Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 139, for John Quick, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Quick, John
N. 139
Margaret or Margeret
CONTENTS

Duplicate Certificate issued 27 th Oct 1840. and sent to John W. Martin, Haverkill Orange County New York
New Jersey 2,257
Margaret Quick widow of John Quick
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 12. March 1824 of Sussex Co. in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Spencer in the N. Jersey line for 2 years
Enrolled on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of April 1839 and sent to Hon. N. Jones, Warwick, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept. " " 40.00 $ 280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2
Clerk, Page 133

6247.
New Jersey Roll
John Leick
Private 1779 WAR
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of Feb y 1819 and sent to Simon Costright Esq. Judge Newtown - Sup er Ct of N. Jersey.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 4 mo. at 25/30 - 38:66 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48:
86:66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continue
Montague.
Verification sent Sept r 14 th 1820 to B Green Newton New Jersey

Simon Contright, Esq; Judge, Newtown, Sussex county, New Jersey,
John Quick, New-Jersey line, Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls of Col. Spencer's regim. 
For testimony relative to the reduced cir- -cumstances of the applicant, see endorse- -ment in the case of Samuel Morow. 

John Luick Declaration for Pension

Sussex County State of New Jersey
On the Tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Simon the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State Aforesaid personally appeared John Leick aged fifty eight or thereabouts Resident in said County Township of Mansfield who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in Order to Obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary war that he the said John Leick did enlist a private Soldier in the first Light Infantry Company commanded by Capt Anthony Broadbick in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine for during the war and belonged to the Second Jersey Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col Spencer and went on the western expedition under the command of General Sullivan Agt the Indians and was engaged in battle at the place called Newtown in the State of New York and was also engaged in taken Lord Col Wallace and in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three June the Tenth Recd my Discharge under the hand and Seal of G e Washington with a badge of Honor for my faithful Service Which said Discharge is not in existence by length of time and that he is in reduced circumstances and truly stands in need of Assistance of his County for Support and that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his Services
Sworn to and Declared before me his at Sandyston in said County the John Leick Day and year Aforesaid mark Simon Cortright
Simon Cortright one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said

County Do Hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Quick did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration of the common pleas I transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the war department in pursuance to the direction of the aforesaid mentioned act of Congress Given under my hand and seal the day and year first above written
Simon Cortright
I Simon Cortright do hereby certify that John Quick the within claimant from my own knowledge am satisfied is in reduced circumstances and needs the the support from his country S Cortright
State of New Jersey Superior Court
I Ephraim Green junr. Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county do certify that Simon Cortright Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been made & who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the taking & signing the same one of the judges of the court of common pleas of said county of Super duly commissioned and sworn & to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and the seal of Superior Court this 12 th day of May A.D. 1818 —
Ephraim Green junr.

Copy of John Quick affidavit
Con
0247
Montque
Feb 19 — /
Mar '19

Sussex County ss District of New Jersey
On this fifth day of June at a Session begun on the fourth Tuesday of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Sussex, and State of New Jersey (the said Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record, in the said County, being a Court constituted and established by the Laws of the State of New Jersey as a court of record having a seal, with power to fine and imprison, and an unlimited jurisdiction in civil cases, and whose Judgements, are only reversible by writ of error at common law) and now sitting at Newton in and for the said County, of the term of May. John Quick of the age of fifty six years resident in the township of Montague, in the County of Sussex, and State of New Jersey, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows; He enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Brodrick in the 2 nd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Oliver Spencer, in the year, One Thousand, seven hundred and seventy eight or seventy nine, during the war, and served in the Regiment as aforesaid, untill the close of the war, and was discharged at Little Brittan near Newburgh in the State of New York —

That on the tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, he applied for a pension, at the rate of eight dollars per month, he being a private in the army as aforesaid, and on the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, he obtained a certificate numbered 6247 under the hand and seal of J. C. Calhoun Secretary at war of the United States, payable on the fourth of March and the fourth of September annually at the Trenton Banking company;
And I do hereby solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March Anno domini 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress of the United States, entitled an act, to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed for on the 18 th of March 1818, And that I have not any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed; and by me subscribed; And this deponent further saith that he is aged fifty six years, and on account of his age and infirmity is incapable of supporting himself - that his family consists of a wife, aged, about forty five years, named Margaret who is in a tolerable good state of health, but having no trade or occupation cannot support the family, and a Grand daughter named Jane Wells aged, ten years who is also incapable - And that the deponent considers himself in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country except by publick or private charity
Sworn in open court & declared This 5 th day of June 1820 John Ogden
John X Quicks Mark

Schedule of Property
Real estate none
Personal estate
1 yoke of two year old steers 1 Cow 2 hogs 3 Sheep 1 Swan 2 pails 6 knives & forks 1 Axe 1 wash tub 6 Cups & saucers 1 churn 4 chains
no other property except one bed & bedding and the wearing apparel of my self and family
Sworn and declared in open Court this 5 th day of June 1820
John Ogden
This John L. Quick Mark
It is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is forty Dollars and Twenty five Cents
John Ogden
William Greenfield clerk of the above mentioned Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty dollars and twenty five Cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 22 nd day of July A.D. 1820.
William Greenfield clerk of the Court of the County of Sussex

State of New Jersey
Sussex County } ss.
On this Thirteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid. Margaret Quick a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged sixty six years on the twenty fifth day of February last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. entitled. "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Quick late of said County & State aforesaid who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution. And that by reason of old age & loss of memory she is unable to give a statement of the services of her said husband or the officers under whom he served. but she states that her said husband was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818. and refers to his statement there made for proof of the services of her said husband. She further declares that she was married to her said husband the said John Quick in the County of Sussex aforesaid on Whit Sunday which was the Eleventh day of May in the year 1788 by James Bonnell Esquire who was at that time a justice of the Peace of said County of Sussex. That her name before marriage was Margaret Van Auken That her said husband died on or about the twelfth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty four. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service

but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four to wit on Whitsunday which was the Eleventh day of May Seventeen hundred and eighty eight. And that she has not been married since the death of her said husband the said John Quick, but has re- mained a widow ever since his death. That she has no documentary evidence of the death of her said husband. That she has no documenta- ry evidence of her marriage and that there were not at the time of her said marriage to her aforesaid husband to the best of her knowledge & belief any town or county record of marriages kept in the County of Sussex aforesaid and that she has no knowledge of any record of marriages ever having been kept by the said James Bonnell Esquire by whom she was married to her said husband the said John Quick and that the said James Bonnell has since died & further says not that from age & infirmity she is unable to attend court
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written
Margaret Quick mark
James Stoll
I the undersigned Judge before whom the foregoing declaration was made & subscribed do certify that Margaret Quick who made the same is a woman of truth & veracity her statements entitled to full credit & that I am satisfied from personal examination that she is unable to attend the sit- tings of the Court of Common Pleas of Sussex County
James Stoll

State of New Jersey } Henry Holdren of the Town of Superior County } Montague in the said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is in the eighty second year of his age and that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and belonged to the second New Jersey Regiment commanded in the beginning of the war by Col Dayton and lastly by Col Cummings He further saith that he was at the Battle of Monmouth in the nine months service under Capt Helms that shortly after the said battle he enlisted into a company light Infantry under Capt Borenman and remained in the said company until the end of the war. He further saith that he was at the taking of Cornwallis at York Town and was afterwards regularly discharged near Newburgh And he further deposeth and saith that He was well acquainted with John Quick who was a private in Col Cummings Regiment for more than two years that he knew the said John Quick to be at the taking of Cornwallis and was afterwards discharged with the rest of the army near Newburgh at the close of the war but from old age and loss of memory he cannot tell the time of his enlistment nor the Captain under which he served but knows that the said John Quick did actually serve for more than two years in the Regiment commanded by Col Cummings and knows that the said John Quick at the time of his death was a pensioner under the act of 1818 and lived until the time of his death in the town of Montague in the County of said He further saith that the said John Quick Died on or about the twelfth day of March One Thousand eight Hundred and twenty four

He further saith that he is well acquainted with Margaret Quick who is the widow of the said John Quick and is satisfied and believes that she has never married since the death of her said husband John Quick but still remains his widow. And further he saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 13 day of August 1838 } Henry Holdren James Stoll
State of New Jersey } Sussex County } This is to certify. That I have been personally acquainted with Henry Holdren above named for nearly twenty years, & that he returned for Truth & Veracity from my acquaintance with him I would put implicit confidence in what he would say when under oath.
James Stoll
Hon. Nathl Jones
2256 Margaret Quick At July 7. 1838
Admitted Prior to 2 years
Joseph E. Edmiston Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the Trial County do hereby certify that James Stoll known before whom the foregoing declaration and deposition appear to have been taken at the time of taking the same and that he is a Judge of the said court and duly qualified and sworn to the best of my knowledge and belief. Given under my hand and seal of office this 10th day of October 1838. W. G. C. ...

139 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 139
Margaret Quick. Widow John Quick Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 7. 1838.
Index:—Vol. m., Page 146.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. York Margaret Quick let. to Hon. N. Jones 6. Feb. 1839
Act. July 1838

State of New Jersey ss On this 28 day of September Superior County 1840 before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the said County of Super personally appeared Margaret Quick who on her oath declares that she is the identical who formerly held a certificate for a pension for Eighty Dollars per year for five years the said certifi- cate was granted to her for services rendered by her husband John Quick in the line of the army of the United States belonging to the state of New Jersey and who was previous to his death a pensioner at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per year and was placed on pension roll February 1819 and died in 1824 That she received a certificate of that fact in the summer of 1839 under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certificate on or about the twentieth day of March 1840 at or near the pension office in Trenton in the state of New Jersey was lost and diligent search has since been made and it cannot be found and she now applies for a new certificate pendile the expiration of the five years for which her certificate was granted the certificate lost was granted under the act of 1838 Sworn and subscribed before me by making her mark the day and year above mentioned
James Stott
Margaret X Quick mark
I do hereby certify that Margaret Quick who made and subscribed the above affidavit is a woman of truth and veracity and is to be believed when under oath or otherwise
James Stott, J.P.

State of New Jersey } Sussex County }s
I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that James Stoll Esquire before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn into office pursuant to law and to whose official acts as justice as aforesaid full faith and credit are due &c and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and pronounced his signature within written genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Newton in said County this sixth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty
Jos. E. Edsall

State of New York
Orange County } ss
John W. Martin of said county being duly sworn deposes & says that he is well acquainted with Margaret Spence of the town of Montague County of Sussex & state of New Jersey, that he knows her to be the widow of John Spence of the place last aforesaid deceased that he knows the said Margaret to be a woman of strict truth & veracity. And that deponent as her agent procured for her a pension under the Act of Congress of the 8 th of July 1838. And that her pension certificate was taken by this deponent to Trenton in the state of New Jersey in March last & her pension drew thereon and that this deponent lost said pension certificate at or near the State Bank at Trenton aforesaid in the month of March last past & that deponent has made diligent search for the said certificate but is unable to find the same & further says not.
John W. Martin
Sworn before me this 13 th day of October 1840 the figure '38' written on an erasure & the letter 'h' blotted before this affidavit taken
F. Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
I the undersigned justice of the Peace of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was made do certify that I am well acquainted with him & know him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statement under oath entitled to full credit & belief.
F. Armstrong
Justice of the Peace

United States of America State of New York Orange County.
I William Scullerton a Notary Public being duly sworn & commissioned dwelling in the village of Newburgh do certify that I am acquainted with Horace Armstrong, that he is a Justice of the Peace residing in the Village of Newburgh in said County. That the signature of "H Armstrong" attached to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office the thirtieth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and forty
William Scullerton Notary Public

Oct 22 '40
free
Mr Swan
Truroville N.Y.
Oct 19
Hon James L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Greenville Orange County New York Oct 19/40
Hon James L Edwards
Commr Pension
Respected Sir
In the month of March last in Trenton in the State of New Jersey I lost the certificate for a pension belonging to Mary Lusk widow of John Lusk who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution which I have since made diligent search for but have been unable to find the same and I now transmit the inclosed papers to you requesting that she may have her certificate renewed
I am Sir your Obedt Servant
John W McArthur

State of Pennsylvania } Elizabeth Bonnell being duly Pike County } sworn deponeth and saith that she was Eighty years old on the seventh day of August last that her native place was in the town of Montague Sussex County New Jersey and that she has allways resided in the county of Sussex until within a few weeks that she is the widow of Captain James Bonnell and is now a pensioner of the United States She further states that she was well acquainted with John Quick who she allways understood was a soldier in the army of the United States and before his death was a pensioner she further saith that she was well acquainted with Margaret Van Auken and that sometime about the first of May one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight she went with her husband James Bonnell who was then a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Sussex New Jersey and who was duly qualified to perform the marriage ceremony to the house of the Father of Margaret Van Auken and there saw John Quick married to Margaret Van Auken by her said husband James Bonnell who was then an acting Justice of the peace in the county of Sussex and she further states that she knew the said John Quick until the time of his death and that she still knows the said Margaret as the widow of John Quick and is satisfied that she has never married since the death of the above named John Quick
She further states that from the great length of time that the marriage took place she is unable to state the exact time of the marriage nor does she know of any record of the said marriage but she well recollects seeing the above couple married all this is in accordance with the best of her recollection and belief
Subscribed and sworn before me

by making her mark because she cannot write on account of the infirmities of old age this 5 th day of September 1838
D. W. Hagerty J.P.
her Elizabeth X Bonnell mark
I Daniel Hagerty do certify that Elizabeth Bonnell who made & subscribed the within affidavit is a creditable Witness and her statements herein made are entitled to full credit and belief
D. W. Hagerty J.P.
Seal
Pike County ss.
I Daniel W. Dingman Esq. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County and Recorder of Deeds &c in and for said County Do hereby Certify that David W. Hagerty Esq. the subscriber to the within Certificate and affidavit is at the date hereof and has
been for many years an Acting Justice of the Peace duly Commission- -ed as appears from the Records &c And I do further Certify that the signature D. W. Hagerty is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office at Milford this 5 th day of September A.D. 1838.
D. W. Dingman Jr.

State of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Bonnell of the town Pike County, ship of Meisner in the said County deposeth and saith that she is in the eighty first year of her age that she is the widow of Capt James Bonnell who was an officer in the war of the Revolution and for whom service she receives a pension that she was well acquainted with John Driek who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and afterwards a pensioner of the United States and with Margaret Vanhook both of the town of Montrose County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and that she went with her husband James Bonnell to the house of the father of Margaret Vanhook in the town County and State aforementioned and there saw John Driek married to Margaret Vanhook by her husband James Bonnell who was then an acting Justice of the Peace and for the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey on Wednesday May the eleven at the Sun rising in America and eighty Eight and that her husband kept a record of marriages which she believes was kept in the book of orders which was kept by her husband while in the Army and which is now on file in the pension office in the case of Elizabeth Bonnell widow of Capt James Bonnell the said Book was not full of orders when the war closed and her husband made use of the blank pages for a Justice's docket where she thinks the marriages of those married by her husband may be found in down a subscription by making Elizabeth B Bonnell her mark in consequence of the in the stiffness of her fingers this twenty second day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty nine
Elizabeth B 

I certify that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Bonnell who made the foregoing affidavit and believe her to be a woman of respectable and good standing in the Presbyterian Church in the town of Montague Sussex County New Jersey and I do believe her to be a woman of a good and sound mind and a woman of truth and veracity and her statements herein made are entitled to full credit and belief
D. Haggerty J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Pike County p
I Henry P Mott Prothonotary &c in and for said County do certify that David N Haggerty Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit is and should be given to his Official Acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Office this 22 d day of February AD 1839
H P Mott Prot
H. Scott Esq J.P.
Margaret Lewis

Finchville
Orange County
New York
October 7th 1838
Hon I. L. Edwards
Respected Sir with This letter I send to you the declaration of Margaret Quick widow of John Quick who it seems was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a prisoner under the act of 1818 The widow Quick is a woman of respectability in the neighbourhood where she lives and where she has lived since her birth and where she has had to look upon the dead bodies of several of her relation who were murdered by the merciless savages who infested the frontiers of New Jersey along the banks of the Delaware at the revolution I have searched for a record of her marriage but can find none if you have the docket of Mr Borneel it may be found there The widow of Mr Borneel saw her marriage but cannot remember exactly the day but she swears positively that it was sometime about the first of May 1788 This she says she is sure of. The widow depends primarily upon the evidence now on file in your office to sustain her claim You will please to answer to John W Martin Finchville
Orange County
New York

House of Representatives March 2. 1839
Hon. J. L. Edwards Chairman of Pension Com. Sir.
I send the affidavit of Mrs. Elizabeth Bunnell proving the marriage of Margaret Quick, widow of John Quick. It is said that by reckoning the time that the old lady is correct as to the Whit Wednesday in the year '88 - I have not made the inspection. She swears also as to her husband's Record of Marriage - now on file in your office which was placed there in her own case - I hope the affidavit will suffice to satisfy you as to the marriage of the widow Quick
Very Respectfully your H. Servt Nath. Jones