Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 802, Henry Breese, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bruse, Henry
8802
CONTENTS
carded

2 Feb 19/35
17,335
New Jersey Henry Brase
Muddler in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Corp command of Captain Longstreet of the Key command by Col. Shaefer in the R. Jersey service for 9 yrs
Inscribed in the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Aug. 1833 and due to H. Randolph M. present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '34 $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept '34 40 $200
Revolutionary Claim, As June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. Collins Clerk Book C Vol. 3 Page 102

new: 10.200 Middlesex County application of Henry Meese for pension under act of June 1832
to certify

State of New Jersey } Middlesex county } ss.
On this Eleventh day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Robert M c Chesney Esq y and others judges of the court of common pleas, now sitting at New Brunswick in and for the county of Middlesex Henry Breese a resident in the Township of South Brunswick county & state aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being 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 officers and served as here in stated -
He was born on the first of January 1755. In the Town- ship of Franklin, county of Somerset and state of New Jersey. He was bound an apprentice at Hightstown in the county of Middlesex to Richard Sobs and this appli- cant entered the service under Captain Aaron Long- street in the neighborhood of Kingston in the county of Middlesex where this respondent since the war has always lived, except part of a year when he was in Somerset. He has no record of his age.
He entered the service as a volunteer militia man in the company of Aaron Longstreet captain in the year 1776 our major was Scudder and our colonel was Hays - we went to Woodbridge in the county of Middle- sex for one month - I next turned out as one of the flying camp men - they were one month men taken from the several militia companies and six were required from Captain

Longstreet's company - and I was one of the six - we were marched to Powder Horn opposite New York and were kept moving about from one place to an other along the line for the whole month - our captain was Dyell - our col. John Nelson - and our major I think was named Taylor.
My next tour was under Captain William Jones for two months. we went to Elizabeth town - Springfield and Connecticut farms.
I belonged to Captain Longstreet's com- pany when General Washington re- treated to Pennsylvania - and we re- treated with him - and remained there from the till the General took the Hessians, which was the day after Christmas 1776 - we were ordered over the Delaware and in a few days marched to Princeton and was there the day or two after the battle. I remember, that Cap- tain Longstreet asked the company the very day we retreated to Trenton if any of us had a mind to go after tories. I said yes with others - and we went to Somerland and took tory Col John Vandine.
I was again soon called out - and as the British had possession of New Brunswick - I was in actual ser- vice nearly the whole time till they left there which was in June 1777 - while the British were at New-

Brunswick we went out on a scout to Bennets Island under the command of Col. John Nelson - and we took Major Richard Stockton, who was quartered there and brought him up to Princeton. Col Scudder and Dr. Thomas Wiggins were along -
I was at the battle of Monmouth under the command of Captain Longstreet from the early part of the year 1778 till the peace in 1783. I was constantly out or always in readiness to march - but it is impossible for me at this distance of time to detail more at length than I have - I am fully satisfied, that I was in actual service during the said period as a soldier more than two years - tho' I have no documentary evidence of such services -
John Gubins, William Mershon and William Van Tilburgh belong to the company of Captain Aaron Longstreet and will testify to my services -
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pre- sent and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph McCherny
his Henry & Breeze marks

William Santilburgh age seventy one years of the County of Somerset being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith, that he is well acquainted with Henry Breeze, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that the deponent and the said Henry Breeze belonged to the company of Captain A- aron Longstreet in the year 1777- and per- formed monthly tours- and has no doubt, that the said Henry Breeze was in actual service as a volunteer mi- litia man during the revolutionary war two years and upwards. William Santilburgh sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph McElroy
John Gulick age seventy one years and William Mershon age seventy one years both of the township of South- Bruno with in the County of Middlesex being duly sworn according to law do on their several oaths say- that they are well acquainted with Henry Breeze, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration- that these deponents belonged to the company of Captain Aaron Longstreet of the New- Jersey militia during the revolutiona- ry war- and that the said Henry Breeze was also a member of said company that they have no doubt, that the

said Henry Breen served as a volunteer militia man during the revolutionary war two years and upward.
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Robert McHenry
John Gulick Nathaniel Heston
We, David Comfort a clergyman resi- ding in the County of Somerset and Garnet Breen residing in the township of South Brunswick in the County of Middlesex hereby certify, that we are well acquaint- ed with Henry Breen who has subscri- bed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and be- lieved in the neighbourhood where he re- sides, to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion, and that we concur in that opi- nion.
sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Robert McHenry
David Comfort his Garnet Breen marks

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinions, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certi- fies that it appears to them that David Comfort who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Somerset and within a few miles of the applicant, and that Gar- ret Breese, who has also signed the same statement, and William Vanitburgh, John Gulick and William Mearns who have been examined as witnesses before the Court are entitled to credit.
John S. Vandylke Thos H. Hallam Simon Murray J. D. Cushman
I, F. S. Vanarsdale, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Breese for a pension. In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this ele- venth day of September Eighteen hundred & thirty two.
F. S. Vanarsdale Clerk

10.200
Henry Breese Middlesex County New Jersey
Returned in
adm d
James Randolph et al et al N. Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
15 May — 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Breese Middlesex Co. N. Jersey
   Period when service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol s 1776 1 pr. Capt Long Street Col. Hoyer 77 Kingston N. Jersey   June 1777 2 " Capt Jones — N.J. Living Witness   " Col. Nelson Monmouth Traditionary   2 or more   in all  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court 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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.)
R. Newman

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Breese a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 802.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 Served at various times until end of war, amounting to 2 yrs. Pvt. Aaron Longstreet Lyle William Jones { Hyer Neilson John Neilson. N. J.  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Middlesex Co., N. J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 11, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, South Brunswick Township, Middlesex Co., N. J.
Age at date of application, { B. Jan. 1, 1755, in Franklin Township, Somerset Co., N. J.
Remarks:
Soldier died Feb. 10, 1835, leaving an only child, name not stated.
There is no further data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Henry Reese a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 802.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776. Served at various times until end of war, amount- ing to 2 yrs. Pvt. Aaron Longstreet Lyle William Jones. { Hyer Neilson John Neilson. N. J.  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Middlesex Co., N. J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 11, 1832. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, South Brunswick Township, Middlesex Co., N. J.
Age at date of application, { B. Jan. 1, 1755, in Franklin  Township, Somerset Co., N. J.
Remarks:
Soldier died Feb. 10, 1835, leaving an only child,  name not stated.
There is no further data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Washington D.C. 8 th May 1849
Col. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions } Sir
Since the Com ee have the kindness to permit me to look at the papers in the case of the Henry Breese, Wagon Master either of N. J. or Pa. The object is to discover if there is not evidence among his papers to substan- tiate the claim of Henry Southan of N Jersey. It is alleged by the Hon. Isaac Southan that he believes there are papers which were present- ed by Mr Breese which he obtained from N. J. that may substantiate his claim Claim to an increase
Respectfully &c R. H. Pugh for Col. J. Southan,

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 17 th , 1854.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which Pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension Agents,
the only child of Henry Breese, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1834, to the 10 th Feb'y 1835.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brookshead Comptroller.
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To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

10,200.
Supplementary pro- ceedings in the case of Henry Breeze
adm d 24 m apri 80
James Macdonald A. B. Breeze

Supplemental Declaration of Henry Brase an applicant for a pension numbered a paper number N o 10.200.
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss, Personally appeared before me the Subscribed one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county Henry Brase who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age the consequence of which memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of all his services but to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below Salvage, in the grade of a private. He voluntarily extended the service in the early part of 1778 for one month as a volunteer under Capt. Longstreet His Highness Stationed at Woodbridge engaged in guarding that section of the State. He next in the same year volunteered with five of his associates & joined the flying camp as it was called for one month under Capt. Lynde & the whole flying camp as he now thinks under Genl. Mance & He, was stationed on the east side of the Raritan engaged along from Amboy to Scotch Bonnet. in the same year He again extended the service as a volunteer & served two months under Capt. William Jones was marched to Elizabeth Town, Connecticut Farms Springfield I was all the time in that section of the State Immediately afterwards in the same year 1778 he volunteered again for one month  another service under Capt. Longstreet. This service commenced about the time of the retreat of Washington across the Raritan. They went west up to Bound Brook & captured a distinguished officer Col. Van Dyke then joined Washington's forces & followed on into Pennsylvania & was on the west side of the Delaware at the time Washington

captured the Hessian at Red Bank the wounded was marked to Princeton which he reached a day or two after the Battle. In the early part of 1777 I again was called out volunteer, I served four months as a volunteer under Capt. Longstreet after the enemy had got to Brunswick was stationed at Cranbury I was under the command of Col. Neilson & Engaged in guarding & protecting that part of the State in front along the lines harassing the enemy. And during this period was marked under Neilson to Bennett's Island I captured a large part of the enemy. Afterwards in the year 1777 he served again one month as a volunteer under Longstreet & was stationed in the middle of the State. Afterwards in the same year he volunteered, served four times of a month each under Capt. Longstreet I was stationed at Elizabeth town I engaged along the lines guarding & protecting the defenseless families & property of his fellow inhabitants. In the year 1778 he was out again served five times of a month each as a volunteer under Col. Longstreet & Col. Neilson & Col. Layton I was stationed in the middle of East New Jersey guarding along the lines & dur- ing the summer was marked to Monmouth I was in that the memorable engagement. In the year 1779 he again volunteered served six times of a month each as a volunteer under Capt. Longstreet was stationed between Elizabeth town & Woodbridge Engaged in guarding as before, in scouts in watching the plundering parties of the enemy. In the year 1780 he was called up again volunteered served four times of a month each under Longstreet Captain I was engaged at Elizabeth town guarding as before along the lines. In the year 1781 he was out served as a volunteer not less than four times of a month

each was stationed in the eastern part of the State under Capt. Longstreet / Col. Neilson or Col. Day and I engaged in shielding the defenseless portion of his fellow citizens from the depredations of the ravagers of the enemy. We never received any written discharges from the Service but At the time of the disbanding, as far as I know he was one much more than he has particularized but cannot at this time specify any more being out when John H. D. called him - but always ready to answer the time specific has not engaged in any civil pursuits, and to their services claims a pension
Given under my hand this 20 th day of July A.D. 1833
Peter P. Runyon Justice of the Peace
I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of the County of Middlesex New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original & supplemental proceedings in the case of Henry Brase an applicant for a Pension, that Peter P. Runyon before whom the said supplemental proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature Peter P. Runyon is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty ninth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty three. N Boorman Clerk

N.B. Signature was parted on envelope, as name was illegible.
Rev Lee
H
Dear Sirs:
I find in the Chronological Library in Boston a record of a George, Pastor at in

either Middlesex or Monmouth Co's N.J. These men were my paternal and maternal Great Grandfathers Any information re this subject I will greatly appreciate.
one I find in what regiment he fought and any data for pension which would make me through him eligible for etc. U.G.R.'s - also can you tell me the regiment in which Henry Brese fought. He was a soldier of the Revolution, from

Marie Bureau Washington D. C.

1917, June 6. History to Mrs. James E. Hardy(?) for
Rev War
INVALID.
File No
802
Jenny Breeze, Miss N. J. June,
Act:
June 7, 1882.
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