Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 971, Ichabod Clark, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Clark, Ichabod
8. 971.
CONTENTS
carded.
N.J. residence.

22.949 Saw - Penney Schabod Clark
Resides in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Scudder of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas in the New Jersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars (00) Cents per annum. commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec. 1833 and to the benefit of Mrs. Mary Clark
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $ 200 Pension allowance ending Apr. 34 10 $ 210
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book C Vol. 3. Page 106

Dikahod Blantn
N 6598
Belief. June 20, 1833
Sam H. Miller

State of New-Jersey Essex County ss
On this Seventeenth day of August In the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Now sitting Rehoboth Clarke A. President of the Township of Springfield in the County of Essex & State of New-Jersey aged Seventy three 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 act of Congress Passed June Seventh in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two.
Was Born in the Township of Elizabeth in that part Now the Township of Westfield in the said County of Essex and State of New-Jersey on the Twenty fifth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Fifty nine and was Twenty three years old last March according to his family Record which is in his possession, — Where he was living when first called into service and Where he has Resided ever since until within the last Three Months, since which time he has Resided in the Township of Springfield in said County. —
That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under the following named officers and arms as herein stated or near as he can recollect.
That he first entered the service in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six as a Volunteer in Captain John Scudders Company under the command of Col. Morris & was stationed at Elizabeth Town point and done Four Months duty under them. on or about the first of January 1778 he Sisted for Three Months in Capt. Jacob Crones Company under the command of Col Oliver Spencer and was stationed at Elizabeth town and along the Lines and served the whole term but did not receive any written discharge. — he

Then served under Capt Wood Capt Saing Capt Potter Capt. Herriman Capt Mone & Capt. Sander as a drafted Soldier in the Common Militia at different periods as much as Two years and Six Months and until the close of the war. Under the Command of Col Potter Col Yaguish & Col Jacob Crone. — Went to Staten Island in Col Jacob Crains Regiment Under the Command of General went to Monmouth in Capt Amos Morris Company under the Command of Col Morris Yaguish and was in the Monmouth Battle. — Was in the Battle at Springfield and Connecticut Farms. Was Stationed the most of the time at Elizabeth Town Nahway Woodbridge and along the enemys lines — and was in a number of skirmishes, and was one of the Company that took a large number of battle from the British at Woodbridge — Was acquainted with Lord Stirling General Maxwell Col Matthias Ogden Col Spencer Col Dayton Col Martin. has no written discharge nor documentary evidence. been prove the three Months Service by Clark Miller and part of his militia Service by William Clark
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 or Territory in the United States. Sworn to and subscribed, Isaac Black the day and year aforesaid in open Court
E. Michaud

We James M. Huntington a clergyman residing in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and William Clark residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ichabod Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventytwo years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
James M. Huntington
William Clark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
in open Court
E. M. Judah Clerk
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 James M. Huntington who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the Township of Westfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey and that William Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credence.
E. M. Judah Clerk

I Elias M. Assdale Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex in the State of New-Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rehoboth Clarke for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hun- dred & thirty two
E. M. Assdale Clerk
Rehoboth Clarke

State of New-Jersey, Essex County ss. Be it known that on the Eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Personally appeared before me Samuel B. Miller one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County William Clark Esq. and Clerk Miller. Who being duly sworn on their Oaths saith that they reside in the Township of Westfield in said County and are well acquainted with Richard Clarke of the Township of Springfield in said County of Essex and State of New-Jersey and are knowing to his being a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and was enlisted in Capt. Jacob Brown Company for Three months under the Command of Col Oliver Spencer and was stationed at and near Elizabeth Town and sent out said Term. — and are also knowing that the said Richard Clarke was a drafted Soldier and served in the Common Militia in their opinion as much as Two years at different periods. and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
William Clark Clark Miller
State of New Jersey County of Essex ss. Samuel B. Miller
Ys. I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby certify That Samuel B. Miller Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of William Clark and Clerk Miller were taken was at the time of taking the said Affidavits and now is one of the Judges of said Court, residing in said County duly commissioned sworn and authorized to take the same: That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & truly believe the foregoing signature "Sam B Miller" is genuine. — In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my

name and affixed the seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Twenty third day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty two —
E. M. Anderson Clerk
I Samuel B. Miller Before whom the above affidavit of William Clark and Clark Miller was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Clark and Clark Miller and that their statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
June 20 th 1833
Sam d B. Miller
Richard Clarke
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State of New Jersey Essex County ss ss Personall appeared before me Samuel B. Miller A Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Essex Richard Clarke of the Township of Springfield County of Essex and State of New Jersey. — Who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the same Richard Clarke who heretofore made a declaration for a pension dated the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two. — And that by reason of old age the great length of time and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length or periods of the war when he served but according to the best of his recollection at this time he served as a Volunteer Listed and drafted private soldier in the Revolutionary war at the times and not less than the periods mentioned below. — That he first entered the service in the Month of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six as a Volunteer in Captain John Rudgers Company of Militia and done Four Months duty in said Company Stationed at Elizabeth Town point building Breast works Under the command of Col Thomas. — — — —
In the Month of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven he Listed in a Company of three Months men under the command of Captain Jacob Crane who was commissioned by the Provincial Congress of New Jersey and done Three Months duty in said Company Stationed at Elizabeth Town point and along the lines under the command of Col Oliver Spencer. — In the Month of June in the same year he was Drafted as a private in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Wood and done Three Months more duty that year under the said Captain Wood and Captain Benjamin Loring Stationed at Elizabeth Town and Rahway and along the

Served under the Command of Col Patter & Col Yaquish. In the Month of February Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight he was again Drafted in the said Captain Wood's Company and served in his Company and done one Month duty in his Company. The same year done one Month duty under Capt Benjamin Laing and one Month under Capt Amos Morse the same year done one Month duty again under Captain Ward. Stationed at Woodbridge Trembly's point and Elizabeth town under Col Patter and Col Yaquish the same year went to Monmouth.
In January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine he was again Drafted in Captain John Saunders Company and done one month  duty in said Company and one Month under Capt. Ferriman one Month under Capt Morse one month again under the said Capt Saunders and one Month under Captain Morse all the same year Stationed Between New-Brunswick and Elizabeth town under the Command of Col Yaquish.
In the Spring of the year Seventy hundred and Eighty he was again Drafted in the said Capt John Saunders Company and served Four Months that year under the said Captain Saunders Captain Duncan Captain Matthias Patter and Capt Morse Stationed at Trembly's point Springfield and Connecticut Farms under the Command of Col Yaquish & Col Greene
In January Seventeen hundred and Eighty one was again drafted in the said Captain John Saunders Company and done five Months duty that year Two months under the said Captain Saunders one month under Capt Benjamin Laing one month under Capt Amos Morse and one Month under Captain Morse Stationed at Trembly's point and along the enemy's lines Making his whole service as a private under  Col Yaquish Years and Four Months and for such service he Claims a pension.
That the service herein stated to have been performed

by him in the war of the Revolution was Benefited and actually rendered viz Three Months in Captain Jacob Brown's Company Company of Three Months men actually in service and duly called out by the Government and the other Two years and one Month was service performed in the Militia as a private soldier for all that time Benefited and actually rendered.
That he was duly called out with his company and actually stationed at the different places mentioned in this and his said original Declaration during Military duty all that time - And that for the time during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. - As for the Marches, Battles and Skirmishes he was in and for other particulars he refers to his original Declaration. -
As to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
1 st he saith that he was Born in the Township of Elizabeth in that part New Set of or the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey on the 25 th day of March A. D. 1759. - 2 nd he has a Record of his age now in his possession. 3 rd he was living in the said Township of Elizabeth County of Essex and State of New Jersey when first called into service and has always resided in said County of Essex in New Jersey. 4 th he was a Drafted and Listed private soldier. 5 th he knew Genl. Sterling General Maxwell Col. Mathias Ogden Col. Spencer Col. Dayton Col. Morton Colonel Col. Per 6 th he never received any written discharge. - 7 th as to Character he refers to Gideon Root Esq. Dennis Col. Esq. Col. Reuben Sturken, Samuel Dater Esq. Benjamin Cory Esq. V. Woodruff Esq. &c.
Sworn to and Subscribed at Newark in said County June 20 th A.D. 1833. before me.
Isaac D. Clark
Saml B. Miller Justice of the Peace

I Samuel B. Miller before whom the above affidavit of Rehabod Clarke was taken do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Rehabod Clarke and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief. —
June 20 th 1833.
Sam d B. Miller
State of New Jersey
County of Essex
ss:
I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex Do hereby certify That Samuel B. Miller Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Rehabod Clarke was made & taken at the time of taking the said Affidavit was & still is a Justice of the peace for said County residing therein duly commissioned & sworn; That the name "Sam d B. Miller" subscribed to said affidavit, and the several certificates herunto annexed, is the proper hand writing of the said Justice. —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark the Twenty ninth day of June A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three —
E. M. Arsdale Jr. Clerk

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Should appear better distinctly whether in actual service during the whole of each term and that best evidence has been produced.
Witnesses certified must be certified the credible persons
Hon d Lewis Condor Prison

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1776 - 4 - Private Col Thoms 74 The affidavit of   1777 - 3 - Do Col Shener Township William Clarke &   1778 4 - - Do Col Batter of Elizabeth Clarke Miller   1779 - 5 - Do Col Yaquish New York his Declaration and   1780 4 - - Do Col J. Crane Township Supplemental   1781 - 5 - Do of Westfield Affidavit   2 4 - Private County of Ulster   New Jersey  
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 days 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 the 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.
Note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

sion on file in this Bureau. Deleted blank Sur. File 971
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 4 mos. Pvt. John Scudder Thomas N.J.   Jan 1 1777 3 mos. " Jacob Crane Oliver Spencer   Also Served at " Col. Capt. Wood, Benjamin Col. Potter   various times Laing, Amos Morse, Moses   To close of John Scudder, Ephraim Jaggers   war. 2 yrs. Scudder, Dunham, and Jacob Crane   16 mos. in Matthew Potter, Harriman   all. and Oliver  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth, Springfield and Connecticut Farms
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Birthplace
Date of application for pension, Aug 17 1832. His el. was el.
Residence at date of application, Twp. of Springfield Essex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, 73 born in that part of Twp. of Elizabeth which was afterwards Twp. of Westfield, Essex Co. N.J. Feb. 25, 1759.
Remarks:

1909 Lany & Hish. to Florence Hagan. P.L.M.
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Has just found that Ichabod Clark served in Capt John Scudder's Co. Col. Edward Thomas. First regt. New Jersey Militia Essex Co. & that he received a pension. Can your Dept. verify that statement?
Miss Florence Hagan 307. Smith St Peebleskill N.Y.

State of New Jersey
Essex County
Before me William Hites a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Essex personally appeared Jonathan Badgley of full age who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he knows Ichabod Clark & knew him during the revolutionary war and recollects his doing one months duty as a Private Soldier in the militia service under Captain Heman in Col Samuel Potts Regt at Elizabet in the State of New Jersey Jonathan is not positive as to the time but thinks it was in the fall of 1777 He also recollects that the said Clark also served one other month as a private in Captain John Ludders Company in Colonel Jacob Cramo Regiment at the Cross Roads near Hattheads Point in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey he thinks in the year 1779 in the winter - upon his return was in the same Company with the said Ichabod Clark in both the aforesaid towns and Deponent further saith that he saw the said Clark at the battle of Monmouth in the capacity of a Private Soldier but dont remember his Captain nor does he know how long he was out at that time not being in the same Company with him at that time and further saith not Sworn to before me the 28th day of September 1833 Jonathan Badgley William Hites

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Badger who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible person and his affidavit entitled to full faith and credit. William Stites
I hereby certify that William Stites Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is duly commissioned a Justice of peace in Essex County, & that the signature of his name thereto is genuine. Morris town, Nov. 1 st 1833.
Lewis Condict, late a Rep n from N. Jersey.

State of New Jersey
Essex County ss. Before the subscriber, a justice of peace in for said County, personally appears William Clark Esq. of said County, aged 70 years, & having been duly sworn, saith as follows, viz: I was a Militia soldier during the revolutionary war & performed Militia duty from the beginning to the end thereof. - I knew Ichabod Clark during that time, & ever since. We were brought up together in the same neighborhood, & performed Militia duty together, frequently in the same company & same service; & I know that he served every year in the war, from first to last. - I have no means of ascertaining the precise amount of my own services or of his, - having no memorandum or history. My memory is my only guide, aided & occasionally corrected as to dates, by those who served with me. - I served with Ichabod Clark in 1776, in Capt. Scudder's company in the fall season, from Sept. 11  late in August till Nov. in cold weather, on active duty & constant service, till Genl. Washington with his army retreated thro' N. Jersey in the "muddy road" march, so called. I went home myself - but some of our company followed Genl. Washington - whether Ichabod Clark followed the army or not, I cannot tell. - Our duty during this campaign was principally to guard the lines & to prepare breast works & fortifications, at the landing places opposite Staten Island below Eliz. town. I think Col. Thomas & Genl. Williamson had the command. - During this time the enemy took possession of N. York, Long Island & Staten Island.
In the winter of 1776-7 Ichabod Clark & myself enlisted at N. Providence, then Jersey, in Capt. Jacob Brant's company, to serve 3 months - Eighty. I say 1st Lieut. Wm. Simmons 2d Lt. Abraham Harrison Ensign. - Mustered at N. Providence, were reviewed at Chatham - marched to Bourt's farms - stationed there on guard duty about 2 weeks - thence to Eliz. town. - While at the farms, we were attacked by 10 or 12 horsemen & a party of about 80 Hessian or Waldeckers, all piloted by one Reynolds a noted Loyalist from Eliz. town. - We fired & killed one horseman - attacked the Hessian - who soon retreated - we pursued & took the whole of the Hessian - part of whom were killed & wounded in the fight. - The prisoners were guarded to Morris town, & accompanied them as far as Springfield. - Beside our company - Capt. Britton's, Capt. Peirson's were present - in all about 300 men, under Col. Spencer, Major Williamson & Maj. Bots. In a week or two, we marched to Eliz. town - followed the enemy as they retreated before us, & took about 60 more Hessian prisoners - who surrendered without firing a gun. We remained on guard duty at Eliz. town - quartered at Capt. Smith's house in the town, till our time expired, which I think was April. After taking the Hessian, we took a flock in the Creek, which had proceeded, laden with officers baggage - on their retreat to Staten Island. The baggage was sold. In the year 1777 I was employed on Militia duty as much as 4 months, guarding the lines near Eliz. town & Rahway under Col. Potts & Col. Thomas, & saw Ichabod Clark on the same duty, at the same place, tho' we were not always under the same captain. I must have seen him on duty that season not less than from 3 to 4 months. In 78, we served together, in the same company - viz: Capt. Scudder - Potts - Wood & Dunham, at Eliz. town, Aquackanonk - New Jersey's point to the shore opposite Staten Island, as much as 2 months, under Col. Potts & Col. Lacy.

In 1779, we served together in the winter in Capt. Scudder's company at Turnbly's point, near mouth - under Capt. Heriman at Eliz th town one month; in March, & as nearly as I can recollect, two, probably 3 months in different companies at the same station on the Jersey shore opposite Staten Island, per- forming similar duty. It commanded by Col. Jagen. - In 1780 I was a prisoner in New York. - In 1781, I served in the fall with Mr. Clark, in Capt. Scudder's company probably in October along the lines & near the sound - & in the summer of that year I served a month in Capt. Lacey's company. I remember seeing Clark doing duty as I think, in Captain Morris's company, under Col. Jagen near Rahway. - I feel confident that said Clark performed much more Militia than I can now specify. We were neighbors, & I remember his being in the Militia service every year of the war. I swore to and subscribed before me at Warfield Esq. County New Jersey November 17, 1855
William Clark,
James H. Miller - Justice of the peace
Clark Miller, being duly sworn, saith as follows. - I was a militia man during the revolution, & well knew Ichabod Clark at that time, & ever since. - We were boys together, & performed Militia service together, more or less every year from the beginning to the end of the war. - In 1776 we served together in Capt. Scudder's company at Eliz th town point & opposite the Staten Island shores, building fortifications & breast works, under Col. Thomas. We were in continuous & active service from May till some time in September. And I think Ichabod Clark remained on duty the whole time. It was during the summer in which the British took possession of Staten Island, when all the Militia of the County were under arms. In the winter of 76-7 we both enlisted in Capt. Cram's company for 3 months, & served through January, February & March, till in April - when we were discharged. - I was an eye witness to a part in the affair of capturing the Hessians in January of this year, at Connecticut farms, & again at Eliz th town, as before stated by Mr. Clark Esq. who together with Ichabod Clark & myself, all belonged to Capt. Cram's co. under Col. Hance in this 3 months service. - In June, & again in the fall of the same year we were stationed near each other, at Rahway, Turnbly's point & Eliz th town, in different companies performing the same duty of protecting the citizens & guarding the coast under Col. Potter & Col. Jagen. I think he must have served on these occasions 3 months, after our enlistment in the 3 months service expired. - In 1778, we were again both stationed along the shore opposite Staten Island, between Eliz th town & Woodbridge on similar service as before, under Col. Potter & Jagen - not in the same company, unless for a part of the season. I performed 4 monthly tours of duty in this season, & have no doubt that Ichabod Clark performed as much. - In 1779, I performed 4 months duty in Militia service under different captains from February to November under Col. Jagen along the Jersey shore opposite Staten Island, guarding the lines & inhabitants, & often saw Clark on the same station that season in Scudder's & Morris's companies & under Col. Jagen's command. In 1780 we were both employed in the same Militia duty, & most of the time upon the same station, between Eliz th town & Woodbridge, guarding the lines & the people, under the same Colonels & for the most part under different Captains. In June I was at the battle of Springfield under Capt. Scudder at Idelion, & Clark was there also. We were both at the battle of Connecticut farms also - when Mr. Catwell was shot. I believe Clark was on duty in this season not less than 4 months.
In 1781, we performed one tour together in the summer, I think under Capt. Scudder

Scudder, along the lines near Tumbly's point & Rahway, opposite Peter Island. We were sometimes out not in the same month, but in alternate months, & living near each other, we always knew at the time, of the service of each other. I have no doubt he performed much more service than is in my power to recollect, as I did myself. — I know well, that in every year of the war, every man living in Essex county, capable of bearing arms, unless he joined the enemy, was obliged to be under arms & in active service, a great part of the time from January to December. — The term of which I have spoken were generally monthly terms of duty, when we were actually stationed at certain posts assigned, as, to guard & defend within certain limits, the citizens from depredations, & to watch the movements of the enemy. And during these terms, we were in constant service, till our terms expired, always acting under the orders of our superior officers, & not engaged or employed in any civil pursuit.
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Westfield, Essex County November 1 st , 1833 Clark Miller
Wm Clark & Clark Miller, Saml B. Miller — Justices of the peace are known to me as credible witnesses. Saml B. Miller
I certify that Saml B. Miller & John Little Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of William Clark, Clark Miller & James Doty was taken, are Justices of the peace in Essex Co. U.S. & their signatures thereto are genuine. James Doty the deponent is known to me as a man of truth. Oct. 30 th 33.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office. Oct. 30 th 33.
James Doty of Essex County aged 76, & known to me to be a man of truth & well worthy of belief — being duly sworn saith, I was a soldier in the war of the revolution & will remember Ichabod Clark also as a soldier doing duty with me. We enlisted together in Capt. Beers company to serve three months. We enlisted at New Providence Essex County in the month of December in 1776, with Wm. Beasley, William Clark & Clark Miller, & served out the 3 months, stationed at Connecticut farms & Eliz. town performing guard duty. Lieut. Sayer & Wm. Simmons were our Lieut. Abrahams Harrison Ensign. I have read the deposition of Wm. Clarke Esq. hereto annexed, & have a perfect remembrance of the fight with the Indians & Walden in this 3 months service under Capt. Beers & Col. Spencer the captain of both bodies of Indians, & all the other particulars related by Wm. Clark Esq. in that service of 3 months. All these particulars I remember, & know them to be true, being myself an eye witness to them, & know that the aforesaid Wm. Clark, Ichabod Clark, Clark Miller & John Beasley, all served out the said term of three months. — I also recollect performing militia duties with Ichabod Clark & Wm. Clark Esq. in every year of the war, & in various months of each year. I have served with them both under Capt. Scudder, Captain Potter, Captain Wood & Capt. Durham, & under Colonels Potter, Thomas, & Lazen, at Eliz. town, Rahway, Springfield, Tumbly's point. — I have also served with & remember Clark Miller, in many terms in several years of the war, but cannot now specify particulars. Sworn & subscribed before me at New Providence Essex County, this 30 th October, 1833. — James Doty
John Little Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify, that James Doty the within Deponent, is well known to me personally, that he is a man of truth & fair character, & entitled fully to belief. October 30 th . 1833.
John Little Justice of the Peace
Jonathan Badgley, of Essex County, being duly sworn, saith as follows, I was well acquainted with William Clark, Ichabod Clark & Clark Miller of Westfield, & know them still. I served with them in Captain Grimes company, enlisted with them at New Providence in 1776 for three months, & we all served out the term together. I was with them at taking the Aspian at Connecticut farms & near Eliz th town, remember well the taking the stock in the creek spoken of by W m Clarke in his deposition. - I served also in Capt. Scudder company as much as two or three different times at least, & well remember serving with Ichabod Clarke, Clarke Miller & W m Clarke in the same company, at Elizabeth town, Rahway & Tumbler Point, opposite Staten Island in the first year of the war, in the summer & fall. I often saw all three of them on Militia duty under Capt. Laing, at different months & different years, at the same places, when I was stationed near them & doing duty myself under other Captain. I know they performed many months active Militia service, & am well convinced that I have seen them in service at the least, as much as six months in different years, & most probably as much as a year.
Sworn & subscribed before me at New Providence Jonathan Badgley Essex County, this 31 st October 1833.
John Little Justice of the Peace
Jonathan Badgley, the above Deponent, is a man of truth, & his statement is fully entitled to belief. John Little Justice of the Peace
Daniel Hefield, being duly sworn saith, I know Ichabod Clarke in the war of the revolution as a soldier, & remember being present with him on a monthly tour of Militia duty in 1777 or in 78. at Stranburg hill, near Amboy, in Capt. Scudder company, under Col. Potter's command. - We had a skirmish with a British regiment between Amboy & Woodbridge, in which we took a prisoner 60 baggage wagons from the enemy.
Sworn to and subscribed at Westfield Essex County November 1 st , 1833. Daniel Hefield before me
Sam l P. Miller Justice of the peace

State of New Jersey,
Essex County ss } Personally appeared before me
The Under signed a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Essex Rehearsal Clerk of the County and State aforesaid. — Who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is the same Rehearsal Clerk who heretofore made a Declaration for a pension dated the seventeenth day of August 18132 (N o at the War Office 6590) And that the service stated in his said Declaration and supplemental affidavit of Four Months as a Volunteer to have been done in the year 1776 as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war in Captain John Sudders Company of Militia was actually done and performed all in one tour viz in the Months of May, June, July, August and part of September actually in service for the space of four Months as above stated Stationed at Elizabeth Town point building Breast works under the command of Col. Thome.
And this deponent further saith that the service stated to have been done by him in the year 1777 in his said affidavit as a Sided private soldier for three Months in Capt. Isaac Crane's Company of three Months men was actually done and performed all in one tour of three Months viz in the Months of January—February—March and part of April, actually in service for all the term of three Months as stated in said Declaration Stationed at Elizabeth Town and along the Lines standing guard and watching the enemy under the command of Col. Oliver Shmer. — And the other three Months stated to have been done by him in his said Supplemental affidavit in the year 1777 as a private soldier was done and performed by him in the Common Militia in three Monthly tours of one month each viz done one Month duty

in June and July. Under Captain Wood and done one Month in September under Captain Benjamin Saing and one Month again in November under Captain Wood actually in service for all that time doing duty Stationed at Elizabeth Town & Hoback guarding the Lines Under the Command of Col Butler and Col Yaquish.
And he further saith that the Service stated to have been done by him in his Supplemental affidavit as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution in the year 1778 was actually done and performed in four Monthly Tours viz one Month in February under Capt. Wood. — In April one Month under Capt. Benjamin Saing in July one Month under Captain Amos Morse and in October one more Month under the said Captain Wood Stationed the whole of the time at the whole of the time at Woodbridge Trembley point and Elizabeth Town guarding the Lines under the Command of Col Butler & Col Yaquish and was all that time in actual service.
And he further saith that the Service stated to have been done by him in his said Supplemental affidavit in the year 1779 was actually done and performed in five Monthly Tours of one month each viz in the Month of January done one Month duty under Capt. Snudder. — In March done one Month duty under Capt. Herriman in May & June done one Month under Capt. Morse in August & September done one Month duty under Capt. Snudder and In October & November one Month more under the said Capt. Morse. Stationed at Elizabeth Town and between there and New Brunswick guarding the Lines along the Jersey shore the whole of the time in actual service under the command of Col Yaquish —

And he further saith that the services stated to have been done by him in his said Supplemental Affidavit as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War in the year 1780 was actually done and performed in four Monthly Tours Viz in April done one Month duty under Capt John Sudder in June done one Month duty under Captain Danhorn in August done one Month duty under Capt Mathias Pitter and in October done one month duty under Captain Morse. Stationed at Trembley Point Springfield and Connecticut forces standing guard and watching the enemy under the command of Col Yaquish and Col Crone, and was on duty and in actual service all that time.
And he further saith that the services stated to have been done by him in his said Declarations in the war of the Revolution in the year 1781 was actually done and performed in five Monthly Tours Viz in January one Month in Capt John Sudders Company in March done one Month duty under Capt Benjamin Loring - In May done one Month duty under Capt Oliver in August done one Month duty under Capt Morse and in October served again one Month under the said Capt Sudder, and was in actual service for all that time guarding the lines Stationed at Trembley Point and along the enemies lines in New Jersey under the command of Col Yaquish.
And this deponent further saith that he was frequently out at alarms in addition to the above stated Tours and that he has produced the best evidence in his power and that he knows of no other living witness or witnesses at this time except those he has produced that can testify to his services.

For all other particulars required by the war department please to see the Original Declaration and Supplemental affidavit.
Sworn to and Subscribed Ichabod Clark at Newark in said County this 12 th day of August A.D. 1833
Sworn to and Subscribed at Newark in said County the 12 th day of August A.D. 1833. before me
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss. I Elias Van Arsdale, Junr. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller before whom the foregoing affidavit of Ichabod Clark was made and taken, at the time when the said Affidavit was so made, was a Justice of the peace for said County, duly qualified and commissioned as such, and that the name "Sam l B. Miller" subscribed to said Affidavit is the proper hand writing of said Justice. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark in the said County the Twelfth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty three — (1833) — E Van Arsdale for Clerk
Ichabod Clark
N. Jersey Cape County ss. — Ichabod Clark, the foregoing Declarant appears before the subscriber a Justice of peace for said County, & being duly sworn, saith as follows. Beside the tours of Militia duty stated set forth in my declaration, I performed another month's service in June 1778 under Captain Munn, & was at the battle of Monmouth. — Son o Muggly was present, & will perhaps remember me then on that occasion. I do not know that I can state my various Militia services more in detail during the war of the revolution than I have done. I have endeavoured to name my officers in the several years of service, & the places in which I was stationed with as much accuracy as my memory will now admit — & I have obtained all the testimony in my power, which is herewith submitted. — And I further declare that in each & every tour of duty stated & set forth, I have been constantly engaged in faithful & active service, under the orders of my superior officers, & in no part of any tour was I employed in any civil pursuit. My home was from 8 to 15 miles distant from our station & I was never absent but on furlough with consent of my officers, for a single day or night — to see perhaps my sick friends, or to procure a change of clothes. I recollect since coming with some old comrades, an expedition to Staten Island under Genl. Dickinson in the winter 79, 80, against a fort the enemy had at Bushkill's town on the South side of the Raritan. I was present & in Capt. Eph m Scudder's company in Col. Jacob Cram's Regiment. — We destroyed the fort & bro't off two parties of prisoners — 35 in our party & 20 & upwards, guarded by another detachment. Son o H. Osborn was present & in Capt. Lacy's company as I believe. — I was also present on a tour near Amboy in Capt. Scudder's company, at the taking some 5 or 6 baggage wagons from the enemy. Capt. H. Osborn & Wm. Clark were present. I was also out upon a tour under Capt. Munn at Rahway near the Wheat sheaf in 79 as I believe, late in the fall — cold nights.
Sworn to & subscribed before me at Nutfield Nov. 1 st 1832 Ichabod Clark
Sam l B. Miller Justice of the peace