Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43879, for Thomas Quigley, New Jersey
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SERVICE 
New Jersey
New Jersey Sea Service
Quigley, Thomas
NUMBER
S.43879
CONTENTS
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(2,473)
New-York
Thomas Quigley, Captain
armed Schooner general Putnam

[I]n the naval services of the United States during the Revolutionary War
+ New Jersey Sea Services

[de]cribed on the Roll of New-York-
at the rate of 20. Dollars per month, to commence
the 7. of May, 1818.

[C]ertificate of Pension issued the 18. of Sept. 1818
[a]nd sent to the care of Elijah Miller, Esq
Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y.

[A]rrears to 4th Sept. 1818 --       $78" 71.
[]emi-anl. all'ce ending 4. March 120. "
                                          1819   $:198.71

3mos: 29/31

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

8 years

Suspended the letters
15 Dec 1819
Genoa, Cayuga Co.
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Thomas Quigley's

Elijah Miller, Esq;
Judge,
Auburn, Cayuga Co;
New-York.

Thomas Quigley
Naval Service
Revolutionary War Claim
Admitted

There are no rolls, or other
records in the pension
office to prove the
Statement of the applicant.
-- The Testimony,
on oath, of two or more disinterested
and credible
persons, showing that
the claimant served 9
months, in continuance, on
Continental establishment,
is required.  The judge is
desired to  certify, under the
seal of the court, that he is
satisfied the applicant is in
indigent circumstances, and
needs the support of his country.
May 7, 1818.
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State of New York
Cayuga County ss; Captain David Price of Scipo in the County
of Cayuga, aged fifty nine years to me known, who being
duly sworn sayd, that he is well acquainted with Captain
Thomas Quigley now of Genoa in said County that in
the years 1781 & 1782 this deponent resided in Elizabethtown
in the State of New Jersey, that during those years he was
acquainted with the said Thomas Quigley , that said
Quigley was then in the service of the United States
on the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary
War as a Captain in command of he United
States vessel Flagg Sloop Peace of Plenty, that sailed
from Elizabeth [illegible] ion Point and other places in New Jersey
to New York in the United States Service in conveying
prisoners of War with their Baggage within the
enemies lines and every other necessary service requested
to be performed for our own Prisoners
as  Flagg of truce -- And this deponent further
says that during the years aforesaid he frequently
saw the said Captain Quigley in Cayuga
and an in Service as aforesaid, And that
he knows that said Capt. Quigley continued
said service in command of said Sloop for
more than one year in continuation, and
until the close of the War.
Sworn Augt. 25th 1818
Before me }  David Price
 E. Miller
first [illegible] of
Cayuga County
in State of N. York
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State of New York Cayuga County SS; On this seventh day of May Eighteen hundred and 
eighteen, before me the subscribed first Judge of the Court of
Common pleas in and for the County of Cayuga aforesaid, personally
appeared Thomas Quigley aged seventy four years,
resident in the town of Genoa in said County, who being
by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision
made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary War:" that
said Quigley was regularly commissioned first Lieutenant
under Captain Thomas Kilgear in the Navy of the United 
States on or about the first day of September 1775 and
entered on board the armed Schooner General Putnum
was ordered and stationed to cruise along shore from
Cape May to the east end of Long Island; When the 
command of the said devolved on said Quigley for
about year, that he was then discharge from said
Schooner at Egg Harbour by Capt. Thos. Randall as
agent for the Government, and was ordered to join the 
land forces commanded by his Eccellency George Washington
which the deponent did with his Crew consisting 
of 22 men on or about the last of November 1776.  That
he served under his Eccelency at the battle of Trenton,
that he was also in the battle of Princetowne, and was
in the advanced guard and near General Mercer when
he received his mortal wound at that place and
was in Sundry other actions until 1780 when said
Quigley was appointed Captain of the of the United
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States vessel flag Sloop Peace and plenty and sailed in the 
service of the United States from New Jersey to New York as a
flag of truce that he continued to command said flag
Sloop until peace was declared when he was regular
by discharge; said Quigley further says that his Commission
and most of his papers are lost, and that he
cannot to his knowledge make any better proof of the
facts above stated, then his own solumn declaration 
under oath, and that owing to his age and reduced
circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his
Country for support.
Sworn & subscribed this day    Thos. Quigley
& year above written }

E. Miller

 I Elijah Miller first Judge as aforesaid
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said
Thomas Quigley did serve in the revolutionary war, as
stated in the preceding declaration against the common
enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings of testimony
taken and had before me to the secretary of the
department of War  pursuant to the direction of 
the aforementioned act of Congress.---
Auburn, Cay. Co. N.Y. May 7 1818
E. Miller

I further witness that I am well acquainted
with  Capt. Quigley above named, and am satisfied that
he is in indigent circumstances & needs the support
of his Country ~ August 25th 1818
E. Miller
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[Clerk]'s Office Cayuga Co.
[embossed paper seal] State of New York} ss  I certify that Elijah Miller
[ab]ove named is the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
of Said County, and that his name subscribed to the
above deposition and to the above certificate, is the
hand writing of said Judge--
In Testimony whereof I have here to subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of the said
County this 8th day of May 1818 --
E. T. Throop Clk
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INVALID
Navy
File No.  43879
Thos Quigley
Captain
Armed Schr Genl. Putnam
Revolutionary
Act March 18, 1818
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L.P. Waldo Esq
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J. RICHMOND
SEE QUIGLEY'S PAPERS
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Being called upon to certify or declare what I know respecting the services of Captain Thomas Quigley during the revolutionary war of having seen a copy of his own statement of the same, I do hereby certify that I know from report only, of not my own immediate knowledge, of his having served as a Commissioned officer on board of the Armed Schooner Gen. Putnam, being then myself with the third Jersey Reg. at Fort Schuyler of in Canada.
I recollect well, of can certify, that he commanded, as Captain, the public flag sloop, called "Peace of Plenty" for one whole year and upwards stationed for the most part at this post, where by Gen. Washington's order. a public vessel was to be held with a white flag continually flying to secure her from capture. This being a frontier post of within fifteen miles of the city of New York, it was specifically fixed upon by an arrangement between the Commander of both Armies for the exchange of prisoners, of one of our Dept. Commifaries Gen. of prisoners was stationed oneside here for more than two years under flag protection to receive from their [illegible] flag vefsel, or send over in ours, the prisoners who were from time to time interchanged. I do further certify that i was stationed at this post for at least one year or more in the years 78, 79, 80 and 81 (a part of each) of for some considerable portion of it was the commanding officer, when several hundred British or American prisoners [halsed] to get from this part of the city of New York in interchanges and that the said flag sloop. Peace of Plenty under command of Capt. Thomas Quigley was always employed in the transportation of said prisoners, of in carrying dispatches of a public nature from the Com. in chief, adjitant Gen., Com. Gen. of prisoners of in conveying to the enemy such persons as were sent out of the country by order of Congress, the board of War, or by the Governors or Executives of the several states. Many of these passed through my hands of as it was a positive of standing order from Gen. Washington to dispatch all
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all by water to the city as soon as possible, Capt. Quigley was employed in every instance that I recollect, as an officer in the Continental service to take them on board his flag sloop, deliver them in New York, and obtain the requisite receipts for the dispatch of prisoners delivered. And I do further certiy that, during my command at this post, there was planned and executed an expedition to the post of Staten Island within one mile of New York bay (the direction of command of which I gave to said Capt. Quigley) in order to take and bring off two gun boats with their crew which annoyed us very much along our frontier coast - that this party consisted of 36 to 40 men, about one half volunteers from this vicinity and the others, a Serjeant Sproules of eighteen men which I spared them from my company, succeeded beyond my utmost expectation, by most gallantly boarding and taking and bringing off with them to this post by water, the two captured boats with about thirty prisoners. And I do further certify that I have good reason to know that, neither the above expedition, nor one other very bold and daring one in cutting out a sloop in N. York harbour within pistol shot of the battery, would have been undertaken, and much lefs carried through so very successfullly, if the said Capt. Quigley had not been foremost in advising, planning and conducting them, and it may therefore most safely be afforded that he must be regarded as in for the greatest degree instrumental in gaining for our country at least sixty prisoners who of course by exchange, liberated as many of our citizens and soldiers who where prisoners with the enemy, and in capturing two armed boats fully manned which kept us in constant alarm and committed many depredations on our unprotected shores. Given at Elizabethtown in the State of N. Jersey, this eight day of February One thousand eight hundred and twenty
Iona: Dayton - formerly Captain in the third Jersey Regiment during the revolutionary war.
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Steubin Country for Abner Price now residing in the town of Reading in the [illegible] County of Steuben in the state of New York being duly sworn doth defrose and say that he was personally aquainted with Captain Thomas Quigley at the time of the revolutionary war. That he was knowing to the Captain Thomas Quigley being in the Continental service of the United States in the war of the revolution for the term of about two years and that he this defronist frequently by las that said Captain Thomas Quigley in the service of the United States for about two years as forementioned and verily believe that he served so long time as that, and danger at one period of the war. 
Abner Price
sworn and subscribed the 22 day of August AD 1818 Before Me John Dow of the judges of the court of common plans in and/or the county of Steuben in the State of New York
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Borough of Elizabeth, county of Essex, State of New Jersey jo. Be it known that on this eighth day of February Eighteen hundred of twenty before me Shepard Kollock one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in afforsaid county of Essex, came Capt. Samuel Harriman and old inhabitant and native of this Borough, who being duly sworn did dispose and say that he was well acquainted with Capt. Tho. Quigley for more than forty years, and knew him to be the Captain of Commander of the public flag sloop Peace of Plenty in the United States service for more than two years , and to be the regular flag officer, who took in and brought out the prisoners, public dispatches off to and from Elizabethtown of the city of New York. And this Department further said that he himself went as a Volunteer under the command of said Capt. Quigley with fourteen or fifteen other Volunteers of a sergeant Sproules of eighteen soldiers of the Continental troops under the orders of General (then Captain) Dayton, who at the time of commanded at this post, and erofsed Staten island by clustering the enemy's pickets of patrols, and took two large Wale or gun boats with about thirty prisoners near the bay of New York, brought them to this place and delivered them to our Dep. Commissary General of prisoners. And this Department further said that in the last year of the war, he this Deponent with a party of men under the command of said Capt. Quigley and Capt. Crane of the Militia and [soldiers] made and excursion in a Whale Boat passing through the hills of up N. York bay, and cut out at the point of their battery a large sloop laden with rum of ten or twelve, cannon six pounders including three Captains (one, of an armed ship, and one of a IG gun armed privateer) who were on board the sloop when she was boarded or taken. And further said not
Sworn to before me the day of date first abovementioned Shepard Kollock [signature]
Samuel Harriman [signature]
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New Jersey
Essex County, SS. I Asen Whitehead, clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Essex beforesaid and certify that Shepard Kollock Esquire before whom the foregoing efficient was taken, was at the time of taking thereof and now is one of the judges of said court and that his name therefo  [illegible] is his proper hand writing 
In testimony where of i have here [illegible]. My name and affixed the seal of said county the tenth day of February AD Eighteen hundred and twenty.
Asen Whitehead
[partial image of Essex NJ Stamp]
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affidavit of Capt. Thomas Quigley  certifying that time and manner in which he served in the Land [illegible] and the Continental  Establishment in the Army of the Revolution
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State of Newyork
Cayuga County [illegible]; Capt. Thomas Quigley of Genoa in the said County of Cayuga being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that himself & his crew consisting of about thirty two Sailors left the armed schooner General Putnam in the Fall of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six & went into the Land service & served as an independent [illegible] but in the United States service under the orders of General Washington, that he thus [illegible] with his crew of sailors afterward was at & engaged at [crossed out] with the enemy at the taking of the Nine hundred Hessians at Trenton in Newjersey in the latter part of the year 1776, that he was with his sailors afterward at the Battle at Princetown which took place there after, that he continued in the service with his Sol [crossed out] Sailors afterward for more than [illegible crossed out] two years in continuation in which time he was the Captain & [illegible crossed out] commander of the Company of Sailors afterward, in the State of Newjersey, that he was under the Command first of General Washington, then
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of General Putnam, then of General Marwell, & remained under the banner and of the latter General till September 1780 when he took the Command of the Bay Sloop Peace & Plenty, that during the time he was in the Land service and afterward he & his [illegible] were as this department believes considered, mustered [caret] as continental soldiers & paid as the other Troops who were on the continental establishment, but on account of his remembering being Sailors as aforesaid they were not as this department believes incorporated into every Regiment so as to become a part of any particular line as [crossed out] so that this department can [crossed out] cannot give any more specific account of the Regiment or line in which he served in the Land service than as above stated - 

Thos Quigley

Subscribed & sworn to this
13th day of January 1820 be-
fore me
E. Miller
first [illegible]
the County of 
Cayuga court
State of Newyork