Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4522, for Thomas Lee, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Lee, Thomas

NUMBER
S 4522
Carded
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CONTENTS
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[left side]
See letter to Hon L Cass
24 Augt 33
Letter to R. Lee 14 Sept 1838.

[right side]
17514 New Jersey
Thomas Lee
at Woodbridge in the State of N Jersey
who was a Private in the Company command[ed]
by Captain Stowell of the Regt command[ed]
by Col Van Cortland in the N Jersey
line for 13 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Aug
1833 and sent J. F. Randolph
New Brunswick N.J.
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 21.66
[total] $108.32

Revolutionary Claim, }
Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 120
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss.

On this fourteenth day of July 1832
personally appeared before me Ichabod
Potter, a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, and a justice of
the peace in and for the said County
of Middlesex, Thomas Lee, a resident
of Woodbridge in the County of
Middlesex and State of New Jersey
aged Seventy six years and two
months, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his
oath make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress,
passed June 7th 1832.-

That he entered the service of
the United States, under the following
named officers, and served as herein
stated.-

First - under Gen Dayton of Elizabeth
Town; A number of landsmen
volunteered to man two or three
small vessels to capture a British
Store Ship, originally destined for
Boston
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Boston, for use of the British Army, but
driven to the mouth of New York
harbour,- In this we were successfull-.-

In the month of June 1776 this
applicant enlisted under Capt Thomas
Morrell, in the regt. of Col Van
Courtland.- was at the battle of
Long Island, and continued in service
untill Gen. Washington crossed the
Delaware.- making a period of
six months- your applicant then
enlisted under Capt. Crane in Col.
Spencers regt. for a period of
three months, in the winter of
1776 '77- was at the battle of the
Farms so called, at which about
60 Hessians were taken prisoners.

In the years 1777 and 1778 your
applicant was in service either as
a volunteer or drafted militia
man, under Capts John Harriman,
Benjamin Winants, and Amos
Morse. The service under these
Several Captains was severe and
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often dangerous,- mostly guard
duty on frontier lines.- Your
applicant was under Capt Morse
at the battle of Monmouth in
June 1778.- The service
under these three captain was in
all about six months.- see the
amended declaration.

During the years 1779 and 1780, your
applicant was in no regular
service, but frequently engaged as
one of a volunteer party to repel
incursions of the British and Refugees
from Staten Island.- of this
service your applicant makes no
account.-

In March 1781 your applicant,
(with a number of others) was taken
prisoner by a party of British and
Refugees, from Staten Island,- This
party was apparently under the command
of Capt. Joseph Shotwell. Your applicant
was carried to the Island, and parroll'd
from thence by the interferance of Col. Billop. your
applicant remained a prisoner, under
this parroll, not exchanged or released
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till the Peace of 1783. Making a period
of about two years and six months
that your applicant was a prisoner,
and thereby precluded from rendering
further service in the Military line.

of all the officers and privates under
whom or with whom your applicant
served in the Revolution, none now
remain, as your applicant has
knowledge of, except Capt Morrel, now
a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Elizabeth Town, and a Mr
John Johnson now residing in
State of New York.

The certificate of Capt Morrell, given
in 1829 when your applicant was
a petitioner to Congress for a pension,
also the affirmation of Joseph Shotwell
(since deceased) who was with the
British party that took your applicant
a prisoner in 1781, accompanies this
application, and also the affidavit of
John Crowell and Susanah Bailey
that he was taken a prisoner in
1781, and remained a prisoner till 1783,
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and beyond this your applicant has
no further direct testimony to offer
of his services.

The residence of your applicant
in 1775, and from then to 1780 was
in Elizabeth Town, Essex County, New
Jersey, and from 1780 till the peace
of 1783 and from then till now,
the residence of your applicant
has been in Woodbridge, Middlesex
County New Jersey.

During the time your applicant
was in service he was on Long Island,
York Island, in Westchester County,
and as far as Danbury in Connecticut
with a guard of prisoners. he
was with the Commander in Chief
in the retreat through the Jerseys
to Trenton, after that the service
of your applicant was confined to
the Counties of Essex, Middlesex and
Monmouth in New Jersey.

Your applicant hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and
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declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of the agency of
any state.

Your applicant or claimant was
born in the Township of Woodbridge,
County of Middlesex, and State of
New Jersey in 1756, and has always resided
there with the exception of about
Seven years, when your applicant
resided in the neighboring Township
of Elizabeth Town, or was in Military
service, and refers to Richard Marsh
Esqr, a Justice of the Peace, and Post
Master at Rahway, N.J. Gen Wm
Edgar of same place, John Crowell,
and Joseph Crowell, and to Ichabod Potter, and
Simeon Mundy Esquires, Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas, and in
fact to all the aged inhabitants of
the Township as to his character for
veracity and their belief of his
services as a soldier of the Revolution.

Thomas Lee

Subscribed & Sworn
before me the 14th day of
July AD 1832
Ichabod Potter
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I Ichabod Potter one of the Judges of the Court of
common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex in the
State of New Jersey, do hereby Certify, that Thomas Lee
the above applicant & also two of his witnesses are very
infirm & of advanced ages, so that it would be very 
inconvenient & hazardous to their health to attend the County
Court wich is about 12 or 14 Miles distance

July 14 1832
Ichabod Patter

We John Crowell residing in
the Township of Woodbridge, and
Richard Marsh residing in
the same place, hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with
Thomas Lee who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be seventy
six years of age; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where
he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution.

John Crowell
Richard Marsh

Sworn and subscribed
this 14th day of July 1832 before
me Ichabod Potter

And the said
Ichabod Potter, Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in
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the County of Middlesex aforesaid
does hereby declare his 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, and
was a prisoner, as he states; and
the said Ichabod Potter further
certifies that John Crowell and
Richard Marsh who signed the preceeding
certificate, are personally known to
him, are credible persons, and that
their statement is entitled to full credit

14 July 1832
Ichabod Potter

I, F. S. Vanarsdalen Clerk
of the Court of Common
pleas of the County of
Middlesex do hereby certify that
Ichabod Potter Esquire, before whom
the foregoing proceedings in the matter
of the application of Thomas Lee for
a pension, were had, is a Judge of
the same Court, and a Justice of
the peace, In testimony whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this 17th day of July A.D. 1832.

F. S. Vanarsdalen
Clerk &c
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November 24, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Thomas Lee, S. 4522

Miss Reignette Marsh
177 Maple Avenue, West
Plainfield, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard
to Thomas Lee of Essex County, New Jersey, who served in the
Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 4522, based upon the military service of Thomas
Lee.

He was born in 1756 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County,
New Jersey, and lived there until 1770 when he moved to Elizabethtown,
Essex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.

His first service was assisting General Dayton in capturing a
British store ship which was in New York harbor. He then enlisted
and served as private with the New Jersey troops as follows: from
June, 1776, six months in Captain Thomas Morrell's company in Colonel
Van Cortland's regiment and was in the battle of Long Island; from
December, 1776, three months in Captain Crane's company in Colonel Spencer's
regiment and was in a battle at Elizabethtown and one at the Farms"
in May, 1777, one month in Captain John Harriman's company; in 1777,
two months in Captain Benjamin Winants' company; in June, 1778, one
month in Captain Amos Morse's company and was in the battle of Monmouth.
In March, 1781, he was captured by the British and refugees, carried to
Staten Island where he was held on parole until he was released in 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1832,
at which time he was living in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey,
where he had lived since 1783,
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In 1833 the soldier stated that his oldest child was then fifty-
two years of age. One Thomas Lee, Junior, relationship not stated, was
living in 1832. Robert and Adam Lee who were living in 1838 are the
only childrens' names that are designated.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to
the soldier's family and there is no record in this office of a claim
for pension made by anyone as the widow of this soldier.

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

[handwritten]
date of death not f [found?]
on Agency book
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[left side]
1907. June 12. Hist to
Mrs Josephine P. Smith AW
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1934. Nov. 24. Hist. to
this Reignette Marsh
M.C.S.

[right side]
Rev War 4522
INVALID.
File No. 4522
Thomas Lee
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 219
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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177 Maple Ave. N. Plainfield
SCOTCH PLAINS CHAPTER D. A. R.
NEW JERSEY
Nov. 15, 1934

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sirs:

Will your department kindly
send me a copy of the Pension
record (and application for same) of
Thomas Lee of Essex County, N. J.
who was a soldier in the war of
the Revolution? I particularly
want dates, and any family names
supplied to your Department.

Also if there is a claim for Pension
by Susan Lee, widow of Thomas
I would like a copy of that.

yours very truly
(Miss) Reignette Marsh
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no other claims
See negative slips
Writer informed as
above.

[Stamp] O. W. & N. DIV. FILES JUN 4 1907
[Stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE A JUN 3 1907
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will your record give
this? The certificate I
received from Trenton NJ 
says in conclusion
Entitled to badges of
merit for three years
and one of honorable
service during the
Revolution war;
can I get those badges;
or were they already
sent to grand father
I have never heard
of them before.

Hoping from what I
have sent; you may be
able to help me; so I
can have correct history
of those events? with
names, I wish.

Please tell me terms
for getting the same
for me. And thanking
you in advance for the
trouble I am putting you
too. I remain
Very Respectfully
Mrs Josephine P. Smith
June 1st 1907.
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Rahway N.J. Sept 11th 1838

Sir,

Please favor me with a
Copy of such regulations, and forms
of evidence, in relation to applications
and payments, to widows, under the
Act of July 7th 1838, as the President
may have prescribed. There are
several widows in this vicinity
who will be applicants.

I have also respectfully to request you
will inform me, wherein, if at all,
the enclosed papers of Thomas Lee and
Thomas Bloomfield, for the collection
of their pensions, are defective.-

My Brother, Adam Lee, the Attorney [illegible]
in the power to collect, returns from Trenton
and says, Mr Dickinson informs him that
there should be one [underlined] witness to the power of
Attorney, besides the Magistrate before whom
it is acknowledged.- In these cases I
have permited two [underlined] witnesses to sign.- The
magistrate before whom the power is acknowledged
being also a witness, in fact and in Law -

Yours very Respectfully,
Rob't Lee

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commiss'r of Pensions
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
pension on file in this Bureau.
Thomas Lee

[Table, by column; rows indicated by small letter]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[a] [illegible]
[b] 1. Jany[?] 1776
[c] 2. Dec 1776
[d] May 77
[e] 77
[f] 3 Jun 78
[g] Mar 1781
[h] until 1783

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[a] [illegible]
[b] 6 mos
[c] 3 "
[d] 1 "
[e] 2 "
[f] 1 "
[g] captured by Br & Refugees, taken to Staten Island, on Parole

RANK.
[a] [illegible]
[b] Pvt.
[c] "
[d] "
[e] "
[f] "

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[a] Assisted Gen Dayton in capturing a Br. store ship
[b] Thomas Morrell
[c] Crane
[d] John Harriman
[e] Benj. Winants
[f] Amos Morse

COLONEL.
[b] Van Cortland
[c] Spencer

STATE.
[b] N. J.
[c] "
[d] "
[e] "
[f] "

Battles engaged in, 1 Long Island, 2 Elizabethtown, 2 "The farms", 3 Monmouth,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Elizabethtown, Essex Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, July 14, 1832. Claim allowed.
Residence at date of application, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. N.J. since 1782
Age at date of application, born in Woodbridge Twp Middlesex Co. N.J. 1746 lived til 1770
Remarks In 1833 soldier refers to his children, and states that the oldest is then 52.  Robert
and Adam only names stated. No further data as to family.
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OWM
314 East Madison St.
Washington
Washington Co.
I am.

To officer of Pension office.

Sir,

For some time I
have been hunting items
regarding my fathers and
mothers past history. The
grand fathers on both sides
served in Revolution
war, as well as some of
their sons and brothers.
I want very much to get
such record; but of some
of them I do not know
their first names; but
hope from my description
you may be able
to help me. I am a
grandmother myself now so
the ones who could have
helped are gone to that
better home. I have a
certificate of Thomas Lee
I received from Trenton
Thomas Lee [2 words underlined] served as Private,
Captain Morrells Co, Colonel
Philip Van Cortlands Battalion
Brigadier Gen Nathaniel Heards
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(2)
Brigade N.J. State Troops -
Thomas Lee's wife was
Ann Bishop [2 words underlined] Lee,
It is the Bishops record I
wish. I cannot ascertain
her fathers name. her
mother was Mary Marsh
Bishop, and if tradition
is correct she received
a pension. Will not
your records tell me
whose wife she was
with date [underlined], if she did
receive a pension
of the her husband death.

Mary Marsh Bishop [3 words underlined] died
at Rahway N.J. June 16th
1804, aged 73 years 7 mo 4 da.
They the Bishops lived in
Woodbridge N. J. at time
of Revolution. My grandfather
was named John
Bishop Lee. I do not know
if this was for his grandfather
or gr grandfather.

There was a John Bishop who
resided in Woodbridge 1665
he had several children
Noah Jonathan, Thomas Alston
Bishop
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Japhet Bishop was brother
of my grandmother Bishop
Lee. There was also a
Richard Bishop But I
do not know which one
was my gr gr grandfather.
But hope by finding out
if Mary Marsh Bishop
received a pension I
may be able to know
her husbands first name.
and above get a record
of the same, and under
whom he served, with
dates of death & birth
if your record gives the
same; also if brothers served.

On my grandmothers
side, on father's side of
the family; there is a
revolution record I
want to get. She was
a Humphreville, sometimes
spelled with an U. In
those early day, gr grandfather
and his sons served
in that army.

Ebenezer Humphreville [2 words underlined]
born July 29th 1726 married
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(4)
Esther [underlined] - name not known
fought in Revolution 1780
member of 8 regiment - Conn
can I get a complete
record under whom
he served, from your
books? They had 8 children
I will give name of sons.
for some of them also
fought in same war.
but I am not positive
which ones. Lemuel,
Ebenezer, Eliphalet,
Aner, John.
Lemuel was born
June 25th 1737 his oldest
daughter Anne Humphreville
married David Peck,
who also served in
the war, as a private
Captain Samuel Readings
Co. Second Battalion,
Second Establishment,
N. J. Continental Line.
Col Israel Shreve enlisted
Feb 1st 1779 served to close of
war. But my certificate does
not say what General.
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[duplicate of image #16]
5
will your record give
this? The certificate I
received from Trenton NJ 
says in conclusion
Entitled to badges of
merit for three years
and one of honorable
service during the
Revolution war;
can I get those badges;
or were they already
sent to grand father
I have never heard
of them before.

Hoping from what I
have sent; you may be
able to help me; so I
can have correct history
of those events? with
names, I wish.

Please tell me terms
for getting the same
for me. And thanking
you in advance for the
trouble I am putting you
too. I remain
Very Respectfully
Mrs Josephine P. Smith
June 1st 1907.
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Mr James F. Randolph

Dear Sir

My Father returns his papers,
- pages 1 to 8 as originally
prepared, which are a plain
narrative of his services in the
revolution.

He has appended an amended
declaration according to the
suggestions of a former circular
from the war department, seting
forth the precise time of service
under each enlistment or draft,
making in all a period of thirteen
months, of which he is certain,

the Certificate of Capt Morrell,
being a separate paper, Executed
in Essex County, was not return'd
by you, not requiring, I presume
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any alteration or amendment.

The character of Capt Morrell
was certified to by the Magistrate
who took his deposition; the characters
of John Crowell and Richard
Marsh are certified to by I Potter
Esquire. the three persons last named
are perfectly well known to you.

My father prefered the certificates
of J. Crowell and R. Marsh,
because they are old men, the
Parsons of the two adjacent
parishes are recent comers, and
Young men. They know nothing
of my father but by hearsay.

We omit to send the certificates
of Joseph Shotwell, John Crowell
and Susanah Baily, as to my
father being a prisoner, for a
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late letter from J. L. Edwards
Esquire Commissioner of Pensions,
says that forms no foundation
for a claim.

You will observe that my
father States on page 4- that none
now remain with [underlined] whom, or
under [underlined] whom he served, of
five Companies, except Capt
Morrell, and John Johnson of
New York. You are doubtless
acquainted with M. Johnson, of
the firm of John Johnson & Sons.
Mr Johnson is, I believe a
pensioner under the act of 1828.

My father approaches near
to the age of Eighty; It cannot
be
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be long he will want or
require a pension. Truly, his
services were not long continued
at any one time - but the
services, privations, and sufferings,
and the total prostration of
business to all those living on
the lines, would, in equity,
entitle every inhabitant to
remuneration.

To the liberal consideration of
the officers to whom the pension
applications are entrusted, and
to your special attention
I commit the application.

yours respectfully
Robt Lee
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before me, this
first day of July
A. D. 1833
Ichabod Potter

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of
the Court of Common pleas of the
County of Middlesex, Do Certify that
Ichabod Potter Esquire before whom the foregoing
proceedings were had in the matter of the
application of Thomas Lee for a pension, is a
Judge of the same Court, and a Justice of
the peace in and for the said County. I
certify further that I am acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Ichabod Potter,
and know the signature affixed by him
to the foregoing papers, to be his proper
signature.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this third day of July A.D
1833.

N Booraem, Clerk
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New Declaration by
Thomas Lee in place
of the former, supposed
to be lost.

James P Randolph
N. Brunk. [New Brunswick] N.J.
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Thomas Lee's
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County } ss

On this fifteenth day of August
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Thirty three
Personally appeared before me Ichabod Potter one of the Judges
of the Court of common pleas in and for the County aforesaid
Thomas Lee a resident of the Township of Woodbridge
aforesaid & being duly 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
Saith that he was born in the Township of Woodbridge in the County
& State aforesaid & has always resided in that place excepting
from the year 1770 until the year 1777 at which period
he resided in the adjoining County of Essex in the same
state, when not in the public service of his country, & that
he has no record of his age preserved, but is stisfied that
he was born in Woodbridge, in the year 1756, and
consiquently is now rising seventy six years of age,
having children the oldest of which is fifty two years of
age, and that he resided in the County of Essex in [illegible]
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consiquently is now rising seventy six years of age,
having children the oldest of which is fifty two years of
age, and that he enlisted in the County of Essex in Janu 1776, under Capt Morrell
in the United States service, for a term of five months, Van
Cortland was their Colonel, in this service he march'd Long
Island & was in the famous battle fought at that place:
during his service he was sent as one of the guard to Danbury,
Connecticut, with prisoners, & in the fall of that year or
commencement of winter was with Washington's army
in their retreat through the Jerseys to the Delaware, & by
the request of Washington, continued in the service one
month in addition to the five months making Six
months Tour of duty during the campain of 1776, & in
the latter part of December same year before reaching home,
he enlisted under Capt Crane, in Col O. Spencers
reqt for three months & served out his tour, was at
the battle at Eliz Town when the British was drove
from that place & was at the battle of the Farms
so called, when Sixty Hessions were taken, this tour of
service was principally performed in the County
of Essex in the year 1777, in the winter.-
That in the month of May 1777 your applicant
was drafted & served one month under Capt Harriman
who was stationed at Trembly's point, in
Essex County, on Guard duty being near the enemy's lines.
Again in the summer (Hay making time) he served as a
volunteer under Capt Benjamin Winans one Month
in 1777.
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during this tour he was with Capt Winants when they took
some waggons & horses from one of the enemies forageing
parties near Strawberry hill, in Woodbridge.-
Again in the month of November or December this
deponant served one Month under s'd Capt Winants
on guard duty at Tremblys point.
-
In June 1778 this deponant was drafted for one
month under Capt Amos Morse & march'd to
Monmouth & was at the great battle fought at
that place, & recollects it being an extreme hot
day.- In all the foregoing service your applicant
served as a private, either enlisted, drafted or as a
[v]olunteer as before stated, & that he has no discharges
or documentary evidences preserved & that none of the
Officers under whom he served are now living
to his knowledge, except Capt Morril now a methodist
Clergyman a Elizabeth Town whose testimony has
previously been taken & forwarded & is at the
Pension office, & no soldier whith whom he served.
is now living to his knowledge exceping John
Johnson now of New York who served in Capt
Morrels Company so that he cannot make other
proof of his services except that of Capt Morrel
& for the character of this deponant the annexed
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[first two lines overlap with image #32]
proof of his services except that of Capt Morrel
& for the character of this deponant the annexed
affidavits speak for themselves.

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

Thomas Lee

Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day & year aforesaid

Ichabod Potter

We John Crowell and Richard Marsh residents of
the Township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas
Lee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that
he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that
we concur in that opinion

John Crowell
Richard Marsh

Sworn and subscribed the day &
year aforesaid

Ichabod Potter

I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the
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matter and after puting the interrogatories prescribed by the
War Department that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier & served as he states & I d0 further certify
that John Crowell and Richard Marsh who have signed the
preceeding certificate are highly respectable men & that John
Crowell was an Elector of President for the State of N. Jersey
twice once in 1816, and again in 1820, & that Richard
Marsh is a Justice of the peace & post master at Rahway
& that their statement is entitled to full credit & I
do further certify that the applicant & witnesses are
aged and i[n]firm & could not attend the County Court
without much difficulty & suffering & I testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand the 15th day of August 1833

Ichabod Potter Judge &c

Francis Vanwinkle & Joel Clarkson came before me
Ichabod Potter one of the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas in & for the County of Middlesex & being duly sworn
according to law and severally depose & say that
they are well acquainted with Thomas Lee the above
named applicant & that he bears & supports the Character
of a sober honest man & that is of good repute for
veracity & truth.

Francis Van Winkle
Joel Clarkson

Sworn & Subscribed before
me the 15th day of August
1833
Ichabod Potter Judge &c
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The above named Thomas Lee appeared before me
& being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is advised
by James F. Randolph Esq his agent to assist in geting
his pension, that an amended declaration forwarded to
Washington sometime in June last his been
misslaid or lost & therefore he has made the preceeding
declaration

Thomas Lee

Sworn & Subscribed before me
the 15th day of August 1833

Ichabod Potter Judge &c

I do hereby certify that Francis Van Winkle and
Joel Clarkson two witnesses who have signed the
above affidavit are respectable men in good standing
in society & of good report for honesty & veracity, and
that full credence may be given to their testimony
& I do further certify that the reason given by Mr Lee
for not calling on a clergyman to sign the certificate
was that the clergymen of the adjacent Parishes are
comparatively young men not on the stage an
in the Revolution & recent comers in the neighborhood
& therefore deemed it more proper to call on R Marsh
& John Crowell who from their age & Standing were more
competent to state the facts contained in their certificate In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my name
16 August 1833

Ichabod Potter
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State of N Jersey
Middlesex County ss

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said
County do certify that Ichabod Potter before whom
the within declaration and affidavits were taken
was at the time a Judge of said court and a
Justice of the peace duly commissioned and
Sworn and that his signature affixed thereto
Genuine

in testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this 17th day of
August AD 1833

N Booraem
Clerk
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Amended declaration of
Thomas Lee, an applicant
for a pension.

New Jersey Middlesex County SS.
Personally came before me,
Ichabod Potter, a judge of the Court
of Common of said County and
justice of the peace in and for
the same, Thomas Lee, who
being duly sworn according to
law, 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 services, but
to the best of his recollection
and belief, he served not
less than the periods mentioned
below, and in the grade of
private. That is to say,
  under
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Under the enlistment under
Capt Morrell, six months, first
- the term of the enlistment, five
months, and then at the request
of the Commander in Chief, one
month longer, making the six
months.-

Under Capt Crane, three
months;-

Under Capt John Harriman,
one month;-

under Capt. Benjamin Winants,
two months;-

Under Capt Amos Morse
one Month - and for such
service I claim a pension.

Thomas Lee

Subscribed and sworn
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New-Jersey, Middlesex County SS.
came before me, Ichabod Potter,
a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and
a justice of the Peace in the said County
of Middlesex, Robert Lee and Thomas Lee
Junr who being duly sworn, according
to Law, do on their oath say, That the
within Certificate of Thomas Morrell
of Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, is in the
hand writing of the said Thomas Morrell,
and was written and signed by him
in their presence, on the day of the
date thereof, and was given by the said
Thomas Morrell to aid the said Thomas
Lee to obtain a pension from the
Congress of the United States for
which he was then applying-

Robt Lee
Thomas Lee Jun'r

Subscribed and Sworn
before me this 14th day
of July A.D. 1832

Ichabod Potter
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Elizabeth town, State of New Jersey
January 3d 1829

I hereby certify that in the year 1776, I was appointed by the
Provincial Congress of the State of New Jersey ass'd a Captain
with orders to raise a Company, and join the army under
the command of General George Washington, at New York, the
term of service was for five months, in pursuance of these
orders, I raised a company of seventy eight men. Among
those that enlisted was the bearer Thomas Lee, of this place
who was in my company when we marched to Long Island
by the orders of the Commander in Chief - In consequence of
my receiving two wounds in the action of the 28th August, I
was obliged to retire from the service, but by information I
believe the said Thomas Lee continued, untill the time for
which he enlisted expired, and it is said for some weeks afterward
in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my name, on the day above written

Thomas Morrell
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I, Edward Price Justice of the peace in and
for the County of Essex, Do Certify that
Thomas Morrell whose affidavit is
annexed is a person of strict veracity
and truth, and one in whose statements
the utmost reliance may be placed.

Edward Price

I Elias Van Arsdale Jr Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Essex, Do
hereby Certify, that
Edward Price whose signature
as a Justice of the Peace is
annexed to the foregoing papers, is a
Justice of the Peace in and for the Count
of Essex; that his signature is known
to me, and that I believe the foregoing
to be his signature.

In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
this the twenty sixth day of December AD. 1832

E Van Arsdale Jr Clk
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New Jersey Essex County ss.

Came before me
Edward Price a justice of the peace in
and for the said County of Essex, Thomas
Morrell, who wrote and signed the paper
annexed to this affidavit, and who being
duly Sworn according to Law, does on his
oath say that the said
paper was written and signed by him
the said Thomas Morrell, and that
all the Matters and things set forth
in the said paper are to the best of
his knowledge and belief, correct and
true.

Thomas Morrell

Subscribed and sworn
before me, this the
thirteenth day of December
A. D. 1832

Edward Price Justice of the
peace in and for the County
of Essex and State of Newjersey
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Revolutionary Pension Claim.
Free.
Hon'l J. R. Poinset
Sec'y at War
Washington City

[written upward at left]
Lp123. [uncertain]
Mr Wary [uncertain]

[unclear date stamp]
N. J. SEP 18
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[different view of image #43]
Revolutionary Pension Claim.
Free.
Hon'l J. R. Poinset
Sec'y at War
Washington City
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J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Hon J. F. Randolph
New Brunswick
New Jersey

[postmark]
WASHINGTON C[ITY D. C.?]
JUL 27
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War Department
Pension Office
July 15. 1833

Sir

Your letter of the 9th instant
is received. The papers of Thomas Lee
do not appear to have been recd [received] at this
Office -- State if you please from
what Post Office they were sent and
such other circumstances as may h=lead
to their discovery

I am Sir
Yours respectfully
J L Edwards

Hon J. F. Randolph
New Brunswick
New Jersey
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Thomas Lee

Mr Randolph submits
also the enclosed case of
Thomas Lee to the Secretary
of War.

Aug. 20, 1833

James F. Randolph
N. Brunswick
N, J.

[inverted]
13 mo private
$43.33
J F Randolph.
["Rejected", crossed out]
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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
Thomas Lee 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 amount of pension
he is entitled?
No: See explanatory note * - Was he in service when taken prisoner,
and if so for what time was he engaged, and how long was he a prisoner after engagement expired

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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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. [dagger] 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?
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?
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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 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 ___
year ___ months and ___ days. I served as a __. For __ months
and __ days, I served as a -__; and for such service I claim a pension."
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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 be 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.

[dagger] 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.