Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12169, Ruel Beebe, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Beebe, Ruel

NUMBER
S.12169

carded

CONTENTS
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20.139 New York
Ruel Beebe of White Creek in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Isham of the Reg. commanded by Col. Chester in the N. York* line for 9 Mo
*Conn. Line Records corrected July 12
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to L. J. Howe Cambridge
Arrears to the 4th of Mr. ‘32 $60 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sp. ‘33 [$] 15 [equals] $75
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.  Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E, Vol. 3, Page 47
Date of death [illegible]
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State of New York Washington County Ss
I, Jesse S Leigh, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Washington, Do certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the said Court of Common pleas, in the matter of the application of Ruel Beebe for a pension. And that Daniel Wells, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit, was by me duly sworn in open Court, and is a person of Credibility, and I further certify that Benjamin Crocker Esq, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit of the said Ruel Beebe, was on the 29th day of November 1832 a Justice of the peace of the said County of Washington, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, & believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing.
And I further certify that Benjamin F Skinner, before whom the annexed original Declaration purports to have been sworn, & whose name is also subscribed to the annexed certificate, was at the time the same purports to have been done, a Judge of the said Court of Common pleas; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, & believe his signature to the said Declaration & Certificate to be his own proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County, this 21st day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. J. S. Leigh Clk
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Ruel Beebe admd 9 mo. pri 30$
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State New York Washington County ss
On this 22d day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared before the Honorable Benjamin F Skinner, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State of New York, Ruel Beebe, a resident of the town of White Creek in said County, aged 80 years, who being first of duly sworn according to Law by the said Judge, doth on his oath make the following delaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the fore part of June in the year 1776, he enlisted to serve untill [until] the 25th day of December following, in a Regiment of troops raised by the Legislature of the State of Connecticut pursuant to a requisition of Congress, upon that State to raise one Brigade to proceed to New York & join the army under General Washington.
That said Brigade was raised & commanded by General Wadsworth, that he served in the Regiment of which John Chester was Colonel, __ Wills Lieut Colonel, and Ripley Major, and in the Company of which John Isham was Capt., Eliphalet Chamberlain 1st Lieut., Asaph Trumball 2d Lieut., and Elijah Ransom Ensign. That about a week after he enlisted
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he mustered with his Company at Colchester in the State of Connecticut, and very soon after marched with said Company under said officers to East Haddam, & from thence proceeded by Sloop to New York, where said Regiment was formed, & Joined the army under General Washington, on or about the 5th day of July.
That he was engaged at the Battle on Long Island, & retreated with our army to New York, and he was also engaged in the Battle at White Plains under said officers, that excep [except for] the time he was engaged in said Battles, he was employed in preparing Roads, building Forts, and in ordinary Camp duty, that they built a fortification from Harlem Hieghts along the East River to New York.
That he served under said officers under said enlistment at New York, Long Island, York Island, Harlem, Kingsbridge and White Plains. That soon after the said Battle at White Plains, which he believes was in about the last of September or first of October in that year, he was taken sick and remained so untill after the expiration of the term for which he enlisted, that soon after he was taken sick, the officers directed him to be carried to the nearest place in the State of Connecticut where he could be taken care off [of], & some of the men started to carry him there accordingly, but before they reached the State of Connecticut he was taken worse, & they were compelled to leave him in the town of Bedford in the East part of this State, at the House of a man by the name of Thurman, where he remained untill about the last of January, when his friends came to convey him home, that he proceeded to New Have with them to New Haven, but was unable to proceed further, & was left untill in February when
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he was carried Home. That he served under said officers, under said enlistment, at the places aforesaid, as a private Soldier, and was out about eight months, including the time of his said sickness. That he was not discharged, but understood & believes the said Brigade were discharged, & returned home at the expiration of the term of their enlistment.
That he knew during said service Gen. Washington, Gen. Lee, Gen. Putnam & Gen. Green. Gen. Sullivan, and saw them often, and thinks he saw them all at New York and at White Plains. Generals Sullivan & Gen. Lord Stirling were taken prisoner at Long Island.
That at the time he entered the service, he resided at Hebron in the State of Connecticut, that Daniel Wells & Elizah Newton enlisted with him, & served in the same company during the whole time, both of whom now live in this County. He has no documentary evidence he was born in the town of [illegible], in the State of Connecticut, on the 8th day of January 1752. That since the Revolutionary war, he has resided in the same town where he now lives. Has no record of his age, except one kept by himself in his Bibble [Bible], and that Daniel Wells, Austin Wells, Gerret Wendell & Luther J Howe, who reside in his neighborhood & know him, can testify to his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the any agency of any State.
And the said Ruel Beebe further declares that in August or September 1778 he served one month in a Company of Militia of the State of Connecticut
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Commencing in August or September, at New London in that State. Samuel Gilbert was the Captain of said Company, and the Ensigns name was Beach, and Ephraim Tayler was Lieutenant.
The militia were ordered out at this time because the British Shiping [Shipping?] were in sight of that place, but they did not land, and at the expiration of one month, he was discharged, with his Company, & returned home to his said place of residence.
And the said Ruel Beebe also saith that the nearest place in the said County of Washington at which any Court of Record is held, is 12 miles distant from his residence, & that from bodily infirmity he is wholly unable to attend Court for the purpose of making this declaration, that in consequence of the decrepitude of age he has not been 12 miles from home in 12 years.
[signed] Ruel Beebe
Subscribed and sworn this 22d day of August 1832 before me B.F. Skinner Judge of Wash. Com. Pleas
State of New York County of Washington Ss
I, Jesse S Leigh, Clerk of the said County of Washington, certify that Benjamin F. Skinner, before whom the foregoing declaration and the following affidavit were subscribed & sworn, & is whose name is subscribed to the following Certificate, was at the time specified, & when said oaths were made, a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Washington, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, & believe his signatures to said declaration, affidavit & certificate to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto caused the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to be affixed, this
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28th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Clk
State of New York Washington County Ss
I, Daniel Wells, of the town of [illegible] in said County, being duly sworn in open Court in open Court before Benjamin F. Skinner, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Washington, deposeth & saith
that he has been acquainted with Ruel Beebe, named, & who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, ever since some time previous to the Revolutionary war. That said Ruel Beebe, in the fore part of June in the year 1776, enlisted as a private Soldier, to serve from that time untill [until] the 25th day of January of December following, in a Regiment of the troops of the State of Connecticut, raised by the Legislature of that State, pursuant to a requisition of Congress, to raise one Brigade, to proceed to New York, & Join the main army under command of Gen Washington;
that said Ruel Beebe served in the Company & Regiment commanded by the officers by him specified in the said declaration, that they mustered & sailed to New York, & Joined the army, as is therein specified, on the 4th or 5th day of July.
That during the term of said enlistment, said Ruel Beebe served at Long Island, York Island, New York, Harlem, Kingsbridge & White Plains, and that he was at the Battle on Long Island, & also engaged in the Battle at White Plains, and that a portion of the time he served under said enlistment, he was engaged in making roads, fortifications, & in performing ordinary Camp duty.
And this deponent further saith that said Ruel Beebe, soon after the Battle at White Plains, was taken sick & unable to perform duty, and in attempting to remove him to more near point within the bounds of the State of Conn
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[Connecticut] necticut, they were compelled to leave him in the town of Bedford in this State, he being unable to be removed further, and that after the said Company in which said Beebe served was discharged, at the expiration of the term of their enlistment, he this deponent said the said Beebe, confined at the place last having been mentioned, he was then very sick, his life greatly dispaired off [despaired of], & this deponent then supposed that he would have died within a short time at farthest. And that he did not recover so as to be able to be removed untill about the last of January or first of February following.
And this deponent further saith that he enlisted with said Ruel Beebe, at the same time in the same Company, Regiment & Brigade, and under the same officers; that he proceeded with him to New York, served with him at the Battle of at Long Island & White Plains, and served with him during the whole time, from their said enlistment untill the expiration of the term for which they enlisted, which was on the 25th day of December in the year 1776, when the said company was discharged, but said Beebe remained sick as aforesaid, & was not able to & did not return home untill the last of January or first of February,
and this deponent further saith that he has no recollection of having seen said Beebe in active duty after the Battle at White Plains, & believes he was taken sick soon after the Battle, as he has stated in his declaration.
[signed] Daniel Wells
Subscribed and sworn this 29th day of August 1832 in open Court before me B F Skinner Judge of Wash. Com Pleas J. S. Leigh Clk
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I, Benjamin F. Skinner, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State of New York, Certify that on the 22d day of August 1832, the above named Ruel Beebe, known to me as the person named in & who signed the foregoing declaration, personally appeared before me at his residence in the town of White Creek in said County, & subscribed & swore to the said declaration.
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of this matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant, Ruel Beebe, was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and I do further certify that said Ruel Beebe, in Consequence of Bodily infirmity, is wholly unable to attend Court, to make oath to the said declaration. B. F. Skinner Judge of Washington County Courts
We, Austin Wells residing in the town of White Creek in said County of Washington, and Luther J Howe residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ruel Beebe, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 80 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Luther J Howe, Austin Wells
Sworn in open Court this 28th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the Court of Common Pleas of said County further Certifies, that it appears to them that Austin Wells, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of White Creek in said County of Washington, and that Luther J Howe, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the of the same place, and that they both are Credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Jesse S Leigh, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington, Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ruel Beebe for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Clk
The matter of Ruel Beebe, Pension 7688 J. S. L.
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And the said Court of Common Pleas of said County of Washington Certify that it appears to them that Austin Wells, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of White Creek in said County, and that Luther J Howe, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and that they are both Credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit,
And that they, the said Court, are acquainted with Daniel Wells, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a person of Credibility.
I, Jesse S Leigh, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington, Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ruel Beebe for a pension.
And that Benjamin Cracken, before whom the following affidavit was sworn, was on the 27th day of November 1832, a Justice of the peace of the town of White Creek in said County, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, & believe his signature to said affidavit to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to be hereunto affixed this day of 1832
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace of the town of White Creek, County of Washington & State of New York, Ruel Beebe, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith
that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For Seven months & fifteen days, I served as a private soldier, and for which I claim a pension, and the said Ruel Beebe further deposeth & saith that there is no Clergiman [Clergyman] in his vicinity who can testify to the belief of the neighborhood respecting his services, the only Clergiman [Clergyman] in the place having recently moved into the neighborhood, and the old one moved away about one hundred miles.
Sworn before me this 29 day of November 1832 Benjamin Crocker, Justice of the Peace
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7688 Ruel Beebe admd P. 39 5.14.16 Sep 1 1832 Nov 9 1832 Luther J Howe Cambridge NY
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7688
BRIEF in the case of Ruel Beebe of White Creek in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? 80 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | In 1776 part of June Enlisted served & sick | 1778 August Sept served
Duration of Service. | Years, | Months, | abt 8 | 1 | Days.
Rank. | As a
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. | Gen. | Genl Wadsworth | Col John Chester Lt Col Mills | Maj’r Ripley Cap John Isham | Saml Gilbert
5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island, White Plains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? dent State
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness, Danl Wells testifies to the particulars stated in the Declaration
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. A. Kemtzel Examining Clerk.
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January 23, 1932 Ruel Bebee [Beebe] S. 12169 BA-J/AWF 
Mrs. Milton Rawlings Dishman Washington
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Ruel Bebee [Beebe], a Revolutionary War pensioner of Washington County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.12169, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ruel Bebee [Beebe].
He was born January 8, 1752 at Lyme, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Hebron, Connecticut, Ruel Bebee [Beebe] enlisted early in June, 1776 and served as a private in Captain John Isham's company in Colonel John Chester's Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains, after which he was taken sick and carried to Bedford, New York, where he remained until in January following, and reached home about a month later. He served from in August or September, 1778 one month in the Connecticut militia in Captain Samuel Gilbert's company.
Ruel Bebee [Beebe] was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, then a resident of White Creek, Washington County, New York.
There are no data in this claim relative to family.
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
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May 12, '08. Hist. to Laura L. Mann.
1923 Sept. 29 - Hist. to Mrs. C. E. Tingue
1933 - Jan '23     "     "    "    Miltore Rawlings [illegible]
See her letter in Gideon Prebce S. 0359 [illegible]

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Rev War
12.169
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File No. 12.169
Ruel Beebe
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832

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