Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4486, for John Lake, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Lake, John

NUMBER
S.4486
Carded
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CONTENTS
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Ohio 13.325.
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John Lake
of Warren Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Carhart, of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Holmes in the New Jersey
line for two years
$80
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June
1833 and sent to
Jonathan F. Wilds, Lebanon, Warren Co. Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 40.00
[total] $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm R Palmer. Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 15.

[Right side]
Date of death
Not [illegible]
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War. Com Pleas
Application of
John Lake for a
Pension
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17879
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The State of Ohio
Warren County } ss On this 5th day of Oct A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common pleas
within and for the County of Warren & State aforesaid at Lebanon,
now sitting John Lake a resident of the County of Warren
aforesaid aged seventy two years who first being 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
under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
he first volunteered in a small company under the command
of Capt Samuel Carhart, Gen. David Forman, Col. Asher
Holmes, does not recollect any of the other officers who commanded,
either field or company, rendevoused at Freehold, Monmouth
County Jersey, marched to Germantown, had a very
warm engagement with the British at that place, were defeated
& made to retreat quite briskly, marched back to the old
encampments between Germantown & Schuylkill, from there
over the Schuylkill to a pleasant little place, but don't
recollect the name of it, halted a short time. marched
from there on down to Colt's Neck in said County of Monmouth,
lay there a short time, were called out again,
marched from there down to a place called Tinton Falls
for the purpose of meeting the British, before we arrived,
however, they had taken Col. Daniel Hendrickson a prisoner,
burnt his house, & were making their escape, followed
them down to Bay Shore, where their boats lay, attacked
them while they were disengaging their boats from the
banks of the Bay, where the tide had left them, had a
a very severe engagement, the British shot their swivel balls
quite profusely, but without much effect, beat the British
back, they entered the sloops, which lay in the Bay to receive
them, & made for the City of New York. Marched back
to Colts Neck aforesaid, lay there a short time, the alarm
was given that the British were at the Bay again. Marched
down & were soon engaged in a severe battle, in this
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engagement, this applicant was under the command of Capt John
Schenck (commonly called Fuller John), a very brave man
whose company fought like men, conquered the British & drove
them off again. The army at this time consisted in about
the number of 1500 footmen & about 60 horse, returned
to Colts Neck, this applicant was in many other small
skirmishes, the particulars of which he cannot now call to
mind, he was at the battle at Black Point
at which place Col. Joseph Scudder was killed. at the
engagement at Middletown in the County of Monmouth aforesaid,
this deponent volunteered under the command of Capt Jos'h
Bishop as a horseman - rode thro the pines in the County last
aforesaid, taking prizes, had several skirmishes. Capt
Bishop was shot in the hip in one of these skirmishes,
this was, as near as this applicant can recollect, in the
year 1779. had many other small engagements in and
about Colts Neck, at which place this applicant constantly
lay when not in the actual engagements, which included
the space of three years & upwards. was discharged by Col.
Holmes, as near as this applicant can remember, in the month
of November 1779. said discharge was not written but merely
verbal. was born in the County of Monmouth, New Jersey,
on the 8th day of July A.D. 1760. has a record of his age
at home in his Fathers old Family bible, which he can produce
if required. resided in Monmouth County aforesaid
at the time he volunteered. remained there after the revolutionary
war till the year 1819 when he removed to this state
and settled in the County of Warren aforesaid, where he has ever
since resided & where he now resides. can prove his services
by Garret G. Schenck & Joseph Vannote, who were in several
of the above mentioned engagements with him. can produce
Matthew Wallace & Garret Van Meter who can testify as to his character
for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the
revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension
or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

John Lake

Sworn to & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid
J. K. Wilds clk
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We Matthew G Wallace & Garret VanMeter the latter resident in the County of Warren
aforesaid, & the former in Butler County & State of Ohio
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lake,
who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration; that
we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is
reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that
opinion.

M. G. Wallace V.D.M.
Garret Van Mater

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

j. K. Wilds clk

And the 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
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as
he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears
to them that Matthew G. Wallace who has signed the preceeding
certificate is Clergyman resident in the
County of Butler & State aforesaid, & that Garret Van Mater
who has also signed the same is a resident in the
County of Warren, Ohio & is a creditable person, & that their statement is
entitled to credit.

I, Jonathan K. Wilds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of John Lake for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this 4th day of
Oct. A.D. 1832

J.K. Wilds Clk

The State of Ohio
Warren County } Set.

On this 28th day of May A.D. 1833 in his own person
appeared in open Court being the Court of Common pleas for the County
aforesaid John Lake who on being duly sworn as the law directs, doth make the following
declaration, in order to explain and correct the aforegoing declaration made
by him to obtain a pension. He states that during the whole time he
was engaged in the service of the United States, as stated in his
declaration, he served as a private, and in no other capacity. This
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Declarant further states that the first time he was out in the
service, he stayed about ten months. The next services which
he performed was done in this manner, he served every other month
for about the term of three years. And the last time he was in
the service he continued two full years.

John Lake

Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court this 28th May 1833.
J. K. Wilds Clk
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July 16, 1935
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BA-J/KKL
John Lake-S.4486

Mrs. Jesse Blair Fanner
5222 Broadway Terrace
Oakland, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request as Genealogical Chairman
of the Esperanza Chapter, D.A.R., of Oakland, California,
requesting the Revolutionary War records of twenty-two soldiers.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and
the limited, trained clerical force available for furnishing such
information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request
pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of John Lake is
furnished herein as found in the claim for pension, S.4486, based
upon his service in that war.

John Lake was born July 8, 1760, in Monmouth County, New
Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Monmouth County, John Lake Volunteered,
served as a private in Captain Samuel Carhart's Company, Colonel
Asher Holmes' New Jersey Regiment, marched to Germantown and was
in the battle at that place after which the troops marched to the
Bay Shore, where he was in two engagements with the British, the
last time under the command of Captain John Schenck in the New Jersey
Troops; length of this service, two months; he again volunteered,
served as a private in Captain Josh Bishop's New Jersey
Company of Horse, was stationed the greater part of the time
at Colt's Neck, served every other month and was in the engagements
at Black Point and Middletown and in a number of skirmishes. He
was discharged in November, 1779, having served more than three
years in all.

He continued to reside in Monmouth County, New Jersey, until
1819, when he moved to Ohio and settled in Warren County, that
state, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his
application executed October 5, 1832.
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There are no data as to the family of John Lake.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

Date of death not on AB
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War Com Pleas
Affidavit of
G G. Schenck &
J. Vannote
No. 13.325
Adm 2 years
$80--
John Lake
to be sent to the
Clk of the Court
Jonathan K. Wilds,
C. G. Lebanon
Warren Co.
Ohio.
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The State of Ohio
Warren County } ss

Personally appeared before the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County & State
aforesaid, at Lebanon, now sitting, Garret G. Schenck & Joseph
Vannote both of said County, who, being first duly sworn according
to law, depose & say, that they are personally acquainted
with John Lake an applicant in said Court for a pension, under the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he engaged in
the service of the United States about the year 1776, that
he was engaged in several battles with the British - one at
Black Point Rosebury Township, Monmouth County. Jersey
one at Germantown, Pennsylvania, that he was also
engaged in an action with the British at Middletown
Monmouth County Jersey aforesaid, about the year 1779
or 1780 as near as they can recollect, that they believe he was
in many other battles many of which they themselves served
with him, deponents further state that said John Lake
served as near as they can recollect something upwards of
three years, but as to the precise time cannot state - that
he served during that time as a volunteer, & further say
not

Garret G Schenck
  his
Joseph \ Vanote
  mark

sworn to & subscribed this
11th day of Oct A.D. 1832
J. K. Wilds clk

The State of Ohio
Warren County } set.

The Court of Common Pleas within &
for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify, that it appears
to them that Garret G. Schenck and Joseph Van Note, the
persons above named who have testified as to the services of
John Lake in the Revolutionary War, are credible men and
their statement is entitled to full credit.

The State of Ohio
Warren County } ss

I Jonathan K. Wilds Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas within & for the County aforesaid
do certify that the aforegoing contains the original
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proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
of John Lake for a pension --

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of the Court aforesaid at
Lebanon this 31st May A.D. 1833
J. K. Wilds clk
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[Round stamp:]
RECEIVED JUL 18 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM READER # 5

ESPERANZA CHAPTER
Oakland, California

5222 Broadway Terrace,
Oakland, California.
July 9, 1936.

Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you be so good as to let me have any data you may have on
the following persons as I am endeavoring to trace the ancestry of some
applicants for membership in our Chapter. I am also anxious to run down
some of my own lines.

I am seeking the ancestry of Joseph Lake Flenner - Have you any data on
Joseph Lake, Jr. (perhaps J. L. Flenner's maternal grandfather)
born at Stratford, 1740 died at Sharon 1813 -- soldier of the
Revolution.

William Lake Pvt. of Penna. Pension allowed $48.00. $170 #216

John Flenner County of York, Penna - 1781 - Ref. Penna. Archives,
3rd Series Vol. 21, Page 39.

Reuben Lake from Geauga, Penna - Pvt. Conn. Continental Placed on
Pension Rolls 6/19/1822 Oct of Congress Mar. 18, 1818

John Flenner Pvt. 3rd Regt. Riflemen -- Virginia

George Frankham and father John Frankham (Spelt Francum) shown in
Burke County, N.C. Census of 1790. George Frankham
married Emily Ward at Caanan, Indiana, 1830. He
lived in Churchville, seven miles from Staunton, Virginia.
John Francum or Frankham was a soldier of the Revolution
and married Caroline........ His daughter Becky Frankham
married ......Sieg.

John Huff (Franklin County, Ohio) Served in Rev. War. Born about 1740
went to Ohio in 1807 and settled in Hamilton Township

John Lake - Pvt. N. J. Militia. Pension roll 6/26/1833 act of Congress
6/7/1795

Henry Hoff Pvt. 2442 - 7326 - Penna State

Joseph Huff No. 140 - Pvt. Statement of persons to whom extra pay has
been allowed.
Warrant No. 234 -- Nov. 17, 1817.

Thos. Jenkins Pvt. Penna. $96.00 annum.

Samuel Beaty - Enl. Col. Maunus Willett Co. Page 88 - N.Y. in Rev.
descendant Ellen Beatty of Rockland Count N.Y.
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William Edmonds married 2nd Rachel Brock and had daughter Angeline (possibly N.Y. State
Michael Bowen - Pvt. Penna Line
Solomon Jenkins Pvt. N. Y. State
Joseph Bohem or Bowen Musician -- Penna. $48.00 year
Thomas Jenkins No. 183 Penna Pvt. $96.00 year
John Barnett -- Oath of Fidelity - Maryland Records Harford Co. Page 239
John Jenkins, Lieut. Conn. Line
Francis Alexander of Cecil County, Maryland - Yoeman - married Elinor
James Alexander mar. 1st .....McKnitt - mar. 2nd Abigail ,,,,,,,, died Elkton, Md. 1779
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Under the name Hoff or Huff I am seeking Rebecca who married Alexander de Armand
He was born Ireland 1765.
Under the name Jenkins I am seeking Rebecca Jenkins who married Thomas De Armand
Under the name Bohem or Bowen I am seeking Sarah Bowen who married John S. Brown
I believe these three familes to be from Pennsylvania.
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I believe John Barnett to be connected with the Harrison family of Kent Co. Md.
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The Flenner family married into the Lake Family and the Frankham (Francum) family
married into the Flenner family.
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I realize this is a lot of research work. I will be glad to defray any
expenses necessary in this work. If I cannot pay for it may I have the name of
the clerk who undertakes this task.

Thanking you for an early reply and trusting that you will be able to
give me names and dates, and also Revolutionary history of those who fit into
the families mentioned, I am

Most cordially yours,
Jessie Boudinot Flenner
Genealogical Chairman
Esperanza Chapter, D.A.R.

Mrs. Jesse Blair Flenner
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4486
Rev War
INVALID.
File NO. 4486
John Lake
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]