Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10418, Joseph Bloomfield, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bloomfield, Joseph Isabella
W. 10418
{ B.L.W. 12H-400 - Major Issued Aug. 11, 1789 Also recorded as above under W. 2518. No papers
CONTENTS

New York - C Isabella Bloomfield dow of Joseph Bloomfield who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Mayor
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 1000 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848. 3rd February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July 1853 and sent to Jas C Wilson Georgetown D.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act July 29, 1848, Page 69 Vol. C 3 February 1853

Declaration
of
Isabella Bloomfield
in order
to obtain the benefits of the - Second Section of the Act of Congress of Feb. 3. 1853.

100-10000 100-10000 100-10000 Declaration of Isabella Bloomfield widow of Joseph ~ Bloomfield, In order to obtain the benefits of the Second Sec- -tion of the Act of Congress of the Third of February In the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853).
State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia } ss.
On this Thirteenth ~ day of April ~ in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred ~ and Fifty Three (1853) personally appeared before the Court of Com- -mon Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania Isabella Bloomfield personally known to me a resident of Courtland Town in the County of Westchester in the State of New York aged seventy years who first being ~ duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the ~ provision made by the Act of Congress of the Third of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853) granting pensions to widows of persons ~ who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Joseph Bloomfield who was a Major in the reg- -ular army of the United States during the Revolutionary War and that to the best of her knowledge and belief he ~ served from the beginning to the end of that War but in what company or in what regiment it is impossible for her to ~ state the said Joseph Bloomfield having been dead nearly Thirty years and the circumstances having so long ago transpired but she declares that the said Joseph Bloom- -field fought at the battle of Brandywine General Wash- -ington being commander in chief and that the said ~ Joseph Bloomfield was wounded in that engagement in the right arm in such a manner as totally to disable ~ him from gaining his livelihood by manual labour if he had been

been compelled to resort to that for his subsistence. She further declares that at this late day it is almost impossible to furnish proof of the facts above set forth but to substantiate these facts she refers to the Official papers in the Pension Office and elsewhere at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia. The said declarant further states that the said Joseph Bloomfield was born in the State of New Jersey and lived there at the time of his entering the service of the United States.
And the said Isabella Bloomfield widow aforesaid further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bloomfield in Courtlandt Town in the County of Westchester in the State of New York on the Twenty-Fifth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight-Hundred and Twenty (1820) by one Hoffman a clergyman of the Dutch reformed Church and that to the best of her knowledge and belief no record of the marriage either public or private is now in existence and that her name before her said marriage was Isabella Macomb she having been previously married to John H. Macomb and that her maiden name was Isabella Ramsay that she was married to Joseph Bloomfield as aforesaid subsequent to the death of her first husband John H. Macomb and that her said husband Joseph Bloomfield died at Burlington - New Jersey on the Third day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight-Hundred and Twenty-Three (1823) that she was not married to him prior to the Second day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight-Hundred (1800) but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow and for proof of the fact of her marriage with the said Joseph Bloomfield she refers to the testimony furnished in her application for Bounty Land to which she was entitled under the Act of Congress of the Twenty-Eighth day of September

in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty (1850).
Isabella Bloomfield
I sworn and subscribed before me this Thirtieth ~ day of April ~ in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853)
Reynold Thompson President Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Philad a County
State of Pennsylvania } ss City and County of Philadelphia }
On the thirtieth day of April — in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853) personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman in and for the City and County of Philadelphia and ex officio a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths and affirmations. Isabella Betherill of the City of Philadelphia personally known to me who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that her maiden name was Isabella Maccomb that she is the eldest child of John N. Maccomb and Isabella Maccomb that her father the said John N. Maccomb died at Detroit in Michigan in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen (1815) that her said mother remained a widow during the space of four (4) years or more and was then married to Joseph Bloomfield in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty (1820) she the said deponent being at that time about the age of Fourteen (14) years and present at the ceremony which was performed by a Dutch reformed minister at the house of the late Mr. Ruger in Bartlands Town in the County of Westchester

Westchester in the State of New York. And the said deponent further says that the said Joseph Bloomfield her mother's second husband died in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight-Hundred and Twenty Three or One Thousand Eight-Hundred and Twenty Four (1823 or 1824) she the said deponent being present at the time of his death which took place in the City of Burlington in the State of New Jersey.
And the said deponent further says that her mother the said Isabella Bloomfield has been from that time forth and is now a widow
Isabella Westervill
City of Philadelphia ss
Sworn and Subscribed before me this Twelfth ~ day of April - in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight-Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853).
Wm Thompson Alderman
State of Pennsylvania } ss City and County of Philadelphia }
I do hereby certify that the ~ Honorable Oswald Thompson is the President-Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia and that I am personally acquainted with him and his handwriting and signature are known to me and that the above is his proper signature; and I do further certify that by the record of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia it appears that on the ~ Twelfth day of April - in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight-Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853) Isabella Bloomfield widow of Joseph Bloomfield personally appeared in open Court and did on oath make a declara-

tion in order to obtain the benefits of the Second Section of the Act of Congress of the Third day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853); and I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John Thompson and that he is ex officio a Justice of the Peace lawfully empowered to administer oaths and affirmations &c. in the City and County of Philadelphia and I do know his handwriting and signature and that the above is the proper signature of the said John Thompson.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia this Thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853).
Geo. Carpenter Proth.
State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia } ss
I do hereby certify that I know George Carpenter that he is now and was at the time of the above attestation the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and signature, and that the above is his proper signature, and that the above attestation is in due form of law.
Given under my hand this Thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853).
Oswald Thompson President Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Phila. Co.

State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia } ss
I do hereby certify that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is not at present sitting in the City of Philadelphia and was not so sitting at the times of the above attestations, and that the above proceedings could not have been had before that Court without a journey to Harrisburg.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania this ~ Thirtieth ~ day of April - in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight- Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853).
W. Tyler Deputy

No 1233
Isabella Bloomfield widow of Joseph Penn
Let to Jas H. Wilson 29 th June 1853
Act Feby. 1853.
946.
New York,
City.
Isabella Bloomfield,
widow of
Joseph, Bloomfield
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
Major.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 18 th . day of July, 53 and sent to
Jas. C. Wilson, Georgetown, D.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 89 Vol. A.

Pension Office, 8 th July, 1853.
Isabella Bloomfield, Wid: of Joseph Bloomfield }
App n for Pen- under Act. 3 rd Feb: 1853. 2 nd section.
For evidence of Marriage Widowhood, in addition to the within. See file No: 18.298. for Bounty law under act 28 th Sept. 1850.
"Paynton."

J. P. Waldo Esq. Comy Pensions
Georgetown D. C. May 3, 1833
Mr
I enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Bloomfield, widow of Major Bloomfield, the Revolution, & Feb 13, the War 1812.
Evidence is on the files of your Office in addition to these papers - she has received the desired Land.
May I ask the early attention of the Commissioner to these papers.
Yours Sincerely
James F. Wilson

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10418
Isabella Blumfield Widow of Joseph Blumfield Major Rev War
Act: Feb 18 58
Index:—Vol. A , Page 63
[Arrangement of 1870.] ✓

Declaration
of
Isabella Bloomfield
in order
to obtain the renewal of the half pay provided for in the First Section of the Act of Congress of Feb. 3. 1853.

Declaration of Isabella Bloomfield widow of Joseph Bloomfield, In order to obtain the renewal of the half pay provided for in the First Section of the act of Congress of the Third day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853).
State of Pennsylvania } ss. City and County of Philadelphia }
On this Thirtieth ~ day of April ~ in the year of our Lord One Thousand ~ Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853) personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman in and for the City and County of Philadelphia and ex officio a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths and affirma- tions &c. Isabella Bloomfield personally known to me a resident of Courtland Town in the County of Westchester in the State of New York aged seventy years who being ~ first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the ~ Third day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853) granting the renew- -al of half pay to certain widows and orphans: That she is the widow of Joseph Bloomfield who was a Major in the regular army of the United States during the Revolutionary War and that to the best of her knowledge and belief he ~ served from the beginning to the end of that War but in what company or in what regiment it is impossible for her to ~ state the said Joseph Bloomfield having been dead nearly Thirty (30) years and the circumstances having so long ~ ago transpired but she declares that the said Joseph ~ Bloomfield fought at the battle of Brandywine General Washington being commander in chief and that the said Joseph

Joseph Bloomfield was wounded in that engagement in the right arm in such a manner as totally to disable him from gaining his livelihood by manual labour if he had been compelled to resort to that for his subsistence. She further declares that at this late day it is almost impossible to furnish proof of the facts above set forth but to substantiate these facts she refers to the Official papers in the Pension Office or elsewhere at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia. The said declarant further states that the said Joseph Bloomfield was born in the State of New Jersey and lived there at the time of his entering the service of the United States. She further declares that she has not received any half pay under the First Section of the act of Congress of the Fourth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Six (1836) or of the Twenty-First day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Eight (1848) having never made application under either of those acts.
And the said Isabella Bloomfield widow aforesaid further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bloomfield in Courtland Town in the County of Westchester in the State of New York on the Twenty-Fifth day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty (1820) by one Hoffman a clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church and that to the best of her knowledge and belief no record of the marriage either public or private is now in existence and that her name before her said marriage was Isabella Macomb she having been previously married to John N. Macomb and that her maiden name was Isabella Pansay that she was married to Joseph Bloomfield as aforesaid subsequent to the death of her first husband John N. Macomb and that her said husband Joseph Bloomfield died at Burlington New Jersey on the Third day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty

Three (1823) and that she is still a widow and for proof of the fact of her marriage with the said Joseph Bloomfield she refers to the testimony furnished in her application for Bounty Land to which she was entitled under the act of Congress of the Twenty Eighth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty (1850).
Isabella Bloomfield City of Philadelphia ss.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853).
Wm Mansfield Alderman
State of Pennsylvania } ss. City and County of Philadelphia }
On the thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman in and for the City and County of Philadelphia and ex officio a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths and affirmations &c. Isabella Betherall of the City of Philadelphia personally known to me who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that her maiden name was Isabella Macomb that she is the eldest child of John B. Macomb and Isabella Macomb that her father the said John B. Macomb died at Detroit in Michigan in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen (1815) that her said mother remained a widow during the space of four (4) years or more and was then married to Joseph Bloomfield in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and
and

and Twenty (1830) she the said deponent being at that time about the age of Fourteen (14) years and present at the ceremony ~ which was performed by a Dutch reformed minister at the ~ house of the late Mr. Ruger in Poughkeepsie Town in the County of Westchester in the State of New York. And the said deponent further says that the said Joseph Bloomfield her mother's second husband died in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Three or One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Four (1823 or 1824) she the said deponent being present at the time of his death ~ which took place in the City of Burlington in the State of ~ New Jersey. And the said deponent further says that her mother the said Isabella Bloomfield has been from that time forth and is now a widow.
Isabella Wetherill
City of Philadelphia ss
Sworn and Subscribed before me this Thirteenth ~~~~ day of April in the year of our Lord One ~ Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853).
Wm Thompson Alderman

State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia } ss.
I do hereby certify that I know John Thompson residing in the City of Philadelphia and that he is ex-officio a Justice of the Peace lawfully empowered to administer oaths and affirmations within the City and County of Philadelphia, and that I am acquainted with his signature and believe the two signatures upon the foregoing pages to be each of them respectively the proper handwriting and signature of the said John Thompson.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania this Thirtieth ~ day of April - in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight ~ Hundred and Fifty Three (1853).
W. Tyler - R. M.

Brief in the case of Isabella Bloomfield, widow of Joseph, Westchester County and State of New York act 3 rd February, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a Major in War of Revolution over two years. Marriage proven by birth proof,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jas: C. Wilson, Esq., Georgetown, D.C.
Name and residence of Agent
D. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Pension Office June 29 th 1853
Sir
Evidence is on file in this Office. That Joseph Bloomfield, was a Major in the Army of the Revolution, and at some period during the war was placed upon the roll as a supernumerary. We have no evidence of the time he entered the service, consequently none as to the length of his service. Mrs Isabella Bloomfield, who claims a pension as his widow, will be under the necessity of furnishing the evidence of the time he entered the service, and how long he served, and in what capacity. This evidence she can procure in all probability from the Secretary of State's Office of New Jersey.
Your claim under the second section of the act of 3 February 1853 is suspended.

In relation to her application for the benefits of the 1 st Section of said Act, I have to say, that this section does not refer to persons engaged in the war of the revolution.
Very Respectfully J. P. M c Leod Commissioner
6 James W M c Wilson Esq r , Georgetown D. C.

Letter of Attorney ~ Isabella Bloomfield to James C. Wilson.

I know all men by these Presents that I Isabella Bloomfield widow a resident of Courtlandt Town in the Coun- ty of Westchester in the State of New York but now at the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania have made constituted and appointed and by these Presents do make constitute and appoint and in my place and stead put and depute James C. Wilson of the City of Wash- ington in the District of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to act in order to obtain for me the benefits to which I may be entitled under the Act of Congress of the third of February in the year of our Lord One Thou- sand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853) and in pursuance thereof to obtain proofs and to search records and to have ac- cess to papers and to do all other things that may be neces- sary for procuring the said benefits as fully and amply to all intents and purposes as I myself could do if I were present; and also to ask for demand and receive for me and to my use all back pay monies or dues which may be owing to me in and about the premises or which may be- -come due between the date hereof and the first of August next ensuing and to transmit to me upon receipt thereof. Giving and granting to my said Attorney by these Presents my full power strength and authority in and about the Prem- -ises to have use and take all lawful ways and means in my name for the purposes aforesaid and upon receipt of any such pay dues or sums of money acquittances or other sufficient discharges for me and in my name to make seal and deliver. And generally all and every other act or acts thing and things device and devices needful and necessary to be done in and about the premises for me and in my name to do execute and perform. Hereby ratifying allowing and holding for firm and effectual all and what- -soever my said Attorney shall lawfully do in and about The

the premises by virtue hereof between the date hereof and the first of August next ensuing
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Thirtieth ~ day of April - in the year of ~ our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853).
Witnesses at Signing
Sam: Wetherill. John McMeikun
Isabella Bloomfield
State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia } ss.
On the ~ day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three (1853) personally appeared before me the sub- -scriber an Notary Public in and for the City and County of Phil- -adelphia the above named Isabella Bloomfield widow, of full age, and personally known to me, who acknowledged the above instrument of writing to be her act and deed.
John McMeikun Esq. Notary

State of Pennsylvania City and County of Philadelphia } ss
I do hereby certify that I know John Thompson residing in the City aforesaid, that he is an Alderman and ex officio a Justice of the Peace, lawfully empowered to administer oaths and affirmations, and to take acknowledgments of deeds &c. within the City and County of Philadelphia, and that I am acquainted with his signature and believe the two signatures upon the foregoing page to be each of them respectively the proper handwriting and signature of the said John Thompson.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania this Thirtieth day of April - in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three (1853).
Pro: Tyler Brother