Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10971, Jacob Vreeland, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Vreeland, Jacob Jane
R. 10971
CONTENTS

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Wid Jane Vreeland Declaration and Evidence for a New Jersey Pension
Jacob Vreeland. C.P.
Hm. W. Chetwood HR
Saml. Miller Newark N. Jersey 

Declaration
In order to obtain the Benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836. State of New-Jersey,
Essex County — ss On this Eleventh day of January In the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Seven. — Personally appeared before the Judges of the Superior Court of common pleas, In and For said County of Essex. — The Widow Jane Vreeland a President of the County of Essex New-Jersey Aged Eighty 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 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of Jacob Vreeland Late of the Township of Bloomfield in the said County of Essex and State of New-Jersey deceased. Who was a Lieutenant In a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Abraham Sheer & Attached to Colonel Philip Von Courtland Regiment of Essex County New-Jersey during the War of the Revolution. — And this deponent further saith that she is knowing, that her husband the said Jacob Vreeland was a Lieutenant, in Captain Abraham Sheer's Company of Militia from March Seventeen hundred Seventy eight to the close of said War, And was out on duty and in actual service, in said war as much as Four Month in each year from March Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight, to the end of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two. Making at least one year & Eight month actual service in said war after she was Married to said Jacob Vreeland sometimes under the command of the said Captain Abraham Sheer and sometimes under the command of Captain Henry Geralamon, and at other times having command of a company as Lieutenant when neither of the above mentioned Captains was on duty. — Stationed at Belville then called

Second River, New York Elizabeth Town point Mahwah Connecticut Housatonic & Springfield, Under the command of Colonel Van Courtland & Major Samuel Hays. And the said Widow Jane Vreeland further declares that she was Born on the Eighth day of October 1756 and was Married to the said Jacob Vreeland on the twenty-sixth day of March, In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy-eight, By the Revd M c Chapman of Orange in said County. — That her husband the aforesaid Jacob Vreeland died on the Fifth day of July, In the year Eighteen hundred and Sixteen, And that she has remained a Widow ever since that period and if the said Jacob Vreeland was now living would be more than Eighty years of age. And that she cannot find any record of her said Marriage nor her said husbands Commission after making diligent search & inquiry for the same — as will more fully appear by referance to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the said Court.
Same free X Vreeland mark
E. Van Courtlandt Clerk

In the Matter of the application of the Widow of William D. Doolittle for a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
State of New Jersey
Essex County - ss. I personally appeared before me Samuel P. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County, The Rev. Asa Hillyer a respectable Clergyman residing at Orange, In the County and State aforesaid. And being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that he is Seventyfour years of age, That he has been Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Orange in said County as much as thirtyfive years And this deponent further saith that the Rev. Mr. Chapman was pastor of said Church before and during the War of the Revolution and before this deponent resided there - And after making diligent search and inquiry he never has been able to find any Marriage Record kept either by the Church or, Clergymen, before this deponent resided in said place, - And if any Record was kept either by the said Church or Clergymen they must be lost or destroyed and this deponent further saith that the Rev. Mr. Chapman is now dead.
Sworn to and subscribed at Orange in said County This Twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord A.D. 1837
Before me Saml. P. Miller Justice of the peace
Asa Hillyer

Rev. Mr. Hillyer

In the Matter of the application of the Widow Jane Vreeland 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 H. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said County, A true King of the Township of Bloomfield in said County is by me Personally known to be a Man in good standing and in all respects entitled to belief as a witness. — And being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is Eighty two years of age That he was a Soldier in the Revolution that he was before and during the Revolutionary war well acquainted with Jacob Vreeland late of the said Township of Bloomfield County of Essex New-Jersey, deceased & believes that if the said Jacob Vreeland was Now Living would be as much as Eighty years of age. And this deponent further saith. That the said Jacob Vreeland was Married to his Sister Jane King, Now the Widow Jane Vreeland on the Twenty six day of March, In the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty eight by the Revd Mr Chapman A Clergyman then Presiding at Orange in said County & that he was present at the Marriage & saw the said Jacob Vreeland and the said Jane King Now the said Jane Vreeland Married by the said Clergyman, And that they always resided together as husband and wife until the death of the said Jacob Vreeland which took place on the fifth day of July 1814 by being drowned between this place and the City of New-York. And that the said Jane Vreeland has Remained a Widow ever since the death of Jacob Vreeland her said husband and is now Eighty years of age.
And this deponent further saith that he is knowing that the said Jacob Vreeland was appointed an Ensign in the Spring of the year 1774 in a Company commanded by Captain James Thompson, who came from the City of New York and raised a Company of Men called Caddows or Cadets & Remained under the Command of the said Captain Thompson until said Thompson Resigned, which took place about the first of the year 1777 When John Kidney was appointed Captain of said Company.

Company and the said Jacob Vredland was appointed a Lieutenant in the same and continued a Lieutenant in said Company until the first of the year 1770. and on this deponent now believes in the month of January, when said Captain Kendrick resigned his command and said Company was broken up. At which time the said Jacob Vredland was appointed a Lieutenant in a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Abraham Speer and continued a Lieutenant in said Capt. Abraham Speer's Company from the four part of the year 1770 to the close of the Revolutionary War and was out in actual service as Ensign and Lieutenant from the commencement to the close of said war sometimes under the command of Captain Abraham Speer and sometimes under the command of Captain Henry Geraleman & at other times had command of a Company as Lieutenant when neither of the above mentioned Captains was on duty. — Stationed at New York Elizabeth Town point Hoback, Springfield, Connecticut forms & Welville, then called Second River, under the command of Colonel Philip Van Courtland & Major Samuel Hays and belong to & was attached to the 2 d Col. Van Courtland's Regiment the whole of said war. — And is knowing that the said Lieutenant, Jacob Vredland was, Stationed some time at New Windsor in the State of New York but cannot now say how long. — And this deponent further saith that he cannot now state the quarters or periods of the service rendered the United States by the said Jacob Vredland but is well satisfied and fully believes that the said Jacob Vredland was out in actual service as Lieutenant as much as two years during said war. — And this deponent further saith that he & the said Jacob Vredland was together in the battle at Springfield and in the skirmish at Second River now called Welville, and further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed at Bloomfield in said County this Twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord A. D. 1837
Before me — Sam l H. Miller Justice of the peace

On the Matter of the application of the W d Jane Vreeland for a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 21 st 1836.
State of New-Jersey Essex County - ss. Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the peace in and for said County. Moses Dods of the Township of Bloomfield in said County of Essex known to me by general reputation to be a man in good standing in society and in all respects entitled to belief as a witness and being by me duly sworn, doth on his oath depose and say that he is Eightyone years of age - That he was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution that he was during said War well acquainted with Jacob Vreeland late of the said Township of Bloomfield in said County deceased. - And believes that if the said Jacob Vreeland was now living would be as much as Eighty years of age. - And this deponent further saith, that he always understood that the said Jacob Vreeland, was married to Jane King now the Widow Jane Vreeland sometime during the Revolutionary war & believes as early in said war as Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight. - And that they always lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Jacob Vreeland, which took place as he now believes in the year Eighteen hundred and Sixteen. - And that the said W d Jane Vreeland is now living & has remained a Widow ever since the death of her said husband the said Jacob Vreeland deceased. - And this deponent further saith that, he is knowing that the said Jacob Vreeland was appointed a Lieutenant in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Abraham Speer in the latter part of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven or in the first of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight and continued a Lieutenant in said Company until the close of the Revolutionary war remaining under the command of the said Captain

Albany Spier and at other times under the command of Captain Henry Geralamon & sometimes had command of a company or Lieutenant Comandant Station at Belville then called Second River. Nework Elizabeth town point Mahwah Springfield & Connecticut farms under the command of Colonel Philip Von Courtland and Major Samuel Hays and was attached to the said Colonel Von Courtlands Regiment the whole of the war of the revolution — And this deponent further saith that he saw the said Jacob Vredend in the Battle of Connecticut farms and Springfield acting as Lieutenant and was one with him on Staten Island under the command of General Dukenesne — and was also in the skirmish with the said Vredend at Second River — And this deponent further saith he cannot now state the particular periods of the services of the said Jacob Vredend but is certain and fully believes that he was out on duty and in actual service as much as four months in each year from January Seventeen hundred and eighty eight to the close of said war. — And this deponent further saith that there was none in the service of the united States more faithful in the service nor any better soldier during said war. & further saith not. —
Moses Godd
Sworn to and subscribed at Bloomfield in said County this Twentieth day of January in the Year of our Lord A.D. 1837
Before me — Sam l K. Miller — Justice of the peace
Mr Moses Godd

In the Matter of the application of the Widow Jane Vreeland 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 P. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for Said County. Simeon Stivers of the City of Newark In the County and State aforesaid. To me personally known to be a man In good Standing and Entitled to belief as a Witness. And being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose & Say that he is Twenty six — years of age. That he was Well acquainted with Jacob Vreeland late of the Said Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex deceased and Jane Vreeland his wife and believes that if the Said Jacob Vreeland was now living he would be as much as Eighty Years of age. — And this deponent further saith that he always understood that the Said Jacob Vreeland was Married to Jane King sometime during the Revolutionary war Now the Widow Jane Vreeland and is knowing that they always Resided together as husband and wife until the death of the Said Jacob Vreeland which took place about Twenty Years ago. & That the Said Widow Jane Vreeland is Still Living and has remained a Widow ever since the death of her Said husband. — And this deponent further saith — That he is knowing that the Said Jacob Vreeland was a Lieutenant in a company of Militia under the Command of Captain Abraham Speer during the war of the Revolution & Belonged to Colonel Philip Von Courtlans — Regiment of Essex County New-Jersey, and has often seen the Said Jacob Vreeland on duty as Lieutenant under the Command of the Said Captain Abraham Speer and Captain Henry Geralamon and at other times as Lieutenant Commander & has seen him Stationed at Belville when called Second River Newark Springfield and other places under the Command of the Said Colonel Von Courtlans and Major Samuel Hayes. — And this deponent further

Saith. That owing to the great length of time he cannot now state the particular periods of the service rendered the United States by the said Jacob Vredland but is knowing that he was a good & faithful soldier during said war and fully believes he was on duty & in actual service as Lieutenant more than two years during said war. - And further saith not.
Simeon Stevens
Sworn to and subscribed at Newbern in said county this twentyfifth day of January A. D. 1937.
Before me Sam B. Miller Justice of the peace
Mr. Simeon Stevens

In the Matter of the application of the Widow Vona Vreeland for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1837
State of New-Jersey Essex County —
I Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Mary Goralsmon of the City of Newark in said County, known to me by general Reputation to be a Woman in good standing & in all respects entitled to relief as a Widow. — And being by me duly sworn on her oath saith that she is Fifty Seven years of age. — That she is the daughter of Jacob & Jane Vreeland of the Township of Bloomfield in said County. — That her father the said Jacob Vreeland died on the Fifth day of July 1816 By being Drowned between Redville & New-York & That her Mother the said Jane Vreeland is Still Living and is Eighty years of age and has remained a Widow ever since the death of her said father. — And this deponent further saith that when she was a small Child, she has often seen her said Fathers Commission which she always understood he held during the Revolutionary war & that said Commission had on it a large Seal with the figure of a plow & horses head which Commission she supposes to be lost or destroyed not having seen it since the death of her said father — And this deponent further saith that she has often seen her Fathers Scarflet which her said father told her he wore as Lieutenant during the Revolutionary war which she knows to have been destroyed as the children often made finger rings out of the same — And often heard her father say that he served as Lieutenant nearly all the war of the Revolution. & she further saith that the old form of Pension book by her father is destroyed, and has been lost for a number of years past. — And further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed at Newark on said County January 25 th 1837 before me Sam l B. Miller — Justice of the peace
Mary Goralsmon

Mr. M c Clay Gazalamer
State of New York County of Essex
ss: I Elias Van Arsdale Junr. Clerk of the County of Essex of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sam l Packard the widow of Sam l Packard for a pension. — And also that Samuel B. Miller Esq r . before whom the several Affidavits hereto annexed of Asa Willyes, Aaron King, Moses Doda, Simeon Stites & Mary Packard respectively made and taken, at the time of taking the same, was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of said County, presiding therein duly commissioned & sworn: and that the signatures "Sam l B. Miller" subscribed to the several of said affidavits respectively are genuine —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and Seal of Office at Newburgh the twenty seventh day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty seven — 1837 —
E. Van Arsdale Clerk

Jane Freeland etc.
Widow of Jacob
Suspended case
New Jersey
Jan 1836
James G. Bent Present

State of New Jersey } County of Essex ss } Fifteenth day of April A D Eighteen hundred and fifty Two Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Hannah the Wife of George Rhode of the City of Newark in the County of Essex aforesaid John Vreeland of the Township of Bloomfield in said Essex County and Ellen Strong Widow
of the City of Newark aforesaid and made Oath according to Law that they are the surviving children of Jane Vreeland deceased who was the widow of Jacob Vreeland who was a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution and that the said Jane Vreeland did Apply for a Pension and Died before such Pension was granted to wit on the
and that they the said Hannah Rhode John Vreeland and Ellen Strong are applicants for such Pension and that they are directly interested as aforesaid and do make this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining such Pension or Arrears of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws Regulations or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted. The said affiants further declare that they hereby constitute and appoint James G Berret of the City of Washington D.C. to be Attorney and Agent to prosecute said Claim, with Power of Substitution to examine all Papers and documents in relation to it and to do all things Necessary and Lawful in the premises except drawing the Money which will be hereafter provided for
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year

aforsaid before me Henry D'Headden Justice of the Peace
John Wheeland
I Henry D'Headden Justice of the Peace and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Hannah Wife of John Wheeland and Ellen Young above named are Respectable Residents of the County of Essex aforesaid and as I believe directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be this Act and Deed
In Testimony that the above named Henry D'Headden was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the date of the same, I hereby Subscribe my name and affix the County Seal

H. R. 667.
A BILL
For the relief of Jane Vreeland.
JANUARY 10, 1857.—Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
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from files Petition only on motion of Collamer referred to Pension
at M. H. Simmons
Please refer to the Comm. on Pensions. The papers are in file in the office of the Clerk of the Senate.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
JANUARY 10, 1857.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. BROOM, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Jane Vreeland.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3       That the Secretary of the Interior cause the name of 4       Jane Vreeland, widow of Jacob Vreeland, late of the 5       State of New Jersey, and who was a lieutenant in the war 6       of the Revolution in said State, to be placed on the 7       pension roll of said State, at the proper rate of pension 8       due for this service in the years seventeen hundred and seventy- 9       eight, seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, seventeen hundred 10       and eighty, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, and seventeen 11       hundred and eighty-two, for twenty months' service, under the 12       act fourth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and that the 13       amount so found due be paid to the said Jane Vreeland, or, in 14       the event of her decease, to her surviving children.

State of New Jersey. County of Essex p.
It is hereby Certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Charles R. Waugh a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County, New Jersey, that Jane Vredland, widow of Jacob Vredland was an applicant for a revolutionary pension of the United States, and that she died on the twentieth day of March A.D., Eighteen hundred and fortyfive leaving surviving three children only named John Vredland, Ellen Strong and Hannah Rohde, that John Vredland and Ellen Strong have since died and that at this time Hannah Rohde is the only surviving child of said Jane Vredland deceased, and that said Hannah is now a widow.
Witness my hand at Newark this twentieth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty two.
C. R. Waugh Judge.

State of New Jersey County of Essex ss
I, John M c Chesney Clerk of the County of Essex, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify, that Charles R. Waugh by whom the foregoing certificate has been made, at the time of taking the same was and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly Commissioned and sworn, that the signature affixed to the said Certificate is in the proper hand writing of said Judge, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Newark in the County of said the twentieth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty two. John M c Chesney Clerk

State of New Jersey Essex County ss.
On this Eleventh day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty two before me John J. Plummer a Notary Public Personally appeared George Bokan a resident of the City of Newark aged Seventy two years who being duly sworn according to Law declares that Mary King formerly of the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey (now deceased) did make an affidavit before Samuel D. Miller Esq. then a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex (but now deceased) some time between the years Eighteen hundred and forty and forty four in the case of Sam Freeland Widow of Jacob Freeland for a Pious, wherein the said Mary King did solemnly swear that he knew the said Jacob Freeland and that he was present at the marriage of the said Jacob Freeland and Jane King (who was his sister) that the said marriage was performed at Orange in the County of Essex aforesaid by our Rev. Mr Chapman who was the Minister at that time of the first Presbyterian Church in that place and to the best of his recollection and information it was stated that the marriage took place in the month of March A.D. 1778 or 79. and deponent further saith that he has been informed recently by the Rev Mr White the present Pastor of said Church, that the Rev Mr Chapman was the officiating Clergyman of the Church in Orange from the year 1765 till the year A.D. 1801. when he removed from Orange to Geneva in the State of New York, that the marriage records of said Church were lost or destroyed during the Revolutionary War when Mr Chapman had to flee to Morristown - that the marriage Records of the County in the Clerks office do not go back farther than 1797. That the Family Records of the said Jacob Freeland were destroyed about Thirty

Years since when his dwelling underwent repairs.
George Rohde
Sworn and Subscribed before the way and year first above written: and I Certify that George Rohde is a credible witness -
John L. Thomas Notary Public

No 1316 10977
Jane Vreeland Widow of Jacob
New Jersey
on W Betwood Mch 2 1837
Brillier April 20 1837
on W Halstead June 14 1838
on W Wright 21 Jan y 1845
on Pough July 23 1852
on M Pennington 31 Mch 1854
on R Thompson July 31 1854
Mary Dillier Sep 17 1855
same Octo 11 1855
same Oct 25, 1855
on G W Jones Mch 27 1856
on J Broom May 16, 1856
on S. W. Jones Jan 29/58
chase Ho. of Reps Feb. 8. 1862.
July 4 1836

1612 June 1891 Vreeland, Jacob N5 R10971

Jacob Vrieland: Heirs of. Jane Vrieland Wid. of Jacob Vrieland praying for a Pension for Services of her Father in the Revolutionary War
April 2. 1856. Ref. to the Com, on Rev. Pensions
1857 January 10 Bill H.R. 667
Dec. 19 1857 Referred to the Committee on Rev. Pensions
Feby 15. 1860 Referred to the Com' on Rev Pensions
Mr Robbins Mr Potter Mr A. B. Norton

Petition of Jane Veeland for Revolutionary Pension
2 nd copy
Y. B. Horton Rev Pensions

The Petition of Jane Vreeland Widow of Jacob Vreeland for Revolutionary Pension
Your Petitioner Respectfully Represents, that the said Jacob Vreeland was appointed Ensign , and Lieutenant , during the Revolutionary War & served as such for several years, & nearly through the whole of the War. - That application has been made at the Pension Office for the proper Pension for his said service under the act of 4 th July 1836, and that the proper pension has been refused.
Your petitioner avers that she has fully complied with all the requirements of said law and the instructions of the President forming a part of the same. That the Claim is still denied, thereon the ground that the evidence is not satisfactory. Your petitioner respectfully prays you honorable bodies to pass such an act for the relief of said Jane Vreeland or her children as is just & proper refers you Honorable bodies to the papers on file in the Pension office, and to the letter of the Commission of Pensions of the 21 st January 1845, rejecting the same & show the grounds of refusal of the pension office in the Claim by the Pension office, and will in duty bound ever pray.
Jane Vreeland by S. A. Pugh

St. Paul Esq. Washington City D.C.

Col. Royal Eng. Washington City D. C.
Newark Feby 15 th 1862
Sir
I received yours of the fifteenth wishing me to get the certificates of which I have enclosed to you hoping they are all right and if not please let me know.
P.S. please let me know how you are likely to succeed as soon as convenient as more at present Yours Respectfully
George Houdinger

35 Cong. 3 1 Sep. 3
✓ H Petition of
of John Vreeland, praying to be allowed a pension on account of the services of his father during the Revolution.
1856, Feb. 4. 13. Referred to the Com. on Rev. Claims.
" Feb. 4. 19. Com. discharged & referred to the Com. on Pensions.
1858 Jan. 19, Referred to the Com. on Pensions. Jan. 25, 1859. Reported adversely by Mr. Clay & the report agreed to.
Held till called up.
Mr. Broadhead Coburn
The Petition of John Vreeland for Recommen- datory Pension for the services of his father
for copies of proofs & grounds of rejection
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Broadhead
Rev. Clay

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled,
The Petition of John Vreeland of New Jersey , Respectfully Represents - That he is the son of Jane Vreeland widow of Jacob Vreeland deceased That his said father was an Ensign & Lieutenant, in the War of the Revolution & served as he always under- stood and believes for several years. That his said Mother made application to the Pension Office to be placed on the Pension list, as the widow of said Lieut. Vreeland that Pension Office by a letter dated 21 st January 1845, admitted the sufficiency of the Proof of Marriage but refused to grant the Pension for want of sufficiency of the proof of Service. Your petitioner very believes that the claim to pension is satisfactorily established by the soldiers who served with him, and those who knew him during the War, and that every require- ment of the instructions of the President to the Secretary of War is more than complied with in every sense to the Claimant and therefore, that justice has been denied in the case and the more so, when it is known to the Pension office that there exists little or none of the records of the Militia Service of said State of N. Jersey. Your petition- er therefore asks Congress to pass a law giving the proper pension due for the service of his father aforesaid & will ever pray,
John Vreeland By L. P. Bayle Atty

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Act S. A. Pugh July 23/52. Hon. A. C. M. Pennington. 31 st March 1854. Hon. Jno R. Thompson July 31/54 " John D. Miller, Sept. 17/55
act 4 th July - 1836

Susp. d. V
Let. to Hon. W. Chatwood Mar. 2, 1837.
let 20 April 1837
D. B. Miller.
let 14 June 1838 Hon
W. Walster.
" How from Wright 21. Jany 1825.

Know all men by these presents that we Hannah Rohde wife of George Rohde, John Vreeland and Ellen Strong all of the County of Essex and state of New Jersey, surviving children of Sam Vreeland deceased Widow of said Vreeland who was a Lieutenant in the War of the revolution, do hereby nominate and appoint Mary D Miller of the city of Newark in the county of state aforesaid, our true and lawful attorney, for us and in our name to prosecute our claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or arrear of Pension that may be due us as surviving children of the said Sam Vreeland deceased: And for the purpose of establishing our said claim we do hereby authorize our said attorney to apply for and obtain from the state Archives or other sources certified proofs of the service of the said Jacob Vreeland, to examine all papers or documents in relation to such service on file in the Depart- ments at Washington city or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive for our benefit the certificate for such pension or arrear of pension which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate we wish made payable at the Pension agency of this state; to appoint one or more substitutes under her for the purposes herein expressed and to do all other things that we might or could lawfully do if we were personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals the tenth day of September eighteen hundred and fifty five.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of The word "my" erased and the word "our" written above before signing Jeremiah Doyle Stephen Rohde
Hannah Rohde John Vreeland Ellen Strong

State of New Jersey } Be it known that on this tenth day Essex County ss } of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Essex personally appeared Hannah Ashen John Vreeland and Ellen Strong within names and severally acknowledged the foregoing or within power of Attorney to be their free act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Stephen O. Williams Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } I, James J. Terhune Clerk of the Court Essex County ss } of Assumpsit Pleas of the County of Essex in the state of New Jersey do hereby certify that Stephen O. Williams whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Essex aforesaid, that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and that the above signature is genuine, and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts as such Justice of the peace. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this tenth day of September eighteen hundred and fifty five.
J. J. Terhune Clerk

Know all men by these presents that we Hannah Rohde wife of George Rohde, John Vredland and Ellen Strong, all of the County of Essex and State of New Jersey surviving children of Jane Vredland deceased widow of Jacob Vredland who was a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution, for good and sufficient reasons do hereby revoke, annul and make void all powers of attorney and agencies by us given to D. L. & S. A. Pugh for the purpose of prosecuting our claim against the Government of the United States for pension or arrears of Pension which is or may be due to us as surviving children of the said Jane Vredland deceased.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty five.
Signed sealed & published in the presence of
Hannah Rohde
John Vredland
Ellen Strong
William Doyle Stephen Atkinson
State of New Jersey } Be it known that on this tenth day Essex County ss } of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty five Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Hannah Rohde John Vredland & Ellen Strong above named, and severally acknowledged the foregoing Revocation of Power of Attorney to be their free act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day & year first above written.
Stephen Atkinson Justice of the Peace

James Vreeland 20 th Jan y 1864 no ansr

J. S. H. Pugh Esq. Washington City D.C.
Newark January 31 st 1862
Dear Sir I Received yours of the 25 th of January directed to my Uncle John Vreeland of Belleville who Died January 10 th 1859 Stating you wished to know how many of the Children of his Mother were still living at present. there is only One of the three now living who made the agreement with you. the Widow Hannah Rohde who now resides with me & She is quite an Old Lady eighty one years old & She wished me to say to you for her to have it put through as soon as possible as she is quite old & inform at present. I would like you to answer this letter as soon as possible stating what the prospect of getting it is & how much is coming. if i am not mistaken i think there were three that signed the agreement with you and out of the three two of them are dead Widow Ellen Young & John Vreeland
N B Please direct your letters to George Stoudinger Newark N J no 2 Broad Street as i am Mrs Hannah Rohdes Niece as my Mother was her sister & i tend to all her business
Yours Respectfully George Stoudinger

Additional Evidence of Jane Wheeland - Widow of Lt. Jacob Wheeland Act July 4, 1836 Essex Co. New Jersey
Sam l B Miller Newark N. J.
Wm W Wright H. R.
1836

Affidavits In Relation To the Widow Jane Dreeland, for a Portion Under the Act of July 11 th 1836. —

In the Matter of the application of Widow Jane Vreeland for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836
State of New Jersey ss Essex County
Personally appeared before me John C. Lloyd one of the Judges of the inferior court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, Henry Horton a respectable citizen of said County of Essex and State of New Jersey, who is known by me to be a person entitled to full credit as a witness, who being by me duly sworn deposes and saith, that he is eighty years of age, and that he was well acquainted with Jacob Vreeland (the husband of the widow Jane Vreeland) and that he is knowing, that the said Jacob Vreeland was appointed a Lieutenant under Captain John Vidney and continued in actual service in said company, until the spring of the year 1778, and afterwards, that the said Lieutenant Jacob Vreeland was appointed a Lieutenant in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Abram Spear, and continued a Lieutenant under the said Capt. Spear until the close of the revolu- tionary war, and was, in actual service as Lieuten- ant at least four years during said war, and this deponent further saith, that he was, on duty, while the said Jacob Vreeland was stationed at Belleville and Springfield, and further saith not -- Sworn and subscribed before me Henry Horton on this 19 th day of January A.D. 1842
J. C. Lloyd

In the matter of the application of Widow Jane Vreeland for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836
State of New Jersey Essex County
Personally appeared before me John C. Lloyd one of the Judges of the inferior court of common pleas in and for said County of Essex, Isaac Dodd, a respectable citizen of said County of Essex and State of New Jersey, who is known by me to be a person entitled to full credit as a Witness, who being by me first sworn, depo- =sette and saith that he is eighty four years of age and that he was well acquainted with Jacob Vreeland, deceased the husband of the widow Jane Vreeland and that he is knowing to Jacob Vreeland having belonging to Capt. John Heiducys Company, and to the best of my knowledge, he was at the battle of Springfield, and continued in the service until the close of the Revolutionary war
Isaac Dodd
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 th day of January A.D. 1840
J. C. Lloyd

State of New Jersey.
I Charles Wm Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey - do hereby certify that John C. Lloyd Esqre before whom the affidavits of Henry Hester and Isaac Dodd were taken was at the time of the doing thereof one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex in said State duly appointed Commissioned and sworn that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations. and that his signatures thereto are in the proper handwriting of the said John C Lloyd Esqre.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at the City of Trenton in said State this fifteenth day of July One thousand Eight hundred and forty four.
Charles Wm Chesney Secy of State

Claim of, Jane Vreeland (Deceased) Act of, 1836
STATE OF New Jersey } ss. COUNTY Essex }
Be it known, That on this twenty first day of July A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John Vreeland a resident of Belleville in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of Jane Vreeland  deceased (widow of Jacob Vreeland ) who died on the 20 th day of March A D 1845 and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner applicant for a Revolutionary pension
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum; that has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased  allowed ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. Stephen R Haines J. Peace.
John Vreeland
I, Stephen R Haines Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that John Vreeland who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Stephen R Haines J. Peace.
I, John R Weeks Clerk of the _____ Court of Common Pleas in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Stephen R Haines before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is the signature of the said Stephen R Haines . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this Twenty first day of
July A. D. 185 2 . The words "of Common Pleas" are interlined in this certificate.
J R Weeks Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, John Vreeland of the township of Bellville in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, do hereby constitute and appoint D. L. & S. A. Pugh of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of John Vreeland for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the said D. L. & S. A. Pugh to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, revoking all other powers . WITNESS my hand and Seal this 21 st day July A. D., 185 2.
John Vreeland
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Stephen R. Haines
STATE OF New Jersey } ss: COUNTY OF Essex }
On this twenty first day of July A. D. 185 2 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Vreeland and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen R. Haines J. Peace.

Ex 16 H. W. Pugh Dec 29-57

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mrs Hannah Rohde child and daughter of Mrs Jane Breeland (deceased), widow of Sarah Breeland (deceased)
hereby constitute and appoint D. L. & S. A. Peugt of Washington City D. C. my true and lawful Agents and Attorneys to prosecute the Claim of Mrs Jane Breeland (deceased) for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to
to appoint one or more substitutes under him her for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 25 day December A. D., 185/.
Hannah Rohde
Signed and Sealed in the presence of George Standing John L. Davis
STATE OF New Jersey } COUNTY OF Essex } ss:
On this Twenty fifth day of December A. D. 185/ before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Rohde and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. }
John L. Davis J. Peace. Notary Public

Claim of Act of
STATE OF New Jersey } ss. COUNTY Essex
COUNTY Essex ) Be it known, That on this Tuesday fifth day of December A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs Hannah Rohde a resident of Newark in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the Identical daughter and child of Mrs Jane Bree land (deceased) widow of Isaac Bree land (deceased)
who was a Revolutionary Russian  Soldier
Dollars per annum ; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
John L. Russell 1-18-66.
Stolay Pulvis
I, John J. Klemme a Notary Public  Justice of the Peace , in and for said County do hereby certify that Mrs. Hannah Rohde who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
John L. Lewis J. Reace. Harry P. Davis
I, _____ Clerk of the _____ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _____ before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is _____ signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this _____ day of _____ A. D. 185_____
A. D. 185
Clerk.

STATE OF New Jersey } ss. COUNTY OF Essex - }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me John S. Plume a Notary Public in and for said State of New Jersey that Mrs Jane Breeland (deceased) widow of Jacob Breeland (deceased) who applicant for was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ per annum and that she died on the twentieth day of March eighteen hundred and forty five leaving surviving three children whose names are John Breeland Mrs Hannah Rohde & Mrs Ellen Strong and that they are
the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Mrs Jane Breeland (deceased) widow of Jacob Breeland (deceased) who left a widow
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Twenty fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty. at the City of Newark
John S. Plume Notary Public

JANE VREELAND.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 667.]
JANUARY 10, 1857.
Mr. BROOM, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT.
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of Jane Vreeland, widow of Jacob Vreeland, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report:
That the application in this case is for a pension for the service of her said husband as lieutenant during the revolutionary war in the State of New Jersey. The widow states in her declaration, under oath, that her husband served as lieutenant under Captains Spier and Gerolamon, from 1778 to the end of the war, and was on duty as much as four months in each year, from 1778 to 1782, making in all one year and eight months. She details various skirmishes and battles in which her husband was engaged, which accord so much with the known history of the times, as to give great credibility to her statement. She produces several witnesses who were soldiers in the war of the Revolution, and who served under her husband, all of whom fully corroborate her statement, and who detail many of the particulars of their own service, as well as those of the service of the husband of said Jane Vreeland, (having been neighbors both during and since the war,) and who state the service with so much distinctness as to leave no doubt of the correctness of their testimony. A daughter of said Jane Vreeland states that she has frequently seen the commission and epaulets of her said father, and she describes the seal on his commission.
The records of New Jersey show a payment of interest to Jacob Vreeland, and the Pension Office shows that the captains under whom the widow states her husband served are found on its rolls. The fact that the marriage took place in March, 1778, is also proven in a very satisfactory manner by the testimony of those who saw the ceremony performed, and also by the ages of the children. The only objection to the allowance of this claim by the Pension Office appears to be the general character of the statement of the widow. (See letter January 21, 1845, filed in the case.)
How the statement of a claim by the widow of one who performed the service her husband did, after a lapse of near sixty years, could be made more in detail or more specific, would be very difficult, if not impossible. Your committee can recognise no validity in such an objection, and therefore report a bill for the relief of the petitioner.

627 Broad St. Newark N.J.
October 6 th 1833.
Hon. Josiah Kirt
On the 27 th ult. as you requested I sent to you record proof of the service of Jacob Freeland with a letter from Mr. Allison but not having since heard from you I fear it may not have been filed with the papers of Mrs. Jane Freeland widow of Jacob who, in her life-time, applied for the benefit of the Act of July 4. 1836. If you should require proof that Jacob Freeland and Jacob Freeland were one and the same person I can furnish you with affidavits from credible & disinterested persons here to the effect that the family spell their name indifferently with F or V. Your early attention is earnestly solicited to this case. Please let me hear whether that proof of service is satisfactory; if it

Should be so I hope to be able to obviate any remaining difficulty if it exists.
Respectfully -
Mary D. Miller.

H. R. 667.
A BILL
For the relief of Jane Vreeland.
JANUARY 10, 1857.—Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

[Report No. 69.]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
JANUARY 10, 1857.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. BROOM, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Jane Vreeland.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3       That the Secretary of the Interior cause the name of 4       Jane Vreeland, widow of Jacob Vreeland, late of the 5       State of New Jersey, and who was a lieutenant in the war 6       of the Revolution in said State, to be placed on the 7       pension roll of said State, at the proper rate of pension 8       due for this service in the years seventeen hundred and seventy- 9       eight, seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, seventeen hundred 10       and eighty, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, and seventeen 11       hundred and eighty-two, for twenty months' service, under the 12       act fourth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and that the 13       amount so found due be paid to the said Jane Vreeland, or, in 14       the event of her decease, to her surviving children.

627 Broad St. Newark N. J. October 15, 1833.
Hon. Josiah Minot
(Yours of the 9 th & 11 th Insts., in reference to the case of Mrs. Jane Vreeland (widow of Jacob Vreeland or Freeland) who applied for a Pension under the Act of July 4, 1836, are received. In the former you ask sundry questions which were answered many years ago by affidavits forwarded to Washington by my father. I have copies of a number in his hand- writing, I fear that those already forwarded may be lost I enclose a copy of one of which I beg your patient perusal inasmuch as it clearly answers all your questions excepting that in regard to the date of Mrs. Jane Vreeland's death which occurred March 20, 1845, & in regard to the number of her children now living; Their names are as follows John Vreeland, Hannah Rohde, & Ellen Strong. In your letter of Sept. 17 you say

"The pay rolls of the Essex & Middlesex militia do not contain the name of Jacob Vreeland as officer or soldier", - but they may contain the name of Jacob Freeland & will you not admit that they are one & the same as the family spell it indifferently with H or V? I think it strange that in your letter to me of Sept. 17 you should request me to procure proof of Jacob Vreeland's service from our Secretary of State, & in your last letter, should state that exactly similar proof had been previously furnished by Mr. Allison's immediate predecessor; whereas Mr. Allison assures me that Freeland & not Vreeland is the name which he finds on the files, alledging them to be the same name in reality.
Mr. Edwards, former Commissioner, in a letter to my father, of June 1838 says "Mrs. Jane Vreeland's papers are on file, & a pension will probably be allowed upon the exhibition of record evidence, & a specification of the tours of service by witnesses."
Respectfully Mary O. Miller.

627 Broad St. Newark N. Jersey. September 28, 1855.
Hon. Josiah Minot
I have to-day received from Mr. Allison record evidence of the service of Jacob Freeland, which I enclose to you, together with the Secretary's letter to me, which accompanied the Certificate. You will please to let me know what more remains to be done by me in regard to this claim. It is a well known fact here that the father of these claimants had the reputation of being a gallant soldier.
Respectfully Mary D. Miller.

627 Broad St Newark N.J.
Sept. 11. 1835.
Hon. Josiah Minot
Mrs. Jane Vreeland decd. widow of Jacob Vreeland decd. applied for a Pension under the Act of July 4. 1836. My father, Samuel B. Miller collected the evidence in her case & considered her claim one of the strongest he had ever presented. Had he lived I think it would have been granted long ago; - may I solicit your early attention to this claim and a report of the result of your examination. I enclose a Power of Attorney, and a revocation of a former Power of Attorney given to Mr. Pugh of Washington who came to Newark immediately after my father's death & solicited Mrs. Vreeland's heirs to empower him to act in the case which they did. Hoping to hear from you soon in regard to this claim I am
Most Respectfully
Mary C. Miller.

House of Representatives Committee Room Revolut y Pensions - May 13. 1856.
Sir,
I have the honor to request for the use of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, the papers on file in your Department relating to the pension claim of Jane Vreeland, Heir of Jacob Vreeland, together with a copy of the letter of the Comm ee of Pensions of the 21 st Jan y 1845, rejecting the claim.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.,
Jacob Brown
Chairm ee Comm ee
Hon: J. Morton
Comm ee of Pensions -

Jacob Freeland New Jersey
By Mrs Mary D Miller
October 9 / 1835
A subsequent letter shows that the use of Jane Vreeland was referred to,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pension Office, Official B
C

10,971 P.O. Dane Treeland
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Verification filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Certificate of Com d of Power of Atty.
Dated 27 th March 1865.
filed 28 th July 1852

STATE OF New Jersey } ss. COUNTY OF Essex }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me William E. McDonnell, Surrogate of the County aforesaid
that Jane Vreeland was applicant for the a Revolutionary Pension of the United States at the rate of $ _____ per annum and that she died on the twentieth day of March eighteen hundred and forty five .
leaving surviving her, children whose names are John Vreeland Mrs. Hannah Rhoda, and Ellen Strong and that John Vreeland, Mrs. Hannah Rhoda, and Ellen Strong
are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Jane Vreeland deceased
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty two .
Wm. E. McDonnell Surrogate
Surrogate in Part James

Receipts for Cash paid years' interest on Notes given by the Commissioners of the several Counties for Militia Services.
   No. of Voucher. No. of Certif. Date. SIGNED BY. PAYABLE TO. Amount. 1 y's int.     Indent 10714 Aug 19 1784 Thos. Clark Jacob Vrieland £ 7. 1. 3  
STATE OF NEW JERSEY:
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, 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 Thomas Clark 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 Essex 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.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this fifteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty- four .
Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State.

   No Dates Reg t or Batt n Officers Names Where Served Under whom H S L     55 Oct 17, 1777 1 st Essex Batt n Capt. A. Spicer Second River Maj. C. Dood 140 14 "   56 Dec 21, " Do. Do. Do Do 245 18 "   60 Oct 8 " Capt. Spicer Capt. Spicer Do Do 91 14 6   63 Nov 23, 1776 Do Lieut. Spicer Elizabethtown Lieut. Col. Garmus 30 14 4   146 May 17, 1778 2 nd Batt n Essex Capt. Spicer Newark Maj. Hayes 221 12 9   147 Aug 19, " Do Capt. Spicer Do Do 189 4 6   205 July 2, 1778 Do Capt. A. Spicer Alarm Col. Van Courtlandt 244 6 10   222 July 2, " Do Capt. Spicer Sequacknack Do 43 14 10   223 Oct 12 " Do Do Do Do 109 14 11   338 March 9, 1780 Essex Reg t Capt. Spicer Second River Col. Van Courtlandt 397 6 8   339 June 1779. Do Do Essex Do 24 5 0   344 June 1 st " Do Capt. Spicer Do 24 " "  
State of New Jersey
I James D. Westcott Secretary of the State of New Jersey do certify, that the foregoing is truly extracted from an account headed "Abstract of Pay rolls, discharged by Isaac Halsey Paymaster to the Militia of the counties of Essex and Middlesex" recorded in Book A of Auditor's accounts, during the Revolutionary War, now remaining in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton this twenty fourth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree.
James D. Westcott

State of New Jersey
I Whitfield S. Johnson Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that I have made diligent search and find no record in my office showing Jacob Treland to have been a Lieutenant in the Militia or State service of New Jersey during the period of the revolution And I further certify that the records of this office contain but little evidence of the Revolutionary services of its Officers and Soldiers, (and of the appointment of its Officers)
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office This Twenty fourth day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and sixty two.
W. S. Johnson, Sec of State

Miss Mary D. Miller 677 Broadway New York New Jersey

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. DATE. SIGNED BY PAYABLE TO AMOUNT.     1074 Aug. 9. 1784 Thos. Clark Jacob Spiceland £7. 1. 3  
STATE OF NEW JERSEY :
I, 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 Thomas Clark Esq. 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 Essex — 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.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said State, this Twenty sixth day of September — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five ,
Thos S. Allison Secretary of State.

Pension Office March 27. 1856
Sir:
I have the honor to enclose the papers in the case of Jane Vreeland , dec d , widow of Jacob of New Jersey. In 1837 she claimed that her husband was in 1778, appointed Lieutenant of a Company commanded by Capt. Abraham Ipson of Col Philip Van Cortlandt's Regiment of New Jersey Militia, and continued to serve to the end of the war of the Revolution.
The rule of this office is, and always has been, though occasionally departed from, when the parol evidence was so conclusive as to render it morally certain that the service claimed had been rendered - that the service of an Officer whose grade required a Commission, should be proved by the production of a Commission or of Evidence tantamount to a Commission.
In this case it is not Contended that this requirement has been met, but upon the contrary it is admitted that no Commission is in Existence, and the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey does not furnish any Evidence that any one of his name occupied the position of an Officer at all, during the war of the Revolution. Nor do the Rolls of this office afford the least evidence tending to corroborate the statements of the widow. The claimants have been obliged, therefore, to rely altogether upon the testimony of witnesses. I need then only to call your attention

to the affidavits of Amy King, Moses & Isaac Dodd, Simon Stevers and Henry Austin. These men all declare that her husband did serve at various times as Ensign & Lieutenant, Some of them fix the commencement of his service at two years before she does and others at the same time. But the principal feature in all the testimony is, the want of any such description of service as would enable this Office to test the ac- curacy of the memorys of the witnesses. But as far as they do attempt to particularize they contradict the known history not only of the New Jersey Militia service, but the Militia Service of every State in the Union, for, it is notorious that that character of service was rendered in short tours of a few months at a time, to meet certain exigencies. The Act of 1832, upon which is based the Act of 1836 under which she applied only gives pro rata pensions. It is necessary therefore that the length of service should be accurately fixed. There can be no question but that her husband did serve in the war of the Revolution, but how long did he serve? This Office cannot admit a pension for any given length of service upon the affidavit of a witness that a man served about or over two years. The experience of every Examiner in the Office will show that the men who rendered the service make great mistake

as to the time they entered the Service and the length of time they served. With how much caution then must we receive the testimony of witnesses who did not even serve in the same Company or Regiment with them? I am Satisfied that there is nothing in the testimony which would enable this Officer even to approximate the length of Service rendered by her husband.
As to the date of her marriage, all the witnesses declare that they have understood that it occurred during the war of the Revolution, I would remark, that it might so have occurred and from anything that I can discover still not have been during her husband's service But the proof as to that fact is clearly insufficient. The witnesses in the absence of all record tending to fix the time, should state how they are enabled to do so, — It is not sufficient that a witness states a thing to have happened at a given time unless he is enabled to fortify his memory by a reference to collateral circumstances, for there is nothing about which men are so apt to be mistaken, as to dates. It would, I apprehend be safe to admit that the marriage occurred before 1794, but not before the termination of the husband's service?
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Thos D. Webb
Hon. G. M. Jones Chr. Com. Pen. U. S. Senate
S. Cole for Commissioner

Washington D.C. 6th Febry 1869
Hon. J. H. Barrett Sir -
With this enclose you evidence of my authority subsisting for several years in the cause of Yankee land of N. J. for Peop. Pension
The papers are on file in the Clerks office of the House Reps. I respectfully request that they be called for
I am very Resp ly yours & J. H. Dugle

Washington, D.C.
17 th Feb y 1864.
Hon. J. H. Banell Comm.
Sir
In the case of Jane Needland Widow of Jacob of N.J. I beg to present the following views to show that the claim should be admitted in part at least i.e. to about 20 Months service as such.
In 1845. When the claim was before the Office. The Comm. decided that the proof of Marriage was satisfac- tory, but that the claim to service was not sufficiently specific in its details, hence the question is considered as disposed of (See letter 21 Jan y 1845.)
To any one familiar with the history of the events during the Revolution in the State of New Jersey, knows that about one half of the Militia was in service every two Months , and the other half, the next two Months alternately, thus, giving all the able bodied Men an opportunity to provide means at home for subsistence and to repel the enemy.
In all the testimony taken in this case it clear- ly establishes this fact, to wit: alternate service every two Months, & the history of the State confirms it.

It is in proof in the Pension Office that Captain Abraham Speer under whom Vredland served much of his time, is pensioned for $180 per annum, whose statement under oath confirms collaterally the statement Mrs Vredland (N Jersey)
It is also a well known fact that the State Records of New Jersey furnishes little or no evidence of its Revolutionary service, the evidence having been sent to Washington, and burned in the Treasury in 1836.
On the application to Congress the Com ee having charge of the case, investigated it thoroughly, and reported a bill for 72 months service as Lieut.
It is respectfully insisted, that with due respect to the decision of the Com ee of Congress, the additional fact referred to, to wit: the allowance the Com ee of Capt Speer, and the decision of the Secretary in the case of Sarah Hubbard, that the claim to 72 months service as Lieut, should be allowed
I am respectfully
Yours
A. H. Pugh

Newark New-Jersey April 13 th 1837 Y. S. Oldword Esq
As I received your Letter of the 10 th Instant by Yesterday Mail & was Sorry to learn that the Declaration and evidence in the claim of the Widow, Betsy  Vreeland , Sydia  Dean & Abigail  Andrews - had not yet been found. As it will be attended with a good deal of trouble & expense to make out new papers. - They residing remote from each other as well as their evidence of Marriage & as to Mrs Sydia  Dean she has been confined to her bed for several years last past. & as to part of the evidence of Mrs Betsy  Vreeland , It was obtained by sending to the State of Connecticut. - Therefore you will please to make a Thorough search for said papers & should they not be found let me know, without delay. So that I may proceed to make out New papers as they are quite impatient to have their claims examined. As to the affidavit of the County Clerk, as mentioned in your Letter of the 10 th Instant. You will find by the Statute of this State, there was no Law requiring Marriages to be recorded by the Clerk of the County until March 1 st 1795 and of course no record to be found of Marriages in any of the counties in the State of New-Jersey before 1795. Never- theless as you require the Affidavit of the County Clerk I shall endeavor to forward one to you as soon as I can obtain a sworn copy of the family record or the original in the case of Mrs Mary  Diner , She residing about twelve

Miles from this place — I also herewith enclose to you the Declaration and Evidence of the Widow Betsy Deeds her Declaration having been retained sometime in hopes of finding some evidence that would give a more specific and detailed statement of each term of actual service performed by her husband in the war of the Revolution. — But find it impossible after so great a length of time having elapsed — Therefore her claim must be submitted to you as it now stands. — M rs Deeds father resided near Trembley point in this county during the war of the Revolution & of course near the enemy's lines and suffered much during the war of the Revolution & she had one brother made prisoner by the Refugees by the name of Stephen Ball, taken onto Staten Island and hung on account of his great annoyance to their depredations. — And I believe she is the only one now living of the family.
Your Attention to the above will much oblige your with the Highest respect &c
Sam l B. Miller
Jane M c Lain

Washington D.C. March 17. 1836.
Sir
Enclosed please find petition of John Breeland, a Revolutionary pensioner. The committee desire such proofs in regard to the claim as the files of your office may afford. Also please state the grounds of your rejection of the case
Very Respectfully
Geo. W. Jones
Chf. Com. Pensions
Hon J. Minot Comr Pensions Present.

Pension Office,
January 29. 1835.
Sir, In response to the request of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions of the Senate to be furnished with the papers in the case of Jane Treland, I have the honor to state that no evidence in relation thereto has been filed since copies of those material to the merits of the claim were sent to the Committee on the 27 th of March, 1834. These copies are, therefore, herewith returned.
With much respect,
Your Obedt. Servt.,
Woodworth Commissioner.
Hon Geo. W. Jones, Chairman Rev. Pensions, U. S. Senate.

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Pension Office January 20. 1845
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the additional evidence in the case of Jane Vreeland claiming a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, which has been examined & filed. The certificate of the Secretary of War only proves that Jacob Vreeland served in the Revolutionary War, a point that has always been conceded, but throws no light on the questions at issue in the case viz: how long he was in service and in what capacity. The pension under the above named Act being rateable, the exact amount of actual service should be ascertained with a view to the graduation of the allowance. The claimant sets forth her service in general terms, but does not enter into the particulars, as regards the length and character of each term as she should do nor do the depositions now filed supply the want of such information. Unless precise testimony be furnished whereby to come at the amount of pension to be allowed the claim cannot be admitted. Mr Miller's letter to you

Pension Office May 16. 1856.
Sir:
In accordance to your request, I enclose herewith a copy of a letter from this office of the 21 st January 1845, to the Hon. W m Wright in reference to the claim of Jane Vreland, widow Jacob Vreland of New Jersey.
The papers in the case were sent to the Hon. Geo. H. Jones, Chairman of Senate Committee on Pensions, on the 27 th March last.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Yours At Serv!
J. M. Cole for Commissioner
Hon. Jacob Broom, Chairman Com. on Rev. Pensions House of Representatives

Esop County } Before me personally Esop County } appeared Mary King who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that she is about eightythree years of age, that she was married in the Township of Bloomfield near Belleville fifty three years ago, and still resides in the Township of Belleville, has known Jacob Bruland and Jane his wife since I was eighteen years of age, they were then married and had three children and lived together in harmony as man and wife until death separated them — Jane Bruland wife of Jacob Bruland died in the month of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty five, before I went further saith, that she was not pres- -ent at the marriage of the said Jacob Bruland and Jane his wife, but understood that they were married at Orange in the county of Esop by the Reverend W m Chapman and further that she has no doubt of the fact, because they were respectable & esteem- -ed persons, and always recognized to be lawfully married — Mary King Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of August A.D. 1852 } W. L. Soper Justice of the Peace }

State of New Jersey Essex County B:
I John R Weeks clerk of the County of Essex do hereby certify that John C Lloyd Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and taken was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that all his acts as such Justice are entitled to full Credit and that the name John C Lloyd thereto is his genuine signature In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this Eleventh day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty two.
J. R. Weeks, Clk.

Senate Chamber Feb 26 th 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir
I respectfully request your attention to the Claim of Free land widow of Jacob for pension under act 1836, as Lieut. during the Revolutionary War. The case appears from an abstract of the same, which is herewith annexed to be fully substantiated for at least 18 months service and the proof of marriage equally satisfactory. Mrs. Free land states under oath in 1837, that her husband Jacob Free land, app d Lt. under Capt. Abraham Spier, from 1778, until the close of the war, and was in duty as much as 4 months each year, from 1778, until 1782, making in all about one year and 8 months in actual service . Sometimes under Capt. Spier & sometimes under Captain Henry Seralamon, and at other times was out as Lt. when neither of these were on duty as Capt. & was stationed at Second River - Elizabeth Town Point, at Rahway St. Farms, & Springfield, under Col. Van Courtland. - that she was married March 1778, by the Rev a Mr. Chapman of Orange in County & that she can find no record of her marriage.
Avery King aged 82 in 1836, swears that he was a Revolutionary Soldier & knew well Jacob Free land before and during the war, that he (Free land) married

the sister of said King & they were married 26 th March 1778, he was present & saw them married & knows that said Freeland was appointed Ensign in 1776, under Captain James Thompson, & continued with him until 1777, when John Redding was app d Capt d & Jacob Freeland app d Lt d until 1778, when Redding resigned & Freeland was ap- -pointed Lt d in Capt d Spicer, Co. & was sometimes under Capt d Geraldaman, & other Captains, in Col. Peter Van Courtland's Reg t . Major Samuel Hays & Freeland was at New Wind- =sor, N.Y. that they were together at the battle of Springfield, the skirmish at Second River, and in actual service two years.
Moses Dodd , a soldier in the Revolution was well acquainted with Jacob Freeland, always understood they were married during the war, & lived near him until his death, was out as a soldier with him, and knows that he was Lieut. in Capt d Spicer, Co. & also Capt d Geraldaman's from 1778, was with him at Staten Island, under Gen t Dickerson & was in the skirmish with him at 2 d River, & knows he was in actual service at least 4 months in each year from 1778, un- -til the close of the war & none were more faithful.
Susan Sipes , 76 years of age, in 1837, swears she always knew Jacob Freeland, that he was married during the war, has often seen him on duty as Lt d in Capt d Spicer, Co. Col. Van Courtland's also Capt d Geraldaman, Major S. Hays, cannot state the period of service but knows he must have served two years as a faithful soldier.

Henry Austin, 80 years of age, knows Threlund was appointed Lieut. under Capt. Spier, & continued until 1778, & was then appointed under Capt. Geralamun, & was in actual service at least 4 years he was in duty when Threlund was Lieut., at Bellsville, & Springfield, &c.
Mary Geralamun (a daughter) swears that she has seen her father's Commission & Epaulet and that (she describes the seal) & has always understood he was out nearly all the war of the Revolution.
Mary King 83 years of age was married in the Township of Bloomfield 63 years ago, & still resides there & knows Jane Threlund & always understood, though not present at the wedding, that they were then married as she states, has known them ever since she was 18 years of age, they were then married & had 3 children, & knew them both until their death, & they were very respectable persons.
George Rhoda, aged 72. swears that he has been recently informed by the Rev. Mr. White the present Pastor of Orange, that the Rev. Mr. Chapman was pastor at Orange, from 1765. to 1801. that the Marriage Records were destroyed during the Revolutionary War, & Mr. Chapman's Hall to fly from Morristown. & the Marriage Records do not go back further in Clerks Records than 1797. that the family Record was destroyed some 30 years ago during the repairs of the house

The records of New Jersey show a certificate for interest due. Jacob Spiceland & the Records of the Pension Office show that Spiceland & Generalamon were Capt. & that Saml. Hays was Major. D. Van Courtland Col. of the Regt. but it shows no Officers of grade lower than Lt.
The only question raised heretofore by the Pension Office (see letter 21 st Jan y 1845.) is the general character of the statement of Mrs. Spiceland. The only facts necessary to be proved is the length of service & the time of marriage. The latter is admitted & the former for a period of 20 months is established, first by the widows statements. Secondly, by three witnesses from personal knowledge, & who served under him, all state he served not less than 4 months in each of the years 1778, 79, & 81. & 1782, & one says who served under him, that he served as Lt. not less than 2 years.
Now the absence of the Records of Militia service of the several states & especially that of the N. Jersey is admitted by the Pension Office, and to execute the law in the spirit of its intention the President was empowered to make regulations which admits of the allowance & pensions for just cases as this, (see Pension Office edition Pension Laws Compiled under 1849. page 103.) where the "Claimants" must in every case where there is no record or documentary evidence of service of the Officers or soldiers deceased, there must be produced the testimony of at least one credible witness. In this case the evidence is abundant to prove the service of 18 months & the regulations more than complied with.

I therefore hope the foregoing statement of fact, will authorize the department to cause to be issued a certificate therefor.
I have the honor to be Respectfully Yours M c Whorter