Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8810, Dennis Field, New Jersey

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(8-1776)

[column headings:
Service
Number]

Service:
New Jersey

Field,
Dennis
Siche

Number: W8810

B.L.Wt. 26858-160-55

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17003
New Jersey
Dennis Field 
of Piscataway in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Randolph of the Reg commanded
by  in the New Jersey line for 2 years $80.00

Dennis Field
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of July 
1833 and put to Hon J.F. Randolph
New Brunswick New Jersey

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 1833 40.00
$200.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 111

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New Jersey 
Sieke(?) Field
widow of Dennis Field NJ
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the Rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of January 49.
and sent to 
Hon. John Van Dyke
Hos of Reps

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 29 July 1848, Page 195 Vol. 1 book D.

Right side of page: 
Reported
Date of death (illegible)

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96.388 Act 3 March
April 25                   } '55

Siche Field
Liche Field widow of Dennis Field

Pensioner
Revolutionary War

Peter P. Runyon
Nw Brunswick
N.J.                  Vol. F_52.

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Field, Dennis
(N.J.) W8810

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A register of Dennis Field
Or his Family record
Dennis Field was born May 12th 1761 
Siche French was born May 28th 1772
They joined hands and [picture of hearts] in holy matrimony May 29th 1799
What God has joined let not man put asunder

Dennis Field was Born May 12th 1761
Siche French was Born May 28th 1772

Mary Field was Born Dec 8 1796 by the first wife
Richard Field was Born March 13th 1800 Deceased March 30 18[illegible]
Dinah Field was Born February 14th 1802 Deceased Oct 4th 180[illegible]
John Field was Born April 6th 1804
Eliza Ann W Field was born January 23rd 1806

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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County}
On this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one  thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Iferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Middlesex in open court the same being a court of record & now sitting Dennis Field a resident of Piscataway in the said county aged seventy one years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law & examined and interrogated according to the instructions from the war department doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 viz
That he was born in the Township of Piscataway in the county of Piscataway & State of New Jersey on the 12th day of May 1761 & was seventy one years of age on the 12th day of May last_ That he has a record of his age copied from an original record kept by his father & in his fathers own hand writing. That he resides at present in said Township of Piscataway & has always resided there both before and since the revolution & never in any other place_ He entered the service of the United States in the year 1778 and very shortly after the battle of Monmouth, viz in the seventh of August or September of that year, being then enrolled as a militiaman in a company commanded by Captain Sebring and  ?

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tenant Jeremiah Ten Eyck_ Immediately on his enrollment he was called into actual service & served in said company for the peiod of one month at Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex N.Jersey_ He returned home at the end of the month & remained at home a month as he believes when he was called out again & in the same company & served another full month at the same place & under the same officers_ After thelapse of a short time he served again at the same place one month and under Captain Lupardus_His next tour of service was at Morristown in the county of Morris & in a company commanded by Capt. Adams whose first name he does not now recollect, and then he served again one month at Woodbridge under Captain Randolph or Capt. Freeman but cannot now determine which_ What interval lapsed between his several tours above mentioned he cannot at this distant day recollect but to the best of his knowledge & belief it was one month between each_ After the service last mentioned he entered the gun boat service as a private at New Brunswick under the command of Capt. Bordwine & continued in the service for six weeks_being the tour for which he enlisted & was in actual service during  the whole of this time in the Raritan near Amboy Bay & on the coast of New Jersey & Long Island_ during which time they

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captured a sloop loaded with corn and bound for the British_ When this tour of his enlistment expired he again returned to Piscataway & found his old company then under the command of Captain Jeremiah Ten Eyck & served his regular tours in said company a month at a time till the end of the war and at intervals generally of one month. How many months he served in the whole during the war he cannot tell but was not entertain the slightest doubt but that he served in the whole at least two years_ the latter period of his service was principally at Woodbridge & Springfield_ The colonels under whom he served were Gross & Webster but he cannot tell how long under each one nor the particular period of the war_ Never was in an actual regular engagement with the enemy_Always served as a private & always in his own right, never as a substitute _ The officers named above are the only officers under whom he served, that he can now recollect_
It is impossible for him on account of his old age and consequent loss of memory to give a more detailed statement of his service as a soldier of the revolution_ He never received a written discharge from the service nor has he any documentary evidence of his service is well known to Richard D. Field (names crossed out)

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(names crossed out) an aged man and soldier of the  revolution who is still living & resident in his neighborhood & with whom he served during the war of the revolution, who can testify to his service & to his character for veracity & is also well known to the Rev. Ravand R. Rodgers a clergyman residing in his neighborhood and Richard T. Field who can likewise testify to his character for veracity & to his belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution,.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state_

Sworn & subscribed in open court this day & year first above written }

J. Ford. Judge          Dennis Field

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County:  I Richard Field do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Dennis Field the foregoing applicant & that I have known him from his infancy having always resided in his neighborhood . That he is a man of veracity & I believe him to be of the age he represents himself_ I further certify that he served as a volunteer soldier during the revolutionary war in the militia of New Jersey, that I myself have served with him in said war but from old age and loss of memory cannot tell how long_ I further certify that the

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said Dennis is a credible person and this his statement is entitled to credit_
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day and year aford}

Jo. Ford . Judge                Richard D. Field


We Ravand K. Rodgers a clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said Dennis Field and Richard T Field residing also in the neighborhood of said Dennis Field in the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Dennis Field who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age of Seventy one years or thereabouts, That he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion_
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day & year aford_ }
Jo. Ford Judge       Ranaud K. Rodgers
                               Richard T. Fields

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And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Ravand K. Rodgers who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman and resides in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and that Richard I Field who has signed the same certificate is a resident in the same neighborhood & is a credible person and that Richard T. Field who signed the preceeding certificate is also a credible person & resides in the same place and that their statement is entitled to credit
Dated March 15.1833    Jos Ford
Tho Hance
JDAuhatt
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Dennis Field for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of said court this 15th day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty three _
N Booraem Clerk

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9b.388

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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex}
On the 17th day of April one thousand and eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Siche Field aged eighty three years a resident of Middlesex County within the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Dennis Field deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum Payable at the New Jersey Agency at Trenton That she is in the receipt of the same amount of Pension drawn by her said husband under the law of July 29th 1848 that her Pensioner Certificate is "Recorded in the Pension Office in Book D Vol1Page 195" bearing date January 9th 1849 and No.33 & that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855

      Her
Siche X Field
     Mark
We John D. Field and Mary A. Field residents of Middlesex County and State of New Jersey upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Siche Field in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and know that she is now a widow.      John D. Field
Mary A. Field

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The foregoing declration and affidavit were sworn and affixed (illegible) to and (illegible) before me on this day and year above written. And I certify that I know the applicant to be credible person that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be that I have her Pension Certificate in my possession for safe keeping and for the purpose of making a Power of Attorney to draw her Pension when due. And that I have no interestin the claim
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex}
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon above genuine signature appears above is and seems at the time of signing the (illegible) a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, and that full (illegible) 
I further Certify that Said Court ia a court of record having general jurisdiction over a Clerk (illegible) and that I have no interest in this claim
In Testimony (illegible) I have (illegible) set my  hand and seal of office at New Brunswick this 19th day of April AD 1855
N Booraem Ck

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Middlesex Court of Common Pleas
December Term 1848

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29th of July 1848

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County } SS

On this nineteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county Siche Fields a resident of Piscataway in the county aforesaid aged seventy six years who being duly sworn according to law saith on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29th 1848  That she is the widow of Dennis Field who was a private in the Militia in the Service of the United States and drew a Pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum for Militia service until his death  Said applicant would refer the Commissioner of Pensions to her said husbands declaration now on file at the War Department  She also declares that she was married to the said Dennis Field her late husband on the twenty ninth day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine by the Reverand David Barclay a Prebyterian Minister Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation of Boundbrook  That she has no certificate of her said marriage but attaches the family record

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which was written by John VanHarling upwards of thirty years ago has always been in the possession of declarant She also knows her marriage by Edward T. Stelle one of her neighbors who was present at the marriage of declarant and the said Dennis Field that her husband the aforesaid Dennis Field departed this life on the twentysecond day of April last past.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred vir at the time above stated she this declarant being the second wife of the said Dennis Field. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a Pension nor been married since the death of the said Dennis Field her late husband  She further says that sometimes she this declarant writes her name Cynthia instead of Seike Cynthia being as she understands it the English of Seike the Dutch name.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on this day and year above written before
Peter P. Runyon         Seike  her   Field
Judge                                    X
                                          mark
On the same day appears John Field before said Court who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare and say that the family record here to annexed is the family record of Dennis Field his late father that the same was written by John VanHarling as stated by his mother That he knows it has

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been in the possession of the family more than thirty years That his father the said Dennis Field died on the twentysecond of April one thousand eight hundred and forty eight That he drew a Pension as stated by the declarant That he is the John Field whose age is registered in the family record hereunto attached That he is in the fortyfifth year of his age and that he has always lived with his father until his death
This (?) the said John Field is known to the Court to be a reputable person
I swore to and subscribed in open Court the day the day and year first above written

Peter P. Runyon Judge          John Field

Also on the same day before the same Court of Common Pleas appeared Edward T Stelle known to the Court aforesaid to be a credible person who being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that he is sixty one years of age That he was well acquainted with Dennis Field the deceased mentioned in the foregoing declaration and applicant and is well acquainted with the declarant and the said Seike Field having lived in the same neighborhood the greater part of his life That he was present at the marriage of the said Dennis Field and the declarant and that they were married by the Rev. David Barclay and at the time set forth in the declaration of the said Seike Field That the said Dennis Field departed this life in April last as this deponet has

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understood and believed

Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year first above written
Peter P. Runyon  Judge    Edward T. Stelle

Paragraph crossed out

State of New Jersey 
Middlesex County}

I Nicholas Bootaem Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedins of said court in the matter of an application of Seike Field widow of Dennis Field for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and ? the seal of this Court this nineteenth day of December AD Eighteen hundred and forty eight 1848

N Booraem Clerk

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March 12, 1938

Dennis Field
W. 8810
BA-J/AWF AM

Mrs. Clarence W. Slocum
"The Homestead"
Fanwood, New Jersey.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Dennis Field of Middlesex County, New Jersey, and of Andrew Emmons of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based up the service of Andrew Emmons under any spelling of the name.
The record of Dennis Field is furnished herein as found in papers on file in claim for pension, W. 8810, based upon his military service in the War of the Revolution.
Dennis Field was born May 12, 1761 in the Township of Piscataway, MIddlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Piscataway Township, Dennis Filed enlisted in 1778, shortly after the battle of Monmouth and served as a private in monthly tours with the New Jersey troops under Captains Sebring, Lupardus, Ross, Stelle, Randolph, Manning, until the spring of 1781; he then went into the "gun boat service" at New Brunswick, and served six weeks under Captain Bordwine (?), and cruised along th coast of New Jersey and Long Island, at the

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expiration of the six weeks, he returned to
Piscataway, and served until the close of the war in monthly tours, under Captains Jeremiah Ten Eyck, Sebring, and Lupardus; he was part of the time under Colonels Crow and Webster, was in some skirmishes, and in frequent scouting parties. Length of entire service two years.
The soldier, Dennis Field, was allowed
pension on his application executed March 15,
1833, at which time he was residing in Piscataway, New Jersey, where he had lived always. He died April 22, 1848.
Dennis Field married May 29, 1798, Siche
French; she stated that she was sometimes called Cynthia, which was the English for Siche the Dutch name. They were married by the Reverend David Barclay, pastor of the Presbyterian congregation at Boundbrook. The said Siche was born May 28, 1772, place not stated, nor were the names of her parents given. She was the second wife of Dennis Field; names of his first wife was not given,
nor were there any data relative to their marriage, or to her death.
The widow, Siche Field, was allowed pension
on her application executed December 19, 1848, at which time she was living in Piscataway, New Jersey. She was allowed, also, one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed April 17, 1855, still a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey.
The following family data are shown in the
claim:
Mary Field (child by first wife) born December 8, 1796
Richard Field born March 18, 1800

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Family data continued
Dinah Field born February 14, 1802, died October 4, 1805
John Field born April 6, 1804
Eliza Ann W. Field born January 23, 1806

Richard D. Field a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1835, stated that he and known the soldier, Dennis Field, from infancy, that he lived in the same neighborhood with him during the Revolution, and served with him a part of the time.  Richard I. Field in 1833 was residing in the same neighborhood.
In 1855, John D. Field, and Mary A. Field were residents of Middlesex County, New Jersey. Their relationship to the soldier, Dennis Field, was not stated, nor was it shown that they were related to each other.
If you desire information in regard to location
of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Warrant #26858 - 160 acres - Act of 1855.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Siche Field, widow of Dennis Field
Certificate #33
Issued January 9, 1849
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of July 29, 1848
died
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Rev WIDOW, & c.
File No. 8810
Siche Field
Wid
Dennis Field
Privt Rev. War
Act: July 29th  1848
Index: _ Vol A, Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870]

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26.858

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Dennis Field  As Act 7 June 1832 $80.00 per annum

To what time he was last paid 

Pension Office
January 8 1849         Paid to 4th Mar 1848

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Dennis Field
Admitted Private 2 years $80
James F. Randolph
Present

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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Middlesex Dennis Field who being duly from
accordingly on his oath deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and the the consequent laps of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length & time of all his service
but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades. He was first drafted ordered out & served two  months in Sept & Novr 1778 under Captain Sebring & Lieut
Ten Eyck [illegible] months at Woodbridge & that Station. This was shortly after the battle of Monmouth. In the winter of 1778-1779 he was ordered out & served two months under Captain Lupardus at the same place & enjoined in the same service guarding that part of the State.
In the early part of 1779 he was ordered out & served two months under Capt Ten Eyck & was engaged in the middle of the State guarding & patroling the shore after which in April 1779 he was again ordered out served one month under Captain Manning at the Woodbridge Station the resided after this is the summer of 1779 was ordered out & served one month in May under Ross - in July month under Steele - in Augt one month under  Ross in Octr one month under Ross & during the four months
was stationed between Woodbridge &Elizabethtown & was engaged guarding the lines & in forts under Col Crow.
In Decr he was again ordered out served one month guarding [illegible] shore under Capt Lupardus & had a [illegible] with the enemy on the ice. 
In the early year 1780 he was ordered out & served six months. In Jany one month under Steele -  in March one month and Ross
 in April one month under Steele in June one month under Captain Ross in Augt one month under Ross. In bet

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under  Ross in Decr one month under Ross and at the year under Col Crow in [illegible] & Stationed at Woodbridge & guarding along the lines detecting the tories & disaffected
& protecting the property of the citizens-- In the year 1781 he enlisted in the gun boat Service under Captain Bordwine &
Lieut Horn & served six weeks in the Raritan River Amboy bay & Long Island found during which they captured a sloop loaded with provisions for the enemy. After which he was ordered out again in the militia served two months in 1781 under Capt Jeremiah Ten Eyck at the Woodbridge Station under Col Crow. In the other part of the year 1781 he was ordered out & served five months two months under Lupardus & three months under Capt Sebring under Col Crow [illegible] all the time & was
stationed between Woodbridge & Elizabeth town guarding all along from Elizabeth town to the mouth of the Raritan engaged in detecting tories and in scouting parties & was engaged all the times thereunto in the service of his county and was not engaged as any civil servant & was out at other times  frequently as
claims official duties not enumerated in
the above & for their services claims a pension
Sworn Subscribed this
twenty seventh day of June 1833
before me, Peter P. Rungon Justice
of the peace
Dennis Field
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the inferior Court of common pleas of the County of Middlesex New Jersey do hereby certify that Peter P. Rungon is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned

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and sworn and that the signature to the written Supplemental declaration purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty
seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty their
N Booraem Clerk

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No 46
Jany 2 49
Siche Field
wid of Dennis
NJ
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1799
[illegible]
1848
[illegible]
2 years Pri
$80
from 4th March '48
Hon John Van Dyke
House of Reps

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Dennis Field
James F Randolph
N [illegible]
N.J

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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Middlesex Dennis Field who being duly from deponte
Saith that by reason of old age & consequent loss 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 periods mentioned below & in the following grades. He was first drafted ordered out I served two months in Sept
November 1778 under Captain Sebring & Lieut Ten Eyck both months at Woodbridge & that Station. This was shortly after the battle of Monmouth.
In the winter of 1778 - 1779 he served again two months being ordered out under Captain Lupardus at the said place & engaged in the same service guarding that part of the State. In the early part of 1779 he was ordered out & served two months again under Captain Ten Eyck & was stationed in the middle of the
State guarding the lines & patrolling the shore
After which time in the same year he was ordered out served 6 months in monthly tours from April 1779 to the early spring of 1780 under Captains Manning Ross Steele & Polk Crow & Webster engaged in scouting parties guarding the lines along shore-- the enemy lying on the opposite shore. During the winter of which period in 1779 & 1780 the weather was very severe & marched about in the
snow all along to Amboy [illegible] & Elizabeth town point & recollects once losing a skirmish
on the ice for an hour with the enemy. In the year 10 he was ordered out served 5 months under the same officers at Woodbridge & along the lines detecting the disaffected a protecting the property

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In the spring warm weather 1781 he enlisted in the gun boat Service under Captain Bordwine & Lieutenant Horn & continued in this service for 6 weeks in the Raritan River Amboy bay Long Island sound during which they captured a sloop of loaded with corn & provisions for the enemy. This was as regular service under the State he thinks & the Officers commissioned by the Governor. He then
returned to Piscataway & was ordered out and
served 6 months under Captain Jeremiah Ten Eyck -- Sebring Lupardus Col Crow & with
 general officers engaged in detecting tories
scouting parties & guarding the lines. the enemy the refugees being on the Island & finding out the plundering parties & was out at [illegible] other times on alarms & performed other [illegible] duties not enumerated in the above & for there services he claims a pension
Dennis Field

Sworn and published  this
18th day of June AD 1833
before me Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common pleas of the County of Middlesex
New Jersey do certify that Peter P. Runyon is one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & that the signature to the written supplemental declaration purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have

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hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
N Booraem Clerk

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RECEIVED
FEB 28 1938
MAIL SERVOCE
VETS ADM

Mrs. Clarence W. Slocum
"The Homestead"
Fanwood, New Jersey

Feb 20 1938

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs
Can you give me the war record of Dennis Field,
who fought in the Revolution and enlisted from Middlesex Co. N.J.
Also of
Capt. Andrew Emmons or Emons of Readington, Hunterdon Co. N.J.
Also where can I get a record of pensions granted their widows Mary Field and Sarah Emmons respectively.
Sincerely
Mrs. C. W. Emma E. Slocum

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Scotch Plains Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Scotch Plans - Fanwood
New Jersey

177 Maple Avenue
North Plainfield, N.J.
Feb. 14, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

My dear sirs -
Can your department furnish me with copies of pension papers of the following Revolutionary soldiers -
1st Dennis Field, of Somerset or Middlesex Co., N.J. militia
2nd Jesse Swen (or Swan) of N.J. 
File no. 10358
I should like to have any family data, such as names, dates and localities mentioned.
Very truly
(Miss) Reignette Marsh
P.S. The information is wanted for DAR lines

Mrs. F. said send only one

RECEIVED
Feb 15 1938

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March 5, 1938
Dennis Field
W. 8810
BA-J/AWF

Miss Reiquette Marsh
177 Maple Avenue
North Plainfield, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Dennis Field of New Jersey, and Jesse Swen (Swan) of New Jersey.
Because of the great demand for evolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it is
not possible to comply in full with each request.
The record of Dennis Field is furnished herein
as found in papers on file in pension claim, W.8810, based upon his military service in the War of the Revolution.
Dennis Field was born May 12, 1761 in the Township of Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Piscataway Township, Dennis
Field enlisted in 1778, shortly after the battle of Monmouth and served as a private in monthly tours with the New Jersey troops, under Captains Sebring, Lupardus, Ross, Stelle, Randolph, Manning, until the spring of 1781; he then went into the "gun boat service" at New Brunswick, and served six weeks under Captain Bordwine (?), and cruised along
the coast of New Jersey and Long Island, at the expiration of the six weeks, he returned to Piscataway, and served until the close of the war in monthly

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tours under Captains Jeremiah Ten Eyck, Sebring, and Lupardus; he was part of the time under Colonels Crow and Webster, and was is some skirmishes and in frequent scouting parties. Length of entire service two years.
The soldier, Dennis Field, was allowed
pension on his application executed March 15,
1833, at which time he was residing in Piscataway, New Jersey, where he had always lived. He died April 22, 1848.
Dennis Field married May 29, 1799, Siche
French; she stated that she was sometimes called Cynthia, which was the English for Siche the Dutch name. They were married by the Reverend David Barclay, pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Boundbrook. The said Sicke was born May 28, 1772, place not stated, nor were the names of her parents given. She was the second wife of Dennis Field; name of his first wife was not given,  nor were there any data relative to their marriage, or to her death.
The widow, Siche Field, was allowed pension
on her application executed December 19, 1848, at which time she was living in Piscataway, New Jersey. She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed April 17, 1855, still a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The following family data are shown in the claim - 
Mary (child by first wife) born December 8, 1796
Richard Field born March 18, 1800
Dinah Field born February 14, 1802, died October 4 1805
John Field born April 6, 1804
Eliza Ann W. Field born January 23, 1806

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Richard D. Field a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1833, stated that he had known the soldier, Dennis Field, from infancy, that he lived in the same neighborhood with him during the Revolution, and served with him a part of the time.  Richard I. Field in 1833 was residing in the same neighborhood. In 1855, John D. Field, and Mary A. Field were residents of Middlesex County, New Jersey.  Their relationship to the soldier, Dennis Field, was not stated, nor was it known that they were related to each other.

If you desire information in regard to location of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and cite the following - 

Warrant # 26858 - 160 acres - Act of 1855.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Siche Field, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data - 
Siche Field, widow of Dennis Field
Certificate # 33
Issued January 9, 1849
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of July 29, 1848
New Jersey Agency

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator