Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7381, Isaac Youmans, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Younans, Isaac or Yeomans
N. 7381
Nancy
CONTENTS

New Jersey Roll.
2192
Isaac Youmans, Private, New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. of Aug. 1818, and sent to Wm. S. Pennington, Esq. New York, New Jersey.
Arrearages to 4. Sept. 1818.
4 mo. 24/30. $38.40
{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}
5 yrs and 1 mo Continued New Jersey

Duplicate certificate issued June 1819, for mt W. L. V. May Esq. Orange Rd.
Notification sent to W m Pennington 29 Sep 1820. Newark. N J

No endorsement on reverse. $ 7.75
(1851)

V 5694 4523
State of New Jersey.
M rs . Nancy Yeomans widow of Isaac Yeomans decd. a Revolutionary Pensioner. under the Act of March 18 th 1818.
Declaration &c:
Married 25 Dec 1791 Husband died 11 May 1835
Col Van Schaink Capt Blauvelt Admiral Private 2 years
Return to Lewis Condict, Morris town, N. Jersey.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"
State of New Jersey Essex County ss
On this twenty second day of June Anno Domini 1839, before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of said County & State personally appeared Nabby Germain a Widow of Orange Township in said County of Essex, 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 7 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows";
I was seventy years of age in the month of July last past, - am the Widow of Isaac Germain who was as I believe a private soldier in the Continental Army of the United States, and as I believe in the New Jersey line of said Army. - As to the time and place of his enlistment the duration of his service, names of his officers - time of his discharge - & other particulars connected with his Army duties my own memory cannot be relied on - nor is necessary for me to attempt to recite them - I respectfully defer the Commissioner of Pensions to my said husband's Original Declaration - papers now on the files of the Pension Office as I suppose for all particular details of his Revolutionary services -
He was a pensioner at the rate of Eight dollars per Month - regularly received his pension from the United States under the Law of 1818 to the time of his death. - I was married to the said Isaac Germain on the 25 th day of December A.D. 1791 by John Peck Esquire a Justice of the Peace at that time in Essex County. I believe there is no public record whatever of marriages solemnized at that period - but few parish records of such as were solemnized by Ministers of the Gospel. - James Peck was present at my marriage - his deposition to that fact is annexed to this declaration. - I believe he is the only living witness of our

Marriage - I have had seven children by my said husband - Five of them are now living. My husband the aforesaid Isaac Jermain died at his residence in the Township of Orange in Essex County New Jersey on the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord 1853. I have remained his Widow to the present period as will appear by reference to testimony hereto annexed. I pray to be allowed such a pension for the Military & Revolutionary services of my said husband as the Laws of the United States will authorize the Commission of Pensions to grant me.
I was not married to said Isaac Jermain prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place prior to the first of January 1840.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court at Newark in Essex County on the day & year before written.
Before me Stephen S Day Judge of The Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex.
Isaac X Jermain Widow

New Jersey Essex County ss:
I, Stephen D. Day, a justice of peace & judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, before whom the within Declaration of Mrs. Nancy Geomans was taken in Court, do hereby certify to the Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions, that I was personally well acquainted with Isaac Geomans & Nancy Gochman before they were married, & from that time until his death. He was several years in the employ of my father. I recollect well of hearing of their marriage by Justice Peck, & altho' I have no means of ascertaining the precise day nor month of their marriage, yet I can freely certify it to be my belief, that they were actually married at the precise time stated by her in her oath. I know they lived together as husband & wife, from that time to his death, & were so reputed & believed by all who knew them, & I have never heard their marriage questioned nor doubted.
Said Geomans died as I believe in the year 1833; - I drew his pension for him half yearly for a period of 7 or 8 years before his death, & the annuity for his widow to the time of his death.
He left a family of 5 or 6 children, who are still living, & she, Nancy Geomans, still remains the widow of said Isaac Geomans.
Witness my hand at Orange, June 22 d . 1839.
Stephen D. Day

New Jersey, Essex County, ss:
Before the subscriber, a justice of peace in said County, personally appeared James Reuck, of Orange, in said County, known to me to be a man of truth, & fully entitled to belief, - who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith as follows - viz: - I was sixty one years of age in January 1839 - have been well acquainted with Nancy Yeomans, now the widow of Isaac Yeomans deceased, & who is applying for a pension as I understand. I have known her since I was a young boy. Her name before marriage was Nancy Boekman, & she was sister to Squire Boekman, to whom I was an apprentice to learn the shoe making business. Isaac Yeomans was married to said Nancy Boekman, at the house of said Squire Boekman then my Master. I saw them married, by John Peck Esq. a justice of the peace of Essex County. It was then cold winter weather, & we had a large fire burning. According to the best of my remembrance, it was in the winter of 1791-2, viz: the winter of December 1791, January 92, when I was 13 years of age. - I have no record of the precise month, but I believe it took place during that winter. - I have known Isaac Yeomans her husband many years, who died as I believe, in the year 1833, & his widow, said Nancy Yeomans, remains his widow to this time.
James Reuck
Sworn & subscribed at Orange, Essex County June 22 nd 1839, before me.
Stephen C Day Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss.
I Elias Van Ansdale Esq. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Essex Do hereby certify That on this 22 nd day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty nine Nancy Yeomans personally appeared in the said Court in open Court, and provided testimony satisfactory to the said Court, the following facts that is to say, That the said Nancy Yeomans is the widow of Isaac Yeomans dec d formerly a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that the said Isaac Yeomans died the 11 th day of May A. D. 1833; that he was at the time of his death a

pressures of the United States That Stephen D. Day whose name is affixed to the foregoing proceedings before whom the affidavits hereto annexed were severally made & taken at time of taking the same was & still is one of the Judges of said Court & a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly Commissioned & Sworn - And that the signatures "Stephen D. Day" whenever they occur in said proceedings are genuine -
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office at Newark in said County the Twenty Second day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred & Thirty Nine 1839 -
E. Wm. Russell Clerk

Isaac Youmans Declaration &c -
2192
Pat. 1010
Continued
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 10

At a Special District Court of the United States for the New Jersey District held at New Ark in and for the County of Essex
State of New Jersey } on this thirteenth day of July in Essex County ss. } the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record according to the laws of Constitution of the United States, before William S. Pennington Esq. Judge of the District Court in and for the New Jersey District, in the Town of New Ark in the Township of New Ark and County of Essex aforesaid, being a Special Term of said Court. Isaac Youmans aged sixty nine years, on or about the twenty fifth day of December next resident in the Township of Orange in the County of Essex aforesaid, in the district and State aforesaid.
Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, in Captain — Bleeker's Company, and in Colonel Van Scoick's Regiment in the New York line, as will appear by my original Declaration dated the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & eighteen and my pension certificate number two thousand one hundred and ninety two. & I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the

United States in the revolutionary war passed the eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income or property of any kind except my clothing, my occupation is that of a Farmer & when able to work (which is but little in consequence of age & infirmity of body) I work by days & parts of days for the Neighbouring Farmers at whose houses I make it my home having no place of my own to reside in. I have only one child who resides in the same place with me, a daughter fifteen years old & unable to work in consequence of ill health, so that both my daughter & myself would be unable to support ourselves without the assistance and charities of benevolent friends -
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13 th July 1820 William S. Pennington District Judge.
Isaac his Youngs mark R.

I. William Pennycuick Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the New Jersey District do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and that he has returned no property or income - In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 27 th day of July A.D. 1821.
Wm Pennycuick

Isaac Youmans Declaration
N.Y.
Correct.

District of Columbia ss:
On this eleventh day of April 1818. before me the sub- scribed one of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the said District, personally appeared Isaac Youngman aged sixty his years resident in the Township of Orange in the County of Essex in the said District, who being lay me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" that he the said Isaac Youngman enlisted in the Year 1776. at what time in the said year he cannot now recollect) at or near the Town of Kingston in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Blake in the Third New York regiment commanded by Col. Garrison & afterwards by Col. Paulchank in the New York line on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States until 1783 when he was discharged from service at Constitution Island in the State of New York. That he has lost his discharge That he was at the siege of Fort Stoney, at the Battle of Fort Montgomery, in the Western Expedition with Genl. Sullivan, and at the surrender of Saratoga, and that he is in reduced circumstances and therefore in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me this the day above mentioned
William Fleming District Judge
his Isaac Youngman mark

I William S. Pennington Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd Isaac Jennings did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
Newark April 11 th 1818. }
William Pennington United States Judge
I William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey, do certify that the signatures to this instrument, are the proper hand writing of William S. Pennington Esq m Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
As witness my hand and the Seal of the said District Court at New Ark this eleventh day of April A. D. 1818.
Wm Pennington Clerk

I William Pennington District Judge of the United States in and for the New Jersey District do certify that from the examination of respectable witnesses by me under oath, It appears to my satis- faction that the aforesaid Isaac Youngman is in indigent cir- cumstances and stands in need of the assistance of the country for Support
Newark 30 th July 1818
William Pennington District Judge

Rev. War Section Record Division.
aw
Nov. 9, 1931.
Hon. Amos H. Radcliffe House of Representatives.
In re: Isaac Youmans or Yeomans, War File 7381, War of the Revolution.
You are advised that from the papers in the claim above noted it appears that Isaac Youmans or Yeomans was born Dec. 25, 1751, place not stated. He enlisted near Haverstraw, N. Y. and served as a private from 1776, to 1783 in Capt. Bleeker's Company, Colonels Gansevoort and Van Schaick's N. Y. Regiment. He was pensioned in 1818, while living in Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey, where he died May 11, 1832.
He married Dec. 25, 1791, Nancy Cochran who was born in July 1768. She was pensioned in 1839, while living in said township. They had seven children, but their names are not stated.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

5463.
Rebated
New Jersey
Nancy Yeomans widow of Isaac Yeomans who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of May 1844 and sent to Lewis Canditch, Morris Town N. Jersey
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book c Vol. 1. Page 128.

Youmans, Isaac NY W7381

New Jersey 4583
Nancy Yeoman widow of Isaac Yeoman
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 11 th May, 1833 of Essex Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Blucher of the N. J. V. commanded by Col. Van Schuick in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Nov. 1839 and sent to Hon. L. Condit. Morristown, N. Jersey.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '39 280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 th Mar '40 40.00
$320.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 143

Key WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7381 Nancy Youmans Wid. Isaac Youmans Post Rev. War
Act: Feb. 24/18
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 365
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb 26/93
Wil. Hist. Soc. Rev. C. E. Church 1 Atlantic St. Charleston S.C. M.E. 1909 Oct. 15. To Miss Ethel M. Youmans & 1909 Oct. 30. above ref. to and Int. & 1921 Nov. 9. Hist. to Hon. Amos H. Radcliffe M.C. for Mr. A. S. Youmans 1872 Breland Ave - Paterson N.J. letter of M.C. received.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Youngman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. File 7381
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 1783 Pri. Bleeker Gansvoort Van Schaick X N.Y.  
Battles engaged in, St. Lawrence Mountain + Fort Ticonderoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fort Ticonderoga Date of application for pension, April 11. 1818 Residence at date of application, Orange Twp., Essex Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 66 Jan 25 1751
1838 6/20/9 Remarks: He mar. Dec. 25 1791 Mary Lechyns  he d. May 11. 1833 Orange Twp. July 4 1768  she was old pen. on an appl. June 22. 1839 see Orange Twp.  They had 7 ch. of whom six were alive in 1839 - none of their  names are stated.

Record Division.
October 30, 1909.
Miss Ethel M. Youmans, # 59 Hillside Avenue, Orange, N. J.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 27" and received the 28" instant, you are advised that the papers on file in the case of Isaac Youmans, Wid. File No. 7,381, fail to show where he was born or when his widow Nancy Youmans died.
For the date of the last payment of her pension, and name of the person to whom said payment was made, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Nancy Youmans widow of Isaac Youmans, Certificate No. 2,318, issued May 27, 1851, under the Act of February 2, 1848, at the NewJersey Agency."
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

59 Hillside Ave. Orange, N.J.
Mr. J. L. Davenport Dear Sir,
Thank you for the information you so promptly sent me re- garding the military history of Isaac Youmans a soldier of the Revolution- ary War.
There are still a few dates, which I am un-

certain about, one is when did Nancy Coehran Young widow of said Isaac Young die? Date of death must be on file as she was granted a pen- sion on application executed June 22, 1839.
I would also like to know where Isaac Young was born. Report rec'd from you states he was born on or about Dec. 25, 1751, but name of place is not given, have you that

information on file? If we do I shall be greatly indebted to you if you will kindly let me hear from you.
Again thanking you for information received I am
Sincerely yours
Ethel M. Gormans.
" October 27- '09

FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OCT 23 1909 U.S. PENSION OFFICE

59 Hillside Ave. Orange, N. J.
Rev
Gentlemen,
Will you kindly give me whatever information you can regarding the following.
Isaac Youmans born 1747 near Albany N. Y. Enlisted in 5 th Regiment or Battalion

N. Y. Line.
Married Nancy Crocker in 1788. Died at Orange N. J. 1833. Was in receipt of pension at time of death.
We have been informed that there is a descriptive list or abstract of all pensions with name of regiment and company officers, length of service, amount of

7381.
pension, also when and where paid. How would I have to proceed to obtain a copy as above and what would be the cost &c.?
I am a descendant of Isaac Youmans and wish to become a member of the D. A. R. and will be greatly indebted

to you for the desired information -
Yours
(Miss) Ethel M. Youmans
Oct. 6-'09

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
F. S. Washington, D. C. Feb. 4, 1895
Respectfully returned to
Rev. C. E. Chichester, 1 Atlantic St., Charleston, S. C.,
with the information that the courtesy of furnishing the military history of Revolutionary soldiers is extended by this Bureau when the same is desired by descendants for historical and genealogical purposes only, and then only when the soldier or his widow applied for pension, their papers being the principal source from which data is collected for a report. The history of not more than two soldiers can be furnished to each applicant because of the large number of such requests and the time and labor it is necessary to expend upon each report.
(For purposes of identification the soldier's full name should be furnished, his place of residence before and after service (town, county, and State, if possible), and the christian name of his widow if one survived him.)
Please return all papers with your reply.
J. P. Lockhart
Commissioner.

K. K.
Charleston S.C., Feb. 12 th 1895
Respectfully returned to Hon. W m Lochran, Com. of Pensions
with the answer that the information herewith desired by descendants of Revolutionary soldiers named "Lehambertin" or "Leomans" is for genealogical purposes only.
It is not known definitely whether the soldiers, if any such there were, or their widows, applied for pensions or not.
The names of all but two soldiers have been erased from the within request.
For lack of the information now being sought for from the Bureau of Pensions, the soldiers' or widows' full names, place of residence, &c., cannot be furnished at present for purposes of identification.
I have the honor to remain your obedient servant, L. K. Leitchester.
O. M. & H. L. ...
THREE ANCIENTS.
Messrs. Editors:—Your notice of "Gen. Mercer's body servant," in the Observer of February 10, induces me to send you the following: See head of letter.

The battle of Germantown was fought October 4, 1777; at this battle Lewis Chamberlin was killed, aged nineteen. His father, William Chamberlin, was born in New Jersey, September 26, 1736, and had twenty-three children. Three of those children are still living, viz.: Lewis Kemple, of Mallet Creek, Ohio; James De Witt, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; and Moses, of Milton, Pa.
Can any other of your readers tell of a brother who fell in battle over one hundred and three years ago?
ROBT. EDGAR.
ALBDO, ILL.
6 + 4
No. 1 Atlantic Street.
Charleston, S.C., Jan. 23 rd 1895
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
I beg leave respectfully to enquire for Official information from your Department, concerning Pensions, if any, granted and paid by the United States Government, to any person or persons bearing any of the following names, for military or civil service, rendered during the "Old" or "Revolutionary" War?
 1 st Were there any Pensioners bearing any or either of these names?  2 nd Upon what special service or services, were said Pensions granted?  3 rd What rank, if any, did they, or the ancestor hold in the Revolutionary Army?  4 th What was the date when said Pension ceased?  5. What further information, if any, is recorded concerning said Pensioners? 
The following are the names:-
  "Chamberlin" or "Chamberlain", of New Jersey.     "Leoman" or "Joemans" —  " " "    "Hunt" —  " " "    "Luke" or "Luker" —  " Pennsylvania.  

"Tense," "Tenge," or "Tence," of Pennsylvania. "Birkbine," or "Birbaum" " " "Heidley" " "
I have the honor to remain, Yours, with respect, (Rev.) C. E. Chichester.

P. Hickman 14 May 57
Reports Dec: 8/48
2318. New Jersey. Nancy Gorman widow of Daniel Gorman who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued 8. day of Dec: 1848 and sent to
Charles R. Day Orange Essex Co. N.J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 330 Vol. 4

V N. Jersey
Nancy Yeomans
lit. to Hon. L. Condit 26 Sep 1839
do. to same Oct. 7. 1839 -
Act July 1838

Orange, Essex Co N.J. Sept r 14. 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Herewith I send you the Declaration of Nancy Seomans, who drew a Pension under the Act of '38' sec 2 '44, as the widow of Isaac Seomans, a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of March 18 th 1818. I believe the declaration is duly authenticated and certified in accordance with your instructions, published March 9 th 1848
Respectfully
Your obed. servt Charles N. Day

Oct 7.
Can
Nancy Young Sir
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington.

Morris town Oct. 5 th 1839.
Sir.
Your letter of the 24 th Sept r . is rec d . asking an explanation of an apparent contradiction in the case of Mrs. Nancy Yeomans, widow of Isaac Yeomans. That "by the statement of Isaac Yeomans made in 1820, it would seem that he then had no wife" &c. — Yesterday I saw some of the neighbours & friends of the widow, who personally knew both husband & wife, many years living together in that character. These can be had most abundantly to prove that such is the case, if it be not sufficiently proved by the testimony now on your file. — I learn that Yeomans was a man who loved whiskey, & that when a little merry with liquor, he was apt to speak extravagantly; & it is possible that when he made his declaration, he might not have been perfectly sober. Of this however, I know nothing. It is merely a suggestion, that such might have been his condition. — I have no doubt myself of his marriage, & that he left a widow who is yet living, as is set forth in her declaration.
If you may deem it proper, to inform me of his private language, from which it is inferred "that he had no wife in 1820," I will endeavour, if it can be explained by those who best knew him, to have it explained. Or, if you can suggest other proof, which may be to your satisfaction, that Nancy Yeomans, the Claimant, was his lawful wife at the time & under such circumstances as she has stated, I will do all in my power to place before you the truth , & the whole truth , & nothing but the truth , in reference to this point.
Yours ob d . Serv t .
Lewis Condict.
Col. L. Edwards Esq r . Commissioner of Pensions.

Increased to £96. 0s 8d proper autumn, Canig 1 July 1848
P. Hickison Fruithurst, N.D.

Trenton May 9, 1831.
Sir
I enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs Nancy Yeomans for an increase of Pension under the Joint Resolution 1 July 1848.
Her certificate has usually been on file in the office of the P. Agent at Trenton - but cannot now be found or has been withdrawn.
If the claim is allowed what steps must be taken to supply the loss of the certificate - Will an affidavit be sufficient?
I am very Respectfully your ob: servant Philip Dickinson
J. E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pensions

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington

Morris town N. J. Oct. 24 th '39.
Dear Sir
In reply to yours of Oct. 7 th . I herewith enclose the certificate of Judge Day, before whom the Declaration of Nancy Yeomans was made in Court, together with a deposition of Rev. Asa Hillyer D. D. for many years the Pastor of the Church at Orange, where Isaac Yeomans & his family lived for 40 years or longer.
I deemed it unnecessary to subject the widow to the another of a Certificate from the County Clerk, proving the official character & signature of Judge Day, inasmuch as those facts will appear by reference to his certificate annexed to Mrs. Yeomans' Declaration on yr. file.
This evidence I trust will be satisfactory, that Isaac Yeomans had a wife who lived with him when his Declaration was made, under the Act of March, 1818.
Very respectfully
Yr. ob. servt. &c.
Levis Condict.
Col. Edwards

Trenton May 19 1837.
Sir
I enclose the affidavit of Mrs Nancy Yeomans verifying the fact of the loss of her certificate & have to request that the same may be filed with the de- claration made by her for an increase under act July 1, 1834
I am very Respectfully
Your ob: servant
M c Dickinson
J. E. Heath Esq. Comm r of Pensions

James A. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension War Department Washington.

Monistown N. J. June 25 th 1839.
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Nancy Yeomans, widow of Isaac Yeomans, applies for a pension - Her Declaration is within. -
As it is one which may probably require but a brief examination, (her husband having been pensioned) she desires me to ask of you as speedy a decision as practicable, on acct. of her pressing poverty. Her Landlord has threatened to turn her into the street, unless she pays her arrear for rent, in a few days - Her only hope for money, is through the Pension office.
If practicable to give it at once , an examination, you will greatly oblige
Dear Sir,
Yours very ob. servt.
Yr friend
Louis Conditt.
Colonel Edwards

Orange Essex Co. N.Y. October 6 th 1848
H. S. Edwards Esq. Washington D.C. Sir,
About four weeks since I enclosed you the Declaration of Nancy Geomans for a Pension under the act of February last. She is advanced in years and very infirm and has depended entirely on the Pension formerly received for the necessaries of life.
Her case, I respectfully submit, commands itself to your prompt & favorable attention.
You would confer a favor if the certificate cannot be conveniently issued now, if you would write me whether the Declaration is in due form.
Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant Charles R. Day

James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions. Washington

Dear Sir
With this, you will receive the Pension Declaration of Nancy Geomans, widow of Isaac Geomans, claiming 1 year pension under the act of March 3 d . 1843. She is a resident of Epsu Co. N. Jersey - Her marriage - details of husband's services - draft &c: will be found on your files, her husband having been a pensioner under the act of 1818 - & the widow under the law of 1838.
Very respectfully
Your ob. serv:
L. Condit.
Col. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Morristown N. J. Nov. 24 th . 1843.

New Jersey. Essex County, Nancy Yeomans Widow of Isaac Yeomans Additional testimony
Return to Lewis Conditt Morris town, N. Jersey.

State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss.
I, Stephen D. Day, of Orange, in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, before whom the Declaration of Nancy Geomans, widow of Isaac Geomans dec d , was taken, as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for said County, or claiming a pension from the United States on account of the Revolutionary services of her said husband, hereby certify to the Commissioners of Pensions, that I have resided in Orange, in said County & State for the period of 55 years. That I have been personally acquainted with Isaac Geomans, & with his wife the said Nancy Geomans, for a period not less than 40 years. They both lived in Orange, & were my neighbours for 40 years. During the whole of this period, the said Isaac & Nancy Geomans lived together as husband & wife. They were considered & believed by me to be husband & wife during the whole period before mentioned, & until said Isaac Geomans died. They were reputed & believed by all the neighbourhood to be husband & wife, & I do not believe that the fact of their marriage was ever doubted or called in question by any of the neighbourhood or congregation. — When said Isaac Geomans first became a pensioner, he was living with his said wife as his husband. I have occasionally, as I believe, drawn his pension as his Attorney, whilst he was living, & at other times I believe I have taken his acknowledgement of the power of Attorney, when given to other persons. And when I have paid him his pension, she the said Nancy was living with him in the character of his wife. And when said Isaac Geomans died, the said Nancy Geomans took the oath of identity as his widow, gave & acknowledged a power of Attorney for the payment of the balance due on his pension as his widow, & received the money due thereon as his widow.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name at Orange, this 23 rd day of October, in the year of our Lord 1839.
Dear G d Babbit - I Recd -
Stephen D. Day

State of New Jersey } County of Essex }
Be it known, that before me, Stephen D.
Day, a Justice of peace, & a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex, personally appeared Reverend Asa Hillyer D. D. whom I hereby certify to be the Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in Orange in said County, & a man of high standing for his piety & the consistency of his character as a Christian Minister, who being duly sworn according to law, saith as follows viz: — I am now in the 77 th year of my age, & have been the stated & regular Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church & Congregation in Orange since the the year of our Lord 1801. I was acquainted with Isaac Gromans during his life time, & with Nancy Gromans his wife, now his widow, who were residents in Orange as I believe, when I first became Pastor of said Congregation, & members of said society. They were living together as husband & wife when I first knew them, & so continued to live until his death, as I believe, & so I always considered them. They were generally reputed & believed to be husband & wife, by all who knew them, & I have never known that fact to be doubted, or their marriage to be questioned by any person. They had children together — the number I do not know.
The time of their marriage, I know not, except from hearsay. — To the best of my knowledge & belief, there is no Parish record of marriages belonging to this Religious society of a date prior to the year of our Lord, 1801. —
When I became their Pastor, in the year 1801, I made enquiry concerning a marriage record, & finding none, I took measures to originate & establish such a record, which I have endeavoured to maintain. But I know none, containing the marriage of said Isaac & Nancy Gromans.
Sworn & subscribed at Orange, at the residence of Reverend Doctor Hillyer, on the 23 rd day of October, Domini 1839. —
Stephen D. Day Justice of the of the peace S. D. Hillyer

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2 d February, 1848, entitled, "An Act making provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution."
State of New Jersey, Essex County. ss.
On this thirteenth day of September 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County Nancy Gorman, a resident of the township of Orange, in the County of Essex New Jersey, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served, during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Isaac Gorman who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and served in the line and that she received eighty dollars per annum under the Act of June 17, 1844.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. Charles R. Day Justice of the Peace in the premises of Isaac J. Gorman
her Nancy Gorman mark
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me Charles R. Day Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey County of Essex ss. I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex and also of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Charles R. Day before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Nancy Hermans was made and taken at the time of taking the same was a justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn; and that the signature to the jurat of said affidavit; and the certificate thereunder written are in the proper hand writing of said justice.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed Seal at Newark in said County the Thirteenth day of September A.D. 1848.
J. P. Jackson Clerk.

State of New Jersey Essex County ss. On this ninth day of June 1829 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Essex personally appeared Isaac Yeomans who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company of Capt Blaken in the Regiment commanded by Col Van Scyick in the Service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension list roll of the State of New Jersey that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and Seal of the Secretary of War which certificate on or about the twenty fifth day of Octo 1822 with a power of attorney made out to William Livington Esq, was put into his hands to draw his pension due the 11 th day of September 1828 the pension I Rec d but have never been able to obtain my pension Certificate and I am informed and believe it to be lost
Sworn Before me and Isaac his Yeomans Subscribed to this ninth mark day of June 1829
Stephen Day Justice of the Peace

New Jersey } Personally came before me the Essex County ss } Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Essex William Pennington who upon his oath saith that he took a power of attorney with a certificate and other papers to draw the pension of Isaac Yeoman on or about the 25 th day of Octo 1828 that he drew the pension but that he has no recollection what was done with the certificate that he has made diligent search and has not been able to find the certificate and that it is lost and not likely to be found In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand the third day of June 1829 Stephen D. Day Justice of the Peace Wm Pennington 
New Jersey } Personally came before me the Essex County ss } Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Essex John C. Burley who upon his oath saith that he with a qualified will Isaac Yeoman & William Pennington say that he knows them to be the two identical persons that have subscribed the two affidavits as to the loss of Isaac Yeoman's certificate of pension In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand the fourth day of June 1829 Stephen D. Day Justice of the Peace John C. Burley 

New Jersey Essex County ss. I (Stephen D. Day one of the Justices of the peace do certify that the above document John C. Bailey is a person of integrity — Given under my hand and seal this Ninth Day of June 1829 Stephen D. Day Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey County of Essex ss. I Asa Whitehead clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County of Essex do hereby certify that Stephen D. Day Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were taken and had, was at the several times of the doing thereof a justice of the peace in & for said County of Essex, duly commissioned & sworn as appears from the rolls of County Officers in my office. That his name subscribed to said proceedings are his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to the foregoing and to the other official acts of the said Stephen D. Day as such Justice as well in courts of law as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said court the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1829
Asa Whitehead.

State of N. Jersey. Declaration of Nancy Teoman widow of Isaac Teoman, claiming a pension under the Law of U. S. of 3 rd March, 1843.
5835 (Oct 1/43)
$80 per ann
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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of New Jersey Essex County 3p
At this thirtieth day of September A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex and one of the justices of the peace in & for the same Nancy Thomas, a resident of Orange in the said County of Essex aged Seventy four 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 recited by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Isaac Thomas, who was a Private soldier in in the army of the Revolution & performed service in that capacity throughout the war, as she believes. She cannot specify his particular services nor tell with any degree of certainty the names of his officers or of his comrades, - most of whom if not all are now dead. But for the details of his service, would respectfully refer the Commissioners of Pensions to his Original papers now on the files of the Pension Office, for which a Pension was allowed him under the act of March 18 th 1818, at the rate of eight dollars per month. That she received under the act of July 7 th 1838, a five years pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year above written before me
Nancy X Thomas Mark
Stephen Day Judge & Justice of the Peace for Essex County

I, Stephen D Day, a Judge & Justice of the peace in & for said county, do hereby certify that Nancy Seaman, the above Declarant is personally known to me as a woman of good character for truth & that full credit may be given to her statements. Witness my hand & seal this 16 day of November A.D. 1843
Stephen D Day
State of New Jersey
County of Essex
ss. I John P Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Stephen D Day before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Mary - Seaman was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Judges of said Court and a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature "Stephen D Day" to the Jurat of said Affidavit is genuine -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Newark in said County the Eighteenth day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty three.
J P Jackson Clk

State of New Jersey } Essex County ss } Be it remembered that on this seventeenth day of May A D eighteen hundred and fifty one, before me Charles R. Day, one of the justices of the peace in and for said County of Essex personally appeared Nancy Gannan of lawful age who being sworn accor- ding to law on her oath saith, that she is the widow of Isaac Gannan, late of Orange in said County of Essex dec d , that she is a pensioner of the United States; that the Certificate by virtue of which she has hitherto drawn her pension, has been lost or mislaid and cannot now be found, that she is unable to state when or how, the same has been lost that she has made diligent search for the same without success.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written
Nancy X Gannan mark
Charles R. Day, Justice of the Peace
I have evidence in my possession, viz certificate of County Court of Essex County that Charles R. Day is duly authorized to administer oaths
PHILIP DICKINSON Pension Agent N. Jersey

State of New Jersey County of Essex
On this Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one before me Charles R. Day a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to admin- ister oaths personally appeared Nancy Yeomans a resident of Essex township in Essex County and State of New Jersey, aged eighty five years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration that she is the identical person who now draws a pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the act of February 2 1848 on account of the revolutionary services of her husband the late Isaac Yeomans; that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the law of Congress passed the 1 July 1848; that she still remains the widow of Isaac Yeomans who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, and she begs leave to refer to the papers now on file in the Pension Office.
She therefore claims the benefits of the Act of Congress of July 1848, and requests that her name may be inscribed on the roll of pensioners under that law who are paid at Trenton in the State of New Jersey.
Sworn & subscribed before me Nancy  her Yeomans the day & year first above written } mark
Charles R. Day J. Peace Philip Kingsley Witnesses
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Charles R. Day J. Peace