Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 211, David Welch, Continental (N. Y.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.Y.)
Welch, David Andrews, Hester
R. 211
Former widow
CONTENTS

9907 Nester's evidence affirming the widow of David Welch for Pension under the acts of July 7. 1830. a g ments p. 10743.
A further evidence in matter be required. The Court of Pensions will please add 197 Victory Bridge - Poughkeepsie and also at the City of William also the Court will please add up his letter concerning the certificates of Pension granted. B. Bingham

State of New York
Wayne County } ss:
On this Eighth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before the Subscriber Amos Myers
Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Wayne & State aforesaid, the same Court being a Court of Record, Hester Andrews a resident of the town of Walcott in the County of Wayne & State aforesaid, aged eighty three years, who, being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & Pensions to certain Widows".
That she is the Widow of David Welch who was a private in the army of the Revolution: that she has been informed & verily believes the same to be true, that her said Husband enlisted into Capt Jeremiah Burroughs Company in Col. Warner's Regiment of the Vermont Troops: That he entered the said service in the latter part of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, or the forepart of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, that he continued in the service from the time he entered until the forepart of the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty. That he was at the Battle of Bennington; That her Husband at the time of his enlistment resided in Skeneateles, now County of Washington & State of New York. That the said Jeremiah Burroughs the said Captain under whom her husband served was the brother of this deponent. That she has no documentary evidence in support of her said claim, nor is she now apprized of any living witness of the services of her said husband other than William Johnson whose deposition is hereto annexed.

She further declares that she was married to the said David Welch on the fifth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty. That they were married at the Town of Pawlet in the State of Vermont by Rev. Culver. That she has no documentary evidence to prove the said marriage, & she further says that she is informed & believes that at that period it was not required by Law nor customary to keep Records of marriages in that part of the Country. She further declares that her said husband the said David Welch died on the nineteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred & nine at Massalus in the County of Onondaga where deponent & her said husband did then & had for a number of years resided. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred & ninety four, to wit at the time above stated.
Deponent further states that in June in the year eighteen hundred & fifteen she the said Hester, then being the widow of the said David Welch, was married to Daniel Andrews. But after living with him a short time they separated & she the said Daniel Andrews went to live with his children, & she went to live with her children which she had by the said Welch, & that they continued to live separate until his death, & which she is informed & believes took place while he was residing with his son Henry Andrews at Tunda in the County of Allegany & State of New York. That she had not married since the death of the said Daniel Andrews her late husband, but remains a widow & further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year first above written and I further certify that the said
Hester X Andrews marks

Hester Andrews is unable from bodily infirmity to have attended the Court of Common Pleas in proper person to make the said declaration in open court; & I further certify that I am satisfied that the aforesaid declar- ation of the said Hester Andrews is true entitled to full credit: & I further cer- tify that the said Hester Andrews states that she has not been able to write for many years, is the reason why she signs by her mark. At (a) on the second page the word "eight" altered to "seven" before signing - A Massnyder a judge of Wayne County Courts

State of New York
Wayne County 333: On this Eighth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the County Common Pleas in for the County of Wayne aforesaid, Hester Andrews a resident of the town of Wolcott in the County of Wayne aforesaid, aged eighty 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 3 d March 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. Where she refers to & desires to adopt. Where repeat all the statements made by her in her declaration here to annexed, & which she has made this day for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of his Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled, "an act granting half pay & Pensions to certain Widows." & pursuant to the facts therein stated & sworn to, where repeated she desires the benefit of the said act of the 3 d March 1843, as the widow of the said David Welch. & further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me } the day & year above written } certify that the said Hester Andrews states that she has been unable to write these many years, is the reason why she signs by her mark.
Hester } Andrews mark
Amos Snyder a judge of Wayne County Courts

State of New York,
Ulster County Clerk's office;
I hereby certify, that Amos Snyder Esquire, before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Court of said County, duly qualified; And that his signature above written is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office Sept 21. 1843
Daniel Chapman Clerk of said Co.

State of New York County of Allegany 3/3
Addison M. Crane, attorney at Law residing at the village of Kenda in said County of Allegany aged thirty years personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath aforesaid depose and say - That he was acquainted with one Daniel Andrews who died at the town of Kenda in said County on the ninth day of August in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and forty, at the house of his son Henry Andrews. That he this deponent was knowing to the fact of his death and was present at the burial - and understood that he was then a man ninety years of age at the time of his death. And this deponent further saith that the said Daniel Andrews is the same identical person who in November or December in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine made application for a pension to the Commission of Pensions, whose papers are now on file in the office of the said Commission - that he this deponent acted for and in behalf of said Andrews as his attorney or agent in endeavouring to procure said pension and made out and forward the papers in his case - And this deponent further states that he made a written memorandum at the time of the death of said Andrews and therefore is enabled to state the same with certainty by reference thereto and further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Addison M. Crane before me on this twenty fifth day of July in the year 1843. And I further certify that the said Addison M. Crane is known to me personally, - That I consider him a credible witness and his aforesaid deposition entitled to full confidence. Nathaniel C. Cor Justice of the Peace for said County
Addison M. Crane
State of New York
Allegany County Clerk's Office
ss: I William Windsor Clerk of the said County, and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that Nathaniel Cor is a Magistrate as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office at the Clerk's office in the County aforesaid this twenty sixth day of July in the Year one Thousand eight hundred and forty Three William Windsor Clerk

State of New York.
Onondaga County: Josiah Welch a Resident of the town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga and State of New York aged Sixty two — years being duly sworn according to Law doth on his affirmed oath depose and say that he is the son of David Welch & Hester Welch as he has always understood & believes — That he knows the said David Welch & Hester his Wife to reside together as Husband & Wife from his earliest re- collections up to the time of the death of the said David Welch which took place at Marcellus aforesaid about the year eighteen hundred and nine — That he has always understood that his moth- -ers maiden name was Burroughs — Deposest further saith that his said Mother after the death of the said David Welch was married to Daniel Andrews & resided with him about three years at Marcellus aforesaid, when the said Daniel Andrews left his said Wife & went to re- -side with his Children — She the said Hester went to reside with her Children after which they con- tinued to live separate — Deposest further that the general Reputation & belief among the former friends & acquaintances of the said Daniel Andrews at the time he used to reside is that the said Daniel Andrews died about three years ago while residing with his son Henry Andrews at Sen- -eca in the County of Allegany — That Deposest visited at Seneca while the said Daniel Andrews was alive & knows that he was then living there with his son Henry Andrews — The Deposest further saith that from his earliest

recollections - it was the General Reputation among the friends & acquaintances of Deponents said father the said David Welch that he had been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution. The Deponent further saith that his said Mother Martha An- drews now resides at Holcatt in the County of Wayne in the State of New York with her son James man Welch. That she has not married since the death of her late Husband the said Dan- iel Andrews, but still remains a Widow As to the Deponent saith not, -
Subscribed & sworn to before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County the 4th day of September A.D. 1843. & I certify that I am acquainted with the said Josiah Welch & consider him a cred- ible Witness, that full faith and credit ought to be given to his said Statement.
Josiah Welch
Isaac R. Patten J.P.
The fourth line from the bottom of the first page & to the word "know" in the third line from the bottom of said page are added before signing. -
Isaac R. Patten J.P.

State of New York: 3
Wayne County: 3 ss: Truman Welch a resident of the town of Walcott in the County of Wayne in said State, of the age of thirty eight years, by occupation a farmer, being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that he is the son of David Welch & of his Wife Hester Welch as he has always understood & believes. That his said father having died, as he is informed & believes in the year eighteen hundred & nine & this deponent being very young at the time of his death, he has but slight recollection of his said father, but he remembers his funeral. The Deponent further saith that while he was a youth he was present at the marriage of his said Mother, Hester Welch to one Daniel Andrews. That after living with his said wife some years deponent knows that said Daniel Andrews separated from his said wife & went to live with his children, That deponent was personally acquainted with his son Henry Andrews reputed to reside at Nunda Allegany County in the State of New York. That the fall after the said Daniel Andrews died, as stated in the annexed deposition of Addison M. Crane, deponent's said mother came to reside with deponent at Walcott aforesaid. That soon afterwards the family learned by report from the connections of said Andrews that he had died at Nunda as stated in the annexed affidavit of said Crane. The reputation among the former friends & acquaintances of the said Daniel Andrews & deponent's said mother has ever since been & yet is that he the said Daniel Andrews is dead & died at the time & place stated by the said Crane in the annexed affidavit. The deponent further saith that the said Hester Andrews now resides with this deponent in Walcott aforesaid, she knows that she still remains a widow,

having never married since the death of her said last husband Daniel Andrews. & further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn to before me this Truman Welch
Eighth day of September 1843. }
By the said Truman Welch: & I further certify that I am well acquainted with him the said Truman Welch, & consider him a creditable witness, & that full faith & credit should be given to his aforesaid statement.
Amos Snyder a Judge of Wayne County Courts
State of New York
Wayne County Clerk's office: I hereby certify that Amos Snyder Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Courts of said County, duly qualified: And that his signature above written is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office Sept 9 1843. Daniel Chapman, Clk &c.

State of New York
Onondaga County } 38: William Johnson a resident in the town of Van Buren in the County of On- ondaga, aged ninety years, being duly sworn, de- poseth & saith That he was a soldier in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution - & that he is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. That previous to the time of his said services, he resided near Sheeneboro in the State of New York, near to the line of Vermont. That he was well acquainted with David Welch having been a neighbor to him before the war, and knows that he entered the service in the Company of Captain Jeremiah Burroughs in Col: War- rens Regiment of the Vermont Troops, as a private, and served as a private in said Company in the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution for the period or term of three years. The deponent being from the same neighborhood, & well acquaint- ed with the said Welch & Burroughs, has a dis- tinct recollection of having seen said Welch several times in service during the said war. That said Welch was at the Battle of Bennington while in said service where deponent saw him, deponent being also in said battle. Deponent believes that said Welch was enlisted for three years. That deponent knew him in the service in said Company & Regiment as early as the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, or one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven & that he continued in the said service up to the fore part of the year one thou- deponent was present in May eighteen hundred & eighty and seven hundred & eighty, when the said David Welch, having served as of said was married to

Hester Burroughs the sister of the said Captain Burroughs. They were married in the town of Pawlet in the State of Vermont by Esq r Cudmore. Deponent knows that said Welch came out of the service for part of the winter previous to his said marriage, & that he was married in the Spring after, he believed in the month of May. Deponent was acquainted with the said David Welch & his wife after their said marriage, having resided near them for some years after their marriage; & afterward deponent having moved into the County of Onondaga, & the said David Welch having also removed with his said wife to the town of Marcellus in the said County of Onondaga, this deponent was acquainted with them there until his death. Deponent further saith that he knows by reputation prevailing among their former acquaintances that the said Hester Welch after the death of her said husband David Welch, was married to one Daniel Andrews, who is now reported & believed to be dead, & that she the said Hester Andrews now resides with her son in the town of Walcott in the County of Wayne & State of New York; & further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 5th day of September 1843. & I further certify that I am acquainted with the said William Johnson & consider him a credit-able Witness, & that full faith & credit should be given to his aforesaid statement. The interlineation in the second line from the bottom of the first page made before signing. And I further certify that the said William Johnson states that he has not been able to write for many years is the reason why he signed his William Johnson mark

by his mark
Isaac R. Patten Justice of the Peace for said County
State of New-York Onondaga County, Clerks Office,
ss,
I certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit Isaac R. Patten Esquire was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, that I am acquainted with his handwriting & truly be- lieve that his signature to the affidavit of said affidavit is genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said County at Syracuse, September 13. 1843,
David Miller, Dep. Clerk.

9901 211
Hester Andrews
— No. Y.
Suspended Lis & Pendency 10-44 to same Sept 18. 1844 N. Leake, Sept. 22. 1846.
Act July 7 TH 38

Ex'r.
INV
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
Hester Andrews
P. O. widow of David Welch
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Washington Sept. 11. 1846
Sir The enclosed powers of attorney in the cases of Catharine Spohn an applicant for a pension from Ohio, & that of Hester Andrews of New York, are respectfully submitted with the request that at your early convenience they may be reported to me for further prosecution. Very Respectfully Your obedt Servant Nathan Leake
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions,

Pompey Saunderson Co. N. York Sept. 17. 1844.
Sir
I have No. 32001 of the 10 th ult. o in relation to the case of Master Andrews. claiming - as you say a Pension under the act of July 7. 1830. - you say the papers have been examined & filed and add the claim of Daniel Andrews having been claimed rejected for the reasons set forth in the enclosed copy of a letter addressed to the Hon. S. C. Perkins on the 20 th of May 1840. his Widow cannot obtain a Pension unless the obligations therein stated be obviated. -
From the tenor of this letter of yours I perceive that you must have considered & decided the case of Mrs Andrews without an attention to the grounds on which I supposed her claim to a Pension was clearly grounded. She was the widow of a Mr. Welch a Revolutionary soldier & sister of my Mother. Wife & after his Death Widow of a Mr. Andrews. His connection with Andrews of Cambridge had to be stated - tho' her claim for Pension was referred on the ground of the decision of her

first husband - Chelch - Her application was not merely for a pension under the act of 1870. - but also for a pension for one year under the act of 1842.
Will you please to re-examine the papers in her case & arrive at a con- clusion? Respectfully yours
Victory Midgley
James L. Edwards Esq.
Secy of Pensions

Malheur June 27 th 1886
Hon J. H. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions, Sir.
I beg leave to request that you will permit Mr G. Wood of Rose, U.S.A. or any person he may authorize, to examine any and all papers which may be filed in your Office relating to the claim for a pension of My Mother the late widow Hester Andrews, an applicant for a pension under act of 7 th July 1838.
I am respectfully, John A. B. Lusk Teamster Malheur
Mr Nathan Lusk is requested to examine for me, the papers filed in the claim of Hester Andrews, for a pension, under act of 7 th July 1838, by permission of the Hon Comm ee of Pensions,
M. G. Wood
Rose July 1 st 1886