Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,877, William Brower, New York

SERVICE
New York
Brower, William Mary or Mariah
NUMBER
W. 5877 B.L.M. 20,605-160-55
CONTENTS

722 New Jersey
William Broiver of Paterson in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Van Cortlandt in the New York line for 9 months, —
died 28. Dec. 32 Spent to Widow (Mariah)
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Aug t 1833 and Sent. Hon L Conduct of N. J. Process
Arrears to the 4th 28 th Dec r 32 $54.50 Some are allowance ending — 00.00 $ 54 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 102
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2624
Mrs. Kelley
Mary Brumer
widow of William Brumer
N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
old record sheet for Aaron H. H. H. June 9, '49
Reported
Dec. 27/48
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec. 1847 and sent to
Hon. D. S. Gregory Hoff.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 282 Vol. 4.

177.124 Act Mar 3
1853
June 28
Mary Brower wife of William Brower
Mary Brower wife of William Brower.
Private
1030605
Revolutionary Pension Vol 4 Page 282
July 48-2624
Ad: 160 Acres June 4/56
By [Signature]
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Vol 132. page
Book 10 & Kennedy
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Certificate to Mariah Brow- ner widow of Wm Browner to be computed from 4 Mar '31. to 28 dec. '32

State of New Jersey Spa County S.P.
On this 14 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Abraham Reynolds one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Spa William Brower a resident of Paterson in the County of Spa aged seventy two years, labouring under bodily infirmity which renders him unable to appear in open Court, and 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 th 1832, That he was born near Brooklyn, Kings County on Long Island in the state of New York on the second day of February 1750 as appears by the family record of his father Abraham Brower deceased and now in the possession of Christopher Brower his brother, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated That he continued to reside with his father upon Long Island till the month of July 1776. When the British gained a landing on Long Island, at which time he volunteered his service as a private soldier in the American Camp and on duty with a detachment of men under the command of General Putnam and was engaged in repulsing the enemy till the American army retreated on to York Island, That his father's dwelling - Flower Mills and out houses having been burned and destroyed during the action which had taken place with the British, he sought the earliest opportunity to assist in removing his father's family to Haverdon on the Hudson River at which time and place he was regularly enrolled with the Militia of Haverdon and as a Militia soldier continued to do duty - by attending to alarms - and reliefs till the spring of 1782. That in the month of April 1782 he was regularly enlisted by Guy Livingston for the term of nine months and was mustered in Col. Frederick Wiesenfeldt's Regiment, From him he was transferred to Col. Van Coestlan's Regiment of the New York line. That he was marched from Fishkill, to West Point, from thence to Pompton in New Jersey at which place he was arranged or transferred to a company under the command of Lieutenant James Johnson, and in which company he was marched from place to place and continued to do duty in the service

of the United States during the period of his enlistment when he was regularly discharged by Col Gonsworth at a place called Little Britain near New Windsor in the state of New York That his discharge was by him delivered to Jacob Sharp Esqr either in the year 1791 or 1792 with a view to his procuring his bounty lands That the said Jacob Sharp Esqr soon after died, That the deponent removed to the state of New Jersey about the time of Jacob Sharp's death consequently he has never received neither the disch- arge nor bounty lands to the present day That his brother Christopher Brower was present at Fishkill and saw him sign his enlistment That he has no documentary evi- dence of his service That he once applied for a pension under the Act of Congress passed 1818 That he convinced him- self entitled to a pension under the act of 1818 but has never received it He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Wm Brower
William his X Brower mark
I Christopher Brower a resident of Paterson aged sixty six years do hereby certify that I am a brother of the said William Brower who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and know him to be seventy two years of age by the records of his father Abraham Brower and which said records are now in my possession and I also further certify that I was at Fishkill in the State of New York in the spring of 1782 and was present and saw the said William Brower sign the said enlistment wherein he engaged to serve the United States as a private soldier for nine months I also certify that I saw the said William Brower two or three times during his said service as a soldier and al- ways understood and believe that the said William Brower served out the period of his enlistment and was honorably dischar- ged from the service of the United States as a faithful soldier Sworn & subscribed this 14th day of August 1832 before me
J. Weymouth
Christopher Brower

We Samuel Fisher - a clergyman residing in Paterson and Daniel F. Lockwood of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brewer who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing decl- aration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neigh- -bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed } this 14 th day of August 1832 }
Samuel Fisher
Dan l F. Lockwood
A. Reynolds
And the Court do hereby declare in opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolution- ary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to him that Samuel Fisher who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy- man resident in the town of Paterson and that Daniel F. Lockwood who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Paterson and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. Reynolds
State of New Jersey } County of Essex }
ss: I, Elias Van Nessdale, Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Newark in and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Abraham Reynolds Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were taken was at the time of taking said affidavits & now is one of the Judges of said Court, residing in said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe the signatures "A. Reynolds" is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts. -
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Newark aforesaid, the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. -
E. Van Nessdale Jr. Clerk

State of New Jersey } Essex County S.S. } Personally appeared before me the under- signed a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County William Brower who being duly sworn, deposith and saith that by reason of old age and the conseq- uent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods men- tioned below and in the following grades. For one year I served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war and for which service I claim a pension. Sworn & subscribed this 2 nd day of Nov r 1832
William his Brower mark
A. Reynolds
I Abraham Reynolds before whom the proceedings were had and taken in the matter of application of William Brower for a pension do hereby certify that Christopher Brower who has subscribed and sworn to one of the certificates thereto annexed is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
A. Reynolds

William Brower deceased
— Mariah Brower Widow.
Remained died
28 th Nov. '32

William Brower deceased
— Mariah Brower Widow.
Remained died
28 th Nov. '32.

State of New Jersey County of Essex ss Be it remembered that on the 12 th day of July 1833 personally appeared before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex Mariah Brower of the Town- ship of Paterson in the County aforesaid Who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is now seventy three years of age that she is the widow of W m Brower late of the township of Paterson deceased, and who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and has applied for a pension on account of his services in said War, That she was married to the said William Brower on the 18 th day of October 1784 and lived with him until the time of his death, that he died on the 28 th day of December 1832 and that she was present at the time of his death
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
her Mariah X Brower mark
Abraham Reynolds
Essex County ss Before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Horatio Moses and Christopher Brower both of whom are persons to me well known and to whose attestations full faith and credit is to be given. Who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are well acquainted with Mariah Brower who has subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and know her to be the widow of William Brower late of the Township of Paterson deceased that we were well acquainted with the person of William Brower in his life time Who was reputed and believed to have been

a soldier in the Revolutionary War that the said William Brower resided in the Township of Paterson in the County of Essex And that the said William Brower died on the 28 th day of December 1832 That we saw him a lifeless corpse and attended his funeral, and further these deponants saith not Sworn and subscribed this 12 day July 1833
Horatio Moses Christopher Brower
A. Cuyler
State of New Jersey County of Essex ss: I Elias Van Andelab Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex do hereby certify that on the day of the date hereof the following facts were satisfactorily proved to the said Court that is to say That William Brower who was a soldier in the Army of the revolution died on the twenty eighth day of december last past that he was lawfully married to Maria Brower who is still living & is now his widow & that the said William Brower hath lately before his death made application to the war department of the United States for a pension — and that Abraham Reynolds In Testimony whereof before whom the foregoing affidavits were made & taken is one of the Judges of said court and that the signature

Maria Boomer (N. Jersey)
admitted Pr. g. m. p 30. —
A. Reynolds Paterson N 9.

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838. Entitled: "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of New Jersey Passaic County 38
On this Thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Passaic, Mariah Brown a resident of Paterson in the County of Passaic (formerly Essex) aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. Entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of William Brown who was a private soldier in the Militia and the Army of the Revolution ; that she was well acquainted with the said William Brown and knew him to be doing duty in the service of the United States at various times and places previous to their marriage; that she knew him as a private Militia soldier on duty & in the battle on Long Island in the summer of 1776, that he was under arms and retreated with the American Army from Long Island leaving the British in possession of the place; that she frequently saw the said William Brown as a private Militia soldier in the service of the United States at Pishkeek & Hudson on the Hudson River in the State of New York , and she further declares that she saw him once near the close of the Revolutionary War , doing duty as an enlisted soldier at West Point , but cannot

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838. Entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of New Jersey Passaic County 3 rd
On this Thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me William Reynolds a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Passaic, Mariah Brown a resident of Paterson in the County of Passaic (formerly Essex), aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. Entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of William Brown who was a private soldier in the Militia and the Army of the Revolution ; that she was well acquainted with the said William Brown and knew him to be doing duty in the service of the United States at various times and places previous to their marriage; that she knew him as a private Militia soldier on duty & in the battle on Long Island in the summer of 1776, that he was under arms and retreated with the American Army from Long Island leaving the British in possession of the place; that she frequently saw the said William Brown as a private Militia soldier in the service of the United States at Fishkill & Hudson on the Hudson River in the State of New York , and she further declares that she saw him once near the close of the Revolutionary War , doing duty as an enlisted soldier at West Point , but cannot

particularly the names of the several officers under whom he served, except by giving the names that he frequently spoke of in his life time, to wit Lord Sterling General Putnam Colonel Mills Colonel Smallwood Colonel Wisenfelt Colonel Van Courtlandt, knows that he was once under command of Lieutenant James Johnson stationed at Pompton New Jersey, thinks he was stationed at Little Brittain near Newburgh under the command of a Colonel Gensworth or some person near that name at which place he received his discharge which was in the fall of the year 1782 all of which must now fully appear in his declaration and the evidence accompanying the same forwarded to the Pension Office during the summer of 1832 and may now be on the files of that office - And she further declares that her husband died during the pendancy of his claim, which fact was communicated to the War Department and in the month of August 1833 she received a certificate in her own name authorizing her to receive the pension due him to the time of his death, which certificate was here rendered to the Pension Agent for paying pensions in New Jersey at the time of her receiving the amount therein mentioned. And she further declares that she was married to the said William Brown, on Long Island, Kings County New York on the Tenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid William Brown died on the Twenty eighth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty two, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated, And she further declares that she was never afterwards married but remains the widow of the said William Brown

And she further declares that she has no documentary evidence in her possession of the services of the said William Brown, of her marriage with him, neither has she any knowledge of any person now living that can testify to either, excepting Christopher Brown the surviving brother of her late husband, whose affidavit will accompany the present application.
Sworn & Subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Mariah her X Brown mark
A. Reynolds
I, Abraham Reynolds Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Passaic do hereby certify that Mariah Brown the above named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend in open Court. Consequently the foregoing proceedings & affidavit were made & taken at her place of residence. And I further certify that the said Mariah Brown is a credible person and that her statements are entitled to credit.
A. Reynolds
State of New Jersey Passaic County 34
On the Thirteenth day of August eighteen hundred & thirty eight before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appeared Horatio Jones & Christopher Brown who being first duly sworn according to law do depose & say that they are well acquainted with Mariah Brown widow of William Brown late of Paterson New Jersey deceased. That the said William Brown died on the Twenty eighth day of December eighteen hundred & thirty two.

State of New Jersey Passaic County 31st
On this Thirteenth day of August eighteen hundred & thirty eight before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Christopher Brower a resident of Paterson Passaic County (formerly Essex) aged forty five years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is the surviving brother of William Brower late of Paterson deceased, that he was personally present at a place called Fishkill in the State of New York in the Spring of the year nineteen hundred & eighty two (cannot particularly the month) at which time and place he saw the said William Brower sign an enlistment in which he engaged to serve as a private soldier in the service of the United States for the term of nine months, thinks it was Captain Livingston under whom he enlisted, that he saw the said William Brower several times and at dif- ferent periods of the same year (1782) doing duty in the service of the United States at West Point in the State of New York and knows that he served out the period of his enlistment & was regularly discharged

And he further declares that he was present and saw the said William Brown and Mariah Brower lawfully married on the fourth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty four and knows that they continued to live together as man & wife from the time of their marriage until the death of the said William Brower. And he further declares that he has a distinct recollection (being personally present at the same time) of seeing the said William Brower being duty as a private Militia Soldier and engaged in the battle with the British on Long Island in the summer of one thousand eight hundred and seventy six and during the same day he saw the said William Brower, Abraham Brower and others under arms guarding and conducting five British prisoners to the Fort at Brooklyn then in possession of the Americans and to whom they surrendered the said prisoners, after which the said William Brower and others returned to the main body of the Americans then in battle. And he further declares that the said William Brower retreated with the American Army to York Island the next day after said battle - and further this deponent saith not.  Sworn & Subscribed the day of { Christopher Brower & year also written here  me
A. Reynolds

I Abraham Reynolds Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Passaic and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Horatio Moses and Christopher Brower who have subscribed to the foregoing affidavits are credible persons and their statements can be relied upon
A. Reynolds
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State of New Jersey Passaic County 3ss
I, George A. Ryerson Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Passaic aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham Reynolds before whom the several affidavits in the foregoing proceedings were made & taken at the time of taking the same was one of the judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn, and the name "A Reynolds" subscribed to said affidavits and certificates where it occurs in said proceedings is his genuine signature
In Witness Whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal of office this Seventeenth day of August A.D. 1838
Geo. A. Ryerson Clerk

James A. Schuch, Esq.
179.784 Bounty Land Declaration -
Mary Brawner Mary Pennington
Newark N.J.
Isabella Skinner A.H.

State of New Jersey } on this 23 rd day of June A D 1855 Personally appeared Essex County } ss before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized to the laws of said State to administer Oaths for General Purposes Mary Brewer aged Ninety Six Years a Resident of the City of Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Widow of William Brewer deceased who was a pri- vate in the Company commanded by Captain _____ In the Regiment of _____ commanded by Col _____ In the Revolutionary War with Great Britain. That she was Married to the said William Brewer in _____ In the State of New Jersey on the _____ day of _____ In the Year _____ That her Maiden Name was Mary Helm. That her said Husband died in the Year 1832 and that she is now a Widow, That she is now a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum on account of the Revolutionary Service of her said Husband in the Revolutionary War and that her Pension Certificate may be found Recorded in the Pension office of the United States under the Pension Act of February 2 nd 1848 In Vol. 4 Page 282; She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855, Never having received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress. She hereby appoints Joseph C G Kennedy Esq her Attorney to pro- secute and receive her Warrant.
Mary L. Brewer mark
We Maria Kinsey and Lucinda Kinsey residents of the City of Newark in the State of New Jersey upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declar- ation was signed and acknowledged by Mary Brewer above named in our presence and that we have known her for many years and know her to be the Widow of the above named William Brewer We furthermore declare that we are well acquainted with the said William Brewer in his life time and that he was prior to his death a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he and the above Claimant lived together as husband & wife for many years prior to his death & up to the day of his death. And for the last few years the above named Mary Brewer has been receiving a pension

That she is the Widow of William Brewer late in the Company Commanded by Captain In the Regiment of _____ Commanded by Col In the Revolutionary War with Great Britain. That she was Married to the Said William Brewer in _____ In the State of New Jersey on the _____ day of _____ In the Year _____ That her Maiden Name was Mary Helm. That her Said Husband died in the Year 1832 and that she is now a Widow, That she is now a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum on account of the Revolutionary services of her Said Husband In the Revolutionary War and that her Pension Certificate May be found Recorded in the Pension office of the United States Under the Pension Act of February 2 nd 1848 In Vol. 4 Page 282; She Makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855, Never having received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress. She hereby appoints Joseph C. Kennedy Esq her Attorney to pro- secute and receive her Warrant
Mary L. Brewer mark
We Maria Kinsey and Lucinda Kinsey residents of the City of Newark in the State of New Jersey upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declar- ation was signed and acknowledged by Mary Brewer above named in our presence and that we have known her for many years and know her to be the Widow of the above named William Brewer We furthermore declare that we were well acquainted with the Said William Brewer in his life time and that he was prior to his death a Revolutionary Pensioner And that he and the above Claimant lived together as Husband & wife for many years prior to his death & up to the day of his death, And for the last few years the above named Mary Brewer has been receiving a pension from the United States on account of the Revolutionary services of her aforesaid Husband. And although she has failed to answer all the interrogatories put to her above we attribute it to her impaired faculties both Bodily & Mental & loss of memory &c on account of great age and that we have neither of us any interest in the above Claim
Maria Kinsey
Lucinda
Lucinda Kinsey

The foregoing declaration and affidavit, were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written And I Certify that I know the affiants to be Credible persons And that the Claimant is the person she represents her self to be And I further Certify that the within Named Claimant's Pension papers have been executed by me Semi annually ever since the year 1848 That she is at the present time in very feeble health, And that owing to her great age, her Memory & Intellect has become so impaired that it is very difficult to get her to remember or answer the foregoing interrogatories, I further more declare I have no interest in this Claim
David W Baldwin Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey } I hereby Certify that David W Baldwin Essex County } ss before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that his Signature is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal affixed My Seal of office this Twenty fifth day of June A D 1858
James A. Fishburn, C.R.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. W. 5877. ✓
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 21st, 1896.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sir: -
In returning herewith your letter of the 14th inst., you are advised that William Brower made an application for pension on August 14th, 1832, at which time he was residing in Paterson, N. J., and 72 years of age, and his pension was allowed for nine months actual service as a private in the New York troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Col. Van Courtland. He enlisted from Hudson, New York.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. George Kinsey,
405 West Fourth St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sold per Kaiser, Cin. O. Jm 13
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Apr 21 '96 lso
File No. 5877
Mary Browne Wid.
Wm Browne Pitt. Rev: Mo
Act: Febry 2 nd /68
Index:—Vol. A , Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary Power Declaration aw
7101

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of New Jersey County of Passaic ss.
On this 11 th day of September 1848 personally appeared before me Cornelius A. Van Houten Esq. One of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Passaic and State of New Jersey, Mary Brown, of the Town of Paterson in the County of Passaic and State aforesaid, aged 88 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of William Brown who was a private in the Army of the United Colonies during the Revolutionary War, but that she does not now know in the names of the Captains or Colonels and in whom he served or the Regiment in which he served duty, but recollects of hearing him say that he was in the same Regiment, that the late Abraham Goddard was attached to said Regiment during the Revolutionary War as a Fifer and therefore refers to her original application for the pension granted to her the 30 th of June 1845, the date of her pension certificate.
That the Annual Amount of the pension she had was Thirty Dollars under the Act of the 17 th June 1844.
She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
her Mary X Brown
My Commission expires at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 11 th day of September 1848 C. A. Van Houten Justice of the Peace
N.B. The interest of the bond "please first done. (B. H.)" of the Pension

State of New Jersey Passaic County, ss I, Cornelius A Van Houten One of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Passaic and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the aforesaid Mary Brown the within named affiant is personally known to me and is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11 th day of September 1848. C. A. Van Houten Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey Passaic County ss. I John Keenan Clerk of the County of Passaic aforesaid Do Certify that Cornelius A Van Houten is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and now legally qualified to act as such Justice of the peace: Also that I know the hand writing of the said Cornelius A Van Houten, and verily believe that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at Paterson this eleventh day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty eight
John Keenan Clerk
(M)

Maria Boomer New Jersey
Rejected
See letter to Aug 7 1837 A. Reynolds.
M arried after the outbreak of the revolution war Set to A Reynolds, Augt. 7, 1838.

New Jersey 502
Mary Brober, of Paterson, widow of William Brown, etc.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, and who died on the 28 th Decr 1832 of Passaic Co in the State of N. Jersey, who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Van Cottland in the New York line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept r 1838, & sent to A. Reynolds, Esq r Paterson, N. Jersey
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r '38 $ 75.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 15.00
$90.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D r McCurdy, Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 117.

v. 30.605
J Sto Amy

7101 New Jersey
Mary Brown - a widow of William Brown, who was a Private in the N. J. Line
Subscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of June '45 and sent to
Andrew Hollett Lansingburg N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17. 1844 Recorded in Book
Vol. 2 Page 93

Hon J. D. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Paterson N.J. Aug. 17. 1838
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose the papers of Mariah Brown widow of William Brown applying for a pension. I beg leave to state that the old lady's faculties are very much impaired. She is afflicted to a great degree with the palsy, and her speech is so much affected that it is difficult to understand what she wishes to communicate. I am certain that she can give no further light on the subject. Your early attention to the case as presented will confer a favor on her, and much oblige
Your Obedient Servt.
A. Reynolds
Please communicate the result of application to A Reynolds Esq Paterson N.J.

State of New Jersey } @ h. L. ... H. ...
Mary Brower
Act 3 d March, 1843
17 th June, 1844.
No 720 act 1844
Adm d of $30. per ann:
7965. ]
Andrew Fallet Esq. Lansingburgh, New-York.

State of New Jersey } Passaic County - } Ys On this Eleventh day of June 1845 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of the aforesaid County. Mary Brower a resident of the town of Patterson in the County of Passaic aforesaid. Aged 85 Years. who being first duly sworn Ac- -cording 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 on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That She is the Widow of William Brower. Who was a private in the Militia of New York Line And the Annual Amount of the Pension which She received under the Act of July 7. 1838. was Thirty Dollars. She further declares that She is still a Widow. And that it is but late ly that She was informed that She was ent- -itled to further Pension. -
Sworn to and subscribed on } the day and Year above written } her Mary X Brower before me - mark
Simeon Hart Justice of the Peace I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent. And that She is the identical person She represents She represents herself to be in the above declaration. and that from Old Age is unable to write. therefore makes her mark.
Simeon Hart Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Passaic County ss. I John Keenan clerk of the County of Passaic aforesaid do hereby certify that Simeon Hart is a duly appointed and commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Passaic aforesaid and at the time of the execution of the within instrument was duly qualified to act as such Justice of the Peace. Also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Simeon Hart and verily believe that the signatures attached to the within Sworn and certificate are his own proper signatures and genuine hand writing.
Witness my hand and official Seal at Paterson in said County This eleventh day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five John Keenan clerk

7965 June 18, 1845,
Mary Browne,
March 3 d 1843.
S. E. Church
Daughter of Rev. Mr. Brown
Washington City

Lawrenceburgh 14 th June 1845
Sir
I inclose you the Additional Claims of Mary Brewer of Latham in the County of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey, who drove a Fugitive under the Act of the 7 th July 1838. And her Agent having left the Country it was but fitting that she now that she was Intitled to being thing More -
J S Edwards Com of Fugitives
Yours Respectfully Andrew Pettet
SB
Please to let me have an Answer as soon as possible as the said lady is poor & Destitute

Brown
Aug 6 1847
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Petersburg August 21. 1835
Allow me to call your attention to the application of Hannah Brower (widow of William Brower) whose papers are filed in your office as advised by your letter to me on that subject dated August 4. 1837. The object of this enquiry is, to be informed whether she is entitled to a pension by the provisions of a late act Entitled an Act granting Half pay to widows & for other purposes" Passed near the close of the last session of Congress
Respectfully Yours
H. Reynolds

New Jersey New York
Revo:
William Brower dead
Suspended let Hon: S. Condict 25 June 1833.
Act June 7 1832

1698 Objections.
See Nos 5. 8 14.
William Browers. Dead.
How much can be allowed?
Suspended
let. to B. Cassil
June 19 1833

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Melvin Brower which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No! See explanatory note * VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? eto!  See affidavit of Ch. Browne. XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of New Jersey } Passaic County } ss
On this Eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven personally appeared before the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Mariah Brower a resident of Paterson in the County of Passaic, (formerly Essex) and State of New Jersey, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of William Brower late of the Township of Paterson deceased, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; and that he applied for a pension on account of his services rendered in said War. She further declares that on the Ninth day of October AD 1784 she was married by the Reverend Mr. Van Zunder a resident of Kings County, (Long Island) in the State of New York to the said William Brower but she does not recollect of ever receiving a marriage certificate, and that she lived with him till the time of his death; that her husband the aforesaid William Brower died on the Twenty eighth day of December AD 1832 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. And she further declares that in the summer of 1833 she received from the war Department a Certificate allowing her a pension (as she thinks) of $20. per annum from the 4 th day of March AD 1831 to the time of her said husband's death, which said Certificate was returned to the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the State of New Jersey, on the receipt of the money due her Sworn & subscribed in open court } Mariah Brower The day & year first above written } mark P. Safford Clerk }

I, Peregrine Sandford Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Passaic. Do hereby certify. That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Mariah Turner for a pension, And that Abraham Reynolds before whom the several affidavits herunto annexed at the time of taking the same was one of the Judges presiding at said Court duly commissioned and sworn, and that the name of "A Reynolds" subscribed to said affidavits and certificate is his genuine signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighteenth day of July AD 1837.
Peregrine Sandford Clerk

State of New Jersey Passaic County ss
On this Eighteenth day of July AD 1837 before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Christopher Brown aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith. That he is the surviving brother of William Brown late of the town of Paterson, deceased. That Mariah Brown now applying for a pension was to his knowledge lawfully married to the above mentioned William Brown in the Fall of the year 1784 by the Reverend Mr. Van Gend a resident of Kings County (Long Island) in the State of New York. That they continued to live together as man & wife from the time of their marriage to the day of the death of said Mr. Brown. That the said William Brown died at Paterson on the 28th day of December AD 1832 and the said Mariah Brown has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned William Brown. And he further saith that the Reverend Mr. Van Gend above mentioned has been dead upwards of thirty years, and further this deponent saith not. Sworn & subscribed before me at Paterson the day & year first above written
C. Brown
Abraham Reynolds

State of New Jersey Passaic County 34
On this Eighteenth day of July AD 1837 before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Horatio Moses a resident of Paterson who being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Mariah Brower for about twenty years last past, that he was well acquainted with her husband William Brower, that he knows that the said William Brower died on the 28 th day of December AD 1832, he knows that the above mentioned Mariah Brower has not inter-married but continues the widow of the above mentioned William Brower dec d . He further saith that he was a near neighbour of the said W m Brower and attended his funeral, and that he is now living the next door neighbour to the above mentioned Mariah Brower and knows her to be in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance for support and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed before me at Paterson the day & year first above written
Horatio Moses
A. Reynolds

State of New Jersey Passaic County 3 ss
On this Eighteenth day of July AD 1837 before me Abraham Reynolds a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Josiah M Crummond and James King - who being first duly sworn according to Law, do depose and say that they were personally acquainted with William Brower and Mariah Brower his wife from the year 1821 til the 28 th day of December AD 1832 when the said William Brower died. They further say that they were personally present at his funeral and that Mariah Brower now applying for a pension has not inter married but remains the widow of the above mentioned W m Brower. And they further say that the said William Brower was reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and further these deponents say not
Sworn & subscribed before me at Paterson the day & year first above written -
Embrissmonds
James King
A Reynolds
I Abraham Reynolds Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mariah Brower the above named applicant, also with Christopher Brower, Horatio Moses J. M. Crummond and James King (all residents of Paterson) whose names are affixed to the preceding declaration & their several affidavits thereto annexed, and that I know them to be creditable persons and to whom attestation full faith & credit are to be given. I further certify that I know the above named Mariah Brower received a Certificate (in her own name) from the Pension Office which entitled her to receive the pension due her said husband from the 4 th day of March

- 1831, til the time of his death, (amount of Pension not recd after death)
Paterson July 18 th AD 1837
A. Reynolds