Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 454, John Dey, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Dey, John Mary
N. 454
CONTENTS

New Jersey 4201
Mary Dey, deceased widow of John Dey
who died on the 26th April, 1829, of Mansfield, in the State of New Jersey, who was a Unit of Artillery in the Campy commanded by Captain John  of the Regt commanded by Colonel in the Revolution ne for 6 Months (Capt) 2 " (Lieut.)
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 146 Dollars 66 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & ending 17th April 1837 the day of her death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April, 1835, and sent to J. H. Brockmeyer 213 Cedar St
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd }
Recorded by Chas. Campkin Clerk, book Vol. 1. Page 139
Reported
Payable to W m David, Hannah, Sarah, and David Dey and Sarah (Orms) the Only surviving children
Let Hon J. R. Thompson, March 13/59.
Hon. J. R. Thompson 12 April 1859.
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I. Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that at a Term of said Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Freehold in and for said County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey on the thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty five, it was duly proved to the satisfaction of the said Court, that Mary Dey widow of Captain John Dey deceased, died at her residence in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey on the seventeenth day of April A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty seven (1837) leaving six children viz - Sarah Bowers widow of William Bowers deceased, William Dey, Daniel Dey, Hannah Dey, James Dey, and David Bowers Dey
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office of the said Court at Freehold in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey this thirtieth day of January A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and forty five -
Samuel Mairs Clerk

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss:
On this twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Monmouth, Daniel Dey a resident of the Township of Monroe in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, on behalf of himself and Sally Conner widow, William Dey, Deborah Hannah Dey James Dey, & David B. Dey, the only children of the said Mary Dey who was the widow of Capt. John Dey) in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836:
That the persons above named are the only children of the said Mary Dey who was the widow of the said Capt. John Dey - That the said John Dey was a Lieutenant in the early part of the war and served as such in a Company of Militia of Middlesex County in said State in the regiment whereof John Metherill was Colonel, afterwards Col. John Nelson's regiment until the Summer of the year 1777 - And he further saith that he has always understood from his father that he was appointed Cap- tain, in the year 1777 under Col. John Nelson who was Colonel of the Second Regiment of the Middlesex Militia, and he has frequently heard his said father Captain John Dey say that he served as such Captain, during the whole of the war, and that he served with his Company at Elizabeth town, Woodbridge. Perth Amboy, Boundstown, Spring- field New Brunswick, Plainfield, Shottswood Griggstown, Hightstown & other places
See Rolls & his company March 1777, New Jersey

This Deponent can only recollect - That this Deponent cannot state the different terms of duty of the said Capt. John Dey at the different places above named, and he can only state generally that he has he has heard his father John Dey state very frequently his different terms of service in the Revolutionary War, and that after he was appointed Captain he was out in the service, very nearly all the time until the close of the war; that the said Capt. John Dey resided in the Township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex when he entered the service - that he was a volunteer - That he was engaged at the Battle of Monmouth - That the original Commissions as Lieutenant, and as Captain, which were found among the papers of the said Captain John Dey, are herewith sent to the Department and attached to this declaration, and also the letters directed to the said Captain John Dey from the Superior officers, which were also found among his papers -
And he further declared that the said Mary Dey was married to the said Capt. John Dey on the twentieth day of December seventeen hundred and sixty four, that the said Captain John Dey died on the twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and twenty nine at the age of eighty seven years & upwards - And that she remained a widow until the time of her death which occurred on the seventeenth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty seven - This this Deponent was born the first of November 1772, and that Sarah and William are older than himself Sarah having been born in 1766, and William in 1768 - and this Deponent can himself

recollect though a small boy that his father was out in the service in the War of the Revolution
Sworn to & subscribed before the Court of Common Pleas in open Court the day and year first above mentioned.
Daniel Dey
Joseph Goodenough
3

State of New Jersey } Monmouth County } ss
Be it Known that on this 26. th day of April 1844 before me Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared Lucy Laird, a resident of the Township of Monroe in the County of Middlesex New Jersey, who being duly sworn on her oath saith that she is ninety one years of age and upwards, that she was well acquainted with Captain John Dey, and Mary his wife in their lives; that this Deponent was present at the marriage of the said John Dey and Mary his wife, then Mary Baird, which she verily believes was in the year 1764. that she cannot recollect the month, but she knows that it was in sleighing time, in the winter season. And she further recollects, that she was quite a small girl being about eleven or twelve years old at the time: And that being the first wedding she had ever attended, she recollects it perfectly well; the next day she went to home-coming at the father's of Capt. John Dey. They were at the house married at the house of David Baird the father of the said Mary, in the County of Monmouth, by the Rev. William Tenant, who was a Minister of the Presbyterian Church at Freehold in Monmouth County. That the said John Dey resided at that time in the County of Middlesex & continued to reside there until his death. That the said John Dey and Mary his wife lived together as man and wife, until the death of the said John Dey, and they raised a large family of children, six of whom are still living; And she further saith that the said Mary Dey remained , the widow of the said John

Day up to the time of her death - That this Deponent was present at the decease of the said Mary Day which took place in the year 1837, the exact time she cannot recollect - And this Deponent further states that she has always been intimate in the family of the said Capt. John Day, and fre- quently visited them, and she knows that the said John Day was a Captain in the war of the Revolution, and he was reputed and believed to have been a brave, and efficient officer and was in the service nearly the whole war.
I now to V subscribed before me Judge as aforesaid the day and year above mentioned, by the said Lucy Ladd, who is a credible person and whose statement is entitled to credit The words "personally appeared" on the first page, first interlined
Lucy Ladd
Benjamin Dey Judge

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Dry a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his son's  (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. N. File 454
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 16, 75 1 st Lieut ✓ John Wetherill 2 N.J.   July 24, 1777 + continued Captain — John Neilson 2 N.J.   in service during nearly the whole War.  
Battles engaged in, Mon.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, South Amboy Twp. Middlesex Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, 1842-1844 by son Daniel Dry
Residence at date of application, Monroe Twp. Middlesex Co., N.J.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 1, 1772
Remarks: sol. mar. Monmouth Co. N.J. Dec. 20, 1764 Mary Baird dau David Baird  sol. died Feb. 26, 1829 upwards of 87 yrs. of age she died Apr. 17, 1837 + her pension  was allowed for the benefit of their surviving children  ^ sol. b. 1766 wid. of Wm Conover, William Dry b. 1768, Daniel Dry,  Hannah Dry, James Dry + David Baird Dry.

on publick Service
Captain John Day
Machipongo
Mr. Williamson I have to subscribe your affectionate son John Day
W. File 454 John Day New Jersey.

Sir, you will give Information to Samuel Potter and Alex: Skey of your Company returned to me as delinquents in their last Tour of duty, that a Court Martial will be held for their Trial agreeably to the last Militia Law, at the Time & Place as mentioned in the Inclosed Order, which order you will please to hand to Lieut. Wantrickle.
I am Sir your very humble Servant
John Neilson
Bristol 24 July 1780
Last Day

MS.A.15.4 John Dey New Jersey
Dr. Public Library
To
Capt John Dey at
Macipone
MS.A.15.4

Capt John Day —
Sir
You are hereby required to turn out of your company one serg t and six nine men to be paraded on Tuesday the 16 Inst. at 10 O'Clock at Spotswood under the Direction of an Officer a serg t and be by him delivered to the Officer who will attend there to take charge of them, These Men are to continue in service one Month and be properly drilled — You are also to give orders to the whole of your company except those in actual service to parade on Monday the 29 th Inst and March them to David Williams to join the Battalion at 9 O'Clock that Day at that Place, You are also order every Person who has any Arms or Acoutrements either Publick or Private to bring them with them at that Time — As there are Proper Officers appointed to carry into Execution the Act of Assembly against Delinquents You may spare the Men under your Command that the said Law will certainly be put in Execution — I am Sir
Your Most Obed t Serv t
John Nelson Col o Col d Thos. Fitzhugh
Newport News W.I. 3 Sept r 1777

W. H. 4524 John Dew New Jersey
Capt. John Deane Woodbridge
1851 Oct 20

101
The following Effects which you drew from the Store at this Place. I hope you received from the Capt. You received at your Post you will deliver up to Mr. Parker I take this Receipt for them
Elizabeth Town July 4 th 1778
I am Sir your humble Servt Nath l Williamson Secy

W. File 454 John Dey. New Jersey.

The DEPUTIES of several Counties of New-Jersey in PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
To John Die Gentleman
WE reposing especial Trust Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, Do, by Virtue of the Power and Authority delegated to us by our Constituents, and in Pursuance of the Direction of the Honourable the Continental Congress, constitute and appoint you the said John Die first Lieutenant of a Company in the second Regiment of Foot- Militia in the County of Middlesex whereof John Rotherill Esqr is Colonel During the war & pleasure of the Provincial Congress
You are therefore to take the said Company into your Charge and Care as first Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms. And as they are hereby directed to obey you as their first Lieutenant so you are likewise to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time as you shall receive from your " " " " " superior Officer or Officers, the " " " " " Provincial Congress or Committee of Safety: And for your so doing this shall be your Commission. Dated the Sixteenth Day of August
1775
By Order of the Congress,
Hend. Fisher Esqr.
Attested
John Rotherill Esqr.

888
FEB 21 1910

J. W. STURGIS 1835 N. DELAWARE ST. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Feb. 17/10.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In looking up the record of my ancestry I have been very kindly given as much information as they have by the Adjutant General and advised to communicate with You. The information I seek

J. W. STURGIS 1835 N. DELAWARE ST. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
is of one John Dye, Capt. of 2 nd Battalion of Middlesex N. J. Militia commanded by Col. John Wilson Service began Jan. 22 nd , and discharged Feb. 6 th . Name appears on company roll dated Ganbury March 25. 1777.
Also
John Dey Capt. 2 nd Battalion Middlesex, New Jersey Militia Revolutionary War. Entered service March 3 rd , Discharged April 3 rd ,

J. W. STURGIS 1835 N. DELAWARE ST. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
3.
or any record you might have of Andrew Merrell (wife Elizabeth) who lived at Princeton, New Jersey. Any information you may be able to send me will be gratefully received.
Thanking you in advance &
Yours resp.
Mrs. J. W. Sturgis #1835 North Delaware St.

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE NAPLES, FLA. DEC 1 1903 B.
DO NOT WRITE, STAMP OR SIGN BELOW THIS LINE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
at 11 05 3 (local) Aug 1903
STANDARD TIME ZONE U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

WILLIAM D. BALDWIN. EDWARD C. DAVIDSON. LLOYD B. WIGHT.
BALDWIN, DAVIDSON & WIGHT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
WASHINGTON OFFICE, 25 GRANT PLACE. NEW YORK OFFICE, 141 BROADWAY. CABLE ADDRESS, BOTH OFFICES: BADAW.
N. Y. TELEPHONE, 4193 CORTLANDT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27, 1903.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:
Prior to 1847, in which year she died, Rebecca Perrine Dey ( or Dye ) drew a pension as the widow of John Dey who was a soldier in the New Jersey branch of the Continental forces in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Dey's address was , probably, Cranbury New Jersey.
I should like to know what the files in this case show as to the time and place of service of the said John Dey. If anything relating to Captain Peter Perrine, Mrs. Dey's father, occurs in the record I should be glad to know what it is. If there is anything to show the time, place etc. of the birth, death, marriage etc. of any or all of these parties who are ancestors of mine I trust that you may see your way clear to inform me thereof.
Thanking you in advance I am,
Very respectfully yours,
Karl Hubert Fanning
25 Grant Place, Washington, D. C.

Dec. 8. 1903. Hist to Karl N. Fleming - Cif. 1910 mch. 2. Hist to Mrs. J. W. Sturgis &
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4574
Mary Day Widow John Day Capt. Rev. War.
Act: July 4. 1836.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.] ✓

THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY,
TO John Bay Esq r
GREETING:
WHEREAS it hath been certified to His Excellency WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of this State, that you have been duly chosen by the officers of the said Company of Militia in the County of Middlesex (being the _____ Company in the Second Regiment of the said County, whereof John Woodhull Esquire, is Colonel) to be Captain of the said Company; you are therefore to take the said Company of Militia into your Charge and Care as thereof , and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers in Arms : are hereby directed to obey you as their Captain you are likewise to obey and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your Colonel or other your superior Officer or Officers; and for your so doing this shall be your Commission. IN TESTIMONY whereof the Great Seal of the said State is hereunto affixed: Witness WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire, Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of New-Jersey , and Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same, at the Governor's house the Twenty Fourth Day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven
Wm Livingston
By His Excellency's Command,

Henry Ly, decd.
Ex. Jery
Letter to A.R. Throckmorton 15. Jan
" " " same 5. Apr
John D. Day N.Y.
Act 1836

6368 Jan 3. 1845.
May
July 14. 1836.
N.J.
J. L. Edward Bonney N.J.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 14
7

Freehold Dec r 31 st 1844
Sir
Enclosed I forward the application of the Heirs of Capt. John Dey for a Pension under the act of July 4 th 1836. together with the Evidence in support of the same.
The early attention of the Department is solicited by
Your ob d Serv t A. B. Throckmorton
Atty of Appl s

Pension Office
March 13. 1854.
Sir.
In compliance with your request, I have re-examined the papers on which a pension was granted in right of Mary Hey, dec d who was the widow of John, under the Act of July 4. 1836, and have the honor to state, that tho' the examination has impressed me with the belief that a larger amount of service was rendered than was computed in the award of this office, it is utterly impracticable to determine the precise amount from the evidence before us. It appears that Hey was commissioned as a Lieutenant of the Middlesex, W. Jersey Militia, as early as August 1775, and appointed Capt. July 24, 1777. It further appears that he was in service in that rank until Dec r 6. 1780, and, probably, to a later period. But the amount of service actually rendered, is not shown. The body of the Militia of New Jersey was divided into claps of eight, and each clap served one month in rotation, unless in case of an invasion,

when the entire body was called out. The company officers, also, served in rotation under an arrangement made by the Colonels of each Regiment. The only mode, therefore, by which the duration of Hley's service can be determined, would be by the production of evidence from the office of the Secretary of the State of New Jersey, at Trenton, showing the periods at which payments were made to him on account of his company. If it is filed in this office, we will then, probably, be enabled to determine the rate at which the pension should be increased. There should, at the same time, be filed, a certificate from a Court of Record, showing when Mrs. Hley died, and the names and ages of her children now living. Please see the second Regulation on the accompanying printed sheet.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
J. P. Morris Commissioner.
Hon. John R. Thompson,
Senate U.S.

Senate Chamber,
March 29 th 1854.
Hon J. P. Waldo
Sir
I am in the receipt of yours of the 13 th inst. in reference to the case of Mrs Mary Dey, late of New Jersey, in which you state, that it appears that a larger stipend should be allowed than is now granted, and that evidence of the service of Captain Dey, should be sought at the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Jersey. It is a fact well known to the Pension Office, that there exists scarcely any evidence of the services of the Officers and soldiers of the War of the Revolution in the Archives of New Jersey, and therefore as that Office has once been referred to for evidence it will be useless to refer again to it, But to the evidence on file in the case,
The applicant recites under oath the statements made by his father Capt. Dey, during his life, and says that he served nearly all the time from 77. to 1782,
Cornelius  Suydam a soldier under Dey, living in

neighborhood swears he has personal knowledge that Dey served at least 4 years. John Rue a soldier who served under Dey and lived near him swears, that Dey was capt. of a large Co. and that he was all the time in command with one or the other part of the company, that he served under Dey two years and that he (Dey) was out nearly all the time, and was so much engaged as not to attend to any civil pursuit.
The old Documents (besides his commission) show him in service 3 d Sept. 1777. 4 July 17 24 July 1780
The extracts from the Secretarys Office shew him in service in July 1778, and Oct. 78 Dec. 1780.
That there exists in this case all the evidence necessary to establish the claim for full pension cannot be doubted as any one familiar with the history of the service of the Militia in New Jersey during the War knows the fact that in that part of the State lying on or near the sound they were nearly all the time under arms. This proof is also found in the case.
I therefore respectfully request the certificate for a full pension be issued and sent me.
respectfully
M c OT h M c Mo ne

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Leaved Owen 77. Capt Key III
 54. 3-4  31. 3-4  230 
Henry Short 76.
Capt Key II
Robt McClellan
1 Jan 77 Capt Key 10 (of) also 2 mos loan
John Winham Capt Key in 1777 Bat Men 14 1 mo
Jas McClellan Capt Key Co in 1779, 2 weeks
John Rae, Capt Key Co Jan 77 4 mos
Chas Vanderwal Capt Key in 1776 - 2 months July & Sept " 1777 7 "
2 5

Dear Smith
Dear,
Yours sincerely, C. G. [unclear], Esq.

Senate Chamber
24 Feb'y 1854
Hon L. P. Waldo
Sir,
I respectfully invite your early attention to the case of Mrs Deg widow of John Deg of New Jersey, under act 4 th July 1836.
She has been pensioned for a portion of the services her husband performed as Lieut and Captain. The affidavits on file, of soldiers who served under him, show very satisfactorily that she is entitled to a pension for two years service as both Lieut. and Capt. I therefore ask that a certificate of pension be issued for the full period of his service.
Very respectfully
M c W h erson

Freehold N.J. Feb. 24. 1845
Sir
I forwarded to the Department at Washington the application of Sarah Smith widow of Joseph, for a Pension under the act of July 7. 1838. sometime before I sent the papers of in the case of Mrs Mary Dey. (Having heard from you in the last case & not in the former I fear it may have miscarried & therefore desire information, notwithstanding instructions to they wait a reasonable time -
Will you please send me instructions how to proceed under the act of June 17 th 1844 - where the widow has drawn a pension under the acts of July 7. 1838 & March 3 rd 1843 and oblige
Yours Very Respectfully A.B. Throckmorton

Freehold, N.J. Feb d 24, 1845 th
Sir
Enclosed I send the Certificate in the case of Mary Dey de ce d , required by your letter of Jan y 15 th . You state that, " the papers afford no means of ascertaining with any tolerable precision the length of her husband's service in each grade " It is almost impossible to procure at the present day any evidence either documentary or parol to establish with precision the time or length of service rendered so long since. I must beg leave therefore to call your attention again, particularly to the Exhibits in the above case already on file.
1 st The Declarant Daniel Dey on oath states that he has heard his father say " he was out in service nearly the whole war " - Capt. Dey having died in 1829 before any law was passed granting pensions whereby he could be benefited - there was no motive for misrepresenting his services - again Lucy Land corroborates Daniel Dey. She having heard the same thing that Capt. Dey " was in service nearly the whole war " - David Owen - served with Capt. Dey one term of 1 month, at the time the British left New Brunswick on their way to N.Y.

after the Battle of Princeton - which was in 1777 - By reference to the letter of Col. Nelson dated Sept. 8. 1777 - it will be seen seen that, Capt. Dey's Com- pany or a part of it was out at that time - again Cornelius Suydam , states that Capt. Dey was in the Battle of Monmouth & his statement is confirmed by David Owens who always understood the same thing) - Capt. Dey must therefore have been in ser- vice in June 1778, making with the service in July & Oct 3 1778, three consecutive times or months, which strengthens the evidence of Cornelius Suydam & John Rees , viz that Capt. Dey's Company was so large that it was divided, a part being out one month & a part the next month - Capt. Dey being out all the time with his men & of course every month.
By reference to the same letter of Sept. 8. 1777 it will be seen, that both those witnesses are cor- roborated by the of order of Col. Nelson, "that the whole of his (Capt. Dey's) Company except those in actual service paraded " showing that a part of his Company was out at a time -
The letter of Col. Nelson of July 24. 1780 speaks of two persons returned as delinquents in their last time of duty - the fair inference is that it was in June, when the delinquency occurred - Capt. Dey must therefore have been out that month

if he commanded his own men, as all the witnesses testify he did - Cornelius Snyder & John Rees served in his company, at least two years & they were out only every other tour - and they think he was out nearly the whole war or at least as much as 4 years if not longer which (from the fact of his promotion from Lieutenant to Captain, his being found in ser- vice at different periods, during the whole war & general character which he sustained of a brave & efficient officer fond of the service) is proba- ble and I trust upon reconsideration will be satisfactory to the Department -
Very Respectfully Yours &c
A. B. Throckmorton
J. L. Edwards Esq Washington

4201

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836 (Third Section) Mary Dey, deceased widow of John Dey who was a Lieutenant & Captain in the Revolution was entitled to receive a pension at the rate of One hundred and forty six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per Annum, Commencing on the 4th March 1831 and terminating on the 19th April, 1837, the day upon which she died which amount which is  payable upon the production to him Daniel Wannak, Wammy, and David D. Dey and Sarah Connover only surviving children of said Mary Dey dec.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 rd day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Secretary of War
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Freehold April 17. 1845
Sir
Your letter of the 5 th instant in relation to the Case of Mary Dey dec d . is received.
The heirs are willing to receive the amount named in your letter, from the Department as far as it goes - reserving the right (of course) at any time of demanding and increase upon the production of further Proof -
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
A. B. Throckmorton
J. L. Edwards Esq Washington D.C.

Brief

  Lt Com? 16 Aug. '75 2. M.   Capt Dey - I. Snyder served under him, May '77/6 2. M.   Capt. Com?, 24 July '77 1. Mo.   Offl letter to, 8 Sep. '77 1 Mo.   I. Snyder served under him, '78 3 Mo.   Offl letter to # 4 July '78 1 Mo   I. Snyder served under him '79 1 Mo.   do do '80 1 Mo.   Offl letter to, x 24 July '80 1 Mo   I. Snyder served under him, '81 1 Mo.   do do 8 2 (14 mos.) 2 M.   paid by Crtif. Sec. State Dept # 5 July '78 £178.18.3   " " 22 Oct '78 72.0.0. £ M   " " 6 Dec '80 47.15.0 1 Mo   " " + 3 July '80 138.11.3. 
Battle Monmouth 26 Jany 1778. 1 M. Muster Rolls Capt I. Dey's Co Mar '77 - 22 days. - .22 ds 
Capt. 17 M. 22 ds Lt. 2. M.
Mr Cole says admit for above time, without further evidence of Marriage death etc.
Mar 1851.
C.H. Ruff.

State of New Jersey Monmouth County } ss:
On this twenty second day of May 1844 before me a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County personally appeared Cornelius Suydam a resident of the County of Middlesex in said State, who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged eighty one years and upwards, that he was well acquainted with Capt. John Dey, who commanded a company of Militia in Col: John Neilson's Regiment of Middlesex Militia in the Revolution - That the said John Dey was a Lieutenant in the early part of the war, and was appointed Capt. in the year 1777 - That the County of Middlesex particularly that part in which Capt. Dey Company resided, being one of the frontier Counties was greatly infested by Tories and British refugees, and parties of the enemy from New York, and Long and Staten Islands, So that it was necessary to keep a constant guard by the Militia, during the whole of the war - That this deponent belonged to and served in the said Capt. John Dey's Company, and served in his Company during the whole of the war - That his Company was divided and one division would be in service part of the time, and the other part of the time - So that Capt. Dey himself was in service all the time, because he always commanded his men himself - That the Militia were one half called out for a month and the other half the next month and so on al-

ternately during the War - That the said Capt. John Dey had a large Company under his Command, and was very popular with his men, and was a brave and efficient officer, and was always in the service - That Cornelius Johnston was one of the Lieutenants of the said Company of Capt. John Dey, and the said Capt. John Dey served with his men at the following named places to wit, New Brunswick, Elizabeth town, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Brunswick, Springfield, Plainfield and many other places which he cannot now recollect - This deponent recollects serving three different terms of one month each at New Brunswick under Capt. Dey, and he also recollects serving under the said Capt. John Dey different terms at Elizabeth town, Woodbridge, Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Springfield, and Plainfield, and at many other places where they were keeping guard upon the frontier - That he recollects that Capt. Dey took a prize from the enemy, and he got for his share a Hessian mare - That the said Capt. John Dey was in the Battle of Monmouth with part of his Company - Simon Suydam this deponent's brother was under the said Capt. Dey at the Battle of Monmouth - That in the early part of the War, John Wetheral was Col.; but soon after John Neilson was Col.; remained such during the War - And this deponent very believes further saith that from his own knowledge of the service of the said Capt. John Dey, he knows that he was in actual service at least two years, during the Revolution, and from the fact that Capt. Dey

always commanded his Company himself he verily believes that he was in actual service at least 20 years during the Revolution, but this Deponent cannot at this time pretend to state the different tours of duty of oft the said Capt John Dey, nor the several times when performed, but he knows that the said Capt. John Dey was in service at least one half of the time from the year 1776 to the year 1782, and he has every reason to know and believe that he was in the service very nearly all the time of the Revolution for the reasons above stated.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me, by the said Cornelius Suydam who is a credible person and whose statement is entitled to full credit.
Cornelius Suydam
The words "and served in his Company" on first page, first erated. and the words "very believes" on 2 d page.
Benjamin Dey Judge

State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss
On this twenty second day of May 1844 before me Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared David Owen of the County of Middlesex who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged eighty six years upwards, that he was well acquainted with Capt. John Dey in Middlesex County under Col: John Neilson, in the War of the Revolution, that this Deponent served one term of a month under the said Capt. John Dey, at the time the British left New Brunswick and marched to New York after the Battle of Princeton, & marched under Capt. Dey above New Bruns- wick, to Griggstown, Hell's Gap, & thence down to Piscataway and then they flanked the Brit- ish on their march retreating to New York - and this Deponent further saith that he fre- quently saw the said Capt. John Dey in the service, and always understood at that time and still believes that the said Capt. John Dey was a brave and efficient officer, and was much in the service in the War of the Revolu- tion - He understood that Capt. John Dey was at the Battle of Monmouth. This Deponent did not belong to Capt. John Dey's Company and cannot state the particulars of his service but from his character as a good and brave officer, he this Deponent, verily believes that he served as such Captain, as often, and whenever the Militia were called upon, in the Revolution -
Sworn to & subscribed before me by the said David Owen who is a credible Statement is entitled to
As Judge
David Owen

Abstract of Pay Rolls discharged by Isaac Halsey, Paymaster to the Militia of the Counties of Essex & Middlesex.
   No. of Rolls Date of Service Regiment Officers Named Where Served Under whom Amount     177 July 5 1778 2 d Bat. Middlesex Capt. Dey Woodbridge Brig. Winds £ 178. 18. 3  
Abstract of Pay Rolls discharged by Thompson Stelle Esq. Paymaster to the Militia of Middlesex.
   No. of Rolls Date of Service Officers Named No. of Men Regiment Where Served Under whom Amount     15 Dec. 6 1780 Capt. S no Dey 76 2 d Middlesex Woodbridge Capt. Dey £ 47. 15. .   16 July 3 .. Do 84 Do South Amboy Do £ 138. 11. 3  
The United States
To the State of New Jersey
Dr.
   No. of Abst. No. of Vou. When paid By whom paid To whom paid Amount in Continental     35 123 October 22 d 1778 Isaac Halsey Capt. John Dey £ 72. 00 - 0  

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing marked N o 1 & 2 are true extracts from Book A of Auditors accounts pages 81 & 218, and that N o 3 is a true extract from Book C of Auditors accounts page 44, as taken from and compared with the originals now of record in my Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this fourteenth day of June A. D. One Thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Charles G. M c Chesney Secy of State

State of New Jersey. Mercer County } ss:
Be it known that on the Sixteenth day of August 1844 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of said County, John Rue who being duly sworn according to law deposeth that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged ninety - years and upwards: that he was well acquainted with Captain John Dey of Middlesex County in the War of the Revolution. That the said Capt John Dey Commanded a Company of Militia of Col John Nelson's Regiment, And this deponent served in said Company under the said John Nelson Capt John Dey, and he knows that the said Capt. John Dey served as such, Commanding his Company during the whole war of the Revolution. That Capt. Dey's Company was a very large, and part, were out, one month, and the other part the next month, and so on alternately during the war, and Capt. Dey always went with his men himself, and was in service nearly all the time -
That the said Capt John Dey served principally in the Township of South Amboy in the County of Middlesex, which adjoins and lies south of the Raritan River, and that part of the Country was greatly infested with Tories and British refugees, and parties of the enemy - from New York, and Long & Staten Islands, and it was necessary for the Militia to keep up a constant guard along the shore and frontier during the whole of the war of the Revolution -
That the said Capt. John Dey and the men

belonging to his Company resided in the said Township of South Amboy during the war, and that the services of the said Capt. Dey were mostly in the said Township of South Amboy, and this deponent has also served under the said John Dey different times at the following named places viz: Westfield, Springfield, Newark, Woodbridge, and Elizabeth town.
That their regular times were always one month except when called out upon alarm, when they would not be detained so long.
This deponent cannot now pretend to state the different times of duty of the said Capt. John Dey, but he knows that he served at least two years actual service in the war of the Revolution, for this deponent served under him for at least that period, and he knows that the said Capt. John Dey served a great many times this deponent was not under him, the militia being only required to turn out every other month. That the Capt. John Dey was a brave and efficient officer, and was fond of the service and was therefore in the service nearly all the time - that the said Company was called into service by the authority of the laws of New Jersey, and served in the field and not in garrison, & that during the time he was engaged in the service aforesaid he the said Capt. John Dey was not employed in any civil pursuit.
I solemnly subscribed before me justice of the peace of said County by the said John Pine who is a credible person & whose statement is entitled to credit - Samuel C. Johnson
John Pine

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Samuel C. Johns Esq: before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Rice was made and taken was at the time of the doing thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer in said State, duly appointed Commissioned and Sworn, that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestation and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said Samuel C Johns
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this sixth day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Charles G. McChesney Secy of State

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Mary Dey dec?
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To. Wm. Daniel Hannah - James - & David B. Dey & Sarah Connors only child surviving -
A. R. Brockmorton
Freehold
N. J.

I Samuel Mairs Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Joseph Goodenough and Benjamin Dey the Judges before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made are and were at the time of the making and signing thereof respectively Judges of the said Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County of Monmouth duly Commissioned sworn and Enrolled in my office - that the said Joseph Goodenough and Benjamin Dey are entitled to full credit and belief for all acts done in their official capacity - also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Goodenough and Benjamin Dey and that their signatures to the foregoing declaration and affidavits are genuine -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Freehold in and for said County of Monmouth this thirty first day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty four
Samuel Mairs CLK.