Phinehas Andrews married Hepzibah Molthrop (nee Hotchkiss, widow of David Molthrop) on 14 Nov 1780 at New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut?
This record can be found in the First Presbyterian Church "Deaths of Church Members" (original church book):
Mr Andrews, aged 88, died Dec 1842
[Phineas became a member of this church in 1823. There is no mention of his wife or children.]
1840 census shows him to be 80-90 years old (also listed on same as 85yo veteran).
On the Rev War Pension roll for the Connecticut Militia, listed as Private and Sergeant having served in Captain Thompson's company, where he spent 10 months as a private and 4 months as a sergeant.
Transcript of his pension application (original seen on Ancestry), taken and made in Crawford County, Penn, on 6 Oct 1832.
"I was born in New Haven county Connecticut on 25 November 1754. I shall be 78 years old next month if I live. I have no private record of my birth, but it is recorded in the town records of Wallingford, New Haven county. My father moved to New Haven when I was very young and I was brought up there. I served an apprenticeship to the shoe-making business there. I was frequently called out on little drafts, and not longer after the British took New York, perhaps it was before they took it, I enlisted as a militia man in a company under the command of Joseph Thompson. He was a colonel, but was directed to enlist a company and build a fort at New Haven. He commanded our company. Daniel Bishop was Lieutenant. Our company assisted in building the fort. I was enlisted as drummer of the company and served as shot during the tour. I served about six months, as I suppose on this tour of duty, but can't be sure of the time.
"The above tour was out before the stores were burnt at Danbury, and when that occurred I belonged to a militia company under Captain Robert Brown, the Lieutenant's name was Abel Burrit. Our whole company turned out as Volunteers and marched towards Danbury. We went to Camps and got there the day after or one or two days after General Wooster was killed. The whole body was commanded by General Arnold.
"We had a smart engagement with the British. Doctor Atwater from New Haven, a surgeon, was killed in that engagement. We followed the British, and harassed them till they embarked. After the embarkation, we were no longer needed and were dismissed, but received no written discharge.
"In 1778, as I think, I was drafted as a militia man, in Captain Abel Burrot's company, the same man that was Lieutenant in the other tour. We were marched to proceed to Black Rock fort near New Haven. I can't say certainly how long I served -- probably two months -- as much as that, perhaps more. Nothing particular occurred -- received no written discharge.
"In 1779 I went out in a little ??? which was captured by a British 20gun ship called the True Briton, and carried to Savannah in Georgia, and put on board a prison ship and kept there five months, when myself, and one Tarbay and one Boyd, we three sons took the sergeants guard, and liberated the rest of the prisoners, upwards of 58 as near as I can recollect. We all escaped and next day got to General Lincolns army and remained there about three weeks and assisted in what was doing -- but were not enlisted.
"In 1781 I was drafted again as a militia man under Captain Burrit again, and was made sergeant and served as such. We were employed in guarding the coast alone. We were transferred to and put under the command of Captain Van Dusen an officer in the regular army. We served two or three months but I cant say the exact time.
"I renounce and relinquish every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
"In addition to the above I also served on a draft to guard the powder house and laboratory where they kept the whiskey stores. I was a sergeant -- Captain Burrit commanded. I don't remember the year nor the length of time, but as much as two months and perhaps three or four.
"After the Revolutionary war I continued to live in New Haven till the year 1817, when I removed to this county and have resided here ever since. I know of no person alive who can testify as to my services. My officers are dead. Some of my fellow soldiers may be alive, but who and where they are, I do not know.
"The Rev'd Mr Bushnell is the pastor of the church to which I belong. He knows my character as a man, but probably having not have heard of my revolutionary services. James Throop of Meadville can testify of the tradition of my revolutionary services.
"In addition to the foregoing, when the British ships were going up the north river, General Washington made a special call for the militia, and I went out on that special call. I was drafted and went in Captain Gilberts company. We went out to Picks kill or Fish kill opposite to West Point. The Lieutenant's name I don't recollect. When we got there we were put into a regiment but who was Colonel I do not recollect. The length of services I dont recollect, but it must have been two months. I received no written discharge.
"Phinehas Andrews [signed his name]
6th October A.D. 1832"
"Wells Bushnell of Crawford county pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Meadville being duly sworn saith he is acquainted with Phinehas Andrews the applicant. He believed him to a man of a fair character and of truth and veracity. He is an aged man, but the deponent does not know his age other than from his own statement. He is a communicant in the church of the deponent and he thinks his statements entitled to be believed. He knows nothing of his reputation as a soldier of the revolution.
Wells Busnell [signed his name]
6 October 1832 in open court"
"James Throop of Meadville being duly sworn saith that he is between 42 and 43 years of age. Before he came here he lived in New Haven. He has known Phinehas Andrews from his youth upwards. He lived a neighbour to deponent's father. He always understood from the said Andrews and fromt he reputation of the neighbourhood that he was a soldier of the revolution. The father and uncle of the deponent were soldiers of the revolution and he has frequently heard them speak of said Andrews being a soldier in the revolution but not in the same company with them. The deponent duly believes he was a soldier in the revolution. The said Andrews is a man of good character and of truth and veracity and the deponent believe he is as old as he states himself to be.
James Throop [signed his name]
October 6, 1832"
"And the said court do declare their opinion, after investigation and putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a he states . . ."
"Before me Henry Shippen, president of the court of Common Pleas . . . personally appeared Phinehas Andrews who being duly sworn saith that in the preceding statement of his services, he stated in every instance a period at least as short if not shorter than the actual time of service : that tho' from the lengths of time which has since occurred, and the failure of memory attendant upon old age, he can't state precisely the length of time he served, he has no difficulty in stating and does therefore state that he served in the revolutionary war as a private for ten months and as a sergeant four months, and for such service he desires a pension. In regard to the Vessel, she was a private armed vessel. She belonged to Colonel Joseph Thompson, Jacob Thompson and another whose name he forgets. Both the Thompsons are dead. William Punchard[?] was captain. He also is dead.
Signed by Phinehas Andrews on 13 May 1833"
Mr Andrews received $33.33 for his 10 months' service as a Private, $20 for the four as Sergeant. That's a total of $53.33 per year received by him until his death in 1842. In 1852, a paper was sent to the Commissioner of Pensions in the City of Washington: ". . . There appears to have been an error from the representation of his friends. It is alleged that he served a portion of the time as a Captain. This right seems not to have been recognized, as he was placed on the Rolls as a private about 1831 at the rate of $53 per annum. . ." This attempt (by his Administrators) to receive additional pension money for a man who'd been dead ten years was the last paper in the packet. Obviously, they had confused the Sergeant for Captain. Very interesting read, in all.
His pension was paid through 21 December 1842, so I'm assuming that's his death date. There is nothing else that I can find to suggest any other date.
This record can be found in the First Presbyterian Church "Deaths of Church Members" (original church book):
Mr Andrews, aged 88, died Dec 1842
[Phineas became a member of this church in 1823. There is no mention of his wife or children.]
1840 census shows him to be 80-90 years old (also listed on same as 85yo veteran).
On the Rev War Pension roll for the Connecticut Militia, listed as Private and Sergeant having served in Captain Thompson's company, where he spent 10 months as a private and 4 months as a sergeant.
Transcript of his pension application (original seen on Ancestry), taken and made in Crawford County, Penn, on 6 Oct 1832.
"I was born in New Haven county Connecticut on 25 November 1754. I shall be 78 years old next month if I live. I have no private record of my birth, but it is recorded in the town records of Wallingford, New Haven county. My father moved to New Haven when I was very young and I was brought up there. I served an apprenticeship to the shoe-making business there. I was frequently called out on little drafts, and not longer after the British took New York, perhaps it was before they took it, I enlisted as a militia man in a company under the command of Joseph Thompson. He was a colonel, but was directed to enlist a company and build a fort at New Haven. He commanded our company. Daniel Bishop was Lieutenant. Our company assisted in building the fort. I was enlisted as drummer of the company and served as shot during the tour. I served about six months, as I suppose on this tour of duty, but can't be sure of the time.
"The above tour was out before the stores were burnt at Danbury, and when that occurred I belonged to a militia company under Captain Robert Brown, the Lieutenant's name was Abel Burrit. Our whole company turned out as Volunteers and marched towards Danbury. We went to Camps and got there the day after or one or two days after General Wooster was killed. The whole body was commanded by General Arnold.
"We had a smart engagement with the British. Doctor Atwater from New Haven, a surgeon, was killed in that engagement. We followed the British, and harassed them till they embarked. After the embarkation, we were no longer needed and were dismissed, but received no written discharge.
"In 1778, as I think, I was drafted as a militia man, in Captain Abel Burrot's company, the same man that was Lieutenant in the other tour. We were marched to proceed to Black Rock fort near New Haven. I can't say certainly how long I served -- probably two months -- as much as that, perhaps more. Nothing particular occurred -- received no written discharge.
"In 1779 I went out in a little ??? which was captured by a British 20gun ship called the True Briton, and carried to Savannah in Georgia, and put on board a prison ship and kept there five months, when myself, and one Tarbay and one Boyd, we three sons took the sergeants guard, and liberated the rest of the prisoners, upwards of 58 as near as I can recollect. We all escaped and next day got to General Lincolns army and remained there about three weeks and assisted in what was doing -- but were not enlisted.
"In 1781 I was drafted again as a militia man under Captain Burrit again, and was made sergeant and served as such. We were employed in guarding the coast alone. We were transferred to and put under the command of Captain Van Dusen an officer in the regular army. We served two or three months but I cant say the exact time.
"I renounce and relinquish every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
"In addition to the above I also served on a draft to guard the powder house and laboratory where they kept the whiskey stores. I was a sergeant -- Captain Burrit commanded. I don't remember the year nor the length of time, but as much as two months and perhaps three or four.
"After the Revolutionary war I continued to live in New Haven till the year 1817, when I removed to this county and have resided here ever since. I know of no person alive who can testify as to my services. My officers are dead. Some of my fellow soldiers may be alive, but who and where they are, I do not know.
"The Rev'd Mr Bushnell is the pastor of the church to which I belong. He knows my character as a man, but probably having not have heard of my revolutionary services. James Throop of Meadville can testify of the tradition of my revolutionary services.
"In addition to the foregoing, when the British ships were going up the north river, General Washington made a special call for the militia, and I went out on that special call. I was drafted and went in Captain Gilberts company. We went out to Picks kill or Fish kill opposite to West Point. The Lieutenant's name I don't recollect. When we got there we were put into a regiment but who was Colonel I do not recollect. The length of services I dont recollect, but it must have been two months. I received no written discharge.
"Phinehas Andrews [signed his name]
6th October A.D. 1832"
"Wells Bushnell of Crawford county pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Meadville being duly sworn saith he is acquainted with Phinehas Andrews the applicant. He believed him to a man of a fair character and of truth and veracity. He is an aged man, but the deponent does not know his age other than from his own statement. He is a communicant in the church of the deponent and he thinks his statements entitled to be believed. He knows nothing of his reputation as a soldier of the revolution.
Wells Busnell [signed his name]
6 October 1832 in open court"
"James Throop of Meadville being duly sworn saith that he is between 42 and 43 years of age. Before he came here he lived in New Haven. He has known Phinehas Andrews from his youth upwards. He lived a neighbour to deponent's father. He always understood from the said Andrews and fromt he reputation of the neighbourhood that he was a soldier of the revolution. The father and uncle of the deponent were soldiers of the revolution and he has frequently heard them speak of said Andrews being a soldier in the revolution but not in the same company with them. The deponent duly believes he was a soldier in the revolution. The said Andrews is a man of good character and of truth and veracity and the deponent believe he is as old as he states himself to be.
James Throop [signed his name]
October 6, 1832"
"And the said court do declare their opinion, after investigation and putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a he states . . ."
"Before me Henry Shippen, president of the court of Common Pleas . . . personally appeared Phinehas Andrews who being duly sworn saith that in the preceding statement of his services, he stated in every instance a period at least as short if not shorter than the actual time of service : that tho' from the lengths of time which has since occurred, and the failure of memory attendant upon old age, he can't state precisely the length of time he served, he has no difficulty in stating and does therefore state that he served in the revolutionary war as a private for ten months and as a sergeant four months, and for such service he desires a pension. In regard to the Vessel, she was a private armed vessel. She belonged to Colonel Joseph Thompson, Jacob Thompson and another whose name he forgets. Both the Thompsons are dead. William Punchard[?] was captain. He also is dead.
Signed by Phinehas Andrews on 13 May 1833"
Mr Andrews received $33.33 for his 10 months' service as a Private, $20 for the four as Sergeant. That's a total of $53.33 per year received by him until his death in 1842. In 1852, a paper was sent to the Commissioner of Pensions in the City of Washington: ". . . There appears to have been an error from the representation of his friends. It is alleged that he served a portion of the time as a Captain. This right seems not to have been recognized, as he was placed on the Rolls as a private about 1831 at the rate of $53 per annum. . ." This attempt (by his Administrators) to receive additional pension money for a man who'd been dead ten years was the last paper in the packet. Obviously, they had confused the Sergeant for Captain. Very interesting read, in all.
His pension was paid through 21 December 1842, so I'm assuming that's his death date. There is nothing else that I can find to suggest any other date.
Phinehas Andrews married Hepzibah Molthrop (nee Hotchkiss, widow of David Molthrop) on 14 Nov 1780 at New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut?
This record can be found in the First Presbyterian Church "Deaths of Church Members" (original church book):
Mr Andrews, aged 88, died Dec 1842
[Phineas became a member of this church in 1823. There is no mention of his wife or children.]
1840 census shows him to be 80-90 years old (also listed on same as 85yo veteran).
On the Rev War Pension roll for the Connecticut Militia, listed as Private and Sergeant having served in Captain Thompson's company, where he spent 10 months as a private and 4 months as a sergeant.
Transcript of his pension application (original seen on Ancestry), taken and made in Crawford County, Penn, on 6 Oct 1832.
"I was born in New Haven county Connecticut on 25 November 1754. I shall be 78 years old next month if I live. I have no private record of my birth, but it is recorded in the town records of Wallingford, New Haven county. My father moved to New Haven when I was very young and I was brought up there. I served an apprenticeship to the shoe-making business there. I was frequently called out on little drafts, and not longer after the British took New York, perhaps it was before they took it, I enlisted as a militia man in a company under the command of Joseph Thompson. He was a colonel, but was directed to enlist a company and build a fort at New Haven. He commanded our company. Daniel Bishop was Lieutenant. Our company assisted in building the fort. I was enlisted as drummer of the company and served as shot during the tour. I served about six months, as I suppose on this tour of duty, but can't be sure of the time.
"The above tour was out before the stores were burnt at Danbury, and when that occurred I belonged to a militia company under Captain Robert Brown, the Lieutenant's name was Abel Burrit. Our whole company turned out as Volunteers and marched towards Danbury. We went to Camps and got there the day after or one or two days after General Wooster was killed. The whole body was commanded by General Arnold.
"We had a smart engagement with the British. Doctor Atwater from New Haven, a surgeon, was killed in that engagement. We followed the British, and harassed them till they embarked. After the embarkation, we were no longer needed and were dismissed, but received no written discharge.
"In 1778, as I think, I was drafted as a militia man, in Captain Abel Burrot's company, the same man that was Lieutenant in the other tour. We were marched to proceed to Black Rock fort near New Haven. I can't say certainly how long I served -- probably two months -- as much as that, perhaps more. Nothing particular occurred -- received no written discharge.
"In 1779 I went out in a little ??? which was captured by a British 20gun ship called the True Briton, and carried to Savannah in Georgia, and put on board a prison ship and kept there five months, when myself, and one Tarbay and one Boyd, we three sons took the sergeants guard, and liberated the rest of the prisoners, upwards of 58 as near as I can recollect. We all escaped and next day got to General Lincolns army and remained there about three weeks and assisted in what was doing -- but were not enlisted.
"In 1781 I was drafted again as a militia man under Captain Burrit again, and was made sergeant and served as such. We were employed in guarding the coast alone. We were transferred to and put under the command of Captain Van Dusen an officer in the regular army. We served two or three months but I cant say the exact time.
"I renounce and relinquish every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
"In addition to the above I also served on a draft to guard the powder house and laboratory where they kept the whiskey stores. I was a sergeant -- Captain Burrit commanded. I don't remember the year nor the length of time, but as much as two months and perhaps three or four.
"After the Revolutionary war I continued to live in New Haven till the year 1817, when I removed to this county and have resided here ever since. I know of no person alive who can testify as to my services. My officers are dead. Some of my fellow soldiers may be alive, but who and where they are, I do not know.
"The Rev'd Mr Bushnell is the pastor of the church to which I belong. He knows my character as a man, but probably having not have heard of my revolutionary services. James Throop of Meadville can testify of the tradition of my revolutionary services.
"In addition to the foregoing, when the British ships were going up the north river, General Washington made a special call for the militia, and I went out on that special call. I was drafted and went in Captain Gilberts company. We went out to Picks kill or Fish kill opposite to West Point. The Lieutenant's name I don't recollect. When we got there we were put into a regiment but who was Colonel I do not recollect. The length of services I dont recollect, but it must have been two months. I received no written discharge.
"Phinehas Andrews [signed his name]
6th October A.D. 1832"
"Wells Bushnell of Crawford county pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Meadville being duly sworn saith he is acquainted with Phinehas Andrews the applicant. He believed him to a man of a fair character and of truth and veracity. He is an aged man, but the deponent does not know his age other than from his own statement. He is a communicant in the church of the deponent and he thinks his statements entitled to be believed. He knows nothing of his reputation as a soldier of the revolution.
Wells Busnell [signed his name]
6 October 1832 in open court"
"James Throop of Meadville being duly sworn saith that he is between 42 and 43 years of age. Before he came here he lived in New Haven. He has known Phinehas Andrews from his youth upwards. He lived a neighbour to deponent's father. He always understood from the said Andrews and fromt he reputation of the neighbourhood that he was a soldier of the revolution. The father and uncle of the deponent were soldiers of the revolution and he has frequently heard them speak of said Andrews being a soldier in the revolution but not in the same company with them. The deponent duly believes he was a soldier in the revolution. The said Andrews is a man of good character and of truth and veracity and the deponent believe he is as old as he states himself to be.
James Throop [signed his name]
October 6, 1832"
"And the said court do declare their opinion, after investigation and putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a he states . . ."
"Before me Henry Shippen, president of the court of Common Pleas . . . personally appeared Phinehas Andrews who being duly sworn saith that in the preceding statement of his services, he stated in every instance a period at least as short if not shorter than the actual time of service : that tho' from the lengths of time which has since occurred, and the failure of memory attendant upon old age, he can't state precisely the length of time he served, he has no difficulty in stating and does therefore state that he served in the revolutionary war as a private for ten months and as a sergeant four months, and for such service he desires a pension. In regard to the Vessel, she was a private armed vessel. She belonged to Colonel Joseph Thompson, Jacob Thompson and another whose name he forgets. Both the Thompsons are dead. William Punchard[?] was captain. He also is dead.
Signed by Phinehas Andrews on 13 May 1833"
Mr Andrews received $33.33 for his 10 months' service as a Private, $20 for the four as Sergeant. That's a total of $53.33 per year received by him until his death in 1842. In 1852, a paper was sent to the Commissioner of Pensions in the City of Washington: ". . . There appears to have been an error from the representation of his friends. It is alleged that he served a portion of the time as a Captain. This right seems not to have been recognized, as he was placed on the Rolls as a private about 1831 at the rate of $53 per annum. . ." This attempt (by his Administrators) to receive additional pension money for a man who'd been dead ten years was the last paper in the packet. Obviously, they had confused the Sergeant for Captain. Very interesting read, in all.
His pension was paid through 21 December 1842, so I'm assuming that's his death date. There is nothing else that I can find to suggest any other date.
This record can be found in the First Presbyterian Church "Deaths of Church Members" (original church book):
Mr Andrews, aged 88, died Dec 1842
[Phineas became a member of this church in 1823. There is no mention of his wife or children.]
1840 census shows him to be 80-90 years old (also listed on same as 85yo veteran).
On the Rev War Pension roll for the Connecticut Militia, listed as Private and Sergeant having served in Captain Thompson's company, where he spent 10 months as a private and 4 months as a sergeant.
Transcript of his pension application (original seen on Ancestry), taken and made in Crawford County, Penn, on 6 Oct 1832.
"I was born in New Haven county Connecticut on 25 November 1754. I shall be 78 years old next month if I live. I have no private record of my birth, but it is recorded in the town records of Wallingford, New Haven county. My father moved to New Haven when I was very young and I was brought up there. I served an apprenticeship to the shoe-making business there. I was frequently called out on little drafts, and not longer after the British took New York, perhaps it was before they took it, I enlisted as a militia man in a company under the command of Joseph Thompson. He was a colonel, but was directed to enlist a company and build a fort at New Haven. He commanded our company. Daniel Bishop was Lieutenant. Our company assisted in building the fort. I was enlisted as drummer of the company and served as shot during the tour. I served about six months, as I suppose on this tour of duty, but can't be sure of the time.
"The above tour was out before the stores were burnt at Danbury, and when that occurred I belonged to a militia company under Captain Robert Brown, the Lieutenant's name was Abel Burrit. Our whole company turned out as Volunteers and marched towards Danbury. We went to Camps and got there the day after or one or two days after General Wooster was killed. The whole body was commanded by General Arnold.
"We had a smart engagement with the British. Doctor Atwater from New Haven, a surgeon, was killed in that engagement. We followed the British, and harassed them till they embarked. After the embarkation, we were no longer needed and were dismissed, but received no written discharge.
"In 1778, as I think, I was drafted as a militia man, in Captain Abel Burrot's company, the same man that was Lieutenant in the other tour. We were marched to proceed to Black Rock fort near New Haven. I can't say certainly how long I served -- probably two months -- as much as that, perhaps more. Nothing particular occurred -- received no written discharge.
"In 1779 I went out in a little ??? which was captured by a British 20gun ship called the True Briton, and carried to Savannah in Georgia, and put on board a prison ship and kept there five months, when myself, and one Tarbay and one Boyd, we three sons took the sergeants guard, and liberated the rest of the prisoners, upwards of 58 as near as I can recollect. We all escaped and next day got to General Lincolns army and remained there about three weeks and assisted in what was doing -- but were not enlisted.
"In 1781 I was drafted again as a militia man under Captain Burrit again, and was made sergeant and served as such. We were employed in guarding the coast alone. We were transferred to and put under the command of Captain Van Dusen an officer in the regular army. We served two or three months but I cant say the exact time.
"I renounce and relinquish every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
"In addition to the above I also served on a draft to guard the powder house and laboratory where they kept the whiskey stores. I was a sergeant -- Captain Burrit commanded. I don't remember the year nor the length of time, but as much as two months and perhaps three or four.
"After the Revolutionary war I continued to live in New Haven till the year 1817, when I removed to this county and have resided here ever since. I know of no person alive who can testify as to my services. My officers are dead. Some of my fellow soldiers may be alive, but who and where they are, I do not know.
"The Rev'd Mr Bushnell is the pastor of the church to which I belong. He knows my character as a man, but probably having not have heard of my revolutionary services. James Throop of Meadville can testify of the tradition of my revolutionary services.
"In addition to the foregoing, when the British ships were going up the north river, General Washington made a special call for the militia, and I went out on that special call. I was drafted and went in Captain Gilberts company. We went out to Picks kill or Fish kill opposite to West Point. The Lieutenant's name I don't recollect. When we got there we were put into a regiment but who was Colonel I do not recollect. The length of services I dont recollect, but it must have been two months. I received no written discharge.
"Phinehas Andrews [signed his name]
6th October A.D. 1832"
"Wells Bushnell of Crawford county pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Meadville being duly sworn saith he is acquainted with Phinehas Andrews the applicant. He believed him to a man of a fair character and of truth and veracity. He is an aged man, but the deponent does not know his age other than from his own statement. He is a communicant in the church of the deponent and he thinks his statements entitled to be believed. He knows nothing of his reputation as a soldier of the revolution.
Wells Busnell [signed his name]
6 October 1832 in open court"
"James Throop of Meadville being duly sworn saith that he is between 42 and 43 years of age. Before he came here he lived in New Haven. He has known Phinehas Andrews from his youth upwards. He lived a neighbour to deponent's father. He always understood from the said Andrews and fromt he reputation of the neighbourhood that he was a soldier of the revolution. The father and uncle of the deponent were soldiers of the revolution and he has frequently heard them speak of said Andrews being a soldier in the revolution but not in the same company with them. The deponent duly believes he was a soldier in the revolution. The said Andrews is a man of good character and of truth and veracity and the deponent believe he is as old as he states himself to be.
James Throop [signed his name]
October 6, 1832"
"And the said court do declare their opinion, after investigation and putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as a he states . . ."
"Before me Henry Shippen, president of the court of Common Pleas . . . personally appeared Phinehas Andrews who being duly sworn saith that in the preceding statement of his services, he stated in every instance a period at least as short if not shorter than the actual time of service : that tho' from the lengths of time which has since occurred, and the failure of memory attendant upon old age, he can't state precisely the length of time he served, he has no difficulty in stating and does therefore state that he served in the revolutionary war as a private for ten months and as a sergeant four months, and for such service he desires a pension. In regard to the Vessel, she was a private armed vessel. She belonged to Colonel Joseph Thompson, Jacob Thompson and another whose name he forgets. Both the Thompsons are dead. William Punchard[?] was captain. He also is dead.
Signed by Phinehas Andrews on 13 May 1833"
Mr Andrews received $33.33 for his 10 months' service as a Private, $20 for the four as Sergeant. That's a total of $53.33 per year received by him until his death in 1842. In 1852, a paper was sent to the Commissioner of Pensions in the City of Washington: ". . . There appears to have been an error from the representation of his friends. It is alleged that he served a portion of the time as a Captain. This right seems not to have been recognized, as he was placed on the Rolls as a private about 1831 at the rate of $53 per annum. . ." This attempt (by his Administrators) to receive additional pension money for a man who'd been dead ten years was the last paper in the packet. Obviously, they had confused the Sergeant for Captain. Very interesting read, in all.
His pension was paid through 21 December 1842, so I'm assuming that's his death date. There is nothing else that I can find to suggest any other date.
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