Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,524, Thomas Beck, Navy (N.H.)
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(8-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Navy (N.H.).  Beck, Thomas  S. 45,524
CONTENTS
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5,027
New Hampshire Roll
Thomas Beck
Capt J Paul Jones [Jr?] Gunner (NH) 4
Ship Ranger
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence the 4 of April 1818-
Certificate of Pension issued to the 22 of Decr 1818 and sent to H Honorable Jno S. Sherburne. Dist. Judge US.- Portsmouth NH
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 5 mos 1/30- 40.26
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819. 48-
$88.26
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
11 months
Portsmouth, Rockingham
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Thomas Becke
Declaration

Thomas Beck Sailor
Jones Sloop Ranger
of Portsmouth N.H.
1777 to 1778
4th April 1818
Admitted
Found on Roll (illegible)
2rl Gunner agree
ably to Declares
11 mo 15
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Thomas Beck of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire late to Cockswain on Board the United States' Sloop of War the Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones Esq in the Naval Services of the United States, declared, maketh oath and saith, that he entered on board said Sloop of War Ranger, commanded as aforesaid & then being in the Naval Service of the United States, in the War of the Revolution, and then in the Harbour of said Portsmouth, in the month of August or in the month of September in the year 1777, as quarter master, that he continued in said Services in said Sloop of War, till she sailed from said Portsmouth on the first day of the following November, & from that time, in her passages to France, & her cruise into the Irish Sea, and back to France, & from there to said Portsmouth, where she arrived on the 16th of October 1779 in Harbor Brest in France Capt Thomas Simpson took the command of the Ranger, & she came to Portsmouth as aforesaid under his command, during which period of his Command, [?] & the deponent was Cockswain of the Ranger, that soon after her sd arrival at Portsmouth he was discharged, having served in her more than twelve months, that he entered again & continued in the Ranger during another Cruise of about six weeks. That the Deponent has been always a resident Citizen of the United States & of Portsmouth aforesaid. And that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistances from his Country for support. Thomas Beck.
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United States
New Hampshire District Ss}

On the 4th day of April 1818. Thomas Beck appeared before me In Jn. Sherburne Dist't Judge of the United States for New Hamp's District and made oath to the truth of the declaration in the preceding page, which he subscribed in my presence. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the N Hamp District to be thereunto commixed.

Jn. S. Sherburne

And I the said Judge do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that th said Thomas Beck did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war  pursuant to the direction of the act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land of naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,"

Jn. S. Sherburne Dis't. J. US. NWD.
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We the subscribers, Selectmen of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, do certify that Thomas Beck of said Town of Portsmouth, who as he says served the United States in the Revolutionary war, in their Sloop of War Ranger, commanded by Capt John Paul Jones, is in very reduced circumstances in life, poor, and through chronic infirmities unable to labour, and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. Portsmo. May 21st 1818
John Haven
Jacob Cutter
Sam Hutchings
Selectmen
State of New Hampshire
Portsmouth
I certify that John Haven, Jacob Cutter, & Saml Hutchings, who have signed the above written certificate are select-men of Portsmouth. [?]
May 21st 1818
Dan Humphries [?]
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I Jacob Walden of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, testify and say that from August or September 1777 to October 1778, I was Steward of the United States Sloop of War Ranger commanded by John Paul Jones Esq'r-then in the Naval Service for more than twelve months, that from my Station and constant duties, I well knew every  man on board, and I well know that Thomas Beck of said Portsmouth who is said, as I understand, an applicant for a pension for service in the Naval Department in the revolutionary War, served on board said Sloop of War, for twelve months while I served in her in manner aforesaid.

Jacob Walden


Wm Marsh
Gnl clerk} May 23rd, 1818

Jacob Walden solemnly affirmed to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in afore me -
Jn. S. Sherburne  Gnl Judge
(illegible)
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And I the said Judge do further certify that by the attestation of the selectmen of Portsmouth, & other circumstances ~ I am fully satisfied that the said applicant is in reduced circumstances in life - & is in need of assistance from the country for support.
 
Jn S. Sherburne

United States New Hampshire District
Be it known that John S. Sherburne Esq'r, who hath subscribed the foregoing certificates is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court and Judge of the District Court of the United States for said District - Witness the Seal of said Circuit Court the twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1818 ~
Peyton R. Freeman Clerk
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Thomas Beck
Portsmouth
5029
March 1819
C
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State of New Hampshire Rockingham Ss.

At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Portsmouth within and for the County of Rockingham in the first District before The Honorable John Harvey and Hall Burgin Esquires Justices of the Court of Common Plea within and for said County.

On this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping record of their proceeding Thomas Beck aged seventy three years resident in Portsmouth in said County who being first duly sworn according to the Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows (viz as a quarter Gunner on board the Ship Ranger John Paul Jones Esquire commander that he has received a pension commencing on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen his certificate numbered 5.027.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818; and that I have not been nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or
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or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Thomas Beck

Schedule of the real and personal estate of Thomas Beck necessary cloathing [sic] and bedding, excepted-

Small one story house and
   about ten rods of land.                 100 -
6 Wooden Chairs.                                 3
4 Kitchen door                                         .75
1 Maple Desk                                          1.50
1 Maple Table                                          1.00
2 Pine Tables.                                          1.00
1 Looking Glass                                        3.00
1 pair flat irons.                                          .75
2 Iron pots and one kettle                       1.25
1 pair andirons                                           .75
1 meal 2 buckets 2 washtubs                  2.00
3 old candlesticks                                       .50
1/2 doz knives & forks.                                .50
Crockery ware                                            1.00
                                                                  ______
                                                                  $117.00
I formerly followed the sea but am now an invalid and unable to do any labour my wife Jdith is sixty one years of age and a grand child named John Priest aged eighteen years is a non  compismentis and not able to provide for himself these are all my family.

Thomas Beck
Sworn to me and declared at Portsmouth in same County on the fourth day of July 1820 before

John Harvey
Hall Burgin} Judges of said Court
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I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and seventeen Dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fourth day of July 1820.

P. Chadwick
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Invalid
File No. 115524 Navy
Thomas Beck
Qur. Gunner
Ship Ranger Cap. J. Paul Jones
Rev War
Act March 18, 1818
Index: Vol. _____, Page ______
[Arrangement of 1870.]