Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3787, Thomas Duffee, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
MD

Duffee, Thomas
Bridget

NUMBER
W.3787

CONTENTS
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Maryland - 32.031 -   Repd = 20 [illegible]!
Thomas Duffee, deceased

of Harford Co in the state of Maryland
who was a Sergeant in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the 4 Regt. Maryland
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 120 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831, ending 13th
February 1835 the day of his death

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of
March 1843 and sent to A Yearly
Baltimore, MD

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi=anl. allowance ending 13 Feby. 1835 [blank]
$473.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by [blank]
Book E. 2. Vol. 5 Page 99
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

1689.
Maryland

Bridget Duffee
widow of Thomas Duffee
who was a Sergeant  
Md.
in the 4th Md Regt
for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
120 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
31st day of August, 1843.
and sent to
Alexr. Yearley,
Baltimore

[ Act of March 3, 1843. ]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1, Page 141

[Right column]

Pen Augt 31
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State of Maryland,
Harford County Orphans Court, S.S.

On this ninth day of April
eighteen hundred & thirty nine, be
fore the Orphans Court of Harford
County, in the State of Maryland
aforesaid, the same being a Court
of Record; personally appeared
Bridget Duffee of said County,
aged seventy two years, who being
first duly sworn according to law,
doth on her oath, make the fol
lowing declaration, in order to
obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed
July 7th eighteen hundred & thirty eight,
entitled "An act granting half pay
and pensions to certain widows".
That she is the widow of Thomas
Duffe, who was a Sergeant in the
Maryland line of the continental
army, in the war of the Revolution,
and was in the service during a
period of more than three years,
in said war.  She further declares
that she was married to the said
Thomas Duffee,  prior to the year
seventeen hundred & ninety, the precise
year prior thereto not recollected,
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the Bible in which the family
record was kept being removed
by their eldest son to the western
country many years ago, and our
marriage being published in the
Church, we had no marriage license.
That their eldest son aforesaid is
now fifty three years of age.  That
her husband the aforesaid Thomas
Duffee died in the year eighteen hun
and thirty five.  That she was not mar
ried to him prior to his leaving the
service, but the marriage took 
place previous to the first day
of January seventeen hundred &
ninety four, viz at the time
above stated.
Bridget her X mark Duffee

Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year first above
written, before
James Pannell
R W Holland
John W Rutledge
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ndred

Maryland Sct.  I Thomas S Bond Register
of Wills for Harford County in the State [struck out: of]
aforesaid do certify that James Pannell
Robert W Holland and John W Rutledge Esqrs
who signed the aforegoing certificate was at the
time of so doing and still Justices of the
Orphans Court for Harford County duly
commissioned and sworn and that to all
their acts as such full faith and credit
are and ought to be given as well in Courts
of Justice as thereout.

[Blurred seal of office] In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and aff
ixed the seal of my office
this ninth day of April eight
een hundred and thirty nine.
Thos. S Bond Register of
Wills for Harford County
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Harford County Nov 28th 1837

I hereby certify that Thomas Duffee called
on me on the first day of October 1830 and requested
me to take his affidavit respecting his marriage to
Bridget his wife which I did, and made an
entry of the same in my docket a copy of which
I give below
Henry G Watters

Harford County to wit

On this 1st day of October 1830
personally appears Thomas Duffee before the subscriber
one of the Justices of the peace for the State of Maryland
in and for said County and makes oath on the Holy Evan
gely of Almighty God that Bridget Duffee is his lawful
wife that he was married to her upwards of forty years
ago by the Rev. John Davis formerly of Harford County
Henry G Watters

State of Maryland
Harford County S.S.

I do hereby certify that the above named
Thomas Duffee who, in my presence and before me
made the above deposition, on the first day of October
eighteen hundred and thirty, was at the time of
so doing a resident of Harford County aforesaid,
of good character and entitled to full credit.
And I do further certify that Bridget Duffee
widow of said Thomas Duffee is still living
in this County; and that from my own knowledge
of them and there children I have no doubt
but that they were married prior to the year
seventeen hundred and ninety.
As witness my hand this first
day of February eighteen hundred and thirty
nine.
Henry G Watters
A Justice of the Peace of the State
of Maryland, in and for Harford County
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Revy. WIDOW, &c.

File No. 3787 [illegible initials]
Bridget Duffee
Wid.
Thos. Duffee
Sergt. Md line

Act: Mch. 3rd/43

Index:--Vol. A, page 198

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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[Written vertically in left margin
Rev War]

12,803
INVALID.
See Wid. File 3787

File N. 12,803 [illegible initials]
Thomas Duffee
Sergt. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. [blank], Page [blank]

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

Consolidated with widow
file No. 3787
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[Two columns]
[Left column]

Maryland 6863

Bridget Duffee
widow of Thomas Duffee
[following lined through: he was a pensioner under the Act of]
and who died in the year 1835
[illegible]Harford Co. in the State of Maryland
who was a Sergeant in the company
commanded by Captain [blank] of the
[blank] commanded by Col. [blank] in
the 4th Md. regt. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 120 Dollars [blank]
[struck out: Cents] per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of
November 1842 and sent to A. Yearly
Baltimore, Md.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $600.
[following lined through: Semi-annual allowance ending]
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[ Act July 7, 1838. ]

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A, Vol. 2, Page 174

[Right column]

Reported to Agent
Let to Alexr. Yearley Jan. 25th 1843
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5502
Bridget Duffee
Maryland
Suspended
let. 29 Augt 1839
A. Yearley
let to do. 31 Jan 1840
do. 15 Feb. 1840
let. to same 26 Sept '42

Act 7 July 1838
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Land Office, Annapolis, 4th Septr. 1839.

I hereby certify that it appears by the muster and pay rolls
of the Revolution remaining in this office, that Thomas Duffee,
a Sergt., enlisted on the 7th of August, 1781, for the term of
three years, and received pay up to the 15th Novr. 1783.
George G. Brewer,
Regtr. Ld. Off. W. S. Md.
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Land Office, Annapolis, 6th Octr. 1842.

In respect to the case of Thomas Duffee, I have to state that the
records of the Revolution in this office are very imperfect, and do
not show the company to which he belonged.  He appears upon
a muster roll, to have enlisted on the 7th of August, 1781, in the
4th Regt. for the term of three years, and upon a pay roll kept
by John Hamilton, agent for the Maryland Line, to have received
the pay of a Sergeant up to the 15th day of November, 1783, at
which time the Army of the United States was disbanded.
George G. Brewer
Regtr. Land Off. W. S. Md.
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LAND OFFICE,
Annapolis, 28th Janry. 1839,

I Certify, that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that Thomas
Duffee, a Sergeant received of John Hamilton,
Agent of the Maryland Line, $30.00cts arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780,
to the last of January, 1782--also $120.00cts pay from the 1st January, 1782, to the
1st January, 1783--also $65.00cts from the 1st January, 1783, to the 15th of No
vember, 1783,

Gratuity, [blank].  Total received, $215.00cts
George G. Brewer,
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.

It also appears that he was entitled to Bounty land from
the State of Maryland Lot No 812 for 50 acres. A.Y.
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Thomas Duffee decd.
Maryland
Act 7, June '32

admd.
2 years Sergt.

120$ from 4th
March 31 to 13 Feby '35
the day of his death to
Bridget Duffee his
widow

Alexr. Yearly
Baltimore,
Md.
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State of Maryland
Harford County S.S.

On this thirtieth day of January eighteen hundred and forty
three, before me the subscriber R. W. Holland, Chief Justice of
Harford County Orphans Court, personally appeared Bridget
Duffee, a resident of said County, aged 75 years, who being
duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the
the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of
pension, which under the provisions of the act of Congress
passed 7th June 1832 is due her late husband Thomas Duffee
decd., who was a Sergeant in the 4th Maryland Regiment, and
served from 7th August 1781, till the dissolution of the Army
on the 15th November 1783; and who died on the thirteenth
day of February eighteen hundred and thirty five without
having applied for, or received the pension to which he
was entitled under the said act of Congress of 7th June 1832.

That she is the widow of him the said Thomas Duffee
and the identical person to whom, as such, a pension of 120$
per annum for 5 years was granted on the 15 November 1842,
under the act of July 7th 1838.  And she now applies for the
said arrears of pension due her husband as aforesaid, who,
for want of information, aid, or inclination never made
application therefor or received the same.  For the proof
of the services of her said husband and her identity as his
widow, she refers to the documents on file at the office of
the Commissioner of Pensions in her case under the act of
July 7, 1838, and to the subjoined certificate under seal 
of
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of the Orphans Court of Harford County as to the day of
his death.
Witness R W Holland  Bridget her X mark Duffee

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year
first within written--Before me; And I do hereby certify
that the aforegoing declaration was made and executed
at the residence of the said Bridget Duffee, she being
unable to attend in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
And I do further certify my belief that the within named
Thomas Duffee was a soldier of the Revolution and that he
served as within stated; and that the above named
Bridget Duffee is his widow. ___________________.
R W Holland

State of Maryland, Harford County, Orphans Court,
S.S.

I Thomas S Bond Register of Wills for Harford County
Orphans Court, do hereby certify that the Honorable R. W. Holland
before whom the aforegoing declaration was made and who
has given the aforegoing certificate, and signed his name
thereto, was at the time of so doing Chief Justice of
the Orphans Court for Harford County, the same being
a Court of law and Record.

And I further certify that satisfactory proof
has been produced to this Court to show that Thomas
Duffee the husband of the above named Bridget
Duffee, died on the thirteenth day of February
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[Blurred seal of office] hundred and thirty five.

In Testimony whereof I hereto set my
hand and affix the seal of my 
office this seventh day of February
eighteen hundred and forty three
Thomas S Bond [illegible]
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[Note on envelope]

Feb 10 '43
Maryd
B Duffee

[Blurred mail stamp]

[Address]
J. L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington
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Baltimore Feb 9. 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir

In pursuance of your letter
to me dated January 25, 1843, in the case of Bridget Duffee
widow of Thomas Duffee decd., I herewith send you her
declaration and application under the act of 7 of June 1832 
for the back pension of her said deceased husband.

You will perceive in the Certificate of
the Orphans Court of Harford County (a court of Record)
the date of said Thomas Duffee's death-and
the proof of his service and her identify as his widow
are on file with you in her case of pension
recently allowed.

Very Respectfully
I am
Your Obt Servant
Alexr Yearley
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[Circular mail stamp]
ANNAPOLIS
FEB
8
MD

Alexr. Yearley, Esqr.,
Baltimore,
mail,  Md.
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Land Office, Annapolis, 8th February, 1840.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 6th inst. was received.  By a paper
or record in this office, endorsed "Return of Men Enlisted in 1781, in
Maryland Line," the name of Thomas Duffee appears upon said record
or roll, to have enlisted for three years, in the 4th Regiment, on the
7th day of August 1781.  The roll does not [struck out: state] show his rank,
but the Certificate I furnished you a short time ago, from a pay
roll kept by John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland line, sh[remainder cut off]
that he received [struck out: pay] arrears of pay &c amounting to $215. as a
Sergeant, up to the 15th of November 1783.

Very respectfully [illegible]
G. G. Brewer

Alexr. Yearley, Esqr.
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[Note written vertically in left margin of envelope]

Feb 11 1840
[word struck out]
Maryd.

[Blurred mail stamp]

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore, Feb 9. 1840

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions

Sir

In compliance with your
letter of 30 Jany 1840 in reference to the claim
of Bridget Duffee widow of Thomas Duffee 
for pension under the act of 8 July 1838, 
I herewith enclose you the Certificate of
G. G. Brewer "clearly proving by Record 
or Documentary evidence the grade and length
of service" of her deceased husband; in accordance
with the 3rd section of the printed regulations; which 
said section expressly dispenses with the necessity
of stating the particulars in relation to the service
of the deceased in the declaration; which are
required by the 1st section, in cases where the
record or documentary proof is defective.

The proofs of the service of Thomas
Duffee, sent you June 1. 1839, Nov 23rd. 1839 and now
herein sent you, are of the same description as are
the proofs in several cases recently decided
favorably by you: viz Catharine Paul, Elizabeth
Laurence & others; which goes to show that you do
not
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not require of the widow, the particulars in relation
to the service of the deceased, when the grade and
length of service is clearly proved by record 
or documentary evidence.

I beg your patient and kind review
of the case of this aged widow of the Revolution.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Alexr. Yearley
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[Note written on envelope]

Nov 25
Maryd
7 July 1838
perhaps [illegible]

Bridget Duffee
wid of Thomas
[illegible] See No.
5502

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore Nov 23 1839

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions

Sir

In compliance with your
letter of 29th August last, in reference to the case
of Bridget Duffee, widow of Thomas Duffee, decd.
I now send you her amended Declaration; in
which she states, to the best of her knowledge, the
date of her marriage.  The Clerk of the County
where they were married has no record of any
license for them-none being used-as they were
married without license, according to law, as was the
custom with many very poor persons in those days
by being published in church.  As to her husband's
never having applied for a pension himself, from the
United States it appears he wanted the requisite 
knowledge & disposition-he died in 1835.  He did
however, receive a pension from the State of Maryland
as a Sergeant in the Maryland line in the war of the
Revolution, which has been continued to his
widow, who now receives the same, as you will
see by the certificate herewith sent you.

I send you also the certificate } Very Respectfully
of Geo G Brewer Esq as to }
her husband's services-by which } I am your obt Servt
it is seen that he was more than }
2 years a Sergt. in the actual service } Alexr. Yearley
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[Note on envelope]
Jan 3d. 1843
Maryd.
Bridget Duffee
[Blurred mail stamp]

[Math calculation on envelope]
120
 3.11.9
_____
360
60
50
3
____
473

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore Dec 30. 1842

J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir

Herewith I send you the application
of Bridget Duffee, widow of Thomas Duffee, decd, who was
a Sergeant in the 4th Maryland Regt. in the war of
the Revolution, for the arrears of pension due 
him from 4th March 1831 to the day of his death on 
13th Feb. 1835.  As the proofs of his services; of the
time of his death; and her identity as his widow,
together with the explanation why he did not himself
apply for this pension, have so recently and satisfac
torily placed before you in her own case, I beg 
leave to refer you thereunto-and most respectfully
submit this claim as a vested right of the 
widow.

With Great Respect
I am Your Obt. Servant
Alexr. Yearley
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Harford County: Maryland
December 14th, 1842.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir,

I hereby make application
for the arrears of pension due my late husband
Thomas Duffee, decd, who was a Sergeant in the
4th Regiment in the Maryland line in the war of 
the Revolution, and who served from 7th Augt 1781 
to the 15th November 1783.  I was married to him 
in the year 1786, and he died in the 13th day of Feby
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five; 
without having made a regular application for 
a pension from the United States under the then 
existing laws; in consequence of his want of 
information on the subject, and indifference on his
part, together with the absence of suitable aid
therein.

Will you be so kind as to direct 
me how to proceed herein.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Witness
Francis Duffee  Bridget her X mark Duffee

Please direct to the care } I send you herewith a deposition as to
of Alexr Yearley, Baltimore } the precise time of my husbands death.
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Harford County, Maryland
May 28th 1839.

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Herewith I send you my
declaration and vouchers as the widow of
Thomas Duffee who was a Sergeant in the Maryland
line in the war of the Revolution.  The Certificate
of Mr. Brewer Register of the Land Office at Annapolis, 
does not state what regiment he belonged to-nor
can I tell-but he was at the Battles of Brandywine,
Germantown, Monmouth, the taking of Stoney Point
under Genl Wayne, and at the taking of Genl
Cornwallis, as I have heard him say.

Witness  Respectfully
Henry G Watters  Your obt. Servant
Bridget her X mark Duffee

Please direct to the care
of Alexr. Yearley, Baltimore
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5502
Bridget Duffee
of Thomas
Maryland

Admitted.
Sergeant 2 yrs. $120.
Cap-Col-4th Md Regt

died - 1835
Act 7 July 1838

A. Yearley
Baltimore
Md
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Western Shore Treasury
Annapolis 3 Sept. 1839.

Thomas Duffee, formerly of Harford County, was
a pensioner of Maryland at the rate of sixty dollars
a year (the half pay of a Sergeant) for his services
in the Revolutionary War, from the 12 Feb 1820 until the
15 Feb 35 the day of his death-in virtue of Res. No. 25
of the General Assembly of Dec.[illegible] Sess. 1819-and the
same pension has been paid to his widow Bridget
Duffee since the 15 March 1835 in pursuance of
Res. No. 15 of the General Assembly of Dec. [illegible] Sess. 1831

George Mackubin
Treas.[illegible] W. S. Md.
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[Note on envelope written vertically in left margin]

Sept 26 42
Mardy.
Bridget Duffee
[Blurred mail stamp]

[number 60 lined through]

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore Sep 23. 1842

Sir

In reply to your letter to me
dated Feb. 15. 1840 in the case of Mrs Bridget
Duffee, widow of Thomas Duffee decd. I have
to say that it has been ascertained that he
belonged to the 4th Maryland Regiment and
was paid up to 15 November 1783 from the
1st Augt. 1780.  As all the other points of
difficulty have been satisfactorily ascertained,
I would respectfully solicit that the fact
that she cannot, at this late period, tell
what Captain her husband served under,
shall not be a bar against her obtaining
her pension under the Act of July 7, 1838.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Alexr. Yearley

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore S.S.

On this 17th day of December 1842 before me the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland
in and for the City of Baltimore personall appeared
Francis Duffee, of lawful age a resident of Harford County
Maryland, and made oath according to law that he was
present at the death and burial of Thomas Duffee 
late of said Harford County whose widow Bridget Duffee has 
recently received five years pension from the United States
on account of his military services in the war of the 
Revolution, which said Thomas Duffee died at his
residence in Harford County aforesaid on the thirteenth
day of February in the year eighteen hundred and
thirty five.  And I do hereby certify that said
Deponent Francis Duffee is a person of good character 
and entitled to full and ample credit.
Francis Duffee

Sworn and subscribed to before
T Hanson Belt

State of Maryland Baltimore County Sct

I hereby certify that Thomas Hanson Belt Esquire before
whom the aforegoing deposition was made and who hath 
thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing
a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and
for the City of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my
hand and affix the seal of Baltimore
County Court on this 20th day of December
1842
Thos Kell Clk
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State of Maryland

I Edward F Bussey aged fifty 
nine years a resident of Harford County
State of Maryland do hereby certify that I
became acquainted with Thomas Duffee
late of Harford County deceased and with
his wife Bridget Duffee as far back as
the year 1801.  That my acquaintance with
them continued untill the death of him
the said Thomas Duffee which took 
place in the year 1835.  That my acqu
aintance with his widow the said Bridget
Duffee has continued to this time.  That she 
has not married again since the death
of her said husband Thomas Duffee
but still remains his widow and now 
resides in Harford County aforesaid 
and is about applying for a pension from
the United States on account of the mili
try services of her said husband
who is reported to have been a soldier in 
the war of the Revolution.  That they the said 
Thomas & Bridget Duffee were known and
acknowledged as man and wife 
and raised a family of children 
the eldest one of whom is at this time
at least fifty [word struck out] years old.  As
witness my hand this 24th day
of May in the year eighteen hundred 
and thirty nine.
Witness } Edwd F Bussey
John Wann }

State of Maryland
Harford County S.S

On this twenty seventh day of May in the
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year eighteen hundred and thirty nine
before me the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace of the State of Maryland in and for
Harford County personally appeared Edward 
F Bussey and in my presence signed 
the aforegoing Certificate and made oath 
according to law that the contents of said 
Certificate are correct and true as therein 
stated.  And I do hereby certify that 
the above named deponent Edward F Bussey 
is known to me as a respectable resident 
of Harford County aforesaid and entitled
to credit.
Sworn to before-- John Wann
Justice of the Peace
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This is to certify that I
Mathew Cain of Harford County
in the State of Maryland aged fifty
eight years have been personally
acquainted with Thomas Duffee
and his wife Bridget Duffee as
residents of Harford County aforesaid
from the year 1799 untill the death
of said Thomas Duffee which took
place in the year 1835.  That my ac
quaintance with Bridget Duffee
his widow has continued till this time.
That she has not married again 
since his death but still remains 
the widow of him the said Thomas 
Duffee, and now she resides in 
Harford County aforesaid and is 
about applying for a pension from
the United States on account of the
military services of her said husband 
who was understood to have been a soldier 
of the Revolution.  In Testimony whereof
I do hereto set my hand this twenty seventh
day of May in the year eighteen hundred 
and thirty nine. 
Witness }  Mathew Cain
John Wann }

State of Maryland
Harford County S.S

On this 29th day of May in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty nine
before me the subscriber a Justice of 
the Peace of the State of Maryland in and 
for Harford County personally appeared 
over
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Mathew Cain and in my presence
signed the foregoing Certificate and made 
oath according to law that the contents
thereof are correct and true as therein 
stated.  And I do hereby certify that the
above named deponent Mathew Cain
is known to me as a respectable
resident of Harford County aforesaid
and entitled to credit

Sworn to before--John Wann
Justice of the Peace
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I, Thomas Green of Harford County State of 
Maryland, depose and say-That I was personally
acquainted with Thomas Duffee & Bridget Duffee
his wife residents of said County from the year
1786 until the death of said Thomas Duffee which
took place in the year 1835.  That I have been acquai
nted with the said Bridget Duffee widow of him the
said Thomas Duffee ever since the death of her
said husband. That she hath not intermarried 
since his death, but still remains his widow and 
now resides in Harford County aforesaid.  That I 
have been acquainted with the children of them 
the said Thomas Duffee & Bridget Duffee and 
that to my own certain knowledge James Duffee, 
their eldest son, is over fifty years of age. 
That they were publicly known & acknowledged as 
man and wife, and no doubt ever existed as to
the legality of their marriage.  That I have
understood that the said Thomas Duffee was 
a soldier of the Revolution and to my own
knowledge the said Bridget Duffee who is now 
applying for a pension on account of the military
services of her husband Thomas Duffee is the 
same identical person who has always been 
publicly known as the lawful wife & widow 
of him the said Thomas Duffee who was 
reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my 
name this 27 th day of May eighteen hundred 
and thirty nine.
Witness }  Thomas his X mark Green
John Wann }

State of Maryland
Harford County SS

On this 27th day of May eighteen hundred 
and thirty nine before me the subscriber a Justice 
of
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of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for
Harford County aforesaid personally appeared
Thomas Green and subscribed his name to the
aforegoing Statement, and who, being duly sworn
according to law deposeth and saith that the contents
of the aforegoing Statement are correct and true.
And I do hereby certify that Thomas Green the 
above named deponent is known to me as a 
person of good character and entitled to
credit, residing in Harford County aforesaid
and reputed to be 72 years of age
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe
my name the day and year above written
Sworn to before--John Wann
Justice of the Peace

[Note written vertically in left margin:
5502
Bridget Duffee
of Thomas
Maryland]

State of Maryland Harford County To wit,

I hereby certify that John Wann and Henry G Watters
gentlemen before whom the foregoing affidavits were made
and who have thereto subscribed their names were at the time
of so doing two Justices of the peace of the State of Maryland
in and for Harford County duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my
name and affix the seal of Harford
County Court this twenty eighth day of May
eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
Henry Dorsey Clk of
Harford Coty Cot
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State of Maryland
Harford County Orphans' Court

On this twenty ninth day of October in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty nine before the Orphans
Court of Harford County, in the State of Maryland
aforesaid, the same being a Court of law and
Record, personally appeared Bridget Duffee 
of said County aged seventy two years, 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 Thomas Duffee, who
was a Sergeant in the Maryland line of the
continental army in the war of the Revolution
and served from the 7th August 1781 to the 15th of
November 1783.  She further declares that she was
married to the said Thomas Duffee prior to the 
year 1790, the precise year prior thereto not 
perfectly recollected, but according to the best 
of her knowledge and recollection the marriage 
took place in the year seventeen hundred & [word struck out] eighty
six.  That the Bible in which their family record 
was kept, was removed by their eldest son to the 
western country many years ago.  That our 
marriage was published in church according to 
the provision of the law of Maryland 
1777 Chap. 12 Sec. 5 and we had no marriage
license, none being, in such case, required. 
That their oldest son is now over fifty years 
of age.  That her husband the aforesaid
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Thomas Duffee died in the year 1835. That she
was not married to him prior to his leaving the
service, but the marriage took place previous to 
the first day of January seventeen hundred 
and ninety four, Viz, at the time above stated.
She further declares that the reason why her 
husband did not apply for a pension in his 
life time (from the United States) to the best of 
her knowledge and belief is that he did not 
possess the knowledge and disposition so to do
Witness
Thos. S Bond  Bridget her X mark Duffee

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

N.B. the words eighty six in the 23rd & 24th lines }  James Pannell }
the 1st page were interlined prior to the }
execution of the aforegoing declaration } R W Holland }
Witness Thos S. Bond (R Wills) } John W Rutledge }

[illlegible] and Sct.  I Thomas S. Bond Register
of Wills for Harford County in the State of 
Maryland do certify that James Pannell
R W Holland and John W Rutledge [words 
lined through] who have subscr
ibed their names above was at the time of
so doing and still is Justices of the Orphans
Court of Harford County duly commissioned
and sworn and that all their acts as such 
full faith and credit, are and ought to 
be given as well in Courts of Justice as 
thereout. In Testimony whereof I have hereun
[Blurred seal of office] to set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office this twenty ninth day
of October in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
Thos. S Bond R Wills
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1965
Bridget Duffee
$120 per ann

Alex. Yearley
Baltimore
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Harford County
April 1 1843

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Herewith I send you my application and Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 3rd March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have obtained Pensions under the Act of July 7 1838

Be pleased to direct to me, to the care off Alex Yearley - Baltimore

Very Respectfully

I am Your obedient Servant

Bridget [her + mark] Duffee

Witness 
Francis Duffee
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[illegible]
Harford County
Maryland
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State of Maryland }
Harford County } S. S.

On this first day of April eighteen hundred 
and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber, a 
Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for 
Harford County, Bridget Duffee, a resident of said County
aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, 
doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order 
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of
Congress, passed on the 3rd March, 1843, granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary 
war.  That she is the widow of Thomas Duffee who
was a Sergeant in the 4th Maryland Regiment in the war
of the Revolution.  And that she has received a pension
from the United States of one hundred and twenty dollars
per annum, under the act of July 7,  1838

She further declares that she is still a widow.
Test
A. L. Garrett  Bridget her X mark Duffee

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me.  And I do hereby 
certify that the above declarant, Bridget Duffee is
personally known to me.
A. Lingan Garrett

State of Maryland, Harford County S.S.

I, Henry Dorsey Clerk of the Court
of Harford County, certify that A. Lingan Garrett 
is a Justice of the Peace as above, and that the 
aforegoing signature, purporting to be his, is
genuine.  In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal of office, and
subscribed my name this first day of
April in the year eighteen hundred and
forty three.
Henry Dorsey Clk
of Harfd Coty Co
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State of Maryland
Harford County, S. S.

On this twentieth day of October eighteen hundred
and forty two before me the subscriber Chief Justice
of the Orphans' Court of Harford County Maryland
personally appeared Bridget Duffee a resident of Harford
County aforesaid, aged 75 years old, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on her oath, make the following
amended 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", (respectfully referring to her
former declaration made on the 29th October 1839). That she
is the widow of Thomas Duffee who was a regular soldier
of the United States, fourth Maryland Regiment, who
enlisted on the 7th day of August 1781 amongst the recr[rest cut off]
of 1781, as a Sergeant for the term of three years.  That
he stated to her, that he was at the battle of Yorktown
in October 1781, and in various other engagements, not
now perfectly recollected by her.  That, peace intervening
before his 3 years had expired, he was discharged at the
dissolution of the Army, and was paid off to the 
15th day of November 1783, by John Hamilton, Agent of
the Maryland line, at Annapolis.  She further declares
that she was married to the said Thomas Duffee, in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty six to the
best of her knowledge and belief.  That her husband
the aforesaid Thomas Duffee died in the year 1835.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service, but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January seventeen hundred 
and ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
Witness
Robert W Holland  Bridget her X mark Duffee

Sworn to and subscribed on the
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day and year first above written, Before me.  And I
do hereby certify that the aforegoing declaration was
made and done at the residence of said Bridget Duffee,
she being unable to attend in open Court by reason of
bodily infirmity.
Robert Wm. Holland
Chief Justice of
the Orphans' Court of
Harford County
Maryland

Maryland Sct.

I Thomas S. Bond Register
of Wills for Harford County in the State of
Maryland do certify that Robert Wm. 
Holland Esquire who signed the aforegoing
Certificate was at the time of so doing and
still is Chief Justice of the Orphans
Court of Harford County duly commissioned
and sworn and that to all his acts as such
full faith and credit are and ought to 
be given as well in Courts of Justice as 
their out.
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office this twentieth 
day of October in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and forty 
two. 
Thos. S. Bond R Wills
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[Note on envelope]
7 Nov 1842
Mr Allison
Bridget Duffee

[Blurred mail stamp]

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore Nov 5 1842
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In compliance with your letter dated 26 September last, relative to the case of Mrs. Bridget Duffee, widow of Thomas Duffee dse. I here with send you her Amended declaration; setting forth to the best of her knowledge, the services performed by her husband as required by the regulations. As also the certificate of George G. Brewer Esq, relative thereto. The services of Thomas Duffee being thus clearly proved by record on documentary evidence. And the identity of said Bridget Duffee as his widow being also clearly proved by living testimony  (now on file at your office) as well as by her own oath and also the fact that she is now receiving a Revolutionary Pension from the State of Maryland as his widow. Her claim is now respectfully submitted. By your  Obr Servant Alexr Yearley