Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,329, for Philip Scudder, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Scudder Philip Hannah
NUMBER
R. 9329
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5185
4 New Jersey Philip Scudder in private
New Jersey Line - 1775. one Year In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Jan'y 1819 and sent to Hon. E. Bateman H. Repr.
trears to 4th of Sept. 1818 42.85 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00 $90.85
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
one Year
Charles
Philip Scudder since September 15 1800 to June 1801

Philip Scudder
5785 Chatham
Jan 19
Con Mar 19
Pa

District of New-Jersey, } ss. Morris County, }
On this 10 th day of July, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Morris-Town, in and for the County of Morris, in the term of July, in the year aforesaid. [The said court being a court of record, possessing a seal, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping records of its proceedings, and its Judgments being removeable by writ of error only]
Philip Scudder aged about 73 or in his 73 rd year resides , resident in the township of Chatham in said county, who being duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the U. S. Army of the Revolution in Col d Windt's Regiment in Capt d Bela Hovis's Company of the New Jersey line in the year 1776. That his declaration for a pension was made on or about the 1 st Ap r 1818. and his Certificate of pension is numbered 5185 /5.185/
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That I am by occupation a
tailor, but by failure of my eyesight am now nearly disabled from pursuing my calling or doing other business from the infirmities of age - My family consists of myself & my wife Hannah aged about 55 or 58 years, weakly, infirm and lame from Rheumatism and other causes - I have no children or other persons living in my family -
Sworn to and declared the 10 th day of July 1820 before Gab. H. Kerra
Philip Scudder

SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing deposition of
Philip Scudder
This deponent has no house nor land — His personal property consists of the following articles viz — 2 Old Iron Shovels, 1 Beele, & 2 Iron tongs, one axe 2 Rakes 1 Hoe 1 pitch fork 1 Yoke and axle handle 8 old chains, two tables, 2 Stands 1 Chest drawers, 1 old cupboard, 2 low chests, 1 pair andirons (iron) Shovel and tongs, 2 Iron pots 1 Kettle 1 tea kettle 6 Earthen plates 6 Knives and forks 6 Spoons 2 Lows. 2 Small stools or pugs — This deponent has no notes nor bonds or other securities for money —
Sworn to and declared the 10 th day of July 1870 before Col. H. Ford
Philip Scudder

State of New Jersey, } ss. County of Morris. }
I, Robert H. McCarter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Morris, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 above schedule is fifty dollars and fifty cents, — $50.50
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.
Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the Court for the County of Morris

Phillip Scudder's Application for Pension
Not on Roll
Returned for further evidence of service & the Judge's certificate as to circumstances.
Admitted
Hon E. Bateman
H. of Reps -

State of New Jersey Morris County Ys. Personally came before me Lewis Condick one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Morris. Phillip Scudder, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he served as a private Soldier in the American Revolutionary war; that he Enlisted, under the Continental establishment, as near as he now recollects some time in the month of October or November of the year 1775 at Chatham, in the Company of Captain Silas Howell of Col. William Windes Regiment of the Jersey line, and continued in the same in the service of the United States till some time in the month of October or November of the year 1776 at which time the said Regiment was discharged at Ticonderoga in the State of New York. This Deponent further saith that he is a resident of the said State and County near Morristown; that he has lately had the misfortune of having his house destroyed by fire, that he is a poor man with a family, and dependant on his daily labour for the support of himself and family; that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn before me at Morristown.
the 1 st April 1818.
Note: the last line in small writing written before signing. Phillip Scudder
Lewis Condick.
State of New Jersey Morris County Ys. Personally came before me Lewis Condick one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris. Benjamin Hamilton, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Phillip Scudder the person in the foregoing deposition named, that he knew him as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he belonged to Captain Silas Howell, Company of Colonel William Windes Regiment of the Jersey line, and in this deponent verily believeth, served in the same for about One year; that the said Phillip Scudder was discharged at Ticonderoga in the State of New York some time in the month of October or November of the year 1776. This Deponent further saith that the said Phillip Scudder has lately had his House Burnt, is a resident of the State of New Jersey in the County of Morris near Morristown, that he has a family, and hath no apparent means of support but his daily labour.
Sworn before me at Morristown.
the 1 st April 1818.
Benjamin Hamilton
Lewis Condick.

I, Lewis Condick, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris State of N. Jersey, do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Philip Lunda, within named, did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, as stated in the foregoing deposition, & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress of the 18 th March, 1818.
Morris Town. N. Jersey April 2 d . 1818.
Lewis Condick.
State of New Jersey County of Morris ss.
I Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the County of Morris, do certify, that Lewis Condick Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit is made, is, and was, at the doing thereof duly enrolled One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County of Morris the Nineteenth day of May A Eighteen hundred & Eighteen.
Robt. H. McCarter

State of New Jersey
County of Morris ss. On this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and eighteen personally came before me Lewis Condict One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris Edward Mills who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with M c Philip Scudder the person in the foregoing deposition named, that he knew him as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he belonged to the Company of Capt. Silas Howell, of Col d William Windes Regiment of the New Jersey line, and served in the same as near as this Deponent now recollects and as he believes nearly or quite one year, to wit from some time in the month of October or November of the year 1775 to some time in the month of October or November of the year 1776. And this Deponent further states, that he only believes said Scudder was discharged from & subscribed before with the rest of Captain Howells Company at Ticonderoga in the State of New York in the fall of 1776. me at Morris town the day and year aforesaid
Edward Mills
Lewis Condict.
I do hereby further certify, that I am personally well acquainted with Benjamin Hamilton & Edward Mills, whose depositions are contained on this paper, & know them to be men of veracity & entitled to belief; & have frequently heard them declare, that Philip Scudder above named, served in the same company with them in the Revolutionary war upon the Northern expedition under General Horatio Gates, for about one year, viz: from the fall of 1775, to the fall of 1776. - I am also fully satisfied on enquiry, that said Philip Scudder is a very poor man, & needs the assistance of his country for support.
Morris Town, N. Jersey 28 th . December 1818-
Lewis Condict.

N. Jersey, Morris Co V1983
Hannah Scudder Widow of Philip Scudder
May 23
NJ Act 4 July '36 3 rd Sec
Return to Lewis Condict Morris-town N. Jersey.

Declaration to obtain the benefit of the 3 rd section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July, Session 1835.— State of New Jersey, Morris County ss:
On this 27 th day of March, 1837, personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid. Hannah Scudder, a resident of Chatham Township in the County & State aforesaid, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, & being also well known to the Court to be a woman of fair character, & fully entitled to belief, 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 1835.—
I am the widow of Phillip Scudder, who was an enlisted Drummer, as I believe, in the service of the United States in what I understand was called the year 1812, or the expedition against Canada. I do not know that I can state with certainty the name of my husband's captain Colonel, under whom he served on that expedition. Silas Howell was his Captain, Raymond Lieut. I will only state that the evidence of that service will be better found upon the records now in the Pension Office at Washington. As I believe it was for that service he was pensioned by the law of 1815, & I would respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to those records. He rec d . a pension of $96. per year, or rather for $8. per month, to the time of his death. Beside my husband's service under that enlistment, he performed duties as a Militia man throughout all the rest of the war, to its end, none of which need be attempted to be proved on my present application, as I am informed. If however, the Commissioner of Pensions shall deem proof necessary, beyond what may be in his office, I will endeavor to obtain it, albeit it may be very difficult for me, aged & poor & helpless as I now am.
I was born in Hanover, Morris County N. Jersey, on the 5 th November, 1757. David Burnet, of that place was my father, & I was married to Philip Scudder at Bottle Hill, now called Madison, about half a mile from my father's house, by the clergyman of the Presbyterian Church there, whose name was Azariah Horton, on the 24 th day of January, 1776, when I was eighteen years, two & a half months, old. My husband, the aforesaid Philip Scudder, died on the 18 th January 1831, we had for many years, a family bible, in which my husband & I have remained a widow, ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. — We had for many years, a family bible, in which my husband had carefully entered his own & my age, & the time of our marriage. — I never had any children. After my husband's death I broke up house-keeping, sold off my few household goods except a bed, & my clothing, & a few other small articles, which were left with Elias Cartier, a neigh- bour, who ran away last spring. I took with him my few goods & also my bible before mentioned, containing my age, marriage & death of my husband. This bible contained the only record

which relates to my marriage, which is in existence, to the best of my knowledge & belief: - as I am informed that no record of marriage was kept by Rev. Mr. Horton, whilst he was Pastor of the Church in this place, & who died many years since of small-pox. His family were present at our marriage, but they are all dispersed or dead. My Uncle, Benjamin Clark, David Coss, & Esther Parkhurst, went with us to the Ghyseman's house when the marriage was solemnized, but not one of them is living: & to the best of my knowledge, there is not now living, any person, who was present at our marriage. There are some of my old neighbours & friends living, who have known my husband & me many years, who can testify as to the manner in which we have spent our lives, & the character we have sustained, & this is, as far as I know, the only proof which is in my power to adduce, of my marriage. Our marriage was in January, & in the following spring, or perhaps late in that winter, my husband engaged, as I believe, in the Canada expedition, as it was afterwards called, altho' when he enlisted, it was his & my own expectation, that he was to go no further than Amboy, where he was quartered some time & came home on furlough for a few days, & very soon after his return to quarters at Amboy, his Co. sailed for Albany, as I understood. - He got home exactly one week before Christmas, after a long absence of about 18 months, according to the best of my remembrance & belief, not recollecting the precise time of his enlistment or departure. The battle of Long Island, was fought, as I believe, before his return home. - He brought home his written discharge from service, which was burnt, with our dwelling house, & other papers, deed for our little home &c., some 18 or 20 years since. I have now no home of my own, nor any property except the clothing I wear, for which I am indebted to the charity of my neighbours. - If I am entitled to a pension for the revolutionary services of my decd. husband, I shall thankfully receive it from my Country. Soon after, in open Court, at Morris town the date first before mentioned, before me, an
Stephen Dail on behalf of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris N.J.
Hannah her Scudder mark
By order of the Court.
J. H. Dabridgeport Clerk

State of New Jersey Morris County
Before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Morris personally appear Major Luke Miller & Abraham Britton Esq. both of them well known as men of truth & fair character to this Court, & who have for many years lived in this County. Said Abraham Britton, under oath testifies, that he has known Mrs. Hannah Scudder & her late husband Phillip Scudder, ever since the year 1800. That they lived together reputably, as husband & wife when he first moved into the County, & were universally respected by the neighbors, as peaceful, quiet & honest citizens, believed by all who knew them, to be husband & wife. Said Philip Scudder rec d . from the U. S. a pension for his Revolutionary services as an enlisted soldier, under the law of Congress of March 18 th 1818, which continued to his death, in January 1831. I have known Hannah Scudder his widow, & know that she has remained his widow to the present time. Luke Miller testifies under oath, that he was born & brought up a near neighbor to Mrs. Hannah Scudder - they were children together, playmates - nearly of the same age - he knew well her father, David Burnett, & her late husband, Philip Scudder, a pensioner under the law of 1818, & who died in January 1831. They lived reputably together, as industrious honest peaceable citizens, known & believed by all their acquaintances to be husband & wife, & living together in the bonds of matrimony between 50 & 60 years - no one ever questioning or doubting the validity of their marriage. Since the death of said Philip Scudder, the said Hannah has remained a widow to this day. My first Military service was in the summer season of 1776, (when the wheat was in the ear,) at Elizabethtown point, & Philip Scudder & Hannah Scudder his present widow, were then living together as husband & wife. Sworn & subscribed in open Court at Morris town.
this 27 th March, 1837.
before me. Stephen Dail
Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris N.J.
Abraham Britton
Luke Miller
By order of the Court,
J. H. Dabrumple Clerk

State of New Jersey, Morris County p:
Before the subscriber, a justice of peace in & for the County of State aforesaid, personally appeared the Reverend Clifford S. Ames, Minister of the Gospel, & Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in Chatham, formerly called in common language the Church or Congregation of Bottle Hill, & more recently the Church or Congregation at Madison, who being first duly sworn according to law, saith as follows: viz: - I am the stated Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in Chatham in the County aforesaid, the village in which the Church stands, was formerly known by the name of "Bottle Hill", & is now called "Madison". To the best of my knowledge & belief, we have no Church records, nor marriage record, of a date earlier than the summer of 1795, altho' this Church was organized as I believe before the war of the revolution. I am personally well acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Scudder, widow of Philip Scudder decd. - She is a member of this Church, in good standing, & possesses the confidence of her neighbours & of this community. She is aged - infirm, & entirely destitute of the means of support.
Sworn & subscribed this 18 th day of May, 1837
Clifford S Ames
before me, William Britton
Jaster of the Peace of Morris County N.J.
I, Joseph Dalrymple, Clerk of Morris County, N. Jersey, hereby certify, that the preceding & annexed Declaration of Hannah Scudder, & the deposition of Abraham Britton & Luke Miller, contain the original proceedings of the Court, in the matter of a pension application by said Hannah Scudder; - & I also certify, that William Britton Esq. before whom the above deposition of Rev. Clifford S. Ames was taken, is a Magistrate in said County, duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signature of his name thereto, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have unto subscribed my name, & affix my seal of office at Morris-town, this 18 th May, 1837.

New Jersey-Morris Co.
Hannah Scudder widow of Philip Scudder. —
Proof Marriage etc. —
Return to Lewis Conditt. Morris-town, N. Jersey.

State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
Before the subscriber a justice of peace in & for said County personally appeared Susannah Gory of Chatham in the County & State aforesaid an aged woman, of respectable character & good standing & in all respects fully entitled to belief, as a woman of truth, & having been duly sworn according to law, on her oath saith as follows viz: — I am now in the eighty third year of my age, & am personally well acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Scudder, the widow of Philip Scudder deceased who was when living, a Pensioner of the United States, on account of his military services in the war of the Revolution. I knew her before her marriage to Philip Scudder, & until the present time. We were young girls together, brought up near neighbours, & were intimate associates from childhood. Her maiden name was Burnet, daughter of David Burnet of Hanover in Morris County. Philip Scudder & Hannah Burnet were married in the month of January, 1776, by Rev. Abner Horton, then the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the village then called Boeth hill, in Hanover, & now called Madison, where David Burnet her father then lived. I was an invited guest, & was present at their marriage. Beside myself & the family of David Burnet, there were present, David Gory, Benjamin Clark, Estlin Parkhurst & some others, not recollected. These persons, are all dead, as well as the minister & his family, & I verily believe, there is no one now living who was present on the occasion of their marriage, except the said Hannah Scudder & myself.
Philip Scudder enlisted as a soldier about the time of his marriage to Hannah Burnet, & was absent the year which followed, viz: the summer of 76, & was, as was generally believed & understood, in Colonel Winds Regiment, as a soldier, in the expedition against Canada. I know he was absent from home, all that spring & summer & fall, until some time in the winter, & that his marriage was in January before he went to the North.
Philip & Hannah Scudder lived in the same neighbourhood until his death, which happened about 6 or 7 years since. I was well acquainted personally, with them both. They always lived respectably together, as husband & wife, no one ever doubting their marriage. She now lives near me, & is still the widow of said Philip Scudder. She is very poor, & it is well known by all the neighbours, that Elias Garton, with whom she lived, went off to the Western Counties some months since, & carried with him her Bible, & all her clothing, except what few articles she had about her person.
Sworn & subscribed at Madison, August 31 st 1837.
Before me,
William Britton Justice of the Peace —
Her Susannah Gory mark

State of New Jersey, Morris County ss.
Before the subscriber, a justice of peace
in & for said County of Morris, personally appeared Colonel William Brittin, a highly respectable man, & fully entitled to belief, - who having been duly sworn according to law, on his oath declare as follows, viz: - I was personally well acquainted with Philip Scudder & Hannah his wife, for the period of 35 years before his death. They lived neighbours to me during the whole of that time, & were universally believed throughout the neighbourhood to be husband & wife. Said Philip Scudder died about 6 or 7 years since, & his widow, Hannah Scudder, now living, & still his widow, applied to me for advice & assistance in obtaining for her, the annuity due upon his pension from the U. States. - I was then one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of this County, (Morris) & Mrs. Scudder then produced before said Court, her family bible, in proof to said Court, of her marriage to Philip Scudder. The marriage of said Philip & Hannah Scudder, was recorded in said Bible, & was by me read in presence of said Court, & was admitted to be proof of their marriage. The record, as I verily believe, was in the hand writing of said Philip Scudder, as I was well acquainted with his hand writing. - The precise day of their marriage, as contained in said record, I do not recollect, but the year of the marriage was 1776, & the month, was January, as I verily believe, as therein recorded. I was well acquainted with Elias Carter, with whom said Hannah Scudder lived, after she broke up housekeeping, & know only well that he moved off suddenly & without the previous knowledge of the neighbours, to Ohio, or some of the Western States, & took with him all the valuable clothing & bed & bedding of said Hannah Scudder, together with her family bible which contained the record of her marriage before mentioned. - Carter was pursued by some of the neighbours, & efforts were made by his creditors to compel payment of some of his debts, & as I believe, with very little effect. I verily believe, that Mrs. Scudder has never recovered her bible, nor any of her clothing - that she is very poor, & entirely dependent on charity for her subsistence, having no children. Her character as a woman of truth & unblemished reputation & piety, stands fair, & above suspicion or reproach.
Sworn & subscribed at Morris Town, August 31 st 1837.
Before me.
Elizabeth Ward J.P.
William Brittin

New Jersey, Morris County ss:
I, Joseph Dalrymple Esq., Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that William Britton Esq., before whom the deposition of Susannah Goy, on the first part of this sheet, was taken, this day, is a Judge of the Common Pleas in & for this County, & also a justice of the Peace, duly commissioned & authorized. And I do further certify, that Elijah Ward Esq., before whom the deposition of the aforesaid William Britton Esq., was taken on this day, & which is on the same sheet, is a justice of Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized. And the signatures of the said William Britton & Elijah Ward, subscribed to said depositions, are genuine.
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office at Morristown, this 31 st day of August, Domini 1837.
Joseph Dalrymple Esq.

Hannah Scudder
ms at Dec 13
N.Y.
FREE
Jas. I. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Morris town N. J. Dec. 8 th '38.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 30 th is rec d . stating that some further proof in regard to the date of the marriage of Mrs. Hannah Scudder, is necessary, to sustain her claim under the act of July 4 th . 1836; - suggesting also, that "record evidence of the baptism of children, near the period of the revolutionary period of her late husband, might seem to throw some light on the subject." —
Unfortunately for this poor widow, she never had a child, as I learn, & have not a doubt of the fact. I do not know, whether or not it was so stated, either by herself, or any of the witnesses.
I have made diligent enquiry, & am satisfied, that all the proof relating to the marriage which can be obtained, is before you, provided you have rec d . the deposition of Susannah Cory & Wm. Britton, which by a memorandum I find was sent to your office by mail on the 31 st . August. — Susannah Cory was at the wedding, as an invited guest, & is the only living witness. You have also, the testimony of Luke Miller, Abraham Britton & Wm. Britton Esqrs. men of most respectable character, showing that Scudder & his wife lived together as husband & wife probably 50 years, & no one was known to doubt their marriage.
The fact was proven, that there is no Parish record, & the widow shows conclusively, that her family bible record was purchased & carried off to Ohio, some time past. — If you can suggest any other mode of proof that is practicable, it will be attempted. But if you have Cory's & the other witnesses depositions, I hope on reexamination, you may find them sufficient, as she had no children to be baptized.
Very respectfully,
Your obed. servt. &c.
Lewis Bondict.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner Pensions.

Dr. Sir,
Morris town 21 st Nov. 1838
# Mrs. Little gave birth to a child, just 9 months after this visit. This event impugns the time of his visit so incredibly on her memory.
The widow of Philip Scudder, is very solicitous to know the decision of the Department in reference to her claim. The last information rec d . is your letter of Nov. 13 th 37 in which you state "there is an apparent discrepancy between the alleged date of the marriage in January 76, & the proofs which her husband filed under the act of 18 th March 1818, which showed that from Nov. 75, to Dec. 76, he was in service as an enlisted soldier of a N. J. regiment. & is believed to have been engaged in the Northern expedition, at the very time of the alleged marriage."
You will perceive by the papers before you, that the only record of the marriage was contained in her family bible, which was carried off by one Baker to the Western Country, & is beyond her power to obtain it. The only surviving witness who was present at the wedding party, was Savannah Gory, whose deposition you have. She speaks of it I believe, as taking place Jan y 24 th 1776, & such is the Declaration of the widow herself, if I mistake not. — I think it will be found that this Regiment, (Col. Windes) tho' enlisted in Nov. & Dec. 75, did not leave for Albany & Canada until the reg t left the Hudson in the spring following, viz: April or May 76. The troops were quartered some of them in N. York — in Amboy — in Elizabeth town & Long Island, till spring — & frequently went home on furlough & parole for a few days during the winter. This probably was the case with Scudder, & I think he was probably married in one of these visits. — That such visits & furloughs were then permitted, I infer from former affidavits which I think I can read. See Rebecca Little's Declaration, in which she states that her husband came home by permission that winter, after his enlistment in this farm Co. viz: Captain Horvick's.* I believe, but am not positive, that Abner Bond also states the same thing. — There can be no doubt however, that the present widow was married to Scudder, & that they lived as husband & wife many years. And if there be a doubt, whatever about they were married in 75 or 76, Susanna Gory's testimony must make it evident they were married early in the war, or at its beginning.

I do not believe it will be possible to furnish any proof more direct or positive, as regards the precise day of marriage. We have done all that can be done, as far as present information goes. — If you think she ought to withdraw so much of her allegation which goes to fix a day , because it seemingly conflicts with her husband's service, she may perhaps be willing, altho' my own belief is that he came home in January after enlistment, & was then married. Will you be kind enough to look at it & give me the result of your reflections? — It is merely possible, that there may be found an old man, or an old woman, who may recollect Scudder & wife living together as husband & wife, early in the war of the revolution. To my very own mind, individually, this would be far conclusive than Mr. Scudder & Susanna Coe's deposition.
Very respectfully,
your obt. servt.
Levi Condit.
Gen. L. Edwards Esq. Commisioner of Pensions.
Nov 24 Pm 65 R. J.
Gen. L. Edwards Esq. Commisioner of Pensions Washington.

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

Morris-town, N. J. 31 st Augt. '37.
Dear Sir,
In the case of Hannah Scudder, widow of Philip Scudder Esq. the deposition of Samuel Goy, the only surviving witness who was present at their marriage, has been taken, & accompanies this line, together with the affidavit of Judge Britton, which shows the reason why the family record in her bible, cannot be obtained. — The evidence heretofore sent, viz: the statement of Rev. Clifford S. Ames the clergyman, shows there is no Parish record of marriages in the Bottle-hill — now, Madison Church. — These testimonies, I trust, will be found satisfactory proofs of the marriage of Scudder to his present widow, in 1776; & you will greatly oblige her by sending to her her Certificate, if you find her entitled to it.
Yours with most esteem & respect,
Lewis Condict
Col. L. Edwards Esq.

New Jersey
Hannah Scudder
Suspended
Let to Lewis Conrad Judge
1. 1837 To same, Nov. 13, '37 to same 30. Nov. 1838 to same 19. Dec. 1838
9329.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
9329.
P. O. _____
Samuel Scudder
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18