Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12162, Elnathan Beach, Conn.
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SERVICE                                     NUMBER
Conn.        Beach, Elnathan         S. 12162                                  

CONTENTS                                    Carded
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1482 
New York

Elnathan Beach
[of] Hamilton in the State of New York
[w]ho was a Private in the Comp'y command[ed]
[by] Captain Pearson of the Reg't command[ed]
[by] Col Stubbing in the Connecticut 
[line] for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
[a]t the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
[to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July
1833 and sent J. B. Eldridge
Hamilton N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33                $40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 __10__
                                                              $50.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
[R]ecorded by Jno Cromwell
[B]ook E  Vol. 4  Page 46
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Declaration of Elnathan Beach
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832 

State of New York}           
Madison County} ss 

     On the 6th day of  February 183 [sic] personally appeared
 before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas now 
sitting in open Court
Elnathan Beach a resident of the Town of Hamilton
in said County aged sixty Eight years, who being first sworn in [1 illegible]
form of Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benfit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated
That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he lived
with his father in the Town of Stratford in the State of Connecticut
that the [illegible] Danbury was burned his father moved to
the Town of Cornwall in Connecticut. That in the year 1789
(as this deponent thinks though he cannot speak with certainty as to the
year) there was a draft in Cornwall and the father of this deponent
Edmund Beach was drafted. That this deponent then lived with
his father in Cornwall, and entered the Service as a substitute for
his father. That he was Mustered first in Litchfield in Cinnecticut
in a company commanded by Captain Pearsons, dont recollect the 
other company officers, they were Mustered the 16th of July that they
first marched to Danbury in Conneticutt where they stoped but [illegible]
two nights, when they marched from there to Nelsons point on the north
river opposite to West Point where they remained Stationed all Summer
that when this deponent first entered the service he was under Colonel
Stebbens. that while they were at Nelsons Point Colonel Sherman of
New Haven had the command of the Regiment, and General [illegible]
on the Brigade or division that General Parsons was there and
had command of a Brigade lay down the River from where they
were stationed, had no fighting while there that while they lay at
Nelsons Point, News came of General Waynes Taking Stony Point
That in the fall the Brigade moved down to Peekskill where they remained some time while there three men belonging to Col or Capt
Sheldons Light horsemen were condemned to be hung and
were under the provost Guard and this deponent was one of the
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Guard over them, That they were all Taken to the Gallows and
one of them was executed the other two were repreaved and were not
then executed. Huntington continued in command while they were
at Peekskill. That late in the full they crosed [sic] the North River at
Stony Point and Kings ferry and Marched to four miles below
Morris Town in the State of New Jersey, where they went for winter
quarters. That they there pitched their tents and remained in these
untill they built Lay Barracks, which they moved into. This
deponent cant now say whether there was any other Troops but their
Brigade stationed at Morris Town but thinks General Pearsons
Brigade was there. That this deponent remained there untill he was
discharged which was in time for him to get home by the day his
enlistment as term for which he was called into service expired
That he went directly home to Cornwall and yet there the 16th
January 1730 (as this deponent thinks) it was just six months
from the time he was Mustered at Litchfield, that it was the
at the worst of the hard winter so called was, that he has no documentary
evidence nor does he know of any living Witness he can procure to testify
to his Services,
Hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any State.
                       Elnathan Beach [signed]

Subscribed and sworn to
February 6th 1833-
28th 1832 before me.
A. S. Sloan [signed]  Clerk

We Ira Hubbard and Elijah Gilbert residing in Hamilton
in the County of Madison and State of New York do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Elnathan Beach
who has subscribed and sworn to the forgoing
Declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years
of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood 
where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier
and that we concur in that opinion & We would further
certify that we have been well acquainted with the
said Elnathan Beach for more than forty years,
that he has always sustained a fair [2 illegible]
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Character for truth and Verty that he has ever
been a man of respectable Standing, and that we have
often heard him State that he was in the army 
of the Revolution as a Soldier and that there has never
been any doubt of his having served as a Soldier in 
the Revolution to our knowledge, and that we have
full confidence in the facts stated in his declaration.
in every respect.
Ira Hubbard [signed]
Elijah Gilbert [signed]

Subscribed and Sworn to }
before me this 28th day of July 1832}

James B Eldridge [signed] first
Judge of Madison

And the Said Elnathan Beach did on his oath Make the
following answers to Interragatores put to him by the Said
Court. That he was Born in Stratford in Conneticutt in the
year 1763. That he lived in Cornwall when called into service
That after the Revolution he moved from Cornwall to New Lebanon
in the State of New York, where he lived about twenty years, that
from New Lebanon he Moved to Hamilton Where he now resides
which will about twenty seven years ago. That he cannot State
his service any more particular than he has done in his declaration
that there was with his Company a Captain Canvirse & Captain Beebee that were
in the Regiment to which he belonged That Colonel Swifts Regiment was in there  Brigade and Colonel Mays Regiment also
also Colonel Starrs Regiment belonged to their Brigade, that
General Putman was at Nelsons Point while this deponent
was there. That when he entered the Service he went as a
substitute for his father. That he never received any written
discharge. That Elijah Gilbert and Ira Hubbard were reacquainted with
him when he lived in Lebanon and have
been acquainted with him in this [1 illegible] for more than twenty
years and can testify as to his charactor and as to its having been
reputed that he was a Solder in the Revolution, as well 
as many other of his neighbours

The said Court do hereby certify that the said Elnathan
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Beach did on his oath Make the last above Setforth
answers to the Interogations by Said Court put to him as presecribed 
by the War department. And the said court do hereby declare  
their opinion after investigating the Matters of his application and
putting the said interrogatories prescribed by the War department; 
That the said Elnathan Beach was a Revolutionary 
Soldier and served as stated in his Said declaration
and the said Court further certify that it appears to them that the Said 
Elijah Gilbert and Ira Hubbard who have subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing certificate and that they
are residents of the Town of Hamilton aforesaid and that 
their good Charactor and Standing and that their
Statement is entitled to Credit.
[crossed out : And I hereby further certify that
Elnathan Beach is feeble and unfortunately
(2 illegible & ink blob) the information of age and (1 illegible) weakness is unable to appear in Court to Make his declarations being a man much reduced in body and Miserable.]

[crossed out:  Given under my hand and seal at Hamilton in the County of Madison and State of New York this 28th day
of July 1832.
James B Eldridge
Judge of Said Town]

I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court 
of Common Pleas of the County of
Madison, do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the Original proceedings in the
matter of the application of Elnathan Beach
for a pension. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office
this Sixth day of February 1833.
A. S. Sloan  Clerk

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Declaration of
Elnathan Beach
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State of New York}      
Madison County  ss}  

Lewis Crain an acting Justice of the  
peace in the Town of Hamilton in Said                              
 County being sworn in due form of Law
doth on oath depose and Say that he has been acquainted
with Elnathan Beach who has subscribed and sworn to 
the declaration to which this is attached for more than twenty
five years and that Said Beach has always Sustained
a fair in unimpeachable character for truth and veracity
and been a Man of Respectable standing. That from
the knowledge that this deponent has of the Charactor of
the Said Elnathan Beach he has full confidence in his
Said declaration & further he Sayeth not.
                                                 Lenas Crain [signed]
Sworn & Subscribed
before me July 30th 1832
       [signed] J. B.  Eldridge first Judge of Said Co.

State of New York}   
Madison County} 
      Erastus D Wheeler one of the Assesors
of the Town of Hamilton in Said
County being sworn in due form of Law doth on his
oath depose and Say that he has been acquainted with
Jonathan Beach who has Subscribed and sworn to the
declaration to which this is attached for more than
twenty five years, that Said Beach has always
Sustained an unimpeachable character for truth
and veracity. That has been reported for a long time
to the knowledge of this deponent that the Said Beach was
in the Revolutionary Army, and this deponent doth
further depose and Say that Asa Piase the Grandfather 
of this deponent who was a Soldier in the
Revolution, and who is now Dead, did in his
lifetime frequently [1illegible]say that the Said Beach
was in the Army of the Revolution and at one time
stationed on the North River but at what place
this deponent doesnt now recollect, and that from the
Character of the Said Beach as well as from common
reputation this deponent hath full confidence in his
said Declaration.                 Erastus D. Wheeler [signed]

Subscribed sworn to before me this          
30th day of July 1832      
 James B Eldridge [signed]
 Judge  Madison
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State of New York} ss
Madison County Clerk's Office}

 I, Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said
County, do certify that James B. Eldredge
before whom the four preceding Affidavits
purport to have been Sworn, and whose
name appears to the preceding certificate
was, at the dates of the same, the first
Judge of the County Courts in and for the
said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing
and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said Affidavit
and Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature-
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 30th day of July 1832
                                            [signed] A. S. Sloan Clk.

State of New York Madison Cots
       I hereby certify that Lewis Cain and Erastus D Wheeler
who died on the 30th day of July last Subscribe and
swear to the foregoing affidavits before me are
men of Good character for verasity and that
their statement entitled to Credit
                           [signed] James B Eldridge first
                                       Judge of Madison Co.
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State of New York}
Madison County ss}

Johathan Beach being duly sworn [rest of the line hidden from copier] 
 say upon his oath that he is Sixty years of age
that he now resides in the Town of Linclian [Lincklaen] County of Chenango
and State aforesaid that he is Brother to Elnathan Beach
of Hamilton County of Madison State of New York that while
this deponent was quite young he lived with his Father
Edmand Beach in the Town of Cornwall in the State of Conneticut
That during the Revolutionary war this deponent distinctly recalled
that his brother the Said Elnathan went as a soldier in the Army
that he also recollects when he returned also that while he was
gone that his Father went to Carry him clothes, that after wards
while this deponent remained in his Fathers family it was commonly
and uniformly talked and understood in the family that 
the said Elnathan served as a substitute for his Father
in the Army of the Revolution six months. And further
this deponent sayeth not.
                    Elnathan Beach [signed]

Subscribed and sworn before me this 15th
day of February 1833, and I hereby certify
that it appears to me that the Said
deponent Jonathan Beach is a man
of good character for veracity and that
his statement is Entitled to credit
                    [Signed] James B. Eldredge first
                                  Judge of Mad. Con.
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State of New York
2431
In the Matters of
Elnathan Beach
Petition for
pension
afft of Heulda
Abbott

aom'd
6 mo. pri
20 $

J B Eldridge
Hamilton
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State of New York}    
Madison County ss}   
     Hilda Abbott being sworn in due form  
of Law doth on her oath depose and say
That she is sixty seven years of age that during the Revolution
She lived with her father in Cornwall Connecticutt
That during the war and she should think the [2 illegible]
her Brother Elnathan Beach went from home and it
was then said by the family and by him the said Elnathan
 that he was going as a Soldier in the Army, that
she this deponent recollects of fixing the said Elnathan
Beach Clothing for the campaign that he was gone
from home through the Season went away in the spring
and returned in the winter Should think he was gone
from home six month or more, while he was absent
it was Spoken of in the family that he was in the
Army and his parents were in the habit of Expressing
[1 illegible] for his safety that when he returned he recount
his services and told where he had been That her
brother the said Elnathan now resides in Hamilton
in said County of Madison, and that She this
deponent now resides in New Lebanon
in the
County of Columbia and State aforesaid,
and further this deponent sayeth not.
                   [signed] Huldah Abbot

Subscribed and seven before me
October 12th 1832 and I certify
that it appears
to me that the said Huldah Abbot
is a Woman of Good character for
veracity, and that her Statement
is entitled to credit.
                    [signed] James B Eldridge first
                                  Judge of Mad. Co
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State of New York} ss
Madson County Clerk's Office}
Andrew S. Stown, Clerk of Madison
County do Certify that James B. Eldridge, before whom the
five preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and
Also whose name appears to the preceding certificate, was, at
the dates of the same, the first Judge of the County Courts in
and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his 
hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said affidavits and 
Certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and
seal of Office this 6th day of February 1833
[signed] A. S. Sloan Clk

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2431
In the Matters of
Elnathan Beach
Petition for
pension
afft of Heulda
Abbott

aom'd
6 mo. pri
20 $

[signed] J B Eldridge
Hamilton NY
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Rev War
12,162
[check mark] INVALID.

File No. 12,162
Elnathan Beach
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 29

[Arrangement of 1870.]