Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17536, for Andrew Lewis, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Lewis, Andrew
S. 17536
CONTENTS
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Camp Highland Dec. 22/1700
Andrew Lewis a Soldier of the 6 th Conn t Reg t whose Term of Service expires on the first day of Feb r next having served faithfully to this Time is hereby Discharged - the Commissaries on the Rout to Saybrook in the State of Connecticut will Issue Provisions to him for his Subsistence from one Store to another at the Usual Rate.
(A.)
Wen Gray D. Col. Com.

Found them in possession Dec 23 1880 Grafton Mass.
Andrew Lewis Hingham
Andrew Lewis S 7.17.536 Mass.

17536 INVALID.
File No. 17536
Andrew Lewis
Pa Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 222
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Connecticut 17292 17292
Andrew Lewis
at Middletown in the State of Connecticut, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ely of the Regiment commanded by Col. Dinsmore in the Connecticut line for 3 Years
Enscribed on the Roll of Connecticut the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Aug. 1832 and to the G. P. Armstrong Chatham
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 $160 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th of March 1832 40 $200
Revolutionary Claim, Report June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Jo. C. Stites Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 3, Page 24

No. 30.
Andrew Lewis
19,300.
On Notes Bureau
Amount 24 mo. pri.

State of Connecticut,
Middletown County
Probate Court of Saybrook in said County
On this tenth — day of Sept r 1832 — personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate in and for the Probate District of Saybrook, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut now sitting at Saybrook in said County, the same being a Court of Record —
Andrew Lewis — a resident of Saybrook — in the County of Middlesex — and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy one — years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
Rev. Andrew Lewis
That he enlisted in Killingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut on the 1 st day of February A.D. 1778 — to serve in the Army of the United States for the term of three years. That the company in which he served was commanded by Capt. Elisha Dyer, and the Regiment by William Congdon, afterwards by B. F. Meigs, and the Brigade by Samuel H. Parsons. That he continued to serve in said corps until the 22 nd day of December 1780 — when he was discharged from service in the highlands in the State of New York. That he received a written discharge which was signed by Dr. Gray Lieut. Col. Com. which he hath preserved, and now surrendered to be transmitted to the Department of War, and is herewith attached. Marked A —
That he did apply for a pension in August A.D. 1818, and that his pension was returned with an indorsement on the back in the following words. "From the consideration of the applicant it appears that he is very able to live without the assistance of his Country — Pension Office 20 th of April 1819 — Reg d —" and thus ended his application. He says that he never applied at any other time.
Andrew Lewis

The said Andrew Lewis hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Andrew Lewis
Samuel H. Lewis in the benefit of the — Judge of Probate
We, William Case — a clergyman, residing in the town of Seymour and Richd P Williams residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Rev. Andrew Lewis — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 — years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel H. Lewis Judge of Probate
William Case Richd P Williams
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Rev. A. William Case — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Seymour — and that Richd P Williams — who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Seymour — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel H. Lewis Judge of Probate
Michael P Williams — Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Seymour in the State of Connecticut — do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Lewis — for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this tenth — day of Sept r
1832
Office,
Richd P Williams Clerk —

John Parker of Saybrook in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, deposes, and says - That he is well acquainted with Colonel Andrew Lewis of said Saybrook, the person who hath made the foregoing application on oath, for a pension - That he the said John Parker was a soldier for three years in the War of the Revolution, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel  General Mather Brown and afterwards by Col. R. F. Meigs. from May 1777. to May 1780. That the said Andrew Lewis joined the Army at the same time with the Colponent, and served nine months in the company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Dey, in the Regiment aforesaid, at the expiration of which time the said Andrew Lewis again enlisted in the company aforesaid, as a soldier for three years, and served in the same from the Spring of 1778. to the time of his the Colponent's discharge from service, in May 1780. When he the said John Parker left the Army - & left the said Andrew Lewis in service in the said company, who some time afterwards returned home, to Saybrook from the Army - and further the Colponent saith not -
JB
John Parker
State of Connecticut } Middlesex County ss - } Saybrook September 6 th 1832 Personally appeared John Parker, and made solemn oath before me, that the above deposition by him subscribed, contains the truth & nothing but the truth - And I certify that said John Parker is well known to me, and that he is a credible witness - John H. Hombledieu,      Justin of Pierce for Midd. County

State of Connecticut Middlesex county ss
I Samuel Ingham a Leviticus Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut duly appointed, commissioner and sworn. do hereby certify that Deborah L. Norcross Esq. before whom the within Deposition of John Parker was sworn was at that time and now is, a Justice of peace in and for said county of Middlesex, and that his name there subscribed is his own proper name writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office at New Britain in said county this 22 nd day of November 1832
Samuel Ingham Notary Public
No. 30.
John Parker
19.30.
Deborah L. Norcross
John Parker
Abner
24 and 25

I Richard P Williams - Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Lewis therein named for a peremptory In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Saybrook in said District this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1833 -
Richd P Williams Clerk,