Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3769, Abraham Frear, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
[handwritten] New York

Frear, Abraham
or
Friar [/handwritten]

NUMBER
[handwritten] R. 3769 [/handwritten]

CONTENTS
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[strikethrough] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [/strikethrough]

[handwritten] 3769 [/handwritten]

P.O. [hw] our 
Abraham Frayer also Friar [/hw]

Service:

Enlisted:  , 18  .
[Stamped] REJECTED [/stamped]
Discharged:  , 18  .
Application filed:  ,  18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.

[cut off] 18  .
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V New York
Abraham Frayer
s . 3769
Rw - Rejected
Littoly N. Middlebrook
June 13, 1837
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Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Abraham Friar on application for a pension, attached to them is an affidavit of Isaiah Burch. I sincerely hope he may be successful in his application as he is very aged and infirm, and also very poor; he has been at considerable ["of" crossed out] trouble and procuring the affidavit of Mr. Burch and some expense which was defrayed by his grand son. Mr. Burch lives about 30 miles from this place and he is so old that is was almost impossible to procure his attendance at all. Friar's memory is very much impaired, but a few flickerings remain, Please advise me of the receipt of the paper and the result of the application as soon as your convenience will permit
Very Respectfully,
Your Mo. Obt. St.
Geo. N. Middlebrook

James L. Edwards Esq.
Poughkeepsie June 9, 1839
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No 34090
Abraham Frayer
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Present
 At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven
 Obediah Titus
Albro Affin
Stephen Thorn 
-Judge-
State of New York 
Dutchess County

On the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared in Open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York now sitting, the same being a Court of Record having a Clerk and seal and Common Law jurisdiction Abraham Friar a resident of the town of Poughkeepsie in said County of Dutchess aged eighty nine years and upwards who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
 That he was born in the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess and State of New York the 31st day of March One thousand seven hundred and forty eight as he has been in formed by his father and verily believe, and that a record of his age was made in a family bible belonging to his father, which bible after his father death went into the possession of his Sister who now resides in the City of New York. That he lived in the town of Poughkeepsie aforesaid previous to and at the time he went into the service, and that since the Revolutionary war he has a way, and now does reside in Poughkeepsie, That he volunteered under the command of Captain Bernardus Swartwout as a private in his company for the term of nine or ten months. That the Company to which he belonged was under and belonged to the regiment Com
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[com]manded by Colonel Jacobus Swartwout of the Militia of the State of New York. That he volunteered into Captain Swartwouts Company about the middle of the month of March (that he does not recollect the day) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, that deponent immediately after joining said Company proceeding on foot went to Kingsbridge and remained there about two months from thence went to New York City, staid there but a short time cannot recollect how long, that he was scouting back and forth from New York City to Kingsbridge and once on Long Island, that while at Kingsbridge he recollected being selected to go out on guard duty there were sometimes six or seven men taken from each Company, they went under charge of a corporal and sometimes of a sergent deponent recollects going to a place called [illegible] think it was eight or ten miles from Kingsbridge, went then a number of times while on guard duty, that from Kingsbridge he went to White Plains in West Chester County that he was in the service at the time of the battle of White Plains, that he recollects it distinctly, that he was under arms at the time, that he was within a quarter of a mile of the engagement, that he was so near as to see the enemy distinctly, that the enemy discharged their pieces at him and the company he was with, that he recollects the  burning of the Court House at White Plains. His deponent says he recalled a person called Major Putman, recollects the name of General Washington & Putnam but did not see them, that his recollection has failed him so much he cannot remember the names of any officer other than the above named, and this deponent says that soon after the battle at White Plains he went with Captain Swartwouts Company to Fort Constitution (near West Point) that he remained in the service at said Fort until he was discharged on the disbanding of the company at the close of their tour of service after having served a few days over nine months, his discharge was not in writing, and this deponent produces as evidence in support of his declaration aforesaid the affidavit of Isaiah Burch now here in Court and hereto annexed. And this deponent
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further days that the reason he has not applied before was on account of his inability sooner to obtain the necessary proof of his service. And this deponent further says that he as no documentary evidence of any kind whatever showing his service as a Revolutionary Soldier.

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.

Sworn to and [illegible] the day and year aforesaid in open Court. [handwritten signature 
 on right side of page illegible]

[handwritten signature on left side of page illegible] Clerk
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Dutchess County
Isaiah Burch of the town of Pawling in the County of Dutchess aforesaid being sworn in open Court deposes and says that he was seventy eight years of age the fifth day of June instant, he became acquainted with Abraham Friar at White Plains during the Revolutionary War in the year 1776. This deponent was hired as a substitute for Jeremiah Burch who was his uncle, drafted in the nine month service in the militia under Captain Brown, this deponent then lived at Pawlings he went from there to Fish Kill where he passed muster from there he went to White Plains this was in the month of February 1776. This deponent first saw Abraham Friar the same person the same person now present in Court at White Plains the last of May or the first of June 1776 and saw him almost every day for three months thereafter. Recollect seeing Colonel Jacobus Swartwout and Captain Bernardus Swartwout at White Plains during the time he was there was well acquainted with them both before the war. This deponent left White Plains the forepart of September 1776 and went to Fort Constitution where Captain Browns Company was disbanded, he this deponent then enlisted into the continental service in the First New York Regiment under Captain Pieboat [?], dont recollect his given name. The Company belonged to the Regiment of Col. Van Scoick [Schaick], His Lieutenants name was Foreman. He recollects seeing said Friar at fort Constitution three months after deponent left White Plains was in the habit of seeing said Friar daily at said Fort for about one month this deponent then left for New York and left Friar remaining at Fort Constitution.

Isaiah Burch X his mark

Sworn and Subscribed in open Court June 8th, 1839
Henry B. Traver Clerk