Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25350, Jeremiah Andreas, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Andreas, Jeremiah
Cynthia

NUMBER
W.25350
B.L. Wt. 36630-160-55.

CONTENTS
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Jeremiah Andreas
of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the com. commanded by Captain __ of the regt commanded by Col. Canfield in the Connecticut line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct 1833 and C. Hawley Stamford

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 13.33
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$79.99
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{Revolutionary Claim,
Act Jun 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk 
Book E Vol. 3 Page 2
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J and -- 7147.
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State of Connecticut,
County of Fairfield, ss.
Probate District of Stamford
On this 17th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for said District, now sitting,
Jeremiah Andreas a resident of Darien in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged sixty eight-years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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: viz. as Ridgefield in said County of Fairfield he belonged to the Militia of that Town in the year 1780 & was Drafted out in said Militia on Service against the enemy for two or three months--he is not certain which--knows it was for two at least & believes for three. The company in which he served under this draft was as he thinks commanded by Joseph Smith of New Fairfield in said County who was then so old he must be now dead & Declarant has been told he is dead. One Botsford of Newtown in said County was Lieutenant--do not know his Christian name--he is undoubtedly dead--went first from said Ridgefield to Danbury & stay there two or three weeks--thence went Worth Street in the town of Greenwich in said County & thence went to King Street in said Greenwich & stay there till the term expired--went on this Draft the last of July or first of August--it was during October west of which we lay at Danbury the farmers were pulling flax. --Col. Canfield as declarant thinks commanded the Regiment; but will not be positive--at any rate he was engaged in the same expedition--declarant was then a small boy, & when he [illegible] he was objected to by one of the officers because he was to small a boy--but the Captain informed him that we was sixteen years old & he was accepted & sent out the whole term as noted above--
In the year 1782 (as Declarant thinks) he enlisted in that part of Stamford which is [illegible] a company of State troops of Connecticut called from Guards for six months according to his recollection--enlisted in the early part of the season, but cannot state the month--declarant belonged to a Division of said Company which was stationed in that part of said Stamford which is now Darien, under command of Lieutenant Stephen Bishop who is now living in said Stamford--there was another Division of said guards stationed in the village of Stamford under the Captain--served out the whole of this term in the place aforesaid, which is now Darien. Thaddeus Bell Esq. of said Darien [illegible] in the same Division with Declarant.
Declarant does not know a living person whom he can prove his services under the militia Draft--all who belonged to that Ridgefield who were drafted with him are dead and all the rest he supposes to be--
Declarant was born in said Ridgefield the 11th day of February AD 1764 resided there when he first entered the Service--In October 1780 an uncle of this Declarant who was a batchelor & whose residence was in that part of Stamford which is now Darien, [illegible] of Declarant's father's with his family removed from said Ridgefield & went to that place & there Declarant resided when he enlisted in the Guards & he has ever since the war resided in said Stamford until Darien was incorporated which was he thinks in 1820 since which time he has resided in that place--His age is recorded in the town Records of said Ridgefield. Was drafted & enlisted as stated above--he is unable to state the names of officers more than he has done--nor can he now recollect any particular circumstances of the service--on the way from Danbury to Greenwich he went by permission of his officers to see his said uncle who is long sick of consumption & while they were moving from Worth Street to King Street declarant was informed of his death--never received a discharge from the service--that is, none other than a verbal Discharge--
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He refers to said Thaddeus Bell Esq. & Stephen Bishop to prove his character for truth & their belief & knowledge of his services as a solider of the revolution--also to the Revd. Daniel Smith of said Stamford, to whose Church Declarant a long time belonged, until he became invited to that of the Revd. Mr. Platt in said Darien & he refers to said Daniel Smith because he is nearest the Probate Office where this Declaration is made & this Declarant has been for a great many years well known to him. Upon reflection Declarant thinks his said uncle died sometime in September--it was in October Declarant's father's family removed from said Ridgefield as stated above.

The said Jeremiah Andreas 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 States.

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid ) Jeremiah Andreas
Chr. Hawley Judge

We, Daniel Smith a clergyman, residing in the town of Stamford in Connecticut and Stephen Bishop residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Andreas who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight 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:

Sworn and subscribed ["the day and year aforesaid" stricken out] the 21st ay of August AD 1832 (Daniel Smith
                (Stephen Bishop
Chr. Hawley Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Revd. Daniel Smith who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Stamford in Connecticut and that Stephen Bishop who also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stamford aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chr. Hawley Judge

I, Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Andreas for a Pension,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 21st day of August 1832.
[seal affixed]  Saml Lockwood Clk
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State of Connecticut  )
County of Stanfield    ) ss.  Probate District of Stamford
On the [illegible] day of July AD 1833 before the Court of Probate in & for said district personally appeared Jeremiah Andreas of Damien in said district who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath in open court deposes & says in addition to his declaration [illegible] of August 17th 1832 that he knows & swears positively his tour of militia service in 1780 as stated in his original declaration was for two months at least & he fixes it at that time.  He knows Smith was Captain, Botsford was Lieutenant as stated in his declaration but cannot recollect any other officers, but thinks one Phelps was Ensign.  This was in the year 1780. Supposes & is confident Canfield was Colonel of the Regiment.  Does not recollect the major or Lt. Col.  Knows no living or other person by whom he can prove this service as he has stated in his original declaration.
  His service in the Town Guards  in the original Declaration were in 1782.  he enlisted he knows for six months & faithfully served out that whole time.  Jesse Bell was Corpl. of the company, but the Lieutenant, Stephen Bishop, had charge of the division to which declaration belonged.  The time of enlistment was the Spring of that year - in April - and Declarant cannot recollect the day of the month nor the day of his discharge, tho' it cannot have been in October.  Declarant is unable to state what General or Regimental officer had charge of the Guards as we had none with us during the Service.  It was probably I rem. Gen. John Mead of Horseneck River and
   The militia in which declarant served as aforesaid was a regularly constituted corps of militia ordered into the field by the public authorities of Connecticut & the services of the Declarant in it were constant service in the fields & such as entirely took him away providing civil pursuit.  The Town Guard in which he served were a regularly constituted & embodied corps of soldiers raised & ordered into service by the public authorities of said State.. & altho', when declarant was relieved from Guard, he could occasionally spend an hour or two in doing little chores, yet his attendance on the duties of enlistment was constant & such as constantly required his service in the field, that is, in keeping guard along the shores & such as entirely prevented his providing confidently any civil pursuit, & during that time he did not pursue any regular civil pursuit.  He drew pay regularly as any other soldier.  His enlistment & duties were all as a private:
  that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the [illegible] length of all his service; but according
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to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades:
  For two months (at least) I served as a private (in the militia under Capt. Swink as before stated) - for six months I served as a private (in the Town Guards under Stephen Bishop as before stated) For such services I claim a pension - & I know positively I served for that full times as hereinbefore stated.
Jeremiah Andreas
Sworn & subscribed the )
day & year aforesaid      )
  Ch. Hawberg Judge

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Andrews for pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 11th day of July AD 1833
(Seal)   Saml Lockwood Clk
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1840. March 21 Spl order to pay
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Cynthia Andreas
Wido. of
Jeremiah.
fairfield Co.
Ct.

Geo. A. Davenport.
Norwalk, Ct.
Filed Jany: 30"/53
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of said Jeremiah said Cynthia has been and now is the widow of said Jeremiah- that deponent verily believes that said Jeremiah was the identical person who drew a pension as stated by said widow in her annexed declaration
Ezra D. Kinney

sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me the undersigned the sole & acting Judge of said Court at Norwalk in said District and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Ezra D. Kinney the above deponant that he is a credible person and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Norwalk the day & year abovewritten
George A. Davenport Judge
as aforesaid
(Seal affixed)
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State of Connecticut  )
County of Fairfield     )
Probate District of Norwalk  )
  Personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Norwalk in and for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut on the nineteenth day of July A.D. 1853 Ezra D. Kinney a resident of the Town of Darien in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged fifty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is Pastor of the congregational Church and Society of the Parish of Middlesex in the aforesaid Town of Darien that he has been said Pastor since sometime in the Autumn of the year 1838.  that from that time to the present he has been well acquainted with Cynthia Andreas whose application for a pension as the widow of Jeremiah Andreas deceased is hereto annexed, that from the time aforesaid to the time of his death he was well acquaintd with said Jeremiah Andreas - that said Jeremiah and said Cynthia from the time aforesaid to the time of the death of said Jeremiah lived together as husband and wife and were so reputed and believed to be by their neighbours and acquaintances that said Jeremiah Andreas died at said town of Darien on the fifth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty seven - that ever since the death
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of said Jeremiah said Cynthia has been and now is the widow of said Jeremiah - that deponent verily believes that said Jeremiah was the identical person who drew a pension as stated by said widow in her annexed declaration
Ezra D. Kinney

sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me the undersigned the sole & acting Judge of said Court at Norwalk in said District and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Ezra D. Kinney the above deponent that he is a credible person and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Norwalk the day & year abovewritten
George A Davenport Judge
as aforesaid
(seal affixed)
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State of Connecticut   )
County of Fairfield      )
Probate District of Norwalk  )
  Personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Norwalk in and for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut on the nineteenth day of July A.D. 1853 Ezra D. Kinney a resident of the Town of Darien in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged fifty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society of the Parish of Middlesex in the aforesaid Town of Darien that he has been such Pastor since sometime in the Autumn of the year 1838. that from that time to the present he has been well acquainted with Cynthia Andreas whose application for a pension as the widow of Jeremiah Andreas deceased is hereto annexed, that from the time aforesaid to the time of his death he was well acquainted with said Jeremiah Andreas - that said Jeremiah and said Cynthia from the time aforesaid to the time of the death of said Jeremiah lived together as husband and wife and were so reputed and believed to be by their neighbours and acquaintances that said Jeremiah Andrews died at said town of Darien on the fifth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty seven - that ever since the death
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sworn to and subscribed this nineteenth day of July AD 1853 before me the undersigned sole and acting Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut in open Court & I certify that said Ezra D Kinney is a credible person whose statements are entitled to full belief & credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Norwalk
George A Davenport Judge
as aforesaid
(seal affixed)
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  This is to certify that I find on the Record of Marriages Kept by the Pastors of the Congregational Church in the parish of Middlesex in the town of Darien, in the State of Connecticut the following in the hand writing of the Rev. Ulrie Maguard, my predecessor in the pastoral office in and over said church; to wit,
"Married, Jan. sixth Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, Jeremiah Andreas of Darien and Cynthia Hawley of Ridgefield, Ct."
  I certify that the foregoing extract is a true copy of the original record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows,
"Married Jan. 6th, 1838, Jeremiah Andreas of Darien & Cynthia Hawley of Ridgefield, Ct."
  Attest Ezra D. Kinney Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in the parish of Middlesex in the town of Darien aforesaid, & the Keeper of the aforesaid Record.
  I Ezra D. Kinney, above named, depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in the parish of Middlesex in the aforesaid town of Darien, that I have the custody of the aforesaid Records, & that the above extract is a true extract from the aforesaid Records with the exception above named as certified by me.
Ezra D. Kinney
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Sworn to and subscribed this nineteenth day of July AD 1853 before me the undersigned sole and acting Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut in open Court & I certify that said Ezra D Kinney is a credible person whose statements are entitled to full belief & credit
(seal)
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Norwalk
George A Davenport Judge
as aforesaid
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Probate District of Norwalk
  Personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Norwalk in and for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut on the nineteenth day of July A.D. 1853 Ezra D. Kenney a resident of the Town of Darien in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged fifty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is Pastor of the Congregational Chruch and Society of the Parish of Middlesex in the aforesaid Town of Darien that he has been such Pastor since sometime in the Autumn of the year 1838- that from that time to the present he has been well acquainted with Cynthia Andreas whose application for a pension as the widow of Jeremiah Andreas deceased is hereto annexed, that from the time aforesaid to the time of his death he was well acquainted with said Jeremian Andreas- that said Jeremiah and said Cynthia from the time aforesaid to the time of the death of said Jeremiah lived together as husband and wife and was so reputed and believed to be by their neighbours and acquaintances that said Jeremiah Andreas died at said town of Darien on the fifth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty seven - that ever since the death
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of said Jeremiah said Cynthia has been and now is the widow of said Jeremiah - that deponent verily believes that said Jeremiah was the identical person who drew a pension as stated by said widow in her annexed declaration
Ezra D.. Kinney
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me the undersigned the sole & acting Judge of said Court at Norwalk in said District and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Ezra D. Kinney the above deponent that he is a credible person and his statements are entitled to full faith and credit
(seal)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Norwalk the day & year above written
George A Davenport Judge
as aforesaid
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Conn Andreas, Jeremiah W 25350
Cynthia BLWt 36630-160-55
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Cynthia Andreas

No 223.9
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, )
Probate District of Norwalk   )  ss.
  On this 30th day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, before me, the undersigned, George A Davenport sole and acting Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut
duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the District aforesaid, personally appeared Cynthia Andreas aged 74 years, a resident of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut; who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Cynthia Andreas who is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $26.66 per annum under the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853 on account of the military services of her late husband Jeremiah Andreas deceased in the Revolutionary War - that her said husband was employed and served in said war for the term of fourteen days and upwards and was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death - and for proof of the military services of said Jeremiah Andreas and of said marriage and of the death of said Jeremiah she refers to the respective proofs and papers on file in the pension office at Washington
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled on account of said service, under the Act approved the 3d day of March, 1855.  She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land, under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor and that she is now the widow of said Jeremaih Andreas

Cynthia (her mark) Andreas

We, John O. Smith and Edward H. Smith residents of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and state of Connecticut, being duly sworn do, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Cynthia Andreas in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance statement of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are personally acquainted with her and believe she is now a widow as stated by her in the above declaration
John O Smith
Edward. H. Smith

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written.  And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she present herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim and further that I have personal knowledge that she is a pensioner as stated by her in the foregoing declaration and that I believe she is now the widow of said Jeremiah Andreas
(seal)   In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk in said District the day and year first above written
George A. Davenport Judge
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BA-J/ILL
Jeremiah Andreas 
W. 25350
Dr. R. (?)
601 N. 11
Marysville, Kansas.

Dear Sir:
  The data given herein were found in pension claim W.25350, based upon service of Jeremiah Andreas in the Revolutionary War.

  Jeremiah Andreas was born February 11, 1764, in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and lived there with his father and family at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.  The names of his parents are not shown.

  Jeremiah Andreas enlisted the last of July or first part of August 1780, he served two months as private in Captain Joseph Smith's company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut regiment.  About October 1780, he moved with his father and family to that part of Stamford which was called later Darien, Connecticut.  While residing there, he enlisted in April 1782 and served six months as private in Captain Jessee Bell's Connecticut company, engaged in the vicinity of Stamford.

  He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 18(?), at which time he resided in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut; he had continued to reside there ever since 1780.  Jeremiah Andreas died there January 5, 1847.

  The soldier married January 6, 1838, Cynthia Hawley, of Ridgefield, Connecticut.  They were married by a Congregational Minister in Darien, Connecticut.

  Cynthia Andreas, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed July 14, 18(?), at which time she was aged seventy-
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four years; that date and place of her birth, and the names of her parents are not shown.  Cynthia Andreas resided then in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

  Jeremiah Andreas stated that his uncle, a bachelor, who residence was Stamford, Connecticut, died about October 1780, and that his own father moved there then, but he did not state the name of this uncle.

  No reference was made to children of the soldier.

  In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following:

  Cynthia Andreas, widow of Jeremiah Andreas,
  Certificate #(?)
  Issued February 6, 1854
  Rate $26.66 per annum
  Commenced February 3, 1853
  Act of February 3, 1853.
  Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. B. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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(Left Side):

1930 - May 23 -
History to Mrs. R.F. Steel
1937- Sept. 4- Hist. to Dr. R. Hawkins
ILL

(Right Side)

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No.  25350
Cynthia Andreas
Widow of
Jeremiah Andreas
Priv. Res: Rev.

Act Feb, 3" 1833
Index:  Vol. A, Page 15

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Boynton
Ian 30th/54
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Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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[illegible] of No 4,184
Jeremiah Fairfield
Act Feb: 3d, 1853. Ct:
$26.66 Per an
Com Feb: 3d, 1853
Revy
Geor A Davenport
Norwalk,
CT:
Jany: 30"/54

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Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business.
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Rec: [illegible] 5" Jany : 47
[illegible]

Pension Off.
Febry : 1" /54,
5 July 47
Sir: Please Certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, or the date of his death. 
Very Respectfully,
S. Cole
For the Commissioner

Jeremiah Andreas. Act 1832. $26.66 per annum. Died 5 July 1847. Paid.
F Bush
Auditor

Francis Burt, Esq,
[illegible] Auditors [illegible]
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State of Connecticut   )
County of Fairfield      ) ss.  Probate District of Stamford

On this 20th day of August AD 1832 before said Court personally appeared Stephen Bishop of Stamford in Said District, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose & say that he well knows Jeremiah Andreas of Darien in said District who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration - believes him to be sixty eight years old - his character for truth is perfectly good - In the year 1782 deponent had charge as a Lieutenant of a division of a company of Connecticut State Troops called Town or Coast Guards which did duty in that place of said Stamford which is now Darien - Capt. Jesse Bell now decd. had command of the company. The enlistment was for six months commencing in the Spring - he thinks in April - & the company served out the whole time - Said Andreas was an enlisted soldier in said company & served in Deponents division for the whole term of six months.
 Stephen Bishop
And in the Same day before this Court personally appeared Thaddeus Bell Esq of Said Darien who being first duly sworn doth on his oath in open Court Depose & say that he well knows Jeremiah Andreas who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration - believes his age to be Sixty eight - his character for truth is good.  In the year 1782 Deponent was in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in a company of Town or Coast Guards so called commanded by Capt Jesse Bell now decd. & Stephen Bishop of Stamford who was Lieutenant.  Deponent belonged to said Bishops Division which did duty in that part of said Stamford which is now Darien - The enlistment & service were for six months commencing in the Spring & he thinks in April.  Said Andreas was an elisted soldier in said company & served out said Tour of Duty in Said Bishops Division -
 Thaddeus Bell
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid by the said  )
Stephen Bishop & Thaddeus Bell Esq respectively  )
Chr. Hawley, Judge
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Stamford Probate Office June 18th 1883
  I certify that Stephen Bishop & Thaddeus Bell Esq makers of the foregoing depositions are well known to me personally & are credible persons.
  Ch. Hawley Judge
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No. 7147
Jeremiah Andreas

from 1780 private
8 months
  $26.66/100


C. Hawley
Stamford
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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
Jeremiah Andreas 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 do?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period of 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?  no.  See quen 5

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  No

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?  yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness rf witnesses as to his service?  yes in one case no in one
  If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  no
  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regultions direct?  yes in open court

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?  yes in one case  no in one case

XVI.  ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  no  See quen. 16

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories perscribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes.

    ______________________

      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 declartion 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 such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Brief in the case of Cynthia Andreas, wid of Jeremiah, Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, act 3d Feby 1853.

Claim, (original)
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832
Record evidence of marriage

(If for increase) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent:
Geo A Davenport Esq
Norwalk, CT
A C Boynton, Examining Clerk
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           Norwalk, Conn, January 25. 1854

Hon L.P. Waldo
  Commr of Pensions

Dr Sir

  Enclosed herewith I forward to you the following applications for pensions - viz

Abigail Webb               widow of        Moses Webb Decd
Dinah Raymond                "      "         Nathaniel Raymond decd
Sally Seymour                   "      "         Seth Seymour decd
Eunice Hyatt                      "      "        Stephen Hyatt decd
Phoebe Crossman             "      "        Trobridge Crossman decd
& Cynthia Andreas            "      "        Jeremiah Andreas decd

  I believe that all these applications are just & fair - I have personal knowledge that Moses Webb Nathaniel Raymond and Seth Seymour were pensioners as stated by their widows respectifely in their declarations as I, more than once, procured their money to be got for them from the pension agency at Hartford.
  The arrearages of pension due Jeremiah Andreas at his death were also procured by me for his widow after his death
  There would seem to be no doubt of the identity of Trobridge Crossman and his pension certificate accompanies the declaration of Mrs Crossman
  I knew Stephen Hyatt for many years previous to his death and am well satisfied that he received a pension as stated by Mrs. Hyatt in her declaration
               As to the proof in the several cases -
Mrs Webb was married by Revd John Ellis an aged and highly respectable Baptist Clergyman at present residing in Norwalk whose affidavit accompanies her declaration.  The certificate of  (?) the town Clerk of Norwalk is also appended thereto showing the time of Mr Webbs death &c
  In the case of Mrs Dinah Raymond the proof will also be found ample & conclusive -
  In the case of Mrs Sally Seymour there is the affidavit of Mrs Downs who was present at the marriage and
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the affidavit of Hon J.B. Butler a gentleman well known to you.  There is also the certificate of the Town Clerk showing the time of Mr Seymour's death & the want of Record proof
  In the Case of Mrs Eunice Hyatt the proof consists of the affidavit of Isaiah Keeler a very respectable farmer of Milton with whom I am well acquaintred who was actually present at the marriage also the affidavits of Shubael Elwood Eli B. Bennett and William K James respectable men of Norwalk
  The marriage of Mrs Hyatt as Mr Keeler states took place in the State of New York where I am informed records of marriages were seldom if ever made, none being by law required - and I cannot ascertain that any was ever made in her case.  The magistrate who performed the ceremony I understand died several years since and kept no register or record - I am informed that the formalities required in this State were not at that time necessary in the State of New York, that a declaration made by the parties in person of witnesses that they were married together with cohabitation constituted a lawful marriage in that State.  If this were so I suppose there can be no reasonable objection to the proof furnished  as Mrs Keeler was present & saw them married and the testimony of the other witnesses abundantly proves that they ever after lived together as husband and wife and became the parents of children - To procure proof (?) the existence of record proof of said marriage would be very troublesome  I hope you will consider it unnecessary -
  In the Case of Mrs Cynthia Andreas I believe you will find the proof in all respects sufficient
  In the case of Mrs Phebe Crossman the proof is the affidavits of two respectable witnesses who were present at the marriage - her declaration is also accompanied with the pension certificate of Mr Crossman - I think no doubt
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will be raised as to the fairness of her claim -
  I have delayed sending these applications to the present time though you will perhaps observe that several of them were completed sometime since as I was desirous of forwarding all at one time
  As the time for semi-annual payments is fast approaching and most of these applicants are in such circumstances as to find tis bounty of the government a welcome and even necessary aid-  you will permit me to request your early attention to their applications
I am very respl & truly your
obt servt
George A. Davenport
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  March 14, 1930.

United States Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
  Will you please give me all the information possible, on the services of Jeremiah Andreas?  Who was a pensioner of the Revolution by the 1832 Act.
  He was of Darien, Conn. born Feb 18, 1764; died Jan. 5, 1847; buried at Noroton Conn.  Select man of Stamford in 1810, and of Darien in 1831.
  I am a direct descendent of Jeremiah Andreas, and wish to join the D.A.R. thru said record of services rendered during the war of the Revolution.
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Any information you may give me will be very much appreciated.
Sincerely yours.
Sulee C. Stein
(Mrs  R. F. Stein)
3645 Dupont Ave S.
Minneapolis
Minn.


Date Stamp:
U.S. Pension Office
Mar 17 1930
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2
3rd.   William Seward was born in Bristol, England in 1624 and was a tanner by trade there.  He came to America and April 2, 1651 he married Grace Norton in New Haven, Conn.  He died in Guilford, Conn. Mar. 29, 1689.  He took the oath of fidelity at Guilford in 1654.  He was elected representative in 1673 and 1674.  He was captain of the guard and a man of considerable property and eminence.  He had a family of 9 children.  He was sometimes called "Captain" and is sometimes called "lieutenant Seward.
  Have you anything in your office that will cover his case, and show how he carries the title of Lieutenant or Captain?  If not, can you direct me further?
  I will appreciate any assistance you can give in any of the three cases.

Address.
R. Hawkins M.D.
601 N 11
Marysville
Kansas

Mrs Finch's letter -
She drew case.
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1
R. Hawkins, M.D.
Marysville, Kansas
Marysville, Kansas
July 17 1937

Office of
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.
  I am searching for the war reckord of three soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and one other.
  1st.  Hugh Caldwell and his brother Mathew were in the battle of Long Island under Washington.  Mathew was killed.  Hugh went on the retreat into N.J. and on through the war.
  After the war Hugh settled in Penn. as a farmer.  We are searching for his colonial army reckord.  Can you help us?
  2nd.  In the same war, England brought to America a large number of hired German soldiers called Hessens.  Among them was one named ?Andreas.  He, with many others, as prisoner was paroled among German farmers early in the war in Penn. and he remained there until some time after the war, and then returned to Germany.  We do not know his full name.
  Can you give us any data concerning him?  Some of his posterity returned to America and are now numbered among our best people.
   This man, Andreas, was not in any battle.  With several others, he went over to the Americans before the battle on Long Island.
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3rd William Seward was born in Bristol, England in 1624 and was a tanner by trade there. He came to America and April 2, 1651 he married Grace Norton in New Haven, Conn. He died in Guilford, Conn. Mar. 29, 1689. He took the oath of fidelity at Guilford in 1654. He was elected representative in 1673 and 1674. He was captain of the guard and a man of considerable property and eminence. He had a family of 9 children. He was sometimes called "Captain" and is sometimes called "lieutenant seward."

Have you anything in your office that will cover his case, and show how he carries the title of Lieutenant or Captain? If not, can you direct me further?

I will appreciate any assistance you can give in any of the three cases.

Address.
R. Hawkins M.D.
601 N 11
Marysville, Kansas


Mrs Finch's letter-She drew cash.
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September 4, 1957


BA-J/MMF/ILL
Jeremiah Andreas
W. 25350

Dr. R. Hawkins
601 N 11
Marysville, Kansas

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Hugh Caldwell, who with his brother, Mathew, was in the battle of Long Island where Mathew was killed, the brother Hugh having settled in Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War. You request also, the Revolutionary War record of a Pension soldier with the surname Andreas who fought on the American side and remained in Pennsylvania some time after the war, then returned to Germany. You state that some of his posterity returned to America. You request further, information in regard to William Seward who was born in England in 1834, came to America in [unk], married Grace Norton in New Haven, Connecticut, took the oath of fidelity in Guilford, Connecticut, in [unk] and died in that town March 20, [unk], was called Lieutenant and Captain Seward.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Hugh Caldwell, under any spelling of that surname. Such claims have been made to the United State [unreadable] in that war are the [unk] of information in regard [unreadable]. The pension record has been found of only one soldier with the surname Andreas (exact spelling); it is that of Jeremiah. Hoping it will be of interest to you, it is furnished you herewith.

The office has no record of services [unk] in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, [unk], cannot give you any information in regard to Captain William Seward cited above. It is suggested that you write the Custodian of Colonial records, Hartford, Connecticut, as a possible source of information in regard to him.

It is suggested further, that information in regard to Hugh
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Caldwell's military record might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

It is regretted that this office has nothing more to aid you in your research.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. [illegible] 1812
Wars Section
ILL

May 22, 1930.

Mrs. R.F. Steen
[illegible] [illegible] Avenue, South, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension [illegible], W. [illegible], it appears Jeremiah Andreas was born February 11, 1764, in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

While a resident of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted the last day of July or first of August, 1780 and served two months as a private in Captain Joseph Smith's Company, Colonel [illegible] Connecticut Regiment.

In about October, 1780, soldier's father moved with his family, (no names are given), to Darien, which was then a part of Stamford, Connecticut.

While a resident of Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut, soldier enlisted in April 17[illegible] and served six months as a private in the "[illegible] Guards" or "Coast Guards" in Captain Bell's Connecticut Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 18[illegible], while a resident of Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

He died January 5, 1847, at Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. 

Soldier married January 6, 18[illegible], Cynthia Hawley of Ridgefield, Connecticut.

She was allowed pension on her application executed
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July 14, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, aged seventy-four years. 

There is no reference to children.

Very truly yours,
E.W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner.

An uncle of soldier, a bachelor residing in Darien (then Stamford) Conn. died about Oct. 1780, name not stated.
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[illegible] Andrekin, Francis    S4261
or
Antrican