Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 543, Joshua Furman, New Jersey
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New Jersey

Furman, Joshua
Furman, Sarah

W. 543
B.L. Wt. 26.640-160-55_
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New Jersey

Furman, Joshua
Sarah

W. 543
B.L.Wt. 26.640-160-55_
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1932
New Jersey
Sarah Furman
widow of Joshua Furman
who served in the Revolutionary
N.J.
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [4th day of March, 1848] (strikethrough) 3 February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of Septr / 53
and sent to
Saml B. Stafford
Trenton
N.J.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853 Page 92 Vol. A
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55,045 Act March 3/55
April 9/55

Sarah Furman, widow of Joshua Furman Pri

Revolutionary Pensioner

Boynton
N.J. July 5 in 1932

AV: 16.0 AC, Meyl 6/56
B. Griffin

Cuid. B. Stafford. Alpt, 20/55 (smudged)
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93-69

New Jersey

Joshua Furman
Trenton in the State of N. J.
was a Pri- in the Com commanded
by Captain Lucke of the [] commanded by [] in the N. Jer-
State Service - 
[]

Inscribed on the Roll of N.J.
the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1833 and sent to Mr. Hester Present.

Arrers to the 4th of March 33
semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 6

$160
40
$200

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 111
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In Chancery NJ
In matter of application}
of Joshua Furman}
of the Township}
of Trenton, Hunterdon Co.}
N. Jersey, for a pension}
Declaration M
J Furman
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New Jersey Ss. Joshua Furman of the township of Trenton, County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, Farmer, alleging himself conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to law doth upon his solemn affirmation say, That he is the same person who has made and affirmed to the foregoing Declaration_ that owing to his age, being now in his seventy ninth year, and the pressure of bodily and mental infirmities consequent upon his years, he is utterly unable to furnish the precise dates at which he made his various tours of service as a private volunteer militia man, or to specify the names of all the officers under whom he served, or to detail, in the order in which they occurred the various expeditions in which he served. But this affirmant doth distinctly recollect that in the month of July 1776 he enrolled himself as a volunteer in Capt Motts Company of New Jersey Militia and made a tour of one month at and about the neighbourhood of Smiths Farms near Elizabeth Town. That in September of the same year he served one month under Capt Mott, in and about the neighbourhood of the Blazing Star near Elizabeth Town aforesaid_ that in November of the same year he made a third tour of one month under Captain John Hunt at Headley's Mills_ and that in December he marched with the retreating American army across the Delaware and was all the month in camp, doing duty except for a short time while very sick in which situation he was when the army under Genl. Washington crossed and captured the Hessians at Trenton_ That upon his recovery in January he again took his place in the ranks and served that month under Capt Philip Phillips at Princeton_ that in February he continued under arms and was sent in Capt. Mott's company up along the Raritan above New Brunswick_ and in the month of March was transferred to the command of Capt [illegible] and stationed with his company at Bound Brook _ that during the five months above mentioned viz November, December,
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January, February and March 1776_ And 1777, the Enemy being in New Jersey, and the emergencies of the army great he continued constantly in active service as he has stated_ That to the best of his recollection he was then permitted to return home, and remained there until June, when he again made a tour of one month under Capt. Mott and served at [Sourland?] and Steel's Mountain_ And in August following he again made his regular monthly tour under Capt. Hunt at Elizabeth Town, the Blazing Star and Headleys Mills_ That as near as he recollects he was then at home two months_ and in November and December following he served continuously under Lieut Howell first awhile at Elizabeth Town and then up the Passaic river near the Falls. 
And this affirmant further saith that during the years 1778 - 1779 - 1780 - and 1781 he made a number of tours but cannot depend on his memory now to arrange them in their order - but he declares upon his affirmation that during this period he remembers distinctly making one tour of a month under Capt Ralph Phillips at Elizabeth Town - three tours at the same place under Capt Mott - two tours at the same place under Capt John Hunt - two tours at the same place under Captain Timothy Titus - and one tour at the same place under Capt Ralph Guild - that each tour was for a month sometimes a few days more, and sometimes a little less as they were relieved by other volunteers. That the public stores were during much of this time at Elizabeth Town, and they were employed in guarding them and keeping guard along the river. That in the course of this time he also remembers being sent with a company under Lieut. Andrew Reeder up the Delaware on a scout after suspicious persons and Tories, & was out a month there _ and was one month in Monmouth under Capt. Mott, and engaged in a skirmish at Crosswicks Creek, with the British previous to the Battle of Monmouth. That after this period, [illegible] in 1782 and 1783, he
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was out several tours, but can only recollect four tours with distinctness as to the place and Captain under whom he served_ these were at Elizabeth Town once under Capt. Phillips _ once under Captain Tucker _ once under Captain Mott, and once under Captain Guild. And he also recollects a tour he made of a month to Tappan and Paramus, where his company was attached to Lafayettes command _ but he does not now remember in whose company or at what period. And this deponent further says and affirms that each of the tours he served was for about a month _ their engagements were for that length of time, and they had to wait to be relieved by their alternates, which was often more, than less, than a month _ that he is confident as to the correctness of the statement of his services as above made, it being the result of the most scrupulous care in taxing the remains of his memory of the past _ And under the solumn affirmation he has taken, he distinctly affirms that he rendered the services above stated as a volunteer militia man in the service of the United States _ under arms in the field and upon the regular calls of his officers _ That he obeyed every call made upon him from the commencement of the period in 1776 when Gen. Dickerson ordered out the Militia, until the close of the war in 1783 _ And during all that time was enrolled a volunteer, and held himself in readiness at all times to obey these calls. And this affirmant further says that those with whom he served are either dead or unknown to him, and that the above statement is all that he can affirm to, after having laboured to recall the particular recollection of his services ever since his papers were returned _ And he has no hope of being able to recollect anything additional in relation therein _ And submits his application to the judgment of the Department _ And further saith not.
Joshua Furman
Affirmed and subscribed this 22d day}
of May 1833, before me _}
Elias P Seeley, Clk}
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In Chancery of N.J.

In matter of the application of}
Joshua Furman of Trenton Township}
Hunterdon Co. N. J. for a Pension under}
the Act of June 7, 1832.}

Interrogatories administered to Joshua Furman, a soldier in the Militia service in the war of the revolution, in open court, with his answers to the same under oath:
1. Where and in what place were you born?
Answer - In the township of Trenton, in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, as near as he can say in February 1755.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer - He has no record of his age _ there was one in the family Bible, but it was lost when he was young.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer - He lived when called into service in the township of Trenton aforesaid _ has lived there ever since, except one year where he removed to the township of Lawrence adjoining - And he now lives in Trenton township.
4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - He was called into service by an order issued by General Dickinson of the Jersey Militia in the Summer of 1776 _ He volunteered, and never served as a substitute.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer - He refers to his Declaration heretofore made and which is prefixed _ being a private in a militia company, generally serving under field officers of the Militia, and upon tours comparatively short in general, his memory is deficient in these matters.
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6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
Answer - He never received any discharge _ When the war was over the company disbanded _ And no discharges, certificates or any other documents were either asked or given.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your service as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer -  he refers to his Declaration_ and to the affidavits affixed to it.
Joshua Furman

New Jersey Ss. Joshua Furman being duly affirmed doth declare and say that the foregoing answers to which he hath subscribed his name are true.
Joshua Furman

Affirmed and Subscribed before me}
this 22d day of May 1833.}
Elias P. Seeley Clk}

New Jersey Ss. Israel Hendrickson of the township of Trenton, County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, farmer, being duly sworn ___ doth depose and say that he is sixty eight years of age, that he has known Joshua Furman, above named ever since deponent was a young man _ And has been generally acquainted in his neighbourhood all his life _ where he has constantly resided _ That it was always understood and universally believed that said Joshua Furman was a soldier of the revolution, by the neighbourhood _ that he from his own knowledge, as he was living in the neighbourhood of Mr Furman during the Revolution_ this deponent is well assured that such was the fact _ And further this deponent says that said Furman is a man of unquestionable veracity_ that his statements are entitled to implicit credit and that he believes him to be incapable of willful deception. 
Israel Hendrickson

Sworn and subscribed before me}
this 22nd day of May 1833.}
Elias P Seeley Clk
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I Elias P. Seeley, Governor and Chanceller of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that upon the examination of Joshua Furman the applicant in the foregoing papers named and hearing the testimony in the case, produced and taken and read in open Court, and prefixed hereto, this Court concurs fully in in the former opinion certified by the Court, that the said Joshua Furman, the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Done in open court the day and year last above written
Elias P. Seeley
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I Stacy G. Potts, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing affirmation of Joshua Furman, the Interrogatories, and answers and affirmation thereto annexed and the affidavit of Israel Hendrickson and certificate of the Chancellor of New Jersey are the original additional papers as sworn to and certified in open Court and annexed by me to the foregoing Declaration and testimony in the matter of the application of the said Joshua Forman for a pension, In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Chancery aforesaid at Trenton the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Stacy G. Potts, Clerk
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In Chancery NJ
In Matter of Joshua}  On Declaration
Furman for a pension}
under the Act of }
June 7 1832}
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In Chancery N J

New Jersey
Hunterdon County SS. }

On this tenth day of ['July' crossed out] October  in the year for Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before His Excellency Peter De Vroom, Governor & a Chancellor of New Jersey in the Court of Chancery now sitting Joshua Furman, a resident of the township of Trenton, County of Hunterdon & State aforesaid, aged about 77 years, who ['being' crossed out] alleging himself to be conscientiously & scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed, whom upon his solemn affirmation ['saith' crossed out] doth make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 to wit. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency & any state, and says: That he entered the service of the United States, as near as he recollects, about the middle of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and seventy six - It was about two weeks after independence was declared. He was a muster of Capt. John Motts Company of volunteers- Ralph Jones was a
Lieutenant and Daniel Howell an ensign in said Company, Hoops was Major from Trenton, and Henry Philips was also a Major from Hopewell-Col Jos. Phillips was the Colonel. The militia and volunteers were sometimes under the command of Genl Dickinson, and sometimes of General Heard-, He took his tours month about, with his brother Daniel Furman who is now dead. When he first joined the army they were stationed along the sound on the Jersey shore opposite Staten Island, the British were then on Staten Island  there was occasionally a little cannonading across the sound- the next tour he also served in the same region-  His third tour was at Heddy's Mills also on the Jersey shore opposite Staten Island, Capt. John Hunt then had command of the Company.  Some time after he was under Capt. Wm. Tucker, afterward under Capt Mott again, up the Raritan. He was at Crosswicks under Mott, at the time the British came from Philadelphia and marched across New Jersey- previous to the Battle of Monmouth - they came up and burned a part of Bordentown before that time, say about the last of March, as well as he recollects- after burning a part of Bordentown, they came up the river nearby to Lam
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berton just below Trenton. This declarant was at Lamberton Hill, there was some cannonading-  Clunn's Artillery Company was there and fired at them, they drew off, and went down the river again-  During all the rest of the war Declarant turned out upon every call- was at Elizabeth town on duty under Gen Dickerson when  Burgoyne was taken, and was under arms at the same place when the news of Cornwallis' surrender came and was in actual service for more than two years.+  He was born in the township of Trenton, County of Hunterdon in this state, as near as he can say in February 1755, the family record was accidentally destroyed when he was a child, and he has no record of his age.  Was living the township of Trenton when called into the service as a volunteer soldier, in which capacity he served thro' out-- has lived there ever since, except one year when he moved a half a mile into Lawrence the adjoining township - has lived at the old homestead in Trenton township ever since.  Served as a volunteer as above stated-  was not much with the regular army, but well
recollects Genls. Washington, Lafayette, &  Putnam, who were sometimes with the troops when he served-  Was with Lafayette at Tappan, the general commanded the Light Troops - also recollects Lord Sterling Gen Green was occasionally with the corps he served in- 
He never received a discharge - believes none
of the volunteers in his neighborhood did. This declarant is known and his services also known to the old men of the neighborhood - John Burroughs, was a volunteer from the same neighborhood, and served a part of the war in the same company, but not in the same months with this affirmant. This affirmants brother
Danl. served when Burroughs did. Burroughs brother Joseph, served with this affirmant - He would name Isaac Hendrickson, John Burroughs, & James W. Alexander as persons residing in his neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
Joshua Furman

Affirmed this 10th day of ⎬ 
October A. D. 1832 Before me }
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P. D. Vroom Chancellor

State of New Jersey SS.  We William Boswell, a 
clergyman residing in the city of Trenton, and Israel Hendrickson- residing in the township of Trenton, thereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joshua Furman, who has subscribed and ['sworn' crossed out] affirmed to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion & believe him to be a person of veracity.
Wm Boswell
['James W. Alexander' crossed out]
Israel Hendrickson

Sworn & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid before me
P D Vroom
Chancellor

State of New Jersey SS. John Burroughs of the township of Trenton County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey being duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith that he is about 78 years old- that he was born in the same township where he now resides, and has lived there all his life- that he has known the above Declarant, Joshua Furman, from boyhood & knows that he served in the war of the Revolution as a volunteer soldier- a part of the time he belonged to the company commanded by Capt Mott in which Company this deponent also served. At the time of the Declaration of
Independence, or a little before, this deponent and his brother Joseph enrolled themselves in the service as volunteers- they were to serve month about which was the custom in the neighborhood, Joshua Furman and his brother Daniel volunteered in the same way, Deponent and Daniel Furman served the first tour, 
Joshua Furman and Deponents brother Joseph served the second and so continued as long as calls were made for the volunteers. Deponent to the best of his recollection says that
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that Joshua Furman the above Declarant was in actual service more than two years, that he made upwards of thirty tours, amounting to three years at least, according to the best of this Deponents recollection, information and belief.Deponent believes the said Declarant's veracity to be unquestionable.
John Burroughs

Sworn subscribed this tenth
October 1832 before me
P.D. Vroom Clk

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states,  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Boswell, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the city of and Township of Trenton wherein the said Declarant resides, and that Israel Hendrickson
and John Burroughs who has signed & sworn to the above affidavit are both residents in the same township, and credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Done in open Court the day and year above mentioned
P. D. Vroom Clk

I Stacy G. Potts of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua
Furman for a pension. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Trenton, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Stacy G. Potts Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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Bounty Land Claim
of Sarah Furman, widow of 
Joshua Furman dec.
a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner of Hunterdon County, State of N. Jersey
35045
Filed by
Samuel B. Stafford
Attorney
Trenton, N.J.
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Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier, & Pensioner, Application for Bounty Land, under act of March 3d 1855.

State of New Jersey }
Mercer County } SS.  Be it known that on this seventh day of April A D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace authorized
by law to administer oaths, within and for the
County and State aforesaid, Widow, Sarah Furman a resident of the Township of Hopewell, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, aged eighty four years, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the Widow of Joshua Furman decd who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and Pensioner under the act of 1832, who resided in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey and that she is a pensioner under the act of Congress, passed February 3d 1853, and is paid
at the Agency in Trenton New Jersey-

She further states, that she was married to the
said Joshua Furman decd [then in the Township
of Trenton, County of Hunterdon] N. J. now in the Township of Ewing, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, on the twenty first day of May, A.D. Eighteen hundred and fourteen, by the Revd Joseph Rice decd a Presbyterian Minister of that neighborhood, - that her name before her said Marriage was Sarah Hendrickson,
and that she is now a widow,-- that for the proof of her said marriage; and the proof of the death, of her said husband, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension office, in support of her applica
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tion for a Pension under act of February 3d, 1853-

She makes this declaration, for the purpose
of obtaining the bounty Land to which she may
be entitled, under the act approved March 3
1855. she also declares, that she has never applied for nor received under this, or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land, whatever. 
          her
Sarah  X   Furman    {seal}
         mark

We Thomas Hendrickson and Rich. R. Rogers residents of Hopewell & Trenton in the State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed, and acknowledged by the said Sarah Furman, in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements, of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be, & that she is now a widow. Thomas Hendrickson  {seal}
Richd. R. Rogers  {seal}

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim, And further certify that I believe she still remains the widow of said Joshua Furman decd a Revolutionary pensioner.
Bailey A. West 
J. of the Peace
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State of New Jersey }
Mercer County } ss
I William R. Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Bailey A West- Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit, is and was at the time of signing
the same a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction.-

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said County Court at
Trenton New Jersey this ninth day
of April AD 1855.
Wm R. Murphy Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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United States of America

Widows Declaration,
in order to obtain the benefits of the 2nd Section of the act of 3rd February 1853,

State of New Jersey
County of Mercer
Be it known, that before me, the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer, and State of New Jersey, duly authorized by law to
administer oaths --- On this twenty second day
of April (22nd April )AD. Eighteen hundred
and fifty three, personally appeared Sarah Furman a resident of the Township of Hopewell in the County of Mercer State of New Jersey
aged Eighty two years, who first being 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 3d of February 1853, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  that she is the widow of Joshua Furman decd. who was a Pensioner under act of 1832, at the rate of Eighty (80) dollars per annum, on account of his services in the Revo-
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olutionary War, and who resided in the County of Mercer, (formerly Hunterdon & who died at Ewing Township on 20th Febr. 1840). State of
New Jersey and was paid at the agency in Trenton New Jersey.

She further declares that she was married to the said Joshna Furman at Trenton Township, now in the Township of Ewing- then in County of Hunterdon- now Mercer County- on the twenty first day of May AD Eighteen hundred and fourteen-- by one Revd Joseph Rice a
Presbyterian Minister of that neighborhood-- that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Hendrickson -- that she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a Widow
           her
Sarah  X  Furman
         mark

Witness the Mark
Elnathan Hendrickson

Sworn to, and subscribed before me on the twenty second, day of April A D 1853. And I further certify that Mrs Sarah Furman - the above named deponent is unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas, from bodily infirmity
and that I am personally acquainted with her and believe her to be the identical Widow of the aforesaid Joshua Furman decd a Revolutionary Pensioner and that I have no interest therein, Chas Burroughs Judge
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Power of Attorney

Know all men by these Presents that I, Sarah Furman of the County of Mercer in the State of New Jersey widow of Joshua Furman decd a Revolutionary Pensioner, of Hunterdon, now Mercer County do hereby make, constitute and appoint Samuel B Stafford of Trenton N. Jersey
my Attorney for me, and in my name and stead, to demand and receive from the Commissioner of Pensions, or from the proper officer of the Government of the United States the Pension Certificate to which I am entitled as mentioned
in the foregoing declaration.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this twenty second day of April A D 1853.
          her
Sarah  X  Furman
        mar. 

Witness Present
Elnathan Hendrickson
C A Beck

Acknowledged, and subscribed before
me on the day and year above written,
Chas Burroughs Judge.
of the Court of Common Pleas, in and
for the County of Mercer & State of N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey County of Mercer / ss.
On this twenty second day of April A D 1853, Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, Huldah Hendrickson aged seventy four years, a resident of the township of Hopewell in the County of Mercer, who first being duly sworn according to law, on her oath saith that she was present at the marriage of Joshua Furman and Sarah Hendrickson, then in the Township of Trenton County of Hunterdon, now in the township of Ewing County of Mercer, and heard the marriage Ceremony performed between the said parties by the Revd. Joseph Rue decd. a Presbyterian minister of that neighborhood, on the twenty first day of May A D Eighteen hundred and fourteen (1814), heard the said Revd. Joseph Rue decd pronounce the said Joshua Furman & Sarah Hendrickson man & wife, and knows that Sarah Furman who is now applying for a Pension as the widow of Joshua Furman a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act of 1832, is the identical Widow of the aforesaid Joshua Furman a Revolutionary Pensioner.  [signed] Huldah Hendrickson
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written.  And I Certify the above deponent is a Credible Witness  [signed] Chas Burroughs Judge
(seal
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State of New Jersey County of Mercer } ss
On this twenty second day of April A. D. 1853 Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Elnathan Hendrickson a resident of the Township of Hopewell in the County of Mercer who first being duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith that he attended the funeral of Joshua Furman a Revolutionary Pensioner under Act of 1832, that said Joshua Furman, died on the twentieth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty (1840.) in the Township of Ewing County of Mercer and knows that Sarah Furman who is now applying for a Pension as the widow of Joshua Furman a Revy. Soldier & pensioner is the identical widow of the aforesaid Joshua Furman a Revolutionary Pensioner, he further swears that he is a disinterested witness  [signed] Elnathan Hendrickson
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written. And I Certify that the above named Elnathan Hendrickson is a Credible Witness  [signed] Chas. Burroughs Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mercer & State of New Jersey
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State of New Jersey County of Mercer } ss.
I, William R. Murphy, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby Certify, that Charles Burroughs Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and affidavits were made, was at the time of the doing thereof, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Mercer, in said State, duly commissioned, and sworn, that full faith and Credit are to be given to his official Attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper hand writing of the said Charles Burroughs Esquire and that I have no Interest therein.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Trenton in said State this twenty third day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.  [signed] Wm. R. Murphy Clerk
[seal to the right]
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October 13, 1936
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [initialed Om]
BA-J/EEL
Abraham Furman-S.10715
Joshua Furman-W. 543
Doctor Robert Furman 621 West 189" Street New York, New York
Dear Sir:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Abraham Furman, of Queens County, New York, and Joshua Furman, of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The records of those soldiers are given herein.
Abraham Furman S.10715
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.10715, based upon the military service of Abraham Furman in that war.
Abraham Furman was born March 16, 1755, in Newtown, Queens County, New York.  The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of said Newtown, Abraham Furman volunteered sometime in 1776, served in Captain Jacob Wright's Company, Colonel John Lasher's New York Regiment, was first stationed in New York City, crossed to Long Island, was there when the surrender took place, crossed with the American Army to New York City, and was in the retreat from that city, and was discharged in January, 1777, length of service not shown.  In March, 1777, he was appointed assistant to Quartermaster General Hugh Hughes, served two years in this capacity; October 17, 1780, was commissioned Issuer of Forage and served two years as such officer.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832, while a resident of Newtown, Queens County, New York.
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Abraham Furman died March 12, 1836, at the home of William Boerum, in Newtown, New York.
It was stated that soldier was never married.
Aaron Furman, Abraham Furman, Junior, and William Boerum were executors of the estate of Abraham Furman, their relationship to him was not stated.  Aaron died December 17, 1844.
Joshua Furman W. 543
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 543, based upon the military service of Joshua Furman in that war.
Joshua Furman was born in February, 1756, in Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of said Trenton Township, New Jersey, Joshua Furman volunteered about the middle of of July, 1776, and served at least three years in all, sometimes each alternate month, as a private under Lieutenant Howell, Captains John Mott, John Hunt, William Tucker, Philip Phillips, Freeland, [note written in the right margin relating to Freeland:] Could not determine positively whether this was Captain Freeland but looked more like it than anything else. Could not identify him nor Ralph Phillips [paragraph continues:] Ralph Phillips, Timothy Titus, and Ralph Guild and Colonel Joseph Phillips in the New Jersey Troops.  He was in a skirmish at Crosswicks but was ill at the time of the taking of the Hessians and unable to take part in that engagement.  Soldier stated that his brother Daniel served also, often alternating with him.  Daniel was deceased in 1832.
Joshua Furman was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, while residing in Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The soldier died February 20, 1840, in Ewing Township, Mercer County (that part which was formerly Trenton Township, Hunterdon County) New Jersey.
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Joshua Furman married May 21, 1814, in Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (later Ewing Township, Mercer County) Sarah Hendrickson.  The date and place of birth of Sarah and names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed April 23, 1853, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and a resident of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
No reference was made to children.
In 1853, Huldah Hendrickson, aged seventy-four years and Elnathan Hendrickson, age not stated, made affidavits in Mercer County, New Jersey, in support of the widow's claim for pension: in 1855, one Thomas Hendrickson lived in Hopewell Township, New Jersey: no relationship of any of the above named persons to the widow, Sarah Hendrickson Furman, was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Sarah Furman, widow of Joshua Furman (W.543), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Sarah Furman, widow of Joshua Furman, Certificate No.1932, issued September 14, 1853, rate $80 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act of February 3, 1853, New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Pension Office, 9th Sept: 1853.
Sir:  Please Certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Very Respectfully, [signed] S. Cole For the Commissioner
Joshua Furman, Act 7th June 1832, $80.00 p. an. Died 20th Feb. 1840, Paid to his death.  [signed] F Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt. Esqr. Third Auditor, Treasury
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[left side of page]
No. 1243
Sarah Furman widow of Joshua N. Jersey
Let to S. B. Stafford 27th June 1853

[right side of page]
26,640
Rev War
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FREE
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City
[circular stamp] TRENTON N.J. APR 23
[illegible initials written across address]
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Trenton New Jersey April 23rd 1853,
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, I send you the application of Mrs. Sarah Furman, Widow of Joshua Furman decreased, a Pensioner under act of 1832 who resided in the County of Mercer, formerly Hunterdon County, for a Pension under act of Feby. 3rd 1853, please let her Certificate for a Pension be sent to me as soon as convenient.
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant  [signed] Samuel B Stafford
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State of New Jersey County of Mercer } ss.
Be it known that before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County, and State above mentioned on this sixth day of September AD 1853, Personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Furman a resident of the Township of Ewing, County aforesaid, aged eighty two years, who first being duly sworn according to law, on her oath saith, that to the best of her knowledge, no Public, nor private record exists of deponents marriage with Joshua Furman decd a Revolutionary Pensioner - to whom she was married on the twenty first day of May AD Eighteen hundred and fourteen, by the Revd. Joseph Rue a Presbyterian Minister, then of the County of Hunterdon, in the State of New Jersey - that said Revd. Mr. Rue is dead, and that, she has been credibly informed, his records of marriages were burned at the time his House was burned.  [signed with an "X"] Sarah Furman her mark  [the word "seal" within a squiggly circle is to the right]
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written. And I further Certify that Widow Sarah Furman is a Credible Witness,  [signed] Chas. Burroughs Judge Mercer Pleas
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State of New Jersey, County of Mercer ss,
I William R. Murphy, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby Certify that Charles Burroughs, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time of the thereof, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Mercer, in said state, duly Commissioned and sworn. that full faith and Credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper hand writing of the said Charles Burroughs Esqr.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas, at Trenton in said state this sixth day of September A D 1853.  [signed] Wm. R. Murphy clerk
[seal to the left]
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Flemington Aug 2d 1853
Dr Sir
I have carefully searched the Record of Marriages of the County of Hunterdon and cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Joshua Furman to Sarah -- (his wife) (From 1814 to 1825)
Your Obt Servt  [signed] Wm. Emery Clk of Hunt
To S. B. Stafford Esq Trenton N.J.
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FREE
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City (D C)
[circular stamp] TRENTON N.J. SEP 6
Geddes [illegible]
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Trenton New Jersey September 6 - 1853 --
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Sir  I enclose the additional evidence in the Claim of Sarah Furman, Widow of Joshua Furman decd a Rev. Pensioner under Act of 1832 who resided in the County of Hunterdon, now in the County of Mercer, - That no public nor private records exists of their marriage - you will see attached a Certificate from the County Clerk of Hunterdon that he has examined the records of marri[a]ges in his office & that no such record of their marriage is on record. I have seen the Ministers daughter, she told me, her fathers records of marriages were burned, when their House was burned,- the family have no record in any old Book or Bible of it.  I hope the evidence enclosed will meet the rules of your office - although if it is required, another Witness who was present at their marriage will make oath to the fact, if you demand it. -- please send me, her Certificate as soon as convenient,
Your Obedient Servant  [signed] Samuel B Stafford, of Trenton New Jersey
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Furman
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Brief in the case of Sarah Furman Widow of Joshua, Mercer County and State of New Jersey act 3d Feby: 1853
Claim, ("original," ['or "for increase"' crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.) Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, stated the substance.  Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7" June, 1832. [illegible] proof of marriage
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent  Saml. B. Stafford. Esqr. Trenton, N. Jersey
Examining Clerk.  S. C. Boynton
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[circular stamp] RECEIVED SEP 22 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER 7 8
621 West 189 St., New York, N. Y.
Dear Sirs:-- Will you please send information regarding Joshua Furman, who served in the Revolutionary War from Hunterdon Co. N. J. Pensioned.
I am particularily interested in family data - his children, name of wife, parentage etc.
Thanking you, [signed] Robert Furman M. D.
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[left side of page] 1936-Oct 13-Hist [illegible] Robt. Furman - Eh

[right side of page is a printed form with handwritten entries]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 543
Sarah Furman, Widow, Joshua Furman, Priv. Rev. War.
Act : Feb. 3. 1853.
Index :--Vol. 4, Page 258
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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