Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5457, for Abraham Osborn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Osborn, Abraham. Elizabeth.
N. 5457
CONTENTS

Jersey 46
46 10 6 1 8
Elizabeth Osborn of Monmouth in the State of N. J. who was a N J in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the the Widow of Abraham Osborn Pri & Lieutenant in the Revolution
Book of Death page 48
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 100 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. (Widow) N 5 Feb 16. 1836 to be deducted
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept 1836 and sent to Mr. Newburgh March 11. 1837
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $533.35 Pension allowance ending March 37 53.33 $586.68
Act 4 July 1836 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Amount 2002.5 }
Recorded by H. H. Adkins Clerk, Book- Vol. - 1 Page - 150
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9992 New Jersey
Abraham Osborn
of Monmouth Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a Priv. V Lh. in the company commanded by Captain Brittain of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hendrickson in the N. Jersey Mil. time for 6 months Lh. _____ $ 80.00 8 " Pr. _____ 26.66 $106.66
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 106 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3. day of July 1833 and sent to P. Vredenburg Frankld N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 213.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 1833 53.33 $266.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 124
{ Let to P. Vredenburg 2/5 Aug 36

Application of Abraham Osborn
No 6339.

At a court of Common Pleas held at Freehold in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey of the term of July eighteen hundred thirty two -
Declaration of Abraham Osborn In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New Jersey Monmouth County } ss. On this thirty first day of July eighteen hundred thirty two per- sonally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth aforesaid now sitting Abraham Osborn a resident of the Township of Howell in the County of Monmouth aforesaid & State of New Jersey aged eighty 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. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That the Field Officers were General Morgan Colonel David Hendrick- son, Captain Garret Longstreet & in what was called the  Brigadier  months battle  every other month was first Lieutenant were the Company Officers That he entered the Militia in the early part of the summer of the year 1770. That he served as such Militiaman for a year & upwards was then promoted to the rank of first Lieu- tenant & served as first Lieutenant till the end of the Revolutionary war, was in active service for more than two years as a lieutenant. Captain Ga- ret Longstreet was succeeded by Captain John Buckalew who continued until the war was ended - That near the close of the war

when Samuel Allen was Captain he & the Company with boats took a British Brig laying off Branton Inlet in the County of Monmouth aforesaid. The name of the Brig is now forgotten. That he resided at Spicewood in the Township of Shrewsbury then, but now the Township of Howell in the County & State afore- said when he entered the Service. That he was drafted, under the monthly calls that he marched through the County of Monmouth from Shrewsbury to the Highlands to Linton but that the said quarters were at Linton Falls. That he was that it was the duty of the Company to guard the said Linton Falls associated with Captain Bowman in the Continental Service & Lieutenant Cox likewise of the Continental Service who with the Company were billeted at Spicewood  Linton Falls in said County. That his Commission as Lieutenant, was given by the Genl. Assembly of the State of New Jersey has by some accident been lost & that Benjamin Curtis served in the same Company with him as a common militia man then . That he was taken prisoner by the Tories towards the end of the war but shortly made his escape. That in making his escape the guard attempted to fire upon him but their guns snapped. That during seven years in succession he was robbed by the Tories of his horse, that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  cattle  for notice & that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  he  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  disclaims  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  every  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  claim  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  whatever  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  to a pension or  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  annuity  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  except the present  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  and declares that  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  his name is not on the pension roll of the agency  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  of any State  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  that he has a record of his age in his  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  family  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin  in open court being first read to him  hereby  that he is acquainted with Richard Spry & Benjamin 
John Patterson Richard Spry residing in the Township of Howell or William L. Browne & John Hall (no Minister being Conscientious), residing in the Township of Freehold in the County of Monmouth hereby certify

That we are well acquainted with Abraham Osborn who has been subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is upstanding and he lived in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion that he is a credible person & that his statement is intelligently given -
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty thirty seven in open court { John Hill John Patterson { Richard his Dyer
I Benjamin Curtis residing in the Township of Howell County & State of Michigan aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Osborn before mentioned & have personal knowledge of his service in the Revolutionary war, & served under him when he the said Abraham Osborn was first Lieutenant - & that the said Osborn was first Lieutenant for more than two years, & till the end of the war that during the time Osborn was Lieutenant Col l Hencrickson was a field officer that Burtain Mount was first Lieutenant next succeeding the said Abraham Osborn & was taken prisoner by the refugees & that the said Abraham Osborn was the Lieutenant who succeeded him & And that John Buckalew was captain of the Co m pany when the said Abraham Osborn was appointed Lieutenant, & that afterwards Samuel Allen was Captain of said Company afterwards, that Captain Allen & the said Abraham Osborn were taken prisoners towards the close of the war by the Tories & afterwards made their escape - & that I have subscribed to the said statement entitled to full credit -  day of year of our Lord in open court { Benjamin Curtis John Patterson { Mark

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion upon the investigation of the matter of the putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier as he states, And the Court further certify that it appears to them that the said John Hull, & Richard Sopue, Leslie a- in this above certificate is mentioned And are credible persons And that their statement is entitled to credit. And also that the said Ben- jamin Curtis resides as in his Certificate is stated is a credible person And that his statement is entitled to credit
John Patterson John Hull } Judges William Sopue
J. W. & E. R. Bartleson—Printers, Freehold, N. J.
I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferi- or Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New-Jer- sey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Abraham Robson for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two
H. H. Ellis Clerk

Elizabeth Osborn -

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1833
State of New Jersey, Monmouth County ss: On this second day of August eighteen hundred & thirty six personally appeared before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Freehold in & for said County Elizabeth Osborn a resident of the Township of How- ell in the county of Monmouth & State of New Jersey aged sixty two years eleven months & ten  twenty three days, who being first duly sworn ac- knowledges that on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is a widow of Lieutenant Abraham Osborn deceased who was a Lieutenant in the Militia in service of the United States dur- ing the Revolutionary War, & while said Abra- ham Osborn was a prisoner of the United States until his death under the act passed the seventh day of June eighteen hundred & thirty two entitled an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving offi- cers & soldiers of the Revolution; And for further proof of the Revolutionary service of said Abraham Osborn, she refers to the de- claration & documents & proofs filed with the department, of the said Abraham Osborn on his said application - That the Pension of her said husband was some- thing over one hundred dollars per year but owing to the certificate of her said husband having been returned to the Department cannot say precisely how much - That her said husband served as Lieutenant in the Militia during the Revolutionary war according to the best

of the Revolution & belief of this declaration, but she cannot now, from old age & failure of memory, recollect the precise periods, or when they commenced or ended, or period of her said husband, but she believes he was in actual service more than two years during the war of rebellion.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Abraham Osborn on the third day of June sixteen  seventeen hundred & seventy three, to the said Abraham Osborn by Rev. Justin James Woodworth which said Justin then lived at Long Branch in the Township of Shrewsbury in said County of Monmouth, but who has since died, that she has no record or certificate of her marriage, nor is there any record of her marriage in existence so far as she knows, & as she justly believes - And that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Osborn died on the sixteenth day of February eighteen hundred & thirty five, that she lived with the said Abraham Osborn from the time of her aforesaid marriage as his wife until his death, and that she has remained a widow ever since the period of her said husband's death as will appear more fully by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn & subscribed in open court on the day & year above written before me one of the Judges of said court. The words "seven" & "six" erased & the words "twenty three" & "said Abraham Osborn" & "lived" inserted on first page & the words "sixteen" erased & "seventeen" substituted on second page before signature.
her Elizabeth A. Osborn Mark -
John Patterson

State of New Jersey Morris County ss: I here- by affirm that I, Samuel Osborn of said County being duly sworn According to Laws, depose & state, that he is the fifth child of Abraham Osborn & Eliz- abeth Osborn mentioned in the foregoing de- claration & that he is now, fifty two years old, & that he has now three brothers & three Sisters living, that this deponent's ol- dest brother's name is Samuel who is now sixty or two years old, & that the following are the names of his other brothers & Sisters, viz, Catherine Curtis, William Osborn, De- ceased Anna Havens, Sarah Havens, Eliza- beth Clayton (Deceased) & James Osborn.
That the Father & Mother of said of this deponent have always lived together as Man & Wife as long as this deponent can remember, until the death of his said Father which happened on the 16 th February 1835, & that his said Father & Mother were always reputed in the neighbourhood to have lived been legally married, & that all his Brothers & Sisters, including the oldest, have always been considered & treat- ed as legitimate, at all times & in all places, & are all so universally considered & treated in society, & that the Father of this deponent divided his property by his last Will & Testament among all his chil- dren above named & also left his said Widow the Mother of this deponent a reasonable portion of his estate, thereby treating the said Elizabeth Osborn as his lawful wife, & the said Children as legitimate - And this de- ponent further says, that his said Father was a pensioner of the United States under the Act passed the 7 th June 1832 entitled an Act Supplementary to the Act for the

relief of certain surviving officers & sol- diers of the Revolution". That the pension of his said Father was about $106.66, as near as this deponent can recollect, the pension a pension certificate of his said Father having been given up to the Bank at Trenton shortly after his said Father's death And this deponent further saith, that the Abraham Osborn mentioned in the said pension certificate, & the Father of this deponent are one & the same person. Sworn & subscribed in open court } Abraham Osborn This 2 d Augt 1856 before me }
John Patterson
State of New Jersey (Monmouth County ss: Col. John Osborn of said County being duly sworn According to Law, deponeth & saith, that he is the Younger Brother of the Abraham Osborn who has sworn to the next preceding affidavit, that this deponent has read over the said affi- avit of his Mother, & that the matters & things set forth therein are true as far as this de- ponent knows & as he verily believes -
Sworn & subscribed in open court } James Osborn This 2 d Augt 1856 - before me - }
John Patterson

She
State of New Jersey, Monmouth County ss: Sarah Poland of said County being due sworn according to her oath, that she now resides in the Township of Howells & has resided there for the last fifty years, is now sixty eight years of age, & that she has been acquainted with Elizabeth Osborn the declarant mentioned in the foregoing declaration, & her late husband Lieutenant Abraham Osborn for the last sixty years, & that during all that time the said Elizabeth Osborn & Abraham Osborn have lived together as man & wife until his death, & that they have always been respected in the neighborhood & have been legally married, & have always received & treated by their neighbors as man & wife & that this deponent never heard any thing to the contrary - that the said Elizabeth has now several children living by her said husband, who have always been considered & treated as legitimate & this deponent believes them to be -
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 2 nd Aug t - 1856 - before me
John Patterson
his Sarah Poland Mark

Elizabeth Osborn the above declaration being again duly sworn according to law doth further depose & say, that James Mark- Morton mentioned in her said declaration was at the said time of her said marriage a justice of the peace for said County of Monmouth & duly authorized by the laws of New Jersey to solemnize marriages - That she has the following named children now living, by her said husband viz Isaac Osborn (the oldest who was 62 years old the 12 th day of Feb y (March) Catharine Curtis, Anna Havens, Jane Havens, & James Osborn who were all born in lawful wedlock
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 2 nd Aug t 1856 before } Elizabeth Mark Osborn me - } John Patterson
And I the said John Patterson, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken do hereby cer- tify that I am acquainted with the said Eliza- beth Osborn, Abraham Osborn & James Osborn her sons & said Peland, & that they are several persons of credibility, & that their oaths & declarations are worthy of credit & ought to be believed -
John Patterson

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the examination of the Matter, that the above named applicant is the widow of the said Abraham Osborn who never been married again since his death & that the said Elizabeth Osborn & Abraham Osborn the witness, James Osborn & Sarah Poland are residents of the township of Howells, & that they are respectively credible persons & their statements entitled to credit -
Done in open Court this 2 d day of August 1806 -
William Lloyd
I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Monmouth in the 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 Elizabeth Osborn for a pension - And I do hereby further certify, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of John Patterson & William Lloyd, who have signed the foregoing declaration & affidavits & certificates, & that the names signed John Patterson & William Lloyd are respectively the proper hand writing of the said John Patterson & William Lloyd, & that the said John Patterson & William Lloyd were respectively still at the time of said signing of their said names & still are Masters of said Superior Court of Com- mon Pleas duly commissioned & sworn & enrolled in my office for testimony

I have hereunto set my hand to certify the seal of said Court at Falmouth in said County as Monmouth, this eight day of August eighteen hundred & thirty six
J. H. Ellis
Elizabeth Elshorne Widow of Abraham El- shorne decd. V. of Falmouth

State of New Jersey, Monmouth County, ss. Samuel Osborn of said County being duly sworn according to Law deposes & saith, that he is the oldest child of Abraham Osborn & Eliza both his wife which said Abraham was late a pensioner of the United States, that this deponent is now sixty two years old, & that his said Father & Mother have always lived together as man & wife been so reputed & believed in the neighborhood as long as this deponent can remember that this deponent & his brothers & sisters, of which there are several have always been treated & reputed in society as legitimate, & that his said Father died on the 16 th February 1835 - & that his said Mother has not been married since - Sworn to the best of his knowledge before me on _____ of the justice of the peace in & for } Samuel Osborn said County this - sixth day of } August 1836 - Sam l H. Allen
State of New Jersey, Monmouth County, ss. I the undersigned do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Osborn the deponent above named and that he is a credible witness & that his oath and declaration worthy of credence and ought to be believed Sam l H. Allen

State of New Jersey Monmouth County To William Morton of said County being duly sworn and Askin Pearl of said County being duly Affirmed Did severally depose and say that they were well acquainted with Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth his wife before and during the revolutionary War of the United States that the said Abraham Osborn and Elizabeth Osborn his wife were reputed to be husband and wife and that they lived together as such before the commencement and during the Revolutionary War aforesaid and that they have ever been reputed and known & considered by the whole neighbourhood to be such and that they had several children before or during said revolutionary War - and these deponents further say that they have a creditable information that the said Abraham Osborn was for several years before his death a Revolutionary Pensioner and the said William Morton states his own age to be seventy years next October and the said Askin Pearl to be sixty eight years in September next - Sworn to and subscribed this 5 th day of August 1836 } William his Morton and affirmed to at the } mark same time before me and } H. C. Pearce of the Justices of the peace in and for said County - Sam H. Allen
State of New Jersey Monmouth County To all the subscribers and of the Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Morton & Askin Pearl the deponents above named and that they are creditable witnesses and that their oaths or affirmations & declarations matter of fact and ought to be believed - John L. Allen

State of New Jersey, Monmouth County to Elizabeth Smith The wife of James Smith of said County being first sworn according to Law deposith and saith that during the revolutionary war aged as this deponent thinks in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and eighty this deponent lived at the home and in the employment of Abraham Robson & Elizabeth Robson his wife (The said Abraham Robson being Lately as this deponent believes a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that the said Elizabeth Robson was at that time reputed and considered at that time to be the wife of the said Abraham Robson aforesaid and always has been so reputed and considered in the neighbo- rhood and at the time aforesaid this deponent lived with them the said Abraham & Elizabeth Robson they had two children namely Samuel & Catherine and that during said time this deponent lived there and Capt. Babbman a Continental soldier quartered at the home of the said Abraham & Elizabeth Robson aforesaid with a part of his company of soldiers and that the deponent was in seventy eight years sworn to and subscribed before me one Saml. H. Allen one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County This Fifth day of August 1836
Saml. H. Allen
Elizabeth her Smith mark
State of New Jersey, Monmouth County to the subscribers one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Smith the deponent above named and that she is a creditable witness & that her oath and declaration worthy of credit and ought to be believed
Saml. H. Allen

I the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court at Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of Sam- uel F. Allen Esquire who has signed the foregoing affi- davits & that the name signed Sam d F. Allen to the foregoing affidavits of Samuel Osborn William Newton, Asher Seaman & Elizabeth Seaman are respectively in the & the certificates thereunder written are respectively in the proper handwriting of the said Samuel F. Allen, & I do hereby further certify that the said Samuel F. Allen at the time of the closing thereof was & still is a justice of the peace in & for said County of Monmouth, duly commissioned & sworn & re- rolled in My office.
In Testimony whereof I have here to set My Hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Freehold in said County this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty Six
W. M. Ellis Clerk
Elizabeth Seaman -

February 1, 1938
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Abraham Osborn W. 5457 BA-J/AWF
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Abraham Osborn of New Jersey, War of the Revolution, who died February 16, 1835.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 5457, based upon the military service of Abraham Osborn in the War of the Revolution.
Abraham Osborn was born April 29, 1752 in the Township of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in said township, Abraham Osborn served from early in the summer of 1778 as a private in monthly tours under Captains Longstreet and James Journee(?), and after the battle of Monmouth, he was appointed 1st lieutenant and continued to serve in monthly tours under Captains John Buckalew and Samuel Allen in Colonel Daniel Hendrickson's New Jersey regiment; he was taken prisoner by the Tories shortly before the close of the war, but soon made his escape and continued in the service until the close of the war. His service was to guard the sea coast.
Abraham Osborn was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, then a resident of the Township of Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He

died February 16, 1835.
The soldier, Abraham Osborn, married June 3 or 4, 1773 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Allen; they were married at her father's house, name of her mother not given.
The widow, Elizabeth Osborn, was allowed pension on her application executed August 2, 1836, at which time she was living in the Township of Howell, New Jersey, aged eighty-two years, eleven months, and twenty-three days.
Their oldest child, Samuel Osborn, was born March 12, 1774, and in 1836 was living in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Abraham Osborn, their fifth child, was fifty-two years of age in 1836, and a resident of Monmouth County. Other children referred to in 1836, Catharine Curtis, William Osborn (deceased), Anna Havens, Jane Havens, Elizabeth Clayton (deceased), and James Osborne, who was in that year referred to as Colonel, and of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Samuel F. Allen was Justice of the Peace in 1836 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; it was not stated that he was related to the widow, Elizabeth Osborn, or that the Captain Samuel Allen under whom the soldier, Abraham Osborn, served was a relative.
The application for headstone for Abraham Osborn is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1915 Feb. 1 - list to memo B.1. Aug.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5457
Elizabeth Olson Widow of Abraham Olson Lieut. Rev. War.
Act: July 4/936
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

To what time was Stratham Osborn paid at the N. Jersey Agency under act 7 June 1832
22.6
He died 16 th Feb. 1833 and was paid to the day of his death
4.76
Sept 23 - '36-
23 Sep. 36

Freehold N.J. September 2nd
free
Elizabeth and Sept 5 N.J. act 7 July '36 add C.P.R.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Freehold N.J. August 16 3
Abraham Blumling N.J. Act 7 July 1836
free
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City District of Columbia

Freehold Aug t 8-1836
Dr Sir
Enclosed is the application of Elizabeth Osborn widow of Abraham Osborn for a pension — Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1832 & died in 1835 — She claims the same pension that he rec d which was rising $100, per year — I was Mr Osborn's agent in procuring his pension — I would take the liberty of calling your attention to the proofs in his case which must now be on file in your department — Supposing that they would be satisfactory to you, I have not advanced in the accompanying papers, any additional proofs of his services .
May I take the liberty of calling your attention to the decision of her claim at your earliest convenience —
Yrs yr obed Servt —
P. Wredenburgh B.
Thos L. Edwards Esq.

State of New Jersey } Monmouth County } ss Personally appeared before me Sam d Ellen one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county Faithfull Gifford who being by me duly Affirmed did declare & say that she was well acquainted with Abraham Osborn late of said County dec d who was lately reported to be a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and Elizabeth Osborn his wife (now his widow) that she was present at the solemnization of their Marriage which took place before the said Revolutionary War and as she believes on the fourth day of June 1773 and she is now 79 years of age Affirmed to and subscribed the 26 th day of August 1856 } Faithfull Gifford before me Sam d H. Allen
Monmouth County ss I the subscriber one of Justices of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Faithfull Gifford and have no hesitation to declare that she is a very Respectable Woman and that her evidence is entitled to full credit and belief Sam d H. Allen

Supplemental Declaration of Abraham Osborn to his Declaration of 31 July 1832 accompanying this.
State of New Jersey Monmouth County. Personally appears in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Abraham Osborn who being duly sworn according to law deposes & saith, that he was born at Squam in the Township of Shrewsbury in said County in the year 1752, that since that time that part of the Township of Shrewsbury has been set off & is now called the Township of Howell; that he lived there when called into service, & has ever since & does now reside there, that he entered under the Monthly service, & was called out by the constituted authorities of the State, that he received a commission as Lieutenant from Gov r Livingston of New Jersey, but that towards the close of the Rev. War his house was robbed by the Tories & I think his draft of papers in obtaining the believed his commission were then stolen, that during each period mentioned below, & whenever he was out for all the times & time that he claimed a pension for he served with an embodied Corps called out by the State authorities, & that both he & the Colonels or Companies with which he served respectively drew their regular rations & pay, that their duty was to guard the coast & Country from hostile depredations, & for the time during which his services were performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuits.
That by reason of old age & 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, & in the following grades 1 st
as a Common Soldier, He served six tours of one month each under Captain Galt-Longstreet Lieutenant Brittain Mount stationed at the falls in said County, He believes this in 1776 & 7. Then he served two tours of one month each under Capt n James Journee stationed at Squam in said County. 2 d As Lieutenant five tours of one month each under Capt n John Buckalee after the battle of Monmouth, but does not recollect the precise year. Then three tours of one month each under Captain Samuel Allen

He cannot particularize at this time any other tours but is certain he served not less than two years as a lieutenant & for such service he claims a pension That there is no surviving witness that he knows of who can detail his services from their own memory except Benjamin Curtis - All the Captains & lower officers are dead. That from the general situation of the country & the disaffected state of the inhabitants of this district, the Militia were kept at home by the authorities of the State, for the purpose of guarding the coast & protecting the inhabitants & that this was the duty of this declarant of the respective Companies with which he served. That the Companies were sometimes detached from others to guard particular points. That the words "Abraham Osborn was born April 29 th 1752" on a paper accompanying this, is truly copied his family bible where it was put before his memory.
Sworn & Subscribed in Sp- Court 7 th June 1853 William Lloyd
Abraham Osborn

Respectfully, a Clergyman residing in the Township of Howell & Samuel F. Allen residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Osborn who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing application, that we believe him to be eighty one years of age, that he is reput- ed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion I was & subscribed in open Court this 7 th June 1833 Sam d F. Allen William Lloyd
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Sol- dier & hence as he states. And the said Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel F. Osborn who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in said Township of Howell & that Samuel F. Allen who has also signed the same

is a record of the same place in a credible person & that this statement is entitled to credit —
W. C. Browne
William Lloyd John C. D. D. D.
I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original completa proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Abraham O'Brien for a jurisdiction — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 7 th day of June 1833
D. H. Ellis

I the Subscriber a clergyman residing in the Town- ship of Howell in the County of Monmouth State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Abraham Osborn, who has applied for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832, who resides in this Township, & that I believe him to be eighty one years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opin- ion
Second subscribed before me, one of the } John Saphin Sermon Judges of the Superior Court of Common- Pleas in & for said County of Monmouth } This 22 nd day of June 1833 Sam l H. Allen -
I the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas, in & for said County of Monmouth do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with John Saphin Sermon who has signed the preceding certificate & that he is a clergy- man residing in said Township of Howell, & is a person enti- tled to full credit. Witness my hand this Twenty Second day of June - 1833 Sam l H. Allen

Abraham Gibson Application for Pension
6 mo. Lt. 30.00 8 mo. Pw. 2
$100 per ann
$106:66 per ann
— P. Vredenburg Esq Freehold N. Jersey

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify, that Samuel F. Allen before whom the preceding affidavit was taken, & who has signed the preceding certificate was at the doing thereof & still is one of the Judges of the said Court duly commissioned & sworn & enrolled in my office & that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such, & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, & that the name signed "Samuel F. Allen" to the said affida- vit & certificate is the proper hand writing of the Samuel F. Allen - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at my office this 27 th June 1823
D. H. Ellis Clk
Abraham Osborn Application for Pardon
6 mo. Lt. 2.00 8 mo. Pris. 2
100 $106:66 per ann
P. Mendenbough Esq. Freehold N. Jersey

Elizabeth Osborn's
adm
6 mo. Lieut. 80 8. " private 26.67 106.66 106.67 per amt
died 16 Feby 1835. Spaid to that date - deduct.
J. Vredenburg Esq Freehold N.J.

State of New Jersey Monmouth County /s/ Elizabeth Arbon of said county being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that she thinks that she and her husband the late Abraham Arbon Esq. had a parchment before and during the revolutionary War upon which was entered the ages of the deponent and her said husband and the births of such of their children as were then born But that the house in which they lived was robbed as often as seven times by the Refugees & Tories during the revolutionary War in which the deponent's husband lost most of his valuable papers & the deponent thinks said parchment was lost by one of said robberies - at any rate that it was lost during the war & the deponent has not seen it since the deponent does not recollect whether her said marriage was entered on said parchment but she thinks that it was and the deponent further states that since the loss of said parchment neither she nor her husband as the deponent knows made any record of the ages or marriage of her and her said husband and that there is not now to the best of the deponent's knowledge or belief any contemporaneous entry in any family bible or any where else of the said marriage of the deponent Except upon the said parchment aforesaid
Sworn and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in } Elizabeth her Arbon and for said county this } mark 27 th day of August 1836 Sam l H. Allen
I the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county before whom the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Arbon was taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Elizabeth Arbon and have been acquainted with her for upwards of forty years last past and that she is a creditable person and her statements and affidavit entitled to full belief & confidence Sam l H. Allen

Man of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Aaron Chamberlain of said County being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that he is now between seventy nine & eighty years of age & has always resided in the said county of Monmouth Monmouth, And has been acquainted with the late Abraham Osborn, a pensioner of the United States & Elizabeth his wife, which said Elizabeth is now an applicant for a pension ever since he was a boy. And this deponent further states, that he recollects being present at the marriage of the said Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth, that said marriage took place at the house of Samuel Allen in said County, before the Revolutionary war, this deponent believes in the year 1773. This deponent is not certain of the year, but is certain that it was before the commen- cement of the Revolutionary war. That said Samuel Allen was the father of said Elizabeth. This deponent does not recollect who performed the ceremony of marriage, but recollects that it was done by some person having competent authority, to solemnize marriage in the presence of the families of the parties. That shortly after the marriage this deponent was present at the house coming, when the bride & groom were again present with their friends & relatives. That said marriage was solemnized as marriages were solemnized in this part of the country at that time. That this deponent has not the least doubt but that said marriage was legally solemnized at the time & in the manner he has stated, & that it was considered & treated at the time by all the company present, as well as the rest of the neighbourhood & that the said Abraham Osborn & Elizabeth have always since resided in the same neighbourhood & continued to live together as man & wife there so universally reputed in the neighbourhood ever since, & their children of which they have had several universally considered & received in society as legitimate. — That at the time of said marriage it was customary in this part of the country for

justices of the peace to Sternings marriage, who had competent authority then & still have so to do - Sworn & subscribed this 26 th August 1876 before me a jus- tice of the peace in & for said County - the words "2 a large party" & "se" interlined before sworn to, being first read to him
his Aaron & Chamberlain mark
William Lloyd
New Jersey Morris County ss. I the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Aaron Cham- berlain who has made the foregoing affidavit & have been acquainted with him for the last forty years & that the said Aaron Chamberlain is a credible person & his statements & affidavit worthy of credit & entitled to confidence & belief - Witness my hand this 26 th August 1876 -
William Lloyd
State of New Jersey Morris County ss. I the subscriber clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that William Lloyd & Samuel F. Allen before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken were respectively at the time of the doing thereof & still are justices of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & en- rolled in my office & that to their official acts as such full faith & credit are due & ought to be given & I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Lloyd & Allen & that the names signed William Lloyd & Samuel F. Allen to the foregoing affidavits & certificates are respectively the proper hand writing of the said William Lloyd & Samuel F. Allen

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said court at Fitchburg in said county this first day of September Eighteen hundred & thirty six
D. H. Sleeper

Fenwick Apr 1-1806-
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you additional Evidence of the legality of the Marriage of Mrs Elizabeth Osborn Widow of Abm Osborn De d late a pensioner. There is not extraneous as you will perceive no entry in any family record - a thing which is very com- mon even to this day in the part of the Country where she resides & still lip fre- quent in ancient times, Besides the inhabitants of the coast of our County were subject during the whole course of the war to perpetual robberies, & what records they had were very frequently destroyed or lost in the confusion of the times - It is hoped therefore that the evidence of eye witnesses of the fact will prove satisfactory to the department. If the department wishes it, she may perhaps find out some other persons who were present, but the de- partment are doubtless aware how difficult it must be after a lapse of more than sixty years to do that. Respectfully yours &
J. L. Edwards Esq. Law of the
P. Bedenough Jr