Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,263, Stephen Hadley, New Jersey New York
Page 1

(3-1776)
[column headings: Service. Number. Contents]
New Jersey. New Youk. Hadley, Stephen. S. 13263.
Page 2

14.746 14746 New York  Stephen Hadley N.Y. City in the State of New York was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Berrian of the Regt. command [page torn] Col. Graham in the New York for 2 years.

N.Y. and N.J. Line, Records corrected Nov. 24 ‘ [page torn] on the Roll of New York [page torn] te of 80 Dollars —-Cents per annum, mence of the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of June 1833 and sent Hon CC Cambreleng New York

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $160
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sep 33 40. $200.00. {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 61

[Next page blank]
Page 3

No 1033
Application of Stephen Hadley for a pension. [for a pension underlined] 
July 20 18[illegible] Pension Office
Alleged service of 3 years & 8 mo (Frontier estimated at 11 mo. [estimated at 11 mo. Underlined]
Aornd 24 mo. Pre 80$
Hon C.C. Cambreley
Page 4

State of New York. City and County of New York} ss.
Stephen Hadley of Said City being duly Sworn Saith that in pursuance of instructions received from the War department through J. L. Edwards Esquire the Commissioner of Pensions the department makes this affidavit to support his claim to a pension under the act of the 7th of June 1832.

That on the fifteenth day of April 1776. he [crossed out] volunteered in Captain Berrians company of Colonel Grahams regiment New York State militia called in service by the authority of the State of New York, that deponent entered Said company at Morrisania ^ or Yonkers in the County of Westchester no which company he continued having duty at Throgs point in Said County until the twenty sixth day of the ensuing October when he was discharged, his family then resided at Philips Manor in Said County, deponent was then aged seventeen years and is now in his seventy sixth [underlined] year.  he did duty in Berrians Company without being engaged in any civil capacity for six months and eleven days.

On the first day is November 1776. deponents family in the month of October previous removed to Closter, County of Bergen and State of New Jersey, deponent volunteered in Captain Herrings Company of Col. Dey’s regiment New Jersey State Militia where deponent continued doing active duty without being engaged in any civil capacity for five months to wit until the first day of April 1777. when he was discharged.

That on the 1st day of May 1777, he volunteered in Captain Hendrick Turnurs company of Col. Hay’s regiment of New York State militia in which he continued during frontier duty that is guarding the lines in Bergen County State of New Jersey and Orange County State of New York until on or about the first day of May 1778. a period of one year, in which he was constantly employed in active duty without following any
Page 5

Civil pursuit 

On or about the tenth day of May 1778. he volunteered in Captain Cranes, company of volunteers. of[crossed out] selected from Col Hays regiment at Tappan (the deponent thinks in the month of July) they had an engagement with a part of Cornwallis army; near Tappan in which engagement Captain Crane was taken prisoner and a number of deponents company killed and wounded the same morning about sun rise the Virginia Hoarse under Col Baylor were completely cut up by the enemy. deponent returned home where he then resided to wit ap Clarkstown in the County of Orange (now Rockland) having been engaged in service [crossed out] two months and fifteen days. 2 - 15 [wtitten in the margin] without being engaged in any other capacity.

On the first day of October 1778. the declarant at Tappan ^enlisted for the term of four months in Captain Gardiners company of Col Hays Regiment New York State Militia in which he continued doing frontier duty in Bergen County. State of New Jersey and in Orange County State of New York. that he was in active service without being employed in any civil capacity until the tenth day of February 1779. where he was discharged. having served at this period four months and 4 10 [written in margin] ten days.

That he then returned to his father’s house at Clarkstown/Orange County/ and in the latter part of February 1779 he volunteered in Captain Turnures Company Col. Hays Regiment New York State Militia in which he continued doing active duty in the field in the Counties of Orange and Bergen aforesaid until sometime in the lattter end of October or the beginning of November 1783 when he was discharged and came to the City of New York, where he has since resided. that he served during the last mentioned period three 3.8 [written in margin] years and eight months.

That his terms of service are as follows in Captain Berrians Company of Col Grahams Regiment, six months and eleven days a private Recapt [illegible] 6.11
Page 6

In Captain Herrings Company of Col Dey’s 5 regiment about[crossed out] for five months. a private 

In Captain Turnures Company of Col Hays Regiment one year. a private.

In Captain Cranes Company two months and 2. 15 fifteen days a private.

In Captain Gardiners Company of Col Hays Regiment four months and ten days as a private

In Captain Turnures Company of Col Hays Regiment three [the following four words underlined] years and eight months making altogether the period of deponents services five years and three months for which services he claims a pension.

Sworn this 25 day of May 1833} [signed] Stephen Hudley In your Court before me Jno I Irvine [illegible] [illegible] the Court of Common Pleas in the City & County of New York

State of New York City and County of New York}  I. Abraham Asten Clerk of the City and County of New York do certify that I am well acquainted with John Irving the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York that the above signature of said Judge is the proper signature with which I am well acquainted and do hereby certify to be the signature of said Judge  In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York this Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.  John Asten. [stamp lower left corner]
Page 7

State of New York City of New York} Gs Stephen Hadley of said City being sworn says, that he volunteered at Yonkers in Westchester County about the 15 day of April 1776 in Captain Berrians company of Col Grahams regiment, In the month of October ^ 1776 on the 25 day of that month the company was disbanded , during which period he continued in that ^Company

The deponent then on the 1st November 1776 he volunteered in Captain Herrings company of Rangers and continued doing Frontier duty in Orange County until the first of April 1777 when ^he was discharged & volunteered in Captain Turnures Company of New York State Militia he volunteered in that company on the 1st of May 1777 and continued in that company guarding the frontiers of New Jersey and New York in the Counties of Bergen and Orange until the 1st day of May 1778-

On or about the 10th of May 1778 the declarant volunteered int Captain Cranes company of Rangers New York State Militia, during the Summer Crane was taken prisoner by the British and in the latter end of July the deponent returned to Clarkstown Orange County/now Rockland County)

On the first of October 1778. the declarant enlisted at Tappan for four months in Captain Gardiners Company of the New York Militia attached to Colonel Hays Regiment in this Company he continued doing frontier duty until about the tenth of February 1779 when he was discharged his time having expired-

He then returned to Clarkstown and in the latter end of February 1779 he volunteered in Captain Turnures Company of Col Hays Regiment and was engaged in service in that company until the latter end of October or the commencement of November 1783 when he was discharged and returned to New York where he has since resided, he served as a private in the different companies to the best of his recollection five years and three months for which services he claims a pension - he never received any written discharge, and refers to the affidavit
Page 8

For the further proof of his services -

Sworn the 12 day of November 1832 Before me} Stephen Hadley

Richard Hatfield Clerk of the Inferior N York
Page 9

State of New York City and County of New York}Ss. George Hadley of the said City being duly affirmed saith that he makes this disposition to obtain a pension under the Act of June 1831. and to explain his former declaration. that he entered the service of the United States about the 2.nd day of November 1777 by volunteering at Closter in New Jersey in Captain Johnsons Compnay of Rangers, that he was employed in that company guarding the frontiers of the State of New York until the first day of April 1778; when he was discharged but received no written discharge.

In the month of April he thinks it was about the third day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine Tappan Rockland County volunteered in Captain Gardiners Company New York State Militia under the command of Colonel Hays he continued in this Company until the first day of August following when he was discharged and went from that place (Tappan Slote) to Clarkstown in the same county, where he on or about the 10th day of the same month of August 1779 volunteered in which company he remained doing duty until the beginning of November 1983. when the company was disbanded and the declarant came to New York-

That Stephen Hadley also on the 10 - day of the same month of August 1779 volunteered in Captain Turnures company and continued in service in that company until the beginning of November 1783 when he was discharged.
Sworn the 12 day of November 1982 Before me in open court} Richard Hatfield Clerk In} George Hadley
Page 10

State of New York City and County of New York}Gs:  Isaac Hadley of said City being sworn says; that about the 15 day of April 1776 he volunteered in Captain Berrians company of Col Grahams regiment at Westchester County, and on the 25’ day of October of the same year the company was disbanded during which period he continued in service.

That Stephen Hadley whose deposition is annexed also joined the same company at the same time and continued in service with deponent for the like period and was with the company at the time it was disbanded.

That the declarant crossed the Hudson River and volunteered on or about the 2@ of November 1777 in Johnsons Company of Rangers at Closter and remained in that Company until the 1 [illegible] April 1778 when he was discharged.

About the 15 day of April 1778. the deponent joined Captain Blanch’s company of Rangers at Closter and continued in service in guarding the Jersey lines until the latter end of Sept 1778 when he left that company and enlisted in Captain Gardners company of Col Hays Regiment about the 1” of October 1778. Col Hays Regiment was New York State Militia and he enlisted in the company and Regiment at Clarkstown in Orange County (now Rockland County) and continued in that company until about the 10th day of February 1779 when he was discharged,

Stephen Hadley whose deposition is annexed joined the company of Captain Gardner [and crossed out] at the same time with deponent and continued in service in that company during the same period and was discharged from that company on the same day with deponent.

 
After the deponent left Captain Gardners company deponent enlisted in Captain Lawrences Company of Col Hughes Regiment of New York State Militia this was about the fifteenth day of April 1779 he marched from Tappan (Rockland County) to Kings Ferry and embarked for Albany where they proceeded up the Valley of the Mohawk to Fort Stanwix where they [crossed out] went in garrison and
Page 11

remained there until some time in the middle of November 1779 and he returned with the Regiment to Tappan about the 3@ of December 1779, when he was discharged;

About the first day of April 1780, he joined the company of Captain Bowen Col Visenvents Regiment Continental troops in which he remained until the conclusion of the War for which last service he received a pension under the act of 1818.-

He has always understood and verily believes that Stephen Hadley served as he states in his declaration-  Isaac Hadley

Sworn the 12 day of November 1832 Before me in open court Richard Hatfield Clerk [illegible]
Page 12

State of New York City and County of New York} Gs. Gerardus Riker of said City being duly sworn says that he served in Captain Blanvelts Company Col Van Cortlands Regiment New Jersey Militia from the 1 @ May 1776 until January 1777 from 1 @ March 1777 he served in Captain Kings Company New York Militia for 6 months.

From the 1st November 1777 until August 1778. he served in Captain Herrings Company of New Jersey Rangers until the middle of August 1778. Stephen Hadley served in the same company from the 1st Novr. 1777 until the 1st April 1778- and the deponent continued in service until the end of the war as will appear by his declaration on file in the pension office - [signed] Gerardus Riker 

Sworn the 9th day of November 1832 Before me in open Court [signed] Richard Hatfield Clerk of the Court of Genl. Sessions New York
Page 13

And the said Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the City and County of New York now sitting do declare their belief that Stephen Hadley ~ who has made the foregoing additional declaration is a resident of the City of New York and served as he states and was a Revolutionary Soldier - and that George Hadley, Isaac Hadley and Gerardus Riker whose dispositions are annexed were also Revolutionary Soldier and are residents of the City of New York and that their statements are entitled to credit.  R Riker Recorder of the City of New York [signature illegible] Alder 2 Ward Wm Mandeville Alder 3rd Ward

State of New York City and County of New York}ss: I Richard Hatfield Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the peace and of the Court of Oyer and Terminer do certify that the above are the original proceedings in the Court of General Sessions of the peace of the City of New York, in the application of Stephen Hadley ~ for a pension and that the foregoing are the signatures of the Justices composing the Court of Sessions for the present November Term.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 12th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Richard Hatfield Clerk
Page 14

Further application of Stephen Hadley for a Pension ~
Page 15

State of New York City and County of New York}Ss: On this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before John T. Irving Esquire First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York Stephen Hadley resident of the City and County of New York in the State of New York aged Seventy four years who first being duly sworn according to Law before the said Court now sitting doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers in the seventeenth year of his age by volunteering at Yonkers in the County of Westchester in the State of New York, (at which place he was born and then resided) in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Berrian which company  was attached to and formed part of the Regiment led by Col Graham, it was in the Spring of 1776.
In the month of October of the same year the company was disbanded he then moved to Orange County in the State of New York and in the Spring of 1777. he volunteered in Captain Turnures company belonging to the regiment of New York State Militia commanded by Col Hay in which he continued about one year. he was[crossed out] then left that Company and and in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight he volunteered in Captain Cranes Company of Rangers raised for the protection of the frontiers of the State of New Jersey. they had an engagement with a part of Cornwallis’ army near Tappan in which Crane was taken prisoner, this was in the middle of the summer of 1778, at the period. Cornwallis party supprized and killed a part of the Virginia Horse under the command of Colonel Baylor, at Tappan-
In the autumn of 1778. he enlisted at Tappan for the term of four months in the company of Captain Gardiner in the regiment of Col Hay he continued in that company until his period of service expired and in the winter of 1779 he volunteered in Captain Turnures company and continued in it until the year 1783 when he came down to New York shortly before General Washington in July 1779 he was employed in guarding the British Troops at Stoney Point he never received a written discharge, he recollects Genl. James
Page 16

Clinton, General Wayne, Col Philip Van Cortland, Genl. Lee and Genl. McDougal, his services were principally in Orange Rockland and West Chester Counties. State of New York  He was born in West Chester County on the 20 March 1759 has the Record of his age in the family bible, he is now 74 years of age., has resided in the City of New York since the revolutionary war, and now resides in the City, George Hadley Gerardus Riker and Isaac Hadley know of his services in the Revolutionary war. he has no documentary evidence of his services. 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid In open Court} Abm Asten, Clerk Stephan Hadley
Page 17

State of New York City and County of New York}Ss: We Gerardus Riker, Isaac Hadley and George Hadley do hereby certify that we served with Stephen Hadley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he served during the Revolutionary war and we believe him to be 74 years of age, that the facts set forth in his declaration are true, and we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. In open Court by Gerardus Riker & Isaac Hadley & affirmed by George Hadley} Abm Asten Clerk.  George Hadley Gerardus Riker Isaac Hadley

We George Hadley ~ a clergyman residing in the City of New York and Isaac Hadley, residing in the same City do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Hadley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. George Hadley Isaac Hadley. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court by Isaac Hadley & affirmed by George Hadley Abm Asten, Clerk
Page 18

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 George Hadley who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the City of New York. and that Isaac Hadley who has also signed the same, is a resident of the City of New York, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jno T Irvine Justice and Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the City and County of New York

I Abraham Asten, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the City and County of New York, do hereby certify that the application of Stephen Hadley for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York this twenty Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Abm Asten, Clerk
Page 19

Rev. Sec Fwh Apr. 17. 1916. Commis of Pensions - Washington D.C
Dear Sir.- Did Joseph Hadley who served in the Westchester Co. N.Y. Militia during the Revolutionary War receive a pension for those services? And if so what statement did he make concerning himself and family when applying for it.  Would also like to know the same concerning Stephen Hadley from the same place at the same time Respectfully. Mrs. Edward Howlett 345 W. Huron St., Pontiac. Michigan
[Stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE. APR 14 1916
Page 20

Janry-8-1902 Geo. Hadley Hope Valley Rd. 1916 Apr.21. History to Mrs. Edwd. Howlett. F.W.

RevWar [check mark] 13.263 Invalid.
File No. 13.263 Stephen Hadley Pri. Rev. war
Act: June 7th 1832 Index:- Vol. 1, Page 434 [Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 21

3-872 (Old No. 3-545) RECORDS. CHANGE TO BE MADE. CORRECT State, New York, S. File No. 13, 263. Class, Invalid Name, Stephen Hadley Service, N.Y. & N.J.  Company, Regiment, &c., should be invariably specified. INCORRECT. New York [check mark] J. M. Crosthwaite Nov. 24, 1903.