Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5192, William Honeywell, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Honeywell, William
R. 5192
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5192
P. O.
William Honeywell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Rejected
See letter to
Henry Pettibone
Wilkesbarre
5. March 1835
5192

Henslowe & Peterborough person of atty to French
Pollard Webb Please attend to this case for me H. S. French Stuy

Be it known that we Andrew Puterbaugh and Thomas Honeywell of the township of Dallas Susquehanna Penn a The said Andrew being the husband of Hannah Honeywell daughter of the late William Honeywell of said town- ship dec d and the said Thomas being a son of the same William Honeywell do hereby constitute and appoint and by these presents have constituted B. B. French Esqr of the city of Washington District of Columbia to be our true and lawful Attorney for us and each of us to prosecute our claim on the United States for any pension arrearage of pension for any land which may be due to the said William Honeywell dec d for services rendered in the Army of the United States of whatever character or description and to demand receive sue for and collect all and any monies or lands or script to which we or either of us have any right or claim to as the heirs of the said William Honeywell for services rendered by him in the Army or Navy of the United States. Witness our hands & seals at Wilkes-Barre this sixteenth day of Nov 1852
Witness present
A. Beaumont & Co making Puterbaugh's mark
his Andrew Puterbaugh mark
Thomas Honeywell

32.781
W. Honeywell Pennsylvania
rejected did not seem up much,

Declaration of William Honeywell in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County, ss.
On this sixth day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for and for the County of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, now sitting, William Honeywell, a resident of the Township of Dallas, County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years old, 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 7. 1832:—
That he was born in the Township of Knowlton, County of Sussex, and State of New Jersey, on the first day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight to seven hundred and fifty nine; when he was residing the first of March, one thousand seven hundred and fifty  seventy eight, when he was drafted into a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Abraham Switzer or Swisher, his brother Jacob as Lieutenant, and William Reynolds as Ensign, in which Company he served for himself as Orderly Sergeant for the period of three months, for which he was drafted. This company was raised in the Native Township of the Applicant, and from there marched to Col:— Rosecrants on the Delaware River, where the Company of was put under the Command of General — Wynnans; and Major — Westbrook — The names of other field Officers of the regiment he does not recollect.

At this and other places during this tour, the regiment was employed in guarding the frontier against the Indians. They remained at Rosecrantses only about ten days, when the regiment was marched up the river to Minisink, where Major West Brook resided, and where they continued for the remainder of the three months. During this time no fighting took place, except between scouting parties and parties of Indians. The term of service of his company expired the first of June, when he was dismissed without any written discharge.
From Minisink the Applicant traveled towards his home as far as the Moravian settlement called Hope, in Sussex County, where he met his father who informed him that his older brother Thomas Honeywell was drafted, and requested him to take his place; and for that purpose he went to Hacketstown in New Jersey, the place of rendezvous, and entered the Militia Company of Capt George Ribble, for the term of three months, as a substitute for his brother Thomas Honeywell. The other Officers of the Company were Lieut. John Colier, and ensign Thomas Colier. The Applicant served in this Company also as orderly Sergeant. Three Companies assembled at Hacketstown, and from there marched to Elizabeth town, where they formed with other Companies a regiment under the Command, he thinks, of Col. Israel Richey - The other field Officers of the regiment he does not recollect. Three other regiments were there and all he believes under the Command of General Flinghusen. At Elizabeth town they remained only a few days, when the regiment to which the Applicant belonged, marched to Rahway

Where it remained a few days, when an express came for them to march to Monmouth where they arrived the day after the battle; where they remained there one day employed in burying the dead. From there they marched, on the first day of July, for Rahway where they remained until the first of September 1778 when they were dismissed, their term of service having expired. A written discharge was given the Applicant at this time, which he preserved for a number of years, but he cannot now find it and does not recollect of having seen it since he moved into Pennsylvania. A number of his other papers were lost at the same time. He was in no battle during this last term of his service. While he was at Rahway, the British were stationed a part of the time at Staten Island. After his leaving the service he resided at Baskenridge, in Somerset County, New Jersey two years; when he removed again to a Knowlton, his native place, - and resided there until the first of April 1813, when he moved with his family to the place where he now resides. His father had a record of the Applicant's age in his bible, of which the Appli- =cant has now a copy in his own bible. His discharge was signed by Captain George Ribble. Although he acted as orderly sergeant during both terms of his service, yet he never received any commission or warrant for the same. He knows of no living witnesses of his services. He refers the Court to Joseph Ryman, post Master at Dallas, and Thomas Irwin, Esquire, Justice of the peace in said Township, as persons who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity, and of their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. —
Sworn to and subscribed } William Honeywell the day and year aforesaid } H. Pettibone } Pros.
Luzerne County } State of Pennsylvania } ss:
I, Elam Spencer, a residing in the Township of Dallas, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Honeywell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I have been acquainted with him for twenty one years last past, and from frequent conversations with him in early times in relation to his services, connected with circumstances within my own knowledge, I believe him to be seventy four years of age, and to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that he is so reputed to have been, in the neighborhood where here he resides, —
Subscribed and sworn } his to the day & year aforesaid } Elam X Spencer Mark H. Pettibone } V.L. Honeywell. witness Pros.
Luzerne County } State of Pennsylvania } ss:
I, Benjamin Bidlack, a clergyman residing in the Township of Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Honeywell, who has subscribed and sworn to the

preceding declaration; That I have been acquainted with for twenty years last past, and believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion. Benj m Bidlack
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the day and year aforesaid J. H. Pittston Pres.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department That the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them, that Benjamin Bidlack who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the township of Kingston; and that Elam Spencer who has also signed the same is a resident of the Township of Dallas and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Luzerne County } State of Pennsylvania } ss.
I, Jacob Honeywell, hereby Certify that I am a son of preceding named Applicant and while living with him I will recollect of seeing among his papers, his discharge from military Service; and that it was signed by Captain McCollett.

George Rible. This was twenty or twenty one years ago. I do not know what has become of it since but believe that it was lost with many other papers belonging to my father.
Subscribed and sworn to } Jacob Harnegwell in open Court the day and year aforesaid —
H. Pettibone Pro.
I, Henry Pettibone, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Honeywell, for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this sixth day of November, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Henry Pettibone Pro.