Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18592, Barnes Bennett, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Bennett, Barnes 
or Bennet,
W.18592
Caty
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571
New York City
Caty Bennett
widow of Barnes Bennett
N J
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pri. Corp. & Ensign

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars ---Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of June 1848 and sent to Pierre M. Irving New York

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9, Vol. 4

[on right side of document:] Reported

Date of death not on A. B. = I L L
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V 2954
Caty Bennett
N Y
Act 7 July 38
[2?] m [12?].d
admd 
3 mo pri Cavalry
3. --  Ensign
________________
40 $

Alonzo West
23 Montgomery St.
N.Y.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss:
On this twenty fourth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Caty Bennett a resident of the city and State of New York, aged seventy six years and upwards who is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court, and who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" that she is the widow of Barnes Bennett who was an ensign in the Revolutionary War, that she has often heard her said husband say that he entered the service of his country in the Beginning of the Revolution and served therein his regular tours at least every other month during the whole war -- that in the years 1776. 1777 he served under Capt. John Smock in guarding the shores of Middleton in Monmouth County aforesaid at least every other month, until he joined a troop of Horse under Capt. Remsen in the fall of 1777 and served therein at least a tour of three months -- during which tour her said husband was at the Battle of Germantown and guarded the Treasury & some prisoners, from Bristol in Pennsylvania to New Reden [Redding] -- the said Treasury & prisoners had come from Philadelphia & were going on to Little York, as she understood. That after that tour in the Horse she believed
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he again served in the infantry and was appointed an ensign, and that he served as such ensign during the remainder of the said Revolutionary Wat -- and served at least every other month during the years 1778, 1779, 1780, & 1781, in guarding the shores of Middleton, That Theophilus Little was the Lieutenant of Capt. John Smock's Company, and Tobias Polhemus was ensign -- that he had heard that Tobias Polhemus was taken prisoner in the year 1777, and returned home in 1778, and then resigned his commission as ensign in said Company, & she thinks that her husband was appointed ensign in his place--that her husband served in said company during the years last above mentioned under the said officers in guarding the shores aforesaid -- that John Smock was appointed Lieutenant Colonel some time in the war, but the time she does not know --that after Smock was promoted she thinks that the company was commanded by Lieut. Little & her husband was ensign -- that the duties of the said Company and the militia were to guard the shores of Middleton from the depredations of the Brittish [British] and Tories --that she often heard her husband say that he served during the whole of the Revolution -- that he resided in the Township of Middleton when he entered the service, and until he removed to New York in the year 1790, where he lived until the time of his death -- that she is now residing in the Township of Middleton upon a visit and expects to return to New York as soon as circumstances will permit -- that all her witnesses live in
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the County of Monmouth, and the services of her husband's more principally performed there -- that he was called out by the laws of New Jersey under the monthly calls, and was a volunteer in the horse [cavalry] for 3 months -- He was engaged in the Battles of Germantown & Monmouth and in a number of skirmishes in his native county with parties of the enemy -- that his marches were principally confined to the county of Monmouth in guarding the shores as aforesaid excepting while in the horse -- that she has no documentary evidence whatever of her claim -- that he husband had a number of old papers which he said related to the war, some years ago, but he said they were good for nothing and they were destroyed. 
   She further declares that she was married to the said Barnes Bennett on the twenty ninth day of April in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety-two; that her husband the aforesaid Barnes Bennett died on the first day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and fourteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit: at the time above stated.
                                     Caty Bennett
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Judge as aforesaid the day and
year above written
             C Bruen
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss:
John Williamson being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged eighty one years that he was well acquainted with Barnes Bennett, the husband of Caty Bennett in the Revolutionary War. This deponent was at the wedding of the said Barnes Bennett and Caty Williamson or in Dutch called "Gurtje" -- that the said Barnes Bennett belonged to and served Capt. John Smock as he believes in the year 1776 & 1777, at least every other month, until the fall of that year when this deponent and the said Barnes Bennett volunteered and joined a troop of horse under Capt. Wm. Remsen, and served therein a total of three months -- during which time they went to Germantown, and guarded the Treasury from Bristol to New Redding in Pennsylvania. There were taking the treasury to Little York and Capt. Remsen's Company was relieved at Reading -- that the said Barnes Bennett served out the full tour of three months in the said troop of horse for this deponent served with him, but he cannot tell the exact time of the beginning or ending of that tour -- that after this time in the horse, the said Barnes Bennett entered in the militia again in his district company under Capt John Smock & Lieut. Theophilius Little, and was appointed ensign in the company -- and this deponent knows that the said Barnes Bennett was out a great deal in the service of his country, and has no doubt, but that he performed his
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regular monthly tours, at least every other month as ensign during the Revolutionary War, for this deponent frequently saw him in the Service, and recollects particularly of being out in the service with him for five weeks at the time the troops were marched down to Sandy Hook to take the Light house, and also for one month at another time, when they laid at Tinton Falls, but at what particular times there were, this deponent cannot say. That from his knowledge of the services of the said Barnes Bennett, and from his character as an officer, this deponent has no doubt but that he served at least two years in the War of the Revolution -- that he was always reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided and where his services were performed to have been a good soldier in the Revolution.
                                      Jon Williamson
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County, by the said John 
Williamson who is a credible person
and whose statement is entitled to credit
August 24, 1838.
  C Bruen
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss John L. Bennett being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged eighty one years -- that he is the brother of Barnes Bennett the husband of Caty Bennett who is applying for a pension -- that the said Barnes Bennett was two years older than this deponent -- that he knows that the said Barnes Bennett belonged to and served in Capt John Smock's company as Sergeant, in the years 1776 and part of the year 1777 -- that he served every other month during the latter part of 1776 & part of the year 1777, until the fall of that year when he joined a troop of horse under Capt. William Remsen -- that this deponent lived in the district, but joined a [unclear, perhaps "dress"] company under Capt. Barnes Smock, and did not serve all the time with the said Barnes Bennett, yet he is satisfied that the said Barnes Bennett served every other month as aforesaid as Sergeant for this deponent lived in the same neighborhood and saw him frequently in the service -- that the said Barnes Bennett joined the said troop of Horse and went to Germantown in the fall of 1777 -- that the said Barnes Bennett afterwards in the year 1778, joined his company again under Capt John Smock and served therein whenever called upon in guarding the shores, which was at least every other month during the years 1778, 1779, & 1780 -- and perhaps not to [too] often in the years 1781, and 1782 -- that this deponent continued to serve in the horse during the war and
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cannot therefore speak of his services as if he had served with him -- but he knows that the said Barnes Bennett always went out whenever the company was called, and he knows that in the township of Middleton they lived, that it was impossible for any man who was true to himself and to his country, to keep out of the services and from his knowledge of the services of the said Barnes Bennett and from his character as a soldier and an officer in the Revolutionary War, he has no doubt but that the said Barnes Bennett served at least two years as an ensign in actual service during the said war -- that his deponent has seen him frequently out in the service acting as ensign -- that there was a continual guard kept up along the shore by the militia during said Revolution and their duties were principally to guard the shores.     John L Bennett

Sworn to & subscribed before
me Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County, by the said 
John L. Bennett who is a credible
person and whose statement is
entitled to credit. Augt. 24, 1838
                C Bruen
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County} ss: Be it known that on this twelfth day of October A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county James Otterson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has in his possession the Register of the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold containing among other things a record of the marriages solemnized by the several ministers of said church, and that there is recorded in said register the marriage of Barnes Bennett and Geertje Williamson on the twenty ninth day of April Seventeen hundred and ninety two, in the handwriting of the Rev. Benjamin Dubois then a minister of said church; and that the following extract is a true copy from the said Register, which is expressed on the record in fair legible words and figures as follows to wit: "Barns Bennet and Geertje Williamson were married April, 29th, 1792".
                                           Jas Otterson
Sworn & subscribed before me
Judge as aforesaid by the said
James Otterson who is a credible
 person & whose statement
 is entitled to credit.
                         John Hull
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County } ss:
I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State aforesaid & hereby certify that Cyrus Bruen and John Hull Esquires before whom the foregoing proceedings were sworn to & subscribed were severally judges of the said court at the respective dates thereof duly commissioned and sworn in office as such & that their respective signatures thereto are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this thirtieth day of October A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
                       D. H. Ellis Clerk
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July 31, 1934.

BA-J/ILL
Barnes Bennet
W. 18592

Helen E. Abbott
10 South Dorset Avenue
Ventnor, New Jersey.

Dear Madam:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Barnes Bennet, of Monmouth County, New Jersey, an officer.
   The record of Barnes Bennet is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 18592, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
   Barnes Bennet was a native of Monmouth County, New Jersey; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
   While a resident of Middleton Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, he enlisted sometime in 1776 and served as sergeant on various monthly tours in Captain John Smock's New Jersey company until the fall of 1777, when he joined Captain William Remsen's troop of horse, Colonel Asher Holmes' New Jersey regiment, and was in the battle of Germantown, length of service three months; from 1778 until 1782, he served on monthly tours under Captains John Smock and Theophilus Little in the New Jersey troops and was in the battle of Monmouth and in skirmishes; during the part of said service under Captain Theophilus Little, Barnes Bennet was ensign. His entire service amounted to about two years.
   Barnes Bennet married on April 29, 1792, Caty, or "Geertje" Williamson; their marriage was recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold, New Jersey, of which Reverend Benjamin Dubois was then minister.
   The soldier moved from New Jersey in the year 1796 to New York City, New York where he lived until his death, which occurred on February 1, 1814.
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   Caty Bennet, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 14, 1838, at which time she was aged about seventy-six years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. Her residence was then New York City, but her application for pension was executed in Middleton Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where she was visiting. She was a resident of New York City in 1848.
   In 1844, reference was made to the widow, Caty Bennet, and her "worthy son," who supported her, but the name of said son was not stated; there is no other reference to children.
   In 1838, John L. Bennet, a Revolutionary War soldier, stated in Monmouth County, New Jersey, that he was then aged eighty-one years, and that his brother, Barnes Bennet, was two years older than he was.
   In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Caty Bennet, soldier's widow, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
Caty Bennett (as she was pensioned), widow of Barnes Bennett 
Certificate #571 
    Issued June 29, 1842 
Rate $40 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1848 
Act of February 2, 1848. 
New York Agency.
               Very truly yours,
               A. D. Hiller
               Assistant to Administrator.


2.
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Aug 23d 1843
N. J.
E. Andrason
C Bennet

[addressed to:]
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City D. C.

[postal mark] FREEHOLD N.J. AUG 21
[stamp] FREE
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Freehold Augt. 19. 1843
Sir
   I herewith enclose to you a certificate of Judge Medford in the case of Elijah Andrason and you will perceive that from the present situation and circumstances of the pensioner & his wife it would really be a cruel thing to deprive them of the pension. There can be no doubt, but that he was in the service (though perhaps not in the line nor as long as he now states) but certainly the rolls of your office are to be the test. He was admitted under the Act of 1818, and if his name is not on the rolls of the New Jersey Line, it must have been found on the rolls of some other State. It appears that he resided in New York when he was pensioned.
   In as much as the rolls in your office were satisfactory evidence of his service in 1819, & must still furnish the same proof, it appears to me like punishing him for his misfortune, brought upon him by old age and the course of nature, if you now deprive him & his helpless wife of that pension, which has been their only support for years past. The rolls of the service are better evidence than the memory of any man, and certainly the statements of an old and childish man, whose mental faculties are entirely gone, ought not to be sufficient to break down the evidence furnished by the rolls of the Service. I therefore trust that you will restore him to the pension roll & allow him at the rate of $120.00, which will not be more than sufficient to support him & his wife, in their present situation. His declaration under the act of June 7, 1832 was entirely unnecessary according to the rules. His declaration there may be returned, or considered superfluous or in his present situation may be considered negatory. According to the rules application could have been made by letter.
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In the case of Mrs. Caty Bennett widow of Ensign Barnes Bennett, you say in your letter to me of the 6th May 1839 that the abstracts of Col. Asher Holmes prove only about 3 mos. service as Ensign. The evidence also proved him to have been 3 mos. in Service in the Cavalry as a private, making 6 months service which is fully proved.
   Although she claims that her husband served much more than that, yet she is willing at the present time to accept of a certificate for 6 mos. pension, which is the smallest allowed under that Act.
                   I am very Respectfully
                    Your Obt. [obedient] Servt [Servant]
                      J. M. Hartshorne



J. L. Edwards Esq [Esquire]
   Com. of Pensions
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Freehold   Oct 30th, 1838
Sir
   Herewith are transmitted the papers of the following named applicants for pensions Ann Conover widow of John Cowenhoven alias Conover. The Service claimed for & found is 6 mos; under Capt Daniel Gordon in 1779. Witness James Wall -- 1 year under Capt Shepherd 1781 witness John Chasey 6 mo; under John Walton -- Capt, 1782 --witness Wm Van Pelt -- 1 year in 1778 & 1780 under Capt. Cowenhoven & Lieut Smock witness John L. Bennett & James Wall. Pay abstract of Col. Holmes No. 7. on Jane Vanderbelt's  application-- See also the margin of Thomas Henderson [illegible]. also attached to Jane Vanderbelt's application by which it appears that there was due to him at the close of war on different pay rolls £58.19.2  [illegible] $157.22. You will also find attached to the papers an original document of Jas Emine auditor which proves that Shepherd & other captains of state troops had horsemen attached to their companies which document was found among the papers of [Col?] Carche Van Cleaf widow of Capt.  William Van Cleaf-- Capt Vancleaf's papers were nearly all destroyed as appears by the statement of his widow. He enlisted for 1 year in 1775 & marched to Canada. She can't recollect the officers for she was not married until 13 years after this service and the papers that this documents of the war office may be searched on which his name will be found in that service. Besides that, the claim is generally for services in the militia. See payroll & commission attached to her papers. See also pay abstracts of Col. Asher Holmes No. 1. 2. & 3. attached to the papers of Jane Vanderbelt.  Martha Forman widow of Jonathan Forman from old age, the loss of memory & the late period in at which she was married, she cannot state the partic-
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ulars of her husband's service. He must have been a great deal in the service as appears from her statements & also from the margin of Thos Henderson, Esq, a copy of which is attached to the papers of Jane Vanderbelt, to which she refers by which it appears there was almost a year pay due to him as Sergeant at the close of the war.
Caty Bennett widow of Barnes Bennett who was Ensign. The applicant resides in New York, and made her application here because her witness resides here. The Service claimed for & proved is 3 mo. in the horse in fall of 1777, proved by John Williamson & J. L. Bennet. Services generally in militia proved by same witnesses. I refer you to Abstract No. 4 of Col. Holmes attached to Jane Vanderbelt's papers & the receipt endorsed upon the back of it, by which it appears he recd. £ 135.1.7 which must have been for about 3 mo: pay. I also refer to the abstract of Col. Holmes herewith sent & the receipt upon the back of it. The evidence in this case is not so clear as some who are entitled to full pay -- but from the whole evidence in the case she is entitled to something, and she leaves it altogether to the department to say what the amount that be.
                        Most Respectfully
                         Your Obt. Servt.
                           [signature unclear]
J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
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Dec 7, 1843
Address care of
Caty Bennett
[postal mark] FREEHOLD N.J. DEC 7
[stamp] FREE

[Sent to:]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Freehold N. J. Dec. 4. 1843
Sir
   I herewith enclose to you some additional evidence in the case of Caty Bennett widow of Barnes Bennett.
   He served 3 months as Ensign, which you say is satisfactorily proved.
   He served 3 months in the Cavalry under Capt. William Remsen in the fall of 1777 and the certificate of the Secretary of State [illegible] that Capt. Remsen's Company was paid for that service. The affidavits attached to her papers proved that her husband served 3 months under Remsen.
           I am most respectfully
           Your Obt. Servt.
            J. M. Hartshorne

J. L. Edwards Esq.
     Comm. of Pensions
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Abstract of Pay Rolls discharged by William Hough Esq. Pay Master to the Militia of the Counties of Burlington & Monmouth
No. 10 -- Date: Jan 21. 1778 ---Officers Named: Cap. Wm Remsen -- Regiment: Mntd. Horse -- Where Served: Monmouth -- Under whom: Col. A. Holmes -- L. S. d: 527.12.3

Abstract of Bounty Rolls discharged by William Hough:
No. 8 -- Date: Jan. 21. 1778 --Officers Named: Capt. Wm Remsen --Regiment: Mntd. Horse -- Where Served: Monmouth -- Under Whom: Col. A. Holmes -- L. S. d: 150.15..

No. 9 -- Date: Nov. 12. 1777 -- Officers Names: Capt. Wm. Remsen -- Regiment: Mntd. Horse -- Where Served: Jersey & Penn. -- Under Whom: Brig. Forman -- L. S. d. :  112. 1. 8 

State of New Jersey
I Charles G McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts from Book 13. of Auditors Accounts p. 68. as taken from and compared with the originals now of record in my office.
   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this Twenty Second day of November A. D. One thousand eight hundred and forty three
                    Charles G McChesney
                          Secr. of State
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New York, June 25 /44
Alonzo West
Pension for widow of
Ensign Barnes
W 587 lic July 1 / 44
Pension Office
    Wm Bennet
          NY ?????

[Addressed to -- in upside down view]
William Wilkins Secret. of Nav.
Washington
D. C.

Arr. July 2, 1844


$40.
3.0
10
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New York June 28th 1844
24.240
_______
10
Honorable Secty. of War
    Dear Sir
                 I have been solicited to address you for the purpose of obtaining justice for a poor old lady an acquaintance of mine, widow of Ensign Barnes Bennet, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, whose papers as to identity are in your possession, which by an act of Congress passed 1836, entitles her to the benefits of said act you will have the kindness to look into the case and if entitled to the benefits of the same, you will relieve her and also a worthy son from supporting an aged mother, which he is unable to do being very poor himself but at the same time to [too] patriotic to allow her to become a town or county charge. I have known them for many years and can vouch for their respectability and have no hesitation in saying the above statement is true and it would afford me pleasure in seeing them obtain that justice which has been bestowed on others not more worthy. You will please examine and if you find the documents satisfactory you will confer a great favour by your immediate attention as the old lady is now upwards of Eighty six years of age and nearly blind. By attending to the above you will confer a great favour on
                          Your Humble Servt.
                            Alonzo West
                       No 2.3      Montgomery St
                                            New York
P. S. You will please answer the above as soon as possible as the old lady is anxious to know the results.                     A. W.
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July 22 '44
M Stewart
J. D. Edwards Esq [error - should be J.L. Edwards]
   Pension Agt
Washinton [Washington]
          D. C.
[postal mark] NEW YORK JUL 19
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Newyork July 16,1844

Sir
  Terms of the 2d ulto is issued and contents noted. The Christian name of the widow of Barnes Bennett is Caty. The papers were sent by N Lawrence from the [Inlays?] [town?] or Trenton Post Office, N. J. but at what time am unable to say as the claimant neglected to make any memorandum or take copies of the papers originals, but hope the above will be sufficient to enable you to trace the matter satisfactorily.
I have no interest in this matter whatever, no further than I would wish to see the old lady realize the sum in her declining years, which you would accrue to her in the event of her claim being satisfactory, which I sincerely hope it may be, as knowing her I can assure you there is none more worthy of [illegible, perhaps "recovery"] and to whom it would be more acceptable, and would tend greatly to relieve their present condition. Any assistance you can render them in the furtherance of their claim will be duly appreciated and confer a favor on you
                  Much obliged &
                   Humble Sevt--
                    Alonzo West
                     No 23 Montgomery
                        N. Y.

To J. D Edwards Esq} [error - should be J.L. Edwards]
Pension Agt
Washington
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No. 2954 --6 May 39 -- Jm. Hartshorne
                          Do -- 4 Oct. 43
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6442
Application of Caty Bennet
for a pension under Acts.
3d March, 1843 & 17 June 1844
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State of New York
City & County of New York ss:

On this Seventeenth day of September 1844, personally appeared before the subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the city and county of New York Caty Bennet, a resident of the city and county of New York aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 and the 17th day of June 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Barnes Bennet, who was a private of Cavalry; and an Ensign in Colonel Holmes Regiment in the State of New Jersey, and that she received an annual pension of Forty dollars under the act of July 7th, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed           Caty Bennet
on the day & year first above
written before me
           Henry Richardson
       Commissioner of Deeds
City & County of New York:  I do hereby certify that Caty Bennet, the declarant above named is personally known to me. Henry  Richardson
Dated New York Sept. 17.1844 --  Commissioner of Deeds.
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State of New York
City and County of New York} ss.

I, James Connor, Clerk of the City and County of New York, do hereby certify that Henry Richardson before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed as genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 17th day of Sept 1844
                       James Conner    Clerk
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Caty Bennett
acts '43 & '44
$40per an [annum]



P.M. Irving
N. 15 1/2 Wall Street
New York
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                       New York. Sept 17. 1844

Sir
    I herewith transmit application of Mrs Caty
Bennet for a pension under Acts 3 March 1843 & 17th June, 1844.
                Very respectfully
                  Your obedient Servant
                    Pierre M Irving
                           15 1/2 Wall St
J L Edwards Esq
  Commissioner of Pensions
     Washington City
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Caty Bennet
Application under act 2d Feb/48



Admitted 


Pierre M Irving
  New York
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State of New York
City & County of New York}  Ss. On this twenty fourth day of June in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty eight, before me, Morris Franklin, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths in and for said county, personally appeared Caty Bennet, a resident of the city of New York, aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of person who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is the widow of Barnes Bennet, who was a Private, Corporal and Ensign in the War of the Revolution, and that she received a pension at the New York city agency at the rate of Forty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
                       Caty X Bennet
                          her mark
Sworn & subscribed on the
day and year above written
before me
   Morris Franklin: Justice of the Peace &
   Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
   in & for the County of New York

I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, Do hereby certify, that Morris Franklin before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the Signature of said Justice of the Peace thereunto subscribed is genuine.
   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 24th day of June 1848
                James Conner      Clerk
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State of New York
City & County of New York}: Ss On this twenty fourth day of June in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty eight, before me, Morris Franklin, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for said county, personally appeared Caty Bennet, a resident of the city of New York, aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of congress passed on the 2d January, 1848, granting persons & widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Barnes Bennet, who was a Private, Corporal and Ensign in the War of the Revolution, and that she received a pension at the New York city agency at the rate of Forty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
                                 Caty [her mark X] Bennet
Sworn & subscribed on the
day and year above written
before me
    Morris Franklin: Justice of the Peace &
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for the County of New York

I, the above Magistrate, further certify that the foregoing declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
                      Morris Franklin: Justice of the 
                      Peace & Judge of the Court of
                      Common Pleas in & for the 
                      County of New York
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New York June 28,1848

Sir
   I herewith transmit application of Mrs Caty Bennet for a renewal of her pension under Act 2 Feb 1848
                  Very respectfully
                    Your obedient Servant
                      Pierre M Irving

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
       Washington D C.
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8563.
New York City
Caty Bennett
widow of Barnes Bennett
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 1 Feb 1814 of ---
in the state of ----- who was a Priv, Corp. & Ens. in the Compy commanded by Captain --- of the --- commanded by 3 mos for Cavl. in the --- line for 3 mo. Ensign

Inscribed on the roll of New York
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1844 and sent to Alonzo West 23 Montgomery St NY

Total amount,              $200.00
                          [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swann    Clerk,
Book D. Vol 1 Page 1149
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New York 6181
Caty Bennett
widow of Barnes Bennett
who was a Pr. Crpl & Ensign
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
           40 Dollars ---
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
   24th day of Sept. 1844
and sent to P. M. Irving
No. 157 Wall Street
                 New York

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A & June 17. 1844
Vol. 2. Page 71.
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1934 - July 31 - Hist. to Helen E.
Abbott -- I L L

[right side of document:]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18592
Caty Bennett
    Wid. of
Barnes Bennett
         Ensg. Rev War
Act: Feb 2d /48
Index: --Vol. A, Page 53
{Arrangement of 1870}

Cashiered Feb 21, 1781
Stryker (1872 ed) Page 421
           C E. Godfey
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[Stamped]
Received
Jul 18 1934
[illegible]  DIV.
Reader 6
Vets. ARM.
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Mrs. Albert C. Abbott - 10 South Dorset Avenue -
Ventnor, New Jersey

Veterans Administration
  Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,
   Will you kindly send me the military and pension records of Barnes Bennett of Monmouth County, New Jersey, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War?
I think that he got in some difficulty during the war.
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Any records that you have of his family will be appreciated.
                    Yours truly
                   Helen E. Abbott.

July 16, 1934


Stamp reads:  Received July 18, 1934
[unclear: perhaps reads: Mail ??? Div
Reader 6   Vets. Adm.
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archive

Name Bennett, Benjamin
Grade Private
Line Connecticut

Warrant Number 5400
Acreage 100
Issued May 8, 1792
   to Amos Muzzey

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.