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Andrew GARRETT

SAR Patriot #: P-164345

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Lieutenant

DAR #: A044170

Birth: 25 Feb 1755 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA
Death: 04 Jan 1835 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private, company of Captain James Gray, commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall, service June 28, 1776, to Nov. 1, 1776
Company of Captain Lane, commanded by Colonel Alden, mustered March 30, 1777
Ensign, in the Regiment of Lieutenant-Colonel John Brook, commissioned Oct. 1, 1778; transferred to 4th Massachusetts regiment. Captured at the Battle of Cherry Valley on November 11, 1778, and remained a prisoner for three years
Commissioned Lieutenant May 16, 1782
Colonel Henry Jackson's 4th regt. from Dec. 13, 1782, to April 11, 1783

Additional References:

MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, Vol VI, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 295, 296,299
MA Secretary of State. Muster/Payrolls, and Various Papers (1763-1808) of the Rev War [MA and Rhode Island], Micropublication FHC:
- 8092194, Vol 31, Utah. Salt Lake City, Family History Center, pg 132 (images 505 & 506)
- 8092204, Vol 50, Salt Lake City, Family History Center, pg 21 (image 462)
- 8092205, Vol 51, Utah. Salt Lake City, Family History Center, file 11 (image 21)
- 8092215, Vol 75, Utah. Salt Lake City, Family History Center, pg 357 (image 224)
Rev War Pension file S33262

Spouse: Olive Blish
Children: Elizabeth; Andrew; Olive;

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Burial:

West Barnstable Cemetery_(C-0372602)

Location:

West Barnstable / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

245129

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.708102 / -70.372589

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5762005

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

The gravestone of Andrew Garrett is made of slate and measures 22.5" wide, 25" tall, and 2" thick. Its upper section is carved with an urn and weeping tree
Image was taken and permission to use given by compatriot David Schafer (MA) member # 159259

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From the intersection of US Rt 6 and MA Rt.149 south of West Barnstable, MA, take MA Rt 149 South about 0.9 miles. The cemetery is on the left side of the road. From the cemetery entrance, walk 110 yards northerly, parallel to Rt. 149 to the grave site of Andrew Garrett and his wife Olive.

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Crandall Schafer

Andrew Garrett, son of Andrew and Temperance (Parker) Garrett, was born on 25 February 1755 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. At the age of four years, Andrew’s mother died on 5 September 1759. Andrew’s father re-married on 17 April 1760 to Lucy Davis and had four children, Jesse, Isaac, Temperance, and Susannah.¹

The Revolutionary War service of Andrew Garrett is detailed in his pension application testimony given on 22 April 1818 before Justice Thomas B. Adams of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern District of Massachusetts, where he states: “I entered the service in 1775 as a private soldier, and continued till the 29 September 1779 when I received a Commission of Ensign in the 7th Regiment in the Massachusetts line and continued to serve in that capacity till the 10th day of June 1782 when I received another Commission of Lieutenant in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment and served in this capacity to the end of the war and was discharged at New Windsor in the State of New York. I was in the savage battle of Cherry Valley when my Colonel Ichabod Alden was killed by the [Native American warriors], and my Lieutenant-Colonel Stacey, Lieutenant Holden, and myself were taken, but the most of our corps were killed, and I remained a prisoner three years; one year of which was with the Indians.” Evidence of his testimony included his commission as Ensign, dated 1 October 1778, and his commission as Lieutenant, in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, dated 10 June 1782, with corroborating witnesses Solicitor General Daniel Davis and Judge Lemuel Shaw. Andrew’s pension was issued on 5 March 1819 at the rate of $20 per month and commencing 22 April 1818, including arrears to 4 March 1819, in the amount of $188.38.²

Aged 30 years, Andrew was married to Olive Blish, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Crocker) Blish of Barnstable, on 5 November 1785, at Barnstable by Rev. Oakes Shaw. Together they had three children Elizabeth, Andrew, and Olive.

The 1798 property tax assessment stated that Andrew Garrett’s dwelling was valued at $175, and he owned an additional 18 acres valued at $300. On 21 December 1819, Andrew purchased from his brother-in-law Joseph Blish 25 acres situated in Barnstable, also “a tract of salt marsh located in Great Marsh at Barnstable, in consideration of $700.00.

From the Yarmouth Register dated 3 September 1887, it is reported the 1808 Massachusetts militia 3rd Regiment was led by Brigadier-General Ebenezer Lothrop, with Brigade Quartermaster (Major) Andrew Garrett. The Barnstable Patriot, dated 14 February 1946, page 4, reported, “He (Andrew Garrett) lived out a long life at Annable’s Pond, which has ever since been called Garrett’s Pond.”

Mrs. Olive (Blish) Garrett died, aged 70, on 7 May 1831 at Barnstable. Major Andrew Garett died on 4 January 1835 at Barnstable and was buried beside his wife at the Old West Barnstable Cemetery.

Sources:

Barnstable Town Records, 1765-1781, Vol. 2, page 232
Revolutionary War Pension file S33262

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