Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 886, Jonas Hedden, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bedden, Jonas
8886
CONTENTS
banded

New Jersey 17212
Sonias Bedden
of Essex Co in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Lyon of the Regt commanded by Col. Thomas in the New Jersey line for two years -
Suspended see other side
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Augt 1833 and sent to Chas H. Halsey Newark N Jersey.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 40.00
$ 200.00.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. Two Page 115.
Suspended
letters to P. Dickinson and Chas H Halsey 15 Nov 33 Letters to Hon T Frelinghuysen and P. Dickinson 17 May 1834 G.C.

24502 17.212 Ingras. Jesse Wedden N.J.
Return of Adm 2 years $80.
Chas. H. Halsey Newark 6 Years Residence N.J. 4 Years Residence N.J. N.J. Post Office at Newark.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 May ~ 1833
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 shew 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, shewing the Service of Jonas Heedden NJ
   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.     Sept 1775-Sub c . 1 Private 6 th Lyon Col. Momoa 70- Born in Essex NJ   Mar 1776-draft 2 " " - Van Courtland entered there and now lives in Orange 6 th NJ   Sept 1776-out 1 " 6 th Squire "   From July 14 76 until the close of the war did   one Month duty every Three   Served - 5 under " 6 th Williams   " - " 3 " " 6 th Squire   " - " 1 " " 6 th Nichols   " - " 2 " " 6 th Parsons   " - " 4 " " 6 th - conduct under the  
following Commanding Officers I am, respectfully,
Majors Dye - Heyes and conduct Your obedient servant, Col d Thomas - Van Courtland - Gen l Momoa
"did I pass at least active duty"
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Essex NJ 3 surviving Witnesses prove his service generally but they are not Certified Credible - Certificate of a Clergyman and Citizen -

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, Boatmen, &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 (j) 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)           , who has 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 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 enquiry 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 , 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 place 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 affix 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 in 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.

Application of Jonas Redden Essex County New Jersey —
241502
With Amendments,
App.

Declaration of Jonas Hadden in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New Jersey { Essex County { ss:
On this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appear- ed in open Court now sitting before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas holden at Newark in and for the County of Essex, Jonas Hadden, a resident of the Township of Orange in the County aforesaid aged Seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born in the Township of Newark, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey - on the third day of July A.D. 1760 - That he lived in said Township at the commencement of the War I have resided here most of the time since -
That the first service he did was for one month as a Substitute for his brother Eleazar Hadden now dead, in the month of Sep- tember A.D. 1775, under Captain Matthias Lyon, Col. Edward Thomas, Major David Coudit - Adjt. Samuel Hayes - this duty was performed at Elizabeth Town in this County
In the month of March 1776. He was drafted in the Militia and did from that time two monthly service at Bound Creek between Newark and Elizabeth Town, under Capt. Matthias Lyon, Major Samuel Hayes, and Col. Philip Van Cortland That in the month of September of the same year he was out and did one month active duty, under Captain Elijah Squier, the commanding officers as aforesaid & was in an engagement near Elizabeth Town with the British -
That he was classed in the Militia from July 4 th 1776 until the close of the war and did his regular monthly tours at least one month out of every three thro' the same - that he served at least five - monthly active duty under Capt. Thomas Williams of Orange, That he did at least three monthly active duty under Capt. Elijah Squier, That he has done at least one - monthly duty under Capt. Robert Nich- ols; That he did at least two monthly active duty under Capt. Samuel Parsons; That he did at least four monthly duty under Capt. Jonathan Coudit - and under the following commanding officers, Majors, Richard Dyer, Samuel Hayes and David Coudit - Col. Edward Thomas, Philip Van Cortland - Genl. Wines
That

That after the engagement near Elizabeth Town as aforesaid the applicant was at the engagement next day at Second River under Captain Spier, and Genl. Mines & followed on after the enemy to Shelyerd Hackensack - That in the fore part of the Winter of 1777 he was on monthly duty and during the time was with about a thousand of the Militia who went over to Staten Island under Major Bayes & other officers and had a skirmish with the British & returned from the Island the same day, the British followed to the water edge or nearly and were prevented following further by the Militia men on the Jersey Shore who with an eighteen pounder fired upon the British & enabled the Militia to cross over safely - That in the year he did several monthly duties at least three months, and during this year recollects attacking a Fort near or above Hackensack occupied by the British - he was then doing duty under Captain Matthias Lyon - That in the year 1779 he did at least four months active service, and during this year was in the Battles of Connecticut Farms, and Springfield under Captain Jonathan Coudit - That he did his regular tours of duty thro' the war but is unable to specify at this time the particular months or Captains under whom he served excepting as he has above mentioned the same, but he expressly charges the truth to be that he did at least three years active duty during said war - he has no documentary evidence & he knows of no person now living whom he can procure who can testify to his services excepting S er - S er phn Pierson, Caleb Tichenor & David Munn whose affidavits are hereto annexed - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonas Hedden
W m Williams Judge
We Asa Hillyer a Clergyman residing in the Town- -ship of Orange - and William Williams residing in the Township of Orange hereby certify that we are well acquain- -ted with Jonas Hedden, who has subscribed and sworn to

Township of Orange hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonas Hadden, who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration, that we believe him to be upwards of seventy 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
Subscribed & sworn the day and year aforesaid
Asa Riley
Wm Williams
Saml H. Miller Judge
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 certify that it appears to them that Jonas Hadden who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Township of Orange and that William Williams who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Orange and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Wm Williams Judge
Essex County ss: I Elisha Van Andrae Is clerk of said Court of Common Pleas Do hereby certify that the foregoing - and annexed affidavits contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonas Hadden for a Pension In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of October A.D. 1832 E. Van Andrae Clerk

Newbury Essex County } ss
Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas now sitting, on this 20th Sept. 1832, Joseph Pierson of Orange in this County, aged Seventy three who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Jonas Hadden the above applicant & knew him at the time of the Revolutionary War that he frequently saw him on duty during the war & believes that his statement is correct
Joseph Pierson
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid }
Saml B. Miller Judge
Also personally in open Court before the aforesaid Court Judges on 20th Sept. 1832 appeared Caleb Pickering of Livingston Township in this County, aged Seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with the above applicant Jonas Hadden, that he knew him during the Revolutionary War & recollects of being with him at the engagement near Elizabeth Town as he has above mentioned that he saw him on duty repeatedly during said War & that he readily believes that said Applicant did the duty he has above set forth
Caleb Pickering
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid }
Saml B. Miller Judge
Also personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid on the 20th Sept. 1832, David Munn aged Seventy one years resident of Orange, in this County who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with the above applicant Jonas Hadden, & knew him at the time of the Revolutionary War, that he was out on monthly duty with said Applicant & believes he was with him at Second River engagement & saw him often on duty & believes he did the service he has above set forth
David Munn
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid }
Saml B. Miller Judge

State of New-York,
Essex County ss ss I Samuel B. Miller before whom the above affidavit of David Munn was taken Do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said David Munn and that he is a credible witness and entitled to full credit and belief
February 20 th 18133.
Sam d B. Miller

Rev. Wm
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Jonas Bedeken Rev. N. J. Line.
Act:
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Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
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War Department Pension Office Nov. 15. 1833
Sir,
Upon a review of the claim of Jonas Redden, it is discovered that he alleges that he was enrolled in the militia of New Jersey 4 th July '76. and was thereafter drafted for military duty. It also appears that he was 14 years old only at that time. The ordinances of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, in '75. and '76, expressly confine the militia enrolment from 16, to 50 years old. His pension, which has been inadvertently granted for a service contradicted by the records, is suspended.
I am Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Charles H. Halsey Esq Newark N. Jersey

Jonas Halden's Case.

A.D. 1760, as he has set forth in his declaration - To the 2 nd That he has a record of his age in the old family bible, in his possession - To the 3 rd he answers, that he was living in the Township of Newark when called into service that he lived there until after the war until that part of the Township of Newark where he lived was set off into the Township of Orange where he has resided most of the time since being sometimes on a visit of one or two months, at the house of Morris & elsewhere - To the 4 th he answers, that he first entered as a volunteer or substitute for Ebenezer Hadden, as he has above stated then as a drafted Militia man then as an enrolled Militia man during the remainder of the war - To the 5 th he answers, that he served under Majors Richard Dyer, Samuel Hays & Daniel Coudit Cols. Edward Thomas, Philip Van Cortlandt & Genl. Mines, as he has set forth in his declaration and he recollects seeing Generals Washington & Lee, and Major Lee of the Virginia Light Horse, whom he knew personally - & for the general circumstances of his service he refers to his declaration in which he has set forth the same as fully as he can now recollect the same, To the 6 th He answers, that he never received a written discharge from the service, only by word of mouth of his commanding officer - To the 7 th he answers, that refers to Rev. Asa Miller, William Williams Esq., David D. Day Esq., Hon. Dr. John Coudit all of Orange and to all or any of the respectable inhabitants of said Township, to whom he is generally known -
Sworn & subscribed this
30 th May 1833 before me
John D. Haines Justices of the Peace
Jonas G. Coudit
I do certify that it appears upon reference thereto that Samuel B. Miller Esq., one of the judges of the Court aforesaid has already certified to the character of David Munn one of the witnesses whose affidavits are to the declaration aforesaid hereto annexed, and I do further certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Pierson & Caleb Pickering both of the County of Essex, whose affidavits are to the declaration hereto annexed that they are old & respectable inhabitants thereof, & their statements entitled to full credit & belief
John D. Haines J.P.

Addition, and Amendments, of the Declaration of Jonas Hedden of Essex County, New Jersey in accordance with the requirements of the War Department in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June, 7 th 1832
New Jersey Essex County } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Essex Jonas Hedden who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is the same Jonas Hedden in the Declaration hereto annexed, mentioned, taken before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex on the 18 th Sept r 1832, and 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 one month as a substitute for his brother Zeager Hedden dec d in Sept r 1775 in Capt y Matthias Lyon's Company of Militia, as a pri- vate: For two months as a drafted Militia man com- ing March 1776, under the aforesaid Captain. For one month in Sept r following as a private under Capt y Elijah Squibb For five months under Capt y Thomas Williams as a pri- vate; For three months under Capt y Elijah Squibb as a private; For one month under Capt y Robert Nichols as a private; For two months under Capt y Samuel Parsons as a private; For four months under Capt y Jonathan Con- dit; For five months under Captain Lyon, as a private all in the early part of the war; That in 1779 he did four months duty, under Captain Jonathan Con- dit & Captain Matthias Lyon in addition to that above stated, making in all two years and four months of active duty faithfully & truly performed during said war as this deponent expressly recollects and that he did a great deal more making at least three years in all, but for the term of 2 years & 4 months aforesaid he claims a pension and swears that during said service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit. And to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he makes the following answers viz t , To the 1 st He answers that he was born in the Township of Newark Essex County N.J. on the 3 rd July
A.D.

Addition, and Amendments, of the Declaration of Jonas Hedden of Essex County, New Jersey in accordance with the requirements of the War Department in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
New Jersey Essex County } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Essex Jonas Hedden who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is the same Jonas Hedden in the Declaration hereto annexed, mentioned, taken before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex on the 18 th Sept r 1832, and 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 one month as a substitute for his brother Ebenezer Hedden dec d in Sept r 1775 in Capt n Matthias Lyon's Company of Militia, as a private : For two months as a drafted Militia man com- cing March 1776, under the aforesaid Captain. For one month in Sept r following as a private under Capt n Elijah Squibb. For five months under Capt n Thomas Williams, as a private : For three months under Capt n Elijah Squibb as a private : For one month under Capt n Robert Nichols, as a private : For two months under Capt n Samuel Parsons as a private : For four months under Capt n Jonathan Con- dit: For five months under Captain Lyon, as a private all in the early part of the war: That in 1779 he did four months duty, under Captain Jonathan Con- dit & Captain Matthias Lyon in addition to that above stated, making in all two years and four months of active duty faithfully & truly performed during said war as this deponent expressly recollects, and that he did a great deal more making at least  three years in all, but for the term of 2 years & 4 months aforesaid he claiming a pension and swears that during said service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit. And to the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department he makes the following answers viz, To the 1 st He answers that he was born in the Township of Newark Essex County N.J. on the 3 rd July

A.D. 1760, as he has set forth in his declaration - To the 2 nd That he has a record of his age in the old family bible, in his possession - To the 3 rd he answers, that he was living in the Township of Newark when called into service that he lived there until after the war & until that part of the Township of Newark where he lived was set off into the Township of Orange where he has resided most of the time since being sometimes on a visit of one or two months, at the house of Morris & elsewhere - To the 4 th he answers, that he first entered as a volunteer or substitute for Elizer Hadden, as he has above stated then as a drafted Militia man & then as an enrolled Militia man during the remainder of the war - To the 5 th he answers, that he served under Majors Richard Dye, Samuel Hays & Daniel Coudit Col s Edward Thomas, Philip Van Cortlandt & Genl. Mines as he has set forth in his declaration and he recollects seeing Generals Washington & Lee, and Major Lee of the Virginia Light Horse, whom he knew personally - & for the general circumstances of his service he refers to his declaration in which he has set forth the same as fully as he can now recollect the same, To the 6 th He answers, that he never received a written discharge from the service, only by word of mouth of his commanding officer - To the 7 th He answers, that refers to Rev d Asa Miller, William Williams Esq r , David D. Day Esq r , Hon ble Dr. John Coudit all of Orange and to all or any of the respectable inhabitants of said Township, to whom he is generally known -
Sworn & subscribed this 30 th May 1833 before me
Jonas Gledson
John Thomas Justice of the Peace
I do certify that it appears upon reference thereto that Samuel B. Miller Esq r , one of the judges of the Court aforesaid has already certified to the character of David Munn one of the witnesses whose affidavits are to the declaration aforesaid hereto annexed, and I do further certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Pierson & Caleb Tichenor whose affidavits are to the declaration hereto annexed both of the County of Essex, that they are old & respectable inhabitants thereof, & their statements entitled to full credit & belief
John Thomas J.P.

State of New Jersey County of Essex
ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex Do hereby certify That William Williams and Samuel B. Miller Esquires before whom the several affidavits hereto annexed were made and taken, and by whom the several certificates thereunder written are signed, were, when the said affidavits were made & taken and when they respectively subscribed their names to the certificates aforesaid, Judges of said Court residing in said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures "Wm Williams" and "Sam l B. Miller" affixed thereto are genuine — I further certify That John J. Plume Esq: before whom the annexed affidavit of Jonas Redden was made and taken & who signed the certificate thereunder written, was when the said affidavit was made & taken & when he subscribed his name to the aforesaid certificate a Justice of the peace for said County residing therein duly commissioned & sworn & that the name "John J. Plume" affixed thereto is the proper hand writing of said Justice. — In Witness Whereof, I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Newark in the County aforesaid the Thirtieth day of May A D Eighteen hundred thirty three
E. Van Arsdale Clerk
No 24502

State of New Jersey
Morris County
§ Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in said County, personally appear Jonas Hadden, a pensioner of the U. States for revolutionary services, now, & for some years living near me, & well known to me to be entitled to full belief as a man of truth - & being duly sworn, saith as follows viz: I am the same Jonas Hadden, to whom a Pension Certificate was granted for the sum of eighty dollars p. annum from March 4 th . 1831, dated 10 th . August 1833, signed by the Secretary of War, & countersigned by the Commissioner of Pensions, which Pension has been suspended by the Commissioner of Pensions, by a letter to Chas. H. Halsey Esq. of Newark dated Nov. 15 th . 1833, in consequence of my being but 14 years of age, when my first military was performed. I am confident there is a mistake as to my age, whether committed by the person who wrote my Declaration made in Court, or in computing my age from the stated time of my birth, I know not. - I have no record of my age; in my possession , but a family record is said to have been kept by my parents, of the ages of their children, in a family bible, and now  which I have not  now seen, or  according to my recollection  now  nor do I know that it is now in existence. It may however be in possession of some of the numerous descendants, but if so, I am utterly at a loss why it is. - The remembrance which I have of my age is taken & traced from that ancient by tradition record, supported & confirmed for many years, & indeed from my boyhood, by the remembrance of my early companions & relations, now dead. When living, they all concurred in the tradition & belief with me, that I was born on the 3 rd . day of July, A. D. 1760. This has always been my belief & my uniform statement, & it is still my solemn belief & conviction. I believe this was my statement to the person who wrote my Declaration, & if the writing be not so in regard to my age, it is erroneous. - I desire that it may be again examined. - I happen to have yet in my possession, the first rough statement of my services, put down on paper by Simson Linsley Esq. a Magistrate, & who then & now, lives near me. He wrote it at my request, & ac- cording to my dictation of such services as I could then call to mind - being much indisposed, & hoping that my attendance at Open Court, when I lived in the war time, & where my witnesses lived, might be dispensed with. I stated then, my age to Justice Linsley, & he stated it in the said paper, which I herewith forward to the Commissioner of Pensions - knowing that it is the same paper, & which is certified by him to be the same. - When I afterwards learned that I must go into Open Court to make my Declaration, I handed this same paper to the person who wrote my Declaration, as the basis of my claim, & from which I supposed he copied my age. Perhaps I furnished him the month & the day, but of this I am not certain. I believe I recollected other Militia services, which were stated in my Declaration. - Militia men were in demand in 76, & I believe my name was actually enrolled on the very next day, after the anniversary of my birth day. - Sworn & subscribed before me, May 2 nd 1834
Simson Linsley one of the Justices of peace Morris County
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above written.
Jonas Hadden

I hereby certify to the Secretary of War, & Commissioners of pensions, that Simon Lindsey Esq. the Magistrate before whom the within deposition of Jonas Hadden a pensioner, was taken & subscribed, concerning said Hadden's age, is my neighbour, & is well known to me to be a Justice of peace in this County, duly authorized & commissioned, & that his signature thereto, is genuine. Said Jonas Hadden, I have known personally for more than 30 years - was his attending physician for several years & know him well. - I know nothing of his age, but what I have derived from his sister with whom he lived many years, now dead, & from himself. - His veracity & integrity, I have never known to be questioned, & have the fullest confidence in the truth of all that he states, so far as he possesses the means of knowing the truth. - I have taken much pains to enquire & find out, where the family record is, of which there is some tradition, but none of the present generation of whom I have found, have ever seen it, & the bible has probably been worn out & fallen to pieces - or perhaps has been taken to the Western Country, by some branch of the family who migrated there. - If I know where better testimony could be had, it should not be withheld. Lewis Condict, late a Rep re .
Morris town N. J.
from N. Jersey.
May 2 d . 1834.

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Parents Here
Names
Jonas Bedford
George Bedford Affidavit

a brief statement of the services rendered by Jonas Bedden in the revolutionary war, taken July, 30 th 1832 I was born in the Year of our Lord AD 1760 near Newark New Jersey I have no record of my age when I entered the service I lived at or near the place where I was born since the war I have resided the most of the time in Essex County part of the time Morris County at present I reside in Morris The first time I entered the service I volunteered as a substitute for my brother Elyzer Bedden Smith was Col. David Condit  Samuel Hays Thomas May  David Condit adj Mathias Lyon Col. This Service was AD 1776
AD 1777 I was called in to service Courtham was Col. Samuel Hays Maj. Mathias Lyon Col. The same year called out the second time I believe the same officers, was in an engagement near Eliz. ab th Town Essex Co ty under Capt. Elijah Lquin also a rioter on Second river - AD 1778 The British built a fort a- bove New Brunswick - we were then commanded by General Wm. Morris we attacked the Fort
AD 1779 was in an engagement at Springfield Essex County Jonathan commanded by Capt. Condit The British burnt the Meeting house at Springfield, also in an engagement on Staten Island commanded by General Wm. Morris
AD 1780 was on duty the principal part of the time Standing Guard about the same Officers -
AD 1781 also stood Guard was frequently called out
AD 1782 stood Guard a part of time never received a Discharge only by the word of mouth

Names of Persons who I was acquainted with at the time of was in Service David D Buell James Hadden Naval Baldwin they now reside in Newark New Jersey I believe I am duty in the war at different times nearly three years if not quite to the Court as I am a considerable distance from Newark also very infirm unable to walk without a crutch also very poor I should be pleased if I could make oath to the foregoing statement before a Justice of the Peace and save the trouble & expense of appearing before the Court
Jonas Hadden
Taken & Subscribed Before me this first day of August A.D. 1832 Simon Lindley Justice Peace Morris County
This Deposition States it is possible that he may be mistaken as to the year Springfield meeting house was burnt although he believes he is correct
Hereby certify to the Commission of pension, that the foregoing statement of Revolu- tionary services, purporting to be services performed by Jonas Hadden, was drawn up by me, in my own hand writing, at his request, & by his direction - that it is the original paper, subscribed & sworn to by him the said Hadden in my presence, & before me in my official character as a Justice of peace in this County & State - that the account of his birth, as stated in the 3 d . line, is the same as then stated to me by him, viz: as having been born in 1760, that I took it from his own words as I then understood him & believed him. - I have known said Hadden for many years, & altho' I cannot know his age, yet my impression & firm belief is, that his statement as then given to me on the 31 st of July 1832, & sworn to on the following day, is a correct & true statement of the year of his birth.
Morris County, New Jersey, May 2 1834. I certify, that Simon Lindley Esq. who has subscribed the above certificate, is well known to me, to be a Justice of peace in Morris Co. N. J. & that he is the same person before whom Jonas Hadden's deposition above subscribed, was taken, dated 1 st August 1832. May 2. 1834.
Simon Lindley Lewis Condict Clerk a Representation from N. Jersey.