Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 16913, Daniel Cook, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE           NUMBER
New Jersey
Cook, Daniel      W16913
Rebekah
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CONTENTS
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May 15th 1841
Let to W.M. Oliver
July 14th 1841
do Alton Wm. M. Oliver
February 21st 1842
Let. W. Valentine, July 1 1st.
3547
Albany New York
Rebekah Cook
widow of Daniel Cook decd.
who died on the 14th September 1791
of Yates Co. in the State of N.Y.
who was a Captain in the Compy commanded 
by Captain himself of the Regt commanded by Col Ford in the New Jersey line for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 160 Dollars____Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of April 1841 and sent Lewis Condict Morristown N.J.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1841    $1,600.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 80.00
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                                                         $1,680.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the [  ]}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk.
Book C.   Vol. 1st.    Page 109
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The declaration of 
Mrs Rebekah Cook
taken before W.M. Oliver
first Judge of Yates County
State of New York
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.-
State of New York. Yates County.
On the 23rd day of February - Domini 1838 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & State, Rebekah Cook, a Resident of Starkey - in said County & State, aged eighty nine - 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836.
I am the widow of Captain Daniel Cook, who commanded a Company in the Militia of Morris County in the State of New Jersey in the war of the Revolution, & in the Regiment which was at first of said war, commanded by Colonel Ford, afterward by Colonel Seely & Colonel Hathaway, & by Brigadier General Winds, as I have understood & believe. I believe he was often placed with his company under the order of other Colonels, when the whole of Colonel Fords Regimt was not upon Militia active duty. I understand & believe that he was sometimes under the command of Colonel Munson, & of Colonel Drake, & probably of other Regimental officers. Some of his services I think were performed under Colonel Dayton, but at what period of the war, I cannot tell. My husband raised a company of Volunteers, to serve for a period of 5 or 6 months, as I believe & it appears to me that this Company of Volunteers served out the period of their enlistment under my husband as Captain, & of Colonel Dayton as their Regimental officer.
I cannot tell how long my husband was actually employed from home in Military Service in defense of his Country. But I believe he was so engaged in each year, from beginning to the close of the war, & always as a Captain or as Major wearing a Military hat, sword, sash, & all the dress which was usually worn by officers of his rank in that time. He had a Captains Commision, which I have frequently seen, but I cannot now tell by whom it was signed, nor what was it's date. It was thought of no value after the war ended, & according to my recollection & belief, it was given to the children as a play thing, & was by them destroyed or lost. My husbands services were performed principally in New Jersey, upon the lines which were often occupied both by the American & British armies. I have often heard him speak of Elizabeth town, Newark, Springfield, Connecticut farms, & other places, when he performed duties.
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I believe he was actively engaged at the head of his company in some battles & skirmishes with the enemy in defense of his Country. I have heard him speak of Springfield battle - of Monmouth battle & some others I do not now recollect. He was in an engagement with the enemy at a village called Metuchin, between New Brunswick & Woodbridge, in which he was wounded by a musket ball, which passed through his shoulder, & lodged under the skin of the opposite side, & was cut out. It confined him sometime, but he afterward resumed his duties, & was appointed a Major in the Regiment. The time when this wound was recd. I cannot now tell. 
His periods of service were more often a month at a time, than otherwise, but they were sometimes longer - & on some alarms they were shorter.
I cannot give any specific details of my husbands services, nor can I have any means of refreshing my memory by conversation with any of his comrades, who if any be living, may perhaps be found in Morris County, New Jersey, where we lived (in Mendham township) when the war began, & until his death in the year 1791. If I should be able to obtain the evidence of any of those who served with my husband, I would respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to their statements, for such details of his service, & of its duration, as they may be able to narrate, trusting that he will award to me in my advanced years, such pension as the rank & services of my husband may permit. 
At a period of the war which I now cannot particularly remember, a Colonel Hazen, or General Hazen, brought his Lady with him to Mendham, & they were very desirous to board in our family. My husband being absent on duty most of the time, I felt reluctant, & advised them to go to one of my neighbors. They finally determined they would live with me, & accordingly remained about a year. Genl. Hazen was in the army & was absent much of the time. General Washington's headquarters I think were there at Morristown, & I recollect Mrs. Washington, the Generals Lady, visited Mrs. Hazen while she lived in my family. - I know of no written discharge or other documentary evidence now in being, of my husband's service. I believe that he had a commision of Major, after being wounded at Metuchin, & served in Militia duty as a Major from that time, but I cannot tell when he recd. the wound, nor what became of his Major's commission - perhaps some of his comrades if any survive, can tell.
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I was married to the aforesaid Daniel Cook, on the twenty eighth day of April, Domini 1768, by the Reverend Benjamin Miller, a Baptist Clergyman, at the house of Wm. Darbey in the township of _________ in the County of Essex, ______ & State of New Jersey. My husband was then in the 29th year of his age & I was in my 20th year. 
I cannot tell whether or not the Clergyman kept any record of my marriage, nor do I know that any person is now living, who was an eye witness of our marriage. 
There is no family record, kept by my husband in his life time, in the family bible, now in my possession, which shows the time of our marriage, but there is a family record that shows & the time of the birth of our children. We had Four children born in wedlock, before the Declaration of Independance on the 4th of July 1776, as will appear by the leaf on which the original record was made by my husband which has been taken from the bible, & is sent with this paper to the Pension office.
My husband, the aforesaid Daniel Cook, died at his residence in Mendham, Morris County N. Jersey, on the 17th of September, 1791, & I have remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn & subscribed before me at Penn Yan in the State of New York, on this 23rd day of Feb, Domini 1838}
her
Rebekah X Cook
mark
William M Oliver, first Judge
of Yates County _______
I William M Oliver, first Judge of the aforesaid Court of Yates __________, ___________ do hereby certify, that Mrs. Rebekah Cook, the above applicant, being aged & very feeble, cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
WM Oliver , first Judge
of Yates County _
Feb 23, 1838
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State of New York}
Yates County}
I hereby certify that William M Oliver before whom the forgoing declaration was taken and whose certificate is hereunto annexed was at the time of taking the same First Judge in and for the said County, sworn and duly authorized by law to at as such, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 24 day of February AD. 1838
Jn Swan Dep Clk
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Rebekah Cook
Act of 1836
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State of New York}
County of Yates}
On this 14th day of February 1851 before
the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Ezra D Cook ______ a resident of Starky in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension which he is informed & believes was due Rebekah Cook under the Act of Congress of July 4th 1836, that he is the sole Executor and the legal representative to the estate of Rebekah Cook, late a resident of said County and a pensioner of the United States. That said Rebekah Cook died in said county of Yates on the twenty second day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty two. And at the time of her death she left one child viz Rebecca Coe_______That said Rebecca Coe _________ died on or about the month __________ of December - in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty three - That said Rebecca Coe - was the only child of the Rebekah Cook that was then living. That this Declarant being the legal representative of the said Rebekah Cook, makes this application for the purpose aforesaid and in support of said claim he refers the pension Department to the evidence on file in that office as well as to such other evidence as may be furnished by his Agent Wm Valentine of Albany, N.Y. or by his substitute._______
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this }
14th day of February 1851}
E.D. Cook Executor
James Holmes Justice}
of the Peace in for Said County}
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Ezra D Cook - and I certify that he is the identical person above named and I verily believe his statement as above set forth is entitled to full faith & credit -
James Holmes Justice 
of the Peace _____
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State of New York}
County of Yates}
___________________
Samuel Harpending & Samuel K Huson being each duly sworn according to law Deposeth that Rebekah Cook a pensioner of the United States died in said County of Yates on the twenty second day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two and at the time of her death left only one child viz Rebecca Coe ___ and that she died on or about the month_____day of December in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty three and the said Rebekah Cook has no children now living_____
Samuel K Huson
S. Harpending
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this}
14th day of February - 1851}
James Holmes Justice
of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Harpending & Samuel K Huson ___ and that they are persons of good moral character & standing, are credible & competant witnesses and their statement is entitled to full faith and credit ___
James Holmes Justice
of the Peace
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of New York, } ss.
County Clerk's Office. }


I hereby certify that James Holmes
Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration and proceedings were had and
sworn to, and who has subscribed his name thereto, was, at the date thereof, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn
and authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal
of said County of Yates, and of the several Courts of record thereof, (being my
official seal) this fourteenth day of March 185
Alfred Reed
Clerk.
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State of New York}
County of Yates}
Surogates Court
On this seventeenth day of March, 1851 it was proved by the addition of the annexed testimony which is satisfactory to said Court. That Rebekah Cook a pensioner of the United States died in said County on the twenty second day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty two. And at the time of her death left one child viz Rebecca Coe. That the said Rebecca Coe died on or about the month of December in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty three. And the said Rebekah Cook has no children now living - And I hereby certify that it appears by the official records of my office that Ezra D. Cook has been duly appointed and is now the sole Executor to the estate of said Rebekah Cook, Decd, and is the legal representation of said Estate, being fully authorized by law to act as  such Executor ____
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal the day and Year first above written_______
A. Oliver, Yates
County Judge
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Daniel Cook his Holy Bible bought in the year 1776
Daniel Cook born December 10th -----1739 on Monday
Rebekah Cook his Wife born June 15-----1748 on Thursday
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Daniel and Rebekah Cook's Children's ages
Henry Cook born April 10th----1769 on Monday
Sarah Cook born March 9-----1771 on Saturday
David Cook born July 23-----1773 on Friday
Hannah Cook born December 10-----1775 on Sabbath Day
Mary Cook born Feby. 2-----1779 on Tuesday
Rebekah Cook born January 18-----1782 on Friday
Daniel Cook Jun. born January 17th 1784 on Saturday
Ezra Cook born March 23d----1787 on Friday
John Cook born Oct. 18th---1789 on Sabbath Day
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Daniel Cook died September 17th 1791 In the 52d year
Ezra Cook died December 10th 1808_ In the 22nd year
Sarah Miznar died
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Jas. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commisioner of Pensions
War Departmt.
Washington.
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Morristown, N.J. July 14th..1838.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the Declaration &c. of Rebekah Cook, widow of Capt. Danl. Cook. She is now a resident of Yates Co. State of New York - formerly of this Co where his Rev. Service was performed, & where the witnesses reside. I was requested long since, to draw the outline of her Declaration, which I did, after conversing with some of the witnesses, & taking the deposition of John Johnson. Blanks were left in the form of the Declaration, to be filled according to the facts, to be ascertained in Yates Co. - You will see them filled, in a different hand, by the Judge, or Clerk I suppose, when the widow was before the Court. I mention this to account for the diversity. - In consequence of my own domestic affliction in part, & partly by the sickness of some of the old witnesses, the evidence has been unavoidably deferred till this time, in it's completion. _ Captain Cook, afterward Major Cook, was one of our most zealous & indefatigable Whigs in 76. Few men in this County were as efficient, & no one here did more to establish our Liberty. - He toiled faithfully throughout the whole struggle, altho' at this day we can find proof of but 20 or 21 months service, as Captain, & as Major. He was also dangerously wounded at Bridgetown, (or Metuchin the Indian name) & for his good behavior was advanced.
I think he was afterward a member of our State Legislature some years, but am not positive.
His aged widow now asks a pension, & I hope you may find no difficulty in allowing it for 20 months.
Please inform me the result as soon as practicable, & enclose on the Certificate, if it pass.
Very respectfully,
Your obr. Just. & friend
Lewis Condict.
Jas. L. Edwards Esqr. Commisioner of Pensions.
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Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Joseph Lewis paymaster to the Militia of the counties of Morris Sussex and Bergen
No      Dates      Regt or Batl.     Officer's Names
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148   April 27,1779  MunsonaMorris Capt Cook
154   July 2.    do          do          do      do     do 302   Oct 14.   do          do         do       do    do

Where Served            Under whom       L.S.B.
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Eliz Town                   Brig Winds         156.16.4
 do     do                   Morristown         75.12.9
Hackinsack                Brig Winds         114.2.2
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State of New Jersey
I James D Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts from an account headed "Abstract of payrolls discharged by Joseph Lewis paymaster to the Militia of the counties of Morris Sussex and Bergen". As taken from book A of auditors accounts now remaining in my office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the city of Trenton this eighteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838)
James D. Westcott
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Receipts for one years interest paid on certificates given by the commissioners in the several counties to the Militia
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No of Weeks     No of Certificate   Date
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9                         9                        May 3rd 1784

Signed by         Payable to           Account L& D
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Silas Condict    Daniel Cook         17.11.0
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Ant of Int  L & D.
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1.1.0
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State of New Jersey
I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from a book of accounts headed "Receipts for one years interest paid on certificates given by the commissioners in the several counties to the Militia"; and endorsed on the cover "Receipts for one years interest paid on notes given to the Militia; Militia Notes No 1" now remaining in my office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton this eighteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838)
James D. Westcott
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Apl 29 1840.
NJ
James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
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Morristown N.J. Apl 27th 1840
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 23rd was recd on Saturday evening last. I do not know that I should have written to you so soon in reply, if the friends of  Mrs. Rebekah Cook were not very urgent & importunate. They have lately written to me twice. Her wants are very pressing - being very poor, as well as aged & helpless.   In the close of your letter, you state, "as the case now stands, there is not sufficient evidence of six months service". - I presume this remark has reference only to the evidence which the records at Trenton furnish. For if any credit be given to the deposition of Ephraim Garner, Isaac Bedell, Robert Young, Jeb Lowe, John Johnson & Henry Clark, a different conclusion must be drawn. And I know no impeachment of their veracity. They had attained to old age when they testified, without reproach, & two of them have died. They had probably all served under Captain & Major Cook, & testified of what they knew. There may be some discrepancy of dates, & of the Regimental officers. It would be strange if it were otherwise, when 7 old men, (counting Robt. Pierson) give a narration of a soldiers duty performed 50 or 60 years before, without the least preconcert.
It seems there were enlistments in N.J. for 3 months - 4 months-5 mos. & 6 mos., & perhaps none of the men there enlisted, were then considered as belonging to either of the 4 Jersey regiments of the Army proper. Major Samuel Hays' command, was probably of this kind, & perhaps Colonel Sylvanus Seely's also. - These 3 mo., 4 mo., 5 mo., men, acted with the army proper at times, as in the winter of 76-7: & altho Capt. or Major Cook may have been acting under the orders of Col, or Genl. Maxwell in 76-77, yet I should not expect to find Cook's Co. or Battn. recorded, as a constituent part of Maxwells  regimt., which may have been enlisted for a service much more permanent. And the witnesses may have confounded the 4 & 5 & 6 mos. service, calling the same service by different names.
You remark, there is no evidence in the office that Capt. Cook belonged to Maxwell's regt. in 76, nor that a Capt. of that name was in the 5 mos. service in 76. - All the witnesses known speak of his service in the winter called 76-7- most of which - & possibly all, may have been performed after the 1st Jany. 77. Most unquestionably he was wounded by a musket ball through his shoulder in the winter 76-7 at Woodbridge, & on his recovery was promoted for his good conduct. - The records of our State, whilst it was the battleground, are necessarily lame & imperfect, & a part of them were actually taken by the enemy near Burlington. I have had them searched accurately, & you have before you all that can be found. In connection with the testimony of living witnesses, I think there can be no doubt either of the equity or legality of his widows claim to a full pension. 
May I enquire respectfully, why the evidence of living eye witnesses, is set aside!
Your's &s:
Lewis Condict.  
Col. Jas. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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Morristown, N.J. Febry. 27th, 1841
Dear Sir,
To aid in coming to a decision on the merits of the claim of Rebekah Cook, widow of Capt. Daniel Cook, afterward Major Cook, of this Co. copies of such records at Trenton as were found have occasionally been forwarded to you, & probably in detached parts. I have lately made a more thorough examination of the Auditor's books, copying all that might seem to throw light on any claims sent by me for your examination. From this, I have made an abstract of such as relates to the service of said Cook, that you may have them all at one view before. My impression is, that there are some references here which have not presented to you before - altho the greater portion of them are not new.
The Declaration being the act of his widow, it cannot be expected of her, to state in detail, the various services performed, nor to specify with accuracy the names of all the officers under whom her husband served, nor the duration of his engagements, at different periods. If she speaks of his 5 months service, when it was really a 6 months service - or speaks of Col. Maxwell, when his actual Commander was Martin or Seeley - or if he served under them all at different periods it cannot be expected that she could be accurate in discriminating. Indeed, you have frequently admitted, that specification of service is not required of them. And if witnesses in narrating ancient occurrences err in dates & names, which records can rectify, let them be reconciled if it may be done.
Early in 76, but after the 12 mos. more for the Canada expedition had been raised, several Companies were enlisted in their Co. for 5 mo. or for 6 mos., not certain which. Captain Daniel Cook, Capt. Nathan Luce, Capt. Sylvanus Seeley, (afterward Col.) & one or two others, recruited for their service, when embodied in a Regt. whether they were under Col Martin or Maxwell, is doubtful - but my impression is that it was Martin. They were recruited from various Militia regiments in the Co. viz: from Ford's - Munsons, &c:
After this 5 or 6 mo. turn expired - many re-enlisted - some for 3 mos. - others for longer periods - & witnesses sometimes no doubt mistake one for another. Capt. Cook I am satisfied re-engaged - for several periods, & for good behaviour in an engagement near Woodbridge was promoted to a Majority - altho' it would seem that he afterward served as Capt. - If the promotion be not established, its notice in a record & by the witnesses, should not prejudice his service or her claim, as Captain.
I am induced to speak of his Colonel, because in your's of 5th May '40, you desire the names of his Regimental officers. I wd. gladly give position information if possible If you have Col. Martin's roll when at  White Plains, perhaps Cook's name will be found. If then, or upon Maxwell's, please give to the record such weight as it merits, however it may vary from the past testimony.
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Abstract of Pay rolls discharged by Joseph Lewis, Paymaster &c: &c: 
No. 148. Apr. 27. 78.   Munson's Regt. Morris _ Elizth..town. Capt. Cook.  Brig. Winds  L156.16.4
154  July 4. "   Do.       Do.         Do.    "  Do.    Do.
75.12.9
Bounty Coll.
204.  Oct 14  "  Do.  Do.  Aquakanack  "  Do.   Do.   32. 11 11
302  Oct 14  "  Do.   Do.   Hackensack  "  Do.  Do. (Pay roll)  114  2.  2
Abstract Bounty rolls discharged by Jos. Lewis P. M. &c:
83. Apl. 27. 78.  Munson's,  Morris   Elizth..town.  Sapt. Cook   Brig. Winds   111.10."
84 July 4  "   Do.  Do.   Do.   "   Do.  21.4.  "  
Benj.n. Halsey - Commr. for Bounty, & funishing Shoes & Stockings to the 4 Battallions raised by Law passed Novr. 27th. 1776
1777 Jany 5 By Bounty pd. 36 men of Capt. Cook's Compy. & shoes & stockings (4) L121.10. "
Abstract of rolls discharged by Jacob Drake, Paymaster &c:
1777
Oct. 27  To Capt. Daniel Cook Pd. Roll 3.  78.10. "
Do not [the] Bounties pd. Capt. Cook in January 77, & again in Oct. 77. prove him to have been engaged as a Capt. on the terms specified in the ordinance of Convention of June 14th. 76. & in the Act of the Legislature of 27th Novr. following;
The Payrolls disch. by J. Lewis, are dated in 1778, where the periods prescribed by the ord ce. & the Law, had probably expired. 
His name, as found in the Trease's. office, Mangd. expenses, are, as I have them, thus.
54. 798. Daniel Cook Esqr. Prina. L12.13.6. Int. L.15.2#
1  Daniel Cook, Major  17.11..1784, Pd. Maj. 
# This sum appears to have been compounded of two smaller sums   
viz: of one for L 2-7- " Feby 1st 1781
& another for - 10-6-6- June 1st., 82.
Very respectfully &c:
Lewis Condict
Col. Edwards
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commisioner of Pensions
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Mar 9. '42
file
Rebekah Cook
file with papers
Coun
Hon. W. M. Oliver
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington.
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Geneva March 2d. 1842
Dr. Sir.
Hon. W.M. Oliver has enclosed to me your letter to him of 21st Mth. Being a grandson of Mrs. Rebekah Cook, to whom a Pension of 160$ per annum, has been granted as stated by you, and being also familiar, to some extent, with the circumstances of proof connected with her application from the beginning, I think it due to you to say, that I regret that you should have been importuned for an increase of her Pension, after the proof of claim had been fully examined and finally adjusted by the Department.
Mr. Condict, in writing me, after the Pension had been granted, expressed an opinion that he thought the Pension should have been larger.
Mrs. Coe, the only surviving child of my Grandmother, has sought through her friends, an increase of the Pension from your Department because others had obtained a larger sum, but without sufficient regard to the comparitive proofs of the different claims, of which her peculiar state of mind, just now, in a measure unfits her to judge, and I hope therefore that you will make some allowance for her.
I did not suppose that this business would have been agitated again, unless Doct. Condict should deem it proper.
Yours Respy
C.A.Cook
Hon J.L. Edwards
Pension Office
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Rebecka Cook
Widow of Daniel
N.Y. Role under 
the act of 1836.
Ex by..
R. W. Young
Presently
Feb 57
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Geneva, Ontario County}
New York, Jan. 20. 1851.}
Hon. J.E. Heath
Comr. of Pensions
Sir- You will be Pleased to allow my Agent R. W. Young Esq. Washington D.C. to examine the papers on file in your office, upon which a pension was granted to Rebekha Cook Widow of Daniel. 
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
D. Fraser
one of the heirs at law.
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Washington Feby 13th 1857.
James E. Heath Esqr}
Comr. of Pensions}
Sir. As the Agent of the Children of Mrs. Rebecca Cook Widow of Daniel on the N.Y. Role under the Act of 1836, I respectfully ask her case may be reconsidered.
Very respectfully yours
Obt Sert
R.W. Young
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Feb 22. 1851  Dundee Yates Co. N. Y.
James E. Heath Com. of Pensions
Sir I am the Sole Executor to the estate of Rebekah Cook Decad late a pensioner of the United States and who was a widow of Starkey Yates Co. N. Y. And there bring no children now living I am the legal represtative I therefore request that the Agency of Mr. R. W. Young to examine the Papers &c in the Pension office be discontinued until further instructtons from me
Yours Respectfully
E. D. Cook
Jas E. Heath, Esq}
Com. Pensions}
Washington City}
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Albany N.Y. March 26th 1851
Sir
Enclosed is the paper in the care of Rebekah Cook, Decd., for an increase of her pension under the Act of July 4th 1836. This claim is asserted upon the ground that her Husband, Daniel Cook enlisted in 1776 and served to the end of the War, & his widow is therefore entitled to $480 pr annum wheras she was allowed but $160.-
I am Yours very respectfully
WM Valentine
Jas. E. Heath Esqr}
Com of Pensions}
Washington City}
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Dundee March 18th 1851 N.Y.
Sir
I am the Sole Executor to the estate of Rebekah Cook Deceased late a pensioner of the United States and who was a resident of Starkey Yates County Y. Y. And there being no children of said Rebekah Cook now living I am the legal representative. I therefore desire to inform the pension Department that I have this day appointed W. Valentine of Albany N.Y. the Agent to prosecute the claim of said Rebekah for an increase of her pension and I hereby request that the pension Department will correspond with no other person nor recognize any other Agent in said case but said Valentine or his substitute until further instructions from me
I am Yours very respectfully
E.D. Cook Executor
James E. Heath Esq}
Commissioner of Pensions}
Washington City}
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 16913
Rebekah Cook
Widow of 
Daniel Cook
Capt Rev War
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Act: July 4th 36
Index: - Vol. A, Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870]
1940 Jan. 10 Photo
mailed to Mrs. Robt. H. Baker
MCS
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January 10, 1940
BA-J/MCS
Daniel Cook, W. 16913
Mrs. Robert H. Baker
404 Michigan Avenue
Urbana, Illinois
Dear Madam:
In compliance with your request of January 6th, you are furnished
herewith a negative and a positive copy of one page of the original thereof,
in the claim for pension, W. 16913, based upon service of Daniel Cook in the
Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812
#505
BA-J/MCS
January 6, 1940
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  War & Navy 970
Rev. War pension claim, Daniel Cook, W. 16913 Actual
one positive and
one negative copy
Leaf from Bible showing family record
xxxx 50 cents   one page
Kindly leave margin of 1½ inches at
top of each page and return papers in
folder with corresponding name and number.
Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.
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January 6, 1940
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Kindly send me one positive and one negative photostatic copy
(uncertified) of one page from Revolutionary War pension claim, Daniel
Cook, W. 16913.
Very truly yours
Mrs. Robert H Baker
404 Michigan Ave
Urbana
Illinois
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V 3654 N.Y.
Suspended
See let. to Hon,. Lewis Condict
August 17, 1838.
to same 21. Sepr. '38.
to J.R.B. Maxwell 13 Dec. 1838
to Hon. L. Condict 6. April 1840
to same 23. April 1840
to same 5. May 1840
May 3d-13 days
Act. July 4. 1836
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Rebekah Cook
Act of 1836
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N. Jersey: Morris Co.
________________________________
Rebecca Cook
widow of
Capt. Daniel Cook.
_____________________________
Additional testimony
of his service.
To be annexed to Mrs. Cook
Declaration in Pension Office.
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New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Robert Pierson, an aged man, reputed and believed to be a soldier of the revolution, personally well known to me as a man of truth and fair reputation, who being duly sworn agreeably to law, on oath saith-
I am now in the 81st or 82nd year or my age - was a soldier by enlistment, & a Militia man, in the Service of New Jersey & of the United States, in the war of the revolution.
I was born in Springfield, Essex Co. in this State, where my father lived with his family, till the troubles of the revolutionary war began, when he removed to Hanover, Morris County & not far from the line which divided Hanover & Mendham townships. I was well acquainted with Captain Daniel Cook, who lived in Mendham township,  between two & three miles of my father. I served three months by enlistment, in Captain Cook's company & under his command, in & near Woodbridge & Amboy & New Brunswick in the winter & spring of 1777, when the enemy lay in New Brunswick & in Amboy. We had a sharp skirmish with the enemy, not far from Woodbridge. during this three months, in which Capt. Cook was wounded by a musket shot through his shoulder. After his recovery from this wound, he was promoted to a Major's command. I believe Colonel Maxwell had command of the force to which Capt. Cook & his enlisted men belonged. - Before my enlistment in Capt. Cook's company, I had seen him on Militia Service at head of his company, in the latter part of the fall & fore parts of the winter of 76, near Metuchin & New Brunswick, under Maxwell's orders, in what was then called the five month's service, as I understood.
My three months enlistment under Capt. Cook, expired in April 77 & I was then discharged. - My enlistment after this, in the six months service, & in the years service under Captains Jonas Ward & Baldwin, threw me out of Militia duty, & do not recollect further details of Captain Cook's services. 
Robert Pierson
Sworn & subscribed, June 1st 1839
Before me.
Silas L. Condict JL.
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New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify that Silas L. Condict Esqr. before whom the within deposition of Robert Pierson was taken & subscribed on the 1st June 1839 is now, & was at the date thereof, a Justice of Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized - & the signature of his name thereto, "Silas L. Condict" is genuine.
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office at Morristown this 20th August, 1839.
D.B. Hurd
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Apl 10, 1840
New York
N.J.
3654
6 Apl 1840
Act 1836
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Morristown N.J.April 7th '40
Dear Sir,
I have just now recd. a letter from the relatives of the Widow Rebekah Cook, widow of Captain Daniel Cook, afterward Major Cook, stating that she is very repidly sinking, & can survive but a few weeks or months, at longest, & they are very importunate for a decision of her claim.
In the vouchers or Certificates left in your office by me, in August last, taken from the records at Trenton, there is much additional evidence of his rank & service. He is stiled Major Daniel Cook, on the margin of a certificate given by Silas Condict Esqr. for L17..11..00, dated 3d May, 1784 No. 1, letter A. I also left with you at the same time, the deposition of Robt. Pierson, who served under Capt. Cook by enlistment 3 mos. in the winter & spring of 77, at which time Capt. C. was dangerously wounded by a musket ball through his shoulder, in a fight with the enemy near Woodbridge, & for his good conduct was promoted Major, in which capacity all his subsequent service throughout the war was rendered. Pierson states that this 3 months service was in Maxwell's regiment or brigade; & that before this he had often seen Capt. Cook at the head of his Co. in the early part of the fall & winter of 76, in this 5 months service, upon duty near to Woodbridge Amboy & N. Brunswick, when the enemy occupied these towns. This evidence from the records, as well as of Pierson, is subsequent to that which is connected with & annexed to Mrs. Cook's Declaration on the files, among which, is evidence of a certificate issued to Daniel Cook, No. 798, for L 12..13..6. 
Her claim has been almost 2 years in the office, altho' all the testimony was not then submitted. In August last, you assured me that all my cases should be investigated within a month, as some of them were..
Several yet remain; & if you can give them your attention, you will greatly oblige the poor old widow, as well as 
Yr. obt. Servt. & friend
Lewis Condict
James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions.
2.66
 17.11.0
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1862
266
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45.22
50
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4.78

30) 50.00 (1.66
      30            3
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20.0
18.0
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200
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V3654
State of New York.
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Rebekah Cook, widow of
Capt. Daniel Cook,
formerly of New Jersey.

Married 28 Apl 1768
Husband died 1791

Act 4 July 36
admd
8 mo Capt.
160$
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No deduction
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Return to Lewis Condict,
Morristown, New Jersey
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State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber a Justice of peace in & for said County personally appeared Job Loree, an aged man, living in Mendham, well known personally to me, as a man of truth & of fair moral character, who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith as follows.
I am in the 78th # year of my age, was a soldier in the Morris county Militia, throughout the revolutionary war, & was well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Cook, who lived near to my father's dwelling, not more than 2, or 2 1/2 miles distant. He was a Captain of New Jersey Militia in Morris County when the revolution began, & early in the summer or spring of 76, he raised a Company of five months men, to serve by enlistment in defense of New York against the enemy, then expected in that City. He frequently urged me to enlist in that service, but my father being aged, had need of my services at home. I saw him march off from Mendham in the Summer of 76, with his company & I believe Col. Maxwell was then his Commander. He was gone all Summer & fall, & the general belief, was that he had gone to the defense of New York. Late in the fall of 76, I was stationed at Elizabethtown, on guard duty, under Colonel Ford, at the time when General Washington's army retreated before the enemy through N. Jersey, & I recollect that Captain Cook at head of his company was with Washington's Army on that retreat. We fell in with them at Elizthtown, & followed in their rear beyond N. Brunswick & Capt. Cook with us. - In December 76 a battle was fought with the enemy at Springfield#, in which Capt. Cook & his company was engaged - Genl. Heard & Williamson commanding. I was present & saw him at head of his company. Col Spencer was there and had a horse killed under him. - In the same winter, whilst the enemy were quartered in N. Brunswick, Genls. Winds & Dickinson had a large Militia force assembled at Quibble town & Van Malenburgers to keep the enemy in check. I was there all winter after December, & remember seeing Capt. Cook at head of his Co. all winter, & until the enemy left the place in the Spring, sometime in April. He was there not less than 3 months, during which time there were frequent skirmishes with the enemy. - In the following Summer, I performed a months 1- duty under Capt. Cook's command at Amboy under Genl. Wind's command, protecting the Country. And in the fall, before Burgoyne & his army were taken, I was on a tour at Pompton, & in the Country along the Hudson & toward New Windsor, under Genl. Winds & Col. Seely, & recollect Capt. Cook with his company, for one month, engaged in the same duty. 1- Capt. Cook was wounded by a musketball in the shoulder at or near Bridgetown, but I was not present. After his recovery he was promoted to a Major's command. I served one month under his command at Elizabeth town just before the Monmouth battle, under Genl. Winds. We were  marched by Genl. Winds beyond Brunswick, near to Spotswood, & back again to Elizth..town.
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I was marched on an expedition against the Indians up the Delaware, at Minisink under Genl. Winds in the fall season; 78, or 79 & Major Cook was also on the expedition. We were absent somewhat over a month. - Major Cook was present with us on a months tour of Militia duty near Hackensack, in Bergen Co. under Genl. Winds, Col. Seely & Hathaway, & in a skirmish we had with the enemy at Polifly fort. And also upon another tour of a month, in the neighbourhood of Aquakanock, on the Passaic, where we had a severe skirmish with the enemy at the bridge, Genl, Winds commanding, assisted by Cols. Frelingheusen, Hays, Hathaway Seely &c: Both the last tours I think were in the fall, probably of 79. 
I remember Major Cook as present at the battle & burning of Connecticut farms, in May 1780; & also at the battle and burning of Springfield in June following.  He was a major I think in Col. Hathaway's regiment, & the whole of our Regiment was kept out guarding the Country below Springfield, & near Connecticut farms, Elizat..town & Newark, not less than two months. - I performed one tour of Militia duty of a month duration under Capt. Cook at Elizabeth town, in the summer season, the year I cannot remember.
My memory has failed me much, & perhaps my dates are some of them incorrect, as well perhaps as the names of my officers in some cases. I state them however according to the best of my remembrance & belief. Capt. Cook died at Mendham, many years since, probably more than 30; his widow some years after, moved to the Lake Country in N. York. 
Job Loree
Sworn & subscribed before me, June 18th..1838,
the age, as stated in line 6th being changed from #81, to 78, before signing & swearing, also the errasure of "N. Brunswick", & underlining of #the word "Springfield", in line 20th.
Elijah Ward J.P.
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State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace, & a Judge of the Common Pleas Court in & for said County, personally appeared Isaac Bedell of Mendham, well known to me personally, as a man of truth & of fair reputation, who having by me been duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith:
I am now in the 75th year of my age, was a Militia soldier in the war of the revolution & was well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Cook, then residing in Mendham, & who lived there till his death: & whose widow is now said to be an applicant for a pension from the United States for the service of her husband in the revolutionary war. Said Daniel Cook had command of a Militia company called 5 months men, raised by enlistment in the summer of 1776, for defense of New York, & was, as I believe, under the regimental command of Colonel Maxwell, or Colonel Dayton. I am not certain which. - I do not remember seeing Capt. Cook in actual Militia duty but once, which was at Elizabeth town in 1778. He was then commanding a Company of Militia, & was stationed in Elizabeth town, under Colonel Seely & General Winds, a month, partly in March & partly in April. I was in Capt. Ward's Co. 
I have no personal knowledge of his 5 months service, & only state it as the general belief of all who knew him. 
Isaac Bedell
Sworn & subscribed before me, at Mendham
June 16th..1838 - 
William Babbit J & Justice
State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for the County of Morris aforesaid, personally appeared the Revd. Henry Clark, a Preacher of the Gospel, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in good standing, personally well known to me as a man of highly exemplary character for piety & truth, & being by me duly sworn according to law, saith as follows:
I am now in the 77th year of my age, was a soldier in the Morris Militia, in the war of the revolution, & for some of those revolutionary services, have rec'd from the U.S. a pension.
I was personally well acquainted with Captain Daniel Cook in time of said war, & was neighbour to him in Mendham township, my father then living within two miles of him. 
He was a Captain of a Militia company in the beginning of the war & served as such in defence of his Country. He was an active Whig throughout the struggle & possessed the respect & and confidence of all his neighbours.  Parts of my own Militia duties were performed under him. In a battle with the enemy at Bridgetown (then called Spanktown) he was wounded by a musket ball through
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his shoulder, which disabled him for a time. #
I was with him, & under his command when he rec'd. the wound. The ball passed below the bone of the arm, near the arm pit, & lodged behind the shoulder & was cut out. He was disabled by the wound & went home. Before this tour, I was under his command at Trembly's point on the sound, opposite Staten Island, for a month, performing guard duty, Col. Munson commanding the Regiment, & he was quartered at Blazing star ferry. This was in the summer season, when Independence was declared, & the Enemy had landed on the Islands in New York harbour. The next year after the enemy left N. Jersey, in the spring season, I believe in April, I was under Captain Cook's command, quartered at Elizabeth town, performing guard duty, one month, Col. Thomas commanding: this was in 78, & before the Monmouth battle. I was well # acquainted with Capt, Cook's family, till his death, which was many years since.  
I know that he & his wife lived together many years, as husband & wife, highly respected by all their neighbours, in Mendham. His widow lived in Mendham, some two or three years after Capt. Cook's death, & she then removed to Geneva in the State of New York, about 38 or 40 years since. I was at her residence & saw her at Geneva, about 33, or 34 years since, & have not seen her since that time. 
# The erasure in the first line above, was made before signing, & the interlining of the word "acquainted", also. 
Sworn & subscribed, at Morris town, July 3rd..1838
Before me, Elijah Ward J.P. 
Henry Clark
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State of New Jersey Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Robert Young, an aged citizen, & soldier of the revolution, well known personally to me, as a man of truth, who being by now duly sworn according to law saith.-
I am in the 87th year of my age, was a Militia soldier, &c soldier of the U.S. army, in the Revolutionary war. I was born & brought up in Morris County & have spent my life there. In the revolutionary war, I was well acquainted with Capt. Daniel Cook, of Mendham in said County, & lived within two or three miles of him in the war & until his death which was some 30 or 40 years past. When the war began, Capt. Cook lived in Mendham, & he enlisted a company of men, to serve 5 months for defense of New York, as I always understood, & as was the general belief in that neighbourhood, altho' I did not see him engaged in that service.
In the month of December, 1776, the enemy from Staten Island & New York came through Elizabeth town up to Springfield where they had a battle with the Militia under Genl. Heard, & some other troops under Col. Spencer. Capt. Cook was there, with his Company, as Captain, in Colonel Fords Regiment & after the enemy retreated, was stationed on a month's tour of Militia duty to guard the lines in the neighbourhood of Elizabeth town. In the same winter, most of the Militia of this part of the State were encamped below the mountains near Quibble town, commanded by Genls.. Winds & Dickinson, with Colonels Seely, Frelinghusen Munson &c: to watch the enemy then quartered in New Brunswick & Amboy.  
Captain Cook was there encamped, with his company, not less than two months. There were many skirmishes with the enemy this winter & spring, in one of which Captain Cook was shot through the shoulder, & badly wounded. It was at the battle of Bridgetown, sometimes called Spanktown. I was myself on that station most of the winter & spring, & often saw Capt. Cook at the head of his company, performing duty under orders from Genl.. Winds. Capt. Cook was promoted to a Major's command, soon after this battle, & performed a Major duty afterward, throughout the war, under Colonel Hathaway, Col. Seely, & perhaps others. I saw him on a month's tour of Militia duty at Elizabeth town point, opposite Staten Island, in the summer of 1777. And in the fall of that year, he was on a month's tour of Militia duty at Pompton & along the North river near New Windsor, under Genl.. Winds & Col. Seely. I recollect him on a tour against the Indians at the Minisink settlement, under Genl.  Winds, before rye harvest. We were absent on this tour not less than five weeks. I was under him at second river, in the fall, & along the Passaic river, when we had a severe fight with the enemy at Aquakanack bridge. Genl.. Winds commanded - Col Seely & Hathaway present. I was at Hackensack & Polifly hill & fort, in the fall, a month - where we had a skirmish with the enemy, Genl..  commanding us. In the tour of Second river & Aquakanack, we were stationed along the lines toward Newark, a month. I was with Major Cook at Red Bank & Meed fort & Haddonfield a month, under Col. Seely.
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In the spring of 1780, about Corn planting, the enemy came over & burnt Connecticut farms village & Church. The Militia under Genl.. Winds, Col. Seely, Frelinghuysen & Hathaway, had a fight with them & drove them back to Elizabeth town & Staten Island. Major Cook was upon this tour a month, defending & guarding the Country around Elizabeth town. In the same summer, the enemy again came over, & burrnt Springfield village & Church, after a severe battle, in which Genl.. Winds commanded the Militia & Colonel Aryes & Col. Dayton the Continental troops. Major Cook was present, & was stationed below Springfield & near Elizabeth town, defending the Country, a month, against the Tories, Refugees & British. - Major Cook, was an active officer, & much beloved & confided in. He was often out on alarms, beside monthly tours. I recollect he was out when the Pennsylvania line revolted, with Col.. Hathaway & Seely, near Pluckimin & Baskingridge. - It is probable I have mistaken dates, & perhaps names of officers sometimes. My memory is frail - but I am confident that I saw Major Cook performing Militia duty in every year, whilst the war continued. 
Robert Young
Sworn & subscribed at Morris town, July 3d..1838.
Before me
Elijah Ward J.P.
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State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in said County, personally appeared John Johnson, an aged & respectable citizen, well known for many years to me personally, as a man of truth & of fair character, who having by me been duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith as follows - viz: - I am now in the 86th.. year of my age - was a soldier of the Morris County Militia in the Revolutionary War, & was personally well acquainted with Captain Daniel Cook, who then lived in Mendham township, the same township & County in which I then lived myself, & where the said Captain Daniel Cook also died, many years since. 
He was esteemed highly by his neighbours - was an active zealous Whig, having the confidence & respect of all who knew him. Early in the summer of 1776, he raised by voluntary enlistment, a company of men to serve for five months, for the defence of the city of New York. Many of my neighbours & acquaintances were enlisted by him, & I was myself solicited to join his company, of which he (said Cook) was the Captain, & I believe Col. Maxwell commanded the Regiment. Capt.. Cook was absent from home with his company all that summer, & as I always understood & believed, was on public service in New York & Long Island, when the enemy landed, & also in the battle of Long Island at Flatbush, in that summer. - When General Washington's army retreated through New Jersey late in the fall of 76, Capt.. Cook was with him, at the head of his Co.. & I understood that the five months service had expired before the retreat, but that the service was so urgent, the men had not been yet discharged.  The Militia of the State, who were then performing guard duty at Newark Elizabeth town & along the lines, fell in the rear of the main army & followed toward the Delaware river, & the enemy went into winter quarters at Amboy & New Brunswick. I saw Capt.. Cook on this march, which was always called by Jersey troops, the "Mud rounds". - I believe he was discharged & his company also, soon after this March, which was, I think - in the latter part of November. -  The Hessians & tories & refugees came over in a large force in December, through Elizabeth town, & the Militia of all the neighbouring Country was ordered out to meet them. We met them in the neighbourhood of Springfield, where a severe skirmish was fought & a number of Hessians taken prisoner. General Heard commanded the Militia - Colonels Ford, Drake, Spencer, Bolt & others assisting. Spencer's Horse was killed under him. Captain Cook & his company were present, & the whole Militia force was detained on guard duty & distributed along the lines, for a month at least. Some time in January 77, General Winds embodied a large Militia force & encamped at Quibble town, between Amboy & New Brunswick, where this force was stationed from sometime in January, till the middle of April, when the enemy left their quarters: -  Capt.. Cook was there with his company all this time, not less than three months, under General Winds' command. There was much fighting &
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skirmishing with the enemy during this winter, at Ash Swamp, Bound brook, Short hills & Woodbridge & around Amboy & Brunswick. Capt.. Cook was wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball in a fight with the enemy at Bridgetown, but I am not certain whether it was during this period of time or not. He was appointed a Major of Militia after this wound, & was called Major Cook.  I recollect Major Cook on a tour of Militia duty a month at Elizabeth town in the summer season; - we were stationed at the point, opposite Staten Island. I remember him also at Hackensack & Pollifly fort, under Genl.. Winds & Col. Seely, a month, when there was a skirmish with the British & refugees, in the latter part of summer & September. I remember him again at second river & Aquakanack bridge, when we had also a battle with the enemy in the fall; Genl.. Winds commanding the Militia, & Colonels Seely, Hathaway & Frelinghuysen - Major Hays Major Cook & other officers of Militia present. - A Militia man of Capt Luse's co: whose name was Jabez Bell, was accidentally killed by a musket ball through his head soon after the battle by the bridge, as he & his comrades were resting under an apple tree. 
I was on a tour of Militia duty at Rahway &  Trembly's point opposite Staten Island, in the summer season, & will recollect Major Cook was there on duty a month under Col. Seely. I remember Major Cook also on duty a month at Elizabeth town, in the summer, & about the time of the Monmouth battle. - He was also present at the battle of Connecticut farms in the spring season of 1780, & also at the battle & burning of Springfield village, in summer of the same year, under command of General Winds in both instances. The whole Militia were continued in service, to guard the lines & frontiers along the shores of Staten Island, & near Elizabeth town & Newark, not less than a month on each of these occurences. - Major Cook was also out on a tour of Militia duty when the Pennsylvania troops revolted. I recollect seeing him near Basking ridge, & afterward at Chatham. Colonel Hathaway, & Colonel Seely were present. 
I saw Major Cook very often, in every year of the revolutionary war, actively engaged in performing Militia Service, & much oftener than I can recall to memory. Probably I have mistaken dates, & sometimes names of officers, owing to the great length of time & my advanced life; but the facts are stated according to the best of my remembrance & belief. 
Sworn & subscribed before me, at the dwelling house of of John Johnson, in Morris township this 8th.. day of January, 1838. 
         his
John   X    Johnson
        mark

Charles Ford
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State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace, & a Judge of the Common Pleas Court in said County, personally appeared Ephraim Carnes, an aged citizen of Mendham in said County, a neighbour of mine., & personally well known to me as a man of truth & fair character, who having by me been first duly sworn according to law, on his oath, saith as follows, viz:
I am now in the 81st.. year of my age, was a Militia soldier of Infantry in time of the revolutionary war for two or 3 years, & afterward a Lighthouse man in Captain Jacob Arnold's troop of Cavalry, till the war ended. - I was personally well acquainted with Captain Daniel Cook of Mendham, who lived near me then, & until he died, which was some years after the close of the war. His widow afterward removed to the State of New York, & I understand is now an applicant for a pension, on account of his revolutionary service.
Captain Daniel Cook raised a company of five or six months men, by enlistment, to serve for 5 or 6 months, I am not certain which, - in the first year of the war, which was intended for the defence of New York. Colonel Maxwell, or Col. Dayton, (uncertain which) commanded this Regiment. Captain Cook was absent from home at New York & on Long Island all the Summer of 1776, & it was believed by me, & all his neighbours, that he was then engaged in the public service, & that he was personally, in the Long Island battle at Flatbush. When Capt.. Cook enlisted his company for the 5 months service, I lived within a mile of him, & he often invited me to join his company. I performed part of my Infantry revolutionary services under command  of Capt.. Cook, part under other Captains, viz; Cozad, Day, Pierson & Dod; & my memory is now so frail from age, that I cannot distinguish accurately between services performed under them separately. I recollect Capt.. Cook at the head of his company a month, in the neighbourhood of Springfield & Elizth.. town & Connecticut farms in the early part of the winter of 1776, (December) when a battle was fought with the enemy at Springfield, & a number of Hessians taken prisoner at Connecticut farms. Col. Spencer was present & his horse was shot under him. I believe Col. Ford & Col. Drake were both present from Morris County, & I believe I was in Capt. Pierson's company. In February 77, I was in Capt. Cozad's company & stationed under Genl.. Winds at Van Muliner's near Quibble town & N. Brunswick, with a large body of Militia. Capt. Cook & his company was stationed there also that winter, & I believe we were not discharged from that service till the British broke up their quarters in April. Col. Seely, Col. Frelinghuysen & Col. Lindsly & other regimental officers were there also, & Capt.. Cook I believe was stationed there on this duty not less than three months, guarding the Country against the incursions of the British in Amboy & N. Brunswick, & the Hessians on Staten Island.
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I was upon a tour of duty I believe under Capt.. Cozad, when Capt.. Cook was wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball from the enemy. I was near him when he recd.. the wound & was carried from the field, passing close by me. We were stationed then I believe at Trembly's point, & the skirmish with the enemy was near Bridgetown, then called Spank-town. I believe Col. Seely then commanded the detachment, & Capt.. Cook was appointed a Major. I was upon a month's tour of Militia duty, stationed at Elizabeth town point, opposite Staten Island, under Capt.. Dod, as I believe & we were crossed over to Staten Island, several miles toward New York. Major Cook was on this expedition & I think Col. Seely also.. We all returned off the Island the same day. The year I cannot tell, but I believe it was before the Monmouth battle, & in the latter part of summer & early part of the fall season.
I recollect Major Cook on a months tour of Militia duty at Aquakanack in the fall season, under Col. Seely & Genl.. Winds, when we had a battle with the enemy. I also remember him a month when we were stationed near Hackensack, under Genl.. Winds & Col. Seely, in cool weather, when we had a skirmish near a small fort at Pollifly hill. In the skirmish at Aquakanack, Jabez Bell was killed by an accidental shot through his head. I was near him. - At the time of the Monmouth battle, I was stationed at Elizabeth town under Genl,. Winds. Major Cook was there a month. When Springfield & Connecticut farms were burnt by the Enemy, in May & June 1780, I belonged to Arnold's troop of Horse, & we were present at both places. I remember seeing Major Cook engaged on both these occasions, under Genl.. Winds, & Colonels Hathaway & Seely.
Sworn & subscribed at Mendham, June 16th.. 1838.
Before me, - the word "Company", on 1st page, line 16 being erased, & "Regiment" inserted, before signing.
William Babbit J o Justice of 
Ephraim Carnes
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State of New Jersey, Morris County Ss:
I, Joseph Dalrimple Esqr.. Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that William Babbit Esqr.. before whom the annexed depositions of Isaac Bedell & Ephraim Carnes were taken & subscribed, is a Justice of Peace & a Judge of the Common Pleas Court in said County; - that Elijah Ward Esqr.. before whom the annexed depositions of Job Loree & of Rev. Henry Clark [inserted: & Robert Young] were taken & subscribed, is a Justice of Peace in & for said County: - that Charles Ford Esqr.. before whom the annexed deposition of John Johnson, was taken & subscribed, is now, & was at the date of said deposition, viz: 8th.. January 1838, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in said County. The aforesaid William Babbit, Elijah Ward, & Charles Ford, are each of them duly commissioned & authorized, the signatures of their names to the several depositions of Lorre, Bedell, Clark, Young, Johnson, & Carnes, as subscribed by said Babbit, Ward & Ford, are genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name & affix my official seal, at Morris town, this 5th.. day of July, Domini, 1838. The name of Robert Young was interlined, before signing.  
Josp.. Dalrimple Clk
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Rebecca Cook
Widow of Daniel
Admitted Act of      New York.
36
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State of New York}
County of Yates}
Rebekah Cook died about 11 years ago. Her Husband was Major.
Be it known, that on this Eighth day of February A.D. 1854 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared, (1)___ Ezra D Cook Executor to the estate of Rebekah Cook late of Starkey, deceased,___ resident of (2)___Starkey___ in said County and made oath according to law that (3)___ Daniel Cook___ who was an officer in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of (4) _________ that (5)___ He is___ directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of (6)___Daniel Cook___for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or
documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive
for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency;
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
(7)___E. D. Cook___
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said (8)___Ezra D Cook___ to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged. 
(9)___James V. Van Alen Justice of the Peace in & for Yates County___

State of New York}
County of Yates Ss}
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of___ Yates County___that (8)___Ezra D. Cook___ the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the (10) Identical Executor of the [inserted: widow of the]___ reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that (11)___James. V. Van Allen___Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 9th day of February 1854
(12) ___C. Martin Clerk____
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1. Claimant's name or names in full. - 2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c.
4. Leave this line blank. - 5. "He is," "she is," or "they are." -6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. -7. Claimant's signature. -8. Claimant's name. -9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical,""widow of," or, "child of." -11. Magistrate's name. -12. Clerk's signature.
N.B. - Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.