Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2046, Isaac Clendenen, New Jersey

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(8-1776)

[column headings:
Service
Number]

Service:
New Jersey

Clendenen,
Issac
or Clendenin
Ann or
Mary

Number:
R-2046

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1790.
3. See
Ann [crossed out: Mary]
Cary Clendenen
New Jersey
Ann or Mary - Isaac

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State of New Jersey ⎬
County of Somerset
On the twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and
thirty six personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Somerset and State of New Jersey. Ann Clendenin
aged eighty five years six months and twenty eight days
who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July
the fourth eighteen hundred and thirty six, that she is
the widow of Isaac Clendenin who was a private soldier
of the Militia. A volunteer in the Company of Captain Aaron
Longstreet attached to the Regiment of Col William
Scudder, in the State of New Jersey,
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac
Clendenin on the twenty sixth day of December in the year
of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy three, that her
husband the aforesaid Isaac Clendenin died on the eleventh
day of June eighteen hundred and thirty, and that she has
remained a widow ever since that period, as will more
fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me, by affixing her mark
her
Ann
her X mark
Clendenin
John Lowery Judge

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County
On this twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and
thirty six personally appeared before the subscriber John 
Survey one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
in and for the said County of Somerset and State of New Jersey
aforesaid, Abraham Skillman who being duly sworn
according to Law, saith that Isaac Clendenen and this deponant 
were on duty under Captain Aaron Langstreet in the
spring of seventeen hundred and seventy seven, as a volunteer; and that the said Isaac Clendenen was a regular
member of the Volunteer Corps of Captain Aaron Longstreet
who were frequently out on duty and that the said Clendenen
was with them as he believes, and at that time was the
reputed husband of Ann Clendeen the present applicant
they lived together near the village of Kingston, in the
County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me by affixing his mark
his
Abraham
his X mark
Skillman
John Lowery Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Somerset

State of New Jersey. Somerset County
On this third day of November eighteen hundred and thirty six
personally appeared before the Subscriber John Lowery one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the
said County of Somerset and State of New Jersey aforesaid Elijah
out who being duly sworn according to law saith that he knew
Isaac Clendenin he has lived in the Village of Kingston, to his deep
knowledge for the last twenty years and upwards previous to his
death. He died in June 1830 of the effect of repeated stakes of the
Palsey, Ann Clendenen, has remained a widow since the decease
of the said Isaac Clendenin
Sworn and subscribed this day and year above written before
me, John Soney
Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County aforesaid
Elijah Stout

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County
On this twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and
thirty six personally appeared before the Subscriber John
Lowrey one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
and for the County of Somerset State of New Jersey
aforesaid, William Van Tilburgh who being duly sworn
according to Law. Saith he was in the service with Isaac Clendenen in the volunteer corps under command of Captain
Aaron Longstreet in the Regiment of and under command of
all William Scudder in the month of June in the year
our said seventeen hundred and seventy seven, the company
Marched from Kingston to Princeton and there joined the
Regiment from there to Pennington in the County of Hunter
down from thence to Cork Town in the said County of Hunterdon 
they

then marched to Sourland Mountain in the County
of Somerset, they then took up the line of march to steels
Gap and there joined George Washington's army
the said Company of Captain Aaron Longstreet was out
a great deal until the end of the war, and thinks that
Isaac Clendence was with them all while, recollects
hearing of the marriage of Isaac Clendenen to Ann Clendenen
before the revolutionary war, Isaac Clendenen died
about six years ago, and Ann Clendenen has remained
a widow since that time.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written
before
John Lowery Judge, 
the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Somerset
William Van Tilburgh

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County 
I John M Mann Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County
do hereby certify that John Lowrey before
whom the within affidavits was made
and the proper signature is thereto ┃
subscribed was at the time of the date
thereof a Judge of said Court duly
commissioned and sworn. In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this seventh day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty six.
J. M. Mann

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Births.
Isaac Skillman was born
August 27th 1770

Susanna Sansberry was
born Saturday May 25th
1776.
---
Catharine Clendenen
Was Born on the 2d
of March 1778.

Asaphan Colator Shile
Was Born August 11th 1816

Of the second Marriage
James Read Skillman
Was Born on the 6th
day of October 1808.

Isaac Skillman was
born June 12th 1811

Hanck Skilman was
born February 22 1814

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County

On this 19th day of April, 1851
personally appeared before me Charles
Shann (Shawn?) one of the
Justices of the peace in
for said County, Mrs Hannah Conover,
aged thirty six years, who being first duly
born, states that she is a grand daughter
of Mrs Ann Clendenin decd the widow
of Isaac Clendenin, that this deponents
maiden name was Hannah Skillman and
at her mothers maiden name was Catharine
Clendenin, and that her mother was the
third child of said Ann Clendenin, there
having been a son and daughter who were
older than her mother, that this deponents
mother was born on the 2d day of March, 1778, as this deponent always understood, and
believes, and that the annexed record of her
mother's birth was taken from her mothers
family Bible which has been in this deponents
possession since her mothers death which took
place about three years ago; that this deponents Grandmother died in the fall of 1837, but she does not recollect the day or month. The portions of the leaf containing the family record, not cut from the Bible contains the births of her fathers children by his first marriage and has no reference whatever to the claim of her grandmother for a pension. This deponent knows of no family record of her grandmothers marriage, being now in existance, but has reason to believe that she was married before the commencement
of the revolutionary war.

Sworn and subscribed before me on the day
and year aforesaid

[right side] Hannah [her X mark] Conover

[left side] Charles Shaw, Justice of the Peace
mark

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     I certify that the within named defendant is
a credatable person and that her statements are entitled to confidence and belief, and that the foregoing affidavitt was read to her and that she was fully aware of the contents although unable to sign her name but made mark.
                      Charles Shann, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Somerset County

I Henry D. Johnson clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Charles Shann whose pension signature appears in the foregoing affidavit in certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned sworn in and for the county and state aforementioned and that all his official acts as such are entitles in good faith and credit and that the aforesaid court is a court of New Jersey judicial jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the seal of the county at the clerks office in Somerville
this twenty sixth day of  March
1851
Henry D Johnson Clerk

Wm Clendenin
N. Jersey
4 July 1836

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New Jersey         Clendenin, Isaac             R. 2046
                             or Clendenin

                                                 Ann
                                                 Mary

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Washington Jan 6, 1853
Sir
Enclosed is some additional
evidence in the case of Ann Clendenin
decd widow of Isaac Clendenin
I deponted
some evidence a year or so ago, but there
was no decision I have been waiting
for further evidence but have not obtained for the purpose of more fully establishing
two years service. The certificate
of the Secretary of State of New Jersey
(which is on file) shows a balance [underlined]
paid. The amt shown does by no
means shew the duration of service
Very Respectful
Wm Allison
Com of Pension

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Ann Clendennin N.J. [illegible]
W Allison
Papers - P.C.I. C. C
Dec 31_52

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Please to send certifica
---
T A. Hartwell Sennell
N. Jersey

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ew. Cap
Secretary of War
Pension Office
ty of Washington

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Ann (Mary crossed out) Clendenen
        N. Jersey
Suspended
see letter/ (cannot decipher)
1836 to John Van
Filbig (spelling?)

W.S. Allison May 24, 1853
Jas. L. Street Dec. 11/56
Ann Clendennin
      2046

____________________________________________________

        1836

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In reply to your request of , received
for a statement of the military history of Isaac Clendenin
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in [his or crossed out] his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
R 2046
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK
76 | 6 mos. | Pri |
77 | 5 mos. | Pri |
78 | 6 mos. | Pri |
79 | 5 mos. | Pri |
80 | 5 mos. | Pri |
81 ┃ 7 mos. | Pri |
82 | 3 mos. | Pri |

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. | COLONEL | STATE
Aaron Longstreet | Hoyer | New Jersey
                             | Wm Scudder }

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment: near Kingston, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 3, 1836 [in Somerset Co. crossed out]
Residence at date of application, Somerset Co., N.J.
Age at date of application, 85 yrs. 6 mo. 28 days
Remarks: Sol. marr. "Kingston Congregation" Dec 26, 1773 Ann -
he died June 11, 1830 Kingston, N.J. she died
Oct 5, 1837. Their 3 ch, Catherine was b.  March 2, 1778 In 1851 Mrs. Jane Vleit & Mrs Sarah Perkins
were their only living children
This claim was not allowed for the reason that claimant failed
to furnish the required proof of alleged service and marriage

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L.S.W.

Record
Feb
9
1909
Division

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W. HENRY SUTTON
ISAAC C. SUTTON

W. HENRY SUTTON & SON
ATTORNEYS AND COUNRELLORS-AT-LAW
1064 OATLEY BUILDING
1218 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
133 SOUTH TWELFTH ST.
BELL PHONE, WALNUT 6207 A
Phila., Pa. Feb. 8, 09.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Isaac Clendennin was a soldier perhaps an officer in the
Revolutionary War from New Jersey. His wife, Annie, obtained a
pension from United State about 1836. I would like to know
who his father and mother were, in application for pension
this is most likely set forth. It is difficult to find any body who
knows because death has swept them away, hence I apply to the
Pension Department, where a record of these things are kept,

I do not know how long the Pension Bureau has been a
separate Bureau nor whether the records of that Department were
transferred to your Bureau, but I would like to get all that
appears on record in regard to Isaac Clendennin.
I would also like to know if you have any record in the
War Department of John Sutton, who was in the 3rd regiment,
Middlesex County, New Jersey, and was also in the Continental
Army. Also Captain John Sutton, Morgan's Company, 2nd regiment,
Middlesex County, who was called Captain of Nixon's Troop
Light Horse.
Very truly yours,
W Henry Sutton

Pension
A
Feb
9
1909
U.S.
Office.

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                                                                    907 Walnut St. Philadelphia
                                                                                 November 12, 1894.
Dear (unclear)
    Commissioner of Pensions,
                                                          I am referred to you by Col. A_____ for the Military history of Isaac Clendendin of Somerset Co. N.J. a private soldier in the Revolutionary War referred as in a book called New Jersey in the Revolution. I would like to know when + where he died where he was buried what was the name of his regiment or battalion or company and such other facts and dates or may be in the possession of your department. I think a pension was granted.
Also the record in your department of John Sulton a soldier in the war of "12"

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1812 W. 1093 Ry
Pension
A
Nov
13 1894
U.S.
Office.

Old War & Navy
Nov 15 1894
Files.
B.

whose wife Mary Sutton obtained a pension, I think.
I am endeavoring to trace the family back through grades to the time of William Penn and will be glad to receive such information as the records of your office contains all likely answers will obtain.

Respectfully Yours,
W Henry Sutton

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3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Isaac Clendennin
Service  N.J.
Additional Service Rev. War
No_____ claim, State records____, 190___
No claim, combination records____, 190___
REMARKS:
No claim, except
Rej. #2046
O - 8

Chief Division

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(left side0
[Act of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1878 all crossed out]
2046
P.O.
Ann Clendenin
wid. of Isaac Clendenin
Service:
Enlisted:   , 18
Discharged:   , 18
Application filed:   , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.   Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for  , 18

(right side)
1894 Novr. 29 Hist to
Wm H. Sutton, Phila Pa
1909 Feby. 24. Hist. to W. Henry Sutton [C with vertical line through it]

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Dec 14
N.J.
4 July '36
3d Sec.
W. Allison
Registered

Kingston N. J. 
December 10 paid 37
William 5 Allison Esqr
Pension Office
War Department 
Washington City
D. C.

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Kingston N J December 3rd 1836
William S Allison Esqr
Dear 
Sir we have come to the conclusion
to trouble you with the application of Mrs
Clendenning of Kingston the old lady you
had refference to in your letter It has been some
time in progrees getting the papers ready and
possibly there may be something wanting please
lay them before the pention officers and State
what your knowledge is of her She is needy &
could not subsist if it were not for the Charity
of the place - her marriage cannot be proved
but their is no doubt of the fact the minister
of the Kingston Congregation says it was not the
custom to make a record of the marriage till he
came in the congregation. She was married in
this congregation and of course no record kept if
anything
is wanting please drop me a line
Respectfully your very
obt sevt [illegible]
John Van Tillurgh

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Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties of the State of New
Jersey for Militia service during the Revolutionary War.

NO. OF
CERTIF. |
1431 |
DATE. |
10 May 1784.|
SIGNED BY. |
Wm Verbryck |
PAYABLE TO |
Isaac Clendenin |
AMOUNT. |
Lo.13.9 |

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
I, [Charles G. McChesney crossed out] Thomas S. Allison, Secretary of state of the State of
New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true
abstract from a Book, headed as above, as taken from, and
compared with the original, now remaining in my office
And I do further certify, that Wm Verbryck was,
by an Act passed by the Legislature of this State, 
December 20, 1783, entitled, "An Act to procure an estimate
of the sums due to the Militia and Troops who have been
raised for the defence of the frontiers of the State, and to
provide for the settlement of the same" appointed a Commissioner
for the County of Somerset
for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay-rolls of the
Militia and Troops of this State, as aforesaid, and also for
signing and delivering out to each and every person a note
for the payment of what may be justly due, for balance
of pay
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton,
in said State, this Second day of May A. D. one
thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Thos S. Allison
Secretary of State.

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House of Reps
Jany 5. 1853
Hon I. E Heath
Comr of Pensions
Son
I received several
letters from persons residing in
my District asking my attention
to the claim of the heirs of
Isaac Clandenin for pension
for Military services,
you will oblige me by
having the case taken up and
acted upon, as soon as possible
when the evidence & papers
in your office & such as may
be furnished  W.S. Allison Esq
Resptfy Obedient
Rodman M. Price

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Power of Attorney
in the Suspended
pension Claim
of Mary Clendenin
of Somerset County
New Jersey, Act
of July 4th 1836.
James L. Street, Atty.
New Brunswick
New Jersey

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Whereas, Mary Clendenin, widow
of Isaac Clendenin, deceased, late of
Somerset County in the State of New Jersey, 
was an applicant for a Revolutionary pension under the Act
of July 1836, which application
is on the files of Suspended claims
in the pension office, and whereas,
the said Mary Clendennin, as aforesaid,
died, leaving children her surviving
as follow: to wit; Sarah Perkins, the undersigned, and Jane Vleit of the city of New York.
Now therefore:
Know all men by these presents, that I, Sarah Perkins, of the City of Elizabeth, in the County of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, one of the surviving children and heirs at law of the said Mary Clendennin, do hereby constitute and appoint James L. Street of the City of New Brunswick, in the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute to a successful issue, the said claim of my mother, the said Mary Clendennin deceased, as aforesaid.
Witness my hand and seal this seventeenth day of November, in the year, 1856.
          her
Sarah  X  Perkins
         mark
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of 
A M Elmer
Periam Piece

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State of New Jersey }
County of Essex. } ss
Be it known, that
on this seventeenth day of November, A.D.
1856. before me personally came Sarah
Perkins, to me well known, and 
acknowledged the foregoing power of 
attorney to be her act and deed, for the
[illegible] and purposes therein expressed.
Apollos M. Elmer
Notary Public

State of New Jersey }
County of Essex } ss
I James J. Terhune,
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County aforesaid, do hereby certify that 
Apollos M. Elmer Whose genuine
Signature is affixed to the above certificate
of acknowledgment, was, at the
time of signing the same, a Notary Public,
duly authorized by law to take such
acknowledgment, and that full faith
and credit are due to all his official acts
as such
In testimony whereof,
I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office
at the City of Newark, this
nineteenth day of November, AD.
1856
James J Terhune Clk

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New Brunswick, New Jersey
November 25th 1856.
George C. Whiting Esqr }
Commissioner of Pensions }
Sir,
Enclosed please
find power of Attorney, in the Suspended
pension claim of Mary, widow of Isaac
Clendenin deceased, late of Somerset County
in this State, Act of July 4th 1836
I have to request a reexamination
of the case, and if a Certificate can
not be granted, a synopsis of the
claim, and of the evidence on file.
Very Respectfully,
James L. Street,
Atty

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State of New Jersey }
Somerect County } ss
On this 12th day of June
1851, personally appeared before me Charles Shann
one of the Justices of the Peace
in and for said County Peter Van Tilburg, aged 87
years, who being first duly sworn states that he
was well acquainted with Isaac Clendenin whose
widow Ann Clendenin applied for a pension, that he
well recollects of his having been in the service
as a private in the revolution under Captain
Longstreet, and Col Scudder, He knows
that said Clendenin entered the service early in
the war and that he was called out to serve
as a volunteer and as a drafted militia man that
he was at Princeton, New Brunswick, Amboy, Cranberry, and  other places, during his service that
he was always ready and willing to serve when
called upon and served at least six months in
1776, and was marched to Princeton, and near  to
New Brunswick during the year, In 1777 he
served not less than five months, and was marched
to Cranbery, and other places, In 1778 he was
called out at different times as before and
served at New Brunswick, Cranbery, and Amboy
fully six months,
In 1779 it being necessary
to keep a part of the [illegible] constantly out in
the field, the said Clendenin has again called out
and served not less than five months being
stationed at Cranbery, New Brunswick Amboy  Elizabethtown
and other places. In 1780, he was
called out as before, and being a man who was
always willing to serve in the army, he always
went out when called upon and was marched
to the same places as before, and served over
five months. In 1781 the enemy and refugees
becoming very troublesome he was called out more

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frequently then before and was marched to Cranbery
Amboy and other place exposed to their depredations
and served at last seven north, In 1782 he
was called out or in the previous year and
served at least three months, stationed at Cranbery
Amboy and other places defending the county against
the depredations of the enemy. This deponent also knew
the said Isaac Clendenin, and frequently had
conversation with him about the places and events of
the revolution and of the hardship which they had
undergone. He married Ann Clendenin long before
my recollection, and died in the town of Kingston
N.J.  widow also died near the place some
years since. 
Peter Van Tilburg
Sworn and subscribed
before me the day and year
aforesaid
Charles Shann Justice of the Peace

State of New-Jersey.
I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State 
of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
Charles Shann Esquire, before whom
the within affidavit was taken,
was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace
in and for the county of Somerset
in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full
faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the
proper handwriting of the said
Charles Shann Esqr
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office,
at Trenton, in said state, this Seventeenth day of June
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Thos S. Allison
Secretary of State.

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(all lines at top crossed out)

W.S. Allisonn
Trenton
N. J

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State of New Jersey
Somerset County
On this 19th day of April
1851, personally appeared before me Charles
Shann one of the Justices of the Peace in
and for said County, Elijah Stout a
credible witness, who being first duly
Sworn states that he well knew Mrs
Ann Clendenin the widow of Isaac
Clendenin who made an application
for a pension during her life time, that
he was instrumental in procuring an
allowance from the township for her support
she being poor, and attended to
its payment to her up to the time of her
death that he attended to having her buried
and at the time of her death made a
record thereof, and upon reference thereto
finds that she died on the 5th of October
one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven,
and that Mrs Jane Vleit and Mrs Sarah
Perkins are the only children now surviving
Elijah Stout
Sworn and subscribed
before me the day and
year aforesaid
Charles Shann, Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
Correct County for
I Henry D. Johnson Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County
and State above mentioned do hereby
certify that Charles Shann whose [illegible]
signature appear to the foregoing 
affidavit is and was at the time of sign=
the same as Justice of the Peace duly

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commissioned and sworn in and for the County
and State aforesaid and that all his officers
act as such an entitled to full faith and credit
and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of record
having personal jurisdiction
Given under my hand and the seal of an County
at the Clerks office in Somerville this twentieth day
of May AD. Eighteen hundred and fifty one
State of New Jersey }
Somerset County ss }
Henry D. Johnson Clerk
Court of Common Pleas held at
Bridgewater in and for said County
May [illegible] A.D. 1851

In the matter of proof of Ann Clendenin
who made an application for a pension
on account of the revolutionary service
of her husband) of death of Ann Clendenin order 
& of the children surviving her
satisfactory evidence having been exhibited in open court it is 
ordered by the Court that the Clerk make known and
certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited
before the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County
that Ann Clendenin who made an application
for a pension on account of the revolutionary service of her husband Isaac Clendenin died on
the 5th day of October A.D. 1837 leaving two children
now surviving her viz Jane Vleit and Sarah
Perkins.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the County
at the Clerks office in Somerville this twenty
Sixth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred &
fifty one
Henry D. Johnson Clerk