Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 241, John Croes, New Jersey

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[column headings: 
Service
Number]

Service:
New Jersey

Croes,
John
Martha

Number:
W24

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Rejected. 
Rejection under Act June 17, 1844. Entd. of J. Randolph. New Brunswick N.J. Oct 17.

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15.9 New Jersey Martha Croes widow of John Croes who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Sixty Five Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 25th day of March, 1843. Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Hon. J. W. Randolph New Brunswick [Act of March 3, 1843.] Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 120.

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State of New Jersey Middlesex County

On this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, personally appeared before me, Abraham Williamson, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex aforesaid being a court of record, John Dunn, a resident of the city of New Brunswick, county of Middlesex, and state of New Jersey, aged seventy-six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

That he, the said John Dunn, was born in the city of New York in the state of New York on the sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, and that he has no record of his age.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

In June 1778, being a resident of the town of New Brunswick in the state of New Jersey, he was called out as a Militia Man in the New Jersey Militia under Captain Peter Perrine, Lieutenant Cornelius Mac, and Ensign John Smith, and served in said company for the term of six months. That he marched from New Brunswick to the town of Elizabethtown in the state of New Jersey and was there stationed for the purpose of guarding the inhabitants from the incursions of the British and Tories. That he was stationed at Elizabethtown and was there called to Elizabethtown.

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Between June 1778 & Dec 1779 he had six months in the whole
there put on board a vessel with intent
to take to the City of New Brunswick in the
County of Middlesex a number of lots there
Lying in Staten Island sound with a view
to aid Gen. Washington in crossing the Raritan river, this being a few days after the
battle of Monmouth-- On this expedition in
passing down the sound they were attacked
by the British who then had possession of Staten Island & were eventually forced to pass
up Rahway creek, wherein they marched to
Newark that always a full month at a time, always as Orderly Sergeant & sometimes as Quartermaster. The Captains under whom
he served during this period were Capt Robert
Nicholls, Capt Thomas Williams Capt.
John Ogden, Capt Jacolman & Capt. Squires
the name of the other officers he does not recollect-
He served sometimes as a substitute, one
in the place of Stephen Baldwin, but for
whom else he does not now recollect and
he further declares that about the
time mentioned  his service in a company was 
 was raised at Newark by enlistment under Capt. 
Nathaniel Camp which he joined, and
to which he was appointed Orderly Sergeant
and Quarter Master in which he served-
About this time an act of the Legislature
of New Jersey was passed to raise by regular
enlistment these companies of year's
men as they were then called to guard the
line from Newark to Amboy, one of which
companies was commanded by Capt-


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[illegible] & another by Capt. Williams, deponent
engaged in these under Capt. Robert
Niel & Lieutenant Minturn & was appointed
recruiting sergeant and lay at Newark in January 1780 - Capt. Gillins succeeded Capt. Neil in this command. In the
summer of 1781 an additional Regiment
was called out for three months
from the whole State, which was joined
by the three companies above mentioned
& when this Junction took place deponent 
was appointed Sergeant Major of
the whole & in that capacity served his
year out, according to his engagement-
The officers of the regiment were Lieutenant  Col. Ely, Major William Crane, and 
Col. Sylvanus Seely
and this deponent further declares
under his said oath that from the time
he first engaged in the military service
till his discharge in manner aforesaid
because the regular service above specified
he was repeatedly engaged in volunteer
service & expeditions in various parts of
the State of New Jersey-
olnd he further declares that he has no documentary
evidence & that he knows no person
at present except Daniel Coleman formerly
secretary of State of New Jersey, whose testimony [illegible] to prove his service-
That he never did receive a written discharge
from service that since the revolutionary war
he has resided in the County of Middlesex
State aforesaid for the greater portion of
the time-- That he has never been on the pension roll, nor received any pension, and he

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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 the agency of any State-
That he is well known to the Honorable James
F. Randolph member of the house of Representatives from the State of New Jersey and also to the Rev. John Croes a clergyman
residing in the city of New Brunswick
s/ John Croes
Subscribed & sworn by me the day
& year first above written
s/ N. Booram

John Croes assist. Minister Christ Church
in the City of New Brunswick, and
State of New Jersey and James F. Randolph
residing in said City do hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with the Rev. John
Croes Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey who
has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration. That we believe him to be seventy 
years of age. That he is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution and
that we concur in that opinion
s/ John Croes
s/ Jas F Randolph

Sworn & Subscribed
the day & year above-
s/ N. Booram

And the said Nicholas Booram Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do
hereby declare his opinion after the investigation 
of the matter, and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the war department 
that the above named applicant

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was a soldier and served as he states, and
he further certifies that John Croes 
who has signed the preceeding certificate
is a clergiman resident in said city & that
James F. Randolph who has also signed
the same is a resident in said city and
is a credible person & that their statement
is entitled to credit - And he further
certifies that the above named applicant
cannot from bodily infirmity attend in
open Court - July 18th 1832-
s/ N. Booram

I Ferdinand L Van Arsdalen Clerk of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in
and for the County of Middlesex do hereby
certify that the forgoing contains the
original proceedings had before Nicholas 
Boordens Esq in the matter of the application
of the Rev John Croes for a pension - 
And I do further certify that the
said Nicholas Boordens before whom said
proceedings were had is a Judge of said
went the same being a court of record that the
signature annexed is his genuine signature - 
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and the seal
of said court this eighteenth day ┃
of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
thirty two. 
s/ F. P. Van Arsdalen
Clerk

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No 1167. July 21, 1832
Poff

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1563 V 3600

Hn. J F Randolph N R

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Declaration
Martha Croes
Widow of the Rev. Bishop John Croes
of the State of New Jersey
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, entitled
and granting half pay & pensions to certain
do
State of New Jersey County of Middlesex
Ss. On this Eleventh day of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty eight, before the Judge of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now set
in and for said County personally appeared
Martha Croes of said County residing in the City of
New Brunswick in the seventy-sixth year of her
age, who being duly sworn on her oath in the
the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled and
granting half pay and pensions to certain
Widows: That she is the widow of the Right
Rev. Bishop John Croes formerly of the said County
of Middlesex State of New Jersey deceased
who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution
and did duty as he believes in the militia of
the State of New Jersey: That her said husband
John Croes applied for the benefit of the
provisions of the act of Congress of June 7.
1832, and was allowed a compensation under
that act for his services in the war of the Revolution in the capacity, as the understand, of
Orderly Sergeant. He now applies for the continuance, to her, of the stipend thus allowed to

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her

deceased husband, and respectfully so far in
support of her claim to the papers and proofs filed
in his behalf.
The further declares on oath, that she was
married to the said John Croes on the twenty
first day of May, one thousand seven hundred
and Eighty five, by the Rev. John Gano, as
will more fully appear by the [illegible] certificate
of said marriage, under the hand of the said
Gano, which she sends herewith, that he has
and the aforesaid John Croes, died on the
Thirtieth day of July-in the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
two that she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service as aforesaid, but that the
Marriage took place previous to the first day
of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four
viz: at the time stated in the certificate aforesaid
and by her as above; and that she now remains the
widow of the said John Croes.
s/ Martha Croes
Intended & Sworn on the day and 
and year above witness before me
s/ J Ford Justice

I Nicholas Booram Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Middlsex New Jersey, do hereby
certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings
for said Court in the matter of the application of
Martha Croes, widow of John Croes for a pension
to certify that Josiah Ford is a judge of said Court
signature to his signature to the papers herewith are genuine.
God made my hand [illegible]
said Court this twelfth day of
December in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty Eight
N. Booram clerk

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To all whom it may concern,
These are to certify, that John Croes and Martha Crane were joined together in the Holy Bond of Matrimony, this 21st day of May in the Year of our Lord 1785. and pronounced man & wife By me, John Gano

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Middlesex County Ss

I John Croes son of John and Martha Croes, do
certify that I firmly believe the within certificate 
of the marriage of John and Martha Croes
to be genuine and authentic, and that I know
my mother to have had possession of said certificate
for several years. Moreover I have in
my possession a family bible belonging to my
late father in which my fathers marriage to
my mother is recorded and the date of said
record corresponds with that in the within
certificate
December 11th 1838
s/ John Croes

Sworn and subscribed before
me Dec 11 1838
s/ L Ford Judge

I do hereby certify the John Croes
this Bishop Croes named is a 
[the rest is illegible]
s/ L Ford Judge

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BIRTHS

John Croes, the third child of Jacob & Charlotte Reger Croes, as recorded in the page of miscellanies, was born on the 8th day of June 1762 at Eliz.Town, and married in the city of New York on the 28th May 1785 to Martha Crane, daughter of Elihu Crane, of Newark, N. Jersey, at which place, she was born on the 19th September 1762

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BIRTHS.
I hereby certify that the
within is the Bible record
referred to in my affidavit
taken before Judge Ford
and that this record is
in the hand writing of
my late Father John Croes
Jan 3, 1839
s/ John Croes
Sworn & subscribed before me Jany
2 1899. 
s/ L. Ford Clerk Middlesex County

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.241 Washington, D. C., [blank], 19 [blank]
In reply to your request of [blank] , received  [blank] 
for a statement of the military history of John Croes
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension 
on file in this Bureau.
[table Headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT., LENGTH OF
SERVICE., RANK., OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED., 
CAPTAIN., COLONEL., STATE.
1778, served a number of months, Sqt. & Sgt. Major, Capt Sheely, Phillip Van Courtland, N.J.
[blank], [blank],  [blank], Robert Nichols & Thomas William, Sylvanus Seeley, [blank]
[blank], [blank],  [blank], John Ogden & Jacolman,  [blank],  [blank]
[blank], [blank],  [blank], [illegible], [blank],  [blank]
[blank], [blank],  [blank], Robert Nichols, Gillins, [blank],  [blank]

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newark, Middlesex, N.J.
Date of application for pension, July 1882 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, New Brunswick, Middlesex, N.J.
Age at date of application, b. June 1, 1763 at City of New York, NY, d. July 30, 1832

Remarks:
Soldier was the 3rd child of Jacob & Charlotte Roger Croes
the war May 21, 1785 [illegible]
Respectfully, [blank]
Commissioner.

6-2856

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9030-
New Jersey

John Croes's Widow
of N. Brunswick in the State of New J
who was a Ser. ma [Sargent Major] in the Connt [Continental] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded
by Col Courtland in the Counnt
in for 12 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
the rate of 65- Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of March
1833 and sent L S 
Nevins New Brunswick N.J.

Arrears to 30 July 83 $90.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending
certificate issued in
favour of widow

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 105

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New Jersey-  1563
Martha Croes
widow of John Croes, decd.
whose name was inscribed under the Act of 7 June, 1832
died on the 30th July, 1832.
Middlesex Co in the State of N. Jersey
who was a sergt & Ser. Man. My in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col Courtland in the [illegible]
line for 13 months, [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 65 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of January
1838 and sent to Hon J. F. Randolph, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $162.50
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 May - 32.50
$195.00

Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by S. Elliot Clerk
Book A, Vol. 2 Page 120 Clerk,

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8030
New Jersey
John Croes's Widow
New Brun[swick] in the State of Court
who was a Ser. Ser. ma. [Sargent & Sargent Major] in the [blnk] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col Courtland in the N. J.
line for 13 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Court [illegible]
at the rate of 65 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March
1833 and sent of L S  Nevins New Brunswich N. J.

Arrears to the 30 of July 32. $90.97
Semi-anl. allowance ending [blank]
Certificate issued in favour
of widow-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 105

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Martha Croes
widow of John Croes
who died on the 30th July
1832
Serg &  Serg Major
13 months
$65 per year
J.S. Nevins
New Brunswick
NJ

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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon ss: ⎬
Before me the subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Hunterdon
personally appeared Daniel Coleman of the city of Trenton
in said county who being by me duly sworn, upon his oath
saith, that he is now between sixty eight and sixty nine
years of age, and from sickness is at this time unable to
leave his house: That he was acquainted with the Reverend
John Croes late Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey from the
early part of the year one thousand seven hundred and
eighty until the time of his death:
That when this deponent first became acquainted with the said John Croes he
was orderly Sergeant of a company of drafted militia of
New Jersey, then lying at Newark in this State: That the
deponent entered said Company as a common soldier
sometime in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred
and eighty, the month or day of the month this deponent 
is unable from failure of memory to state: That this
deponent served for the term of one month in the said
Company when the same was discharged at the town of
Newark aforesaid: That the said John Croes served in
the said company as orderly Sergeant during the whole of
that month to the knowledge of this deponent: That the
said Company was commanded by Captain
Robert Nichols and Lieutenant Moses Baldwin,
And the said deponent upon his aforesaid oath
further saith, that after the said Company was discharged
the said John Croes and this deponent enlisted
in a company of New Jersey State troops, called "years
men, under Captain Gillam, his christian name deponent
does not recollect but thinks it was William, and
Lieutenant John Burnet, belonging to a regiment under
Colonel Seely, Lieutenant Colonel Ely, and Major Crane.

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 their christian names deponent does not recollect. That
they enlisted at the said town of Newark in this state, in
the said Company under Captain Gillam in the Spring of
the year seventeen hundred and eighty, for the term of one
year, but this deponent is from failure of memory unable
to state in what month or what day of the month they so
enlisted: That this deponent was a fifer in the said
Company and served in that capacity until his term of
enlistment expired: That the said John Croes was the
Orderly Sergeant of the Company, and to the knowledge of
this deponent served in said company for one full year
and until the expiration of his term of enlistment. That
the said Company, after the said John Croes and this
deponent enlisted in it, marched with the rest of the
regiment to Dobb's Ferry on the Hudson river where they ┃
remained until the American army then in that part of
the country moved towards the South to meet Cornwallis
when the regiment marched to Connecticut Farms in this
state where they remained until the end of this deponent's
term, when they were marched to the town of Newark
aforesaid and there discharged. A part of this regiment was
composed of men enlisted or drafted for three months, the remainder
of "years men"

And the said deponent upon his aforesaid
oath further saith, that he has no personal knowledge of
any other service rendered by the said John Croes as a
soldier or officer during the war of the Revolution, but that
from information derived from persons who knew the said
John Croes during that period, and from others who have been
the neighbors and acquaintances of the said John Cross
since the close of that war, and from his own acquaintance 
with the said John Croes, this deponent verily
believes, that he did serve in the militia and State
troops of New Jersey, during said war, at different

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periods, in addition to the service above mentioned of which
this deponent had personal knowledge. That at the time
when this deponent first became acquainted with the said
John Croes, as above stated, it was generally reported and
believed, and this deponent verily believed, and still does
believe, that the said John Croes had been for a considerable
time on duty in the militia and State troops of
New Jersey, sometimes as a drafted man, and sometimes
as a substitute for others, and sometimes under an
enlistment. That this deponent is from loss of memory,
unable to state the names of the officers under whom the
said John Croes served as aforesaid
And the said deponent upon his aforesaid oath further
saith, that a short time two or three months as near as deponent can recollect 
after he was discharged with the
said John Croes from the Company under Captain Gillam
as above mentioned, he was in the town of Newark
aforesaid, where it was the general report and belief
that a party of British troops
had after the discharge of the said company
made an excursion into that part of New Jersey and
that they had been attacked and driven back by a party
of the New Jersey Militia or State troops of which the said
John Croes was one, and that while the British troops
were retreating, the said John Croes had himself taken
one of the British soldiers, prisoner: That this deponent
then believed and still does believe the said report to be
true.
That this deponent cannot state the exact length
of time which the said John Croes served in the said
state troops or militia of which this deponent had not
personal knowledge: But from the close of the war of
the revolution to the present time this deponent has
always believed, and he does still believe, that the
different periods of service rendered by the said John Cross
during that war, in the New Jersey State troops and militia,
amount in the aggregate to at least the term of one year
in addition to the service of one month and of one year in

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the personal knowledge of this
deponent as above stated: That this deponent believes that the
said John Croes served in the capacity of Orderly
Sergeant for the greater part of the time of which this
deponent had not personal knowledge as aforesaid
and during the remainder in the capacity of Quarter
Master to which he was called for a temporary purpose
the nature of which this deponent does not now remember.
s/ Daniel Coleman
Sworn and subscribed this
eleventh day of December A.D.
 1832before me
Saml Evans J. P.

I the said Samuel Evans do certify that I am
well acquainted with the said Daniel Coleman whose
name is subscribed to the above affidavit, and that he
is a credible person and of good character and
standing. Dated Trenton 11th December A.D. 1832
/s Saml Evans .J.P.

I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of
New Jersey do hereby certify that Samuel
Evans who has signed the preceding
certificate is a Justice of the peace duly commissioned 
in for the County of Hunterdon
in the State of New Jersey that the signature
to said certificate is in his own proper
hand writing - In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my
hands & affixed the seal of my offie 
at Trenton the twenty ninth day
of December in the year of our

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Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two -s/ James D. Westcott
---
I Nicholas Booram Clerk of the Inferior 
Court of Common Pleas in & for
the County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey
do hereby certify that I was duly
commissioned a Judge of said Court
at the time the original proceedings in
the forgoing application and of John
Croes for a pension were had before me
& that the signature of N. Booram attached 
to said declaration affidavit
& certificate is my own proper hand
writing. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand &
affixed the seal of said Court
this 17th day of December A.D.
1832-
/s N. Booram Clerk

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The application of
John Croes for for a pension



The certificate to be sent
to James P. Nevin at
N Brunswick
N. Jersey

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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County Ss 
Personally appeared before me
Josiah Ford one of the Justices of the peace in
and for the County of Middlesex, Martha Croes
of the City of New Brunswick & State aforesaid
widow and relict of the Late Rev John Croes
Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey and being
duly sworn on her oath saith that, she was
married to the said Rev John Croes on the
twenty first day of May A.D. 1785
by the Rev. John Gano of the City of New York, 
that the said Marriage continued in
four until the 30th day of July A.D. 1832
when the said Revd John Cross departed
this life leaving this deponent his widow
him surviving - And she further saith
that the said R. Rev. John Croes is the same
person mentioned in the forgoing
declaration & that she this deponent is
unable from old age and infirmity to
leave her house and attend in open court
sworn & subscribed
before me this day
s/ Martha Croes

Sworn and subscribed 
before me this day of March A.D. 1833
Jos. [Josiah] Ford Justice of the Peace

I Nicholas Booram Clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Middlesex & State of
New Jersey do hereby certify that Josiah
Ford before whom the forgoing affidavit
it is made is duly commissioned a
Justice of the peace in said County and

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duly authorised to take affidavits
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set the seal of said
Court & subscribed my name
this Seventh day of March in
the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty
three
s/  N. Booram Clk

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application of Martha
Croes [illegible]
for a pension under the
act of Mar 1843
James F Randolph
About
New Brunswick
N.J.

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State of New Jersey, County of Middlesex on this eighth day of March eighteen hundred and forty three before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Martha
Croes, widow of the Rev Bishop Croes, aged Eighty years, a resident of the township of New Brunswick in the County aforesaid, also being  duly sworn & deposeth 
the following declaration in all to obtain the
benefits of the Acts of Congress of July 7, 1838, and March
3 1843: That she is the widow of the Rev. Bishop Croe
a soldier of the Revolution formerly of said County,
she who received a pension of sixty five dollars
a year, that she applied under an act of July
1838, and also obtained a pension for five years
for the same amount, and at she now
applies to be reinstated upon all Pension roll
under the act of March 3, 1843, extends for
the for the benefits of the act of July, 1828
and refers to her papers on file in the
Department to sustain her application
She is still the widow of the 
said John Croes not having
married since his death.
/s Martha Croes

Subscribed & sworn the day 
& year aforesaid before me 
s/ D. Fitz Randolph, Judge

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County 
I Nicholas Booram
Clerk of this Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that said David Fitz Randolph before whom the foregoing declaration of Martha Croes, was 
made, is and was at the said   [illegible]
a judge of the Court aforesaid, duly commissioned and
sworn that his official acts as such are entitled to credit, and that the signature above is in proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
fourteenth day of March one thousand 
eight hundred and forty three
s/ N. Booram Clerk

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State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss
On the twenty sixth day of July 1844 before me one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
aforesaid, personally appeared Martha Croes a resident of
the township of North Brunswick in said County in the eighty
second year of her age, known to me as a credible person, and 
is the widow of John Croes, who on her oath maketh the
following declaration in order to entitle her to the benefit
of the act of Congress, passed June 17, 1844. That she is the widow of
John Croes late of the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey
, deceased - that she has received a pension of sixty five
dollars a year for five years under the act of July 7, 1838, and
also a like pension for one year under the act of March
113; and now applies for the benefit of the act of June 17, 1844
referring to the papers in her case on the files of the War Department
for the necessary proof to sustain her claim. She further
states that she is still the widow of John Croes not
having been married since his death
s/ Martha Croes

Sworn and subscribed before me
a Judge aforesaid, on the day
and year aforesaid
s/ F Randolph Judge

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ⎬ I Nicholas Booram
Clerk of the County of Middlesex and of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do hereby certify
that said Fitz Randolph Esq before whom the above
declaration of Martha Croes was made, was at the date
of the making thereof a Judge of the Court of Common pleas
in for said County duly commissioned & sworn, and
that his signature thereto is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affix the
Seal of said County this 12th
day of October AD 1844
s/ F Boorman Clk

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New Brunswick, N. Jersey,
Jan. 18, 1858.
Sir,
I must beg of you the favour to instruct one of the
clerk's of your Department to make inquiry, & to inform
me, in reference to the position which my father, John Croes,
afterwards Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, held in the
army of the Revolution. He was born in Essex Co., N. Jersey
in 1762, & was probably one of the men who at on Genl Washington's
requisition were raisied by Gov. Livingstion during the trying times
of 1780 or '81. I wish to know what regiment & what
company he belonged to & who were his commanders,
& how long he served. Some years before he died
(1832) he recd a pension from government. I presume,
therefore, that his name & position &c. are recorded in
the archives of your department.
My address in the Revd Robt. B. Croes, at this
place
I remain, Sir, Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
s/ Robt B. Croes

the Hon. the
Secretary of the War Department.

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New Brunswick NJ
Jany 18 /58
Revd Robt B. Croes
[illegible] ing in relation to rank
of John Croes-Revolutionary
other enquiries in relat.
to said Croes.
C22 - Jany 21 1858
3d Auditor
Rec. Jany 22d /588,
s/ Mr Salomon

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Served by third
Chester 28 Jany 1858
and respectfully referred
to the Commissioner of
Pensions, for an answer
as to the [illegible] of
same that may be
obtainable from the papers
on which the divine
pension was granted.
Third [illegible] Officer
Jany 28th 1858
s/ [illegible signature and title]

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1915 June 12 Hist to Mr. G. H. Richards
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 241 
Martha Croes,
Widow,
John Croes,
Sergt.and Sergt. Maj. Conn Line Rev. War
-
Act: March 3. 1843.
Index: -- Vol. A Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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L. Edward, Esq
Com Pensions
Washington

Mar 16, 1843
NJ
act 3 Mar 1843
Martha Croes

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THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON IRVING LINCOLN ADAMS
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN LAWRENCE BOGGS
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
SAMUEL CRAIG COWART
SECRETARY
JOHN RANDEL WEEKS
TREASURER
ARTHUR METCALF MORER
REGISTRAR
GEORGE H. RICHARLES

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
AUGUSTUS S. CRANE
HERBERT ROYAL CRANE
FREDERIC DEGARMAR HAHN
SAMUEL CHUDLEIGH HICKS
NEHEMIAH PERRY HOWELL
GEORGE VAIL MUCHMORE
WILLIAM JAMES OSBORN
DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON
JOHN BREWER WIGHT
RICHARD TIMBROOK WILSON

HEADQUARTERS:
756 BROAD STREET (ENTRANCE 1 CLINTON STREET,)
NEWARK, N. J.
TELEPHONE 3085-M MARKET

June 7th 1915.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

Can you give us any record of pension granted to one John Cross
who is supposed to have served in Morris County, N. J. as a sergeant and
Sergeant Major in the Revolutionary War. It is claimed that he was placed
on the Pension roll in 1831 first session of the 23rd Congress.

Also send record of Samuel Perry, Private in N. J. Militia, Essex
Placed on pension roll June 18th 1834. Died May 5th 1834 Age 86
years.

This information will be of great service at this time.

Yours very truly,
G H Richards
Registrar.