Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 860, for Ephraim Lindsly, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Lindsly or Lindsley, Ephraim / Martha | W.860

CONTENTS
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New Jersey | 3441
Martha Lindsly, widow of Ephraim Lindsly, who died on the 26 March 1824 of Morris Co. in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private & Serg(eant) in the Company commanded by Captain Lindsly of the Reg(imant) commanded by (blank) in the N.J. Militia [crossed out: line] for 6 months & 10 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 21 Dollars 10 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of Sep. 1840 and sent to Hon. Lewis Condict, Morristown, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841.............211.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. (1841)....10.55
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                                            $221.55

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3.}

Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk.
Book C; Vol. 1; Page 142.

Let(ter sent) to Hon. P.D. Vroom, Jan. 28, 1841 (as to transmission of the certificate).
Let(ter sent) to Hon. P.D. Vroom, Feb. 4, 1841.
Let(ter sent) to Hon. J.H. Miller Jan. 28, '46.
Sec(retary) of War Nov. 19, '46.
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Orlando L. Kirtland depose & say that I am the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church & Congregation in Morristown, New Jersey & that the Church Records of Baptisms, marriages &c. of said Congregation are in my custody as Pastor thereof, by which it appears that Ephraim Lindsly was married to Martha Gobell by Rev'd Timothy Johnes, then Pastor of said Church, on the Third of July Seventeen Hundred & Seventy seven.

In the original record, which I believe to be in the handwriting of Doctor Johnes, the entry is made in the words & figures as follows. Viz.:

"1777 July 3 - Ephraim Lindsly & Martha Gobell."

The above is a true copy of the word, which is expressed thereon in fair & legible letters & figures, on page 49.
s/ Orlando L. Kirtland

Sworn before me this 3 day of September 1838.
s/ Elias Wood, J.P.

The date (in figure) of the day in September in the last line was accidentally blotted. It is intended for the 3rd of September.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify that Elijah Ward, Esq., before whom the within deposition of Rev'd Orlando L. Kirtland was taken & subscribed on the 3rd day of September 1838 is now & was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of [the] Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & authorized & the signature of his name thereto "Elijah Ward" is genuine.

Witness my signature & the Seal of my Office at Morristown in said State & County this 24th July 1839.
s/ D.B. Hurd, Clerk
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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.

State of New Jersey 
County of Morris//

On this 30th day of August [Anno] Domini 1838 personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, Mrs. Martha Lindsly, a resident & native of Morris Township in said County & State, aged 78 years on the 3rd day of July last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth 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. I am the widow of Ephraim Lindsly, who was a sergeant in Captain John Lindsly's Company of Infantry in Colonel Jacob Ford's Regiment of Morris County, N. Jersey, Militia & performed militia service as sergeant in said company & under other captains in time of the Revolutionary War in defense of his county from the beginning to the end of said war. My knowledge of his military duties, is from his own story, which I have often heard him state on his return from his various tours. I have very often prepared his clothes & his provisions for such tours & furnished his knapsack with such necessaries as I could provide when he marched off with his company, leaving me to take the care of our children & the farm in his absence. His services were performed, as I understood, in the neighborhood of New York, Staten Island, Elizabeth Town, Amboy, Springfield & other places along the enemy's lines. General Heard, General Winds, Colonels Ford, Seely & Hathaway & Spencer were the Field Officers, as I believe, under whose command he acted. In the early part of 1776, before the Built fleet came to New York, he was out upon militia duty under Captain Lindsly & Colonel Ford, as I understood, performing guard duty & building forts & breastworks opposite Staten Island & near Elizabeth Town.

I have often heard him mention the "mud rounds" when the enemy pursued Gen'l Washington's Army through N. Jersey in the fall of '76. He was then a sergeant in Capt. Lindsly's Sompany. In the same winter, early in December, he was upon a month's tour under the same captain at Springfield & under Gen'l Heard & Col. Spencer & aided in taking a body of Hessian prisoners. A battle was fought at Springfield at this time & I recollect having my husband tell of Robert Pollard, one of his comrades, being shot through the breast in that battle & that Colonel Spencer had his horse shot under him & mounted another horse.

In the winter of '76-7, Ephraim Lindsly enlisted to serve for 3 months or for 5 months. I am not certain which period but think it was for 3 months & in Captain Seely's Command, as I understood. This term of enlistment, he served out that winter & spring in the neighborhood of Elizabeth Town, Springfield & Quibble Town, when the enemy lay in winter quarter in New Brunswick & Amboy. General Winds had command of the militia...
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...I recollect having my husband often speak of battles & skirmishes in which he was engaged. Viz.: Short Hills, Ash Swamp, Wardsesson, Acquackanonk, Springfield, Connecticut Farms. In the skirmish at Wardsesson, (now Bloomfield) John Lindsly Jun(ior), a son of Capt. Lindsly, was wounded. Caleb Crane was killed in the battle. Stephen Ogden was wounded & brought to our house, a cripple in a wagon, soon after the battle. He was at Connecticut Farms when that village & its Church were burnt by the enemy & the wife of Rev'd Mr. Caldwell was shot through a window. He assisted in carrying her dead body from the house in which she was killed to prevent it from being burned. When the army lay at Morristown, the militia was ordered to Elizabeth Town on an expedition to Staten Island. My husband took his own horse & one from our neighbor, Mr. Canfield, & took down a sled load of armed militiamen. They all crossed over to the island upon the ice & in the night to take a British guard near a fort, as my husband said. The enemy had got tidings of it & had reenforced & the militia had to retreat.

He performed some tours of guard duty at Morristown Jail, guarding prisoners. He was performing duty there when one Capt. Iliff & capt(ain) or Lieut. John Mee were hanged at that place. When the Pennsylvania Line revolted in the spring of the year, my husband was called out & performed a tour of militia duty under Capt. Lindsly between Basking Ridge & Plackamin. And in the summer & fall when Cornwallis's Army surrendered, he was out upon militia duty between Elizabeth Town & Springfield under Captain Lindsly, Col. Seely & Colonel Hathaway. These particulars, I learned from my husband & I believe he performed these various services & many others, which I have forgotten. Uriah Sutton was a sergeant in Capt. Lindsly's Company with my husband & was promoted to be ensign or lieutenant. Samuel Oliver & George Bockoven were officers in the same company, both of them are dead. Sutton, I believe, is still living but very aged & infirm. Deacon David Lindsly also belonged to the company & I hope to obtain from him & from [Uriah] Sutton such testimony of my husband's service, as their memories can permit. I know of no other living witnesses. I was married to Ephraim Lindsly on the 3rd day of July 1777, being then 17-years-old. Rev'd Timothy Johnes, Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown married us. We spent our lives in this township & raised a large family of children. Viz.: 3 sons & 3 daughters. My husband, Ephraim Lindsly, died on the 26th day of March 1824 & I have remained his widow to the present day, as...
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...will more fully appear by other testimony.

The most parts of my husband's revolutionary duties were performed, as I believe, under Captain Lindsly. He may probably on some occasions have been under command of Captain Peter Layton & sometimes of some other captains not recollected now. I verily believe that he was actively engaged in militia duties in defense of our country in every year of the war from its beginning to its close.
s/ Martha Lindsly (X - her mark)

Sworn & subscribed the day & year first mentioned before me.
s/ William Babbit
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V | Feb. 27th 1839.
4373
New Jersey, Morris County.
Martha Lindsly, widow of Ephraim Lindsly.

4 July 1836

Married 3 July 1777.
Husband died 26 March 1824.

Return to Lewis Condict, Morristown, N. Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared, Uriah Sutton, of Somerset County in said State, an aged & reputable citizen of Warren Township, who being by me duly sworn according to law on his solemn oath saith as follows. I am in the 98th year of my age; was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution & preformed militia duty in every year of said war from beginning to its end. I lived in Morris County, adjoining Somerset County, where most of my life has been spent. I was intimately acquainted with Ephraim Lindsly of Morris County, who was my neighbor, whom I often saw engaged in performing militia duty in the war. Ephraim Lindsly was a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain John Lindsly. He was regularly appointed a sergeant in said company & performed a sergeant duty's whenever I saw him in the sompany. He sometimes performed militia duty under Captain Peter Layton's command, whose company was in the same township with Lindsly's & adjoining to it & Colonel Ford commanded the regiment. I was a sergeant in the same company with Lindsly & sometime afterward was elected a lieutenant & served as such. Whilst I was a sergeant with Ephraim Lindsly, we often performed militia duty together along the enemy's lines at Elizabeth Town, Springfield, Connecticut Farms, Quibble Town, Wardsesson (now Bloomfield) Acquackanonk & was with him in several skirmishes & battles. Our tours were generally of one month duration, by classes, when we even relieved by another class & went home. There were frequent claims also upon which occasions we were out sometimes 10 days & sometimes more or less. General Winds & General Heard were our general officers & Colonel Fordm, Seely & Hathaway generally commanded our regiment. In the early part of the war in '76, I recollect Ephraim Lindsly was with us on a month's tour at Elizabeth Town when Washington's Army marched through [New] Jersey, pursued by the enemy, to New Brunswick late in the fall. This was called the, "Mud Rounds March." We returned home to Morris County by Veal Town & Plackamin.

Ephraim Lindsly was also with us at Van Muliner's near Quibble Town when the enemy lay at New Brunswick in the winter & spring of 1777. Our company was then on duty till late in the spring, not less than two months as I believe. We had frequent skirmishes with the enemy this winter at Ash Swamp, Woodbridge & Short Hills. Gen'l Winds, Col. Frelinghuysen, Col. Drake & Col. Seely were our officers. I remember Ephraim Lindsly was with our company at Wardsesson (now Bloomfield) in a skirmish with the enemy, in which Caleb Crane was killed & John Lindsly, son of our captain, & Stephen Ogden were wounded. This was in the summer season &...
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...[duplicate: &] General Winds commanded the militia, aided by Colonels Seely & Hathaway & Hays. I remember Ephraim Lindsly with our company, at Second River & Acquackanonk, in another fight with the enemy at the bridge in the fall season. Jabez Bell of Black River was killed just after this battle, accidentally, a musket ball passing through his head. The same officers commanded the militia as before. We were stationed along the river & near Newark, not less than a month on this occasion. The last tour named at Wardsesson, I believe, was on alarm probably not less than 10 days. I recollect Ephraim Lindsley with our company, in the summer of 1780 at the battle of Connecticut Farms, when that village & church was burnt & the wife of the Rev'd James Caldwell was shot through a window sitting by her cradle & her child. I saw her lying dead soon after she was killed. I have performed guard duty at Morristown, guarding the public stores & the jail, when there were prisoners confined. I well recollect Ephraim Lindsly also performing the same duty there when a Tory Officer called Captain Iliff & John Mee were hanged om Morristown Green. I think it was in the fall & in the year '78 & Lieut. Oliver commanded the co(mpany). I cannot recollect that with any accuracy, other particular services of Ephraim Lindsly, altho(ugh) I know that he performed many other militia duties, which the frailty of my memory from extreme age prevents me from stating. All his services known to me were performed as a sergeant, to which office he was regularly charged. The duties which I have endeavored to describe as performed by Ephraim Lindsly were tours of a month each, as I verily believe, except that near Quibble Town & that at Wardsesson. His wife was Martha Goble, to whom he was married before the war ended. He died some 12 or 15 years since & I believe she remains a widow to this day. I recollect that on our march to Wardsesson, our co(mpany) passed through Newark where I had left a horse. After the battle somedays, Ephraim Lindsly was taken sick & after getting better he had my horse to ride home.
s/ Uriah Sutton (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed this 9th August at the dwelling of Uriah Sutton, [Anno] Domini 1838, before me.
s/ Simeon Lindsly, Justices of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Isaac Bedell, an aged citizen of the County, well known to me as a man of truth & fair character, who being by me duly sworn according to law saith as follows. I shall be 75 years on the 25th day of August next if then alive. I was a militia soldier in the Morris Co(unty) Militia in the Revolutionary War & performed duty as a fifer in Captain Peter Layton's company at the age of 13 years. I became well acquainted with Ephraim Lindsly, who then lived in the same township. Viz.: Morris Township, with me & who belonged to the next militia company adjoining [Peter] Layton's on the north. John Lindsly was captain & Ephraim Lindsly was then a sergeant in [John] Lindsly's Company. I frequently saw Ephraim Lindsly engaged in militia duties in defense of our country in times of the war. The first time, which I now remember him preforming such duty, was in the fall of '76 at Elizabeth Town. I was then in [Peter] Layton's Co[mpany] & he was in Captain Lindsly's, a sergeant doing sergeant's duty in November. Lindsly's Co[mpany] had then been engaged on a month's tour of duty & had been stationed near Newark & had joined Gen'l Washington's situating army. Layton's Co[mpany] fell in with this retreating army in its rear & we followed on beyond New Brunswick, almost to the Delaware River & thence the Morris Co[unty] Militia under Col. Ford & Col. Drake returned home by way of Plackamin & Veal Town. This was called the, "Mud Rounds" march & I often saw Ephraim Lindsly. We got home in December & Lindsly had been out on this day not less than a month. In January following, '77, the enemy then laying in quarters in Amboy & N. Brunswick, I saw Ephraim Lindsly performing militia duty as a sergeant in [Peter] Layton's Co[mpany] at Quibble Town where a large militia force was assembled, under Gen'l Winds & Gen'l Dickinson, to defend the country. I was then a fifer in [Peter] Layton's Co[mpany] & saw Lindsly everyday parading the guard & conducting there off to their stations from time-to-time during the winter from sometime in January till the British evacuated Amboy & Brunswick in April. Lindsly was engaged in this duty not less than two months. In August '77, I performed a month's militia duty at Elizabeth Town as a private, carrying a musket in behalf of my father, John Bedell, in Captain David Bett's Company. Ephraim Lindsly then performed sergeant's duty for the same period (a month) in the same company. We were stationed at the north end of the town under command of Major Seely, performing guard duty. I sometimes then played the fife when the co[mpany] fifer was not in his place but for the most part carried a musket in my father's stead, who was then engaged in his hay & oats harvest. In March '78, I performed a month's militia duty in Capt. Ward's Company at Elizabeth Town, stationed near the Old English Church under Gen'l Winds. Ephraim Lindsly the performed sergeants duty in the...
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...[duplicate: the] same company month. My father, soon after this, removed to Sussex County & I did not see Ephraim Lindsly perform further militia duty.

I know his wife, who was Martha Gable, whom he married sometime before the war ended & I believe he was married to her before we performed the tour of duty last mentioned but of this I cannot prove with absolute certainty. I have often seen her since the death of Ephraim Lindsly & she is still his widow, living in Morris Township.
s/ Isaac Bedell

Sworn & subscribed at Morristown July 16th 1838 before me.
s/ Elijah Ward, J.P.
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New Jersey
Morris County//

Before the subscriber, a Justice of [the] Peace in & for said County of Morris, personally appeared Robert Young, an aged man, resident of Randolph Township, well known to me many years as a man of truth, who having been duly sworn according to law on his oath declares as follows.

I am in the 87th year of my age; was a soldier in the Army & in the Morris County Militia in the War of the Revolution. I was personally acquainted with Ephraim Lindsley in time of the revolution & frequently saw him when engaged in performing militia duty in defense of the country along the enemy lines in the neighborhood of Elizabeth Town, Rahway, Springfield [crossed out: &] Quibble Town & other places. In what was called the "Mud Rounds," I recollect seeing Ephraim Lindsly performing sergeant's duty in Captain John Lindsly's Company in Colonel Ford's Regiment. We were all with Genl Washington's retreating army & the militia followed the army beyond New Brunswick toward the Delaware River & then took a northern route by Boundbrook, Plackamin & Veal Town to Morristown. In this march, I became well acquainted with Ephraim Lindsly & always knew him afterward till his death. I learned from him, that he had been stationed at Elizabeth Town one month's tour of duty when the retreat began. I afterward saw him as a sergeant in the Battle of Springfield in December '76 in Col. Ford's Regiment & in Capt. Lindsly's Company, when a number of Hessian prisoners were taken & sent to Morristown. The militia were stationed after this battle below Springfield & near Elizabeth Town and Col. Ford guarding the county not less than a month. The "Mud Rounds" march was in November, & before we were discharged & went home, the ground had frozen stiff & hard.

I remember Ephraim Lindsly in the same winter (1776-7) at the Militia Camp new Quibble Town & New Brunswick under Gen'l Winds & Gen'l Dickinson in Cap. Lindsly's Company. The militia was there to defend the country whilst the enemy lay in Brunswick & Amboy, until sometime in April, when the British moved toward Philadelphia. Lindsly was the performing sergeant's duty in his company from sometime in January till in April, not less than three months, during which time there were frequent skirmishes with the enemy at Ash Swamp, Short Hills, Woodbridge & Strawberry Hill. Major Seely was there that winter & had the command of a regiment or battalion & Lindsly was in his command.

Sergeant Lindsly served one tour of a month with us keeping guard at Elizabeth Town Point, opposite Staten Island, in May & Jun '77 under Colonel Seely & Gen'l Winds. And in the same season, he served a month at Pompton & along the Hudson River about the time when Burgoyne's Army was taken. He was in Lindsly's Co[mpany] &...
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...[duplicate: &] under Gen'l Wind's command. In the fore part of the summer, General Winds, at the head of the Morris Militia, went on an expedition against the Indians on the Delaware [River] & Minisink [River]. We marched through Susquehanna & by Sussex Courthouse. The enemy had burned the settlement & murdered many of the inhabitants. Sergeant Lindsly was with us on this expedition in Captain Lindsly's Company & used Seely as colonel. We were absent, on this duty, not less than five weeks.

Ephraim Lindsly was at the Battle of Acquackanonk Bridge early in the fall season under Capt. Lindsly, Col. Seely & Gen'l Winds. The militia were stationed along the Passaic River, between Newark & Paterson, not less than a month. Jabez Bell, a militiaman of Captain Davis' Company was killed accidentally, just after the battle; a ball passing through his head. I recollect to have seen Sergeant Lindsly twice, at least, performing guard duty at the jail guarding prisoners at Morristown & once at the same place guarding the public stores there.

The first time I saw him guarding the prisoners was in the fore part of winter & the second time was at the breaking up of winter in March. The year, I do not remember. He was with his company at Connecticut Farms in the spring of 1780 when that village & church were burnt by the enemy & it was the time when Mrs. Caldwell as killed by firing upon her through a window. He was also at Springfield Battle in the summer following, in June, in Col. Seely's Regiment & under General Wind's command.

Our militia duties generally were limited to a month to perform guard duty along the lines of the enemy, who possessed New York & Staten Island. The militia were divided into classes & relieved each other. But the country was frequently overrun by the enemy & the whole militia would then be on active duty to repel & keep them within their lines. Ephraim Lindsly married Martha Goble. She had several brothers, whom I knew & after saw in the Revolutionary War. Enoch & Aaron & Silas Goble were her brothers, whom I knew very well.
s/ 

Sworn & subscribed at Morristown August 21st 1838 before me.
s/ James Wood
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New Jersey
Morris County//

Before the subscriber, a Justice of [the] Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Agur Lindsly of Morris County, an aged & respectable citizen of
said County, who being first duly sworn according to law saith as follows. Viz.: I am in the 72nd year of my age; was born in Morris Township & Ephraim Lindsly, the husband of Martha Lindsly, now an applicant for a pension, was my elder brother. In the beginning of the Revolutionary War, in the winter season but the year I cannot tell, there was a company of soldiers from New England came up from Elizabeth Town, or some place [crossed out: near] beyond it, to my [crossed out: father's] mother's house & took their quarters for the winter in that neighborhood. Fifteen of this body were quartered in my mother's house & remained there till spring. My brother, Ephraim Lindsly, was the oldest of the brothers & he had then enlisted for three months under Captain Seely, afterward Colonel Seely, & my said brother was then from home engaged in public service under that enlistment. He left home on that duty in the fall season, & I think, it was in November. I recollecting him go from home with his knapsack containing some provisions & some clothing. With his cartridge box & a smooth bored rifle, which he bought for the purpose of a Mr. Dod of Mendham, who manufactured guns & rifles. He told me he paid Dod Fifteen dollars for the rifle. Ephraim Lindsly was an Orderly Sergeant in Seely's Company; George Phillips was a lieutenant in the company & I believe one
Carter was ensign. My said brother, Ephraim [Lindsly] was at home over & I believe but once during that winter, except when his term of 3 months had expired, which was toward spring & near the month of March. I was then about 8 or 9 years old.

I have after seen Col. Seely since the war ended at Ephraim's house & heard them talk of their skirmishes & battles. I have heard Col Seely often speak of Ephraim Lindsly as being his Orderly Sergeant in the 3 months service. I have often heard my said brother tell of other services in the ilitia under Captain John Lindsly & of Captain Peter Layton at Springfield, Connecticut Farms, Elizabeth Town, Newark & Staten Island. Ephraim Lindsly married Martha Goble before the war was ended; died some 14 or 15 years since & said Martha remains his widow to this day.
s/ Agur Lindsly

Sworn & subscribed at Morristown 16th October 1838 before me.
s/ Elijah Ward, J.P.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Before the subscriber, a Justice of [the] Peace in said County, personally appeared Deacon David Lindsly, a man of truth & of distinguished piety & of high Christian character, who being duly sworn saith on oath as follows. I am just entered upon my 79th year; was a Soldier of Militia in the War of the Revolution & was well acquainted with Ephraim Lindsly through the whole of said war & up to the time of his death, we lived our whole lifetime as near neighbors in habits of friendship & intimacy. Ephraim Lindsly was a sergeant in Captain John Lindsly's company, who was my father & we performed many tours of militia duty together, sometimes under Captain Lindsly & sometimes under Capt. Peter Layton, who was a captain of a Militia Company adjoining & in the same township. The militia was divided into classes & generally our tours of duty were performed by tour of a month; one class in one month & another class in the next.

When my father went out on command, if it were admissible, I was kept at home to carry on the farm, & when my turn came, my father remained to carry it on. But when the country was invaded & the enemy strong, the whole body was out to defend the country. I was more frequently under Capt. Layton in my regular tours; than under my father & Ephraim Lindsly was also sometimes under Layton.

I recollect Ephraim [Lindsly] with me one tour of a month under Capt. Layton at Blazing Star Ferry opposite Staten Island, in summer season. One month at Elizabeth Town, just before Monmouth battle in June under Layton & Gen'l Wind, one month at Wardsesson & Acquackanonk, during which time we had a battle near the bridge, in which Stephen Ogden was wounded, Caleb Crane was killed & my brother, John Lindsly, Junior, was shot through the thigh. Our month was Hackensack; both these last tours were in the fall season when all the militia was together under Gen'l Winds. Cols. Seely, Frelinghuysen, Hathaway & Hays. I recollect Ephraim Lindsly also at the Battles of Connecticut Farms & Springfield in the spring & summer of 1780, under Gen'l Winds & the same officers as before named. I know his widow well & their family. I was present at his funeral about 14 years since & she still is his widow.
s/ David Lindsly

Sworn & subscribed before me at Morristown October 20th 1838.
s/ Elishia Ward, J.P.
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New Jersey
Morris County//

State of New Jersey
Morris County//

I, Joseph Dalrimple, Esq., Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify that William Babbit, Esq., before whom the within declaration of Mrs. Martha Lindsly was taken, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned & authorized & the signature of his name thereto, "William Babbit" is genuine. I also certify that James Wood, Esq., before whom the affidavit of Robert Young hereto annexed was taken, is a Judge of the same Court, duly commissioned & authorized & the signature of his name thereto, "James Wood" is genuine. I also certify that Simeon Lindsly, before whom the deposition of Uriah Sutton was taken, is also a Justice of [the] Peace in said County, duly commissioned & authorized & the signature of his name thereto, "Simeon Lindsly" is genuine. I also certify that Elijah Ward, Esq., before whom the several annexed depositions if Isaac Bedell, Agur Lindsly, of David Lindsly & of Orlando L. Kirtland, who is the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church & Congregation in Morristown, is a Justice of [the] Peace in said County, duly commissioned & authorized & that the signature of his name to the respective depositions, "Elijah Ward" is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of my Office at Morristown this 20th day of October [Anno} Domini 1838.
s/ Jos. Dalrimple, Clerk
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Rev(olutionary) War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 860
Martha Lindsly, widow [of] Ephraim Lindsly.
Pri(vate), Rev(olutionary) War.
Act: July 4, 1836.
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 435.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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4 papers.
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V | N. Jersey
Martha Lindsly
Let(ter sent) to Hon. L. Condict, 2 July 1839.
(Letter sent) to same 12 Sep. 1834.
(Letter sent) to same 21 (Sep. 1834).
(Letter sent to) Simeon Lindsly, Sep. 2, 1840 (referring to let(ter) of 21 Sep.)

Act July 1836.
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New Jersey
Ephraim Lindsly - Marginal [crossed out: Record]
Close of the war. | 0.3.0.......Record.
1776.   | 0.1.0...................Capt. Lindsly, Eliz(abeth) Town.
1777.   | 0.1.0...................(Capt. Lindsly, Eliz(abeth) Town).
(blank) | 0.1.0...................(Capt. Lindsly, Eliz(abeth) Town).
(blank) | 0.1.0...................(Capt. Lindsly, Eliz(abeth) Town).
       =========
          0.6.0
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New Jersey
Martha Lindsly, Act 1836 to what time paid?
s/ V.L.

Not on Auditor's Books.
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4373
Martha Lindsly
Act July 4, 1836.
Married 3rd July 1777.
Husband died 26 March 1824.

Capt. Lindsly, N.J. Militia.

Admitted. Private. 6 mos. & 10 days.
$21.10

Hon Lewis Condict, Morristown, N.J.
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Morris County
State of New Jersey//

Personally appeared before me, Simeon Lindsley, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, David Lindsley aged 85 years and upwards, who being duly sworn upon his oath doth depose and say he was well acquainted with Ephraim Lindsley during the Revolution(ary) War, say from 1776 to 1782; a greater part of the time resided within three quarters of a mile of him. He was about seven years older than this deponent and was called a great patriot. I am satisfied he served during the Revolutionary War as a soldier & think a part of the time enlisted, at other times as a Common Militiaman. Also, I believe he acted as Orderly Sergeant some part of the time and perfectly justifiable in saying I believe he served as a soldier in the war one year and upwards, and was ever ready to assist the destitute soldiers during the war whenever it was within his limited means.
s/ David Lindsey

Sworn and subscribed before me the Fifth day of January A.D. 1846.
s/ Simeon Lindsley, Justice of the Peace
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Martha Lindsly.
Additional pages rec(eived) July 26th.

Filed by Hon. C.K. Gardner, Present
Aug. 30th.
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"Martha Lindsly (the applicant) is the widow of Ephraim Lindsly, a Revolutionary Soldier, who has been dead about 14 years, applies for the pension for services of her husband from 1775 to '80. Ephraim [Lindsly] was a cousin to me. We were raised in the same neighborhood; was about 12 years older than myself. To my recollection, he served as Orderly Sergeant, a part of two years under my father, Captain John Lindsly. At that time, I was old enough to remember hearing of the steady maneuvering conduct of Ephraim Lindsly as a true patriot through the war. His associates are nearly all numbered with the dead, which makes it impossible to prove one half of his services. Doct(or) Lewis Condict of Morristown has forwarded his application."

A true extract from the letter of Judge Silas Lindsly of Morristown N.J., dated 13th July 1839.
s/ C.K. Gardner
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Martha Lindsly of New Jersey, under the Act of 1836, has been admitted to a pension of (about) $21 per an(num); being all that can be allowed from the proof furnished. From this decision, an appeal is respectfully requested to the Secretary of War on the ground that the grade of the husband as a sergeant & the duration of his service for a longer period than has been allowed will satisfactorily appear by examination.

The points raised in the case are; Is the grade of Ephraim Lindsly as a sergeant proved?; Does the proof as to the duration of his service justify an arrears of the widow's pension?
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Morristown, N.J., Sep. 18th '40.

Dear Sir,

I wish to ask your attention to the case of Mrs. Jemima Farrand, widow of Lieut. Phinehas Farrand of this County.

In a former letter from your office (the date not now recollected but more than a year since) you stated to Mr. Maxwell & afterward to me that it was decided to allow her a pension for 13 mos. service if she would accept for that time. Sometime thereafter, probably ([crossed out: last] Aug. '39) I signified her acceptance & have expected the certificate. Probably, in the purpose of your various duties my letter may have been overlooked or perhaps it may have been supposed applicable to another Lieut. Farrand. Viz.: Bethenl, for whose widow residing in Vermont, testimony had been taken her & forwarded to your office by me.

The widow Martha Lindsley (of Ephraim [Lindsley]) concluded to accept your decision. Viz.: For 6 mos. & 10 days service. If upon looking at it, you are satisfied that consistently with duty, you cannot allow it for a longer term nor for a sergeant's rank, I admit there is no record proof of his rank as
subaltern but there is most abundant evidence by those serving with him of the fact of his service & rank as sergeant & of his regular appointment as such & my impression is that in regard to subaltern, documentary proof has not been heretofore required.

Please issue certificates in both cases according to your judgment.

Yours respectfully your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict

Col. Edwards
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Morristown, July 23rd 1839.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of 2nd July enclosing the deposition of Rev'd Mr. Kiitland as to the copy from the record of the marriage of Ephraim Lindsly is herewith returned. The clerk having certified the official character & signature of the Magistrate, Elijah Ward, Esq.

I have found, after a tricorn search at Trenton, a marginal reference of a certificate of Silas Condict, Esq. Viz.: No. 508 - 3rd May (year not mentioned) £ 2.3.0. And in an old Receipt Book of James Mott, former Treas(urer), 2 receipts for 1 yr. int(erest) paid on notes issued by Silas Condict. No. 819, £ 5.5.0. No. 825, £ 0.8.9. These 3 standing in the name of Ephraim Lindsly.

With a view to save time & labor, I propose having an abstract made from these imperfect records of all the names, sums &c. &c. having reference to claims which I have sent to your office not decided & have them duly authorized by the proper officers [crossed out: there] at Trenton.

Some of the papers & books are in the office of the Secretary of State, some of the Treasurer & others in possession of the State Librarian.

This, I will have done as soon as possible.

Yours with esteem,
s/ Lewis Condict

Col. Edwards

[illegible]
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FREE

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington

Sep. 21
Jurat, N.J.
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Morristown, N.J., Sept 16th '39.

Dear Sir,

Your favor of the 12th last is before me. I have this morning seen a son of Mrs. Martha Lindsly & showed him your letter, which proposes to grant a pension for 6 mos. & 10 days service.

He thinks his mother will be dissatisfied with it, knowing as she does, that a much larger portion of his time was spent in faithful active duty in defense of his county. The widows all testify that he was a sergeant & that all his services were performed in that character.

Your letter does not state whether the allowance would be [illegible] as for service in that grade or as for a private. And I am desired to ask in her behalf whether or not you would extend the time to the number of months proved by the witnesses. Sutton, Young, Lindsly & Bedell, allowing it as for a [crossed out: subaltern] non-commissioned officer!

Very respectfully your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s/ Lewis Condict

Col. Edwards
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New Vernon, N.J.
27 Aug.

Simeon Lindsley, Rahway

Free

Mr. Edwards
Pension Agent
Washington City, D.C.

Aug 31, 1840
N.J.
Martha Lindsay
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New Vernon, Morris County, N.J. 28 Aug. 1840.

D(ea)r Sir,

May I not in confidence expect you will reconsider the application of my mother, the widow Martha Lindsly, for pension.

She is in necessitous circumstances and quite infirm in her 85 year.

If my father's fellow soldiers were living, there would be no difficulty in proving his services, at least three years. As far as I can judge of the evidence before you, it goes fully to prove his services as Orderly Sergeant over six months, which I think is one item you have overlooked.

I should in behalf of mother take it as a great on the receipt of this once more to examine her papers and let myself or Doc(tor) Condict know the result.

There is ono man in this neighborhood that receives $40 per year, who was seven years younger than father, but this man swore for himself.

I feel no reluctance in leaving it to your good judgement, hoping sympathy for poor destitute widows will lead you to speedy discussion in their behalf as their dissolution is near at hand, hoping that they may receive a little enjoyment for their revolutionary services previous to their exit.

Verry respectfully yours,
s/ Simeon Lindsly

Mr. Edwards, Pension Agent