Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3296, for Jacob Postens, Pennsylvania
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Penn,     Postens, Jacob     W3296
               Ann
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9.148
Pennsylvania, Phil                              
Ann Postens dec.d
widow of Jacob Postens, dec.d
who was a Private  in the Revolution
Penn
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 40 Dollars  ____cents to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843
& ending 19 October 1847

Certificate of Pension issued
the 26th day of January 1852
and sent to The Hon. M Dimmick

[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
vol 2 page 114

C. Burnet 2 May 1853
W. H. Dimmick, March 13/58
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Monroe
	On the 22nd day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the subscriber, a judge of the several courts of the county of Monroe aforesaid being courts of record Ann Postens a resident of the Township of Lower Smithfield County and state aforesaid, aged eighty three years on the tenth day of January last past.  Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth or doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836: that she is the widow of Jacob Postens (late of the county and state aforesaid deceased) who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, who volunteered in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five for the whole period of the war and served in the capacity of a volunteer for and during the war and belonged to the Pennsylvanian Line, part of the time he acted as wagon master, he belonged to the regiment commanded by Colonel William Ervin (the said William Ervin was captain of a company at the commencement of the war, to which company her husband belonged. Afterwards the said William Ervin was promoted to colonel to whose regiment her husband belonged, that she does not know  any of  the other officers under whom her husband served, she does not know in what part of the country the services of her husband were rendered but thinks he was for the greater part of the time in New Jersey during the war. 
	She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Postens some time in August 1780, the marriage ceremony was performed by Esquire _ McHenry a Justice of the Peace.
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In and for the county of Bucks in the state of Pennsylvania, that when she got married her husband returned home from the army on a furlough and a week or so after she was married her husband returned to the army again. That Esquire McHenry who married her and her husband is dead some years ago, that she has made diligent inquiry to ascertain whether the said Esquire McHenry kept a record of the marriages made by him and she cannot learn that he ever kept a record of the marriages made by him that no such Record of her marriage or any other marriage made by Esquire McHenry can be found: That her husband returned from the army in the year of 1782 and in the year of 1787 she and her husband moved from Bucks county Penna to Northhampton County Penna (now Monroe County) . That she had six children by her husband the said Jacob Postens, to wit Sarah Postens was born August 24th 1782- James Postens was born August 4th 1784, Charles Postens was born October 11 1786, Edward Postens was born January 10, 1788, William Postens was born November 15th 1791 and Jane Postens was born February 4th 1798- all whom are yet living.  That her husband positively died on the eleventh day of August 1831 aged seventy five years and ten months old at the time of his death, that her husband resided in the said county of Northampton (now Monroe) from the year 1787 until he died.  That she has been shown the {illegible}petition to the legislature of the State of Penna  in 1840 for relief in which it is stated that her husband died on the twelfth day of August of 1832, which is wrong and is a clerical error made by the person who drew the petition
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 that she not remarried since the death of her husband and is a widow still at the present time and has married to no person but to the said Jacob Postens; that she petitioned to the legislature of this state viz: Penn for a relief in 1840 (praying for relief and obtained a gratuity and an annuity of $40, that John Cooper who resided in the county of Monroe (late Northampton) state of Pennsylvania was a soldier of the revolution, we well acquainted with her husband and served with him during the war, whose affidavit she had taken and was attached to her petition which she petitioned to the Legislature for relief, has since died, and that there is no other revolutionary soldier in this county or any where else who knows of her husband having served in the revolutionary war to their personal  knowledge: that she therefore sends the affidavit of the said John Cooper deceased to the department for association: that all the papers relating to the service of her husband, discharged or had been for many years preserved by her husband but when she applied for an annuity to the legislature in 1840 the same could not be found and that she has not seen the papers since the death of her husband and therefore has no documentary evidence in support of her claims—: that the disease with which her husband died was apoplexy 
: that she is in necessary circumstances since and that the reason why her testimony or she does not declare in open court is in consequence of her bodily infirmity—All [unreadable word ] and [unreadable word] such before her [unreadable word] affirmed and subscriber Ann Postens
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before me this 22nd day of July
A.D. 1847, before me, Affirmed
M.W. Coolbaugh Associate
Judge

Anne Postens{signature with her mark}

I Moses W. Coolbaugh an Associate
Judge of the several Courts of Monroe County
(the said Court being Courts of Record) Do
certify that the within named Anne Postens
is, in consequence of bodily infirmity or
extreme debility occasioned by old age, unable to attend the Court of which I am Judge and I do not think from present appearances, that she will be able to attend the Court above {illegible}at its next session, I have therefore attended at her place of abode, and administered the foregoing oath.
 In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
M.W. Coolbaugh AssociateJudge
I do certify that the character of the said Ann Postens for truth and veracity is good and that she is a very reputable female.
M.W. Coolbaugh

Monroe County ss.
 I James W Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania Do certify that Moses W. Coolbaugh before whom the above affidavit or declaration of Ann Postens (who is unable to appear in Court in consequence of bodily infirmity as was said)
 was made, is an associate Judge of
the several Courts of Record in Monroe
County and State aforesaid and is duly
commissioned and that his signatures
thereto or aforesaid are genuine. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Stroudsburg, County & state aforesaid
 this 24th day of July AD 1847
J. H.. Stroud Prothonotary


{ written to the side is Declaration of Ann Postens widow of Jacob Postens, a pensioner}
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Affidavit of the Hon
Moses W Coolbaugh in
the matter of the application
of Ann Postens for a Pension
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County ss.
In the matter of the application
of Ann Postens for a Pension

On this 22nd day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before me the Subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monroe and State aforesaid, the Honourable Moses W Coolbaugh, an Associate Judge of the several Courts of Monroe County in the State aforesaid, and aged Forty Seven
years and a resident of the township of Middle 
Smithfield in the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith: That he was personally and intimately acquainted with
John Cooper whose deposition was taken on the fifteenth day of February Anno Domini 1840 before John C Strunk Esquire (then an acting Justice of the Peace in the township of Middle Smithfield, County and
State aforesaid) in the matter of the application of Ann Postens to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania for relief on the ground of her husband being a soldier of
the revolutionary war, that deponent lived about one mile from the said John Cooper (who resided in the said township of Middle Smithfield County and State aforesaid) that the said John Cooper was an estimable
 citizen and a man of truth and veracity, that
he died in the month of September or beginning of October Anno Domini 1842 aged eighty four or eighty five years at the time of his death, that he heard the said
John Cooper frequently say during his lifetime thathe had been a soldier during the revolutionary war
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and it was always reputed and believed, that he served as a soldier in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war, by the people and his neighbors in the vicinity in which the said John Cooper resided.
Deponent knows of the said John Cooper drawing a pension or annuity of fourty dollars from the State of Pennsylvania in consequence of his revolutionary  services, that deponent was acquainted with the said John Cooper from or about the year 1835 until the time of his death which occurred in the month of September or beginning of October Anno Domini 1842, That Deponent was a member of the House of Representatives in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1840, when Ann Postens was a successful applicant for a gratuity and annuity to the General Assembly of said State, and deponent further saith that he was acquainted with Jacob Postens, that he often heard deponent's Father say, that said Postens was a revolutionary Soldier, (who also was a soldier of the revolution,) and it was generally reputed by the people in the neighborhood that said Postens was a soldier, and that his widow Ann Postens is still unmarried and has not been married since
the death of her said Husband Jacob Postens.

Sworn and subscribed before
me the day and year above
written
M.W. Coolbaugh
James Turpenning J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County ss.
I James  H. Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County State aforesaid Do hereby certify that James Turpenning
 who has signed the within
aforesaid affidavit, is an acting
Justice of the Peace and duly commissioned and that his signature
thereto, is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at Stroudsburgh, County & State
aforesaid this twenty fourth day of July Anno 
Domini 1847.
J. H.. Stroud Prothonotary
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April 12, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Louis E. McAllister
7027 Montague Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BA-J/ady
Jacob Postens
W.3296
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jacob Postens and other soldiers of the Revolutionary War with surname Postens.
In order to make a proper search of the records for a soldier with surname Postens, the full name of the soldier is essential with as much as possible of the following data:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.3296,
based upon the military service of Jacob Postens, in that war.
Jacob Postens was born in New Jersey, place not stated, and when five or six years old moved with his parents, their
names not given, to Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Jacob Postens enlisted and served one year in Captain John Jamison's
Pennsylvania Company and was discharged in June 1777. He also served as wagonmaster under William Erwin, a Captain and
later Colonel in the Pennsylvania Troops, dates and length of service not stated.
In the spring of 1787 he moved from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Stroud Township, Northampton County, later
Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier married August 12, 1780 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Ann Burson.
Soldier died August 11 or 12, 1831 in Stroud Township,
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Northampton County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-five years and ten months.
Soldiers's widow, Ann Postens stated that she was born December 26, 1764 in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. On July 22, 1847 however, she stated she was aged eighty-three years on January 10 last
past. Names of her parents not given. She died about October 19, 1847 in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

Soldier and his wife, Ann, had six children:
Sarah or Sally Postens born August 24, 1782.
James Postens                "    August 4, 1784.
Charles Postens              "     October 11, 1786.
Edward Postens              "      January 10, 1788.
William Postens               " November 15, 1791.
Jane Postens                    " February 4, 1798.
Pension due on account of the services of their father, Jacob Postens, in the Revolutionary War, was allowed the following children: Charles Postens, Edward Postens, William Postens, Sally Henry, Jane Brown, and James Postens a resident of Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in 1848.
There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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No.6970
Ann Postens
PA.
Let. to Hon. R. Brodhead
August 17th '47
Let. to same July 26 '48
Hon. M M. Dimmick 9 Sept. 1850
Act 4 July 1836
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Acts of
7 July 1838
& 3 March 1843 & 44

No. 14.508
& No. 76
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Monroe County ss
We John C Strunk and Fredrick
Eylenberg Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Monroe do hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with John
Cooper the within witness that we believe
and know him to be a man of truth
and veracity. Witness our hands this
15th day of Feb. 1840
John C. Strunk J.P.
Fredrick Eylenberg J.P.
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{notation of "already ans. is written across the top of the letter and there is a stamp indicating it was received Apr 4, 1934}

7027 Montague St
Philadelphia
April 3, 1934

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
I am desirous of finding data concerning
Jacob Posten (sometimes spelled Postens) who fought in the Revolutionary War.
I believe he enlisted
from Monmouth County N. J.
and served in the Militia,
State Troopers and Wagon-masters.
He went to Stroud Township
Monroe County, Penna about
1785 and died 1829.
I will be grateful for any
information you can provide
and for reference to any
publications or documents
containing such data.
Very truly Yours
Louis E. McAllister
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7027 Montague St
Philadelphia
Mar. 8, 1934

Bureau of Pensions and Claims
Washington, D.C

Gentlemen:
I am desirous of finding data concerning
any Posten or Postens who
fought in the Revolutionary War.
I am especially interested in Jacob Postens
who came to Stroud Township, Monroe County, Penna. about 1785 and died 1829.
I will be grateful for any information you can
provide and for reference
to any publications containing
such data.
Very truly yours
Louis E. McAllister


{stamped received Mar 27 1934}
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Revy.WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3296
Ann Postens
Widow
Jacob Postens,
PA. Rev. War,
Acts March 3rd 1843, June 17/44
Index: -- Vol. M. Page 135.
{Arrangement of 1870.}


1934 Apr. 12. Hist. to Louis E.
McAllister, A.D.Y.
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Washington March 9/58

Geo C Whiting Esq.
Comm.of Pensions

Sir
The heirs of Jacob Postens of Penna.
{illegible}a revolutionary pensioner
claim that there are some arrearages of Pension
due them from the Government.

It appears that a pension of $40 per annum was awarded
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to the widow or children 
Was that $40 per annum paid
to them or any of them- and
is the any thing due
the heirs
in any way or shape -
An Early answer will oblige


Very Respectfully
W H Dimmick

P.S.
If pd, to whom was the $40 per annum {illegible}
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Washington  March 16
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
Jacob Postens of Monroe Co Penna
or his widow or children
was awarded a pension
of $40 per annum commencing
4th March 1836 and ending
19th Oct 1847 less 2 years-
Postens was a revolutionary
Soldier-{illegible}
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inform me whether that
pension was paid -
to whom it was paid
and the amt & date of
the payment- If there is anything due
or is owing in any way or manner-
The heirs think there is
Your Early attention will oblige

Very truly,
W H Dimmick
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Stroudsburg Apr. 28/53


L. P. Waldo Esq.
Commiss. of Pens.

Dear Sir,
Will you inform me what amount of Pension Money has been paid to the
Heirs of Jacob Postens a Revolutionary
Pensioner,The dates of the Certificates and to whom granted.
I am the Atty of {illegible} Heirs
With sentiments of Regard
Charlton Burnet
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Washington
Jany. 8/52
Dear Sir

I send you enclosed
the Certificate of E Banks
Auditor Gen. of Penn. Showing the
fact that Capt Jno {John} Jameson Served
in the Revolutionary war, for the
purpose of making some additional
proof in the case of Mrs Ann Postens
widow of Jacob Postens of Penn.
It was suggested that if the fact
was shown that Jameson served
as a captain in the war of the
Revolution, together with his Certificate
of the Soldiers service which accompanies
her declaration & proofs then the
claim would be allowed & passed.
Respectfully Yours
MM Dimmick
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Brief in the case of Ann Postens widow of Jacob
Monroe County and State of Pennsylvania
act 7 of July 1838
Claim ("original,"{ or "for increase  is crossed out}
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Record proof of service Marriage
proved by living witnesses



(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?


Name and residence of Agent
Hon M. Dimmick
H of  R
S. Cole
Examining Clerk
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11. 255
Pennsylvania- Phil

Ann Postens decd
Widow of Jacob Postens decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 July 38
and who died on the 1831 {illegible}
of ________
in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a priv. in the____________
commanded by Captain_____________
of the__________________
commanded by____________
in the____________line for_______________

Inscribed on the Roll of_______________
at the rate of 40 Dollars {illegible}
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of
Jany. 1852 and {illegible}
Hon. M. Dimmick
Total amount,
$___________
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by R McRae Clerk
Book D
Vol. 7 Page 229
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County}ss

On this 15th day of March 1850
before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Anthony Heller and
Philip Fetherman of Stroud Township in said County who being duly sworn according to law say they are neighbours of and well acquainted with William Adams of the same place; that he the said Adams is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity, and that full confidence can be placed in what he says; that they believe him to be nearly ninety one years of age, that he is generally reputed and
believed in his neighbourhood to have been in
the revolutionary war, and that they concur in
that opinion without hesitation.
Antoni Fuller {signature-differs from his name in this document}
Philip Fetherman {signature}

Sworn and subscribed before
me this 15th day of March 1850

John Musch J.P.
And I the said John Musch do certify that I am well acquainted with said Anthony Heller and Philip Fetherman; that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
John Musch J. P.

State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County ⎬ ss
I Michael H Dreher Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas do certify that
John Musch was on this day of
1850 and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that the signatures above written purporting to be his are genuine, and that full credit is due to his acts as such.
Given under my hand and the seal of said
Court at Stroudsburg this 16th day of March 1850
M H. Dreher Prothontary
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I certify that I am personally acquainted with
Anthony Heller and Philip Featherman the persons who made and subscribed the within and foregoing depositions
that they are persons of good moral
Character & that they are entitled to and
worthy of belief
MM Dimmick
M. H. R.
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No 14.508
Ann Postens, decd
widow of Jacob
Pa
Act 7 July 1838
(Rejected 4 July 1836)
Married 1780
Hus died 1831
Adm  1yr{illegible} $40 per
annum, Com'g 4 March
1836.
Acts 38
43 & 44 ending
19 Oct 1847. Payable to
James Postens
Edward Postens
Charles Postens
Wm Postens
Sally Henry &
Jane Brown, only
surv. children,
Phila
to
Hon. M. Dimmick
H of R
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Fees $1.00 Paid

G SS.
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No 3500
Certificate for {document indicates pound currency sign}137-9 -1 Specie
We do certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Captain John Jameson late of the {illegible} Camp of Pennsylvania Regiment,
in the sum of One hundred thirty seven pounds, nine shillings & 1 {pence?}  specie, with lawful interest- from the tenth day of April 1781. being the amount of the residue of the depreciation of his Pay. Pursuant to two Acts of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia, the 18th of December 1780,
and the 10th of April 1781. &c
Philad. 30 Decem, 1786
Jno. {John} Nicholson
Col. Forrest

Auditor Generals Office
Harrisburg Dec. 23. 1857
I certify the above to be a true copy of the original now on file in this department.
Witness my hand & seal of office
the day & year aforesaid
for
E. Banks
Aud. Gen.
Enoch A. Banks
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Mar 23/50
Additional deposition in the case
of Mrs. Ann Postens
charged to Mr Allison
March  7- 1850
Not returned- Aug 22/50
Mr. Allison had additional testimony
{illegible}
to the best
of my recollection on {illegible}
I cannot find him.

MM Dimmick
{illegible}
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County
⎬
⎬
ss.
On this Eighth day of March
Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared William Adams of Stroud
township in said County of Monroe aged nearly ninety one years, who being duly sworn according to law deposed and said:
 That he entered the service of the
United States as a substitute for Samuel Adams under Captain Thomas in the State of New Jersey, in the latter part of
1776 at the age of about seventeen-
That soon after he entered
the service the army under General
Washington crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania where they lay until the crossing of the army at Trenton to fight the Hessians. General Washington divided the army into three divisions. I was in General Ewings division; the division to which he
belonged attempted to cross but was prevented by the ice-
The division under General Washington
crossed and took the Hessians. A few days after the battle of Trenton the army
recrossed the river and they had a battle at Assumpinch {Assunpink}Creek
with the English under General Cornwallis; they fought until night when both armies drew off and encamped;
 General Washington gave orders about midnight to march to Princeton;
at which place (Princeton) they had a battle
he thinks on the 3rd of January 1777, in which the Americans were victorious. In this battle
General Mercer was killed;
 from Princeton they went to Morristown where the army remained
during the winter. I belonged to Captain Pitts
troop of horse. In the summer of 1778 in
June they fought the battle of Monmouth
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under Generals Washington and Lee; they were then removed to White Plains where they remained during the summer; from White Plains they were taken to Middlebrook where they staid{stayed} during the winter; at this last
place (Middlebrook) there were huts built for the army.
That he became acquainted with Jacob Postens
in the summer of 1778 in the army; that said Postens was in the army at Monmouth; also at White Plains during the summer; and at
Middlebrook during the winter-
 that said Postens was with the army from the time deponent first knew him until he (the deponent)  left the army in the latter part of 1779; that deponent left Postens
in the army; said Postens he thinks acted in
the capacity of forage Master he provided for
the army; that deponent when called into
service was living in Huntingdon County
New Jersey, after the war he lived there a
few years, then moved to York State, and remained there a few years, returned to New Jersey lived there again a few years; He then moved to where he now resides, Stroud township (then Northampton )now Monroe  County Pennsylvania
where he has lived ever since; that he the deponent never saw the above named Jacob Postens from the time he left him in the army in 1779 until he came to Pennsylvania, where he saw him again in then Northampton now Monroe County where said Postens lived, that he frequently talked with Postens about the war after he became acquainted with him in Pennsylvania, and he is confident it was the same Jacob Postens he knew in the army as above stated, that said Postens died in said Northampton (now Monroe County), some years ago, how
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long he cannot tell and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed
before me this 8th day of March 1850

John Musch J.P.
{signature of William Adams with his mark}

State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County
ss.

I Michael H. Dreher Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that John Musch was and still is a Justice
of the peace as above stated, duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths, and that the above
signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and the seal
of said Court at Stroudsburg
this 16th day of March 1850
M H Dreher Prothonotary
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Deposition of James Postens
in the matter of the application
of Mrs Postens of Monroe Cty
Pa for a Pension under the
act of 1836 or 1838-
James Postens the Deponent
within mentioned is a
Son of the applicant for
a pension and is a person
of respectability  &
good standing in the neighbourhood where he resides.
Rich Brodhead


J.H. Stroud, Prothonotary
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July 4, 1848
Morris D. Robeson, JP
{this note overlays the previously transcribed document}
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monroe and State aforesaid
James Postens a citizen of the township of Stroud, County and State aforesaid aged sixty four years who being duly sworn according to
Law deposeth and saith that the late Jacob Postens died on the
twelfth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty one, that deponent was the administrator of the estate of the late Jacob Postens and had the possession and care of all his papers since his death, that on yesterday the third day of July he was requested
to make search among and through the papers of the late Jacob Postens, that in making the search he found a writing a discharge among the writings or papers which is hereto attached, and which the
Justice of the Peace has just endorsed his name thereon and further
deponent saith not.
James Postens{signature]
Affirmed & subscribed this
fourth day of July AD 1848
before me
Morris D Robeson JP
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This is to certify that Jacob Postens is honorably discharged out of the service of my company he having served faithfully and truly for the period of one year being the period of enrollment, June 1777.
John Jameson, Captain
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County 
I, James H Stroud, Prothonotary
of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of
Monroe, do Certify that Morris
D. Robeson Esquire before whom
the within proceedings were had
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified so to act, according to Law, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Stroudsburgh the fourth day of July, A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
⎬
J. H. Stroud Prothontary
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No
6970
Ann Postens
Widow of Jacob
Pa
act 6 July 1836
Affidavit 
Ann Postens
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County
 In the matter of the application
of Ann Postens widow of the late
Jacob Postens for a Pension.
On this twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Monroe and State aforesaid, Ann Pritchard a resident of the
township of Stroud, County and State aforesaid aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to Law 
deposeth and saith that the Deponent is and has been intimately acquainted with Ann Postens widow of Jacob Postens
deceased from her youth to the present time,
Deponent first became acquainted with her in Bucks County long before
she was married,
her name before her marriage with Jacob
Postens was Ann Burson,
 that the said Ann Postens was
married to the said Jacob Postens in the Summer of 1780.
Deponent saw them the said Jacob Postens & Ann Postens married by
Esquire McHenry,
Deponent was at the wedding in Bucks County:
That in the year 1794 Deponent moved from Bucks County to Northampton County now Monroe and resided but a short distance from the said Ann Postens and her husband in the same
neighborhood,
Deponent always heard both in Bucks County and Monroe County (late Northampton County) Penna that
Jacob Postens husband of said Ann Postens was a soldier
during the revolutionary war,
that deponent heard the said Jacob Postens in his lifetime say that he was a revolutionary soldier and served during the whole of the war;
and that it was always reputed and believed by the people who were acquainted with the said Jacob
Postens that he was a revolutionary soldier and had served during the whole of the war; That the said Ann
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Postens had six children by her husband Jacob Postens, to wit, Sarah Postens aged about sixty five years, James Postens aged about sixty three years, Charles Postens aged about sixty one years, Edward Postens aged  about fifty nine years, William Postens aged about fifty six years and Jane Postens aged about forty
nine years,
Deponent is personally acquainted with all
the said children; 
That Jacob Postens husband of
said Ann Postens died in the year 1831 of apoplexy;
That the said Ann Postens is still unmarried 
that she has not married since the death of her said Husband Jacob Postens, and is now about eighty three years old -
Sworn & subscribed
before me this 23rd
day of July 1847
{illegible}
{signature of Ann Pritchard with her mark}
I do Certify that Ann Pritchard is {illegible} truth and veracity. I have known
her to be of good character. Witness my
Hand and seal this 23rd day of July
A.D. 1847 -
John Musch JP

Monroe County

I James H Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County aforesaid and State of Pennsylvania Do certify that John Musch Esq. who has signed
the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace and duly commissioned and that his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Stroudsburgh County aforesaid
this twenty fourth day of July Anno Domini 1847.
J. H. Stroud, Prothonotary
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Certificate of Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County 

I James H Stroud Prothonotary
 of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Monroe and State aforesaid, Do certify that John C Strunk before whom the affidavit of John Cooper, was made, on the fifteenth day of February Anno Domini 1840, was at that time an acting Justice of the Peace and duly commissioned, in the County of Monroe and State aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said
Court at Stroudsburgh, County and State aforesaid.
this twenty fourth day of July AD 1847
-
J. H. Stroud
Prothonotary
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July 28/47

6970
Ann Postens
Act 36
To
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
District of Columbia
Washington City
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Stroudsburg Penn July
24 1847

Dear Sir
In consequence of the absence of Hon.
Richard Brodhead, I enclose you the papers in
the case of Ann Postens an applicant for a
Pension. Should the papers be defective you
will please direct them to me, if examined before
the return of Hon. R . Brodhead.
I hope the affidavits will be Satisfactory, the husband of the applicant was undoubtedly a Revolutionary Soldier a"during the {illegible}", but should the affidavit of John Cooper be deemed insufficient her case is then hopeless, for there is  no revolutionary Soldier in this part of the Country who was in service with the Army in New Jersey.
I have the honor to be {illegible}
Mr. J. L. Edwards,Esq.
Respectfully your friend
& obedient Servant,
Robert Brown
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To the Honourable the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met.
The Petition of Ann Postens a widow of Jacob Postens late of Stroud Township Monroe County Pa. A Soldier of the Revolution, decd
Respectfully represents-

That she was born
in Springfield Township, Bucks County
Pa on the 26th day of December A.D. 1764
and that she was married to her late
husband the said Jacob Postens on
the 12th day of August in the year 1780 -
and that her said husband was a
Soldier of the Revolution during the whole
Period of the war for a part or the
whole of which time he held the office
and acted as Wagon Master-
The names of the officers under which he
acted she does not now recollect
any further than that of Col. William
Erwin-
 She does not know in what
part of the Country the services of her
husband was rendered but thinks that
he was for the greater part of
the time in New Jersey-
 That all the papers relating to his services had been for many years preserved but are now lost-
Her husband was born in the State of N. Jersey and at the age of five or six years was
brought by his parents who removed to
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Bucks County to the neighborhood
of the brick place & residence of
Your Petitioner and still resided
there at the time he entered the
service of his Country-
 he belonged to the Pennsylvania line-
He died on the 12 of August 1832 being at
the time of his decease 75 years and
ten months old-
She removed with her husband from Bucks County in the Spring of {erasure of 18}1787 to the said township of Stroud (then Northampton), now Monroe County PA where they continued to reside up to the time
of his decease-
 She also represents
that she is in necessitious circumstances and destitute of the means of a comfortable support.
She therefore prays your Honorable
bodies for relief and as his 
duty bound wife ever pray.
Witness
P. Wyckoff
Monroe County

Ann Postens {signature with her mark}


Personally appeared before me John C. Strunk a Justice of the peace in and for
said County  John Cooper and being duly sworn accordingly to law deposes and says that the facts set forth in the above petition are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.  That he was personally
acquainted with the above named
 Jacob Postens, served with him in the revolution, Waited on him at one time while he lay sick in the army.

Sworn and subscribed this 15th
February A.D 1840
John C. Strunk

John Cooper {signature with his mark}
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{illegible} Coolbaugh, Monroe

Petition  Documents of Ann Postens
of Monroe County Widow
of an old Soldier praying
Relief
{illegible} Feby 27. 1840
{illegible}
of
Gratuity & Annuity
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Monroe County ss
Personally came before me the
Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Came Ann Postens and being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that the foregoing and annexed petition is true to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Sworn & Subscribed this 18th day
of February AD 1840
before me
John Musch J. P.
Ann Postens{includes "her mark"}

Monroe County ss

Mr. John Musch and John
Burnet Esquire do hereby certify that we are personally and well acquainted with Ann Postens the within Petitioner and believe and know her to be a woman of truth and veracity and that we have no doubt of the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing and annexed Petition {illegible}our
hands this 18th day of February 1840
John Musch J.P.
JW Burnett J P
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I do certify that I am well acquainted with the
without petitioner Ann Postens and do not know of her having any means to live upon than the liberality of her children and believe the statements made are true.
M.W. Coolbaugh
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affidavit of
John Bush
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County JP
In the matter of the application of Anna Postens widow of the late Jacob Postens
for a Pension-
On this twenty third day of July in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four  personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monroe
and State aforesaid, John Bush a resident of the township of Stroud, County and State aforesaid aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law
deposeth and saith that he was personally
and intimately acquainted with Jacob Postens before his death, that he became acquainted with the said Jacob Postens about the year 1787 and was intimately acquainted with him up to the time of his death which occurred some time in August 1831. That deponent resided about one mile from the residence of the said Jacob Postens
That the said Jacob Postens was always reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war
That the said Jacob Postens was
about seventy five years old when he died
That the said Jacob Postens had six children
 with his wife Ann Postens, To wit,
 Sarah Postens aged about Sixty five years James Postens aged about Sixty three years Charles Postens aged about Sixty one years, Edward Postens aged about fifty nine years, William Postens aged about fifty five years and Jane Postens aged about forty nine years, that Deponent
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 is personally acquainted with all the
said Children of the said Jacob Postens,
That the said Ann Postens widow of said
Jacob Postens has not married since the
decease of her said husband: That the
said Jacob Postens died with apoplexy
Deponent frequently heard the said Jacob
Postens in his lifetime say that he was a
revolutionary soldier and that he served
during the whole of the war and part of
the time that he acted in the capacity
 of a wagon master.
John Bush {signature]
Sworn and Subscribed this
23rd day of July A.D. 1847
before me
F. Starbird J.P.

I do Certify that the character of the
said John Bush for truth and veracity is
good that I never heard it called in question. 

F. Starbird
Monroe County JP

I, James H Stroud Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monroe aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that Franklin
Starbird who has signed the above deposition is an acting Justice of the Peace and duly commissioned and that his signature
thereto is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Stroudsburg this 24th day of July A.D. 1847.

J. H. Stroud, Prothonotary
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I hereby certify that I am well
& personally acquainted with Charles
Musch the{illegible} named affirmant
that he is a person of good moral
character & his statement in the foregoing affidavit is entitled to full
credit and belief and agrees
with my recollection of the time of
Ann Postens death and the
children she left surviving her.

Jany 22 1852
M M Dimmick
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State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County ⎬ SS.
Charles Musch of the Borough of
Stroudsburg in the County of Monroe, aged forty eight years, being duly affirmed according to law says that he
was acquainted with Ann Postens, late of Smithfield township in said County deceased. That he made her coffin which, by reference to his books, he finds was on the
Nineteenth-- day of October Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and forty seven - That he made this entry in his book at the time it bears date, which was the time he made the coffin. That the said Ann Postens left
surviving her, six children, to wit, James Postens, Edward Postens, Charles Postens, William Postens, Sally Henry, Jane Brown, and further saith not.
Charles Musch {signature}
Sworn and subscribed before me the 15th day of February Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty two, and I do certify that the said Charles Musch is a man of good character, for truth and honesty, and that his statement is deserving of Credit and belief.
Morris D Robeson JP {signature}

State of Pennsylvania
Monroe County ⎬
I, Michael H. Dreher Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the said County do hereby certify that
Morris D Robeson Esquire whose name
appears to the above affidavit is an
acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court and subscribed
my name this 15 day of January A.D. 1852
M.H.Dreher Prothonotary {signature}