Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,383, Benjamin Hamilton, New Jersey

Benj m Hamilton's Application for Pension (I am not his successor may be payable in the City of St. York)
Not on Rolls
Admitted

State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
Personally appeared before me Lewis Condict one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris; Benjamin Hamilton, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he served as a private soldier in the American Revolutionary War; That he Enlisted in Captain Silas Howells Company of Col. William Windes Regiment of the Jersey line, as near as this Deponent recollects some time in the month of October or November of the year 1775 and continued in the service of the United States on the Continental establishment, till some time in the month of November 1776 at which time the said Regiment was discharged at Ticonderoga in the State of New York; that he enlisted in the f th Company at Morristown in the said State and County.
This Deponent further saith that he is a resident of the above State & County at Bottle Hill; that he is infirm, having lost the use of one of his eyes; has a family, is in poor circumstances, & is wholly dependant on his daily exertion as a labourer for the support of himself and family: that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his Country for support. This Deponent further saith that he served nine months in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Matthias Ogden in the service of the United States. Note: The smaler writing of the four last lines was written before signing. Lewis Condict. Benjamin Hamilton
State of New Jersey County of Morris ss.
Personally appeared before me Lewis Condict one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, Phillip Scudder, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Benjamin Hamilton the person in the foregoing deposition named, that he knew him as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, that he Enlisted as far as this deponent recollects, some time in the month of October or November of the year 1775 in Capt. Silas Howells Company in Col. William Windes Regiment of the Jersey line that he continued in the service of the United States from that time until about the month of October or November of the year 1776 at which time the said Regiment was discharged at Ticonderoga in the State of New York; This Deponent further saith that the said Benjamin Hamilton is a resident of the above State & County at Bottle Hill and hath no apparent means of support but his daily labour; Phillip Scudder
Sworn before me at Morristown the 1 st April 1818. Lewis Condict

I, Lewis Condict, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Benjamin Hamilton did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the foregoing Deposition, - against the common enemy; - and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress of the 18 th March, A.D. 1818 -
Morris Town N. Jersey
Lewis Condict.
April 7 th 1818.
The said Benjamin Hamilton, has for many years been well known to me, & is at this time, as well as at all other times, a very poor man, needing the assistance of his country for support.
Lewis Condict.
State of New Jersey County of Morris ss:
I Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the said County of Morris do Certify that Lewis Condict Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits are made, is, and was at the time of doing thereof duly enrolled one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the second day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Robert H. McCarter

State of New Jersey Morris County
Be it remembered, that on this 24 th day of June Domini 1818, before the subscriber one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, personally came Richard Johnson Esq. of Morris Town, to me well known, who being duly sworn according to Law deponeth & saith, that he served as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Elias Howell in Colonel William Wind's Regiment, of the Jersey Line, on Continental establish- ment, that he very well remembers Benjamin Hamilton, as a private in said company, whom he thinks he enlisted, - that he served on the Northern expedition under command of General Horatio Gates in the year 1776, for the term of one year, that said Hamilton enlisted in the fall of 1775 & was reported to be a faithful soldier during the term of his enlistment, viz: one year, & at the expiration thereof, he was discharged with the rest of his company at Second Brigade, in November 1776 having fulfilled his contract with his County.
Sworn & subscribed before me thirtieth day of June, 1818.
Note, the interlineation in the 2 nd line from the bottom, of the words: "in November 1776," was made before signing
Lewis Condick. & administering the oath. Richard Johnson
State of New Jersey } f. Morris County
Be it known, that on this 23 rd day of June Domini 1818, before the subscriber one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, personally came Edward Mills, of Morris Town, to me well known, who being duly sworn deponeth & saith, that he acted as an orderly sergeant in the War of the Revolution, in Capt. Elias Howell's Com- pany, Col. William Wind's Regiment, of the Jersey Line, on Continental establish- ments, - that he very well recollects Benjamin Hamilton, as a private in said company for the period of one year, viz: from the autumn of 1775, to the autumn of 1776, - that both were employed during that period on the Northern expedition under General Horatio Gates, that said Hamilton was returned a faithful soldier, & was discharged at Second Brigade with the rest of said company, in November 1776 having faithfully served out the period of his enlistment. - The interlineation in the last line, being made before signing.
Sworn & subscribed before me
Edward D. Mills
Lewis Condick

New Jersey
4,498
Benjamin Hamilton Capt Howell. Private
New Jersey line. 1775. 1 year in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Enscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Nov 1818 and sent Hon M c Southard House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 - 5m 30  41.06 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th mar 1819 - 48.  48.00
$ 89.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Morris C y

34382 Rev INVALID.
1924, Feb. 23 - Hist. to Wm. J. Conkling. um.
File No. 34382
Benjamin Hamilton Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRESIDENT ADRIAN LYON
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT ELVORD G. CHAMBERLIN
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT SYLVESTER HALSEY MOORE AGENT
SECRETARY DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON
TREASURER FRANK E. QUINBY
REGISTRAR WILLIAM JOHNSON CONKLING
HEADQUARTERS 88 LOMBARDY ST., NEWARK, N. J. TEL., MULBERRY 0820
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR EDWARD H. LUM
GENEALOGIST SAMUEL COPP WORTHEN
HISTORIAN REV. M. S. WATERS
CHAPLAIN REV. FRANK A. SMITH, D. D.
CHANCELLOR RAYMOND TOWNLEY PARROT
LIBRARIAN RUSSELL B. RANKIN
January 22, 1924.
Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish a certificate showing the military service during the Revolutionary War of
BENJAMIN HAMILTON, Private New Jersey Line, whose name appears under MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, as having been placed on Pension Roll November 17, 1818, and suspended under act of May 1, 1920.
The information is desired to establish eligibility of an applicant for membership in this Society.
Your courtesy will be deeply appreciated,
Very truly yours,
Wm J. Conkling Registrar N. J. S. A. R.
C/K

February 23, 1924.
William J. Conkling, 33 Lombardy St., Newark, N. J.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim S.34363 it appears that Benjamin Hamilton enlisted at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, in November 1778 and served one year as a private in Captain Silas Howell's Company, Colonel William Wind's New Jersey Regiment. He served 9 months in Colonel Matthias Ogden's New Jersey Regiment, dates not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Bottle Hill, Morris County, New Jersey.
In 1818 he referred to his family but gave no data relative to it.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.