Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 920, for Simon Stryker, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     New Jersey

Stryker, Simon

NUMBER     S. 920

carded

CONTENTS
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17364
New Jersey

Simon Stryker of Somerset in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Comp(pany) commanded by Captain Beard of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Vroom in the N. Jersey line for 2 years.

¢17364

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Aug. 1832 and sent to J.F. Randolph, M(iddlesex) C(ounty), Present.

Arrears to the 4th of March '2...........$160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '2.......40
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                                         $200

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book 6; Vol. 3; Page 150

Dead, served in Capt. [illegible].
Let(ter sent) to J.H. Hartman 21 July 1857.
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Simon Stryker
Simon Striyker
No. 6077
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State of New Jersey
County of Somerset//

On this Fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset now sitting Simon Stryker, a resident of the Township of Franklin in the County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, aged Eighty four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of New Jersey and under the following named officers and volunteered under Captain Probano till Washington went to Pennsylvania. Crossed the Delaware [River] near Connell's Ferry & went to [illegible] Town. Stayed there two days. On the expiration of this month retuned home; then went out under Capt. Abraham Vanderbeck; served at Elizabeth Town & Springfield; served under Emanuel Winds, Col. Frelinghuysen, Col. Vroom, Col. Short, Col. Quick, Capt. Corey Lott, Capts. Baird, Babcock, Faulkner, [illegible] & Major Lindley but at this distance of time cannot specify particulars of service. Is and always has been a resident of the County of Somerset. Served occasionally as Minuteman. Mostly was out during the whole Revolutionary War. Says out during the whole war. Was under Gen. Washington, Gen. Wines, Col. Frelinghuysen, Col. Vroom, Col. Hunter, Col. Quick, Maj. Baird and others as others. Was a militiaman; all his time a private. Was born 1st day of February 1748. Has a record of his age. When [crossed out: I lived] entered the service, I lived in the County of Somerset, where he has lived ever since.

He hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any Pension Roll of any Agency of any State.
s/ Simon Stryker (X - his mark)

Sworn in Open Court.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
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Somerset County//

Before the Court of Common Pleas of said County appeared Richard Vanarsdalen, who being sworn on his oath saith that he is  well acquainted with Simon Stryker, the above applicant. That he was out with him in the War of the Revolution. Was with him at Newark, Elizabeth Town, Bergen and other places. It has always been understood and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and is a man of fair character.
s/ Richard Vanarsdalen

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court
s/ Wm. B. Gaston

We, [crossed out: John L. (illegible), Clergyman] Christopher Vanarsdalen of Somerset County and Richard Vanarsdalen, living in the same place, hereby certify that they are well acquainted with Simon Tyler, who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty four years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have hear a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Richard Vanarsdalen
s/ Christopher Vanarsdalen

Sworn and subscribed in Open Court.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to that [crossed out: that] Richard Vanarsdalen and Christopher Vanarsdalen, residing in the same place and who have signed the above certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit. And the Court do further certify that the Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant is not sufficiently acquainted with said applicant to certify to his services &c., he having come to the Congregation recently.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
s/ Fer'd Vanderveer
s/ Wm. L. Hoover

State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Simon Stryker for a pension.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ J.M. Mann
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6077
Simon Stryker

Admitted, Private, 24 months.

James Randolph, N. Brunswick.
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The amended declaration of Simon Stryker, a Revolutionary Soldier applying for a pension under Act of Congress.

I was born on the 1st day of Feb. 1748. I have my age recorded in a Bible at home. I lived in Franklin, Somerset County when I was called into service. I have lived in the County of Somerset ever since to the present time. I was drafted into the service of the country as a private militiaman. I have also served as a volunteer several times. I served under Gen. Washington, Gen. Wines, Col. Frelinghuysen, Col. Vroom, Col Hart and others. I entered the service under Capt. Probano as a private militiaman. This was before the Declaration of Independence when the British first came to New York with a fleet. We marched to the City of New York where we lay nine days. We thence were sent to Elizabeth Town. We [crossed out: there] were out this time one month & discharged. Benj(amin) Baird was our major. The same year, we were again called to Elizabeth Town under Capt. Probano. I stood guard on the Point this month as before; our quarters was a house; were discharged at the end of the month when our relief came. I then stayed home one month and was again called out under Capt. Probano. I lay here also at Elizabeth Town and stood guard as before on the Point. I served one month under Capt. Lott of Springfield in the fall of the year. We lay in houses. At this time we had a skirmish with a party of British. The above service was performed, as this applicant believes and thinks, in the year 1775 or 1776, before the Declaration of Independence. I served at [illegible] one month under Capt. Probano when the British were in New York in 1776. Same year, served one month under Capt. Van Ash, Maj. Linn & Col Hart at the same place. Same year, one month at Newark under Capt. Ten Eyck; the British lay at New York at the time. When the British lay at New Brunswick, I was out one month under Capt. Babcock; lay at the [illegible] along the Millstone River to pursuit the British foraging parties and stood guard and went on scouting parties. This was in the year 1777. I served one other month when the British lay at New Brunswick in the winter of 1777 under Capt. Lott when the American troops revolted. I lay at the landing on the Raritan River under Capt. Faulkner (do not recollect the year); out one month at this time. Same year, guarded a body of British prisoners at Millstone; out one month this time under Capt Faulkner...
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...I served one month at Hackensack under Capt. Probano after the Tories; do not recollect the year. And one other month at Hoboken as a guard under same captain. I was out six months under Gen. Wines and different captains. During this time, the Battle of Monmouth took place in the [year] 1778; very hot weather. I was not in the battle. We lay of Elizabeth Town and neighborhood. We crossed over on Staten Island after the Green Coats Tories. Just before we arrived, the Amboy Troops had an engagement with them. We were not in the engagement; it was over before we came. [crossed out: (illegible)] I marched with the main body of the army across this State to Pennsylvania; out this time one month; lay [crossed out: one] Lay at this time ten days at Pennington in this State. In the year 1779, I was out at Elizabet Town in the summer; three months; under Capt. Lott. I always served as a private militiaman and was not employed in any other pursuit at the time when the services were performed. I never received a written discharge from the service, above verbal. I am known in my own neighborhood to a great many persons. To Wit: William T. Rodgers, Esq., Isaac Broham & others.
s/ Simon Stryker (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed before me this 28th of June 1833.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston

James D. Perrine, being sworn according to law on his oath sayeth that he was out with the above named Simon Stryker in the in the War of the Revolution in the service of the United States when the British were in New York a October 1776. We then lay at Bergen and could see the city on fire. Have been in the above service at Elizabeth Town several times, and at [illegible] and other places with said Simon [Stryker]. He always done his duty as a faithful soldier. This deponent is in his 80th year of his age.
s/ James D. Perrine

Sworn & subscribed before me this 28th of June 1833.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
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Somerset County//

I, William B. Gaston, the Justice who administered the foregoing affidavit, do hereby certify that James D. Perrine, who signed and sworn to the same, is person of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
s/ Wm. B. Gaston
Somerville, June 28th 1833.

State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County, do hereby certify that William B. Gaston, before whom the above affidavits of Simon Stryker and James D. Perrine were made and whose proper signature is thereto subscribed, was at the time of the date of
the said affidavits, and now is, a Judge of said Court in full commission &c. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Bridgewater the first day of July Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three.

s/ J.M. Mann
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A.W.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.

January 14, 1928.

Miss Agnes W. Storer
161 George St.
New Brunswick, N.J.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.920, it appears that Simon Stryker was born February 1, 1748.

While residing at Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, he served from in 1775 to the close of the war as a private in the New Jersey Militia under Captains Probasco, Pumyea, Abraham Van Nest, John Baird, Duryea, Babcock, Fulkerson, [illegible], Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vroom, Hunt, and Quick, he was in the battle of Springfield, and served in all twenty-four months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, while a resident of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.

There are no data as to family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
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Somerville, N.J.
T.A. Hartwell
Rec(eived) June 11/'51.
Ans(wered) 12 i(nstant).

Mr. Cole

Relative to the pension case of Simon Stryker.

Township ref(erenced) moved to not on file in this office.
The certificate necessary ref(erenced) to the Comm(issioner) of Pensions of the auditor's so wecannot.

3rd Auditor's Office.
June 12th, 1851.

Mr. Randall

Simon Striker, N.J.
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Somerville, New Jersey, June 8th '51.

J.S. Gallahan, Esq.

D(ea)r Sir,

Simon Stryker, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the County of Somerset, N.J., died several years ago. His papers were prepared to draw his semi-annual pay(ment) of $40 but died before his attorney applied to the Pension Agent at Trenton for the money. Upon the fact of the death being maintained, the agent declined paying, & as I am informed, forward the papers to the Pension Department, where they still remain. Will you be so good as to ascertain if they are on file in the Pen(sion) Dep(artment) & if so, forward them to Phil(lip) Dickinson [illegible] Pension Agent, Trenton, N.J.

Yours truly.
s/ J.A. Hartwell

This I believe 6 or 8 yrs. same Mr. Stryker under oath.
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This certificate may be retained, the pensioner having died.

Care of the Hon. Jos. F. Randolph.
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INVALID.
Rev(olutionary) War
File No. 920
Simon Stryker
Pri(vate), N.J. Line
June 7, 1832.
Index:-; Vol. A; Page 355.
{Arrangement of 1870}

1828 Jan. 14 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. Agnes W. Storer. [illegible]
1928 Mar. 1 - Mrs. W.J. Edwards advised date of mar(riage) and name of wife, not given.
M.M.H.F.
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M.M.H.F.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

March 1, 1928.

Mrs. W.J. Edwards
1715 East 55th Street,
Chicago, Illinois.

Madam:

I advise you relative to the Revolutionary War pensioner, Simon Stryker (S.920) the date of whose marriage and name of whose wife you desire, that the papers on file in the soldier's claim for pension do not contain this information.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Please send me the Pension record of Simon Stryker, private in the Somerset Co. Militia, New Jersey. Also that of Jacobus Van Nuys, of the same County.

Thanking you for this service,

Yours very truly,
s/ Agnes Williamson Storer
State Registrar.

161 George St.
New Brunswick, N.J.

June 26, 1927
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Bureau of War Pensions

Dear Sirs:

The writer is about to become a member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution" Society. If possible, would like to have a copy of Simon Stryker's pension. He was on the Pension Roll in 1833, I believe. He lived in Bound Brook, Somerset Co., N.J...
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2.

...The marriage date is really what I am anxious to find. His wife's name was Letitia Blue.

Very sincerely,
s/ Mrs. W.J. Edwards
1715 East 55 St.
Chicago, Illinois
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D(ea)r Sir,

The N.J. Pension Agent, being of opinion that he cannot pay the enclosed. Will you have the goodness to attend to it? I believe it goes to the 3rd Auditors Office but am not certain. Mr. Stryker, the pensioner, died in a few weeks after executing the papers. The balance beyond the half-year is not worth applying for...
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J.A. Hartwell
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6077
John Baird's affidavit in case of Simon Stryker

James F. randolph
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On this Eighth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty three before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, personally appeared John Baird, who being duly sworn, doth on his oath say that he is a Soldier of the Revolution, in the 78th year of his age. That he served duty during hat trying period served as a Captain for at least two years, as he verily believes. That he is well acquainted with Simon Stryker of Somerset, an applicant for a pension named in papers numbered 6077, [crossed out: recollects] has known him from his boyhood, recollects well that said [Simon] Stryker was a good and true man to his country in the revolution and served as such. Knows that he served under him whilst captain in 1778 but cannot pretend at his remote period to specify how long nor how often. Has no doubt from the fair character of said [Simon] Stryker that he made a true representation of his services and gives full credit to that statement. If any man is entitled to be remembered by his country, said [Simon] Stryker should receive a pension.
s/ John Baird

Subscribed & sworn to before me the day year aforesaid.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace 

I hereby certify that John Baird, the deponent named in the foregoing affidavit is a man of reputation and his statements are entitled to credit.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace 

I hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is known to me to be a Justice of the Peace and that the foregoing is his genuine signature.
s/ James F. Randolph
Aug. 1833
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Send draft to J.A. Hartwell, Somerville, N.J.
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State of New Jersey
[crossed out: Middlesex] Somerset County//

BE IT KNOWN, That before me, John H. Voorhees, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Simon Stryker, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession, of which I certify the following is a true copy.

WAR DEPARTMENT, REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Simon Stryker, of the State of New Jersey, who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Eighty Dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.

L.S.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 17 day of Aug. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
s/ Lewis Condict, Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned.
s/ (blank)

That he now resides in Somerset County, New Jersey and has resided there for the space of Twenty years past, and that previous thereto he resided in said County.
s/ Simon Stryker (X - his mark)

Sworn and subscribed this 7th day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-eight before me.

The word Middlesex erased & Somerset entered before the execution of the above.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

s/ John H. Voorhees, Justice of the Peace
s/ William Van Teague

Know all men by these presents, That I, Simon Stryker, of Somerset County, New Jersey, a Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas A. Hartwell my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Trenton, State of New-Jersey, my pension from the fourth day of September 1837, to the fourth day of March 1838.
s/ Simon Stryker (X - his mark)

Witness my hand and Seal, this Seventh day of March 1838.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of.:
s/ John H. Voorhees, Justice of the Peace
s/ William Van Teague
 
State of New Jersey
[crossed out: Middlesex] Somerset County//

BE IT KNOWN, That on the Seventh day of March 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared, (blank) above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
s/ Thos. A. Hartwell

The word Middlesex erased & Somerset entered before the execution of the above.
s/ Thos. A. Hartwell

State of New Jersey
[crossed out: Middlesex] Somerset County//

BE IT KNOWN, That on the Seventh day of March 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Thomas A. Hartwell, the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney, and made oath, that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the Pension, or arrears of Pension therein authorized to be received by him.
s/ Thos. A. Hartwell

Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me.
s/ John H. Voorhees, Justice of the Peace
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Supplemental declaration of Simon Stryker of Somerset County, N. Jersey, an applicant for a pension named in papers numbered 6077.

State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

Personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in for said County, Simon Stryker, who being duly sworn on his oath deposeth & sayeth that, by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of all his services but, to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below & always in the grade of a private. He was enrolled in the Militia of New Jersey at or after drafted & was ordered out & served in June of the year 1776, he thinks (at the time of the British came into the Bay of New York) a tour of one month under Capt. Probano & Major Benjamin Baird. They were first marched to New York & then a back to Elizabeth Town & laid there during the month. Immediately afterwards in the same year, he was ordered out & performed a tour of a month at Elizabeth Town under Capt. Probano guarding them & at the Point along shore. In the early part of the fall of the same year he performed another tour of a month under Capt. Probano at the same station guarding as before. Shortly afterwards in the same year (being out nearly, if not quite all the time in this year), he performed two tours of a month each. [crossed out: He performed] under Capt. Probano [crossed out: (illegible)] both at [illegible] under Major Linn and Col. Hunt guarding that part of the country & watching the enemy. In the winter of '76 & '77, he perform a tour of a month at [illegible] along the Millstone River under Capt. Babcock, and in the same winter at beginning of '77.

He served another tour of a month under Capt. Lott at the same place employed with monthly duties that part of the country & defending the property of his fellow citizens from the depredations of the plundering parties of the enemy then laying the City of New Brunswick...
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...Afterwards in the year 1777, he served three tours of a month each. The first under Captain Probano at Hackensack. The other two tours under the same captain at Elizabeth Town. All under, he thinks, Col. Frelinghuysen guarding along the lines. Marched to Hoboken on protecting the country in that section of the State. In the year 1778, he performed six months service as before in six tours of one month each. The first under Capt. Dungee. The second under Captain Van Newt. The third under Captain Dungee & the fourth, fifth & sixth tours under Capt. Baird & all the year stationed between Woodbridge & Newark & chiefly under the command of Col. Quick., engaged & guarding that portion of the State & shielding the defenseless families & property of his fellow citizens from the enemy, Refugees & Tories & while he was engaged the Battle of Monmouth was fought & they were kept at Elizabeth Town & was carried over to Staten Island after the Tories leaving. In the year 1779, in the summer of this year, he served as a volunteer three months in succession at Elizabeth Town under Capt. Lott & Col. Quick & was engaged guarding at that station & all along the Jersey Shore in the preservation of the property of his fellow citizens & protection of the families. In the winter of the same year, he served a tour of a month regularly again as a drafted militiaman at Newark under Capt. Dungee engaged in guarding & protecting that portion of the State. In the year 1780, he performed as before, three tours of a month each. The first under Capt. Faulkner. The second under Lott & the third tour under Capt. Faulkner; all at Elizabeth Town under Col. Frelinghuysen engaged in pursuits in that month & during the time the enemy under [General] Kniphausen landed and at the Point & the troops were marched (after the enemy, who burnt a settlement called the farms between Newall & Elizabeth Town) and met with them at Springfield & had an engagement there with the enemy...
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... In the year 1781 early in January, he thinks at the time of the revolt of the Pennsylvania line at Morristown, he was ordered out & performed a tour of one month at Raritan Landing under Capt. Faulkner; daily expecting the enemy from below. Afterwards in the same year, he performed another tour of one month at Millstone guarding a party of prisoners under Capt. Faulkner. In addition to these services specified, he performed many more times regularly as well as many tours of special duties on alarms. He is unable to procure the certificate of a Clergyman for compliance with the requisition of the War Department, for the Minister who officiates in his Church is [crossed out: (illegible)] absent. He begs leave to repeat that he served faithfully more than he has set forth but cannot particularize & for these services specified he asks & claims a pension.
s/ Simon Stryker (X - his mark)

Subscribed & sworn to this Third day of August Anno Domini 1833 before me.
s/ W.L. Hoover, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

On this First day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty three before me the undersigned, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Abraham Van Nester, aged Eighty three years, who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is & has been well acquainted with James D. Perrine, on applicant for a pension named in papers numbered 6050 & also Simon Stryker, an applicant for a pension named in papers marked 6077 from early life. & that is known that they, the said [James D.] Perrine & [Simon] Stryker were good soldiers of the revolution; were members of his company. That they served under him many a time but cannot speak with certainty how often. That they served several tours during the years of the war & always acted faithfully. From his long & intimate acquaintance with said [James D.] Perrine & [Simon] Stryker he is enabled to say that men of scrupulous integrity & veracity & that their whole statements in relation to their Revolutionary Services are entitled to full belief and further saith not.
s/ Abr(aham) Van Nester

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
s/ Peter P. Stants, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Abraham Van Nester, the foregoing deponent, is a man of strict integrity & veracity & one of our most respectable citizens & that his statement is entitled to full credit.
s/ Peter P. Stants, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Infer(ior)...

6077
Simon Stryker

James F. Randolph
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that William J. Rodgers, before whom the within affidavit of Simon Stryker was made was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Judge of said Court and Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that Peter P. Stants, before whom the affidavit of Abraham Van Nester was taken, was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the genuine signature of the said William J. Rodgers and Peter P. Stants are subscribed to said affidavits.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Ninth day of August Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ J.M. Mann
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6077
Simon Stryker
James F. Randolph
N. Brunswick
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On this First day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty three before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Richard Vanarsdalen & Peter Montfort, surviving Soldiers of the Revolution, who being duly sworn depose & say that we are well acquainted with Simon Stryker, the applicant for a pension named in the papers marked 6077; have known him for [from] boyhood; have always known him as a man of strictest truth & honor & have no doubt of the truth of his statement in relation to his Revolutionary Services. And the said Richard Vanarsdalen for himself says that he knows that said [Simon] Stryker was frequently out in the War of the Revolution; was out with him in '76, '77, '78, '79 & he thinks in years afterwards. Knows that said [Simon] Stryker out a great deal & served faithfully; was always in the same reg(iment) with him and lived in same neighborhood. Therefore had an opportunity from his observation to be acquainted with his services and the said Peter Montfort for himself that he served with said [Simon] Stryker in the revolution. Knows that he served in '77, '78, '79 and he believes afterwards. Can't specify tours nor in every case years but often saw him out & has no doubt that he served to the end of the war as he states.
s/ Richard Vanarsdalen
s/ P. Montfort

Sworn & subscribed the day & year afor(esaid) before me.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Richard Vanarsdalen and Peter Montfort, named in the foregoing affidavit are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On this first day of August Eighteen Hundred & Thirty three before me, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Middlesex, personally appeared James D. Perrine, who been duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Simon Stryker, the applicant for a pension named in the papers numbered 6077. Has known him from childhood; always lived in the same neighborhood; was in the same company of militia with him during the War of the Revolution, though not always [crossed out: (illegible)] out at the same time with him [crossed out: (illegible)]. Know that said [Simon] Stryker was out much in every year from '76 to '79 and he believes to '81 or '82. He, himself, was out all the war and is sure that said [Simon] Stryker was. Would recollect if he had stayed at home for any reason. Thinks & has no doubt that he performed his regular tours, which were frequent and every year from '76 to '81. Can't pretend to specify for others; finds it entirely difficult to do for himself. Knows said [Simon] Stryker to be a man of veracity & conscience & has no doubt of the truth of his statement in relation to the extent of his Revolutionary Services.
s/ James D. Perrine

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with James D. Perrine, the deponent named in the foregoing affidavit and that he is a reputable person and his statements are entitled to full evidence and belief.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace
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I, Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Richard Vanarsdalen, P. Montfort and James D. Perrine were taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & sworn & that the signature of said Justice is in his own proper handwriting.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Seventh day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ N. Booraem