Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 946, for Francis Jeffrey, New Jersey
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Service         |                           |  Number
New Jersey  |  Jeffrey, Francis  |  W.946    
                    |  or Jeffery           |  B.L.W. 35820-160-55
                    |  Elizabeth
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Bounty land claim
Act of Congress
March 3d 1835
Elizabeth Jeffrey
Wildow of
Francis Jeffrey
Decd
No. 217.934.

Fleming
Ocean Port
N. Jersey
Presented by
Charles T Fleming
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County

On this first day of October A.D. Eighteen Hundred + Fifty Five before me Charles T. Fleming a Justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths within + for the County + State aforesaid Personally approved Elizabeth Jeffrey aged Eighty Six yeas a Resident of Song Branch Monmouth County N.J. who being duly Sworn according to Law on her oath declares that She is the Widow of Francis Jeffrey Deceased who was a Private in the New Jersey Continental line in the army of the Revolution in the War of 1776 with Great Britain that She Believes her said Husband  continued in actual Service in said War for the term of Fourteen days + upwards but She is unable to State the names of the Officers under whom he Served or the time or length of the Service performed by him that her said Husband was a pensioner of the United States + was placed on the Pension Roll as She has been informed on or about the (blank space) day of (blank space) A.D. 18 (black space) at the Rate of $38.40/100 dollars her summ(?) + for (illegible) of her Husbands Services She Begs Leave to Refer to his declaration + the Proofs accompanying the Same + now on file in the Department---
She further States that She was Marryed to the said Francis Jeffrey in the County + State aforesaid on (blank space) day of (blank space) A.D.
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by one Thomas Little a Justice of the
Peace duly authorized to Solemnize Marriages
by the Laws of New Jersey that her name
before her said Marriage was Elizabeth
Martin that her said Husband Died at
Long Branch in the County & State aforesaid
on the 21st day of July A.D. 1832 and that
she is now a widow & has remained a
Widow ever since her said Husbands death
She further States that she now receive
a Pension from the United States under the
act of Congress as
the Widow of the said Francis Jeffrey
at the rate of Forty dollars per Anum
for services rendered by her said Husband
in the Revolutionary war aforesaid
and that she was inscribed on the Pension
List on the
day of
AD 18 and
for the Evidence of her said Marriage
& of the death of her said Husband she
refers to her declaration & the proof acco
meaning the same on file with her
application in the Department-
She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which
he may be entitled under the act
approved March 3d 1855. She further
declares that she has never received
nor applied for Bounty Land under this
or any other act of Congress-
We Jacob C Lawrence
money--
Mark
Residents of the County of Monmouth in
the State of New Jersey upon our oaths
declare that the foregoing declaration
assioned and acknowledged by the said
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Elizabeth Jeffrey in our presents that we
are personally acquainted with her and
believe that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be, we further
State that we have known the said
Elizabeth Jeffrey for many years & during the
lifetime of her aforesaid Husband Francis
Jeffrey who was a pensioner as set out in
the foregoing declaration & that the said
Elizabeth Jeffrey is now a Widow since
the death of her said Husband Francis
Jeffrey & that we have no interest
in this claim
Jacob C Lawrence
1
Richard Jeffrey
The foregoing declaration & affidavits
were sworn to & Subscribed before me on
the day & year first above written and
certify that I know the affiants to
be credible persons & that the Claimant
is the person she represents herself to
be & that I have no interest in the Claim
Charles Fleming
Justice of the peace
The Commissioner of Pensions will
Please forward my Warrant to Charles
Fleming at Ocean Port Mo Co N. J.
who will deliver it to me respectfully
submitted this First day of October 1855
Witness Present
Jacob C Lawrence
Elizabeth
Jeffrey
Mark
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State of Newjersey
Monmouth County
Daniel Christopher Clerk of the County of
said
County hereby Certify that Charles F Flemery Esqr before
whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit soon made is now
was at the date thereof duly qualified as a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County of Monmouth & State aforesaid
-
And this
Signature thereto is Genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office at
Freehold this fifth day of October AD
Eighteen hundred fifty five
Daniel Christopher M
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New Jersey
Francis Jeffers
Private
Army United States,
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at
2.
dollars per month, to comment.
and encreased to $3,20 per by
Act 24 April 1816
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of March
and sent to John Williams, Esq
Shrewsbury, NJ
4 Sept. 1826 $19.00
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Aly March
217.934
Oct 13th 1853
Elizabeth Jeffrey
widow of Francis Jeffrey
decd
7
-
N. J. Continental Line
1820
W
Revolutionary War
Recd Pension  $40 per annum
N.J. July 48 - 2688
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Charles T. Fleming
oceanport
N.J.
Vol -40
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Reported
Dec 29 1848
2688
New Jersey

Elizabeth Jeffery
widow of Frances Jeffery
who served in the Revolutionary

war, as a private
of
New Jersey
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
and sent to
Pensioner
Shrewsbury
Monmouth C, NJ

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 308 Vol 4
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State of New-York,
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, SS.
BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk
of the City and County of New-York.
and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That RICHARD RIKER, Esquire,
before
whom
annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his
name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said
Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of
New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's
Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And
further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York,
and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the
proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court, this ninth
---
day of September
1810
Benjamin Ferris Clerk
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Francis Jeffery
The claimant must
return his original certif
icate before he can be
placed on the Roll
under the act of 18
1818 The Judges
certificate of indigent
circumstances and the
regiment and him in
which the claimant
served an anting
30 April
1819
Frances Jeffery

City of New York
Soldier
stating himself to be
an invalid pensioner,
years service in
New Jersey line the
regiment and colos
name not specified
14. August, 1818.
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Richard Riker,
recorder
of the City of ┃
New York
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To the Honorable Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New York, one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court
of the City of New York, which is a Court of Record
of the State of New York,
The Declaration under oath of Frances Jeffery
formerly a Soldier
engaged in the Service of the United States, during the
Revolutionary War, and now a citizen of the United States, and resident of
the County of Monmouth and State New Jersey
Respectfully showeth, that the said Frances Jeffery Inlisted a
Soldier in January 1781 in Captain Thomas Chadwick
Company in and for the state of New Jersey for the term
of One year and was stationed on the lines during that
term and actually served my country during one
War against the common enemy - and in an action
with the said Enemy I was wounded in my hand and
wrist, which made me a cripple which took place
the Township of Shrewsbury & County of Monmouth
or about the 24th of May 1781, and I have drawed a
sion from Government from that time, and I do hereby
linquish the said pension on receiving another
agreeable to the law of March 18th 1818 Jammon-
s 56 years of age
Francis
Jeffery
And this Declaration further representeth that the said Frances Jeffery
is now a citizen of the United States, and residing in the County of Monmonth aforesaid,
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and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his
country for support
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the
United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land
and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, approved
March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the with of the
matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had
thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that
such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in
support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Pension Roll of himself and
of his relinquishment of his former pension hereafter set forth, and his endowment
of Receiving his pension is hereunto attached
Dated, the
14th
day of August
1818
City and County of New=York, ss.
Frances Jeffery
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration,
are in all respects just and true.
with
of August
the fourteenth
day
1818 before me ┃
Francis Jeffery
R Riker Recorder of the
City of New York City
and County of New York S Eliher Chadwick of the County of
McKean and State of Pensylvania being
duly sworn doth depose and say that I was
personally acquainted with this applicant
Frances Jeffery in the Revolutionary war that I was an
Officer in the Company in which he served the
knew of his service for about one year and one of
his being wounded in said service and I also know
Sworn
his statement made by him as above stated to be true
before me this 14th day
of Augt 1818
Elihu Chadwick
R Riker
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City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Fourteenth
day of August
and Eighteen
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
before me, Richard Riker
Recorder of the
City of New York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the
Mayor's Court of the City of New=York, which is a Court of Record of the State of
New York, personally appeared the aforesaid Frances Jeffery
Applicant, and Elijsha Chadwick an Officer in which this appoint
performed his services and was personally acquainted
the whole of his services and also at the time his receiving his
wounds, and the evidence appears to be respectable
entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn
the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Troops
of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War
against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term
and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is
fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the
proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the
Department of War
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court,
at the City of New=York, the day and year last above
written.
)

R Riker
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State of New Jersey County of Monmouth
and township Shresbury
On this twentieth day of November 1844
Personally appeared before me Joseph
Barclay one of the Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid


Elizabeth Jeffrey Widow of Francis Jeffery
deceased a resident of the State County
and township aforesaid aged Eighty three years
passed
who being first duly sworn
according to Law doth on her oath
make the following Declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the different acts of Congress passed
for the relief and benefit of the widow
of the deceased soldiers and officers who
served in the defence of the United States
in the war of the revolution, and says
she is the widow of Francis Jeffery who did
July 21st 1850 and was pensioner at
the time of his death now claims what
there was due him from the United States
at the time of his death in virtue of his service
rendered the U.S in the war of the revolution and of his disability received whilst
in the line of his duty in the performance
of that service by a bullet that through his
right hand which wound Crippled him
through all his after life and on account
of which disability received as aforesaid
he drew a pension from the United States
for many years and drew a pension of
thirty Dollars and forty cents for
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and who had money due him from
the government at the time of his death
which she as his widow now claims and
also she claims now, what there might
be due he in virtue of being the widow of
deceased invalide prior to the passage of the
law granting pensions to the widow of the
deceased allies and officers of the revolution
and she also further claims now the act
of Congress passed AD 1836 for the benefit.
of the widows of the soldiers and officers as
aforesaid or any other Subsequent acts by
which she may be most benefited but
she further says her said husband was sixty
Seven years of age at the time of his death
to whom she was married in the eyes
Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine which marriage
coming within the provisions of the land
entitled him to the benefits of those provisions
made as herein set forth and the further says
her name is not on the pension all of any
agency in any state, and that she has never
made application before now for the benefits
of those provisions made for the relief of the
widow as aforesaid and has been made
Jorded under Colonel Hendrickson and says she beli
he served under Captain Elihu Sheck
in the Militia in this said County and
in virtue of the services performed by her husband deceased
and the wound and disability received whilst performing the
the service as aforesaid this Deponent his widow and
legal representation according to law claims a pension
as such of
and she this deponent does hereby relinquish
all claims to a pension or annuity except
the present and does hereby order
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the present
on or annuity Except
and does hereby order
constitute and appoint
of New York as the and
lawful attorney to do and attend
to preparing this he declaration and
prection and other accompanying
documents in support of her claim and
also to send the same to Washington
and attend to and conduct the
compondane in securing to her
her right of claim and she may see
does hereby produce the best testamony
support after right of ten that the nature
of her case will admit, as she has
documentary proof of her marriage
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year
fast above written
Elizabeth Jeffery
Joseph Barclay J.C.
mark
the subscriber do hereby certify that
I am personally acquainted with Mrs
Elizabeth Jeffery the subscribed to the
forgoing declaration, and have known
be and her family for many years and
known to be the person whom she
presents herself to be & I do further certify
she is a respectable lady and so considered in this community and who is a person
of truth and veracity and whose
statements are entitled to full confidence
as such
Joseph Barclay
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ I Samuel Mair Clerk
of the County of
the Common Pleas in and for
said County do hereby certify that
Joseph Barclay before whom the fore
going deposition was taken and who
signed the foregoing certificate was
at the time of taking the same and
now is one of the judges of the
court of common pleas and for said County duely
commissioned sworn and encalled
in my office and further that some
acquainted with his hand writing
and that his signature thereto
are precisive.
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the
seal of said Court
at Freehold an 21st
day of November AD 1844
S. Mairs Clerk
to
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County
and Township of Shrewsbury
On this twentyeth day of November
AD 1844
Personally appeared
before me Joseph Barclay one of the Judges of
the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and
in the county aforesaid
William Throckmorton a resident
of the State County and Township
aforesaid aged Eighty three years pased in
September & who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath depose
and say he is now and also has been
personally and indirectly acquainted with
Mrs Elizabeth Jeffery the applicant
in the forgoing Declaration for
pension and was also intimately acquainted
with Frances Jeffery her late husband
deceased and that he this deponent
was born and brought up in the same
neighborhood where he now resides and
was present at the marriage of Francis-
Jeffery and Elizabeth Martin who is the
Widow of the said Francis and along
has been since his decease and be further
says he was one of their attending to acters
at their wedding which was solemnited
in this said State County and township
where by a Justice
of the peace by name of Thomas Little
who was duly authorized according to
the law of this State to solemize
marriages at that time which was in
the Autumn of 1789 seventeen hundred and
Eighty nine which he this deponent know
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by his own age at that time, and some peculiar
circumstanes that inspired at that time place
And he also says the said Francis Jeffery Lord
as a private in the militia service in the revolutionary war
under Captain Chadwick & Colonel Hendrickson for
years according to the requisitions of that day
And he this deponent further says that the
said Francis Jeffery was a pensioner
in virtue of his services rendered the United States
in the war of the revolution and
wound that he received therein as he has
Alday understood and believes and
that the said Francis deed as set forth in the
forgoing declaration of his widow who has
we remained his Willow and still is
Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year first ⎬ William Throckmorton
Written Joseph Barclay J.C. P.
I do hereby certify that I am personally
and intimately acquainted with Mr
William Throckmorton the subscribed to the
forgoing affidavit and have known him
on since his recollection and know
him to be one of our worthiest citizen bull
considered in this community, and he
the subscriber to this certificated as that he
believes the forgoing subscribed is a man
truth and varacity and that his statements
are entitled to full confidence as such
Joseph Barclay JOP
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New Jersey Monmouth County at
Township of Shrewsbury-- On this twenty first day of
November AD 1844 personally appeared before me
John Woolley one of the Justices of the peace in and
for said County Ann Bowyer resident of the
State County and township aforesaid who being
first known to me and duly affirmed according to
law doth on her affirmation depose and say she
is a native of this said State County & town where
she now resides and is now and always from her
childhood has been intimately acquainted with
Mrs Elizabeth Jeffery whose maiden name was
Elizabeth Martin and who was married to
Francis Jeffery in this said town where she
now resides by Thomas Little a Justice of the
Peace at that he was married in the autumn of
Seventeen hundred & sixty nine and she this deponent
was present at the wedding of the said Elizabeth
Martin and Francis Jeffreys and was brides maid
to her the said applicant in the foregoing declaration and stood up with them when their marriage
was solemnized as aforesaid and she this deponent
knows her to be the person whom she represents
herself to be and know she has never been married since the death of her said husband Francis
Jeffery who was a pensioner in virtue of his
services rendered the United States in the revolutionary war and a wound received whilst
in the performance of that service as she has
always understood and believes
and further this deponent saith not
Affirmed & subscribed
on the day & year first
as
Ann Bowyer
above written
Before me
John Woolley
Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify from personally acquainted with
Miss Ann Bowyer and have known her since
my earliest recollection and knowled
to be a worthy and respectable woman and
so considered unsally in this vicinity
where she has always resided. And who is
person oftenth and veracity and whose
statements consider entitled to full confidence
all as such
John Woolley

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
S. C. Samuel Mair
Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby
certify that John Woolley, before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken, and who signed the foregoing
certificate, was at the time of taking the same
and now is, one of the Jusutices of the Peace
and for said County, duly commissioned, sworn and
rolled in my office; and further that I am acquainted
with his hand writing, and that his signatures
thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and of
fixed the seal of said Court, at
Township
Freehold, this 20th day of No=
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Township of Shrewsbury On this twenty
first day of November AD 1844 personally
affiant before me
Peter J. Nevison Justis
Anthony Holmes a resident of the State County and
township aforesaid aged Eighty four years
in September last past who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath depose and say that he was personally
acquainted with Frances Jeffery deceased who
was the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffery now
his widow and the applicant for a pension
in the foregoing declaration and he further says
he was intimately acquainted with her said
husband in the war of the revolution and
who served in the militia in this said State
County, where he now resides and where the
said Jeffery and resided until his death
and he the said Jeffery Lorded under the same
captains with this deponent and served
some of the time under Capt Chadwick
and was under the said Captain with this
deponent at the time when he the said Jeffery
was wounded by bullet shot in his right hand
and they served under Colonel Daniel Hendrickson
but their Captains and under officers refuquently
charged those time of service will probable
more fully appear in Frances Jeffreys
declaration for a pension and probably the
names of officers also for the truth of.
this deponent
which you are refered to his
and if not found there satisfactory further reference
can be had by refusing to this deponents own declaration and also by others that this deponent will
and
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by Captain John Tyson Person of
the officers under whom they said
some times and Lorral others that he does
not now distinctly recall to his recollection
And this deponant further says that he himself
received pension in virtue of his services in the
revolutionary war of Eighty Dollars paid
and this deponent verily believes the said Francis
Jeffrey served as much or more them himself
he was constantly in the service before and at the time be
enters in his statments it is in consequence
of the great length of time since those events transpired
his great age and consequent infirmity
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year first
above written
Anthony Holme
Peter I Nevison Justis in
And for said County
I have by certify that the sure to the foregoing affidavit is a
man of truth and veracity and intitled to full faith and credit
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ ss. O. Samuel Mary
Clerk of the Court of Common Pearce and
for said County, do hereby certify that Peter T.
Nivison, before whom the foregoing deposition
was taken, was at the time of taking the same
and now is one of the Riskel of the Peace in and
for said County, duly commissioned Sworn
and enrolled in my office; and further,
that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and that his Signnaturer
thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof, should
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this 21st day of November A.D. 1844
C. Maing Clk
Shrewsberry Monmouth County and
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State of New Jersey Monmouth County and
Township of Shrewsbury this twenty
first day of November AD 1844 personally
appeared before me John Woolley one of the
Justices of the peace in and for said County
Ellison Court a resident of the State
County and Township aforesaid leged
Eighty one years in June last passed who being
personally known to me and first duly sworn
according to Law doth on his oath depose
and say the resided in this said County in
and during the war of the revolution and
that he himself though young at that time
served in the militia service in the defence of
this Country at that period. And that he
himself became acquainted with Frances Jeffery
who was the husband of Mrs Elizabeth Jeffery
the applicant in the forgoing Declaration for
a pension in Virtue of the services and disability
of her said husband deceased which were
hundred and received in the war of the
revolution And he further saith that he
first became acquainted with the said Francis
in the time of the revolutionary war which was
the same year that the battle was fought at
Monro the town and County and that he
our acquainted with the said Francis Jeffery from
that time until his death and was knowing
to his serving in the war and also knew he was
wounded in his right hand by a bullet that
she was informed and believes, though be
was not at the time with the said Jeffery
in service the day he was wounded but that ┃
he saw him immediately after the same day
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at the place called Red Bank in Shrewsbury
township and County aforesaid where the said
Jeffery was at the time when wounded she was then
informed
and he this deponent moved into the same
neighborhood with the said Jeffry where he now
resided in time of the war of the revolution
but they were obliged to leave and made
●
further from the contest
of the
war whether it hath
where he the
deponent now resides and where the Widow
of the said Francis Jeffery now resides and there
her husband lived and deed and who died a
pension in consequence of his disability record in the
service as aforesaid but the last time the
said Jeffery served this deponent does not recollect
if he knew
to and subscribed outher Ellison Covert
half first above written
before me
John Woolley
Justice of the Peace
11583
I hereby certify I am personally and intimately
requainted with the subscribing returns to the
forgoing affidavid Ellison Court, and
and profession and consider
universally vision and a man of
truth and veracity. and whose state
this subscriber consider are entitled
to full confidence as such
John Woolley
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Monmouth County ⎬ S. Samuel Mairs
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County
do hereby certify that John Woolley
before whom the above deposition
was taken and who signed the
above certificate was at the time
of taking the same and now
is one of the justice of the peace
in and for said County duly com
missioned Sworn and called
in my office and further that I
and acquainted with his hand
writing and that his signatures
thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof
have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at
Freehold this 21st day
of November AD 1844
S Mairs Clk
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State of New York City On this twentieth
and County of New York
& 1843
a resident of New Jersey but now of
New York City and County aforesaid
personally appeared before me
James Asher Mayor of the City of New York 
Elizabeth Jeffery widow of Frances Jeffery
deceased aged Eighty three years past
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following supplementery declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions made by the different
acts of Congress passed for the rolls and
benefit of widows of the
deceased soldiers and offices who served
in the defence of the United States in
the war of the revolution and
says, she is the widow of Frances Jeffery who died July 21st 1830 aged
was a pensioner at the time of his
death and she now claims that
there was due him at the time of
his death from the United States her
City, of his said enterd
the in the same of the revolution
and his disability received whilst in
the line of his duty in the preform
of that service by a bullet shot through
his right hand which wound red
him through all his after life &
on account of which disability
recorded as aforesaid the due
pension from the United States
for many years. And due thirty
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Eight Dollars & forty cents for
and whole money due him from
the Government at the time of his death
which she as his widow now claims
and also the claims now what
there might be due her in distine of
being the widow of a deceased include
prive to the passage of the law granting
pensions to the widow of the deced
soldiers and officers of the were of the
Revolution And he also further
clams now under the act of Congress
passed 1836 for the benefit of the widow
of the soldiers and officers as aforesaid
or any other subsequent acts by which
she may be most beneifit. And
further says her said husband was sixty
Seven years of age at the time of his death
And to whom the was married to All 1789
Seventeen hundred and eighty nine with
marriage coming within the provisions
of the law entitle her to the benefits of
those provisions made as herein set
North
And she further says her name
is not on the pension all of any
agency of any State, and that she has never
made application before now for the benefits
those provisions made for the relief
of the widows as aforesaid and a
the has been informed he served under
Colonel Hendrickson. And say she
licly he served under Capt Elijah
Chadwick in the millitia in this said
County. And in virtue
of the Justices performed by the said
Page 30

husband deceased. And the wound
and disability received. While purforming
the services as aforesaid this deponet
and his widow and legal exposentation
according to law Claims her pension
as such. And she this deponent does
hereby relinquish all claim to a
pension or annuity except the present
and do hereby empower constitute
and appoint William K Hoyt of
New York, as her true and lawful
Attorney to do and attend to proposing
this her declaration and other accor
panying documents in support of her claim
And also to send the same to
Washington, and attend to and condent
the correspondence in securing to
her her right of a
she does hereby produc
any in support of her
the nature of the
before whom the annexed
The Mayor
to
Ed
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year first awritten
{covered text by receipt}

James Harper
Mayor of the
of New-York
thereunto subscribed is genuine.
James Conner
for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn,
CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
James Harper
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of
Mayor ┃
deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY
and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of
of the
Page 31

husband deceased. And the wound
and disability received. While from
ing the services as aforesaid this deponent
and his widow and legal representation
according to law Claims her pension
as such. And she this deponent as
hereby relinquish all claim to a
pension or annuity except the present in
and does hereby empower constitute
and appoint William Hoyt of
New York - as her true and lawful
Attorney to do and attend to preparing
this her declaration and other accompanying documents in support of her claim
And also to send the same to
Washington, and attend to and conduct
the correspondence in securing to
her her right of claime and she says
she does hereby produce the birth
any in support of her claim that the
nature of her case will admit
Elizabeth Jeffery
in to and subscribed
and year first above
written
James Harper
Mayor
of the City of
New York
Page 32

NEW YORK
I James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY
James Harper
the
opinion was taken, was, at the time of taking the same. Her whom the annexed
said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn,
Mayor
authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the signature of
TESTIMONY WHEREOF
thereunto subscribed is genuine.
the County
the
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
21 day of Jany 1845
James Conner
Clerk.
Page 33

I do hereby certify the character of Eluizabth Jeffery has been fully proved
to my satisfaction to be respectable
and be entitled to full faith and
credit. And it is my half that
she is legally and justly entitled to her
Claim in the forgoing according to
be secure
James Harper
----
Page 34


Payment to be made
at Trenton
by P. Dickinson Esq
Agent for paying Pension
as in the Agency of New Jersey
Payable on the 4th March,
year presentation
Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book D Vol. 1
Page 197
by Tho. Lumpkin
Clerk
Page 35

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Elizabeth Jeffrey
widow of Francis Jeffrey
of New Jersey
who was a Private in
the Revolution
and died on the 21st day of July, 1830
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fortydollars
and per annum, commencing on the
4th day of March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th of March,
1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned
date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such
age or death.
Given at the War Office of the United
Eamned and
Countersigned
States, this 27th
July
day of
one thousand
eight hundred and forty seven
JL Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
W. L. Maury
Secretary of War.
Page 36

V No 18265
Elizabeth Jeffreys
NJ
Let to G.D. Walt
Feb 23rd 1847
to same June 26. 47
Page 37

35.820
Rev War
Page 38

Elizabeth Jeffrey
Wm Crocker
Ann Bowyer
Mark Keogh
Saml Storms
Page 39

State of New Jersey  Before me John Williams one of the
Monmouth County of Peace in and for said County Personally apend
Frances Jeffery who being Duly Sworn on the Holy Gospell
did depose and say that he is the same Frances Jeffery to
whom the original certificate now in his possession was
given of which the following is a True Coppy
State of New Jersey 1786
I do certify that I have inspected the Body of Francis
Jeffery that he served in the 12 months service and was
Disabled by a wound and now lives in the Township of
Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and is allowed
Two Dollars per month
from March 5 1781
Isaac Smith Inspector of {illegible}
of June
That he served in the twelve months service under the command
of Thomas Chadwick at the time he was disabled that he now
resides at Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and State of
New Jerry where he has resided for the last two years past
Sworn at Shrewsbury in the
County of Monmouth the
16 day of March 1821
Frances Jeffery
John Williams Justices
Know all men by then presents that I Francis Jeffery have
constituted and appointed Daniel Dennis to be my true and
Lawfull attorney for me and in my Name and to and for my
use to receive from the agent for paying Invalids in New
Jersey my Pension for twenty four months or two years
from the 5 March 1819 Given under my hand and seal the
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presents of us
day of
1825
Edward Price
Francis Jeffery
Lydia Lippincott
Page 40


Rec'd for Jeffery Pension bring 6  Months
Ending the 5th of March 1830 at $3.00 per months
Pd cash fe
$1920
Cash paid Henry Brinley for his service-
To my services for Drawing the papers
19.20
1.20
---------
18.00
1.00
--------
17.00
For Mrs Elizabeth Jeffery from John Williams
Page 41

Reported
New certificate 9th August
1847 in the name of Elizabeth
Jeffrey. he returned
cancelled, sent to H G.D.
Walt Burlington, New Jersey
Reported same rate
10318.
New Jersey
Elizabeth Jeffrey
Widow of Francis Jeffrey
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 21st July 1838 ┃
of Mormouth in the State of New Jersey
who was a Pri
commanded by Captain
Regt
in the Compy commanded
by
the Revolution
of the
in
line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 40 Dollars
---
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th
and sent
July 18 Gallery
Total amount,
$200.00
(Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by the Sumpkin
Book D Vol.
Clerk,
Page 199
Page 42

Application for a New Certificate

State of New Jersey
Monmouth SS}

On this sixth day of February One thousand Eight hundred & twenty six, before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Monmouth, personally appeared Francis Jeffery who on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Chadwick in the Regiment commanded by Colonel [left blank]  in the service of the
United States; that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New Jersey, but has never received a formal certificate & now
wishes to obtain one-

Francis Jeffery

Sworn & Subscribed to before
me, the day & year aforesaid
John Williams Justice
of the Peace

State of New Jersey Monmouth County SS
On this sixth day of February, one thousand Eight hundred & twenty six, personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County of Monmouth, George Brinley, who being duly sworn on the Holy Gospel, did depose & say, that he is well acquainted with the above deponent, Francis Jeffery, & well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit
---
George Brinley

Sworn & Subscribed to before me
the day & year above written
John Williams Justice

I do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with George Brinley the deponent named in the above affidavit, & that I know him to be a person of good morals, & that he is considered to be a
man of veracity -

Given under my hand this sixth day of 1826-
John Williams Justice
Page 43

Francis Jeffers Invalid N.J. 
10 March
last pd ?
10 4th    pd to 4th March 1830
2H
Page 44

Elizabeth Jeffrey
N, Jersey
for increase
Act 2 Feb 48

Wm. T. Allison
Page 45

POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
----------------
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Elizabeth Jeffrey of Monmouth County hereby constitute and appoint William Allison my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of myself for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the 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, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself

to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

                her
Elizabeth. X. Jeffrey
               mark

WITNESS my hand and Seal this 1st day of September A. D., 1851

Signed and sealed in the presence of }
JohnNS. Emmons
E. Green

STATE OF New Jersey
COUNTY of Monmouth } SS:  
On this first day of September A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Jeffery--- and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid. }
John N. Emmons
J. Peace.
Page 46

Claim of Elizabeth Jeffrey
Act of 22 February 1848
--------------------
STATE OF New Jersey
COUNTY
day of September Monmouth } SS.
Be it known, That on this first day of September A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Jeffery a resident  of Monmouth ['in said' crossed out] County, and
made oath according to law that she is the identical person who is a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of forty Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

                 her
Elizabeth X Jeffrey
               mark

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before me.
John H. Emmons J. Peace.

I, John N. Emmons Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Elizabeth Jeffrey ---- who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.

John N. Emmons J. Peace

I, Daniel Christopher Clerk of the Inferior Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John N. Emmons before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized  to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribe my name and affixed my official seal, this Second day of September A.D. 1851.

Danl. Christopher
Clerk.

[embossed seal on left]
Page 47

STATE OF [left blank]
COUNTY OF [left blank] } ss.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence that [left blank] was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United has been exhibited before me
States at the rate of $[left blank] per annum and that [left blank] died on the [left blank] 
 day of [left blank] eighteen hundred and 
[left blank] leaving surviving [left blank] and that[left blank] the
only surviving [left blank] of the aforesaid.


IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this [left blank] day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Page 48

Burlington June 21 1844

Dr Sir

When I had the pleasure of of seeing you in
Washington, you promised me that you would
examine the claim of Mrs Jeffery for a pension
Her husband was a pensioner and you have the 
in have the evidence in your office or at the war office of the service-  I sent you the proof of the marriage and a letter from your Department stated that it must be certified. I wrote requesting you to send me the original & I would have it certified

I beg that your prompt attention to this
matter-. The delay is an act of injustice to
the old Lady who is very aged- The claim is
known to every one here to be a fair & honest
one & I have no interest but the desire of
procuring Justice for the widow of a Revolutionary. It is well knowns that I never 
have & never will receive a cent for my
services from Revolutionary men or women
& never ask.  But where the claim is [illegible]
known by reputation to be fair.

Yrs respy
Garret D Wall

The Honble
J.S. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Page 49

Letter to W. H.
Hoyt 13 March 1845.
Page 50


Benly in July 1 1847
I find herewith the application of Elizabeth Jeffery
for a pension. The papers have been why
hands from time report him to be said or they should have
forwarded sooner.
her husband Warren Jeffery was a
pensioner. When this claim to a pension will deserted
his prises also are well know it an active
his soul & faithful foldies I think that the
claim of his widow is fully supported.
Will you and whatever information
you have to communicate? In case the
Regin certificate is put to me will have
you that the son to become a prey of aspey
but that the recover
the whole of the County of
Govemment onward he is in need
Yours respy
Garret D Wall
the Comber
Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
{much of this document is difficuly to read. The author wrote too quickly to be easily discernable}
Page 51

FREE
Aug 7 47
Elizabeth Jeffery
The Honble
of
James Edward Esq
Com of Pension
Washington City
D C.
Page 52


Week of Aug 3 1847
Dear sir:
and the enclosed pension papers which
were forwarded to me at Long Branch where I
have been performing until coming to this place to
attend the policy of the Court I believe the flat
who drew the paper has mad matters wart in the
name of the purposes the name is Jeffrey not
Jessers. {illegible]that the perseon would
refuse to pay on the site of Attorney of Elizabeth
Jeffrey infer that he must depend on
attoney to receive for her will you please
correct the papers send them to Burlington, NJ
as my paper forwards go to other Burlington county
thought that the papers proved that the
Jeffrey enlisted for a year was wounded into
him but served the year out this time he receive
invalid pension for his wound but that did
that the colutest doth he the Gore
and it for the year of the wind was not of
nature to produce permant disability
only temporary he povedant all of his time
which was not confirmed in his care
Yours respt
Garrett Wall
Page 53

New York January 8th 1845
Sir
therewith enclose to you the declaration
and accompanying documents of
Mrs Elizabeth Jeffery for a pension
virtue of the husband or
in the war of the revolution
which
I trust will receive your earliest
Convenient attention
-
Jun respectfully yours
humble
Your Servant William Hough
GJ Burrod Steset
Page 54

Payment to be made at
Trenton

by
P. Dickinson Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 97
Th Lumpkin
Clerk.
Page 55

War Department
Widow's Pension.
3 March, 1843, and
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17, 1844,
Elizabeth Jeffers
widow of Francis Jeffers
New Jersey
who was a Private in the revolution
and died on the 21st
day of July, 1830
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fortydollars and
per annum, commencing on the
4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless
the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which
Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 27th
day of
July
one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
and Countersigned
of
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War.
Page 56

I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth
in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that
John Williams is a Justice of the Peace of
said County and is enrolled as such in my
to all his of
Office and whose acts as such full faith and
Credit is due & ought to be given
official acts as such,

In Testimony wheree of I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the Seal of Court this 23 day 
of Febuary A.D. 1826


Wm Ten Eyck Clk
Page 57

.
Francis Jeffers
for a Certificate
 Rw March
4.1826
John Williams
Shrewsbury
N Jersey

Pension office
Washington City

Shewsbury N.J. FEB 28[postmark]
Page 58

Shrewsbury Febry 25th 1826
---
Sir

agreeable to your directions I have
sent on the affadavit of Frances Jeffrey
and other certificates, which I hope will
be satisfactory
Very Respectfully
your Friend-
John Williams
To James Barbour, Esqr
Page 59

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 946
Elizabeth Jeffrey
Widow
Francis Jeffrey 
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2" 1848
Index: --Vol. A Page 373 
Arrangement of 1870.
Page 60

11583
Elizabeth Jeffrey
    N.J. 
Oct 7 July 38
M89  d30


the 1781
under the act of 1780
State of New Jersey
Page 61

11583
Elizabeth Jeffreys
widow of Frances
N J

Act 7 July 1838
married 89, 
husband died 1830
$40th per anum
4 March 1836
at March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$40th pream

Hon. G. D. Wall
Burlington
NJ
Page 62

Long Branch Ind
24th July
Hon Ganet D. Wall
Burlington
N. J.
Page 63

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
On this sixteenth day of July A.D.
1846 Personally appeared before me Joseph
Barclay a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid
William Throckmorton of said County who being duly sworn
according to law on his oath saith that he is acquainted with
Elizabeth Jeffery widow of Francis Jeffery Dc? & that he was
present and saw the said Francis & Elisabeth married that
they were married by Thomas Little Esqr. in the township of
Shrewsbury County of Monmouth aforesaid, in the fall of
1789 or 1790 - and that the said Thomas Little was one of the
Justices of the peace in & for the County aforesaid or reputed
so to be, and that the said Francis died some 15 or 16 years
ago and that the said Elizabeth has since remained his widow
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year first aforesaid
William Throckmorton
before me
Joseph Barclay
State of New Jersey ss
Monmouth County
of
On this Eighteenth day of July AD.
1846 Personally appeared before me Joseph
Barclay a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
Ann Bowyer of said County who alledging herself conscientiously Scrupulous of taking an oath being duly affirmed acording to law saith that she was present and saw Francis
Jeffery & Elizabeth Martin married by Thomas Little
Esqr who was reputed to be a Justice of the place of the
County of Monmouth, that they were married in Shrewsbury
township in the year 1789 or 1790 and that the said
Francis died some 15 or 16 years ago, and since then
the said Elizabeth has remained the widow of the
said Francis
affirmed to and subscribed
the day & year first aforesaid
Ann Bowyer
┃ before me
Joseph Barclay
Page 64

I hereby certify that Joseph Barclay whose
name is appended to the annexed affidavit
will was at the time of the taking there of a Justices
of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth
half a peace Court of Common Pleas
the said County and that he was long before the
[illegible] is a  great justice judge.
The affidavitts are in his own hand writing except the
signatures of the Deponents I am well acquanted with his hand contrip  that he is a man of
well your respectability heredit that
full faith ought to be given him official
acts.
July 22 1847
Garret D Wall
Page 65

Reported
new certificate is
August 1847 in the
Name of
Elizabeth Jeffrey
and
sent to Hon G. D. Wall
Burlington, New Jersey
Former Cancelled
Reported same date

New Jersey
8221
Elizabeth Jeffery
widow of Francis Jeffery
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband
died . July 1830
40
Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
Certificate of Pension issued the
the
and sent to
day of July, 1847
Hon
G.D. Hall
Burlington N. Jersey
Recorded in Book A
Vol 2
Page 97
Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.}
Page 66

tate of New Jersey
Monmouth Co
⎬ ss.
On this Twentieth day of September, A.D. One
thousand eight hundred & forty eight, personally appeared
before the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace in & for
said County. Elizabeth Jeffrey a resident of the
township of Shrewsbury, in the County of Monmouth, aged
seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions
made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February
1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary war
of
Francis Jeffrey
That she is the widow
who was a private
in the Revolutionary war, has no recollection, as to the
regiment or corps in which he served, but was wounded
in the service, that she received the annual amount
of
Forty dollars under the act of 17th June 1844
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on
the day & year above written
before
Elizabeth Jeffery [her mark]
W.S. to cum Justice of the peace
my
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known
to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a
pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit
N. S. Locum
Justice of the peace
Page 67

state of New jersey
County of Monmouth
I Daniel Christopher
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County & State aforesaid hereby
that do certify
W. H. Slocum is a Justice of the peace in and for
said County duly Commissioned & qualified; that
his Commissioner is dated on the 18th day of November
& D 1843 and will expire on the 18th day of November
A D 1848. And that his signatures to the foregoing
declaration & certificate is Genuine
Given under my hand and the
Seal of said County the 28th day
of September AD 1848
Daniel Christopher Clk