Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3398, William Evans, R.I. Sea Service
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(3 - 1770)
SERVICE                                                   NUMBER
R.I.               Evans, William                      R.3398
Sea Service   or Euvans,

[double line]____
CONTENTS
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16618
In the matter of
the application of
William Euvens
or Evans for
a pension-
---
Proceedings
No22
To the care of
Giles F. Gates
[illegible word lined through] Schenectady
N.Y.

27}63
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[? ink blot or wax seal at top of page]
State of New York}
County of Schenectady } Ss.
        On this twelfth - day
of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting William Euvens a resident of the town -of Princetown
in said County and State, aged Seventy-six 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 7th 1832
        He was born in the Limerick in of the Kingdom of Ireland [ words "in the County of-in the State" lined through]
on the thirteenth day of May 1756.
He has no record of his age except
that a memorandum left him by his [illegible lined through] ^parents  yet believes there is a register thereof in the Parish where he was born. When he was called into the service of the United States in the
army of the revolution, he was living in the town of Warren
Bristol County State of Rhode Island and since the revolutionary war he has lived in Harrison's purchase N. Y. Springfield Mass:  and at Heldbergh in Albany County. About 20 years ago he moved to
& he now lives in the town-of Princetown aforesaid
     He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
       In the beginning of the year 1776, he
enlisted for the term of Eighteen months at
Warren aforesaid in the marine service of the
United States in the galley named the "spitfire"
The names of the officers whom he recollects, were
Joseph Crandell Captain, Attwood Sheffield
Lieutenant- William Warren Master, Benjamin
Cranston his mate -Elon Bosser gunner, Joseph
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Ormsby his mate, Sampson Sims Steward-
William Crandall Midshipman -John McLeash Boatswain, William Ritcher his mate
This galley was associated with another commanded by Captain Pierce & plied from Providence
to Bristol- to Mason's narrows -- the most
part of the time at Howland's ferry. While
in this engagement of Eighteen months which he
served out in full, he was in several skirmises with the enemy and was employed in
guarding the coast & preventing tories from
carrying provisions & from Swansey to Rhode-
Island.  When he had served about thirteen
months, his Captain, Lieutenant, Midshipman
himself and 3 others of the crew were taken prisoners, the remainder being at the time or shore.
They were taken to Rhode Island and put on
board of a prison ship, and after remaining there
8 or 10 days were placed on board of a prison ship
in the New York harbour - Sir [ name"William" crossed out] Henry
Clinton being commander of the British forces
in that port. The remainder of his term of Eighteen months he was a prisoner as aforesaid.
      In the month of April 1779, he enlisted
at Warren aforesaid for the term of one year, but
served only eleven months, when he was discharged
to enlist for three years as herein after stated.
This enlistment of Eleven months was in Captain
Garzee's Company of Artillery. The names of
his other officers not recollected, save his recruiting
officer Tom: Champlin. He served these 11
months at Bristol and Brenton points but encountered no enemy.
         At the expiration of said Eleven months
he enlisted ^ in a company of Infantry in the standing army for the term of
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three years. The names of his Company field
officers whom he recollects were Cogswell Oney or Olney ^ or Orney Captain -Belon Jenkins
Lieutenant-
Colonel Angel.-Lieut: Colonel Oney -Major
Thayer- Adjutant Rogers. He also remembers
the name of Captain John Oney in the same
Regiment- also Captain Hughs and Captain
Stoddard- Surgeons Doctors Finney & Cornelius
His orderly Sergeant- Steward - also Sergeant Wilbur.
     He marched to Morristown in New Jersey
the head quarters of the Continental
Army and remained there he believes about one
year - he was in the battle of Springfield during
said year. From thence he marched towards
Westpoint but crossed over to Kings ferry
thence to Bergen in New Jersey while part of
his Regiment (2 companies of Infantry) remained
at Paramus near Bergen, to prevent
refugees from going to the enemy. He was engaged
in several skirmishes with refugees.
    He does not remember to have
been in any other engagements than those above
set forth except a Battle between shot hills &
Dobbs' ferry.
    Some time in the year 1828 the Claimant made application for a pension under the act of 1818,
and thereupon received notice from the war
Department, that if he procured testimony of his services
, his claim would be admitted. This however he was not then, and is not now able
to do-
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THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who
were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with
which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: General Washington &
the other officers whose names are herein
before mentioned
He never received any written discharge from the service, except signed
by Colonel Angel aforesaid which has long
since been lost
---
He has no
documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present
neighborhood, and
who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the
revolution, to wit Isaac Wemple and Elias Truax
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the}
day and year aforesaid}
John S. Vrooman Clerk.
his
Wm [his X mark] Euvans
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Wm Evans
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[ The following is crossed out "THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who
were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with
which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: all those whose names
are herein before mentioned, also General George
Washington
He never received any written discharge from the service, except one signed by
Colonel Angel aforesaid which has long since
been lost
He has no documentary
evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and
can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the
revolution, to wit
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the
day and year first aforesaid"]

Clerk.

We Isaac Wemple [word"clergyman" lined through] residing in the town of Princetown
in the county of Schenectady aforesaid and Elias Truax
residing in the town [illegible lined through] Princetown in said County
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Euvans, who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six
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 and sworn the}
day and year aforesaid}
John S. Vrooman
Clerk.
Isaac Wemple [illegible lined through]
[name" William X Euvans" lined through]
Elias [his X mark] Truax 

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 Isaac Wimple
who has signed the preceding
certificate is a [ word "clergyman" lined through], resident in the town of Princetown in said
County, and that Elias Truax
who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, that they are both
[words "and is" lined through] a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of
Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of William Evans
for a pension.
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office, this twelfth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John S. Vrooman Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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[ words "Act of July 14, 1862, and
March 3,1878" lined through]
3398
P.O.
William Evans
Service: ------ [REJECTED stamp]
Enlisted:-----,18
Discharged:--------,18
Application filed:---------,18
Alleges:------
Re-enlisted:------
Attorney:-------
P,O, --------
--- -Recognized. -----Contract.
----Cert. of Dis. Searched for------,18
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N. York
Wm Evans
Leto G. F. Yates
April 24th 1840
do May 11th 1840
do Hon H [illegible]
[illegible] James Walsh Esq
Oct 17th '48
J Walsh 23, 1832
act of June 18[illegible]
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N.York
Wm.  Evans
Letter to Hon. M. J. Bovee}
12. May 1838}
to J.F. Yates 25. June 1838
Hon J.S.Dexter Apl [illegible]

Act. June 1832
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Aprl 3 1848
Janus Walsh
for Willliam Evans
[ the above written vertically]

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington 
D.C.
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Schenectady 30th March 1848,
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Sir,
I wish you to inform me if William
Evans of Princetown Schenectady County N. Y. State, has
drawn, a pension through your office, within 10.  or, 15 years
past and the amount drawn, as I presume you have it recorded
on your Books, if drawn, Giles F. Yates Esqr was the Man set,
applied for the same, but whether he received his pension
or not I am not able to tell, but presume you can tell,
and by informing me you will confer a great favour on your
Humble Servant
James Walsh
Schenectady N.Y. State,
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James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
[illegible stamp overlaying the above]
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Schenectady 18th Novr 1852-
James E. Heath Esqr
Sir / I would thank
you, to inform
me if Giles F. Yates Pension Agent has received the late
Wm Evan's Pension of Princetown Schenectady County N.Y.
as one of his friends wished me to write to the Department,
Respecting the same and you will much oblige your humble Servt
James Walsh
---
N.B. Please direct your letter to James Walsh Commissioner of Deeds -
City of Schenectady State New York-
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 / Evans
[illegible] at Aprl 30.
 Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Comms
Washington 
D.C.
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Amsterdam April 27. 1838

Dear Sir
   In your letter to me of the 23[ illegible]
in the case of William Evans, you refer [illegible]
to the 4th of February 1835 a letter to Hon S. Paige
I presume this is not the same William Evans,
that I forwarded papers for to you last fall- I recie"S.
the papers from Mr Yates of Schenectady & If my
recollections are correct his claim was for services mostly done on the Ocean - but if it should
turn out to be the same one you name in
letter as above, I do not see him In is
[illegible] -you say he rejoined the army If so & got his
 substitute for his actual services he wont
be entitled- I wish you to refer me to the land
that has his actual service I should like
to see it - the act of 7 June 1832 does say that
If any person served in all 6 mos. he should 
be entitled
Hon J. L. Edwards
[illegible]
Matthias J. Bane
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Evans
[illegible] - March 30th  39

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Deparmt-
Washinton
D.C.


Wm Evans[ written upsidedown]
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Evans
[illegible] - March 30th 39

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Deparmt-
Washinton
D.C.


Wm Evans[ written upsidedown]
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To J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In the matter of the application of}
William Evans, or Euvans of}
Princetown N.Y. for a pension under the}
act of 7th June 1832.}
I was called upon
few days ago, by the Revd Mr Nott, and
several gentlemen from the town of Princetown
neighbors of Mr William Evans of that town,
& they joined their request with that of Mr
Evans, desiring me to solicit from you a
reexamination of his claim for a pension
under the act of
7th June 1832.  I made out
his original papers in the fall of 1832, or
the year 1833, in which he gave, if I
remember right, a circumstantial account of
his services, but was among those unfortunates who could not procure any witnesses
(principally for the reason that there were
none living in this State), & his name
I believe,
could not then be found on the rolls
in your
Department. At my request, Mr J Bovee Esq late M.C. obtained a review
of the claim, but with no better
success than
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I had met with. He is a pious, worthy man
& a town charge. Being satisfied that his
statements are entitled
to the fullest credit, I am
induced to urge another review of his case.
you have doubtless since the last examination
received new rolls in your office, & his name
may be found thereon. If not I may find
it in the State where he served.
I am very truly
your obt Servt 
G.F. Yates
Schenectada Mar: 15th -1839
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In the matter & of}
William Evans, under the}
act of 7th June 1832}
Schenectada April 2d 1833
J.L. Edwards Esq Commissioner
of Pensions
Sir,
I am favored with
your letter of the
30th -ult[?]- relative to the
claim of William Evans
for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832, in which
you state that the papers in his case, were
returned to me on the 16th day of May
1833. I procured a new declaration to be
made in open Court on the 25th day of
April
1837, as I find by a special
memorandum of my own, and that this
new declaration with accompanying affidavits of Elias Truax, John Nott, Isaac
Wemple & Myndert Pangburn, was again
forwarded to your office. I may be
mistaken in supposing I sent it the second
time, or the letter inclosing it may have
miscarried. In either event, a new declaration
will of course be required. But being under the
impression that you may not have caused
search to be made for the papers in the
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year 1837, not thinking I would suffer a
delay of four years in returning the papers,
if I am right in this impression, I solicit
the favor to have a new search made for
that year, to the end that if they are not
found, I may send in a new declaration.
I am very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Giles F. Yates
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In the matter &
Wm Evans for
a pension under act
of 7th June 1832
Letter to Commissioner
Agent
G. F. Yates
Schenectada
N.Y
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                          Schenectada June 17th 1839.
Sir.
In answer to my letter of the
2d April last, respecting the claim of
William Evans for a pension under the
act of 7th June 1832, you state, that the
original papers in this case were not
returned to your office, and that no supplemental papers have been received there. I took it for granted therefore that these papers
in the cause of transmission to Washington
had been lost by the mails, and was waiting for
the next sitting of the Court in this County to
make out a new set of papers. Within a few
days however, I have seen M. J. Bovee Esq of
Amsterdam, who had this claim sometime in hand,
and he informs me, that according to your letters to him on the subject, this claim was examined in your office, and reports made thereon since
this time the papers were said to have
been returned & I have therefore reason to
believe that the papers in support of this
claim are filed away among the papers of
another William Evans whose pension has
been allowed, as I find by reference to the
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books of the pension Agent in Albany.
I am very respectfully
Your obt Servt
G. F. Yates

To J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner
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Wm Evans
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Albany, April 30th 1841.
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
In your reply of the 24th inst to
letter of the 10th February last, covering the declaration
of Wm Ivans, you state that no name with initials
corresponding to those of Wm Evans can be
found on Capt Gazee's Rolls, but you do not say
whether they can or cannot be found on any rolls of
Capt. Olney or Hughs R.I. Line. And
am I to infer that the name of Ivans is not borne on them.
  The applicant stated that Thomas Champlin
or Samplin was his recruiting sergeant. You
say that his name is borne on Gazee's Rolls
but as private only. The applicant did not
say that Champlin was the sergeant of Gazee's
Company, only that he was the officer under whom
he enlisted. You admit in the case of the widow of Wm Brown, that soldiers may be "employed"
to recent without being "Sergeants. There is nothing
worthy of suspicion therefore in the statement
of Irang on that score. Besides you do not
say what years of the war these rolls cover
Champlin may have been a private during the year
that those to which the applicant alludes
you are doubtless justified, from the fact
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of having been deceived by a few unprincipled pension
agents, in making the insinuation that the applicant may have "obtained a knowledge of the names
of Officers &c from some employment in the Regiments of
Angel & as waiter" [Uc?] but it sounds strange to those who
know Wm Evan's practical piety & Christian honesty.
Even if he had been a waiter or hostler, it would not necessarily militate against his
statement, and servants were taken from the ranks & had not thereby forfeit their claims to pensions.
      An experience of several years, has
satisfied me, that little reliance is to be placed
upon the examination of clerks in public
offices. I feel a confident assurance that the
name of the applicant can be found on
the R. I. Rolls, and will if necessary visit
Rhode Island for the express purpose of
ascertaining the fact.
I have therefore to
request that you will give me the
address & place of residence of the Adjutant
who has the custody of the R.I. Regimental
Ledger to which you refer, and of any other
Public office in that State who ^has the possession
of revolutionary Records of that State.
Your Compliance will subscribe the cause
of justice & charity & greatly oblige
Your obt Servt
G.F.Yates
P.S. The applicant states that he believes he
was under Col. Olney at the close of the
war.
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In at June 20.
NY 
[the above written vertically on left side]


J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
War Department 
Washington 
D.C.
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Aprl 22.1841
In at RI
[the above written vertically on left side of page]
                                           25 cts
Lonsdale R I   }
Aprl 19th.     }      J.L.Edwards, Esquire
                            Commissioner  of Pensions
                             Washington City.-
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                    Lonsdale April 17th 1841-

J.L. Edwards, Esquire,
                        Sir,

        Your letter under date of the 2nd instant did
not come to hand until last evening, in answer to which I now inform
you that neither the Regimental Book, or other Document in my
possession, furnishes any evidence of the service of William Euvans, or
William Evans in the Rhode Island Regiment on or after the first
day of January 1781 to the end of the War-
I am Sir
very respectfully
your obedient Servant
Jno S. Dexter
N.B. Please to address to me at "Lonsdale, R.I."
Mr Dexter
instead of "Providence, R.I."
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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In the matter of
William Evans
or Emmons for a
pension under the act
of 7 June 1832.
To J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
    Sir.
I send you again the papers in the above case (which
have been once before you) with additional depositions recently taken or about a year since.
It is only to be credited, that on
old soldier who can neither read nor write, &
therefore could not have gleaned facts from
written or printed documents facts too which
are not to be found recorded in any papers
or books to which he could by possibility
have had access, should present such a
circumstantial & detailed account of services
as Mr Evans has done in his declaration
if they were not true. His original declaration, it will be seen, was made in October
1832 immediately after the passage of the law
under which he applies, and therefore ^ there was
no chance for collusion. I have made diligent
search wherever I could find opportunity for
the last four or five years, but have never
been able to find any rolls of the  companies in which Evans alledges that he served-
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and therefore have never been able to test the
correctness of Mr Evan's statements in that
way. I beg leave to call your particular
attention to the names of the privates which he
gives in his declaration, & whom he alleges
served with him, and would confidently submit, whether proof of his identity will not
be established, if the names he gives actually
occur on the rolls in question. It is due
to the applicant that such examination
should be made, and it should not militate
against this claim, if his name is not found
apart, as I have written it. Mr Euvans
has so much of the Irish brogue that
I can with difficulty catch the true pronunciation
of his name. I found as much
like Emmons, as Euvans, and not being
able to write or spell his name himself
it is not to be wondered at that his name
should be strangely metamorphosed by
a scribe (perhaps an illiterate one) who
wrote down his name on a roll in the
first instance-- I can give several instances
where names were found spelt on some
of the revolutionary Muster Rolls vastly
different from the mode of spelling now
adopted. The Levy & Militia Books once in
an office furnish many illustrations of
this fact, as Wanson for Wasson,  Caurle for
Corl -
Simmonds for Seamann &c &c &c.      If this
fact be duly considered & applied in the present
case, I feel confident that the claim of Mr
Euvans can be established to your satisfaction
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by documentary evidence.
Yours respectfully
G.F Yates
Schenectada Feby 10th 1841
P.S. I acknowledge the receipt
of your last letter in this case dated
April 10. 1839-
G. F. Y-
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Oct 3d
N.Y.
Act 1832
Wm Evens 
[ the above written vertically at left of page]

Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Comm"
Washington
D.C.
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Amsterdam Sept 28. 1837

Dear Sir
     Enclosed I forward the papers of
William Evans I wish if possible to have
an examination soon as the old man
is miserably poor
-
I am yours with esteem
Matthias J. Bane
Hon J. L. Edwards
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Wm Evans
34,497
N.Y.
Act 7 June 32
not on Garzia's role
not on Sophans Regt
for '79 ~


3398
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State of New York
County
of Schenectada⎬ ss.
On this twenty -fifth - day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty seven, personally appeared in open
Court, before the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County,
now sitting William Evans, or Euvans,
resident of the town of Princetown in said County
aged Eighty 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
7th 1832. 
He was born in the County of
Limerick, Ireland, in the Kingdom of Great Britain
, on the thirteenth day of May
1757 or 1758. He has no record of his age.
  Subsequent to his services during the
war of the revolution, as herein after
stated, he resided for two years in "Harrison's purchase". He then moved to Guilderland
in the now County of Albany in
said State of New York, where he lived for the
term of twenty - seven years and then moved to
said town of Princetown in said County
of Schenectada, where he now resides, as
above said.
  In the Spring of the year 1777,
he thinks on the first day of April in that
year, he this declarant enlisted in the
service of the United States for the term of
Eighteen months, under the following named officers,
 Joseph Crandall Captain, Edwin
Sheffield Lieutenant, William Warren Master
& Benjamin Cranston his mate - William Crandal
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Midshipman - Abraham Boswell Gunner &
Joseph Ormsby his mate -Sampson Sims Stewart. These were the officers of a vessel called
"the Spitfire", which with others, was employed in guarding the shores of Rhode Island
for the purpose of preventing the tories
or disaffected Americans from carrying provisions
to the enemy at Newport R. I.
of which port the enemy had then possession. After he this Declarant had
served for the period of thirteen months
on board of said vessel, he was taken prisoner by the enemy at Fall River R.I. together with the other men on board of said
vessel. The only persons, or rather those whom
he now recollects of them, were Rufus Whittaker
John Hardin and John Hardin Junr. who
had a few days before been permitted to
go home to their families at Warren aforesaid.
He this Declarant remained a prisoner
as aforesaid for the term of five months, when
he was exchanged. He was thus imprisoned
on board of a British Vessel called "The
Ardent", which lay during said five months
in the port of New York, which was then
in possession of the British. The prisoners
on board of" the Ardent" were very much
stritened for provisions that which was
given them by the British, being hardly
sufficient to sustain life. General Washington became acquainted with their situation, and sent them two pounds of bread and two pounds of beef or pork per week.
Edmund Burt, he this Declarant believes of
the rank of Lieutenant, Captain Shockley & 
Lieutenant Giddon Reed, are  the names of
those of the ^ american officers on board of "the Ardent"
whom this deponent recollects besides those
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belonging to the "Spitfire". The number of
prisoners in all, was about three Hundred,
of whom about one half were Frenchman.
    In the following month of
April, he this Declarant enlisted at said
town of Warren, in a company of Artillery
commanded by Captain Gazee. The name of
his recruiting officer was Thomas Samplin.
The names of his other Commissioned &
non commissioned officers, he this declarant
cannot possibly recollect, but thinks
his Sergeant's name was Perry. He enlisted in this company of Artillery for the term of one year, but served
only eleven months, when he enlisted in the continental
army as is herein after set forth. This company
of artillery was attached to the
troops of said State of Rhode Island, which
State troops as this declarant understood
the fact to be, those belonging to, were
permitted to leave provided they enlisted in
the Continental army. He this Declarant
served in said Company of Artillery at Warren aforesaid, for about five or six weeks when he marched to Bristols Neck, where he
remained for a short time - then marched to
Bristol ferry, where he remained with his
Company until the fall of that year, when
he marched Brenton's point, where he remained
for the remainder of said Eleven months.
     Immediately after serving the
aforesaid term of Eleven months, he thinks
on the first day of March 1780, he enlisted
for the term of three years at Newport R. I.
in the Regiment of Colonel Angel. The
name of his Lieutenant was he believes Jenkins,
of his Captain Cogswel. Oney or Olney
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the name of his orderly Sergeant was
Stewart - another Sergeants name was
Wilbur-Asa Wilbur Drum Major -Rogers
Adjutant.-Starks Brigadier General - Thayer
Major. He this Declarant, or rather the
company to which he belonged, joined his
Regiment at Morristown N.J. about two
miles or more out of its suburbs -remained
at Morristown on duty about four months.
The other Regiment stationed there and belonging to his Brigade, were those of Colonel
Jackson of the Massachusetts line, Col. Webb
of Connecticut (he believes). After serving
as aforesaid at at Morristown his Brigade
marched to Morris's flatts, between Pumptons
& Morristown N.J. where they remained on
duty about a month - thence they were
ordered to Westpoint. They crossed at Kings-
Ferry & remained there a few days. While
there General Steuben inspected them then
marched back to Morristown -where they
remained only a few days, when they marched to Ramapon woods N. J. where they
staid four or five days. They were then ordered to Westpoint, but marched to Short
Hills N.J. at the head of Tappan Bay.
From Short Hills they marched back to West-
point where they remained until the
following winter -thence they marched
to Hoyt's Hills where they built huts to
secure them from the inclemencies of the
weather & remained till the ensuing spring
then marched to Croton river N.Y.  staid
there Eighteen months or more when they
returned to Westpoint, & there remained
until the end of his said term. He
received a written discharge from this service
signed by Colonel Angel aforesaid, but
said discharge was worn out in his pocket
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and is now lost.
After this Declarant had
served about two years in said Company of Captain Olney he was transferred
to the Company of Captain Hewis
or Hughs in the
in same Brigade. He was
among those engaged in the Battle of
Springfield, whence they followed the
enemy to Morristown. He also engaged
in Skirmish at East Chester N.Y.
when he was stationed at Croton river aforesaid - -also in a skirmish when stationed
at Short Hills aforesaid-
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THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: the same before stated-
He never received any written discharge from the service except the one before
stated -
He has no -documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure who can testify to his service
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and
who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the
revolution, to wit, Reverend John Nott of the town of  Princeton, Isaac Wemple also of said town and Myndert Pangburn of said town-
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the}
day and year first aforesaid}
J. C. Burnham Clerk


William  [his X mark] Evans
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Schenectada County Ss.

I Elias Truax of
the town of Guilderland in the County of Albany
aged sixty years and upwards, being duly
Sworn & examined, doth depose and say
that I have been for the term of about
forty years last past, well acquainted with
the before named applicant William Evans
referred to in the foregoing declaration & by him
subscribed, and that said William Evans always
sustained an excellent character for truth
and veracity- and I believe him to be Eighty
years of age- that I have heard said William
Evans at least thirty years ago, recount
his revolutionary services, and satisfied they
were substantially the same as set forth in
said declaration
Subscribed & sworn in
open Court this 25
April 1837, before
 me 
Elias [his X mark] Truax
J.C Burnham Clerk
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We John Nott a Clergyman residing in the town of Princetown
in the county of Schenecta aforesaid, and Isaac Wemple & Myndert Pangburn residing in
the said town of Princetown-do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Evans-who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty-
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 and sworn the }
day and year aforesaid }
J.C. Burnham Clerk.
John Nott
Isaac Wemple
Myndert [ his X mark] Pangburn

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 John Nott who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
Clergyman resident in said town of Princetown and that Isaac Wemple
& Myndert Pangburn who have also signed the same, are residents of said
town of Princetown, and that they are
credible persons and that their statement entitled to credit, and he
also certify that the before named Deponent Elias Truax is a credible
person, & that his statement is entitled to credit and further that said William Evans cannot write his name owing to the want of education. 
I Jonathan C. Burnham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of
Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Evans
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office, this Twenty fifth
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
J.C. Burnham  Clerk.
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William Emons
or Evans under the
Act of 7 June
1832
Supplemental papers
Nov. 15, 1839-
Agent
Giles F. Yates
Schenectada
N. Y.
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State of New York
County of Schenectada }Ss.
      On this 15th
day of November 1839, personally appeared
before me the undersigned William
Evans or Emons, a resident of the town of
Princetown in said County, aged Eighty
one years and upwards, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth declare &
say &
that he was born in the County of
Limerick Ireland in the Kingdom of Great Britain, on or about the 13th day of May
1758. He has no record of his age.
        He came to this country in
the year 1775 & landed at Boston Mass
He spent about a year in Warren R.I.
learning a trade. In the spring of the year
1777, if he remembers right he joined the
marine service of the United States & enlisted
for Eighteen months on board of the "Spitfire"
18 mos 
under the following named officers Joseph
Crandall Captain, Edwin Sheffield Lieut.
William Warner Master, Benjamin Cranston
Mate- William Crandall Midshipman Abraham Boswell gunner & Joseph Ormsby his mate
After having served about thirteen months in
board of said vessel, (which was employed
in guarding the Rhode Island shores & preventing
the tories from carrying provisions to the British
who were then at Newport R. I. he was taken
prisoner by the British, at Fall River R.I.
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& confined on board a prison ship called
the Ardent for five months - There being then
a general session of exchange, he was
exchanged & carried to Elizabethtown New Jersey. After remaining there a few days
he proceeded to Providence where he was taken
sick & continued a number of weeks, thence
he went to Hartford & from thence to Warren R.I.
    In the spring following, viz-- in the
spring of the year 1779, as he thinks, he
enlisted at said town of Warren into a company of Artillery - the names of the officers of
which, as near as he can remember, were as
follows - A French officer whose name
sounded like Gazee or Gazlee, was the inspector of the artillery companies. They called
him Captain, and he might have been such
yet he was an Inspector also, or performed
the duties of one. The officer who enlisted in
was Thomas Champlin Corporal (or Samplin)-
Perry Sergeant.
He enlisted for the term of one year in said
Company of Artillery - After serving in said
Company of Artillery for the term of Eleven
months, he enlisted into the continental
army as herein after set forth. The following
on the names of persons he now recollects
who served in said Company of Artillery
with this Declarant viz-[illegible]
Abner Crandall, Martin Rogers- Jabe Chase
The said Martin Rogers left said Artillery
Company the same time this Declarant
did & afterwards became a corporal in the
Regiment of Col. Angel. This Declarant ┃
also enlisted into said Regiment of
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Col. Angel, but not into the same
Company that said Rogers did towit
This declarant in the month of March
1780, enlisted
for the term of three years
at Newport R. I. into the company
in said Regiment commanded by Capt
Coggswell Olney - his Lieutenant's name was-
Jenkins- of his orderly Sergeant
Stewart. The name of another
Sergeant was Wilbur - Asa Wilber Drum Major-
Rogers Adjutant - Starks Brigadier General -Thayer major -He joined said Regiment near Morristown , New Jersey
The other Regiment stationed or on duty there
at that time were those of Col. Jackson
  of the Massachusetts line, Col. Webb of Connecticut. The Brigade to which
Declarant was attached,
after serving
a while at Morristown aforesaid marched
to Morris's flatts between Pumpton & Morristown- after remaining there about a month
they were ordered to Westpoint. They crossed
at King's ferry, and remained there a few
days- then marched back to Morristown
remained there a few days then marched
to Ramapo woods N. J. then back to
Westpoint, but marched to
Short Hills
N.J. at the head of Tappan Bay. From
Short Hills they marched back to Westpoint
where they remained till the following winter-
thence they marched to Hoyt's Hills
where they built huts to secure them from
the inclemency of the weather. There they remained
till the ensuing spring & then
marched to Croton river N. Y. staid
there a year or more, & then returned to
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west point where he remained till the
expiration of his term of service
After this declarant had served about
one year in said Company of Captain
Olney, he became disabled
for a short time
in consequence of cutting his foot with
a tomahawk
while engaged in chopping
tent pins. The company of said Olney being
then on the march, he was transferred
to the company of Captain Hughs
which with 8 other companies belonging
to said
Regiment remained in garrison
at Short Hills aforesaid -and the said
Declarant continued to serve in
said Company of Capt. Hughs, until the
expiration of said term of three years
being the term of his
enlistment
He was engaged in the battle of
Springfield N.J., & in a skirmish at East
Chester N.Y. and also in a skirmish
at Short Hills aforesaid -
And this Declarant
further faith, that he never learned
to write his name, and cannot say
how his name is or should be spelt-
that he went by the name of
Edmons
as well as Euvons -and was called
by some Ivans. This Declarant
being an Irishman, he could ^not speak
so distinctly in the English language
as to be always understood, and never
knew how his name was written -
And this Declarant further faith,
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that [the word "the" lined through] he remembers the names of
the following persons who served in said
Company of Hughs or Olney & in the Regiment of Col. Angel aforesaid -viz-
John Gold, James Fowler, -John Fowler,
James Smith, Benj. Smith, Jimmy Ogden,
-Moncks-( who officiated as a barber to
the said Regiment) Charles Freeman Drummer
- James Blain- James King- John
Strange-William Potter, Charles Low-
Bennet - Benning -Lewis Bezer Corporal.
  And this Declarant further faith
that he believes an examination of the
papers of the following named individuals
now believed to be on the pension roll
will be of service in the investigation of
his claim. Abner Crandall who belonged
to the same company with this Deponent
viz Gazee's as he thinks, Isaac Ormsby
and perhaps some of those above named

Subscribed and sworn} William [hisXmark]Evans
this fifteenth day of Nov}
1839, before me-}
S. W. Jones First Judge
of Schenectady County
of New York
County of Schenectada} Ss.
Isaac Wemple of the town of Princetown
 in said County being duly sworn
deposeth & saith that he has been intimately
acquainted with William Evans the above
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declarant for more than twenty years
& before any pension provisions had been made
for Revolutionary Soldiers. That he has
repeatedly [illegible] said Evans describe
his revolutionary services, and that the forgoing
declaration which this deponent
has attentively perused is in [illegible] a faithful account of his military
services as described by him the said Evans
in his various accounts before mentioned
Isaac Wemple
-
I Samuel W Jones
1st
Judge & do hereby
certify that on the 15th November 1839 personally
appeared before me the undersigned
Isaac Wemple & made oath in due form
that the facts set forth in the above
deposition by him subscribed is true
& I certify that he is a credible
Witness
S. W. Jones First Judge
of Schenectady County
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Stat of New York}
County of Schenectady} Ss.

I Theodoric R. Van Horn Sep Clerk of said
County do hereby certify that Samuel W Jones before whom
the foregoing declaration of William Evans & the accompanying
 deposition of Isaac Wemple purport to have been
taken was at the time thereof First Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned
Sworn & I certify that his signatures to said declaration & deposition are genuine. Witness my hand & official
Seal this Ninth day of February, One
thousand Eight hundred & forty one
T R Van Ingen
Dep Clk