Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 427, John T Headley, New Jersey
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[file card 3-1776)

SERVICE

New Jersey

Headley, John T. [Thompson]
Catharine [widow]

NUMBER

W.427
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3679
New Jersey
Catharine Headley
widow of John T. Headley dec'd.
who died on the 4th February 1828
of Essex in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Potter
of the Regt.
commanded
by Col. Thomas 
in the New Jersey line
line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of March
1842 & sent to Saml B. Miller
Newark New Jersey

Arrears to the 4th of March 1842 $330.00
Semi-annual allowance ending-
4 Sept. 15.00
$345.10
Recorded by
D. D. Addison Clerk
Book C Vol. 1st. page 141

Revolutionary Claim, ⎬
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3.00
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New Jersey Headley, John T. Catharine W.427.
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[Very worn piece of paper listing handwritten names and birth dates of the children of John T. (Thompson) Headley and Catharine Smith Headley - some names cannot be transcribed - too faint]
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Elias Osborn [illegible] one In the year 
to a [illegible] this Snath. [3 large 'X's across this line]
to a oak tree
to a load of [illegible] taken out of my [illegible]
[several lines of very faint, illegible text]

To a load of wood as I [illegible]
To a load of wood
To two yards and a half linnin cloth
To five quarts of Easgun meal
To a hundred and a half [illegible]

[overtop the above very faint writing, the following is bolder and more legible]
In the year 1786
Credit By damage the Just sum of [illegible]

Headley, John
N.J.
W427

1660
13110
69
_____
356

1760
1460
713
_____
394

394
356
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038
99
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section
of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
State of New Jersey
Essex County 

 On this seventeenth day of November
In the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight hundred and Forty one [1841] personally appeared before
me Samuel B. Miller, one of the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of
Essex. The widow Catharine Headley a resident of the
Township of Union in the County of Essex and State of
New Jersey, aged eighty five years last September
(who I hereby certify cannot from bodily infirmity
attend the Court) who being by me first 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
Fourth 1836. That she is the widow of John T. Hadley
deceased; of Essex County New Jersey, who was a private
soldier during the war of the Revolution. And belonged to
a Company of Militia under the command of Captain
Matthias Potter, and as she now believes in Colonel Thomas'
Regiment of Essex County New Jersey, And is knowing
that her husband the said John T. Headley was out on
duty and in actual service as much as three months
in each year, from the spring of the year seventeen hundred
and seventy six [1776] until the fall of the year seventeen hundred
and Eighty one [1781]. And that she had frequently heard her
said husband say that he served several Monthly tours
of duty under the command of Captain Thomas Mulford
Captain Benjamin Laing and Captain Craig and that she
had heard her said husband frequently say that he
was in the Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield and
is knowing that her said Husband was stationed along the Lines
from
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from Elizabeth Town point to Rahway at Amboy under the
command of Colonels [Edward] Thomas,  [John] Jaquish & [?] Batter; And
the said Catherine Headley, further declares that she was
Married to the said John J Headley on the Eighth day
of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven
Hundred and seventy five [1775]by the Rev.  Mr Hoit, who
was then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Connecticut
Farms Essex County New Jersey - And that her husband
the aforesaid, John T. Headley died on the Fourth
day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight hundred and Twenty eight [1828] and that she has remains
A
Widow and unmarried ever since that period as will
more fully appear by referance to the proof hereunto annexed.
And this deponent further saith that if her said husband
was Now living would be Ninety one years of age, and
that she has no Record or documentary evidence except
that of her own age.-- And that the reason of her
not sooner applying for a pension is that she had
No one to make at her Declaration and collect evidence
for her in support of his claim. And further saith not.

Sworn to and subscribed at


Union In said County of
Essex on the day and year
first above written before me
Saml B. Miller Judge of Common Pleas

Catharine X [her mark] Headley
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May 21, 1938
John T. Headly 
W. 427
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Bessie K Jones
115 Spring Grove Avenue
Bluefield, West Virginia 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which your request the Revolutionary War records of Robert Headley born at Connecticut Farms, New Jersey, in 1702, died April 28, 1806 in New Jersey, John Headley born at Connecticut Farms, married Catharine Smith, and died February 4, 1828, and any "Kees" of New Jersey and Ohio. 
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based on the service of Robert Headley, under any spelling of the surname. In order to identify the record of the soldier with surname Kees or Keys, the full name is necessary, which as much as possible of the following data relative to him - approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 427, based on the service of John T. Headley in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of birth of John T. Headley were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated. 
John T. Headley served from the spring of 1776, in monthly tours until the fall of 1781, with the
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New Jersey troops, under Captains Matthew Potter, Thomas Mulford, Benjamin Laing, John Craig, Morse, Eliakim Littell, Colonels Thomas, Samuel Potter, and Thomas Jaquish; he was in the battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, and was [illegible] at Elizabeth Town Point, Rahway, and Woodbridge, length of service more than nine months.
John T. Headley married October 8, 1775, Catharine Smith; they were married by the Reverend Mr. Holt, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Connecticut Farms, Essex County, New Jersey. The said Catharine Smith was born in the month of September, 1756, place not stated, nor were the names of her parents given. 
John T. Headley died February 4, 1828 in Essex County, New Jersey, then in the seventy-ninth year of his age.
The widow, Catharine Headley, was allowed pension on her application executed November 17, 1841, then a resident of Union Township, Essex County, New Jersey.
The following names of the children of John T. Headley, and his wife, Catharine, are shown -
Phebe born March 15, 1776
Isaac Smith born July 27, 1778
Jabesh(?) Thompson born October 19, 1780
Stephen Meeker born July 16, 1783
(torn) ah B. born February 26, 1786
Caleb(?) born October 6, 1787
Sarah born June 15 or 16, 1790

Their son Isaac Smith "Hedley", as he signed, was living in Union Township, New Jersey in 1842.
One Stephen "Headly", as he signed, was a resident of Union Township, New Jersey in 1842, then in the eighty-first year of his age, stated that he was
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living in the same neighborhood with the soldier, John T. Headley, during the Revolutionary War, and well acquainted with him, but there was no relationship shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last paymen tof pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this widow, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Catharine Headley, widow of John T. Headley
Certificate #3679
Issued march 10, 1842
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of July 4, 1836
New Jersey Agency.

Very truly your
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Resy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 
Catharine Headley 
Widow 
John T Headley
Priv. Rev. War. 
Act: July 4, 1896
Index:-- Vol. H, Page 323
[Arrangement of 1870]
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V 5315 [?]
Suspended
[?] to S. B. Miller F [?] 89842
Act. 4 July '36
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David Williams
76 - Mulford_ Thomas Elizabethtown pri 4 mo
77. "  "  "  " 1 -
78. " " Jaquish " to - 2 tours - " 2 -
79. Craig " Potter " to " 2-
80 Morse " " Conkfarms 1 -
Calvin Osborn. Stephen Headley. Too general to be availing ~
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In the Matter of the application of the
Widow Catharine Headley for A pension
under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836.

State of New Jersey
Essex County} SS.  Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Isaac S. Headley A Respectable person Residing in the Township of Union in the County and State aforesaid, who being by me duly Sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Sixty fourth year of his age. That he is the second child of John T. Headley and Catherine his wife whose maden [maiden]
Name was Catharine Smith That his father John T. Headley died on the Fourth day of February Eighteen hundred and Twenty eight, In the Seventy ninth year of his age and that his Mother the said Catharine Headley is still living
and Now Resides in the said County of Essex New Jersey and is in the eighty sixth year of her age and has Remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of his said Father. And this deponent further saith that the old leaf which is hereunto annexed, purporting (as far as can be understood) to be a Record of the births of the Children of the said John T. Headley and Catharine Headley his wife, was found in an old account Book among his said Fathers papers, and is in the hand Writing of his Father the said John T. Headley deceased and which he verily believes to be a true Record of the Births of the children of the said John T. Headley and
Catherine his wife Now the widow Catherine Headley which Leaf this deponent saith was once a part of the old family Bible and having become luse [loose] was put among his said fathers old papers, and further saith not.

Isaac S. Hedley

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark
In said County of Essex this Tenth
day of January A.D. 1842
Before me Saml B. Miller
Justice of the peace
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In the Matter of the application of the
Widow Catharine Headley for a pension
under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836

State of New Jersey
Essex County ⎬SS  Personally appeared before me A Justice of the peace in and for said County Stephen Headley, A Respectable person Residing in the Township of Union in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, Personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness, and being by me duly sworn
on his oath saith That he is in the Eighty first year of his age.- That he was well acquainted with John T. Headley late of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, deceased, during the War of the Revolution And is also knowing that the said John T. Headley
was a private soldier and on duty in said War
And was enroled in and belonged to a Company
of Militia under the command of Captain Matthias Potter of Essex County New Jersey In the four part of said war, And until the Latter part of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine. And that he & the said John T. Headly done one Month duty together in the year seventeen hundred and seventy
eight stationed at Woodbridge under the command of Colonel Jaquish. And this deponent further saith that in the Latter part of said war and as he now believes in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and Eighty, the said John T. Headley was enroled in & belonged to a Company Called Ranger under the command of 
Captain Eliahim Settell. And this deponent further saith that he and the said John T. Headley, Resided in the same Neighbourhood, and is knowing that the said John T. Headley was out on duty and in actual Service
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service as much as three months in each year from the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six to the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one under the command of Colonel Thomas Jaquish & [Cotter?] in the militia service. And this deponent further saith that the said John T Headley and Catharine his wife [always] resided together as husband and wife and [reported?] to do so until the death of the said John T. Headley which took place as much as eleven or twelve years ago and that his widow the said Catharine Headley is still living and now resides in the said County of Essex, New Jersey, and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her husband, and is now as much as eighty-four or five years of age. And further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed at union in the county of [], New Jersey this sixth day of December A.D. [] 
before me James W. Wade justice of the peace.
Stephen Headley [signature]
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In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Catharine Headley for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4, 1836
State of New Jersey 
Essex County
Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, James W. Wade, [Esq.,?] a respectable person residing at Connecticut Farms in the Township of Union, Essex County, New Jersey, and personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness, and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is fifty-three years of age, that he is clerk of the Presbyterian Church and Congregation of Connecticut Farms in the township and county aforesaid. And has in his possession, the papers and records belonging to said Church and Congregation. And this deponent further saith that he has always understood that the Revd. Mr. Hoit was pastor of said Church and Congregation before and during the Revolution. And after making diligent search and inquiry has never been able to find any marriage record kept either by the Church or the Congregation, or by the Revd. Mr. Hoit. And if any was kept, it must be lost or destroyed. And that the Revd. Mr. Hoit is now dead and has been dead for a number of years past. And further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed at Newark in said county of Essex December 2nd [1841?] Before me Samuel B Miller, Justice of the Peace.
James W. Wade [signature]
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In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Catharine Headley for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4, 1836
State of New Jersey
Essex County
Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Sarah Halsey, a respectable person residing at Springfield in Essex County, New Jersey, and personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness. And being by me duly sworn on her oath saith that she is in the eighty-second year of her age, that she was well acquainted with John T. Headley, deceased, and Catharine his wife (whose maiden name was Catharine Smith) before during and after the war of the Revolution. And this deponent further saith that she was present and saw the said John T. Headley married to the said Catharine Smith in the summer or fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy-five. And this deponent further saith that the said John T. Headley and Catharine his wife [always] resided together as husband and wife and [reported? reputed?] so to be until the death of the said John T. Headley, which took place as much [as] ten years ago. And that he her left a widow named Catharine Headley who is still living in the said County of Essex and is now about eighty-four or five years of age, and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her husband. Sworn to and subscribed at Springfield in said County of Essex this Eighteenth day of November A.D. [1841?] Before me Samuel B. Miller Justice of the Peace.
Sarah Halsey [signature]
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V 5515.
Declaration of
Evidence of the Widow
Catharine Headley
for a pension under the
act of Congress of
July 4th 1836.of

m75.d.28
Adm
more
30$
No deduction
Sam B. Miller
Newark New Jersey
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex
SS
I John P Jackson, clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the annexed affidavits of Catharine Headley, Sarah Halsey, James W. Wade,  Isaac S. Headley, Calvin Osborn and David Williams Jr. were severally made and taken, and at the time of taking the same was and still is a Judge of said Court and one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn; I do further certify that James W. Wade before whom the annexed affidavit of Stephen Headley was made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures "Samuel B. Miller" and "James W. Wade" affixed to the Jurats of said affidavits respectively are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Newark in said County the Tenth [fifth crossed out] day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty two.
[say dated tenth day of January 1842]
J.P. Jackson [signature]
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In the Matter of the application of the Widow Catharine Headley for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4th, 1836
State of New Jersey
Essex County
Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, David Williams, Esq., a respectable person residing in Essex County, New Jersey, and known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the eighty-second year of his age. And that he was well acquainted with John T. Headley late of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, deceased, and is knowing that the said John T. Headley was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution. And that he belonged to a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Matthew [Cotter?] of Essex County, New Jersey, in Colonel [Thomas?] Regiment. And this deponent further saith that he and the said John T. Headley [had?] done one month duty together in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-six, under the command of Captain Thomas Mulford, stationed at Elizabeth Town point under command of the said Colonel Thomas. And said deponent further saith that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, he and the said John T. Headley [had?] done one Monthly tour of duty together, one under the command of Capt. Mulford and the other under the command of Capt. Benjamin Lang, stationed at Elizabeth Town point, Rahway, and Woodbridge, under the command of Colonel Thomas & Colonel Jaquish.
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And this Informant further saith that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine he and the said John T. Headley was on duty together and did two monthly tours of duty together one under the said Captain Mulford and the other under Captain John Craig stationed at Elizabeth Town Point Rahway and Amboy under the Command of Colonel Jaquish and Potter. ---
And Witney further saith that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty he and the said John Headley done one month duty together under the command of Captain Morse stationed at Elizabeth Connecticut Farms and Springfield under Colonel Jaquish. --- And this Informant further saith that he frequently saw Captain Mathias Potter stationed at Elizabeth Town Point Rahway and Woodbridge under the Command of the said Colonels Thomas Jaquish and Potter and in knowing that the said John T. Headley was out on duty and in [illegible] service as much as three months in each year from the year seventeen hundred and seventy six until the close of the year seventeen hundred and eighty. And this Informant futher saith that the said John T. Headey died as much as twelve years ago and if now living would be as much as ninety years of age, and that he has left a widow named Catharine Headley who is still living in the said County of Essex and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband and is now as much as eighty five years of age.
Sworn to and subscribed at } David Williams
Union in said county of Essex}
this eighteenth day of November}
A.D. [illegible]}
Before me Samuel B. Miller Justice of the Peace
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In the Matter of the application of the
Widow Catharine Headley for a pension
under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836.

State of New Jersey 
Essex County} SS. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Calvin Osborn, A Respectable person Residing in the Township of Union in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, and known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness, and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Eighty first year of his age, and that he was Well acquainted with John T. Headley deceased and Catharine his wife, of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey (Whose Maden [maiden] Name was Catherine Smith) Before during and after the war
of the Revolution. And this deponent further saith that he is knowing that the said John T. Headley was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and Belonged to a Company of Militia under the Command of Captain Matthias Potter of Essex County New Jersey, and that he and the said John T. Headley was on duty together as much or four months in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six Stationed at Elizabeth Town point under the command of Colonel Thomas.  And in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he this deponant still Belonged to the same Company and under the command of the said Matthiaws Potter
and was out on duty together as much as four months in said year Stationed at Elizabeth Town point, Rahway, and Trembleleys point under the command of Colonel Thomas Jaquish and Samuel Potter.-
-
And this deponent further saith that in the year
seventeen Hundred and seventy eight he this deponent and the
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the said John T. Headley still belonged to the same Company and was on duty together as Much as four months sometime under the command of the said Captain Potter and some
times under Captain Little Stationed along the lines from Elizabeth Town to Woodbridge under the command of the said Colonel Jaquish and Colonel Potter and were ordered to march to Monmouth and did not Reach there in time to be in the battle--

And this deponent further saith that in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy nine he and
the said John T. Headley, was on duty together under the said Captain Matthias Potter and Little as much as three months sationed [stationed] as above stated under the
command of Colonel Jaquish. And this deponant further saith that in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty the said John T. Headley was appointed A Lieutenant under the command of Captain Eliam Little and that was in the bhattles of Connecticut farms and Springfield under their command and is knowing that the said John T. Headley was out
on duty as much as four or five months in said year stationed at Springfield Elizabeth Town
and Rahway and at other places along the lines
in the State of New Jersey, as a Lieutenant, after which last mentioned service this deponent dont recollect any further service done by the said John T. Headley. And this
deponent further saith that if the said John T. Headley was now living would be as much as Ninety Seven years of age. and further saith not.

          his
Calvin  X Osborn
          mark

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark
in said County this Eighteenth
day of October A. D. 1841
before me Saml B. Miller
Justice of the peace
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A Supplemental Affidavit Relate to the Claim of Mrs. Catharine Headley for a Pension









Samuel B. Miller
Newark New Jersey
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Catharine Headley for a pension under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836.

State of New Jersey
Essex County } SS   Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in
and for said County, Calven Osborn, who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is the Identical Calvin Osborn, who heretofore, made an Affidavit on the Eighteenth day of October Last, In relation to the services of John T. Headley In the war of the Revolution.

And this deponent further saith that in Explination [explanation]  of his said Affidavit, that in the month of May and June Seventeen hundred and Seventy six and before the
Brittish [British] army landed on Staten and Long Island, he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlong  Tour of duty together under Captain Matthias Potter Stationed at Elizabeth Town point under the command
of Colonel Thomas of Essex County New Jersey, Imployed in building the forts and brest works at said point. And in the month of July and August In the same year, he and the said, John T. Headley done one Monthlong tour of duty together under Captain Thomas Mulford, stationed at Elizabeth Town point. at the time the Brittish [British] Army landed on Staten and Long Island under the Command of the said Colonel Thomas. And this deponent further saith That in the months of November and december in the same year 1776, and at the time General Washington Retreated through New Jersey he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlong tour of duty together under the said Captain Matthias Potter
Stationed at Elizabeth Town point and along the Lines in New Jersey, under the command of the sd Colonel Thomas.

And this deponent further saith that in the Months of April and May In the year seventeen
hundred and seventy seven, he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlong Tour of duty together as private Soldiers In the Militia under Captain Matthias Potter, and in the fall of the same year done one Month duty together under Captain Thomas Mulford
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Stationed at Elizabeth Town point Rahway and Trenblys point, The first month under the command of Colonel Thomas and the second month under the command of Colonel Jaquis.

And this deponent further saith that in the year 1779, and as he now believes in the Months of March and April he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlong tour of duty together under the said Captain Matthias Potter Stationed at Elizabeth Town point under the command of Colonel Thomas. And in the month of June and July of the same year and At the time of the Monmouth Battle he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlongy tour of duty together under the command of Captain Matthias Patter Stationed at Rahway and
Woodbridge under the command of Colonel Jaquish.  and in the fall of the same year 1779 he and the said John T. Headly done one Monthlong tour of duty together under Captain Benjamin Laing Stationed at Elizabeth Town point under the command of  Colonel Jaquis and Colonel Samuel Potter.

And this deponent further saith that in the Months of March and April Seventeen hundred
and seventy nine he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlong tour of duty together under the command of Captain Thomas Mulford. And in the summer of the same year done one Monthlong tour of duty under Captain Matthias Potter. Stationed at Rahway Woodbridge and Trembleys point under the command of Colonel Jaquis and Colonel Samuel Potter.-

And this deponent further saith that in the Months of May and June in the year one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty, And at the time of the Battles at Connecticut Farms and Springfield, he and the said John T. Headley done one Monthlong tour of duty together
under the said Captain Matthias Potter Stationed at Connecticut Farms and Springfield under the Command of Colonel Jaquish. And in the fall of the same year done one Monthlong tour of duty together under Captain Morse, Stationed at Elizabeth Town point and
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And Rahway under the command of Colonel Jaquish.

And this deponent further saith that the
foregoing is all the specific terms of service that he Can Now Recollect, when he the said deponent and the said John T. Hadley was on duty and in actual service together in the war of the Revolution. But is well satisfied and fully believes that the said John T. Headley was on duty and in actual service in the War of the Revolution for more months then [than] stated
in his first affidavit above mention and further
saith not.

            his  
Calvin.  X  Osborn
           mark

Sworn to and subscribed at
Union In said County of Essex
this Twenty third day of February
A.D. 1842  Before me

Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey
County of Essex.  }. SS.   I John P Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex Do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the annexed affidavit of Calvin Osborn was made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and Sworn, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and know that the signature "Saml B. Miller" affixed to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Newark in said County the Twenty Sixth day of February AD. Eighteen hundred and forty two-

J P Jackson Clk
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Newark New York January 11th 1842
J. L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions

Sir }  I herewith transmit to you the Declaration and Evidence of the Widow Catharine Headley For a pension under the act of Congress of July 4th 1836, Which you will Please to File in your office and decide on as soon as convenient.

With the highest Respect
I Remain yours &c.
Saml B. Miller
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Newark New Jersey March 1st 1842
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions

Sir  in answer to your letter of February 8th 1842, In relation to the Claim of Mrs Catharine Headley for a pension under the act of July 4th 1836,. Wherein you state:-  "The Deposition of Osborn and Headley are not available as proof of specific Terms of service by which her
pension is to be Computed. (And that I the witness Williams, duly establishes seven terms of one month each and the family record is satisfactory as to the date of the Marriage."

Therefore I herewith transmit to you the
supplemental Affidavit of Mr Calvin Osborn of
Essex County New Jersey In Explination [explanation] in part of his former Affidavit which you will please to Examine and file with her other papers as soon as convenient. And grant, her such amount of Pension as her former and additional evidence will warrant. -As I do not now know that any further evidence can be obtained as to any more specific terms of service.

With the highest respect
I remain yours &c
Sal B. Miller
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407 East 26th St.
Minneapolis, Mine
Aug. 9, 1926
Bureau of Pensions
Dept. of Revolution War
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen
Have you any record of
pensions paid to any of
the following men
Samuel Munn Essex Co. N.J.
either Orange or Newark
Joseph Meeker Essex Co. N.J
lived at Conn. Farms
John Thompson Headley
Essex Co. N.J. also Conn. Farms 
These are all gr. gr. grandfathers
of mine
I would greatly appreciate
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any data concerning any
or all of these men.
Very sincerely yours
(Miss) Mary Knox Meeker
407 East 26th St
Minneapolis
Minn
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#( II ) .
John Headley or Headlee, we are told, enlisted from Elizabeth
Town or "Connecticut Farms " New Jersey.
Do not know name of his wife, think his fathers name was Richard
Headley and one of his sons was named Ephraim,
John Headley or his descendants after the war went to Greene County,
Pennsylvania where many yet reside.
Can give date of neither his birth or death.
Respectfully
Mrs. O.Y. Fetterman
1110 Moncado Drive
Glendale Calif

See the other part of this letter in
her claim James Williamson S. 22897
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115 Spring Grove Ave
Bluefield W.Va.
May 8th, 38.

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:

Please give me the revolutionary war records of
John Headley, born at Conn Farms N.J. he married Catherine Smith
was born in 1751 and died Feb. 4th, 1828.
Also please give me the revolutionary war record of
Robert Headley born at Conn Farms N.J. in 1720 died Apr 28th
1806 in N. J.
Please let me have the revolutionary war record of
any Kees; I am sure there will be only a very few if any soldiers 
of that name but I do know they were in N.J. before the revolution
and moved to Ohio before 1800, name is now spelled Keys.
Most truly yours
Mrs Bessie K. Jones
Mrs. Bessie Kees Jones.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
September 28, 1936
Miss Mary K. Meeker
407 E 26th St
Minneapolis, Minn.

Madam;
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 427, it appears
that John T. Headley served from the spring of 1776
to the fall of 1781, at various times in the New Jersey
Militia, under Captains Matthew Potter, Thomas Mulford, Benjamin Laing, Craig, Morse, Eliakin 
Littell, Colonels Thomas, Samuel Potter, and Thomas Jaquish, and was in the battles of Connecticut
Farms and Springfield, and served more than nine
months.
He died February 4, 1828 in Essex County,
New Jersey, in his seventy-ninth year of his age.
Soldier married October 8, 1775 in Essex
County, New Jersey, Catharine Smith, who was born
in September 1756. She was allowed pension on her

Miss Wilson said not say he was appointed
Lieu as it could not be verified by N.J
Book & was never claimed by any one
but Calvin Osborne aws
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application executed November 17, 1841, while a
resident of Union Township, Essex County, New Jersey
.
Their children were-
Phebe | born | March | 15, 1776.
Isaac Smith | "  | July | 27, 1778.
(torn) besh Thompson | " | October | 19, 1780.
Stephen Meeker | " | July | 26, 1783.
(torn) ah B. | " |  --- | 26, 1786.
(torn) aleb | " | October | 6, 1787.
Sarah | " | June | 16, 1790.
Mary Smith | " | March | 12, 1793.
Another name entirely faded out.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.