Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 473, Ichabod Baldwin, New Jersey.
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SERVICE   New Jersey
Baldwin Ichabod     
NUMBER   W. 473
Joanna
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Jersey   30,700
Ichabod Baldwin
Officer in the State of New Jersey was a Pri. in the Compy commanded by Captain Squre of then Regt commanded by Col Cadmus in the N. Jersey [illeg] for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars ---Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June 1836 and ford. to T. Sherrill, Bloomfield, N Jersey
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar  3b  150.00
semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept.     15.00
                                                       = 165.00
                       {Revolutionary Claim, 
                         Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by R Burdine, Clerk,
Book G2   Vol. 3     Page 116
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State of New Jersey Essex County}4On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty four personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Quarter Session now sitting being a court of Record Ichabod Baldwin a resident of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex & State of New Jersey aged Seventy Seven years born the twenty fifth day of January 1757 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
    That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
   In the year 1776 about the first of March the company of militia declarant belonged to [    ] and he was ordered to join Capt Robert Grummond Company which he did a private and marched to Long Island in the State of New York , joined Col Thomas Cadmus reg worked at fortification at Brooklin billeted at Flat Bush at the expiration of the month was dismissed
    In June about 15th was warned to perform a month tour of duty entered the service under Col Elijah Squire does not remember [Subattern] officers marched to Long Island joined Col Van Courtlands Reg Col Thos Cadmus having resigned Sam Hays May 1st worked at fortifications at Brooklin billeted at one conovers towards the last of the month was ordered from the Island to New York saw the British fleet in the narrows landing their troops on Long Island served out his months duty and was dismissed
   In September does not recollect the day was warned to perform s months tour of duty he entered the Service under Capt Cornelius Speer John Commanded marched to Elis'town joined Col Phil Vancourtlands regiment Saml Hays Major worked at fortifications at The Old and new Point & kept guard at the expiration of the month was dismissed.
    In November general alarm was warned out on a months tour of duty by Zenas Ward secy entered the service under Capt Thomas Williams John Crane and marched to Acquackanonk joined Col Vancourtland Regt worked at a fort at Acquackanonk opposite the bridge over Passaic River untill lthe British army came through Jersey State the troops were then ordered to [Poves(sp)] where they cotionued untill the expiration of the month &d was dismissed.
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1777 In January day of the month not remembered was [?] by Tim Gould Sergt to take his Tour of duty he entered the Service under Capt Elijah Squire Company John Peir Leut Marched to Poversham & Sent their guards to Belville dreadfully harrased by British & Refugees Scouting Parties geting forage does not know that they formed a Regiment took a number of Torys that month & Sent them prisoners to Morris Town Served out his Months Tour of duty & was dismissed March does not recollect the day of the month was warned by Ginds Ward Sergt to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Capn Amos Dodd John Crane Liet Joseph Crane Ensign marched to Belville & Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Samuel Hays Majr kept guard on the Margin of the River Passaic billited at Old Garlands with Moses Dodd Served out his month duty & was dismissed June [?] was warned (on Stawberry day knows from a Special occurence that happened) by John Squire Sergt to do a month Tour of duty he entered the Service under Cap Josiah Pierson John Crane, Lieut Marched to ElizhTown Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt kept guard & worked at Fortifications Lay in tents with Aaron Crane & Simeon Williams at the end of the month duty was discharge In October was warned to do a month duty by Timy Gould Sergt entered the Service under Cap Elijah Squier Marched to Elizh Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr recollect as they marched seeing farmers cradleing buckwheat & dying potates worked at Fortifications kept guard Lay in tents with Abijah Dodd during the month and was dismissed In December recollects he was on duty in the Holly days was warned to do a months Tour of duty by Lewis Baldwin Sergt entered the Service under Capn Cornelius Speer Josiah Quimby Lieut Marched to Belville Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Samuel Hays Majr kept guard was on a Scout to Sea Caucus with Moses Dodd & Aaron Crane Polly fly took a company pf Torys & London traders with fat cattle driving to the Enemy the name of one of them was Morrison at the end of his month duty was dismisd 1778 February was warned out to do a months Tour of duty by Lewis Baldwin entered the Service under Cap Samuel Peirson Marched to Newark kept guard at the Old Ferry neck gate of camps dock billeted at Wm Grants with Simeon Williams served out his month & was dismissed.
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In April does not recollect the day remember it was Spring the grass began to grow & look green was warned to do a Month Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap James Wheeler marched to Eliz Town Joing Col Phil Van Courtlands Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard & worked at Fortification Lay in tents at the end of the months Tour of duty was dismissed. In June was ordered on duty & entered the Service under Capn Amos Dodd Marched to Monmouth does not remember the Feild officers that commanded the Regiment recollects that on the night of the 27th of June was on a Piquet guard often heard during the night our Scouts & the enemy meeting and a dreadful Roar of Guns & Screeching of wounded ensued it thundered & lightned with Some rain during the night on the 28th was ordered in line of battle in the rear of the 32nd line & was not in the battle but remained in a Small woods near the Church untill the army was drawn off at evening returned back to Newark & served out his months duty & was dismissed. In September does not remember the day was warned by Timothy Gould to take his Tour of duty he entered the Service under Cap Henry Jarolamon marched to Belville Joined Col Phil Vancourtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard & scouted billeted at Old Garland with Tim Gould & others at the end of the months service was dismissed. In November about the 5th was warned by Col Garner Sergt to perform a month Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Abraham Speer John Crane Lieut Marched to Mewark Joined Col Phil Vancourtland Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard at Neckgate [?] Old Ferry & bound & Creek recollect was alarmed the night that the Refugees came over from Bergen & took Samuel Williams when on centinel at Neckgate and Elihu Bruins cows & hay - was pursued & retook billeted at David Cranes with Moses Dodd Served out his month duty & was dismissed 1779 In January in time of Holly day was warned to perform a Tour of duty entered the service under Cap Henry Jarolmon John Crane Lieut Marched to Belville Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard & Scouted was on a Scout a Very cold night at [Seacaucus?] & New Bridge came across a company of London traders & Refugees had a Skirmish took from them cows it was said they belonged to one Dremus Cornelius Jacobus was wounded the same time served out the months duty & was dismissed.
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In April was warned to perform a months Tour of duty by John Squire entered the Service & marched to Belville under Cap Zebulon Jones Joined Col Van Courtland's Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard along the River Passaic the British & Refugees often fired across the River at our centinels wounded Col [?] [Cose?] Jorolamon when on duty sitting on the Stoop at old Garlands Served out the month duty & was dismissed. In July in havest time was warned by Lewis Baldwin Sergt to perform a months tour of duty entered the Service under Capt Cornelius Speer Ralph Post marched to Acquacknonk Joined Col Phil VanCourtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard along the River Passaic billeted at Abm Vrelands at the end of the month dismiss October does not recollect the day was warned by Col S Garner Sergt to perform a months tour of duty entered the Service under Cap John Edwards John Crane Lieut Joseph Crane Ensign marched to Newark Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Sam Hays Majr kept guard at Camps dock old Ferry & Neck gate billeted with Isaac Dodd & Aaron Crane at David Cranes served out the months duty & was dismissed 1780 January recollects it was time of Holy Day was warned to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Elijah Squire does not recollect Subaltern officer marched to Acquacknonk Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Maj Caleb Dodd kept guard was on a Scout attacked a party of Refugees forgot the place took a number of te horses & cattle & a Negro man that was wounded in his leg served out the month & was dismissed
In April does not remember the day was warned to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap John Ogden John Crane Lieut marched to Newark Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Saml Hay Maj kept guard at Old Ferry Bound Creek & Nack gate at evening Rool Call an express came that a number of Hessian Prisoners at Boon Ton Morris County had deserted from Cap John I Fash & was on their way to New York Cap John Ogden with his company in part pursued them & near Hackensack River attacked them took 30 or more prisoners Abijah Dodd & Moses Dodd was in company Served out his months tour & was dismissed
In June about 5th was warned out to perform a months duty entered the the Service under Cap Amos Dodd John Crane Lieut Marched to Acquaknonk Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt Samuel Hays Majr in a few days was ordered to Springfield the British had crossed from Staten Island to Eliz Town by way of
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Halsteads Point to Connecticut Farms was with a detachment at a bridge over Rahway River kept the bridge untill untill the british forded the River & almost Surrounded us was in the battle at Springfield Saw Harmon Brown & Moses Smith killed by a cannon ball pursued the Enemy to ElizhTown demolished their Fort Continued on guard Sometime at ElizTown & returned to Acquacknonk and at the end of the months Service was dismissed
In September does not remember the day Saw farmers gathering apples & fall crops was warned to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Zebulon Jones marched to Belville Joined Col Vancourtland Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard billeted at Old Garlands Served out the months duty was dismissed 
1781 January was warned by Cors Garner Sergt to perform a months Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap John Ogden Saml Dodd Lieut Marched to Newark Joined Col Phil VanCourtlands Regt Saml Hays Majr kept guard at Old Ferry & Neckgate recollects an alarm that month the british came into Newark one Verry Cold night burnt Rob Neals house took a number of Cattle & a number of Leading men prisoners billeted at Wm Grants Served out his Month & was dismiss
In April does not recollect the day was warned to do a month Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Zebulon Jones marched to Belville Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt kept guard along the River was ordered to march to Morris Town the Pensylviana troops had revolted went as far as Hanover Morris County Recd news that they had returned to their duty was ordered back to Belville Served out the month & was dismissed
In July remember it was havest time was warned by Lenas Ward Sergt to perform a months tour of duty entered the Service under Capn Elijah Squire Lieut John Crane marched to Elizh Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtlands Regt Caleb Dodd Majr kept guard at the Old & New Point Lay in tents Served out the month Tour of duty & was dismissed 
In Sepr does not recollect the day was warned on a month Tour of duty entered the Service under Cap Rob Nichols Joseph Crand Ensign marched to Elizh Town Joined Col Phil Van Courtland Regt kept guard Lay in Barracks with Isaac Dodd & others Served out the months duty & was dismissed. 
1782 January was ordered on a months Tour of duty Timy Gould Sergt entered the Service under Cap John Ogden Marched to Elizh Town kept guard lay in Barracks Served out the month Tour of duty & was dismissed Declarant further Saith that he was actively engaged in Actual Military
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duty & service during the whole time he has stated in his declaration for which he claims a pension and not employed in any civil pursuit
during that time. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Roll
of any agency in any State in the United States.

Sworn & subscribed the }
day and year aforesaid  } Ichabod Baldwin

Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould }   Court of Record 
Rufus Harrison } 

We John Duryee a clergyman residing in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and Isaac Dodd residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin who hath subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be
Seventy Seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the
John Duryee
Isaac Dodd

Sworn and Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid }
Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould }  Court of Record
Rufus Harrison } 

Interrogatories
1. Where & in what year was you born
Was born in the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex January 25 1757

2. Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it
In my family bible

3. Where were you living when called into Service &c
In the Township of Bloomfield where I have lived untill the present time

4. How were you called into service &c.
Always took my regular tour of duty never a substitute or volunteer

5 State the names of some of the regular officers &c
have seen Genl. Washington Genl. Green Genl. Morgan knew Genl. Dayton of Elizh. Town Genl. Wines
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6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so where is it
Never had any written discharge to my knowledge

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your &c
Am known to the Revd. Asa Hilyard D.D. Revd. George Pierson Revd. Cyrus Gildersleeves Aaron Crane Silas Condit Israel Crane Theadore Frelinghuysen Moses Dodd Mr Franklin Sherrel Teacher of Bloomfield Academy.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Duryee who signed the preceding certificate is
Clergyman resident in the County and that Isaac Dodd who has signed the same is a resident in the County and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.
Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould }  Court of Record
Rufus Harrison }

State of New Jersey Essex County ss
On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now sitting in open Court being a court of Record Abijah Dodd of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex aged Seventy Seven years who being first sworn according to Law on his oath saith (1776) 
that in the year 1776 in March Ichabod Baldwin of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex did one months duty in the Militia a private with deponant on Long Island State of New York making fortifications & billited together.  
(1777) In October Ichabod Balsewen did one month duty with deponant at Elizth. town in Capt. Elijah Squire Company worked at Fortifications & lay in tents together.
(1780) In April Ichabod Baldwin was with deponant on a months Tour of duty together at Newark at the time the Hessians prisoners deserted from Cap John S.Fash Boonton & they persued  [pursued] them & took them near Hackensack River & further this deponant Saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Abijah Dodd

Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould }  Court of Record
Rufus Harrison }
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State of New Jersey Essex County SS
On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now sitting being a Court of Record Moses Dodd of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex & State of New Jersey aged Seventy nine years almost who being first sworn according to Law on his (1776) oath saith that in the year 1776 in September Ichabod Baldwin of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex a private did one months duty with deponant
in Cap. Cornelius Spears Company at Elizh. Town worked together making Fortifications.
(1777) In January Ichabod Baldwin did one months duty with deponant at Newark & Portesham it was the month they took the Toryes [Tories] prisoner to Morris County.
In March Ichabod Baldwin did one months duty with deponant in Cap. Amos Dodd Company billited together at Old Garlands.
(1778)  In November Ichabod Baldwin did one months duty with deponant at Newark in Capt Abraham Speer Company at the time Samuel Williams was taken prisoner when on centinel [sentinel?] at Neck Gate they billited at David Cranes together.
(1779)  In ApriIchabod Baldwin did one months duty with deponant at Bel[l]ville in Cap Zebulon Jones Company recollect the refugees & british firing cross the River on our centinels when case Jarolamon was wounded.
(1781)  In January Ichabod Baldwin was with deponant at Acquackanonk under Cap Elijah  Squire at the time the cattle & horses was taken from the enemy & the black man was wounded.
In April Ichabod Baldwin was with deponant one month on duty under
Cap. John Ogden at Newark at the time the Hessians deserted from Boonton & was taken near Hackensack River in Bergen County.
In June Ichabod Baldwin was with deponant one month on duty under Capt Amos Dodd at Acquackanonk Springfield & Eliz Town at the time of battle at Farms & Springfield. 
(1781)  In January Ichabod Baldwin did one months with deponant at Newark in Cap John Ogdens Company kept guard at the old Ferry Camps docks & Neck Gate remembers the alarm Rot Neals house burnt a number of influential men taken prisoners billited together at Wm Grants.
In April Ichabod Baldwin & deponant did one months duty together
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at Bel{l}ville in Cap Zebulon Jones Company at the time the Pen[n]sylvania Troops revolted 
was together marching to Hanover & returned to Bel[l]ville & further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed } 
the day & year aforesaid } Moses Dodd

Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould } Court of Record
Rufus Harrison

State of New Jersey Essex County ss
On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now sitting being a Court of Record Aaron Crane of the Township of Bloomfield County & State aforesaid aged Eighty four years (1777) who being first duly sworn on his oath saith that in the year 1777 in June Ichabod Baldwin of the Township of Bloomfield County of Essex aged Seventy Seven years did one months duty a private with deponant in Cap Josiah Parsons Company at Eliz Town worked together at Fortifications lay in tents.
(1779) In September was one month soldiering with Ichabod Baldwin at Bel[l]ville under Cap Henry Jarolamon Company  kept guard together & billeted at old Garlands.
In November Ichabod Baldwin did one m onth duty with deponent at Newark in Cap. Abraham Speers Company at the time the British & Refugees came into Newark took Samuel Williams prisoner when centary [sentry?] at Neck gate & took Brus cows..
(1779)  In January Ichabod Baldwin did one months duty with deponant at Bel[l]ville under Cap. Henry Jarolamon at the time on a scout they took Cows &c from the refugees & London traders when Cornelius Speer was wounded.  
In July in harvest time Ichabod Baldwin did one months duty at Acquackanonk under Cap. Cornelius Speer with deponant billited together at Abm. Vrelands.
(1780)  In April Ichabod Baldwin was with deponant one month at Newark on duty at the time at the time the Hessians deserted from Capt. Fash at Boonton.

Sworn and Subscribed the }
day & year aforesaid } Aaron Crane
Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould } Court of Record
Rufus Harrison }
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State of New Jersey Essex County SS.
On the Second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now sitting being a Court of Record Simeon Williams aged seventy four years a resident in the County of Essex who being first sworn (1777) according to Law on his oath saith that in June 1777 Ichabod Baldwin was with deponant at Elizt Town in Cap. Josiah Piersons Company lay in tents & worked at Fortifications together.
(1778)  In February Ichabod Baldwin did one months duty together at Newark in Cap. Samuel Piersons Company with deponant billited together at Wm Grants.
(1780) In September did one months duty with deponant at Bel[l]ville under Cap Zebulon
Jones kept guard & billited together at old Garlands & further this deponant saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed }
the day & year aforesaid } Simeon Williams
William Gould }
Eliphalet Hall } Court of Record
Rufus Harrison }

State of New Jersey Essex County ss
On the [blank] day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now Sitting being a Court of Record Timothy Gould of the Township of Caldwell County of Essex aged Eighty three years who being first sworn according to Law on his oath (1778) saith that in September 1778 Ichabod Baldwin of the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex did one months duty a private in Cap Henry Jarolamon Company at Bel[l]ville billited together at old Garland.
(1781)  In July Ichabod Baldwin did one month duty with deponant at Eliz Town in Cap Elijah Squires Company kept guard & lay in tents together & further this deponant saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed }
the day & year aforesaid } Timothy Gould
William Gould }
Eliphalet Hall }  Court of Record
Rufus Harrison }
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I. Baldwin
N. Jersey

return all the papers

may be admd 9 mo-
Letter of 28 May
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F. Sherrell Esq.
Bloomfield N.J.

['C. Dodd Present Newark N.J.' crossed out
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compl[y]ng with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the service of J. Baldwin
[table follows, with 6 columns; column headings are as follows:]

(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service. {Sub-headings:  a.  Years. b. Months. c. Days.}
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text beneath the column headings:]
(1) Sumner 76; Sept 76; then monthly tours - Supplement - ; June 76
(2) a. [blank] b. 1, 1, 1.  c. [blank]
(3) pri., "
(4) Capt. Dodd Col [blank]; Capt. Dodd
(5 & 6) [blank]
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compl[y]ng with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the service of J. Baldwin
[table follows, with 6 columns; column headings are as follows:]

(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service. {Sub-headings: a. Years. b. Months. c. Days.}
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text beneath the column headings:]
(1) Sumner 76; Sept 76; then monthly tours - Supplement - ; June 76
(2) a. [blank] b. 1, 1, 1. c. [blank]
(3) pri., "
(4) Capt. Dodd Col [blank]; Capt. Dodd
(5 & 6) [blank]
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as after
commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of [blank] } 
County of [blank]  } ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  -->This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank].

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                          A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

[following is hand-written at bottom of page:]
Each term must be detailed & proved by the
best evidence, or no computation of pen
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
-------------------------------------------
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.   It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  -->The notes from  [a] to [b] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[following is hand-written at bottom of page:]
sion can be made except by conjecture.
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[Written on left side of certificate] Rep?
[Certificate is torn on bottom]
New Jersey 7032
Joanna Baldwin widow of Ichabod Baldwin who was a Private N.J. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21[st] day of June 1865 and sent to S. B. Miller, Esq., Newark, N. Jersey
[Acts of March 3, 1843.] [Written below Acts of March 3, 1843] & June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2, Page 93.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the acts of
Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3rd 1843, & June 19th 1844 granting pensions to certain widows.

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss.   On this Twenty ninth day of January In the year of our Lord one Thousand
Eight hundred and Forty five, personally appeared Before me Samuel B. Miller, A Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Essex, the Widow Joanna Baldwin (whose Maiden name was Joanna Dodd) A Respectable person residing at Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged Eighty two years last March (who I hereby certify cannot from Bodily infirmity attend Court) who being by me
duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Laws of Congress passed July 7th 1838,  March 3rd 1843 & June 19th 1844, granting Pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Ichabod Baldwin late of the Township of Bloomfield In the County of Essex and State of New Jersey deceased, who was a private soldier in the New Jersey Militia under the command of Captain Amos Dodd and others during the Revolutionary war and also a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
under the Law of Congress of July 7th 1832, at the time of his death at the rate of Thirty dollars per Annum, And the said Joanna Baldwin, Further declares that she was married to the said Ichabod Baldwin on the Twenty fifth day of December Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven by the Revd Jediah
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Jediah Chapman then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Orange Essex County New Jersey, and that Abigail Dodd of Bloomfield, is the only person Now Living that was present and saw her married by the said Revd Mr Chapman, and that her Husband the said Ichabod Baldwin died on the Thirtieth day of August Eighteen hundred and Thirty nine, at his Late Residence in said Township of Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey Aged Eighty two years. That she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the service but the
Marriage but the Marriage [sic] took place previous to the First day of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated, and this deponent further declares that she has not Intermarried, but continues the widow of the above Mentioned Ichabod Baldwin deceased. And that she has no Documentary or record evidence of her said Marriage or services and would most Respectfully refer the Commissioner of pensions to the affidavits hereunto annexed, and her said Husbands papers now on file in the war department
relative to said claim, and also her family Record
hereunto annexed.
Joana Baldwin

Sworn to and subscribed at
Bloomfield in said County
on the day and year first above
Mentioned. Before me
Samuel B. Miller Judge of Common Pleas
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BIRTHS.
Ichabod Baldwin Born
January 25, 1757

Joannah Baldwin Born
March 19th 1762--

Lucy Baldwin, Born
March 24th 1789

Wm. B. Baldwin Born
Decr 1th 1790.-

Isaac Allen Baldwin Born
October 28th 1792.

Caleb Baldwin Born
June 15th 1795-

Josiah Baldwin Born
Decr 17th 1797 -

Abigail Baldwin Born-
May 28th 1800

BIRTHS.
Charlotte Baldwin, Born
May 2d 1804

Sally Baldwin Born
August 4th 1806
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In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Joanna Baldwin for a pension

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss.   Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Judge of the Inferior
Court of Common pleas in and for said County
William B. Baldwin A Respectable person residing in the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey.  And personally known to me to be entitled to credit as a witness. And Being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Fifty fifth year of his age that he is a son of Ichabod Baldwin, late of the Township of Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey deceased and the said Joanna Baldwin his wife, (whose maiden Name was Joanna Dodd.) And this deponent further saith that the Leaf which is hereunto Annexed
purporting to be a family Record containing the
ages of his said Farther and Mother and their
several children being eight in Number was taken by him from an old Family Bible now in the
possession of my said wither the said Joanna
Baldwin, which Record and Bible this deponent
saith he has known more than thirty years last
past and is as this deponent verily believes a
true Record of all therein stated. And this deponent further saith. That his said Father died on the Thirtieth day of August Eighteen hundred and Thirty nine at his Late Residence in said County of Essex aged Eighty two years. - And that his widow the said Joanna Baldwin is still living and now resides in the said Township of Bloomfield and has Remained a Widow and unmarried ever since the death
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death of her said Husband and is now in the Eighty third year of her age, and further saith not.
Wm B. Baldwin

Sworn to and Subscribed at
Newark Essex County New Jersey
this Thirtieth day of January }
A.D. 1845. Before me
Saml B. Miller Judge of Common pleas
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AW
Old War and Navy
Division

3 -- 1883.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
L. M. H. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 19, 1906.

To the Adjutant of New Jersey,
Trenton, New Jersey.

Sir: --

In response to your letter dated January 17, 1906 and received January 18, 1906, you are advised that [inserted above:  'the papers in the claim of'] Ichabod Baldwin [inserted in margin: 'tif 30706'], [inserted above:  'which are in'] (widow File No. 473) was born January 25, 1757, in Bloomfield Township, Essex Co., New York, where he resided at enlistment in 1776 and at date of application for pension, December 2, 1834.

The claim of Ichabod Baldwin ( Rejected File No. 473), has been consolidated with widow File No 473, as date of birth, place of residence, and other data show the ['two' crossed out] soldier to be identical.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[left side]
1906 Feb. 17, Adj. Gen. N.J. & infd
of sol. birth, residence and
consolidation. AW

1925 Sept. 16. Copies to Mr
Evelyn B. Baldwin See letter
& receipt in Hezekiah Baldwin
W. 20656

[right side]
Revy    WIDOW, &c.
-------------
File No. 473

Joanna Baldwin
Widow
Ichabod Baldwin,
Priv. Rev. War
-------------
Act: Mar. 9, 1843  AW
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 28

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[left side]
[cut off]ls Wlleed to 
[cut off] mo. 79. Col. M
[cut off]ng 81 Capt Ch[cut off]


[cut off] Dean M. 8
Baldwin
9 d '31

[right side]
Witnesses not credible

General allegation of monthly
tours objectionable-
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Joanna Baldwin wid[ow] of Ichabod Baldwin, Admitted Act July 7, 1838
9 months service private At $30 per Ann.
Also ad[?] acts March [illegible] 1843
No. 7944
June 17, 1844
No. 702
S. B. Miller,
Newark N.J.
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446
Ichabod Baldwin
N. Jersey
Susp
----------
Let to F. Sherrill May 28 '36
CC Tucker Sep 28 1855


Act 7. June 1832


11677.
Joanna Baldwin
N. J.
-----
Suspended
Let to Wm. W. Wright
Feb. 20th 1845
Let. to Saml. B. Miller
May 8th 1845

Act July 7th '38
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Ex'r.               INVALID.
No. 446
REJECTED
['Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1878' crossed out]


Ichabod Baldwin
P.O. _________________
_______________
Service: ______________
Enlisted: ______________, 18.  .
Disharged: _____________, 18.  .

Application filed: ___________, 18.  .

Consolidated with
O. W. Wid. File 473
[cut off}leges: _____________
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Ichabod Baldwin
N.J. -  Sus 1832

Hon. J. Minot.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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New Jersey 9438
----------------------
Joanna Baldwin
widow of Ichabod Baldwin
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 13. August 1839
of Essex Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the company
commanded by Captain Squire of the 
regt. commanded by Col. Cadmus in 
the N.J. Militia ['line' crossed out] for 9 months
--------------------
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 30 Dollars ---
Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1836' crossed out] 13th August 1839.
---------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st
day of June 1845 and sent to S. B. Miller
Newark, N. Jersey
---------------------
Total amount,           $
                                    __________

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by D Brown Clerk, 
Book D.  Vol. 1, Page 191
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Ichabod Baldwin









Pd
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex } SS,
On this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common pleas n open court at the court house in Newark in and for the said County of Essex, in the said State Ichabod Baldwin a resident
in the township of Bloomfield in the said County of Essex in the said State who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. A.D. 1832. That he is now seventy five years of age having been
born on the twenty fifth day of January
seventeen hundred and fifty seven at that part of the Township of Newark now Bloomfield where he has always resided & still continues to reside that he has the record of his age in his family bible as above stated. That he was
first out in actual service at the time the Brittish fleet was in the Narrows in the summer of 1776 under Capt Dodd that he was stationed at Browns Ferry on the Hackensack river.-- That in the month of September of the same year
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he was at Elizabeth Town performing a months tour of duty under Capt Wheeler that he next performed a tour of duty under Capt Dodd & was engaged in building a fort at Acquackanonk and this deponent from that time performed his monthly tours of duty in the militia and was
stationed at second river, Acquackanock
Newark & other places. that their duty was in
guarding the lines. This deponent says he turned out in his class and regularly performed his duty, that he never hired a substitute but always performed what was required of him
that he served at different times under Captain
Wheeler, Capt Samuel Pierson Capt Henry
Joralemon Capt Caleb Dodd, Captain Amos
Dodd and Lieut Joseph Crane.

Shortly before the battle of Monmouth a draft had been ordered & this deponent turned out in actual service under Capt Amos Dodd and was marched to the Southward, that they crossed the Raritan and marched into Monmouth County and joined the army. that they were stationed near Allen Town & followed the enemy with the army and on the night previous to the battle he was when the battle was on picket guard where the battle was fought near to the church in a
small piece of wood, on the next day that is to 
say on the twenty eighth day of June they were
ordered to retreat & did so and some of the
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regular troops came up & took their places,
most of the persons who served with him are now dead, but he recollects a few who are living of his neighbours, among others he remembers Aaron Crane. Moses Dodd, Aury King- & others. He thinks that he was out in actual service, during the war for a period in the whole amounting to two years. he served his regular monthly tours & he thinks he was in actual service as much as the other militia in the neighborhood.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in open Court
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk }  Ichabod Baldwin

We Gideon N. Judd a clergyman residing in Bloomfield in the said County of Essex and ['Ichabod Baldwin' crosse out] Moses Dodd 
residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age.  That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion, and we further certify & declare that he has uniformly sustained the character of a man of uprightness integrity & veracity.
Gideon N. Judd
Moses Dodd

Sworn & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid in open Court }
E. Van Arsdale Clk
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by
the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Gideon N. Judd who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Bloomfield in said Essex County & that Moses Dodd who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place & is a credible
person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk

Essex County ss.  I Elias Van Arsdale Jr Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas of said County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ichabod Baldwin for a Pension.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of Office this twenty fourth day of December AD Eighteen hundred & ['twenty' crossed out] thirty two - 1832-
E. Van Arsdale
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Ichabod Baldwin's answers to the following
Interrogatories. Viz

1st says he was born in Bloomfield

2nd says he has a record in his family bible

3rd says he lived in Bloomfield when called into service has lived there since and still lives there

4th says he was not drafted did not go as a Volunteer nor as a Substitute, but was ordered out and went

5th says he recollects, he was out under Genl Wines, Kenn Coln. Cortland, Maj. Hays, and Majr. Caleb Dodd

6th says he does not recollect of ever receiving a written discharge

7th says that Moses Dodd, Aaron Crane Capt Abraham Spear, Isaac Dodd and Gen John Dodd who were all acquainted with his services as a soldier in the Revolution

I do hereby certify that the above are the answers to the Several Interrogatories put to the said Ichabod Baldwin by me this Fourteenth day of May AD 1836

Jacob K. Mead one of the
Judges of the Inferior
C. of C. Pleas for Essex Co.
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The following is the declaration of Ichabod
Baldwin

In June 1776 he served in Bergen at Browns
Ferry under Capt. Dodd Col. Cadmus had command of the Regiment: TheIn British fleet then lay in the Narrows. In July he was marched to Elizabethtown and quartered in the
Episcopal Church & kept guard at Elizabethtown Point. In September he served one month under Capt. Wheeler at Elizabeth town Point. In Oct. & November served at Aquackanonk, was imployed in building forts untill the British
crossed the North River. He was in the service nearly the whole of June July and September, and the greater part of October November in the year 1776.

In the year 1777 he was at Bel[l]ville kept guard from February to June, & also in the latter part of summer & fall under Capt Pierson, but cannot tell precisely what months.

He remembers being in Bel[l]ville in hot weather when the young men went in swimming,  remembers being there in fishing time when they were catching shad & also remembers
being there in cold weather. He is very confident that he served during the year 1777 in the whole from six to eight months.

In 1778 in the winter & spring he kept guard at Bellville under Capt Henry Jeralderman & Capt. Pierson. In June 1778 marched under Col .Dodd from Bel[l]ville to Allentown there joined the Regiment under Col. Jaqueth, marched thence
to Monmouth in rear of the British army. Was present at the
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[illegible] of the month.  About this time there was [illegible] very hot, suffered very much on account of the British, filling up the [illegible] & relying the water [illegible] a Colonel Suppens Col. Bonner carried off the field, was marched out to the place where the battle was hottest, was [illegible] as from a furnace, remembers that an officer came and declared that our army had obtained a [illegible] victory.  After the battle of  Monmouth he returned to Bloomfield 
& in the latter part of the summer & fall, kept guard under  Capt. Dodd & Pierson. He thinks he served in the year 1778 as much as two or three months in the former part of this
season, including the battle of Monmouth, and about the same length of time in the latter part.

In the year 1779 he kept guard some months, cannot say precisely how long, but supposes three or four months.  

During the latter years of the war, he cannot recollect distinctly the particulars of service, but knows he was out more or less every year, sometimes in monthly tours & sometimes
the whole militia was called out. He was under Gen. Wines at Hackensack. He was also at the Battle of Springfield. He is very confident that he served in the whole more than two years.

State of New Jersey 
Essex County SS. }  Personally appeared before me Jacob K. Mead one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas for the County of Essex,  Ichabod Baldwin and being duly sworn on his oath saith that the foregoing statement is true according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Ichabod Baldwin

Sworn before me this
19th day of May AD 1836
Jacob K Mead Judge
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State of New Jersey
Essex County SS.} Be it [illegible] that the [illegible] twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Zenas S. Crane one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Essex Aaron Crane who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin that he was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War that recollects frequently seeing the said Ichabod Baldwin [illegible] active duty in the Militia he recollects definitely seeing the said Ichabod Baldwin in the Militia at Elizabeth town in the year 1776 he also remembers seeing the said Ichabod Baldwin employed in the erection of forts at Acquackanonk on the bank of the Passaic river in this county, he recollects the said Ichabod Baldwin performing several tours of monthly duty in the Militia at Belleville   this deponent further saith that he served in the same township with the said Ichabod Baldwin during the war and he thinks the said Ichabod Baldwin performed two years duty in actual service but cannot be positive  as to the time of service.
Aaron Crane

Sworn and subscribed before me the twenty sixth day of February 1833.
Zenas S. Crane Justice of the peace
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Ichabod Baldwin
27.803
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State of New Jersey
Essex County ss. } Be it remembered that on the twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Captain Abraham Speer who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in eighty sixth year of his age that he is well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin the above applicant that he knew him during the Revolution that he recollects of frequently seeing the said Ichabod Baldwin performing actual duty in the militia he recollects seeing the said Ichabod Baldwin employed in building a fort in the year 1776 at Acquackanonck in the County of Essex, he thinks the said Ichabod Baldwin was stationed at Elizabeth Town under Capt James Wheeler in the same year but does not distinctly recollect,
this deponent distinctly recollects the said Ichabod Baldwin performing monthly tours of duty in the militia in the revolutionary war frequently, this deponent further saith that he resided during the Revolutionary war in the same Township with the said Ichabod
Baldwin that the said Ichabod Baldwin took
an active part in the war & he has no doubt that the said Ichabod Baldwin was in actual service and performed duty for a period of two years
and upwards.
Abraham Speer

Sworn and subscribed before me
this twenty sixth day of February 1833
Zenas S. Crane Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey  
Clerk of the Inferior } SS. I Elias Van Arsdale Junr. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid, Do hereby certify that Zenas S. Crane Esquire
before whom the annexed affidavits of Aaron Crane and Abraham Speer, were made and taken, was at the time of taking said affidavits, and still is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, residing therein, duly commissioned and Sworn: That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and know that the signature "Zenas S. Crane---
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Justice of the peace" affixed to the affidavits aforesaid, is the proper hand writing of said Justice and that full faith and credit may be given to his official acts.  In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid, the Twenty Eighth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833).
E. Van Arsdale Clk
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Ichabod Baldwin
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex }
On this thirtieth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three before the subscriber one of the Justices
of the peace in & for the County of Essex
aforesaid personally appeared Moses Dodd
in the foregoing declaration of Ichabod
Baldwin named-  And being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is now upwards of seventy eight years of age that he has always resided in Bloomfield in the County of Essex, that he has been acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin the foregoing applicant & has known him from his boyhood having always lived in the same Neighbourhood & that he is now upwards of seventy six years of age being
less than two years younger than this deponent. That the said Ichabod Baldwin was a soldier during the revolutionary war that he was in the militia, and performed his tours or terms of duty in the militia during the war. That these tours of duty consisted of monthly tours, being ordered
out in pursuance of the laws of the State
& while on their tours of duty were subject
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to martial law, and were employed in guarding and defending the different stations on the Passaic River from Acquackanonck to Elizabeth Town including Ssecond river and Newark, and
this deponent further says that he frequently knew the said Ichabod Baldwin in actual service performing these monthly tours of duty in the same manner & under the same circumstances as this deponent has set forth in his deposition
annexed to the declaration & application of Abijah Dodd & he believes from his recollection that he performed his duty faithfully and that he is entitled to his pension under the laws of Congress for that purpose. And this deponent further saith that the said Ichabod Baldwin is now extremely infirm & confined to his room by sickness which it is believed by his physicians will eventually carry him to his grave-- That the said Ichabod Baldwin is a man of great integrity & that full reliance may & ought to be placed in his statements whether  under oath or otherwise-
Moses Dodd

Sworn & Subscribed
before the day & year above
written -   }
E. Hall Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex ⎬ SS. I, Elias Van Arsdale Junr. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey
do hereby certify that Eliphalet Hall before whom the annexed affidavit of Moses Dodd was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County duly commissioned and sworn. That I am acquainted with his hand
writing, and know that the signature "E. Hall" subscribed to the Jurat of the said affidavit is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty fifth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty four
E. Van Arsdale Clk
[seal affixed at left]

I do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Aaron Crane and Capt Abraham Spear who
are both deceased, and who were both men veracity and respectibility and good standing, and worthy of belief, and am also well acquainted with Moses Dodd, who is also a man of respectibility the aforesaid Aaron Crane Capt. Abraham Spear and Moses Dodd are witnesses to the aforesaid application of Ichabod Baldwin.
Jacob K. Mead one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of
Common pleas for the
County of Essex
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Joanna Baldwin for a pension

State of New York
Essex County ⎬SS  Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said
County William B. Baldwin Esq. A Respectable
person Residing at Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the fifty fifth year of his
age, that he is the second child of Ichabod
Baldwin and Joanna Baldwin his wife whose
Maiden name was Joanna Dodd of Essex
County New York and is the Identical person
who heretofore made an affidavit to prove
the Family Record of the said Ichabod Baldwin
and wife. That the Bible now directed to
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions Is the
Identical Bible from which the Leafwas taken
purporting to be a family Record which Bible
is dated to have been printed in Eighteen hundred and Nine And Remains the same in all
respects as it was when said Leaf was Cut
out and sent with the said Joanna Baldwins
Declaration and evidence to said Commissioner of pensions, (except the ___ enters on the Back
side of the Leaf next to which the leaf was cut
out containing the births of his said father and
Mother and there Marriage and the Births of their Several children which was made since that time by said deponent and is in said deponent own hand writing.
Wm. B. Baldwin

Sworn to and subscribed at Newark,
In said County this 14th day of 
May A.D. 1845. Before me }
Saml. B. Miller Judge of Common pleas
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex } SS.  John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex & also of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the foregoing affidavit of William B. Baldwin was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the
Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature "Saml B. Miller" to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine.
[seal affixed at left]

In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my
hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark in said County the fourteenth day of May A.D. 1845.
J.P. Jackson Clk
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[Written at top of certificate in pencil] Ichabod Baldwin
REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIMS.
ACT OF June 7, 1832
Suspended Claim of Ichabod Baldwin
N. Jersey.
POWER OF ATTORNEY,
TO EXAMINE CLAIMS.
CHAS. C. TUCKER,
ATTORNEY,
Present.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
----------------------
Know all Men by these Presents: That I William B. Baldwin a son of Ichabod Baldwin deceased
do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of the Heirs at Law Ichabod Baldwin for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of [blank] or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which
may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 21st day of May 1855.
In the presence of Eliphalet Hall } Wm. B. Baldwin

STATE OF New Jersey Essex COUNTY -- SS.
On this twenty fourth day of May 1855, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared William B. Baldwin and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
Eliphalet Hall Justice of the Peace

STATE OF New Jersey }
Essex COUNTY. } ss.
On this twenty fourth day of May 1855, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared William B. Baldwin a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that he is the identical 
Person who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments
as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Wm. B. Baldwin

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Eliphalet Hall Justice of the Peace
[seal affixed at left]

[covered] OF New Jersey }
COUNTY of Essex } ss.
I James S. Terhune Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of sd County do hereby certify that Eliphalet Hall Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed my official seal this
twenty fifth day of May 1855.
J.J. Terhune Clk
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27.803
lchabod Baldwin
N. Jersey
suspend
let Wm. Gould 26 June '55
"  F. Sherrell 22 Apl 36


[illegible] returned A. Dodd
[illegible] 1835

Admd by consent
9 mo pri
--------
30$

F. Sherrill Esq
Bloomfield
N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey }
Essex County } SS.  We the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions now sitting being a Court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ichabod
Baldwin for a pension. And the Court do further certify that the affidavits of Abijah Dodd Moses Dodd Aaron Crane Timothy Gould & Simeon Williams attached to the declaration of Ichabod Baldwin was taken before the said Court & that they are respectable old men & their Testimony entitled to credit.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & affixed our Seal this Second day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred thirty four 1834
Eliphalet Hall }
William Gould }   Court of Record
Rufus Harrison }

[seal affixed at left]
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex  } ss: I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the peace in & for the County of Essex Do hereby certify, That Eliphalet Hall, Rufus Harrison & William Gould Esquires, before whom the foregoing proceedings in the matter of Ichabod Baldwin for a pension were had were each of them (at the time when said proceedings were so had as aforesaid) Justices of the peace of said County & members of
said Court, duly commissioned & sworn: and that the several signatures of said Justices wherever they occur in said proceedings are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark in the County of Essex the Twenty Second day of April AD Eighteen hundred and thirty five -
E. Van Arsdale Clk
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Hon. Wm. Wright
House of Rep

Hon.  William Wright
Member of Congress
Washington City D.C.
---
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Newark New Jersey February 6th 1845

Hon. William Wright

Dear Sir I herewith transmit to you the Declaration and Evidence of Mrs. Joanna
Baldwin Widow of Ichabod Baldwin deceased for A pension, which you will please to present
to J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
And Request him to examine the same and
report thereon as soon as convenient and let
me know the result of said proceeding thereon.

Your Attention to the same
Will much oblige yours with
the Highest Respect I remain
yours &c.
Saml.B. Miller
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Mr. Isaac Dodd
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Joanna Baldwin for a pension

State of New Jersey
Essex County   }  ss. Personally appeared Before me Samuel B. Miller A Judge of the
Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said
County Isaac Dodd & Respectable person residing at Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, who is personally known to me to be entitled to Credit as a witness. And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Eighty second year of his age. That he was well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin, and Joanna Baldwin his wife, (whose maiden name was Joanna Dodd)  of the Township of Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey. As long ago as the fifth of december Seventeen hundred and eighty seven and Before the First day of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four. And this deponent further saith that the said Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna his wife had a number of children together the oldest of whom Named Lucy if now living would be fifty five years of age. And this deponent further saith that the said Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna his wife always resided together as husband and wife and reputed
so to be until the death of her said husband which took place on the Thirtieth day of August Eighteen hundred thirty nine. And that his widow the said Joanna Baldwin is still living and has remained a Widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband and is now as much as Eighty years of age. And further saith not. 
Isaac Dodd

Sworn to and subscribed at Orange in
said County this Twenty first day of March
A.D. 1845 before me.
Saml. Miller a Judge of Common pleas
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The Affidavits of
Messrs Aury King and
Isaac Dodd,-
Relative to the claim
of Mrs. Joanna Baldwin
for a Pension-


Saml. B Miller
Newark New Jersey
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Joanna Baldwin for a pension

State of New Jersey
Essex County   } ss. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Judge of the Inferior
Court of Common pleas in and for said County Aury King-- A Respectable person residing at Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, who is personally known by me to be entitled to credit as a witness. And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the Ninety first year of his age that he was well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna his wife (whose maiden Name was Joanna Dodd) of the Township of Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey as long ago as the Fourth day of July Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six,  And before the first day of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four. And this deponent further saith That the said Ichabod Baldwin, and Joanna his wife had a Number of children together the oldest of whom if now living
would be fifty five years of age, And this deponent further saith that said Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna his wife always resided together as husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of her said Husband which took place on the Thirtieth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that his widow the said Joanna Baldwin is still living and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband and is now as much as eighty years of age, And further saith not.
Aury King

Sworn to and subscribed this
Twenty Second day of March A.D.
1845. Before me
Saml. B. Miller Judge of Common pleas
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Mr. Aury King

State of New Jersey 
County of Essex } ss.  I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the annexed affidavits of Isaac Dodd and Aury King were severally made and taken at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned & Sworn, That the signatures to the Jurats of said
affidavits respectively are genuine; and that full faith is due to his official acts.
[seal affixed at left]

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and official Seal at Newark in said County of Essex the Twenty second day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five -
J.P. Jackson Clk
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I hereby signify my willingness to accept of such pension as herein [illegible] , agreeably by the act of 7 June 1832, for nine months service in the War of the Revolution.
Ichabod Baldwin
---------------

Dear Sir, I transmit the above acceptance of
Ichabod Baldwin to a pension for nine months
service. He wishes me to state that he is satisfied  in the upright intentions of the Department but as he is confident that he has not overstated the time of service, he would have been better please if the Department
had felt warranted to give him a larger pension.
------------------------
Aury King declines accepting the pension for nine months as proposed, as it would bring him heavily in debt to the government. He would be willing to accept of a pension for nine months commencing from the 4 March last, if he were not required to account for money already received. This statement I am requested by
him to make, & also to say that a small amount would benefit him very much.

Yours Respectfully
F. Sherrill

Bloomfield June 13. 1836
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Bloomfield May 23, 1836-

Dear Sir

I herewith transmit the papers of Abijah Dodd, amended, as is supposed, agre[e]ably to your directions.  It was made known to you that agre[e]ably to a law passed at their late Session he received a small pension from the state, & it was your suggestion that it would be well to procure the testimony upon which this grant was made, as it might be of use for increasing the amount of pension from the U.S. I have
not procured that testimony as I doubted whether it would be of use considering the nature of the testimony.  The grant from the legislature was. made as I am informed upon a 
memorial signed by his neighbors, stating his necessities  & the traditionary evidence of the service he performed during the war. A certified copy of this memorial I will endeavor to procure, if in your opinion it will be of use.  

Any attempst at the present time to amend his declaration or to obtain additional evidence in his case, unless it is the evidence of tradition I think would be useless, as the applicant is broken down & completely in his second childhood & his mind all gone.-- The witnesses upon whom reliance might have been made are most of the dead or in their dotage.  If in your opinion it would be advisable to procure this traditionary evidence I will do it, & this
tradition evidence, I suppose, is as extensive as his acquaintance.

I also return you the papers of Ichabod Baldwin
You will perceive that he has made a new declaration so far at least as to embrace the period of service. The credibility of witnesses is certified but no new evidence procured.  With respect to the evidence from tradition in the
case of Deacon Baldwin, the same may be said as in that of Abijah Dodd.

I also send you the statement of Aury King.
As you have his declaration at the office, I thought it would not be necessary to have this declaration embrace
Page 64

any thing more than the history of his military services. The old man's memory is so impaired, that there is an indefiniteness in the statement that cannot be remedied.

I have taken some pains to ascertain the extent of traditionary evidence in his case, & it appears to be very extensive, I should if you think it of use in his case I will endeavour to procure it for him. Mr King is very poor & any thing which can be done for him justly, it is desirable should be done.
Yours Respectfully
F Sherrill

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Page 65

In the Matter of the Application of the Widow
Joanna Baldwin for a Pension

State of New Jersey
Essex County } ss.    Personally appeared before
me Samuel B. Miller a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County, Abigail Dodd, A Respectable person residing in the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and known to me to be entitled to credit of a Witness. - And being by me duly sworn on her oath saith that she is in the Eighty first year of her age and that she was well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna Baldwin his wife (whose maiden
Name was Joanna Dodd) for more than
seventy years last past, that she was present
and saw the said Ichabod Baldwin Married
to the said Joanna Dodd by the Revd. Jediah
Chapman, who was then pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Orange Essex County New Jersey in the month of December Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven, - And this deponent further saith that the said Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna his wife always Resided together as Husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of the the [sic] said Ichabod Baldwin which took place on the Thirtieth day of August Eighteen hundred & Thirty nine at his Residence in said Township of Bloomfield. And that his widow the said Joanna Baldwin is still living and has remained a widow  ever since the death of her said husband, and is now more than Eighty years of age - And further saith not.
Abigail Dodd

Sworn to and subscribed at Bloomfield
in said County January 29th AD
1845 Before me, Saml. B. Miller Judge of Common pleas
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In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Joanna Baldwin for a Pension

State of New Jersey 
Essex County  } ss.  Personally appeared before
me Stephen D. Day A Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County. The Revd. William C White A Respectable clergyman Residing at Orange In the County and State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the forty third year of his age. That he has been the Regularly installed Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Orange in said County of Essex since Eighteen Hundred and thirty three to the present time which is the same
Church over which the Revd. Jediah Chapman was minister from the year seventeen hundred and Sixty five to the year Eighteen Hundred And that there is not to his knowledge remaining any record Marriages solemnized by the said Mr
Chapman during the said time of his ministry
in said Church. And further saith not.
William C. White

Sworn to and subscribed at
Orange in said County
this 30 day of January 1845
Before me
Stephen D. Day Judge
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11677
Widow. Joanna Baldwin
Declaration and
Evidence for a pension
under the act of Congress of
July 7th 1839.-


Hon. William Wright
House of Rep
recd. Feb 8. 1845.\
['Saml. B. Miller Newark New Jersey' crossed out]
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In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Joanna Baldwin for a pension

State of New Jersey }
Essex County } ss.    Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Judge of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County, Ira Dodd - A Respectable person residing in the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, and known to me to be a person of good character and entitled to Credit as a witness and being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he - is in the Fifty Eight year of his age that he has been well acquainted with Ichabod Baldwin & Joanna Baldwin his wife, (whose maiden name was Joanna Dodd) of the Township of Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey for more then Fifty years Last past. And this deponant further saith that he is knowing that the said Ichabod Baldwin and Joanna his wife always Resided together as Husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death of the said Ichabod Baldwin which took place in the summer of Eighteen hundred and Thirty nine at his residence in said County of Essex. - And that his widow the said Joanna Baldwin is still living and Now Resides in the said Township of Bloomfield, and has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her said husband and is now more than Eighty years of age.
Ira Dodd

Sworn to and subscribed at
Newark in said County this
Thirty first day of January
AD. 1845. Before me
Saml B Miller Judge of Common pleas
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Mr. Ira Dodd

State of New Jersey }
County of Essex } SS.  I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex & of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before who the several affidavits of Joanna Baldwin, 
Abigail Dodd, William B. Baldwin & Ira Dodd
were made & taken and Stephen D. Day before whom the annexed affidavit of William C. While was made and taken, each of them were at the time of taking said affidavits, Judges of said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & sworn, and that the signatures of said Judges to the Jurats of said affidavits respectively are genuine-

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & official seal the first day of
February A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty five.
J.P. Jackson Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.

GW
Trenton, January 17, 1906.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Will you kindly refer to the Revolutionary pension case of Ichabod Baldwin, Widow, 473, and inform me, if possible, where he was residing at the time of application, and in what county and township he was a resident at the time of his service? I desire the information to identify whether he is the same soldier as Ichabod Baldwin who has a pension case Rejected, 446. Please let me have an early reply.

Very respectfully,
R. Haber Breinstrall
Adjutant-General.

[stamp:]. O.S. & N. DIV. FILES Jan 18 1906

[stamp:]. FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JAN 13 1906
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Mr. Baldwin
wants
8 pages

Ichabod Baldwin
W 473

B

15
  8
___
120


sent Sept 16 1925
See letter & receipt in
Hezekiah Baldwin W. 20656
Page 72

Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate )

M 6

Ex. AWJ

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK

Job No. 2008
Date Sept. 12, 1925.

Subject Ichabod Baldwin. W. 473 Rev. War
1 (No.) copies of 2 (No.) pieces consisting of 8  (No.) pages to be forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 War Sec.  ['Division' crossed out]
Remarks:

Approved:
Margaret M. H. Finch
Acting Chief ['Div.' crossed out] Section

Chief Clerk.
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Washington D.C. Sept. 19th 1855

Hon. J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir-

I have filed in your office a Power of Attorney for the claim under the act of June 7. 1832. of
Ichabod Baldwin of New Jersey.

There is endorsed upon the claim the
following words "May be admd. 9 mos." If a
service for that period will be admitted I
will file the necessary proof of death and
heirship.

Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Chas. C. Tucker
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Newark N. Jersey May 14th 1845

Hon. J.L. Edwards

Sir In answer to your Letter of May 9th 1845, I transmit to you the family Bible of Ichabod Baldwin deceased and his Widow Mrs Joanna Baldwin, with the affidavit of of their son William B. Baldwin Esq. which you will please to file in your office, and if consistent with your Rules you will please to return said bible after
Examining the same, as the said widow would
like to have the Bible again.

With the Highest Respect
I Remain yours &c
Saml. B. Miller
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Newark N. Jersey March 22th 1845

J.L. Edwards Esq.

Sir In answer to your Letter of February 20th 1845 to the Hon. William Wright I herewith transmit to you the Affidavit of Messrs. Aury King and Isaac Dodd Two old and Respectable Inhabitants of Bloomfield in the County of Essex New Jersey In support of the claim of Mrs. Joanna Baldwin Widow of Ichaoder Baldwin
deceased for a pension, which you will please to
file in your office and examine with her other
papers and report thereon as soon as convenient.

I Remain yours with the
Highest Respect &c.
Saml. B. Miller