He was captain of militia, Second New Jersey regiment, in the Revolutionary war. He died Aug. 29, 1823. Rev. James Hoyt, former pastor of the First church of Orange, in his Church History, says of Jonathan: "He was a conscientious church-goer, and in his old age, being poor and having no vehicle but an ox cart, he and his wife rode regularly to church in that. Not caring to show it, he would stop as he entered the village, hitch his cattle to a tree, and thence walk to the House of God."3
2nd Regiment, Essex County Militia; Commanded A Company in Col. Philip Van Cortland's Regiment (DAR); Ensign, Captain Samuel Pierson's Company, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's Second Regiment, Essex County Militia, prior to July 30, 1777; company was from South District. (Ref. Mss. 10353); Captain, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's Second Regiment, Essex County Militia. (Ref. Mss. 3596); Active service in battles of Connecticut Farms, June 7, 1780, and Springfield, June 23, 1780. (Ref. Inv. 886, Jonas Hedden; Wid. 2387, Samuel Williams); Received Certificate No. 585, for £17:10:0, for depreciation of his Continental pay in the Essex County Militia, issued June 22, 1784. (Ref. Indents, Rev. War, Page 265) WSP:G. 2-27-27164