Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 958, Thomas Bloomfield, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Bloomfield, Thomas Ann
NUMBER
R 958
CONTENTS
Died in 1830

See letter to Lee July 22. 1880. do. to Hon. B. F. Hovey H. R. Feb. 4. 1837
20.167
New Jersey
Thomas Bloomfield
of Woodbridge in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Freeman of the Regiment commanded by Colonel _____ in the _____ line, for the term of the war from 1776 to 1783
Inscribed on the roll of New Jersey at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of January 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of June 1830 and sent to Robert Lee Esq. Rahway, N. J.
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $209.06 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep " 48
$257.06
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
20 May 1830
Rec. Book D. Vol. 4. fol. 142

To The Honorable The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.-
The petition of the subscriber would respectfully shew, -
That your petitioner is one of the few that remain of those who toiled and suffered through the Revolution in the service, and to aid the cause of their Country, and now, that old age and infirmity has come upon him, he must, unless aided in return by that country, pass the little remnant of his days within the dreary and comfortless walls of the common work house of the County, or Township.
your petitioner would respectfully state, that your petitioner first entered the Continental service in seventeen hundred and seventy six, and was with the army under General Washington on Long Island, and retreated with them from there; afterwards he was employed

in the Forage Department for about a year; afterwards he was enlisted under Captain Asker F. Randolph, and Matthew Freeman for about two years; after this he was employed in the Lynn Boat service with Capt. Story. — After this in the dangerous, and if detected, fatal employ of bringing intelligence from within the enemies lines for the use of General Washington. After the March of Genl. Washington to the South, and which was followed by the Capture of Cornwallis, your petitioner was in the Continental service as Militiaman, generally a volunteer substitute for drafted men, or the Forage department until the Conclusion of the peace of 1783. —
Your petitioner would respectfully state, that at the commencement of the Revolution he was left friendless,

penniless, and without learning; that the prime of his days, in which was spent in the service of his country, a service too, in which though exposed to continual hardships and danger, but little honor (from his obscure and private station) and less money could be acquired. — For upwards of Forty years since, your petitioner has toiled, as many a better man has toiled, against adverse fortune. His labor has enabled him to live, and raise a family of several children, not one of whom however, are in circumstances to help him. It is only when old age and infirmity renders him incapable of any longer laboring for himself, that he calls upon his country for aid; He calls not either, until that country by its abundant prosperity, the fruits of a glorious and successfull Revolution to which his mite was contributed, is

is amply able to aid him. Can it be that the call will be in vain?
Your petitioner is informed that none was of the acts heretofore passed for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Revolution embrace his case. He therefore prays that in some special act passed for the relief of Revolutionary officers and soldiers, his name may be embraced, giving him at least the pay or pension of a private in the infantry.
Your petitioner sustains his claim by the best evidence which this distance of time, and his impaired health and impaired memory will enable him to procure. To the generosity and justice of his country he commits his cause. —
Signed in presence of Robt Bee Thomas Bloomfield Tinker

New Jersey, Middlesex County ss.
Came before me, Richard Marsh, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Middlesex, Thomas Bloomfield, (commonly called "Continental Thomas") who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, deposeth and saith that he was an applicant to the Congress of the United States for a pension, being aged and infirm, and in poverty and want. That his application and claim was founded upon various services rendered through the Revolution in the Militia, in the Forage Department, and as the carrier of a private or secret Mail, to and from within the enemy's lines for the use and information of the Command- er in chiefs - That his papers were, as he believes, forwarded by his friend Robert Lee, to Dr. Lewis Condit, a member of Congress from New Jersey, and that he believes he is the person named and intended in Act No. 47, entitled "An Act for the relief of sundry Revolutionary and other Officers and Soldiers, and for other purposes, approved May 20 th 1830, in which
no m c copy the bills

which pay at the rate of eight dollars a month, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, is granted, and further saith not.
Sworn before me, this seventh day of June A.D. 1830 }
Richard Marsh
Thomas Bloomfield
Court of Common Pleas, Middlesex County New Jersey - June 1830, }
I, Ferdinand J. Kanaudalen, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey Do Certify that Richard Marsh, whose signature as Justice of the Peace is affixed to the annexed affidavit, is duly commissioned and empowered to act as such, and that he is duly commissioned and empowered as a Commissioner, under the laws of New Jersey, to attest the acknowledgment and proof of Deeds and other instruments of writing.
Given under my hand and Seal of office, this eighth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty.
F. J. Kanaudalen
Col R Med 4

I, Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey Do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Robert Lee of the same place, my Attorney to ask for and receive, and to give receipts and discharges for, the Pension or Pay, to which I am now entitled and to which I may be hereafter entitled under an act of Congress (N o 47) entitled "An Act for the relief of sundry Revolutionary and other officers and soldiers, and for other purposes," approved: May 20, 1830. Hereby investing my said Attorney with full power to do whatever may be required in the premises, and ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney may lawfully do in virtue hereof. Witness my hand and Seal, This Seventh day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty.
Witness present
Thomas Lee Junr Richard Marsh
Thomas Bloomfield
I, Richard Marsh, a Commissioner duly Commissioned to take acknowledgements of Deeds, &c Do Certify that Thomas Bloomfield, Maker of the above Power of Attorney, acknowledged before me the due execution of the same for the uses and purposes therein expressed. acknowledged by him This Seventh day of June A.D. 1830. Richard Marsh

Somerville, June 10th 1830.
Sir,
Your letter of the 7th inst. was recd. just as I was about starting for this place. — In reply, I would state, that the petition of Thos. Bloomfield, as nearly as I now recollect, was not originally presented by me, but by one of my colleagues, probably Doct. Holcombe, or Doct. Swan.
It lay over among the unfinished business of the St. of R. for one or two sessions, & was by me again presented at the last session, & referred to the committee of military pensions. — I am well satisfied, that if the bill, containing the name of Thomas Bloomfield, as a pensioner of the U. S. on the roll of the N. Jersey agency, became a law, that it refers to the same Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. N. Jersey, whose petition I presented. And in confirmation, I will suggest, that on examination of the law in question, it will probably appear, that no other person of the name of Thos. Bloomfield, will be found therein. — I had an impression until the recd. of your letter, that said Bill, was passed by the St. of R. & by the Senate laid on the table, & was never further acted upon by that branch of the Legislature. — If it has passed through all the forms of Legislation & become a law, I shall be much pleased, being well satisfied of the justice of his claim.
Sincerely & respectfully
Your friend &c.
Lewis Condict.
Robt. Lee Esq.

pen: to com: Jan: 1. 1828 at $8 per mo. -
N. J. Rev. Roll - act 20 th May 1830.
rec d . June 18. 1830.
Robt Lee, Sogt. Rahway N.J.

Rahway June 15 th - 1830,
Henry H Eaton Secy at War,
Sir, Believing that Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge, New Jersey, is the person named and intended in the act of May 20 th 1830 - for the relief of sundry Revolution-ary and other officers and soldiers &c. I have procured his affidavit setting forth the circumstances of his claim &c - taken before Richd Marsh Esqr, and the Certificate of the Clerk of Middlesex, attesting the official capacity in which Mr Marsh acts.
The papers and Petition asking this Pension, or Pay, were, I think, forwarded to Dr Lewis Coudit, Member of Congress from this State, in the session of 1828/29 - I have written to Dr Coudit on the subject -
Thomas Bloomfield has also thought proper to appoint me his Atty to receive his pay; he is, at present, unable, from age and infirmity, to leave his room. - If he should appear to be the person intended in the act, the nearest post office to him, and to me, is Rahway N.J - The nearest Branch of the U. States Bank is New York -
I am Sir, Respectfully. Your most ob st Servt Robt Lee

Declaration
State of New Jersey } Middlesex County ss }
On this twentieth day of February, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty two before me Hanson Newton, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas, in and for the county, aforesaid, personally appeared Jonathan Bloomfield, a president of the township of Woodbridge, in the County and State aforesaid, aged sixty eight 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 provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 11 th 1836. That he is the eldest son of Thomas and Ann Bloomfield, both deceased. That Thomas Bloomfield's name was placed upon the pension Roll, in the Department at Washington, on or about the 18 th day of June 1830, for services rendered in the Quartermasters Department during the war of the Revolution, at the rate of thirty six Dollars per annum. That the pension of the said Thomas Bloomfield commenced on or about the first day of June 1828. That the said Thomas Bloomfield died on the 30 th day of September 1830 leaving a widow Ann Bloomfield, who died on the twenty sixth day of September 1836. That the said Thomas Bloomfield and Ann Flood were married, on the sixth day of March 1781. That he this declarant, makes this Declaration by virtue of a power of Attorney, herewith presented, for the purpose of obtaining the amount of pension to which the said Ann Bloomfield, widow of the said

Thomas Bloomfield deceased, was entitled, from the decease of her said husband, until the day of her death, together with such increase of pension as the widow aforesaid, would be entitled to, if living.
Jonathan Bloomfield
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of February 1852 before me
Thomas Newman Judge etc.

Card of Identity.
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss {
Be it known that before me, Hanson Newton, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for this county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Jonathan Bloomfield and made oath in due form of law, that he is the eldest son of Thomas Bloomfield, the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, which has either been mislaid or lost.
That the deceased pensioner resided in the town- ship of Woodbridge, in this county and State aforesaid as this deponent well believes, from his childhood to the day of his death.
Jonathan Bloomfield
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of February 1852 before me.
Hanson Newton Judge etc.

We now all meet, by these presents, that we Parker and David Bloomfield of the township of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have made constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make constituted and appointed, Jonathan Bloomfield of the township, county and State aforesaid, our true and lawful Attorney, for us, and in our names, place and stead, to prosecute, for and recover, the balance of pension due to our deceased father, Thomas Bloomfield, and also to prosecute the claim to a pension of Anna Bloomfield, our deceased mother, and widow of Thomas Bloomfield deceased, giving and granting unto our said Attorney, full power and authority to do, and perform all, and every act and thing, therein or therein required and necessary to be done, in and above the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as we might or could do, if personally present, and acting therein.
In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals the 20 th day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
Sealed and delivered in presence of, Hanson Newton
Parker Bloomfield
Maria A. Newton
David Bloomfield
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss
Be it known that on the 20 th day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas, in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Parker and David Bloomfield, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act & deed, for the uses and purposes therein expressed. In witness

whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid
Hanson Newton
Judge as aforesaid
I Hanson Newton a Judge of the Middlesex pleas, do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Phoebe Davis and William H. Eustis witnesses who have testified in the case of the marriage of Thomas Bloomfield and Ann Flood. They are both of them members of the First Methodist Church in the village of Woodbridge, worthy, upright persons whose integrity and veracity are irreproachable and undoubted, and that I have no hesitation in saying, that their testimony in the above case is reliable and true.
Hanson Newton
Power of Attorney

Jonathan Bloomfield's affidavit - No family Record

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss
Jonathan Bloomfield as resident of the township of Woodbridge, in the County and State aforesaid, being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath, saith, That he is sixty nine years of age, That he is the eldest son of Thomas and Ann Bloomfield - deceased. That he has never seen any Record of the Marriage of Thomas Bloomfield and Ann Flood, the deceased parents of this deponent. — That this deponent does not believe, that such a Record was ever made. That a Record of the births of the children of Thomas and Ann Bloomfield was kept by the said Thomas Bloomfield on a piece of loose paper. That the said Record was in the paper house writing of this deponent's father. That this deponent obtained the record of his own birth from the paper aforesaid. That the Record aforesaid has, long since, been lost. That this deponent has not seen the said Record for many years, and believes it to be lost or destroyed, as after diligent search it cannot be found.
Sworn and Subscribed
this 14 th day of July 1852
before me, H. Hanson Newton a Judge of the Court of Common pleas, in and for the county aforesaid.
The word Bloomfield interlined before execution by me
H. Hanson Newton
Judge etc
Jonathan Bloomfield

Sir
House of Representatives Washington 28 Jan y 1837
The papers of Thomas Bloomfield referred to in the enclosed memorandum were sent to the Pension Office 25 May 1830. They are wanted for the use of one of the committees of the house to whom I presented the Petition of his Widow. Will you be good enough to send them - or copies to me for that purpose.
Yrs. very respectfully James Parker
James L Edward Esq Clerk of Pension
Please return the Memorandum

Clerk's Certificate No evidence of marriage

Mary Newbury
Witnesseth, I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that there are no records of marriages in the County office of said County from the 1 st March 1795 the date of the last registry book used to be kept - And that there are no marriages recorded as having been solemnized by any per- son of the name of Bloomefield
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County at New Brunswick this 15 th day of July AD 1852
N Boorman Clerk

In the case of the petition of the widow of Thomas Bloomsfield of N. Jersey - asking a Pension as his widow The following facts are referred to.
By an act of Congress May 20, 1830. Vol. 8. pag. 303 &c. Sec. 3.
The Secretary of War is required to place the names of the following persons upon the list of Revolutionary Pensioners viz: Samuel French & Co. Thomas Bloom- -field (page 304 (14 th line) and to pay them each at the rate of $8 per month commencing on the 1 st January 1828
This was a full pension under the act of 1818 The Petitioner, her husband having been a Revolu- -tionary Soldier, therefore herself entitled to a pension under the provisions of the act of East Session.
M c Blomfield's papers were sent to the Pension Office May 25 1830

Mrs Christiana Palmer Application for pension presented Feb 1852.
Heirs of Jonathan Bloomfield March 1852

Affidavit
Thomas Bloomfield Cane
1829

Middlesex County New Jersey ss. —
Personally appeared before me, Richard Marsh one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Middlesex, Caleb Baldwin, a resident of the Township of Woodbridge, who being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists, deposes and saith that he was personally acquainted with Thomas Bloomfield — now called " Continental Thomas " from his great and zealous services in the Revolution. That he knew of the services of the said Thomas Bloomfield as an Enlisted soldier under Capt. Asahel Fitz, Randolph, and that he heard at various times during the Revolution that the said Thomas Bloomfield was in various services — during the whole Revolution —
his Caleb Baldwin Mark
Sworn before me This the 13 th day of January A.D. 1829
Witness Robert Lee
Richard Marsh

New Jersey Middlesex County SS
Personally appeared before me, Richard Marsh one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex, Richard Lee who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, That he was personally acquainted with Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge, who in the Revolution, and ever since has gone by the name of "Continental Thomas", from his zealous and continued services in the Revolution, - That, this deponent, and said Thomas Bloomfield acted together for one year in the forage Department, under Colonel Scudder. - This deponent further saith that during the Revolution and ever since he has understood and always believed that the said Thomas Bloomfield was in various service either as enlisted soldier, or Militia Man, or employed in the forage Department during the whole of the Revolution - and further saith not. -
Sworn before me Richard Lee This the 13 th day of January A.D. 1829.
Richard Marsh

State of New Jersey } ss Darrowly appeared before Middlesex County } me Richard Nash, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for
Said County, John Darrow who being duly sworn on the holy evange- list of Almighty God, deposeth and saith that he knew Thomas Bloomfield in the time of the Revolutionary war and that he knew that he was in the army under the Command of Captain Stephen G. Randolph in the years service, and also that he knew that he served under Captain Matthew Freeman for considerable of a time, but does not recollect how long, and he further says that he was in the five months service in the first of the Revolutionary War, and he thinks and actually believes that he was in the service from first to last of the Revolutionary War
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th Day of January 1842.
Richard Nash,
John Darrow

Middlesex County New Jersey ss.
Personally appeared before me, Richard Marsh, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex - Jacob Harsberg, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, deposeth and saith, That he was personally acquainted with Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge, who was during the Revolution, and has been ever since, called by the name of " Continental Thomas " from his zeal and service in the Continental cause, This deponent further saith that he always understood during the Revolution that the said Thomas Bloomfield was in some branch of the service in the Continental cause during the whole of the Revolution, and this deponent further saith that said Thomas Bloomfield is now far advanced in life and in very indigent circumstances and further saith not -
Sworn before me Jacob Harsberg This the 13 th day of January A.D. 1829 Richard Marsh

Phebe Davis Swears that she is 77 years old, was well acquainted with Thos. & Ann Bloomfield, Ann was a domestic in her father's house They were married before the close of the war, Thos. used to come home on furlough to visit his wife
M c Nutter believes they were married as they claim,
additional affidavit of Phebe Davis to the same point,
There is no Record proof of marriage to be obtained
He was allowed by Special act of Con- gress to No claim,

Certificate of Court
Theos Bloomfield died
Sep 30 1830
Ann Bloomfield died
Sep 26 1836
leaving surviving her Jonathan Bloomfield Parker Bloomfield David Bloomfield

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss. I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Thomas Bloomfield was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum - was a resident of the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey and died in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey in the year AD Eighteen hundred and thirty on the Twentieth day of September, that Ann Bloomfield widow of said Thomas Bloomfield since in the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey in the year AD Eighteen hundred and thirty Six on the twenty eighth day of September, leaving three children and only three whose names are Jonathan, Parker and Daniel Bloomfield
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at New Brunswick this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord 1852
N Boorman Clerk

Affidavits
Thomas Bloomfield Case
1829.

State of Jersey } ss Personally appeared before Middlesex County } me, Richard North one of the justices of the peace in and for
Said County of Middlesex, Thomas Bloomfield junior who being duly sworn on the holy evangelists deposes and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Thomas Bloomfield of Woodbridge in the time of the Revolutionary war, and ever since, and he knew that the said Thomas Bloomfield was in five months service in the first of the war and was in the army with General Washington at the time he retreated from Long Island in the State of New York; and after wards he drove a team for the Army upwards of one year & then he enlisted under Captain Freeman of Woodbridge for one year & then he enlisted for one year under Captain Archer & Randolph of Woodbridge; after which he was employed as a hand on board of the Gunboats; and was regularly in the service from the first to the last of the Revolutionary war, and has been called "Continental Thomas Bloomfield" ever since the close of the Revolutionary war for his zeal and activity in the war
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 th Day of January 1909.
Thomas Bloomfield Jr.
Richard North

_____ Ex'r.
INVALID.
NO. 927
RECEIVED
_____
Ann Bloomfield
P. O. widow of Thomas Bloomfield
Service: M
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Washington July 24. 1852
Dr Sir:
The accompanying papers contain additional evidence in the case of Jonathan Bloomfield.
These files show the case attended to steadily as possible.
Yours Respectfully
James Cooper
J. J. C. Tipton Esq.
Secretary Comt of Pensions

No Ann Bloomfield dec d wid of Thomas N. J.
Hon. Jas. Cooper July 6 1852 " " " Sep 27 1852
958
Act July 1852
I wish to ascertain whether any action has been had in the case of the heirs of John Griggs deceased for arrears of pension presented by me on 12 th Feb y 1852 -
also a similar claim by the heirs of Thomas Bloomfield presented by me in March 1852. with directions to correspond and report to the Hon. James Cooper N.J.
J. S. Pollard

Phoebe Ann affidavit

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss
Phoebe Law is a resident of the township of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey being first duly sworn according to law on her oath saith that she is seventy seven years of age. That her maiden name was Phoebe Bloomfield. That this deponent's father was a Justice of the peace during the war of the Revolution. That this deponent was well acquainted with Thomas and Ann Bloomfield, the identical persons mentioned in the Declaration of Jonathan Bloomfield accompanying this deponent's former affidavit. That Ann Bloomfield's maiden name was Miss Hood. That the said Ann Hood lived as a servant in deponent's father's family for several years prior to her marriage with Thomas Bloomfield, and continued to reside in said family for two or three years after her marriage. That the said marriage was solemnized before the close of the war. That this deponent distinctly remembers that Thomas Bloomfield used occasionally to come from the Army on furlough to see his wife. That Jonathan Bloomfield, the eldest son of Thomas and Ann Bloomfield, was born in deponent's father's house before the close of the war of the Revolution. That whenever Thomas Bloomfield came home as above stated he had a great deal to say about the war and the army and that it made a strong impression on deponent's mind. That she learned the information in her statement before made. Sworn to and subscribed

After 14th day of July 1852 before signed William Norton attorney for the plaintiff in error Blanchard & Root for the defendant in error
Wick Lewis
General Butler General Butler
22 Please return to Mrs. [unclear]

Petition of Thomas Bloomfield for a Pension for his Ser- -vices - 1829.
Com. Mil. Pen:
Jan. 26. 1829
Ref d to Com ee on Mil. Pensions
Dec r 21. 1829 Ref d to Com ee on Mil. Pensions
20 th Feb. 1829
Allowed $8.
Your Most obed t Serv t Robert Lee
Cond t 34
Swan 47. Pensions F.

Middlesex County, New Jersey - } ss. Personally came before me Richard Marsh, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Middlesex, Thomas Bloomfield, who signed the foregoing petition, and who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that the matters and things set forth in the foregoing petition are true, - and that he is in want, and in a suffering condition for want of the means of living. - Sworn before me this the 21 st day of Jan'y. 1829. - }
Richard Marsh
Rahway, Jan'y. 21 st 1829.
To Genl. Dickerson, Drs. Condict, Pierson, Sloan and M c F. Randolph, of the New Jersey Delegation in Congress;
Gentlemen, Being personally acquaint- ed with each of you, permit me to say, that I think the claim of Thomas Bloomfield entitled to your special attention. I have been acquainted with him for thirty years. I have frequently heard the aged inhabitants of the country, (most of whom are now gone) speak of his service and zeal in the Continental cause. No case, except that of extreme suffering from wounds or imprisonment, can present a stronger claim. - By labor in the humblest occupations, he raised a family, but they, as the families of many indigent persons are, were brought up to labor only, and have nothing to spare to aid him. - It is cruel to see a revolutionary character with bended form, and locks white as snow, carrying the buck and saw two miles, from his humble dwelling

dwelling to the village, to earn the small pittance which that occupation affords -
To you, gentlemen, who personally know me, it is not necessary to sustain what I say by affidavit. With respect to the affidavits furnished, I am personally acquainted with Thomas Bloomfield Jr. (but not a relative of the petitioner) Robert Coddington, John Barrons, and Jacob Stansbury, and think full credit may be given to their statements.
I remain Gentlemen
Your Most ob st Serv t Rob t Lee
Petition of Thomas Bloomfield for a Pension for his Ser- -vices - 1829.
Com. Mil. Pen.
Jan. 26-1829
Ref d to Com ee on M ty . Pensions
Feb. 21. 1829
Ref d to Com ee on M ty . Pensions
20 th Feb. 1829
Allowed $88.80
Credit 34 Pensions Seven 47 Pensions

State of New Jersey } Personally appeared Middlesex County } before me Richard Mansh one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County
Robert Coddington who being duly sworn on the holy evangelists, deposes & saith, that he knew Thomas Bloomfield in the time of the Revolutionary war and that he was in service as a soldier under the com- mand of Captain Asher H. Randolph one year and also one year under the command of Capt Matthew H. Freeman; and he has good reason to believe that the said Thomas Bloomfield was in the service as a soldier, or in some other employ the whole of the Revolutionary war, and that he has went by the name of Continental  For . Ever since the close of the war, which time he thinks he got for his further services in the time of the Revolutionary War. Robert Coddington Sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th day of January 1849. Richard Mansh

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County } ss }
I, Deborah Jarvis, a resident of the township of Woodbridge, in the County and State aforesaid, being first duly sworn, according to law, On her oath saith: That she is seventy seven years of age. That her maiden name was Phoebe Bloomfield. That her father was a soldier of the Revolution, during the war of the Revolution. That she was well acquainted with Thomas Bloomfield, and Ann Bloomfield. The Identical persons mentioned in the Declaration of Jonathan Bloomfield. That Ann Bloomfield's maiden name, was Ann Flood. That the said Ann Flood lived as a domestic, in deponent's father's family, for a number of years prior to her marriage with Thomas Bloomfield. That this deponent was not present at the marriage of the parties aforesaid, but she does not doubt that they were legally married by deponent's father, before the close of the war of the Revolution. Jonathan Bloomfield, the first child, of the said Thomas and Ann Bloomfield, was born, in deponent's father's house. This deponent further saith: that the said Thomas Bloomfield, after his marriage, as aforesaid, used sometimes to come home, from the Army, on furlough, to see his wife.
Sworn and subscribed } this 24 day of March 1853 } before me. }
Deborah Jarvis
Hanson Newton }
A. Image of the court of common } pleas, in and for the county and } State aforesaid }

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss
William W. Rutter a resident of the township of South Amboy in the county aforesaid, being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith, That he was well acquainted with Thomas and Ann Bloomfield deceased. That he is also acqu- ainted with Amariah Palmer and David Bloomfield the only surviving children of Thomas and Ann Bloomfield and has been acquainted with them from his youth to the present time. That the said Thomas and Ann Bloomfield lived together as hus- band and wife, and were so considered by their acquaintances. That the said Ann Bloomfield's maiden name was Ann Hood. That Thomas Bloomfield and Ann Hood were legally married at the time specified in the declaration of Amariah Bloomfield, this deponent deposes and believes to be true.
That this deponent is seventy years of age Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day of February 1852 before me.
William W. Rutter
Hanson Spencer a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid.

Water of New Jersey Middletown
I, Nathaniel Woodruff, Clerk of the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that I have seen the original copy of the decree of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey in the cause of Jonathan Bloomfield and others and affidavits of Jonathan Bloomfield, Philip Jones, and William W. Scudder, and other evidence of the power of attorney of Philip Bloomfield to David Bloomfield, and the latter's declaration offered in evidence, and that a true copy of the decree of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey in the cause of Jonathan Bloomfield and others is hereto annexed, and that the signatures to the decree of said court and affidavits are true copies of the originals now on file.
The within is a true copy of the original now on file in the cause of Jonathan Bloomfield et al. vs. David Bloomfield et al. N. Woodruff

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bloomy, John GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 12746 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 12, 1790 to Christian Gross, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.