Lorenzo D Applegate

Other Events:

• Voress Number: XN1
• Occupation: 1860
• Residence: 1860, Southampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

XY1A Lorenzo D Applegate, b. abt 1825 in NJ, d. abt 1867 (Burlington Co. (NJ) Miscellaneous Old Probate Records, File A-5, image 915 (Petition for Guardianship) [identifies Lorenzo as “recently deceased on 17 Dec 1867] in Burlington Co., NJ. (Id.).

Lorenzo was enumerated in the 1850 US Census in the household of his mother Phebe. He was 35, born in NJ and a laborer. I believe his age may be off by ten years and was actually about 25.

I found a marriage between Lorenzo D. Applegate and Jane Boyd in the New_Jersey-ODM database. ("New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZR8-VFM : accessed 8 April 2012), Lorenzo D. Applegate (1854)). They were married on 18 Mar 1854 in Southampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

I found Lorenzo D Applegate’s household in the 1860 Census for Southampton Twp., Burlington Co., NJ. In the household were Lorenzo D. Applegate, age 36, born NJ, and a laborer; Mary J. Applegate, age 26, born NJ; Anna E. Applegate, age 41, born NJ; William H. Applegate, age 1/2, born NJ; and James Boyd, age 53, born NJ. I believe Mary J. is Mary Jane and the same Jane Boyd who married Lorenzo in 1854. (1860 US Census, NJ, Burlington Co., Southampton Twp., p. 44, 310/317). James Boyd is probably Mary Jane's father, or, less likely, an older brother.

Living next door is the household of Allen V. Joyce, age 43. (Id. at 311/318). An Allen Joyce was one of the witnesses to Phebe (Clinton) Applegate’s application for bounty land.

A Lorenzo D Applegate served in the Civil War in Co. C of the 34th NJ. Infantry. (National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System).

Lorenzo died while in service of smallpox at Island No. 10, TN on 17 Feb 1864. There was an application filed for a pension based on Lorenzo’s service shortly thereafter. I have not yet been able to obtain a copy of the entire file.

In 1867, Job Butterworth was appointed guardian of William Applegate and Annie Applegate. The Orphan’s Court order appointing the guardian states they have “no mother” to take care of them and notice has been given to their next of kin of Job’s motion. (Burlington Co (NJ) Orphan’s Court Minutes, 12-234). I have obtained the lengthy guardianship file from Burlington County Miscellaneous Old Probate Records and Job’s actual petition identifies the wards as the children of Lorenzo. (Burlington Co. (NJ) Miscellaneous Probate Documents #615). “The petition of Job Butterworth of the county of Burlington showeth that Lorenzo Applegate late of said county lately died leaving James W. H. Applegate and Phebe A Applegate his children minors now under the age of fourteen.”

Occupation:
Laborer

Lorenzo married Mary Jane Boyd 18 Mar 1854, Southampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. Mary was born Abt 1834, New Jersey, USA; died Abt 1867. [Group Sheet]

1. James William Henry Applegate was born 22 Feb 1860.
2. Phebe Ann "Annie" Applegate was born 30 Aug 1862.

Other Events:

• Voress Number: XN

Notes:

XN William Ezekiel Applegate; b. abt. 1781, d. 31 May 1849 or 1 June 1850 at Southampton, Burlington Co., NJ. He married 13 October 1808 in Burlington Co., NJ, Phebe Clinton, b. abt 1871, d. 7 June 1863 in Southampton, Burlington Co., NJ.

Discussion

The identification of this Ezekiel rests on his widow’s application for bounty land based on his service in the undeclared war with France at the end of the 18th Century.

There is a stray piece of paper in the War of 1812 bounty land application of Irene, widow of Derrick Applegate 5F2B5 that refers to Ezekiel. It appears to be some sort of file divider:

Applegate, Ezekiel BLReg 30796-50
Phebe

Not War with 1812
War with France
1799-1807

I have no idea why this document is in Derrick’s file.

Bounty land claim number 30796 is the bounty land claim of Phebe (Clinton) Applegate. In the application, dated 25 January 1851, Phebe Applegate states that she is 80 years old and that she married Ezekiel Applegate in Burlington Co., NJ, in 1808. Her maiden name was Phebe Clinton. She states that Ezekiel enlisted in the Light Horse and Infantry commanded by Col. Hanlein (another witness in the application, Allen Joyce, gives his name as “Hanley”) in 1799 at Buns Tavern, Monmouth Co., NJ. She further states that Ezekiel was discharged in 1807 at “Washington City”--probably Washington D.C. Finally, she states that Ezekiel died on 31 May 18 1849 at Southampton, Burlington Co., NJ.

Notes in the file indicate that the muster rolls for this unit were destroyed by fire in 1814.

There is a reference to a marriage of Phebe Clinton in H. Stanley Craig, “Burlington County Marriages” (undated, reprinted 1977 by the Gloucester County Historical Society), p. 11. The date of the marriage is 13 October 1808. However, Craig states that the name of the groom is William Applegate, not Ezekiel. I was able to obtain a copy of the relevant page of the Burlington County Marriage Book (Marriage Book B, p. 95), and it clearly states the groom’s name is William Applegate and the bride’s name is Phebe Clinton. The Justice of the Peace who performed the wedding (Joseph Budd) identified in the Marriage Book is the same as the one Phebe claimed performed her wedding in her bounty land application.

There is a William Applegate who appears on the Death Schedule for the 1850 Census for Southampton, Burlington Co., NJ. He as listed as 68, married,, born in NJ, and died in June. His occupation was “Laborer” and his cause of death was “Debility”. There is a matching death record for a William Applegate in the New Jersey-EASY database. ("New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZC9-NPD : accessed 8 April 2012), William Applegate (1849)). This gives his death date as 1 June 1849, death place as Burlington Co., NJ, occupation as “Laborer”, and married. His age at death on the 1850 Death Schedule gives us an approximate birth date of 1781

While the first name of the husbands differ, it seems clear that Phebe is referring to the same person in her bounty land application. I do not know why Phebe called her husband “Ezekiel” in her bounty land application, when he seems to have used the name William in all other circumstances.

I suspect I have located Phebe in the 1850 US Census in Burlington County. There is a household headed by a Phebe Applegate enumerated in Southampton Township. In the household are Phebe Applegate age 6x (the second digit is illegible and could be a ‘5’ or a ‘9’), born in NJ; William Applegate, age 22; Phebe Applegate, age 17; Lorenzo Applegate, age 35; Samuel Applegate, age 24; and Henry Applegate, age 14. (1850 US Census, NJ, Burlington Co., Southampton Twp., 436/445). Based on her stated age, her birth year was either 1795 or 1791 Given the tendency to inflate the ages of widows in pension and bounty applications, this could be Phebe the widow of William/Ezekiel.

Phebe seems to have remained in Southampton. I believe I found her in the 1860 Census, still living there as head of household. “Phoebe” was 70, and born in NJ. Also in the household were Elizabeth Applegate, age 35, born in NJ; and William Applegate, age 28, born in NJ. (1860 US Census, NJ, Burlington Co., Southampton Twp., p. 60, 37/424)

I believe this Phebe was the Phebe Applegate who died on 7 June 1863 in Southampton, Burlington Co., NJ, at age 72. She had been born in Monmouth Co., NJ. This gives a calculated birth year of 1791 for her. ("New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZD9-FL5 : accessed 8 April 2012), Phebe Applegate (1791)).

William married Phebe Clinton 13 Oct 1808, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. Phebe was born Abt 1785, New Jersey, USA; died 07 Jun 1863, Southampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]