Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3758, Timothy Bigelow, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Bigelow, Timothy
Hannah
NUMBER
W. 3758
CONTENTS
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No 9438
New Jersey
Timothy Bigelow
of Newark in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Ward
of the Brigade commanded
by Genl Heard in the N. Jersey Militia
for 11 months Private
$36.66
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May
1833 and sent to Pensioner
care of Moses Bigelow, Newark, New Jersey
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
$73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 33.33
$106.65
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book E.
Vol. 3
Page 102
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application of
Timothy
Bigelow
Pensioners application
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex

On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
& thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common pleas now sitting at the Court house in Newark in & for the said County of Essex in the said
State Timothy Bigelow a resident of the township of Newark in the said County of Essex who being duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed June 18th AD 1832
that he is now about seventy years of age that he was borned in the Township of Hanover County of Morris
State of New Jersey in the year Seventeen hundred
and sixty two or sixty three as he believes, but that he has no record of his age, nor does he know of any ever having been kept
This deponent in the month
of April in the year 1779 resided in the Township of Hanover in the County of Morris, when his first actual service commenced during the revolutionary war
by joining the Morris Militia as a substitute
for Samuel Hains early in the spring of that year
That the militia to which he was attached were
marched from Morris Town to Elizabeth thinks they joined a small party of regular troops at Elizabeth Town staid there untill some time in the summer;
were then removed to Newark, halted in Newark.
some time, but unable to tell how long, moved from thence
up the Newark river as far as Weasel about a mile above Acquacknock, pitched their tents there, and remained some time, after which they returned to Elizabeth
and late in the fall again marched up the Newark river to Weasel, after being there about one month he
thinks, were dismissed
That in this term of service

Pensioner: Hannah Bigelow
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this deponent believes he was out about eight months
that there was no fighting and but one alarm, and
that whilst at Wessel
In the Spring of 1780
this deponant was drafted in Newark to serve in
the militia for one month during that time he was
billeted at Jabez Wards and at a Mr Currys having
an old stone school house for their guard house after
serving the month he was dismissed in Newark
sometime in May he thinks. In June following he
volunteered at Rockaway Morris County to serve in the
militia for one months he was marched to Connecticut
farms Essex County during the time he was their stay
here the Brittish marched from Elizabeth Town to
Springfield and returned the evening of the same day
without doing any particular damage that he recolect of, but on the succeeding morning they returned again to Springfield and burnt a part of the Town
On the day that Springfield was burnt this deponant
believes that the militia which he was connected with
was under the command of General Herd that when
the action commenced they were stationed at Vauxhall about 1½ mile from Springfield and were not
in the action. On the forenoon of that day the Picquet
guard had taken five prisoners and brought them into
camp and this deponent was selected as one for a
guard to guard the prisoners march them to Chatham and
on the succeeding day they were marched to Morris Town.
He served his month and was dismissed. Soon after
he was dismissed as above he again volunteered to
serve in the Morris Militia, and mustered on Morris
Town Green late in the afternoon the same evening
they took up a line of march and marching all night
they arrived at Woodbridge in Middlesex County early
the succeeding morning. After serving the month he
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was again dismissed In 1781 he volunteered and joined the army as a wagoner at White
Plains, from there they were marched to Chatham at which place this deponant was employed in carting and in assisting to build ovens. After staying at Chatham a Short time they took up a line of March and marched to Philadelphia and from thence to
Baltimore and so on to York Town where he remained untill some time after the surrender of Cornwallis employed
in carting bombs, into camp
He believes that he served in the Army at this time about 6 months distinctly recolecting that he returned to Morris County on the evening of the 31st of December
that his whole actual service during the revolution was about seventeen months. The first 8 months as a substitute for Samuel Hains and others whom
he does not recollect. the three succeeding in monthly drafts and the last six months as a volunteer wagoner
in the expedition against Cornwallis
This deponant further states that he does not know of any person living that can testify to his service, nor has he any documentary evidence of such service He does not recolect the names of any with whom he served except a Capt Jonas Ward and Daniel Ogden both
from the same neighbourhood the latter of whom was with him at Springfield nor does he know whether either ofthem are now living the deponant not having been in
the County of Morris within thirty years and but once in about forty five. The names of the militia with whom he served as well as his old acquaintinces all altogether erased from his memory. He recolects of seeing General Washington frequently and when at Morris
Town his head quarters was at Gabriel Fords The deponant further states that his father died when he
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was about 7 years of age that he went as an apprentice
to Samuel Hains Shoe maker that he thinks the said
Hains was drafted and the first service of the undersigned was as a substitute for the said Hains That it was the first time the deponant had ever been in Essex County, and but little acquainted with men of that day, being young to at that time, he cannot
relate more particularly the officers under whom he served. After the first 8 months service he did not
return to serve his apprenticeship with the said
Hains but served in the militia as above stated during the spring and summer of 1780 when not in actual service he was employed in carting flour
and stores for the army from Kings ferry to Morris Town
in said County
This deponent states without
hesitation that he never has received one Dollar for his
services nor does he recolect of ever having received any
written discharges for such services
After his return from York Town and the surrender of Cornwallis he resided in Hanover township in the County
of Morris his native place for about two years from thence
he went to Jersey City remained there a short time and
from thence moved in the Township of Newark County of
Essex and has lived at Lyons Farms in said Township
and County ever since a period of upwards of forty
five years
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 and year first above
aforesaid
in open Court
Timothy Bigelow
[illegible name]
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We John McDonal Clergyman Residing in the borough
of Elizabeth in the County of Essey and Thomas
Ward residing in the Town of Newark
County aforesaid
hereby certify that we are with acquainted with
Timothy Bigelow who has subscribed and sworn to
the foregoing declaration, that we have been acquainted
with him for many years past, that we believe
him to be about Seventy years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion & we further certify and declare that he has uniformly sustained a fair character for morality truth and integrity
●
Sworn & Subscribed, in open court the day
and year above stated
in Open Court
Elldon Andall Judge
John McDowell
Thomas Ward
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 John McDowel who has
signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman
Resident in the Borough of Elizabeth in the County
of Essex and that Thomas Ward who has also signed
the same is a resident in the Town of Newark
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County aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is
entitled to credit. By order of the Court
E. Van Arsdale Jr. Clk
I Elias Van Arsdale Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for
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
Timothy Bigelow for a pension. In Testimony Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this fifth
day of October 1832 E Van Arsdale

Application of Timothy Bigelow
Pensioners application
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Declaration of Timothy
low in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1839
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
of the 3rd March 1843 granting Pensions for one year to
Certain Widows which act was revived & extended by the
act of Congress of June 17th 1844 for the term of four years
from and after the Fourth day of March 1844

State of New Jersey
Essex County ss 

On this Twenty seventh day of July in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and forty seven, personally Appeared before me
Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said
County duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer
oath the Widow Hannah Bigelow A Resident of the City of
Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey
Aged Seventy-nine years on the Tenth day of December last
who I hereby certify cannot from Bodily, Infirmity
Attend Court) who being by me first duly sworn according to
Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed on the third of March, 1843.
granting Pensions to certain widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary which act was derived and extended
by the act of Congress of June 17th 1844 for the term of four
years from and after the fourth of March 1844. That she is the widow of Timothy Bigelow late of the said County
of Essex and State of New York deceased, who was a private
soldier in the Militia Service during the Revolutionary war
and A pensioner of the United States under the law of Congress of
June Seventh 1832, at the Rate of Thirty six dollars and
sixty six Cents per annum. - And the said Hannah Bigelow
Also Declares that she was married to the said Timothy Bigelow
on the First day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and Eighty nine by the Revd David Austin
Then Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth Town Essex
County New Jersey and that her Sister Rebecca Meeker Now
Residing
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Residing in the City of New York was present at her Marriage to
the said Timothy Bigelow, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed, and
is the only person now living that she now recollects that was present at
her said Marriage, and that her husband the afforesaid Timothy
Bigdow died on the Eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and
Forty seven at his Residence in said County of Essex, By whome
she had Eight-- children viz Polly O. was born December 18th
1791. Betsey M. Was Born April 1st 1794, Rebecca, born August
7th 1797. Moses Born January 12th 1800, Sarah Born December 6th
1801. David Born November 16th 1905, Lucy Ann Born January
31st 1809. And Hannah Born July 16th 1813. And the said Hannah
Bigelow, further declare, that the above stated Birth of her several
Children, is correct or taken from her family Record containing
said Birth and that she has no written or Documentary evidence
of her said Marriage, to the said Timothy Bigelow. And further declares
she is still a widow and has remained a widow ever since the death of
her said husband

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above Written before me

Sam B. Miller Justice of the peace

Her
Hannah X Bigelow
Mark
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Date of death
not on [illegible]
2700
2706
NEW
Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy
NJ
who served in the Revolution
war, as a private,
Inc'd 
from $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36
Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
of
W
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th
day of Apl. 1857 and sent to
Moses
Bigelow

Newark
N. J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 282
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Hannah Bigelow for a pension,
Essex County, Personally appeared before me
Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly authorized by the Laws of said State to Administer oaths, Moses Bigelow a respectable person residing in the City of Newark Essex
County New Jersey. 

- Who being by me duly sworn on
his oath saith that he is in the forty-eighth year of his age, that he is the Fourth Child of Timothy Bigelow Late
of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey deceased and
Hannah Bigelow his wife. - 

And that the leaf which is
hereunto annexed, purporting to be a family Record
Containing the Birth of his said Father and Mothers
Eight Children was taken by him from his said Fathers and Mothers Family Bible now in possession of his said
Mother which Bible this deponent saith he has known
for more than thirty years last past, which Record is in the hand writing of his said Father, and is as
this deponent verily believes a true Record of all therein
stated. And this deponent further saith that the
Family Bible from which the Record was taken was
purchased by his said Father the said Timothy Bigelow
in the year one thousand Eight hundred and Nine
As appears by a Record upon the cover in his said
Fathers hand writing. And further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed at Newark
in said County on the Ninth
day of November A.D. 1847
Moses Bigelow
Before me Saml B. Miller
Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey 
County of Essex ss. 

I John P Jackson Clerk of the County
of Essex and also Clerk 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 Moses Bigelow was made and
taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is a Justice of the
Peace for said County, commissioned and Sworn and duly authorized
to take the same, and that the signature to the Jurat of said affidavit
is the proper hand writing of said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and official Seal at Newark in said County the
Thirtieth day of November AD. Eighteen hundred
and forty seven
J P Jackson Clk
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BIRTHS.
FAMILY RECORD.
Polly Bigelow was born
28 day of December in the year
of
our Lord. 1791
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Betsy A. Bigelow was born on
the day of April in the year 1794
Rebekah was born 
the 7th day of August in the year 1797
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Moses Bigelow was borned
12 day of January in year 1800

Toby (?) Bigelow was born
the 6th day of December in the year 1801
David Bigelow was borned
16 of November in the year 1805
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Lucyan Bigelow
was borned the 30 day
of January in the year 1809

Hannah Bigelow was born the 16th 
day of July 1813
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MARRIAGES.
Betsey M. Bigelow
Married to
James Canfield May 7, 1812
Polly A. Bigelow Married to
Moses Sayre January 9, 1813

Rebeca Bigelow Married to
David Hall March 30 in
the year 1820

Sally Bigelow Married
to Johann [illegible] May 10 1821
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Lucyann Bigelow
Mared to Samuel
Richardson August
the 31- 1829

Hannah Bigelow
Married to John Rich
October 5, 1831
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES

Moses Bigelow
Married to Eliza
Ann Daughter of
Isaac C Tichenon of
Newark Dec 14 1832
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Mrs. M. Beatrix Carlson
Apt. 412, " Blackburn "
4471 Olive Street
Saint Louis, Missouri
Dear Madam:
June 22, 1935
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
BAJ-/EEL
Timothy Bigelow-W.3756
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records
of Abraham Ogden, lieutenant colonel of New Jersey Militia;
Jonathan Meeker, private of Essex County, New Jersey; and Timothy
Bigelow, who married Hannah Ogden Meeker, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service
in that war of a Jonathan Meeker, as described by you or of Abraham
Ogden. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.

The record has been found of Timothy Bigelow and it is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers
on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.3758, based upon his
military service in that war.
Timothy Bigelow was born in 1762 or 1763, in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey. His father died when he was seven years
of age. The name of soldier's parents are not shown.
While residing in Hanover Township, New Jersey, Timothy Bigelow enlisted and served with the New Jersey Troops as follows:
from April, 1779, eight months in the spring of 1780, one months from sometime in the following June, one month and guarded
prisoners to Morristown soon after the expiration of this service. one months in 1781, he joined the army as a waggoner and went on the expedition against Cornwallis and served six months. No specific dates are given and no names of officers except that of Captain
Jonas Ward.
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After the Revolution, Timothy Bigelow lived in Hanover Township, New Jersey, for two years, then moved to Jersey City, where
he resided for a short time, then moved to Newark Township, Essex
County, New Jersey, and resided at Lyons Farms.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he was a resident of said Newark Township.
He died April 8, 1847, in Newark Township, New Jersey.
The soldier married November 1, 1789, Hannah Meeker, who was born December 10, 1767. They were married by the Reverend David
Austen, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Elizabethtown, New Jersey.

Soldier's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed July 27, 1847, while residing in Newark, New Jersey
The widow stated that she and her husband, Timothy Bigelow, had eight children, as follows:
Polly Bigelow born December 28, 1791, married January 9, 1813,
Moses Sayre.
Betsey M. Bigelow born April 1, 1794,
married May 7, 1812,
James Canfield.
Rebeckah or Rebecah Bigelow. born August 7, 1797, married March 30, 1820,
David Ball.
Moses Bigelow
born January 12, 1800, 
married December 14, 1832;
Eliza Ann, daughter of
Isaac C. Tichenor, of
Newark, New Jersey.
Moses was living in Newark
New Jersey, in 1847.
Sarah or Sally Bigelow
born December 6, 1801,
Married May 10, 1821 John Marsh (blurred)
David Bigelow born November 16, 1805
Lucyan or Lucy Ann born January 30, 1809  Married August 30, 1829, Samuel Richards
Hannah Bigelow. July 16, 1813 Married August October 5, 1831, John Richards. 

In 1847, the widow's sister, Rebecca Meeker, was aged sixty-eight
years and resided in New York City.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1893 May 10 Rec'd

Sam'l C. Bigelow
Newark, N.J.
1929, Oct 17 Hist to
Moses Bigelow Etc
1935 June 22-
History to M. Beatrix Carlson
EL
[illegible] WIDOW, &c.
File No.
Hannah Bigelow
Wid
Timothy Bigelow
Pvt. Rev. War
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Act: Feby, 28/48
Index:--Vol. A, Page 2
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Sent to M. Below April 2/57 (?)
Reported
Decr 30/48
2706
New Jersey
Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy Bigelow
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Dec. 1848
and sent to
Moses Bigelow
Newark
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 282 Vol. 4
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[illegible]
458
New Jersey
Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy Bigelow
who was a
Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 8th Apl 1847
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
---
30
Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 8th day of April, 1847.

Certificate of Pension issued the
30 day of Dec. 1847
and sent to

Sam'l
B. Miller
Newark
N.J.
(Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2. Page 93.
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V No 9352
Hannah Bigelow
[illegible] to Saml B. Miller
Sept18 '47
[illegible] to ditto
October 24 '47
Act 3 March 1843
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458
New Jersey
Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inc. from 30.00
-
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of
36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 8th day of April, 1847.

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Certificate of Pension issued
the 11 day of Apl. 1857
and sent to
Moses Bigelow
Newark
N.J
Mod.
2
Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
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Dear Sir
Newark Oct 13
1832
Any communication from the department
to Timothy Bigelow the applicant for a
pension. you will have the goodness to order
it to be directed to in Tim Bigelow: Newark
N.J. care of the subscriber
Yours Respectfully
Moses Bigelow
To the Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of war

Timothy Bigelow, N. J. Act 7 June 1832, [llegible]
To what time was he last paid

G.C. A

Pension Office 
December 21st 1847

Died 8th April 1847
Paid to his death
BLB 
Dec 23
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Hon. Y.S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C
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Newark New Jersey August 20th 1847
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I herewith transmit to you the declaration and
evidence of the Widow Hannah Bigelow for a person
under the acts of March 3rd 1843 and 17th June 1844
which you will please to Examine and Report on in
turn
with the highest respect I
Remain yours &c
Sam B. Miller
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Act 44 643

Hannah
Bigelow
Wid of
Timothy
N.J.
Act 3 Mch 1843
and 17 No 44
Married 1789
husband died April 1847
Adm 9 mo pr
$30th per annum
from 8 April 1847

Samuel B Miller
Newark
NJ
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex ss. 
I John A Jackson Clerk of the County of
Essex and also of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B.
Miller before whom the affidavits hereto annexed of Hannah Bigelow,
Moses Bigelow and William Grumman were severally made
and taken, at the time of taking the same was & now is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Commissioner and
Sworn and duly authorized to take the same and that the signatures to the Jurats of said affidavits respectively are genuine; I further certify that
Edward Sanderson before whom the annexed
affidavit of N. Mamay was made and taken and
at the time of taking the same and still is one of the
Justices of the Peace for said County Commissioned
and sworn and legally authorized to take the same and that the
signature of said Justice to the Jail of said affidavit is
genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and official Seal at Newark in said County of Essex the
Twenty Seventh day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred
and forty seven
S, Jackson Clk
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Hannah Bigelow for a pension.
State of New Jersey
Essex County ⎬ 

Personally appeared before me
Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in
and for said County, (duly Authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oath,) William Grammon A Respectable person residing in the City of Newark
Essex County New Jersey, who being by me duly sworn
on his oath saith, that he is now in the sixty first
year of his age, that he has been well acquainted with
Timothy Bigelow and Hannah Bigelow his wife whose maiden
Name was Hannah Meeker, Ever since the summer of Seventeen
hundred and Ninety two. At which time the said Timothy
Bigelow and Hannah Bigelow his wife Resided together as
Husband and wife and reputed so to be until the death
of the said Timothy Bigelow which took place, in the month
of April last past. And this deponent further saith, that the
said Timothy Bigelow has left a widow Named Hannah
Bigelow who is still living in the said County of Essex
New Jersey and has remained a widow ever since the death
of her said husband and is now, And now as much as
seventy nine or Eighty years of age. And this deponent further
saith that the said Timothy Bigelow and Hannah his wife
had a Number of children together, and that the said Timothy
Bigelow was a pensioner of the United States, under the Law of
Congress of June 7th 1836, as he has always understood
And further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed this
Twentieth day of July in the year
of our Lord
A.D. 1847 before me
William Grumman
Saml B. Miller Justice of the peace
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Revd Mr Moore
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In the Matter of the application of the
Widow Hannah Bigelow for a pension,
State of New Jersey
Essex County ss 

Personally appeared before me, Edward
Anderson, A Justice of the peace in and for said County Duly Authorized by the Laws of said to Administer Oath, the Revd
Mr N. Murry A Respectable clergyman Residing at Elizabeth Town in the County and State aforesaid. Who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is in the 45th year
of his age that he has been the Regularly Installed pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth Town Essex County New Jersey
since July 1833 to the
present time which is the same Church over which the Rvd David Austen was Minister from the year seventeen
hundred and Eighty eight to the year 1797
and that there is not to his knowledge remaining any
Record of Marriages Solemnized by the said Revd Mr Austen during the time of his ministry in said Church
And further saith not
Sworn and subscribed at Elizabeth
Town in said County this 26th
day of Aug. A.D. 1847 before me
N. Murray
Edward Anderson
Justice of the peace
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In the Matter of the Application of the
Widow Hannah Bigelow for a pension
State of New Jersey, Essex County ss 
Personally Appeared before me Samuel B.
Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by the Laws of said State to Administer Oaths, Moses Bigelow a Respectable person Residing
in the City of Newark Essex County New Jersey, who being
by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he was Born on the Twelfth day of January Eighteen hundred and is the
Fourth Child of Timothy Bigelow and Hannah Bigelow his
wife of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and that the following is a true copy of the Names and Births of
their several children, Taken from his Father and Mothers Family Record, Viz Polly O. Bigelow, Was Born December 10th
1791. Betsey M. Bigelow Born April 1st 1794. Rebeca Bigelow Born August 7th 1797. Moses Bigelow Born Jany 12th
1900. Sarah Bigelow Born December 6th 1801 David Bigelow
Born November 16th 1905 Lucy Ann Bigelow Born January 31st 1910 and Hannah Bigelow Born July 16th 1913.-- which
Record this deponant saith he has known for more than thirty
years last past or or long ago as he can Remember and always
believed the same to be a true Record. And this deponent further
saith that the said Timothy Bigelow and Hannah his wife always
Resided together as husband and wife and reputed so to be until
the death of her husband the said Timothy Bigelow, which took place
on the Eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and Forty seven and
that his Father the said Timothy Bigelow was a pensioner
of the
United States at the time of his death at the rate of thirty six dollars
and sixty six Cents per annum
And that his mother the said
Hannah Bigelow is still living and has remained a widow and
unmarried ever since the death of her said husband, and is now in the
Eightieth year of her age
sworn to and subscribed this Seventh day
of August A.D. 1847. Before me
Moses Bigelow

Sam W. Miller Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
of the 3rd March 1843 granting Pensions for one year to
Certain Widows; which act was revived & extended by
the act of Congress of June 17th 1844 for the Term of Four
years from and after the Fourth day of March 1844
State of New Jersey
Essex County ss 

On this twenty third day of September In the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred
and Forty seven, personally appeared before
me Rodney Wilkin one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County, of Essex (Which Court is a Court of Record), the Widow Hannah
Bigelow. A Resident of the City of Newark in the County
of Essex and State of New Jersey. Aged Seventy-nine
years on the tenth day of December last. (Whom I hereby certify cannot from old age and Bodily infirmity Attend said Court) who being by me first duly
sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the
Third of March 1843 granting Pensions to certain Widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary which act was
Revised and extended by the act of Congress of June 17th
1841. for the term of four years from and after the fourth
of March 1841. That she is the widow of Timothy Bigelow
late of the said County of Essex and State of New Jersey
deceased, who was a private soldier in the Militia service
during the Revolutionary war, and a Pensioner of the United States
under the Law of Congress of June Seventh 1832, at the
Rate of Thirty six dollars and sixty six Cents per annum
at the time of his death. And the said Hannah Bigelow
also declares that she was married to the said Timothy
Bigelow on the First day of November in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and Eighty nine by the Revd
David
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David Austin then pastor of the Presbyteran Church at Elizabeth Town Essex County New Jersey and that her sister Rebeca Meeker
Now Residing in the City of New York was present and saw her
Married to the said Timothy Bigelow, whose affidavit is hereunto Annexed, And is the only person now living that she now
Recollects that was present at her said Marriage. And that her husband the aforesaid Timothy Bigelow died on the Eighth
day of April Eighteen hundred and forty seven at his Residence in said County of Essex. That she was not Married
to the said Timothy Bigelow prior to his leaving the service But the Marriage took place previous to the first day of
January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated. And that she is still a widow and has remained a widow ever since this period. And the said
Hannah Bigelow, further declares that she had Eight Children by the said Timothy Bigelow, V Polly O. Betsey M. Rebeca. Moses.
Sarah, David Lucy Ann and Hannah, as will more fully
appear by Reference to the proof hereunto annexed. And the
said Hannah Bigelow further declares that she has no written
or Documentary proof of her said Marriage and as to her said Husband Service in the war of the Revolution the said
Applicant would most Respectfully refer the Commissioner
of pensions to her said husbands papers now on file in the
pension office at the City of Washington. And to the Second
section of the Law of Congress of May 7th 1846
Sworn and subscribed at Newark
In said County on the day and
year above written Before me
Rodney Wilbur
Judge

Her 
Hannah X Bigelow
Mark

State of New Jersey ⎬
County of Essex

I John F Jackson Clerk of the County of
County of Essex and also of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in
and for said County do hereby certify that Rodney Wilbur before whom the foregoing
affidavit of Hannah Bigelow was made and taken, at the time of taking the
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same, was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace and Presiding Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
for said County duly commissioned and sworn; and
that the signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is
the proper hand writing of said Judge.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and Official seal at Newark in said County the Twenty seventh day
of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty seven

J. P. Jackson Clk
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STATE OF NEW YORK CITY
AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK.
I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of
William S. Sterling, before whom the annexed deposition taken was, at the taking of same,  a Justice of the Peace 
the Peace in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn
and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same and that I believe the signature of said Justice of the Peace to be 
genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my har
said Court and County, the
and fixed the Seal of the
28 day of May 1847
James Conner
Clerk.

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In the matter of the application of the
widow Hannah Bigelow for a pension under the act of Congress of June 17th 1834

State of New York in the ⎬
City and County of New York
s
Personally appeared
Rebecca Meeker Before me William G. Sterling a Justice of the peace in and for the City and County of New York
Rebecca Meeker a respectable person residing in the City, County
and State aforesaid.
who being by me duly sworn on her
oath saith that she is in the sixty ninth year of her age, that
she is a sister of the above mentioned Hannah Bigelow, whose
Maiden name was Hannah Meeker that she has been well
acquainted with the said Hannah Bigelow ever since she
can remember, and with her husband Timothy Bigelow of
Essex County New Jersey deceased before and ever since his
marriage to her sister
And this deponant further saith
that she was present and saw the said Timothy Bigelow
Married to the said Hannah Meeker Now the widow Hannah
Bigelow, in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and
eighty him by the Revd David Austen who was then Pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth Town Essex County
New Jersey
and this deponant further saith that the
said Timothy Bigelow and Hannah his wife always resided
together as husband and wife and reported so to be until
the death of the said Timothy Bigelow which took place
on the eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and forty seven
at his residence in said County of Essex and that they
had a number of children together and that her sister
the said Hannah Bigelow is still living and now resides
in Essex County New Jersey and is now in the eightieth year of her
age
And further Saith not

Rebecca Meeker
Sworn to and subscribed in the

City of New York this 28th day of
May 1837 before me
Wm G. Sterling
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Ulster County & State of New York
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Declaration of Hannah Bigelow widow of Timothy Bigelow
in order to obtain an increase of pension under the
Joint Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848
State of New Jersey
Essex County
On this Twenty second day of March One
thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared
before the subscriber Moses R. King a Justice of the peace in
and for the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey Hannah
Bigelow (who is personally known to me) a resident of the City of
Newark in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty
years and upward, 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
Joint Resolution of Congress passed on the first of July 1848
granting increased pensions to widows of persons who served
during the revolutionary war
That she is the widow
of Timothy Bigelow, who for fifty years and upward previous
to his decease resided in the County of Essex and State of
New Jersey and who was a private in the militia of the war
of the revolution and that he received a pension under the
act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 entitled "An
act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the revolution of thirty six
Dollars and thirty six cents ($36.36) annually until the
time of his decease and that the said Timothy Bigelow
died on the 8th day of April 1847 and that she has
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has received since the said 8th day of April 1847 the
time of his decease under the act of June 17th 1845 and
the subsequent act of Congress of February 2 1848 an
annual pension of thirty dollars
that she now asks
for an increase of pension since the 8th day of April
1847 under the Joint Resolution of Congress passed
July 1st 1848
She further declares she is still the widow of the
said Timothy Bigelow

her
Hannah X Bigelow
mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
mark

In Presence of J. T. Bond
Before me Moses
King Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey, ⎬
County of Essex,
.
I, John R. Weeks, Clerk of the County
of Essex, do certify, that Moses R. King
before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were
made, was, at the time of taking thereof, a Justice of the Peace
for said County, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take
affidavits and administer oaths, and that his signature to the jurat
of the above affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof
have hereunto set my hand and official seal, this
twenty fourth day of March AD. 1857.
J R Weeks Clk
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Inc'd to to $36.66 per
annum, edg former
pays
at $30 per annum
[illegible- commencing?] 8 April 1847

17 June 1844
Moses Bigelow
Newark
New Jersey
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A.J.
Alward March 25th 1857
Hon Commissioner of Pensions

I herewith inclose
a Declaration of Mrs Hannah Bigelow asking
an increase of Pension
since the 5th day of April
1847 under the Joint Resolution of Congress
of July 1st 1838
you can forward the papers
to me or my law (?)
your attention as early
as convenient will particularly oblige
Yours
Most
Respectfully
Moses Rigborn
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Newark New Jersey November 30th 1847
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir 
In answer to your letter of October 29th 1847. I herewith transmit to
you the family Record of Timothy and Hannah Bigelow
with the Affidavit of their son, Moses Bigelow. Also
the Certificate of E. G. McChesney Secretary of
State of the State of New Jersey relative to the claim of Mrs Hannah Bigelow for a pension. to which, certificate & take the liberty to refer the Commissioner
of pensions, as it contains the payments made to Captain Jonas Word; which papers you will please to file in your office with her other papers and report
thereon as soon as convenient.
of Remain most respectfully
Yours &c
Sam B. Miller
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Newark New Jerry September 29th 1847
Hon J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I have received your
Letter of September 11th 1847. In relation to the claim of
Mrs Hannah Bigelow Widow of Timothy Bigelow for a pension
In Answer to which I herewith transmit to you a New
Declaration Then before, Rodney Wilber Esq. A Judge of Common pleas in and for the County of Essex in the State of
New Jersey. In place of one Taken before me as a Justice of the peace in and for said County. which declaration did suppose I had a right to take. On referring to the
Decision of the Hon W. Wirt on page 43 and page and
the Law of the State of New Jersey[illegible]. Making a
Justices Court A Court of Record. Which New declaration you
will please to file with her papers and Report thereon as soon
as convenient. As to the Records in the Secretary of State
office at Trenton, I do not think it worth while to examine
well knowing there is no record evidence there or to the
Amount of Service performed by the Common Militia in the
war of the Revolution. And on Referring to the Law of Congress
passed May 7th 1846 I find that no widow entitled to a
pension under existing laws and claiming a pension whose
husband was drawing a pension at the time of his decease shall
be required in any such lease to furnish any further evidence
the said husband was entitled to a pension be. And as to the
date of the Marriage of the said Hannah Bigelow to the said Timothy
Bigelow by written or Documentary proof it is stated to me by
Credible
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Credible witnesses there is none to be found except as to the
Birth of her several children. And as to the respectability
of the Witnesses whose affidavits one Annexed to her said post declaration I do not know where I can find any
more respected witness [illegible]
If you will not believe them, it is useless for me to look
further and for better evidence.
with the highest respect and
esteem I Remain your etc.
Sam B. Miller
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Newark N Jersey Sept 11th 1838
J L Edwards Esq
D. Sir
I herein enclose to you
the declaration of Hannah Bigelow the widow
of Timothy Bigelow for the purpose of receiving
the benefit of the act of February 2 1838 making
further provisions for surviving widows &c
Timothy Bigelow died April 8th 1837 and
the received a pension certificate under the act
of June 17th 1836 under the date of December 30, 1837
Yours
Respectfully
Moses Bigelow
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Paid to 4 Sep 1846-
Paid year 1849
Paid to 4 Sep 1849
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
-
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy Bigelow
who was a
private
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars and __
per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 30th day of December
one thousand eight hundred and
forty Eight,
Examined and countersigned Edward [illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions.
J. L. Edwards
Secretary of War.
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Newark N Jersey April 5 1857
E Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
D Sir
I am in receipt of your
favour of April 2 in which you state the claim
of Hannah Bigelow is allowed, "but before a
Certificate can be issued for the increased rate
the must return the one she now holds"
I herein enclose the one alluded to that
she may receive the one under her claim
Yours most
Respectfully
Moses Bigelow
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Pd to Sept 87
2706
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW' S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy Bigelow
who was a private
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty Six
dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry
in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of
such marriage, deducting former payments at $30 per annum
Given at the Department of the Interior
this Eleventh day of April
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Examined and Countersigned
Heath
Commissioner of Pensions.
H. H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex
of
Be it remembered that on the Twenty ninth day
of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me
Jacob K. Head one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of
common pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid
Betsey Baldwin widow aged Seventy four years of the
Town of Paterson in the County aforesaid who being by me
first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she was born in the Township of Hanover in the County
of Morris in the State aforesaid and that she has been acquainted with
Timothy Bigelow from his childhood that upon a comparison of their ages and a recolection of some other circumstances
she believes that he will be seventy years of age sometime next
December that the said Timothy Bigelow served in the revolutionary army in monthly tours of duty during the years
1779 & 1780 and during the greater part of the time of those was on duty as a soldier in said army and in some of said
tours she
thinks he was attached to a company commanded
by a Capt. Jonas Ward, that she distinctly recollects having
heard repeatedly at the time
me and now firmly believes & so states
that the said Timothy, in the year 1781 in the
joined in army at White
Plains that he was there with the army for some time, that he
with the army marched to York Town before the surrender
of Lord Cornwallis at that place & after said surrender returned
and related to this deponent the general circumstances connected
with said campaign and also of his being very sick while attached
to the Army in that expedition that this
this deponant believes that the
said Timothy Bigelow was absent from home in this
expedition for more than six months
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And further this deponent saith not

sworn & subscribed
the day and year first above written

Her
Betsey X Baldwin
Mark

Essex County ss: I Elias Van Arsdale Jr Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of
Essex do hereby certify that Jacob Rolland
before whom the foregoing affidavit was made
and taken at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned & sworn that
I am acquainted with his hand writing & that the above
Signature "Jacob R Mead" is genuine. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office
this fifth day of October AD 1832.
Elias Van Arsdale Jr
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Timothy Bigelow
15880
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An Act to embody for a limited time. One thousand of the
Militia of this State for the defence of the frontiers thereof
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of
this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same
That for the defence of this State, one thousand of the militia thereof
exclusive of field officers be immediately embodied and properly
officered and equipped to continue in the service until the fifteenth
day of December next unless sooner discharged
2. And be it further made by the authority aforesaid. That the
quota or proportion of the said One thousand men be enlisted
or raised from the Militia of the several Counties of this State as
follows, that is to say
From the County of Essex One Captain one Lieutenant,
one Ensign, three Sergeants, three Corporals, and eighty four privates.
Passed at Trenton June 2, 1779
to
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of
State of the State of New Jersey do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true extract
from an act passed by the Legislature
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of said State June 2, 1779 as taken from and compared with
the original now on file in my office; and I do further certify that it appears by the Auditors Books in this Office, that Captain
Jonas Ward received of Isaac Halsey Pay Master to the Militia
of Essex County, during the month of August & December 1779, for
Pay 2530.00 - and for Bounty 2264.00
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton this twenty
Seventh day of November A.D. One thousand eight hundred
and forty seven
Charles G. McCluney
Say of State
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Hannah Bigelow
Additional Evidence
pension
Sam B. Miller
Newark New Jersey
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February
1838 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving
widows and Soldiers of the revolution
State of
New Jersey
S
On this ninth day of September 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber, Moses R. King, a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey Hannah Bigelow (who is
personally known to me) a resident of the City of Newark in the
County of Essex, aged Eighty 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 provision made by the act of
Congress, passed on the 2d Febuary 1848, granting pensions to widows 
of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
that she is the widow of Timothy Bigelow, who for fifty years
and upwards previous to his decease resided in the County of
Essex and State of New Jersey and who was a private in the militia
in the war of the Revolution and that he received a pension
under the act passed the 7th day of June 1832, entitled "An
act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers
and soldiers of the Revolution of thirty six dollars and thirty six cents
annually, and that she has received since his decease, under the
act of 17th of June 1844 and annual pension of thirty
dollars,
She further
declares that she is still a widow of said
Timothy Bigelow deceased
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before
Moses R King Justice of the
Peace
Her
Hannah X Bigelow
mark
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex
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 Moses R. King, is a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn; and that his signature to the within Jurat is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and Official Seal this
Eleventh day of September, A.D. Eighteen
hundred and forty eight
J. P. Jackson, Clk
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Sherwood
Mrs. M. Hatrix Carlan.
GENEALOGIST.
Author and Compiler of
"Sherwood"

June 10, 1935.
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hiller:
May I thank you for your letter
of June 6th, relative to Capt. Justus
Sherwood and Thomas Sherwood
And may I request that you furnish
me with the records of the following men,
who served in the American Revolution?
ABRAHAM OGDEN, who is called " Lt.
Col. of Col. Matthias Williamson's
Regt. of Light Horse, Essex Co.,
New Jersey Militia, 3 February
1776, during the Revolutionary War.
JONATHAN MEEKER, who was a private,
presumably from Essex County,
New Jersey (had wife Mary Ogden
( 1 ) and Rachel or Rebecca-
( 2 ).

TIMOTHY BIGELOW, who was a Revolutionary soldier,
presumably from the same
place? m. Hannah Ogden Meeker
I very much desire the records of
these men and their dates of birth and death.
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together with the names and if possible the dates of birth of their
children.
Abraham
Timothy
Ogden married Susannah ------------- ???
If you have her maiden name will you please let me have it. 
These records I wish to complete the histories of these people. He was born in 1724
and died at Orange New Jersey, 11 May 1790.
Bigelow married Hannah Ogden Meeker 10 April 1789
He was born 21 November 1763, Lyons Farms, N. J., and died 8 April 1847.

Jonathan Meeker married Mary Ogden ( first ). It is the
children who were born of this marriage which I wish (among them, Hannah Ogden Meeker ). He was born 11 February 1744, and died 10 June 1805.

I am very anxious to authenticate the records of their military
service and will be most grateful for information regarding them.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy and trusting I shall
have an early and favorable reply, I remain
Very truly yours,
Mrs. M. Beatrix Carlson),
Apt. 412, " Blackburn,"
4471 Olive Street,
Saint Louis, Missouri.
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86 Clifton Ave
Pension Bureace
Newark, N. J.
Aug 13 - 1929
D. C
Washington
Gentlemen
understand that
a pension was granted Dec 30-1847 to Hannah Bigelow
widow of Timothy Bigelow, a soldier in
the war of the Revolution, born at Hanover
A.D. 1763 and died at Lyons Farms N. J.
1847
-
are there in your files in connection
with this pension - any papers of records
of any kind containing information as
to the family of Hannah Bigelow or
Timothy Bigelow ? If so will you
let me know what they consist of
---
yours truly
Moses Bigelow
August 13 1929
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The Honorable
SAMUEL F. BIGELOW.
Newark, N.J. April 7
1893

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Sir
I wrote to your department some time
ago, requesting a copy of the record of
of New Jersey
Timothy Bigelow a pensioner of the
Revolutionary war
I think that letter
Entitled me with the Courtesy of a reply if only
the acknowledgment of its receipt
I need a copy of these papers for use in a
work upon which I am engaged, and it
will be my annoying were we compelled
to ask the intervention of the US
Senator obtain it
I prefer to assume
that the omission to answer my letter is
due to an oversight of some one in your
office
Respectfully
Sam Bigelow
Counsellor at Law


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SAMUEL F. BIGELOW.
Newark, N.J., April 3 1893
U.S. Pension Commissioner
Washington D.C.

Sir
Will you
oblige me by sending me a copy of
the paper filed in the record in the case
of Timothy Bigelow deceased,
United States revolutionary pensioner from
New Jersey
---
Respectfully
Sam Bigelow
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Rev. and 1812 Wars
Section 
EEL
October 17, 1929
Mr. Moses Bigelow
486 Clifton Avenue
Newark, New Jersey

Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W.3758, it appears that Timothy Bigelow
was born in 1762 or 1763, in Hanover Township, Morris
County, New Jersey. His father died when he was seven
years of age, the name of his father not given.
While residing in Hanover Township, New Jersey, he
enlisted and served with the New Jersey Troops as follows:
From April, 1779, eight months; in the spring of 1780,
one month; from sometime in the following June, one month
and guarded prisoners to Morristown; soon after the expiration of this service, one month; in 1781, he joined the
army as a waggoner and went on the expedition against Cornwallis, and served six months. No specific dates are
given and no officers names except that of Captain Jonas Ward under whom he served a part of the time. After the Revolution he lived in Hanover Township for
two years, then moved to Jersey City, where he resided for
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a short time and then moved to Newark Township, Essex
County, New Jersey, and resided at Lyons Farms.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 24, 1832, at which time he was a resident of
Newark Township, New Jersey. He died there April 8, 1847.
The soldier married November 1, 1789, Hannah Meeker,
who was born December 10, 1767. They were married by the
Reverend David Austen, a Presbyterian clergyman.
She was allowed pension on her application executed
July 27, 1847, while residing at Newark, New Jersey.
The following appears on the family record:
Births
Polly O. Bigelow born December 28, 1791
Betsey M. Bigelow " April 1, 1794
Rebeckah or Rebecah Bigelow " August 7, 1797
Moses Bigelow " Jan. 12, 1800
Sally Bigelow " Dec. 6, 1801
David Bigelow " Nov. 16, 1805
Lucyan Bigelow " Jan. 30, 1809
Hannah Bigelow "  July 16, 1813
Marriages

Betsey M. Bigelow married May 7, 1812 James Canfield.
Polly O. Bigelow " January 9, 1813  Moses Sayre.
Rebeccah Bigelow " March 30, 1820 David Ball
Sally or Sarah Bigelow " May 10, 1821 John Marsh (?)
Lucyann Bigelow " Aug. 31, 1829 Samuel Richards.
Hannah Bigelow  October 5, 1831 John Richards.
Moses Bigelow " Dec. 14, 1832 to Eliza Ann,
daughter of Isaac C. Tichenor of Newark.
Son Moses Bigelow was a resident of Newark, New Jersey, in 1847.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.