Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,304, Thomas Weller, Continental Green Mtd Boys New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Weller Thomas
P. 11304
Green Mtd Boys
Mary
New Jersey.
CONTENTS
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New York Oct 17 th 1937
Mr Edw. D. Sir
It is now more than eight weeks since my mother wrote you and at the same time sent Mr Belton's affidavit and has been anxiously expecting an answer for several weeks. Thinking perhaps her papers have been overlooked or that you did not receive them, we have conf'd with your agent in Wall St and he advised us to write you; says whatever is wrong will be correct. We have not employed any one to do this business being informed that those that undertake it expect a great part of the money received for their trouble but Esq Leonard - a Lawyer in this ward has been kind enough to do my Mother's writing gratis; but disliking to trouble him again I have taken the liberty to write. he thought the proof in the last affidavit all sufficient to entitle my Mother to a pension if it was not will you be so kind Sir as to let us know what more is required I am sorry to give you trouble Sir but an immediate answer to to this would very much relieve the anxiety of my age and destitute 1194 Spring St (Mother) yours Emma Weller

Mary Miller. Widow of Thomas Miller.
N.Y.
1827 85 2
Dec 4 1852
Robert W. Young, Solicitor of Claims WASHINGTON, D.C.
Anna Miller 48. 12 St. N.Y.

State of New York
City & County of New York ss: Be it known that before me a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the aforesaid city and County personally appeared Hannah Weller, Sarah Weller, and Anna Weller who being each by me severally duly sworn according to law do and each for herself does depose and say that they are the children of Mary Weller deceased widow of Thomas Weller who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution: that they now make this declaration to recover any pension money that may be due on account of the services of said Thomas Weller as aforesaid for the benefit of Hannah Weller, Sarah Weller, Anna Weller, William B. Weller, Mrs Betsey Parker and Mrs Catharine Selleck under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case: and that they are directly interested in the same and make this affidavit to be filed by their attorney Robert W. Young
Sworn and subscribed this 23rd 23rd day of April 1832 before me Thomas Darlington Comm r of Deeds Hannah Weller Sarah Weller Anna Weller Kerenah Weller

Know all men by these Presents that we Hannah Weller, Sarah Weller and Anna Weller, children of Mary Weller, deceased, widow of Thomas Weller (who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution) for value received do hereby constitute and appoint Robert W. Young of Washington City our true and lawful attorney irrevocably for us and in our name to prosecute our claim to any pension-moneys that may be found due on account of the services of said Thomas Weller as aforesaid; And we hereby authorize our said Attorney to examine all papers and documents touching our claim on file in the departments at Washington or elsewhere, and file any additional evidence or arguments he may think proper to ensure the recovery of the same.
Witness our hands and seals this 23 d day of April. 1852
Signed & sealed in the presence of.
Sarah Weller
Anna Weller
Hannah Weller
Witnesses -
M c H. Buchanan, Robert Robinson
State of New-York City & County of New-York ss: On this 23 d day of April A.D. 1852 before the subscriber a commissioner of Deeds in and for said City and County, personally appeared Hannah Weller, Sarah Weller, and Anna Weller and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned -
Thomas Darlington Comm r of Deeds
State of New-York City & County of New-York ss: Be it known that

on the 23 d day of April A.D. 1852 before the sub- scriber a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said city and county, personally appeared William W. Blakeman and Robert S. Robertson two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law, that they were well acquain- ted with Mary Weller, deceased widow of Thomas Weller (who was a soldier in the revolutionary war) and that Hannah Weller, Sarah Weller, Anna Weller, William B. Weller, Mrs. Betsey Parker and Mrs. Catherine Selleck are her only surviving ch- ildren. And that she the said Mary Weller, dep- arted this life on the 11 th day of March A.D. 1839 Sworn & subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before me. } Robert S. Robertson Thomas Darlington } Comm. of Deeds } W. Blakeman

Relation to the application of the widow Mary Weller for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
State of New Jersey Essex County } ss
Personally appeared before me Parker Leeds one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid
Calvin Green of the Township of Hanover in the County of Morris and State aforesaid known to be a man of good charac- ter and in all respects intitled to credit as a witness and being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he if should live to see the 25 th day of July 1837 will be seventy two years old and saith that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Jacob Green the preacher of the gospel at Hanover in the County of Morris and State aforesaid for forty four years witness saith that the said Jacob Green kept a record of the marriages solemnized by him and witness has the record and finds recorded on said record the marriage of Thomas Weller to Mary Smith on the 20 th day of October 1781 and further saith not Calvin Green
Sworn and subscribed before me this
26 th day of June 1837
Parker Leeds Justice of the peace
Relation to the application of the widow Mary Weller for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
State of New Jersey Essex County } ss
Personally appeared before me Parker Leeds a Justice of the peace in and for the Coun- ty and State aforesaid
Moses Dey of the Township of Livingston in the County of Essex and State aforesaid known to be a man of good character and in all respects intitled to credit as a witness and being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he is in the eighty first year of his age and says that he was well acquainted with Thomas Weller and Mary Smith and says that he was present at the mar- riage of Thomas Weller to Mary Smith who was married by the

Essex County State of New Jersey ss: I Elias Van Andel, clerk of said county do hereby certify that Parker Leeds Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Calvin Green and Moses Ely were received & taken at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county duly commissioned & sworn that I have ac- quainted with his hand writing & hereby believe the signature "Parker Leeds Justice of the peace" subscribed to the heads of said affidavits to be genuine -
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty seven -
E Van Andel Clerk
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Mary H. Ely
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reverend Isaac Green which marriage was in the fall of the year of seventeen hundred and eighty one and witness says that he was with Thomas Miller in the battle at Springfield in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey under the command of Captain Elijah Spicer and verily believes that the said Miller remained enrolled in the Militia under Captain Elijah Spicer until the close of the Revolutionary war and stood ready to do duty at any time when called upon and further saith not
Moses Ely
Sworn and subscribed before me This 27th day of June 1837 Parker Leeds Justice of the peace

State of New York
City and County of New York } ss
On this Fifth day of
July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me Charles De Forest one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York (the same being a Court of Record for such County) Mary Weller, a resident of the said City and County aged seventy five years, 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 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Thomas Weller who was a private in the regular service of the United States from about the commencement of the Revolutionary War until the year 1779, in the Army under the command of General Montgomery, in the Regiment of Col Seth Warner, and in the Company of Captain Sacy called the Green Mountain Boys as Deponent has often been informed by her said husband and verily believes; that in the year 1779, the said Thomas Weller was enrolled in the New Jersey Militia, in a Company under the command of Captain Elijah Squier; that whilst in said Company he was engaged in the Battle at Springfield and assisted in the capture of some Hessian Soldiers; and that he continued in such Company until the close of the Revolutionary War. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Weller in the fall 1781 and whilst he was in such service; and that her husband the said Thomas Weller died on the Sixth day of October in the year 1829; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. And I the said Judge do hereby certify that the said Mary Weller from bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Chas. De Forest
July 28 th 1837

State of New York City and County of New York } On this Fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me Charles De Forest one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, (the same being a Court of record for such County) Anna - Weller a resident of the said City and County Single woman aged Seventy four years and upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration; that she is the daughter of Mary Weller within named, the widow of Thomas Weller, and now resides, and for a number of years last past has resided with her said mother; that her mother is still the Widow of the said Thomas Weller never having since his decease been married to any other man. Anna Weller
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
C De Forest
State of New York
City & County of New York } I Thomas Jeremiah Clark of the City and County of New York and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, do certify that Charles De Forest Esq whose name is subscribed to the preceding two Jurats was on the day of signing the same a Judge of said Court of Common Pleas duly elected and sworn and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts - I further certify that the signatures thereto are genuine as I verily believe.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 6 th day of July 1837
Thos. Jeremiah, Clerk

Act of July 14, 1866, and March 3, 1873.
11.304
P. O.
Henry Miller
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New-York 6 th July 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I send herewith affidavits in support of my claim for a Pension, and hope that they will be satisfactory. I can if necessary but it will be attended with more expense than I can afford, get proof of my of my husband's services in the regular army. If the papers I send do not answer the purpose may I ask the department to let me know what more will be wanting, and I will endeavour to supply it. It will be a great service to me in my declining years to be favoured by the bounty of Congress, and my sincere thanks will be given to the friend of the aged who will assist me in obtaining it.
Yours very respectfully
Mary Waller
N o 194 Spring Street New York

New York 1836 Mary Miller - Suspended
Claimant July 31 } 1837 Octobr 31 }
Rot H. Young Nov. 22. 53
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New York 25 August 1837
James I Edwards Esq
I received your letter of the 25 July and much regret that my former paper did not answer the purpose. I have procured an additional affidavit which I hope will be satisfactory to show that my Husband rendered actual Service during the Revolutionary War after my marriage to him and which I believe will answer the objection contained in the latter part of your letter.
My information as to the Services of my Husband in the early part of the war is derived from conversation held with him and it is out of my power at present to make any proof of the same. I have been informed that evidence can be obtained of such Service from records residing at a great distance from this City, but I am unable to meet the expenses of procuring the evidence. I feel great reluctance in troubling the Department but would esteem it a very great favour if in case the additional affidavit sent herewith should not answer, that they would give me such information as much detail as convenience will permit as will enable me to obtain the Pension which in my advanced age would be a source of very great benefit to me.
Very Respectfully
Mary Walker

In the Matter of the Application of the Widow Mary Weller for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
State of New-Jersey,
Essex County — ss Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in & for said County, Thomas Belton of the city of Newark In the County and State aforesaid, To me Personally known to be a man in good standing and fully entitled to belief as a witness. And Being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is one hundred and five years of age That he was a soldier in the war of the war of the Revolution that he was Well acquainted with Thomas Weller and Mary Weller his wife (Formerly Mary Smith of the County and State aforesaid during said war And believes that if the said Thomas Weller was now living would be as much as Eightyfive years of age and this deponent further saith That he is knowing That the said Thomas Weller Belonged to a Company of Militia in the latter part of the war of the Revolution commanded by Captain Elijah Squire, and Belonged to Colonel Van Courtlands Regiment. — That this deponent and the said Thomas Weller were together in the battle at Connecticut Farms and Springfield and is knowing That the said Thomas Weller continued in the Regular Service Militia Service from the time he was first enrolled in said Company until the close of said war and done his Regular tours of duty but as to the particular times and places he cannot now recollect but is knowing that the said Thomas Weller was out on duty & in actual service after he was married to the said Mary Smith, under the command of Col Van Courtland and Major Samuel Hays — and further saith not. Sworn

Sworn to and subscribed at } his Newark in said County } Thomas & Bellon this 20 th day of July 1837 } work before me
Sam B . Miller. Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss
I Elias Van Arsdale Jun: Clerk of the County of Essex & of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in & for said County do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Thomas Bellon was made & taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justices of the peace for said County duly commissioned & sworn - And that the signature "Sam B . Miller" affixed to the jurat of said Affidavit is genuine - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand The seal of said Court at Newark the Twenty Second day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty seven - E Van Arsdale p: Cth