Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 866, Nehemiah Dean, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Dean, Nehemiah
S. 866
Carded
CONTENTS

9868.
New Jersey
Nehemiah Dean of So. Amboy in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pease of the Regt. commanded by Col. Deylin, in the Militia N.J. line for 10 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June 1833 and Cent. C. G. M. Cherry of Hightstown N.J. Present
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33  $66.66    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  16.66         $83.32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Francis Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 108.
To Hightstown N.J.

State of New Jersey } Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Middlesex County } Act of Congress passed June the 7. 1832.
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On this tenth day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Two, personally appeared before me Robert Denney one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey being a Court of Record, Nehemiah Dean a resident of the Township of South Amboy in said County aged between Eighty five and ninety years does not know certain 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 the 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the Militia of New Jersey and served as herein stated viz. was first called into service in the Company commanded by Captain John Pyatt, under Colonel John Duthens he thinks and marched in the year 1776 to Perth Amboy and the Blazing Star, when the enemy had possession of Staten Island, this tour lasted two weeks, after this was called out again under Captain David Chambers, and the same Colonel, and marched to Paulus Hook, Bergen, Bergen Point, and other places at the time the British fleet sailed up to New York, was out on that tour one month, after this was called out under the same captain and Colonel Jacob Hyre, and marched to Elizabeth Town, and Woodbridge for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants from the depredations of the enemy was out on this tour one month, after this was called into service under the same Officers, and was stationed at the village called Cranbury, early in the month of January in the year 1777. at the time the British army lay at the City of New Brunswick, and lay at that place until about the first of June following and while there was out on numerous scouting parties protecting the inhabitants from the frequent excursions and plundering parties of the enemy was engaged on this tour two months and a half, being part of the time relieved by other parts of the Militia, shortly after this was called into service under the same Officers and marched to Sourland mountain, and from there to Hecks Gap where part of General Washingtons army lay at the time that the British army moved from New Brunswick to Somerset Court house, and continued out on this tour until the British army retreated out of New Jersey this tour lasted one month, after this in the same year was called into service under Captain Aaron Longstreet and under either Colonel Hyre or William Scudder, and marched to Trenton, and from thence marched to Elizabeth Town, to guard the shore opposite to Staten Island where the enemy lay, was out on this tour about three weeks after then being relieved two weeks he believes, was called back again to

to the same place and for the same purpose, out this tour two weeks, after this was called out in the same year while the British army lay at Philadelphia, under captain William Artifice, and colonel Robert Dixon he believes, and marched to Greenwich, Black-hore, Hattenfield, and Cooper ferry, and timber creek at which we had two men killed, and some of the enemy, and was under the command of General Layscatter, was out on this tour one month one month and how much longer cannot now recollect after this was called out again under captain Peter Perrine, and the same colonels, or Scudder, is not certain which, marched to Trenton, Greenwich, Black-hore, and Flat Town, and retreated before the British army shortly previous to the Battle of Monmouth, through Bordentown, the drawbridge, and Allentown, was at the said Battle, and saw General Lee on his retreat, was out on this tour as much as one month, after this was called out into service under he believes under captain Peter Perrine, and either of the last mentioned colonels, and marched to Springfield, and Connecticut farms in the year 1780, or 1779 does not recollect which, but it was the time the enemy burnt Springfield was out on this tour one month, and at the time the Pennsylvania line revolted he was called out into service under captain Joash Guleick, and either colonels Scudder or Neilson, and marched to New Brunswick and other places to prevent any communication between them and the enemy was out on this tour half a month, but by extreme age, and bodily infirmities he cannot recollect now all the tours in which he was in the service, But he verily believes that he must have been engaged in the service of the United States in the Militia of New Jersey during the war of the Revolution as much in the whole as one year at least and this applicant further declares that he has no documentary evidence relating to his services except the affidavit herewith attached to this my declaration, and he also declares that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he further declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the subscriber the day and year abovenamed
Robert McHenry
C. Verelst
Deer

Interrogatories by him the said Robert McHenry Judge as aforesaid unto him the foregoing named applicant
1. When, and where were you Born,
Answer I cannot ascertain the year in which I was Born, but I was Born in the Township of South Brunswick, in the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey.
2. Have you any Record of your age and where is it.
Answer I have no Record of my age, and can only come near it by certain writings and from that I must be between eighty five, and ninety years old.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live.
Answer in the Township of South Brunswick in the said County of Middlesex, and part of the time since in said Township, and part of the time in the Township of South Amboy in said County and I now live there.
4. How were you called into service.
Answer always as a volunteer.
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 service.
Answer I do not recollect the names of any other Officers who commanded where I served, nor any other circumstances of my service besides those I have mentioned in my foregoing declaration on the opposite page.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service.
Answer I never received any other discharge from any of said terms of service But was always verbally discharged.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Answer I am known to John Day Esquire, John Stoneham, John Gordon, Garet Davison, Henry Fultz, James Mount, Thomas Johnson, Alexander Snedaker, and Matthias Perrine Esqrs.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me the subscriber the day and year abovenamed.
C. Braddock Davis
Robert McHenry

June 21 1833 I hereby consent to receive a Certificate for the within Claimant to be computed for 10 months Private of Infantry and relinquish all other claims to a Pension under act of 7 th June 1832
Charles G. W. Chesney Attorney

State of N. Jersey. Henry Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in the Middlesex Cranbury in the county of Middlesex and Reuben Morris of the county, Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nehemiah Dean who has sworn to, and subscribed the foregoing declaration and Interrogatories, and believe him to be between eighty five and ninety years of age from his appearance, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion. sworn to, and subscribed before me the subscriber the day Symmes C. Henry. and year above said Robert McChorney { Reuben Morris
And he the said Robert McChorney Judge as aforesaid, do hereby declare it to be his opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the foregoing Interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that he the above named applicant was a Soldier, and served as he states, and he further certifies that it is known to him that the said Symmes C. Henry who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman and resident in the vicinity of the said applicant, in the county of Middlesex and that Reuben Morris who has also signed his name to the same is a resident in the said county also, and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and he further certifies that in his opinion that he the said applicant Nehemiah Dean labours under such bodily infirmities, that he cannot attend the court of common pleas of the said county of Middlesex to have his case investigated. In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name Robert McChorney
State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. 3 I F. S. Vanarsdalen Clerk of the court of the county of Middlesex New Jersey do hereby certify that Rob- ert McChorney before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time a Judge of said court and that his signature as therein written is in the proper hand writing of the said Judge. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1832. F. S. Vanarsdalen Clerk

Rev War
INVALID.
File No.
866
Nehemiah Dean
Pris. N.Y. Mil.
Act:
June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol.
2
Page
92
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11114 Nehemiah Dean Admiral
J. L. South Kensington Capt Pyatt Col Dykema
10mo. 1901-1 abt
admd
10mo pri
$33.33
service estimated by Consent at 10. mo.
Relinquishment by Atty
X

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nhemiah Dean which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy - (should have been yes, see Declaration) which my definite
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

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

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