Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 253, Mathias Hulse, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hulse, Mathias or Matthias Elizabeth
W 253
CONTENTS

92.816 New Jersey
Matthias Hulse of Freehold in the State of N.J. who was a Pri in the Com commanded by Captain Carhart of the — commanded by — in the N.J. troops line for 3 Years —
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Nov 1833 and Sept. 1. M. Harts horn Freehold N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $ 200. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar 34 40. 00 $ 240. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C Lauri Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 3 Page 115

4940 New Jersey
Elizabeth Hulse widow of Mathias Hulse who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Col d Carhart Private N.J.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of July, 1849, and sent to A. Ray, Esq., Preston
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a February 2, 1848, Page 295 Vol. 1 295
Reported
Roll of Pensioners m. 4. B

Matthias Hulze
27374
2 years private $80
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Mr. Farthorne Freehold

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Mathias Hulce
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 5 private Genl. Howe, Col Forman Capt Burrows &c 77 yrs 1 living witness   1777 & 78 1 3 Imprisonment 1 living witness   1779 6 private Genl. Forman & Col Holmes Capt Carhart &c 1 living witness   80 81 82 { Need not be computed - Traditional Evidence       2 2  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boarmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (f) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Service every alternate month during the last year of war very doubtful. Must state whether surviving death term Nevada best evidence

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New Jersey } Monmouth County } ss.
On this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine (1849) Personally appeared before the subscribed one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Hulce widow of Matthias Hulce dec d . a resident of the Township of Marlboro rough in the County & State aforesaid aged Eighty seven years past. and who cannot from bodily infirmity attend in open Court, and she being duly sworn according to law, on her oath, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows;" and the subsequent acts thereto, and the Resolution of Congress passed July 1 st 1848
That she is the widow of Matthias Hulce dec d .; who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution in the New Jersey Militia; that he received a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 at the rate of $80 per Annum - that he was placed upon the pension list according to the date of his certificate the 13 th day of (May) November 1833; and for proof of the services of her husband the said Matthias Hulce dec d ., she begs leave to refer to his papers on file in the War Department
She further declares that she was married to the said Matthias Hulce by the Rev d . Benjamin Dutrais on the twenty ninth (29) day of July Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one (1781) and that her husband the aforesaid Matthias Hulce died on the Eleventh day of April Eighteen Hundred

and forty six (1846); that the marriage took place (previous to the first day of January) seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension -
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year first above written before me Judge as aforesaid, who do certify that I am acquainted with said Elizabeth Hulce the Declarant & that she is entitled to full faith & credit; and further that she is unable from bodily infirmity to attend in open Court.
Elizabeth her  mark Hulce
The word "May" on the first page erased before signed and sworn to Joseph Murphy Judge
Daniel Christopher Clark of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monmouth & State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Joseph Murphy before whom the foregoing declaration was made is and was at the time of making the same a Judge of the Court aforesaid duly Commissioned sworn & qualified in my office & authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths - And that Thomas C. Shockmoleu before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & is and was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, duly Commissioned sworn & qualified in my office & authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths, And further that I am acquainted with the signatures of the said Joseph Murphy & Thomas C. Shockmoleu & believe their respective signatures to the foregoing declaration to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office & of the said Court at Freehold this seventh day of April Eighteen hundred & forty nine (A.D. 1849) Daniel Christopher Clark

Declaration of Matthias Hulse in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
State of New Jersey Monmouth County } ss:
On this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid now sitting, Matthias Hulse a resident of the Township of Freehold, County and State aforesaid, aged seventy seven years on the 3 rd of November last, 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of N.J. at Mount Pleasant, Monmouth Co. and served one month under Captain John Smock Lieutenant John Schenck, and Ensign Vancleave beginning in March and ending in April 1776. He marched from Mount Pleasant to Amboy, Middlesex Co. and remained there about ten days & then he marched (under the command of his officers) to Sandy Hook, and there served out the remainder of the month. Taylor was Col. & Forman was Lieut. That he enlisted again in the Militia of New Jersey as a volunteer and as one of the soldiers to reinforce the Army at New York at Middletown Point, in the latter part of June 1776. just at the time the British Fleet came in at Sandy Hook, and served a tour of at least five months under Captain John Burrows Lieutenant Jonathan Forman, and Ensign Jacob Tice, beginning in the latter part of June 1776, and ending on the first day of December same year; his Company embarked on board of a Sloop at Brown's Point, and landed on Staten Island, and this applicant was sent to return the Sloop; he found

And all his clothes which he provided for the expedition. He made his escape from Staten Island across to Amboy and then he with the Ensign rejoined their Company the next day at New York, they remained there a short time and then crossed to Long Island, where they remained until after the Battle at Brooklyn Heights, then crossed to New York, then marched to Fort Washington, then to White Plains, where they had a partial engagement with the enemy, then to King's Ferry, where they crossed the Hudson then to Fort Lee, where they remained a short time, then to Newark, where this applicant was taken sick and discharged, his term of service having expired two or three days previous: that David Forman was their Col. and Thomas Henderson acting as Lieutenant Colonel  Major ; And Nathaniel Heard was Genl. and commanded the whole of the New Jersey Brigade.
That he was warned out in the Militia of his native County about the 1st of February 1777, and served as guard at Sandy Hook under Capt. James Whitlock until the morning of the 13th of the same month, when he, this applicant together with about 70. or 80 other Militia were taken prisoners by a party of the enemy who had landed for that purpose: that they were placed on board of a ship then lying at Sandy Hook and taken to New York and there confined in the old Sugar House as it was then called: that he this applicant remained a prisoner of War to the enemy from the time he was taken in close confinement, until the 12th day of May 1778, when he was exchanged and returned home: that during the winter of 1777-8, he was removed from the Sugar House and put on board of a transport ship lying at Mud Flat, up the East River, and there remained till spring and then he was taken back to the Sugar House, where he remained until he was exchanged as above stated; that he knows of no persons now living except Garret Wikoff, who was taken prisoner at the same time, and that John Chady is the only person he knows of now living who served the above term of five months with him.

That he was again, immediately after his return, called out in the Militia of Dutchess Co: and served therein under Captain Samuel Garhart and some others, at least six months, every alternate month, in six tours of one month each, from the 1 st of June 1778, to the 1 st of June 1779, their head quarters were at Mount Pleasant in Middletown, and their duties were to guard and protect the shores and frontiers of the County. For man was Genl. Holmes Col: & Trum Major — That on or about the 15 th of June 1779 he enlisted again as a volunteer in the Militia as one of the thousand to be raised for the defence of the frontiers of this State, and served a tour of six months under Captain Samuel Garhart, Lieutenant Peter Vanderhoef — and ensign (not remembered) beginning, about the 15 th of June 1779 and ending on the 15 th day of December following, their head quarters were at Mount Pleasant and their duties were to guard protect and defend the inhabitants of the frontiers from the British and Tories: the field officers the same as last mentioned, survivor of this tour William Van Pelt. That he was immediately called out in the Militia again and served at least every other month during the years 1780, 1781, & 1782, or as often and whenever the Militia were called out, which was at least every alternate month, when they lined close upon the frontiers as this applicant did, for there was no safety whatever in remaining at home, and he sought the ranks of the soldiers as a refuge from danger: that the officers under whom he served this last service he cannot recollect distinctly, but some of them were Capt. Smock, Schenck and some others: that their duties and field officers were the same as last above mentioned: that he was engaged in the Battles of Brooklyn and White Plains, and at the time of the Battle of Monmouth he was out upon a Scout, and came in contact with a party of Enemy having charge of the Baggage, with whom a Skirmish took place, in which four of the Militia

were killed, and also in two other skirmishes one at Cheesquakes and the other at Conadunk: that his marches besides those above mentioned, generally extended along the shores and frontiers of Middlesex and his native County, from Amboy to Long Branch and Deal, patrolling the shores and roads, between the intermediate points and places to wit: Amboy, Cheesquakes, Middleton Point, Brown Point Conadunk, Way Lake, Shoal Harbour, Sandy Hook, Highlands, Black Point, Long Branch and Deal, at some of which places he used to stand sentry almost every night:
In answering the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he says:
 1. That he was born at a place called Morenant in the Township of Freehold County State aforesaid, on the 3 rd day of November A.D. 1755.  2. That he has no record of his age and believes that his parents kept none, but he always heard his age from them.  3. That he resided at Morenant aforesaid when called into service and has lived there ever since the Revolution.  4. That the manner of his being called into service is mentioned.  5. That he recollects Genl. Washington, Green, Sterling and Sullivan and saw the two latter taken prisoners by the enemy on Long Island, and that the general circumstances of his service he has mentioned above.  6. That he never received any discharge in writing, none being given to the Militia, and has no documentary evidence of his service, but he knows of John Chadey, William Van Pelt and Garret Wikoff, whose testimony he can procure and who can testify to his service.  7. That he is known to the Rev. John Fountain who has become so old and infirm as not to be able to perform the duties of a clergyman & Sam Stillwell, in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. That he always served with an embodied Corps called into service by the authority of the Laws and ordinances of 

the State of New Jersey, that he served in field and not in garrison, and that for the time during which his service was performed, he was engaged in any civil pursuit: that all the above service was performed in the grade of a private:
That 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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court.
Matthias Hulce
John Patterson
State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss: John Chasey being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged seventy eight years: that he is well acquainted with Matthias Hulce who has signed and sworn to the above declaration. And knows that the said Matthias Hulce served a tour of five months under Capt. John Burrons in the New Jersey Brigade to reinforce the Army at New York, in Col. Forman's Battalion, beginning in the summer and ending in the winter of the year 1776. for this deponent served the same tour with the said Matthias Hulce under the said officers, and further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written in open court.
John Chasey
John Patterson
State of New Jersey Monmouth County Ss: William Van Pelt being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is a surviving soldier

and sworn to the foregoing declaration: that he has always understood and verily believes that the said Matthias Hulce was a soldier in the Continental army for five months during the year 1776: and that he was afterwards taken prisoner and remained such during the time he has mentioned in his declaration for he knows that the said Hulce was absent from his native County during that period: he knows also that the said Matthias Hulce served in the militia of Monmouth Co: after his return from imprisonment under Capt. Carhart and others, and he recollects one tour of six months particularly under the said Capt. Carhart at Mount Pleasant, which the said Matthias Hulce served, under an enlistment for that period, beginning in June 1779 and ending in December same year, for this deponent enlisted at the same time and served the said tour of six months with the said Matthias Hulce under the said Captain Carhart: And that after this time he frequently saw the said Hulce in actual service in the militia of Monmouth Co: until the close of the war.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written in open court
October 19th 1833,
William Lloyd
John Van Belt
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 John Chasey and William Van Belt, who have signed and sworn to the above affidavits are surviving soldiers of the Revolution, resident in the said County of Monmouth and are credible persons, and that their affidavits are entitled to full credit.
October 19th A.D. 1833. And that it would be too much inconvenience and expense to the said applicant to produce a clergyman & another respectable person in court.
By order of the Court
William Lloyd

I Aaron A. Marcellus of Marlborough Town- ship County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey do hereby certify that I am the Pastor of the "First Reformed Dutch Church of Freehold" and that as such Pastor of said Church I have the custody & keeping of the Register of Mar- riages belonging to said Church and upon Exam- ination of the said record or Register of Mar- riages I find an Entry during the time when the Rev d . Benjamin Dussis officiated as Pastor of said Church & in his hand writing as I believe as follows, which is a true Copy of the record with the Exception of the date, which is Expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows. "July 4 th (twenty ninth) 29 th 1781 / Seventeen hundred and Eighty one) Mathias Huls met Elizabeth Tyse" —
I Aaron A. Marcellus above named depose & say, that the facts set forth in the above Certificate are true, that I hold the Office of Pastor of "The First reformed Dutch Church of Freehold" in the County & State aforesaid & have the Custody of the Record or Register of Marriages belonging to said Church; and that the above is a true Extract from the Record or Register of Mar- riages of said Church aforesaid with the Exception above named as certified by me Sworn to & subscribed before me A. A. Marcellus. a Justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, this 7 th day of April A.D. 1849. And I do certify that I saw and examined the Register

above referred to and from which the foregoing extract on Record was taken & that the same is correct as above set forth & sworn to - Thos. C. Shrockmorton Justice of the Peace

February 23, 1938
Mathias Hulse W. 253 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Hunter Hulse 41 Madison Avenue Mount Holly, New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Matthias Hulse, Timothy Hulse, and Peter Hulitt, of the State of New Jersey.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon the service of either Timothy Hulse or Peter Hulitt. The surnames were searched under similar spellings.
The Revolutionary War record of Mathias Hulse which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 253, based upon his military service in that war.
Mathias Hulse was born November 3, 1755 at "Movewant" in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not stated.
Mathias Hulse, while residing in said Freehold Township, served as a private with the New Jersey troops, as follows-
In March and June, 1776, one month in Captain John Smock's company, Colonel Taylor's regiment; from the latter part of June, 1776, five months in Captain John Burrowes' company, Colonel David Forman's regiment, and was in the battles of Brooklyn, and White Plains; from February 1, 1777 in Captain James Whit-

lock's company as a guard at Sandy Hook, where he was taken prisoner, February 13, 1777, held in the "Old Sugar House" in New York City, and in a ship on the East River, until exchanged on May 12, 1778; from June 1, 1778, every other month until June 1, 1779, in Captain Samuel Carhart's company, Colonel Holmes' regiment; from June 15, 1779, six months in Captain Samuel Carhart's company, Colonel Holmes' regiment; and during the years, 1780, 1781 and 1782, every alternate month under Captains Smock and Schanck in Colonel Holmes' regiment, and was in skirmishes at Cheesequakes, and Conascunk.
The soldier, Mathias Hulse, was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1833, at which time he was living in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He died in that county, April 11, 1846.
Mathias Hulse married July 29, 1781 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Elizabeth Tyse. They were married by the Reverend Benjamin DuBois, Pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Freehold.
The widow, Elizabeth Hulse, was allowed pension on her application executed March 23, 1843, at which time she was aged eighty-seven years, and living in Marlborough Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data- Elizabeth Hulse, widow of Mathias Hulse, Certificate # 4940, issued July 7, 1849, rate $80.00 per annum, Commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Report
593 New Jersey Elizabeth Wulse widow of Matthias Wulse who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died 11 April, 1846
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1846. 12 April
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of July, 1846 and sent to A. Ray Esq., Present
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 96

State of New Jersey Monmouth County S.S.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of Peace in and for the said County, Garret Wikoff who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution aged seventy five years: that he is well acquainted with Mathias Hulce, who has applied for a pension as this deponent has been informed: that he knows that the said Mathias Hulce was taken prisoner by the British at Sandy Hook while performing the duty of guard, sometime in the month of February 1777 (he thinks on the morning of the 13th) for this deponent was taken prisoner at the same time with the said Mathias Hulce, and that they were both confined in the old Sugar House as it was called: that this deponent had the good fortune to get paroled, and was permitted to go on Long Island as a prisoner upon parole, after he had been some time closely confined: that when he left the prison, the said Mathias Hulce was still retained as such prisoner in close confinement, and this deponent has always understood and verily believes that the said Mathias Hulce remained such prisoner in close confinement for about fifteen months: that this deponent knows that the said Mathias Hulce was a Soldier of the Revolution both before and after his imprisonment, having seen him in the service for his country a number of times, but can't state any particulars of his service for they lived in different parts of the County and served in different companies: that during the Revolution the said Mathias Hulce always bore the character of being a good whig and Soldier and has sustained it ever since in the neighborhood where he resided: that he has never heard his character for veracity impeached and verily believes that he is a man whose statements are entitled to full credit.
Sworn to and subscribed before me } Justice as above mentioned this } 19th day of October A.D. 1833. } William Lloyd
Garret Wikoff

And I the said William Lloyd — Justice as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to me that Garret Wikoff who has sworn to and subscribed the within affidavit, is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution resident in the said County of Monmouth: that he is a highly respectable and credible person and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19 th day of October, 1833.
William Lloyd

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
Ans
August 4, 1925
Edna M. Agan 641 Bordentown Ave South Amboy, N. J.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 253, it appears that Mathias Hulse was born November 3, 1755 at Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
While residing at said place, he served as a private in the New Jersey Troops as follows-
From in March 1776, one month in Captain John Smock's Company, Colonel Taylor's Regiment.
From the latter part of June 1776, five months in Captain John Burrowes' Company, Colonel David Forman's Regiment and was in the battles of Brooklyn and White Plains.
From February 1, 1777 in Captain James Whitlock's Company and was guard at Sandy Hook, where he was taken prisoner, February 13, 1777 and confined in the "Old Sugar House" also in a ship on the East River until

exchanged May 12, 1778.
From June 1, 1778, every other month until June 1, 1779 in Captain Samuel Carhart's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment and guarded the shores and frontiers.
He volunteered June 15, 1779, as one of the thousand to be raised for the defence of the state and served six months in Captain Samuel Carhart's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment.
During 1780, 1781 and 1782, he served every alternate month under Captains Snook, Schanck in Colonel Holmes' Regiment and was in skirmishes at Cheesquakes and Conascunk.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1833, while a resident of Freehold Township, New Jersey. He died April 11, 1846.
Soldier married July 29, 1781 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Elizabeth Tyse. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 23, 1849, while a resident Marlborough Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, aged eighty-seven years.
There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

41 Madison Ave. Mt. Holly, N.J. 30th Feb 1938.
Veteran's Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Some time ago I wrote to the Honorable D. Lane Pomeroy seeking information relating to Matthias Hulce and Timothy Hulce , said to have served in Captain Carhart's Company, 1st Regiment Monmouth County, and Peter Hulit , said to have served in Capt. Tucker's Company, 1st Regiment Hunterdon County, Revolutionary War.
I received some information through Honorable D. Lane Pomeroy from E. J. Conley, Major, General War Dept. but he wrote also stating the Revolutionary War records in that office was far from complete. But he refered

me to the Veterans Administration Washington D. P. So I'm writing to you for further information as to when these men enlisted and from what town or village they came from and whether your records state who their people were in case they were killed.
Hoping to receive an early reply and thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours Sincerely,
By E.C.H.
Hunter Hulce

MISS EDNA AGAN 641 BORDENTOWN AVE. SOUTH AMBOY, N. J.
June 8th, 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the information you have concerning the fol- lowing:
(a) Facts concerning John Huff, of Monmouth County, New Jersey, a soldier of the Revolution, in- cluding dates of birth & death, if he served outside N. J. and

if so, where,
(b) a list of the 100 jersey men serving under "Light Horse Harry" Lee.
(c) Was Lee's Legion at siege of Yorktown?
(d) Any facts concerning Elizabeth, wife of John Huff, and of Helena, mother of John Huff.
Family tradition credits one of these women, with the capture of several Hessians. Is there any official record of same?
(e) Have you any record of Matthias Hilsart or Hulke (same family) being a prisoner on a British prison-ship during the Revolution? Any information concerning him would be appreciated.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Edna M. Ogan.

253
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
Elizabeth Hulse, Widow Mathias Hulse Pm. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2. 1848.
Index:—Vol. A, Page 354
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Aug 4. Hist to Edna M. Agassiz 1938 Feb 23. " " Hunter Hulce sister

699 393.
Elizabeth Hulse widow of Matthias New Jersey
admitted
Pr. #80 per am com 12 April 1846 17 June 1844 Act of July 1838 & subsequent acts,
A. Ray Prest

Washington Mar. 2/49
Gen. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions Sir,
In the case of Mrs. Elizabeth House of New Jersey, widow of Matthias an applicant for the act of July 1836. I herewith present the evidence of the time of his death.
I am very respectfully Your. Hon. Sir Hao. O'Way

Washington Apr 12/49
Sir,
I herewith enclose you, a declaration made by Mrs Elizabeth Foulke of New Jersey for the benefit of 7 July 1838.
Her late husband Matthew Foulke was a pensioner under act 32. New Jersey role at the rate of $100 per annum
I remain your most respectfully Alex. N. Bay
J. L. Edward Esq Comm d of Pension

Matthias Hulce N.J. act 7 June 1832 to what time paid? Died 11 th April 1846 Pension Offered pa to his death. 18213. died 1846. July 6, 1849 W. D. A.

State of New Jersey } Monmouth County } ss
I, Daniel Christopher blunt of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Freehold in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey on the twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine, do hereby certify that satisfactory Evidence has been Exhibited to said Court that Matthias Hulse was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; was a resident of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey and died in the County and State aforesaid on the eleventh day of April Eighteen Hundred and forty six; that he left a widow whose name is Elizabeth Hulse and that she is still living.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Freehold this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine.
Dan Christopher

27374.
Declaration } For of. } " Matthias Hulse } Pension

We John affirmably Fountain a clergyman, residing in the township of Middletown Monmouth County New Jersey and Samuel Stillwell residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mathias Hulse who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declaration: that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and to be a man of good character for truth and veracity: and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed Oct. 19th 1833. before me one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Monmouth New Jersey, } W m H. Mitstock Justice J no Fountain Samuel Stillwell
And I the said W m H. Mitstock, Justice as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to me that the Rev d John Fountain who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a clergyman resident as above stated and that Samuel Stillwell who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person: and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W m H. Mitstock Justice

I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mon- mouth and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Matthias Hulbe for a Pension, and further that William Lloyd and William H. Whittock before whom the foregoing affidavit and certificate were taken sworn to and subscribed and who have signed their names to the jurats thereof respectively and to the certificate following are now and were at the date thereof severally enrolled in my office as Justices of the Peace in & for the said County duly Commissioned and sworn into office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all their official acts as such: and that the signatures "William Lloyd" and "W m H. Whittock" signed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate are respectively the true hand writing and genuine signatures of the said Justices: and further that the said William H. is one of the Judges of the said Court duly Commis- sioned and sworn into office as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Freehold this 19 th day of October A.D. 1833
D. H. Ellis Clk