Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23456, Ezekiel Andrason, New Jersey New York
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(3-1776)

[typed] SERVICE 
[handwritten]
New Jersey
New York

Andrason, Ezekiel
or Anderson
Hannah

[typed] NUMBER
[handwritten]
W23H56

[typed] CONTENTS
[handwritten]
See N. A. Ace No. 874
No. 050003 - Not Half Pay
Ezekiel Andrason
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Notification & [acct] Nov 15, 1820 to C. Tappan Jr. Kingston, Ulster Co. N.Y.

(2,841)
New York - 
Ezekial Andrason private
New York line - 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at he rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on 2d of April 1818--

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of September 18[18] and sent to Jacob Templtown Esqr - New York - Ulster County

Arrears to 4th of September 1818 40.80
Semi-anl, 5mo 3/20 ending 4 March 1819 48.
Gansevoort $88.00

{Revolutionary claim,
Act of 18th March, 1818}

Three years 1775 & from 1780 - to close of the war-
New Paltz Ulster Co
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2 April 1818
Ezekeal [Ezekiel] Andrason's Declaration 

Mr. Boyd 
Submitted to the War Department WHC 

Admitted
Case of Elijah Andrason accompanying this returned 7 May for amendment on New York roll Capt DeWitt's Co 3 yr from Dec 1776, not on N. Jersey roll on final settlement certificate vol  1 page 99 = $80
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Ezekial Andrason of the town of New Paltz in the County of Ulster and State of New York- 

Maketh Declaration under oath, and saith that he enlisted & served as a private soldier in the late war of the Revolution in the company of Capt. Thomas Dewitt in the Third New York Regiment commanded by Col. Gansevoort, and that he Enlisted in said company on the third day of December in the year 1775 for the term of three years, and served in said company during the time of his enlistment and was legally discharged on the sixth day of December in the year 1778-- And this deponent further declareth that on or about January in the year 1780 he enlisted as a private soldier during said war in Capt. Ballards Company in the Third Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Barber, and served during said war, and was legally discharged 
And this deponent further declareth that he is in indigent circumstances, and is in need of assistance from his country for support, and that said discharges are lost--

Ezekial Andrason
his X mark

Dated 2 April 1818
Sworn this 2 April 1818
-Before me-
Jacob Trumpbour Jun
One of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the County of Ulster and State of New York-

To the Secretary of the department of war These are to certify that from the evidence produced I am satisfied as to the facts stated in this above deposition of memory -- given under my hand this 2 April 1818
Jacob Trumpbour Jun
One of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of the County of Ulster & State of New York.
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State of New York Ulster County Clerk Office ss:

I certify that the within is the proper hand writing and signature of Jacob Trumpbour Junior Esquire, and that he is duly commissioned and qualified as one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County.  In Witness whereof I the Clerk of said Court have hereto affixed the seal of said court this third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ch. Tappen Junior
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Ezekiel Anderson

Ezekial Andrason

2841

March 1819




C. Tappen Jun.
Kingston, Ulster Cy
Nov. 15. 1820
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State of New York
Ulster County SS}
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the Village of Kingston in and for the County of Ulster of the 20th day of September 1820/ the same being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in [illegible]- of Amount- and keeping a record its proceedings, personally appeared in open Court- Ezekiel Anderson of the Town of New Paltz in the County of Ulster aged sixty five years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he enlisted in Fishkill in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Hewitt in Coll Gansevoorts Regt for the period of three years and received an honorable discharge from the same. That he then again enlisted under Captain Ballard in Coll Barbers Regt for during the war from which he was also honorably discharged. That he was in the Battle of Harlem Heights- White Plains- Peekskill and at the siege of Ft. Stanwix and in other small engagements. That his original declaration bears date the 2nd of April 1818. That he has received a pension the certificate of which is numbered 8841. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not in or that time by gift sale or in any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to living myself within this provision of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
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Land and Naval service of this the United States in the Revolutionary war [illegible] the 18th day of March 1818. And I have not nor has any persons in trust for me any property as Securities Contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. 

Schedule referred to
of Real Estate I have [illegible]
My personal property consists of the following 
3 Hogs $9.00
3 Straw Beds 8
3 Barrels .75
7 Chairs 1.25
1 Chest .25
1 Pot 1.00
1 Tea Kettle & [illegible] 1.00
1 Spider .50 
2 Pails .25
1 Looking glass .25
1 Table with its furniture 2.00
1 Ha[illegible] Trunk bought with Pension money 1.00
$27.20

My family consists of my wife aged 56 years & infirm. You[ng] John a cripple aged 22 years Daughter Mary aged 16 and my Daughter Peggy aged 10 years- My occupation is that of a common laborer But my infirmities disqualify me from pursuing it steadily and were it not for my Pension I should become a Town charge. 

Ezekiel Anderson
his X mark

Declared and Sworn in open Court- Sept 20th 1820 and the value of his inventory determined at Twenty seven dollars twenty cents 

Signed in behalf of said Court Lucas Elmendorf first Judge of said Court
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I Christopher Tappen Junior Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule there to annexed are truly copied from the originals as [illegible] in the office of said Clerk And do further Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty seven dollars twenty cents. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court this Twentieth day of September 1820. 
Ch Tappan Jun.
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2858
Hannah Andrason
New York
Act 4 July 1836

Married 20 Feb 1783
Husband died 3 June 1835
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State of New York,
County of Ulster} ss:

I, Charles W. Chipp, Clerk of the County of Ulster, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, that William Soper Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed deposition and certificates and therein written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same:  And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, the 27th day of October A.D. 1837

Charles W. Chipp Clerk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 4th July 1836

State of New York
City and County of New York} ss;

On this 21st day of October 1837 personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City County and State aforesaid, Hannah Andrason, a resident of New Paltz, in the County of Ulster and State of New York, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836: that she is the widow of Ezekiel Andrason, who was a private in the New Jersey line of the Army of the Revolution, that the said Ezekiel Andrason, was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, that he drew his pension at the New York pension Agency at the rate of $96 per annum. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Ezekiel Andrason, on the 20th day of February 1783, that her husband the aforesaid Ezekiel Andrason, died on the 3rd day of June 1835, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. 

Hannah Andrason
her X mark

Sworn and Subscribed to on the day and year above written before me 
John B. Scott 
Judge of the Marine court 

I certify that Hannah Andrason abovementioned is a credible person.
John B. Scott

Note, The words "Anderson" has been altered to "Andrason" by erasing the letter "e" and adding letter "a" after the letter "r" so as to read "Andrason" JB Scott
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I, John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York hereby certify that John B. Scott is one of the Judges of the said Court and that the said Court is a Court of record and that the signatures to the foregoing certificate are his genuine signatures. 

In Witness whereof there hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty first day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty seven. 
John Barberie
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State of New York 
Ulster County} SS 

Jacob Lawson being duly sworn says that he resides in the town of Marlborough in Ulster county and is a Revolutionary pensioner. Is now aged eighty two years and that Hannah Andrason, now here present and who is an applicant for a widow's pension is a sister of this deponent. And that on the twentieth day of February One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-three, the said Hannah was legally married to Ezekiel Andrason in the presence, of this deponent by the Rev. John Lotte a minister of the Gospel the marriage took place in the town of Marlborough, in the part now called Plattekill. That at the time of said marriage, said Ezekiel Andrason was a solider in the revolutionary army of the New Jersey line and that after said marriage he continued in the army until the summer following when the army was disbanded, that this deponent was well acquainted with said Ezekiel Andrason and knows that the said Ezekiel and Hannah lived together as husband and wife from the time of  said marriage until the death of said Ezekiel who died on the third day of June, One thousand Eight-Hundred & thirty five and since that time said Hannah has remained the widow of Ezekiel Andrason. That said Hannah now lives in the town of New Paltz, Ulster County.

Jacob Lawson 
his X mark

26 day of October 1837
M Soper Commissioner of Deeds
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Jacob Lawson the above deponent and that he is a respectable elderly gentleman and that he is entitled to belief and I have no doubt of the truth in this facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit date Oct 26 1837
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds
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I, Jacob Van Vechten, Pastor of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady, hereby certify that I have the care and keeping of the Records of said Church and find in the Register of Baptisms that Ezekiel Anderson and Hanna Lawson appeared as husband and wife at the Baptism of their son Isaac on the first day of September in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven. The record is in fair legible words and figures as follows: 

[Col1: Parents]      [Col2: Children & time of birth]   [Col3: Witnesses]
"Ouders"               "Kinderen & tydt van geborte"   "Getuygen"

Sept 1. 1787     
Ezekiel Anderson                                                         Isaac Lawson
Hanna Lawson}         Isaac, March 17                          Elizabeth Anderson

The date in the first column is the time of the Baptism: that in the second column is the time of the child's birth.

Given at Schenectady, this Sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty nine. 
Jacob Van Vechten 

Schenectady County ss:
Personally Appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of the City of Schenectady and County aforesaid the above named Jacob Van Vechten to me personally known as the Pastor stated in the above Certificate who made oath under form of Law, that [illegible] in the foregoing Certificate he believes to be true and I further certify that the said Jacob Van Vechten is a Credible witness sworn before me the 16th of April 1839

[illegible]
Justice of the Peace &c
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2858
Hannah Andrason 
Act July 4, 1836
Married 20 Feb 1783
Husband died 3 june 1835
John Ferguson Clerk
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State of New York
Ulster County Ss: John Drake of the town of New Paltz Ulster County being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Ezekiel Andrason in his lifetime, and that said Ezekiel Andrason died in the town of New Paltz aforesaid on the third day of June One thousand eight-hundred and thirty five. And that the said Ezekiel was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death. This deponent also says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Andrason who is about to make her declaration for a pension, under the Act of July 4th 1836 and that he knows her to be the widow of said Ezekiel Andrason That he knows the said Hannah and Ezekiel to live together as husband and wife and raise a large family of children and that ever since the death of the said Ezekiel the said Hannah has remained his widow and has not since married. 
John Drake 

Sworn before me this 25 May 1839
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds 
Ulster County ss: I certify that I am well acquainted with John Drake the above deponent and that he is a man of respectability and credit and that the facts contained in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to credit and belief. 
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds
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Ulster County Clerks office ss: 
I John Ferguson, Clerk of the County of Ulster of the Court of Common Pleas of the same so hereby certify that William Soper Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Drake purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the county of Ulster aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Commissioner and surely believe his signature to said affidavit is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this tenth day of June 1839. 
John Ferguson Clerk
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State of New York
Ulster County ss: }
Jacob Lawson of the town of Marlborough Ulster County being duly sworn says that he is a brother of Hannah Andrason the applicant for a widow's pension, and that on the twentieth day of February One thousand seven hundred and eighty three that the said Hannah was lawfully married to Ezekiel Andrason by the Reverend John Lotte, a minister of the Gospel of the Presbyterian denomination who preached for the army, this deponent was present at the marriage. And that it took pace at this deponent's father's house at Rocky Forest in what is now Orange County. This deponent also says that this deponent and said Ezekiel Andrason were at the time of said marriage, private soldiers in the Revolutionary Army and that the said Ezekiel & this deponent were discharged in the month of June, following said marriage that the said Ezekiel and Hannah lived together as Husband and wife, until the death of the said Ezekiel which took place on or about third day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty five and that the said Ezekiel at the time of his death was a Revolutionary pensioner and that the said Hannah since the death of said Ezekiel has remained his widow. 

Jacob Lawson
his X mark

Sworn before me this 27 May 1839
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds

Ulster County I certify that I am [illegible] acquainted with Jacob Lawson the above deponent and that he is a respectable old man & that his statement above made are entitled to credit and belief. And that he signed the foregoing affidavit
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by making his mark, he being unable to write his name
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds

Ulster County Clerks Office ss: 
I john Ferguson Clerk of the County of Ulster of the Court of Common Pleas of the same do hereby certify that William Soper Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jacob Lawson purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Commissioner and verily believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court and County this tenth day of June 1839. 
John Ferguson Clerk
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State of New York
Ulster County ss: 
Elijah Andrason being duly sworn says that he resides in Middletown Monmouth County State of New Jersey. That he is a Brother of Ezekiel Andrason, late of the County of Ulster, State of New York A pensioner now deceased; That this deponent knew that said Ezekiel Andrason served in the Revolutionary War; That he first enlisted in the New York line as this deponent thinks in Col. Gansevoort's Regiment for three years And after the Expiration of the first enlistment said Ezekiel Again enlisted in the New Jersey line under Cap. Ballard and served with this deponent in Col. Barley's Regiment until the close of the war and was discharged at the same time that this deponent was discharged at Snake Hill near Newburgh State of New York when the army was disbanded in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three this deponent thinks that the last time said Ezekiel enlisted was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty or eighty one and this deponent knows that he continued in the service until the final disbandment of the Army; This deponent also says that he has known the said Ezekiel and Hannah Andrason to live together as Husband and wife and raised a large family of children that they were married shortly before his discharge and while the said Ezekiel Andrason was yet in the Army, This deponent was not present at the marriage, but this deponent has no doubt that they were legally married and never knew it questioned. This deponent also says that after the war this deponent and said Ezekiel were occasionally called "Anderson" and that said Ezekiel Andrason with his family about the year seventeen hundred eighty-seven lived
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at Schenectady New York and that they at that time had a son by the name of Isaac. That the name of said Hannah Andrason previous to her marriage with said Ezekiel Andrason was Hannah Lawson. 

Elijah Andrason
his X mark

Sworn before me this 14th April 1840
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds

Ulster county ss-
I certify that I am acquainted with Elijah Andrason, the above deponent and that he is a respectable elderly man whose foregoing statement is entitled to credit and belief and that he made his mark to the above affidavit because he could not write his name. 
Dated April 14th 1840
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds
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Ulster County ss: 
Hannah Andrason being duly sworn says that she sometime in the month of October in the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty seven made a declaration to procure a pension at the City of New York. She at that time was visiting her friend in said city. And was recommended to William McDonald Esq to do the business. That after said declaration was made, she was unable to apertain anything satisfactory about the matter although she had made frequent inquiry, and has understood that her said attorney had left the city she concluded that her said declaration and other papers had been lost. This deponent therefore on the 25th May 1839 made by another declaration before the Hon. Reuben H. Hine, a Judge of Ulster County Courts, to procure a widows pension, under the Act of July 4th 1836. This deponent says that she hereby relinquishes all applications she has hither to made to procure a pension except the one last mentioned. This deponent further says that her eldest son was baptised in the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady, sometime in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven and that she and her husband at that time lived in Schenectady. That the name of her said eldest son is Isaac Andrason. This deponent also says that her said husband Ezekiel Andrason had no education and could neither read nor write, and after the war he was familiarly called "Anderson" 

Hanna Andrason
her X mark

Sworn before me this 23rd April 1840
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds

Ulster County ss: 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Hannah Andrason, the above deponent and that she is an old woman of fair character and that
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her foregoing statement is entitled to credit and belief. I also certify that she signed the foregoing affidavit by making her mark she being unable to write. 
April 23rd 1840
Wm Soper Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
Ulster County }ss: 
I John Ferguson Clerk of the County of Ulster so hereby certify that William Soper Esq. before whom the foregoing or annexed affidavits of Elijah Anderson and Hannah Anderson purport to have been taken and subscribed was at the dates of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in & for the County of Ulster aforesaid and duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures to the same are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 27th day of April 1840. 
John Ferguson Clerk
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4392
New York City 
Hannah Andrason, widow of Ezekiel who served in the Revolutionary War as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 86 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of March 1849 and sent to Danl J. Hart 4 1/2 [illegible]
New York

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1848 Page 1 Vol. 4 

Death date not [illegible] 
AB - ILL
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April 19, 1935

Miss Margaret Goodrich
Box 171
Dryden, Michigan.

BA-/J/ ILL
Ezekial Andrason
W. 23456

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ezekial Anderson, a pensioner, of New York.

The record of Ezekiel Andrason, the pensioner cited by you, is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23456, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Ezekiel Andrason enlisted December 3, 1775, in Fishkill, New York, served as private in Captain Thomas Dewitt's company, Colonel Gansevoort's 3rd New York regiment, was in the battles of Harlem Heights, White Plains, Peekskill, the Siege of Fort Stanwix, and in other small engagements, and was discharged December 6, 1776. He enlisted in January 1780, served as private in Captain Ballard's company, Colonel Barber's New Jersey regiment and continued until June 1783, when he was discharged near Newburgh, New York, at the time the army was disbanded.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, at which time he was a resident of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. In 1820, he gave his age as sixty-five years, but did not state the date and place of his or names of his parents.

The soldier died June 3, 1835, in New Paltz, New York.

Ezekiel Andrason married February 20, 1783, Hannah Lawson; the marriage was performed by the Presbyterian Minister at the home of her father in Rocky Forest, which was later in Orange County, New York. The name of her parents are not shown.

Hannah Andrason, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on
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her application executed October 21, 1837, at which time she was a resident of New Paltz, New York. Hannah Andrason was then aged seventy-three years. She lived in New Paltz until about 1840, then moved to Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York, which was her residence in 1848.

The soldier and his wife, Hannah, reared a large family of children. Isaac, their eldest child, was born March 17, 1787 and was baptised in the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady, New York, in September 1787, in which place his parents resided then; Isaac Lawson and Elisabeth Anderson were present. The only other names of their children desig[blotted out] were living at home in 1820, then stated as John, twenty-two, Mary sixteen, and Peggy, sixteen.

In 1840, Elijah Andrason, the soldier's brother, was a resident of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey; he stated that he served in the Revolutionary War, at the time his brother served. He stated further that his brother was called Anderson after the war.

In 1837, Jacob Lawson, Hannah's brother, was a resident of Marlborough, Ultster County, New York, aged eighty-two years; he stated then that he served during the Revolutionary War; align, that he was present at the marriage of his sister and Ezekiel Andrason.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of Hannah Andrason, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: Hannah Andrason, widow of Ezekiel, certificate 4392, issued March 19, 1849, rate of $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848. New York Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

2.
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1923 July 9. Hist to H. L. Bicking
1929, Nov. 9 Hist to Mr. Noel, J. Kane M. E. E. Nov. 22, 1929 Hist to Hon C.C. Darrell, for Mrs. C. L. [illegible] of Des Moines, IA. M. E.E.
1935 April 19 - Hist to Miss Margaret Goodrich - I. L. L.

Rev 
WIDOW, & c. --- File No. 23.456
Hannah Andrason Widow of Ezekiel Andrason Priv Rev War 
Act Feb 2nd 1848 
Index: Vol. A, Page 15

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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5779
New York

Hannah Andrason widow of Ezekiel Andrason dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 3 June 1835 of Ulster Co. in the State of New York, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dewitt of the reg't commanded by Col Ganesvoorts in the New York line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 80 Dollars - cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept 1840 & sent to Wm. Soper, Esq, Milton, New York

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1840                $360.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '41     40.00
                                                                   $400.00
{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by D M. Curdy, Clerk
Book  A Vol. 2 Page 66.
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Rpt Oct 20

2304 
New York City
Hannah Andrason widow of Ezekiel Andrason who was a Private in the N. York line for 2 years Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March,1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to Wm Soper Milton Ulster County N. York 
Act of [March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 100
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY,
CLERK'S OFFICE.] ss

I Archibald Campbell Clerk of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Albert A Vedder- before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace --- in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Albert A. Vedder the Justice aforesaid and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate are genuine. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, this 3d day of May 1839. Arch Campbell Clerk.

admd [admitted] 31 Aug 1840
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Hannah Andrason 
New York 

Suspended 
let 13 Feb 1838 
W. McDonald to Hon Edw. Curtis Mar 12 1838
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Land Warrant No 8071, for 100 acres issued Augt 27th 1793, to Abel Belknap, assigned of Ezekiel Anderson, a Private of the New Jersey line 

Ezekiel Andrason (Anderson) NY. Oct 1818 to whom was the last payment? Does McDonalds name appear in the vouchers?

 Died 3d June 1835 paid arrears to his Widow.
JH

M.C. 
Feby 20.38 

Ezekiel Anderson N.Y. Act 16 March 1818.
to what time paid? 
Pen Office 
Feb. 13, 1838, 
Died 3d June 1838 [illegible] that period 
JH
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Feby 26, 1838

Letter to
Hon. Eddward Curtis, H of R

In claim of Peter Wilson

Conn. R.11.681

Hannah Andrason
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State of New York
Ulster County} ss: 

On this Twenty Fifth day of Mary One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty nine personally appeared before Rheuben H Hine one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster Hannah Andrason a resident of the town of New Paltz in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Ezekiel Andrason, who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary War. She also declares that she has understood and believes that said Andrason first enlisted at Fishkill under Cap. Thomas Dewitt in Colonel Gansevoorts Regiment for three years, and after serving his time he again enlisted in Col. Barbers regiment during war and that he was in several battles, all of which service is particularly set forth and proven in the application which he the aforesaid Ezekiel Andrason made for and provided a pension, under the Act of the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen. He then being a resident of Ulster County aforesaid and also by reference to the muster rolls and records of the army, which she begs leave to refer as evidence of said service. 
She further declares that on the twentieth day of February One Thousand seven hundred and eighty three she was legally married to the
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Ezekiel Andrason by the Revered John Lotte, a Presbyterian minister who preached for the army. That the marriage took place in the presence of her Brother Jacob Lawson, and others who are now dead. That she does not know what has become of the said Rev. John Lotte or were his papers are to be found. That before her marriage her name was Hannah Lawson and that at the time of her said marriage the said Jacob Lawson and Ezekiel Andrason belonged to the army and continued in the service until the army was disbanded in the month of June following that the marriage took place at her fathers in the neighborhood called Rocky Forest in Orange County, in said state of New York and that she and the said Ezekiel Andrason lived together as Husband and wife until the death of the said Ezekiel, which took place on the third day of June in the year One Thousand Eight-hundred and thirty five. And that he was a pensioner at the time of his death. And that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs, hereunto annexed. She also declares that she has no documentation or new record evidence to support her claim for a pension and that in consequence of her advanced age and general debility she is unable to attend at Kingston the place where Courts of record for said County of Ulster are
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held which is at the distance of about sixteen miles from the residence of the deponent. 

Hannah Andrason 
her X mark

Sworn and subscribed this 25th day of May before me 
R. H. Hine Judge of Ulster County Courts


Ulster County ss: 
I certify that I am well acquainted with Hannah Andrason the person who has made the foregoing declaration to procure a widows pension. That she is a respectable elderly lady and that her statement above setforth are entitled to the fullest credit and belief. I certify further that I was acquainted with the above named Ezekiel Andrason before his death and that he was a pensioner. At the time of his death and that the above named Hannah has remained his widow since the period of his said death. I also certify that said Hannah Andrason is old and infirm and unable to attend at Kingston where the courts of record for this county are held. I also certify that said Hannah Andrason executed the foregoing declaration by making her mark hereto in my presence she not being able to write her name, and made oath in due form of law. Date 25 May 1839
RH Hine Judge of Ulster County Courts
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Ulster County Clerks Office ss: 
I John Ferguson Clerk of the County of Ulster and of the Court of Common Pleas of the same do hereby certify that Reuben H. Hine a Judge of Ulster County Courts before whom the foregoing affidavit of Hannah Andrason purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Judge of Ulster County duly commissioned and sworn.
And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this tenth day of June 1839. 
John Ferguson Clerk
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No. 7258
Hannah Andrason 
NY
Act 7 July 38

amt
2 years pre
80$

No deduction

Wm Soper esq
Milton
NY
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State of New York 
Ulster County ss: On the twenty seventh day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared before Reuben H. Hine one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster Hannah Andrason a resident of the town of New Paltz in the county of Ulster and state of New York aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law on the her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the  benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Ezekiel Andrason who was a private in the Army of the  Revolutionary War. She also displayed that she has understood and believes that said Andrason first enlisted at Fishkill State of New York in Col. Gansevoorts Regiment for three years and after serving his time he again Enlisted in Col. Barber's Regiment New Jersey line and continued in the army until the close of the war. 

She further declares that on the twentieth day of February One Thousand Seven hundred and eighty three she was legally married to the said Ezekiel Andrason by the Rev John Lotte a Presbyterian minister in the community of her Brother Jacob Lawson and others who are now dead. That previous to her said marriage her name was Hannah Lawson, that she lived with her said husband from the time of marriage until his death which took place on the third day of June One thousand Eight hundred and thirty five and that he at the time of his death was a Revolutionary pensioner and that she has ever since remained his widow. She also declares that in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven
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her eldest son (Isaac Andrason) was baptized in the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady, where she and her said Husband at the time resided. That the proofs of the service of the said Ezekiel Andrason will appear from the Revolutionary records and Evidence produced and accompanying the declaration of the said Ezekiel Andrason under which he procure a pension and now on file in the pension war department. And also the [illegible] proofs of her said marriage, baptism of her said son Isaac and the death of her said Husband, Ezekiel Andrason will appear in a declaration made by this deponent on the 25 day of May 1839. And the affidavits and proofs accompany the same all of which she begs leave to refer to establish her claims been made. She also says that she herby relinquishes all previous affidavits by her made to procure a pension. 
She also declares on account of her extreme old age and general debility she is unable to attend at Kingston the place of holding courts of record for this county.

Hannah Andrason 
her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed as the day and year above written before me 
RH Hine Judge of Ulster County Courts of Common Pleas

Ulster County ss: I hereby certify that on this 27 July 1840 before me came the above named Hannah Andrason to me personally known and made oath to the foregoing declaration and signed the same in [illegible] pursuits by making her mark she being unable to write her name. I also certify that the said Hannah Andrason is old and infirm and is
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is unable to attend at Kingston the place of holding courts of Record for this county and that there is an erasure on the twenty third line and the word "seven" inserted
RH Hine} Asssociate Judge of Ulster Common Pleas

State of New York
Ulster County} ss: 
I John Ferguson Clerk of the County of Ulster and the Courts of the same do hereby certify that Reuben H Hine Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Hannah Andrason purports to have been subscribed and taken was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts of Ulster County duly [illegible], sworn, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and verily believe his signatures to the same is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 28th day of July 1840. 
John Ferguson Clerk
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State of New York
Sullivan County} ss: 

Be it known that on this 23 day of October 1848 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sullivan in said state Hannah Andrason a resident of the County of Sullivan aforesaid aged about seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law and doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848 granting pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Ezekiel Andrason who was a soldier and served as a private during the War of the Revolution and that she was a pensioner and drew a pension under the Act of 17 June 1844 at the rate of $80 per annum under said Act. 

Hannah Andrason
her X mark 

Sworn and Subscribed}
This 23 day of October 1848 before me
NW Rumsey 
NW Rumsey Justice of the Peace 

Joseph H McCaughay 
I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Hannah Andrason and that I knew her to be in receipt of a pension at the rate of $80 per annum as stated by her in the above affidavit. 
NW Rumsey J.P.

State of New York
Sullivan County} ss

I Gad Wales Deputy Clerk of the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that N.W. Rumsey Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and herein written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a Justice of the Peace for said County residing in the said County assigned and sworn and duly
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authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the twenty third day of October A.D. 1848
Gad Wales Dep. clerk
the clerk being absent
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$80 per annum
New York City 
Agency 

WM Soper 
Milton 
Ulster County 
New York
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State of New York
Sullivan County ss: On this first day of June 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in said county Hannah Andrason for the last three yeas a resident of the Town of Dorchester in the County of Sullivan, previous was a resident of the town of New Paltz in Ulster County aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Ezekiel Andrason who was a private in the war of the Revolution and that she received a pension at New York is agency under the Act of July 7 1838 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she still remains a widow. 
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written before 
The word "she" and "remains" on the last 
line is a little blurred 
Willm Bonesteel Justice of the Peace
for Sullivan County 

her 
Hannah x Andrason
mark 

Sullivan County ss: On this first day of June 1843 before me came Hannah Andrason personally known to be the above named declarant and signed the same in my presence by making her mark thereunto she being unable to write her name, and due oath before me to the truth of said declaration. 
Willm Bonesteel Justice of the Peace
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Sullivan County 
Clerks Office 
I Hevy Howell of Sullivan County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county do certify that William Bonesteel is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 23 day of June 1843. 
Hervy W. Howell Clerk
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Enclosed please find application of Mary Trascot, Jerusha Clark, and Hannah Andrason for continuance of Pension under Act 2 February 1848 having efforts drawn under Act 17 June 1844 whose certificates please forward to the undersigned. 
On the 16 August I made application at request of John Cagiary to have his pension transferred from the South Carolina agency to the New York 
also on the 23 August application for transfer of John Ycao from District of Columbia to New York
Also on the 1 September application for continuary pension of Elizabeth Hebbard under Act 2 February 1848
Also on the 11 September of Hannah Smith under the same Act
Also on the 18 September of Desire Brown under the same Act
The applicants are unremitting in their calls at this agency in reference to their declaration and I should be pleased to give them a satisfactory answer at your earliest convenience
Very Respectfully 
Your Obd. Servant 
Dan Y. Hart 
42 Warner St
New York 

Samid L. Edwards Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.  

New York 
20 Oct 1848
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New York 20 October 1837 

Sir 
At the request of Mrs. Hannah Anderson I enclose her declaration, in order to obtain the benefit 
of the Act of Congress, passed 4th July 1836 Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt. 
W.c McDonald 


[address]
James L Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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May 4, 1840

Milton, NY
April 30, 1840 Free

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Milton April 30th 1840

Dear Sir
I here enclose you further proofs in the case of Hannah Anderson. - Ezekiel Anderson served in the New Jersey line after 1780 and was discharged in June 1783. If then should be
at the [deponent] a list of the soldiers that were discharged in that month at Snake Hill of the Secondary line; his name will be found among them. If you are not satisfied with the affidavits of Jacob Lawson and Elijah Anderson, of Andreson's service after his marriage with Hannah Anderson I do not know how to obviate that differently unless his name should appear in some way. At the War Department shown him in the army after February 1783.-
The fact of legal marriage I present is sufficiently established by the church certificate
of the Rev Jacob Vanburen herewith suit-
I wish your early attention to this matter.

Yours
Wm Son
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No 7258
Aug 3 1840

N.Y.
July 7. 1838
Hannah Anderson

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Milton NY
Apr 30 1840 Free
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Milton NY July 29 1840
Sir
I here enclose you a declaration of Hannah Andrason, under the act of 1838. I also herewith send you your last and final answer to her former declaration under the act of 1836 - you here engage to give a pension under the present application and I have in consequence [illegible] it as short as possible and refer you to the proofs alone before you [illegible] that you will on the receipt of this sum a certificate of a pension for her to me
To Hon. J L Edwards
Yours
[Signed] Wm Soper
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Hannah Sept 17, 1840
[Written sideways on page] Milton Sept 15

Ny.
Hannah Andrason
Free

[address written sideways on page]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
Page 55

Milton NY Sep 14 1840
Some six or seven weeks since I forwarded you the application of Mrs Hannah Anderson, for a widow pension under the act of 7 July 1838 her previous application as you probably recollect was under the act of 1836 in which we adduced all the proofs necessary to entitle her to a pension in your last communication, to me you refused to grant the pension under the then application under the act of 1836 - but stated that the proofs was sufficient to entitle her to a pension under the act of 1838 for the purpose of meeting your views on that subject, I made out her Declaration under that act which was done in its shortest form, reciting the proofs already given in the form application. I supposed from the tenor of your letter that having come to the conclusion of granting her a pension under the act of 1838 All you would want was an application under that act
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to grant her a pension without any further investigation. I therefore advised the old Lady that I should have her pension for her in a very short time, of this However I have been disappointed
I will only add that Mrs Andrason is very old & has been a long while using efforts to get her pension & has become very impatient and as you have already investigated her case fully and have come to the conclusion to grant her a pension. I would respectfully solicit your earliest to this matter. That the old Ladies wants & anxieties, may be retired
To Hon J L Edwards
Yours
[Signed] Wm Soper
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to grant her a pension without any further investigation. I therefore advised the old Lady that I should have her pension for her in a very short time, of this However I have been disappointed
I will only add that Mrs Andrason is very old & has been a long while using efforts to get her pension & has become very impatient and as you have already investigated her case fully and have come to the conclusion to grant her a pension. I would respectfully solicit your earliest to this matter. That the old Ladies wants & anxieties, may be retired
To Hon J L Edwards
Yours
[Signed] Wm Soper
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(top right illegible "Fau"?)

Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

4594
June 28
N.Y.
July 4, 1836
Hannah Andrason
wid of Ezekiel

Miltic (?)
June 25, 1839
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Milton N.Y. June 25 1839
Dear Sir
I here enclose to you, the declaration of Hannah Anderson, and the accompany proofs, for a Widows pension - your early attention to this application is respectfully requested
To Commissioner of Pensions
Yours
[Signed] Wm Soper
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Milton
December 30, 1840
July 3 1846
New York
[illegible]
File
William Soper [illegible]
Attorney
Honorable J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
Page 61

Milton N. Y. June 30 1840
Sir
Early in the month of April last I sent you the papers in the case of Hannah Andrason applicant for a pension - Since that time I have heard nothing from her application. This old Lady is extremely impatient she has called on me frequently to know about her business and has requested me to advise you again on the subject
Your answer to the application under date Sip 28. 1839 makes two points first that Andrason left the service in 1780 which was before her marriage and second that you required some record evidence of Marriage or Baptism of children to entitle her to any pension. I presume that the last objection is sufficiently answered by the certificate of the Rev. Jacob Vanvecten paster of the Dutch Reformed Church at Schenectady. This places the application on the grounds of proof on which you have frequently granted pensions to wit, the proof of marriage by Jacob Lawson & Elijah, Andrason credible witnesses; corroborated by the pastors certificate of baptism of one of her children
Page 62

Milton
December 30, 1840
July 3 1846
New York
[illegible]
File
William Soper [illegible]
Attorney
Honorable J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

62/77

The first objection goes only against granting
her a pension under the act of 1836 - Andrason
appears to have enlisted in the New York line for
three years and was discharged in 1780 and afterwards
enlisted under Captain Ballard in Colonel Barbers
Regiment in the New Jersey line and served until
the end of the war. This is proved by Elijah
Andrason who was with him in the same
Regiment and byJack Lawson who swears
that Andrason remain in the service until the army was disbanded in 1783. This is all the proof within our power- you have
I presume Copies of the muster roll and pay roll of Captain Ballard perhaps. a list of the solders discharged at Snake Hill
Near Newburgh, from which you can ascertain whether Ezikiel Andrason served in the New [?Jersey] line when discharged
I ask your early attention
to this application, and of there is any [illegible] further requested 
That you may have an opportunity of  facilitating it. 
To Honorable J L Edwards
Yours, etc.
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Washington 24th February [18]49
Dear Sir
I received  last evening the Certificates
for Mr. J Clark J M Varcock asked for
by the enclosed letter of Mr Towner.
I suppose that the Certificate for Mrs. H. 
Anderson [sic] must have been overlooked.
Will you forward Mrs. Andersons
Certificate to me or of there is a reason
that it cannot be issued be so kind as to inform me.
I am Respectfully
D.B. St. John
Colonel J L Edwards
Washington
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March 27.
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278 
Pension Office, March 27, 1849 

Sir,
In answer to the enclosed letter I have this the honor to inform you that the pensioner certificate of Hannah Andrason was issued on the 19th just and sent to Hon S. Hart, New York 
Hon D. B. St John 

act1848
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2447 July 6 1863
NY 
Mar 3d 1843 
Han Andrason 
Milton, NY
July 4 
M D C. 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City 
D.C.

illegible
[Christopher ?] illegible
Milton, NY
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Milton Newyork July 4 1843 (illegible) Court

Dear Sir 
I here enclose you a declaration 
of Hannah Andrason for a pension under the act of March last. I wish you to give it your earliest attention and if you find the papers correct please forward me a pension certificate, for her To Comm of Pensions 
Yours 
Wm Soper
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[round stamp: [arrow pointing to 4] RECEIVED | APR 10 1935 | MAIL SUB-DIV | MIS ADM | [illegible] 15]

Dryden, Michigan,
April 8, 1935

United States Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,
I wish to obtain any information which you have concerning [underlined: Ezekiel Anderson], Revolutionary soldier.

I have the following facts:
Private soldier in Revolutionary war, born in Scotland 1754 or 1755.  Enlisted at Fishkill, N. Y.  1775 - served in army until June, 1783.  Engaged in the following battles Peekskill, White Plains, Harlem Heights, Siege of Stenwix.

Applied for pension at New Paltz, Ulster Co., N. Y. on April 2, 1818, at the age of 63.  Died at New Paltz, N. Y.  His widow, Hannah Lawson Anderson applied for a widow's pension at the age of 73 at New Paltz, N.Y.

I would like to know exact date and place of Ezekiel Anderson's birth, marriage, and death.  Also his wife's place and date of birth and death.

What charge is made for this service?  I wish this information to complete data for entrance into the Daughters of the American Revolutions.

Respectfully,
(Miss) Margaret Goodrich
Dryden, Michigan

Box 171
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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
---
CASSIES C. DOWELL, IOWA, CHAIRMAN
JOHN M. ROSSION, KY.
EDWARD BALMON, ALA.
CLARENCE MAC GREGOR, N.Y.
WILLIAM J. SEARS, FLA.
CHARLES BRAND, CO
C. B. HUDSPETH, TEX.
JOE J. MALONE, MO.
FRANK GARDNER, MD.
DON B. COLTON, UTAH
CLARENCE CANON MO.
W. H. SPROUL. KANS
BOLIVAR E. KEMP, LA.
HENRY L BOWLES, MASS.
CHARLES C. EDWARDS, GA.
JOHN M. NELSON, WIS.
LINDSAY WARREN, N.C.
ROBERT H. CLANCY, MICH.
C. G. SELVIS, MINN.
THOMAS C. COCHRAN, PA.
JOE CRAIL CALIF.
JOE N. JENNESS, CLERK

House of Representatives U.S.
COMMITTEE ON ROADS
Washington, D.C.
November 20, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: --
Inclosed I am handing you the description of the service of one Ezekiel Anderson in the Revolutionary War, with a request for any information you might have relative
to any pension he might have drawn, and
any information about his widow. Kindly give
the matter your prompt attention, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
ILLEGIBLE Dowell

Pension Office
Nov 21 1929
US
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KANE AND LUNDY
INCORPORATED
STRUCTURAL SLATE
SLATE FLOORS AND FLAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
103 PARK AVENUE NEWYORK LEXINGTON 3848

November 1, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Re: The Revolutionary War

Dear Sir:
Ezekiel Anderson {only spelling] enlisted January 9, 1781 for the war and served as a private in a company designated at various times as Captain
Jeremiah Ballard's, 2nd and 1st Company, 2nd New Jersey Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel Elias Dayton, Lieutenant Colonel F. Barber and Lieutenant Colonel John N. Cumming.

He was transferred in March 1783 to the 4th Company of Foot, Jersey Battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John N. Cumming.
His name last appears on the company muster roll for April 1783 dated May 20, 1783.

Will you please advise me whether or not this man ever received a pension. I would like to know when his pension was stopped by his death and his place of residence and the name of his widow or any additional information that your records may contain.
Very truly yours,
Noel T. Frank
NTK: B
Pension Office
Nov 2, 1929
US
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KANE AND LUNDY
INCORPORATED
STRUCTURAL SLATE
SLATE FLOORS AND FLAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
103 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK LEXINGTON 3848

October 11, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.


Dear Sir:
In the " Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War" by Wm. S. Stryker, Adjutant General of New Jersey -- 1872 - on Page 142 there is listed an Ezekiel Anderson as a private in the 2nd New Jersey Regiment of Continantal Troops. Will you advise me what additional information is shown by the original records regarding this man or his service, such as his residence or place and period of enlistment. If you do not have the original records will you please advise where I would be apt to find them.
In the "History of the City of Trenton, New Jersey by John O. Raum on page 171 there is described the council of General Washington on the day before the Battle of Princeton. At this council Ezekiel Anderson was appointed one of the guides on the night march to Princeton. Will you advise where I would be apt to find the original records of this council and this Ezekiel Anderson.

Is it true that additional records of soldiers of New Jersey in the revolution have been discovered since 1872?
Thanking you for the courtesy of a reply, I remain
Very truly yours
Noel T Kane
NTK: B

Pension
Oct 12 1929
US
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ILLEGIBLE
H. C. STICKEL, President
H. L. BICKING, Clerk
M. S. MITCHELL, Treasurer
H. W. HARPSTER, Attorney

Village of Sylvan Make
MICHIGAN
May 16th, 1923.

Trustees:
C. A. FISHER
F. E. EBNER
W. J. O'RILEY
L. F. OWEN

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
The writer is desirous of obtaining some information relative to Ezekiel Anderson who served in the Revolutionary War and was for a number of years on a pension after the war.
The information desired, is the date
and place of his birth, the date and place of
his death, the name of his wife before marriage
(if possible) and such other information as may
be in your power to give in order that we may
complete a family record
If it is not possible for you to give this information, will you kindly advise where
we can obtain same and oblige,
Yours truly, 
H.L. Bicking



MAY
21
1923
US Pension Office
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ORD DIVISION
WAR RECORDS SECTION
W 23456
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,      19


In reply to your request of          received
---
for a statement of the military history of Ezekiel Andrason or Anderson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 3- 1775 
Jan. 1780 

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Dec 6, 1778
June 1783

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas De Witt
Ballard
COLONEL.
Gansevort
Barber

STATE.
N. Y.
N J.

Battles engaged in, Harlem Heights Sept 16, 1776 White Plains Oct 28, 1776 Peekskill March 2 77, Siege of Ft. Stanwix Aug 1777 & in other engagements

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Fishkill, N.Y.

Date of application for pension, Apr. 2. 1818 His cl al

Residence at date of application, New Paltz, Ulster Co. N.Y.

Age at date of application, 63 yrs He died June 3 - 1835 in New Paltz, N.Y.

Remarks: Alderman, at Rocky Forest, Orange A. N.Y. Feb 20-1783, Hannah Lawson, she was al. pen on her ap. ex. Oct. 21, 1837, while living near New Paltz, N.Y. aged 73 yrs. They raised a large fam of chil, only names stated-- Isaac the eldest b. 1787, John, aged 22; Mary aged 16, Peggy aged 10 in 1820
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Bro of sol. Elijah Andrason
" Widow Jacob Lawson
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Rev. and 1812
ILLEGIBLE Section
ILLEGIBLE

November 22, 1929

Honorable C. C. Dowell
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Dowell:
Replying to your letter dated November 20, 1929, requesting information for Mrs. C. L. Chambers, of 3102 Cottage Grove, Des Moines, Iowa, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23456, it appears that Ezekiel Andrason, or Anderson enlisted in Fishkill, New York Dec 3, 1775 served as a private in Captain Thomas De Witt's Company, Colonel Gansevort's New York Regiment, was in the battles of Harlem Heights, White Plains, Peekskill, the siege of Fort Stan and other engagements, and was discharged December 6, 1776.

He enlisted in January, 1780, served as a private in Captain Ballard's Company, Colonel Barber's New Jersey Regiment and was discharged in June, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, at which time he resided in New Paltz Ulster County, New York.

In 1820, he was aged sixty-five years and still
sided in New Paltz, New York. He died there June 2, 1835. 

The soldier married February 20, 1783, at Rocky Forest, Orange County, New York, Hannah Lawson. They were married at the home of her father whose name is not shown.

She was allowed pension on her application executed October 21, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and resided in New Paltz, New York. About 1840 she
moved from New Paltz to Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York,
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It is stated that they had a large family of children; the only names given are Isaac, the eldest son, who was born March 17, 1787, and baptized in that year in the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady, New York,
where his parents were then living; and John, Mary and Peggy, aged respectively twenty-two years, sixteen years and ten years in 1820.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier
named Ezekiel Andrason or Anderson found on the Revolution ary War records of this bureau.
Mrs. Chambers' letter is herewith returned.
Very truly yours,
2 Enclosures.
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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November 9, 1929.

Mr. Noel T. Kane
103 Park Avenue
New York, New York.

Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23456, it appears that Ezekiel Andrason or Anderson enlisted in Fishkill, New York, Dec 3, 1775. served as a private in Captain Thomas De Witt's Company, Colonel Gansevort's New York Regiment, was in the battles of Harlem Heights, White Plains, Peekskill, the siege of Fort Stanwix and other engagements, and was discharged December 6, 1778.

He enlisted in January 1780, served as a private in Captain Ballard's Company, Colonel Barber's New Jersey Regiment and was discharged in June 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, at which time he resided in New Paltz, Ulster County, New York.
In 1820 he was aged sixty-five years and still resided in New Palts, New York. He died there June 3, 1835.
The soldier married February 20, 1783 at Rocky Forest, Orange County, New York, Hannah Lawson. They were married at the
home of her father whose name is not shown.

She was allowed pension on her application executed October 21, 1837, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and resided in New Paltz, New York. About 1840, she moved from New Paltz to Cochocton, Sullivan County, New York, where the still resided in 1848.

It is stated that they had a large family of children; the only names given are Isaac, the oldest son, who was born March 17, 1787 and baptised in that year in the Protestant Reformed
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Dutch Church of Schenectady, New York, where his parents were then living; and John, Mary and Peggy, aged respectively twenty-two years, sixteen years and 10 years in 1820.

  The Above noted is the history of the only soldier named Ezekiel Andrason or Anderson found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 

Mrs Chambers' letter is herewith returned 
Very truly yours, 
Earl D. Church 
Commissioner. 

__ Bro. Elijah Andrason 
Widow's brother Jacob Lawson 
Testify in the claim