Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4250, Morris Green, New York
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(8-1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
New York     Green, Morris    R.4250
                                Elizabeth
CONTENTS
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State of New York
City and County of New York Ss.
On this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, before [insertion above line] me one of [end insertion] the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas a Court of Record, held in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared James Green, aged seventy two years, a resident of the City and County aforesaid, 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 4th July, 1836. That he is the only surviving child and heir at law of Morris Green deceased, who was an Ensign, Sergeant or Private, the true grade not being known to deponent, but will as he believes appear by reference to the rolls, in the company commanded by Captain Lamb, in the war of the Revolution.
That his father, the said Morris Green, as he believes entered the service at New York City sometime in the autumn of the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, and served in the expedition under General Arnold against Quebec during the winter of that year. That he is unable to state the exact length of his service or the date of his discharge, but believes that the service was for more than two years.
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And deponent further states that his father the said Morris Green, died at Goshen, in the County of Orange in said state on the twenty-first day of April eighteen hundred and one, leaving surviving him Elezebeth Green, his widow the mother of deponent, who continued surviving until the fifteenth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty-two, when she also died leaving deponent her only surviving child. And deponent further states that the said Morris Green and Elizebeth Green were married as he has been informed and believes at Hempstead, Queens County in said State, near the close of and during the year seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, but that he is unable to state the exact date of the marriage, having made diligent search for some public or private record of the same but can find none and he verily believes there is none in existence. Deponent further states that he is the third child of the said Morris and Elizabeth Green, and that he, himself, was born on the 5th day of May seventeen hundred and eighty four and from the family record (to be herewith or hereafter presented) it appears that his eldest sister Mehetebel Green was born on the
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twenty fourth day of March seventeen hundred and eighty. And deponent further states that his mother the said Elezebeth died as aforesaid without having intermarried after the death of the said Morris Green her husband as aforesaid. That he refers to proofs to be herewith filed in support of this his declaration.
He hereby appoints C. W. Bennett his true and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this his claim, and to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the previses[?].
Witness.
[signature] Calvin W. Smith     [signature] James Green
[signature] D. Randell
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said deponent James Green [several words blotted out and illegible] to be as is above stated, and that he is of the age above mentioned, and further that I have no interest in this his claim.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, affixed by order of said Court now in session.
D. P. Ingraham
First Judge N. York Com[?] Pleas [illegible, scratched out or heavily overwritten]
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State of New-York,}
City and County of New-York} [two-line brace] ss.
I, BENJAMIN H. JARVIS, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the City and County of New-York, said Court being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Daniel P. Ingraham before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, First Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the ["of t" hidden by the seal] said Court, the tenth day of July 1856
Benj. H Jarvis Clerk
[Legal Seal]
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State of New York}
City & County of New York} [two line brace] Ss. On this 30th day of June A.D. 1856, personally came before me a Notary Public in and for the County and state aforesaid James Green who being by me duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he resides at No. 471 Sixth Avenue in the City of New York aged Seventy two years. That he is the only surviving child of Morris Green deceased, late an [underline] Ensign [end underline] as he believes, but who may have served as a non Commissioned officer or Private in the company of United States Artillery commanded by Captain [underline] Lamb [end underline] afterwards Colonel Lamb in the Continental Army during the [underline] Revolutionary War [end underline]. That his said father was commissioned or enlisted at New York City sometime in the autumn of the year A.D. 1775 and served in the expedition under Arnold against Quebec during the winter of said year but the precise time of his enlistment or discharge this deponent is unable to state, but verily believes him to have served a period of at least [underline] two years and upwards [end underline].
He further says that his father as aforesaid died at Goshen Orange County in the State of New York on the 21st day of April 1801 leaving a widow (Elezebeth Green) him surviving but the precise date of the marriage of his father and mother he is unable to state, having made diligent search for some public or private record of same
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but can find none but is informed and verily believes them to have been married at Hempstead Queens County in the State of New York sometime near the close of the year 1778 and this opinion is confirmed by the fact that this deponent is the third child of said Morris and Elizebeth Green and that he himself was born on the 5th day of May A.D. 1784 and from the family record a certified copy of which is herewith presented. it appears that his eldest sister Mehetebel Green was born on the 24th day of March 1780.
He further says that his mother as aforesaid continued to survive to survive [sic] until the 15th day of February A.D. 1852 when she also died leaving this deponent her only surviving child.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining whatever arrearage of Pension may be due him under any of the several acts heretofore passed by Congress.
James Green
We James Bodel and Hannah Fitzgerald residents of Orange County in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by James Green in our presence and that we know him to be the person he represents himself to be--[dash]
[signature] James Bodle [sic]
[signature] Hannah Fitzgearld [sic]
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State of New York
City & County of New York Ss.
I David Randell a Notary Public with and for the City and County of New York and State aforesaid Do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and affidavit were subscribed, and sworn to by James Green, James Bodel and Hannah Fitzgerald before me on the day and year first above written and I further certify that I believe the affiants to be all credible persons and entitled to belief and that I have no interest in the claim
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial seal of office the day and year first above written
D. Randell Notary Public
New York City
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[Newspaper clipping, paper unidentified, containing obituaries. Damaged.]
DIED:
[Two obituaries covering 5 lines]
[damaged] Chester, ELIZABETH relict[?] of MOR{RIS GREEN, an officer in the Revolution, aged about [damaged] years.
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Morris Green was born May 26th day in the year of our Lord and Savor Jesus Christ 1757
Elizebeth Green was born in the year 1759 November 5th day
Mehetebel Green was Born March 24th day in the year 1780
Sarah Green was born August 15th day in the year 1782
James Green was born Sept 2d 1787
Matsemaria Green was born October 10th 1790 [originally 1890,"8" overwritten by "7"]
Hiram Green was born May 19th day in the year 1794
Morris Green Died April 21st 1801. his wife Elezebeth Green Died February 15th 1852.
We James Bodel and Hannah Fitzgerald residents of Chester Orange County in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the above is a true copy of the record of the births and deaths contained in the Bible of the above named Green family, that they are informed and verily believe the said record to be in the original hand-writing of the above named Morris Green and that they fully believe said record to be correct in every particular. The record of the deaths also copied above were entered in said Bible by one Harrison Fitzgerald soon after
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the death of said Elizebeth Green and that they know the same to be correct
[signature] James Bodle [sic]
[signature] Hannah Fitzgearld [sic]
State of New York
City & County of New York Ss. I David Randell a Notary Public within and for the City & County of New York and State aforesaid Do hereby certify That James Bodle and Hannah Fitzgerald subscribed the above before me, and severally made oath according to law, that the matter therein written is true and that they are credible persons as I believe and entitled to belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial seal of office this 30th day of June 1856.
D. Randell Notary Public
New York City
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State of New York}
City & County of New York } [two-line brace] ss. On this Thirtieth day of June AD 1856 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Fitzgerald who being by me duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she resides at Goshen Orange County New York aged 55 years. That she is well acquainted with James Green an only surviving child of Morris Green deceased late a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war. That she is informed and verily believes that the said Morris Green died at Goshen Orange County aforesaid sometime in April 1801. She also further says that the said Morris Green left a widow him surviving at the time of his death with whom this deponent says she was intimately acquainted from her infancy up to the time of the death of the widow (Elizabeth Green) as aforesaid, which occurred on the fifteenth day of February A.D. 1852 when she says she was present at her funeral saw her a corpse and knows her to be dead. That she often conversed with the said Elizebeth Green in relation to the service of her husband during the Revolutionary war. that in the course of such conversation she has often heard the sed Elezebeth Green mention many circumstances connected with the said service and among others the fact of his being in the expedition under Arnold in the winter of the year 1775 against Quebec, and that she always understood that he served under Captain
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(afterwards Colonel [underline] Lamb [end underline].  She further says that she has also heard her speak about her being married to the said Morris Green sometime during the year 1778 and that judging from the age of her only child now surviving she verily believes such to be a fact.
[signature] Hannah Fitzgearld [sic]
The foregoing affidavit - was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written -  and I believe her to be a credible person & entitled to belief.   D. Randell Notary Public
New York City
[large faint monogram in oval] DR
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State of New York}
City & County of New York} [two-line brace] ss. On this 30th day of June A.D. 1856 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for the County and state aforesaid James Bodel who being by me duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he resides at Chester Orange County in the State of New York aged 65 years That he is well acquainted with James Green an only surviving child of Morris Green deceased late a Soldier in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. That he is informed and verily believers that the said Morris Green died at Goshen in Orange County New York sometime in April 1801. He also further says that the said Morris Green at the time of his death left Elizebeth Green his widow surviving. That this deponent first became acquainted with said Elizebeth Green sometime about the year 1824 and that such acquaintance existed from that time up to the time of her death which occurred on the Fifteenth day of February A.D. 1852 when he witnessed her funeral. That he often conversed with her both in relation to the service of her late husband Morris Green during the Revolutionary war and also in relation to the time of their marriage, which she informed him occurred sometime during the year 1778 which he verily believes to be correct from his intimacy with the family. He further says he has often heard her converse in relation to her husband serving at the storming of Quebec in the winter of the year 1775 and that he believed he
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[something, such as "served in," is missing here] the artillery under Captain (afterwards Colonel) [underline] Lamb [end underline] and that this deponent is firmly of the opinion that he so served but how long he is unable to say
[signature] James Bodle [sic]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day [an]d year first above written and that I believe her [sic] to [be a] credible person & entitled [to] belief. D Rendell Notary Public [some letters are hidden by a smudge, presumably wax for the seal, and are supplied]
New York City
[Legal seal]
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State of New York, }
City and County of New York} [two-line brace] ss.
I, RICHARD B. CONNOLLY, CLERK of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for the said City and County, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That D. Randell before whom the annexed depositions were taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Notary Public for said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and that his signatures thereto are genuine as I verily believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 14th day of July 1856
[signature] Richd B Connolly Clerk.
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State of New York}
City and County of New York}[two-line brace] ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited in Open Court before the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in aforesaid County this Twelfth day of July AD 1856, which evidence is hereunto annexed.
That Morris Green, who as reputed was an officer during the war of the Revolution in service of the United States, died on the twenty first (21) day of April Eighteen hundred and one at Goshen in said state, leaving surviving him a widow named Elizabeth, who continued his widow, not having intermarried, until the fifteenth day of February A. eighteen hundred and fifty-two, when she also died, leaving surviving her one child only named James Green who now survives and is a resident of said city and county.
It is further certified that D. Randall Esquire before whom the foregoing and annexed  affadavits were made, is and was at the time of so doing a Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths and that his several signatures are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto by order of said court now in session set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this Twelfth day of July AD. 1856.
B. H Jarvis Clerk
[Legal Seal]
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[handwritten initals in top left corner] VL.M.
Rev. War Section.
June 27, 1914.
Mr. Theo. N. Goble,
241, Davis Avenue,
Arlington, N..J.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the 24# instant, you are advised that in the papers in the claim R.F.#4,250 Rev. War. it is alleged that Moses Green was born May 26, 1751. entered the service in New York City, in the autumn of 1775, in Captain Lamb's Company N. Y. Artillery, and was in Arnold's expedition to Quebec.
He married at Hempstead, Queen's County, L. I. late in 1778, Elizabeth --- who was born November 5, 1759. He died at Goshen, Orange County N.Y. April 21, 1801. She died February 18, 1852. Their children were Mehetebel born March 24, 1780, Sarah born Aug. 15, 1782, James born May 5, 1784, Hannah born Sept. 2, 1787, Matsemaria born October 10, 1790, Hiram born May 19, 1794,
On June 30, 1856, James the only surviving child, applied for pension on account of the services of his father, which was not allowed on the ground of children having no title to same.
Very respectfully,
[signature] GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner
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[3 lines handwritten in upper left corner] 1914 June 27
Hist. to Theo.
N. Goble. V.L.M.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [this line crossed out]
4250.
P.O.
Elizabeth Green
Service: Morris
REJECTED [stamped]
Enlisted: [blank]____, 18  .
Discharged: [blank]____, 18  .
Application filed: [blank]____, 18  .
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank]____, 18  .
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No 8164
Elizabeth Green decd
Morris = New York
4250
Lis C W Bennett July 29/56
Act July 4. 1836
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[handwritten letter on company letterhead]
J. M. QUINBY & CO.
21-39 DIVISION ST.
*PHONE 400 BRANCH BROOK
NEWARK, N. J., JUN 24 1914 [date is stamped]
The U.S. Comm. of Pensions
Washington,
D.C
Dear Sir
I am.making application for membership to The N..J. Society of the Sons of The American Revolution.
Is it possible for you to tell me of any service performed by-
Morris Green, he married Elizabeth Mather in 1779 - She was born Nov. 11 - 1759 at L.I. died in Chester Feb 15 - 1852 age 93 yrs. They had six children, one, Matsemire married Thos. Goble, my great, Grandfather
Thanking you for any information
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[[bleed-through of stamped date from front]
you can furnish me
I remain
Yours Truly
Theo. N. Goble,
281 Davis Ave.,
Arlington,
NJ.
[circular postal-style stamp with date in the center]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
D
JUNE 25 1914
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Washington
July 16. 1856.
Hon. J. Minot}
Court of Pensions} [elaborate 2-line brace] Sir,
I have the honor to enclose the declaration &c of James Green for the benefit of the Act of July 1836, as only son and heir of Morris Green and Elizabeth his widow decd.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
C.W. Bennett