Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3085, Adam Heckman, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Beckman, Adam
W. 3085-
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

294 Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Heckman widow of Adam Heckman
Penn who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 d July 1818 of Northampton in the State of Pa who was a Fifer in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Penn a line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a at the rate of 33 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept. 1838 and Sept Hon H. H. Wagner Caston Pa
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1838 $82.50 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39, 16.50
$99.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 d Page 153

758
Elizabeth Beckman Pittsburgh
Admitted Fifer 9 mo. # 33.
Wm. L. S. Magener, Easton, Pa

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss
On this thirtieth day of August A D 1838 personally appeared in the open Court of Common Pleas of said County before the Honorable John Baillie President and John Corson and Daniel Wagener associate Judges of the said Court, Elizabeth Heckman a resident of the Borough of Easton in the said County, aged near seventy-five years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by an act of Congress passed in 1838 granting widows of Soldiers pensions who were married before 1794
That she is the widow of Adam Heckman who was a private and a Sifer in the Army of the Revolution, that previous to their marriage they both lived in Allentown Township in said County, about Two miles apart, that she well recollects his enlisting in what was called the "Flying Camp" in 1776 and afterwards serving in the militia, but the exact length of time she cannot state.
She further declares that she was married to the said Adam Heckman by the Rev. Mr. Steiner pastor of the German Reformed Congregation of the said Township of Allentown shortly after Harvest in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-one that her Husband the aforesaid Adam Heckman died on the second day of July A D 1818, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the Day and year first above written
Elizabeth his Heckman mark
Sam Yoke Prothonotary
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Northampton County ss
I Samuel Yoke Prothonotary of the County Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Heckman for a Pension and that the said Court after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department there perfectly satisfied of the truth of the facts above set forth
Witness my Hand and the Seal of the said Court at Easton Sep. 7 th A D 1838
Sam Yoke Prothonotary

In the matter of the Application of Elizabeth Heckman for a Pension under the Act of 1838.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton ss.
Before me
Charles L. Eberle one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County this twenty seventh day of August 1828. personally appeared George Heckman a Revolutionary pensioner (Whom I hereby certify to be a man of respectability and his statements entitled to full Credit and belief and who from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court) who being duly sworn according to Law, says that he is the Brother of Adam Heckman and who died in 1818 that his Brother was about three years older than he, and both were Soldiers of the Revolution That his Brother enlisted for five months in what was called the "Flying Camp" under Captain Nicholas Kerns of Northampton County Pennsylvania in the early part of the summer of 1776 and marched under Colonel Peter Bachlein from Easton to Long Island, his brother Adams Heckman was Fifer in the Company, and that the said Adam Heckman was at the Battle of Long Island some time in the month of August 1776. That his Brothers escaped across the North River and then went up the river to some Bridge which he does not recollect, remained some time there how long he does not now recollect, when they were ordered across to the State of New Jersey to the Brandywine in Pennsylvania that in this Campaign he knows his Brother served a longer time than his enlistment of five months but how long he does not recollect - That about the time Philadelphia was taken possession of by the British his brother was called out for two months in the Militia and marched to White Marsh above Philadelphia that he saw him there and serving in the capacity of a Fifer, That in the year 1779 the opponent and his said Brother were called out for two months to protect the Inhabitants of the upper part of the County of Northampton in which they lived, That they were attached to Captain Gregory's Company and were commanded by him, they were stationed and moved about
5 yrs Fifer
2 yrs Fifer
2 yrs Fifer

from place to place just back of the Blue Mountain in said county until their two months had expired and were then discharged. That during all the time of the service above specified of his brother he was a Fifer. Deponent served at the Battle of Long Island under Col. Hand and in Captain Charles Craig's Company. That the said Craig and the said Keros both commanded companies which were raised in the said County of Northampton.
Deponent knows that Elizabeth Heckman the Applicant was married to the said Adam Heckman some time in the year 1781 or 1782 and her maiden name was Elizabeth Kreider and that they lived and cohabited together as man and wife from the time of their intermarriage until his death in the year 1818. and that the said Elizabeth from the death of her Husband the said Adam Heckman was and still remains a Widow and resides in the Borough of Easton Pennsylvania.
Sworn & Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
his George for Heckman Mark
L. Eberle Jr.

In the matter of the Application of Elizabeth Heckman for a Pension under the Act of 1838.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton ss.
Before me Charles L. Eberle one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County residing in the Borough of Easton personally appeared John Santee a Revolutionary pensioner (Whom I hereby certify to be a man of Respectability and his statements entitled to full Credit and belief and aged about Eighty years who from old age & bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court) who being duly sworn according to Law says that he was well acquainted with Adam Heckman deceased during the life time of the said Adam Heckman they had frequent conversations with each other and spoke of their services in the Revolutionary War and that the said Adam Heckman was at the Battle of Long Islands and that this Deponent and the said Adam Heckman did not serve together during the War as the deponent now recollects except at White Marsh near Philadelphia but that the said Adam Heckman always was reputed considered and believed to be a Soldier of the Revolution and this Deponent knows Elizabeth Heckman the widow of Adam Heckman deceased & knew her before she was married her maiden name was Kreider - That he doth not know how long it is since they were married, but believes it about sixty years that that since their marriage and since the death of the said Adam Heckman which is about Twenty years ago they lived and cohabited together as man & Wife and this deponent was well acquainted with them and then always was considered a very respectable Family and that the said Elizabeth still remains a Widow
John Santee
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 11 th day of September. C. L. Eberle J.P.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Northampton County ss.
On the twenty seventh day of August A D. 1838 personally appeared before me Charles L. Eberle one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, Elizabeth Erb (whom I hereby certify to be a Woman of high standing and credibility and her statements entitled to full credit and belief) who being duly sworn according to Law says That she is well acquainted with Elizabeth Heckman and was well acquainted with her Husband Adam Heckman, that the said Elizabeth Heckman and she were playmates and brought up together in Allen Township — Northampton County Pennsylvania, that she well recollects her previous to her marriage, her maiden name was Kreider that she well recollects her marriage which took place in 1781 or thereabouts they were married by the Rev d Albrechtiner Pastor of the German Reformed Congregation of Allen Township — That she recollects from the fact of the said Elizabeth being at her wedding and bridesmaid in 1779 and shortly after getting married herself and living immediately across the Street from her house for five Years — That during the time they then lived neighbors she frequently heard her Husband and the said Adam Heckman talk about their serving in the Revolution heard both telling each Other of their services. That since that period she has always heard the said Adam Heckman spoken of as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn and Subscribed before me, the Day & Year aforesaid
Elizabeth her Erb Mark
C. L. Eberle

In the matter of the Application of Elizabeth Heckman for a Pension under the Act of 1838.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Northampton County ss.
Before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County this fourth day of September A D. 1838 personally appeared Frederick Nagle (residing in the Town- ship of Allen in the said County) (whom I hereby certify to be a man of respectability and his statements entitled to full credit and belief and who from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court. Who being duly sworn according to Law. says that he is in his seventy ninth year of age and that he was well acquainted with Adam Heckman deceased who was a Soldier in the Flying Camp that he and the said Adam Heckman both belonged to one Company Commanded by Captain Nicholas Kern that the said Adam Heckman was Fifer, that they marched from the Borough of Easton under Col: Peter Schuyler to New Brunswick and from thence to Long Island when some time in the month of August 1776 the British and Americans had an Engagement in which Deponent was taken prisoner and the said Adam Heckman made his escape, that the Deponent did not afterwards see the said Adam Heckman until After Peace that he recollected That the said Adam Heckman was always known and believed to be a Soldier of the Revolution - That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Heckman the widow of Adam Heckman deceased whose maiden name was Kreider that he knew her from her Childhood and that the said Elizabeth and the Deponent's first Wife were Cousins, and has known her ever since, and that she has been married to the said Adam Heckman fifty five years and upwards, the said Adam Heckman and Elizabeth

his Wife lived together and Cohabited together as man Wife from the time of their intermarriage until the death of the said Adam Heckman which took place about Twenty years ago. That the said Elizabeth still remains a Widow and resides in the Borough of Easton. Northampton County Pa.
Friedrich Hagle
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year afo d
L. Eberle

In the matter of the Application of Elizabeth Heckman for a Pension under the Act of 1838.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss.
Before me Charles L. Eberle one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County residing in the Borough of Easton personally appeared Philip A. Mattes Esq. Cashier of a Branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knew Adam Heckman and Elizabeth his Wife, and well recollects the time they first moved into the said Borough which was in the Spring of the Year 1795, that at the time they moved to Easton he knows they had four or more Children, that the name of the third Child was John Heckman who is about the same age of this Deponent and was at the time they moved to Easton ten years Old - that the said Adam Heckman and Elizabeth his Wife lived together as man & Wife from the time they moved to Easton until the death of Adam Heck- man which took place in July 1818. That Elizabeth Heck- man from the death of her Husband the said Adam Heck- man was and still remains a Widow and resides in the Borough of Easton within fifty yards from him, this Deponent and that she is poor and in needy Circumstances.
Sworn & Subscribed this Seventh day of September A. D. 1838 Before me
P. A. Mattes.
C. L. Eberle J.P.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Northampton County
I James Yohe Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Charles L Eberle Esq before whom the within affidavits of George Heckman, John Santee, Elizabeth Erb, Frederick Nagle and Philip Heckman were made and taken was at the time and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to act and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that his signature thereto is genuine
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said Court at Easton Sep. 7 th A D 1838 James Yohe Pro ty

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. L. 3085. Adam Hechman
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1776 5 mos. Infan Nicholas Kern Peter Rachlein Pa.   When data was taken 1777 pursuant to British 2 mos. " — —   1779 2 mos. " Gregory —  
(Only A. H. in Rev. War rec. of this Bureau. (for))
Battles engaged in, Long Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 30, 1838. Her claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Easton, Northampton Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, nearly 74 years.
Remarks: Col. was in Allen Township, Northampton Co., Pa. in 1781, Elizabeth Kreider. He died July 2, 1818. 4 or more children alive in 1795. John the third one, only name mentioned. (soldier's place of birth not stated)
Very respectfully,
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Rev  WIDOW, &c.
1908. Aug. 1, Hist: to W. C. Keechman. A.C.P.
1913, Feb. 6. History to Anna M. Eatons. for
File No. 3085-
Elizabeth Keechman Widow Adam Keechman Hifer Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1835
Index: Vol. a , Page 323
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Adam Heckman
Service Pa
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except Wid. # 3085

THE COLONNADE HOTEL
CHESTNUT ST., COR. 15TH ONE BLOCK FROM BROAD ST. STATION PHILADELPHIA
Washington D.C. July 23rd '08.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Sir: I have been advised that certain records of Revolutionary Soldiers are in your office, and if so, I desire for historical purposes, to learn of one Adair Heckman of Northampton Co. Pa., as to his place of birth, military record etc, if said records dis- close any such information.
An early reply to the address as below will greatly oblige, Very Truly Yours. W. B. Heckman. Asst. Dept. R.M. S., Washington D.C.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 29, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Would you kindly give me the Record of one Adam Heckman, a Private in the Associated Company of Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Capt. Henry Huberin, 1775.
The applicant for information is his great grand- daughter, who wishes to become a member of the Daughters of the Revolution.
The Adjutant General of Washington, D. C., informed me that I may be able to get the information from you.
Thanking you in advance for any courtesy, which you may bestow in this matter, I remain
Yours very truly,
Anna M. Eakins
1209 West End Trust Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

J. L. Edwards Esq.

J L Edwards Esq
My Dear Sir
I enclose you the Papers to sustain the Claim of Mrs Beckman, the widow of a Soldier of the Revolution, for a Pension - I hope upon their examination you will find her entitled to a Pension - She resides near to me (in the same Town) & I know her to be a lady of character & rectitude. humble but poor - Your prompt attention to this application will confer a favor upon your friend J L E
David D Maynard
write me the result. Easton Sep. 7. 1838 & if any difficulty let me know.