Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12170, Daniel Bean, Mass. N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|*|NUMBER
Mass.|Bean, Daniel|S. 12170
N.H. 
Carded
CONTENTS
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4846
New Hampshire
Daniel Bean of Sullivan in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the reg't commanded by Col. Crafts in the *NH line for 1 Year pri of Arty
6 mos  "  "  Infy
*Mass. and N.H. 
Records completed July 12, 1905. [illegible initials]
Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 70 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Mar 1833 and sent to Hon H. Hubbard (H of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1833 $140
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  35
$175
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. H. McBlair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1st. Page 179.
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[verso]
1916 Mch. 7. History to Clarence W. Eastman, letter in S. 22250 Moses French. ¢. 

[recto]
12170
Rev War ✓ INVALID.
File No. 12,170
Daniel Bean 
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss.} On this 23d day of August A.D. 1832 at Croydon in said County personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County in open Court, Daniel Bean, a Resident of Springfield in the said County of Sullivan & State of New-Hampshire aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath ['declare' crossed out] make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he first entered the service as volunteer under the Officers herein after mentioned and as ['in' crossed out] herein after stated, That he lived in Candia in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire when he first entered the service. He went to Boston, Mass. and there enlisted as a Private into Capt Thomas Melvin's Company of Artillery who then belonged to said Boston, which Company was attached to Colo Thomas Crafts' Regiment of Artillery of Boston, That he enlisted into said Company about the first part of June A.D. 1776 for the term of one year, that the names of the Lieutenants of said Company were Meritt (Merritt), and John Marcy and Scolley. That he was stationed with said Company on Boston Common, That they remained there through the summer, excepting that said Company was several times marched to the Castle in Boston Harbor, and to Nantucket and that late in the Fall of said year he, with the said Company marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and remained there through the following Winter and in the Spring of 1777 returned to Boston Common and there continued in the service with said Company during the full term of his said enlistment of one year. He was dismissed at Boston about the first of June A.D. 1777. - 
He says he knew Maj. Swan which he was in said service. 
He further states that in the month of May or June A.D. 1780 he again entered the service under a contract for six months. He enlisted under Capt. Samuel Paine who then lived in Lebanon in the County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire. That his place of residence at the time of his enlistment was in said Springfield
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That he marched to Stratford in upper Coos and was there stationed, and there faithfully performed the duty of a Private soldier in said Company till the term of his enlistment expired which was in the month of November or December A.D. 1780 - 
He further says that one man by the name of Holbrook and another whose name was Barly, both liveing in said Stratford, officiated as Subaltern Officers in said Company
He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no one who can testify to his services except Sherman Cooper whose deposition is hereto annexed. 
He intends taking the deposition of Stevens Colcord and Abigail Colcord as circumstantial evidence of his services 
He says he was born in Raymond New-Hampshire in 1757. There is a record of his age (as he supposes) in the same words in Raymond aforesaid.
He entered the service as a volunteer when he first joined the service, and then lived in Candia New Hampshire He was living in Springfield New-Hampshire then called Protectworth when he entered the service in 1780 and has lived there ever since and he now lives there. He never received any written discharge. 
He is known to John Quimby and Solomon Clement both of said Springfield who can testify as to his character and their belief in 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 Agency of any State
/s/Daniel Bean
Sworn to and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid
/s/Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
We John Quimby and Solomon Clement  both residing in Springfield N.H. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Bean who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
/s/John Quimby
/s/Solomon Clement
Sworn and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid 
/s/Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
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I Sherman Cooper of Croydon in the County of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire aged 71 years testify & say that in the fore part of June 1780, I entered the service of the United States in Capt. Samuel Paine's Company of Militia of NH & joined said Company at Stratford N.H. I enlisted for the term of Six Months that Daniel Bean then and now of Springfield in said County joined said Company at said Stratford within a day or two after I did that he served faithfully till ['the latter part of' erased]  served time in November when said Bean was taken unwell & there being no Physician in the vicinity and our time of enlistment being nearly out Capt Paine or Commanding officer suffered said Bean to return home & sent me with him to take care of him the exact time that we served I cannot now recollect but I do well remember that when I received my Wages of the State & received six months pays and I do know that said Bean served as long as I did within one or two days
/s/Sherman Cooper
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss.} Aug. 23d 1832 Then Sherman Cooper who is a disinterested and credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed 
Before me /s/Abijah Powers Jus. Peace
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I Aaron Nettleton Jun'r Register of the court of Probate for the county of Sullivan & State of New-Hampshire, do hereby certify that Abijah Powers is a justice of the peace, within & for said county, and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & the seal of the court of Probate for said county this twenty third day of August A.D. 1832
/s/Aaron Nettleton Jr. Register of Probate
Sherman Cooper affidavit
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Daniel Bean
15632
H. Hubbard
Private of Arty 1 year
 Do  of Infy 6 months
adm
$70
Hon H. Hubbard 
HR
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And the 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 certifies that it appears to them that John Quimby and Solomon Clement both Justices of the Peace who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Springfield and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit 
/s/Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Bean for a pension 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23d Day of August AD 1832
/s/Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of Probate
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[initials: own] In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Daniel Bean a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.12,170
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Enlisted at Boston Mass. June 1, 1776|1 year|Private|(Thomas Melvin.|Thomas Crafts)|Mass.|
May or June 1780|6 mos.|[blank]|(Samuel Paine| ✓)|N.H.|
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Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Candia, New Hampshire
Date of application for pension, Aug. 23, 1832. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Springfield, Sullivan Co., N.H. 
Age at date of application, born in 1757 in Raymond, N.H. 
Remarks: There is no family data. 
Respectfully, 
[blank] Commissioner. 
6-2856