Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,612, Uriah Avery, Conn. Navy
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(8-1776)
service  number
Conn.   Avery, Uriah   S.16612
Navy

carded
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24968
New York
Uriah, Avery Chenango Co. in the State of New York who was a Priv & Seaman in the Compy commanded by Captain Coit of the Regt commanded by Col Ely in the Connecticut line for 6 months Private & Navy 5 months Seaman
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars --- Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Mar 1834 and sent Hon H Mitchell H R
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34  $120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 34   20.00
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$140.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 42

Date of death not on A B
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[tied with ribbon]
Urial Avery's Declaration under the act of June 7, 1832
Hon. H Mitchell
Address P. B. Prindle, Norwich, Chenago Co N. Y.

29840 Uriah Avery
admd
6mo. pri
5 - seaman

Feb 26 1834
Hon. Henry Mitchell  H R
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7. 1832
State of New York County of Chenango ss:
On the Eleventh day of February 1834 in open court before the court of Common Pleas now sitting personally appeared Uriah Avery a resident of the town of Norwich in the County of Chenango and State aforesaid, aged seventy three - years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832:
[note in margin: 6 mos & 15 days]
That he enlisted as a private in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 in the month of April but the day of the month is not remembered at Groton, Connecticut for the term of Six months in the Connecticut State Troop, termed the New Service in a company under Captain Oliver Coit of Preston Lieutenants Whiting & James. The Regiment to which his company was attached was under the command of Col. Ely of Lyme on Saybrook, and the Brigade was under Genl. Wadsworth. At the time of enlisting he resided in Norwich, Ct - A short time after enlisting he passed muster at Groton at Fort Griswold - He was employed with the company in working upon the Fort and finishing it. and was drilled by the officers daily - He remained at Groton until after the Battle of Long Island when they were ordered to New Haven to which place they went by embarking in a Sloop at New London and sailing to New Haven they marched from New Haven though Millford, Stratford, Fairfield, Stanford to Horse neck, Saw-Pits - to Valentines Hill near Kings Bridge - Here they remained a few weeks (he thinks) when they retreat
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[retreat]ed back to White Plains - He was engaged in the Battle of White Plains in the month of October - after the battle they marched to North Castle (so called) where he was discharged with the Company in the month of November - The discharge was verbal- after his discharge he returned home having been in the Army full six months and fifteen days -
Among those who served with him in this tour was W.--- Starkweather (Uncle to Samuel & Geo. A. Starkweather, Counsellor at Law at Cooperstown N. Y.) : Myrick Whitney from Norwich Ct. a W. Bailey, a W. Jonathan Averell, a fifer:
Marine Service [note in margin: 5 mos.]
In the month of December 1776 the day of the month he cannot remember, while residing at Norwich Ct he enlisted at Norwich Ct under Jedadiah Hyde Captain of Marines at Norwich, to go on board the Continental Ship "Warren" to fetch her from Providence River (where she was lying with the Ship "Providence") and fetch her round to New London. They went across by land to Providence and went on board the "Warren" which was commanded by Commodore John Hopkins, 1st Lieutenant Morris or Phipps: 2nd Lieutenant Page: Boatswain Shields: Boatswain's mate Norton: Instead of coming with the vessel into New-London, after running Gauntlet through British fleet, she went off to sea and cruised off the West India Islands: In sight of the Bermudas they took a prize, a British ship laden with Dry
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Goods, Hardware etc. etc: this Vessel was bound for New York from England: They took out a part of her Cargo, manned her and started her for Boston: on their Return from the cruise they took another British vessel called a "Snow" a new vessel laden with flax seed and fustick - They returned home from their cruise in the Spring of 1777 (he thinks in the month of April but cannot remember the day of the month and landed at Boston at the Long Wharf, when they were discharged verbally and immediately returned home to his father's at Norwich - He served from first to last during this trip five months as a Marine =

In answer to the interrogatories proposed by the Department he answers as follows:
1. He was born in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut on the 23rd day of August 1760=
2. He has a Record of his age in his Family Bible at his residence in Norwich, Chenango County. which he took from his fathers family Bible near fifty years ago=
3. He was living at Norwich Ct each time he entered the service: Since the war he has resided at Canterbury Ct at Hampton Ct at Sturbridge Mass: at Hadley Mass: Pownal Vermont: Florida, Montgomery County NY and in Norwich Chenango County N.Y. where he now resides, and where he has resided for the last 29 years -
4. He volunteered by Enlistment, each time, as stated in his declaration -
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5. There were no Regular Officers (as he knows) with the Troops until he was at Whiteplains & There he Genl. Washington: Genl. McDougal:  Genl. Lee & others = He does not recollect particularly the Continental or Militia Regiments near him, and the circumstances of his service are as stated in the body of his declaration
6. never received a discharge except a verbal one=
7. He would name as persons residing in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution, Elder Jedadiah Randall, Elder J. S. Swan: John Clapp P. M. March; Jarvis R. Pike, County Clerk: Smith M. Prudy & Charles York, County Judges, Perez Randall late Clerk; John T. Hubbard State Senator and Dr. Henry Mitchell representative in Congress from this County, all of Norwich, Chenango=

He further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he does not know of a single person living who can testify to his services = He has not seen or heard of any of his fellow soldiers or sailors for more than than thirty years=
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
Uriah Avery
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid - P. B. Prindle Dep Clerk
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Clergyman Certificate

We Jedediah Randall a clergyman residing in the town of Norwich Chenango County New York, and Perez Randall residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Uriah Avery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier and sailor in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and that we have never heard any doubt expressed as to his having been such soldier and sailor.

Jedediah Randall
P. Randall

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid

P.B. Prindle Deputy Clerk



Opinion of the Court
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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 sailor and served as he states and the court further certifies that Jedadiah Randall who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Norwich aforesaid and that Perez Randall who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credti.

Smith McGurdy
Levi Bigelow
Nathan Taylor
Hons. Pleas 

(Above all are Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of Chenango County)
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I Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Chenango do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Uriah Avery for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of February AD 1834.

P.B. Prindle
Deputy Clerk
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January 22, 1937

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BA-J/EEL
Uriah Avery - S. 16612


Mrs. Fred T. Dean
2421 Sumner Avenue
Hoquiam, Washington


Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Uriah Avery, Elijah Crane and James Wiley, all pensioners of Chenango County, New York.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical forces available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with all requests which require so much time and research.  The record of Uriah Avery is furnished you herein.

Uriah Avery
S.16612

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16612, based upon the military service of Uriah Avery in that war.

Uriah Avery was born August 23, 1760 at Norwich, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Norwich, Uriah Avery volunteered in April, 1776, served as a private in Captain Oliver Coit's Company, Colonel Ely's Connecticut Regiment, was employed in erecting Fort Griswold at Groton, Connecticut, then marched to New York and was in the battle of White Plains; length of service, six months and fifteen days; he volunteered in September 1776, under Captain Jedadiah Hyde, captain of marines, entered on board the ship "Warren", Commodore John Hopkins, went on a cruise to the West Indies, captured two British ships and took them into Boston Harbor and was discharged in April, 1777, having served five months.

After the Revolution he resided in Canterbury and Hampton, 


(Handwritten note on side)

Coit and Ely both in Connecticut book but could not find soldier's name

Found a ship "Warren" but could not find Commodore John Hopkins
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Connecticut, Sturbridge and Hadley, Massachusetts, Pownal, Vermont, Florida, Montgomery County, New York, and Norwich, Chenango County, New York.

Uriah Avery was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1834, while residing in Norwich, New York.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Uriah Avery (S.16612), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Uriah Avery, Certificate No. 24698, issued March 26, 1834, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.


Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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16612

INVALID


File No. 16612

Uriah Avery

Pri and Seaman Rev. War


Act:  June 7, 1832

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 13

[Arrangement of 1870]

Dec. 27-1902
Catharine Avery
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1920 June 9 Hist. to H.P. Beach 
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1928 Nov. 7 Photos to H. Prescott Beach A.D. Y.
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1937 - Jan. 22 - Hist. to Mrs. Fred T. Dean
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15832



BUREAU OF PENSIONS


F ? Division


Nov. 1 1928

Chief Rev. and 1812 Wars Section Division

I have this day received from
H. Prescott Beach
money order in the amount 
of $5.20 requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.


C.J. Randall
Chief, Finance Division
H.C.L.


To C.C.
Nov. 1
is law ?
Nov. 6
Photos mailed and Fin. Div 
Nov. 7, 1928
A.D.Y.
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Revolutionary War Records Section.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 


S.16612



In reply to your request of __________, received ___________for a statement of the military history of Uriah Avery a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.


Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - 

Apr. 1776

Dec. 1776

Length of Service - 

6 months

5 months

Rank - 

Private

Mariner


Officers under whom Service was Rendered - 

Captain Coit/Colonel Ely


Commodore John Hopkins/ U.S.S. Warren


State - 

Conn.


Battles engaged in, White Plains

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norwich, New London Co. Conn.

Date of application for pension,  Feb. 11, 1804.  His cl was al.

Residence at date of application, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY


Age at date of application,  born Aug. 23, 1760 in Norwich, Conn.

Remarks:  There is no data on file as to his family.


Date of d. not on AB


Respectfully,

Commissioner
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Elroy M. Avery
657 Woodland Hills Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio


December 22, 1902


Clerk of Old War and Navy Department,

Dear Sir:-

Uriah Avery, born in Conn., 1760, or near that, was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war. He was a pensioner in 1833-4, at which time he was living in Chenango County, N.Y.  Further information is desired of him.  If the name of his wife or any children are mentioned in his pension papers their names are desired; also name of places in which he may have lived and if possible the names of any witnesses he may have had to prove service.
Any information will be thankfully received.  Hoping that you will kindly answer this at your convenience, I am 

Yours truly,

Catharine Avery
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one 2 cent stamp

J.C.


H.Prescott Beach
Counselor at Law
30 West Fourteenth Street
New York

Rev. Sec. 


May 18, 1920

U.S. Pension Office

Dear Sirs,

Kindly send me all the data available in your records as to the Revolutionary record and family of Uriah Avery (application No. 32627 Inv.) of Norwich, N.Y. Would like to know who were his children at time of application and who survived him when he died in 1843.

Anything your record shows will be gratefully received by 

Yours truly,

H. Prescott Beach

(Stamp enclosed)


Stamped Pension Office
May 20 1920
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section




October 29, 1922.



H. Prescott Beach
30 West Fourteenth Street,
New York City.


Sir:

I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Uriah Avery, S.16612, whose history was furnished you on June 9, 1920, will be furnished you, under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.


Respectfully,


E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner


Copied by ADY
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West Fourteenth Street
New York


Oct. 17 1928


U.S. Pension Bureau
Dept. of Records
Washington, D.C.


Dear Sir,

Please send me four duplicate certificates of Pension Record in case of
_______
Uriah Avery
of Norwich,, Chenango County, N.Y., who was granted a pension about 1835 payable from 1834 for service in the War of the Revolution as a private in Capt. Cort's Co. Col. Ely's Reg. of Conn. Militia and as Lieut. of Marines on ship Warren under Com. John Hopkins.
Said Uriah Avery was a widower from 1838 on, his wife Sybil having died that year while he died in 1843.  Kindly let me know fee for such certificates and I will gladly
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remit same.

Yours truly,

H. Prescott Beach
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Hoquiam Wash.
Nov. 22 - 1936

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.


Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me the Revolutionary War service and any family data of Uriah Avery who was Private and Lieut. in Conn. militia and received a pension in Chenango County N.Y.

Thanking you kindly I am 

Mrs. Fred G. Dean
2421 Sumner Ave.
Hoquiam 
Wash.

Stamped 
Received Nov. 27 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Veterans Adm.
Reader 26
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Hoquiam Wash.
Nov. 20 - 1936


Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.


Gentlemen:

Will you please send me the Revolutionary War service and any family data of Elijah Crane who was of the Conn. Militia and received a pension in Chenango Co, New York.

Thank you very much

Mrs. T.H. Look
2421 Sumner Ave.
Hoquiam 
Wash.


Stamped Received 
Nov. 27 1936
Mail Sub. Div.
Vets. Adm.
Reader 26
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Hoquiam Wash.
Nov. 18 - 1936

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.


Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me the Revolutionary War service and any family data of James Wiley who was of the  Conn. Contl.  and received a pension in Chenango County N.Y.

I appreciate any information

Miss Lillie Major
2017  Simpson Ave.
Hoquiam
Wash.

Stamped
Received Nov. 27 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Veterans Adm.
Reader 26
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Stamped Hoquiam 
Nov. 23 
300 PM
1936 
WASH



Veterans' Administration
Washington
DC


2017 Simpson Ave.
Hoquiam
Wash.
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Stamped Hoquiam 
Nov. 23 
300 PM
1936 
WASH



Veterans' Administration
Washington
DC


2421 Sumner Ave.
Hoquiam
Wash.
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Submit in Duplicate                  Phone Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 27493

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.


Department of the Interior
Washington


Chief, Division of Publications
Room G137

November 1 1928


Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033

(All copy for Duplicating Work should be plain and written in elite type, exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)


Title and description of job - Photostatic copies of 7 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Uriah Avery S.16612 Conn. troops

No. of copies - 4 of each
For further information see M.M.H. Finch Room 5033  Phone No. 541

Approved 
A.D. Wilkenson - Chief Clerk of Bureau

Margaret M.H. Finch
Chief of Branch


Note:  No order made "Special" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

Stamped 
Division of Publications
Received
Nov. 2 - 1928
Dept. of the Interior


Photostat - Size actual  Official Use?  Repay? Yes  $4.20
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blank form
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H. Prescott Beach
Counselor at Law
30 West Fourteenth Street
New York


October 31, 1928.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.


Stamped - M.O. 571200 $5.20
Finance Division
Book Keeper's Desk
Nov. 1, 1928
Bureau of Pensions


Sirs,

In reply to your letter of October 29th I enclose money order for $5.20 to the order of the Secretary of the Interior to cover the cost of four sets of photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of Uriah Avery, S.16,612.

This includes seven pages each at fifteen cents a page with twenty five cents each for certification, which is desire.

Respectfully yours,
H. Prescott Beach


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