Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,224, Jonathan Crane, New York

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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
New York

Crane, Jonathan
Bethia

NUMBER
W. 16,224

CONTENTS

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[Handwritten document, left side of page]
(Albany) [illegible #]
Agy.
New York
Jonthn Crane
Of Putnam in the State of N York who was a Lieut in the Camp commanded by Captain Johnson of the Reg commanded by Col Swartout in the [illegible] for 3 [illegible] 8 [illegible]  N.Y. 
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 99 Dollars 20 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug. 183[3?] and [illegible] J. Morehouse, Carmel
Arrears to the 4th of M[illegible] $198.60
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sep [illegible]  $49.65
$248 23
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [illegible] C Stiles, clerk
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 52
[Handwritten document, right side of page]
Dead See letters to P Agts at N.Y. and Albany Feb 20, 1835
See [illegible] W. Fleming Augt. 27 ‘35
Let 26 July 1837 Eben. Foster

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[Handwritten document, imprinted seal on upper left side of page]

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the  in and for the county of Putnam Jonathan Crane who being duly sworn, deposed and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades. For eight days at two different times at least four days each in [detecting?] tories & horse thieves of persons coming above the lines in Westchester county – this service was performed as an ensign under the commission annexed to the declaration & to his affidavit which was performed in 1775 – the Colonel was Jacobus Swartwout the captain was Joshua Barnum.  That he served three months as stated in the [illegible] declaration as ensign in said Captain Barnums Company in said Col Swartwout regiment under said commission. That he served as second Lieutenant under the warrant or commission hereto [illegible] for five months as stated in the annexed declaration, and also the he served as said second lieutenant in the year 1777 under Colonel John Field after five months service was performed two times, four days at a time, the first four days were performed in conducting prisoners to Poughkeepsie the other four days services were performed in the time Danbury was burnt – that the whole time of service which was performed by the deponent was at the least three months and eight days as an ensign and five months & eight days as a second lieutenant --- and for such service I claim a pension – Johnathan “his X mark” Crane [handwritten X signature]
Sworn & subscribed May 24, 1833
Before me Jonathan Morehouse, Justice of the peace

State of New York
Putnam County Clerk’s office [illegible] I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of the county of Putnam aforesaid do certify that I am the Jonathan Morehouse before whom the annexed affidavit of Jonathan Crane was taken and that I was a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & sworn at the time of taken such affidavit, and affixing my name thereto and I do further certify that the other papers hereto annexed are the original papers upon which the original papers upon which the application of the said Johnathan Crane for a pension was founded and upon which the opinion of the Judge was given – 
In testimony whereof I have unto subscribed the name & affixed the seal of the said County this 27th day of May 1833 
J Morehouse [handwritten signature]

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[Handwritten document]
State of New York
County of Putnam ss. On this 226th day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared before Ebenezer Foster one of the Judges of the court of common please of the said county Jonathan Crane a resident of the Town of Southeast in the County of Putnam and state of New York aged eighty five years in May last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that the declarant received a commission as ensign in a company of minute men where of Joshua Barnum was Captain dated 17th day of October 1775 which commission is herewith transmitted to the Secretary of Wars office that he had several calls in endeavoring to detect tories and did serve a day or two at & sometimes three or four days at a time as said ensign in said company the whole time in there short services the declarant does not recollect that in the latter part of February 1776 the said declarant was called as ensign as aforesaid in said company to New York as the declarant believed on account of the British ship Asia firing on the inhabitants of the city of New York that the declarant staid in such service three months & to the latter part of May 1776 All the time the declarant was in New York as aforesaid he belonged to Colonel Jacobus Swartwout Regiment that about the time the declarant got his discharge many of the regiment were enlisting into the continental service the officers of said regiment being mostly if not all discharged the declarant was on who was discharged but hat no written discharge. 

That the declarant in the latter part of July 1776 he received a warrant or commission as 2nd Lieutenant from Colonel John Field as said 2nd Lieutenant of a company of [illegible] to be raised out of the county of Dutchess. That the said declarant herewith transmits the said warrant or commission that the declarant with other officers of said company raised a company principally in the South East precinct in Dutchess now Southeast Putnam County and that after raising the company which was raised in a day or two immediately marched to Peekskill in Westchester county & staid there for 5 or 6 days. The Lieutenant

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[Handwritten document]
Colonel was one Ferris does not recollect the Christian name of said colonel staid at Peekskill as aforesaid on account as the declarant believes & then understood of two British frigates being below & coming up the river then name of the Frigates were Phoenix & Rose.  The regiment was then marched to Kingsbridge & did march to Kingsbridge & there stationed & that the declarant staid at Kingsbridge between the counties of New York and Westchester for about three months that the declarant had the command of the main guard at Kingsbridge for 36 hours at one time, about the time that the British took Fort Washington & the declarant had orders in said time from General Washington not to let any pass without authority [something lined out here] After Fort Washington was taken and soon after General Washington ordered the Army to retreat & declarant & those at Kingsbridge & the American Army did go to the White Plains in said Westchester County was there at the time of the battle of White Plains.  From the White Plains after (staying some time) the time not remembered our regiment under the command of Colonel Jacobus Swartwout, George Clinton was then Brigadier General & a General Heath the Major General went to Peekskill & staid there a short time then were ordered to constitution island opposite West Point in then Dutchess County now Putnam County staid there a few days [illegible] being two regiments, Swartwouts & P[illegible] at said island half of each regiment was ordered to the west side of the Hudson river the declarant was one who went & that they were stationed in a wood opposite Pollupus island, the employment of the declarant & others stationed as aforesaid was in conveying stone and sinking stone on the west side of Pollupus island to prevent the big ships of the British passing that said of said island.  That the declarant faithfully served to the first of January 1777 as 2nd Lieutenant as aforesaid for five months he the said declarant was honorably discharged but had no written discharge – that the declarant has no other documentary evidence except that which whereby transmitted & hereto annexed That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pensions or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
He further declares on his oath aforesaid in answer to the interrogations propounded by said Judge that he was born in the town of Norwalk in the state of Connecticut My 8th 1747 new state on 27th of April 1747. [illegible] that the declarant has in his possession a family record of his father’s family, that when called into service he lived in

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[Handwritten document]
Southeast then Dutchess County, has lived ever since within two or three miles of the pace & is now Southeast Putnam County that he was a volunteer in all case - & not a substitute That the Officers under which the declarant served was as herein before stated & in addition thereto that Captn. William Mott was the Captn in the last [illegible] and the circumstances as herein before stated is as far as the declarant can now recollect, that the declarant did receive two commissions or warrants & that they are hereby transmitted and that the persons to whom the declarant is known in my present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their [illegible] of his services a soldier of the revolution are Isaac Paddock & David Baldwin of said town of Southeast. 

Jonathan “his X mark” Crane [handwritten X signature]

Sworn & subscribed to the date above written
Before me Ebenezer Foster Judge of County Courts in said County 
State Of New York
Putnam County ss
On this 28th day of September in the year 1832 personally came Isaac Paddock a resident of the Town of South East and County aforesaid aged seventy two years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth  on his oath make the following declaration that he was acquainted with Jonathan Crane when he was but ten years old and was frequently told by others that he was in the service of the United States and verily believes that he served all the services set forth in his declaration and do further certify that I am now & have been well acquainted with him & believe him to be 85 years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to be a man of truth and [illegible]
Isaac Paddock [handwritten signature]
Sworn and subscribed [illegible] me
The date above written 
Ebenezer Foster Judge of County Courts [illegible]

State of New York
Putnam County ss	
On the twenty ninth day of September in the year 1832 personally came David Baldwin a resident of South East & State and County aforesaid aged seventy one years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth  on his oath make the following declaration that he is now and has been well acquainted with Jonathan Crane for sixty years past and was knowing of his rendering service in the army of the United States as set forth in his declaration and that he is respected and believed in his neighborhood now resides to be a man of trust and veracity
Sworn and subscribed to this date above written before me 
David Baldwin [Handwritten signature]
Ebenezer Foster [Handwritten signature] Judge of County Courts in said County

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[Handwritten document]
State of New York
Putnam County ss
I Ebenezer Foster one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in said County do hereby certify that it is my opinion that the above named applicant was a [illegible] … and served as he states [inserted: and do certify that the applicant could not from bodily infirmity attend court – end insert] and I do further certify that Isaac Paddock and David Baldwin residents of the Town of Southeast & County aforesaid  who has signed the [illegible] are credible persons and that there statements [illegible] credit. 
This the first day of October in the year of 1832
Ebenezer Foster [Handwritten signature]

State of New York
Putnam County Clerk’s Office ss
I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of said county & clerk of the courts of common pleas of said county do hereby certify that Ebenezer Foster before whom this the foregoing affidavits & statements appear to have been taken & made was at the time of taking & making this – several affidavits & statements a Judge of the Putnam County Courts & said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and sworn & duly authorized to administer oaths & that [illegible] acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge & verily believe the [illegible] signatures “Ebenezer Foster” subscribed to said certificates to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said courts & said county this 8th day of October A.D. 1832
J. Morehouse [Handwritten signature]

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[Handwritten document]
14886
Johnathan Crane Putnam Co
E i
Admitted
Ensign 3 mo & 8 days
[illegible] Lieut 5 “
_______________ .
	8. 8 days

[includes handwritten tabulations some illegible, possibly 89.29?]
Jonathan Morehouse
Clerk of Putnam Co N.Y
Agent
Carmel NY.

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[Printed form, various typeface, some handwritten sections]
WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office, 
May 17 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 perceived that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These 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. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Jonathan Crane, Putnam Co. New York
[handwritten responses into column format]
Period when the service was entered: Voluntd, 1775 | Duration of the claimant’s service: [illegible] | Rank of the claimant: Ensign | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt Joshua Barnum | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: [blank] | Battles in which the applicant was engaged: [blank] | Country through which he marched: [blank] | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Southeast then Dutchess County, Age | Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Documentary & [traditionale?]
Period when the service was entered: Voluntd, 1776 | Duration of the claimant’s service: 3 Months | Rank of the claimant: Ensign | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Colo. Jacobus Swarmout, Colo. [illegible], Colo. Ferris, Geo. Washington, Brigd Genl George Clinton Major Genl Heath | Battles in which the applicant was engaged: White Plains | Country through which he marched: Peekskill in Westchester to White Plains |
Period when the service was entered: Voluntd, 1776 | Duration of the claimant’s service: [blank] | Rank of the claimant: 2nd Leiut. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt Joshua Barnum 
Period when the service was entered: Voluntd, Jany 1777 | Duration of the claimant’s service: 5 months 
[slight handwritten tabulation 8 months 8 days]
| Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: [blank] | Battles in which the applicant was engaged: [blank] | Country through which he marched: [blank] | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Southeast then Dutchess County, Age | Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Documentary & [traditionale?]
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

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[Printed form, various typeface, some handwritten sections]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACTO FO 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 Commissaires 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 rolla 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
County of 
Ss
On this       day of         personally appeared (a) before           A.B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)    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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)   with,    and served in the     (e) regiment of the     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 it 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 country and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [pointed hand image] 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
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 a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 

I                      of the Court of                  do herby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of     &c.
If, on examination of the proper records 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      and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with            , who has subscribed and sowrn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     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 the that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the    and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     
And is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

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

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this      day of    &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 on credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have 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 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 same Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declaration above provided, according to thee nature of his case. 
The Court will prospoand[?] the following (in) 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?]
6. [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 our 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 their acquaintance with him, that they believe  he is the age of which 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 standings of other persons, giving such certificates.

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New York 1995
Bethia Crane
widow of Jonathan Crane,
who dies on the 27th of August 1834,
of Putman Co. in the State of N. York who was a Lieut in the seventh commanded by Captain Johnson of the regiment, commanded by Col. Swartwont in the New York line for 3 months of Operations as ___ and 5 months as Lieutenant.

Inscribed in the Roll of New York at the rate of 99 Dollars 30 cents per annum, to commence on the 28th day of August 1834.

Certificate of Pension informed the 28th day of April 1838 and Lieutenant Ebenezer Doster.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $349.20
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th September 1838 $44.65
Total $398.85
Revolutionary Claim
Act July 1st 1836
Section the 3rd.

Recorded by S.A. Elliot, Clerk, Book A, Vol 2, Page 105.

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State of New York, County of Dutmam,
ss.
I, Jonathan Morehouse,
Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby Certify that Ebenezar Foster whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the afidavit of the annexed conveyance and endorsed thereon was on the day of the sate of the said certificate a  ___ in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Ebenezar Foster and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of affidavit is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the nineth ay of June 1897.
J. Morehown
by his deputy ___

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State of New York  )
Putnam County      )  ss

On the seventh day of June in the Year one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven before me the undersigned Ebenezer Foster one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for said County Mrs Bethia Crane a resident of the Town of Southeast in the said County of Putnam and State of New York aged Eight five Years who being 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 4th 1836.  That she is the widdow of Jonathan Crane who was a soldier in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution and that he was honorably discharged from said service as the deponent has been informed & believes.  The deponent further says that he her husband was in the service for three Years or more that he was entered on the pension Roll on about the Year 1831 and had a pension certificate for 3 Years pension to his Death & the deponent refers to his declaration now on file for the proof of service & for the length of time which he served.  She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Crane on the last day of Feby 1771 in the said Town of Southeast that she kept no record of her marriage either in her Bible or otherwise but has a distinct recollection of the time she was married from the fact of her having a knowledge of her age as stated to her by her parents & others long ago - & believes it to be true because a record of her birth is in the family bible of her Father - The deponent further says that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Crane died on the 24th day of August 1834 and that she has remained his widdow ever since that period and the deponent further saith that she had twelve children by her husband and brought up Ten of them and the deponents further saith not
Bethia (her mark) Crane                (seal)

Sworn & subscribed at the time of the date above  I do certify that she is unable to attend in open court by reason of old age & bodily infirmity.  I do further certify that I am well acquainted with her & know her to be a woman entitled to credit & belief.
Ebenezer Foster

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State of New York
Putnam County
     On the Twenty Eighth day of November in the Year one thousand and Eight hundred & thirty seven - personally appeared before me the undersigned Ebenzer Foster one of the Judges of the court of common pleas - in and for the County of Putnam Chester Crosby a resident of the Town of Southeast in the said county of Putnam & State of New York who being first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following declaration  That he is a resident of the said Town afore & a near neighbour of Mrs Bethia Crane widdow of Jonathan Crane late of said Southeast deceased and that he called at the dwelling house and cut out the family record from her Bible which is hereunto annexed  The deponent further says that he is well acquainted with all the persons that are now living therein named - vis Josiah - Anson - Isaac - Orrin - Deborah Jonathan & Esther - who are known as the children of the said Bethia Crane - the deponent further says that he never heard it doubted but that the said Jonathan Crane decd and the said Bethia were legally married previous to the birth of Josiah Crane the Eldest of the family -
  Chester Crosby

Sworn and subscribed before me this 28th day of November in the Year 1837 - and do certify that he the deponent who is entitled to the fullest credit
  Ebenezer Foster

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State of New York   )
County of Putnam   )  SS

I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Ebenezer Foster before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such affidavit a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said county commissioned and sworn & duly authorized to take the same
   And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Ebenezer Foster and verily believe the signature to the certificate annexed and before whom such affidavit was taken is genuine -
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the first day of December 1837 -

J Morehouse Clk

By his deputy  WH Stoat

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Jonathan Crane Born
27th April 1747
Bethiah Wife to Jonathan
Crane & Daughter to Thomas
Baldwin Born Jany 1. 1732
Jessiah Born 21 May 1773
Deborah Bo 3d April 1775
Mathilda Born 26, April 1774   Died 12th March 1805
Isaac Born 18th Sept. 1780
Anson Born 25 Jany, 1783
Jonathan Born 25 Feby 1786
Esther Born 26 Sept 1788
Sally Born 13th Jany 1791   Died Jany 1st 1816
Anson Born 3rd Octr 1796

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Rev. War Section.

June 27, 1912.

Mrs. Edward L. Finch,
#1106 Park Avenue,
Plainfield, N.J.

Madam:-

In response to your letter dated the 21# and received the 22# instant, you are furnished all of the family data contained in the papers on file in the pension claim of Jonathan Crane, Mass, m W. File 16,224, Rev. War, as follows:

Jonathan Crane, Born 27th April, 1747.  Old style.

Bethiah, Wife to Jonathan Crane and Daughter to Thomas Baldwin, " [born] Jany. 1st, 1752.

Josiah, " [born] 21st May, 1773.

Deborah, " [born] 3rd April, 1775.

Matilda, " [born] 26 April, 1778.
Died 12th March, 1805.

Isaac, " [born] 18th sept., 1780.

Anson, " [born] 25, Jany., 1783.

Jonathan, " [born] 25 Feby., 1786.

Esther, " [born] 24 Sept., 1788.

Sally Betsey, " [born] 13th Jany., 1791.
Died June 1st, 1816.

Orrin, " [born] 3rd Octr., 1794.
Orrin,

Very respectfully,

H.  Davenport,
Commissioner.

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Bethia Crane
New York

Suspended

Per letter 26 July
1837 Ebenr Foster
de 27th Oct. 1837

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V 2,171
Bethia Crane
N. York



Admd
$99.30/100

deduct - died 27. Aug 34
& to commence 28. Aug '34

Ebenezer Foster
Southeast
N.Y.

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State of New York  )
Putnam County      ) ss.
  On the seventh day of June in the Year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven before me Ebenezer Foster one of the Judges of Putnam County Court in and for said County personally came Thomas Crosby who being duly sworn according the Law did depose and say that he is aged 69 Years and now lives in the immediate neighbourhood & has done for 28 Years where Jonathan Crane late of the Town of Southeast in said County abovesaid lived and died and his widdow Bethia his wife the deponent further says that he was knowing to them living together as man and wife for 40 Years & also that Bethia is now his widdow & that she lived with her husband as his wife and never at any time entertained a doubt but that they were legally married - that they have had & brought up a large familiy of children.  The deponent further says that his acquaintance with the said Bethia has been such as to say that she is entitled to the greatest credit for truth & veracity & further the deponent saith not.
  Thomas Crosby

Sworn and subscribed to this 7th day of June 1837
I do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Thomas Crosby & have not the least doubt of his being entitled to the fullest credit.
  Ebenezer Foster

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State of New York
Putnam County    )  ss.
  Anson Crane of the Town of Southeast in the County of Putnam being duly sworn according to Law saith that he believes he is the son of Jonathan Crane Deceased & Bethia his widdow  the deponent further says that his father & mother did live together as man and wife from his earliest recollection until the Death of the said Jonathan which was on the 27th day of August 1834 and never heard it doubted but that they were legally married - the deponent has made search for the record of this marriage but has not been able to find any word thereof - I believe there is not any record thereof the deponent further says that he ws knowing to the fact that the said Jonathan had a pension certificate & received his pension thereon & did often see said certificate living in the same house & went to New York to the pension office in New York for one Year pension - the Deponent further says that his mother Bethia is now a widdow & has been since the Death of his father Jonathan Crane - the deponent further saith that he carried the pension certificate to New York & left it with the pension Agent in the said City of New York.  The deponent further saith not.
  Anson Crane

Sworn & subscribed to on the day of the date above and do certify that I am personally acquainted with him and believe him entitled to the fullest credit.
  Ebenezer Foster  )  one of the Judges
                              )  of Putnam County
                              )  Courts

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In the Matter of
Bethia Crane   H-

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State of New York
Putnam County Clerksoffice  )  Ss.
  I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby testify that Ebenezer Foster whose name is subscribed to the annexed afidavits and endorsed thereon was on the day of the date of the said afidavits a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same - And further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Ebenezer Foster and verily believe that the signature to the said afidavits is genuine--
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 25th day of August 1837 -
  J. Morehouse Clk
By his deputy W. H. Stoat
(seal affixed)

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State of New York  )
Putnam County      )  SS.
  On the seventh day of August in the Year one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven before me Ebenezer Foster one of the Judges of Putnam County Courts came Isaac Paddock an inhabitant of the town of Southeast in said County aged Seventy six Years who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Jonathan Crane and Bethia his wife & now his widdow from his childhood until the time of the decease of the said Jonathan and was in the same neighbourhood at the time of the marriage which was previous to his being a soldier in the army of the revolution but was not present at such marriage.  The deponent further says that some time in the term of the War of the revolution he was knowing of them having a son Born - one Josiah Crane who is now living in said Southeast - the deponent further says that he is as well assured of the fact of their being married before the year 1774 as of any fact refering to his own age at the time as an evidence thereof - the deponent says that he was particularly acquainted with the said Jonathan during his services as a soldier aforesaid - and also knew that he then had a wife vis Bethia Crane his widdow & a family of children / further the Deponent saith not 
  Isaac Paddock     (Seal)

Sworn & subscribed to before me the undersigned this the 7th day of August 1837 - and do believe he is entitled, the deponent, to the fullest credit
  Ebenezer Foster

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State of New York  )
Putnam County      )  ss.
  On the seventh day of August in the Year 1837 before me Ebenezer Foster one of the Judges of Putnam County Courts came Josiah Crane an inhabitant of the Town of Southeast in said County and a reputed son of Jonathan Crane decd and Bethia his wife who is now his widdow - who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he believes from the statements of his parents and from a record of his birth in his Mothers Bible that he is now sixty four Years of age & the deponent further says that he has a perfect recollection of his Father being absent from home as a soldier during the revolutionary War and that his Father Jonathan Crane & his Mother Bethia were then living & cohabiting together as man & wife - the deponent further says that he well remembers of the great anxiety of his Mother at the time the British army was at Danbury Ct and well remembers that his Father was from home and in the army as he doubts not on that occasion - as a soldier - the deponent further says that from his earliest recollection until the decease of his Father Jonathan Crane his Mother now his widdow lived together as man and wife and had a large family of children and has now living Four Brothers & Two Sisters -- the deponent further saith not
   Josiah Crane  (seal)
Signed sealed in presence of -
  Thomas Gage

Sworn & subscribed to before me the undersigned this the 7th day of August in the Year 1837 - and do believe that he is the deponent, entitled to the fullest credit -
  Ebenezer Foster

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Southeast [??]
Sept 2

E. Foster Potter
free

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

2171
Adolpff
✔ Bethia Crane
Mr Allen [?]


-

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J L Edwards Esq -

Dear Sir -
I take the liberty to enclose further testimony in relation to the case of Bethia Crane for the purpose obtaining a pension for said Bethia being fully satisfied that she is entitled therefore should be pleased if any further testimony should be required still to pursue the same - after hearing from you
Respectfully Your humble servant,

Ebenezer Foster

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In the matter of

Jonathan Crane &
Bethia his wife

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State of New York
City & County of New York  ) ss
I, Bridget Gregory of the City of New York, widow, being duly sworn saith that on or about the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand even hundred and Seventy seven the solemnization of a marriage between Jonathan Crane formerly of the Town of Southeast in the County of Putnam in the State of New York and Bathia Baldwin of the same place, and that this deponent acted as bridesmaid at said marriage that this deponent further saith she was well acquainted with the said Jonathan Crane during his life time and the said Bathis his wife, that they continued to live together as man and wife until the death of the said Jonathan Crane, which took place sometime on or about the Twenty seventh day of the month of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and that since the death of the said Jonathan Crane, the said Bathia Crane has remained a widow and has not remarried and further this deponent saith not -
Bridget (her mark) Gregory
Sworn before me the   )
26th day of May 1837  )
jLambt. M. Feltus
Commissioner of Deeds

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the said Bathea his wife, that they continued to live together as mand and wife until the death of the said Jonathan Crane, which took [writings covered by another paper]
the
with of
thousand
and that
said [illegible]
thea Crane
and has
this

Gregory

[Paper overtop]

STATE OF NEW-YORK}ss.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK}
I, Thomas Jeremiah, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREY CERTIFY, That Lambert M Feltus, Esq  ----- before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same Commissioner of Deeds------ in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn and authorised to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine as I verily believe.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 16th day of June 1837.

Thos. [Thomas] Jeremiah Clerk

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[TOP OF DOCUMENT]
2171 
Dec 12
NY
[Illegible - Add foss? or foff]
Bethiah Crane
W.A.E.

[Center of document]
E. foster Potts
[illegible - frm?]
Southeast  N.Y. Dec 8}

George Wm Crump Esq
Acting Commiss of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Southeast, N.Y.
December 8, 1837

Dear Sir

I herein enclose a leaf of record from the Bible of Mrs Bethia Crane containing the date of herself husband and children - and not the date of her marriage and the affidavit of Mr. Chester Crosby

Your Obedient Servant,
Ebenezer Foster

Geo Wm. Crump Esq
Cating Commr of Pensions

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James L. Edwards Esq
Commissoner of Pensions
Washington

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Mechanics Bank
New York Feby 12th 1835

Sir,

The papers in the case of Jonathan Crane dec.d a Lieutenant at $99.30 per annum were presented at this Bank this morning for payment by which it appears that he resided in Putnam County.
  Not having his residence on our Books, his name was inserted in the Ablany Lists.  Will you be pleased to have it transfered to this Agency.

I am very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Jno Fleming  Presd't (?)

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Bethia Crane
N. York


Southeast N.Y. June 23 -

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

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Southeast  June 22 1837 -

J. L. Edwards Esqr,

Sir   I take the liberty to send herein enclosed papers &c for the purpose of obtaining a pension for Mrs Bethia Crane Widdow of Jonathan Crane last of the Town of Southeast division - and provide they should on examination appear suffiently conclusive of such facts as is necessary for the benefit of the act passed July 4 1836 to obtain a certificate  please forward the same to me
Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,

Ebenezer Foster

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In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS for the Colony of New-York, the 
   Seventeenth Day of October 1775.

  To Jonathan Crane, Gentleman - Greeting:

By Virtue of the Authority reposed in us -
We do hereby nominate, authorize, constitute and appoint you the said Jonathan Crane - Ensign - of the Company of MinuteMen formed in the Southeast Precinct of Dutchess County whereof Joshua Barnum is Captain - hereby requiring you, before you enter into the Exercise of your said Office, to make in Writing, and subscribe in Presence of the Chairman of the Committee of the City, Town, District, or Precinct wherein you reside, the Declaration appointed and directed by the Eleventh Section of the Seventh Resolve contained in the Rules and Orders for Regulating the Militia of the Colony of New-York, recommended by this Congress on the 22d Day of August 1775, and authorizing you fully to execute all the Powers belonging to your said Office, by Virtue of the said Rules and Orders, and the said Declaration : And we do hereby require all Persons under your Command, to pay due Obedience to you according to the said Rules and Orders, and such further Rules and Orders as shall be made and recommended for the Militia of this Colony, by the present, or any future Continental Congress, or Provincial Congress of this colony.

Attest                      By Order, Nathl Wooduhull Presidt
Robt Benson (?)

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Jonathan Crane
W.F. 16,224
N.Y.

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- Partial Document -

Jonathan Crane -

certify to you & others whom it may
that you are appointed 2d. Leut. of a
of the Services now to be raised out of the
of the County of Dutchess in the State of
agreeable to a Resolution of the (?)
(?) of sd State of the 6th Instant which
is to be commanded by William Mott
as Capt.

Dutchess County 26th July 1776
   John Field Coll

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[left third of page]
May 2/94 Irnt.. Kust E Crane
H. Mu?? 123  [illegible]. Ave N. E. 
City
-----------------
10. 1897 - History
Mr. K. E. Crane -
Park Ave, Plainfield -
New Jersey
-----------------------
1912 June 15. Mrs. A. R. Finch
riefd. papers and returned
acc
1912 June 19 Mrs. A. R. Finch
cert to she would have to prove
that she was the only heir. lw[?]
------------------
1912 June 27. Mrs. A. R. Finch
furnished with copy of family
record.
L.W.
----------------------
1912 Aug. 2. Mrs. E.L. Finch.
infrmd. that all date contained in family
was sent her under date June 27, 1912.
F**

[Center of page]
Rev WIDOW, &C.
File No. 16224
Bethea Crane
Wid of
Jonathane Crane
Lieut  Rev War
Act:  July 4th 1838
Index:-Vol. a.  Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Left side of page]
June 
to-
1106-

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Briarcliff Lodge
Briarcliff Manor, New York

July 26 1912

Department of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen.

  Please pardon my delay in acknowledging your favor containing copied record with which you so kindly sent me, of Jonathan Crane.  May I

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still ack one more favor, & that is, if the leaf in question on either side showed any other record, or information of any kind.  Losing it - as the family did, we the descendants are naturally anxious for every bit of advice relative to same.  Thanking you in advance, if such information may be granted us, and also for Your kindness in all regarding this matter.  I am, 
Very sincerely yours
Mrs. Edward L. Finch
1106 Park Avenue
Plainfield N.J.

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June 12th 1912

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen.

  There is recorded in the pension office in Book A Vol 2 Page 105, by S.A Elliot, clerk, a pension claim of Bethia Crane, widow of Jonathan Crane, a Lieutenant

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in the war of the Revolution.  To establish this claim, a leaf was cut from the family bible, and sent to Washington  I am the great-granddaughter of said Jonathan Crane, and write to ascertain if this leaf cannot now be returned to me, that I may have the record as originally written by my ancestors.  Trusting that you will give this your attention, and thanking you in advance for the same

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I am,
Very sincerely
Annie R. Finch
1106 Park Avenue
Plainfield
N.J.

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Graystone
Plainfield, New Jersey

June 17. 1912

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen,

  Your favor of the 15th June, this day rec'd, and regret your inability to comply with my request for the record

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of Jonathan Crane (file No. 16224) as per my former letter.  As a citizen of the United States, I would in no wise wish to thwart its laws, but feeling that this record was probably past its usefulness, in the Department at Washington, and of such vital interest to me, to pass on to my descendents, I took the liberty of asking for the

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same.  Is there any way in which I could lawfully proceed, in order to obtain this record, in question?  Trusting you will favor me with a reply, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
Mrs. A. R. Finch
1106 Park Avenue Plainfield N.J.

BH.1
Date Stamp:
U.S. Pension Office
D
Jun
18 
1912

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June 21. 1912

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.

Gentleman,
   Your favor of June 19th at hand and regret that it is impossible for me to have the record of Jonathan Crane, cut from family bible & now in possession of Bureau at

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Washington.  I could establish no claim to being the one & only descendent of Jonathan Crane, (though in direct line, & great-granddaughter) for he has many descendents.  Therefore, I will ask that I may have a certified copy of all that the true record cut out contains.
  Trusting that this may be granted me, I am
Very truly
Annie Ridley Crane Finch
Mrs Edward L. Finch 1106 Park Ave Plainfield N.J.

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34261
2478

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Jonathan Crane
Dutchess Co NY

Bethiah

Mrs Humler
123 Nd Ave 
NE
City.

52 NW St
Danbury Conn

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of K.E. Crane
1106 Park Avenue
Plainfield
New Jersey

As soon as possible

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To a clerk in the Revolutionary pension office

In Book A Volume 2nd Page 105 is recorded a pension granted to Bethia Crane Widdow of Jonathan Crane who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, it was supposed he was a Colonel if he was not, will you find what he was in the War? and if he was a Colonel will you send a certificate of the same to the address

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To the clerk of the
Revolutionary pension
office

  Recorded in the Revolutionary pension office in Book A.. Volume 2nd. Page 105 by S.A. Elliot clerk.  You will find a pension granted to the Widdow of Jonathan Crane who was a lieutenant in the War of the Revolution

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I think he was a Colonel as he was always called old Colonel Crane by all who knew him.  His commission was sent to Washington with the family record to obtain his pension was never returned to the family  Will you kindly find what he was in the war, and send a certificate as soon as possible to the address of 
K. E. Crane
1106 Park Avenue
Plainfield
New Jersey
May 20th 1897

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Rev. War.

June 19 1912.

Mrs. A. R. Finch.
1106 Park Ave.
Plainfield, N.J.

Madam:
  In reply to your letter dated the 17th and received the 18th instant you are advised that the family record of a soldier of the Revolution would not be removed from a pension claim and given to a relative of said soldier unless that person proved to the satisfaction of this Brueau that he or she was the one and only descendent of the soldier.

Very respectfully.

Commissioner.



The above decision was made by Law
DW Ill claim of John Thomas Mass S.42483

She cannot prove as above because she has already stated that she wants it to give to her descendents

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Rev. War.
AW

June 19, 1912.

Mrs Annie R. Finch
1106 Park Av
Plainfield, N.J.

Madam:

  Your reply to your letter dated the 12" and received the 14" instant requesting that the family record on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jonathan Crane widow's file No. 16224 be given you:  you are advised that it is not the practice of this Bureau to withdraw from it's files papers that were furnished as evidence in such claims.

Very respectfully,
J.L. Davenport.
Commissioner.

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Rev. War Section.

August 2, 1912.

Mrs. Edward L. Finch
1106 Park Avenue,
Plainfield, N.J.

Madam:

  In response to your letter dated the 26" and received the 29" ultimo, you are advised that the data furnished you June 27, 1912, comprises all the information contained on the family record filed in the claim of Jonathan Crane, Wid. File No. 16,224, Rev. War.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.