Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1542, William Brinley, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Brinley, William or Brimley Rachel
W. 1542.
CONTENTS

17.105
17.105 New Jersey
William Brinley of Shrewsbury in the State of N.J. who was a Pri of the in the army commanded by Captain Randolph of the Res commanded by Col (the)  count line for State Troops 2 years
See letter Jehu Paton 4 April 1839 -
Inscribed on the Roll of count at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 1833 and sent D. B. Ryall the  count N.J. Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $ 2 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep 1, " 5 0 $ 2 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ED Bullon Clerk. Book 9 Vol. 3 Page 102

552. New Jersey.
Rachel Brimley, dec d widow of William Brimley
who served in the Revolutionary Con n war, as a private of Cavalry
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. V nd 10 January 1850 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept r 1850 and sent to
Hon. W. A. Newell None of Rufe
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2/1848, Page 90 Vol. 1
July Bost. A.
Payable to her only surv. Chil d Abigail West, W m Brimley Deborah Slocum.
Reported

Abigail Brimley the Daughter of William and Rachel Brimley was born 4 day of July in the year of our Lord 1799
Merritt Brimley the Daughter of William and Rachel Brimley was born 26 day of September in the year of our Lord 1800
William Brimley the Son of William and Rachel Brimley was born 25 day of May in the year of our Lord 1803
The said William Brimley Departed this Life the 9 day of September 1808
Deborah Brimley the Daughter of William and Rachel Brimley was born 11 day of August in the year of our Lord 1805

Henry Brinley the son of W m and Rebecca Brinley was born the 31 st day of January in the year of our Lord 1784
Euphemia Brinley the daughter of W m and Rebecca Brinley was born February the 4 th day in the year of our Lord 1787
Lydia Brinley the daughter of William and Rebecca Brinley was born 14 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1790
Sylvester Brinley the son of W m and Rebecca Brinley now living
Vincent Brinley the son of W m and Rebecca Brinley was born 30 th day of December in the year of our Lord 1795

Act 29 th July 1848
State of New Jersey Monmouth County } ss
On this Twenty first day of March one thousand eight hundred & forty nine Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Rachel Brinley a resident of Long Branch in the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey aged Seventy nine Years. Who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th July 1848. That she is the Widow of William Brinley who was a private in the war of the Revolution and who received one hundred dollars per annum under the Act of June 7 th 1832. to whose declaration on file in the Pension office she would respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions - - She further declares that she was married to the said William Brinley on the - day of May seventeen hundred and ninety nine by the Rev Benjamin Bennett of said County who has left no record of Marriages nor did declarant receive any certificate of Marriage - she attaches the Bible record of the Births of their Children which has always been in her possession which record is in the hand writing of her daughter Harriet Brinley transcribed from an old Bible upwards of Twenty five Years ago. That her husband the aforesaid William Brinley died on the sixteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty - That she was not married to him prior to his

leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January Eighteen hundred and at the time above stated. she further swears that she is now a Widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension sworn to and subscribed on the day and Year first above written Before me } Rachel & Brinley Joseph Barclay Judge } marks
I certify the above declarant is known to me as a person of credibility and truth, and that on account of bodily infirmity and distance from the county seat she is unable to appear in open court
Joseph Barclay Judge
State of New Jersey } Monmouth County } ss.
Be it known that on the Twenty first day of March A.D. one Thousand eight-hundred and forty nine. Before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Personally appeared William Chamberlain, a person of credibility and truth, who being duly sworn according to law on his oath, saith, that he was present and saw William Brinley and his sister Rachel Chamberlain married, and that they were married by the Rev d . Benjamin Bennet at the house of James Green, at Deal, in the township of Shrewsbury in the County and State aforesaid, in the Spring of the Year 1799 - deponent further saith, that the said William Brinley died on the sixteenth

day of January Eighteen hundred and forty and that the said Rachel Brinley still continues the Widow of said William Brinley.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year first above written
Before me
Joseph Barclay
Judge
William Chamblain Jr
State of New Jersey } Monmouth County } ss
Be it known that on the Twenty first day of March A. D. one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine. before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Personally appeared Abigail West. who being duly sworn according to law on her Oath. saith. that William Brinley died on the sixteenth day of January. Eighteen hundred and forty. and that Rachel Brinley has since that period. lived in her family & has not since married. and that William Brin- ley was in the receipt of a pension. from the United States. at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & Year first above written
Before me
Joseph Barclay Judge
Abigail West
I certify that the above named Abigail West. (formerly Abigail Brinley) has been known to me from her childhood and that she is a person of credibility & truth
Joseph Barclay Judge

365
Rachel Bromley wid of William
act 24 July 1848
Married before 1800
first and last 1840
widow since July 1850
Passion act
"29 July 1848"
Respect to Joseph Barclay Esquire Trenton Monmouth County New Jersey
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Joseph Barclay Esquire, before whom the within affidavits were taken,
was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Monmouth in said state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto are in the proper handwriting of the said Joseph Barclay
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office at Trenton, in said state, this twelfth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty- nine .
Charles G. McChesney Sec'y of State.

State of New Jersey County of Monmouth ss. On this thirty first day of July - Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the inferior court of common pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth now sitting at Freehold in said County William Percival Esquire a resident of the town- ship of Trenton  Shrewsbury County and State aforesaid aged nearly eight years on the fourth day of July last 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 - He entered the service as a militiaman in a company then commanded by John Dennis Lieu- tenant while the British fleet was lying off Sandy Hook before the landing on Staten and Long Island and was out in picket duty every other month from that time till the winter of 1776. and 1777 when the Militia in the County of Monmouth for a fortnight or so laid down their arms in the month of January 1777 he joined Captain Randolph's as he was sometimes called called Captain Randall's Company of Horse Artillery finding his own horse and equipments etc. and served in said company until the close of the war and the peace was proclaimed

being in actual service every other month, besides on different occasions being out for several months in the expedition and attending all the general alarms; that the time altogether he was out in actual service was at least four years, but he cannot now state particularly each particular time of duty, during said time, besides Lieutenant and Capt Randolph Dennis, as before stated he served under Captains Jacob Coonhoven and and William Remond and Lieutenant Commandant Barnes & Smock in said troop of Horse, the field officers under whom he served when he first entered the service were Col George Taylor who afterwards left the cause and Major Thomas Seabrook, which in troop the field officers were General David Forman Col Samuel Forman and Col Asher Storrs, that he lived in the said township where he now resides when he first entered the service and was born there in the year 1754 on the fourth day of July, that he has the record of his age in his family that he has always lived in the County of Monmouth, that he has no discharge from the service none being given at the time he was in the service that he recollects of, that he was in a skirmish at Rumpsey Pond in Shrewsbury township in said County with the Tories when Captain Jeremiah Chadwick was killed and at the Battle of Mon- mouth, and was first from the Scotch

meeting House where his Company was stationed by the then Genl White of the Horse with a letter to Genl Lee, which he delivered to him while he was fighting the enemy on his retreat; that during said service he was not out of the County of Monmouth then duties where to guard the coast shores and places in said County principally from the British and Tories, that he does not recollect any continental regiments or companies with which he served or regular officers whom he knew except Captain John Burrows, that he has no documentary evidence of his service except that he has heard his name is on some of the payrolls of his troop now in the possession of Col Barnes Smock under whom he served that he can prove his service by Lewis Borenhooven John Dummet and Col Barnes Smock and James Heinly . He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
sworn to subscribed the day before aforesaid
John Patterson
William Brinley
New Jersey Monmouth County ss. We Lewis Borenhooven John Dummet and Barnes Smock do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brinley Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and

that we believe him to be of the age of seventy eight years and know him to have been a soldier of the Revolution having served with us in the same troops during said service, and that we believe he was out in said service at least four years, that he is not only entitled as but knows in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion, and that he is a credible per- son and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Given to subscribed this day and year as follows John Patterson
Lewis Covenhoven John L. Bennett Barnes S. Smock
And the said board 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 applicants was a Revolutionary soldier and that he now holds the office of a justice of the peace in the said county and is a highly respectable citizen - And the board further certifies that Lewis Covenhoven John L. Bennett and Barnes S. Smock who have signed the preceding certificate residents of the county of Monmouth were each of them soldiers of the Revolution the last named a lieutenant therein and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit -
By order of the board W. J. Brown Judge etc

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss. At an Orphans Court held at at Freehold in and for the County of Monmouth of the term of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty. Present Joseph Barclay, James S Law- rence and, William Spader Esquires Judges —
Monmouth County ss. — William Chamberlain Senior of full age being duly sworn according to Law on his oath doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Rachel Brinley widow of William Brinley deceased — that she was his sister, that she resided and died in the County of Mon- mouth in the State of New Jersey — She died at the house of her son in Law George W West, where she lived, on Thursday the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty. I was present at the time she died. She was buried the Sun- day following, I attended the funeral. At the time she died she left the following children surviving her — Abigail wife of George W West — William Brinley — and Debo- rah Slocum widow of Benjamin Slocum deceased — all of whom reside in Monmouth County New Jersey, which said Abigail, William, and Deborah are the only children she had who survived her — and they are still living — Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 9 th day of August 1850
J. L. Miller.
William Chamberlain Sen

Rev. War Section mmi F cu
June 27, 1923
Lydig Hoyt Fraunces Tavern, Cor. Broad & Pearl Sts., New York, N. Y.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 9" ultimo, I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1543 it appears that William Brinley, or Brimley, was born July 4, 1754 at Shrewsbury, New Jersey and while residing there entered the service June 26, 1776 and served as a Private in the New Jersey Troops at various times until October 1781 under the following officers: Captains Barnes J. Smock, Abraham Woolley, Randolph, William Remsen, Jacob Covenhoven and Colonel George Taylor, and was in the battle of Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31 1 , 1833 while a resident of Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He died January 16, 1840.
1799 Soldier married in May 1779, at Deal, Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey, Rachel Chamberlain who was allowed pension on her application executed March 21, 1849 while a resident of Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey aged

seventy-nine years. She died January 10, 1850 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Their children were:
Abigail born -----  July 4, 1799 , married George W. West. Harriet " September 26, 1800. William " May 25, 1803, died Sept. 9, 1804. Deborah " August 11, 1805, married Benjamin Slocum. Abigail, William and Deborah Slocum, wid. of Benj. Slocum were the only surviving children in 1850. ^ & were all residents of Monmouth Co. N.J. The date of birth of this William is not stated.
The family record also shows as follows-- children of William and Rebecca Brinley:
Henry born January 31, 1784. Euphama " February 4, 1787. Lydia " June 14, 1790. Sylvester " -----, ----- Vincent " December 30, 1795.
It is not stated who said William and Rebecca Brinley were.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915 Oct. 29 Hist. to Mrs. Thomas R. Malley 1915 Nov. 4 Hist. to Ada Chaughnessy V.L.H. 1923 Mch. 31 Hist. (amended) James O. Davis mmstf. 1923 June 27 Hist. to Lydia
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15242 Rachel Brimley Widow, William Brimley, Died Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: Vol. R , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N 365 Rachel Brinkley
NT
J. Bardsley July 7, 49
Same 15 th October 1849
Hon W.A. Newell 15 th Jan y 1850
" to same 3 rd June 1850
" to same 1 st Aug t 1850
act 24 July 1848

St. J. R. W.P.
26 Aug 1850,
Dear Sir,
I herewith send you further copies in the case of Rachel Bromley. Will you have the goodness to attend to it, for as as it has been a long time pending and Judge Barclay & the heirs are anxious to have it settled, with great respect - G
Ch. Edwards Clem. Brumley
W. A. Newell

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferi-
or Court of Common Pleas, in and 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 William Brunley Esq. 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 hundred and thirty two
J. H. Ellis Clerk

N 3115 Rachel Brimley ad mo of William N.J. a/c 29 July 1848
Adm'd $100. per- m't March 1848 to 10 Jan'y 1850, the day of her death payable to. Abigail West William Brimley and Deborah Slocum, only surviving Children of Rachel Brimley dec'd
Hon. W. A. Newell House of Reps.

Plasnewydd Office August 1850
Sir
I have the honor to

State of New Jersey Monmouth County, ss: Orphans Court in and In the County of Monmouth of August Seven eighteen Hundreds and Fifty In the Matter of Rachel Brinley wid- ow &c.
The Court having heard and Considered the evidence offered in open Court adjudge and decree that it is proved, satisfactory to the Court that Rachel Brinley widow of William Brinley deceased died on Thursday the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty, and that the names of her sur- viving children are Abigail West wife of George W West — William Brinley — and Deborah Slocum wife of Benjamin Slocum deceased — And the court do hereby order and direct Arthur V Conover Esquire Sur- rogate of said County and clerk of this Court to make a Certificate hereof under seal
Joseph Barclay
J. L. L. Miller
Wm Spader

I Arthur N Conover Surrogate of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, and Clerk of the Orphans Court of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that it has been proved to the satisfaction of said Court that Rachel Brinley Widow of William Brinley deceased died on Thursday the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty - that the names of her surviving children are Abigail West wife of George W West - William Brinley - and Deborah Slocum wife of Benjamin Slocum deceased - In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of August eighteen hundred and fifty - Arthur Conover S urrogate

Monmouth Pleas Of July Term 1832 Declaration of William Brinsley Esq No 4061 P. 6.
e dnu - Pm atv Druggers 2 years - $100-
Daniel B. Ryall Esq Attorney N. Jersey

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & 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, on the thirty first day of July last, in the Term of July last of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Brinley Esquire, for a Pension =
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this "twenty fifth" day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three =
D. H. Ellis Clerk

We Aaron Lane
residing in the township of Shrewsbury in the county of Monmouth, and State of New Jersey, and Job West residing in the same place do hereby certify under oaths, that we are well acquainted with William Brinly Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be twenty Eight years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhoods where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed this 17 day of May A D 1833 before me, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey Cornelius Lane Justice
Aaron Lane Job West

I Williams Lloyd, one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New- Jersey, before which as such judge the original Declaration of the foregoing named William Brinley Esquire, was made in the Term of July last of the said Court, & before whom as such Judge the foregoing affidavit of Lewis Corver- hoven was made, & one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth, before whom as such Justice the foregoing supplemental affidavit of the said William Brinley was made, do hereby certify, that the said Lewis Corverhoven who subscribed & swore to the said affidavit before me, is reputed to be an old Revolutionary soldier, & as such has made application for his Pension, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to full credit; that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said William Brinley, & that Aaron Lakin & Job West who have sworn to the foregoing Certificate are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit, & further that I am per- sonally acquainted with the said William Brinley Esq. that it is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides, that he was a soldier of the Revolution, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. Dated May 21. A. D. 1833. an observation  erroneous in the 4 th line of this certificate being made before signing =
William Lloyd

New Jersey Monmouth County ss. Lewis Cowenhoven of the township of Freehold in said County being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with William Brinley Esquire who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing amended affidavit that I believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that I know him to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that the said William Brinley about the middle of January 1777 joined as a volunteer a company of Dragoons commanded at the time by Captain Randolph and afterwards by Captain McRae. I, Jacob Cowenhoven Lieutenant Barnes Smock stationed at Tinton Falls, in the capacity of a private and served in said Company as a private until the first day of April 1780 when this deponent moved from the County of Monmouth and that he always understood the said William Brinley then continued to serve until the close of the war, that from the middle of January 1777 when he Brinley first joined until the first of April 1780 this deponent has no recollection that said Brinley was absent at any time from the service, he this deponent being a sergeant in the same Company and knows the fact that he was always a good and punctilious and brave soldier, that he is a man of good character and of strict veracity, that the Company to which they were both attached was out in the service continually and not in monthly tours, it being a volunteer company.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of May 1833 in the presence of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth this 17 May 1833.
Lewis Cowenhoven
William Lloyd

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify, that William Lloyd Esquire, is one of the Judges of the said Court, & that the said William Lloyd & Cornelius Lane Esquires are both Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth, & that they are duly commissioned & sworn into office the one as such Judge & Justice & the other as such Justice, that the name "William Lloyd" signed to the first of the forgoing Supplemental affidavit of William Winley, & to the first of the forgoing affidavit of Lewis Levenhoren, & to the forgoing certificate of the said William Lloyd are the true & genuine signatures of the said William Lloyd, that the said William Lloyd was at the respective dates of the firsts to the said affidavits, & at the date of his said certificate, & still is, a Judge & Justice as aforesaid, & that full faith & credit are to be given to his official acts as such Judge & Justice; and that the name signed "Cornelius Lane Justice" to the first of the forgoing affidavit of Aaron Lain and Mr West, is the true & genuine signature of the said Cornelius Lane, that the said Cornelius Lane was at the date of first to the last named affidavit, & still is, a Justice as aforesaid, & that full faith & credit are to be given to his official acts as such Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three. Interlineations in the 11 th & 14 th lines hereof made before signing & sealing.
D. H. Ellis Clerk

Supplemental affidavit of William Brimley Esq. an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Personally appear- ed before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey William Brimley Esquire who being duly sworn, depones and saith that he made his original declaration for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth on the thirty first day of July last past, 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 period mentioned below, and in the following grades; For three and fifteen days I served as a private in a Company commanded then by Lieutenant John Dennis, Abraham Woolley the Captain being absent from the twenty fifth of June 1776 to the twenty and fifth of January 1777 in terms of duty of one month each, commencing the 25 th of June and ending 25 th of July the first month the second commencing the 25 th of August and ending the 25 th September, the third month com- mencing the 25 th October and ending the 25 th December, and the half month commencing the 25 th December and ending the tenth or twelfth of January 1777, this Company was out in the service under the authorities of the State of New Jersey under the monthly call or draft; they were stationed along beach watching the shores and keeping a look out for the British fleet; For four years and six months namely from the twelfth of January 1777 to the middle of October 1781 I served as a private in a Company of Dragoons being a volunteer Company commanded when I first joined it by Captain Randolph afterwards by Captain William Renner until he became deranged then by Captain Jacob Cownhoven until he was made a prisoner and then by Lieutenant James Smock who was com- mandant of the same; that during the period between the 12 th of January 1779 and the middle of October 1781 I might have been

absent perhaps nine months during the time attending to the business concerns of my family but I cannot state particularly the short periods of time I was at home but was never from the service without the consent of my officer and always with his approbation, that there is a mistake in my original declaration when I said I was "in actual service every other month besides on different occasions being out for several months in succession and attending all the general alarms" as I was out all the time between the periods above mentioned excepting short periods of absence obtained from my officer on different occasions which on the whole could not amount to exceeding nine months - that I volunteered in said Company my furnishing my own horse saddle and appu- -lages, and that during my whole service as a trooper I served as a volunteer namely for four years and nine months, deducting nine months for the times I might have been absent, that he is difficult of hear- -ing and attributes the mistake in his original declaration to that fact, his monthly tours being before he joined the troop of horse, that during the time he was in the service he was in the field and not in the garrison and that during that time he was not employed in any civil pursuit, that he never had any other house, that there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood and that I am known in my neighborhood to Aaron Lane and Job West who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Signatures entered before me this 17th day of May 1833.
William Lloyd
William Boyley

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss. Personally appeared me Ezra Osborn one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Monmouth. Rev. Benjamin Bennet who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith that William Brindley of the township of Shrewsbury in said County and Rachel Chamberlain of the same place were married by him between the years of Seventeen hundred and Ninety five and Eighteen hundred and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this Second day of March One Thousand Eight hundred and forty
Benjamin Bennet
Ezra Osborn Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss
I Daniel Christopher Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that Ezra Osborn was On the Second day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty a Justice of the peace in and for said County - Duly Commissioned Sworn and enrolled in my office & duly qualified to take affidavits &c
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Freehold this Sixteenth day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty nine
Daniel Christopher Clerk

Official Business Revolutionary Pensions Mr. Mason 20 July 1849 add. Evid. Rachel Brinkley Washington D.C.
Atkinson W.P. July 18

Eaton Town N.Y. July 18 th 1849
Dr Sir
Yours of the 7 th Inst. stating that satisfactory evidence is required of the marriage of Rachel Brinley prior to the Year 1800. came to hand by due course of Mail. and in search of such evidence. I find that shortly after the decease of her husband she procured the enclosed affidavit of the Rev. Mr Bennett with a view to making an application at that time, for a pension. but having been told that no law had been passed by Congress that would meet her case it was abandoned. I trust therefore that the evidence, taken altogether, will be sufficient to entitle her the benefits of the provisions of the Act of 29 th July 1848.
Very Respectfully Your Obl Servt.
Joseph Barclay
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Pension Office,
October 15 th 1849.
Sir
The affidavit of Benjamin Bennett, in the case of Rachel Brimley, widow of William Brimley, does not remove the objection to the admission of her claim.
This witness is not certified to be credible, besides his statement as to the date of their marriage, is not sufficiently definite, nor is there any proof that either the signature attached to his affidavit, or that of the Justice of the Peace, are genuine.
We cannot admit his statement as evidence of the marriage of Mrs Brimley, before 1800.
Very Respectfully,
Your Ob t Serv t
J L Edwards
Joseph Barclay, Esq Eaton Rowen, N. S.

In the matter of Rachel Brinley Widow of William Brinley Esq. upon an application for a Pension under the Act of July 1848-
to Sir,
It affords me pleasure to bear witness that the late Benj t Bennett whose cer- tificate is on file in Your office was a person of credibility. As also is Ezra Osborn Esq. and I fully believe the signatures of both to said certificate are genuine -
I have long been acquainted with the applicants, and the surviving children as ap- pear upon the record of Births I have known from childhood. I can well recollect the size and appearance of the eldest Miss Abigail West in 1810 or 11 perhaps the latter Year which was that of a full grown Young Lady. And I cannot entertain a doubt of her being born prior to the Year 1800. and in Medlock as I know she has been considered legitimate in the distribution of her Father's estate.
Jan y 3 rd /50
Yours truly
Joseph Barclay
of Eaton Town
New Jersey
To Col. S. L. Edwards commissioner of Pensions

I take pleasure in stating the contents of the within statement is known to me as a gentleman of great respectability and veracity. He is the presiding Judge of our Common Pleas Courts. May I ask for the case an early consideration C. A. Edwards. Yours respectfully & W. A. Newell

Pension Office, January 15 th 1850.
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the letter of Joseph Barclay, which you transmitted to this office respecting the case of Rachel Brimley, does not remove the objection to the admission of her claim.
Judge Barclay, states that he became acquainted with applicant and her children, that he can well recollect the size and appearance of the oldest, now Abigail West in 1813 and 1814, and that she was a full grown young woman, and that he cannot entertain a doubt that she was born prior to 1800. Judge Barclay must be mistaken as to the year, as Mrs Brimley in her declaration, which is also shown by the paper purporting to be her family record, that she was married to the late pensioner William Brimley, on 4 th July 1799, a little over six months prior to 1800.
+ or } + perhaps } the latter } year }
early in } may 1799 }
4 th July 1799 } date of birth } first child }
the circum- } stances have } been made } historical }
Some testimony showing when and by whom the family record was made, should be admitted, and if Ezra Osborn the Justice before whom Benjamin Bennet testified as to the marriage of these parties, be now living, he should make a statement showing the circumstances under which that certificate was given.
The alleged date of the marriage in this case approximates the 1 st January 1800, so closely, that in order to bring the claim within the provisions of the Act of 29 th July 1848, clear and direct proof of the period on which it occurred, is necessary. We are not satisfied with the evidence upon this point now on file.
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t J L Edwars
Hon. W. A. Newell House of Representatives.

Home of Raps in
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to enclose to you the reply of Judge Barclay in answer to your letter on Mrs. Pomeroy's case. Please answer as soon as it may be convenient for you to do so
Very respectfully yours
Col Edward Can Pomeroy
W. A. Newell

House of Reps 67 20 June 1857
Dear Sir,
Will you do me the favour to give my friend Judge Barker the information re de- -cons in the accompanying let- -ter at your earliest conveni- -ence.
With great respect I am yours
J. S. Dnards Esq. Washington or
W. A. Hance

Oct. 25, 1915.
Pension Office,
Rev Sec 4
Will you
please be so kind as to give me the War
Record of Wm. Brinley.
Thanking you,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Thos. R. Woolley
241 Broadway Long Branch, New Jersey.

Mrs. T. R. Woolley 241 B'may. Long Branch New Jersey.

101, Mar 18 The Commissioner of Pensions My dear Sir;
Will you please send me soon as possible, the Revolutionary War Record of William Brinley? His widow received a pension (I think) in 1840.
Mrs Ada W. Shanhuessey 28 Slocum Place Long Branch New Jersey.

88 HATTON GARDEN, LONDON.
WALTER EITELBACH & Co., Inc. SUCCESSORS TO LUDWIG NISSEN & Co. IMPORTERS OF PEARLS AND PRECIOUS STONES. 576 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK. Cable Address: NISSENCO TELEPHONE 3030 BRYANT 3031
57 RUE DE CHATEAUDUN, PARIS.
Rev. War Section.
February 3rd, 1923.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
In reference to enclosed wish to say that it was a slip of the tongue when I asked you to give me copy of File #1542 which should be William Brinley and not Sylvester.
Will you please be good enough to forward this to me at your convenience, and greatly oblige
Yours very truly,
James G. Davis
JCD: HG Encl.

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88 HATTON GARDEN, LONDON.
WALTER EITELBACH & Co., Inc. SUCCESSORS TO LUDWIG NISSEN & Co. IMPORTERS OF PEARLS AND PRECIOUS STONES. 576 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK. Cable Address: NISSENC TELEPHONE 3030 BRYANT 3031
57 RUE DE CHATEAUDUN, PARIS.
January 27th, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Would it be possible for me to obtain a copy of the Pension Application of Sylvester Brinley who fought in the Revolution as a Private of the New Jersey Militia? The file Number is 1542.
Thanking you in advance, I remain
Very truly yours,
James G. Davis
Wm Brinley with File
JOD: HG Encl.

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
May 9, 1925.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Record of William Brinley, who received a pension for his service and whose record is found in file # 1542 Revolutionary War Section.
Yours very truly,
Lydia Hoyt
ASSISTANT Secretary.
HRD. HT

Rev. War Section.
February 1, 1933.
James C. Davis, 578 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Sir;
You are advised that Widow File No. 1543 refers to the Revolutionary War pension claims of Rachel and William Brinley, who were married in May 1779 1799 ; they had a son Sylvester, but there is no further data on file relative to him.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of any soldier named Sylvester Brinley.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

IN REPLY REFER TO
✓ Rev. War Section.
3-1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
February 1, 1923.
James O. Davis, 576 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Sir;
You are advised that Widow File No. 1542 refers to the Revolutionary War pension claims of Rachel and William Brinley, who were married in May 1799  1779 ; they had a son Sylvester, but there is no further data on file relative to him.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of any soldier named Sylvester Brinley.
Very respectfully,
Washington E. Ararer
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section
Amended history
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March 31, 1923
Mr. James O. Davis 578 Fifth Avenue New York City
Sir:
In response to your letter received February 5, 1923, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1542 it appears that William Brinley or Brimley was born July 4th, 1754 at Shrewsbury, New Jersey and while residing there entered the service June 25, 1776 and served as a Private in the New Jersey Troops at various times until October 1781 under the following officers: Captains Barnes J. Smock, Abraham Woolley, Randolph, William Remsen, Jacob Covenhoven and Colonel George Taylor, and was in the battle of Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832 while a resident of Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He died January 16, 1840.
Soldier married in May 1779 1799 , at Deal, Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey, Rachel Chamberlain who was allowed pension on her application executed March 21, 1849 while a

resident of Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey aged seventy-nine years. She died January 10, 1850 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Their children were:
Abigail born ----- , married George W. West. Harriet " September 26, 1800. William " May 25, 1803, died Sept. 9, 1804. Deborah " August 11, 1805, married Benjamin Slo- cum.
Abigail, William and Deborah were the only surviving chil- dren in 1850. The date of birth of this William is not stated.
The family record also shows as On the reverse side of sheet from Bible record in follows. Children of William & Rebecca Brinley claim is the following record: Children of William and Rebecca Brinley,  Rebecca Brinley
Henry born January 31, 1784. Euphama " February 4, 1787. Lydia " June 14, 1790. Sylvester " -----, ----- Vincent " December 30, 1795.
It is not stated who said William & It is not stated whether said William is the sol- dier and Rebecca a former wife, nor is any relationship to soldier stated.  Rebecca Brinley
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Widow had a son William living in 1849-