Benjamin Holden

Benjamin Holden
Provided by Jane Hunter Hodgson

1728 Born
1761 Apr 11 Witnessed a deed in Trenton, NJ
1773 Sep 23 Mortgage Hunterdon Co NJ of Trenton Benjamin & Elizabeth Holden
Vol. 1, p. 204: Dated 23 Sept. 1773. Benjamin Holden and his wife Elizabeth of Trenton to James Paxton, property in Kingwood, 105 acres.
1774 : [ 1st Continental Congress meets]
1774 July 10 Doctor visit
1774 Aug 28 Doctor visit
1775-1783 : American Revolutionary War against the British
1775 Aug 16 Doctor visit
1775 7ber 11 Doctor visit
1775 7ber 24 Doctor visit
1775 7ber 30 Doctor visit
1775 Hunterdon County Mortgage Trenton Benjamin Holden Page 204
Wife Elizabeth, Kingwood Twp (Daniel and P. Cox signed)
1776 Dec 26 Battle of Trenton
1776 : Declaration of Independence
1776 Feb 4 Doctor visit
1776 Feb 5 Doctor visit
1776 Feb 6 Doctor visit
1776 Feb 7 Doctor visit
1777 Oct 22 Name appears on Pittstown document
1778 : Congress forbids import of slaves into America
1778 May 21 List of recruits: Benjn Holden Kingwood; Company 86; Dark complexion; 2nd Regiment;
Phillips Company; 28 May joined;
1778 May 22 Enlisted in 2 New Jersey Regiment as Private in Captain
Jonathan Phillips Company
1778 Living Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ
1778 May 25 Substitute in Militia for Adam Hope
1778 May 28 Enlisted New Jersey Continental Line Co Hunterdon 2nd Foot Militia Col. Joseph Beavers for 9 mos. No. 20 on list (Ben 1862 No. 19); Foot militia
1778 June 1 Enlisted Term 9 mos.
1778 July 1 Paid 3 pounds 15 shillings

1778 June 1 Enlisted Captain Phillips Company, 2nd Regiment, Continental Army
5 ft 9 in, dark complexion, gray hair
1779 Mar 1 Discharged Captain Phillips Company
1779 War Casualties End of Service
1779 Doctor visits Hunterdon Co NJ
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NJ COLONIAL DOCUMENTS, CALENDAR OF WILLS 1761-1770
974.9 B49a Vol 33

p345
1761, April 11, REED, BENJAMIN of Trenton, Hunterdon Co. Int. Adm'x
JEMIMA REED. Fellowbondsmen--OBADIAH HOWELL and ISAAC GREEN, all of said place. Witnesses---EVAN REYNOLDS, JOHN HENDRICKSON AND BENJAMIN HOLDEN.
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HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ MORTGAGES, VOL. 1

From a privately published index to Vol. 1 of Hunterdon mortgages, ordered
microfilm copies of three Holden mortgages. In New Jersey mortgages were
recorded in county offices from about 1765, much earlier than deeds were
recorded. The microfilm copies received were almost unreadable.

Vol. 1, p. 7: Dated July, 166, David Holden and his wife Elizabeth of Trenton
to Samuel Rutherford. Property along Shabakong Brook.

Vol. 1, p. 204: Dated 23 Sept. 1773. Benjamin Holden and his wife Elizabeth
of Trenton to James Paxton, property in Kingwood, 105 acres.

Vol. 1, p. 234: Dated 5 February 1778. David Holden was a witness to a
mortgage for property in Amwell.
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MEDICAL ACCOUNT BOOK A
JULY 1 1768-1773

BENJAMIN VANKIRK, M.D.
HUNTERDON COUNTY
NEW JERSEY

INDEX OF SURNAMES TO WHOM MEDICAL SERCIE WAS CHARGED

SARAH D. STOUT COLLECTION
HOPEWELL MUSEUM
HOPEWELL, NJ 98525

1779 August 16 Benjn Holden fr " 1 9
Exor of H of mutton at 3d " 1 6
Fr Tuli: Jalap for wife " 4 6
Fr Elect: Balfam " 3 "
Fr a Shot " 3 "
Fr Ingred Fatt Decoratr " 2 6
Fr Febril mist " 3 6
Fr 4 Anody: Pills " 2 "
Fr 3 Lan Powder " 4 6

1776 Feb 4
Fr Ingredth att: Decortn " 3 6
Fr a visit to your wifes son at Avon Ptrongs " 2 "
Fr a vomit " 1 "
Fr an epitpats " 1 "
For a Visit
For Ditto
For Int Net Sule
In case omitted in Tofling

1775 August 16
Benjn Holden fr
For the of mre hom at
For Pulve galap
For Elect. Gelfam

7ber 11
For a Visit
For Ingred to aft Pecoctn
For Febrilus mixt

24
For 4 Anos Pills

26
For
For Import aft Decoct 1776 Feb 4
For a visit to your wifes Son
at ms William Womstoon
Er a Vomit
Saran Equipreft

5
For a Night

6
For Ditto
1779 7ber 10 For Pulv. Rhu
Carried Back to the old Book
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1775 Mortgage Hunterdon Co NJ Benjn Holden Elizabeth his wife Of Trenton
Page 204 23 Sep 1773
Township of Kingwood
Coxett Kirkbride
Capooling Creek
Daniel Cox
P. Cox
Samuel Johnston

Witness Mary Henry Eben Cowell
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LDS Film 568713
Revolutionary War Index: a compilation of Revolutionary War slips and
documented materials from other sources
Hanowil, John - Hunter, Andrew

HOLDEN, BENJAMIN
Private 3rd Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia.
Private, Captain Ross' Company 3rd Regiment; New Jersey
Continental Line; enlisted from the 3rd Regiment, Hunterdon County

Militia, May 25, 1773, for nine months.
At the date of his enlistment in the New Jersey Continental
Line he was a resident of Amwell, Hunterdon County; 16 years of age,
5'4" in height, fair complexion, and fair hair.
(MSS. Nos. 3774, page 19, and 3606.)
WSP: N
1-28-32

HOLDEN, BENJAMIN
Private, 2nd Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia.
Private, Captain Phillips Company, 2nd Regiment, New Jersey
Continental Line; enlisted June 1, 1778, for nine months; at date of
this enlistment was a resident of Kingwood, 50 years of age, 5' 9" in
height, dark complexion and gray hair.
(MSS. Nos: 3610 and 3773, page 23.)

HOLDEN, THOMAS
Private, Captain Phillips' Company, 2nd Regiment, New
Jersey Continental Line; enlisted May 23, 1778, for the Wars trans-
ferred to Captain Abel Weymon's Company, Colonel Matthias Ogden's
Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line; on rolls, March 1; dead,
March 16, 1783.
(MSS. No. 3773, page 23; Muster Roll.)

HOLDREN, JOSEPH
On August 19, 1775, voluntarily enlisted as a Minute
Man in Captain Joseph Stout's Company from Alexandria,
Hunterdon County, Colonel Charles Stewart's Regiment.
(Ref. Mss. 720).
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Index to Vol. 1, Hunterdon County Mortgages:

Benjamin HOLDEN, Trenton, 1775, page 204.
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OFFICIAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF NEW JERSEY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY 1872 1941

PAGE 61 Revolutionary War

Holden, Benjamin (2) 214, (2) 633
Holden, Henry 214, 633
Holden, Richard 633
Holdren, Henry 633
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LDS Film 568713
Revolutionary War Index: a compilation of Revolutionary War slips and
documented materials from other sources
Hanowil, John - Hunter, Andrew

HOLDEN, BENJAMIN
Private 3rd Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia.
Private, Captain Ross' Company 3rd Regiment; New Jersey
Continental Line; enlisted from the 3rd Regiment, Hunterdon County
Militia, May 25, 1773, for nine months.
At the date of his enlistment in the New Jersey Continental
Line he was a resident of Amwell, Hunterdon County; 16 years of age,
5'4" in height, fair complexion, and fair hair.
(MSS. Nos. 3774, page 19, and 3606.)
WSP: N
1-28-32

NATIONAL ARCHIVES, LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA

Holdin, Benjamin
2 New Jersey Regiment.
(Revolutionary War.)
Private Private
R.P. 436787

H 2 N.J.
Benjamin Holden
Pvt Capt. Jonathan Phillips' Company,
2d Regiment of Foot of the State of
New Jersey, commanded by Colonel
Israel Shreve.*
(Revolutionary War.)
Appears on
Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above for the month
of June 1778
Roll dated 1778
Appointed , 17
Commissioned , 17
Enlisted May 22, 17
Term of enlistment 9 mos
Time since last muster or enlistment
Alterations since last muster
Casualties
Remarks: Joined from 1st
*This company was designated at various times as Capt. Thomas Yard's Capt. Jonathan Phillips', Abel Weyman's, 7th and 6th Company.

H 2 N.J.

Benjamin Holdin
pvt. Capt. Jonathan Phillips Co. 2d
Regiment New Jersey, commanded
by Col. Israel Shreve.*
(Revolutionary War.)
Appears on
Company Pay Roll
of the organization named above for the month
of June 1778
Commencement of time , 17
Commencement of pay May 22, 1778
To what time paid , 17
Pay per month 6 2/3 Dol.
Time of service 1 mo. 9 Days
Whole time of service
Subsistence
Amount
Amt. of pay and subsistence L3. 15 S
Pay due to sick, absent
Casualties
Remarks:
*This company was designated at various times as Capt. Thomas Yard's Capt. Jonathan Phillips', Abel Weyman's, 7th and 6th Company.

Housee

H 2 N.J.
Benjamin Holden
Ct Philips' Co.,
2d New Jersey Regiment, Israel Shreve, Col.
(Revolutionary War.)
Appears in a book*
Copied from Rolls
of the organization named above.
Date of appointment or enlistment June 1, 1778
Term enlisted for 9 mo
Casualties March Mar, 1779
Remarks:
*This book appears to have been copied from original rolls in the

Office of Army Accounts under the Paymaster General, U.S. A.,
who was authorized by Congress, July 4, 1783 to settle and finally
adjust all accounts whatsoever between the United States and the
officers and soldiers of the American army. (Journal American
Congress, Vol. 4, page 237.) R. & P., 436, 786.
Vol 4 page 88

Wise
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Index of Persons, Places and Subjects: Volume 1 of Mortgages of Hunterdon
County 1766-1793
Compiled by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy :

HOLDEN, David, no township given, 1778, p. 234.
HOLDEN, Benjamin, Trenton twp., 1775, p. 204.
HOLDEN, David, Trenton twp., 1766, p. 7.
HOLDEN, Elizabeth, Trenton twp., 1766, p. 7.
HOLDEN, Elizabeth, Trenton twp., 1775, p. 204.
HOLDER, Mr., Trenton twp., 1772, p. 211.

The microfilm number is 0588276, title Mortgages Vol. 1-4, 1766-1811.

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3610.
A List of Recruits Joined in the Second
Regt of foot Militia in Hunterdon County & State
of New Jersey Commanded by Col. Joseph Beavers
Who are to serve 9 Months from the Day of their
Joining in any of the 4 Regt Raisd by sd State
in service of the U. States May 21, 1778:
No. 20; Recruits Name, Benjn Holden; place
of abode, Kingwood; No. of Compy, 86; Description
of Person, Dark Complexion; Age, 50; Stature,
5 feet 9 inches; Regiment, 2nd.; Compy, Capt.

Phillips; When joined, 28th. May, (1778).

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
MSS. Number 3773, page 23.
Casualty Book, Second New Jersey Regiment:
Name, Benjn Holden; Rank, (Private); Company,
Captain Phillips's; Appointment or Enlistment,
June 1, 1778; 9 months; remarks, Discharged Mc'h.
1, 1779.
(See Benjamin Olden.)
Cef

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Olden, Benjamin
MSS. Number 3773. Page 23.
Cef

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon.
MSS. No. 3609.
A List of the Recruits Raisd in the Second
Regimt of foot Malitia in Hunterdon County State
of N. Jersey, Commd by Col Joseph Beavers May the
21st 1778. For Nine months:
Recruits Name, Benjamin Holden; Township of
Kingwood; No. of Comp., No. 86; Complection,
Dark; Hair, Gray; Age about, 50; Size, 5';
inches, 9.
Sir: the above and within Substitues, & Re-
cruits, is Sent you by the Barer ensign Adam
Hope - Enlisted 21st of May - I am Sir in

behalf of the Commitioners,
Your Honl Servt
Jos. Beavers Col.
To. Mr. Jacob Dunn at the
N. Jersey Brigade
May 25yh 1778.

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3611.
(A List of the Recruits joined in the Second
Regiment of Foot Militia, Hunterdon County and
State of New Jersey, Commanded by Colonel Joseph
Beavers, who are to serve nine months from the
day of their joining in any of the four Regiments
joined by said State in the service of the United
States, May, 1778):
No. 20; Name, Benj. Holden; Company, Capt.
Phillips; Regiment, 2nd.; time joined,
To be anext to Coll. Beavers List No. 2.

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3618.
See Benjamin Houlden.

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Est'b
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3617.
See Benjamin Holdam.

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3610.
A List of Recruits Joined in the Second
Regt of foot Militia in Hunterdon County & State
of New Jersey Commanded by Col. Joseph Beavers
Who are to serve 9 Months from the Day of their
Joining in any of the 4 Regt Raisd by sd State
in service of the U. States May 21, 1778:
No. 20; Recruits Name, Benjn Holden; place
of abode, Kingwood; No. of Compy, 86; Description
of Person, Dark Complexion; Age, 50; Stature,
5 feet 9 inches; Regiment, 2nd.; Compy, Capt.
Phillips; When joined, 28th. May, (1778).

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Olden, Benjamin
MSS. Number 3773. Page 23.
Cef

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon.
MSS. No. 3609.
A List of the Recruits Raisd in the Second
Regimt of foot Malitia in Hunterdon County State
of N. Jersey, Commd by Col Joseph Beavers May the
21st 1778. For Nine months:
Recruits Name, Benjamin Holden; Township of
Kingwood; No. of Comp., No. 86; Complection,
Dark; Hair, Gray; Age about, 50; Size, 5';
inches, 9.
Sir: the above and within Substitues, & Re-
cruits, is Sent you by the Barer ensign Adam
Hope - Enlisted 21st of May - I am Sir in
behalf of the Commitioners,
Your Honl Servt
Jos. Beavers Col.
To. Mr. Jacob Dunn at the
N. Jersey Brigade
May 25yh 1778.

To be anext to Coll. Beavers List No. 2.

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Est'b.
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3618.
See Benjamin Houlden.

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OFFICIAL REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF NEW JERSEY
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Compiled under orders of his excellency Theodore F. Randolph,
Governor, by William S. Stryker, Adjutant General.

HOLDEN, BENJAMIN. Captain Phillips' company, Second Bat-
talion, Second Establishment; also militia.
HOLDEN, BENJAMIN. Captain Ross' company, Third Battalion,
Second Establishment; also militia.
HOLDEN, HENRY. Also militia.
HOLDEN, THOMAS. Second Battalion, Second Establishment;
Captain Phillips' company, Second Regiment; deserted
from British Army, November 20th 1778; committed
suicide
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Est'b
New Jersey Continental Line.
Holden, Benjamin
County Hunterdon
MSS. No. 3617.
See Benjamin Holdam.
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TRADITIIONS OF HUNTERDON
John W. Lequear
1957: Flemington, NJ

Page 118
EARLY BAPTISTS OF BAPTISTOWN
The Townships of Alexandria, Kingwood, Franklin and Union,
were formerly included in Bethlehem, and the first church at
Baptistown was known in its earlier days as the Bethlehem
Baptist Church. This originated about 1720, and was established
shortly after the district began to be settled.
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Benjamin Holden & Elizabeth his wife
To
James Paxton

All of Trenton, County of Hunterdon, Province of New Jersey

1773 Sep 23
Property adjoining:
Capooling Creek
Daniel Coxe
Samuel Johnston

253 pounds

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HOLDEN Benjamin 175? New Jersey, priv. Official reg. Of officers and men of NJ. In the Rev. War. Ed. By Will. S. Stryker. Trenton, NJ. 1872. (878p.):214, 633 HOLDEN Benjamin 179? New Jersey, War 1812 Records of the officers and men of NJ. In wars 1791-1815. Trenton, NJ. 1909. (369p.):86
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CERTIFICATES AND RECEIPTS OF REVOLUTIONARY NEW JERSEY
Dorothy Agans Stratford
Thomas B Wilson

Page 88
HOLDEN, Benjamin
13 dollars. July 20, 1782. For 13 days work building a chimney in the Continental Store at Pittstown at 7/6 per day. No. 8171.

Page 139
HOLDEN, Benjamin
20 July 1782. Received certificate no. 8171 for 13 dollars for 13 days mason work building a chimney in the Continental Store at Pitts Town.
Witness: John Voorhees (59).
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INDEX TO HUNTERDON COUNTY LAND OWNER MAPS
William H Blue
1887-1981
Genealogical Society of New Jersey
Map Series 4
By D. Stanton Hammond
1688-1765

Holdon Benj. DB3

(This map is large and has Benjamin Holden's name on the property. Map housed in the New Jersey State Archives)

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