Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6957, Philip Dare, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

Service Number

New Jersey

Dare, Philip W. 6957
Mary

Contents
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let 2 August 37
E. M. Seeley

New Jersey 9511
Philip Dare

Bridgeton in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Cumming of the Regiment commanded by Col. Shreve in the N. Jersey  for 1 year and 9 months 
$70

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 70 Dollars and 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May 1833 and sent to E Seeley Bridgeton, NJ
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 140.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33.35.
$175

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm. R Catmer   Clerk
Book E Vol. 3. Page 108
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

On this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eigthteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in the open Court before David Lupton, George Sowden, Moses Bateman and Edward Sheppard Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey now sitting. Philip Dare a resident of Deerfield township in the County and state aforesaid, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated.

that he enlisted while he resided in the county of Cumberland, New Jersey in the years 1779 or 1780 cannot certainly state which year, under Captain Cummings, believes he was attached to the Second Regiment of New Jersey Militia. That he marched to Elizabeth town, Morris town, Piscataway and Amboy and other places not now recollected. Was under the command of Colonel Shreave. He was out in the service under this enlistment nine months, when he was honorably discharged and he thinks at Elizabeth town in New Jersey. He was in one battle with the British at or near a place called Allen [illegible] he was within one days march of the Battle of Princeton New Jersey.
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and he was in several skirmishes he was many times in great danger and during his enlistment endured many great hardships. He served his country faithfully all the time for which he was enlisted. And that he has no documentary evidence nor know of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He was out in the State Service as a volunteer at several different times, for one and two months each time. He served as a volunteer altogether more than one year. 
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his service is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Philip Dare

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
David Lupton, Presiding Judge

We, Jonathan Brooks a Clergyman, residing in Bridgetown in the County of Cumberland, New Jersey and Elias P Seeley residing in Bridgeton in the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Dare, who has subscribed his service and [illegible] to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age; and that he is reputed and believed, in the beighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Brooks
Elias P Seeley

David Lupton, Presiding Judge
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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 stated. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan Brooks who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the towns of Bridgeton , County of Cumberland aforesaid and that Elias P Seeley who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person, finds that their statement is entitled to credit.

David Lupton
George Sowder
Edw. Sheppard
Moses Bateman

I Ebenezer Seeley clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the Application of Philip Dare for a pension. In testimony whereof I have [illegible] that my hands and seal of office this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Ebeneezer Seeley
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Cumberland County ss:
Daniel Riley being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and says, he is well acquainted with Philip Dare the above named applicant for a Pension. he knew him at the time he enlisted in
the service of his Country, he was at the said Philip Dare house in Cumberland County Soon after he returned from the service, and he has a clear recollection of reading Philip Dare's Dicharge, which was signed by Captain Cummings.  this Deponent further says
it has always been understood in the neighbourhood that Philip Dare was out in the Revolutionary war & served his Country
faithfully. this Deponent fully believes he served under Captains Cummings as he has above stated in his Declaration under oath.
Daniel Riley

Sworn & Subscribed
July 19. 1832
In open Court
David Lupton Presiding Judge

I David Lupton one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, Do hereby
certify that the above affidavit of Daniel
Riley was taken & subscribed in open Court,
and  I being well acquainted with said
Daniel Riley Do further certify that
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he is a credible person and his oath is entitled to full weight and credit.

Witness my hand the fourteenth day of
November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.--
David Lupton Presiding Judge

I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland
and State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that David Lupton Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Daniel Riley was take[n] and who has attested thereunto was at the time thereof and now is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn, and that full credit are and should be given to all his official acts as such, and that his signature thereunto and to the above certificate is the own and genuine signature of said David Lupton.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court the fourteenth day of November. A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Ebenr. Seeley Clk
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No 22076
Philip Dare N.J.
9511

Adm for 1 year & 9 mos
['Returned' crossed out]

Ebenr. Seeley agent-
Bridgeton N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
22d May 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the service of Philip Dare of Cumberland Co. New Jersey

[table follows with 9 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service. {sub-headings:  a. Years.  b. Months.   c. Days.
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
(5) Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
(6) Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(7) Country through which he marched.
(8) Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
(9) Evidence by which the declaration is supported

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) Enlisted 1779 or 1780
{following is across columns 1 and 2:} Alleges that he was in the State service as a Volunteer
various terms of one & Two months -- that his
service as Volunteer altogether was more than one year
(2) a. [blank] b. 9  c. [blank]
(3) Private
(4) Capt Cumming 
(5) Col. Shreeve
(6) Allen Mills
(7) To Elizabethtown Morristown Piscataway
Amboy
(8) Cumberland County- New Jersey- Aged 74
(9)  Traditionary- Incidental & Living witnesses
[end of table]

I am, respectfully

Your obedient servants

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State Territory, or District of [blank]  }
County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged [blank] 
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion [provision] made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank] with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he en[t]ered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -->This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                        A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was  soldier, and served as he states.

I, [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 A.B. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [application] of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is  perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
-->The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops.  The proof required b y the rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[left side] Let John Browne
July 22/53

[right side]
New Jersey 1659
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Mary Dare
widow of Philip Dare decd
who died on the 25th August 1834
of Cumberland in the State of N. J.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Cummings of the Regt commanded by Col Shreve in the N. J.
line for 21 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 70 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1831' crossed out] 25th August 1834
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of Decr. 1837 and sent Elias P. Seeley 
Bridgeton N.J.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837              $210.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4Mar '38 -           
                                                                        35.00
                                                                  ________
                                                                   $245.00
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2248
Mary Dare
N. Jersey
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admitted
Pr 1 yr 9 mos. $70--


Elias P. Seeley Esq
Bridgeton
N.J.
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County SS.
On this twenty seventh day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland Mary Dare a resident of the township of
Deerfield in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey aged seventy six years on the seventeenth day of August last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836: that she is
the widow of Philip Dare deceased late a pens--

She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Dare on the sixth day of April one
thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, that her husband the aforesaid Philip Dare died in the month of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Mary Dare

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written
Before the Court aforesaid in
open court--
John Garrison Judge
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County ss }
On this twenty seventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland Ebenezer Elmer of Bridgeton in the said County ['who being' crossed out] aged eighty four years who being duly sworn saith that he served
as a lieutenant in the continental service the winter of seventeen hundred seventy six - seven and well remembers returning from the north to the neighbourhood of Bridgeton Cumberland County in the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy seven and was present that spring-- he believes in the month of
April at the marriage of Philip Dare now deceased to Mary Riley who he recollects was then quite young; they were married by the Reverend Robert Kelsey a Baptist Minister, and he further saith that he has had more or less acquaintance with said Philip Dare and his wife ever since and for more than twenty years has resided within a few miles of them and known them well, said Philip Dare was a revolutionary pensioner and died something more than two years ago, since when the said Mary are at whose marriage deponent was present and who is now living and present in Court has been his widow.
Eben. Elmer

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year aforesaid in open Court
John Garrison Judge
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I Samuel Seeley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Mary Dare to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836--

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office the twelfth day of July
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and
thirty Seven.
Samuel Seeley Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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Philip and Mary Dare
was married in the year
1776 April the 3 day
S

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County } SS:
Ephraim T. Cory of full age (being forty years old), being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that on the thirty first day of October 1837 this Deponent took and detached the above annexed paper containing the record of the Marriage of Philip Dare & Mary Dare by cutting the same from a leaf in the family Bible of said Philip & Mary Dare's.  This Deponent
further says that on the leaves in said family Bible which were blank leaves is also recorded the births of the Children and some of the grand children of said Philip and Mary Dare, and this deponent verily believes the same to be the true original family record of said Philip and
Mary Dare.
Ephraim T Cory

Sworn & Subscribed
October 31. 1837
Before the Subscribed
one of the Justices of the
Peace in & for said County
of Cumberland.
Moses Bateman J P
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New Jersey
Cumberland County SS.}
Elias P. Seeley being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was present and saw Ephram T Cory take & cut the annexed paper from a leaf in the Bible which this deponent believes
to be the family Bible of Philip Dare & Mary Dare, that the record of the Births of the Children of said Philip & Mary Davre & also of some of their Grand Children are recorded in the same Book & on the leaves that have been
left Blank for the purpose of a family record.
Elias P. Seeley

Sworn & Subscribed
October 31. 1837
Before me a Justice of
the peace of said County
of Cumberland
Moses Bateman J. Peace

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County SS:
I Samuel Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that Moses Bateman before whom the foregoing
affidavits of Ephraim T Cory and
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Elias Seeley were taken and who has attested to the same, was at the time thereof and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Cumberland, duly commissioned and sworn,
and that full faith and credit are and should be given to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal the thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven
Samuel Seeley Clk
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State of New Jersey
County of Cumberland } SS.  Be it known, that on this 26th - day of April A.D. 1853, before the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Philip Dare a
resident of Bridgeton in said County aged 37 years and made oath according to law that he is a grand child of Philip & Mary Dare who were pensioners of the United States at the rate of seventy dollars per annum, that the said Philip Darve was a Revolutionary pensioner and was pensioned under act of 7th June 1832  at $70. per annum, and that he died on the 24th day of July A.D. 1835 and that the said Mary Dare his widow was pensioned from the date of his death at the same rate per annum and died on the 16th day of June A.D. 1849.  that he has been informed that there is an Increase of Pension due; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as his agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Philip Dare

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
first above written and I certify that I believe
the said Philip Dare-- to be directly interested in
the said claim-- in which claim I am in no way interested.
William R Parvin Justice of Peace
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County
I E E Sheppard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Cumberland do certify that William R Parvin Esqr before whom the above affidavit of Philip Dare was Sworn was at the time of taking said affidavit one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and sworn according to
law as such and that full faith and credence
is and of right ought to be given to all his official Acts both here and else where

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixt the seal of my said office this Twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and fifty
three
E. E. Sheppard Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by these presents that I Philip Dare of Bridgeton Cumberland County and State of New Jersey do hereby make constitute and appoint J M Browne of Pittsgrove Salem County and State aforesaid, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of Philip Dare and his widow ['Sarah' crossed out] Mary for any amount of Revolutionary pension or increase of pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine
all the papers and documents in relation to
said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the Certificates which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to
my said attorney, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming all my said attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.

Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of
April A.D. 1853
Philip Dare

Attest
William R Parvin
Ephraim T. Cory

State of New Jersey
County of Cumberland } SS.
On this 26th day of April A.D. 1853. before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Philip Dare above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein expressed

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
the day and year aforesaid.
William R Parvin Justice of Peace
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State of New Jersey,
County of Cumberland }
Surrogates Office April 17. 1853
I Certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Sarah Cory, Christianna Burt, Mary Garrison, Eliza Dare, Philip Dare and William C Dare, are the Grand Children and only surviving heirs at law in fee to Philip Dare and his widow Mary Darve who were both Revolutionary pensioners of the United States at the rate of $70. per annum and that Philip Dare died on the 24th day of July A.D. 1835 and that the said Mary Dare died on the 16th day of June A.D. 1849.

Given under my hand and seal of Office this twenty seventh day of April AD 1853-
Joseph Moore
Surrogate
[seal affixed at left]
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State of New Jersey
County of Cumberland } SS.
Be it known that on this 26th day of April 1853. that we the only heirs at law of Philip & Mary Dare hereby give our consent for Philip Dare to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted the claim for Increase of pension in which we are interested as described in the foregoing papers.
Attest
William R Parvin
Ephraim T Cory

Sarah Cory
Christiana Burt
Mary Garrison
Eliza Dare
William G. Dare
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March 3, 1932

BA-J/EE.    OW

Mr. Frank T. Dare
70 Pitman Avenue
Pitman, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of February 20, 1932, in which you request information in regard to Annas, Benoni, Cain (or Elkanah), 
Daniel, David, Philip and Robert Dare, of New Jersey, War of the Revolution.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record of claims for pension or bounty land having been
made on account of service in that war of any of the above noted soldiers, except Philip Dare. His record follows:

The date herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W. 6957, based upon the military service of Philip Dare in that war.

Philip Dare applied for pension September 23, 1828, while living at Bridgeton, New Jersey, and stated that he enlisted (he did not give the date) for the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period he was a private in Captain John Cumming's Company, Second New Jersey Regiment.

[in margin:] Service arranged by Mrs. Finch

His claim was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of that service as required by the pension laws. He again applied for pension on July 19, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-four years and resided in Deerfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, and stated
that while residing in Cumberland County, New Jersey, he volunteered in 1779 or 1780, served as a private in Captain John Cumming's Company, Colonel Shreeve's Second New Jersey Regiment, and was in a battle at Allen's Mills and in several skirmishes, length of service nine months.  He stated he also served at several different times on short tours of one and two months each, amounting to more than one year in all, dates and officers' names not given.

His claim was allowed on the latter application.
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He died in August, 1834 or July 24, 1835 (both dates appear in the claim.

The soldier married April 3, 1776, as shown by a Bible record) or April 6, 1777 (as stated by the widow) Mary Riley, who was born August 17, 1760.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed February 27, 1837, while residing in Deerfield Township, New Jersey.


A son is referred to in 1829, his name not stated.

In 1853, the only surviving heirs of Philip and Mary Dare were the following grandchildren:  Sarah Cory, Christianna. Burt, Mary Garrison, Eliza Dare, William C. Dare and Philip Dare, who was thirty-seven years of age in the above year and resided in Bridgeton, New Jersey.

John P. Dare resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1823, no relationship to soldier shown.

The names Samuel Riley and Dayton Riley appear, no relationship to the widow, Mary Riley Dare, shown. In 1837, one Ephraim T. Cory was aged forty years and resided in Bridgeton, New Jersey; no relationship to family shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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[left side]
1932 - Mar 3 - Hist
to Frank J. Dare
EEL

[right side]
Revy.    WIDOW, &c.
------------
File No.  ___ 6957 _____
___ Mary Dare ______
_____ Wid, of  ____
___ Philip Dare ________
___ Pvt N.J. line _____
----------------
Act:  ____July 4/36, Sec 3d _____
Index: -- Vol. __ A ___, P__ Page 167 ___

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mary Dare
New Jersey
----
susp--

let Augt '37
E.P. Seele ---y
do 25 Oct 37
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B.   May

Hon L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Philip Dare N. Jersey Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen office
Aug 2d

Died 25 Aug 1834
that period
J H
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Appl of Mary
Dave decd widow of
Philip for increase
of pension


J. M. Browne
Pittsgrove
Salem Co
N. Jersey

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner,
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Philip Dare
application for
Pension
--------
22076
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Cumberland County ss.
Benjamin Pierce being of full age and duly sworn according to law deposeth and Saith that he is well acquainted with Philip Dare who has applied for a Pension that he knew him in the time of the Revolutionary War, this Deponent knows that said Philip Dare went to Camp, and enlisted for nine months, as a Soldier in the revolutionary War, and that he returned home once in the time of his enlistment on furlow, and
returned to Camp in eight or ten days again.  
This Deponent knows said Dare served the nine
months for which he enlisted.  This deponent was living at his house at the time he returned
home from the Service. This Deponent further
says said Philip Dare was out in the months
service altogether three or four months as a
Volunteer in the State service.
Benjamin Pierce

Sworn & Subscribed
October 23rd 1832

I Dayton Riley one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that I am
acquainted with Benjamin Pierce who has 
Subscribed his name to the above affidavit
that the said affidavit was taken before me, and
subscribed in my presence, and I do further
certify that the said Benjamin Pierce is a
credible person and that his oath is entitled
to full credit.

Witness my hand this twenty third day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two--
Dayton Riley J P
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County ss:
I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of Said County of Cumberland, Do hereby certify that Dayton Riley Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Pierce was taken, and who has attested thereunto, was at the time thereof, and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Cumberland, lawfully
Commissioned and sworn & that all his official acts as such, are and should be entitled to full credit. And I further certify that the signature thereunto annexed is the own genuine signature of the said Dayton Riley.-- In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed
my seal of office & of said Court the twenty third day of October, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Ebenr Seeley Clk

Cumberland SS:
Dayton Ireland aged Seventy eight years, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Philip Dare who has applied for a pension, that this Deponent was out in the Revolutionary War at the same time said Philip Dare was, that said Philip Dare
was attached to the same New Jersey Regiment
this deponent was under the command of Col Shreeve.  That this Deponent knows said Philip Dare Served in the Regiment commanded by Col Shreeve nine Months, this deponent was in the same Regiment all the time said Philip Dare
was. This deponent further says that he remember of Philip Dare being out in
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the service as a volunteer at Several other times but cannot say here long he served as a Volunteer. The said Philip was discharged from his nine month service the same day and at the same place this Deponent was-
              his
Dayton   X   Ireland
            mark.
  
Sworn & Subscribed
December 27th 1832
Enos Seeley Justice of the Peace

I Enos Seeley Justice of the Peace. in and for said County of Cumberland hereby certify that the above named Dayton Ireland is a credible person, and that his oath is entitled to full credit. Given under my hand the 27 Day of December, 1832.
Enos Seeley Justice of the Peace

I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas of said County of Cumberland
Do hereby certify that Enos Seeley Esquire before whom the above affidavit of Dayton Ireland was taken and who has subscribed to the same, was at the time thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith &
Credit are and should be given to all his official acts as such. And I do further certify that the signature thereunto annexed is the own genuine signature of the said Enos Seeley. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court the twenty Seventh day of December A.D. 1832.
Ebenr. Seeley Clk
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Pittsgrove N.J. April 28, 1853

Sir,

I herewith enclose the claim of the heirs at law of Philip & Mary Dare who were pensioners (Revolutionary) of the United States-- but did not receive the annual amount to which they were entitled- .  ou will no doubt find the
evidence already in your office that will entitle these heirs to an Increase of pension to full pay for each year the pensioners drew the same. I
request on examination of this case at as early a date as the rules of your office will allow.

The Clerk of Cumberland Co. has not yet got accustomed to the duties of that office and has not attached the papers in the usual form but
I trust it will be satisfactory.

Very Respectfully
J M Browne

Hon L.P. Waldo
Commr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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2248
Aug 31.

Adolfoff
V.    Mary Dare

[stamp:] BRIDGETON NJ AUG 28

FREE

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Bridgeton W. New Jersey

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions

Sir

I have enclosed further proof of the Marriage of Philip Dare and Mary Dare.  I have seen the Family Bible & have added my affidavit as to the credibility of the record and trust the facts proved will be satisfactory to the Department.

I am very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Elias P. Seeley

Aug. 28-1[cut off]
1839
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County ss:
Ephraim T. Cory of Bridgeton Cumberland County New Jersey, aged Forty years being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and says, that he was well acquainted with Philip Dare before his decease a Revolutionary Pensioner, and also with his widow Mary Dare, who is now living, a widow. That this Deponent
has on several occasions examined the Family record of said Philip Dare and Mary Dare, which is written & contained on the blank leaves of their Family Bible. The Bible & family record
bears evidence from their appearance of being
very ancient, and this Deponent has been informed, and verily believes that the records of the Marriage of Philip & Mary Dare written in said Bible is the true & most ancient record of their Marriage in existence, that the record
as written of their marriage in said bible is in the following words & figures viz-
"Philip and Mary Dare was married in the year 1776 April the 3 day."

And this deponent further says that he examined said Bible & record at the house of said Mary Dare that the same is now in her possession, and the family record also contains the births & deaths of the
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Children of said Philip and Mary Dare and from this deponents knowledge of their children, he verily believes it to be the true & genuine family
record of Philip and Mary Dare.
Sworn & Subscribed
Ephraim T Cory

Sworn & Subscribed
August 28. 1837
before me one of the
Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas
of Cumberland County
New Jersey
JohnGarrison

I John Garrison one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, New Jersey, Do hereby certify
that Ephraim T. Cory who has been sworn & subscribed his name thereunto before me as above said was & is a credible witness well known to me and that his oath is entitled to full credit. Given under my hand & seal of Office the 28 day of August AD. 1837.
John Garrison

Cumberland County ss
Elias P. Seeley aged forty six years being duly sworn according to law deposeth & says, that he has examined the family record of Philip & Mary Darve, and the record of the Marriage of Said Philip Dare
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and Mary Dare as mentioned in the above
deposition of Ephraim T. Cory, is therein recorded as stated by him, that the Book/Bible/ bears  strong marks of being their oldest Bible and family record, and this Deponent fully believes such to be the case.  This Deponent has examined the County office and can find no record of their marriage the Law did not require
Marriages to be record until about the year 1795, in New Jersey.-
Elias P. Seeley


Sworn & Subscribed
August 28. 1837
Before me one of the
Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas of the
County of Cumberland
aforesaid-
John Garrison

I Samuel Seeley Clerk of the County of Cumberland, New Jersey, Do hereby certify that
John Garrison Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of Ephraim T. Cory & Elias P.
Seeley were taken & who has attested thereunto, was at the time thereof and now is a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, New Jersey duly commissioned & sworn & authorized by law
to administer oaths & attest the same. In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office the twenty eighth day of August A D 1837-
Samuel Seeley Clk
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Recd 8 Jany 1829

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County SS-  }
Daniel Riley of full age being of the age of Sixty Six years being duly Sworn according to Law, on his oath doth depose and say, that he is well
acquainted with Philip Dare of Cumberland County New Jersey & has lived most of his time in the same neighbourhood with him, and was acquainted with him at the time he entered in Revolutionary Army under the continental establishment & this Deponent has always understood and is well satisfied in his own mind that the said Philip Dare served in the Revolutionary Army under the continental establishment the full term for which he
entered.  And this Deponent is fully satisfied from the fact of his having seen and read the discharge of said Philip Dare which Discharge was signed by Captain Cummings, which discharge Stated that said Philip Dare had served out the full term for which he enlisted
and was therefore honourably Discharged.  
This Deponent has since been informed by
said Philip Dare that he has lost his said Discharge and has no doubt but such is the fact.
Daniel Ryley

Sworn & Subscribed
December 30th 1828
before me David Lupton Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County SS:
Silas Eldrith being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and says that he is of the age of Seventy years, that he is well acquainted with
Philip Dare, of said County, and has always
been acquainted with him. This Deponent was
in the Revolutionary Army under the continental establishment nine months or upward, that he has a perfect recollection of seeing said Philip Dare in the said Revolutionary Army under the continental establishment at the same time this Deponent was and further says that he does not recollect the company or all of the officers names under whom Said Philip Dare served, but
believes he was under the command of one
Captain Cumming some part of the time of his
service, and from report this Deponent has no
doubt but he served in the army the time for which he entered, and was honourably discharged.
          his
Silas    X  Eldrith
         mark

Sworn & Subscribed
January 3rd 1829
before me David Lupton Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County SS:

I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that David Lupton Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of Daniel Riley and Silas Eldrith were taken, and who has attested thereunto
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was at the time of taking the same, and attesting thereunto, and now is a Judge of the Said Court of Common Pleas of Said County, and State, and Justice of the Peace lawfully commissioned and Sworn, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the third day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.  [signed] Eben'r Seeley Clk
[seal affixed to the left]
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P W Sproat for P Dare 1085
Rec'd 16 July 1829
187
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Philad'a July 15th 1829.
Dear Sir.
On the 18th day of April I addressed you relative to the Claim of Philip Dare for a pension and received your answer to it which I transmit[t]ed to Mr Dare.
The son of Mr Dare called yesterday & stated that his Father had received no Order for a pension, to which he considers himself justly entitled for his Revolutionary services for the term of During the War for which term he faithfully served.
And requested me again to address you on the subject for him. 
I am Sir Respectfully, Your obed't serv't [signed] P W Sproat
Hon. Sam'l D Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury.
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P W Sproat for P Dare
Rec'd 25 Feb 1829
1085.
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Philadelphia February 24th 1829
Dear Sir:  I Enclose your Letter of the 30th September last relative to the Claim of Philip Dare for a pension. Since which time I have rec'd no further Communication relative to his Claim to a pension, and now pray that it may be granted.
I am Sir Respectfully, your most obed't ser't [signed] P W Sproat
Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
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Free

The Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
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Rec'd [illegible] Jan 7 1829.       1085
Bridgeton January 3. 1829
Hon. Richard Rush
Sir
I enclose two affidavits relating to the Petition of Philip Dare of this place, for a Pension.  If my further testimony should be necessary on the Subject, will you have the goodness to inform me by Letter.
I am well acquainted with Mr. Dare the applicant, he is very needy, is nearly past labour, has an aged wife & a family to support, and some time ago had all his property sold by the Sheriff and is truly an object worthy of a Pension.
Mr. Dare has requested me to state that he wishes you to direct the answer to me.  I shall be at Trenton in the Legislature of our State for six or eight weeks to come.
With much Respect Your Obt. Servt.  [signed]  Elias P Seeley
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Philip Dare for Bounty Land
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Washington, Bounty land office 22 Oct 1828
Mr. Peter W. Sproat
Sir
Your letter to the Secretary of War inquiring into the right of Philip Dare, a soldier of the New Jersey line in the revolutionary War to bounty land, has been refer[r]ed to this office.  I have examined his claim and have to inform you that he has not been returned as having served to the end of that war, and is not entitled to claim bounty land of the United States
Yrs [yours] &c  [signed] Robert Taylor
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 30 Sept 1828
SIR:  Your letter of the 23 inst with its enclosures, presenting ["your" crossed out] the claim of Mr. Dare under the abovementioned act, has been received.  The claim will be examined with all convenient dispatch, and the result communicated ["to you." crossed out]
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,  [signed] Richard Rush
Mr P. W Sproat
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Rec 95 Sept
1085
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Revolutionary Claim.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved the 15th of May 1828.  I Philip Dare of Bridgetown in the County of Cumberland in the State of New Jersey. Do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental [underlined] line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination. at which period I was a private in Captain John Cummins Company in the second Regiment of the Jersey line. and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the Reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled ["by an Act" crossed out] under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States.  [signed] Philip Dare
Sworn and subscribed the 22d day of September 1828 before [signed] Wm L Norton Justice of the Peace
Before me a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths for the County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day William T. Pauling and John P Dare of Philadelphia ["that" crossed out] who did severally make oath that Philip Dare of whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness ["my" crossed out] our hands this 22d day of September 1828.  [signatures]  John P Dare  Wm Th. Paullin
Sworn and subscribed the 22d day of September 1828 before [signed] Wm L Norton Justice of the Peace
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Philadelphia County S.S.
I Matthew Randall Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia do certify that William L Norton Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits were taken and who has thereto set his hand was at the time of so doing and now is one of the Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Philadelphia duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Said Court at Philadelphia this 23 September 1828 [signed] Matthew Randall
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
30 Sept 1828.
Philip Dare of Bridgetown in the County of Cumberland in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Cummins's company, in the Second regiment of the N Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary [signed] F A. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 4th October 1828
["It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to ---- in the ----" crossed out]
It further appears that Philip Dare is not now on the pension list of ["the" crossed out] any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826 ["at the rate of --- dollars per month" crossed out]
The name of Philip Dare cannot be found among those of the New Jersey line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued - [signed] J Thompson Chief Clk
Correct
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1085
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 15 Nov 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Philip Dare under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
[signed] R. Rush 
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department, Bounty land office
I certify that it does not appear from any record in this office that Philip Dare as a private of the New Jersey line in the revolutionary army was received or is entitled to receive bounty land of the United States. [signed] Robert Taylor
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Philadelphia Sept 23d 1828
Dear Sir
I transmit the claim of Philip Dare a Revolutionary Soldier of New Jersey in the Jersey line for the term of during the war for two years and six months pay agreeably to the act of Congress of the 15th May last which will be duly acknowledged by him when recd.
I am Sir with great esteem your obed't serv't  [signed] P W Sproat
Hon R Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
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1828 papers
to be filed
with a[a]
ownid
File # 6,957
Page 61

Philip Dare - Pvt.
N. Jersey line

New Jersey

Ex'd - one old Book, & Ref 
Wid. file no. 6,957.
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V2248  July 15
N. J. 4 July '36 3d [or 30] Sec.
[circular seal] BRIDGETON N. J. JUL 12
Mary Dare
Philip
Cumberland Co N. J.
E P Seeley
FREE
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Bridgeton N. Jersey
J. L. Edwards Esq   July 12, 1837
Sir,  I have enclosed the papers of Mrs. Mary Dare widow of Philip Dare dec'd. of this place, for a pension under the act of 1836.  you will perceive the necessary facts are proved by the affidavit of Genl. Eben'r [Ebenezer] Elmer whose standing and character is so universally known. I presume it will be sufficient for the perfect satisfaction of the Department. You will please address the answer to me.
I am very respect[fully] yours &c [signed] Elias P. Seeley
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2248 Nov 6
N J
[illegible]
Mary Dare
[circular stamp] BRIDGETON N.J. NOV 3
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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New Jersey
Bridgeton Nov. 3, 1837

J.L. Edwards, Comr. of Pensions

Sir,

Agreeably to instructions from the reading of your letter. I have caused to be taken from the Family bible of Philip & Mary Dare the record containing their marriage, and affidavits of the fact and certificate of the Clerk; as you have directed.

The record appears small, the Bible containing it is small and much worn but the family record is very intelligible.

I should suppose this proof in connection with Genl. Ebenezer Elmer who testifies he was present at their marriage and fixes the time beyond doubt; from his known character & standing in society having been several years in Congress & sustained a high standing in Society would be, as I have no doubt it will be entirely satisfactory.

I am very Respectfully your obt. Servt.

Elias P. Seeley

PS. Eben. Elmer afft. is attached to Mrs. Mary Dare's original petition. 

ESly
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70 Pitman Ave. Pitman New Jersey
Feb 20th 1932

Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen, Will you please send me any information you may have of the following men, whose names appear on the attached sheet of paper - 

Records from Gloucester Cumberland and Salem counties New Jersey - The eight names given on the attached two sheets by the name of Dare, are of one our South Jersey families and we are endevoring to get as much information as possible in view of printing a book of Genealogical decent.

I believe that one or two removed to Ohio soon after the war - any information that you many be able to give will be very much appreciated.

Sincerely yours - 
[signed] Frank T Dare
70 Pitman Ave
Pitman
Jew Jersey

[stamp]
Received
Feb 25 1932
[illegible]
Pension Files Division

[stamp sideways]
Received Feb 24 1932
[illegible]
U.S.V.S. Reader 27
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Dare David, Sergent -; Capt. Joseph Bloomfield's Co. 3rd regiment. 
1st establishment - New Jersey Continental Line. enlisted Feb. 20th 1776
"Ref - Muster Rolls, and New Jersey Line P-117" Ensign - 
[Reafil] - William Gordon's 7th Co. Col - Elias Dayton 3rd Regiment -
2nd establishment - New Jersey Continental Line Nov. 7th 1776 - 
Ref - Minutes of Joint Meeting P-12
Resigned prior to May 1st 1777 Ref - m.s No 2357

Dare - Philip, born 1758 Residence Cumberland County, "Wagoner" - 
Active Service under Colonel - Bodo. Otto First Regiment - Gloucester County Militia at Woodbury - for which he received pay to the amount of 25:5:0 Jan 4th 1778. "Ref. mss. 3922 - Page 1-
Private , Captain John N. 6 [illegible] Company - Second Regiment New Jersey Continental Line - Served - nine months (probbly in 1778) died in Cumberland County New Jersey August 1834
"Ref, Wid. 6957"

[Stamp]
Received Feb 25 1932
Pension Files Division

Dare, Robert
Wagoner - First Regiment, Cumberland County Militia
In active serrvice at Haddonfield under Brigadier General Silas Newcomb - September 1777 "Ref - Auditors Book B - Page - 153 and mss- 3921

Dare, Daniel. Private, Captain William Smith's Company -
Second Regiment - Salem County Militia 1778
Ref - mss - 1466 and with Company of horsemen stationed at Thomsons Bridge. - 9 days - beginning the 17th of March 1778 - Ref - mss - 1467
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Dare, Annas - Rank 4th Corporal - Captain Smiths Company Second Regiment, Salem County Militia on roll dated Mar - 11 = 1777
Residence Salem County
Ref = in.ss. 1465

Dare, Benoni - Ensign - Captain John Barker's  - Company - Second Regiment - Cumberland County Militia January 1st 1777 Served four months - Ref - [illegible] - 1074 - 
Thomas Padgett - note no record of the service of this man
other man, Invlaid Pension claim given as reference

Dare, Benoni Express Rider for General Newcomb - New Jersey Militia - Received pay for four days service at $3.00 a day - April 9th 1778 Ref - Council of Saflyniss [illegible] 320

[Stamp] 
Received 
Feb 25 1932
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Pension File

Dare - Cain, Private - Captain William Smith's Company of Horsemen Second Regiment - Salem County Militia - active service stationed at [Thomfisons] Bridge - 9 days from the 17th of March 1778 - from a pay from of a company of horsemen of Colonel Benj. Holmes - Reg. of Militia Commanded by Captain William Smith, commencing Mar 17 = 1778

Note, This soldier Cain Dare was undoubtedly Elkanah Dare mentioned by his grandfather Benoni Dare in his will proved Aug 14 1770 also mentioned by his father Elkanah Dare whose will - was proven April 28th 1759 - Both his father and his Grandfather in their wills, call him Elkanah Dare.