Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45255, Jeremiah Bennett, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bennett, Jeremiah
S. 45-255
CONTENTS

New York. 1992
Jeremiah Bennett, Capt Phillips private New Jersey line 9 months 1777
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of July 1818. and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua, N. York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818.
Scanned after ending
4 mo. 18/30. $ 36. 80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Col. Thorne
Ontario Co.
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page) Dtt of det... The pension sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N. York.

In the matter of Jeremiah Bennett
1902 30 July 1818
Sept 18

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 182 0 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Jeremiah Stone aged sixty two years, resident of the town of Palmyra — in said county, who being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
for the term of nine months, in Captain Philbrick's Company in Col. Schuyler's Regiment in the New Jersey line commencing in May 1777.
and that he made application for a Pension on the fifteenth day of April — 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 1992 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
 One Cow $ 15.00  One yearling heifer 6.00  Two Swine 4.00  Four Sheep 3.00  One Calf 2.50  Butter 50  One Waffle iron 50  Four knives & forks 50  Six tea cups & saucers 25  Three spoons 12  One tea kettle 50  Iron chain 75  One axe 37  33.99 
Jeremiah Stone

And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and bodily infirmary I am able to perform but little manual labour and that my family consists of my wife aged 62 years who by reason of her age is unable to perform any kind of business
Jeremiah Bennett
Sworn and declared this 21 st day of August 1820 in open Court before me
William Rogers Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Doren Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is thirty three dollars and Ninety nine cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of August 1820
John Van Doren Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

State of New York Ontario County ss
On this 17 th day of April 1818 before me the Subscribed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Jeremiah Bennett aged 57 years resident of the town of Palmyra in said County who being by me first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress but called an act to provide for certain persons engag- ed in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and that he the said Jeremiah Bennett enlisted in the town of Dover in Morris County in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain Philips in the 2 nd Regiment commanded by Colonel Tracy in the New Jersey Line for nine Months that he continued his service in said Corps or in the service of the United States for the term aforesaid when he was discharged from service at Newark in the State of New Jersey and that he was at the Battle of Mon- mouth and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his country for support and that he has no Evidence now in his power of his said Service other than what is herewith transmitted
his Jeremiah X Bennett mark
Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid
Stephen Phelps

Ontario County
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jeremiah Burnet did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An act for the payment of pensions to the Revolutionary War" — — —
Cannadague, April 17 th 1818 June 8 th
Stephen Phelps

Rev. War Section.
August 14, 1913.
Mrs. Minnie J. Ayres, 103 Woodland Road, Woonsocket, R. I.
Madam:
You are advised that as the name, Jeremiah Bennett, appears several times on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it was impossible, from the lack of information given in your enclosed letter of the 26" ultimo, to identify the subject of your inquiry, but in response to your letter dated the 1 st and received the 11" instant, which furnishes the requisite data, a reference to the claim of Jeremiah Bennett, Sur. File No. 45,255, Rev. War, shows that he was fifty-seven years of age in 1818, and that the dates of his birth and death do not appear.
For the date of last payment of probation probable date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. citing the following data:
"Jeremiah Bennett. Certificate No. 1,992. issued July 30, 1818, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the New York Agency."
Very respectfully,
E. C. Richardson Acting Commissioner.

Claims of Percival Bennet April 17 th 1818
New Jersey etc.
Correct The Honorable Secy of War
not submitted to the Comptroller

State of New York Ontario County
Reuben Randolph of the Town of Ontario & County of Ontario do hereby depose and saith that he the depon- ant is personally acquainted with Jeremiah Bennet Moore of the Town of Palmyra in the County of Ontario formerly from the State of New Jersey and was knowing to his serving as a Soldier in the war of the Revolu- tion against the Common Enemy and that he the deponant well recollects of seeing the said Jeremiah Bennet at the time of his return from a Nine Months Service on the Continental Establishment and that the said Jeremiah Bennet has un- sustained a Reputable Character as in respect to truth and veracity and that he is in different circumstances and in need of support of the Government and further saith Not
Reuben Randolph
Affirmed & subscribed
this 17th day of April 1815
before me Stephen Phelps
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario

The honorable the Secretary of the war department will please forward my certificate (if allowed) to Stephen Phelps Esq. who is my agent at Cincinnati
April 17 th 1818
Jeremiah his X Bennett Mark

State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the fore- going certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 24 th day of April A D 1818
Thos. M c Naught

Cincinnati O
45255
INVALID.
Rey
File No. 45255
Jeremiah Bennett Pris Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓
Feb 4-16-1903
Mrs. S. G. Ayres
1913, Aug. 14. To Mrs. Grimmie J. Ayres - death of birth and death not in case - etc. tr.
1913 Sept. 27 Hist. Soc Minn. nee J. Ayres. V. 2. m.
1818 57 1761

103 Woodland Rd, Hoosocket, R.D., Aug. 8, 1913.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
I think there is a misunderstanding as to what I have asked for in my recent letter. I simply wish the approximate dates of Jeremiah Bennett's birth and death.
He was a soldier in the Revolution from Dover, N. J. He

fought under Col. Spencer, was in the battle of Monmouth and afterward applied for a pension, at that time living at Palmyra, N. Y. In making such application the date of his birth would probably be given, and you would have the date when his pension ceased to be paid, at his death, if you keep a file of dates.
Therefore can you not send me these two dates.

date of birth and death of Jeremiah Bennett. I want them simply for family reasons.
Sincerely Yours,
Minnie J. Ayres.

103 Woodland Rd, Woonsocket, R.I.
Sept. 20, 1913.
U.S. Pension Office, -
Have you a record on your list of pensioners of a Revolutionary soldier by name, Jeremiah Bennett who went to the army from New Jersey but who drew his pension at Canandaigua N.Y. If so, will you please give me what facts you can

as to his military record?
A speedy reply will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Minnie J. Ayres.

RECEIVED FEB 11 1963 P.
1992 8,015
PENSION OFFICE. FEB 13 1963 U.

FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH,
ESSEX PLACE, WALNUT HILLS,
REV. SAMUEL GILBERT AYRES, MINISTER,
RESIDENCE, 620 JUNE STREET.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Feb. 6, 1903.
U. S. Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
I would like to find out all I can in regard to the war record of one Jeremiah Bennett , who I believe was a soldier in the Revolution. He drew a pension at one time which was made payable to him at Canandaigua, New York.
I am seeking this information for membership in the D.A.R., as he was an ancestor of mine; and any information that you can give me will be gladly received.
Respectfully,
Mrs. S. G. Ayres, 620 June St., Cincinnati, Ohio.