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On 13 August 1832, AsherBlunt, aged seventy-three and resident of Dresden, New York, made applicationfor a pension based on his service in the Revolution. In May 1776, he enlisted asa private in the company of Capt. William Belcher for a term of eight months.At the time of enlistment, he was a resident of Norwich, Connecticut. Thetroops went by schooner commanded by Capt. Ingram to the City of New York. Gen.Washington was commander of the troops in the city. Asher was involved inbuilding fortifications below Turtle Bay. He was with his regiment at theBattle of Long Island. The next morning the troops left the island and wereback in the city and was with the army as it retreated to Harlem Heights at thetime the British took possession of the city. His company was a Ranger companyand went north where they engaged in the Battle of White Plains. He wasdischarged with the whole regiment on 25 December 1776. He returned to Preston,Connecticut. The following January (1777), he enlisted in the company of Capt.Asa Kinney for two months and the troops went to Rhode Island, and he serveduntil April.                Hereported he was born at New London on 21 January 1759. He lived in Norwich andwent to Middletown, Vermont after his war service and remained in Vermont until1817. He then moved to Dresden, New York where he has lived since. Asher wasallowed a pension.[1] pension file S29016The file tracks movements to Vermont and then NewYorkhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_134842-00018?treeid=114784348&personid=182117694187&hintid=1049712718611&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JMM39596&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.130879375.1802812005.1592015224-2102260330.1592015224&pId=6203 [1] U. S.Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case S29016