Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23457, Solomon Andrews, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Andrews, Solomon
....................Sarah

NUMBER
W. 23457B.L.Wt. 12726-160-55

CONTENTS
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10,041
New Hampshire
Solomon Andrews
of Hillsboro in the State of New Hamp
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Clements of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Nichols in the New Hamp
line for 12 months 25 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 42 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of March 1833 and sent Hon [illegible] Charlestown N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $85.56
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4 1833   21.39
$106.95

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 1st   Page 71
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NO. 12,121

Declaration

Solomon Andrews

addrefs to Franklin Pierce
Esq  Hillsborough N.H.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS. 

On this thirteenth day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at
Francestown with and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid Solomon
Andrews of Windsor in the County and State aforesaid aged 73 years
Who being 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 7th, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States, under
the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  That is to say, In the Spring of 1776 then
residing in Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and the state of
New Hampshire, he entered into the service of the United States in the New-
Hampshire Militia as a substitute for Isaac Andrews of Hillsborough aforesaid. and he went to Portsmouth, N.H. that he was stationed at great
Island (so called) between Portsmouth and Kittery. he belonged to Captain
Clements Company. one Fifield of Weare was Lieutenant and Major
Mooney commanded the troops on the Island.  that he served in said
Company six months.  In the month of July 1777 he volunteered
in the N.H. Militia went to Bennington Vermont belonged to a 
Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Webster of Salisbury 
N.H. and Colo. Nichols Regt. he was in the Battle of Bennington
and served at this time two or three months.  In July or
August 1778 he volunteered in the N.H. Militia. he belonged to
a company commanded by Capt Boardman of Henniker
one Pope of Hillsborough was Lieutenant. They marched directly
to Rhode Island were in service at this time about three months
but the precise time he does not remember. In February
1779 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer
in the N.H. Militia for the term of two months.
he belonged to Capt.
Thomas Nichols Company and served in said Company
two months.  he was  at Haverhill Newbury Kingsland &c, served
during this time in that part of N.H. then and now called
Coos. In the Autumn of 1780 he again enlisted into
the New Hampshire Militia in the Army of the Revolution
for the term of eight months to go to West Point. he
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belonged to Captain Head's Company and Colo Runnels Regt. 
They marched to Charlestown N H. (then called No 4) and while
there received orders that one half of the Regiment might
return home. he was among those who  were dismissed. 
he was out at this time two months. knows no person
now living who was there except perhaps the Orderly Sergeant
Hoyt who if living resides in some part of Vermont--

He further states that there is no clergyman residing in
the town of Windsor. that Hillsborough is an adjoining
town, and he is acquainted with the Rev. John Lawton —

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, 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 

Solomon Andrews
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate

We John Lawton a Clergyman residing in the town of Hillsborough
in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Benjamin Pierce— residing in
Hillsborough aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Andrews
who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we
concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Lawton
Benjamin Pierce
Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 John Lawton
who has signed the proceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the
town of Hillsborough and that the Hon. Benjn. Pierce who has signed the same,
is a resident in the town of Hillsborough—and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.  Edmund Parker} Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough. 

I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Solomon Andrews 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this 
thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two. 
C.H. Atherton Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
County of Hillsborough, SS.

At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the
said Solomon Andrews and the following answers given on oath to wit: 
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Concord now Carlisle Mafs. 1759

2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, There is a record of my age on  the Town books of
Hillsboro N.H. made by my father who was the first Clerk of
said Town

3.  Where were you living, when called into service. where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?  Answer, When called into service at the several times named 
in my declaration I resided in Hillsborough in the County of
Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, and remained there  till
I moved to Windsor where I have resided thirty six years. 

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, In the six months served at Great Island near Portsmouth I was
a substitute for my brother Isaac Andrews, at the other several times named I 
volunteered to answer a call upon the Town of Hillsborough for a certain
quota of men —

5.  State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? 
Answer, At Great Island Major Mooney commanded. Clement was my Captain
and one Fifield of man Lieut. I think there was a Captain Brown & a Capt & Capt Calf.  Then at Rhode Island in 1778, Boardman was my Captain one Pope of Hillsboro Lieut Gen Sullivan
commanded and Sherbourn of Portsmouth was Brigade Major at Bennington Ebenezer Webster our Capt Nichols of Amherst  N.H. Colo Genl Stark commanded. At Coos Thomas Nichols Captain &c 
at Charlestown 1780 Head my Capt. Runnels Colo.

6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become 
of it?  Answer, I never received a written discharge but when my times of service expired
I was dismissed

7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to
your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Joseph Chapman Esquire Ransom Bixby, David Goodier James Chace
and Thomas Wilson Esquire are neighbors who have been acquainted 
with me many years. 

Certified by H. Atherton Register.
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8115

Soln Andrews
of
New Hampshire

Private 12 mon 25 days

A[?]

Hon H. Hubbard
Charlestown
N H
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BRIEF in the case of Solomon Andrews of Windsor Cy of Hillsboro in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7th 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?  73.

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

[Column 1]
Period.
[1]  1 Jany In 1776
[2]  July 1777
[3]  July or Augt 1778
[4]  Feby 1779
[5]  Autumn 1780

[Column 2]
Duration of Service.
Years,.................Months,................Days.
[1].............................6
[2]...............x............2...........................1
[3]...............*.........................................26
[4].............................2
[5].............................2

[Column 3]
Rank.   As a
[1] Pri
[2]  "
[3]  "
[4]  "
[5]  "

[Column 4]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Gen.
[1]  Capt Clements,  Major Mooney
[2]     "  Webster, Col Nichols
[3]     " Boardman
[4]     " Nichols
[5]     "Head,  Col Runnels

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Bennington

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Hillsboro County New Hampshire

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   Living

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?   Correct  Except the Service in 1777 & 1778 not stated as minutely as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J Wilson  Examining Clerk.
Jy 25  1833

x per roll of service
*   Do    Do      Do
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I John McNeil of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire depose and testify that early in the year 1776 I enlisted into the army of the Revolution for the term of eight months in the New Hampshire Militia at the time of my enlistment I resided in Hillsborough aforesaid and went from that place to Portsmouth N. Hampshire and was stationed on Great Island so called near Portsmouth during said Term.  I belonged to Captain Clements Company and the troops on the Island were all under the command of Major Mooney  Solomon Andrews then of Hillsborough aforesaid now of Windsor in said County of Hillsborough served during the last six months of said Term as a substitute for his brother Isaac Andrews in Captain Clements Company.  I saw him daily and know that he performed the services as aforesaid.  I further depose & say that according to the best of my recollection in the month of July 1777 Solomon Andrews aforesaid and myself again entered the service of the United States as volunteers we went from Hillsborough to Bennington V.T. when we both became attached to a Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Webster of Salisbury N.H. Regiment commanded by Colo Nichols of Amherst N.H.  Said Andrews and myself served at this time in the same Company between two & three months--
John McNeil

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough SS    August 16, 1832

Sworn and subscribed the day and the year last aforesaid
Before me
Franklin Pierce  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS

On this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three at a Court of Probate holden at Francestown within and for said County of Hillsborough personally appeared before me, Luke Woodbury, Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. for said County, Sarah Andrews, a resident of Windsor, in said County, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, in open Court, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, A.D. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows":  That she is the widow of Solomon Andrews, late of said Windsor, deceased who was a Private in the army of the Revolution, and a Pensioner on the New Hampshire list under the act of Congress passed on the 7th day of June, A.D. 1832--and for proof of the service rendered by the said Solomon Andrews while in the army of the Revolution, she refers to evidence furnished by him for the purpose of procuring his said pension--She further declares
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that she was married to the said Solomon Andrews in the month of August in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her husband, the aforesaid Solomon Andrews died on the twenty eighth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz:  at the time above stated--
Sarah Andrews

Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me.
Luke Woodbury  Judge as aforesaid.

I Lemuel N. Pattee Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Hillsborough do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceeding in the matter of the application of Sarah Andrews for a Pension
Lemuel N. Pattee Register
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County )  Sct

I, Lemuel N. Pattie Register of the Court of Probate, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury is an acting Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; That his commission was dated on the first day of January 1836; and under the constitution of this State, has several years yet to continue.  That said Court of Probate is a Court of Record within and for said County, having an unlimited Jurisdiction in the settlement of Estates, and that the signature of said Luke Woodbury before written is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of July 1843.
Lemuel N. Pattee  Register

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS.  July 19, 1843

I certify that the aforesaid Levi Goodale is personally known to me to be a person of truth and entitled to full credit--
Sam'l H. Ayer--
Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire        )
Hillsborough County              ) SS.

I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel H. Ayer is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified ["that his commissioned and qualified" stricken out]  that his commission was dated on the fourteenth day of June 1842 and will expire on the thirteenth day of June 1847; and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine--

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of August 1843.
Perley Dodge  Clerk.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Levi Goodale depose and say--that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire--that I have the records of said Town of Hillsborough in my possession--that I have examined all of them in relation to marriages--that I do not find any record on said Town Books of the marriage of Solomon Andrews and Sarah Bradford now Sarah Andrews, widow of the said Solomon Andrews--I do further depose and say that the records of said Town do not appear regular and full but very irregular and in my opinion do not raise the least [illegible--stricken out] presumption against an alleged marriage which is not found therein--
Levi Goodale
Town Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.   July 19, 1843--

Then the said Levi Goodale appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit is, in his belief true and subscribed the same.
Before me, Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the erasures in the sixteenth and seventeenth lines of said affidavit were made by me previously to the signing of and swearing to said affidavit by the said Levi Goodale--
Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Town of Hillsborough
and County of Hillsborough--

I certify that the following towit--

"Abraham, Son of Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife born December fourteenth, seventeen hundred and eighty six"

"Isaac, son of Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife born February fifteenth seventeen hundred and eighty nine"

"Lucy Daughter of Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife was born July fourth seventeen hundred and ninety one"

Sally Daughter of Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife was born August thirty first seventeen hundred and ninety three"

are true copies of the records of the Town of Hillsborough, in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, with the exception of the respective dates which are expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows to wit--"December yd 14th 1786"--"February 15, 1789"  "July 4th 1791"  "August 31st 1793"
Levi Goodale Clerk of the town of Hillsborough (aforesaid)

I, Levi Goodale above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above are true extracts from the records of said Town with the exceptions above named as certified by me--
Levi Goodale
Clerk of the Town of Hillsborough (aforesaid)

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS.   July 19, 1843

Then the said Levi Goodale appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true--before me
Sam'l H Ayer, Justice of the Peace
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I Solomon McNeil of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and Stte of New Hampshire, depose and say--that I was sixty one years of age in the month of January last--that I was born and have always resided in said Hillsborough--that Solomon Andrews late of Windsor in said County deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner, was my Uncle--I have no recollection of the marriage of the said Solomon Andrews and Sarah Bradford, now Sarah Andrews widow of the said Solomon Andrews, but I can swear positively that they lived together as husband and wife from the date of the fifth year of my age up to the said Solomon Andrews death--I well recollect that in the fifth year of my age the said Sarah Andrews made a visit to my father's house with her first child, Abraham Andrews--She then said that she had not been from home before, since her confinement--I can recall the features of the child with as much distinctness as any object which I witness
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at that age--I am enabled to fix upon the year of said visit from other events which occurred in the fifth year of my age--From that time up to the date of said Solomon Andrews death, I had weekly intercourse with the family.  The said Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife lived in said Hillsborough fifteen or sixteen years after the birth of said child within a mile and a half from my fathers house.  They then removed to said Windsor three miles from where I have always resided, and continued to reside there ever after up to the date of said Solomon Andrews death.  The said Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife have always been highly respected by the community in which they have lived and I have never heard the least intimation or suspicion that they were not legally joined in marriage before they lived together as husband and wife--The said Sarah Andrews now resides in said Windsor and since the death of her said husband has remained and still remains a widow.
Solomon McNeil

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.   July 29, 1843--

Then the said Solomon McNeil appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me, Sam'l H Ayer, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.   July 29, 1843

I certify that the aforesaid Solomon McNeil is personally known to me to be a person of truth and entitled to full credit.
Sam'l H. Ayer--
Justice of the Peace
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4841   Concord
New Hampshire
==========================
Sarah Andrews
N.H.
widow of Solomon Andrews
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
==========================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
42 Dollars 78 Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
==========================
Certificate of Pension issued the
25 day of May, '49.
and sent to
Hon Franklin Pierce
Concord,
N.H.
==========================
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848,  Page 50  Vol. 1
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99--604 Act Mar 3 / 55
 April 25 / 55
_____________________________________________
Sarah Andrews widow
of Solomon Andrews pri
_____________________________________________
Private Col Nichols.

Revolutionary War
N.H.  Troops
Pensioner
____________________________________________
N H  Feby  48--4841
____________________________________________
Ad.  160 ac's  Dec'r  10 / 55
Do--zo
[written vertically--"NH M'a"]
_____________________________________________
J.T. Moore
Manchester
N.H.

[written diagonally across entire page]

No. 12726 ifs. Dec  14/55
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99.404
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APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,   )
County of Hillsborough           ) SS.

On this Sixth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Andrews aged Eighty five years, a resident of Warner in the State of New Hampshire, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the Widow of Solomon Andrews who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Webster in the Newhampshire Regiment of Volunteers or Regulars commanded by Colonel-------in the was with Great Britain declared by the United States called the Revolutionary War ["on the 18th day of June, 1812" stricken out]

That he the said Solomon Andrews was drafted or that he enlisted at Hillsborough on or about the Tenth day of May A.D. 1786, for the term of one year and continued in actual service in said war for the term of ["fourteen days" stricken out] Six Months and was honorably discharged at Bennington Vt on or about the Fifteenth day of December A.D. 1786, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company.

She further states that she was married to the said Solomon Andrews in Hillsborough on the Fifteenth day of August A.D. 1785, by one M. Barnes a Clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Sarah Bradford and that her husband died at Windsor, N.H. on the Twenty ninth day of March A.D. 1840, and that she is now a widow.

She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the act of September 28th, 1850 or any other act of Congress.  ["and received a Land Warrant No for acres which he has since legally disposed of and cannot now return." stricken out]   That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act of March 3d, 1855, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States."  She also declares that she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land Warrant whatever. ["except the one above mentioned" stricken out]   That she is now receiving a Pension of $42.78 per year--that she was pensioned under the Act of Feby 2d 1848  that her certificate bears date of May 25th 1847
Sarah Andrews

We Walden Sanborn and Lucy Sanborn residents of Warner in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Andrews in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Walden Sanborn
Lucy Sanborn

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 represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
J T Moore   JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
____________________________________________
POWER OF ATTORNEY.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:---Please deliver the certificate or warrant, to which I am entitled according to the tenor of the foregoing declaration and application to J T Moore of Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire.

Signed in presence of me,
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No.  23,457

Sarah Andrews
wid of
Solomon Andrews
Priv   Rev   War

Act:   Feb. 2d  /48

Index:---Vol.  A,  Page 15

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2 Jt. Resolutions.

10651
New--Hampshire
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Sarah Andrews
Widow of Solomon Andrews,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 28 March 1840,
of Hillsboro in the State of N.H.
who was a Pri in the Comp.
commanded by Captain Clements of the
Regt. commanded by Col Nichols in
the Revo ["line" stricken out] for 12 mo 25 days
========================
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 42 Dollars 78 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
=========================
Certificate of Pension ifsued the 25 day of
May, 1849 and sent to Hon.
Franklin Pierce Concord, N.H.
=========================
Total amount,      $

{Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by Th Lumpkin, Clerk,
Book D   Vol. 1    Page 25.
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8555   Concord
New Hampshire
======================
Sarah Andrews
widow of Solomon Andrews
who was a Private
in the Revolution
husband c'd  28 March 1840
======================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 42 Dollars 78 Cents
per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
======================
Certificate of Pension issued
the 25 day of May, 1849,
and sent to
Hon. Franklin Pierce,
Concord
N.H.
=====================
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2.   Page 13
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Solomon Andrews NH.  act 7 Jnue 1832 & 42  78

To what time was he last paid?  Eb A

Pension Office
Jany 23"  1849

Pd. to 4th March 1840.
BLB
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[checkmark]

12.726

Rev  Wid


[checkmark]  No 9379

Sarah Andrews
N. Hamp'e

Suspended

Let to F Pierce Esqr  Sep 27, 43

Act July 7th 1838.
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State of Newhampshire
County of Hillsborough SS

On this sixth day of April 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the county & State aforesaid Walden Sanborn & Lucy Sanborn residents of Warner in the State of Newhampshire who being duly sworn according to law do upon their oaths make the following declaration to wit:

That we are well acquainted with Sarah Andrews who is the widow of Solomon Andrews that we live in the same house or immediate neighborhood of the said Sarah Andrews and that the said Sarah Andrews was married to the said Solomon Andrews on the 15th day of August 1785 that we did not see them married but knew them as man & wife & that they cohabited together as such & that we never knew or heard of the legality of their marriage questioned & that the said Solomon Andrews died at Windsor N.H. on the 29th day of March 1840 & that we the said Walden Sanborn and Lucy Sanborn were both present at the death & Funeral of him the said Solomon Andrews and that we have no interest whatever in the claim of Sarah Andrews for Bounty Land also that the said Sarah Andrews is still a Widow.
Walden Sanborn
Lucy Sanborn

Before me  J.T. Moore  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough SS

I further certify that the within named Walden Sanborn and Lucy Sanborn are personally known to me and are persons of the highest respectability and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit--
Before me  J.T. Moore   Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE--COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH, SS.

I CE Bolter, Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Manchester in the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that J.T. Moore whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the 29th day of October A.D. 1853 and will expire in five years from date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Police Court is a Court of Record.

Given under my hand and seal of office at Manchester this 16th day of April A.D. 1855
CE Bolter, CLERK.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Rhoda Howard of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, depose and say--that I was born on the sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and sixty eight.  I have resided in said Hillsborough ever since I was five years of age--I was present at and witnessed the marriage of Solomon Andrews late of Windsor in said County, deceased, and Sarah Bradford, now Sarah Andrews, widow of the said Solomon Andrews.  Said marriage was solemnized in said Hillsborough, by the Reverend Jonathan Barnes, then the settled Minister of the Gospel in said Hillsborough.  A comparison of dates and the recollection of other events enable me to fix upon the date of said marriage as the month of August in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty six.  I am well satisfied and my recollection is quite distinct that I was just eighteen years of age when said marriage took place.  I can swear positive, that I was not twenty years of age when said marriage was solemnized--The said Solomon Andrews and Sarah his wife after residing in said Hillsborough from ten to fifteen years, removed to Windsor in said County where
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they continued to reside up to the date of the said Solomon Andrews death about four years ago--and where the said Sarah Andrews has ever since resided--The said Sarah Andrews has ever since the death of her said husband remained the widow of the said Solomon Andrews--
Rhoda Howard

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS--July 29, 1843--

Then the said Rhoda Howard appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true--
Before me.  Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss.   July 29, 1843--

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid Rhoda Howard, and that I believe her to be a person of truth and entitled to full credit.
Sam'l H Ayer--
Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit of Sally Livermore
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I Sally Livermore of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that I was born on the fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and sixty seven.  I removed to said Hillsborough fifty five years ago last February and have resided there ever since.  When I first came to said Hillsborough fifty five yearas ago last February, Solomon Andrews late of Windsor in said County deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner, and Sarah Andrews were living together in said Hillsborough as husband and wife.  They then had a young child, Abraham Andrews.  They continued to reside in said Hillsborough thirteen or fourteen years after I came, then to reside as aforesaid and then removed to said Windsor where they continued to reside up to the date of the said Solomon Andrews death and where the said Sarah Andrews widow of the said Solomon Andrews has ever since resided.  Immediately upon removing into said Hillsborough as aforesaid I took up my abode in the same house with the said Solomon Andrews and continued to occupy the same house with the family for upwards of
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a year.  I have ever since lived within two miles of them.  I have been as well acquainted and as intimate with the said Solomon and Sarah Andrews as with any other family since I have resided in said Hillsborough.  They have ever since I first became acquainted with them lived and enhabited together as husband and wife up to the date of the said Solomon Andrews death.  They have always been highly respected and I never heard the least suspicion or any intimation whatever that the said Solomon Andrews and the said Sarah Andrews were not legally married before they lived together as husband and wife.  The said Sarah Andrews has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Solomon Andrews--
Sally Livermore

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS.  July 28, 1843.

Then the said Sally Livermore appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true--
Before me.  Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the aforesaid Sally Livermore is personally known to me to be a person of truth and entitled to full credit--
Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace
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act 43  9636

9379

Sarah Andrews
N Hampshire
Act 7th July  38

and Joint resolution
of 23 Jany 1845
21st July 1848

Married 1786
Husband died 28 March 40

adm'd  $142.28 p an
from 4 March 1836,

adm'd act 43, 44, 48       $142.78
from 4 March 1843

Hon Franklin Pierce
Concord NH
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I Walden Sanborn of Windsor in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, depose and say--That I was present at and witnessed the death of Solomon Andrews a Revolutionary Pensioner, late of said Windsor--He died in the latter part of the month of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty--I lived in the same house with him when he expired--Sarah Andrews, his widow, has ever since the death of her said husband lived in the same house with me--She has ever since the death of her said husband remained his widow--
Walden Sanborn

State of New Hampshire--
Hillsborough SS.  July 31, 1843--

Then the said Walden Sanborn appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.  Before me.
Sarah H. Ayer,  Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the aforesaid Walden Sanborn is personally known to me to be a person of truth, and entitled to full credit--
Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Gibson of Windsor in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged eighty seven years depose and testify that in July 1778 I belonged to Hillsborough in the County and State aforesaid that in the said month of July or August following I entered the service of the United States in the New Hampshire Militia.  that I belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Bowman of Henniker a Mr Poke who was a Lieutenant in the same Company belonged to Hillsborough.  the Company marched to Rhode Island and was stationed at the lower side of said Island near a river.  I cannot remember the name of the place.  We served I think something more than three months.  I further depose that Solomon Andrews Esquire then of Hillsborough now of Windsor aforesaid was a soldier in the same Company with me during said term and that we were dismifsed together at a place called Portsmouth in said Rhode Island we received no written discharges--
Daniel Gibson

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough SS.  July 17, 1832

Sworn and subscribed the day and the year last aforesaid--
Before me
Franklin Pierce  Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire.  Secretary's Office.
Aug. 18, 1832.

I hereby certify that the within named Franklin Pierce is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Hillsborough duly constituted and sworn.  In testimony whereof I have hereto set the Seal of the State.
Ralph Metcalf  Secretary.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I William Symonds of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire depose and testify that in July 1777 I entered into the service of the United States as a volunteer for the term of two months.  I went to Bennington Vermont became attached to Captain Ebenezer Webster's Company.  Solomon Andrews then of Hillsborough aforesaid now of Windsor in the County and State aforesaid volunteered at the same time I did  he served the said term of two months in the same Company with me and we were both in the Battle of Bennington.  In February or March A.D. 1779 according to my recollection I again entered the service of the United States in the N.H. Militia.  I belonged to Captain Thomas Nichols Compy and served in said Company in that part of New Hampshire then & now called Coos.  we were at Haverhill Newbury Kingston &C.  I think we enlisted for two months  Solomon Andrews aforesaid volunteered at the same time I did.  he was all the time in the same Company and served during the same term.
Wm. Symonds

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough SS   August 17, 1832

Sworn and subscribed the day and the year last aforesaid
Before me
Franklin Pierce  Justice of the Peace
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I certify that the within deponents John McNier  Daniel Gibson and William Symonds are men of veracity and entitled to intire credit
Franklin Pierce  Justice of the Peace

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State of New Hampshire--
Hillsborough SS--

On this fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me, Samuel H. Ayer, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Hillsborough, Sarah Andrews, a resident of Windsor, in said County, aged seventy three 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty three, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war--That she is the widow of Solomon Andrews, late of said Windsor, deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner on the New Hampshire list under the act of the seventh of June, A.D. 1832:  that for proof of the services rendered by the said Solomon Andrews while in the army of the Revolution, she refers to evidence furnished by him for the purpose of procuring his said pension:  that under and by virtue of
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the act of Congress passed on the seventh day of July A.D. 1838 she is entitled to receive a pension of forty two dollars and seventy eight cents annually--She further declares that she is still a widow--
Sarah Andrews

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me.
Sam'l H. Ayer,
Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire--
Hillsborough ss   July 5, 1843

I certify that Sarah Andrews the aforesaid declarant is personally known to me to be a person of truth and entitled to full credit--
Sam'l H. Ayer
Justice of the Peace--
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State of New Hampshire        )
Hillsborough County  ct.        )

I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel H. Ayer is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified--that his commission was dated on the fourteenth day of June A.D. 1842 and will expire on the thirteenth day of June A.D. 1847 and that his signature above written is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this first day of August 1843.
Perley Dodge  Clerk--

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I, Samuel H. Ayer of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire depose and say that Sarah Andrews widow of Solomon Andrews late of New Hampshire, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, is still living in Windsor in said State--that she is well known to me personally and has not been married since the decease of her said husband--I further depose that I know her to be the same person who made an application for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838 and under the act of March 3, 1843--
Sam'l H. Ayer

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough S.S.   Oct 30th 1848

Sworn to and subscribed
Before me  Frank.  Pierce   Jus. Peace

I certify that Sam'l H. Ayer whose signature is affixed to the above affidavit is a Gentleman of unquestionable veracity--
Frank Pierce
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Mrs Andrews.
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Pension Office,
September 27 1843

Sir,

The papers in the case of Sarah Andrews, Claiming a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, have been examined and filed.  The proofs of the date of the marriage and identity are sufficient of the said alleged in the declaration of Solomon Andrews, Claimant's husband, six months under Captain Clements are not sustained by the rolls of that officer for 1776 and 1777 in this Office.  Two tours, making jointly, two months twenty five days under Captains Webster and Boardman are found on the rolls.  Other two months under Captain Nichols, and two months under Captain Head must be certified by the Secretary of State of New Hampshire.  Should they not be proved, the amount of Service Shewn, two months and twenty five days, will not be sufficient to entitle the claimant to any pension; six months being the Shortest term for which a pension is allowed.  The application under the act of March 3d 1843 must depend on the Succefs of the one under the act of July 7, 1838.

I have the honor to be
very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
J.L. Edwards

Hon Franklin Pierce,
Concord,
New Hampshire.
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[stamp]
MANCHESTER
OCT
30
N.H.

20

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

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Revolutionary
NH Lines
2 Nov'r 1848

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Nov 20   48
Sarah Andrews
enclosing letter &c.
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Concord N.H.
Oct 30, 1848

My dear Sirs--

I inclose herewith a letter received from you dated Sept 27, 1843--Under the act of July 1, 1848.  I suppose the widow is clearly entitled to certificates under the acts of July 7, 1838 and March 3, 1843--

I also inclose herewith an affidavit of the widows identity and that she is still alive--You will confer a particular favor by forwarding to me the certificates at your earliest convenience--

With the highest respect
Yr Friend & Serv't
Frank Pierce

Hon. J.L. Edwards--
Com'r of Patents
Washington
D.C.