Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 707, for Jacob Lain, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lain, Jacob or Laine
S 707
CONTENTS
Carded.
Died May 13, 1833 - Widow, Elizabeth -

17031 New Jersey Jacob Laine (dec d )
of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Woolley of the Regt: commanded by Col. Forman in the N. Jersey line for 2 years.
died 13. May 1833. Jacob Laine Oct. 29/44 Record corrected.
Entered on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of July 1833 and sent to J. M. Hartshorne Freehold
Arrears to the 14th of . . . . . Semi-annual allowance ending . . . . . Arrears due up to 13 day of May 1833 the day of his death $175.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 120
Certificate issued in favor of Maria Laine his widow —

At a court of Common Pleas held at Freehold in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey of the Term of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Present.
John Patterson ( And others John Hall } Esquires John W. Garrison } Judges.
Declaration of Jacob Lane in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New Jersey.
County of Monmouth ss. On this thirty first day of July - Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid. now sitting Jacob Lane a resident of the Township of Howell in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, aged Se- venty eight years on the eleventh day of August last past, 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. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the Continental Service in the month of April A.D 1776 under Captain Abraham Woolley and marched to Elizabeth Town in this State where he remained one month and then returned. That he enlisted again in the same service under Captain Peter Wykoff, Lieutenant Gilbert Longstreet & Ensign John Hatch, and served five months - during which time he marched to Powles Hook on the north River and crossed over to Long Island and joined General Washington's Army under the immediate command of Colonel Forman, and remained there until the battle of Brooklyn, when he crossed over to New York with the Army, thence he marched to Fort Washington, thence to White Plains where they

had a partial engagement, thence to the Hudson River and Cropped at the Fish Kill, thence to Hackensack thence to New Brunswick, and from N. Brunswick to Freehold where he was discharged merely by word of mouth having served his five months out. That about that time the militia of this county were commanded to lay down their arms, but they resumed them again immediately after the rout of the enemy at Princeton and continued in arms during the remainder of the war - That some time in the month of January A.D. 1777 he entered the militia and served every third month, that is - to say four months in every year until the close of the war, except one month when he hired a substitute. That most of the militia were called every other month, but he was called only once in three months, except when there was an alarm when they were all obliged to turn out - That he was out under a number of these general calls or alarms, but cannot tell when nor how long he served each time - That his Company Officers in the militia were Captain James Green afterwards General Elisha Walton, afterwards Major, Richard McKnight, Thomas Chadwick Jeremiah Chadwick Stephen Fleming & Garret Longstreet - That his Field Officers were General David Forman, Colonel Asher Holmes, Colonel Hendrickson and Major Thomas Hunn - That he cannot state with any more certainty than he has above stated, the particular times when he entered the service, nor can he specify the particular period of each engagement under the several Officers above named, but he always considered himself a soldier in the service of his country from the time he first enlisted until the end of the war, and he is confident that he was in actual service at least two years during said time, besides the time he served under the general calls or alarms - That he resided when he entered the service at Long Branch in the Township of Shrewsbury, County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey - That he served under

the calls as they were then termed, was never a substitute - That just before the battle of Monmouth he was called out under a general order to guard the frontier - That while in the Militia he marched principally in his native County guarding the Coast, from Sandy Hook to Squan - That he served with no Continental Regiments or Companies except when on Long Island & recollects only the Cranbury Company under the Command of Captain Vixen Lieutenant Walton & Ensign Patten - That he received no discharge and therefore has no documentary evidence of his service - that he can procure the testimony of no person who can testify positively to his service, and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court. { Jacob Lane
John Patterson
We John Gaklin Herman Minister residing in the in the County of Monmouth and of State New Jersey and William Snyder, residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Lane who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be more than seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed in { John Gaklin Minister open court the day & year aforesaid. { William Snyder
John Patterson

And, the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that John Daphin Newman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Howell in said county of Monmouth, and that William Snyder who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Patterson John Null John Davidson
I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Sain for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
D. H. Ellis
July 31 1905

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Laine who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the widow of Jacob Laine, who made application for a Pension, and who was the same Jacob Laine named in the original Declaration numbered 4190 by the War Department: that she was married to the said Jacob Laine on the 23 rd day of December A.D. 1779 that the said Jacob Laine departed this life on the 13 th day of May A.D. 1833, leaving her the said Elizabeth Laine his widow in extremely indigent and needy circumstances: that she knows of no person or persons now living who can testify to the services of her husband.
Sworn to that said before me Justice of the Peace as above mentioned July 4 th 1833.
Her Elizabeth Laine Mark
Joseph Goodenough
And I the said Joseph Goodenough Judge and Justice as aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Laine who has signed and sworn to the above affidavit; that she is the widow of Jacob Laine who applied for a pension, and she is extremely poor and needy, and that she is a credible person and that her affidavit is  she is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that I was well acquainted with the said Jacob Laine: that I believe he was more than seventy nine years of age when he died: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4 th day of July A.D. 1833.
Joseph Goodenough

I Daniel St. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Joseph Goodenough before whom the within affidavit was sworn to and subscribed, and who has signed his name to the jurat thereof, and also to the within certificate, is now and was at the date thereof, enrolled in my office as Judge of the said Court and Justice of the Peace in for said County, duly commissioned and sworn into office as such Judge & Justice and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such: And further that the signatures "Joseph Goodenough" signed to the within proceedings are the true hand writing and genuine signatures of the said Judge & Justice.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. St. Ellis 1/16

Peckham INVALID.  4/10/04
File No. 702
Jacob Laine (deceased) One N.Y. Line.
Act: June 7. 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jacob Laine ★ Oct. 29, 1904. Records corrected.

Freehold Monmouth County New Jersey April 6th 1833
Sir
About the first of February I enclosed to you the Amended Applications of Joseph Tancleaf, Garret Wykoff, Roert Schunck, John Turnock, John Williamson, David Turnock, William Campbell, Joseph Combs, and Jacob Lane, nine applicants for pensions. You will perceive by the enclosed affidavit and certificate that one of them Jacob Lane is now upon his last legs & that unless his papers are examined in a short time, he will never know whether his Country's gratitude is extended to him or not. If any circumstances will justify an infringement upon the rules of the Department so far as to examine one claim before its turn, I think that the situation of this old soldier will be  will be - He is now helpless and confined to his bed and is dependent almost entirely upon the charity of his neighbors for subsistence. A little would be of more importance to him now than an abundance hereafter - The object of this affidavit is not for the purpose of strengthening his case but to draw your attention speedily to it - The other cases are not so important urgent yet the old men are very anxious and in as much as some have already received

their pensions who made application at the same time, they cannot exactly understand the reason why theirs should be delayed —
The original declaration of Jacob Lane was returned to me with only one objection which is satisfactory answered (as I think) in the Amending affidavit so that the examination now can occupy but a very short time — It must have been received at the Department about the 9 th or 10 th of February — the No. I think is 4080. or 90 —
I would take it a great favor to be advised by return of Mail —
Most Respectfully Yours &c.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
J. B. Hartshorne
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Memorandum of Jacob Lane's estate
Elizabeth Lane, widow of Jacob Lane, dec d .
$80 per ann.
J. M. Hartshorne, Esq r Freehold N. Jersey

The case of Jacob Lain is one that claims your attention. His declaration was sent back to me with but one objection marked in the interrogatories - that objection was answered as I thought the Regulations required and in the very form that was given and referred to in the printed sheet. His papers have been sent back to me a second time for a more particular statement, but the old man died before I received them, and of course no further statement can be given. The claim is now made by the Widow and she is as poor as poverty can make her, also very old and infirm. By examining his original declaration you will perceive that his two first tours are stated particularly. His statement of the second tour is strongly corroborated by the history of that period and also by some ordinances and resolves of the N.J. Convention of 1776 to which I refer, as I understand that a copy has been sent on to the Department. In page 77 of said proceedings you will find the ordinance for raising 3300 of the militia of N.J. to reinforce the Army at New York. Dated June 14. 1776. Wherein they resolved After reciting that the Cont. Congress had requested the Colony of New Jersey to send 3300 militia to reinforce the Army. That 5 battalions consisting of 8 companies of 75 non com officers & privates be immediately got in readiness and marched to New York &c. to be continued in service until the first day of December next unless sooner discharged. And four companies were by the same required to be raised in the County of Monmouth; in page 79. you will perceive that David Forman was appointed Lieut. Col., the other officers at the time he could not recollect, though I find now by this ordinance that Heard was Col. and Thos. Henderson Major. I perceive also page 26 that Heard was afterwards appointed Brig. Genl. of said troops and in all probability Forman was promoted to Col. On the 29th of June 1776 you will perceive that an order was made for the said militia to march immediately to New York, the news of the Fleet's arrival having been obtained. page 32. The applicant called it the Continental Service but whether properly so or not I cannot tell yet surely the mistake if it be one, is very natural for they formed part of the Continental Army; and this idea is confirmed by the Convention itself, for in speaking of these troops, page 30. calls it 'Continental Service'. I presume there are no rolls of these troops in the Department in as much as they were paid by N.J. Thus far he has complied strictly with the regulations, for he gives all the particulars of these tours in detail which

are strongly confirmed by the events of that period. His services in Militia might no doubt have been given more in detail had it been thought necessary, but is now out of the question, yet he has sworn po- sitively as to the length thereof, and if you find that he was correct in the first instance, you will have strong reason to believe him in the second. There can be no doubt, but that the Militia of this count performed in all probability more duty than the Militia in any other part of the U.S. The British Army having possession of N.Y. & Long & Staten Islands, the whole coast of Monmouth County was exposed to their continued plundering & foraging during the whole war. The old man is now dead - he has left a widow, old infirm, and extremely poor. If something could be allowed her it certainly would be a great benefit. I feel interested in this case, because I know these facts like as I state them. I also knew the old man, and always heard him speak of as being an old Revolutionary Soldier, and a very worthy man.
J. B. Hartshorne.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New Jersey County of Monmouth ss:
On this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Joseph Goodenough one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County William Snider who being duly sworn according to Law deponeth and saith that he resides in the neighbourhood of Jacob Lane who (as this deponent has been informed and verily believes) was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he has made application for a pension under the late Act of Congress that the said Jacob Lane is very ill and infirm with a disease called the Cancer, which is gradually consuming him, that he is extremely poor, and dependent principally upon the charity of his neighbours for the common necessaries of life, and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
William Snider
Joseph Goodenough
I Joseph Goodenough one of the Justices as aforesaid do hereby certify that sometime in the beginning of the month of February last, I went to the house of Jacob Lane and took his affidavit purporting to be an amulatory affidavit to his original Declaration for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that the said Jacob Lane was then very ill and infirm from a certain disease called the Cancer, And that he was not then able to write his name but was obliged to make his mark to the said affidavit And I do hereby further certify that William Snider

who has signed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a resident in the said County of Monmouth and is a credible person. And that his affidavit is entitled to credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifths day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Joseph Goodenough
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Joseph Goodenough before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed (by William Snider) and who has signed his name to the jurat thereof and also to the foregoing certificate, is now and was at the dates thereof enrolled in my office as a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn into office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such - and further that I verily believe the signature Joseph Goodenough signed to the said affidavit and certificate is the true hand writing and genuine signature of the said justice.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis Plf

The Amending Affidavit of Jacob Lane to his original Declaration made July 31 st A.D. 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New Jersey County of Monmouth } ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Monmouth, Jacob Lane, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For six months I served as a private soldier in the Continental Army in the year 1776: For six years I served in the militia of New Jersey as a private soldier every third month except one: that is to say in the year 1777 I served four months: in the year 1778 I served four months: in the year 1779 I served four months: in the year 1780 I served four months: in the year 1781 I served four months: in the year 1782 I served four months: making in the whole not less than two years and five months (I having hired a substitute for a month but cannot now recollect in what year it was.) And for such service I claim a pension. My first and second tours of service are particularly stated in my original Declaration. All the rest were each, one month in length, four tours in each year as above set forth, all performed in the grade of a private soldier, in the County of Monmouth.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in the said County Feb: 10 th A.D. 1833 Joseph Grodenough
Jacob Lane mark

I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Mawmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the annexed paper contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Lane for a pension, on the th thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - and further that Joseph Goodenough before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed by the said Jacob Lane by making his mark thereto, and who has signed his name to the jurat thereof is now and was at the date thereof enrolled in my office as a justice of the Peace in and for the said county duly commissioned and sworn into office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Goodenough and verily believe that the signature "Joseph Goodenough" signed to the jurat of the said affidavit is the true hand writing and genuine signature of the said justice.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Freehold this Seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis