Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,914, for Paul Nelson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Nelson, Paul
N. 19,914
Hannah
CONTENTS

Albany New York
Oct 4 73
Hannah Wilson
of Herkimer in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the 1st  Regt by Captain ... of the ... by ... in the ... widow of Paul Nelson dec. late Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Feb y 1837 and sent Hon A. Mann Sec y of Rep s
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $113.08 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March 10.28 $123.36
July 4, 1836 { Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by H. H. Gadson Clerk, Book A . Vol. 1 . Page 135
at the Treasury under the of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th March 1831 to the 4 th 1831. — Agent notified July 1838.

Herkimer County ss. I, Emma Churchill widow of John Churchill late of the Town of Fairfield in said County deceased aged ninety one years and upwards being first duly sworn According to law doth depose and say that before and in the time of the revolutionary war she resided in Fishkill in the State of New- York and that she was at that time acquainted with Hannah Churchill and also with Paul Nelson who both resided in Fishkill and this deponent further saith that she was present at the wedding when the said Paul Nelson and the said Hannah Church- ill were intermarried with each other and that said marriage took place at Hunter's a Fishkill aforesaid and that the said Paul Nelson & Hannah Churchill were joined in wedlock by the Reverend Mr. Ruydike a clergy- man then residing in Haverstock; and that said marriage took place at the said Clergyman's house; and this deponent remembers that it was in July when they the said Paul Nelson & Hannah Churchill were married but she cannot be certain of the year although she is certain that it was in the first part of the revolutionary war and thinks it was in the year 1776 and this deponent further saith that she has always been well acquainted with both said Paul Nelson and said Hannah his wife and that said Hannah was living at the house of this deponent at the time of the marriage of the said Hannah to the said husband Paul Nelson, and this deponent further saith

That the said Paul Nelson & Hannah his wife have always from the time of their intermarriage aforesaid lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Paul Nelson which happened in May in the year 1832 at Faringdon aforesaid and this deponent has always lived near them & visited in their family & knows them as well as she knows her own children; and that the said Paul Nelson & Hannah his wife had the following named children Viz; Emack Nelson, John Nelson, Benjamin Nelson, Rebecca Nelson, Anna Nelson, Ines Nelson, Betty Nelson, Paul Nelson Junior & Ruth and Nelson; and this deponent further saith that she well remembers that the said Paul Nelson enlisted into the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution and that about the time of his marriage he went away into the service and that he was gone into the service for two or three years except that he occasionally came home and would stay at home a few days and then would return into the service and this deponent further saith that the said Paul Nelson at one time enlisted and served under Leah Minkerhoff with whom this deponent was well acquainted; but she don't remember the name of any other officer with whom he served — Sworn to & subscribed this 27 th day of December 1836 before me Cecilia X Churchill Notary Public Nelson Court of Dads.

Style of New York ss. Herkimer County ss. Isaac Churchill of Little Falls in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is aged seventy nine years and upwards and that he was a soldier of the revolution and is now a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and this deponent was acquainted with Paul Nelson late of the Town of Fairfield in said County deceased and that said Paul Nelson died in May 1832 at Fairfield aforesaid and this deponent knew the said Paul Nelson intimately from the time he was eight or ten years old until his death and this deponent as he was always informed believes saith that said Paul Nelson was born in the Year 1753 and this deponent knew him before & during the war of the revolution and this deponent saith that the said Paul Nelson married the sister of this deponent, whose maiden name was Hannah Churchill and that the marriage of the said Paul Nelson & Hannah his wife took place at Harkensart near Fishkill in said State in July 1776 as this deponent was always informed believes but he was not at the wedding; the said Paul Nelson & Hannah his wife always lived together as husband & wife until his death and that the said Hannah Nelson is still living and is the widow of the said husband Paul Nelson and that she has never been married to any other person and is now a single woman and that this deponent knows that the said Paul Nelson was in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war and that said Paul Nelson enlisted into Capt. John Dwight's Company in Col. Humphrey's Regiment in the State Troops for nine months and that Captain Outwater was Lieutenant; this deponent being enlisted in the same Company in the year 1776; and that this deponent & said Paul Nelson both enlisted about the first of May 1776 at Fishkill in said State and that they were both marched to Fort Montgomery below the Highlands on the

use side after Hudson River, and that said Paul Olson served at said station about three months and then hired a substitute to serve out the residue of his enlistment and went home; and this deponent further saith that in July 1776 the said Paul Olson again enlisted as a volunteer into the service of the United States into a Company commanded by Capt Abraham Schenck in Col: Griffiths Regiment and that he the said Paul Olson started to go to Kings- bridge near New York and as this deponent under- stood at the time and believes true the said Paul Olson served until sometime in the winter following and then he returned home and according to this deponents best recollection during the said Paul served about three months making nine months which the said Paul Olson served in 1776 and this deponent saith that he was always informed and believes and it was a general talk in the neigh- borhood at the time where said Paul Olson lived in Piskkill aforesaid that the said Paul Olson was in the revolutionary service in the years 1777 & 1778 and that he enlisted & served under Capt Brinkerhoff in said years and this deponent saith that said Paul Olson was gone from home most of the time during the years of 1777 & 1778 and left home to go into the service and this deponent believes that the said Paul Olson served at least nine months in the service of the United States in each of said years 1777 & 1778 and at this time this deponent was not in the service with said Paul Olson but said Paul went into the service & came back from the service and that the length of his service according to this deponents best knowledge during was eighteen months in 1777 & 1778
See No 10 3-10-56 1779
Subscribed and sworn to this 27th day of December 1836 before me Hiram Nollon Court of Deeds -
Isaac Churchhill

State of New York Herkimer County ss: Jonas Churchill of the Town of Little Falls in said County of Herkimer being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is seventy six years of age and afterwards and that this deponent further saith that he had before and during the war of the Revolution and until he knew and been familiarly acquainted with Paul Nelson who married Hannah Churchill sister of this deponent that said Paul Nelson lived in the town of said town at Fishkill in said State situated on the north river and in the said Paul Nelson & Hannah Churchill were married in July 1776 as this deponent was at the time informed by a clergyman by the name of the Rev. Mr. Ruydike of Poughkeepsie but this deponent was not at the wedding and this deponent saith that the said Paul Nelson & Hannah his wife always lived together until he died and that he died in May 1832 at Fishkill in said County and that they had a large family of children; and that said Hannah is the widow of the said Paul Nelson him surviving & has never had any other husband and is now a single woman and this deponent saith that the said Paul Nelson enlisted into Capt. Dulin's Company in Col. Murphy's Regiment and went to Fort Montgomery and was stationed

at Fair Port and continued there until about the first of July 1776 when he came home and said he had hired a substitute and that he was then married in July 1776 and in a short time after and during July 1776 he again enlisted into Capt Schenck's Company in Col. Griffin's Regiment and that he went into the Service and came home sometimes in the winter following and that according to the deponent's recollection during the said Paul Nelson served about seven months and this deponent further saith that the said Paul Nelson served in the war after resolution in the years 1777 & 1778 at least nine months in each year as this deponent was at the time informed & believes and this deponent knows, that the said Paul Nelson left home to go into the Service and that he was absent from home and then returned home & the length of the time of his being absent when he went away to go into the Service was at least nine months in each year of 1777 & 1778 according to this deponent's best recollection and belief.
Subscribed & sworn to this 27th day of December 1836 before me Hiram Norton Court of Oyer and
Jonas Churchhill

State of New York Herkimer County ss: Zachariah Reed of the Town of Fairfield in said County being duly sworn saith that he was intimately acquainted with Paul Nelson the late husband of Hannah Nelson thirty years & upwards before his death and that the latter said Paul Nelson died at Fairfield aforesaid on the fourth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty three and that their deponent was at their funeral and their deponent has also been acquainted with said Nelson Hannah Nelson the widow of the said Paul Nelson thirty years and upwards now last past and that they always lived together as husband & wife since their deponent has known them until the decease of the said Paul Nelson and that the said Hannah Nelson is the widow of the said Paul Nelson deceased and that she has always remained a single woman since the death of her said husband & that she is now a single woman & unmarried —
Subscribed and sworn to this 9th day of January 1857 before me
Zachariah Reed (1812 - m. 1848)
Hiram Norton Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York Herkimer County ss: I Hiram Norton a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County of Herkimer do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the deponents to the foregoing affidavits for more than ten years past to wit: from

Churchill Isaac Churchill, Jonas Churchill and Zachariah Reed deponents Other respective affidavits hereto annexed and sworn before me and certified by me in the form to each affidavit and that I know that they each reside in the Towns & County of Franklin as they each of them stated in their said respective affidavits and that they the said Jonas Churchill Isaac Churchill Jonas Churchill and Zachariah Reed are each & respectively credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit — Given under my hand this 9th day of January 1837 — Simon Norton Clerk of Duts

1022 3. sec.
Hannah Nelson
See Vol. 3. p 56 - 1 st & 2 nd pgs
E. A. Munroon Dep. Clerk for John Dygert Clerk

State of New York County of Herkimer ss. On this ninth day of January in the year 1837 personally appeared before Richard Herendeen Esquire a judge of the County Court of the County of Herkimer aforesaid the same being a Court of record according to the Constitution & Laws of the said State. Hannah Nelson a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer and State of New York aged seventy nine years and upwards 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 July 4, 1836; That she is the widow of Paul Nelson late of the said Town of Fairfield in said County & State deceased; And that the said Hannah Nelson further declares that during the revolutionary war she resided in Fishkill in the County of Dutchess in said State and that said Paul Nelson also resided in Fishkill aforesaid during said war; and she further declares that she was intermarried with said Paul Nelson in July in the year 1776 at Fishkill aforesaid and that he the said Paul Nelson served in the war of the revolution and that at the time he entered said service of the United States he resided at Fishkill aforesaid and according to her last recollection and belief he the said Paul Nelson in the spring before they were married but she does not remember the month in 1776 enlisted as she was informed at the time and he joined into a Company commanded by Capt. John Durkin & Lieut. Daniel Daterwaite and that said Company was joined to Col Humphrey's regiment and she was well acquainted with Capt. Durkin & Lieut. Daterwaite and they were officers in said service; that said Paul Nelson enlisted at Fishkill aforesaid into said Company for nine months & was marched with Capt. Durkin's Company and as she was then informed & believed, stationed at or near Fort Montgomery on the north River and that he said Paul Nelson returned home sometime in July following

and cannot see him and said he had been in the service and that he had hired a substitute to remain with him and she further declares they were then married and in a short time after their marriage and during the month of July 1876 the said Paul Nelson again left home to go into the service and as she was then informed & believes he enlisted into the service of the United States under Capt. Abraham Schenck and was marched with the Company commanded by Capt. Schenck to Kingsbridge near New York and stationed there and while he lay there she received information that he was taken sick and she went to Kingsbridge and found him the said Paul Nelson there and that he then appeared to be getting better of his sickness, that she staid one night and then returned home and when she saw him at Kingsbridge he was in the service and belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Schenck as she then understood, that soon after she returned home she received advice that Kingsbridge near Mendon and that American Army was marched to Fort Washington and crossed the north river and according to her recollection the battle of White Plains was fought at or near the same time; she thinks that after crossing the river the troops retreated into the fort; and she further states that the said Paul Nelson came home according to her best recollection & staid sometime in the winter following and she cannot state the month he came home from any certain recollection she has but it was in the winter and he served under Capt. Durbin two months and under Capt. Schenck seven months as she always understood and believes; she has no knowledge or information that there is any documentary evidence of his service or discharge from the service; and she further declares that the said Paul Nelson remained at home but a short time when he again enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. John Brinkehoff & Lieut. Ostrand and left home to go into the service immediately after his enlistment.

and the Company as she understood was joined to the Army Commanded by Gen. Washington at Morristown - The said Paul Nelson enlisted into Capt. Brinkerhoff's Company at Fish- kill aforesaid early in 1777 but she cannot recollect the month - She thinks it was in the winter as he joined Gen. Washington's Army while it lay at Morristown in the winter in 1777 as she then understood and believes; she cannot now remember where he served but she the said Paul Nelson was absent from home all the time from the time he enlisted into Capt. Brinkerhoff's Company and she believes in the service until near the time the battle of Brandywine was fought, when he returned home and from that circumstance she thinks he might have came home sometime in the month of September 1777 and she cannot say but that he might not have come home until sometime after Brandy- wine battle; for she understood at the time and believes, that he the said Paul Nelson enlisted into Capt. Brink- erhoff's service in the month of July and she has always understood at the time and since that he the said Paul Nelson served nine months under Capt. Brinkerhoff but she cannot remember the time he enlisted nor the time he came home; nor does she know that he ever had any certif- icate of discharge from the service -
And she further declares, that she was married to the said Paul Nelson in July 1776 but she does not remember the day of the month nor has she any record of the day of the month on which she was married but she is certain she was married in the month of July in the year 1776 at a place called Hunkensack in Fishkill aforesaid by a minister of the Gospel living at Hunkensack and that the Rev. Mr. Ruydike was the name of the clergyman who married them and as she has been informed and believes the said Clergyman has been dead a number of years; she says that she and the said Paul Nelson both went to the house of the said Clergyman and were there

married and that Jemima Churchill wife of her brother John Churchill deceased was present at the said marriage and she further declares that she was born at Fishkill aforesaid on the 12th day of June 1757 as she always understood by her parents and believe her father no record of her age and she saith that her said Paul Nelson always said and as she believe he was born at Fishkill aforesaid on the first day of April 1755 but she does not know that there is any record of his age and she further saith that after the Revolutionary war her said husband moved from Fishkill to the New Partners so called near Poughkeepsie in the State of New York and having lived there some time they then moved to Staatsburg near Poughkeepsie aforesaid and as she thinks they resided at both places five or six years and that they then moved to the Town of Fairfield in the County of Dutchess and said State where they have ever since lived till his death and that she has seen him in death resided and still resides at Fairfield aforesaid & she further declares that her said husband Paul Nelson always lived together from the time of their marriage aforesaid as husband and wife and that they have a large family of children who are all of the age of majority and she further declares that her said Paul Nelson died at Fairfield in the County of Dutchess and in said State on the fourth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and that his death was very sudden; that he got up in the morning & went out of the house and after a short time came in and fell upon the bed nearly senseless and died in a short time; she does not know and is not informed of the cause of his death unless it was by some fish; he was in apparent health

before he was taken ill; No Physician was called as none was living near; And she further declares that she always has remained single and unmarried since the death of her said husband and that she is still single and unmarried and the widow of the said Paul Nelson as will more fully appear by the proof by affidavit hereunto annexed and she saith that she expects she can prove the revolutionary services of her said husband Paul Nelson by Isaac Churchill and by Jonas Churchill And she further saith that as she is informed and believes the officers above named under whom her said husband served in the revolutionary war are all dead - And she further declares that her said husband was never a revolutionary pensioner or any other pensioner after United States - Witness Zachariah Reed      Hannah her Nelson Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day mark and year above written before, Richard Henderson, a Judge of the Clinton County Courts
January 9 th 1837
I do hereby certify that Hannah Nelson whose name is subscribed to the above Declaration cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court; and that I am well acquainted with the said Hannah Nelson and verily believe that she is not able to attend court court by reason of bodily infirmity Richard Henderson Judge of the Clinton County Courts

State of New York Herkimer County Clerk's Office
I John Dygert Clerk of the said County do certify that Hiram Bolton Esq. before whom the within or annexed affidavits of Immanuel Churchill, Isaac Churchill, Jonas Churchill & Zachariah Reed were sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds &c. in and for said County duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe his signature to the said affidavits genuine. And I also certify that Richard Skene Esq. before whom the affidavit herunto annexed of Hannah Nelson was sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds of the Herkimer County Courts in and for said County duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & truly believe his signature to said affidavit genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10th day of January 1837
E. A. Munnoun Dep. Clerk for John Dygert Clerk
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Hannah Nelson
In Vol. 3. p. 86 - 105 copy

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington. December 6, 1938.
Honorable Hamilton Fish House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ILL Paul Nelson W. 19914
My dear Mr. Fish:
The Revolutionary War record of Paul Nelson is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19914, based upon his service in that war.
Paul Nelson was born April 1, 1755, in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, Paul Nelson enlisted in May 1776, and served two months as private in Captain John Durlin's company, Colonel Humphrey's New York regiment; he enlisted sometime in July 1776, and served seven months as private in Captain Abraham Schenck's company, Colonel Griffin's New York regiment; he enlisted early in 1777, and served nine months as private in Captain John Brinkerhoff's New York company.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved from Fishkill, New York, to Nine Partners, near Poughkeepsie, New York, where he resided some time, then moved to Staatsburg, also near Poughkeepsie, after a few years moved to Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York, where he resided until his death. Paul Nelson died May 4, 1832 or 1833.
Paul Nelson married in July 1776, Hannah Churchill, who was born June 12, 1757, in Fishkill, New York; the names of her parents are not shown. They were married at the home of a Minister in Hackensack.
Hannah Nelson, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on her application executed January 9, 1837, at which time she was a resident of Fairfield,

Herkimer County, New York.
The names of the children of Paul Nelson and his wife, Hannah, are shown as follows: Enoch, John, Benjamin, Rebecca, Anna, Phebe, Betsey, Paul, Jr., and Richard.
In 1836, Hannah Nelson's brothers, Isaac Churchill and Jonas Churchill, were residents of Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York; the former was aged more than seventy-nine years and had served with Paul Nelson during the Revolutionary War; the latter was more than seventy-six years of age and was acquainted with Paul Nelson at the time he served and married his sister, Hannah. John Churchill, another of Hannah's brothers, had lived with his wife, Jemima, in Fishkill, New York, when Hannah married Paul Nelson, and said Jemima Churchill was present at that marriage; this brother, John Churchill, died in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York, and his widow, Jemima, resided there in 1836, at which time she was aged more than ninety-two years.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Hannah Nelson, widow of Paul Nelson, Certificate #473 Issued February 10, 1837 Rate $20.56 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 4, 1836 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

all Zachariah Root Phebe (Nelson) Root ms C. 30548 - 1812

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Paul Nelson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
m. file 19914
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     11 May 1776 2 mos. Pri. John Durkin Humphrey N.Y.   July 1776 7 mos. Abraham Schenck Griffin   Early 1777 9 mos. John Brumbaugh ✓  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Jan'y 9. 1837 Her d. all d.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y.
Mid. Age at date of application, 6 June 12. 1757 at Fishkill, N.Y.
Remarks: Solomon  born April 1755 at Fishkill, N.Y.  Heckman, N.Y. July 1776 Hannah Churchill  Wed. March 1833 at Fairfield, N.Y.
Children: Enoch  John  Benj.  Rebecca  Anna  (Phoebe over)  Betsy  Paul  + Richard

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Commonwealth
Dear Sir
Zacharia
Reed of New York Work Co I am told received a pension for what services to his Country, was it and did he receive the pension.
Did Paul Nelson of same state + Co draw pension, he was in the valley fighting in Revolutionary times . So old people claim and have the records his wife's

names. I am a descendant of those Family's and wish to know.
For information I shall be very thankful.
Anna Reed Thomsen
135 Park Avenue,
Utica
Oneida County,
New York
February 7

Summer Resort
Rooms Single and en Suite
Open Year 'Round
Special Inducements to Families During the Winter
Steam, Gas and Running Water in Every Room
...The New Clarendon...
IRA D. THOMSON PROPRIETOR
HOLLAND PATENT, N. Y.
Nov. 29 1909
Dear Sir
Please forward me at your earliest convenience the information on your records concerning my Grandfather, Jachania Reed and also my Great Grandfather Paul Helms born 1755 Safford Conn. who was in the Revs War, Jachania Reed drew ammunition from Albany to Sacketts Harbor, in War of 1812, I believe he was drafted as a private.
Yours Truly, Minerva Reed Thomson.
Holland Patent Oneida County N.Y. Clarendon Hotel.

1909 Dec. 10. History to Minnie Reed Thomson + Anna Reed Thomson. P
1930 - Aug. 11 - Hist. to
Mrs. C. J. Reed. LH
1938. Hist. to Hon. Hamilton Fish. See telephone request in John Nelson - Rev. W 24340 - J.R.R.
Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19914
Hannah Nelson
Widow of
Paul Nelson
Private Rev. War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: — Vol. M , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington December 6, 1938.
Honorable Hamilton Fish House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
BA-J/MMF/ILL John Nelson-W. 24340 Paul Nelson-W. 19914
My dear Mr. Fish:
Reference is made to your telephone call on this date, in behalf of your constituent, Mrs. Harrington, whose Revolutionary War ancestor was a Nelson of Putnam County, New York, possibly of Garrison or Phillipstown, whose given name she does not know, and whose Revolutionary War record she is anxious to obtain.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file which was made to the United States based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a soldier with the surname Nelson, in which claim his residence is shown as Putnam County, New York. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
As Putnam County was once a part of Dutchess County, and as Westchester is another adjoining county to Putnam County now, the record of a John Nelson of Westchester County, New York, (W. 24340) and that of a Paul Nelson of Dutchess County, New York, (W. 19914) are furnished you herewith. It is hoped that these records will aid Mrs. Harrington in her research.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

August 11, 1930.
Mrs. C. J. Reed 6 East Main Street Falconer, New York.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19914, that Paul Nelson was born April 1, 1755 at Fishkill, New York.
While a resident of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted in May, 1776, served two months as private in Captain Durlin's Company, Colonel Humphrey's New York Regiment; he enlisted again in July, 1776, served seven months as private in Captain Abraham Schenck's Company, Colonel Griffin's New York Regiment; he enlisted early in 1777, served nine months as private in Captain John Brinkerhoff's New York Company.
Soldier died May 4, 1832 or 1833 at Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York.
He married in July, 1776, at Hackensack near Fishkill, New York, Hannah Churchill, who was born June 12, 1757 at Fishkill. They were both then of Fishkill.
After the war, soldier and his wife lived in "Nine Partners" and Staatsburg, near Poughkeepsie, New York, for five or six years, after which they moved to Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York.
Soldier's widow was allowed pension on her application executed January 9, 1837, while a resident of Fairfield, New York.
They had the following named children: Enoch, John, Benjamin, Rebecca, Anna, Phebe, Betsey, Paul, Jr. and Richard.
One Zashariah Reed appeared in behalf of widow, no relationship stated.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
W 23693 - Brownson - Isaac Huldah
capt John Paul at Brinkerhoff Isaac Churchill - brother of Hannah (of Hannah) - Little Falls, NY Jemima Churchill, wid. of John Churchill - of Fairfield, NY

Falconer N.Y.
July 1 st 1930
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Please send any data as to age - time and place of birth and marriage names of children and service which gave a pension to Hannah Nelson age 86 in 1840, Fairfield - Her home Co New York residing at that time with Zachariah Reed and Huldah Brownson  Brunson age 71 in 1840 residing with John Gillet Batavia Village Genesee Co. N.Y.
I would thank you very much if you will please send this in for mail soon - Mrs C J Reed 6. East main St Falconer N.Y.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 28 th 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Hannah Nelson widow of Paul Nelson deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. Y. Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and fifty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July, 1836 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the fourth of September 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Alison K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Am A Mann can Mrs The Hon.
in attention no Bruns
J. L. Edmery
Pension office Washington

Adm? 6 mo. 5 days private Ha. A. Mann jr
Mr. J. J. Schwen Fulton a New York

Ho Reps 6 th Feb. 37
Sir
I am instructed by the agnt of Mrs Nelson widow of Paul Nelson to accept your award in her favor for 6 mo. 5 days Service Accordingly I have to ask a Certificate in her favor for such Service.
Respectfully & very truly yours A. Mearns
J. L. Edmuns Esq