Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 119, Christopher Van Arsdalen, New Jersey

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New Jersey
Van Arsdales Christopher W. 119 Sarah
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N o 5864
New Jersey
Christopher Vanarsdalen
of Somerset Co., in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Jan Eyck of the Reg't commanded by Quirk in the N. Jersey Militia time for 2 years Private $ 80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to Hon. J. Southard, H. R.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832  120.00    Pens ant. allowance ending 14. March 1833  40.00     $ 160.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 4 Page 181

Application of Christopher Vanarsdal of Somerville, New Jersey for a pension
No 6489.
Forward Certificate to T. A. Hartwell Somerville, N. Jersey
P. 6.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - State of New Jersey, Somerset County, p. On this sixteenth of August Eighteen hundred thirty five personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Bridgewater in said County Christopher Vannandall a resident of the Township of Hillsborough in said County aged forty two years - who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers & served as herein stated - That he volunteered at Raritan in said County then under Capt J. Ten Eyck in 1776. marched to Reading, Quaker Tavern - Pitts Town - Hacketstown & other places - and the best part of a month - Brimsfield Colo. Medadiah commenced - In the same year he volunteered & marched to Bergen under S. Capt. Was there when the British burnt New York & the Battle of Long Island - Saw the tall staff fall - Was out this time about four months - That is one month for himself - one month as a substitute for Philip Vannandall - Again a month for himself, Last month who the man was a substitute for, the fourth month - Served another tour of six weeks or two months at Commonpleas - Was at Newark in said service at least two months under Capt Logan & Ten Eyck - Came home after this - Volunteered again under different Captains & was in the service in the winter of 1777, marched to Millstone & remained guarding the lines for himself & as a substitute for some person whose name yet believe it was for his father he cannot recall, was out at this time at least three months, to with January February & March - After a few days he again volunteered & served another month in the neighborhood of Millstone - He was in the Millstone Battle, & helped take the British Baggage Waggons - Two of our men were killed - one's name was Weaver

After this block"> After this he was out on a scout along the lines for a considerable time cannot say how long but thinks altogether on much as a month. He again volunteered or was drafted & marched to Bridgetown & was there & in the neighborhood a month - Colo. Lint commanded. He next turned out & marched to Elizabeth Town & Newark & was out between three & four months - He was guarding the shores was about two weeks at Agnarkankute of this time. This was in 1778. He again served at Elizabeth Town, marched to Staten Island in the night & during this year he was out at least four months & in the year 1779 he was out at least three months - in 1780 he was out between three & four months & in the year 1781, he was out two or three months - one month of this time he was at New Brunswick - Depend on further faith that he was out in said service every year from the commencement to the end of the war. Believes he was in said service at least two years - He resided in said County during the above time - He was commanded by Capt. Van Ryst. Logan - Dyatt & others Colo. Fritschygen - Colo. Ogden - Colo. Dyk- ing - Colo. Lint, Medskah - Van Ryst - He was also out one or two months in the service under Capt. Dyatt at Elizabeth Town attacked as he then understood to Genl. Patricks Division. This service was as a substitute for his brother John, who was entitled in the nine months service (& who was sick) in 1778. He has no documentary evidence of his services - He was born in the County of Somerset & resided in it ever since except about four or five years when a boy he lived in Haverden - & a short time in Middlesex - He hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present claim that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Christo. V. Arstaken

W. M. Gaston
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We Peter Labagh a clergyman residing in the Township of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset and John Tellinghuy- sen residing at Bridgewater in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Christopher Van Asselien who has sub- scribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is respected and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
W. M. Gaston
Peter Labagh J. Tellinghuyse
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Peter Labagh of the Township of Hillsborough who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman and that J. W. Tellinghuyse who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Bridgewater and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit.
W. M. Gaston
Edward Van Deusen
A. T. Root

Somerset County ss - Cornelius Van Dyke being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he knew the above named Christopher Van Arsdale in the time of the Revolution. and knows he served as a soldier of the Army of the United States, he was with the said Van Arsdale as a soldier at Communipew and he further saith that the said Van Arsdale continued throughout the war (Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court. date as aforesaid) Cornelius Van Dyke Wm. H. Gaston
Somerset County ss - Peter Kinney being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he knew the above Christopher Van Arsdale in the time of the Revolution. and knows that he served as a soldier in the Army he was with the said Van Arsdale at Elizabeth town & Newark and a number of other places. he served throughout the war Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Peter Kinney Wm. H. Gaston
State of New Jersey ss Somerset County ss - I, J. K. Mann Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Christopher Van Arsdale for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eigh- teenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
J. K. Mann

Personally appeared before me the subscriber W. B. Gaston Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Seneca, Christopher Van Andel who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith, that by reason of old age & the continual loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grace. For Two Years & one month I served as a soldier & for such service I claim a pension. My service was rendered in every year from the beginning to the end of the war. Sworn & subscribed this 15 th day of February 1833. — Christo r V. Andel
W. B. Gaston
I William B. Gaston the magistrate to administer the foregoing oaths do hereby certify that Rev d Peter Labagh, John Frelinghuysen, Cornelius Van Dyke, & Peter Kinney are persons of truth and credibility, and entitled to credit and belief. February 15 th 1833 —
W. B. Gaston

State of New Jersey } Somerset County ss } I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior said county hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Clinton Van Arsdale for a pension. And I further certify that William P. Easton, before whom the additional affidavit was made and the additional certificate annexed was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Judge of said Court in full commission and that the proper signature of the said William P. Easton is subscribed to said Affidavit and Certificate.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Bridgewater this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
J. M. Mann

6070
New Jersey
Sarah Van Arsdalen
widow of Christopher Van Arsdalen who was a Private Col d Zwick in the Revolution
Rep.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Sept. 1844 and sent to James F. Randolph Mansfield N.J.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 17. 1844
Recorded in Book 1.
Vol. 1, Page 127.

Sarah Mandella for in care of Pennsylvania Jan 1 1898
James H. Randolph Agent N. Brunswick N.J.

June 28th 1838 no 77 Application of Sarah Van Rassel, of Somerset County, New Jersey, widow of Christopher Van Rassel, dec. for an increase of Pension.
State of New Jersey, Somerset County, ss. On this 22 nd day of May, one thousand eight hundred & forty three, before me a Justice of the Peace, and a Judge of the Peace, in & for said County, personally appeared Sarah Van Rassel, of said County, known to me to be the widow of Christopher Van Rassel, dec. and a credible person, also being duly sworn, on her oath saith, that she is the widow of Christopher Van Rassel, late of the County aforesaid, dec.; that her husband was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, did duty as a militiaman in said War in New Jersey, and received a Pension therefor at the rate of fifty dollars per annum; that she has since applied for a Pension under the act of July 7. 1838, and obtained a Pension of only thirty dollars a year; that firmly believing that her husband did all the service he claimed for in her application, & received pay for no more than he rendered, she was unwilling to surrender any portion of her just claim, without a suitable effort to enforce it; that she has been favored with kind friends and faithful agents to assist her, and trusts that through their exertions, she may succeed in satisfying the Department that her husband's allowance was only a fair one, & that she is entitled; that she always understood from her husband, that besides the ordinary & extraordinary hours of duty he performed, he was

out in what was called the "nine months service," or served nine consecutive months, at one time; that she has happily been able to find a few of the Muster Pay & Bounty Rolls of her husband's Capt. Jacob Van Eyck, and by these she proves some six months or more of service, at an early period of the war; that besides these rolls, she is in possession of John Van Eyck, a descendant of Capt. Jacob Van Eyck, she understands, that a considerable number of other of said rolls, are on the files of the Pension Office in the cases of Ralph Van Pelt, & Mr. Winterstein, of New Jersey, and of Joseph Stull, of New York, and to these rolls, she refers as a part of the testimony in her case, & to sustain her application. That further evidence may be produced by her friends & agents, she is enabled to say, and has no doubt they will do all in their power. She respectfully prays a review of her case, & such further allowance as the justice & equity of it may authorize. Mon. Submitted the day year aforesaid, before me
James Taylor Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Pleas
Sarah Van der Walen

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss: On this nineteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred & forty three, before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Van Eyck, known to me and credible per- son being duly sworn, on his oath said, that he is the grandson of Jacob Van Eyck, for- merly of the County of Somerset, dec. who was a captain of militia in the time of the Revolution; that he has in possession certain of the original Muster Pay & Bounty Rolls of the Revolution, of the said Capt. Van Eyck; that on one of the Pay Rolls of 1776 he finds the amount of one pound two shillings & four pence (L1. 2. 4) paid to Christopher Van Caledon, late of the County aforesaid, dec. for services rendered in that year for a "Campaign in Bergen County before Harlem." That in ano- ther roll of 1776 is the name of said Van Caledon as serving under said Capt. Van Eyck, in Bergen County, from "July 8, 1776 to November" of the same year; that on another roll, the said Van Caledon is found as having served under the said Capt. Van Eyck, from the 17 th Febru- ary, 1777, to the 23 rd of the same month, but where is not specified; that on another roll the said Van Caledon is found as having served under the said Capt. Van Eyck "at the alarm at Westfield," one month from the 25 th of September, 1778, less six days, which he was absent; that certain other of said Pay or Mus- ter rolls, or both, has passed out of his possession, and as he is informed & believes are on the files of the Pennsylvania Office at Washington, in the cases of Ralph Van Pelt, of the County of Somerset aforesaid,

of Mrs Winterstein, widow of James Winterstein, also of said County, and of Joseph Stull, of the town County of Onondaga, State of New York; that he declines to surrender the said original rolls to hisponem, as he finds that they are thereby rendered comparatively or wholly useless to those who may wish to use them, as they are placed on the files of the Pension office, & even copies of them declined; that he means, therefore to retain those that he has in hisponem, to make them serve the useful purpose of enabling the soldiers of the Revolution, or their widows, to estab- lish their claims upon the government. He adds, in conclusion, that the name of the said Christopher Van Arsdale is on other rolls in hisponem, but as they do not certainly indicate any service, he omits to recite them.
From stubs dated before me on the day of year aforesaid.
Note. The word "original" is interlined, & the word "town" overwritten, before execution.
John Van Eyck
Aaron J. Austin. Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey } Somerset County ss } I, Edmund Flemighuyse clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset do Certify that James Taylor, And Aaron J. Antee before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken were at the time the same were so taken Justices of the peace of said County & by Law Authorized to take the same
Given under my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of May 1914. Two hundred and forty three D. F. Mansfield Clerk

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
1760. April 20 th was born Christopher N. Arsdalen.
1764 March 9 th was Born Sarah Dumon.
1790. March 7 th was born our Daughter Sarah.
1792. June 1 st was born our son Hendrick.
1794. November 4 th — was Born our son Peter.
1797. June 29 th was born our Daughter Ann.
1799. October 20 th was Born our Daughter Catherine.
1803. May 7 th was born our Daughter Letty.
1811. February 23 d Christopher Van Arsdalen. Voorhies. Grandson {
family of Adrian Hagamin. Dec 2 d 1719. February 1 st was born Adrian Hagamin
1721. March 29 th was born his wife Sarah Terhune
1742. May 10 th Adrian Hagamin Married his wife Sarah Terhune
Children of the Above Persons
1744 March 13 th was born Sarah.
1749. July 27 th was born Alche.
1751. November 12 th was born Adrian
1754 Sept. 7 th was born, Anne
1760 April 20 th was born, Derick

Family Record
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Christo r N. Arsdalen. and his wife Sarah Dumon, Inter d the holy band of matrimony, April 30 th 1889.
July 7 th 1810 was married. Sarah N. Arsdalen. to James N. Noorheim
1815 March 21 st was married Henry N. Arsdalen. to Maria N. Pitt.
1815 December 31 st was married Peter N. Arsdalen. to Maria N. Middleworth
1822 November 20 th was married Ann N. Arsdalen to John Offie -
1823 December 23 rd was married Cathrine N. Arsdalen to Jacob Quick
1826 March 29 th was married Litty N. Arsdalen. to James Bofs
1828. October 13. Peter N. Arsdalen married to Nancy Offie. 2 nd wife
1832. February 28 th was married our Lord and Son Christo r N. Noorheim, to Cathrine Covert

6489.
Chris Vanarsdale of
New Jersey
He Jan 21. 1833
Obj. 4. 5. 14. 16
Hon. S. Southard
Ho. Reps.
Admitted
2 yrs
$80.00
Page 208.
Hon S. Southard Q

BRIEF in the case of  Christopher Vanarsdale of  Somerset County in the State of New Jersey  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1776 In 1776 less part of a month about 4 weeks As a Gen. M'Nab   Another term of at Newark 6 weeks or two months at least 2 months Capt. Logan & Lieut. Byck   Volunteered again was out at least 3 months Col. Smith   3 & 4 months in 1778 at least 4 months in 1779  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Red Bank  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Somerset County New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective because not stated as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
for C. Vanarsdale  by  17. 1833 Examining Clerk.
at least 3 months in 1779.  3 & 4 as in 1780  out in said service every year from the commencement to the end of the War. Believed he was in said service at least 2 years.

✓ N 7366 23- Sarah Vanarsdalen
N. Jersey
Rejected
4m. SA Randolph 6 Feb 43.
Det 7 July 1838

Let to Rev. W. H. L. King June 5. 1844

119 Pey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 119
Sarah Van Arsdale, Widow Christopher Van Arsdale Civ. Rec. War.
Act: March 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New Jersey - 7108
Sarah Van Arsdalen widow of Christopher Van Arsdalen who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32. and who died on the 1st: June, 1840 - of Somerset Co in the State of N. Jersey - who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Ten Eyck - of the Regt: - commanded by Duck - in the New Jersey line for 9 Months -
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey - at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th: day of March 1843 and sent to Hon. J. F. Randolph, New Brunswick - N. Jersey -
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$150.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. M. Stewart Clerk, Book A - Vol. 2 - Page 139 -
Rept: 27 March '43
let to J. F. Randolph July 17. 43 " " J. G. Farlee Feb. 15. 1844 Non

New Brunswick, Mar. 4, 1843.
Sir,
Enclose to you the proof of marriage in the case of Sarah Vanaddalen, widow of Christopher. The disappointment to her, of the reversion proposed in the Pension to her, is very great. I have never seen the papers of Mr Vanaddalen, & can therefore form no judgment as to the probability or possibility of amending them; but understanding from Mr Vanaddalen that his husband was in the G.M.O. service, and did other ordinary military duty throughout the war, it is not unreasonable to hope that in a liberal review of his case, you may think it proper and just to allow a compensation for much more than 900. To confine it to that sum & be against all fair presumption.
Very Respectfully,
Your most obedt Servt James D. Randolph
James L. Edwards, Esq. P.M. Peninsular.

New Brunswick, May 23. 1843.
Sir
I enclose you the application of Sarah Van Andalen for an increase of Pension. Her husband was allowed 80 dollars a year, and was beyond all question entitled to it, as abundantly appears from the evidence discovered. I have collected a small part of this testimony, and suppose much more is to be found on the rolls referred to you in your office. At any rate, a very considerable increase may be made upon the share of the paper herewith, and Mr. D'expet, as much as her husband received.
out: { Mrs Van Andalen's application for a pension under the law of 1843, is also enclosed.
Very Respectfully, Your Obed Servt James A. Randolph
J. L. Edwards Esq.

New Jersey
Sarah Van Andalen Mother of Christopher
Supplemental Declaration
1843.
N. J.
act 7 - July 38
adm d
9 mo 1843
30 A
Hon. J. F. Randolph.
New Brunswick N. J.

Supplemental. Application of Sarah Van Arsdale, widow of Christopher Van Arsdale for a Pension.
State of New Jersey } On this Twenty seventh day of Jan- Somerset County ss May, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me subseriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Van Arsdale, a resident of the Township of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset, State aforesaid, aged Seventy nine years, a person of credibility and truth, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and the twenty third day of August, 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: That she is the widow of Christopher Van Arsdale, who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum: That she made a de- claration under the act of 7 th July, 1838, to which she now refers as setting forth her claims, and containing the proof of her marriage with the said Christopher Van Arsdale, the death of her said husband, and all other facts were required by said act. She now renews her claim under that act and the act of August 23, 1842, believing that her case is therein provided for.
Sworn & subscribed before me this day of year above written.
James Taylor                      Sarah Van Arsdale Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey & Somerset County ss. To J. Sammont Fulighmeyer Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. for the County of Somerset do certify that James Taylor before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was, at the time the same was so taken a Justice of the peace of the County of Somerset. & by Law authorized to take the same.
Given under my hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of January eighteen hundred and forty three.
Sammont Fulighmeyer Clerk

1365 Sarah Vanaridale widow of Christopher.
Law of 1843 #44 $30. n o 104
James M c Randolph Agent Mansfield New Brunswick N.J.
Wed May 25 1843

State of New Jersey Somerset County, ss: On this eight day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before me a Judge of the Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Van Andalen, a widow of the Township of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset, of I know to be a credi- ble person, who being duly sworn, on her oath makes the following declaration, in order to entitle her to the benefit of the several acts of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, 23 rd of August, 1842, and third of March 1843, granting Pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is in the Eightieth year of her age, the widow of Christopher Van Andalen, who received a Pension of eighty dollars a year under the act of June 7, 1842, that she has applied for the benefit of the acts of July 7, 1838 & August 23, 1842, but has not yet received a decision on her application; that she is now ad- vised of an extension of the act of July 7, 1838, to her case, & therefore applies for the benefit of that act, referring to her papers on file, or made out in her former application, for the necessary proof to entitle her to the allowance she now claims. She is still a widow, not having been married since the death of her husband Christopher Van Andalen.
Sworn to this on this day and year aforesaid as before me
Sarah Van Andalen
The above is a true copy from top done & right day of April added before known to James Taylor Judge of Somerset Pleas & Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey } I. Dumont Fulinghuyse clerk Somerset County ss } of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset. Do certify that James Taylor, before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the time the same was so taken a Judge of Somerset Pleas. & Justice of the peace of the County of Somerset & by Law authorized to take the same
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of April 1843
Dumont Fulin g huyse clerk

Proof of cell annage in Sarah Van and Allen's case, New Jersey.
Feb. 1843.

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County, ss. On this Twenty fourth day of February 1843. Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, person- ally appeared Sarah Van Arsdale, widow of Christopher Van Arsdale, known to me as a credible person, who being duly sworn, on her oath saith, that she was married to her late husband Christopher Van Arsdale on the thirteenth day of April 1789, by the Rev. Mr. Deyea, who is now de- ceased; that she has no certificate of her marriage, nor any other evidence of it in her possession, or within her power to produce, nor does she know of any other in existence, than the record she has in her family bible, made by her deceased husband, which record she forwards with her statement, though exceedingly loath to part with it. She further states, that she is still the widow of the said Christopher Van Arsdale, and having been married since his death. Then & there subscribed the day & year afore. Sarah Van Arsdale
Said before me D. Fitz Randolph note: the changes in evidence made before a secular clergy.
State of New Jersey, County aforesaid, ss. On the same day also appeared before me as aforesaid, Peter H Van Arsdale known to me as a credible person, who being duly sworn saith, that he is the grandson of Christopher & Sarah Van Arsdale, that he lives in the family of Sarah Van Arsdale his grandmother, or acquainted with the family record referred to in her testimony of her grandmother, and has always been taught to believe, and does unhesitatingly believe, to be the true record of the births & deaths & marriages of said family. Then and there subscribed the day & year aforesaid, before me, Peter H Van Arsdale
D. Fitz Randolph

State of New Jersey, County of Middlesex ss: I Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby, that David Fitz Randolph, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Sarah Van Arsdale & Peter H. Van Arsdale, were taken, was at the time, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned therefor, and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this third day of March, 1843. N Booraem Clerk