soldier in the service of the United States in (he thinks) the second company, under Capt Peter Dickenson Second Regiment, Jersey Greys, commanded by Col Jonathan Dayton - that he enlisted for one year, and served the time & two months over - that he then enlisted during the war but from an affection of the peace, he did not join the army under that enlistment, nor took the County - that before (?) he enlisted in the nine months service, under Capt Dickenson - the
Regt commanded by Col Aaron Ogden
and afterwards, and in different enlistment, he served during the war - that his discharge from the first enlistment he has long since lasts, that he is now sixty five  years of age
Conrad Esler

Described and sworn to before me the 20th day of April 1818
Silas Cook
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris

I Robert H. M. Carter Clerk of the said County of Morris do certify that Silas Cook Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits 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 County 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 said County of Morris the eighth day of July Eighteen hundred and eighteen.

Robt. H. M. Carter
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State of New Jersey
Morris County

Be it remembered that on the (?)teenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen before Silas Cook one 
of the Judges of the inferior court of common pleas in for said county personally appeared Conrad Esler, who being duly sworn did depose & say that from his reduced circumstances, he is in need of the assistance of his country for support -
Subscribed & went before me
the 20th day of April 1818
Silas Cook

Conrad Esler

I Silas Cook do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Conrad Esler the within petitioner, that he has neither house or lands - that I think him entitled to the pension allowed by the US to reduced officers and soldiers -
Silas Cook

Morris County, State of New Jersey
Be it remembered that on the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen before Silas Cook one of the
Judges of the inferior court of common pleas
in and for Morris county formally appeared Col Hyram Smith who being duly sworn did
say he is acquainted with Conrad Esler, that in the year 1776 he trained him to be a soldier serving the United States in the revolutionary war against the common enemy -
Sworn before me Silas Cook

Hiram Smith
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Coonrod Esler
10665 Pequanock
con

Feb. 20
Mar 20
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District of New Jersey, Morris County - ss.
On this the 8th day of July, 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleae, holden at Morris-town, in and for the County of Morris, in the term of July, in the year aforesaid. [The said court being a court of record, possessing a seal, proeeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping records of its proceesings, and its Judgements being removeable by write of error only]----
Coonrad Esler, aged 67, in said county, who being duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war in the third Regiment in the Jersey Line commanded by Col. Dayton, in a company commanded by Capt. Peter Dickerson; that he believes his original declaration was made on the 20th of April 1818; and that he has received a Pension Certificate No. 16.465.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congree, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person n trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, that I am fifty seven years old; that I am by occupation a laborer, but am almost entirely disabled by a rupture in my body; that my family consists of my wife named Betsy, and three children named John, Mary Ann and James; that my wife is in good ordinary health and about thirty years old, being my fourth wife - that my son John aged about thirty years is dwarfish and afflicted with lunacy so as to be capable of very little labor; that Mary Ann is an infant only four years old; and James an infant only two years and a half old.  
Sworn to & declared the 8th day of July 1820 before Gab. H. Ford
Coonrad Esler, his mark
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SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing deposition of
Conrod Estercase
1 case of Drawers
1 Corner Cupboard
1 Looking Glass
5 old chair
1 old table
1 Tea Kettle
3 Iron pots
1 Little & 1 Large spinning Wheel
5 old Barrells
1 Dish tub
1 Churn
3 Earthen pots
1 Pail
1 Lanthorn
1 Dinner horn
1 Candle Stick
11 Pewter spoons
1 Cullender
6 Plates
5 Knives 4 Forks
2 Smoothing Irons
one old Cow.
1 pole of an ax
This Deponent owes as follows viz
To William Scott ---------$20.00
To Adam Demouth -------18.00
To Jacob Bostestor ------15.00
To Frederick Demouth ---25.00
To Conrad Ester Senr _---10.00
To Thomas Vail ----------30. 00
To Thomas Muir ---------28.00
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Sworn to & declared the
8th day of July 1820
Jab H. Ford

Coonrod Ester
his mark
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State of New Jersey,
County of Morris. ss.
I, Robert H. M. Carter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Morris, do hereby certify that oath, and the
schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do hereby further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty nine dollars-
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.
Robert Hill Carter Clerk of the Court
for the County of Morris
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Conrad of Coonrod Ester.
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. S.7. 34.339.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. |
| Feb. 1776 | 1 yr 2 mos | Pvt. | | Peter Dickerson | Elias Dayton | N.J. |
| " | 9 mos | | Dickerson | Aaron Ogden | |

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Morris Co N.J.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 20. 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Morris Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, 65 years
Remarks: in 1820 his fourth wife Betsey Mae 30 years of age, Son John 30 yrs, daughter Mary Ann 4 years and son James 2 ½ years.
Names of others were not stated. No further family data

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev. -1
C. B. He
152 Rutland Road
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C
Gentlemen
In pursuit of further information regarding
the Genealogy of my family, I would be pleased if you would 0kindly give me the benefit of
your valuable records, regarding
(1st) John {Eslen, Esslen, Ester} a private, sergeant Morris County, New Jersey Militia
placed on pension Roll Feb-8-1833
(2d) also of Conrod Ester a
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Private, New Jersey Line, Morris
County N. J. placed on pension
Roll 2/9 1820
Commencement of pension April 20th 1818
(3rd) also a Carroll Ester who served in the Revolutionary War 
I do not find any record of his having received a pension
I am most interested in John, who died in 1843
Apl 11th and is buried at Lower Montville N.J.
Thanking you very sincerely for any information
you might find for me 
I am
Yours very truly
Harold W. Ester
152 Rutland Road
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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34 339
Revy INVALID
File No. 34,339
Conrad Ester
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 8, Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1916 June 26 History to
Mr. Harold W. Estler. M.13.H [or 11]
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Affidavit
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The State of New Jersey
Morris County ss: Personally appeared before me Benjm Smith one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Hiram Smith of the same place
well known to me as a man of truth and good Standing in society, who being sworn according to law, saith on his oath, that he served in the United State Army of the Revolution as a Sargeant, that he enlisted about the middle 
of February, in the year of our Lord 1776 in Morris County in Captain William E Emlys Company, of the Regimen commanded by Col. Elias Dayton in the New Jersey line for
the term of one year, that this Deponent well remembers Conrod Ester, as a Private in the same Regiment, that said Ester was well known to this Deponent before and after Enlistment
up to this present time, that said Ester enlisted in Captain Peter Dickersons company, and Col. Dayton Regiment of the Jersey line, some time about the middle of February in the
year of our Lord 1776 for one year, and was in the said Company and Regiment as a faithful and Good Soldier untill after his time of service or enlistment expired, and was discharged in the month of March 1777, this Deponent knew said Ester During the role prior and was with him on the same tour of Duty by on the Northern Campaign, at Albany, Johnstown, Fort Stanwix and Ticonderoga, and various other places seeing each other
nearly every day on parade & Elsewhere-
Sworn before me the 8th day of November in the year of Our Lord 1819
Benjn Smith
Nivan Smith

Robert H M Carter Clerk of the County of Mains
do hereby certify that Benjamin Smith Esq before whom the above affidavit is taken is and was at the doing thereof duly enrolled one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Morris and that
full faith and credit undue and ought to be given to his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
may name and affixed the seal of said County
this twenty ninth day of November AD eighteen
hundred and nineteen
Robert A. M Carter
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I hereby certify that Hiram Smith Esqr, the within Deponent has been well known to me for more than twenty years; that he is one of the
most respectable citizens of this County of good standing in society, & in every reput worthy of implicit confidence & belief.

Lewis Condict, one of the Judges Morris Town N. Jersey
Morris Town N. Jersey
Nov 22 1819-
of Morris Common Pleas
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Hon: Bernard Smith
1 Old case
3d Feby 1820.-
Entered
Papers
Admd

New Jersey
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Hon. Bernard Smith
Senate
W Lewis Edwards
War Department-
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Washington City
February 2nd  1820

This morning the Honorable W. Smith
of the House of Representatives left with
me same papers who had been before
you respecting Conrod Elders claim to
a pension. I was a Subalence Officer in
the Company of Captain Dickerson in the
year seventy six in which Company [illegible] days he enlisted, and I served in that Company in the Compain to which he refers but I do not recollect Cornad [illegible] though
I am induced to believe he was in Captain
Dickerson Company as he states - my reasons
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for so believing are founded on the affidavit of Theophilus Hatheway, whom I well remember
as well as Soldier stood extremely pair
Theophilus Hatheway was according to the
best of my Recollection a Corporal and upon
that amount being more frequent in view
I may remember him, whilst I cannot Recollect Ester
Respectfully
Jos Anderson

W Lewis Edward
Please return the papers agreeably to Mr Smiths request
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New Jersey
Morris County

Before the subscriber a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of said County, personally came Conrad Exler, who being by me first duly sworn, on his oath declares, that he is the same Conrad Ester, whose name is subscribed to a declaration under oath,
made before Silas Cook Esqr a Judge of Morris Com: Place, dated twentieth day of April 1818, which declaration was intended as an
application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, & is also hereunto annexed.-
This deponent on oath, states, that he did not know, when his deposition was drawn by Judge
Cook, what was the first name or Christian name of Colonel Dayton who commanded the Regiment to which this deponent was attached, & that Judge Cook, supposing & believing it was Jonathan, accordingly wrote
the name Jonathan Dayton. On further inquiry, this deponent is satisfied that Elias Dayton, was the name of his Colonel, who com
one of the New Jersey Regiment, & that this deponent enlisted in Capt Peter Dickerson's company of said Regimt in February, or early in March of the year 1777 the term of one year, joined his Regiment at Staten Island, & afterward marched with it to the Northern expedition, was with the Northern Army at Ticonderoga, Johnstown, Fort Stanwix
& other places, & having served out his full term of enlistment & longer was honorably discharged at Morris Town N. Jersey, in March or April of the year 1777.
This deponent further states, that among the officers of his company, was Lieut Joseph Anderson, now Comptrol ler of the
U.S. Treasury, & who this deponent thinks may possibly recollect him
He also declares, that he is very poor, & greatly needs his country's assistance for support, & prays that his claim for pension may be allowed, from the time his declaration was made before Judge Cook, viz; in the 20th day of April 1818.-
Conrad Ester
his mark

Sworn & subscribed before me Novr 20th 1819
Lewis Condict.-
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State of New Jersey
Morris County ss:
On this 18th day of November, 1819, before the
subscriber, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of said County, personally came Theophilus Hathaway of said County, & being first by me duly sworn, on his oath declares,
that he was a soldier in the U.S. Army, in the war of the Revolution. That he enlisted in Capt Peter Dickersons Company, Col. Elias Daytons Regimt of the Jersey line, in March or February of the year 1776 to serve one year. That he has a perfect recollection that Conrad Ester, also was a private in the same company & Regimt
that said Ester enlisted in February or March 1776, in said Company for one year & served faithfully the whole period & was honorably
discharged at Morris Town in March 1777. That this deponent knew said Isler during the whole Northern company, at Fort Stanwix, Ticonderoga Johnstown & other places, & has been well acquainted with him to this day, & that said Ester was assumed to be a good soldier.
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morris Town
18th day of November 1819
Theophilus Hathaway

Lewis Condict
I certify that Theophiley Hathaway is a man of good repute & entitled to confidence & belief. Lewis Condict

I certify that Theophilus Hathaway, the above deponent, is to my own personal knowledge, a man of good reputation, & will entitled to belief.
I am also well satisfied on enquiry that Conrad Ester did serve in the U.S. Army in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy for one full year, at one enlistment, & that he is poor & needy, having no dependence
but his daily labor for his support. Lewis Condict

State of New Jersey County of Morris J. Robert H. Carter Clerk of the County of Morris do hereby certify that Davis Condict Esq before the foregoing affidants are taken is and was at the day thereof duly enrolled one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for
the County of Morris, and that full faith and credit an due to his offices as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and appeared the seal of said County this twenty sixth day of November eighteen thousand
and nineteen -
Robert H M Carter