Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 884, William Haight, Navy. New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy New Jersey
Baigt, William
8884
CONTENTS
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17384 New Jersey 17.38
William O'Hairght
of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey who was a collidh n for Past in the Company commanded by Captain Read: of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the N.J. M t . time for 7 1/2 mos collidh n { 45 3 " pr. Cur - { 12.50 57.50
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 57 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Augt. 1833 and Leavitt
D. B. Ryall Esq. Freehold
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $ 115.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r 28.75
$143.75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 115
See letter Nov. 26. 1835 to Hon. Mr. Dickerson, T. L. Haight & P. A. P. Secy. L. Haight Dec. 1. 1835 - do. 6 P. Nov. 9. 1836 -
Date of death not on A. B.

Monmouth Pheas Of July term 1832 Declaration of William Knight
• No 4072
Acta?
7 1/2 mo. Weidheit.
3 mo. Prio. Cavalry
D. B. Ryall, Esq.
Freehold
N. Jersey

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Haught for a sum on the twenty seventh day of July last past.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty three.
D. H. Ellis

Declaration of William Haught in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
State of New Jersey County of Monmouth ss.
On this twenty fourth day of July - Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth, now sitting at Freehold William Haught a resident of the township of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged sixty nine years the tenth day of October last past 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That he entered said service as a Midshipman in the Navy of the United States on or about the first day of May 1781 being then some months short of nineteen years of age, that sometime in the early part of the Month of May aforesaid he entered on the discharge of his duties as such Midshipman and entered on board the Continental Frigate Randolph at Philadelphia under the command of Commodore James Nicholson, that in the Month of June following they sailed on a cruise to join the French Fleet under the command of the Count De Grasse supposed to be then entering the Chesapeake Bay with the French Fleet, that sometime in August or September following they were captured by his Britannic Maj

3 isty's Frigate the Iris and Sloop of War General Monk after a severe engagement of two and a half hours, that he was then confined as a Prisoner in the old New Prison Ship, after their arrival in New York, and that he remained a Prisoner on board said Prison Ship until a few days after the capture of the  capture of Lord Cornwallis in October 1781, when he was exchanged and brought to Elizabeth Town in a cart and arrived at his father's House in Allentown at the time of the rejoicing for the capture of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, the news of which had then preceded him, that he thinks it was about the middle of November 1781 when he arrived at his father's, that at the time was the last of the American Frigates most of the officers of the Navy entered the Merchant Service and he this deponent never after entered into the Service, although he never resigned his Commission, that he has no recollection of having ever seen his Command after the capture of the Trumbull and he believes it was then lost or destroyed that from the time he received his war- rant and entered the Service under his Commission until his exchange was about seven months during which time he considers he is to be considered in the Service of his Country, that the officers besides Commodore Nicholson on board the Trumbull were First Lieutenant called Captain Maltbie, second Lieutenant called Captain Hanning and the third Lieutenant

4 and was the late Commodore Earl the  Midshipman and an acting Lieu- tenant Alexander Murray late Commodore Murray, the Midshipmen who were with him that he now recollects on board the Fregate Numbra were Lloyd Wharton, Richard Law of some time Gustavus Brown of Philadelphia, there were two others beside himself called Midshipmen whose names he has forgotten, that he resided at Allentown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey at the time he entered the service as before stated; that previous to his entry into the service as a Midshipman in May 1781, namely in the Month of May 1780 he entered the service as a private sailor on board the Letter of Marque Patty Commanded by Captain Thomas Read in the Service of the United States where they sailed in said Month of May from Philadelphia for Saint Lorient in France, that they returned to the United States in the same vessel in the Month of January 1781 and on their homeward bound passage they took a Schooner prize laden with Fish bound to New York then in possession of the British and on board of which they took Col Rogers of the Queens Rangers prisoner, that if the time in which he was then engaged in the service of his Country, the time from May 1780 to December 1780 January 1781 is to be added to his seven months service before mentioned, it makes  making in the whole sixteen months - that after the capture of the Fregate Numbra he with Lloyd Wharton

5 with forty of the American Sailors were ordered from on Board the Tumbler and placed on board the General Monk and by that means he and Wharton with the forty Sailors were separated from the rest of the Tumbler's crew and placed on board the Jerry Prevoost ship, the having at that time seven hundred prisoners on board, that there is not now that he knows of a single officer who was then on board the Tumbler Frigate during the crew above mentioned, now living except himself and that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person except his brother Charles Haight whose testimony he could procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State that he has a record of his age namely the family bible, that he was born the fifth day of October 1762, the family bible is now in his possession, that he was born in the City of Burlington in the State of New Jersey, from Burlington since the Revolution he removed to Pennsylvania for three or four years but ever since has resided in the County of Monmouth in New Jersey and this day signs as follows
John Patterson
Wm Haight

6 State of New Jersey Monmouth County ss: Charles Haight Esquire being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he is the younger brother of the above William Haight that ever since he can recall it has been a fact traditionary fact in his father's family that his brother held a Midshipman's warrant during the Revolutionary war and was on board in the service in the service of Marquis the Pallas when she sailed under Captain Read who failed in her from Philadelphia to France that the said Mr Haight his brother failed in her as a sailor, and also that after the receipt of his warrant as a Midshipman he entered on board the Fugate Trumbull and was in her when she was captured and that he was a prisoner afterwards on board the Prison ship the Jersey that he was intimately acquainted with the Commodore Dahlgren who was one of the lieutenants on board said Fugate at the time of her capture and that he has often informed the deponent in their conversations that the deponent's brother William was a midshipman on board in the service at that time. - Subscribed in open court this 27th day of July - A.D. 1852 C. Haight
John Patterson
And the said Comr do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a sailor and Midshipman in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war and that he

record as he states. And the bond further certifies that it appears to them that Charles Haught Bigney who has signed the preceding certificate resides in the township of Freehold held in said county of Monmouth, and that not only he but the said applicants are highly respectable and credible persons and that their statements and declarations are entitled to full credence.
By order of the bond
W. J. Brown Judge.
I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferi-
or Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Monmouth, in the state of New-Jer- sey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of William Haught for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
H. H. Ellis Clerk

May 31, 1932
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WILLIAM HAIGHT
S. 884
Mrs. John H. Hoyt 700 Hamilton Street Easton, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Hoyt (Hite, Hate, Hight or Haight), a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 884, based upon the military service of William Haight in the Revolutionary War.
William Haight, son of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Haight, was born October 6, 1762, in Burlington, New Jersey.
While living in Allentown in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, he volunteered in May, 1777, and served four tours of one month each during May, July, September and November, as a messenger to his father who was Lieutenant Colonel of the 2 nd Battalion of Burlington County, New Jersey militia. From June 1, 1778, he served one month as private in a troop of horse commanded by Lieutenant Cox. In 1779 he served two tours of one month each during June and August, as private in Captain Furman Mount's troop of horse. He enlisted in May, 1780, at Philadelphia and served as a private sailor on board the letter of marque "Patty", Captain Thomas Read, sailed to Saint Lorient in France and on their return passage in January, 1781, captured a British Schooner bound for New York and took as prisoner Colonel Rogers of the Queen's Rangers. About May 1, 1781, he received a warrant as midshipman in the Navy, served on board the continental frigate, "Trumbull", Commodore James Nicholson, in June joined a French fleet under the command of Count de Grasse, and sometime in August or September, 1781, after a two and one half hours engagement with the British frigate, "Iris" and sloop of war, "General Monk", in which the Trumbull was captured, William Haight was taken prisoner, confined on the old prison ship, "Jersey" after their arrival in New York, and was held until October 1, 1781, when he was exchanged. About the

middle of November, 1781, he arrived at the home of his father in Allentown, New Jersey.
In 1782 the soldier moved from Allentown, New Jersey, to Spotswood, Middlesex County, New Jersey, where he remained four years, thence to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, for one year, then to a place about six miles from Philadelphia near Germantown, where he lived until 1794 when he moved again to Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
In 1835, Thomas G. Haight, the son of William, the soldier, was living in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, New Jersey. There is no other reference to children and the name of soldier's wife is not given.
In 1832, Charles Haight, the younger brother of William, the soldier, was living in Shrewsbury, New Jersey. The name of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Haight's wife is not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Apr 30 34 Paper to war Dept. Mem. with
New War
INVALID.
File No. 884
William Haight
Lt Col. N.Y. Inf.
Act: June 7, 1892
Index: —Vol. a , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1932 May 21 - Herb, 6 Mrs. John H. Hoyt - Vol 1 B.
b) Colonel , as fol 10th, 14 Mr. Ger Nov 12, 1 1777.
(son of

1. Eight letters addressed to (Lieutenant) Colonel (Joseph) Haight (2d Battalion New Jersey Militia), as follows: From Brigadier General Varnum, dated November 10th, 14th, 19th, and 20th, 1777. From Jno M Frink, D. Qr. Mr. Genl, dated Nov 18, 1777. From D. Box, Maj. Brig., Nov 12, 1777. From William Davies, D. A. G., dated Nov 30, 1777.
war dept ok Taken from the claim of William Haight (son of the above-named), No. 884.

THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY,
TO Joseph Haight Esq re
THE Council and Assembly, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, have, at a Joint-Meeting, appointed you the said Joseph Haight Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Battalion of the militia of Burlington County ————— during the Pleasure of the said Council and Assembly; you are therefore to take the said Battalion — into your Charge and Care as Lieutenant Colonel ————— thereof, and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers of the said Battalion ————— in Arms: And as they are hereby directed to obey you as their Lieutenant Colonel ————— you are likewise to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your Commander in Chief 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 Borden Town — the Ninth ————— Day of April ————— in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven —————
By His Excellency's Command,
Chas. H. Smith
Wm Livingston

D r Sir
His Excellency Genl. Washington ordered me to acquaint you that he desires his thanks should be made to all the Officers and Soldiers of the Regiment of Militia under your Command - who engaged the 25th Inst - The Genl. is very sensible of their bravery and alacrity in having attacked and repulsed with a great loss an Enemy much superior in Number and Force -
With great Affection I am Sir
Head Quarters Novemr. 29th -
Island note
Signature gone from this paper when opened by Ad.

700 Hamilton St Easton Pa.
Apr. 15 32
The Pension Office
Trenton N.J.
Dear Sirs;
Can you
give me any information about a Wm. Hoist (Hite - Hale - Hight or Houghton The name was spelled many ways at first). This party came to Oxford N.J. & was very a young man at the time of the Rev. he later married a

Jane Nixon & had 6 children.
I have from the adjutant general an account of a Hm. Haight who enlisted when 15 & served all through the war in various capacities.

Under Col. Jos. Haight Lieutenant James Coff Capt Mount &
later as a draman & was in prison in Phil. He enlisted at Burlington N.J. It says he was a resident of Monmouth Co. N.J.
He served as col. & wagonmaster - in 1776 - 1777
Thanking you for

any information you can give me —
Yours truly Minerva L. Hoyt (Mrs John H. Hoyt)

Cotts Neck NJ Nov 23
Free
Hon. Mahlon Dickerson,
Secretary of Navy, Washington,
26 Nov 1835
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Cotts Neck NJ Nov 23
Free
Hon. Mahlon Dickerson,
Secretary of Navy Washington
26 Nov 1835
Received of Mr. Dickerson the sum of Twenty Dollars for Postage

Cott's Neck, Monmouth County, N. Jersey 23 Nov. 1835
Hon. Matthew Dickerson,
Dear Sir,
Having had the honour of being associated with you, as a member of the Legislature of New Jersey two years ago, and at the particular request of my father (with whom you are likewise acquainted and who is prevented by indisposition from addressing you himself) I have taken the liberty of writing to you at this time.
My father William Haight has received a pension for the last two or three years, for services rendered during the revolutionary war, as a midshipman and a private of Cavalry, and on his application at the pension office in Benton about a month ago for the amount of pension then due, he was informed that the payment was suspended, without stating any cause why or wherefore.
Now for my principal object in addressing you is to beg the favour of you to state to the proper Department, who William Haight is, his high standing in society, his character & as being above all suspicion of fraud in any manner whatever - he must have suffered death sooner than have made an application for a pension, if he had not have been legally entitled to it - ever since I can remember, his sufferings in the Revolutionary war have been the theme of his conversations when speaking of the revolution - for there is any further proof wanted, or any thing else, that can be obtained, he will most willingly furnish it - It is not the loss of the amount of pension he receives, that he complains of so much, as the idea of its being suspended - the amount is nothing - an idea, which leads him to complain of the injustice of an administration, in the support of which, he has always been most actively engaged. Sir, it is not encroaching too much upon your invaluable time, you will confer a great favour by making the proper representations & letting me know the result.
Very respectfully, your obedt. Servt.
Thomas G. Haight

dec. 1. 100 100
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington

Trenton Bank Nov 28. 1835
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 26 th inst.
Upon inquiry into the correctness of the statements therein made, I find it to be true that payment of the claim of William Haigh was refused. I find no letter from your bureau on file directing the suspension. It has doubtless occurred thro' the inadvertence of my clerk, as he is not able to account for it. We shall endeavor to be more careful in future.
I shall write to Mr Thos Haigh or his next of kin who applied for the pension, informing him that he can receive it upon producing the proper voucher.
I am very respect d Your ob t servant
Phil s Dickinson Pres
J. L. Edwards Esq

Trenton Bank October 28, 1836
Sir,
Enclosed herewith you will receive the certificate & voucher of William Haight a pensioner under the act 7 June 1832, who has not been paid his stipend for one year.
Your allowance is requested.
I am very respect d your ob d : servant Phil o Dickinson Presk
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions.

Lafayette,
Col. Hyde —
Tom Haight n.g. Sp. File 884.

General de la Fayette gives his thanks to the Officers and Soldiers of the of the Militia under Col. Hyte for their bravery and alacrity in attacking and pursuing very far an Enemy much superior in Number with field pieces. Notwithstanding two reinforcements they received in the Action - He is sorry the success could not be pushed yet further on account of the darkness of the night.
The General and all the French Officers who were with him entertain the highest Idea of the bravery of the Troops who were engaged Yesterday.
Wadsworthfield Novemr. 26 - 1777

Supplemental declaration of William Haigh for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832.
New Jersey Monmouth County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, William Haigh who being duly sworn deposes 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 seven months I served as a Midshipman as mentioned in my original declaration of the twenty fourth day of July last to wit, from the first day of May 1781 on board the Continental Frigate Trumbull at Philadelphia under the command of Commodore James Nicholson until the first of October 1781 when he was exchanged from on board the old Prison Ship Jersey; and also for one half a month from that time until his arrival at his Father's Home in Allentown about the middle of November of the same year if the department should consider him entitled for this half month, as he believes it was full seven months and a half from the time he entered on duty until he arrived at his father's after his exchange as before mentioned, that he never received any discharge from the service nor resigned his warrant as Midshipman but as the Trumbull

was the last of the American Frigates the officers of the Navy generally intend into the Merchant Service or in private, that he was never after in the Naval Service, that when they were taken on board the Prison Ship Jersey, they were all searched and every thing was taken from him and the other prisoners and that he believes his warrant as Midshipman was then taken from him among his baggage and that from that time he has never seen or heard of it, and believes it was then taken and carried away or destroyed by the enemy, that he believes it was dated about the first day of May 1781 or rather a short time before but he cannot state certainly, neither can he now recollect by whom it was signed, but presumes the record of the issue of the Warrant can be found at Washington in the Navy Department if such papers have been preserved, and for such service I claim a pension; For four months in the year 1777 I served as a volunteer without any commission under my father Joseph Hays who was Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Battalion of the Militia of Burlington County New Jersey, namely the months of May July September and November in four Monthly tours of one month each beginning at the first of the above named months and ending the first of the next interposing months, as I was not at this time of sixteen years of age I was not attached to any particular company

my service, as I was not at this time of sixteen years of age I was not attached to any particular company my duties being to ride and carry letters and express from my father Es Colonel who was stationed at Cooper's Ferry New Jersey protecting the country on the Delaware to the several officers whose names are subscribed to the annexed letters and also in carrying these and other letters to my father at the different stations in New Jersey where he was stationed, which letters with the commission of my father now deceased I herewith remit to the department and which letters were left by my father in my care and charge, the duties of my father and those under his command his command were during the time of the months above named to guard the ferry shores and to watch the movements on the River Delaware and to protect the surrounding country and to give the earliest information to the officers to whom these communica- tions were made and from whom he received the annexed letters; For one month in the year 1778 I served as a private volunteer in a troop of Horse commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Frekehold Monmouth County New Jersey from the first of June to the first of July a few days after the Battle of Monmouth; they moved from Allentown (in Upper Frekehold) and joined the American Army between that place and Trenton being under the command of General Dickinson of New Jersey. For two months in the year 1779 I served as a private volunteer in a troop of Horse commanded by Captain Ferman Mooml.

namely the months of June and August being two monthly terms of one month each beginning at the first of the above named months respectively and ending the first of the succeeding months respec- tively then duties during these months used to guard the coasts and shores from the British and towns in the the town ships of Middletown and Shrewsbury, that he was not engaged in any battles while in the service on land, and that he never served with any continental officers; that the before mentioned monthly terms were performed under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey, and that for such services in addition to those as Midshipman I claim a pension. - That the reason why in my original declaration I did not set forth a claim a pension for any services as a private was that I preferred receiving such  my pension for Naval services pre-supposing my services in the Letter of Marque named in my original declaration would be allowed me as a Midshipman in as much as I had not resigned my com- mission, but inasmuch as the depart- ment have determined I cannot receive any allowance for my services in said Letter of Marque I now claim a pension in addition to my Naval service as a Midshipman for the monthly terms of duty above named including those when a volunteer under my father before I attained the age of sixteen years, for though under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey

When I attained the age of sixteen years, for though under the laws and ordinances of New Jersey no one was compelled to serve until sixteen years of age, yet volunteers were received and did serve under that age, nothing in the laws and ordinances forbidding such service, but on the con- trary the service of all who were willing to enter the service as volunteers or other- wise were gladly received; that while in the service he was not in the field garrison in the field and not in garrison and that during the time he was in the service he was not employed in any civil pursuit, that he resides in the township of Shrewsbury in Monmouth County where he has always resided since the year 1794, that he lives in Upper Freehold where he entered the service both as a Militiaman and as a Midshipman and removed from there to Spotswood in Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1782 and resided there about four years then removed to Shrewsbury in Monmouth County and lived there about one year from whence I removed to Pennsylvania six or seven miles of Philadelphia near Germantown and there resided until 1794 when he again removed to Shrewsbury in Monmouth County where he has ever since resided, that I am known in my present neighborhood by Samuel Holmes Ely and Samuel David who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Midshipman and as a Soldier of the Revolution. Wm. D. Haight Room 4 sub. entered before me this 8th July 1835. Thos. C. Shrock: notary public

We Samuel Holmes a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey residing in the township of Shrewsbury in said County and Samuel Laird residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Haight who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years and upwards of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Methodism man and soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed before me one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth N.J. this 8th day of July A.D. 1833 - 3 Samuel Holmes Justice Sam l . Laird John Holbrook Justice
I John Hobart — one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey before whom the above Certificate of Samuel Holmes Esquire and Samuel Laid was subscribed and sworn to Do hereby certify that it appears to me and that I know the facts that Samuel Holmes Esquire who has signed the preceding Certificate is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Monmouth residing in the township of Shrewsbury in said

is one of the Justices of the Peace now for the County of Monmouth residing in the township of Shrewsbury in said County and State of New Jersey in the immediate neighborhood of the above William Haight who has signed the above amended declaration, and that Samuel Laid who has also signed the same is a resident in the same township of Shrewsbury and are respec- tively credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit; and I do hereby further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood where the said William Haight resides who has signed the said amended declaration, and I do also certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Haight who is a highly respectable Citizen of the County of Monmouth and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. - Witness my hand the Eighth Day of July 1833. John Hobart Justice
I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Thomas B Shadelmonter who has signed the seal of the foregoing amended declaration of the said William Haight and before whom the same was subscribed and sworn to, and John Hobart who has signed the seal of the above certificate of Samuel Holmes Esquire Justice and Samuel Laid and who has signed the last above certificate and before whom the said first named certificate was subscribed and sworn to were respectively at said times and now are respectively Justices of the Peace of the said County of Monmouth respectively duly commissioned and sworn and that

to their respective acts as such Justice full faith and credit is due; and also that the name signed Tho s G o Stockmorton to the final of the said amended declaration is the proper hand writing of the said Thomas G o Stockmorton hitherto as aforesaid and that the name signed John Holsack to the final of the certificate of the said Samuel Holmes hitherto and Samuel Laid and also to the certificate of the said John Holsack himself and respectively the proper handwriting of the said John Holsack hitherto as aforesaid; and I do also further certify that Samuel Holmes Esquire who has now to and subscribed the above full certificate with Samuel Laid was at the date thereof and now is one of the Justices of the Peace of the said county of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn; and that the name signed Samuel Holmes hitherto to said certificate is his proper handwriting -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. -
W. M. Ellis