Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3566, for Samuel Lambert, New Jersey
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(3--1776)
SERVICE
NEW JERSEY

LAMBERT, SAMUEL
ELIZABETH

NUMBER
W.3566
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CONTENTS
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[left side]
Order to pay 28 Oct 1837.
ditto 1 Oct 1838
Same 10 Oct 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from
4 Sept 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt
notified 31. Decr 1840
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Order to pay 26 Oct 1841
Order to pay 9 Jany 1843
Let to Gov. D Hame Mar 14 '44
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Paid as above from 4. Sep
1842 to 4 March 1843. Agt
notified 7 Dec 1844

[right side]
[New] Jersey 9738
[Sam]uel Lambert
[...] in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Craig of the Regt commanded
by Col Ogden in the New Jersey
line for 1 year
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 40 Dollars 0 0 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June
1833 and sent to Daniel
Cains Hamburg New Jersey
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept & 20.00
[total] #100.00
[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J W Clagett Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 120
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1.001
New Jersey
Elizabeth Lambert
widow of Samuel Lambert
who served in the Revolutionary 
N J
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
10. October 1850
Certificate of Pension issued the
17th day of March 1853
and sent to
Geo E Thomas
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[July] 29, 1848, Page 95 Vol. A
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12.604
Samuel Lambert

On roll for 9 months
Adm for 12 months.
$40
Daniel Haines Esq
Hamburg
Sussex Co
N.J.
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Lambert
of Sussex County in the State of N. Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
[a] Spring or Summer In 1777
[b] Fall of "
[c] Spring of 1778 (inlisted)
[d] Summer of 1781. (drafted)
    for three Months
[e] Not specified

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
[a] 1 [month]
[b] 1 [month]
[c] 9 [months]
[d] not specified
[e] about 1 month

Rank.
As a
[a] Private
[b] "
[c] "
[d] "
[e] "

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
[a] Capt. Craig  N. Jersey
[b] Genl. Wynans      "
[c] Capt Morrison
    Col. Matthias Ogden } 1st Regt. N. Jersey line
[d] Capt. Freeman
    Major Crane }
[e] Capt. Lane

5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scotch Plains
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, and one living witness
who testifies to the 9 mos term of service
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are properly
authenticated
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

Wm Gordon Examining Clerk
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex ss

On this the Twenty sixth day of 
August AD Eighteen hundred & fifty two personally
appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace
in and for the County of Sussex aforesaid, William
C Lambert a resident of the Town of Wantage in sd [said]
County of Sussex who being by me first duly sworn
on his oath doth depose & say that he is the oldest
of the children of the late Samuel Lambert a soldier
of the Revolution now deceased, and of his wife 
Elizabeth Lambert formerly Elizabeth Hager, who still
survives, and that he the said deponent stands
wholly disinterested towards the application of 
the said Elizabeth Lambert 
for the Benefit of the Pension Laws of the United States

This deponent further saith that the
said Samuel Lambert deceased during the latter
part of his life, resided with this deponent, and
continued to reside with him until the day of
his death, and that he the deponent after his
death had & still has the custody of all of the
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Books & papers of the said Samuel Lambert
deceased, and among them He finds the Family
Bible, which the said Samuel Lambert deceased
used for many years before his said decease.

And this deponent further saith that
on a careful examination of said Record he
finds no entries of the marriage of his said
father or mother, and from a careful examination
of all the Books and papers of the said Samuel
Lambert deceased, he believes and therefore
States that there is no Private Family Record, or
Certificate of said Marriage in existance,

And this deponent further saith
that he counts himself sixty years of age from
the fifth day of January last past, and that
corresponding therewith he finds in the said
Family Bible Entries of which the following
are true copies diligently compared

Family Records.
Births.
Samuel Lambert was Born January the 9th
AD 1759.
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Elizabeth Lambert was born was born February the
18th AD 1769.
William C Lambert Was Born January the 5th AD
1792."

And this deponent saith that by the last entry
he understands & believes that he was born on
the 5th day of January AD Seventeen hundred
& ninety two.

"Ester Lambert was born February the 10th 1794"

And this deponent saith that by said entry
he understands and therefore states that his sister
Ester was born the Tenth day of February AD
Seventeen hundred and ninety four

"Jesse Lambert was Born October the
30th A D 1795."

and this deponent saith that by
the last said entry he understands and believes
and therefore states that his Brother Jessie was
born the Thirtieth day of October AD seventeen
hundred and ninety five.

"Matilda Lambert Was Born November
the 8th AD 1797."
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and this deponent further saith that by the
last said entry he understands and believes
that his second Sister Matilda Lambert was 
born the Eighth day of November AD seventeen
hundred & ninety seven

"Eliza Lambert Was Born April the 9th All
1801."

and this deponent saith that by the
last said entry he understands & believes & therefore 
states that his third sister Eliza was
born April the Ninth AD Eighteen hundred
and one.

"Samuel Lambert Junr was born March
the 18th A.D. 1803."

And this deponent saith that by
the last entry he understands & believes that his
brother Samuel Lambert Junior was born the
Eighteenth day of [June, crossed out] March AD eighteen
hundred & three

Angelina Lambert was Born April
the 30th AD 1805

And this deponent saith that
by the last said entry he understand & believes
that the youngest & last of the children of the
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said Samuel Lambert decd and of Wife Elizabeth
was born the thirtieth day of April Eighteen
hundred and five, and that his recollections
of the birth & childhood of his said Brother &
sisters corresponds in all and every particular
with the said entries.

And this deponent further saith
that in said Family Bible he finds the following
entry

Family Record
Deaths.
Samuel Lambert Died October 10th AD 1850.

and he further saith that by said
entry it appears that the said Samuel Lambert
died the tenth day of October AD eighteen
hundred & fifty and that he the said deponent
also knows of his own knowledge that the said
Samuel Lambert deceased died on the said
tenth day of October AD Eighteen hundred
and fifty, and that the said Elizabeth
Lambert still survives him, and remains
a widow and unmarried, and further
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this deponent saith not,

Wm C Lambert

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year first 
above written and aforesaid
Jas Decker Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
County of Sussex ss }

I Thomas J Ludlum Clerk
County of Sussex of the Inferior Court of Common
pleas in and for the County and
state above mentioned do hereby
certify that James Decker whose
genuine signature appears above
is and was at the time of signing 
the same a Justice in and
for the said County and State aforesaid duly 
commissioned and sworn that all his official acts as
such are entitled to full faith and credit and
that the aforesaid County Court is a Court
of record having general jurisdiction
Given under my hand and seal of office at
[illegible] this thirty first day of August AD 1852

Thomas J Ludlum Clk
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Declaration &c
of Elizabet
widow of
Samuel Lambert
for Revolutionary
Pension-
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Pension Certificate of
Saml Lambert, accompanies.
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Act 7 July 1838,
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filed by
Geo C. Thomas
Washington
D.C.
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex ss }
On this twenty second day of
November in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and fifty
one personally appeared before me
the subscriber one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for the said County of
Sussex Elizabeth Lambert resident
of the township of Wantage in the
County of Sussex and State of New 
Jersey aged eighty three years and who
(I certify by reason of bodily infirmities
is unable to appear
in and attend the said Court and
who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provisions
of the act of Congress passed July
4, 1836 and other acts supplementary
to and explanatory thereof. That
she is the widow of Samuel Lambert
who was the identical person named
in the original certificate now in her
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 Samuel
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex ss }
On this twenty second day of
November in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and fifty
one personally appeared before me
the subscriber one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for the said County of
Sussex Elizabeth Lambert resident
of the township of Wantage in the
County of Sussex and State of New 
Jersey aged eighty three years and who
(I certify by reason of bodily infirmities
is unable to appear
in and attend the said Court and
who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provisions
of the act of Congress passed July
4, 1836 and other acts supplementary
to and explanatory thereof. That
she is the widow of Samuel Lambert
who was the identical person named
in the original certificate now in her
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 Samuel

[14]
Lambert of the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the army
of the Revolution is entitled to recieve
Forty dollars and [blank] cents per
annum during his natural life
commencing on the 4th of March
1831 and payable semiannually on
the 4th of March and 4th of September 
in every year.

Given at the War Office of the
United States this twelfth day of
June one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three.
L.S. (encircled}
John Robb acting
Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned
J.L. Edwards Commissioner
of Pensions

And she further declares that
she was married to the said Samuel
Lambert at Scotch Plains in the
County of Essex and State of New Jersey
by the Reverend Wm Van Horn
an ordained Minister of the Baplist 
Church on the seventeenth of January
seventeen hundred ninety one that the certificate of
the said marriage given by the said
Minister has long since been lost
or destroyed, and that she has
no documentary evidence of her
said marriage. That her husband
the said Samuel Lambert died
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on the tenth day of October in
the year Eighteen hundred and fifty
and left no children under the age
of twenty one years and that she
has remained his widow ever
since that period as will
more fully appear by the proof
hereunto annexed.

Elizabeth Her + mark Lambert

Sworn to & subscribed
the day and year
first above written
before me
Moses Dunning

New Jersey
County of Sussex ss
On this twenty third day of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty one Personally appeared before me
the subscriber a Judge of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Sussex
James Decker Esquire a Justice of the Peace
of said County who being by me first duly
sworn according to law on his oath
doth depose and say that he was formerly a
resident of the township of Minisink in the County
of Orange and State of New York, and that
whilst residing there he lived a near neighbor
the late Samuel Lambert a reputed soldier of
the Revolution and his Wife Elizabeth Lambert
and now surviving widow whose declaration is
hereto appended. That he the said deponent
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remembers them from the earliest period of his
recollection and that he is now fifty eight years
of age.

And this deponent further says
that they lived together as man and wife and were
reputed such in their neighborhood, and that they reared
children as their own and that two of them
viz William and Jesse were the companions
of [my, crossed out] his earliest boyhood. And that William and
Ester were both of them older than this deponent.

And this deponent further says
that the said Children were reputed to be the children
of the said Samuel Lambert and the said Elizabeth
and by them acknowledged as such and further
this Deponent saith not

Jas Decker

Sworn to and subscribed the day first
above written before me, and I hereby certify that the
said James Decker who has subscribed his name
hereto is to me personally known, and I believe
him to be of the age he represents, and I consider 
him a credible person, and that his statement
is entitled to full faith and credit.

Moses Dunning
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex ss
On this twenty second day
of December AD eighteen hundred and fifty one
personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Judge
of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Sussex aforesaid Peter Swarts aged seventy
one years, a resident of the Township of Wantage
in the said County of Sussex, who being by me
first duly sworn according to law on his oath
doth depose and say that he has been acquainted 
with the late Samuel Lambert a reputed
soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the
United States and with his reputed wife and
surviving widow Elizabeth Lambert whose
declaration is hereto appended for a period
some forty two years last past, and that
during all that time this deponent has lived
near them, and that they the said Samuel
Lambert deceased and the said Elizabeth
Lambert did from the period of this deponents
earliest acquaintance with them up to the
time of the death of the said Samuel Lambert
live together as man and wife
and have been reputed such in the neigh[borhood]
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borhood in which they reside

And this deponent further
saith that the said Samuel Lambert now deceased
and the said Elizabeth Lambert have together
reared a large family of children with the
oldest of which that is to say William C
Ester and Jesse Lambert he has been acquainted, 
for the said period of forty two
years, and from his recollection of their
appearance at that early period, he believes
them respectively to be at this time over the age of fifty
years and that the oldest William C
Lambert is in the neighborhood of sixty
years.

And this deponent further saith
that from his knowledge of the family and the
apparent ages of the children, and from the 
declaration of the said Elizabeth Lambert whom
he considers a person entitled to full faith and
credit, he believes and therefore states that the
said Samuel Lambert now deceased and the
said Elizabeth Lambert were married in the
seventeenth day of January AD sewventeen
hundred and ninety one as is set forth in
the Declaration to which this is appended.
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and this deponent further saith
that the said Samuel Lambert died on the
with day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and fifty and
left no children under the age of twenty one
years, and that she the said Elizabeth Lambert
hath remained his widow and still is his widow.

Peter Swarts

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year first
above written Before me

Moses Dunning

and I the said Moses
Dunning after investigating the matter do declare
it to be my opinion that the said Samuel Lambert
now deceased is the identical persons named in
the original certificate a copy of which is in the said
declaration hereto appended, included, and
that Elizabeth Lambert the above named declarant
is the surviving widow of the said Samuel Lambert
now deceased and that they were married on
the seventeenth day of January AD seventeen
hundred and ninety one, and that she the said
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Elizabeth Lambert still remains his widow

And I Moses Dunning Judge as
aforesaid do further certify that John Stiles
who has signed the preceding certificate is to
me personally known and that he is an Elder
in the Presbyterian Church and that he the
said John Stiles and the said Peter Swarts
whose certificate also is hereto appended are
respectively credible person and that their
statement is entitled to full faith & credit

Moses Dunning
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex } ss.
On this twenty second day of
November in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared
before me the subscriber a Judge of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex
aforesaid, John Stiles aged sixty eight years
a resident of the Township of Wantage in the
said County of Sussex, who being by me first
duly sworn according to law on his oath doth
depose and say, that he has been acquainted 
with the late Samuel Lambert now deceased, a
reputed soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner
of the General Government, and also with his
wife Elizabeth Lambert whose declaration
is hereto appended for a period of at least
thirty five years last past, and that during
all that time they have been connected with
the First Presbyterian Church of the Clove of
which said church also the said deponent has
been during all the time aforesaid an Elder

And this deponent further saith
that the said Samuel Lambert up to the period
of his death, and the said Elizabeth Lambert
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have lived together as man and wife during all the
time aforesaid, and have been always reputed
man and will in the neighborhood in which they
reside and in the church to which they belong

And this deponent further saith
that they have reared a large family of children
the oldest of which named William C Lambert
has been personally known to the deponent for the
said period of thirty five years, and that at
the time when this deponent first became 
acquainted with said William C Lambert he thought
him at least twenty years of age, and that
he is also acquainted with and during the said
period of thirty five years has been acquainted with
Ester Lambert and Jesse Lambert others of the
reputed children of the said Samuel Lambert deceased
and Elizabeth Lambert, and that he considers
them both respectively as upwards of fifty years of age, and
that from the declaration of the said Elizabeth
Lambert whom he considers a person entitled to
full belief and credit, and from his knowledge
of the family and the ages of the different
children, he believes that they were married before
the year Eighteen hundred and on the said
seventeenth day of January AD Seventeen hundred
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and ninety one, as is set forth in the declaration
of the said Elizabeth Lambert

And this deponent further
saith that the said Samuel Lambert died on
the tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty and left no children under the age of twenty one years, and that
she the said Elizabeth Lambert hath remained
his widow and still is his widow.

John Stiles

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year first
above written Before me

Moses Dunning

State of New Jersey Sussex County ss I Thomas J. Ludlum Clerk of the Inferior Court 
of Common Pleas of said County (the said Court being a
Court of Record and having a Seal do certify that
Moses Dunning Esq the person before whom the foregoing
depositions were taken was at the time of the taking thereof
and now is a Judge of the said Court duly commissioned
and qualified and that full faith and credit are to be given to his
official acts as such and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with
the handwriting of said Moses Dunning and verily believe that the
signature to the said deposition is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said County this 7th day of January 1852

Thomas J. Ludlum
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of
August in the year of our Lord Eighteen 
hundred and thirty two personally appeared in
open court before the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas now sitting Samuel Lambert
a resident of Wantage in the said County
of Sussex aged Seventy four years 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 7 1832

That he was born at Scotch Plains
in the County of Essex and State of New Kelly
on the 9th day of January AD 1758, that he
has a record of his age in his family bible now
before the Court  that he is at Scotch
place till called unto the service, and after
the war till the year 1791 when he moved with
his father to Orange County in the State of
New York after which he moved to Wantage
there he now lives. He was called into
the service in the spring or Summer of 1777
in the Militia under Captain Craig and was
stationed nearly all the time at Rahway in the
State of New Jersey Marched once during the time
to Elizabethtown and [illegible] one month

After this he was out again in the fall of
the same year for one month at Elizabeth
town & Woodbridge. General Winans was out
the same service

In the Spring of the year 1778 he enlisted as
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a private soldier at Westfield in the County
of Essex for the term of nine months in
Captain Isaac Morrisons Company and
was attached to the first Regiment of the New 
Jersey line commanded by Colonel Matthias
Ogden and joined the Regiment at Mount
Holly, that he served his term out and was
honorably discharged that he lost his
certificate of discharge in a pocketbook soon after
be obtained it; that the only evidence he has of
this service is the deposition of Joseph Badgley
annexed to this declaration. That while
in this service he was in the battle of Monmouth
in New Jersey - after this he marched to New
Brunswick Woodbridge and Elizabeth town, and
remained at the latter place til the term of his
service expired. While he was at Elizabeth
town Major Aaron Ogden was wounded
After this he returned home and was drafted
for the three months service under Captain
Freeman and Major -- Graves [?] and Joined
the troops at Morristown in the summer of 1781
and marched thence to Dobbs ferry on the Hudson
Genl Chanwell was then with the Jersey Brigade
from that place was marched to the Connecticut
farms and then discharged but has no certificate 
of his discharge. After this he was called
out in the Militia to resist the revolt of the
troops at Chatham on the [illegible] there - but
went only to the lines on the Sound opposite
Staten Island and was out about one month
under Captain - Lane - That he has no
documentary Evidence of this service but that
Jesse Dolesly who now lives near Scotch Plains
in this State is acquainted with the most of the
service above stated - and the declarant
also believes he can procure the testimony of
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one or more other person to some part of
the service but their residence is so far
distant that it will be attended with considerable 
expenses. That Col Recompense
Stanbury was at Connecticut farms with
this declarant-

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not of any
Pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sam'l Lambert

Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

Benj Halsey

We Peter Kenons (?) a clergyman, residing
in Wantage by the County of Sussex and
Sylvanus Howell of the same place hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Samuel
Lambert who has subscribed the above declaration, 
that we believe him to be seventy
four 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 that opinion.

P Kenons (?)
Silvenus Howell

Sworn and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid

Benj Halseyone or more other person to some part of
the service but their residence is so far
distant that it will be attended with considerable 
expenses. That Col Recompense
Stanbury was at Connecticut farms with
this declarant-

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not of any
Pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sam'l Lambert

Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

Benj Halsey

We Peter Kanouse a clergyman, residing
in Wantage by the County of Sussex and
Sylvanus Howell of the same place hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Samuel
Lambert who has subscribed the above declaration, 
that we believe him to be seventy
four 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 that opinion.

P Kanouse
Silvenus Howell

Sworn and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid

Benj Halsey
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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 named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states. And the court further
certifies that it appears to them that Peter
Kanouse who has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman resident in Wantage
aforesaid and that Silvanus Howell who
has also began the same is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit
Done in open Court the day & year aforesaid

Benj Halsey Presiding Judge &

I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the said County of Sussex
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the
Matter of the application of Samuel Lambert
for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of
office the twenty seventh day of
August Eighteen hundred & thirty
two.

J. E. Edsall Clk
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September 18, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MOS
Samuel Lambert, W. 3566

Mr. Jacob P. Lambert
141 West Doxey Street
Ogden, Utah

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
Samuel Lambert who served in the Revolutionary War and died October
10, 1850.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, W. 3566, based upon the Revolutionary War service of
Samuel Lambert.

He was born January 9, 1758 or 1759, at Scotch Plains, Essex
County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.

While living in Scotch Plains, he enlisted and served as private
with the New Jersey troops as follows: in the spring or summer of 1777,
one month in Captain Craig's company; in the fall of 1777, one month,
names of officers not given; from the spring of 1778, nine months in
Captain Isaac Morrison's company in Colonel Matthias Ogden's regiment
and was in the battle of Monmouth; in the summer of 1781, three months
in Captain Freeman's company; he then served one month under Captain
Lane.

In 1791 he moved with his father to Orange County, New York, and
from there he moved to Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Samuel Lambert was allowed pension on his application executed
August 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Wantage, New Jersey.

He died October 10, 1850.
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This soldier married at Scotch Plains, New Jersey, January 17,
1791, Elizabeth Hager who was born February 18, 1769.

She was allowed pension on her application executed November 22,
1851, at which time she was living in Wantage, New Jersey.

Samuel and Elizabeth Lambert had the following children:

William C.  born January 5, 1792.
Ester    " February 10, 1794.
Jesse    " October 30, 1795.
Matilda  " November 8, 1797.
Eliza    " April 9, 1801.
Samuel   " March 18, 1803.
Angeline " April 30, 1805.

The only children living in 1877 were Angeline Lambert and Eliza
(surname not given) and Angeline was then living at the old homestead
and her post office was Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[left side]
1935 Sept 18 hist. to
Jacob P. Lambert

[right side]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
---
File No. 3566
Elizabeth Lambert
Widow
Samuel Lambert
Pvt. Rev. War
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Act: July 29. 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 416
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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141 West Doxey Street
September 9, 1935
Ogden, Utah

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

Can you tell me if Samuel Lambert I who
was born January 10, 1758 and died October 10,
1850 at Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey,
received a pension for service in the Revolutionary
War. I am tracing my geneology so that
I can join the Sons of The American Revolution
Society. Can you also furnish the names of his
wife and children?

He served in Captain Lyons' Company, 4th
Battalion, 2nd Establishment, also Militia.
Captain Abraham Lyons and Colonel Ephriam Martin
were his superior officers.

Sincerely yours,
Sarah Lambert

[round stamp]
RECEIVED
SEP 12 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV. 
VETS. ADM. 21
[illegible]
Page 32

[left side]
Died Ocbr 10 1830

[right side]
14.563
Elizabeth Lambert
Widow of Samuel
NJ
Geo. C> Thomas [illegible]/52
Same Jny 15 /53
Rejected under 7.J. 1838. [Act of 7 July 1838]
Admd under 29 J. 48 [Act of 29 July 1848]
---
Act July 7 1838
Page 33

File A 3.566
Elizabeth Lambert
(aged 83 years in 1851.)
Widow of
Samuel
Pri. Rev. War
Children and heirs
Wm C. Lambert
Ester "
Jesse "
Matilda "
Eliza "
Samuel and "
Angelina " of
Hamburg
Sussex Co. N.J.
agent
Geo. C. Thomas
Washington
Page 34

Pension Office
March 14 1853
New Jersey Rolls
Act June 7 1832
$40 p an 

Saml Lambert
what time paid?
T. Triplett

J. S. Gallaher Esq
Auditor

Paid to 4th March 1850.
BLN
Page 35

N.O.W & B.L.D.
Evans
Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Aug 24 1877

Dear Sir

You will please
find enclosed a letter addressed
to the Post Master at Hamburg
N.J, and his reply.

Please furnish this Office
with the information desired
and return these letters with
your reply in the Envelope enclosed.

Very respectfully
OPG Clark
Acting Commissioner
M. M. P.

Post Master
Deckertown
Sussex Co
N.J.
Page 36

N.O.W & B.L.D.
Evans

Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Sep 6th 1877.

Dear Sir

I herewith transmit to
your address the Bible referred to
in my last communication.
You will please deliver it to Miss
Angeline Lambert, She being the
proper person to receive it.

Please get her to acknowledge the
receipt of said Bible on the back
of this letter & return it (the letter)
in the enclosed Envelope.

Very respectfully
J. S. Bentley
Commissioner
for J.W.M.

Post Master
Deckertown
Sussex Co.
N.J.
Page 37

I herby acknowledge the receipt
of the Bible Refered to in the within
Letter From the Post Master at
Deckertown Sussex Co. N. Dated at
Deckertown N.J. Sept 11th 1877

Angeline Lambert

[written downward]
Widows
File No. 3,566
---
Elizabeth Lambert
Widow of
Saml Lambert
---
Receipt for Bible &c
to be filed Sep 14.77
Evans
OK
Page 38

Deckertown, Sussex County,
N. J.
Department of the Interior
Pension Office Washington D.C.

Sir
Yours of Aug 24th was duly recd.
In accordance with your request
I have made enquiry of one
of the family and find that
there are but two of the children
of Mrs Elizabeth Lambert widow
of Samuel Lambert who was a
private in the Rev. War
now living, viz, Eliza & Angeline.
Angeline has never been married
and lives on the old homestead
who is undoubtedly the proper
person to send it to. Her address
is Angeline Lambert, Deckertown,
Sussex County, N. J.

Yours Respectfully M. E. Kern P.M.
Page 39

Bounty Land Div
W. B. E.
Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 5th 1877.

Dear Sir
Please furnish this office with the names
and Post Office address of some of the descendants
of the following named persons who formerly
resided in your town. Viz:
Elizabeth Lambert
Widow of Samuel Lambert a Private in the
Rev. War. Application for pension was
made by Mrs Lambert in the year 1851.
She was then 83 years of age.
The names of her children as found upon the
record here are
William C Lambert, Ester Lambert
Jesse Lambert, Matilda Lambert,
Eliza Lambert, Saml and Angelina Lambert.

A Bible was filed, containing a family record, in
Evidence. It is now desired to return said
Bible to the family Please return this letter with your reply

Very respectfully  per MVS
J W Bentley
Commissioner

To the 
Post Master
Hamburg N.J.
Page 40

Washington 17 feb/52
Commr of Pensions
Washington

Sir:
Enclosed is the
additional evidence required in
the case of Mrs Elizth Lambert who
applies for a Widows Revolutionary
Pension.

A letter from Governor
Haines - Now Judge of the Supreme Court
of New Jersey - accompanies
the same.

Very Respectfully
Geo. C. Thomas Atty
Page 41

(Pension Office)
Washington 19 Jun 52

Col John Wilson

Dear sir: 

In presenting
the case of Elizabeth Lambert I would
say that she is the widow of a
Revolutionary pensioner, is very 
aged, & as her life has mostly run
out I will hope that her application 
for a pension will meet
with a prompt response from
your office.

I will add that
altho I am an attorney & as
such paid for my services,
yet in this case I have no
pecuniary interest, but am
doing a service to age & merit.
Mrs Lambert is personally a
stranger to me.

Very Respectfully
Your HSvt [humble servant]
Geo C. Thomas
Page 42

Jan 20 /52
Case of Elizth
Lambert wid:
of Saml

Geo C Thomas
Present

[inverted]
Triplett

[vertically downward]
John Wilson
Washington
Page 43

[illegible] Sept 8 1852

Dear Sir

With this please receive further
testimony in the case of Mrs Lambert
It [illegible] that this meets the requisition
of the department, shewing the
absence of any record of the marriage & 
preparing the way for the [illegible] evidence
of that fact.

Of that evidence see here the
declaration of the widow, the testimony of
the neighbors of long cohabitation, the
age of her children & their testimony

If any thing further is required we
will endeavor to supply it.

I am greatly obliged by the
information contained in your [illegible]
respecting Mr Phillips

Yours truly
[illegible]

George C Thomas Esq
Page 44

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Lambert widow of Saml
County and State of N Jersey
act 29 July 1848
===
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" [crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner Act 1832
at $40 per ann.
Documentary evidence of marriage
(Family Record filed away)
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
G.C. Thomas Esq
Present
Page 45

Post Office Hamburgh
Sussex County New Jersey
J. A. Bentley
Commr Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir
The PM of
Deckerton N. J.
can give you the
desired information
Very truly yours
J. B. Hurchstall [?]
M Hamburgh
N.J.
Page 46

State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss

On this the Eighteenth day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight 
hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of
Essex aforesaid, Joshua E. Rue aged thirty five years who
being by me first duly sworn according to law on his
oath depose and say that he is a Clergyman of the Baptist
denomination of Christian and as is the settled Pastor of the
Baptist Church of Scotch Plains in the County of
Essex aforesaid, and that by virtue of his said Office
he has the custody of the ancient Records of said church.
And that in a Book of Records Entitled The Records
of the Baptist Church at the Scotch Plains in East
New Jersey in the year of our Lord 1747," he finds
the following entry
"December 15th 1785 Pursuant to the above agreement
Mr Van Horn moved to and took charge of the Church
the 15th of December 1785"
And he further states that the Church
referred to, was the said Church of Scotch Plains, &
that it appears from the same Record that the
said Mr Van Horn in other places named William
Van Horn continued to officiate as their minister
until the twenty ninth day of July AD eighteen
hundred and seven when the following entry appears
Elder Van Horn being too much indisposed to preach it
was agreed that the four deacons make such arrangements
as they think proper for obtaining occasional
supplies &c
Page 47

undred and seven when the following entry appears
Elder Van Horn being too much indisposed to preach it
was agreed that the four deacons make such arrangements 
as they think proper for obtaining occasional
supplies &c

And he further states that it has
not been the custom of the Ministers of said Church of
Scotch Plains to keep the Record of Marriages with the
Church Records but that they some times keep a private
Record of Marriages, but that they are not required to
do so by the regulations of their church, and he further
states that he has made diligent search among the Records ┃
of said church, and that there is no Private Record
of Marriages of the said William Van Horn to be found
among them, & further this deponent saith not

Joshua C. Rue

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first
above written, and I hereby certify that the said Joshua E. Rue is
the settled Pastor of the said Church of Scotch him in the said County
of Essex

Cooper Parse Justice of the Peace
Page 48

State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss

I John R. Weeks Clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County
Essex aforesaid do hereby certify that I have made
diligent search in my office for the record of the
Marriage of Samuel Lambert with Elizabeth
Hager Solemnized by the Reverend William
Van Horn of the Baptist Church of the Scotch Plains
in said County, and find none, and further that
there are no Records of Marriages to be found in this
office previous to Seventeen hundred and ninety
five, and on an examination of the Statutes [illegible]
of the said State of New Jersey, I find that there
was no law requiring Clergymen and others
solemnizing marriages to record the same prior to
that date  And I hereby further certify
that Cooper Parse Esquire whose proper signature
appears to the affidavit hereto appended
is and was at the time of signing the same
a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of
Essex aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn
and that as such Justice he is legally authorized
to administer oaths for all lawful purposes and
that his official acts are entitled to full faith
& credit.  And further that the said Court
of Common Pleas is a Court of Record having
general jurisdiction.

Given under my hand and seal of the
said Court at Newark this the Eighteenth
day of August AD Eighteen hundred & fifty two
1852.

J. R. Weeks Clk.
Page 49

No. 1.201
Elizabeth Lambert
widow of Samuel
Admd. NJ
Act July 29 1848
1 yr pri $40
per annum from
10 octo 1850
when her husband
died.

Cert to
Geo C. Thomas Esq
Present
Page 50

GIDEON, PRINTER.
Sir:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
May 22, 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United 
States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the
pension agents, Samuel Lambert,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey
Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars
per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
___ of Sept. 1842, to the 4th March 1843.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
Page 51

Trenton March 11 1844
Sir
I reglease [?] herewith
to transmit a letter of Philemon Dickinson
Esq Pension Agent for New Jersey stating the
loss of the Pension Certificate of Samuel Lambert
of Sussex in this State

That the evidence
of loss is satisfactory will you please forward
to Mr Dickinson or to me a new Certificate

Your Ob Sevt
David [?] Harris

James L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Page 52

Trenton Bank
Jan. 3 1843

Sir

I enclose herewith a voucher in
the Case of Samuel Lambert a pensioner under the
act June 7 1832, who has not been paid for more
an a year.

Your special directions are requested for
payment

I am very Respectfully
Your ob:
Phil Dickinson
P. At N. Jersey

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Page 53

Trenton October 22 1841

Sir
The enclosed voucher of Saml
Lambert for one years amt of pension requires
your special direction for payment

I am very respectfully
Your Ob Serv
Phil Dickinson Pension
At N. Jersey

JL Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Page 54

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 23d 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Samuel Lambert,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at
the rate of Forty Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839,
to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
Page 55

Trenton Bank
Pension Office
October 8 1839

Sir.

The enclosed voucher requires
your special direction for payment

I am very respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Phil Dickinson Prest

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 56

Trenton Bank
Pension Office
September 25 1838

Sir
I enclose the voucher of Samuel Lambert
requiring your special direction for payment
I am very respectfully
Your Ob Servt
W T Hunt for
P. Dickinson Pres

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 57

Trenton Bank
Pension Office
Oct 23 1837

I enclose the Vouchers of Samuel
Lambert requiring your special attention for
payment

I am respectfully
Your
Obedient Serv.
Phil Dickinson Prest

J L Edwards Esq
Page 58

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 Lambert which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

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

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? Yes

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

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

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? Yes
Page 59

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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 revolu-
tionary service? Yes

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. [dagger] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? Yes

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? Yes

XVI. [double dagger] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

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, &c. 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 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 ---
year --- months, and --- days, I served as a --- For --- months
and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.
Page 60

3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. Thisa declaration is highly objectionable.
It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.

[dagger] 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.

[double dagger] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
[pointing hand] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Page 61

Saml. Lambert
Payments to be made
at Trenton New Jersey
by the Pres Trenton Banking Co
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of New Jersey

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E Vol. 3
Page 120 by
J W Clagett
Clerk.
Page 62

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Lambert
of the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Army
of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty dollars and
-- cents per annum during his natural lie, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and
4th of September, in every year.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
States, this Twelfth day of
June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three

John Robb
Acting Secretary of War.

Exam[missing] and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 63

Sept 20, 1833 Paid to Sept 4 1833
Sept 23, 1834  "   "  Sept 4 1834
Sep 29 1835 Paid to Sep 4 1835
Jan 30 Paid to to 4 Sep 1836
Paid to 4 Sep 1837
Paid to 4 Sep 1838
Paid to 4 Sep 1839
Paid to 4 Sep 1840
May 29 1844 Paid to 4 dec 1844
Paid to 4 Sep 1845
Paid to 4 Mar 1846
Paid to 4 - 1847
Paid to 4 Sep 1848
Paid to 4 Sep 1850

[vertically up, circled] 9738
Page 64

12.604.
Application for Pension
by
Samuel Lambert
Page 65

[State] of New Jersey
[Essex] County ss
Personally appeared
before me John Littell
one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and
for said County of Essex Joseph Badgly
of full age who being duly sworn on his
oath saith that Samuel Lambert of the
County of Sussex in said State of New Jersey
Enlisted as a private Soldier in the nine
months service at Westfield in the County
of Essex in Captain Isaac Morrisons Company
and was attach'd to the first Regiment of the
New Jersey line commanded by Colonel
Matthias Ogden and joind the Regiment
at Mount Holly that he enlisted in the year
One thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight
in the spring season of the year
and he served the term of nine months
out and was honorably discharged and was
in the Monmouth battle - and further saith
that he served with the said Lambert in the same
Company-

Joseph + Badgly his mark

Sworn and subscribed
(subscribed by making
his mark) before me
this 9th day of September 1819

John Littell
Page 66

State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss
I, Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid Do hereby
certify that John Littell Esquire, before whom the foregoing
affidavit of Joseph Badgly was made and taken, was at the
time of taking the same one of the Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas for the said County of Essex, duly commissioned
and sworn, and authorized to take the same. That I am
acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and verily
believe [the] signature "John Littell", affixed to said affidavit is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said Court at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid the
Twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred
and thirty two

E Van Arsdale Jr Clk

Joseph Badglys
Deposition