Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,882, for Samuel Sooy, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
[COLUMN HEADER] SERVICE
New Jersey
Privateer

[NO COLUMN HEADER]
Sooy, Samuel
Sophia

[COLUMN HEADER] NUMBER
W. 3,882

[COLUMN HEADER/SECTION]
CONTENTS
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4548
New Jersey
Sophia Sooy
widow of Samuel Sooy NJ
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 55 Dollars---
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Mch [March] 1849 and sent to J. C. Smallwood Woodbury NJ.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 316 Vol. 4.
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55
Wife Sophia
Sam[l]. Sooy
of Glouster[?], State of New Jersey who was a pvt in the Comp. commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Regt. commanded by [Colmes?] in the New Jersey [illegible] for 16 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 55 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension Issued the 28 day of Sept. 1833 and [sent to?] J.C. Smallwood, Woodbury
Arrears to the 4th of [March?] '33  $110.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. [illegible] 27.50 [total] 137.50

                   137.50
4 Mar 31[?]   27.50
[Total]          $165.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. Cestele Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 1 of 2.
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5907
Sophia Sooy-N.J.
Married 10 Jan 1792
Husband died 28 April 1835-
Act. 7. July 38.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting halfpay and pensions to certain widows"
State of new Jersey Gloucester County
On this sixth day of May 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Please of the county of Gloucester in the State aforesaid, Sophia Sooy a resident of the County of Atlantic in the State aforesaid (Atlantic County being formerly a part of Gloucester County) aged sixty eight years on the fifteenth day of this month (May) 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 7 1838 entitled "An act granting halfpay and pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Samuel Sooy formerly of the County of Gloucester deceased, who was a private during the war of the Revolution.  That the said Samuel Sooy performed many tours of service during the Revolutionary war as she has always  understood and as she verily believes.  She is unable to particularize the several tours of duty which he performed  or to speak positively
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positively as to the officers under whom he served, excepting only that she knows that he was in the service under Capt Zephaniala Steelman because she saw him in that Company at several different times as the Company marched to or from their places of rondevous.  Edmund Ireland the father of the petitioner being a Lieutenant in Capt. Steelmans Company  another Company frequently halted at this house, which is the reason why she remembers this fact, the period which this happened was about the years 1778 and 1779 as to his other services she believes him to have served under Capt George Payne Capt Weatherby, Capt [Ino?] Davis she has heard her said husband speak of these officers and believes she has heard him say that he served in Companies Commanded by them.  She has heard him speak of other Captains but cannot say positively whether he served under them or not.  She has heard him speak of serving under Col Taylor Col SOMERS, Col Proctor Col Hillman and Col Ellis.  And she has frequently heard him speak of his being in the battles at Trenton, Princeton, Chestnut Neck, Gloucester, and several
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several skirmishes along the sea coast.  When she has heard him speak of the events of the Revolution and of his services, it has frequently been in conversation with others or more who served in the war with him.  from what she has heard she believes he must have served as long as five years in the said war, and that the services commenced in the year 1776 and ended in the year 1780 or 178  he resided at the time  he entered the service in the County of Gloucester New Jersey at Eggharbour  he was drafted sometimes and at other times volunteered when he entered the service.  She has heard him speak of marching through Woodbury Haddon Field Trenton and Princeton and several other places along the sea coast  
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Sooy on the tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seventeen hundred and ninety two, by Thomas Reynard Esquire, who has been dead many years  that her said husband the aforesaid Samuel Sooy died on the twenty eighth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty five.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage
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marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.  And she further declares that her said husband in his life time applied to the General Government for a pension, and obtained a pension for fifty five dollars a year.  The pension certificate therefor, bears as the 28th day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty three [numbered?]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, in open court, before Michael. C. Fishers
Isaac Hinchman
Ephrain Miller
[Signed by] Sophia Sooy
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[SEAL]
I have herein to set my hand and seal of office at Woodbury this sixth day of May in the year of our lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Henry Bradshaw.
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State of New Jersey
Atlantic County ss

On this Fourteenth
day of May AD 1839 before me the
subscriber one of the justices of the peace
in and for said County, personally ap
peared Sarah Read of said County aged
sixty
years and upwards a
person to me well known and whom
I certify to be a person of credibility
whose statement is entitled to credit
and belief who being duly affirmed
according to law on her solemn affir
mation saith, that she was well
acquainted with Samuel Sooy now
deceased in his life time and is and
has for a long time been acquainted with
Sophia Sooy his widow, and
was acquainted with her before her
marriage with the said Samuel Sooy
and this affirmant further saith
that she was present at the marriage
which was solemnized before Thomas
Reynard Esquire and took place
according to the best of her recollection
and belief on the tenth day of January
1792 She remembers that it took
place several years before the marri
age of her this affirmant which was
forty three years ago, and that the
said Sophia Sooy had children
before

[illegible signature or phrase]
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before this affirmant was married
subscribed and
affirmed before me
the date above
Joseph Endicott

[NEW TESTIMONIAL]
State of New Jersey
Atlantic County ss

On this Fourteenth
day of May AD 1839 before me the
subscriber one of the Justice of the peace
of the County of Atlantic aforesaid per
sonally appeared Sylvia Collins wife
of Mathew Collins Esquire of said County
to aged sixty three years and upwards
who being duly affirmed according to
law, on her solemn affirmation saith
that she was well acquainted with
Samuel Sooy in his life time and is
and has for a long time been well ac
quainted with his widow Sophia Sooy
that she was acquainted with both
of them before their marriage, she
further saith that she remembers the
time when that marriage took place,
it was on the tenth day of January
Seventeen hundred and ninety two,
she remembers that date more par
ticularly because it was on the same
evening
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that a child named Mary Price
was born whose parents lived but
few yards from where this affirmant(?)
then lived, and because
the said Samuel Sooy and his wife
were near neighbors and this 
affirmant was very frequently at their
house immediately after their 
marriage and the further saith that the
said Samuel died about four
years ago. and the said Sophia
remains his widow.
Subscribed & affirmed
the date above before Joseph Endicott.
Sylvia Collins

And I the said justice do certify
that the said Sylvia Collins is a person
of credibility whose statement
is entitled to credit and belief
Joseph Endicott

I Samuel B. Westcott Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Atlantic
in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify
that Joseph Endicott Esquire before whom
the foregoing affidavits were taken was
at the doing thereof and still is one of the
Justices of the peace of the said County
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County of Atlantic, duly commissioned and
qualified, and that the signature of the (?)
Joseph Endicott thereunto subscribed is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of
office this thirteenth day of
July AD Eighteen hundred
and thirty nine
Samuel B. Westcott
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Samuel Sooy
No claim as Sergt.
is asserted in the declaration.

Rich. M. Cooper

Aomd [abbreviation with d superscript]
16 (?) [mopri ?]
___
55 $
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Gloucester County
On the 17th day of June 1833
Before me the Subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for the said
County of Gloucester; personally appeared
Zadoc Bowen of the afforesaid County
of Gloucester aged Seventy three years; a
person of credibility whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is
well acquainted with Samuel Sooy and
knew him, previous to the Revolutionary War this deponent(?) further saith that he knew him
to be a Soldier in the Revolution in Richard
Somer's Battalion and this deponent further
says, that he knew him to volunteer under
Capt John Somers and to go to Amboy
The next service that he knew him to be in was
the building a Fort at Little Egg Harbour
under the command of Capt Zephaniah
Steelman, This deponent saith that he saw
him in the Battle at Mount Holly under the
said Capt Zephaniah Steelman, also
that he knew him in the Battle of Trenton
in the year 1777 and Princeton. This
deponent further saith that he knew the said
Samuel Sooy to be in the action at Chestnut
Peak and that he was there at the time himself
and that he likewise knew him to be in the
Battle at Little Timber Creek which Lieutenant Lucas killed and Tilton wound both
of the company to which we belonged. This
deponent further saith that he knew him the
said Samuel Sooy to be in several small
engagements with the Refugees which would
be to tedious to relate the particulars of. the dates the above particular(?) this deponent cannot recollect(?) to any certainty
Sworn and Subscribed before
(faded, somewhat merged with the signature below it) day of June 1873
Joseph Garwood(?)
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Gloucester County
On the 24th day of May in the year
four save one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three before me the subscriber
one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas of the said County, personally
appeared Samuel Sooy of the said County of
Gloucester, aged Seventy eight years and
upwards who being duly sworn according to
law saith that he was born in the
Township of Galloway in the County of Gloucester New Jersey on the same Plantation
whereon he now lives, In the year 1754
he has a Record of his age, It is in the
Family Bible of his family now at his
own house he was living when called
into service at the same place where
he now lives and has lived in the same
place ever since He always volunteered
when he was called into the service
Genl Washington was with the troops
where he served at Trenton & Princeton
Genl Mercer was at Princeton Col Proctor
was with the troops where he served
at Eggharbour, he saw Genl Washington's
Army at Trenton and Princeton Proctors
Artillery at Eggharbour. He saw Col
Ellis Regiment of Militia at Haddonfield
Col Somers at Eggharbour and Col Josiah
Hillman at Amboy and this deponent further saith that the whole
length of time that he served during the
War and whilst in a Regular Organized
Body was sixteen Months and a half
one month under Capt John Somers in
Col Somers Regt. at Amboy one Month.
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under Capt Payne in Col Hillmans Regt
at the same place, Three Months under
Capt Zephaniah Steelman in Col Somers
Regt at Little Eggharbour Inlet where a
small fort was built, four months
under the same Capt Steelman in Col
Somers Regt during which time he was
at Mount Holly, Boltontown(?) Trenton
Princeton, Plackamine & Three Months
under Capt Benjamin Weatherly [and] 
he thinks he was in Col Couperthwaites
Regiment or under his command, this
service commenced the last of March or
first of April and ended in July at harvest
time of the year 1777- Three months
under Capt Zephaniah Steelman in Col
Ellis Regiment at Haddonfield. this
Service commenced in November 1777
and lasted till February 1778 during
this time we had an engagement with
the Enemy near Gloucester about four
Miles below Philadelphia on the Jersey
side, in this engagement Lieutenant
Lucas was killed and Ensign Tilton 
wounded. they were both officers of
the Company this deponent was their
in(?), this happened on the 17th day of
November. He was also in the service
One Month and a half in a Company
Commanded by the same Capt Steelman
in Col Somers Regiment the Company
Marched to a place called the Forks
of Little Eggharbour River and joined
a large Number of Troops there, the
Troops remained at the Forks a short-
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time, and then Marched to Leeds Point
and from Leeds Point to Somers Point
where we remained until discharged;
this service commenced early in September
and ended late in October 1778. Col
Proctor was with the Troops during
this hour, and generally commanded us,
This last mentioned service, I had forgotten
when I was before the Court last December
at the time my Declaration was made
out, Fourteen Months and a half of
the time that he was out, he served as
Orderly Sergeant, the other two months
he serve as a private, this was when
he was at Amboy - The service above
mentioned was independent of his services
going after the Refugees and Towes
which amounted to a considerable
length of time - in which service they
frequently had skirmishes with the
Refugees- and killed some of them
for the sixteen months and a half, he
claims a pension.
-
Samuel Sooy
Sworn & subscribed
date above before
Michael C. Fisher
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Gloucester County ss
On the [blank] day of May AD 1833
before me the subscriber one of the Justices
of the peace in and for the said County
of Gloucester, personally appeared Joseph
Gale of the County of Burlington aged
eighty four years and upwards, a person
of Credibility, whose statement is entitled
to full credit and belief, who being
duly sworn according to law, saith that ┃
is well acquainted with Samuel Sooy
and has known him since early in the
Revolutionary War, their acquaintance
Commenced on board the Privateer Hornet
Capt Stevens in the year 1776. and this
deponent further saith, that he remembers
seeing the said Samuel Sooy at Mount
Holly Trenton and Princeton he was
then in a company commanded by Capt
Zephaniah Steelman in Col Somers Regt
this (affirm, strikethrough) deponent remembers that he
saw the said Samuel Sooy at the Battles
of Trenton and Princeton this deponent
Cannot swear positively how long the
said Samuel was out under Capt Steelman
but is certain that he must have
been out several months this deponent
also remembers when the said Samuel
was under Capt Steelman in the fall 
of the year 1778 at the Forks of Little Eggharbour (Repeated Word, Strikethrough) River and other places in that neighbourhood, this deponent saw him there, and doing duty,
and this deponent further saith he himself was at the Battle at Trenton and-
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from Princeton he was also at Mount Holly
and then held a commission as Ensign
and as he and the said Samuel had known
each other before, they very frequently
met and conversed together - and this
deponent further saith that since the
War they have lived generally within
a few miles of each other
affirm and subscribed
date above before


Gloucester County On the fifteenth
day of June in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty
three before me the subscriber one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Gloucester personally
appeared John Tilton of the said County
Seventy eight years and upwards
a person of credibility whose statement
is entitled to full credit and belief, who
alleging himself to be conscientiously
Sempulous of taking an oath, and being
duly affirmed according to law, saith
that he is well acquainted with Samuel 
Sooy and knew him since times before the Commencement of the Revolutionary War.
and this affirment further saith he was
in the service of the United States, during
said war, and was at the Battles at
Kenton (and Princeton; marked out) in January 1777-
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and he remembers that the said Samuel
Sooy was there also, he was also at
(Haddonfield; strikethrough) 
Mount Holly the said Samuel Sooy was 
also there the said Samuel belonged to
a company commanded by Captain
Zephaniah Steelman and this 
affirmant further saith that the said
Samuel Sooy performed service at another
time at Haddonfield this was in the
fall and winter of the year 1777, 8, this
deponent was Ensign of the same
Company to which the said Samuel
belonged, during this tour(?), we had a
pretty Smart engagement with the
enemy near Gloucester a few Miles
before Philadelphia in this Engagement
Lieut Lucas of our Company was killed
and this deponent was wounded, the
said Samuel Sooy was in this battle
and this affirmant further saith that
during the said War he and the said
Samuel Sooy lived in the same 
neighbourhood, and he remembers that the said
Samuel was away in the summer of the
year 1776 and believes that he was
at Amboy under Capt (?) Somers and
Capt Page because he heard so at that
time and since, and he knows that he
was away from home at that time
affirmed and subscribed
the date above before
Daniel Baker          John Tilton
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Gloucester County on the fifteenth day of June
in the year of our lord Lord One thousand eight
hundrdred and thirty three beefore me the
Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior[?]
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester
Personally appeared Abraham Albertson of
the said County Aged Seventy Six years and 
[6 months?]
who is a man of Credibility whose Statement
is entitled to full Credit and belief who being
Duly Sworn according to Law Saith that
he is well acquainted with Samuel Sooy
and that he knew him in the Revolutio
onary War and have know him ever since and
this affirmant further saith he was in
the Service of the United States during said
War and was at the [note: handwriting changes here] Great Saltwork at Abscom
in the Township of Gallaway in said County in or
about the year 1778 or thare abouts in a Smart
battel which lasted pretty much the whole day
whare the Brittish had nine men killed and more
wounded we had Som wounded and that the said
Samuel Sooy was in Said Battil and that
I was at the fort at the for fox Borrows at
littel Eggharbour and that the Said Samuel
Sooy was thar and helped work at said fort for
one month and that I was at the battil at
Chesnut neck and that the Said Samuel Sooy was thare and that I was under the Comand
of Robert Taylor at the forks of littel Eggharbour
wading River Bridge, one month and that the 
Said Sid[?] Samuel Sooy was with us and that the Said Sooy as well as myself was under Command[?] Brocton
Sworn and Subscribed
the date above before me
Abraham Albertson
Daniel Baker
Abraham Albertson
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State of New Jersey
I John C. Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Garwood Esquire before whom the affidavit of Zadock Bowen was made was at the doing thereof one of the Justices of the peace of said County duly commissioner and from
and that Michael C. Fisher and Daniel Baker Esquires before whom the Affidavits of
Samuel Sooy (and Patrick M. Callum; written between lines) John Tilton and Abraham Albertson were made, were at the doing thereof, Judges of the said Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester duly commissioned and from or affirmed - And that the signatures of ┃the said Joseph Garwood Michael C Fisher and Daniel Baker Subscribed to the foregoing affidavits of the said Zadock Bowen Samuel Sooy (and Patrick M. Callum; written between lines) John Tilton and Abraham Albertson are genuine
---
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of
Office at Woodbury this twenty
Second day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three
Smallwood
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State of New Jersey
County of Gloucester
---
On this Fifteenth day of De
cember Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred
and Thirty two personally appeared in open Court
before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Com
mon Pleas for the said County of Gloucester, now ┃
sitting Samuel Sooy a resident of the said
County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey; afore
said, aged 78 years who 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, entitled "An act supplementary to an Act
for the relief of certain surviving Officers &
Soldiers of the Revolution".
That he entered the service of the U.
nited States, under the following named Officers,
and served as herein stated.
About the month of June 1776 I en
listed in a company commanded by Capt. John
Somers, Col. Richard Tomey Batalion - The compa
ny paraded at Chesnut Neck in the County of
Gloucester and marched from there to Blue Anchor
from thence to Cooper's Ferry, on the Delaware oppo
site Philadelphia, where we joined a company
from Salem County -  we crossed the river to
Philadelphia and went from there to Trenton by
water.  From Trenton we marched to Anibay[?]
where we quartered and remained one month
and were discharged which was in the month
of July -
On my arrival at Trenton, on my way
home I met Capt. Payne with a company from
my neighbourhood and who were going to relieve
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us. I joined his company and went back to Amboy
under Capt. Payne we remained there one month
and were discharged. Col. Hillman of Gloucester county commanded us at Amboy, there
was an officer higher in rank than Col.
Hillman but I dont remember his name.
During this last tour we went over to Staten
Island in the night and after some skirmishing 
took 10 Hessians and 6 English Prisoners &
brought them to Philadelphia this tour and
I think in September 1776
In September immediately on my return
home I enlisted again in a company commanded
by Capt. Zephaniah Steelman and went to
Little Eggharbour Inlet and built a Fort, staid
about 2 months when the British fleet came
in and drove us off they burnt several vessels
and [^did^] considerable other damage to forage (?)
after they left there I was again ordered to
the same place, under the same Capt. And
staid about 1 month and was discharged.
December 1776 I again entered under Capt
Steelman, Harold at Moss' Mill in the County
of Gloucester and Marched to Mount Holly in the
County of Burlington, here we met several other
companies, we were commanded by Col. Richard Somers and Gen. Newcomb. While at Mount
Holly, I was on a scouting party, about 200 strong
and we fell in with a company of the British, at
Peticoat Bridge in the last mentioned County
and pursuing them about 2 miles drove them
off: next morning about sunrise we were driven
out of Mount Holly by about 2000 British and
Hessian troops. We retreated to Haddonfield in
Gloucester County where we remained a few
days and then marched through Mount Holly
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to Bordentown, on the river Delaware, staid there
a few days. We left Bordentown about 10 o'clock
at night and marched to Trenton where we joined
the main army under Gen. Washington. There
we engaged the British army the engagement continued all day. In the night we were ordered to
March to Princeton where we arrived about
day light when a severe engagement took place
for a short time-- Gen. Mercer was killed in
the action. I saw him lying on the ground and
saw him attempt to rise but fell backward
think he was shot from his horse and bayoneted the enemy after they got possession of
the ground, which they did for a short time. A company of the enemy got possession of the College
and fired out of the windows but they were
obliged by our number to surrender. We took
about 300 prisoners and killed many of the enemy but do not recollect the number of killed & wounded on either side-- Our loss was considerable-- We marched to a place called Pluckamine and encamped by the side of a hill, where we lay some time; while here we had frequent skirmishes with the Scouts and foraging parties of the British and Hessians which lay at
New Brunswick in one of them, under Col.
Hillman we took 33 wagons loaded with provisions and forage. I was discharged after (4?) months service
      On my return homeward, I met at
Bordentown with Capt. Benjamin Weatherby's
Comp. and enlisted in it. We marched to the eastward and encamped in the country, to the South
eastward of New Brunswick was out 3 months
in this tour of service-- dont recollect our Colonel's
Name.
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In the winter of 1777 entered again, at
Haddonfield into the United States service under Capt. Zephaniah Steelman. We quartered at Haddonfield, except when driven out of that place by the British, when we retreated, I think, to Morristown, in Burlington County. We returned to Haddonfield as soon as the British evacuated it while on this tour we took a Brig and I think 2 Schooners and a ship which had broke loose in the ice in the Delaware, we stripped them and I understood that they were burnt but did not see it: I, as Sergeant, was sent with the prisoners to Haddonfield. This tour continued 3 months when I was discharged. 
I did no other service under regular enlistment in the United States army. I was called out at one time, I recollect, under Capt. Steelman and Col. Robert Taylor and went to Clam Town (now called Tuckerton in Burlington County for the purpose of breaking up a gang of Reffugees -
I was 5 years that I did not do a days work for any other than the United States altho the above is the only service which I rendered in the regular service. I served as a Sergeant during all the time except the first 2 months and after the war held a Captains commission till age & infirmity induced me to resign it. 
I am well acquainted with Jacob Glover
Esquire, James Mattack Esq. and Jesse
Smith Esq. of Woodbury, Gloucester County -
I have no documentary evidence that
I can procure having never received any written
discharge from the Army
I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever
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to a pension or Annuity except the present and as such that my name is not on the Pension Rolls of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.        Samuel Sooy

Ephraim Miller


I, John G. Smallwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester, do hereby certify that the ann(uity?) contains the Proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Sooy for a Pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this Fifteenth day of December A.D. 1832.
                                Smallwood
Gloucester County

On the 27th day of March A.D. 1833 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Please of said County personally appeared Patrick McCollum of the [said] county, aged eighty three years and upwards who being duly affirmed according to law upon his solemn affirmation, faith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Sooy and knew him well during the Revolutionary War, and this affirmation further saith that he knows that the said
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Samuel Sooy was a soldier in the said war because he lives in the neighborhood of this affirmant and he remembers very well when the said Samuel went into the service, this affirmant saw the said Samuel at Haddonfield he was in a company that came to relieve the company that this affirmant was in, this was in the Winter of 1777. The said Samuel was also in the company that came to relieve the Company that this affirmant was in at Little Egg Harbour Inlet where a small Fort was built, and this affirmant further saith that he believes that the said Samuel was in Capt. Paynes company at Amboy. This affirmant was there and he thinks the said Samuel was there also but cannot be positive as to this.

Affirmed and subscribed Date 
above before. I being subscribed that the said Patrick is a very respectable man and credible witness. Michael C. Fisher || Patrick McCollum
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We Jesse Smith and Jacob Glover Esq. residing in the county of Gloucester, in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that we are both acquainted with Samuel Sooy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion That we believe him to be a man of strict veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.

                  Jesse Smith
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State of New Jersey, Gloucester County Ss.

Be it remembered that on the Fifteenth
day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me Ephraim Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County, personally appeared Joseph Clayton & Robert Leeds residents of the said County of Gloucester who being duly sworn, and Aaron Somers of the said County appered according to Law to say that they are well acquainted with the said Samuel Sooy who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, that they believe him to be 78 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. That he is a man of veracity and that his declaration is entitled to full credit.

Affirmed and Sworn and subscribed Dec. 15th 1832 before me
Ephraim Miller 

Joseph [^Hismark?] Clayton
Robert Leeds
Aaron Somers

[Far Bottom Right Corner] Booth(?)
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after [handling?] the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary solder and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Smith Esq. and Jacob Glover Esq. who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in said county of Gloucester and are highly respectable citizens, and that their statement is entitled to full credit.

                                      Ephraim Milller
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Record Division      3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
W.F. 3,882   Washington, D.C. (blank), 19(blank)

In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of Samuel Sooy, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the information as contained in his (or his wife's) application for pension on file in the Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.
[1] June 1776: 1776
[2] 1776
[3] Sept 1776
[4] Dec 1776
[5] Mar(?) & Apr. 1777: (?) 1777
[6: Blank]

Length of Service.
[1] 1 mo.
[2] 1 mo.
[3] 3 mos. 
[4] 4 mos.
[5] 3 mos. 3 mos.
[6] 1 1/2 mos.

Rank.
[1]  Pvt.
[2] 
[3] Orderly(?) Sgt.
[4]
[5]
[6]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
Captain.
[1] John Somers; (^?)
[2] Payne
[3] Zephaniah Steelman
[4] Zephaniah Steelman
[5] Benjamin Weatherly; Zephaniah Steelman
[6] Zephaniah Steelman; Steelman

Colonel.
[1] Richard Somers (^? Hornet)
[2] Hillman
[3] Somers
[4] Somers
[5] (?) Brethwaite; (?)
[6] Robert Taylor

State.
[1] NJ
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]




OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED

Battles engaged in, Mount Holly, Little Timber Creek, Chestnut Peak, Trenton & Princeton(?)
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, (?) of Halloway, Gloucester County.
Date of Application of pension, Dec 15, 1832. (? Two to Three Words)
Residence at date of application, Gloucester County
Age at date of application,
Remarks:
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8940.
New Jersey.
Sophia Sooy widow of Samuel Sooy who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 28 April 1835 of Gloucester in the State of N.J. who was a Pri. in the Company commanded by Captain Somers Reg commanded by Col Somers of the the N. J. line for 16 1/2 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 55 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Dec 1844 and sent to J. C. Smallwood, Woodbury N.J.
=
Total amount,
$275.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by J. S. Swann
Clerk,
Book (?) Vol. 1 Page 207
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6998
New Jersey
-
Sophia Sooy, widow of Samuel Sooy, who was a Private in the N.J. Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 55 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June 1845 and sent to J. C. Gallwood, Esq. Woodbury, N. Jersey.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 100


Reported
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Abstract of Bounty rolls discharged by Thomas Carpenter
No: 40, Date:  March 19, 1777
Officer's names:  Col. Somer's Abstract
Regiment:  3 Gloucester
L: 215, S: 11, D: 8
No. 42, Date:  Feb 5, 1778
Officer's Names:  Cap. Zeph Steelman
Regiment:  3 Gloucester
L: 110, S. 10

Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Andrew Sinnickson

No:  18, Dates:  Jan. 7, 1777
Officer's Names: Cap. Geo. Payne
Regiment:  3 Gloucester
Where Served:  Somerset
Under whom:  Col. N. Somers
Amt. of pay:  L:  98 111, 07'4

Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Thos. Carpenter

No: 23, Dates: Dec. 5, 1777
Officer's names:  Cap. geo. Payne
Regiment:  3 Gloucester
Where Served:  Haddonfield
Under whom:  Col R. Somers
Amt of pay:  164, 7, 8

State of New Jersey, I, Charles G. McChesney, Secretary of State
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and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said state this first day of October AD. One thousand eight hundred and forty one.

Charles G. McChesney
Sec. of State
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The United States to the State of new Jersey D. 
For County Subsistence mileage & paid to the Militia and recruits for the Jersey Brigade

No of Abs:  6 
No. of Vouch:  17
When paid:  Jan. 31, 1777
By whom paid:  Thomas Denny
To whom paid:  Cap. David Weatherby
Amt. in paid:  63

No of Abs:  6
No of Vouch. :  22
When paid:  July 9, 1777
By whom paid:  Thomas Denny
To whom paid:  Cap. David Weatherby
Amt in paid:  49, 10

Abstract of Payrolls Discharged by Thomas Carpenter

No:  54,  Dates:  Feb 5, 1778
Officers Names:  Cap. Zeph Steelman
Regiment:  3rd Gloucester
Where served:  Haddonfield
Under whom:  Col. Jos. Ellis
L: 135, S. 5, D. 6

No. 52 Dates:  Dec 7, 1778
Officer's Names:  Col. Rich. Somers
Regiment:  3rd Gloucester
Where served: Abstract of pay
Under whom:  Col. Somers
L: 700, S. 2, D. 13

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney, Secretary
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hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred & forty one.

Charles G. McChesney
Sec. of State
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State of New Jersey
Atlantic County ss.

Be it remembered that on the seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county, personally appeared Sophia Sooy of the said county, who being by me duly sworn according to law, upon her solemn oath deposeth and saith that she is the widow of Samuel Sooy, late of said county deceased that the said Samuel Sooy in his life time was a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th June 1832, that he received a pension of fifty five dollars per annum, the pension certificate whereof is dated the 28th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and is numbered 17.855 - and this deponent further saith that she is the same person who has recently applied for a pension as the widow of the said Samuel Sooy deceased - 

Sophia Sooy

Sworn and subscribed the date above written before me, and I do certify that the said Sphia Sooy is a person to me well known, and that her statement is entitled
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State of new Jersey
Atlantic County ss.

I Samuel B. Westcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Atlantic do hereby certify that Joesph Endicott Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Sophia Sooy was made, was at the doing thereof and now is one of the justices of the peace of the said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature of the said justice thereto subscribed is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Mayslanding this second day of December of the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty nine.

Saml. B. Westcott
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7193
Sophia Sooy - under- Act 3rd March 1843 - & 17 June, 1844 -
adend. $55 per ann.
act 44 No 665

Clement Esq.
Le de Point
New Jersey

01 [illegible]  H V:

J.C. Smallwood, Esq

Woodbury, New Jersey
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 4 March 1843, granting pensions for one year and of the Act of the 17 June 1844 granting pension for four years to certain widows, who have received pensions under the act of July 7 1838

State of New Jersey, Atlantic County ss.

On this second day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five, personally appeared before the subscribed a justice of the peace in and for said county Sophia Sooy a resident of the township of Galloway in the County of Atlantic aforesaid aged seventy three years and upwards, who being personally known to me and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed on the 3rd day of march 1843 and the 17 June 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That this the widow of Samuel Sooy dec'd. who was a private in the Revolutionary war - in the New Jersey Militia - that he served nearly two years in said war - part of the time in the regiment commanded by Col. Ellis of Gloucester County part of the time in the regiment commanded by Col. Somers and Col. Taylor -  and part of the time as deponent thinks in a regiment commanded by Col. Hillerman, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of July 7 1830 was fifty five dollars-

She further declares that she is still a widow

Sophia Sooy

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, "a resident" first interlined

John A. Clement Justice of the Peace
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10

John C. Smallwood Esq.
Woodbury N.J.
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State of New Jersey, Atlantic County ss

I Abraham L. Iszard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Atlantic in the state aforesaid, do certify that John A Clement Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, was at the doing thereof, and now is a justice of the peace in & for the said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto annexed and purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this sixth day of May AD eighteen hundred and forty five.

AB. L. Iszard Clk
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Wilmington, N. C.
March 27, 1922

One 2c stamped envelope

The Pension Office
Washington, DC

Please send me the record of pension for Samuel Sooy for service in Revolutionary War as a private & sergeant.  Application 3882.

I am getting records together for data for  joining D.A.R.

An early reply will be appreciated

Very truly - 
Hester C. Struthers

[stamped] US PENSION OFFICE MAR 29 1922
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State of New Jersey, Atlantic County ss

Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of July AD 1844 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Atlantic personally appeared Sylvia Collins of the said county aged nearly seventy years a person to me well known, and whom I certify is a person of credibility whose statement is entitled to credit and belief, who alleging herself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to law & her affirmation saith, that she is well acquainted with Sophia Sooy now the widow of Samuel Sooy deceased, and has known her since before the time of her marriage during all which time they have lived in the same neighborhood that she this affirmant well remembers the time of the marriage of the said Samuel and Sophia, she was invited and was to have gone to the wedding and was prepared to go, but did not go, the wedding took place on the tenth day of January AD 1792, she knows this to be the time because it was the January before the death of her father Benjamin Endicott
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who died on the 31st of May 1792 as appears by the record of his death made in the family bible she has a distinct recollection that her father was living at the time of the wedding, and that the said Samuel Sooy and Sophia his wife frequently visited her father's house after their Marriage and before his death - she also knows the marriage took place in January 1792 from the fact that her youngest brother Nicholas Endicott was then a baby in the cradle and that he was but little more than a year old when his father died, and from her own recollection and upon a reference to the family bible aforesaid, she knows that her brother was born on the 4 of March 1791, she also further states that she knows that it was on the 10 January 1792 because on the same night of that the marriage took place a child named Mary Price was born in a house within a few years of the house of this affirmant, father; the child was an illegitimate child, and the circumstance of the birth of this child and the marriage happening on the same night caused considerable conversation in the neighborhood and this affirmant further saith that the circumstances has been frequently
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talked about between the said Sophia Sooy this affirmant and Mary Price, after the said Mary had grown up another affirmant further saith that the reason why this affirmant did not attend the wedding of the said Samuel and Sophia, was that she was obliged to nurse and take care of her brother Nickolas whilst her mother went to attend to the mother of this Mary Price mothers affirmant further saith that the circumstances of the birth and marriage happening on the same night that it was the January before her father's death and that it was whilst her brother Nicholas was  but a few months old, have been so frequently brought before her mind that she feels no doubt about them - she further saith that the said Mary Price removed to the Western county some years since and is now dead, as she has understood and believes.

Sylvia Collins

Affirmed & subscribed the date above before me - some unimportant interlineations and erasures being first made

Isaac Smith
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State of New Jersey Atlantic County ss

I Abraham S. Iszard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Atlantic do hereby certify that Isaac smith Esquire before whom the within written affidavit of Sylvia Collins was made was at the doing thereof, and now is one of the Justices of the peace of the said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature of the said Isaac Smith Esquire thereto subscribed is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of July AD 1844

A. S. Iszard Clk

I Isacc Smith the Justice before whom the within written affidavit of Sylvia Collins was made, do certify that I am well acquainted with said Sylvia Collins and have been for many years, that she is a woman of credibility and truth and that her aforesaid statement is entitled to full credit and belief

Witness my hand November 4th 1844

Isaac Smith
Justice of the Peace
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7 South Stanton Place
Atlantic City, N. J.

To the Commissioner
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Kindly send me such genealogical data as is [illegible] by your records concerning Samuel Sooy Private - Gloucester Co. N.J. Militia, Revolutionary War.

The widow applied under 1882

Yours Truly

W.M. Clevenger
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[stamped]  US PENSION OFFICE D  JUN 30 1913
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Receipts for cash paid the 3rd.. years interest on Notes Signed by the Commissioners of the Several Counties for Militia Services

No. of [illegible]   No. of Certif.   Date   Signed by   Payable to   Amount [L?]  1 yr. Int [L?]

107   16   May 1, 1784   Thos. Carpenter   Samuel Sooy   3.0.5   "3.7

State of New Jersey
I Charles G McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true abstract from a book headed as above and taken from & compared with the original now on record in my Office.  And I do further Certify that Thos. (Thomas) Carpenter [illegible] was by the fifth Section of an Act passed by the Legislature of New Jersey Dec. 20. 1783 appointed a Commissioner for the County of Gloucester for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the militia troops of this State and also for Signing & delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.  

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in Said State this first day of October AD. One thousand eight hundred & forty one.  

Charles G. McChesney
Sec.y (Secretary) of State
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Jn. Edwards, Esq.

Sir

Enclosed I return the draft of Wm. Collins with a certificate of Justice Smith on it, I do not suppose that documentary evidence of the marriage of Mrs. Sooy can be had - but as to the fact of her being married in 1792 there is not the least doubt - 

Very Respectfully
J.C. Smallwood
Nov 11 1844
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Woodbury NJ May 8
[illegible]
7193
May 10. 1845
be Sophia Sooy
March 3 1843 NJ
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office Washington D. C.
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[illegible]
Enclosed I find the [crossed out] Declaration of Sophia Sooy in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of March 3 1843 and June 17 1844 - 
[illegible] very Respectfully
J. C. Smallwood
May 9 1845
Woodbury New Jersey
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Woodbury NJ  Aug 6
Act 7 July 1834

Pension Office
Washington 
D.C.
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Woodbury Aug 8 1839
Edwards Esq
Sir
Enclosed is the appreciation of Sophia SOoy widow of Samuel Sooy decd (deceased) for a pension please direct any communication on the subject to me
Yrs Respectfully
J. C Smallwood
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JL. Edwards Esquire
Sir
Enclosed I send you an additional affidavit made by Sophia Collins, a very intelligent old lady of Atlantic County - I hope it will satisfy you that the marriage took place in the year 1792 - 
Yrs very respectfully
J. C Smallwood
July 30 1844
Woodbury N. J.
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Hon. J. D. Edwards

Sir

I enclose two additional affidavits in the case of Mrs. Sophia Sooy's application for a pension.  She hopes these may satisfy as she is poor and old and is much in want of her pension money.

Yrs very respectfully
J.C. Smallwood
Ap 26 1843
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Woodbury N.J.  Nov 9

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Pension Department
Washington City
DC

11 Nov 1843
D.C.

Henry Roe
Sophia Sooy
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Woodbury Nov 7 1842

JL Edwards Esquire

Dear Sir

Several years ago, I sent to the Department the petition and papers of Lieut. Henry Roe for a pension and subsequently many additional papers and affidavits were sent.  But he died before his claim was finally acted on.  In July 1841 I was in your office and at my request the papers were examined by D. Crump he informed me that no decision could be had upon the papers then and suggested as to the manner of proceeding that I should get two respectable persons to go before our Court and prove the time of the death of Mr. Roe and the names of his children who were living at his death and procure the certificate of the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office of  the fact then proven and to forward this certificate with a petition of some of the heirs to the Department.  That the papers would be reexamined and a certificate granted to the children, for such amount as upon a fair reading of the whole papers it might be supposed Mr. Roe would have
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have been entitled to.  I came home procured the evidence and certificates as suggested and sent the papers on and since then, I have heard nothing about them.  Will you be good enough to inform me whether these papers have been received or not and if received what has been done with them - 

I wish also to call your attention to the case of Mrs. Sophia Sooy.  In a letter which I received, you say, "she may be allowed for 8 months service as a private if she can show the relationship of husband and wife prior to January 1794 by that grade of evidence which is so universally afforded by the register of Towns, Churches and families of births, baptisms and marriages" - Now I do not suppose she can do this,  she certainly can show nothing from the register of Towns and churches because no such registers exist. They  have a family bible, but when her husband died as she informs me, the family was broken up and the children went to the Western Country and she supposes that some of them took the bible, and if in being it is somewhere in the Wester Country - of the fact that
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she was married before Jany. 1794 there is no doubt whatever and according to my recollection of the evidence, it is hardly possible that the witnesses could be in and on that point and more evidence of that kind could be had if desired, but she does expect to be able to furnish evidence such as is mentioned in the letter -  Please inform me as to this case also

I am very Respectfully
Yrs
J.C. Smallwood
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State of New Jersey Atlantic County ss

On the 13th day of March Ad 1843 before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace of the said County personally aforesaid Sylvia Collins wife of Mattherw Collins Esquire aged sixty seven years and upwards to me well known and wherein I certify to be a person of credibility whose statement is entitled to credit and belief who being by me first duly affirmed according to law on his affirmation saith  that she is well acquainted with Sophia Sooy widow of Samuel Sooy deceased and has known her well since before the time that she was married to the said Samuel Sooy and this affirmant further saith that she remembers well when the said Samuel and Sophia was married.  She knows that it was a short time before the death of Bejamin Endicott (this affirmant's father) that she assisted part of the wedding company in getting ready to attend to their wedding.  This affirmant further saith that her father died on the 31st day of May 1792 as appears from the record of his death kept in a book for the purpose by the family "and which record is in these words "Benjamin Endicott who departed this life May 31 1792 aged fifty years"  And this affirmant further saith that from the time of their marriage until the death of the said Samuel Sooy they the said Samuel Sooy and Sophia lived together and was understood and believed to be husband and wife and others they were spoken of and trusted as husband and wife by their neighbors and acquaintances.  Another affirmant further saith that they had several children together

Sylvia Collins

Affirmed and subscribed
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State of New Jersey Atlantic County ss

On the 13th day of March Ad 1843 before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared before me Mary Smith, Aged sixty eight years and upwards in where I do certify the utmost confidence may be placed as to her veracity who being by me first duly affirmed according to law on her affirmation saith that she is well acquainted with Sophia Sooy widow of Samuel Sooy, Deceased and has known her well both before and since the time she was married to the said Samuel Sooy , another affirmant further saith that she remembers very well the time of the marriage that she was at their wedding and stood up with them when they were married in the year 1793 but cannot be positive as to the exact time.

Mary Smith

Affirmed and sub scribed the date above before me

John A Clement
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Atlantic County ss

I Abraham L. Iszard clerk of the inferior court of common Pleas in and for the County & State aforesaid do certify that the above named justice, John A. Clement was duly affirmed
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Woodbury Feby. 15 1840

JL. Edwards Esq.

Sir

Enclosed find a supplemental affidavit of Mrs. Sophia Sooy in answer to a communication of the 28 Oct 1839, the affidavit by some accident has got considerably defaced but no so as to render it illegible - 
Yrs. respectfully
J.C. Smallwood
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Woodbury Oct. 23 1841

Hon J.L. Edwards

Sir

Enclosed is some further evidence to support the claim of Mrs. Sophia Sooy for a pension which I obtained from the secretary's Office at Trenton.  The records of that office furnish but little evidence of pay for militia services prior to 1777 and none so far as D. McChesney and myself could discover that would affect the claim of Mrs. Sooy - I presume however that no doubt can exist as to the service under Cpt. Somers at Amboy in 1776 and Capt. Steelman at the fort Burrows on Little Eggharbour river as most of the men from that section of country have obtained pensions for services in those companies, at the latter place a small fort was built in august 1776 as may be seen by the records in the Secretary's office, this was burnt down by the British in the summer or fall of that year and another built at the same place.

Please inform me when the case is decided - 

I am very respectfully yrs
J.C. Smallwood
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Revy WIDOW, & c.

File No.  3882

Sophia Sooy
Wid.
Samuel Sooy
Pvt Rev. War

Act:  Feby. 2nd/48

Index: - Vol. M, Page 231

[Arrangement of 1870]

1913 July 2 hist. to W.M. Clevenger
1922 May Hist. to Hester C. Strulle V.L.M.
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Woodbury
NJ [illegible] 14

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington D. C.
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DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of congress of the 2nd February 184 entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers and the Revolution."

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Atlantic County ss

On this twenty eighth day of February 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Common Pleas in and for said county, Sophia Sooy, widow of Samuel Sooy dec. a resident of Galloway Township in the county of Atlantic aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Samuel Sooy who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and served in the New Jersey Militia in the New Jersey Line and that she received fifty five dollars per annum under the Act of June 17, 1844.

She further declares that she is still a widow.

Sophia Sooy

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me.
Joseph Garwood

I certify that the above named declarant is personally know to me.
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State of New Jersey, Atlantic County ss

I Joseph E. Potts Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Atlantic in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Joseph Garwood Esquire before whom the within declaration of Sophia Sooy was made, was at the doing thereof and now is one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature of the said Joseph Garwood thereunto subscribed is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of March in the year of our Lorde eighteen hundred and forty nine.

Joseph E. Potts, Clerk
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Hon. JL Edwards

Sir

Annexed is the declaration of Sophia Sooy to obtain a continuance of her pension, under a recent act of Congress, will you please have it examined and inform me of the result.

Very respectfully
J.C. Smallwood
Woodbury N.J.
March 14 1849
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Saml. Sooy
Return this

[illegible]

J.C. Smallwood Esq.
Woodbury
N. Jersey
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [Samuel Sooy] which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?


II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?
No, see [?]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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2

XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  See Quere 14  Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
No see Quere 16

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Quere V.  In a case where the applicant cannot by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, etc A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For (blank) year (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank).  For (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank) and for such service I claim a pension.
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

Quere XIV.  Proof of Service

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

Quere XVI.  Mode of Authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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N. Jersey
Sophia Sooy
Let. to J.C. Smallwood 28 Oct. 1839
to Just. Randolph 2nd April 1849
To J.C. Smallwood Oct 29 1841
To J.C. Smallwood Nov. 18 1842
To Same - June 13 1843
To Same Oct. 25 1844

Act July 1838
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New Jersey

Samuel Sooy Act June 7 1832 to what time period
Pd.f. 4th March 1835

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5907
Sophia Sooy
NJ.
Act July 7 38

Ad. d.
11y 2m
Priv
$55 per an.
Also
Act  3 March 42

J.C. Smallwood Esq.
Woodbury
N.J.