Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,993, Jonathan Andrews, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
RI Andrews, Jonathan S.11.993
CONTENTS
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10445
Rhode Island
Jonathan Andrews
Kent in the State of RI
who was a Privated in the company commanded
of Captain Arnold of the regiment commanded
Col Green in the Regiment 
time for 2 years
RI Line
June 1705
Records corrected 
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commense on teh 4th day of March, 1831.
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[illegible] 
Jonathan Andrews
7632 [illegible]
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
County of Kent

On this thirtieth day of August AD 1832. Personally appeared before the justices of the Court of Common Pleas sitting at East Greenwich within and for said county of Kent, in open court, Jonathan Andrews a resident of said East Greenwhich aged Seventy One years, who being just 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States, on the Continental establishment, on the Seventeenth day of May 1777 as a private - and served in the regiment of the Rhode Island line under the command of Col. Christopher Green, under the following named officers [illegible] - Lieut. Col. Adam Comstock. Major Flagg. Captain Thomas Arnold Lieut. Samuel Hicks and Lieut. Simon Smith. that said enlistment was for the period of three years, and at the time thereof he resided in Barrington in the County of Bristol in said state. 
That he was marched from Rhode Island to Fishkill in the state of New York, from thence to the Delaware, and in October 1777 was in the battle of Red Bank fort, and after this, was stationed in Fort Mifflin on Mud Island when said fort was attacked by the enemy. 
That after this he marched to Valley Forge where said regiment was quartered in the Winter of 1777 and 8. And that while there, he said Col. Christopher Greene and the field officers of said regiment left the army, and the company to which this applicated belonged, was turned over to a regiment of Rhode Island line under Col Israel Angell, Jeremiah Olney
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was Lieut Col of said Angell's regiment and Simeon Thayer was Major. In June 1778 he marched with said Angell's regiment in New Jersey and was in the battle of Monmouth in said Month of June - After this, Col Angell's regiment marched through New York and Connecticut to Rhode Island, and this applicant in said regiment was in the engagement at Quaker hill in August of this year, on the Island of Rhode Island.  Said Regiment quartered in the winter of 1778 and 9 at [illegible] at said state of Rhode Island. In the summer of 1779 this applicant with said regiment marched to New Jersey, remained there during that season, and was quartered near Morristown in said state in the winter of 1779 and 80. and in May 1780 he was discharged by Col. Angell at said Morristown, said discharge is mow lost , this applicant believed it was dated on the 18th or 19th day of said month of May 1780, he served as a private for the whole of said time, 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an anuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state - 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year of aforesaid 
[signed] Jonathan Andrews

[illegible]
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation Court of Common Pleas August [illegible] 1832
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And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary soldier & served as
States. - I, John Brown,  Clerk of said Court of Common Please, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Andrews for a pension. 
In testimony wherof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Seventh day of September in the year 1832
[signed] John Brown
Witness Samuel Randall Town Clerk.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations County of Kent
On this twenty ninth day of December AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Probate of the Town of East Greenwich in said county of kind, now sitting Jonathan Andrews a resident of East Greenwich aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on this oath make the following amendment to his declaration aforesaid, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was born in Warren in said State of Rhode Island and in that part of said town which now makes the town of Barrington on the twenty ninth day of June AD 1761 and his age is recorded in the town of said Warren, a certificate whereof is hereto annexed. and that as stated in his said declaration when he was called into service as therein stated he resided in said Barrington, to which place he returned his said service in the Revolutionary War, and had
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And the said Court do herby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - I John Brown

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE WARREN,
November 22nd 1832.
Jonathan Andrews son of William Andrews and Bethiah his wife, was born on the 29th day of June AD Seventeen hundred sixty on
A true copy of record, 
Witness Samuel Randall Town Clerk.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Count of Kent
On this twenty ninth day of December AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the of the court of Probate of the town of East Greenwich in said count of Kent, now sitting Jonathan Andrews a resident of said East Greenwich aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follwoing amendment to his declaration aforesaid, in order to obtain the benefi of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 That he entered the serice of the United States under the following named officers and served herein stated - That he was born in Warren in said state of Rhode Island and in that part of said Warren which now makes the town of Barrington on the twenty ninth day of June AD 1761 - and his age is recorded in the records of said Warren , a certificate whereof is hereto annexed - and that as stated in his said declaration, when he was called into services as therein stated he resided in said Barrington, to which place he returned after his said service in the Revolutionary War, and had
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then three years, when he removed to said East Greenwich, and has resided therein ever since, The Reverend Michael Burdett and Joseph L Tillinghast Esquire both of said East Greenwich this applicant believes, can testifty to said applicants character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution - he has no documentary evidence in relation to this subject.
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 subscribed the day and year aforesaid

[signed] Jonathan Andrews

[written on the side]
[illegible] Jonathan Andrews
7632

The Michael Burdett a clergyman residing in East Greenwich in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and Joseph L Tillinghast residing in said East Greenwich hereby certify that we are well acquianted with Jonathan Andrews who has subscribed and sworn to the above amended declaration; that we believe him to be sevent one years of age; that his reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a solider of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Michael Burdett
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And said Court of Probate do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the [illegible] prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated and the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Michael Burdett, who had signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in East Greenwich in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island [illegible] and that Joseph L Tillinghast who had also signed the same is a resident in said East Greenwich and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I James Miller Clerk of said court of Probate do herby certify that the aforegoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Andrews for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.

[signed] James Miller
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N. 7632
Jonathan Andrews of East Greenwich
RI

Private 2 years

Proof of service [illegible]
[illegible]

Nov 10 1832

M. G. Brown
E. Greenwich, RI
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BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Andrews of the County of Kent in the State of R. Island
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 71 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1777 May 17th

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
3 - - 

Rank.
As a
Private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Christopher Green, Capt Thomas
Arnold,  Col. Israel Angell

5. In what battles was he engaged? Redbank, and Island, Monmouth & R. Island

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Barrington

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? nothing
lost his discharge which was dated May 1786, by Col Angell

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no certificate of Clergyman or others above mentioned.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.

[signed] [illegible] Bell
Examining Clerk.
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In reply to your request of _______, received _____  for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Andrews a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired ifnromation as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[illegible] File 11.993

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
May 17, 1777
disch. May 18 or 19, 1780
at Morristown, NJ

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 yrs.

RAN. 
Pri.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
Thomas Arnold

COLONEL.
Christopher Greene
Israel Angell

STATE.
RI

Battles engaged in, Red Bank, & H. Mifflin-Mon- Quaker Hill-

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Barrington, R.I.

Date of application for pension, Aug 30, 1832. Allowed-

Residence at date of application, East Greenwich, R. I.

Age at date of application, b. June 29, 1761 at Warren, R.I.

Remarks:
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1909 Dec 23 Hist to Mrs Jane H. O'Ha
letter in S file 21563 [illegible] Weaver
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Rev War 
11,993
INVALID.
File No. 11,993
Jonathan Andrews
[illegible] Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol: A, Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870]
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I Joshua Bicknell of Barrington in the county of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, aged Seventy Three years & upwards on Solemn Oath, being sworn according to law, do testify and say that in May Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven, the town of Barrington were called upon to furnish a number of men for the Continental Army, for three years of during the war, and that Jonathan Andrews now resident of East Greenwich in the county of Kent in said state, enlisted as a private soldier for three years,  as one of the quota from said town of Barrington, & that he continued in said service for the term of three years, and that I have known said Jonathan for more than sixty years, & believe him to be a man of truth. 
[signed] Joshua Bicknell

State of Rhode Island [illegible], Bristol [illegible] Warren, Nov 23rd, 1832.
This day personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the supreme Judicial Court of said state, the above named Joshua Bicknell, and being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth, of the foregoing deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presense, taken at the request of the above named Jonathan Andrews to be used in his application for the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832, entitled an act supplimentary to an act for the relief of certain Surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution. - Hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Joshua Bicknell, and that he is a credible person of that his deposition is entitled to credit.
[signed] Samuel Randall Justice Supreme Judicial Court
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Kent I Christopher Johnson Clerk of the Supreme
judicial Court of said State, within and for the County of Kent, hereby certify that Samuel Randall Esquire, whose name is within written is a Justice of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the signature within & aforewritten, purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Randall, and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestation of said Randall.

In Witness whereof I hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said Court this
thirtieth day of November AD 1832
at East Greenwich in said County of Kent

[signed] Christopher Johnson Clerk
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I Samuel Hicks resident in Warren in the
County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, aged eighty four years, & upwards on solemn oath, being sworn according to law, do testify and say, that
on the first of May A.D. 1777, I enlisted into Captain Thomas Arnold's Company
in Colonel Christopher Greene's Regiment of the Continental line for the term of three years, and I served in the capacity of first Lieutenant of said Company until on or about the twenty fifth day of February A.D. 1778, when I resigned my commission, and my resignation was accepted by general Washington; and I further certify and say, that Jonathan Andrews now resident in East Greenwich in the County of Kent in said State enlisted on or about the 17th day of May A.D. 1777, into said Captain
Thomas Arnold Company in said Colonel Christopher Greene's Regiment for the term of three years, and the said Jonathan Andrews served as a private soldier in said Company and Regiment during the whole time that I served in said company as aforesaid; and I have ever since understood and believe that said Jonathan served faithfully in the Continental Army during the whole term of three years for which he had enlisted.

[signed]  Samuel Hicks 

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Bristol [illegible]. in Warren Nov. 22d A.D. 1832
This day personally appeared, before me the subscricribed a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, the above named Samuel Hicks, and being sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the aforegoing Deposition, to which he subscribed his name in my presence, taken at the request of the above named Jonathan Andrews, to be used in his application for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 entitled an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers & Soldiers of
the Revolution. - I hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with said Samuel Hicks and that he
is a credible person and his Deposition is entitled to credit.
[signed] Samuel Randall Justice Supreme
Judicial Court
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Kent

I Christopher Johnson Clerk of the Supreme
Judicial Court of said state within and for the County of Kent hereby certify that Samuel Randall Esquire whose name is within written is a Justice of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the signature within and afore written purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Randall, and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of said Randall.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my
hand of the seal of said court this
thirtieth day of November AD 1832
at East Greenwich in said County of Kent

[signed]Christopher Johnson Clerk
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must [illegible] produce this
mandatory evidence
region by the regulation
one of whom must be
a Clergyman, and the Judge,
& clerk certificate must 
be drawn up in that 
conformity with the regulations

Nov 10 1832
Pension Office
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No. 7632
Jonathan Andrews of 
E. Greenwich RI

The applicant must prove
his service by the testimony 
of at least one living witness
who must set forth the Regt 
Company & line in what he 
served & the time of his entering
the service & the time and 
manner of his leaving the
service. The Magestrate must
certify to the credibility of 
the witnesses & the offical character
& signature of the Magistrate
must be certified by
the proper office. If this 
evidence cannont be obtained 
she should so state he
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jonathan Andrews which require further
proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? no

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____year _______ months and ______ days, I served as a _____. For _______ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for suh service I claim as a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.