Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,981, Benjamin Fairchild, New Jersey New York

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SERVICE
New Jersey
New York

Fairchild, Benjamin
Marcy

NUMBER
W. 16981

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New York
Marcy Fairchild widow of Benjamin Fairchild [illegible] who died on the 15 Jany 1802 of Cayuga Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Bates of the Regt commanded by Co NY & NJ in the NY & NJ line for 12 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. Albany at the rate of 40 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August 1842 and sent to Hon. John VanBuren H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March '42 440.00 semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sep. 2000
460.00


Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836, Section the

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State of New York
Cayuga County

J.W. Richardson Clark of the County of Cayuga do hereby certify that John P. Hielhert Esq. before whom the following declaration of Marcy Fairchild and the affidavit of Martha Fairchild purports to have been subscribed and sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of Cayuga County and that his signature thereto is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10th day of October 1840

W Richardson clerk
by GW Hosten Deputy

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Declaration  
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of New York
Cayuya County
On this twenty third day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared [insert mark] before me John P. Hulbert one of the Judges of the County Courts of Cayuga County aforesaid Marcy Fairchild a resident of the town of Meretz County of Cayuga and State of New York aged Eighty Seven years who being first 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 widow of Benjamin Fairchild deceased who in the revolutionary war resided in the town of Hanover County of Morris and State of New Jersey
That according to the best of her knowledge and belief her husband the said Benjamin Fairchild was engaged as a private soldier during the revolutionary war in several tours for a term in all of more than two years.
That she believes the first service he performed was in Captain David Bates Company who lived in the same town and believes they were stationed near Elizabeth town for a short time he was also engaged as a private soldier in Captain Hitehely Company and was stationed with Washingtons army near the city of New York and was also

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at a place called White Rains at which time he returned home late in the fall of the same year - the whole of which service would mount to 5 or 6 months.
She further declares that the same winter while the British army were stationed in New Jersey he was called out for about one month and remained home a short time to was called out for the same period.
The next year she believes he was drafted for 3 or four months and was stationed near Newark and Bergen Mountains he was also out in short tours of one months each the same year and was stationed at different places on the frontiers of New Jersey other under Captain Bates of Kitehels command he was also out the same season three or four times of about one months each and was under different officers stationed on the different ports then occupyed as a guard against the tories and the British foraging parties which were frequently marauding the neighborhood and its vicinity during that season 
she further declares that her husband the said Benjamin Fairchild was out from home as a soldier during the revolutionary war every summer more than half his time and in several instances in the winter in short tours of about one month each. He was also engaged in several battles and skirmishes the first was at Princeton and afterwards at Monmouth which was a very warm day and he was also engaged in a skirmish with the enemy at a place called Connecticut farms

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the last two engagements was as she now believes under Captain Kitchels command
She further declares that near the latter part of
the war her husband the said Benjamin Fairchild was engaged as a volunteer for the term
of about six months and was absent from
home during said term but owing to the lapse
of time and loss of memory she cannot say
under what officers neither can the tell where 
he was stationed during said Service
She further declares that she cannot give any
more particulars in relation to her husbands services during the revolution as he was out so
often and mostly under Capt Bates & Thitehels
mostly stationed at Newark New Burnswick
and Elizabethtown also at Kenton and were
frequently engaged in reconnoitering between Staten Island & Delaware River and often while on his tour of duty called and sometimes remained over night at home.
She further declares that she has often felt
a great anxiety in the absence of her husband
while on his tour of duty-- when with her
several small children she was left almost
destitute of the necessaries of life untill his
return home which was generally of short duration
She further declares that the believes he was
engaged as a Soldier during said war on an
average every season for more than six months
besides several times in the winter-- as as the
has above stated would in all amount to
more than three years

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She further declares that she was married the
fourth day of October in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy one that the
ceremony was performed by the Justice
of the Peace of the town of Brantford in the
State of Connecticut 
That shortly after she with her husband removed into the said town of Hanover State of New Jersey where they remained untill after the death of her husband and during which time they had eleven children born
She further declares that her husband the afore
said Benjamin Fairchild died fifteenth day
of January in the year one thousand Eight
hundred and two and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period as will more
fully appear by referance to the proof hereto
annexed 
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence nor knows of any living to prove any of her statements except the annexed affidavit of her husbands brother Benj Abraham Fairchild
She further declares that her children have near
all been baptized in the aforesaid town of Hanover and further this deponent saith not
Mary Fairchild

Subscribed & Sworn before me on the day & year first above written John P. Hulbert Judge
Mary for
Mary John P. Hulbert Judge
of Cayuga County Courts, State of New York

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. I certify that Mary Fairchild above named is unable to attend Court by reason

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of bodily infirmity & that she is of a
respectable character
June 23d 1840
John P Hulbert
Judge of Cayuga County Courts

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FAMILY BIRTHS.

Hannah W. Fairchild
Born July 3d 1772
Eunice Fairchild
Born August 26th 1774 
Tirza Fairchild was
Born June 22d 1776
David Fairchild was
Born October 23d 1778
Catherine Fairchild was
Born October 8th 1780
Sarah Fairchild was
Born April 23d 1783
Philemon Fairchild
was Born Febry 22d 1985
Martha W. Fairchild was ┃
Born July 28th 1788
Lent W. Fairchild was
Born March 28th - 1791
Mary G. Fairchild was
Born January 22 1794
Lucy B Fairhill was
Born April 23 1796

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Record.
Marriages.
David Fairchild was married December 11, 1800 to Rachel Morris.----

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State of New Jersey
Morris County 
I David B. Third Clerk of the County of
Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that Moses A. Brockfield Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits of the Reverend Aaron Condit and Abraham Fairchild Esqr purports to have sworn and subscribes was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and that I am aquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe his signature there to to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the seal
of said County this 11th day of
July A.D. 1840.
D B Hard Clerk

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State of New Jersey
Morris Conunty

Aaron Condit formerly of Hanover now
of Morristown of said County being duly sworn
deponeth and saith that deponent was formerly
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of said town of Hanover That the records of said Church
are in the possession of this deponent that
Hannah Winchel, Eunis and Tirzah Children
of Benjamin and Mercy Fairchild were baptized
the Eighteenth day of May in the year one
thousand Seven hundred and Seventy seven and that David Son of the same parents was
baptized the twenty fourth day of January
in the year one thousand Seven hundred
Seventy Nine all which is expressed on said
record in fair legible figures & letters as follows viz
May 18 1777.
Baptized 
Hannah Winchel, Eunis & Tirzah Children
of Benjamin & Mercy Fairchild
January 24 1779
David Son of Benj'm & Mercy Fairchild
I Aaron Condit above named do depose
and say that I formerly held the office of
Clergyman in the abovementioned Church
that the foregoing is a true extract from
the baptismal record of said church and this
deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with the mother of the children above named that she was a member in full
communion in said Church in said town of 
Hanover that she moved away from

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said town several years since and further
this deponent saith not
Aaron Condit formerly Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Hanover

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 11th day of July AD 1840 

I further certify that I am acquainted with this deponent and know him to be Clergyman and to have formerly been Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Hanover,
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A Brookfield Justice of the Peace

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No 5241
Marcy Fairchild
N.Y.
Md 4 Oct 1871
H[ ] 15 June 1802

Hon R. Palen
HR.

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State of New Jersey
Morris County 
Before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Abraham Fairchild Esq a resident of Hanover in said County an aged and highly respectable citizen & fully entitled to belief who having by me been duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare as follows viz
I am now in my Eighty seventh year, was a Soldier in the revolutionary war belonged part of the time to the Militia of Morris County & at other period to the State Troops, part of
Service was in the character and capacity of an Adjutant and part as an Artillerist, Benjamin Fairchild was my elder brother & he was also a Militia Soldier in the war of the revolution & performed Militia duties as a Soldier in that war from the beginning to its end. Mercy Fairchild his widow now resides in Cayuga County in the State of New York is an applicant for a pension as I am informed under the law of 4th July 1836 on account of the Military Services of her deceased husband
My brother the said Benjamin Fairchild was married to Mercy Rodgers of the State of
Connecticut several years before the revolution, he brought his wife home to my fathers house about the year 1772. He and his wife lived together in my fathers family in Hanover near where I now live for two or three years, and afterwards he lived within
2 or 3 Miles untill he died which took place in
the year 1802 as I now believe
He had one son before the war began and when he died he three sons and five daughters - his widow the present applicant applicant removed from here several years since and has ever since the death of her husband remained a widow I believe

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Benjamin Fairchilds first Service in the revolutionary war was according to the best of my recollection in the summer of 1776 when the enemy was expected at New York and before the battle on Long Island. I believe a large
proportion of the New Jersey Militia were ordered out for the defence of the City & its vicinity & that they remain out on constant duty untill after General Washingtons defeat on Long Island & at White Plains & untill after his
retreat through New Jersey & across the Delaware River
Benjamin Fairchild lived within the bounds of Captain Abidiah Kitchels company & I believe this service was under Captain Kitchels command & also under Colonel Cooks command. He was part of the time at Newark mountains part in Newark & part in Bergen heights in sight of the City of New York. He was absent from home and on duty as I believe untill cold weather in December
In January 77. I was at home sick of a fever & Benjamin was absent on duty nearly
all winter. I understood that he was with the large Militia force encamped near New Brunswick & Amboy then held by the enemy, which fore was commanded by
General Winds & Genl Dickison. I believe my brother Benjamin was then commanded by Capt Kitchel or Captain David Bates
In the spring of 1777 & the summer of the same year
Benjamin performed several tours of Militia duty
not less than three or four months along the lines near Newark, Springfield & Elizabethtown, his Captains name I cannot tell with certainty, some of them under Captain Kitchell & some under Captain Bates 
In the winter following I was on duty at Elizabeth town as an Adjutant in Col Seely Regt and Benjamin was there also on Militia duty not less than a month
I

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In 1778 Benjm was on a tour of duty, not less than a month at Monmouth & in the battle fought there, his Captain I cannot tell. He was stationed at Morristown to guard prisoners
either in 1777 or 70 not less than a month
In 1778 I was on a tour of duty in Bergen County near Hackensack & at Quarkneck where we lay for some time on guard duty were discharged I think early in the fall
In November of the same year & in the forepart of December I was on another tour of duty at 2nd River where we had a skirmish with the enemy, my Brother Benjamin was present & on Militia duty in both these tours which were not less than a month each. I was in the
Artillery Service & Benjamin in the foot under Capt Kitchel I believe,
Benjamin performed one tour not less than a month at Westfield under Captain Kitchel the time when I cannot tell but believe it was in 1779, & I am confident he performed other tours of duty in 79 which I cannot particularize
1780 he was at the battle or skirmish at Connecticut farms & in the same year at Springfield in both places under his own Captain Kitchel in both cases not less
one month each - He was also from home on a home of duty of five or six months but when he went and under whose command I do not know what year I was present & was with Col Daytons Regt & with Lt Thomas, Guards of Militia were constantly kept and maintain on the lines from the Hudson river through N. Jersey to the Deleware to throughout the years 1780, 81, 82
& I am confident my brother Benjamin performed his due proportion of Services therein performed at the different stations between Newark & New Brunswick &
opposite the shores of Staten Island yet my memory will

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not serve me to specify farther than I have attempted, 
In some instances. I may be incorrect as to dates, perhaps also in some instances as to names of Officers, I am certain however that his services in the revolution far exceeds my narrative
In the summer of 1776, I was in the State Artillery under Captain Neal & John Doughty & we were part of that season on duty at Amboy & part at Elizabeth & part at Newark
and further this [illegible] saith not
Abraham Fairchild
Subscribed & sworn before me this 11th day of July AD 1840
Mr A Brookfield Justice of the Peace
.

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Catskill December 28th 1840
Sir
Herewith enclosed is an application for a pension under the act of 4th July 1836 of Mary Fairchild widow of Benjamin Fairchild deceased
Being on a visit to the west in the neighborhood of the applicant in June last I was persuaded to
assist the old lady in her application alledging
that she was infirm and poor and withall a very
respectable citizen
When I called on the old lady she gave me an
affidavit which her husbands brother had sent her from the original place of her husbands render (three years serve) and which I have since lost & consequently have been compelled to go to New Jersey in person to obtain an his statements of the facts of which he was acquainted in relation to the services of her deceased husband (which is annexed)
I have also written to the Comptroller of Connecticut and obtained his certificate of five months Services corroborating her Statement on that point which is also annexed
And as I am an entire stranger to the application I am not aware that any additional evidence
can be procured and therefore would be glad if the evidence contained all that would be  required by the rules of the Department to sustain her application and give her a pension according to her desents without any additional proof and whatever may be your decision you will please direct to the Hon R. Polen M. C. for me and thereby oblige
Respectfully your obedient Servant
Henry Wynkoop

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm of Pension
Washington D. C.

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State of New York
Cayuga County ss
Martha Fairchild of the town of Mentz
County of Cayuga and State of New York being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that she fifty
one years of age that she is a daughter of Benjamin Fairchild deceased the late husband of Mary Fairchild who is deponents mother-- that deponent has often in the lifetime of her father heard him relate the events of the revolutionary war that he had been engaged as a Soldier in defence of his country in the State of New Jersey and elsewhere 
in several different tours every year during the
war and that they lived in the town of
Hanover in New Jersey and had a large family
of children-
And this deponent further saith that her father 
the said Benjamin Fairchild died the fifteenth
day of January in the year one thousand Eight
hundred and two and that her mother the said
Mary Fairchild several years after moved into
the State of Vermont and remained there several years and from thence removed into the town of Mentz in the year 1824 the place where
she now resides and that she has not inter
married but has ever since the period of the
death of her husband remained his widow
and is still the widow of the said Benjamin
Fairchild deceased and is now an applicant
for a pension at this deponent saith
And this deponent further saith that the
annexed register of the births of her mothers children was kept by Sent W. Fairchild a brother
of deponent that it was a true copy of the origin

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at family record of deponents father which is 
either lost or destroyed several way since and further the deponent saith not
Martha J. Fairchild

Subscribed & sworn before me
this 23 day of June AD 1840
John Hulbert Judge of Cayuga County Courts in
the State of New York

State of New York
Cayuga County ss. 

I hereby certify that the above named Martha W. Fairchild is a person of good character and of truth & veracity -
John Hulbert Judge of Cayuga County Courts

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State of New York.
Pension application of Martha Fairchild, widow of  Benjamin Fairchild. 
Evidence of Service in N. Jersey. 
Law of July, 1836.
[illegible]
12 [mopri]
40$
no deduction
Hon. J. Van Buren HR

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I hereby certify to the Secretary of War, & to the Commissioner of Pensions that I have been personally & intimately acquainted with Abraham Fairchild Esqr of Hanover Morris County New Jersey who has testified concerning the Revolutionary services of Benjamin Fairchild now decd whose widow, Martha (or Mercy) Fairchild, now residing in the State of New York, is an applicant for a pension, under the act of Congress of 1835. - I have known said Abraham Fairchild, will more than 40 years. He has sustained & reportation uniformaly for that period, as a man of integrity & uprightness of consistent piety as a member of the
Church as a man of clear & discusing mind, having a strict regard for truth, & one who is fully entitled to belief-- possessing the confidence & respect of all who know him 
He has been in former years, one of the Judges of the Common Pleas Court, & a Justice of peace of the County, many years, filling those offices repeatly for himself & usefully for his Country

Lewis Condict, formerly one of the
Reps. from N. Jersey, in the H.R. U.S.

Morris Town N.J.
February 14th 1842.
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I concur in the alter or to the character of Mr Fairchild
March 2d 1842
Miller
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US.S. hart. N. J.

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No 1
Receipts for Cash paid one years interest on notes for militia
pay signed by the Commissioners of the Several Counties

| No of Couch: | No of Certif. | Date | Signed by | Payable to | Amount | Amt. Ins |
| 6 |  490 | May 3. 1784 | Silus Condict | Benjn Fairchild | A.1.6.9 | 1.7

No 2
Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Joseph Lewis Paymasterto
the Militia of the Counties of Morris, Sussex & Bergen

| No. | Date | Regiment | Officers Names | Where Served | Under Whom | L. S. d |
| 120 | July 10 1778 | Seeley Morris | Capt. Bates | Eliz. Town | Brig Winds | 280 | 11 | 10 |
| 150 | June 29 " | Do | Capt. Kitchell | Do| Do | 39 | 4 | 8 |
| 157 | " " " | Do | Capt. Bates | Do| Do | 30 | 16 | 6 |
| 252 | Oct 10 " | Do | Capt. Kitchell | Acquacknonk| Do | 79 | 3 | 10 |

State of New Jersey
I Charles G McChesney
Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
that No 1 of the foregoing is a true abstract from a book, headed as above as taken from and compared with the original now
in record in my office, and that Silas Condict Esqr was by the fifth Section of an

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act passed by the Legislature of this State Dec. 20, 1783 appointed a Commissioner for the County of Morris for the purpose of settling
and adjusting the pay rolls of the militia and troops of this state and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person
note for the payment of what may be justly due. And I do further certify that No 2. is a true abstract from Book B of Auditors accounts, as taken from and compared with the original
now remaining of record in my Office
I have hereunto set my hand and at Trenton in said State this fourth day of January A.D. one
thousand eight hundred and forty two

Charles McChesney
Sec. of State

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State of New Jersey Morris County ss
Before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in & for said County, personally appeared John Etter, of Morris County, an aged man, well known to me personally as a man of truth & fully
belief, who having by me been duly sworn according to Law, on his oath declare as follows, viz:- I am a native of Morris County, & was a Militia Soldier in the Revolutionary war, in which I performed duty throughout. I was
well acquainted personally with Benjamin Fairchild, being brought up in our boyhood
together in the same neighborhood in Morris County, & I often saw him perform Militia service in the war. I belonged to Captain Minor's company at first & performed such duty under his command, tho I was often under other
Captain Benjamin Fairchild belonged to an adjoining Company, which at first was commanded by Captain Kitchel, & afterward by Captain Bates
I remember said Fairchild in Militia service on Long Island, in the same of 1776. not less than a month, in Kitchells company
In the fall of the same year I saw Fairchild engaged in militia Service, on the retreat through New Jersey, under Capt. Bates, having then been on a months tour of duty at Elizabeth town, when Washingtons Army situated
In January & February following, I saw Fairchild stationed near New Brunswick, under Capt. Bates, Col. Sidy & General Winds. where the 3 monuths men & a large militia force was
encamped under General Dickinson & Winds, & the enemy quartered in New Brunswick
Amboy. According to my recollection & belief. Fairchild was then in the 3 months service under Capt. Bates, as I saw him often during the winter months & in March & April, in action duty, at Quibble town, Woodbridge, Ash Sean &
Boundbrook. I recollect Fairchild also at Haddonfield & Red Bank, on the
Delaware, performing Militia duty in Col. Hathaway's Regiment, in the fall season, not less than a month, in 1777.
In June 78, I saw him at Monmouth, in Capt. Debor's or Bates Company - & after the battle then, he continued in service performing guard duty at Elizabeth town, a month In the fall. Just before Bayones Surrender, I recollect Fairchild on Militia duty a month at Pompton, under Genl Winds & Col. Seely
I remember him on duty at Aquacanock & second river a month, under the same offices, in the fall of the year 78. & another month under the same officers at Harmark, at both of which places, there was severe skirmishing with the enemy
Fairchild was on duty under Capt Kitchell at Connecticut farms, in the spring of 1780, & again at Springfield in the same summer, when those villages were

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were burned by the Enemy, after a severe skirmish.
The enemy come driven back to Staten Island, & the militia which had been called out, were detained on guard duty along the shores of Staten Island & man to Elizabeth town & Rahway, to protect the inhabitant not less than a month.
My memory may have mistaken the dates, & in
cases also the names of his officers: but I state them as well as my recollection will admit
Said Benjamin Fairchild has been dead several years, & his widow, is believed to be living in the State of New York
Sworn & subscribed, May 17th 1842
before me
Silas L. Condit

I certify that John Ester, the deponent, is now
so blind, that his sight affords him little or no aid, in forming the letters of his name, or guiding his pen. Silas L. Condit

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State of New Jersey Morris County
Before the Subscriber, a Justice of peace in & for said County personally came James Kitchel Esq an aged citizen of said County, well known
to the as a man of truth & of improachable character, whose testimony is entitled to confidence, who being by me duly sworn, saith as follows, viz:- I am in the 82 year of my age, was born & brought up in Hanover township Morris County & State of New Jersey & was a Militia soldier in the Revolutionary war. I was well acquainted with Benjamin Fairchild before the war began, & knew him as a militia soldier
performing Military duty in defence of his Country in time of said war. We lived in the same township & neighbourhood, & I recollect performing Militia service with him in the same company on several occasions, viz: one tour of not less than a month under Capt Abadiah Kitchel in the summer of 1776 before the enemy took possession of New York, & just before the battle of Long Island. We were stationed part of the time at Elizabeth town point, at Newark, & Beyers heights near New York. I was commanded a portion of the time this June by Capt Isaac Hally & part of the time by Capt Obadiah Kitchel, Colonel Ford & Lieutenant Col. Cook
I was taken sick after during several weeks & left. Benjamin Fairchild preforming duty
The whole Militia of the Country was called out & remained in service till after General
Washington retreated through New Jersey, after his defeat on Long Island & the White plains
After my recovery from a severe fever, I served for a month, under Capt John Bigelow, & was stationed mar Springfield in Essex County, & guarding the line between there &
Elizabeth town. It was in November & December 1776 & we had a skirmish with the enemy
at Springfield in December, General Heard commanded the militia, & Col. Ford one Regiment
Benjamin Fairchild was engaged also in this service, & belonged to Capt. David Bates 6
He was so engaged not less than a month. - Early in January 77, according to the
best of my recollection, I enlisted in the three months service, & served out my enlistment
under Capt Josiah Hall, along the time of the army then encamped in N. Brunswick &
Amboy. General Winds & Genral Dickinson, Colonel Suly, Ford, Munson & others, had
command of a large militia force encamped near Quibble town, West of N. Brunswick, & we had several skirmishes with the enemy that winter, viz: at Ash swamp, Short Hills, Woodbrige 
I often saw Benjamin Fairchild that winter performing militia service, under command of Capt. Water, & believe he was also in the three months service, as he served on that station from early in January till early in April.-
In the Summer of 1778. according to the best of my recollection, I served a tour of duty at Elizabeth town, under Capt. Jackson, when I [illigble] Benj Fairchild performed a months militia duty under Capt Kitchel & Genl Winds. I also served a month under Capt. Joseph Beast, guarding prisoners in Morris Co jail, & Benjn
Fairchild performed the same are with me in the fall of 78.- I also remember said
Fairchild as performing a month, Militia duty under Capt Kitchel at Aquacanock in the
fall of 78 or 77, under Capt. Kitchel & Genl Wards, when we had a fight with the enemy
In June 1778, I was under command of Capt. Job Allen, at the battle of Monmouth, & collect

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seeing Benjamin Fairchild on our march toward Monmouth, & also returning, but cannot
recollect in whose company he then was, but I believe that Kitchel was his Captain
After the battle, the Militia were stationed along the lives near Elizt Town & Newark, till the march expired.
In the Summer of 1779. I served a months militia duty, at Elizabeth town, Blazing Star firing opposite Staten Island under command of Captain Bates & Colonel Thomas & Benjamin Fairchild then performed the same service
with me, under the same officers. I remember Benjamin Fairchild also on a months town of Militia duty at Hackensack Bergen County, & in a skirmish with the enemy at a small fort called Pollifty under Capt Kitchel & Genl Winds, in 79, in the fall season. I also recollect him on Militia duty at the skirmish in Connecticut 
farm in May 1780. & again in June following, at the battle & benning of Springfield
under command of Genl Winds & Capt Kitchel
N.B. The following alterations were made by my direction, before signing-- viz-on the middle lines the word " & office" were erased, & the word "one" erted; & in the bottom line, the words "time of the", were interlined
Sworn & subscribed, this 17th May, 1842.

James Kitchel

before me  Silas L. Condict
I certify that the erasures & interlineations above noted, were made before signing & swearing
Silas L. Condict

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New Jersey Fairchild, Benjamin. W16981
New York. Marcy

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State of New Jersey, Morris County
Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in aforesaid County, personally appeared Luke Miller, an aged & highly respected citizen of Chatham township in said County & State, personally well known to me to be a man of improachable morals, & fully worthy of belief, who being by me duly sworn according to Law, saith as follows, viz:- I am now in the 83d.. year of my age - was born in Morris County & have spent my life in Hanover township & Chatham, formerly a part of Hanover, where I now live. I was a militia soldier in the Revolutionary war, & was personally well acquainted with Benjamin Fairchild & his brothers. We were neighbours, living within 2 or 3 miles of each other, & we occasionally performed Militia duty in the same Regiment, under Colonel Ford, Colonel Sealy & General Winds & others. - In 1776, we performed a month's tour of Militia guard duty & building breast works at Elizabeth town, where we were quartered, & along the shore opposite Staten Island. He (Fairchild) was under command of Capt. Kitchel, as I believe, & in Ford's regiment.
In the fall of the same year, in October & November, we were ordered out on the same service for the period of one month, & stationed again at Elizabeth town under the same officers. Some time in November, General Washington's army retreated before the enemy, through Elizabeth town, & across New Jersey into Pennsylvania. The Militia, then at Elizabeth town, fell in with the retreating Army & followed Gen'l Washington near to the Delaware, where we were dismissed & went home. I remember Benjamin Fairchild on this march, which was called the ["Mred rounds".] He served out the full month.

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State of New Jersey, Morris County
I, David B. Hand, Clerk of Mines County, hereby certify, that siles S. Condict Esq. before whom the annexed Depositions, signed John Ester
James Kitchel & Lake Miller, were taken, is & was at the date then a Justice of peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name to said Depositions, viz: Silas Condict, is genuine
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office at Monis town New Jeney June 20th 1842. I also certify, that the name of Isaac Bed, was interlined, before signing
David B Heard Clerk

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Rev widow, &c.
File No. 16981
Marcy Fairchild
Wid. [widow] of
Benjamin Fairchild 
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index  Vol A Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Let to Hon. J. VanBuren Jr

Act 4 July 1826

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5241
Marcy Fairchild
N.Y. [New York]
See let [letter] to Hon. R Palen
Jany [January] 9, 1841
Act 4 July 1836

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Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir
By request of D Lewis Court
I forward the the enclosed papers.
Very Respectfully Yours &
[illegible signature]
House of Rep.
June 29. 1842

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House of Rep. Aug 19, 1842
Dear Col
I have received a letter from Lewis
Condict, which I beg leave to draw your
attention to 
The important matter before the house will prevent my personally calling upon you, for the review he desired to be made 
It will be no more than an act of Justice in my opinion to increase the them in the Fairchild case
I must solicit your favorable consideration on this review
Very Respy Your 
St John Van Buren
I Edward by

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Comptrollers Office
Halford Dec 18 1840
I Certify that on application for evidence of the services of Benjamin Fairchild who claims service in the Revolutionary War in Cap Holdridge Company in the year 1780 ---
that I have examined the Books paper remaining in this office. and find on a Pay Roll of the Short Levies in So Col Holdridge Comp
7th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift in 1780 the name of Benjamin Fairchild was commenced service as Fifer
July 16 Discharged with having served five no
five days - 15 days
Henry Arbourn Comptroller

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Morris Town N.J. June 24th 42
Sir,
Judge Wynkoop of the State of New York. has laid before you the Pension claim of Mr Martha (or Mercy. Fairchild, widow of Benjamin Fanchild, whose Revolutionary services were performed in N. Jersey Several months since, he desired me to enquire among his old comrades here, for evidence. My professional engagements & sickness, with the dispersed situation of the old men, have greatly retarded the best I have however found 4 aged men, who recollect Fairchild will, & served with him.
whose depositions are herewith forwarded to you through Hon. S. Van Buren of the
from the District of Judge Wynkoop. I enclose them to him, as it is probable he
may have [illegible] some other papers from the Judge to be annexed to these
The first paper as you will see, is merly my own, & Senator Millers certificate of the standing & character of Abm Fairchild Esqr whose deposition I took some years since, & which is annexed, as I presume, to the widows declaration in your office. and Van Buren may have it perhaps, & will hand it to you.
Mr Wynkoop desired me to consider the case as under my case. Should any further testimony from the records at Trenton he desired, or further oral evidence be attainable here from other living witnesses, I will under such aid in searching for it, as may be convenient & proper. There is much word evidence at Trenton of Col. Seely & Hathaway's regiment under whom Benj. Fairchild served most of his tour of duty.
Please inform me the result of your investigation.
Very respectfully
Your ob. servt
Lewis Condict
Jas. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

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Dear Sir
I [illegible] under your frank a day or two since, a letter from Judge Wynkoop, together with a copy of your speech on the Tariff bill, for both of which, please accept my thanks.
Respecting the Pension of Mr Fairchild, I have been expecting to visit the Pension office last spring, & this summer, but my health has been
infirm & home business somewhat preping.-
The allowance proposed by the enclosed letter of the Commissioner, (viz: 9 Mo) comes far short of the service as proven by indubitable testimony. The letter itself suggests a doubt, that such a limit might be deemed unjust to the applicant. I had supposed that 15 to 18
months service, would be admitted. In behalf of the widow & Judge Wynkoop I would respectfully solicit of you the favor, to call personally on Col. Edwards, & ask of him to examine with you briefly, the evidence, with a pursuasion that if viewed deliberately together, a larger amount of service than 9 mo will be admitted. In a few instances, the witnesses describe the same tours, but in others they speak of different places, seasons & officers, so as to amount to about 16 or 18 months, if I do not justly mistake.
I would not ask you to take this trouble, if circumstances would allow me to go myself. But
as there is no prospect of it this summer. I hope you will pardon my request.
With best wishes for your entire ferness, & also with in estam & respect I remain,
Your friend
& very just
Lewis Condict
Morristown, N.Y. August 15th 1842

Hon. J. Van Buren
M. H. Rept
Washington