Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6087, Abner Everett, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
NUMBER
W. 6087
Everett, Abner
or
Everitt
Smith, Susannah
CONTENTS
This woman married Robert Smith
from whom she separated and resumed
the name of Everett.
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New Jersey 1456
Susannah Smith, who was widow of Abner Everett 
Penn
who died on the 3 August 1794
of Warren Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain Jaynes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hart in the Penn. line for 2 years
Subscribed on the Roll of N Jersey at the rate of 320 Dollars - Cents, per annum; to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Oct. 1837 and Sait to Horn 
G.D. Mall, Senate U.S.
Anears to the 4th of Sep 37    2080.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 38   160.00
$2,240.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3
by D. Brown
A. Vol. 2- Page 1.
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State of New Jersey S.S.
On the twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven- Personally appeared in open Court before the subscribing judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Warren in the State of New Jersey - Susanah Everitt a resident of the village of Belvidere in the county and State aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the fourth July eighteen hundred and thirty six and the act explanatory of said act passed March third one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven That she was married to Abner Everitt who was then and that time “Lieutenant "of Captain Jaynes Company of Foot of the "Battalion of Associators of the County of "Bucks and Northampton, commanded (continued on next page.)
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"by Colonel Joseph Hart and to be a "Battalion to form the Flying Camp by "the Conference of the Provence of "Pennsylvania” as is here showen by his Commission leaving date the 9th July 1776 signed by John Morton Speaker of the Assembly of Penna - the said Abner Everitt was taken Prisoner at the Surrender of Fort Washington the 16 November 1776 and continued prisoner until the 26 January 1781 the particular account of the confinement is set forth in a journal hereunto annexed which journal was copied in her presence from manuscript and meanderings made at the dates thereof and copied during his sickness and partly when bolstered up in bed - the sufferings that he she said Abner Everett and his fellow prisoners endured the reading the account of which were be appalling to the most obdurate heart - She further declares that she was married to the said Abner Everitt at New Lotts - Long Island - on the third day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, as is certified by said Abner Everett, in the journal above referred to, and that her husband the aforesaid Abner Everett died on the third (continued on the next document)
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Day of August in the year 1794 with the consumption of six years sickness And that she was afterwards married to one Robert Smith in the City of New York and a short time afterwards she said Smith and her parted by mutual consent about forty years ago, and he the said Robert Smith has not been seen by her since that time neither has she received any assistance by or through him since they were parted as man & wife, and has understood and believes that he died upwards of Thirty years ago in the City of New Orleans. She has from the time of her separation from said Smith renounced his name and reassumed the name of Everitt and continued to be called by that name ever since - And that she was a widow on the fourth day of July 1836, and still remains a Widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed - and she further declares that it was not until lately that she was informed that the Pension Act (illegible) her case. -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written }
before - - -
John Moore.                      Susanah Everitt      
John Stinson
Jas Davison Jr
Daniel Vliet
Henry Van Nest 
(Squiggle lines to the end of the page)
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JOURNAL OF
ABNER EVERETT
( PENN.) W - 6087
1776 - 1781
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[This is part of a journal by Abner Everitt, it is extremely light and faded from age with many words completely faded or missing. ]

The Memorandum of Abner Everitt 9th 
Timothy James Company Colonel Baxter’s Reg.
Flying Camp

      A journal from July 1776
Containing a great grand of the news of the day with the Marches (not legible) of places (not legible too smudged) ~~
    I might still keep poning as the years goes round 
Least I forget and to myself confound.

                      July 9, 17[smudged]
FA playing the Committee of Safety to appoint me to go -[illegible] Ensign or third Lieutenant in the above Company Some=
Day before the 9th. Intant on that day we raizd our Company July 19th marched from Home to Easton which was 16 ^miles, where we lay until the 26th in the afternoon by which time we had got our [illegible] equip, & Marched out of Town in order to Join the Army at New Brunswick we (Not legible) Delaware and proceeded to Johnson at the Muscanekung[sic] were we lay that night on the 27th we marched to Barragers Tavern near Raratin we stay that night on the 28th proceded to Brunswick and passed the Muster Master then Lay there that night this was 50 miles from Lapeer on 29th we was ordered to Loadbridge Church 12 m. on the 30th we was ordered to Amboy Barrak, distant 4 m while we lay here the Enemy Firing from there Battery on Staten Island killed one of the Sons of Freedom.  Nothing more material happened only some of our men having got hard Biscuits for Breakfast determined to go [illegible] in a Body but it coming to the (not legible) they were ordered to Set by their June and contend they (not legible) under pain of being fired on by the Rest of the Regiment on the 13th of August we was ordered to March for New York.
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we proceeded to Elizabeth Town that night 14th and on [illegible] to Newark & was Hurried on to Bergen where we arrived about Eleven o'clock [unfamiliar figure] on the 15th we proceeded to Paules Hook through a very heavy rain & crossed to the O.s. (other side) we go Market in N York &
lay that Night in waste Houses on the 16th we drew [ ] Marched  about 2 from town & encamped on the 17th. Continued late^ came down North river^ who commanded a Large Ship of war and his two tenders
after him there was a great move and Some firing we had killed and another wounded on 23rd,  the Brittons landed on Island a place called New Utrich and began to Skirmish, we Continued until the 26th at which time we received order March to Long Island which we did and down to go wanasky
[illegible] not time to encamp but lay in our tents untill the new
morning at Day break being 27th, we was alarmed and par[ ]
by Day light and received orders to march imediately
Join Genl Stirlings Brigade which we did through some of
Showers of grape shot amidst which we lost our Mager
whose Sirname was Popes he was Severely struck with
the Cannon fever & retired to take care of the [illegible]
Starting ordered us to take our post in front of his right[ ]
as we was Rifle men in doing of which we was met by a
party of Brittish a Skermish ensued and we forced them into retreat
leaving a number of their men dead on the field we had one of
our men killed and one of my plattoon mortally wounded by my
side the Small arms then Seased but the Cannon continued
firing after our action was over we waited agreeable to [illegible]
ings orders for them to advance as his orders was to take possession
of the ground he then occupied and keep it untill further orders
Genl. Sullivan who Commanded all our Troops engaged
while we stood ready for action we heard fireing[sic] continue toward
our Left wing which was engaged with their Right they overpowering our
troops was forced to retreat untill they came in our Rear we being one
mile Distance from our lines at which orders was given by Stir=
ling for all the Brigade except our Regiment to march to their
assistance but before they could come up they was chast by the
Spersed and Large Bodys of British formed in Collumns between
them and our Lines he engaged them with bravery at the
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probability of Success owing to their Superiority of numbers
they having thirty two thousand against five thousand of us. He's
anceleny[?] calling on us at the same time to Join them which we did
with all Speed but by the time we came up they was met in some
places with Bayonets we had not time to do them any great service
before our Commander order of the Delaware Regt, with nineteen
prisoners to pass through Govanus crick[sic] it being one part of our
Lines and finding it impossible to force through gave orders for
every one to make the best Quarters he could & waving his Soud
rode of up the hill with most of us retreated down to the
place where the Delaware had forded with their prisoners with
out being Surrounded, we lost about fifteen hundrd in the ac=
tion one thousand one hundred and seven of which was made
prisoners amongst which was Genls Sullivan & Sterling the
Loss of our Regmt was about one half as for the loss in our Compy
it was Capt, first and second Lieutenants three Serjants two
Corporals fifer & twenty three rank and fill out of about forty
Seven we lost our Leutenant Collonel Reighline who Commanded
us that day in the place of Colls Hart who was appointed but resin=
ed and he was taken there was upwards of twenty of our men drown=
ed in passing the crick[sic] above mentioned we lay within the lines
untill the thirteth[30th] mean time we had many threatnings of being
Surrounded the British army faceing the lines from left to right
and their Shiping attempting to cut of our water Comunication
which they would have compleated had not the wind forced them to
give it up, on the twenty Ninth our Major Popes and Lieutenant
Por=
ter Keighline Quartermaster Spangabary and some privates
was frighted by a false report that ^the^ enemy had forced our Lines and
was just at our Camp the report was false as on the thirtieth
30 retreated off the Island in the greatest Secrecy not one al=
lowed to Speak above his breath our move was covered by the dark
ness of the night all was Compleat by of before the Army un=
William Howe perceived the move except an ensigns gun
at the side of the Wallowbaugh the ensign made his escape
with part of his men to one of our Rowgallys we was ordered
to our old place of encamping & on September the 1st we was
ordered to March to Join Collonel Hands Regmt at Delleneys
Mills in Westchester we passed Harlem River opisite[sic] the Town
and as our bagage[sic] went by the Bridge we was ordered to Lay there
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That night in an orchard without tents or blankets on the 24th we proceeded to the Mill which was 13 miles by this time our poor father who thought hard bread would not do began to wish to get it, nothing extraordinary did happen here wile[sic]stayed altho, that was not long as I had been unwell from the time we Lay at Amboy and had Doctor. Some with the poorest Doctor even attended a Regmnt but to no purpose the Complaints still gaining on me. I applied to Genl Mifflin for a furlow to go home for my health he granted it and on the 5th I set out for home by the way of Kingsbridge Fort Washington Fort Lek and to the Hights[sic] of Harenfauk  23m   Here my Companion John Borlin and I lodged on 6th, we proceeded to Passine River at Godwins Tavern where we refreshed ourselves then marched to Pumpton & Crossed Pafease  where we log'd 26m on the 7th proceeded on to Slattenburgh & from that to Mount Hope from that to Slacks T[smudge] on the Swenpunny Plains here we logged this 28m on the [smudge] we proceeded to Hacketstown & Shippys Iron works & to the river Delaware at Peakvill and from that to Home  Sometime in the evening distance 30m the fifteenth I went to Doctor Lenns and got some medicine and his advise turned the next Day In the time between this and the 23rd of October I applied his medicine and received benefit thereby he allowed me to be break=
ing the Consumption and directed the use of Saltwater on the day Last mentioned  I set out to Camp in Company with my Brother Obed we Rode to Potterstown 29m the 24th proceeded to Amboy and Joined the Regmt who had been ordered there to Join a party of men to form a Rgmt to be Commanded by Collonell Baxter distance 35m, and on the twenty Seventh 27th, we received orders to March to Fort Lee but as I had not been able to Draw any pay for myself or Men under my command from the time we entered the Service & no more than fifty Shillings Advance at our Marching from Easton I thought it high time as the men grew very Impatient I made out My payroll and got Genl Mercer to Sign it and then when the Regt marched for Fort Lee my friend Joseph Martin and myself went out for the pay Master Genl office then held at New Brunswick where we arrived about SunSet we Drew our pay and returned Six miles where we Lodged the distance) we traveled was 19m we returned to Amboy to pay off some accounts this was 28th the distance 6m here we Lodged that night and the Next Morning 29th marched for Fort Lee and passed through Woodbridge and halted at Elizabethtown on business which detained us untill the Morning of the 30th 11m in the evening of I went as far as Days Tavern where I Lodged 9m on 11 miles on 31st  I passed Pasaic and Joined the Regmt at Hacken Laeve Bicoge and then proceeded to our Lines near Fort Lee 9m we lay here a few day and received orders to Cross the North river to Fort Washington on York Plains

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Saw Collonel Ramsey and he informed me that after the exchange 2 or 3 days on Burgoing army prisoners in our hands & [ ] So past into the Company for fear of being forced to fight again that there was between four & five hundred aligning and it was expected in a short time their would not be enough to aclenge[sic] us, he added that some of our Prisoners wifes who made application for a permission to come in to see their Long absent husbands was very ill treated by Congress and govner  I somith[sic] that they allowed them to be a Set off Blackguards 13 mi, I felt but indiferent[sic] on account of my disappointment in not Seeing my wife come up with the man I mentioned last that I sent by I beginning to get weary of laying to  Got intelligence so and from her the not legible of some Considerable distance I have kept on account of amount 119 miles intirely[sic] in that business but to my great joy in the afternoon as I was at a game of fives at Flatland Church I had the first sight of her and accompanied her home to my Quarters, 14th.  I set a home and heard a great Variety of news but nothing worth indicating peace yet  Somethings of which I have Mentioned all ready 15th all well noness[sic] 16th.  My wife and I went to Mr. rider to tea as we was returning lost a pair of silk gloves and a negro found them demanded sixpence for picking them up altho I was in sight of him when he picked them up I went all through Flatland Town to hire a Horse for a days ride but found none 17th,  I went to Mr Skanks and got one at a dollar a day I set out with my wife for New Lotts and tryed my old landlord but did not get Quarters there on 18th. I returned safe and got my landlord and landlady to Consent that we might live there that Season 19th all well this day the Sun was to darkened that the fowls went to their roosts at noon day this day Mr Carson was Married 20th In the morning I set out to New Town and took the ague on the road which I think lasted about five hours 21st no news 22nd. I had another fit of the ague but not so severe as the other was 23rd all well but myself and I some what better 24th all well I had no news 25th no news except Mr Pintard was likely to get money for our use from the Congress  26th,as gaming with a gun was termed a crime I Made me a bow and arrow to fowl with 27th. all well I tryed my bow and arrow and killed one Chirping bird 28th. no news [illegible] 30th all well and an uncommon time in regard to news 31st, news that the Americans had lost six thousand men and what shipping they had but as the author was Capt Hawcker of the Iriss the report was deemed false this day there fell a great quantity of rain therefore to soak the earth since March on the 6th of June I was informed Admiral Rodney Hadan engaged with the French and that both fleets was much damaged and none took on as their side  2nd no news 3rd, all well 4th all well I went to Collor to check news but heard none 5th. I went to Flatland Town heard the Debate in British Parliament mentioned a French fleet of 12 ships of the Line and ten thousand troops was destined for America 6th was Informed that a ship was arrived from Cranston with news of importance,
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the 7th, I was informed the British had taken five Genl
and twenty eight Collonels the Militia retreated on the horses about Midnight Clintons' Troops attacked our Troops at Elizabethtown 8th, I was informed Some of our Prisoners had offered with one Spring an in Keeper of this place and on Capt. Higgins Broke Said Springs Sourd 9th and 10th no news 11th, I heard Colonel Lott rage very much against the Rebels he termed the Prisoners 12th, and there reports from Jersey Vary 13th 14 and 15th, all well and no news with note 16th, and 17th, all pease[sic] head Janputhnots fleet had returned from Charleston Consisting of 100 Sail which brought G Clintons Granedeers and Infantry with them 18th, heard there forces in Jersey had done nothing exha[ ] only kill the wife of Person Collonell and burnt a few Houses 19th nothing mentioned 20th I heard that there was a Horse race at New Lotts and a great difference between Reigns at the one part and Reffugees and tory Inhabitants Force got badly hurt 21st, heard that 7000 troops came from Southward in the above fleet 22nd all well a very fine Day no news 23rd, a great fircing towards Jersey Supposed to be the British leaving that place 24th no news 25th, the British left Jersey and brought of grue[sic] waggon load of  wounded believes what would Crowd into two troops that went up the Sound to New York 26th Foggy and nothing new 27th, all well and find weather 28th a very rain a day 29th I went and Swam in the Mill pond and when found the family in conpution about Something cauzd unknown to me 39th, all well no news July 1st all well nothing new  I wrote a letter to the American Company and of Rejoining.  I was informed that Giles was returned from Genl. Washington who had agreed to a partial exchange Said that Mr. Ladys of Pensylvania[sic] had made up the sum of 300000 pounds of a present to American Army Pensioners  I went and Swam. 5th Forwarded a letter to Company Adams 6th. Was informed that Genl Borgoine was to be exchanged for officers of inferior Rank  7th, all well I went to  the Mill pond gathered a few Clams  8th I was informed there was a small Pattanague with four Men Supposed to be prisoners from Jamaica on this Island Steering for Jersey 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th, nothing new

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about 16m from New York and better than mile from [4] Bridge altho the distance was but five was not able to get a to March until they said they would be Competed to go and the areas right and as we Marched under Command of our Collonel Baxter who had just taken the Command of us our men departed at the Largest Rate from one to a dozen in a Company & we could not Cook untill the Morning and then we left our Cook & chief part of our Bagage under a guard and crossed to the Fort afore mentioned where w Lay untill the 16th, of November having continual threatenings of being attacked but only Some Small Skirmishes happened, till the day above mentioned at which time we was attacked in the Morning on the North by [smudge - believe it is Hessians] East by British and a point was made on the South [smudge] was by thux sniping but the Hessians Commanded by Knyphouson made the first and severest attack they forced our troop to leave their out lines & Retreat into the fort Hoisting a Flag and offering to Cappitulate Which our Cheif Commander Collonel McGaw after calling connsed than fit to except as we was only about two thousand and eight hundred and they twenty five thousand against us the terms of cappitulation we was to March out with Colours flying Drums beating fifes playing and ground our arms on the South South Side of the fort the Officers allowed to keep their side arms and all Bagage to be delivered [  ] to us at York  Privates to be paroled home but as soon as we had grounded our arms and then hand Drawn a Bigade retreat area one of the officers of Hows army Command all prisoners to ground their side arms or he would Command the Brigade to fire on us We then threw Down our Sourd Seeing they had no honor and Loss in Men was fifty three Including three officers one of which was our Collo Baxter thereby report of some of there officers upwards of four hundred they [illegible] besids what British fell which was not a few they moved us down to Harlem Town and put us in Barns where we lay without Victuals Drink or fire untill the eighteenth in the morning when they Paraded us before Sunrise and we stood pershing untill near ten Oclock before they moved us then the Hessians moved us to the main road Leading from Kings Bridge New York where was a British guard paraded on each side of the road to [illegible]
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Marched on between them and the Hessians halted we was
[illegible] to the green back of York where we was all halted and the Re[ ]
[illegible] Called out from amongst the privates then they conveyed on [ ]
[ ]town that the Citizens might see the Rabel officers proced= 
ing aloud they had got the whole of the Rebels at Fort sayng [illegible ]
Fulmer of the Rebe army Swearing they would hang us &c they [illegible]
us the officers they had taken at that time to amount of about
three Hundred in the Methodist Church in John Street they 
reates into Jail Birdwell Sugar House and Churches thereto
Lay untill further orders pleas to observ[ ] had not broke our fast in our
Captivity from ^[illegible] Harlem to town 7th on 19th we was very uneasy with our
new Commander about Candle Light this evening we was glad like to
my Swine a Soldier came in with a bag of Burskit on his back and [illegible]
them Down amongst [illegible] [smudge] the floor was nothing but [illegible]
and went out never Saying word when we had gathered them and de=
vided them they was a bisket a man we got no more of anything un=
till the 20th at Night we then got another bisket and a little meat on
the 21st, we too had a Parroll offerd us by which we might have the
Liberty of the Town   the following is a true Copy  We wose Names
are under written do pledge our faith and honor ^to Gen Howe^ that we will not say nor
do anything against his Majesty or Government nor go beyond the bound
prescribed by the Commissary General of Rigners on signing this we
was entitled go as far as the town extended and as we went about town we
found Some of our men that was taken on Long Iland who had been kept on
Shipboard about three months stood togather so close that great Nunbers 
of them had died those living in a most miserable condition starved to
death for want of food  Great numbers dieing Dayly from 20 to 35 I saw
Laying in the various places of confinement in a Maining which they
hauled out in their Common Dung cart throwing them into the trench
is were they Lay a day or too without burying untill the Dogs Mangled
Some of them on which Complaint was made to the Commanded of
that place who ordered them buried  they carried out some one that
was not quite dead and he begged for Gods Sake not to bury him alive.
one of them was moved to have pity on him and took him to the Ho=
spittle where he got well and made his escape to Jersey and made
oath of What he had gone through we Sufferd way by for provision
untill 20th of Jany by which time there was eighteen hundred of
us fellow prisnor Dead  Cheifly throug hunger as they would often
cheat us out of three Days Rations at a time their allowance was
ten ounces of bread and ten of Meat a few peas and a mite of butter
[illegible] they had sent out all that was living of the prisoners taken out and
before.
Fort Washington they finding the necessity of keeping them

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alive to exchange as they took Fort Lee a few days after they took [illegible]
being flushed with Victory reply Marched to Trenton on the Delaware on the 
way to Philadelphia genl Washington attacked them and took nine hun=
dred Hessians and a few [illegible] Stole a March in the night and a=
ttacked a party at Princeton killing [ ] numbers and made three
Hundred Britons prisoners.  While we Lay in York the Smell was too
many of the Stage I had the Mumps exceeding had Just as they
to feed us only after [illegible] officers in genl was paesoled[?]
Long Island and quartered at farmers Houses on the third of Feby I was
broke out with the smallpox and as my Landfort was 
fearfull of his
Family taking the smallpox from me he applied to the Com[ ] for me Sent to town again which he obtained and he took me down to [ ]
din ferry where he left me and I crossed over to my old cold Lodging
in William Street where I fou[smudge] first Lieutenant in the Small=
Pox & the Second Lieut healeng [smudge] & being likly to have but a
very few I took his place & the Second Leutenant went to Long Island & [ ]
no great dificulty in the Cooking as they cheated us out of Six days rake
in fifteen  by which means altho, we belonged to the Hospital coar we
thro hunger ^was frorced^ to pick up and boil a peice of pork that had been kicked
from one side of the Room to the other from before Christmas, being
Drawn by some of my Comrades who had the good fortune   [illegible]
[c]ged at that time amongst which my Capt was one it was [illegible] an account of Smell however I cocked it and took it with my fley
fork which was a Small pair of tongs when opening the pot
found it to be a pair of Jaws instead of a Heel of a gammonship
I took it for it was curiously tied togather with Strings to deceive
it Stank excessively but eat very well wen Sweetened & Seasoned
with Hunger my patient and Self both got throug the above dis=
ease in the turn of fifteen Days after my return to him he had
said from the twentieth of Janyg, and on the eighteenth of this Month
Cleaned up our few duds and got our permission to go to Long Island
I had but about fifty Pox and only one of them ever ran any I
returned to my Billit at Flatland on the Last mentioned Day a
Distance Seven miles about this time the British made an excursion to
Danbury and distroyed a considerable of Stores Some Say they have ta=
ken Rhode Island we hear dayly of the fugitives going out and plun=
dering Minderling &c on the twelvth of June the british who had
Laid in New Brunswick from the time they was frighted from Tren=
town & princetown before mentioned Marched to Northend Island &
Imbarked aboard old ships to go to Philadelphia and set Sail
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with a Large Body of troops they made a faint up the North Riv=
ver at the same time in augt, Lhey landed at the Head of Elk and March=
ed to Brandywine where they had a severe engagement both Howe and Wash=
ington Commanded in Person on the Sixth of September I hear they got
possession of Philadelphia and on the fourth if October Genl Washington
Meaning to make genneral[sic] engagement Marched to German town and
began the action they had an obstinate fight but by Misconduct of one
of our genls they was forced to go over their expidition[sic] on the Sixth
Genl. Clinton with a part of the British Troops attacked Fort Mongo=
mery forty miles from New York which he took after being beat
back Sundry times about three Hundred troops fell into their
hands. they then went to Esop[smudge] and sat fire to it being on their war
to Most Genl Burgoin who [smudge] rching from Quebeck[sic] to New York
but Genl. Gates with a body of the Sons of Liberty surrounded the
tyrant with 5000 British and Hessians ^troops^ and made them sur=
render on the fourteenth which News Struck Sir Harry Clinton
To that he returned ^to^ New York with sorrow, on the twenty eight
Day of November we was ordered to appear at Brooklin where we
was sent on board Ships and agansd[sic] sat over us there was to the
number of one Hundred and thirty Nine put on Board the Ju=
dith transport Ship about one Hundred and fifty on the
Mertle transpot[sic]  We lay here untill the tenth of December
during which time we drew Sailors allowance every third
Day we were out Meal for Banyan or as others callet But=
goo.  On 3rd of Decbr. received news that Congress had ten thou-
sand Prisoners in their Hands on the night of 4th, Collonel
Rollings Leviston & Major Stuart made their Escape of the
Mertel 6th, we had the misfortune to lose our Banyan Soop
the 10th, we Signed our paroles to Sir Harry Clinton who
was then to Commence Commander in Chief of all the Kings
Troops in America, and Landed on Long Island again to
Return to our old Billits nothing metinall[sic] happened on
our debarkation[sic[ but Darler Duffecs Loosing his hat
on the 16th I took a Tender to New Utrich Flatbush and New Lotts when
I heard that some of our Officers two in Number two other person had den
ned on five Ducks gizzard, after Landing their Duck to Mark at

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1778 on the Eighteenth of May I obtained a New billet on Mr.
De Voics and removed there where I was made Very wellcome to my gro
ters where l and Some others was happily Situated In full View of
the City of New York at a place called Wallabaugh where I continued
only four Days on the 22d, I was removed from thence to FlatBush
where I received another Billit on Mr Abraham Snediker at Newton
on the Jamaica Road on entire stranger again but providence provi=
ded a good place for me again and I enjoyed myself very well for
Sometime But on the eleventh of June Mr Andrew Boyd was taken
with a Mallencoly[sic] fit in Such an high way that he was beside
himself and continued so untill [smudge] [ ]ntieth when he set out on the
Same account on the 21 of Sept[smudge] Number of officers exchange
and I should have been exchanged only for my third Lieutenants
Commission on from this untill winter I was dayly[sic] asmised[sic] with Jules
Done by the British army in the Southern States on 25th and 26th
I went to see Mr Martin and was Met by a severe Snow Storm in which
I had both my ears froze on the 5th of Feby 1779 I was Marched to
Miss Susannah Leggett and as I was born on the third of Feby
1754 I Celebrated My birth with my Weding Cheer on the
first of June my Wife went to York to Draw my Supply from
Congress of 25th, the Officers Billeted on Jamaica Road was ordered
to Move to some other part of the County we petitioned against
it and got tollerated[sic] to stay till further orders from the [illegible]
I have now received a perhuclan[?] account of the retreat of the British
army from Philadelphia our Genl. had gathered his army round
the City of Philadelphia that they could not stay there any longer
with Fafty began their March a Cross the Jersey to go to New York
Genl Lee Had the Comand[sic] of our first division which was to attack
the Rear of their army which he came up with Not far from
Monmouth where he Might have gaind[sic] a Victory but he proved treacherous he gave them all the adventage here
and at last ordered a retreat but Genl. Washington Coming
up with the Second Division and put him under an ary
and rallaed[sic] the first division had gain great advantage of the
enemy but Night came on and prevented a Defeat and
in the Night of of the 28th of July they stole a mrch on the
29th they got to Staten Island which they lay for some time on
the 25th of August My wife went to town and as she was a retur=
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...ing on account of her not having a pass from Collo (Artel?) she obtained a pass from Company Lowring to return the next day Sept. First.  I took the ague and had a short but very severe turn in the first of October received news that Comst Deasthing being at Georgia at the same time the British evacuated Rhode Island on Nov.  We received orders to hold ourselves in readiness to move at the shortest notice. News by Colo Mathews that the Troops at Beau Fort was taken and the rest of the British army was very much surrounded - on the 14th, I heard that one of our prisoners was beat by a refugee Negro 16th we had a hand Bill menti-
oning the downfall of our army at Georgia on 28th, the enemy 
Fired a Few Dogy account [smudge] Day by 24th, I had a bad cold on 23rd.   They fell from their [smudge] number 3000 to 2000 Cose by our Army and Alley [smudge] published apart of Genl. Loncolns letters to Congress which contained a journal of Count Daffangs pro-cedings 
from his arrival on the coast of Georgia untill his Depar=
ture with the Loss on our side according to the genl letters as they
say which was 170 also of the Count D'Artange wounds [illegible] Death [ ] [ ] in the evening a person who called himself a Hessian Collo, as he staid[sic] in the Next Room happened to Dirty his Breeches  
25th, all well a very fine Day 26th, I and W Holems went to Flat
bush  We bought Sundry Small articles and returned through a very 
Severe Storm of rain Hail and snow heard nothing material on
the Morning of the 27th there was a great quantity of Snow on the ground
on the 28th, nothing material only a black woman riding on a
man's Saddle with a leg on each Side 29th.   My Landlord Butcher
 the 30th news this day was that Fort Stanasis was not taken & that
the grand Fleets had an engagement in which the British had 2
Sunk and 3 taken the French 1 Sunk and many Damaged.  De=
cember 1, no news only that there was a number of Spanish prisoners billeted at Greavesend and one of the prisoner's wifes
sent back on account of her having Sealed letters on board 2nd, was a very bad Storm 3rd, High winds but fair & pleasant. 
I Studied Divinity 6th.  fell a Snow Six inches Deap 7th. fair & a call for all officers to assemble in order to form a Committee
to settle an exchange 8.th a Committee of our prisoners met Genl.
Phillips one of the British Genls, that had been prisoner in our hands Some years in order to form a plan of exchange  9th. This Day I received a letter from home 10th but Sober hear there is 100 Soldiers to come here to Quarter Sometime
11th all well no news except a packet arived from Georgia

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on the 12th, a wet Day I spent it chiefly in reading the Scripture on Mon
-day 13th all well the 14th a peaceable time but high Monket Wednes
-day the 15th all well and no news 16th. a remarkable still time no news
no move made by the Army 17.th  All well and Quiet 18th all is peace & 
we expect a great Storm will soon arise after so great a Calm in Camp
19th the news arrived that the British was very lucky in Georgia also that
the Commissioners had agreed on an exchange of Prisoners of War a great
Number of British troops Marched Down the Jamaica Road toward [illegible] supposed to be on an expedition 20th. all well I Saw a Georgia Paper gave the Number of Men left on our side to be Six thousand and on theirs 
Past two thousand three Hundred & fifty-three hundred and ninety-four
of theirs defended their works against the American and French armies
altho they Hoisted the American colours on their walls twice or thrice
and a Number of our Men fell [smudge] betisses[sic] they say our men was
forsed[sic] to retreat and leave one [smudge] hundred^dead^ and one Hundred &
Seventy of them fell within their works, their loss was only fif
-ty one killed and wounded.  Our Americas retreated in good order retreating
 and firing which So (in)timidated the English that they did not venture 
out of their garison[sic] for some time 21.st all well no news 22nd news that fifty 
British Soldiers was drowned as they was imbarking[sic] in New York Harbor 
and a Number of others was Froze to Death and it is reported they 
buried one of their women alive one of their women throw'd her in 
front over the fence on their March from Jamaica to Brooklin 
It Was heard to cry as a man pased[sic] the Road and was taken up and 
was Carried to their Camp another of their women froze to Death Setting 
against Brooklin Church her Child was in her lap but was 
Not froze 29th. a fine day my Wife set out for York a Fleet of eighty Sail Moved Down opposite Barren Island in the Morning  
and towards Night Proceeded to sea bearing an easterly Course 24.th 
I set out for Gravesend town went Berrys(?) and Vorahefer  where I logd.
25th went from my lodgings to Mr Rooler in Gravesend and Dined there  
returned to Young Sprongs in Flatland town where we spent the evening
in Merth about one o' clock I set out Home and reached there 
about three and in the afternoon from the Hights[sic] above Furma 
Tavern on Jamaica Road I saw a part of another fleet of eighty Sail 27
a very cold morning News that Boston was taken the English 28 
wet Snow and rain an exceeding high wind in the evening 29th afte[word truncated]
Day about twelve o'Clock my wife returned from York and as I was going to Halfway House found a Doller[sic] this day's paper asserted that 
Capt. Mallaby of Rhode Island Had taken two prizes one a Ship 
from Georgia to New York which had on board 28 officers & ther
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[ ] Waiters &c 30th, no news except Joseph Paynes Leut, being ma 
rried to Wife Van Clief 31st all well News that about 20 ships being 
castaway on the Jersey Shore by the above storm January 1, 1780 all well no News 2nd nothing extraordinary except a great Snow fall 3rd no news very cold 4th. all well a very Severe freeze. I wrote a letter to Lowering Compy of 
Prisoners concerning Cash and letters Sent me from Home, a great deal of 
news about the French Fleet but nothing to be depended on has come to hand. 
5th excessive cold and I ^had one of my ears^ froze, one of my fellow prisoners and myself went 
to the Halfway House and heard the ice was so bad between Brooklin and York 
that it was almost impossible to Cross that Ferry 6th. all well most insuffer
ably cold 7th. I was inform,d the before mentioned ^fleet^ had arrived at Delaware 
and had landed their troops unde4r cover of their shiping 8th all well had 
News of three people being fro [smudge] Death and a number of them had 
some of their members froze [smudge] well the severity of the weather 9th 
Continues news that ano[smudge] Fleet was to sail with 5000 troops to reinforce 
those landed at Delaware on the tenth no news but heard a great firing 
towards Jersey and ,tis expected there was an engagement Between the Jer
Sey Militia and the Reffugees[sic] 11th, alls well a fine day News that the American
troops was on Staten Island and that the British was scant of Proper[?] in at that 
place and an number of Sleads was pressed to carry Provisions to Urstniht[sic] in 
the evening was informed that there was seven people found dead in a boat 
that was cast away crossing to New York and that two ships in great dis
tress had Cut away their Masts for fewel[sic] 12th no news 13th. all  well the excy
sive cold continues and they ^[ ]^ carfully[sic] ever was the like known in this part 
of the world for Joe Jamaica Bay forgets Such a business that they pa 
-ed it with Loaded Sleads with great safty[sic] at the Seven miles a Cross 14th all 
well the cold continues and I saw a George Carpenter a Butcher of Brook
-lin town and heard him say the ice was passible from that town ^to^ New York 
and that he walked over on it and allowed there was five hundred more did it 
in about twelve minutes time after it shut as it was a large cake of Ice Drove in between the shores the same author informs that a Brother in
law of his that Commanded a Privateer was out sometime took four prize
-es and at last was taken of Capt Sieers with all his prizes and carri-
-ed into Boston. 15th all well the proposals of Clinton rejected on 
account of Genl. Washington not be agreed to the exchange of those who was 
taken at the Ceders 16th, and 17th the americans still on Staten Island have 
Burnt a maggazane[sic] taken some prisoners 18th they are gone off the 
British took seventeen Privates Prisoners from Staten Island 19th. 
All well I went agreeable to appointment to meet about thirty americans 
who was prisoner of war with me to Dine on wild fowl over Dinner &c 
drink Cost me eleven Shillings & three pence New York Mony 20th all well 
a Very Cold Day no news 21st, My went with Wm Clemmons to town 
arrived Safe as Mr Place and Ms McArthur Both informed me new 
this Day was that Hane was 32 Payners[sic] taken above Kings bridge

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Afrd the Babes and the Rebels took one Colonel one Major Colonel one Major one
Capt one Quartermaster and ten private Soldiers the Major made his 
escape and brought in the news 22nd. all well a great fireing[sic] towards the Jer 
Sey I went to see McMartin and found him but poorly from there to a 
Tavern Called Widow Van cliefts where I spent the last of money and re-
turned Home where I found Wm Brown [ ] one of my fellow sufferers who 
had come to see me 23rd fine Day heard Colonel McGaw was returned from 
Congress and that it was expected we would be exchanged very soon 24th 
I went and sent a letter to my wife who was in York 23rd News that Pan Westbook was a Vacuated and that Genl. Washington was at Bergine with 15000 troops 
that 500 Rebels was drowned in Harlem River - theye has a number of Peo
ple froze to Death in New York for want of firewood this winter 26th this 
morning I hear a great fireing [smudge]ork this day I passed in waiting 
on Mr Jacob Summers who came [smudge] Visit and received or
ders to move from Jamaica Road to [smudge ]avesend about ten miles 
to the Southwest of New lots I packed  up my little affairs and on the 27th I 
was order to move out about ten in the morning and my Land lord went with 
his Slead and Carried my bagage to gravesend but on my arrival could not get 
billet untill untill[sic/sic] the Morning of the 28th, at which time I obtained a 
billet on Capt Peter Lott one of the Kings officers in Flatland Town there 
was one Mr Isaac Crane quartered with me and we had been previously 
informed that their Cap.t had Dispercd with an Number of Prisoners that had
been quartered at his house and Drove them off we was very loath to go to 
his house however at Sun Set we went to his house as our orders was 
from the Company of Prisoners to not be out of our quarters after Sun 
Set untill Sun rise but we was received very coldly -but when Supper 
was got I saw they would not ask me to eat with them. I took up my 
Seat and went to the table and made them all Stare at my freedom I 
perceiving a backwardness in my Companion I called on him  to come whi
ch, he did to them Sarrond[sic] on the 29,th I and comrades Set out for New Lots 
and Lodged at Mr John Williamson at that place on 30th I went to Flatbush 
to endeavor for a New Billet Mett my Land Lord who was  endeavering 
to get us removed but our attempts were vain we where[sic] oblige to live together 
31,st all well I now began to study what way I should act Consistent with my 
Commission parrole[sic] and disposition of my New family at length determined 
to speak to the Captain that head I anformed[sic] him that I had Knowledge 
that all who been quartered with him before had dippencd [sic] about po
leticks and I thought it a good folly as all we could say would not avail 
anything as to terminateing[sic] the war and if he was agreed we would 
Say nothing to agrivate[sic] one another and live in peace we joined in[sic] 
oppinion and live peacably now. So contrastictory[sic] that it is not worth 
incenting on Febry 1st all well I went to gravesend and return without news 
2nd, I went to see if I could get any news of my wife who was to remain in town 
untill she would be delivered of her first born but heard nothing 3rd,
this day was far different from this Day 1 year ago no news 4,th I went
to MnMommys quarters and wrote two letters to answer two from [ ]
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My wife receiv,d this Day 5th very cote News that the exchange was likely to 
take place Imediately also that 97 of the Americans was taken by as a party of the British.  
this Day I Sent a bundle of letters to my wife by Mr. Lott who Delivered them 
with his own hand and brought new word that She was [illegible].
6th, nothing extraordinary only Mr. McNight one of my fellow prisoners that was on pa
role with me was buried 7th. all well I went to see four or five of my friends and 
heard Collol Ramsey was going out on business to Head Quarters this evening there being 
a very Severe Storm 8,th it continued Snowing raining and Blowing about 7 oclock in the e
vening and then Conjed 9th.  a fine day in the evening Mr. Lott and I went to Gravesend with a
Slead to bring over My Bagage to my last mentioned quarters it was at Mr Lowe[ ]
Riders on 10th I set at Home no news 11th all well received a letter from my Wife which 
estimated She expected every Hour to be brought to bed 
12,th All well I went out for Mr. Lott and 
Sent a letter to My wife and to My Brother and one to Pirstand agent for american Prisoners in New York  I Lodged at My good old freinds[sic] House on the Jamaica Road where 
I was treated with the greatest respect [smudge] could be shewn 13,th I returned Home with 
news was one fleet was gone to Georgia [smudge] another to West Indes that there was five 
Reffugees[sic] Hiring for Ro[smudge] in Queens County I went the evening 
to see Mr. Grace one of [smudge] new sufferers Who had obtained a pass to go to York 
to take the Advice of Docter as he was then under a Deep decay  I desired him to 
call at My Brothers in laws in Crown Street and let my wife know when he would 
return that She might have an opertunity[sic] of writing to me 14th no news 15th a ve 
bad Storm and nothing new 16th Warm and a great flood of water on the ground I 
Went to Flatbush but obtained little of anything good 17th all well and no news
18,th I traveled a good deal about but got nothing worth pening 19,th all well  
I thought the time long not to hear from my Wife but could Hear nothing 
either good or bad 20th no news 21,st all well [ ] and I heard that my wife 
Was wall 22,nd  I and Companion and fellow prisoner Mr Lott and his Negro 
went Claming[sic] and took up twenty five hundred of them in one tide 23,rd I 
feel but indifferent after my Claming and I received a line from my wife
24th  I wrote an answer to Her letter and carried it to Major Vandebilts one of the 
Militia officers of that place and He undertook to take it on 25th no news 26th all well a fine day I went to Majors and got a letter from my Wife went to New Lotts and return
by Flatbush 27,th no news 28th I went see Mr Shimer 29,th I and Colol. Hanley was gone 
to [illegible] our Commisoners for Settleing an exchange when to meet the British com
misoners for that purpose also we had account that there was to be of english troops through
out all the Kings dominion 273000 men in the field this year heard that sixty horse 
had been out after genl Washington but returned without doing anything I receiv,d 
letter from my wife in the afternoon   I received another Which had been wrote sometime
on March 1st I had no news but was kept in the house by a very bad storm 2,nd I went 
to New Lott and got a Ribon for my hair and on the 3,rd I set out for Mr. Lott 4,th no news 5,th I went to Flatbush for to get some paper 6,th  I wrote a letter to my wife
7th I last night heard Mr. Lott differ and abuse his wife to such a high degree that 
he Struck and kicked her out of bed and swore by Jersus Christ that she should go
out of the Room and not return that Night under penalty of being horse whiped
She staid[sic] out about an our[sic] and turned into bed with him again 8,th all well no news
9th I sent a letter with Mr. Vorhees to my wife and in the evening got word from her that 
She was unwell and Could not write to me when he gave [illegible] 10,th I was not ve-
ry well  11,th  I went to Mr. Riders to see Mr. Grace and get an answer for [rest of line illegible]
[ ] Egbert a Reffugee[sic] 12,th  no news this Day I read that by Charlton [illegible] 13th [illegible] 
an exceeding bad cold 14th  a fine day I feel a little better than I did [rest of line illegible]

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that one of the Reffugees who bore the name of Singelton and [illegible] a Major
was like to be executed for Murdering of one Amerman a Tory, Miller that lived in Queens County he had one of the Bittish Capt of a Ship to Second him and both [illegible] for their lives 15,th no news 16,th it began to Snow and was a very stormy Day
17,th I was pretty well and I went and got a bushel of wheat and got it ground to send to 
my wife it Cost eight Shillings a Bushel 18th no news 19th I wrote a letter to send 
with the Buckwheat Meal to my wife I went and got the [illegible] the Mill 
about a mile and one half and ^had^ to give eight pence for the freight 20,th I hard that Ire
land was revolted and that our exchange was going [illegible] I finished my Noting of Nat
[ ] 21st, got the promise of geting my Meal Down the next day the army
Says very Still on account of the frost going out and making it bad traveling
22nd, no news 23rd and Mr Vorhees took My My Meal to team 24,th I went to set up with
Mr Grace who I found very low 25 heard other gleah[?] was a going out 26th I went to bid
Him farewell 27,th no news I went to Set up with Mr Grace and he requested me to
for him and haveing[sic] Ruffaly[sic] Seven Sarmens I read five of them which seemed
to give him great Satisfaction 29th no news 30,th all well and Some appearance of
had Home 31,th In the Morning began to Snow and continued Storming untill
Night on the 1st. day of April I went to Mr Riders and got a line and a shirt my
Wife had sent me from town and on the fields the land was six inches deep
on the 2nd, it was so cold that it froze in the house 3rd, high winds and no news 4th all
well a Sober day I heard Mr Grace was dead and went to see the Corps tarried
there untill eight O,Clock and then received a line from Mr. Norwood in York in-
forming that my wife was Safly[sic] delivered of a fine Son on Sun last and was in
a likely way to do well 5th I wrote a letter Congratulate Her on Her Delivery and a line to
Company Joshua Lowring for permission to go to town to see my wife I then went
to Mr Graces funeral which was something Singular the Number of one hundred and
eighty Prisoners assembled Chiefly all in uniform Marched two abreast the Corps
that first and then ensigns Lieutenants, Capts, Quarter Masters, Majors and Colo
-nels and two Brigadeer Generals Brought up the rear in this order we Set out &
about half way to the Church yard Made a Counter March the Generals advancing
followed by others untill the Corps came in the rear when the gen'l. came to the
yard gate opened to the Right and Left and the [?] pased[sic] in first no more
5th, Haveing[sic] viewed a Force found by one of our Subatterns[sic] I took a Copy of it for
to amize[sic] the reader which I shall Incert[sic] at the close of my journal in the evening
I went to Mr. Voorheeses and got him to go and see my wife and carry a letter to her
and another for Com,y Lowring to try him for a pass to go to town as there was no
[ ] allowed to pass the ferry but those that had passes 6th I heard that Cha[illegible]
was taken 5000 thousand troops fell into their hand according to their papers and tis
the Sparring had left a number of Ships Reffugee Lorison Illuminated five thousand
7th I was in expectation of a pass 8th I heard Lieutenant Onendooffs trial for adventy[ ]
Capt Willing as a coward in the enemys paper 9th I felt but very indiferent[sic] [c]
Some Laniphere[sic] and wrote a letter to my wife & on the 10th, all well and I heard my
wife was very well and that the Child was likely to do well that they expected to get a
Pass for me to Come to town agreable to my request Made Some days past 11th, I heard
the permission expected was come over onto the Island to a place called grace[c]
and I went to Mr. Vanclieffs and found he had left it at Flatbush town
12th, I deased[sic] myself and got the permission to Cross the ferry and arrived in
town about one o,clock in the afternoon where I was received very affectionate
-ly by Wife and other relation and acquaintance and found my wife as well as
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13th I went to Company Genl of Prisoners office but did no buisness or encouragement of an exchange  14th  15th,  16th,  17th, 18th, and 19th I was [illegible] to a wifes Lodging house and yard so got but little news the report was at that time was that there was a fleet lost on our Coast bound to New York and a party of the British had been out to a place in [illegible] Called [illegible] and took a number of our Americans Prisoners on the 20th.  I got permision to return to my Quarters on Long Island took leave of my wife and I returnd to flatlandtown which place I reached about 3 oclock in the evening 21st, I went out to seek [illegible] but found none

 22nd went to see a number of My acquaintance heard there was an expectation of our being sent out to Sea  23rd wrote a letter to Col Lawrance for him to use his endeavours to obtain a parrole exchange between me and his son in law  24th I saw a Ship come into the Harbour and it was supposed they was to take us the american Prisoners on board to carry us oversea  25th I went to Mr Holmes qurters and thought to have made application to bring my wife there to board but did not like the People

 I set out for New York and Lodged at my old Quarters 26th I received a line from Mr Leggett on the 27th return Home but obtained no quarters for to move into with my wife news this day vary about Charles town being taken that three of the British Ships had got over the Bar near Charlestown harbour and the americans had rendered two of them unfit for use by the excessive fire from their heavy artilary  Lord Cathcart one of the English officers affirmed that it was not taken as late in the 19th of this Instant 

28th I cannot [illegible] yet wither the fleet sailed from here the first day of April have yet [blotted out] on 29th all well nothing new 30th an exceeding heavy rain  May 1st  no news I wrote a letter to my wife 2nd  I [illegible] went to New [illegible] and Saught a place to move to but found none  3th set out again to U[illegible] Lane where there was several farmers lived but to no purpose news this day was that Clinton Commander in chief at Charleton was taken heard that Governer Livingston of [illegible] State was dead   4th untill noonday I spent at Home a fine day no news 

5th all well  6th a quiet day I went to Slaves tavern to see who would be the proper person to send out to the State for a supply Cas  all assembled at Flatbush and unanimously agreed on Genl Irvin & Lieutenant Halladay to go   all Prisoners who had broke there Parole and had been sent back by Genl Washington was not suffered to go or even to have a vote for another  7th there came three american privateers close to Rocaway Beach & engaged and took large Marchant Vessel Loden with dry goods from London to this post on 8th all well and no news 9th nothing mentioned  10th I got Mr. Hubbard to go to town and the morning of 11th I got Mr. Elsworth to go and bring my wife up with him but my Trials was all fruitless on account of her sister Saying very low   12th  News that all was well at Charleston and that Gen Washingtons forses at that place was 300 Continental troops, & 2000 Militia and Six [illegible]
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EVERETT ABNER
(PA.)   W-6087
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Pennsylvania. Ss
In ASSEMBLY
To Abner Everritt Gentleman July the 9th 1776

WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Third Lieutenant of Capt. Taynes
Company of Foot of the Battalion of Associators of the County of Bucks and Northampton Commanded by Colonel Joseph Hart and to be a Battalion to form the Flying Camp by the Conference of the Province of Pennsylvania for the Protection of this Province, against all hostile Enterprizes, and for the Defence of American Liberty.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a third Lieutenant
aforesaid___on:____by doing and
performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be  obedient to your Orders as their third Lieutenant
And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from the Assembly during their Sessions;  and, in their recess, from the present or any future Committee of Safety appointed by the Assembly of this Province, or from your superior Officer, according to the Rule and Regulations for the better 
Government of the Military Association in Pennsylvania, and pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by the Assembly, or by the present or any succeeding Committee of
safety.
Signed by Order of the Assembly,
John Morton Speaker

LIBERTY SAFETY&PEACE SEAL
[Above is a Round Seal]

[Another Illegible Round Stammp }
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EVERETT, ABNER
(PA.) W-6087
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Pennsylvania Ss
In ASSSEMBLY.
To Abner Evet, Gent      April 19, 1776.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Ensign of a Company of Foot in the fourth Battalion of Associators in the County of Northampton

for the Protection of this Province, against all hostile Enterprizes, and for the Defence of American Liberty. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign as aforesaid___by doing and
performing all Manner of Things thereunto be longing. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their ensign. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from the Assembly during their Sessions; and, in their recess, from the present or any future Committee of Safety appointed by the Assembly of this Province, or from your superior Officer, according to the Rules
and Regulations for the better Government of the Military Association in Pennsylvania, and pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by the Assembly, or by the present or any succeeding Committee of Safety.
Signed by Order of the Asslembly,

John Morton Peaker

LIBERTY SAFETY& PEACE SEAL
[Above is a Round Seal]

[Round Illegible Stamp]
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EVERETT ABNER
(PA) W-6087
-
-
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Northamton}
County}
Whereas Abner Everrits Ensign
being taken prisoner at the Surender
of Fort Washinton the 16 day of November 1776
& Continued a prisoner until the 26 day of Janu|
1781 & on the 6 of February next following returned to his home in said County Witness my hand this 8 day of June 1781-
Benj: Depue

Northamton}
County}
 I do certify that Abner Everett in of Mount
Bethel Township in sd County hath
Voluntarily taken & subscribed the oath of allegiance & fidelity as directed by an act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed the 13 day of June A.D. 1777
as Witness my hand & Seal the 8 day of Feb,y A.D 1781  
Benj Depue
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EVERETT, ABNER
(PA.) W-6087
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State of New Jersey Ss

On the twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Personally appeared before the
subscribing Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Warren and State of New Jersey--John Depue
of the Township of Oxford, in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law. Declare that the amended
certificate purporting to be or discharge from the Revolution.  Any service and oath of Allegiance of One Abner Everitt dated 8 Febry1781  and 8 June 1781, and subscribed by Benjamin Depue is I verily believe in the hand writing to said Benjamin Depue and signed by him. I being the better satisfied thereof from having often seen his hand writting he being my Father_and acted as Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Northampton, State of Penn
John Depue

Sworn and subscribed on the
and year above written
before us in open Court
---
John Moore

P. J. U.
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We the Subscriber Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Warren and State of New Jersey, Do hereby
certify that we are personally acquainted with John Depue who has subscribed the affidavit on the other side writen and that due credit ought to be given to the same_
Dated 25 Augt. 1837}
Jas Davison
J Kinney Jr
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City County and State of New York  J.S.
 Abraham Leggett of said city being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was an Officer in the Revolutionary War, That he knew Abner Everitt deceased-That said Everitt was a Lieutenant in the same war in the year One thousand and Seven hundred and seventy six-that the said Everitt was taken prisoner at the Capture of Fort Washington in the state of New York. That the said Everitt after his capture at Fort Washington while on parole to wit in the year One thousand and seven hundred and seventy nine was married to Susannah Leggett a sister of this despondent  and they lived together as man and wife until his death, having had eight children three of whom are no living-And that the said Susannah is now living in Belvidere Warren County State of New Jersey and is aged about Seventy nine years.
And further that the said Abner and Susannah Everitt were married by the Reverend Mr. VanSicleren of Flatbush Long Island in the state of New York as this despondent has always understood and verily believes-
Abraham Leggett
Sworn this 7th day of September 1837
R. Rikes
Recorder of the City of New York
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City County and State of New York Ss
Cornelius L. Everitt of said City being duly
sworn doth depose and say that he is a grandson
of Abner Everitt deceased, and Susannah his wife
that he has made diligent search and enquiry for the
record of their marriage, of the Revd Mr Strong of
Flatbush, Long Island in the State of New York, the
successor of the Revd Mr Van Sinderen who is represented to
have performed the ceremony, and that the same cannot
be found, owing to the Register of Marriages and
Baptisms having been very imperfectly kept as stated
by Mr Strong. And this deponent has also made
due enquiry of the family of the descendants of said Wan
Sinderen for such papers without success_
C.L. Everett

Sworn this 7th day
of September 1837
R Riker
Recorder of the City of
New York
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V2594
Documents in
favor of
Susanah Everitt
Pension, claim
Belvedere N.J. 11 Sept. 1837
-
Hon. G. D. Wall
Senate US
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State of New Jersey
Warren County [illegible]
I Phinas B. Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in  [illegible] for said County do hereby certify that the within  contains the original declaration of Susanah Everitt the widow and relict of Lieutenant Abner Everitt dec taken in open Court under oath, on the day that the same [illegible] date. And further I do certify that John Moore John Stinson James Davidson Jud. Daniel West & Henry Van Nest before whom the said declaration of the said Susanah Everitt was made and sworn to were at the time there of and still are acting Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn into office as such and to whose official acts full faith and credit is due.  And further I do certify that the affidavit of Thomas Barton & John Depue were also taken in open court.  And further I do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the above named Judges and am fully  satisfied that the Signatures purporting to be their's affixed to the Declaration of the said Susanah Everitt & also that the signature affixed to the affidavit that of Thomas Barton and John deput [crossed out purporting to]and to the certificates there under written purporting to be theirs, are genuine-& further I do certify that KinneyJr. is also a Judge of said court and that the signature to the certificate annexed to the affidavit of Thomas Barton & John Depue purporting to be his is genuine and further I do certify that the annexed pages purporting to be the Journal of this said Lieutenant.  Abner Everitt, are the same that were shown in Court and referred to in the declaration of the said Susanah Everitt & also that the commission of the said Lieutenant Abner Everitt bearing date July 9th
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1776.& signed by John Morton Speaker of the Assembly of Pennsylvania also present this Court and referred to the said Susanah Everitt in said declaration.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Belvedere this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. 
P. B. Kennedy Clk
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State of New Jersey:
                   S.S.

On the twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Personally appeared before the Subscriber Judges of the [illegible] Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Warren, State aforesaid Thomas Barton of the Township of Oxford in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, Doth on his oath say that he is personally acquainted with the Widow Susanah Everitt of the Village of Belvidere in the County and State aforesaid - that she is respectable and fully entitled to credit. I have this day heard her declaration read in Court for the benefit of the act of Congress giving to [stricken] Pensions to  widows of Solders of the Revolution and believe it contains facts as by her set forth.  I also hereby declare that I have a faint recollection when Abner Everitt the reputed husband of said Susanah entered the Military service of the Revolution and distinct recollection of the time he returned home to the Township of
Uper Mont Bethel, County of Northamton State of Penna in company with
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the aforesaid Susanah Everitt as his the
said Abners wife. And further that I was at house of the said Abner Everitt during his last sickness and saw this same Susanah Everitt
Widow as aforesaid attending upon the said Abner when sick as his wife and that the whole neighborhood acknowledged the said Susan to be the wife of said Abner.
Thos Barton
Sworn to and subscribed on
⎬the day and year above written
before us in open Court.
John Moore
[Illegible]

We the subscribers Judges of the Inferior Court
aforesaid do hereby certify that we are
personally acquainted with Thomas Barton &
that due credit ought to be given the above
affidavit to which he has subscribed his name
Daniel Vliet
John Moore
Henry Van Nest
John Stinson
J. Kinney Jr
Jas Davison Jr
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6087
Susannah Smith
Wid of ┃
Abner Everett ┃
Lieut, Pa, line
---
Act: July 4th/36
Index:--Vol.  M, Page 219 ┃

[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Senate Chamber Sept 29 1837
Sir
have the honor to enclose the supplemental Declaration & proof of Susannah Everitt for a pension. I hope for that you will find that
your objections are removed
 please inform me of the result
Yrs  very
Garret D. Wall


The
Honble.
J L Edwards Esqt
Comr of Pensions
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3
State of New Jersey}
Warren County_} Ss

On this twenty third day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and thirty seven. Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County. Susanah Smith a resident of the Village of Belvidere in the County and State aforesaid. Aged Seventy nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed 4th July 1836 and the act explanatory
of said act/copied March 1837. That she was
managed to Abner Everitt who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution. the particulars of whose service is fully set forth in a Declaration made by him on the 25th Augst
last with documentary proof now on file in the pension office, which original declaration was made in the name of Susanah Everitt she having remarried the name of Smith as is therein set forth this being a supplementary declaration thereto. She further declares that she was married to the said Abner Everitt on the third of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine. that her husband the aforesaid Abner Everitt died on the 3d Augt 1794.  That she was afterwards lawfully married to Robert Smith in the City of New Yorkin year 1796. and that within three months
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after marriage to said Smith they mutually
parted by written agreement. which article of Agreement is now in the hands of Abram Legget her brother of the City of New York. that she never was married since the separation from said Robt Smith, that she
understood and believes that [that-lined thru] the said Smith afterwards married, and went about forty years ago to the City of New Orleans with his family.  Where she understood and believes he died about thirty years ago but the proof of which death is entirely out of her means of procuring as all knowledge of the said Smith and his family have long ceased to exist.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before_ } Sussanah Smith 
J Kinney Jr

I do hereby certify that I have been personally
acquainted with the above named Susanah
Smith commonly called the widow Everitt for the last eight or ten years last past and believe her to be respectable and fully entitled to credit, and also believe that she is justly entitled to the pension above applied for
Belviden - 23 Sept 1837
J Kinney Jr
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1
State of New Jersey
Warren County Ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Daniel Swayze  of the Township of Hamilton in the County aforesaid, aged sixty years who being duty sworn as according to law doth declare that he is acquainted with Susanah Smith of the Village of Belvidere said to be 79 years old and usual called the Widow Everitt - that he has been acquainted with her for upwards of thirty years and first
became acquainted with her in the City of
New York. she being an aunt by marriage and verily believe her to be the widow and relict of Abner Everitt who was a soldier of the Revolution.
and understood and believes that the said Widow Everett was after the death of Everett married in the City of New York, but soon thereafter the parted from for her second husband, by contract consent, which last husband I have always understood and believe was died at the time. I first became acquainted with the said Susanah Smith, and so long as I have been acquainted with said Susanah Smith, widow, she has 
respectable and fully to entitled credence and
always believed her to be a widow as stated and also verily believes that she is fully entitled to a pension under
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.
the act of Congress for which is now
applying_
D Swayze
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this twenty third day of
September 1837
Geo. W. Ribble

I do hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with Daniel Swayze who
has subscribed above affidavit that he
is fully entitled to credit, and due
credence ought to be given thereunto-

Dated 23d Sept 1837. ⎬ Geo W Ribble
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Supplement. Declaration
of Susanah Everitt
alias Susanah Smith
for the benefit of a Pension
-
Belvedere. Warren Co. N J
25 Sept 1837
Hon G D Wall
Senate US
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State of New Jersey
Farrier County      S.S. 

Personally appeared before me the subscribed one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, James Ramsey of the Knowlton Township in the County aforesaid aged sixty five years who being duly sworn according to law, doth declare that he is personally acquainted with the Widow
Susanah Smith of the village of Belvidere in the county and state aforesaid that she is commonly called the widow Everett, that I have been acquainted with her for upwards of forty years
and during her first husbands life & first times I became acquainted with her during the time of her first husbands last sickness to wit Abner Everett who was said to be a Soldier of the Revolution.  And soon after the death of said Everett, the aforesaid Susanah Smith removed from this neighborhood to the City of New York, where I understood she again got married but soon after her second marriage, She and her
husband parted by mutual consent. during the last forty years I have
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occassionaly seen the said Widow, both in the City of New York, as well as in this County & State.  I have understood and believed as was currently reported by the said Widow and her family, that her last husband had been dead upwards of Thirty years ago, and that the said Susanah Smith was never after married, and remains a widow at this time.  I believe the said Widow to be respectable and in every respect
entitled to credit.  And that considering all the circumstances relative to her case the pension act could not be applied to a more deserving
case than that of her the said Widow Smith who is more generally known by the name of the Widow Everett.

James Ramsay 

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this day [crossed out] twenty third day of September
1837. 

Geo. W. Kibble

I do hereby certify certify [second certify crossed out] that I am personally acquainted with James Ramsay who has sub::scribed the above affidavit before me and that due credence ought to be given thereto

Dated 23d Sept 1837
Geo W. Kibble
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State of New Jersey
Warren County [illegible]

I Phineas B Kennedy Clerk
of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County
do hereby certify that John Kinney Jr Esqr before whom
the annexed affidavit of Susanah Smith was taken was a
Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County
and also that George W Ribble before whom the annexed
affidavits of Daniel Swayze Esq and James Ramsay Esq
was taken was a Justice of the peace of the State of New Jersey
in and for said County of Warren and that the said Judge and
Justice still continue to exercise their official stations, each
of whom being duly commissioned and sworn into office, & to
whose official acts in taking said affidavits full faith and
credit is due; and further I do certify that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge Kinney and
Esquire Ribble, and am satisfied that the signatures to
said affidavits purporting to be theirs, are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have herewith
set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Court at
Belvedere this twenty fifth
day of September A.D. 1837

P. B. Kennedy
Clk
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Sir

I am acquainted with Mrs Susannah Everitt alias Smith - I know that for many years she has been a widow and is universally
reputed to be so and that she lived separated from
her second husband and that he is universally
reputed to be dead.

Yr. Obt, Srvt.
Garret D Wall
Washington Oct 7 1837

The Honble
J L Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions
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War Department
Pension Office
October 4, 1837

Sir,

The supplemental declaration of
Mrs Susannah Everett, alias Susannah Smith, contained
in your letter of the 29th [illegible] has been examined. The
statements of the witnesses Daniel Swayze and James
Ramsay as regards the widowhood of the claimant are
not satisfactory. Abraham Leggett, in whose hands
the article of agreement referred to by the claimant was
deposited, may be able to speak more definitely as to the
separation from her second husband, his death, etc.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obet. Srvt.
J. L. Edwards

Hon. Garret D Wall
Senate U. States
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Belvidere N. 9 12 Sept 1837

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions

Sir

On behalf of the Widow
Susanah Everitt of this
place. I herewith forward Documents [illegible]
in order to establish her claim
to a pension under the act of Congress.

The Honble Garret D Wall and
Mr. P B Maxwell of this State, now
at Washington will act as her
Agents, and to either of whom
you will please deliver her Pension
Certificate.  It is a particular
request of the Widow that the
Old Manuscript Journal should
be returned to her as a Relic
of her deceased husband, it can be
of no use lying in the Pension
Office.

Very Respectfully
[illegible] Stuart