Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,706, David Cook, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Cook, David
Mary

NUMBER
W.6,706
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CONTENTS
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New Jersey 649
Mary Cook
widow of David Cook dec'd.
who died on the September 1813
of Monmouth in the State of N. J.
who was Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Henderson of the Reg't commanded
by --- in the N. J.
line for 6 mos Private of Inf'y
8 " " " Cavalry
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Mar.
1837 and sent to P. Vredenburgh
Freehold N. J.
===
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1837 $319.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 26.66
[sum] $346.64
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3. }
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 145
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3'd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: On this twenty first day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty six personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey Mary Cook aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say and 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 a widow of David Cook who was a Soldier in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war, that her said husband in the latter part of June or 1st July 1776 resided in the township of Freehpld in said County & then & there enlisted in the service of the United States for five months as a private soldier in a company under the command of Capt John Henderson raised in Monmouth County under an ordinance of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey & that her said husband served in such Company until his said enlistment had expired, having been marched to Long Island with his company & through the Jerseys. That after said husbands return he on or about the 1st January 1777 joined a troop of horse under Capt John Nixson whose head quarters were at Cranbury & enlisted in the same 1st for a period of five months & after the 5 months had expired he enlisted again for 3 months longer & served in s'd troop of horse faithfully both periods of service out. That after his periods of service in the horse as aforesaid had expired as aforesaid her said husband joined a company of Monmouth Militia under Capt John
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Walton & served in said Company under Walton & his successors according to the Exigencies of the service of New Jersey Militia till the close of the war. That he was in service one month at least at the time of the Battle of Germantown under Walton, also another month at the time of the Battle of Monmouth. She has also been informed & believes that her said husband was in Actual Service in the Militia of said County above for four months in tours of one month each besides the month of June in 1777, through the course of the years 1778 & 1779, but she cannot recollect the precise months. And she further states that he served under s'd Walton a period of 14 days during the months of June & July 1780 & she refers for proof to Exhibit No. 8 [?] on Mrs Margaret Waltons application for a pension now on the files of the Pension Department. And she further states that he served in periods of one month each two tours 1780 besides the one last above mentioned, & she further States that during the years 1781, 1782 & 1783 as she is informed, he served as aforesaid in the Militia as much as four months but in periods of one month each but she cannot specify the particular months.

She further states that she was married to the said David Cook on the 30 December 1778 in the year seventeen hundred & Seventy Eight & that her said husband died on the [illegible] September 1813 & that she has remained a widow ever since that Period, that she was married at the time aforesaid by the Rev'd. Smith a Presbyterian Minister at Cranbury in Middlesex County in said State, that she has resided in Monmouth County for the last 59 years, but was born in Middlesex County aforesaid, & that her
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Maiden name was Mary Dey. And she further states that she has no documentary Evidence of her said husbands services, except what is above refered to, that she has got a record of her marriage in her family Bible

Mary Cook

Sworn & subscribed this 21st October 1836 in open Court before me a Judge of said Court

John Headden

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Peter Perrine Jr being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say that he is a grand son of the foregoing named Mrs Cook & that his Grandfather the aforesaid David Cook died about the year 1813 & that the said Mary Cook has not again been married since that time but still remains his widow

Peter Perrine Jr

Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 21 Oct'r 1836 before me a judge of said Court

John Headden
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss: I the subscriber clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing papers are the original proceedings had before the said Court on the application of the within mentioned Mary Cook for a pension, & I do hereby further certify that John Headden who has signed the forgoing Declaration & affidavit was at the time of the doing thereof & still is a judge of said court & that the name Signed "John Headden" to the foregoing papers is the proper hand writing of the said John Headden with which I am well acquainted

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Freehold in said County this twenty second day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty six.

D. H. Ellis clk
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Mary Cooks Pension
papers - No. 85
P. Vredenburgh  jr
Agent
Freehold N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss:

Mary Cook being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that the Exhibit marked Exhibits No 1 & 2 --- & accompanying this affidavit are two Continuous leaves this day torn out of my family Bible under
my direction for the purpose of being sent to Washington as evidence on my application for a Pension & is the record of my marriage referred to in my declaration for a pension.

Mary Cook

Sworn & subscribed before me this nineteenth day of Dec Eighteen hundred & thirty six before me a justice of the peace in & for said County.

Elias C. Clayton

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss:

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Elias C. Clayton before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of the doing thereof & still is a justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & enrolled in my office & that full faith & credit are due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such, & I do further certify that I am acquainted with his hand writing & that the name Signed Elias C. Clayton to the forgoing affidavit is the proper hand writing of said Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Freehold in & for said County this twenty first day of December Eighteen hundred & thirty six.

D. H. Ellis clk
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[678]
FAMILY RECORD.

[Left column]
BIRTHS.

David, Son of Nicholas &
Elizabeth Cook, was born
the 11th of June in the Year
of our Lord 1753.

Mary, Daughter of James &
Margaret Dey, was born
the 14th day of Sept in the
year of our Lord 1761
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Elizabeth, Daughter of David
& Mary Cook, was born the 8th
day of January in the year of
our Lord 1780
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John, Son of David & Mary
Cook, was born 13th of February
in the Year of our Lord 1782

[right column]
BIRTHS.

Margaret, Daughter of David
and Mary Cook, was born the
11th of October in the Year of
Lord 1783
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Nicholas, Son of David and
Mary Cook, was born the
18th of January in the year
of our Lord 1789.
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Mary, Daughter of David
an Mary Cook, was born the
9th of February in the year of
our Lord 1791
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Joseph, Son of David and
Mary Cook, was born the
26th of March in the year of
Our Lord 1795
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[677]
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
David and Mary Cook
was Maried the 30th day
of December in the year of
Lord 1778

[right column]
MARRIAGES.

[bottom] Exhibit No 1
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[ 679 ]
FAMILY RECORD.

[left column]
BIRTHS.
David Cook Son
of Joseph & Jane Cook
was born March 5th
In the year of our lord
One thousand eight
Hundred & Sixteen.
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Jonathan Cook Son of
Joseph & Jane Cook
was born March 9
in the year of our Lord
1818
Augustus Anderson was
born July the 25 1819

[right column]
DEATHS.
Nicholas, Son of David and
Mary Cook, departed this life
5th of February in the Year of
our Lord 1790. aged 13 months
and six days
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David Cook, departed this
life the 22nd of September in the
year of our Lord 1813, aged
60 years 3 months and 12 days

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Exhibit No 2-
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[ 680 ]
FAMILY RECORD.

[left column]
DEATHS.
Margaret Mount wife
of Thomas Mount and
daughter of David and
Mary Cook, departed this
life the 31st of December
in the year of our Lord
1806 aged 23 years, 2
Months and 20 days

[right column]
DEATHS.
Joseph Dey Departed this
Life 23 day of January 1778
aged 14 years 4 Months and
24 day
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James Dey Departed his life
29 September in the year
of our Lord 1784 aged 78 year
two months & 17 days
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Marget [Margaret or Mary?] Dey Departed this
Life October the 8 aged
76 years & 4 Months in
the year of our Lord 1817.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6706
Mary Cook
Wid. of
David Cook
Pvt. N.J. line
Act: July 4"/36, Sec. 3'd
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 677. 3. Sec.
Mary Cooks Ap.
for
Pension
P. Vredenburgh jr.
Agent Freehold
N. Jersey.
Private of Dragoons 8 month
" of Infantry 6 : 14
Allow 8 mo. Cav. & 6 mo
Infy. $53.33 per ann,
no deduction
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: John Rue of the County of Middlesex in said State being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that he is now in his 83d year, & has always resided in said County of Middlesex & that he has been acquainted with David Cook whose widow Mary Cook is now applying for a pension, since he was a boy several years before the commencement of the Revolutionary War. & this deponent further states, that he & said David Cook Enlisted in the later part of June or 1st July 1776 for five months in Captain John Henderson's Company, of which Company Tunis [?] Van Derveer & Elisha Walton were Lieutenants, & John Walton part of the the time Orderly & part of the time Ensign That David Forman was Colonel Thomas Henderson Lieutenant Colonel or Major Heard Brigadier General. And this deponent further states, that the said David Cook & this Deponent marched with said company as part thereof to join the Continental Army, then at Long Island. And this deponent further states, that the said David Cook and this deponent Messed together for a considerable time while in the said 5 months service, & slept together, & this deponent further states, that he this deponent continued to serve in said Company till the Army reached fort Washington where this deponent was taken sick, but the said David Cook was then still doing service in said Company & this deponent believes said Cook continued to serve till the Expiration of the
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said five months, and this deponent further states that, he has always understood & believes said Cook afterwards served in the hose [horse?] stationed at Cranbury under Capt Nixson but for what length of time this deponent cannot State, - And this deponent further States that he has always as long as he can remember been acquainted with the said Mary Cook & that the Mary Cook now applying for a pension and the Mary Cook who married the said David Cook in the Revolutionary War are one & the same, & this deponent remembers hearing of her marrying the said David Cook during the Revolutionary War, but this deponent does not remember the precise time, but he has no doubt but that but that she was legally married to the said Cook, during the said war, & that the said David & Mary resided together from that time forward till the death of said David as man & wife & were always reputed to be legally married, in their neighbourhood & their children always received treated in society as legitimate.

John Rue

Sworn & subscribed at Freehold in said County before me a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County this 9th September 1836.

William Lloyd

& I the said judge do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said John Rue & that he is a credible person & his statements entitled to belief & Confidence

William Lloyd
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss. William Campbell of said County being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say that he is now between 71 & 72 years old & was acquainted with David Cook whose Widow Mary Cook is now applying for a pension at & before the commencement of the Revolutionary war, till he died. This deponent has always lived in the County of Monmouth except some years in Sussex County in the Same State, this deponent remembers that said David Cook enlisted in the 5 Month service in June or July 1776 in Cap'n John Hendersons Company. This deponents brother Duncan Campbell joined the same company & was out in said Service with said Cook, said Duncan is now dead. This deponents brother Duncan & said Cook was absent till the time of 5 months aforesaid had expired & this deponent has always understood & believes that said Cook served his said term of enlistment out fairly & faithfully. This deponent further states that after said Cook returned from said five months service he joined at Freehold a troop of horse under Cap'n Robert Nixson which horse were stationed at Cranbury, but this deponent cannot state for how long. He thinks said Cook joined said Troop about 1st January 1777- This deponent further States that said David Cook, after his term of enlistment in said troop of horse had expired returned into Monmouth County & joined a company of foot in the first regiment of Monmouth Militia under the Command of Cap'n John Walton, and this deponent further states, that he recollects that there was a General call upon the Militia of this County some time before the Battle of Germantown in the fall of the year 1777, & this deponent recollects, that among others the said Company of
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the 1st Regiment of Monmouth Militia started for Freehold in Said County to join the Army under Gen'l Washington. That 3 or 4 Companies stated at the same time from the same place under the command of Gen'l David Forman & Major Asher Holmes, this deponent acting as drummer for the Battalion till they had got as much as two miles from the village of Freehold, when this deponent was ordered back by Gen'l Forman to act as drummer for the guard then Stationed at said village of Freehold. This deponent does not remember the said David Cook particularly upon that occasion, but he remembers that the said Cook then belonged to said Waltons Company & that the whole company was mounted, & this deponent should in all probability have known it if said look had not gone. And this deponent further states that he has very frequently heard said Cook say that he said Cook was in the Battle of Germantown aforesaid, & relate the circumstances of the action & this deponent was in the habit of hearing said Cook say he was in said Battle from immediately after said Cook returned from said Battle till his death, several years since, & this deponent has also frequently heard said book & this deponents brothers Duncan & John Campbell tell over their actions in said battle & that his said brothers are now dead. this deponent further States, that said Cook was a man of strict veracity in common conversation, & would not say a thing untrue, & this deponent always believed & still believes, that said Cook was in the battle of Germantown aforesaid & served then a period of at least one month. And this deponent further states that he has frequently from shortly after the battle of Monmouth in June 1778 heard
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said David Cook say that he was in the battle of Monmouth & he believes the fact so to be, but he does not recollect of having heard him say in what Company, but presumes it must have been in Capt John Waltons Company, & this deponent has no doubt, but that said Cook in June 1778 served a tour of at least one month, And this deponent further states, that he was stationed as a drummer to the guard which was kept up at Monmouth Court house from the time of the Battle of Germantown aforesaid till the close of the war, that said Guard generally amounted to from 4 to 500 men, under the command of Gen'l Forman, & that this deponent was during the time aforesaid in the constant habit of seeing the different Companies & their Captains come & depart in the service of their monthly tours, This deponent acting as a drummer of the different Companies as they came & went. And this deponent further states that during the years 1778-1779-1780-1781, 1782 & 1780 this deponent was in the frequent habit of seeing said David Cook in actual service on said monthly tours, & that he could not have seen said Cook during the years aforesaid less than twelve times, serving at each time a tour of one month each, but this deponent cannot remember the particular months, and this deponent further states, that he was acquainted with the said Mary Cook before she was married to said David Cook, & that she then resided in Middlesex County but moved immediately after she was married into Monmouth, & resided there till her said husbands death, that he recollects of hearing of the said Marriage at the time it occurred (one of this deponents sisters
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Rachael who is now dead being at the wedding) during the Revolutionary war, & that they have ever since lived together as man & wife & been so universally reputed in the neighborhood ever since & their children were [illegible] treated in society as legitimate & that said Mary Cook has never again been married since the death of her said husband but has remained & still is his widow

William Campbell

Sworn & subscribed at Freehold in & for said County before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for said County this 9th day of September 1836. The words "in Cap'n Hendersons Company" on 1st page interlined & the word Companies interlined on 3d page before sworn

William Lloyd

And I the said Judge before whom the foregoing affidavit of William Campbell was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Campbell & that he is a credible person & his statements entitled to belief & confidence

William Lloyd
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss: Major James Craig of said County being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that he is now between Eighty two & eighty three years of age, & that he has been acquainted with David Cook whose widow Mary Cook this deponent understands is now applying for a pension, & has been acquainted with him from before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, that the said David Cook always resided in the Township of Freehold from before the commencement of said war, till his death which happened some years ago. And this deponent further states that the said David Cook the later part of June or the beginning of July 1776 enlisted at the same time with this deponent in a company of foot under the Command of Capt John Henderson for the term of five months, that said Company was one of the four companies ordered to be raised by an ordinance of the provincial Congress of New Jersey passed June 14, 1776 by which ordinance 3300 Militia were ordered to be immediately raised & marched to join the American Army then at Long Island, that 4 Companies from Monmouth & 4 companies from Middlesex formed one Battalion that David Forman was Colonel, Thomas Henderson Major ___ Heard Brigadier General & one Hoop or Hooper Brigade Major. That Tunis Van Der veer was 1st Lieutenant, Elisha Walton 2d Lieutenant, & John Walton part of the time orderly Sargeant & part of the time Ensign. That this deponent was a private in the same company, & that said David Cook marched with said Company to Long Island & continued to serve to serve in said Company till his Term of enlistment had ex-
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[ex]pired, & that said company continued in the field Cooperating with the Continental Army till the term of five months had expired, doing duty all the time & were at the battle on Long Island, White plains &c. That sometime in December 1776 or January 1777 this deponent & the said David Cook again Enlisted in a troop of horse commanded by Captain Robert Nixson for the Term of five months, that said Troop was stationed at Cranbury in the County of Middlesex, that Ray Phillips was lieutenant of said Troop of horse, that said troop was under the General Command of Gen'l Putnam who lay at Princeton. And this deponent further States that the said David Cook served his term of five months out in said troop & then enlisted again for a term of three months in the same troop, that after the first term of five months had expired, part of the said troop were detached up into Morris County of which part were this Deponent & the said David Cook, & that the said David Cook continued to serve in said troop up in Morris County until his said last-mentioned term had expired. And this deponent further states, that after the said last term of enlistment, had expired this Deponent & the said David Cook returned into Monmouth County, & joined in the fall or winter of the year 1777 a company of foot in the first regiment of Monmouth Militia under Capt John Walton, and this deponent further states, that he does not doubt & does verily verily believe that the said David Cook served a tour of one month to wit the month of June 1778 in said Company under Capt John Walton, that said company was out,
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during that month, that said Company had been some time before the day of the Battle of Monmouth ordered up towards Trenton & that scarcely any person in this neighborhood capable of bearing arms was left at home & this deponent (although he does not remember particularly the said David Cook upon that occasion), has not the least doubt but that he turned out with his Company. That said Waltons Company when they arrived at Trenton were put under the command of Command of Col Morgan together with several other Militia Companies from Monmouth. And this deponent further States, that during the years 1778-1779, he has no doubt but that the said David Cook was in Actual Service as much as four months besides the month of June aforesaid, in tours of one month each as a private in said Company, but this deponent cannot from loss of memory specify the particular tours. But he thinks that said Cook must have served as many tours as he has above stated from his knowledge of the circumstances of the times, the situation of the County & the nature of Militia duty at that period. The said David Cook may have served more tours than above mentioned during said period but this deponent is confident he could not have served less. And this deponent further States, (being shewn Exhibit No 8 on the application of Margaret Walton for a pension) that the person whose name is spelled David Koock on said Exhibit is the same David Cook whose widow Mary Cook is now applying for a pension, & that said David Cook served at the time & in the manner therein stated. And this deponent further States, that he has no doubt, but that the said David Cook served as much as
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two months besides the time in said Exhibit mentioned, in tours of one month each in the year 1780 in said Company, but this deponent does not recollect the service of said David Cook during the year 1780 particularly, nor the precise periods, or the particular months of his service, but he thinks he could not have served during the year 1780 less than the periods aforesaid. And this deponent further states, that he has no doubt, & verily believes that the said Cook continued to serve whenever called upon till the cose [close] of the war, & that during the years 1781, 1782 & 1783 he was repeatedly out in the service, but this deponent cannot specify the times or periods, but that said Cook must he thinks have been in service as much as four months in tours of one month each during the said last three years of the war. That said Cook was always an active friend of his country & a willing soldier from the commencement to the end of the war. And this deponent further states that he has been acquainted with the said Mary Cook since he was 15 years old, & recollects hearing of the Marriage of the said David & Mary Cook during the Revolutionary War, & that they have continued to live together ever since till the time of his death & that the said Mary Cook has never been Married since the death of said David Cook but still remains his widow to the best of this deponents Knowledge & belief.

James Craig

Sworn & subscribed before me a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County this 8th day of August 1836. The words "five" interlined

William Lloyd
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twice on 2d page & the word "three" erased twice on 2d page, the word "Monmouth" interlined on 2d page the word served interlined on 3d page the word "& verily believed" interlined on 4th page of this affidavit before sworn to

William Lloyd

And the said Judge before whom the foregoing affidavit of James Craig was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said James Craig & that he is a credible person & his statements entitled to belief & confidence

William Lloyd
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I William Lloyd one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that Mary Cook the within mentioned applicant on hath this day produced before me her family Bible containing her family record of marriages births & deaths & that I believe the same to be her family record of the above matters & that the following is truly copied from a blank page in said book viz "Family record -

Mariages
David & Mary Cook was married the 30th day of December in the year of our Lord 1778"-

& that on the following leaves are the births & deaths of their children. And I do further certify that it appears to me & that I believe the same to be the family record & the only family record of said Mary Cook.

William Lloyd
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss: Peter Johnson of said County being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose & say, that he was acquainted with David Cook whose widow Mary Cook is now applying for a pension, at & before the commencement of the Revolutionary war & was acquainted with him till his death, that said David Cook belonged to the same company with this deponent under Captain John Walton in the first regiment of Monmouth Militia & being shewn Exhibit No 8 on the application of Margaret Walton for a pension says that the person named therein as David Koock is the same David Cook whose widow Mary Cook is now applying for a pension, this deponent further thinks & is confident that said Cook joined the said company of Capt John Walton as early as the month of September 1777. This deponent recollects, that said Company under the Command of said John Walton was in actual service part of the months of September & October 1777 & were at the Battle of Germantown, this deponent being here in actual service in said company that the Militia of Monmouth County were called there & were under the command of Gen'l D. Forman & Major Asher Holmes, this deponent does not remember the said David Cook being particularly on that occasion as being with the company, but he has no doubt but that at that time said Cook belonged to said Waltons Company, & that he was during that time in Actual Service, the whole company being ordered out, & the said David Cook must in the ordinary course of events have been with his company with his company both before & after the Battle of ["Monmouth" crossed out] Germantown & that said Cook served out a term of one month And this deponent further States
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that the said Company under Capt Walton served a tour of one month in June 1778 & was under the command together with the other companies of Monmouth Militia of Col Morgan & lay to the right of the Brittish Army on the day of the battle. That the whole of said company of Walton was there in actual service, & this deponent has no doubt but that said Cook was with his Company on that occasion. If he had not been this deponent would probably have know it. But the said Cook was always an active & willing soldier & this deponent has no doubt that he served upon that occasion. And this deponent further States, that from his knowledge of the Circumstances of the times & the manner of calling out of the Militia during the years 1778-1779-1780, 1781 1782 & 1783 that said David Cook during the years aforesaid must have served besides the particular months above specified as many at least as twelve months in tours of one month each, at some times all the Militia being out, & for the greater part of the time one half being out & serving in alternate tours of one month each, but this deponent cannot remember the particular months of such service from the difficulty of remembering dates & the lapse of time & the dung [dulling?] of his memory & this deponent further states, that he recollects hearing of the marriage of said Mary Cook & David Cook during the Revolutionary war, & that he has always believed that they were legally married during the war aforesaid & that they continued to live together till his death as man & wife & were so universally
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reputed in the neibourhood, & that the said Mary Cook has not again been married since the death of her said husband, & that she is a woman of good repute & a credible witness.

Peter Johnston

Sworn & subscribed this 9th September 1836 before me a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County - the words "shewn" in 1st page of this affidavit also the words "further" & "is confident" & "this deponent being then in actual service in said Company" interlined on 1st page & the words year month of October or November 1777 erased on 1st page before Sworn to.

William Lloyd

And I the said Judge before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Peter Johnson who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit, & that he is a credible person & his statements entitled to belief & confidence - William Lloyd
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State of

I the subscriber clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify, that William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken & who has signed the foregoing certificates was at the time of the doing thereof & still is a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas & justice of the peace in & for said County of Monmouth duly Commissioned & sworn & enrolled in my office And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said William Lloyd & that the name Signed William Lloyd to the foregoing affidavits & certificates is in the proper hand writing of the said William Lloyd.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Freehold in said County this twenty third day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty six

J.W. Ellis
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Nov 28
N.J.
4 July 1836
3d Sec.

[written downward:]
Freehold NJ Nov [?] 24th
free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Freehold Nov'r 23'd 1836 -

Enclosed are the papers of Mrs Mary Cooks application for a Pension. She claims under the 3'd section of the act of 1836. She Shows 1st 5 months service at Long Island, then 8 months service in the horse at Cranbury under Capt Nixson. Then in Militia in Monmouth till Con [conclusion?] of War. More particularly, one month at the battle of Germantown in 1777 & four other months in 1777-1778 & 1779 A period of 14 days under Walton in June 1780 & besides that two tours of one month each in 1780 & 4 other months in 1781, 2 & 3 Which services are supported by a number of Witnesses.

With respect to the nature of the services of the Militia of this County I beg leave to call the attention of the department to an abstract of the proceedings of the New Jersey Provincial Congress & of the journals & laws of the legislature of New  Jersey furnished to the Department by the Hon'l Garret D. Wall from this State.

It will be perceived from that abstract that the nature of the service in this county was peculiar.
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& that so much was this portion of the Country exposed that the militia were obliged to be continually on duty, in tours of one month each, & that it was impossible for a person residing here then & well affected to the cause not to have been out during the war of more than two years. But at this period of time it is impossible for them, much less for their widows to remember the particular periods of their service, & for any person to state that he could ought to be sufficient to convict him of perjury.

Those who were farther removed from the enemy, would be probably enlisted for long periods & then could easily remember them, but they would in fact be less much less deserving of a pension than those who then resided in Monmouth -- for the inhabitants in this part of the country were not only obliged to be always on the go, but were subject any at moment to be plundered + carried off as prisoners, which was not so much the case with those more inland. The department must perceive therefore that the evidence in the above case is the only that the nature of the case affords, & that it must either be deemed sufficient, or the most meritorious cases abandoned, nay more -- As the department would not intentionally make any difference

[second column, part missing on right]
among applicants, it should ...
off the rolls nine tenths of the per[sons]
from this County who are allow[ed]
their pensions for precisely simil[ar]
services, & who if they have ...
the particular months they sur[ely]
must have stated what they ...
not in the nature of things ...
ber.

Resp'y y'rs
P. Vredenburg[h]

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
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N. Jersey
Mary Cook
susp'd
See letter to P. Vredenburgh
13 Dec. 1836
Admitted

[calculation: 25 + 8.33 + 20 = 53.33]