Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,915, Andrew Yew, Mass. R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass R.I.
Yew, Andrew
S 111915
Carded
CONTENTS

New York 14, 1865.
Andrew Yew
of Saratoga Co: in the State of N.Y. who was a pt: L Serj h in the Company commanded by Captain Angel of the Regt h commanded by Col Simonds in the R.D. & Mars. line for
7 Mo. private ————— $ 23. 33. 1. " 20. dly Serj h ————— $ 8. 66.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 33. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of June 1833. and sent to Aaron Nash, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 66. " Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r " — 16 50
$ 82. 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Franciosi Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 83.

Andrew Llew for a Pension
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7 mo. 18 as a pension
1 " 20 as a pension
A. Nash agent

State of New York
County of Saratoga ss.
Personally appeared . . .
(On the 11 th day of April 1833)
In open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Saratoga now sitting Andrew Yeo of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aged Seventy six 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 provisions 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.
1. To the question, Where and in what year were you born? He answers, In Situate, in the County of Providence in the state of Rhode Island September 30 th 1756 2. to the question, Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? He says in answer, In his Family Bible in his possession, in the said Town of Edinburgh. 3. To the question, Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? He answers That he lived in the said Town of Situate in the County of Providence in the state of Rhode Island until 1777 when he moved into the Town of Cheshire in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, where he lived until 1789 when he moved to Pitts Town in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, where he lived until 1803 when he moved to the Town of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga in said State of New York where he has lived ever since and where now lives. 4. To the question How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute act for a substitute, for whom? He answers and says That

Mass June
In 1775 he joined a company of light Infantry of the Militia of the State of Rhode Island in the Town of Providence in the County of Providence under Captain — Nightingale & Lieutenant — Salton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel — when he was called out on alarm to go to Boston under the Captain aforesaid. I went through Attlebury to Rant ham, when we received counter orders to return back, have served three days & returned home — our company company consisted of about 30 men — Several companies & regiments of Rhode Island Militia were in the alarm who returned back the officers who commanded he does not recollect except those mentioned above & Captain — Sheldon and Lieutenant Tift —
3 days
In September — of the same year, he entered as a Volunteer private into the company of Captain — Stephen Sheldon Peter Tift was Benjamin Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin West of the Militia of Rhode Island that he served under the aforesaid officers as a private three months & ten days in manner following we mustered at Pawtuxet in said State & went on to the Islands in order to protect the Inhabitants where we continued not many days & returned to Pawtuxet & Bristol Ferry where from there to Warren, where we continued doing duty in guarding the shores at the aforesaid place under the aforesaid officer For at least three months and ten days when we were discharged by Captain Sheldon at Situat Pawtuxet & he returned with the said company returned home to Situate aforesaid. he recd no written discharge nor has he any documentary evidence of his service aforesaid
3 months
3 mo. 10 days
In March 1777 he moved to the Town of Providence now Cheekine in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts — and in April of the same year, he was enrolled into the company of Militia company then commanded by Captain Abiahun Angel

In the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin  Benjamin  Hart  Hart & Samuel Root was Major -
That 1 st June 1777 a call on our Regiment was made to assist Colonel Warner. Then at Manchester with the remainder of his army - the enemy on their way from St. Catherine to Fort Edward - he, with the company under Captain Enas Parker & Lieutenant White of said Regiment, marched from Cheshire aforesaid through Williamstown, Bennington to Manchester where we were stationed & he with his company did duty on guard & in scouting under the service of fires & that he served in this way as a private aforesaid for 25 days at least twenty five days when we were relieved by Militia from Berkshire County - and were discharged by the said Captain Enas Parker at Manchester & returned home, Colonel Warner's Regiment of a Regiment was there at Manchester & there were no other Continental or Militia except the company to which he this deponent belonged - he recollects the names of Captain Allen & Major Bronson he does not recollect any other names -
And that the last of July of the same year or 1 st of August he was again called out on Alarm to Bennington that Colonel Baum of the British army with his regiment were then at Soom's corke he was in the the Battles at Soom's corke after the Battles he was detached into the Company commanded by Captain — Robertson. (he is not positive as to the name) to Guard the Prisoners to North Hamp shire ton from there after delivering the Prisoners to the Guard he returned home having served not less than Fifteen days & continued at home about three days & was called to turn out and go to Paolett. & 114 men of our com- pany under Captain E. Parke marched through Bennington to Paolett from there to Wells. Ticon & he was there appointed 2 nd Sergeant & took the command of 6. private with a Pilot and went to Sheensborough in order to make discoveries. we went by order of Captain E. Parke he with his  the Regiment marched to Sheensborough & he continued there doing duty as a Sergeant — marched to Saratoga soon after the 1 st Battles with Burgoyne at Stillwater —

he with his Regiment continued on the East River side of the river doing duty until after the capitulation of Burgoyne we then crossed to the West side of the River & marched to Still- water where was discharged at Saratoga having served ten days 2 mo as a private & one month & twenty days as a Sergeant & returned home
In June 1778. he was turned out as a Volunteer private under Captain Pierce of Windson. the said Capt. Pierce he commanded the Volunteer company made out of 2 or 3 Companies of Massachusetts Militia belonging in Lancaster, Windson & Chatham &c. (we mustered in Lancaster) under the said Captain Pierce the company consisted of 50 or 60 men - He engaged to serve three months & served in manner following Marched to Fort Plain on the Mohawk in the State of New York where he with his company was put under Major Brown, stationed at Stone Arabia at the 6 churches - we marched out about a mile into the woods under Major Brown & another Captain Pierce & there was attacked by Brant with his Indians, three of Major Brown's men were killed and 2 or 3 privates out of our company were also killed, he with his detachment with several others escaped to Fort Plain - a great number of our detachment were killed the remainder put in great disorder he continued at Fort Plain a period several days. Colonel Van Rensselaer commanded & by him I was discharged having served at least two months 20 & twenty days. as a private In 1780 he went on alarm under Captain the said Phelps of the Militia of Berkshire County to Lake George & served as a private Volunteer - at least ten days & returned home He has no documentary evidence of his services aforesaid and that he knows of no person or persons now living by whom he can prove his services aforesaid or any part thereof.
7 months & 18 days as a private 1 month & 20 days as a Sergeant

To the question, 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? -
He answers & says that already stated & answered in his declaration herein, all except that he now recollects the names of - Major Rand at Skeensborough of the New Hampshire Militia & Captain Watkins of the 9 months men stationed at the Stone barn, & Colonel - Rositer of the Richmond Militia, stationed at the stone house & Captain Flyde of the Cavalry at Pavialet & Whitehall. There were no Continental Troops who served where he served at any part of his service aforesaid, except Captain Watkins at Skeensborough, being a part of Regiment he don't recollect the names of any of their officers except as above stated & Colonel Warner's Regiment at Manchester, he cannot state answer any further.
Did, you ever receive a discharge from the Service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? He answers and says, That he never received any written discharge -
7 State the names of persons in your present neighborhood to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. He answers by stating the names of Constant Tenant, Abel Lyon, Lysander Hewett a Justice of the Peace, Jacob Armstrong, Reverend Sebbean Armstrong, Willard Groebbridge, James Groebbridge a Justice of the Peace.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn & Subscribed the day _____ A.D. 19____
to serve you
In open court A Goodge the Clerk
We Lebbeus Armstrong of the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga & State of New York a Hengymnan and Abel Syon & Constant Ten- ant of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Grew who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- ration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we con- cur in that opinion. Lebbeus Armstrong
subscribed & sworn - the day & year aforesaid -
In open Court A Goodrich Clerk
Lebbus Armstrong M. A. Lyon. Constantinople.
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 certify, that it appears to them that Seblens

Armstrong who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Saratoga and state of New York and that Abel Lyon and Constance Tenants who have also signed the same are residents in the same County, and are Credible persons, and that this statement is entitled to Credit
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the mat- ter of the Application of Andrew Yew for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of Office this eleventh day of April 1833.
A Goodrich Clerk

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Andrew Yew Saratoga County New York
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Aaron Wash Baliston Spa New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: \} ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Andrew Yew. Saratoga County New York
    Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Called out June 1775 - - 3 private Cap Nightingale 76 years Traditional evidence certified   Vol - Sept 1775 - 3 10 private Cap Sheldon, Col West County of Providence Credible - H. H. Bryan's certificate   Served Mar. 1777 - - 25 private Cap Angel, Col Sunnocks Rhode Island Traps correctly attached.   Called out Aug 1777 - - 15 " Cap Robertson,   Served - - " - 2 - 2 d Serg t .   Vol. June 1778 - 2 20 private Cap Pierce, Major Brown Col. Van Rensselaer   Vol - 1780 - - 60 private Cap Whipple   5 2 23   2 - -   7 23   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
 Commissioner of Pensions. 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 20 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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11915 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11915-
Andrew Grew Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Yingling, John F. GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 8061 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 23, 1790 to Charles Newkirk, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.