Morris County NJ Archives Military Records.....MINTHORN, Abigail December 1782
Revwar - Pension 1st NJ Regt.
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Cyndie Enfinger cyndiee@tampabay.rr.com January 10, 2008, 3:19 pm

Revolutionary Pension Record Of Abigail Widow Of Phillip Minthorn
ABIGAIL MINTHORN'S CERTIFICATE
  At a Court of General Quarter Session held at Morris Town in & for the 
Couunty of Morris on the Third Tuesday of December AD 1782
  Present as before [Present Benjamin Halsey John Stiles John Brookfield Benj. 
Lindsly Will Woodhull Stephen Day Ab Kitchel.]*
  Application was again made to the Court in favour of Widow Abigail Minthorn 
for the half pay of her deceased husband alledging that the Certificates & 
order Issued from this Court on the Third Tuesday of March last, is lost
  The following Certificate was presented to the Court  Viz I hereby certify 
that the late Phillip Minthorn died a Serjeant inlisted for the war in the 
1st. Jer Regt. dated Bottle Hill December 20th. 1782
                                           Math Ogden Col.
  N. B. He died 23rd. december 1780.
                                           (signd) )M Ogden Col.
  An Affidavit was also presented to the Court in the Words and figures 
following Viz.  Personally appeared before me Stephen Day one of the Justices 
of the peace for the County of Morris George Minthorn and being duly Sworn 
Saith that the Said Minthorn was present & Saw Phillip Minthorn decd. Lawfully 
married to Abigail Minthorn & that She Abigail was his lawfull wife at his 
decease and farther Saith not
Sworn before me this 20th day of December 1782
    Stephen Day                                          George Minthorn
  Another Affidavit was also presented to the Court in the words following Viz.
  Morris County State of N. Jersey.  Personally appeared before me William 
Woodhull one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the Said County of Morris 
Jacob Minthorn & being duly Sworn deposeth & Saith that Abigail Minthorn is 
now the widow of Phillip Minthorn who died inlisted for the war in the first 
Jersey Regt.

Sworn before me the Twentyeth  }                 Jacob Minthorn
day of December 1782 ..        }  Signed Wm. Woodhull

  The Court having considered the Same are of opinion that She the Said 
Abigail Minthorn is entitled to the half pay of her deceased Husband & do 
order the clerk to make out a Certificate accordingly.

Additional Comments:
Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society.
Vol. 1, New Series, 1916, Pages 149-150.

* In brackets [] above is mentioned with earlier pension listing.



This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/

File size: 2.9 Kb

This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/morris/military/revwar/pensions/minthorn-a1.txt