Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,500, for Peter Jaquett, Delaware
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Del.
Jaquett, Peter
or
Jacquett

S. 46. 500
B.L. ht 1160_300 Leapr.
Issued May 30. 1789
No Papers
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No. 5543
R
REJECTED
[strike through] ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855

Received July 7 - 1828
Peter Jacquett
Captain
Delaware Line
Revolutionary
See admitted Soldier life
No 46.500

REJECTED
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118
March 21 Peter L. Jaquett that [illegible]
not entitled thru Honorable A Higgins prior
1938 Jan 6 List to Mr. Edward W. Cooch Amy

Ec - Issues Revy War 
Cert No. 118  
46500
Name: Peter Jacquett Jaguett
Rank: Captain
Comp'y:
Reg't: Delaware line Rev Y
Delaware: Agency
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT
1st Issue. $480 per annum

DATE OF CERTIFICATE AND TO WHOM SENT
1st Issue  Aug 3 1829 
Allowed May 15 Act. 1828
Sept. 13 1834 AB
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Mrs. Edward Webb Cooch (illegible) Del – 29’
Ex-Vice-President-General, N. S. D. A. R.
Cooch’s Bridge
Newmark, Delaware

Pension Bureau, Revolutionary War Section.

I am registrar of my DAR Chapter and am trying to find the Revolutionary War service of the father (underlined) of James Jaquet (underlined with o underneath it), born 1777, New Castle County Delaware.

All the Jaquet family were loyal to the American cause. I have search wills and administrations etc. and can find no Jaquet who had a James born 1777. Can you give me the name of this James Jaquet’s father and Mother, and what his Rev. War service was? I will be most grateful for your co-operation. I thought perhaps your pension records might show a Jaquet from Delaware who would be James Father, as James was a minor and some provision might be made for his mother and himself.

This is not my own line, but for a prospective member of my chapter.

Thanking you in advance, I am,
Most sincerely, 
Eleanor B. Cooch (Mrs. Edward W. Cooch)
December 29th, 1937.
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Peter Jaquett Rec 18

Power of Substitution
Mr. Rehoune
Lodged 19th June 1828
Rey File # 5543
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No of orig pay 114
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 7 1828 .
Peter Jacquett of or near Wilmington in the County of - New Castle - in the State of Delaware 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 army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end
of the war.

at which period he was a Captain in the Delaware regiment of the line and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing. [strike through] dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.
Bryndor of the Secretary,
A Dikrid
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 9. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to Peter Captain in the Delaware line, amounting to two thousand four hundred dollars.
It further appears that Peter Jacquit is now the pension list of any - - - - agency, and has not been since the 3. March
1826
[strike through] at the rate of per month
Peter Hagnes Aird
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Revolutionary Claims.

[A.]

Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers. For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled " An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the
15th of May, 1828, I Peter Jacquett of or near wilmington, in the county of New Coasile, in the State of Delaware do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* from January 4 of 1776 until the close of the war in the month of October [illegible] the year of December  Seventeen and Eighty Three at which period I was a captain regiment [strike through] of the line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay ; which sum
was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half
pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.

Witness my hand, this ninth day of June in the year eighteen hundred twenty eight
P Jaquett

Before me, Human [illegible] a Justice of the Peace in the county of New Castle, in the State  Delaware. Personally appeared, this day,  Caleb P Bennit and David Kirkpatrick, of said county, who did severally make oath the Peter Jacquett by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to  have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated, Witness my hand, this ninth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred twenty eight
[signature] MOM WALLE
I [faded illegible] , Clerk of the Court
of the county of, [faded illegible], in the State of
[faded illegible], do hereby certify, that,
[faded illegible], before whom
the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time a [faded illegible], and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, this [faded illegible] day of [faded illegible]
Mr. Robert Potty
+ Here insert, to the end of the war, or, (as the case may be, to the time when the arrangement of the army provided by the resolved of congress of the 3d and 21st of October 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under the arrangement.
+ here enter, the sum of dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of If the claimant had not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
A justice of the peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths as the case may be.
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January 6, 1938
Peter Jaquett
Mrs. Edward W. Cooch
S. 46500
"Cooch's Bridge
BA-J/AWF
Newark, Delaware
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of the father of James Jaquet New Castle County, Delaware.
The record of Peter Jaquett which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 46500, based upon his service in the War of the
Revolution. This is the record of the only soldier with that surname found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who was from Delaware.
The date and place of birth of Peter Jaquett were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
He was Captain in a Delaware Regiment, from January 4, 1776, until sometime in October, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 9, 1828, at which time he was living near Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware.
He died September 13, 1834.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator