Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25354, Nehemiah Andrews, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Continental Andrews, Nehemiah W 25354
Mass. Elizabeth
CONTENTS
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[written in pencil-Bernardston Capt A Wells]
Vermont 5252
Elizabeth Andrews,
widow of Nehemiah Andrews decd.
Mass.
and who died on the 8th of March 1813-
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Wells of the Regt commanded
by Col Whitcomb in the Massachusetts
line for 8 mos. 10 days private

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 27 Dollars 76 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of April
1840- and sent to Hon
H Hall, H. of R
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1840-$111.04
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 13.88
$124.92
{Act July 77,
1838.}
Recorded by S.A. Elliot Clerk.
Book A Vol. 2 Page 34.
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Affidavit of 
Elijah Kingsley
Mass
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Be it known that I Elijah Kingsley of Bernardston County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in my ninety eighth year of my age do testify and say that during the Revolutionary War of the United States I lived in Bernardston aforesaid, except when I was absent in the service--that I lived in the immediate neighborhood of Moses Scott, the Father of Elizabeth Scott, alias Betsy Scott-that I was present when the said Elizabeth Scott was married to Nehemiah Andrews then of Bernardston-that they were married by the Rev. Job Wright then of Bernardston-that I cannot say in what year they were married-that it was before the close of the war of the Revolution-and I think three or four years before the close of the war- that the said Nehemiah Andrews lived with his said wife Elizabeth till the day of his death that I have known Soloman Andrews from the days of his infancy till the present day-and that he was the reputed son of the said Nehemiah and Elizabeth Andrews and born since their marriage.
Elijah Kingsley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Ss. September 19th 1838. Then personally appeared Elijah Kingsley and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me.
I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Elijah Kingsley-that his reputation for truth and veracity is good, and that, to all appearance he is of a sound mind and memory.
Signed Henry W. Cushman
Justice of the Peace
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5285
Elizabeth Andrews
Vt Nehemiah
act 7 July 38
Vol 16:59-Wells 75 8 mo.
" 13.162 - - - 10 d
d 13-
Aomd
8 mo 10 dy pri
$27.76
no deduction
Hon. H. Hall
HR
Vt
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State of Vermont Windham County Marlbro' Ss:
On this 5th day of April A.D. 1839 personally appeared before the probate Court of the district of Marlboro in said County Elizabeth Andrews a resident of Guilford in the County of Windham aforesaid aged eighty five 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 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Nehemiah Andrews, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served first one month as a minute man from Bernardston in the State of Massachusetts in a Company under command of Capt Agrippa Wells of Greenfield and Col. Samuel Williams in the Spring of 1775. Same year he enlisted at said Bernardston for eight months under the same Capt Wells in Col Whitcombs Regiment and went to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts and served in said Company at the place aforesaid during the said eight months-he afterwards enlisted into army in the year 1776 (but She does not remember whether from said Bernardston or from Glastenbury Connecticut his native place) as an artificer (a carpenter) or as she thinks enlisted as a private and was set works at his trade a part of the time but for what length time or under what officers or whether under more than one enlistment from age and loss of memory she does not recollect but is confident he was in the service two years or more after the services mentioned in 1775 and has heard him mention being at White Plains at Springfield and other places she does not recollect. She further declares and says that she was married to the said Nehemiah Andrews some time in Summer in year Seventeen hundred and seventy eight the particular date she does not recollect that her husband the aforesaid Nehemiah Andrews died on the 8th day of March A.D. 1813 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated
Elizabeth [her X mark] Andrews
Witness Solomon Andrews
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before Dana Hyde Judge
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State of Vermont, Windham County,
Marlboro Probate District ss.
I Samuel Elliot Register & Clerk of the Probate Court in & for said District, certify that the Hon. Dana Hyde whose official signature is annexed to the foregoing caption of Elizabeth Andrews oath, is Judge of said Probate Court and that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 6th day of April AD 1839.
Samuel Elliot Clerk & Register
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I Solomon Andrews of Guilford in the County of Windham & State of Vermont do testify and say that I am the reputed son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Andrews that I was fifty nine years of age last October That my father the said Nehemiah Andrews died on the 8th day of March eighteen hundred and thirteen; and that Elizabeth Andrews now of said Guilford is his widow and has not intermarried since his the said Nehemiah's death I further testify that I have examined the records of the Town of Bernardston and cannot find any record of the marriage of my said father and mother. I further testify that I have often heard my father say that he served in the war of the revolution more than three years, and further the deponent saith not.
Solomon Andrews
State of Vermont
Marlboro District Ss.} On this 6th day of April 1839 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Marlboro, Solomon Andrews a credible person and subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition 
before Dana Hyde Judge.
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss}
Probate District of Marlboro
Samuel Elliot Clerk & Register of said Court, hereby certify that the Hon Dana Hyde is Judge of said Court, and that his signature annexed to the foregoing is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court at Brattleboro, this 6th day of April AD 1839
Samuel Elliot Clerk & Register
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I Elihu Scott of Bernardston in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts of the age of seventy five years do testify & say that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight as near as I can recollect some time in the latter part of the summer or the beginning of Autumn I was present at my Fathers in said Bernardston when Nehemiah Andrews was married to my sister Elizabeth Scott by the Rev Job Wright the then Minister of said Bernardston I well recollect them being married at that time I also testify that Solomon Andrews of Guilford is the eldest child of the said Nehemiah and Elizabeth and born since their marriage. I further testify that I well recollect the said Nehemiah Andrews in the year A.D. 1775 enlisted into the Army & went to Cambridge under Capt Agrippa Wells & Lieutenant Ezekiel Foster for nine months a part of the time as a minute man and I also remember that immediately after the expiration of said service he enlisted into a company of Artificers I think under Capt Pollard and went to Springfield in the State of Massachusett I do not recollect how long he served but am confident it was over one year I well recollect his coming home in the time on a furlough his business was making wheels for the Artillery and repairing them as I understand
Elihu Scott
State of Massachusetts
Franklin County SS} on the 9th day of April AD 1839 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Elihu Scott above named to me personally known to be a man to whose testimony full faith and credence ought to be given and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true according to his best recollections
Aretas Ferry Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Aretas Ferry is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin; and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Greenfield this ninth day of April A.D. 1839.
E. Alvord Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3--525
Orn 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 19______
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Nehemiah Andrews, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 25.354.
[table headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (Subheadings--CAPTAIN. COLONEL.) | STATE. | 
Spring 1775 | 1 mo. | Minuteman | Agrippa Wells | Samuel Williams | Mass.
1775 | 8 mos. | Pvt. | Agrippa Wells | Whitcomb | 
1776 | 2 yrs | Artificer | Pollard | 
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bernardston, Franklin Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr.6.1839 Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Guilford, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 85 years.
Remarks: Soldier was born in Glastonbury, Conn., he married in Bernardston, Mass. summer of 1778 Elizabeth daughter of Moses Scott, he died Mch.8.1813.
They had children: Solomon b Oct 1779 only name given Only N.A. found on the Rev War records of the Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
3-2856
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1916 Feb.26. History to Mrs. Robert B. Andrews M.B.H.
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Revy WIDOW, &C.
File No. 25.354
Elizabeth Andrews 
wid. of
Nehemiah Andrews
Priv. Rev. war
Act: July 7th 1838.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 15
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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5285
Let Chipman Swain,
July 22 '39
Let. to Hon. H. Hull,
January 9, 1849
Act 7 July 38
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Be it known that I Elijah Kingsley of Bernardston County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in my ninety eighth year of my age do testify and say that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War of the United States-that I was well acquainted with Nehemiah Andrews then of Bernardston aforesaid-that he the said Andrews served one month as a minute man in the same company with myself under Capt Agrippa Wells of Greenfield in Col. Samuel Williams Regiment; that said Andrews then enlisted into the Army of the United States in Capt. Agrippa Wells Company and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Asa Whitcomb of Lancaster, state of Massachusetts that said Andrews served in said Company, then stationed at Cambridge, Massachusetts eight months in the year 1775--that I was well acquainted with said Andrews and that I served with him the one month as a minute man and the eight months as a regular soldier as aforesaid--that I was an Orderly Sergant in said Company and that I had the name of said Nehemiah Andrews on my list of men.
Signed Elijah Kingsley
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin Ss. September 18th 1838.
Then personally appeared Elijah Kingsley the signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me.
I further certify that I reside in the immediate neighborhood of said Kingsley-that his reputation for truth and veracity is good and that, to all appearance he is now of sound mind and memory.
Signed
Henry W. Cushman
Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Henry W. Cushman Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the several signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this eighth day of April A.D. 1839
E. Alvord Clerk
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Deposition of
Elijah Kingsley.
Ser
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Elizabeth Andrews
affit
Hon H Hall
Hon. H. Hall
H.R
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I Chipman Swain of Brattleboro in the County of Windham State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that I have (since receiving a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions Dated July 22d, 1839 requiring a search of the records in Bernardston for proof of the marriage of Nehemiah Andrews to Elizabeth Scott by Job Wright) made diligent search in said Town and that I could not find any records of marriage in the Town Clerks office of so early a date I believe not previous to 1790, I also made inquiry for the Church records, but could not find any in either Church more than about thirty years past--was informed that a Mr Cook was successor to Rev Job Wright as pastor who was dismissed and silenced for misconduct and was supposed to have destroyed the records and of inquiry of the pastors and of the principal members of both Churches I could find none
Chipman Swain
State of Vermont
Windham County Ss} January 27.1840. Brattleboro Personally appeared Chipman Swain the signer of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed and made oath that the same is true. Before me Royall Tyler Justice of the Peace
I certify that the aforesaid Swain is a person of credit & veracity Royall Tyler Justice of the Peace.
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State of Vermont
District of Marlboro Ss} I Asa Keyes Clerk & Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Marlboro aforesaid certify that Royal Tyler whose name is borne on the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Windham duly commissioned & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions & further that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 27th day of January Anno Domini 1840
Asa Keyes Clerk & Register
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Rev Sec
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Have written the Adgt Gen. at Washington D.C. for Record of Nehemiah Andrews who served in Revolutionary War and have been riffered to you for further information.
He finds name of Nehemiah Andrews who served as Corporal in the Corps of Artificers Continental Troops his name appearing under command of Benjamin Pollard of Fish Kill. any further information you can give will be  greatly appreciated.
Nehemiah Andrews, son Asa, removed to Hartford Ohio
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In 1804, second of Asa named Wells removed to Illinois in 1843. second son of Wells, also named Wells, died in Washington Ill leaving a son Robert, now living in Macon Ill.
His daughter's wish the record of Nehemiah Andrews that they may join the Daughters of the Revolultion.
Very Respectfully
Mrs Robt B Andrews
Macon
Ill.
Macon Co.
Feb. 15-1916.