Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 854, Jeremiah Hayden, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hayden, Jeremiah Sarah
N. 854
CONTENTS

2, May 15 th 1834
60.
New Jersey
Sarah Kayden
widow of Jeremiah Kayden
who died on the 15 th July 1830
of Amboy, in the State of N.J.
who was a Private in the Comp y commanded
by Captain Southard of the Reg t commanded
by Col.  in the New Jersey
line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of April 1841 and Lut Lewis Conductor Merreltown N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $266.70
Semi-annual allowance ending 2 Sept. 1833 13.33
$280.03
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd . }
Recorded by Book 6
Vol. 15
Page 141
W. C. Addison
Clerk

H 605
New Jersey, Morris Co.
Declaration of Sarah Hayden, widow of Jeremiah Hayden.
at 4 July '36
adm. Sho fri
Ele. ble
No deduction
Return to Lewis Bondit Morris town, New Jersey.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the Act of Congress of July 4 th . 1836.
State of New Jersey, County of Morris ss:
On this second day of October, 1838, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County Mrs. Sarah Hayden, a resident of Morris township in said County, aged 85 years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th . 1836.
I am the widow of Jeremiah Hayden, who was a Militia soldier in the Morris County Militia of New Jersey in the war of the revolution, & performed his duties in that capacity in defense of his country. He was also engaged during some part of the revolution, as a Teamster, or wagoner, in the Continental service of the United States, as I verily believe, & it is my impression, that he was employed in that capacity by, & was associated with the honorable Henry Southard, who was, as I understood, a Wagon Master, or Captain of a Brigade of Continental Teams. I would respectfully refer the Commissioners of Pensions to the list of Teamsters, or Drivers, under the guidance & command of Mr. Southard, if there be such a list or roll on the records of the War Department, believing that the name of my husband, the said Jeremiah Hayden, may probably be found therein.
It is not in my power to give any particular of my husband's Militia Infantry service in the revolutionary war. My memory is too imperfect to attempt more than to say, that I think he served under command of Captain John Lindsley, & of Capt. Peter Layton, who both lived within a few miles of us. I often put up provision in his knapsack for his tours of duty & he would be gone from home with his company on duty, usually a month at a time. & at all seasons of the year, leaving me to take care of a family of children, & of our farm in his absence. I have often heard him speak of his duties at Elizabeth town - at Statue Island at Connecticut farms; & of skirmishes & battles under General Winder, at Springfield, & Aquack- -enack & other places, in which I believe he was engaged. How long he served his country at this period I do not know with any certainty, but must respectfully refer the Commissioners of Pensions to such evidence as I may be able to find, among the very few of his comrades who survive him. - Deacon David Lindsley & Robert Young, I am told are yet living, & I hope their evidence may be obtained, as to what they may recollect of my said husband's Militia duties in the war. And in my old age & indigent circumstances, I shall feel grateful for whatever pension may be allowed me as his widow, for such service.

I was married to my husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Hayden, on the day of _____ in the year of our Lord 1771 by Revmad Samuel Kennedy, then minister of the Presbyterian Church in Baskingridge, Somerset County at the house of my father, John Blee, in Baskingridge Somerset County, New Jersey. I am informed that Mr. Kennedy, who was a Physician & a Cluggman, kept an account of the marriages solemnized by him, not in a regular record, but in his Day Book, or Journal, in which he made entries daily, of his professional visits as a Physician; & I understand that my marriage was noted down in his Day book, which book is said to have been destroyed, or torn up, whilst in possession of Hon. H. Henry Southard, who probably was an Executor of Mr. Kennedy's estate. I have a family record of the ages of my children, kept by my husband in a family bible but it does not contain the time of our marriage, nor any reference to it. My oldest child was Anne Hayden, who was born on the 27 th October 1771, & I had been married less than a year when she was born. The particular month I cannot recollect. There are some old people living in my neighbourhood, who may be willing to testify to the fact of our living together many years, as husband & wife, many years & that we have always been reputed & believed to have been husband & wife. Upon further reflection, since hearing what has been already written above, it is my impression & belief, that I was married early in the spring of 1771.
My husband, the aforesaid Jeremiah Hayden, died at his residence in Morris township, Morris County on the 15 th July, 1830, at which place he had lived ever since the year of the revolt of the Pennsylvania troops, who were quartered near to us when the revolt took place. I have remained the widow of Jeremiah Hayden from the time of his death to the present period, as will appear by reference to proof hereto annexed. The paper which I hereto annex, purporting to be a record of the births of Anne Hayden, Lewis Hayden & of 6 of my other children, is the true record of their ages, taken from my family bible, & they were all born in wedlock, after our marriage. Sworn & fabricated at Morristown, this 3 rd day of December, Anno Domini 1838, the month October, in the beginning of this Declaration, having been erased & December inserted, before signing & taking the oath.
Before me,
Sarah Hayden
Amos Wood Judge
Justice

New Jersey Morris County.
Before the subscription a justice of peace in for Morris County, personally appeared Major David Lindley of Morris township an aged citizen, highly esteemed & respected by all who knew him - personally known to me, as a man of truth, a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church of the Congregation in which he resides, & of distinguished piety as a Christian - who having by me been first duly sworn according to law, declared on oath as follows - viz: - I am now in the 79 th year of my age, - was born in Morris township, where I have spent the whole of my life. I was a soldier of the Militia of Morris County during the revolutionary war, & have rec d . a pension for those services. I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Hazard before & during the war, & until his death. We lived within two & a half miles of me & of my father in the same township for 50 or 60 years, & longer. He was a Cooper by trade & made his living by his industry in his occupation, & by a small farm. He was a Militia soldier in the same company with me, & we performed our Militia duties very often together. My father was John Lindley, who was a Militia Captain, & Hazard & myself both belonged to his company, & to Colonel Jacob Ford's regiment. The Militia was divided into classes, performing tours of duty by classes, one class relieving the other, at the expiration of its tour, which generally was a month in duration. Whenever the County was considered in imminent danger by invasion of the enemy, the whole body of the Militia was called out, & continued together as long as the emergency existed. The Eastern Counties, in the neighborhood of New York & Staten Island, were often overrun & ravaged & burnt by the enemy, & the whole body of Militia were often obliged to turn out & were kept under arms in defensive & offensive operations, for periods exceeding a month at a time, & especially during the first 4 years of the war.
Some of my own services & the services of Jeremiah Hazard, were also performed under the command of Captain Peter Layton of the same township, whose Militia company was adjacent to my father's, on the south, & upon Long hill, bordering on Somerset County.
In our regular monthly tours, I believe I was probably oftener under Captain Layton's command than of my father's, as it was necessary when my father was absent on duty, that I should attend to the farm in his absence. My father sometimes commanded a class from Layton's co. & a class from his own; & on the next tour, Layton took command of the class from each, which went to relieve the former. And when an alarm was given & the enemy were in force, the whole were found to march to the frontier. The whole body of the Militia were out as I believe, when Genl. Washington retreated through N. Jersey in the fall of 76, before the battle of Trenton. Jeremiah Hazard was performing duty as I believe under Captain Lindley at Elgin's town, & joined the retreating army at that place, through Raritan & across the bridge beyond New Brunswick, where the enemy went into winter quarters. This town has been called & known by Jersey Militia men, as the "Meadowlands." - From N. Brunswick,

we returned home by Bound Brook & Plainfield & Barkerville, having been absent not less than a month. — Soon after this, & in the month of December, the Militia was all ordered out to repel the enemy, who had come over from Staten Island in a strong force of Hessians & Waldeckers to Elizabeth town & through the County of Essex to Springfield, where the Militia under Col. Ford, Colonel Munn & others, met them, the whole Militia, under orders of Genl. Searle & Williamson. A seven skirmish was fought at Springfield, & a body of Hessians made prisoners by Col. Spencer's command. The enemy retreated back to Staten Island & the Militia were left out to guard the lines opposite Staten Island & in Elizabeth town & Rahway. Jeremiah Hayden I believe was out on this tour not less than a month. A large Militia encampment was formed a short distance West of New Brunswick, at Quibble town, under Genl. Winder in January 77, to defend the adjacent Counties from the incursions of the enemy then laying in Brunswick & Amboy. This encampment continued till the enemy left in April following, & Capt. Lindsley & Layton were then upon detached duties as I believe, with their companies, until the enemy broke up & moved off towards Philadelphia. Jeremiah Hayden I believe was engaged in performance of Militia duty during that encampment, not less than two months, under Genl. Winder, & Colonels Ford, Drake, Lindsley & Seely. I recollect Hayden on a month's tour of guard duty near Rahway, then called "Spark town," near a ferry called "Bleaker's ferry" opposite Staten Island, in the warm season of the year. I believe Col. Seely was then our commanding. I was with him several times at Elizabeth town & the points — & once I recollect was there in the fall season, when the weather was quite cold. I believe Captain Layton & Col. Hathaway were our officers. We were engaged in this service not less than a month. I cannot particularize many of the instances in which Hayden was with me — but I recollect him at the battle of Red Bank bridge on the Raritan river — again at the Red Bank fort near Haverstraw, both of which were I think in the fall season. Genl. Winder commanded on both occasions, & Colonels Seely, Fielding & Hathaway were present. The duration of these duties was not less than a month each. He was also present at the battle of Connecticut Farms & at Springfield, when both those places were burned. The same officers then commanded as at Haverstraw. — There were many other tours of shorter duration than a month & some of them, in which we were kept on duty but a week or two, which I cannot specify, nor very distinctly remember. Hayden died in this township 15 or 16 years since, & his widow is still living & remains his widow to this day as I believe.
Sworn & subscribed at Morris town, October 20 th 1838
Before me
David Lindsley
Ebenezer Ward J. P.

State of New Jersey Morris County ss.
Before the subscriber a justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Robert Young of said County, an aged citizen, well known personally to me to be a man of truth, & having by me been duly sworn according to law, on his oath saith I am 87 years old, on the 13th. of February last, - was a Continental soldier of the United States, & a Militia man in the New Jersey Militia of Morris County, in the revolutionary war throughout said war. I was personally well acquainted with Jeremiah Haysden of Morris Township in said County, during the war of the revolution. I knew him before the war began, & many years afterward, & until his death. I often saw him in time of said war performing Militia duties at various places, along the enemy lines in Essex County, & opposite Staten Island, sometimes in the company of Captain John Sindley, & sometimes in Captain Peter Layton's company. Col. Jacob Ford frequently commanded the regiment, & sometimes Colonel Drake & Colonel Seely & Colonel Hattawen. - General Winder commanding the whole Brigade of Morris Co. Militia. I remember Haysden on a tour of duty not less than a month, at Springfield & in that neighbourhood, in the early part of December 76, under command of Capt. Sindley & Col. Ford. There was a battle at Springfield during this tour, & some Hessian were taken prisoners by Colonel Spencer, who had a horse killed under him in the engagement. I recollect Haysden in January & February 77 performing a tour of duty not less than a month, in Capt. Sindley's company, stationed at Van Mulin's near Swarthmore town, the enemy being in New Brunswick. Genl. Winder had command. In April I recollect Haysden again at the same place, on a tour of Militia duty not less than a month, & I believe Captain Layton then commanded the Co. & Col. Drake the regiment. I recollect when discharged from this tour & returning home to Morris County I staid one night with Haysden at his home, between Baskingridge & Morris town, & I believe he then was married & had a small family, & I remember a sister of his living there with him. - Haysden served one tour of not less than a month, performing Militia duty at the Blazing Star ferry, near Rahway, opposite Staten Island, in Capt. Sindley's company & Col. Seely's regiment. This was in the summer season, in time of making hay. The Tories & refugees from Staten Island annoyed us very often during this tour, creeping over the farm in the night. I recollect Haysden again in the fall of the year, at Elizabeth town point, in Capt. Layton's company, performing guard duty, not less than a month; the nights were frosty & cold. Col. Hattawen was at the head of the regiment. I was on a tour of duty near Amboy & Strawberry hill, a month, in the latter part of summer & forepart of autumn, when a company of refugees or green coats, who had been recruited in Essex County, were taken prisoners on their way to join the enemy, & were under an escort & disarmed, on their way to Morris town for trial. Capt. Slipp & John Mee,

Officers in said Co. & afterward were hanged at Morris town, & the privates upraised upon agreeing to enlist to form the U. States during the war. Hardin was under Captain Lindsly's command on this tour, which was not up than a month.
I recollect Jeremiah Hardin on a tour of Militia duty under Captain Lindsly in the fall of the year along the Raritan river between Newark & Paterson, during which month there was a battle at the made aqueduct bridge. Genl. Winds had command of the Militia & Colonels Suly, Hathaway, Hays, Firlinghuser & others assisted. — After the battle Hardin & his co. were stationed between aqueduct & Newark until their month expired. —
I recollect Hardin also performing a month's Militia duty under Captain Lindsly & Genl. Winds, on an expedition against the Indians on the Delaware frontier, at the Minisink settlement, in the summer season. Our march was through Succasunna & by Sipes Court house.
I remember Jeremiah Hardin upon a tour of duty not up than a month in Bergen County; not far from Hackensack, during which tour we had a skirmish at a little fort called Tollyly. He was in Capt. Lindsly's co. & under Col Suly & Genl. Winds' command.
I remember him also at the battle & burning of Connecticut farms village in Essex County toward the close of the war, in Capt. Lindsly's co. in the spring season; & again in the next summer at the battle & burning of Springfield in the same neighbourhood. Genl. Winds commanded on both occasions. In one of these engagements in Essex County, the wife of Rev. James Catwell, was shot through a window, her child either in her lap, or in the cradle by her side — by a Tory or refugee as was said. The tour at Connecticut farms was not up than a month, according to my recollection & belief, & at Springfield not up than two weeks. — We were beside these instances, often out upon alarm of shorter periods for a few days, which I cannot now further particularize nor specify. Nor can I now with any certainty state the year in which these services were rendered. The season, are more in my remembrance than the year or the month.
Seen & subscribed at Morris town, October 3 d . 1838.
Before me. P. S. I believe I occasionally saw Hardin performing duty as a layman in the public service. I cannot tell how often, nor how long.
Ebenezer Waco S. P. S.
Robert Young

New Jersey, Morris County p:
I hereby certify to the Secretary of War & Commissioners of Pensions that I have been acquainted with Jeremiah Hayden & his family for 40 years or longer - that he lived in this same Township in which I reside, since my boyhood - that he was living with his wife, now his widow, Sarah Hayden, the applicant for a pension, when I first knew them - that they have lived respectably & respected by all their neighbours, as husband & wife - that they have raised a large family of children together, & I have never known a doubt raised as to the validity or reality of their marriage - that the old family record hereto annexed by wagon, which bears the names & times of the births of 3 sons & 5 daughters, was by me taken from an old bible brought to me as the property of said Sarah Hayden, & which was then & is now in her possession. I verily believe it to be the original & true family record of said Jeremiah & Sarah Hayden, containing a true account of the names & times of the birth of their 8 children, as kept by said Jeremiah Hayden in his life time. - The said Jeremiah Hayden, died at his residence in this township, (Morris) in the year 1830, & his widow, Sarah Hayden has not married since his decease, as I verily believe.
Lewis Condict
Lewis Condict, who is well known to me personally - & whom I believe to be a man of truth, this day appears before me, a justice of peace in & for Morris County, & makes oath in due form of law, that the statement contained in the above certificate signed by him, is true, to the best of his knowledge & belief. Sworn & subscribed at Morris town, January 14 th .
Domini 1839 -
Before me Elizabeth Ward J.P.

State of New Jersey Morris County
I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that James Wood Esq.
before whom the foregoing Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Hayden was taken & subscribed, on the 3 rd day of December 1838, is now, & was at the time of the taking thereof, a Judge of the Common Pleas Court of said County & a Justice of the peace therein, duly commissioned & sworn into office, & his signature of his name thereto, "James Wood", is genuine. And I further certify, that Elijah Ward Esq.
before whom the several Depositions hereto annexed, of David Lindley, Robert Young & Lewis Condit, were taken & subscribed, is a Justice of peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn into office, & the signature of his name thereto, "Elijah Ward", is genuine.
Witness my hand, & the seal of my office at Morristown this 14 th of January, - Domini 1839.
David B Hurd Clerk W. H. H. Gernich cul

Anna Hayden was born Oct. the 17 th in the year of our Lord 1771
Lewis Hayden was born June the 8 th 1774
Hannah Hayden was born Oct. 4 th 1777
Stephen Hayden was born July the 29 th 1780
Sarah Hayden was born May the 4 th 1785
Jemima Hayden was born Nov. the 15 th 1788
Abel Hayden was born July the 13 th 1790 and died Decem. the 9 th the same year
John Hayden was born Aug. the 1 st 1792
James Hayden was born June the 1 st 1795
Lewis Hayden
13 37
1798 1798 1727 1712 11 112

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8524
Sarah Hayden Widow Jeremiah Hayden Psw, Rib, War.
Act: July 4, 1836.
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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New Jersey
Act 4. July 1836
Sarah Hayden
Married 1771
Husband died 15. July
1830
let. to Hon. L. Condit 8 Oct. 1839 to same 2 June 1840

New Jersey
Sarah Hayden, Widow of Jeremiah Hayden.
Claimant of a Pension.
Additional Testimony &c.
To be annexed to Declaration now on file in Pension Office.
Return to Louis Conditt. Morristown, N. Jersey.

State of New Jersey, Morris County ss:
Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in & for said County, personally came William Lee of Hanover township in said County, who is personally well known to me as a man of truth & fair reputation, who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith on oath as follows viz: I am in the 76 th year of my age, was a Militia soldier in the war of the revolution, & an enlisted wagoner in the Continental Army, doing Wagon Driver's duty for more than a year under orders of Captain or Major Gamble, Colonel Steele, Joseph Lewis & probab ly others. My first engagement as a wagoner, was in Septem- ber, 1780, as I believe, for the term of 6 months, which engagement I fulfilled, & again in May I re-enlisted to serve in the same capacity for the period of 8 months, under orders from Joseph Lewis, who was employed much of the time in & about the Army stores at Morris town, when General Washington had his head quarters. My duties consisted in transporting Army stores, as flour, corn & other provisions, camp equipage &c. from different places to Morris town & thence to such other places as we were ordered. We carried corn, flour, wheat, feed &c. from Newton, Hanover, Easton, Sussex &c. to Morris town, & frequently from thence to Pompton, New Windsor, West point Newburg &c. as the wants of the Army required. I well remember Jeremiah Hagan who lived near Pashamidge, as being then employed as a Driver of a Continental Wagon & horses, & engaged in performing similar duties as myself, under other officers. My belief is, that he, Hagan was under orders of Henry Southard Esq. Conductor or Commandant of another Company of teams.
I have often met Hagan on the public roads, sometimes loaded with provisions, & at other times with feed & provender, his horses & wagon branded as a Continental team; & I have sometimes travelled in company with him & others, over the same road. In the fall & winter of 80, & 81. I often met him loaded on the road to Newton, as well as that leading to Easton from Morris town. And I have seen him more frequently unloading & sometimes taking in loads of Army stores at Morris town, for Pompton & Newburg. In the winter & spring of 1781, I often saw him carrying Army stores toward Newburg from Morris town. I became acquainted with Hagan soon after I first entered upon my wagon service. He was then engaged in performing such duty, & he remained in it as long as I did, which was 14 months. Whether or not he served longer, I cannot say.
Sworn & subscribed at Morris town
September 21 st 1839.
Before me
William Lee
Silas L. Condict J.P.

State of New Jersey, Morris County ss.
I David B. Hand, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify, that Silas L. Gondiet, before whom the within deposition of William Lee was taken & subscribed on the 21 st September 1839. is now, & was at the date thereof, a Justice of peace in said County, duly commissioned & authorized; & the signature of his name thereto, (Silas L. Gondiet) is genuine.
Witness my signature & the seal of my office at Morristown, this 10 th of April, Anno Domini 1840.
D. B. Hand Clerk

State of New Jersey Somerset County
Before me Samuel S. Doty one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appeared John Brees Esquire of said County in the village of Bashingridge well known to me as a man of truth & of fair character who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath saith as follows viz. I am one of the Elders of the Presbyterian Church in Bashingridge & a member of the Session of said Church, & have access to the books & records of said Church as they have been handed down from the first founding of said Church to this time. From my knowledge of said Parish records, it is my conviction and belief, that during the war of the revolution & for some years before & after, the only record of marriages solemnized by the Pastors thereof was contained in the day books or Journals, kept by Reverend Samuel Kennedy. That many of said marriages were entered there in among the entries made in said books of his daily visits & prescriptions for the sick, he being a practitioner of Medicine, as well as Minister of the Parish.
After the death of Rev d Mr Kennedy, the books & papers of the deceased went into the hands of the Honorable Henry Southard as his Administrator whom I have occasionally seen them. I have seen them recorded, the marriage of Jeremiah Hayden to Sarah Brees. I well remember it was pointed out to me particularly, upon one occasion by Doctor Sam d S. Doty, the son in law of said Southard. Being at the house of Mr Southard, & Doctor Doty, the latter named gentleman, was looking over one of the day books of Mr Kennedy & addressing himself to me, said, "Here is the marriage of your old aunt Sarah Hayden". She was a relative of mine, a sister of my father, & I looked at the entry of said marriage of Jeremiah Hayden to Sarah Brees,

in the same hand writing with the other entries made in said book, which I believe to be the hand writing of our former Pastor, Rev. Samuel Kennedy. The precise date, I cannot now recollect but my belief is, that it was before the revolutionary war began, & in the year seventeen hundred & seventy one. I have lately searched the books of Mr Kennedy, to find the record of said marriage of Jeremiah Hayden, but in vain; the book in which I before saw it recorded is either lost or destroyed.
Said Jeremiah Hayden & Sarah his wife, lived together within my remembrance not less than fifty years, as husband & wife. They raised a large family of children, and no one to my knowledge has ever doubted the fact of their marriage. The said Jeremiah Hayden died about the year 1830, & his widow Sarah Hayden, now an applicant for a pension on account of his revolutionary services, remains his widow to the present period.
John Briggs
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 24 th day of December 1838 Samuel L. Doty

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss
Personally appeared before me John Brees Esqr one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for said County of Somerset Samuel J Doty Esqr of Bernards Township in said County to me personally well known as a man of truth and fair character who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith upon his oath as follows. I have had frequent opportunities to see & examine the Rev d Samuel Kennedys books, who was Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Basking ridge, where I now live; which books have long been in the possession of the Honorable Henry Southard (who now lives in my family, my wife being his daughter) who is administrator of the said Rev d Samuel Kennedy. The said Mr Kennedy was a Physician of very considerable practice, as well as Minister of the Parish. From my inspection of his books, I am satisfied, that in his day books of entries of his medical services, he also entered most of the marriages which he solemnized in his congregation as their Minister. I have frequently seen such entries or records of marriages in his day books, & my belief is, that this was the only record of marriages he kept, during his residence in Basking ridge. Being myself a practitioner of medicine, curiosity has often led me to look into the books of accounts of Mr Kennedy - In one of these books I recollect very distinctly to have seen the record of the marriage of Jeremiah Hayden, to Sarah Brees, made in the hand writing of said Mr Kennedy, & I am confident it was dated before the war of the revolution, & to the best of my knowledge & belief it was in the year of our Lord 1771. I recollect upon one occasion, some two or three years since, that Judge Brees, before whom this

2 disposition is made was at my dwelling, & I was running over the leaves of said books of Mr Kennedy; in one of them I found the marriage of Emma Hayden to Sarah Brees. I observed to Judge Brees "here is the marriage of your old aunt, Mrs Sarah Hayden." Judge Brees is the nephew of Mrs Hayden, & he looked at the record of her marriage therein at the time. A part of that book had been torn out before & used as waste paper, supposed to be of no value & the remainder has been used as waste paper, or lost, as I have frequently looked for it, & cannot find it.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24 day of December 1838 John Brees
Samuel S. Doty
State of New Jersey } Somerset County } ss. I, John M. Mann, Clerk of Somerset Co. hereby certify, that Samuel S. Doty Esq. before whom the deposition of John Brees Esq. hereto annexed was taken & subscribed on the 24 th . day of December 1838, is one of the judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of said County. Also - that John Brees Esq. before whom the deposi- tion of Samuel S. Doty was taken & subscribed on the 24 th . December 1838, is also a judge of said Court in & for said County - that both of said judges are duly commissioned & authorized, & that the signatures of their respective names thereto, ["Samuel S. Doty, & John Brees"] are genuine.
Witness my signature, & the seal of my office, at Somerville in said County, this Eighteenth the day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty nine
J. M. Mann

Morris Town N. J. Aug t 13 th 1839.
Dear Sir,
The accompanying deposition of Judges Brees & Doty of Somerset County in this State, relate to the claim of Mrs. Sarah Hayden, widow of Jeremiah Hayden, now on the files of your office. They were mislaid & forgotten by Judge Brees a long time, or they would have been forwarded earlier.
I believe the records at Trenton, will furnish some evidence of Mrs. Hayden's Military service, & as soon as the Certificate of the Secy. of State can be obtained, it will be forwarded.
Please annex this to Mrs. Hayden's other papers.
Very respectfully,
Your ob t serv t
Lewis Bondict.
Col. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Morris town. N. J. 25 th Jan. '39.
Dear Sir,
I enclose herewith, the Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Hayden, asking a pension on acct. of the revolutionary services of Jeremiah Hayden, her husband. — It was delayed at first, on acct. of some depositions from Somerset Co. proving the latter's storm condition of the manuscript books of Rev. Mr. Kennedy, in which he sometimes entered the marriages solemnized before him. They were at first taken & returned to me without any certificate of the official character of the Magistrate: & when sent back to the Clerk's office, were detained several months — even sent here when I was absent, & have been mislaid & cannot now be found. I have no doubt they will be found, & I will find them — altho' they are merely of a negative character, & not of much consequence. With her Bible record, I think you will be satisfied that her marriage was before the war began, & that all her husband's revolutionary services were performed after her marriage.
My own impression was, that there was some delay felt, even at her time of life, which might perhaps have obscured her memory as to the recollections of the precise day & month of their marriage. The birth of her first child however was not ante nuptial, altho' hurried somewhat, in the prospect of troubles at Boston. —
The memory of Hannah Hovey Southard, is now so impaired, as to have lost all particulars & details — not merely of revolutionary times, but of all other periods. She has forgotten everything — her marriage is a blank.
This old Lady is extremely indigent, & none of her children are able to afford her any aid. Whatever pittance you may think her entitled to, will be gratefully acknowledged.
Very respectfully,
Yr. ob. servt. &c.
Lewis Condick

Margaret L. ... (Signature)
Hayden
James L. ... Commission of Pension War Department Washington

Morris town, Oct. 18 th 1839
Dr. Sir,
Yours of the 8 th respecting the claim of Mr. (Jeremiah) Hayden, is before me. — The evidence from the Trenton records, alluded to in my letter of Augt. 13 th you say, "has not yet been rec d ". You will find it in the list left by me at your office on the 24 th Augt. on a page with sundry other names. — This I presume, relates to Hayden's service in the Militia , & will be in addition to the testimony of Deacon Lindsey & Robt. Young . These are the only surviving witnesses of his service, known to remain in this quarter: & if the character of David Lindsey were as well known to yourself personally, as it is known in this County, you would give credence to all his narration, as readily as you would to David English or Col. Vose. No man in this County, is more readily believed than David Lindsey . His piety, integrity & veracity, are of the highest order. Robert Young, is in the humble walks of life. Has been a sober, industrious, & industrious blacksmith all his days. Maintaining a good character for truth. The quantum of service proven by them & by the Trenton records, is very considerable. By my memorandum Lindsey testifies to not less than 8 mos. beside the battles at Springfield & Coon-farms. Young testifies to about the same number — some of them no doubt the same as those mentioned by Lindsey . Young mentions 2 months not related by Lindsey — viz: 1 at Amson & Strawberry hill & 1 at Minehill after the Indians. — These, with the 8 by Lindsey & the affair of Springfield & Coon-farms in May & June 80, amount to about 11 mos. — If no mention is made in any of Mr. Southard's papers of Wagon service by Hayden, that claim perhaps will not be sustained. Yours truly &c. Lewis Conduct Col. Edwards.

Morris town N. J. April 9 th 1840.
Dear Sir,
The accompanying affidavit of William Lee, relating to the Wagon service in the Army of General Hayden, was taken in the fall & was mislaid, or it would have been sent earlier.
I must ask your attention to a Certificate of Secretary Westcott of Trenton, left by me in your office the last week in August last, which contains among many other names, that of Jeremiah Hayden, as having rec d . a Certificate from Silas Condit (Comm ee etc. No. 70 831, for the sum of $7,100.00 upon which it appears 1 year int st was p d . to James Voorhies (g g ) his ret. No. 93.
I have this from my memorandum & think you will find his name as above stated. If however it was omitted, please to inform me, & I will procure it from Mr. Westcott & forward it to your office.
M r . Hayden is helpless, & very needy, & your decision in his case with as little delay as possible, will greatly oblige him
Very respectfully &c:
Silas Condit.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.