Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4169, John Crane, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Crane, John Cumming, Mary Former widow
W 4169
CONTENTS

Let to D. Bedell, Sept 11 1839.
to Hon. J. Coudert 26 Sept 1839
to same 10 Oct. "
less to Lee A. G. 9 March 1843
To Ohio Pittsburgh Irons 4 th Sep 1842. 33 March 1843. Notice - to B. B. Gaylord, I. Penn - Ashland, County Ohio
Letter of James B. Gaylord enclosing vouchers ref d to 2 Comptroller of the Treasury. - 12 Nov 1847.
Dec 6 Nov. 1846.
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Albany 3037 Ohio. At.
Mary Cummings, who was widow of John Crane
N. J. who died on the 22 nd May 1883 of Seneca Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. Relif. 28 Secy. of the Navy in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the in the N. Jersey commanded time for 12 months 6 72.00 " 20 days 8 48.74 $120.74
Entered on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 120 Dollars - Costs per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Sept. 1839 and sent to Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 39 1020.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th No. 48. 60.00 $1080.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not July 4, 1836, } { Section the 3, }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 207

State of New York
County of Seneca } ss
On this twentyfirst day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Samuel Bayard Esqr. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Mrs Mary Cumming, a resident of the town of Seneca Falls in the County of Seneca and State of New York, aged eighty one years; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837 — That she was married to John Crane who was enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and served as an artificer in Captain Joseph Lindley's company of artificers for the period of one year, he enlisted in the fall of 1775 — The Regiment he served in at the period here alluded to was commanded by Colonel William Windas of the New Jersey line and was in the northern campaign against Canada in which service he was engaged one full year as she believes, as an under officer Ensign or Sergeant as she thinks but is not certain, but refers to such proof as she may be able to find if any of his comrades be living — If there be any records in the War department of the Northern or Canadian tour she would refer to Captain Lindley's roll as evidence of John Crane's service — George O'Hara belonged to the same company & he was my brother. Samuel Leonard also & a man of the name of Lee, (I believe Paul Lee) belonged to Lindley's company — They were Carpenters by trade and built Boats & Bridges for the Army as I have always been informed — After my husband's return from the northern campaign he was chosen to be a Lieutenant in Captain Joseph Brackis company of Militia Infantry in Morris Township & served throughout the rest of the war of the revolution in that capacity as I believe — His duties as a Lieutenant in said Company as I learned from him and others were performed principally upon the frontier in New Jersey viz Elizabethtown Springfield Hackensack Aquackanack Dibbletown and various other places unknown to me — he was in several battles as I believe viz Springfield Connecticut Farms Aquackanack & others — was commanded by Colonels Suly, Ford, Hathaway & by General Windas and General Heards under whom and perhaps some others I believe he served, in every year till the war closed — The details and specifications of this service it is not in my power to give and I respectfully refer the Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions to the

depositions of such of his comrades as may survive & who can be found trusting that I shall be allowed such pension as the services and rank of my said husband entitle me to receive — I have no commission or discharge or other documentary proof of his rank — I have seen his commission in former years but it is lost or mislaid — I was mar- ried to John Crane on the 19 th day of September 1774 by the Rev. Do- ctor Johnes minister of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown in the State of New Jersey And my said husband the aforesaid John Crane died at Morristown on the 22 nd day of May 1783 the publick records of mortality show that he died of a fever, but the primary cause of his death was at the time supposed to be a wound in the arm made by an unskillful Physician in bleeding him —
I was afterward married to John Cumming by the same minister the Rev. Timothy Johnes on the 24 th day of December 1786 he (Cumming) died at Montezuma Cayuga County in the State of New York on the 16 th day of March 1814 — I have never since that time married — I was a widow on the 4 th July 1836 and am still a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed —
Mary her Cumming mark
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above writ- ten — to wit on the twenty first day of August 1838 before me — Sam l J. Bayard
I Samuel J. Bayard a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in the County of Amity where the above named declarant resides, do hereby certify that the above named Mary Cumming from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the court of which I am Judge and I do not think from present appearance that she will be able to attend the court above named at its next ses- sion — I further certify that the above named Mary Cum- ming is unable to write her name and therefore subscribed by her mark — I have therefore in consequence of her inability to attend court attended at her place of abode and administered the foregoing oath —
August 21. 1838
Sam l J. Bayard

State of New York } William A. Strong Clerk Seneca County } of said County do hereby certify that Samuel E. Bayard Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, subscribed and sworn to, was on the 31 st day of August A.D. 1838, a Judge of County Courts in and for said County, & of the Degree of Counsellor in the Supreme Court of said State, duly commissioned and sworn. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge, and that his signatures to the Oath and certificate written under said Deposition are severally his proper handwriting. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 31 st day of August A.D. 1838. W m A. Strong Clerk By Cyrus D. Weeks Dep. Clerk.

State of New York } Cayuga County } ss
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared William Cummings of the town of Mendon in said County personally known to me many years as a man of truth and fully entitled to belief who being by me duly sworn according to law on his oath declares as follows viz - I am now in the Forty seventh year of my age and am a Son of John and Mary Cummings - My Parents I have always been informed were married in Morristown in the State of New Jersey and I have often heard it said many years ago that my Mother's first Husband's name was John Crane and that he was an officer in the Revolutionary Army - John Cummings my father died at Montezuma in the County of Cayuga aforesaid on the sixteenth day of March one Thousand Eight Hundred & fourteen - My Mother the said Mary Cummings has never since married but still remains the Widow of the said John Cummings deceased -
1838. August 20 th
Subscribed & sworn before me G. S. H. H. Justice of the Peace of Cayuga County
Wm Cummings
State of New York Cayuga County ss. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, William Richardson Clerk of the County of Cayuga and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that G. S. H. H. Esquire was on the 20 th day of August One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his Act in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and hereby believe the signature to the annexed Affidavit to be his proper hand writing In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the

seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and. Subscribed my name this 20 th day of August A.D. 1838.
Geo Warren Foster Dep. Clerk
Mr Cummings

W.F. 4169
In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of John Crane a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1775 Served Adjutant Joseph Lindsay William Knowles N.Y.   at various Lieut. Joseph Beebe Keay   times early Ford   year to Hattaway   end of War  
Battles engaged in, Springfield Connecticut  Fort Ticonderoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, selected at Morrisstown N.J. Date of application for pension, Aug. 21. 1836. Her ch. was ab. Residence at date of application, Syracuse Falls, Syracuse Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, he was 87 yrs.
Remarks: He mar. Sept. 19. 1774 in Morristown N.J. Mary or Polly O'Hara. He died May 22. 1833 at said place and she married there Dec. 24. 1786 John Cumming who died Feb. 16. 1814 at Montezuma Cayuga Co. N.Y. She had moved to Jefferson Pittsburg Co. Ohio in 1843 to be with her daughter name not stated. In 1859 David Bedell stated he was her son in law. A son is referred to but his name is not given.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
March 13. 1843
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 9 th inst.
I have to state, that Mary Cumming a Pensioner under the Act of 4 July 1836 — 120 — Dollars per annum — was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1842
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your obed't serv't,
Thos. W. O'Leary
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.
Genl. Rusk.

Jan 4/74 Mil. Hist. Co. Scott Brown Gen. Art. Btry. C.V.N.W. Bty., 22-5" Cane. Chicago, Ill. 1892 May 13 Hist. Soc. of Wyatt!
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4167
Mary Cummins for Widow of John Crane Lt. Col. Inf. Army
Act: July 19 th Bk. Sec. 34
Index — Vol. 2 Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(3988)
303 New Jersey
Mary Gannon, formerly Mary Crane. widow of John Crane
abt 14 July 1836
Capt. Jos. Lindsay
to be
Admitted
Pioneer of Artificers
12 Months
Lieutenant of Infantry 3 Months & 20 days
Return to Lewis Condiet. Morris-town, N. Jersey.

State of New York Wayne County ss Before me Israel Arms a Justice of the peace in and for the said County came John Norris of the town ofodus in the said County of Wayne who being duly sworn Accord- -ing to Law Deposes and Says - That he is Eighty three Years of Age And this Deponent further says that he knew John Cram of Morris- Morris County State of New Jersey And that the said John Cram did Enlist in the town of Morris town of Morris  in the One Year Service As an Artificer that is a Carpenter in the first New Jersey Regiment Under Colonel William Winds And in Captain Joseph Lindleys Company of Artificers And this Deponent further says that according to the best of his recollection it was some time in the Month of November Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five that the said Cram Enlisted And Soon After went to New York with said Company And this Deponent further says that the said first Regiment left New York in May Seventeen Hundred Seventy Six for the North and understood they went as far as Albany by Water And from Albany they went to Tienderoga and this Deponent further says that he this Deponent belonged to Colonel Elias Dayton's Third New Jersey Regiment And that they Arrived at Tienderoga on the first day of November Seventeen Hundred Seventy Six And that a few days After their Arrival he saw John Cram Still in the Service but understood that their term of Service had About Expired And the Company of Artificers Soon left for home And this Deponent further says that he understood that the said Cram was Afterwards a Lieutenant saw him wearing a sword but cannot now recollect the particular services This Deponent further says that About the year Seventeen Hundred Seventy four he was knowing to the said John Cram and Mary Pharaoh being published with intention of Marriage - And that they were reputed Man and Wife And he this Deponent further says that After the Death of the said John Cram the said Mary became the reputed wife of John Cummings And that John Cummings died About the year of Eighteen Hundred and fourteen And the said Mary has Since been known to this Deponent as the Widow Cummings And this Deponent says in conclusion that the name of this Deponent is Enrolled on the Pension list And further says Not
John Norris
The records in the town of Morris taken after all "waver" institution since since from the top before beginning because all the records before me this 10th day of July 1885 Israel Arms S.P.

I certify that I have been acquainted with the within named John H. Harris for some years & have him to be a man of good Moral Character
Dated 20th July 1838
Israel Arms Jr
State of New York County of Wayne
I certify that Israel Arms before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and whose signature appears to the above certificate was at the date of the said affidavit & Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly appointed and qualified, and that his signatures to the within jurat, and above certificate are genuine.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this twenty First day of July 1838.
Colleen Foster Clerk Wayne County

State of New York Cayuga County ss.
Before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County of Cayuga personally appeared Russell Wilks an aged man of the town of Montezuma of said County personally knows Mr. Macey Yeats as a man of truth and fully entitled to belief, who being duly sworn by me according to Law on his oath declares as follows, namely, I am now in the County of Cayuga fifth year of my age. I was well acquainted with John Brant of Montezuma Morris County and State of New York. I recollect the year 1777 he was elected a Lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Brant's Company of Infantry of Militia under General Herk and I served as a soldier in the same Company under Lieutenant Brant & Capt. Brant. Said Brant held his Commission till the latter year of the war and until his death. I recollect that Lieut. Brant and myself were out together on a month's tour of duty on the expedition against the Indians on the Mohawk Settlements under Genl. Herk in the Summer Season. I further know that Lieut. Brant was out in the Service a great deal of the time during the revolutionary war and according to the best of my recollection & belief he was out in the Service every year until the said war ended. I frequently saw him going out and returning home but my memory has so failed me that it is impossible for me to recollect the dates and all the particulars relating to his services in the said war. I recollect that Lieut. Brant was married to Mary Thassa daughter of George Thassa and that said Lieut. John Brant died about the close of the said war and that his widow married John Cummings and that the said Cummings died about the year 1814 and since been known to me as the widow Cummings.

And further say that I am now drawing a pension for services rendered my country in the revolutionary war.
I worn and subscribed before me at Platts of resaid this fourteenth day of August 1832.
Ralph his Willis mark
Daniel Wait Justice
I certify that the above mentioned Ralph Willis is unable to write his name which is the reason of his making his mark which he did in line of writing his name
Daniel Wait Justice
State of New York Cayuga County Clerk's Office: I Williams Richardson Clerk of the County of Cayuga and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County. Do hereby certify that Daniel D Wait Esquire was on the 14 th day of August One thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his Acts in that Capacity and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and Verily believe the Signature to the Annexed Affidavit to be his proper hand writing. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and subscribed my name this 14 th day of August A.D. 1835.
Geo Warren Foster Dep Clerk

State of New York Seneca County
On this tenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me Asa Beach of the Town of Milton in said County, to me personally known and being by me duly sworn disposed as follows: I am now in the 78th year of my age. I knew John Crane of Morristown, Morris County, in the State of New Jersey. We both served together in the War of the Revolution on the American side. The said Crane was enlisted in Captain Joseph Lindley's company of Artificers which was raised in the fall of 1775 and he enlisted in said company as a grain man. I was present when said Crane was elected first Lieutenant in the Infantry Company commanded by my father Capt. Joseph Beach in the spring of 1777. I was out in the service with said Crane in said Capt. Beach's Company in June 1778 at the time of the Battle of Monmouth. We started from Morristown, and then went to Elizabethtown, thence to Woodbridge & thence to Amboy & from thence to Brunswick. The said Crane & myself were together all that time - I am not positive that said Crane was in the service at that time more than a fortnight - He was out at the least for that time. I often heard my father say that said Crane & the Ensign (who was a Frenchman) were the best subalterns he ever saw - General Winder was our Commander & Colonel Suly was commandant of the Regiment. The said Crane and myself were together in the service under Capt. Beach, Colonel Suly & General Winder in the autumn of 1778 at Aquackunack - The British at this time lay at Hackensack - According to the best of my recollection said Crane was in the service at this time six weeks - The said Crane & myself were in the service a month at the time the Connecticut farms were burnt and at the Battle of Springfield, at which last place we had a close engagement with the Ringers under General

Knyschan - I distinctly recollect that said Crane was engaged in the two last mentioned engagements - I recollect that Crane married Polly O'Heas a sister of one George O'Heas before the war-
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year first above written and I further certify that the words "before me" between the first & second lines from the top of first page were interlined - and the word "time" in the 23 d line written partly over an erasure. in presence of said Asa Beach before the above deposition was signed & sworn to
Asa Beach.
Wm. H. Cook. Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Asa Beach, and know him to be of a good moral character & believe him to be entitled to the full credit
Wm. H. Cook. Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Saratoga County Clerk's Office, }
I, Alpheus Goodrich, Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify , That George H. Smith before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office, the 10 th day of August 1835
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New Jersey. Morris County ss.
Before the subscriber, a justice of peace in the said County of Morris.
Personally appeared Robert Young, an aged man, a native citizen of this County, well known to me personally many years, as a man of truth & fully entitled to belief, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares as follows: - viz. - I am now in the 85 th year of my age, & have spent the whole of my life in this County. I was a soldier of the Army & Militia in the revolutionary war, from its beginning to its end. I was in the year's service, on the expedition to Canada, in the Regiment then commanded by Colonel Winder, afterward Genl. Winder. I was personally well acquainted with John Crane, on that Canadian expedition. He was by trade a Carpenter. He enlisted & served in Captain Joseph Linsley's company of Artificers, which was composed principally of Carpenters. Captain Linsley, afterward Major Linsley, was himself a Carpenter. On that expedition, they built boats for the army, constructed bridges &c. & often were in advance of the main army. I often saw them however, both going & returning. I recollect John Crane at Lake George, Ticonderoga, Champlain, & various other places. - We went down Lake Champlain, down the Soul river, & into the St. Lawrence, when the British fleet, of sloops of war gun-boats &c. was met, & our army retreated homeward. There was much suffering for want of provision, & by the famine &c. which prevailed, & of which many died. - Crane was an officer in Captain Linsley's co. but of what rank I cannot remember. Whether Ensign or sergeant I cannot say. - We were enlisted in November or December 75, (before Independence) spent part of the winter in New York & Long Island - sailed for Albany early in the spring of 76, & returned late in the fall of 76. Crane went out with us & returned with us. In the same company of Artificers with him, were George O'Hara, whose sister Crane married - Samuel Leonard, one Lee, & others then known to me, & not now recollecting. They were all 3 of them Carpenters by trade. - After Crane's return from Canada, he was chosen to be a Lieutenant in Captain Beahm's company of Infantry, but at what time he was so appointed, I do not recollect. - I often saw him performing Lieutenant's duty in that company. In the winter of 1776-7 - the enemy came over from Staten Island, through Eliz th town, & up as far as Springfield, when the Militia of Morris, Sussex, Essex & some state troops met them & had a severe battle. Genl. Heard commanded the Militia, & a considerable number of British were made prisoners. Col. Spencer's horse was killed under him. Colonel Ford, Col. Dick & Col. Munson, commanded the Morris Militia. Captain Beahm's company, with Lieutenant Crane, were in the battle, & were kept out on this town, between Springfield & Elizabeth town guarding the frontier inhabitants a month. Whether this was before or after his promotion I am not certain, but he was acting under Capt. Beahm, as an under officer.

In the winter 77 whilst the enemy was occupying New Brunswick & Amboy, a large Militia force was encamped near Brunswick, at & around Smithtown, under command of General Wines & General Dickinson. I recollect John Cram was there in Beek's company, & I believe in Col. Seely's regiment. — The Militia were kept in this service till some time in April, when the British broke up camp & left Amboy & Brunswick for the South. — Cram was in this service not less than two months, under Genl. Wines, who commanded the Morris Militia. —
I recollect Capt. Beek & Lieut. John Cram, upon a month's tour of Militia duty along the Raritan river, a little before the surrender of Burgoyne's army, under Col. Seely & Genl. Wines. We were marched near to New Windsor, where we heard of Burgoyne's surrender, & the burning of Esopus, & we returned by way of Pompton & Paterson performing guard duty a month along that frontier. — I remember Lieut. Cram on Militia duty a month near Haddonfield, & its bank, on the Delaware, under Colonel Seely. The year, I cannot tell, but I think it was in the fall of the year. — I remember him again at Aquackunack, where we had a hard fight with the enemy at the bridge in the fall season. General Wines commanded the Militia. Colonels Felitzhuyser, Hays, Hathaway, Seely & others, had command of their Regiments. — I recollect Lieutenant Cram again on a month's tour near Hackensack, at a small fort on a hill, called Pollyfly fort — under Genl. Wines & Colonel Seely, in the fall of the year. — I remember him on another tour of a month, at Trembley's point, opposite Staten Island, under Col. Hathaway & Col. Seely. Just before the Monmouth battle, I was stationed on a month's tour of duty at Elizabeth town under Genl. Wines, who marched us through N. Brunswick to Shrewsbury, where Genl. Wines recd. some intelligence which induced him to return to Elizabeth town, where we staid the rest of the month; & I recollect Lieut. Cram was also on that expedition.
I recollect Lieutenant Cram was on the expedition against the Indians on the Minisink settlement, under Genl. Wines, in the summer season, on which tour we were about not less than a month. He was also at Connecticut Farms battle, in May 1780. — & again at Springfield, both in Essex County, in June following, when after a severe battle, the enemy burnt the Church & village, as they did at Connecticut Farms. On both these occasions we performed a month's duty, on the frontier between Elizabeth town & Springfield. —
John Cram died at Morristown about the year 1784, & his widow afterwards married John Cumming, with whom she lived until they removed from Morristown to the State of New York.
Sworn & subscribed at Morristown, August 8 th . 1838.
Before me
Eliza Ward S.P.
Robert Young

State of New Jersey, Morris County p:
I, Joseph Dalrymple Esq., Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that Elijah Ward Esq. before whom the annexed deposition of Robert Young was taken & subscribed on the 8 th . August 1838, is, & was at the time of taking the same, a justice of peace in & for said County of Morris, duly commissioned & authorized, & the signature of his name thereto, (Elijah Ward,) is genuine.
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office, at Morris town.
This 3 rd . day of October, Domini 1838. —
P.S. The annexed Certificate & Deposition of Orlando L. Kirtland, known to me to be the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, was also taken before the same Elijah Ward Esq. above named, & his signature thereto, (Elijah Ward,) is genuine. Witness my signature & seal of my office, the date before mentioned.
Joseph Dalrymple Clerk

I, Orlando L. Kirtland, Minister of the Gospel, depose & say, that I am the Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church & Congregation in Morris town New Jersey, & that the Church records of Baptisms, Marriages &c. of said Congregation are in my custody as Pastor thereof, by which it appears, that John Crane was married to Mary O'Hare, by Rev. Timothy Johnson D. D. then Pastor of said Church, on the nineteenth day of September, Seventeen hundred & seventy four. In the original record, which I believe to be in the hand writing of Rev. Doctor Johnson, the entry thereof is made in words & figures as follows, at page 48. - viz: "1774, Sep. 19. John Crane & Mary O'hare".
The above is a true copy of the record, which is expressed therein, in fair & legible letters & figures.
Orlando L. Kirtland
Given, this 3 rd day of September, 1838. before me, Elizah Ward S. D.

State of New Jersey, Morris County, ss.
I, Orlando L. Kirtland, Minister of the Gospel, depose & say; that I am the Pastor of the 1 st . Presbyterian Church & Congregation in Morris-town New Jersey, & that the Church records of Baptisms, Marriages &c. of said Congregation are in my custody as Pastor thereof, & which records it appears, that John Cummins, & Mary Crane, Widow, were married, by Reverend Timothy Johnson, D. D. on the twenty fourth of December, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred & eighty six.
In the original record, which I believe to be in the handwriting of the Rev. Doctor Johnson, then Pastor of said Church, the entry of said marriage is made in the words & figures which follow, at page 157.
viz: "1786. Decem. 24. John Cummins & Mary Crane, Widow."
The above is a true copy from the record, which is expressed therein, in fair & legible letters & figures.
Orlando L. Kirtland
Sworn & subscribed at Morris town this 3 rd day of September, 1838.
Before me,
Ebenezer Ward J.P.

These are to certify that the above Company of Col Cook's Rifles of in the county of Morris Melitia, met on a day appointed. Said Company met and elected the following men for their officers. Namely Joseph Beach Capt John Crane (1) Lieut Benjamin Lindsley (2) First and Samuel Allen Ens. Apr 19th 1877 Joshua Simbert (Clerk)
Endorsement N o 1 "18 Comp y eastern Reg t . Morris Co. Ellas Cook Esq d Co l " "A. Com d issued dated 19 April 1877" Endorsement N o 2 "Certificate of Election of Capt Beach & Subalterns"
(State of New Jersey)
James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original paper with the interlineations thereof and endorsements thereon purporting to be a Certificate of the election of certain Militia Officers in Morris County in this state in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, as taken from and compared with the original now remaining on file in my office. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the city of Trenton this first day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838)
James D. Westcott

(N o 1)
Abstract of Pay Rolls discharged by Joseph Lewis Paymaster to the Militia of the counties of Morris Sussex and Bergen
   N o Date Regt Batt Officers Name Where Served Under whom C. S. D.     8 Jan 9 th 1778 Morris County Capt Joseph Beach Plainstown St Col. Matthias 417.18.8   17 July 2 nd 1778 Lehigh Morris Capt Beach Elizabethtown Brig Monds   230 Oct 13 th 1778 Lehigh Morris Capt Beach Acquacanonk Brig Monds 83.3.9  
(N o 2)
Abstract of Bounty Rolls discharged by Joseph Lewis
   N o Date Regiment Officers Name Where Served Under whom L. S. D.     89 July 2 nd 1778 Lehigh Morris Capt Beach Elizabethtown Brig Monds 14.10.0   149 Oct 14. 1778 Lehigh Morris Capt Beach Acquacanonk Brig Monds 26.2.0  
3 months £15 15s 6d in all
State of New Jersey
I James D Westcott secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are true extracts as taken from Book A of auditors accounts, the first of which, marked N o 1 is headed "Abstract of Payrolls discharged by Joseph Lewis Paymaster to the Militia of the counties of Morris Sussex and Bergen" the second marked N o 2 is headed "Abstract of Bounty Rolls discharged by Joseph Lewis" as taken from said book pages 61, 63 & 66, now remaining in my office In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton this third day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838)
James D Westcott

June 27. June 6 N.Y.
Free
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington.

Morris town, N. J. June 25 th . 1839
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 6 th inst. relating to the claim of Mrs. Mary Gammey, formerly the widow of John Crane was duly rec d . — He was enlisted an artificer in the Canadian service for 76. — As a corps of Artificers usually, I suppose they needed no subaltern, as Sergeants & corporals, but in times of emergency, I understand artificers have to bear arms, & to act offensively & defensively with muskets & bayonets. In such cases is not their organization like that of Infantry, having non commissioned officers? The witnesses speak confidently of his being a Sergeant, if I mistake not, & probably when bearing arms, he was a Sergeant. — If you deem such distinction to be a just one, the widow, being very destitute, will be grateful for such allowance. His commission seems to have issued in April 77, & he was on active duty, if the testimony is to be credited, more than "3 mos. & 20 days", as appears by the rolls. These rolls however do not extend to but little more than 2 years of the revolution, & can furnish evidence of but a small portion of Military service actually performed. Can it then be strictly proper to reject other evidence of service beyond the time alluded to by the pay rolls? — Since the papers were forwarded, I have found at Trenton, the marginal references of 4 certificates, issued by Silas Condict, Commissioner for Morris County, under the Law of 1783. They are as follows — viz: "No. 507 - Joseph Bead. Capt. £ 24.. 19.. 8 " " 17 Joseph Bead Capt. 21.. 12.. 7 " " 187 John Crane 2.. 0.. 6 " " 29 Capt. Roger St. John Crane Lieut. £ 3.. 1.. 0" I have copied them accurately for your inspection, & if they are deemed important by you in the decision of the case, will furnish Secy. Warrott's certif. — if not, I will save the widow the expense. This must be for service beyond that referred to by the pay rolls. — Can you not with propriety, allow the widow for 6 mos. or 1 year instead of 3 mos. & 20 days? — If so, I am authorized to assent on her part. Very respectfully,
Your aff. Servt.
Lewis Condict.

W Aug 27
Mary Cummings
Hon. the Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Seneca Falls
Seneca Co. N.Y. 21 Augt 1839.
To the Hon. the comm ee of Pensions
Sir I am now address you at the solicitation of Mrs Mary Cummings - to say she is very weak and subject to frequent & violent attacks of Bilious Cholick which attacks are considered dangerous. She has also a son who has a long time been out of health and is very poor - the thought therefore very important that the Mat- ter should be attended to while she is yet living that it may be applied when it is most needed. She had rec d a letter not long since from Sec y Coondit stating he had written you on the subject but could not tell when it wou- ld be acted upon. 'tis wished by her that you would give her case consideration as soon as possible and allow her all that the evidence before you admits but if it should require much more time to consider or examine the case. therefore then she would prefer excepting as you first offered. I have it it proper to inform Sec y Coondit of the contents of this letter to you so that your Hon ble department may commu- nicate with him on the subject.
Respectfully yours David Bedell
P.S. Mrs Cummings had a very bad turn last night but is rather better today
D. Bedell

Seneca Falls Sept. 5 th 1839
Hon. the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I am sorry to trouble you again with an other letter my Object in writing this is to Recall the one I wrote to you dated 21 Aug st and which was rather hastily written in consequence of Mrs Cummings being considered dangerously ill I have since Recd a letter from Doct. Condit stating that he had lately been to Trenton and had found some Circumstantial evidence or testimony calculated as he believed to corroborate and strengthen what he before demanded in behalf of Mrs Cummings and that he had proceeded to Washington with it and had a full hearing with your Honor. This was very unexpected to me I had supposed that he had done all he had intended to do before I wrote my last letter As for my own part I have full faith in believing that you will do justice to her claim as far as the testimony will permit but in order that I may satisfy others that my letter has done no harm I would receive it as a kind favor in you If you will write me a line to that effect It such is the case - Being the daughter of Mrs Cummings and the person with whom she resides her extreme illness and advanced age must be my excuse for the interest which I manifest in her cause
Respectfully
your Obedt Serv t David Bedell

Sept 21 in at ref
James L. Adams Esq. Commission of Peace War Department Washington

Morris town N. J. Sept. 16 th 1839.
Dear Sir,
The Certificate for Mrs. Mary Cumming, formerly widow of John Beam, an Artificer for one year in the Canadian expedition, & a Lieutenant of Morris Militia from April 1777, was rec d . last Saturday. It allows the widow $120. per annum. It appears to me, that when the examination was made, the documentary evidence, which I handed to you on the 26 th August last was overlooked, part of which was expected to have an important bearing on this claim. — Beside the testimony of living witnesses to his service as a Lieutenant who are all of them, men of truth & unblemished reputation, the claim is supported & corroborated by the extracts from the State Treasurer's office (Isaac Southard). — Beam's name is found twice beside two other instances in which Joseph Beek, his Capt. is found, whose Subalterns must have been present, if not directed. — The Treas r says that Maynard's references, from which his certificate is taken, are incomplete, & mutilated, & some torn out & missing — & that they represent "the balances" then due to the respective individuals named. — The Secy. of State also says, the forms for which certificates were given, were "balances due" &c. It cannot therefore be inferred, that the forms indicate the quantum of service performed, even if there were no testimony except the record. The record is undoubtedly true, as far as it goes. If it were perfect & entire — other testimony would not only be superfluous, but inadmissible. But in these cases, the evidence of eye witnesses — comrades in service, — men of truth & unblemished character, I humbly trust, will not be rejected, but will receive proper consideration in the decision. I respectfully submit these remarks, in reference to the several cases before you, to which the Treasurer & Secretary's Extracts were intended to apply, hoping also, that you will be willing to revise the case of Mrs. Cumming, & allow her for at least 6 mos. service as a Lieut. & 12 as Artificer.
Very respectfully
Yr. obed t serv t .
Lewis Conditt.
Col: Edwards

Insat Oct 10. Mngt
James T. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pension War Department Washington.

Morris town, N. Jersey, Oct. 5 th 39.
Dear Sir,
Yours of 25 th Sept r . is rec d . relating to the claim of Mrs. Mary Cumming, formerly the widow of John Beam, explaining the grounds on which the allowance has been made &c.
In your letter of June 6 th '39. you state, that "all that can be allowed upon the proofs on file, is twelve months as a private in Leeds G ty Co. of Artillery. & 3 mo. & 20 days as a Lieut t . in Capt t Bead's 6 th Inf y &c."
In yr. subsequent letter of June 27 th you state "whatever is shown by the marginal record of certificates issued by Silas Bondict to John Beam could be considered evidence so far as it goes, of additional service to that mentioned in my letter of the 6 th inst t ."
In August following, (about the 20 th ) I left in your office, copies of marginal references of 2 certificates issued by Silas Bondict to John Beam, & of two others to his Captain (Bead) which according to any calculation I can make, seem not to have been added to the former allowance of 3 mo. & 20 days as Lieut t .
Should the Haddonfield service be entirely disallowed, because the witness could not state precisely the year? His caution in this respect, speaks favorably as to his conscience, & should not discount the fact .
Beside the Haddonfield service, there were two tours of duty performed at in Jan'y. July & Oct r 78, at Morris town, Aquackanack, & Elizabet town. under Colonels Hathaway (misnamed Mathews) S ty , & Gen l Wind.
I think you will see, that the omissions of his service left by me at your office in Aug t . have been overlooked - probably mistaken for those connected with the Declaration, & if so, that Mrs. B. is entitled to a further allowance - in the whole about equivalent to my former estimate, viz. 12 months as Artiller in Leeds G ty Co. & 6 mo. as Lieut t . in Bead's Co.
Very respectfully
Y r . ob t serv t . &c.
Levi Bondict.
Col James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

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County of Ashtabula Co. ss.
On this 28 th day of February 1843 before me the undersigned of the town of Jefferson in the County of Ashtabula personally appeared Mary Cummings who on her oath declares that she is the same person who was widow of John Cummings who was an enlisted and Discharged of Infantry in the War of the Revolution "in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from which she has lately removed; and that she now resides in the State of Ohio where she intends to remain; and wishes her pension to be payable at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in future. The foregoing are her reasons for removing from New York to Ohio. It was for the purpose of securing a home, for the remainder of her days, with her daughter who now resides in Jefferson Ashtabula County, Ohio. Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
Benf B. Gaylord Mayor of the Town of Jefferson.
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Mary her Cummings mark
Benf B. Gaylord } Witness to the signature of Mary Cummings Thos. Hughes }
State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss.
I Joseph Stevens of lawful age being first duly sworn, on my said oath do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with the above named Mary Cummings and know her to be the same person described in, and who took and subscribed the foregoing oath, or affidavit.
Joseph Stevens
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 28 th day of February 1843.
Benf B. Gaylord Mayor of the Town of Jefferson.

State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
Jefferson February 28 th A. D. 1843.
I hereby certify that Joseph Stevens above or within names, who has sworn before me to the identity of the within names, Henry Cummings, is a person of truth and veracity.
Rev. P. B. Gaylord Mayor of the Town of Jefferson.
The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County ss
I, A. C. Hubbard, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Rev. P. B. Gaylord Esq., is, and on the twenty eighth day of February A. D. 1843, was Mayor of the Town of Jefferson in said County, duly elected and qualified according to the laws of the State of Ohio; and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates, purporting to be his, are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Jefferson this first day of March A. D. 1843.
A. C. Hubbard Clerk

Jefferson March 1. 1813.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I herewith send you an application for a transfer of My Annuities percents from New York to the Pittsburgh Agency -
If you find the paper made out correctly you will please make the transfer and send to me at Jefferson Mahoning County Ohio,
Respectfully Yours
Rev. B. Gaylord
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Washington
D.C.

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Nov. 29, 1893
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Mrs John Cummings during her life was paid a pension at Seneca Falls N.Y. and Jefferson Ohio as the widow of a soldier in the Revolution and as John Cummings was her second husband we are in doubt whether the pension was granted her as the widow of John Cummings or her first husband whose name was Crane. Her maiden name was Mary O'Hara. Do your records contain any information of this pension: if not I will be under many obligations if you will refer this letter to the proper officer, who will please advise me what the expense will be for my acquiring this information in full.
The favor of an early answer will oblige Very respectfully yours Scott Brown Genl Int Dept C & N W Ry #22 Fifth Avenue

ALDEN H. WYATT
PHOTOGRAPHER
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KODAK FINISHING
Knoxville, Iowa. April 3rd, 1922
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Can you give me the Revolution War record of John Crane who served from Morristown, N.J. and the name of his widow (Widow No. 4169).
I would be pleased to hear from you as soon as possible with the information. Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
Alden H. Wyatt