Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 179, for Merrick Martin, New Jersey
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Service - New Jersey
Martin, Merrick 
Martin, Merick or Tabitha

Number W. 179
B.L. Wt. 26679-160-55
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Tabitha Martin
widow of Merrick Martin
who served in the Revolutionary 
Capt. Randolph  NJ
as a private

nscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
-- cents per annum, to commence
on the 30 September 1852 [crossed out: 4th day of March, 1848]
Certificate of Pension issued 
the 9th day of March 185 [last digit missing]
nd ent to
J. S. Pollard [signature]
Roll of Pensioners under
48, Page 303 Vol. 4
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32737  Increase
New Jersey
Merrick Martin of Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Randolph of the Reg D commanded by Col Jagny in the line for two [crossed out: one] years

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of August 1850 and sent to Hon. James Cooper, S.U.S.

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending 
Increased from $40.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J B Chase Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 3 Page 147
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30.066 Act March 3/58
March 31 / 56
Tobitha Martin widow of
Merrick Martin Private
Revolution
Pensioner
N.J.  Leg 48-6054
CLO: 160 act 16/56
[illegible signature]

Aug. 13

J. S. Pollard
Rahway
New Jersey

Cir's to J.S. Pollard the
W
Feb 48 - No 6054
Vol M 1. page 18
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37.967
Merrick Martin
New Jersey

Act 7 June 1832
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To the Honorable J.L. Edwards commissionar of pensions,
I, Merrick Martin of the township of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, do make the following Declaration.  To wit, I was, according to records in my father's family Bible, born on the third day of July 1766, and was in the eighteenth year of my age at the close of the war of the Revolution. I am a son of Deacon William Martin who in the time of the Revolutionary War resided in the Woodbridge Neck, about one mile from the west bank of Staten Island Sound which separates said Island from the State of New Jersey.
At the commencement of Hostilities with the British my father and older brothers all zealously expoused the cause of American freedom. My father was prevented from taking an active part in the struggle for independence by his becoming a cripple when about twenty years of age. My two older brothers were for the most part of the time during the last six years of the war actively engaged in the service of the country. my Brother David served I think about five years in the Continental Army.
The British troops having possession of Staten Island, Perth Amboy, Woodbridge, Rahway and Elizabethtown from 1776 to the close of the war, consequently the the inhabitants of Perth Amboy, Woodbridge, Rahway and Elizabethtown were exposed to the frequent ravage of the Tories as they were then called, and who annoyed the Inhabitants in this section more than the British Soldiers did. My father's residence being in the immediate vicinity of the enemy, it was frequently necessary for every man and boy that were able to bear arms to take an active part in the struggle, or to hold those lawless Refugees in check. There being many disaffected persons in our section of country who joined the enemy and were constantly annoying the inhabitants along our frontier, I was frequently detached with other boys of my age from 1777 to 1779 to collect the cattles and horses in our neighbourhood and drive them several miles back in the country for protection while the men were engaged in active service. I was on one occasion thrushing in my father's barn I think, in the fall of 1778, when I heard a shouting in the road some twenty yards from me. I looked out and saw one of our neighbours a [illegible word] DeCamfes with his two colored men driving before them a yoke of oxen as fast as possible, and just in their rear were two well known Refugees in hot pursuit.
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I instantly seized my musket, took deliberate aim at the foremost man and fired. The ball passed through his left hand and took off one of his fingers. About 300 yards in their rear was a large party of Tories and British soldiers. They took the slain and hastily retreated across the sound to Staten Island. By this maneuver of mine, I drove Mr. DeCamfe, his men, and oxen. From this period, the Tories declared a war of extermination against me. Consequently I did not now sleep in my father's house for several months and hence it was by the consent of my father that I joined the service in the Militia. I was enrolled and mustered into service under Lieutenant Col. or Col. Moses Jaques in 1779 being then in the fourteenth year of my age. I served for some time, don't recollect how long, under Col. Jaques, and was then attached to Capt. Nathaniel F. Randolph's Company and was with him when he fell mortally wounded near Elizabethtown at a place called horse hollow in a skirmish with a part of the British Army on their return from Springfield which place they attacked on the 23rd of June 1780, and burned a church and some other buildings after which they retreated across the sound to Staten Island. I was then attached to Capt. Asher F. Randolph's company and served under him until the close of the war and was in several other [illegible word] skirmishes during the years '81 & '82, one of which took place within one hundred yards of my father's house in which several of the refugees were wounded and one mortally.  My mother attended upon him during the night. He died the next morning. I was also with Capt. Asher F. Randolph when he with several other companies of Militia attacked a large party of Refugees and British soldiers near the village of Woodbridge at a place called Strawberry Hill which terminated in our favor.  We pursued them until we came within sight of their fort at Perth Amboy. It may be asked why I have not applied for a pension at an earlier period. My answer is that while I retained my sight, I was able to maintain myself and family. But I am now both blind and deaf and hence I feel the necessity in view of the services rendered as stated in the foregoing Declaration of claiming a pension from the government of the United States, and I do claim the same accordingly, I am now in the eighty fourth year of my age.

Merrick Martin - X [his mark]

Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of May 1850 before me.

[signature not legible]
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
Thomas Bloomfield of the township of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith: I was born in the township of Woodbridge in the County and State aforesaid and have resided there from my childhood to the present time and am now in the ninetieth year of my age. I have been intimately acquainted with Merrick Martin the person named in the foregoing Declaration from childhood as also with his father's family and connections. They are all patriots of the Revolution. Merrick Martin was a son of Deacon William Martin, whose residence was in Woodbridge near Staten Island Sound.  The people of that neighborhood were very much annoyed during the War of the Revolution by the British troops and Tories and it frequently required the assistance of every one that could handle a musket to repel the attacks of the enemy. I have heard the Declarations of Merrick Martin read, and from the best of my knowledge and belief, I do not hesitate to say that they are true.
Thomas Bloomfield [signature]

Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of May 1850 before me Eugene Freemats
[illegible words]

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
Martha Crow, widow of Ellis Crow, deceased, of the township of Woodbridge in the county and State aforesaid, being duly sworn according to law on her oath saith: I was born in the Township of Woodbridge in the county and state aforesaid and am now in the Eighty first year of my age. I have been acquainted with Merrick Martin for many years. I was also acquainted with his father's family. They were all persons of respectibility and to the best of my knowledge and belief were active in the scenes of the Revolutionary War.  Merrick Martin has ever sustained a good character for truth and [illeligible], and I am satisfied that he would make no Declarations that were untrue.
Martha Crow [signature]

Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of May 1850 before me Eugene [illegible last name]
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State of New York City
and County of New York
Stewart F. Randolph of the city
County and State of New York, being duly sworn
according to law, on his oath saith. I was born in
the township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex
and State of New Jersey, at a place called Woodbridge
Neck, on the West side of Staten Island Sound, and
am now in the Seventieth year of my age. I have
been acquainted with Merick [Merrick] Martin, from my childood. He was the son of Deacon William Martin, who with all his other sons were known as true patriots
during the war of the Revolution. Deacon Martin resided
in the same Neighbourhood [neighborhood] with my father, and himself
and family were universally respected by their acquaintances
as persons of truth and veracity. I am a son of Captain
Asher F. Randolph who received his commission from
William Livingston, then Governor of the State of New Jersey, which commission will be found among the papers
relating to the war of the Revolution, in the archives at
Washington D. C. reference thereunto had may prove more
satisfactory. From the information I have received from Merrick
Martin's family and from other persons of respectability in
the township of Woodbridge aforesaid, I am satisfied that
Merrick Martian actually served as a private in the Militia
under my father at different periods during the war
of the Revolution. And I further say that to the best of
my knowledge and belief, the Muster Roll of Asher F
Randolph, my father, was sent to Washington D.C. some
time after the conclusion of the war of the Revolution.
Sworn and subscribed
this 3rd day of May 1850
before me
Stuart F. Randolph [signature]
Ricted Goodman
duly appointed and
authorized to administer oath
for the State of New Jersey
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I Moses Jaques of the Township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey and am now in the Eightieth year of my age. Do certify that I have known Merrick Martin now of this place by reputation for at least sixty years last past, and that I have had a personal acquaintance with him for at least forty years of the time, that he has uniformly sustained the character of an honest upright, and respectable citizen, and generally believed to be possessed of superior mental endowments, his father and family resided in this township and were very respectable and strongly attached, and actively engaged in the American revolution on the part of America. I do further certify that I am the son of the Col. Moses Jaques mentioned in the statement of said Merrick Martin, that my father held at different periods of the Revolutionary War the several commissions under the authority of the State of New Jersey, of Captain, Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel. That his residence was in the County of Essex, and within a few miles of the enemies lines, that he was almost continually in active service, and the inhabitants old and young of this vicinity who espoused the American cause were with him continually engaged in the service of the country, and I have no hesitation in believing that the said Merrick Martin did serve in the Militia of the State of New Jersey at the time place and manner as set forth in his petition, and that he is equally entitled to a pension from the United States government for services rendered during the War of the revolution, with most of those who have, and are receiving pensions from the US Government; his loss of sight and indigent circumstances are additional considerations claiming the bounty and benevolence of the government and Country.
Signed
M  Jaques
Woodbridge New Jersey
11th May 1850
over
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Subscribed & Sworn to the within this
11th Day of May A.D. 1850 before
me 
Eugene Freeman
Judge of the Plees [Pleas]
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I have been acquainted with Merick [Merrick] Martin of the township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey now an applicant for a Pension from the United States for services in the Militia during the Revolutionary War
for a period of between thirty and forty years. I know him to be a person of good reputation and faith  and one to whose attestation full faith and credit is due.
Perth Amboy New Jersey
May 6 1850
James Parker
Ex M. of Congress
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This may certify that I have been Pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge N.J. more than twenty seven years. All this time I have been well acquainted with Mr. Merrick Martin, a native of this place, who I think is now about eighty four years old. That I believe him to be a man of honesty, & one whose word may be relied upon. Of course I know nothing personally in regard to any services he may have rendered his country during the revolutionary contest, but from his age - family, associates
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and location, consider it highly probable he was not a mere spectator. Mr. M. has been almost entirely destitute of vision for several years. If anything can be consistently done to add to his comfort during the remmant of his days, it will be very gratifying to the subscriber.  
Mr. B. Barton [signature]
May 8th 1850

I certify that I am acquainted with this Person
Mr. B. Barton
Eugene Freeman [signature]
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
Hanson Newton of the township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey Being duly sworn according to law on his oath Saith. I am personally acquainted with Merrick Martin, the declarant named in the foregoing Declaration and for the last four or five years somewhat intimately as he has for that space of time resided in my neighborhood.  I have frequently heard him spoken of as an actor in the scenes of the Revolutionary War, in which he with his father and older brother took a active stand in favor of American independence and rendered very importance services to his country, being in active service most of the time during the last six years of the war of the Revolution. Mr. Martin is now over eighty years of age, and is both deaf and blind, and in indigent circumstances. He has ever sustained a good character for truth and veracity. I have examined his declarations and am satisfied that the matters therein stated are true. I am also acquainted with Richard Goodman of the City of New York before whom Stewart F. Randolph made affidavit and know him to be a commissioner, esqulary and legally appointed for the State of New Jersey. I am also acquainted with William B. Barton who has given his certificate in this matter. I live in the same neighborhood with him and know him to be the pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in the township of Woodbridge.
Hanson Newton
Subscribed & sworn the 11th day of May 1850 before me 
Eugene Freeman
Judge Pleas

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Merrick Martin, the applicant in the foregoing papers named. He is both deaf and blind and so circumstanced as to be unable to appear at court. I am also personally acquainted with the witnesses who have made the foregoing affidavits. They are all persons of respectability and good standing in Society.

Eugene Freeman
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
I Nicholas Moore Clerk of the County
of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that Eugene
Freeman Esquire before whom the within affidavits and
declarations of Merrick Martin Thomas
Bloomfield Martha Crow & Hanson Newton
each made & taken, were at the time of the
made said declarations & testimony said
affidavits a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in aforesaid County duly commissioned & 
Sworn and that his signature to serve thereof
are Genuine
he witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal
of said County this 14th day of
May AD 1850
Woold [illegible signature]
New Jersey
39.967
Merrick Martin
New Jersey
Act of June 1832
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
On the seventh day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me Hanson Newton one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared. Tabitha Martin a resident of the township of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Merrick Martin late of the township of Woodbridge in the county aforesaid deceased who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum for services rendered during the war of the Revolution reference being had to the Declaration of the said Merrick Martin now on file in the office of the Commissioner of pensions, will more fully appear.  She further declares that she was married to the said Merrick Martin on the tenth day of November A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight. That she has no documentary evidence of said Marriage. 
That her husband the said Merrick Martin died on the thirtieth day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. She further swears that she now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension.

Tabitha X [her mark] Martin
In presence of Hanson Newton
I.L. Pollard
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me
Hanson Newton  Judge as aforesaid
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
Moses Martin a resident of the city of New Halk in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, being first duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is the Eldest son of Merrick and Tabitha Martin.
That according to his mothers statement and the family record he was born on the twenty sixth day of May A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and is now in the sixty fourth year of his age.

Moses Martin
Sworn and subscribed this seventh day of February 1853 before me.

Hanson Newton
a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
Sarah Pollard a resident of township of Woodbridge in the county aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she is a daughter of Merrick and Tabitha Martin. That her maiden name was Sarah Martin that she is fifty six years of age. That she has herself preserved the family record hereunto attached. That it is the family record of Merrick Martin, the father of this depoment [?]. That the record is in the proper handwriting of Merrick Martin aforesaid. That the record aforesaid
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was formerly a part of an old book which has long
since been worn out, and destroyed.
Sarah Pollard [signature]
Sworn and subscribed
this seventh day of February
1853 before me,
Hanson Newton
a Judge of the Court of Common
pleas, in and for the County 
aforesaid.
[partially torn page text follows:]
Martin was born
11 th  -- 1794
Sarah Martin was born
August the 4th  1796
Susannah Martin was born
March the [illegible]th 1790
Magis Martin was born May the 26 
Edward Martin was February the 3 1792
Merrick Martin was born July the 3 1766
Tabitha Martin was born November the 5 1760
Nathaniel Martin was born January the
Twenty first one thousand Eight hundred
Edward Martin was born March the
26 Eighteen hundred and three ------ 1803
The second
Aaron Martin was born January the 16
Eighteen hundred and five ----1805
Jotham Martin was born June 15
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
John Bergun a resident of the township of Woodbridge in the county aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law on his oath saith, that he is personally acquainted with Tabitha Martin, widow of Merrick Martin deceased, and has been acquainted with her from his childhood to the present time. That Tabitha Martin's maiden name was Tabitha Jones. That this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Merrick Martin and Tabitha Jones. That the said Merrick Martin and Tabitha Jones were married by the Rev. M Richards a Presbyterian clergyman, and Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in Rahway in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, on the tenth day of November A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight. That this deponent is eighty five years of age. That this deponent and the said Tabitha Jones lived in the family of Jacob Randolph for several years prior to the marriage aforesaid. That the reason why this deponent remembers that the said marriage took place at the time specified by him is that he was out of his time having served the said Jacob Randolph until he this deponent was twenty one years of age, which term of service expired A.D. one thousand and seven hundred and eighty eight.
John X [his mark] Bergun
In presence of --
Hanson Newton
Elizabeth Thomas
Sworn and subscribed this seventh day of February A.D. one thousand and eight hundred and fifty three before me 
Hanson Newton, a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid
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I certify that I am personally acquainted with
Moses Martin, Sarah Pollard and John Bergun
witnesses who have testified in the case of Tabitha
Martin an applicant for a pension. They are all and
severally, persons of undoubted truth and veracity
and I do not hesitate to say that their testimony
in the case aforesaid is reliable and true.
Hanson Newton
Judge
Woodbridge
7th February 1853

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
I Nicholas Bovreau clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid and also clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Essex County and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the [?] County aforesaid so hereby testify that Hanson Newton Esquire before whom the 
of Tabitha Martin & officials of Moses Martin, Sarah Pollard and John Bergun 

  of this court of Common Pleas in 
[handwriting illegible]
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
I Nicholas Bovreau of the County of Middlesex foresaid
and of the Circuit Court in and for said County
and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify
that Hanson Newton Esquire before whom the
annexed declaration of Tabitha Martin & affidavits
of Moses Martin, Sarah Pollard and John
Bergun, were made & taken was at the time of this
Nothing of a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for said County all our
free & swon to all whose office as
as such full faith and credit is given
Rice his name to the June the
ever centerbut affidantson
[handwriting is illegible in previous section]
Given under my hand & seal of
office at New Brunswick this
tenth day of February AD 1853
N Bovreau
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Tabitha Martin
application
March 29, 1853.
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30.066
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
On this twenty fourth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, before me Hanson Newton, a judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Tabitha Martin aged eighty eight years a resident of the township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey. Who being first duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Merrick Martin who was a private in the Revolutionary War and is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. Reference to the certificate in her favor for said pension dated September the thirtieth A.D. one thousand and eight hundred and fifty two will more fully appear.
That she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3rd 1855.
She also declares that she has never received, nor applied for Bounty Land, under this, or any other Act of Congress except as above stated.
Tabitha X[her mark] Martin
Witnesses present.
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We Samuel Forbes and Ellen Dunn residents of the township of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Tabitha Martin 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.
Samuel Forbes
Ellen Dunn

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.
Hanson Newton
A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex

State of New jersey
County of Middlesex
I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the Court of common Pleas in & for the County & State above written hereby certify that Hanson Newton whereas ___ Synertess appears above is and was at the 
[remainder not legible]
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Court of Common Pleas in & for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned & were and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes that full faith it is unto all his
events; and that said being one
in a court of records having General J.
his ember and all save and that I
have no interest in this claim.
yea even my had and
seal of office at New Brunswick
This 27th day of March AD 1855
N Booreman
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Merrick Martin  W.F. 179

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Rank | Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. | State

Sept. 1, 1779 | 3 1/2 Mos | Pvt. | Colonel Moses Jacques | N.J.
Mch. 1, 1780 | 7 1/2 mos |        | Captain Nathaniel F. Randolph & Asher F. Randolph
Mch. 15, 1781 | 8 1/2 mos |      | Captain Asher F. Randolph
Mch. 15, 1782 | 9 mos |      | Captain Asher F. Randolph
Mch. 1, 1783 | 3 1/2 mos | no officer named

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbridge Neck
Date of application for pension, May 11, 1850 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Woodbridge Twp. Middlesex, N.J. 
Age at date of application, b. [born] July 3, 1766; died Sept. 30, 1852
Remarks: Soldier was the son of Deacon William Martin. He married Nov. 10, 1788 Tabitha Jones who was born Nov. 5, 1768. She was allowed pension on an application executed Feb'y [February] 7, 1853 while a resident of Woodbridge Twp, N.J.

(family record sent herewith

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Record Division.

November 28, 1911.

Miss Nellie G. Ross
1143 - 22d Street
Washington, D.C.

Madam:
In addition to the military history of Merrick Martin, Wid. File No. 179,
Rev. War, you are herewith furnished the following data as to his family:

Moses Martin born May 26, 1789
Edward Martin born February 13, 1792
(Illegible) Martin born Illegible 11, 1794
Sarah Martin born August 4, 1796, married J. P. Pollard
Susannah Martin born March illegible 1798
Nathaniel Martin born January 21, 1800
Edward Martin born March 26, 1803
Aaron Martin born January 16, 1805
Jotham Martin born June 15, 1807

Very respectfully,

Commissionar.
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No 37.967
Merrick Martin
New Jersey
Suspended
See let 30th May
1850 Hon W. A. Newell
Act 7 June 1832
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Tabitha Martin widow of 
Merrick Martin died

Hon. James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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32739
New Jersey.
Merrick Martin of Middlesex Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Randolph of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jaques in the line for one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Trenton
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of June 
1850 and sent to J. S. Pollard, Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revoluntionary Claim,
Act June 1, 1832.}

Recorded by J. B. Charles Clerk,
Book & Vol. 3 Page 147

See letter to Hon. J. Cooper, July 18, 1850

Reported
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Tabitha Martin
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Brief in the case of Tabitha Martin
Middlesex County and State of N.J.
act 2 Feb 1848

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") [ for increase crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner
Record proof of ages of children

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. S. Pollard
Rahway N.J.

S. Cole
Examining Clerk
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House of Representatives
May 17, 1850

J L Edwards Esq
Sir
I transmit herewith the
papers of Merrick Martin, one of my constituents
asking a pension.
Please give it your attention as soon as
convenient, and advise with me where
necessary.

Respectfully
Yours 
John Van Dyke
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Senate Chamber
June 12, 1850

James L. Edwards Esqr
Comr. Pensions,

Sir:

I understand that there is now pending before you, the claim of Merric [Merrick] Martin of New Jersey for a pension, and that you
had some difficulty heretofore in deciding the amount
of pension to which the applicant is entitled for service
rendered in each year. Since, however, I hear that
evidence has been submitted which will enable you to
determine this matter. You will therefore confer upon
me a great personal favor by deciding this question as soon as your multifarious duties will permit you to do so. I hope at least you will do it in this week.
Very respectfully
Your obt St
James Cooper
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Tabitha Martin
July 2 1848
Payment to be made at 
Trenton, N. Jersey by 
P. Dickinson
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of 
Trenton
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February  2d, 1848, Page 303 Vol. 4
R. McRae [signature] Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify, that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Tabitha Martin
widow of Merrick Martin who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and - cents per annum, commencing on the 30 September 1852, when her husband died [4th of March, 1848 crossed out], and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior 
this ninth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
  
Robert McClelland [signature]
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned,
[hand signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Paid to 4 Mar 1833
1054
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Merrick Martin
New Jersey
admitted
Private 1 yr.  $40.
Com 4th March 1831,


Act 7 June 1832
J. S. Pollard Esq
Prest
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Reference to
Statutes of N.J.
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Act of January 8th, 1781. Widows Laws
of N. J.
pages 172 & 173
Sec. 24. Requires the Capt. or commanding Officer of any company to call out his company to oppose
invaders or insurgents, at any
times when necessary, without writing
for orders
See also Sect. 25 & 26
●
Page 251. Act Dec. 9th 1781. Provides
for calling out militia in certain
Counties, to serve from April to 15th
Dec. 1782.
Middlesex County, to
which Merrick Martin belonged,
is one of the Counties specified
in the Act. He claims to have
served from 15th March to 15th
December 1782.
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Increase
Merrick Martin
NJ
Act 7 June 1832

Increase to
$80 per ann - 
Allow $80 p an
4 March 1831
deducting what has been
paid at the rate of $40.00
p annum that duly
I have cut & 
send to
Hon.
James
Cooper
Senate U.S.
Hon James Cooper
Senate Washinton
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Washington Aug 4, 1850
James L. Edwards Esqr
Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
The certificate issued by you, authorizing a
pension of $40 per annum, to be paid
to Merick [Merrick] Martin of New Jersey for services
rendered in the revolutionary war, was
paid by Col. Dickinson the pension agent
at Trenton New Jersey, and the said Certificate
is now in his hands.
Since the pension of $40 per annum was allowed to the said Meric [Merrick]
Martin, the case was reexamined, and the sum of $80 per annum, instead of $40, was allowed to the applicant.
The last mentioned sum has not been received. The
applicant is therefore entitled to receive as much more
as he has done, and for this I make application in his behalf.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Sert
J.S. Pollard
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Washington  Aug 4. 1850
James L. Edwards Esqr
Comm. of Pensions
Sir: 
The certificate opened by you, authorizing a
pension of $40 per annum, to be paid
to Merick Martin of New Jersey for services
rendered in the revolutionary war, was
paid by Col. Dickenson the pension Agent
at Trenton New Jersey, and the said Certificate
is now in his hands. Since the pension of
$40 per annum was allowed to the said Meric [Merick]
Martin, the case was reexamined, and
the sum of $80 per annum, instead of $40, was
allowed to the applicant. The last mentioned
sum has not been received. The applicant
is therefore entitled to receive as much more
as he has done, and for this I make application in his behalf.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
.
J.S. Pollard
Page 46

House of Rep's US
28 May 1850

Sir,
Some ten days, or more, since
my colleague Mr. Van Dyke sent
to you the papers in the case of
Merrick Martin of N.J. who 
applies for pension for services rendered
during the Revolutionary war.
Will you do me the favor to
inform me how the case stands.
Very respectfully
yours
Wm. A. Newell

Hon Mr Edwards
Com of Pensions
Page 47

Merrick Martin
32.739

Payment to be made at Trenton
by P. Dickenson
Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of
New Jersey


Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E Vol
Page 3 by 147
J. B. Chase Clerk
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Department of the Interior
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Merrick Martin of New Jersey who was a private in the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars and -- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 13th day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
[illegible]
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Merrick Martin
Payment to be made
at Trenton
by P. Dickenson
Agent for paying pensioners
in the Agency of
New Jersey
#9688


Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E Volume 3, Page 147 by 
J. B. Chase Clerk
Page 50

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Claim for Military Service
Increase

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, the pension of Merrick Martin of New Jersey, who was a private in the Revolution, has been increased from forty to Eighty Dollars per annum, commencing 4th march 1831, for life, first deducting what has been paid at the rate of forty Dollars per annum.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this third day of August 
one thousand eight hundred and Fifty. [forty crossed out]

D. C. Goddard [signature]
Secretary of the Interior,
ad interim.

Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards [signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Paid to 4 Mar 1850
Paid to 4 Mar 1857
Paid to 4 Sep 1857
Paid 4 Sep 1832


No 32739
Page 52

Hon J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

No. 70.
Tabitha Martin
widow of Merrick
N. J.
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1788
His deed [died?] 30 Sept 1852
ad 2 yrs pri $80
per annum. Commg [commencing?]
30 Sept 1852
J. S. Pollard
Rahway
N.J.
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Rahway Febry 28 1833

Hon. J. E. Heath
Sir
after the examination
and referance [reference] of the case of Widow Merrick
Martin whose application is enclosed with
this for the continuation of the Pension
allowed to Merrick Martin her former
or late husband
---
his certificate having been returned to
Phil Dickenson Esqr. U.S. Pension agent
at Trenton N.J.
you will please report the case or
forward the certificate to me at this
place as I am the son in law and
Agent for Mrs. Martin
Very Respectfully yours
J.P. Pollard
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Senate Chamber
July 3, 1850

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
In pursuance of the understanding this morning I proceed to call your attention to the case of Merick Martin a pensioner under the act of the 7th June 1832.  M Martin is a citizen of N. Jersey; but his relations are my constituents, and at their request I have looked into the case and now call your attention to the mistake, which I think was committed in fixing the time for which he was entitled to a pension. On examination I feel sure that you will perceive that such a mistake has been committed. He was allowed a pension for one year; by examination you will discover that he was entitled to a pension for two years and eight months -- two years and six months, at least.
His first term of service commenced on the 1st September 1779 and continued until the 15th of December of the same year being 3 mo. 15 days.
The second term on the 1st of March 1780, and continued until November of the same year - say, 7 mo 15 days.
The third term on the 15th of March 1781 to the 1st of December of the same year, being 8 mo 15 days.
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The fourth term on the 15th of March 1782 and continued
until the 15th December of the same year being 9 months.
The fifth term commenced on the 1st of March 1783 and continued until the early part of the month of July being say - 4 months.
Recapitulation
1st Term - 3 mo. 15 Days
2nd Term - 7 mo. 15 Days
3rd Term - 8 mo. 15 Days
4th Term - 9 mo. 00 Days
5th Term - 4 mo. 00 Days
two years eight mo. 15 days

By recoring [referring] to the supplemental filed on the 11th of May,
you will not fail to perceive, that every day of this
whole time is as clearly and explicitly proved as the twelve
months for which the applicant was allowed. The
Supplement to which I have refered [referred], is simply an explanation
of the original application, fixing the time the
applicant served, during each year or period of service,
which had been left indefinite and somewhat vague in
the original. But it is explicit. It fixes the time during
which the applicant served, in each of the five periods,
with distinctness and clearness, leaving nothing to inference, and nothing in doubt.
If therefore, he was entitled, on this proof, to a pension for twelve months, he was entitled to a pension for two years and eight months.
If the applicant was entitled to credit at all, he was entitled to
full credit, unless corroborated in part and contradicted
in part. This is a well established rule of evidence, com
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mending [commending] itself to common sense as well as to judicial
sense. But in this case the corroborating evidence
in general, going to the whole, sustaining every part of it
fully. Bloomfield, Wm Crow, Stuart F. Randolph, Moses
Jacques & Rev M Barton, all testify generally to the
excellent character of the applicant for veracity and
morality. Some of them, two, corroborate the applicant
specifically, by testifying to the fact that such tours
of service as he refers to, were really performed.
When then, the evidence of the applicant is explicit,
when it is fully corroborated by other testimony, and contradicted
by none, it must be taken as true; and the applicant
should be allowed for the whole time or for none.
I hope therefore you will reexamine this matter at your earliest
leisure, and inform me as to the conclusion to which you
arrive.
With great respect your
Obt Servant

James Cooper
Page 57

26,679

[illegible]
Page 58

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Page 59

Rahway New Jersey
March 29, 1855.

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Sir

you will please inform
me at your earliest convenience directed to this
place, whether the troops called out by the
President of the United States from this state
and else where -

to surpress the insarection
in Western Pennsylvania are imbraced in
the act of 3rd March 1855
---
they were regularly mustered into service
and paid by the government and were
in service some three or four months
this was in 1792 or 3.
--
the general impression
is that they are entitled to bounty land under
said act - you will please give
me your views relative to the matter
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
J. S. Pollard
Page 60

1911 Nov 28 Hist to
Nellie G. Ross. M.
(also copy of family record)
●
R
179
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 179
Tabitha Martin,
Widow,
Merrick Martin,
Priv. Rev. War
Act Feb. 2. 1848.
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 1.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
28
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Revhan


INVALID.
File No. 9688
Merrick Martin
Pri NJ Vols
Act: June 1st 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.}
See Widow #179
Page 62

Please send record to 

Miss Nellie G. Ross
1143 - 22nd St. 
Washington, D.C.

Nov 27 1911 [stamped date]
Page 63

An Act for the relief of Merick [Merrick] Martin

J. F. Pollard
$1.00
Page 64

State of New Jersey
An act for the relief of Merick Martin of the County of
Middlesex
Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey that the Treasurer of this State be and
he is authorized and required to pay Merick Martin of the
County of Middlesex a soldier of the Revolutionary war on his
order the sum of Sixty dollars per annum during his natural
life in semi annual payments of thirty dollars each the first
payment to be made on the first day of April next and the
receipt of the said Merick Martin, or his order shall be a
sufficient voucher to the Treasurer in the settlement of
his accounts.

Approved February 16. 1846;
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary
of State of the State of New Jersey do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true Copy of an Act passed by the
Legislature of said State and approved
by the Governor Feby [February] 16. 1846; and
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I do further certify that said Act passed both houses of the Legislature by an unanimous vote.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office of Trenton this nineteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & fifty
Charles G McChesney
Sec of State
Page 66

Admitted
for 1 years service

J. F. Pollard
Page 67

Supplement to the application of Mento Martin for a
pension dated 11th day of May 1850,
State of New Jersey Middlesex County Js;
Merrick Martin of the township of Woodbridge in
the County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn
according to law on his own saith, I entered the
service as set forth in my application for a pension
dated the eleventh day of May 1850 on the first day
of September 1779, under the command of Lieut. Col
or Col Moses Jaques, and remained in the service
until the 15th day of December of the same year, making the amount of service for that tour 3 ½ mos.
On the first day of March 1780 I again entered the service under the command of Capt. Nathaniel F. Randolph and served under his command, and in connexion [connection] with Capt. Asher F. Randolph's Company, until the following summer, when Capt. Nathaniel F. Randolph was mortally wounded in a skirmish near Elizabethtown. As I also set forth in my application aforesaid, I was soon after this, transferred to Capt. Asher F. Randolph's, Company. At the close of this campain [campaign] on the last of November 1780, I left the service, having served in this tour 7 1/2 months. I again entered the service on the fifteenth day of March 1781 under the command of Capt. Asher F. Randolph and left on or about the first of December of the same year having served in this tour, 8 1/2 months. On the 15th of March 1782 I agained entered the service, under Capt. Asher F. Randolph, and served until the 15th of December following, having in this tour, served 9 months, and from March first to July the 4th 1783, I served 3 1/2 months, making in all from
September 1st 1779 to July 4th 1783 Exclusive of
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[Duplicate of previous page]
Page 69

frequent tours of service during the winters of
1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, & 1783. Thirty two months,

Merrick Martin  X his mark [signature]
Sworn and subscribed this 6th day of June 1850
before me
Eugene Freeman 
One of the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas in The County
Page 70

State of New Jersey Middlesex County SS:
I Martha Crow of the township of Woodbridge in
the County and State aforesaid, certify, that during the
winters of 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783, the
Militia were frequently called out to repel the attacks
of the British troops and Tories, who often crossed
over from Staten Island to Woodbridge for the purpose of committing depredations on the Inhabitants of that Neighbourhood [neighborhood]. I have heard the affidavit of Mr. Merrick Martin read and believe it to be correct. I am the same person who signed a certificate, that accompanied
a recent application of Merrick Martin for a pension.
Martha Crow [handwritten signature]
Sworn to and subscribed this eighth day of June 1850
Before me
Eugene Freeman
One of the Judges of the court of
Common pleas in & for the County
of Middlesex foresaid
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County Js;
I Thomas Bloomfield of the township of Woodbridge
in the County and State aforesaid certify that I
served in the militia most part of the time, during the
war of the Revolution, that the Militia in this
section of the County were frequently called into the
service, during the winter of 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783
to protect the Inhabitants of the township of Woodbridge
and other places on Staten Island Sound from the
ravages of the British troops and Tories who often crossed
the sound for the purposes of plunder. I also
certify that I am the same person, who signed an
affidavit or certificate attached to the application of
Merrick Martin for a pension. I have heard the statement
of Merrick Martin dated the sixth day of June 1850, read
and believe it to be true. 
Thomas Bloomfield [handwritten signature]

Sworn to and subscribed this eighth day of June 1850
Eugene Freeman
One of the Judges of the Court of common
pleas in & for the County aforesaid.