Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,662, John Britten, New Jersey Va.

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New Jersey         Britten, John        S44,662
Va.

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18245 
New York.   R
John Britten 2d.
of Steuben County in the State of New York
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Neville of the Virginia line, for the term of one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d. of August 1820 and sent to Daniel Cruger, Agt.
    Bath, N. York

Arrears to 4th of arch 1821                  266.64
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1821  40.00
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2 years 9 mos. 10/31                           $316.64

Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818
21 May 1820

Steuben County

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Dead. See let. to P. Agt.
Apl. 19 1836

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State of New York
County of Steuben
    On the eighteenth day of May A.D. 1818 before me John Dow one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County personally appeared John Britton aged sixty years in July next, resident of in the town Jersey in the said County of Steuben and State of New York who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth o this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war".  That he the said John Britton enlisted in the army of the war of the revolution in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Kilpatrick his first name he don't recollect in the fourth Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Navel, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until some time in the month of January A.D. 1780 as he believes, when he left the service.
   That he the said John Britton enlisted again in the Service of the United States in revolutionary war as near as he can remember in the fore part of the summer of the year 1782 during the war in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Barton as he believes, in the 2nd Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Cummins his christian name he don't recollect - that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the end of the war when he was discharged from service in the army of the United States near Newburgh in the State of New York - that he.....

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...let a man have his discharge, who agreed with him for his chance or right to the County land that he does to know where the discharge now is - And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
John Britten

Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid .
    John Dow

Steuben County - I John Dow one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said Country do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Britton did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.    May 18th AD 1818
                           John Dow

I John Dow the Judge above named do hereby further certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid John Britton and that from the evidence of Alexander Eastlick as well as from the Measure of Knowledge I have of his circumstances it appears to my satisfaction he  the said John Britton is in reduced circumstances and actually stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support.
   June 15th 1818.    John Dow

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State of New York
Steuben County
      I Edward Howell Clerk of the said County of Steuben do hereby certify that John Dow whose name appears to the preceding declaration and certificate was at the time of taking the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Steuben surly commissioned and qualified as such.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 6th day ofJune 1818
      E. Howell

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John Britten 2d.
   Rev.
Col.Cummins
N. Jersey Reg

1782 1 year
(****This above X-ed out)

18th May 1818

Admitted for service in the Virginia line
in 1779 - Col. (last name smudged)
(2 words here smudged)

Steuben County - N.Y.

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(Note: some writing VERY faint and hard to decipher)

John Britten
63 years of age

ex'd bad health can't labor

Schedule

$53 -

wife 52 yrs old - has
been unwell for 5 or 6 yrs.
past

2 sons - 10 & 16 yrs. old
2 daughters - 14 & 12 yrs old

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State of New York 
Steuben County
    On this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in Open court being a court of record for the said county of Steuben and State of New York John Britten aged sixty two or sixty three years who being first duly sworn  according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that the said John Britten enlisted for during the war on or about the month of June 1782 in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt. Barton in the 2d. Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Cummings on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the end of the war and was discharged from the said service on the 4th day of June 1783 near Newburgh in the State of New York - that he was not in any battle, and that he has no other evidenced now in his power of his said service except the depositions of Jasper Maybey and Richard Britten - and in pursuance of the Act of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the prevolutionary War " passed on the 18th March 1818; and that I have not or has any person in trust for me any property or security, contract, or debt due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me described --

Real Estate I have none......

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Personal Estate: one  cow 2 steers 2 years old very small 1 yearling heifer, 2 sows and pigs (small), 5 sheep, 104 pail kettle, 1- 2 qt. kettle, 1 old table, 1 churn, 2 water pails, 1 frying pan 1 pair tongs, 1 old hand saw, 1 -?-, 1 old broken cradle scythe, three chairs, 3 small -?- tubs, 2 tin  -?-, 2 case knives and 1 fork, several spoons, some old wooden bowls, some old baskett -
   I have no debts due to me but have upwards of one hundred dollars - 
     My family consists of a wife and four children. M y wife is fifty two years old she is living and has been unwell for five or six years and continues confined to her bed.  My children in my family are two boys and two girls, one of my boys is 18 years old and the other sixteen - one of y girls is 14 years old and the other 12 years old - my wife's name is Hannah, children names John, Richard, Matilda, and Emily - my occupation is a farmer. I am myself in a bad state of health and unable to labor -
John Britten

Sworn to and declared on the
7th day ofJuly 1821 I open
Court before  me -
     E. Howell Clerk of
             Steuben Com Pleas

Steuben County
Clerk's Office
      I Edward Howell Clerk of the County of Steuben do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied fro the record of the said Court; and I do.....

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...further certify, that it is in the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty three Dollars.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Bath this 1st day of March 1821
                            E. Howell Clk.

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State of New York 
Steuben County
        Richard Britten of and in the County of Seneca and State aforesaid being duly sworn before me Henry Welles one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Steuben, on his oath saith, that the deponent is well acquainted with John Britten - That he is the brother of the said John Britten.  that the said John Britten enlisted in the Second Jersey 
Regiment commanded by Col. Cummings in the Revolutionary War, in the month of June in the year 1782, and that he continued in the service until the close of the war in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three - that the Deponent has seen his discharge - that this deponent saw the said John Britten frequently while in service - that this deponent is not a pensioner.
Richard Britten
 Sworn and presented tis
19th day of Oct. 1820
before me
    Henry Welles

I certify that the above named Richard Britten is a credible witness Oct 19, 1820
      Henry Welles J.P.

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Steuben County
Clerks Office
     I do hereby certify that Henry Welles before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Bath this 4 day of Nov. 1820
         Wm. H Bull  Dept. Clk.

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44662
INVALID
Revy.

File No. 44662
John Britten
Priv. Rev. War

Act: 18th March 1818 &
         1st May 1820

Index:- Vol. 3, Page 61

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1912 Jan'y 15.  Hist. to Mrs.J.G.chamberlain. V.L.M.
See letter in John Britton S.334669 also negative files.  V.L.M.
1925 Apr. 23 - Hist to Charles L. Dubuar AWF
1930 - Mch. 12 - Two hists. to Mrs. D.P. Yerkes. M.H.F.

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If Britten served as h has stated, his name should appear on the List of final Settlement Certification.

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Adam's and Con. or out of service in the Va. line -   J.L.E.

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State of New York
Steuben County
     Jasper Mabey of the town of Jersey in the county aforesaid aged sixty six years and some months,  being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with John Britten and has been for upwards of forty years.  That the said John Britten enlisted in the Jersey line in the early part of the summer of the year 1782.  That during part of the time the said JohnBritten was in the service his wife lived at my house - That in the summer of 1783 after the termination of the Revolutionary War the said John Britten returned home - That after his return he received his discharges - That he the said John Britten served in the regular army of the United States  and as the deponent verily believes from his best recollection the said John Britten served the United States as soldier and at one time about one year.
  Jasper Maybey his X mark

Sworn and subscribed this
17th day of 1820 before me.
     H. Welles

I do certify that the above named man Jasper Maybey is a credible witness - Oct. 17 1820

Steuben County
Clerks Office
      I do hereby certify that Henry Welles before whom the above deposition was taken and acknowledged, was at the time of taking the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Bath this 4 day of November 1820 -
             Wm. H. Bull Dep. Clk.

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Mechanic Bank
New York 11th April 1836

Sir
    I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of John Britten deceased, who has not applied for his stipend for more thank two years past.
                   I am very respectfully
                        Your Obd. Servt.
                            Jno. Fleming Pres & Pen. Agt.



James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

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Feb. 3d. 1930

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
      Will you kindly inform me what the charges will be for a certified copy of the services of John Britten whose pension grant (in my possession) states that "He served during the Revolutionary War in Captain Barton's Co. of Infantry in the Second Jersey Regiment".  Also that - "He now resides in the town of Jersey but formerly in Tyrone Steuben Co. New York"
     His wife Hannah Lott Britten was granted a widow's pension some years after his death, I think about 1840, as I have not been able to find a date of their marriage, the certified proof of Hannah having received a widows pension would be acceptable by the D.A.R.
      I should like two certified copies showing service and two for widows pension and will remit for same on your advising me as to cost.
     Gratefully thanking you for your attention I am
             Cordially yours
                   (Mrs. D.P.) Nellie M Yerkes

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Northville, Michigan
Feb. 28 1920

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir -
     I am anxious to obtain so far as possible, the military record in the Revolutionary War of John Britten, who enlisted in 1779 in the Army of the United  States in theState of New Jersey, in Captain Kilpatrick's Company, in the Fourth Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Novelle.
     He enlisted a second time about 1782, in Captain Barton's Company in the Second Jersey Regiment, commanded by Colonel Cummins.  He was a pensioner.
    Information regarding the above soldiers military record will be greatly appreciated.
             Very Respectfully
                       Chalres L Dubuar

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John Britten S.F. 44662

Dates of Enlistment:  March (?) 1779
                                       June 1782
Length of Service:  Jany 1780
                                 June 4, 1783
Rank: Private
Captain: Kilpatrick / Barton
Colonel: Neville / Cummings
State: Va. / N.J.

Battles: (blank)
Residence: enlisted in New Jersey
Date: May 18, 1818
Residence: Jersey Steuben Co. N. Y.
Age:  -?- July 1758
Remarks:  In 1821 his wife Hannah was 52 years old and children were John, Richard, Matilda, and Emily - one boy 18 and the other 16 and one girl 14 and the other 12 years old.

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Brittenham,Solomon      Private       Maryland

10989                        July 3, 1797
                            to: James De Baufre, assignee