Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,590, Nathan Andrews, Mass R.I.
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Mass | Andrews, Nathan | S29590
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21883
Massachusetts
Nathan Andrews
of Bristol Co in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cobb of the Regt commanded by Col Gray in the Massachusetts line for 21 mos & 8 days.
RI State Troops and Mass Mila
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 70 Dollars 89 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Nov 1833 and sent to A Bassett Taunton Masschusetts. Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $177.23
Semi-Anl allownce ending [illegible] 35.44
$212.67
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by DD Addison Clerk Book E Vol 20 Page 2
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74 Bristol
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27019 Nathan Andrews Bristol County Mass
Private 21 Mos & 8 days
Capt Carr's Co Colonel Gray's Regt RI 
[illegible] rolls Coll G's Regt
70.00
89
70 89 2
141.78
35.815
[illegible]
A Bassett Taunton Mass
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BRISTOL SS
At a court of probate holden at Norton in and for said county on the second day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three before the Honorable Hodijah Baylies Judge of the Probate & c. for said County, personally appeared Nathan Andrews a resident of Norton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 make the following declaration. That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers and served as herein after stated to wit. I inlisted at Taunton Massachusetts in the month of July 1776 into a company commanded by Captain Simon Cobb of said Taunton for five months and served in Col Coney's regiment & general Fellows Brigade. I was mustered at Taunton and marched from there to New Haven in Connecticut & from there to New York and I will state further particulars of my service in my answer to the fifth interrogatory. 
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Ans. That he was born in Taunton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty on the 11 day of September of that year. 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? Answer, there is a record of my age in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the town clerk of Taunton, a copy of which is hereunto annexed.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, my home as in taunton during the whole of the Revolutionary War. Since the war I have lived in Middleborough, Raynham & Norton, I now live in Norton. 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, I always inlisted voluntarily at all my campaign alarms, except one, campaign of one & a half months under Captain Ichabod Leonard I was then drafted. I was never a substitute. 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Ciontinental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Soon after our arrival in the city of New York we were ordered up the Hudson River, and were stationed at a place called Chelsey. I was at the Battle at White Plains and during this campaign I was stationed at various other places in the vicinity of New York and at the expiration of said five months I was discharged (I believe verbally) by my officers and I returned home. I refer to the affidavit of Thomas Danforth which is hereunto annexed to prove my service at this, my first campaign. I served at this my first campaign five months. I again Volunteered for a second campaign and it was the fore part of the year 1777 into a company commanded by Captain Caleb Carr served into the fifteen months Rhode Island Service (so called) Carr was of Warren in the state of Rhode Island, and Nathan Olney & Walter Channing were our other company officers a part of said campaign we were stationed at a place called Howlands Ferry a part of said campaign & at Bristol in the state of Rhode Island the other part. I was verbally discharged by my officers after serving
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fourteen months & a half and Col Archabald Canary commanded the regiment to which I belonged at this campaign and I refer to the affidavit of Henry Andrews which is hereunto annexed to prove the greatest part of my service at this campaign as he the said Henry Andrews served in the same company with me the principal part of the time.

[attached note: "Nathan Andrews son of Nathaniel Andrews Jr of Taunton was born September 11th 1760 as appears by the records in the office of the Town Clerk of Taunton"]
[large section illegible due to attached note - above]

Benjamin Wilbur's affidavit to prove my [illegible] campaign.

I also served one other short campaign or alarm in the month of August 1780 in Captian Josiah Kings Company & in Col Mitchell's Regiment my term of service at this time was eight days & we were marched to the Island of Rhode Island and at the expiration of said term I was verbally discharged by my officers & I returned home. For proof of this service I refer to a certificate of Edward D Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which is hereunto annexed.

I knew Colonel Canary & General Green & Fellows I also saw General Washington a number of times when I was at & about New York, I also saw many other officers during the war whose names I not now recollect. the troops with which I served during all my campaigns were state troops or militia as I understood except my first campaign & I believe we were when under Continental officers. My whole service in the several campaigns which are already described in this declaration amounts to twenty one month & eight days.
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fourteen months & a half, and Col Archabald Canary commanded the regiment to which I belonged at this campaign, and I refer to the affidavit of Henry Andrews which is hereunto annexed to prove the greatest part of my service at this campaign as he the stated Henry Andrews served in the same company with me the principal part of the time.
I again entered the service & it was my third campaign and I was drafted at this time, & it was in the month of July 1779, Captain Ichabod Leonard commanded the company to which I belonged & Pratt of boston & Bunt of Taunton were our other company officers, & Col Thomas Carpenter of Rehoboth commanded our regiment. I served at this campaign one month & a half and at the expiration of said term I was verbally discharged by my officers & I returned home we were stationed at this campaign on Rhode Island & at Pawtuxet. I refer to Benjamin Wilburs affidavit to prove my service at this my third campaign.
I also served one other short campaign or alarm in the month of August 1780 in Captain Josiah Kings Company & in Col Mitchells regiment my term of service at this time was eight days & we were marched to the Island of Rhode Island and at the expiration of said term I was verbally discharged by my officers & I returned home. For proof of this service I refer to a certificate of Edward S Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which is hereunto annexed.
I knew Colonel Canary & Generals Green & Fellows I also saw General Washington a number of time when I was at & about New York. I also saw many other officers during the war whose names I do not now recollect. the troops with which I served during all my campaigns were state troops or militia as I understood except my first campaign & I believe we were then under Continental officers.
My whole service in the several campaigns which are already described in this declaration amounts to twenty one month & eight days.
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6 Were you a soldier or an officer? if a soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from service and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an officer, did you ever receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? Answer. I was never an officer [illegible] had a commission, I always served as a private soldier during [illegible] campaigns and I never had a written discharge, was always verbally discharged by my officers at the expiration of me several terms of service.

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the revolution. I refer to the Rev. Pitt Clark and Cromwell Leonard.

And the said Nathan Andrews doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. [signed Nathan Andrews]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid [signed H. Baylies], Judge of Probate
We Pitt Clark a clergyman residing in Norton and Cromwell Leonard residing in the same Norton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Andrews who as subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. [signed Pitt Clark, Cromwl Leonard]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid [signed H Baylies] Judge of probate
AND the court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Pitt Clark who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Norton in said County of Bristol, and that Cromwell Leonard who has also signed the same is a resident in said town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. [signed H Baylies] Judge of Probate
COMMONWEALTH  of MASSACHUSETTS Bristol SS. I Andrew Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Andrews of Norton in said county for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court the day and year first above written. [signed "Andrew Bassett" seal affixed to the left]
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29590
Revy INVALID
File No 29590
Nathan Andrews
Pri Rev War
Act June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 9
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I Henry Andrew of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth when at home, but now at Taunton in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being sixty eight years of age do hereby testify & say that I have long been acquainted with Nathan Andrews who is now an inhabitant of the Town of Norton in said Bristol County and that he the said Andrews inlisted as a soldier in the war of the American Revolution in a Company with me for a campaign of fifteen month in a company commanded by Captain Caleb Carr of Warren in the State of Rhode Island & Nathan Olney & Walter Channing were our others officers & part of said campaign, & our Col was Archabald Canary I entered the service at this campaign in the month of April 1777 & I left the service at this time on the 16th day of March 1778 and I know that the said Nathan Andrews did serve in said company as aforesaid all the time that I was in said company and we were stationed a part of the time at a place called Howlands Ferry & a part of the time at Bristol all in the state of Rhode Island & our troops I believe were called state troops. Dated at Taunton this 5th day of Septemeber AD 1832 Henry Andrews

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County SS. Before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Bristol, personally appeared Henery Andrews subscriber to the above affidavit & made oath that the same is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & quality this 5th day of September 1832. Croml Leonard Justice of Peace
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Bristol SS. Jany 9th 1833 I certify that Henry Andrews subscriber to the within affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness. Cromwl Leonard Justice of Peace
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I Thomas Danforth of Norton in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being seventy one years of age do hereby give evidence & say that I have long been acquainted with Nathan Andrews of Norton in said county and that he the said Andrews served as a private soldier in the army of the American Revolution. one campaign of five months he was in a company commanded by Captain Simeon Cobb & in Col Carneys Regiment & Gen Fellows Brigade. it was in the year 1776 and I served in Capt Samuel Whites company & in said Carney's regiment at the same time, and we were stationed in and about the city of New York & at White Plains & many other places & I believe we were called Continental Troops Dated at Norton this 23rd day of August 1832. [signed Thos Danforth] 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Brostol County SS Before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Bristol personally appeared Thomas Danforth subscriber to the above affidavit & made oath that the same is true in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name& quality this 23 day of August AD 1832. Croml Leonard Justice of Peace
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Bristol SS Jany 9th 1833 I certify  that Thomas Danforth subscriber to the within affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness. Croml Leonard Justice of Peace

Henry Andrews 
& T Danforth Deposition
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I Benjamin Wilbur of Mansfield in the County of Bristol & state of Massachusetts being seventy five years of age do hereby testify & say that I have long been acquainted with Nathan Andrews of Norton in said county and that he the said Andrews served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution one campaign of one & a half months in a company with me. Said company was commanded by Captain Ichabod Leonard of Taunton in the regiment of Col Thomas Carpenter of Rehoboth we entered the service at this time according to the best of my recollection & belief in the month of July 1779 & were discharged in the month of September of the same year. we were stationed a part of the time at a place called Pawtuxet in the state of Rhode Island and we were called Militia or state troops as I understood. Data at Norton July 2nd 1833 his mark [signed "x"] Benjamin Wilbur
Witness Roland Green Croml Leonard
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County SS. Before me one of the Justices of the peace within and for the County of Bristol personally appeared Benjamin Wilbur subscriber to the within affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & quality this 2nd day of July 1833. Croml Leonard Justice Peace
Bristol SS July 2nd 1833 I certify that Benjamin Wilbur who signed the within affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness. Croml Leonard Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County SS I Anselm Bassett Register of this court of Probate in & for said county of Bristol do hereby certify that Cromwell leonard whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said court the third day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty three Anselm Bassett
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office, March 26th 1833. I hereby certify, that from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this department, it appears that the name of Nathan Andrews is borne on a Muster Roll of Captain Josiah King's Company, in Col Mitchell's Regt on an Alarm to Rhode Island, August 2, 1780 - where he is allowed eight days service. Edward Bangs Secy of Commonwealth