Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33331, for Andrew Ingersoll, Massachusetts

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Ingersoll, Andrew
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CONTENTS

7614
Massachusetts
Andrew Myersall
Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dill of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of March 1819 and sent to Wm. Williams Esq. Valley Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $88.49 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notation sent to Andrew Myersall the sum of $136.49 for his pension

33 331 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,331
Andrew Ingersoll Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Joshua Day of Gloucester in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of sixty three years, testify and say: That I served during the whole of the year A D 1776. as a private soldier in Captain Nathaniel Warner's company in the regiment of foot commanded by Moses Little, in the Revolutionary War, in the service of the United States against the common enemy; and Andrew Ingersoll of the same Gloucester served as a common soldier, in the same company with me, during the whole of the year A D 1776.; and I further say that the said Andrew Ingersoll here present, is the same Andrew Ingersoll who served with me, as aforesaid. —
Joshua Day Essex Jt. June 9. 1818. Then Joshua Day was sworn to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed. Col. Lonson Nash, Jus. Pacis

Island. Ingurola
I.W.
Wapachuruth Lin
14 months
Admitted

State of Massachusetts
I Andrew Ingersoll a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the Month of December in the Year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of February in the Year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Warner in the Regiment of Colonel Little in the Massachusetts line
and that I left the service on the month of February being honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty four years. My discharge the lapse of time is now lost & I have no other evidence to offer than which is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Andrew Ingersoll
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & proceeding here as vice
the abovenamed Andrew Ingersoll and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. I further certify that the within named Deponents are credible witnesses & disinterested June 15 1818
Wm. Whitmore

I the Subscriber John Tucker late Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonels Hutchinson and Rufus Putnam & in the Companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple & Gates during the Revolutionary war Andrew Ingersoll first Soldier in said war, both now residing at Gloucester in the State aforesaid do testify that the within named declarant Andrew Ingersoll served on the Continental establishment in sd war & as far as I believe for the term stated by him, that he is in reduced circumstances being poor & indigent & needs assistance from his country for support.
John Tucker Andrew Ingersoll Sworn to before me 3 d April 1818
Wm Withmore the Judge within named

7614
Andrew Ingersoll
Feb. 1817
Sept. 25
1817
Am

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Andrew Ingersoll resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7614 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Andrew Ingersoll late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No real estate -
Table listing items and values: Farm chairs 1.25, 4 plates 50 cts, 1 broken 25 c - $ 1.81; 1 pitcher 12 c, 3 bowls 12 c, 1 set drawers 50 c, 1 old chest 50 c - 1.24; 1 pot & tea kettle 1.50, 6 plates 25 c, 5 chairs 75 c - 2.50; 1 set tea cups & saucers 75 c, 1 looking glass 50 c, 1 broken lantern 25 c - 1.50. Total: $7.05.
And the said Andrew Ingersoll deposes and says that he is sixty seven years of age & that he served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war from December A. D. 1775 to January, 1777 in the Company commanded by Nathaniel Warner - John Burnham was Lieutenant in the same company; it was in the twelfth Regiment commanded by Col: Moses Little, in the Massachusetts line.
For twenty years past I have not been able to raise my right hand to my head, having dislocated my shoulder several times - I am lame in one of my feet, having badly frozen the same some years ago - My employment was that of a mariner while I was able to follow the sea - I have no children nor friends who are able to contribute to my support.
Sworn to & declared before William Wetmore Judge within named
Andrew Ingersoll mark

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
1. Andrew Ingersoll do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Andrew Ingersoll Mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Andrew Ingersoll took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
Seven dollars five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk