Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12168, Job Beckwith, Conn.
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SERVICE                                               NUMBER
Conn.               Beckwith, Job               S. 12168

                                                                Carded
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1886 Augt 19. Paul Beckwith - present- history

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            26,108
   New York
Job Beckwith
Tomkins Co. in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Buckly of the Reg* Commanded
by Col. Wolcott in the N. York
line for 10 mos.
                     * Conn Line  
                                        July 13 105
                        Records corrected, Sr.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March,1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Aug
1832 - and sent to Seuth Woodcock & Ferris
                                               Ithaca

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '..              $ 66.66
Semi-anl. Allowance ending                16.66
                             4 Sep 31              ________
                                                          $83.33 [sic]
                                    {Revolutionary Claim,
                                     Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go C. Stiles Clerk
Book  E,  Vol.  3, Page 47
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[This is a duplicate of page 2, the prior page]
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In the matter of
Job Beckwith
____________________
Pension Application
    25920
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               Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June7, 1832
State of New York
Tompkins County Js}  On this 28th day of May eighteen hundred & thirty three personally in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Job Beckwith a resident of Newfield in the County of Tompkins & State of New York 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

That  he entered the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War under the following named officers & served as stated:
   First - that he entered while a resident of East Haddam New London County, Connecticut for seven months in the middle of that State commencing on the first of June 1776 & ending on the first of January 1777 & actually served during that time according to his enlistment - that the following persons were officers in the Regiment Company in which he served to wit Col Erastus Wolcott, Captain Eliphalet Buckley, !st Lieut J. Thomas Harvey, 2nd Lieut J Johnson  Ensign David Spencer  Lieut Col N Smith, Major John Ely - That part of the Regiment was stationed a t New London & part in Groton - that the declarant was in the part stationed at New London & performed duty as a guard & in digging & blasting rocks for building fortification & was dismissed on or about the first day of January 1777 after serving seven months as above  mentioned

Second -  That about the last of June 1778 he was drafted out the Militia at East Haddam aforesaid to go to Rhode Island in the expedition commanded by General Sullivan & actually served in that expedition in the Militia for at least three months- Colonel Chapman commanded the regiment & Capt Timothy Passefield the Company into which he was drafted  - that the object of the expedition
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was to cooperate with the French fleet then lyng at Newport & drive off or capture the British that they marched into Rhode Island some time in July - that before they were ready to attack the fort occupied by the British, the British fleet  ... in sight - very soon after a heavy storm arose which dispersed both fleets - that about three weeks after the fleets were dispersed, Sullivan retreated from before Newport & threw up entrenchments across the Island - that the British sailed out & made an attack upon the entrenchments but were beaten back - that the declarant was on the left part of the right wing during the action - that about twenty five days after the battle they retreated off the Island & declarant was soon after dismissed - that he recollects General LaFayette & thinks he was second in command - also General Glover or Bloomer of the United States troops - that he does not distinctly recollect how many Continental troops were there - thinks as many as two Brigades.  Joshua Gates was Ensign in the same Company with the declarant - that he does not recollect the names of other officers except the col Haft above mentioned - that the declarant was dismissed about the last of September or the first of October 1778
   That he has no documentary evidence but that he expects to obtain one or more affidavits as to his service
   He hereby relinquishes claim to a pension whatever except the present 7 declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
           [Signed] Job Beckwith

Saml Love Clerk
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1. Where & in what year were you born?
Ans.  Easy Haddam Connt  1759

2, Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Ans.  Not any except in the town where he was born.

3. Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War  Where  do you now live?
Ans.  East Haddam   lvd [sic] at East Hartford for 20 years from there to Ithaca 13 years & from there to Newfield where he now lives

4.  How were you called into service
Ans. I enlisted once & was drafted once

5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your services
Ans.  General Sullivan, LaFayette, Bloomer or Grover, two Brigades of Continental troops in Rhode Island
 I served 7 months in Groton Connt as a guard & building fortifications - 3 months Sullivans expedition in Rhode Island

6.  Did you receive a discharge
Ans.  I never received any written discharge

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood. Who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans.  Hobart Easterbrook, Woodard Marsh, George Dudley Reuben Champion
     [Signed] Job Beckwith
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid
     {Signed]  Saml. Love Clk
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Mr Reuben Champion a Justice of the Peace & Hugh B. Crawford residing in the town of New field in the County of Tompkins hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Job Beckwith who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
     [Signed]  Reuben C Champion
                     H. B. Crawford
Saml Love clk

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Reuben Champion who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the Peace resident in the town of Newfield & that Hugh B. Crawford who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place & both are credible persons & their statement entitled to credit
   I Samuel Love, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Job Beckwith for a pension
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 28th day of May 1833
   {Signed] Samuel Love Clerk
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      No 25920
  Job Beckwith Tomkins County
      New York





Admitted
Private 10 months


Wordoch & Ferris   Ithaca Tompkins
  County New York
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                          WAR DEPARTMENT
                                    Pension Office,
Sir:
  The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulation will show what id necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by comping [sic] wit this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[A chart follows with six headings plus subheadings]

"A Statement, showing the Service of Job            
      Beckwith Tompkins County New York"
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimants service.
   Years.   Months.   Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under
     whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he
     entered the service.
Proof by which the declarant is supported.

Enlisted 1 June 1776   7 months   private    Col Wolcott, Capt Buckley, Major Ely    74 years
New London    Traditionary evidence & two witnesses certified credible

Drafted June 1778      3 months   private   Gen Sullivan Col Chapman, Cap Passefield   New London County    Traditionary evidence & two witnesses certified credible

               I am, respectfully,
                   Your obedient servant,
                      J.L. EDWARDS
                           Commissioner of Pensions.
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[This is page 2, the printed form "REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832."]
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[This is page 3 of the printed form "REGULATIONS UNDER ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832."]
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Rev War                   
     12,968
    INVALID

File No.  12, 968
Job Beckwith
Pri. Rev War

Act:  June 7, 1832
Index:-  Vol. A, Page 29
  [Arrangement of 1870.]

Ithaca Tompkins County N.Y
   July 1.1833
Dr Sir 
     We send you the papers of Job 
Beckwith in the matter  [last five words underlined] of his application 
for a pension
                      Yours respectfully
                          Woodcock & Ferris
J.L. Edwards Esq
   Washington
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State of Connecticut
Middlesex County Js:   Personally appeared before me Ozias Holmes a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid ebenezer Holmes who being by me duly sworn says he is 77 years of age - that during the Revolutionary War he was well acquainted with Job Beckwith who he is informed & believes now resides in the town of Newfield, Tompkins County, New York, & is about to apply for a pension - that this deponent & the said Job Beckwith resided at East Haddam in the County of Middlesex aforesaid during the War , that about the first of June in the year 1776 the said Beckwith & the deponent enlisted in the Militia in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Erastus Wolcott -  As near this deponent can recollect the following were officers in the company to which they belonged to wit  Capt Eliphalet Buckley, 1st Lieut Jonathan Harvey, 2nd Lieut J. Johnson, Ensign David Spencer - N. Smith was Lieut Colonel - John Ely was Major - that they enlisted for seven  months as aforesaid and served during that  time & were dismissed about the first of January in the year 1777 -  the regiment was stationed at New London & Groton - the Company of Capt Buckley was at New London & did duty [word inserted] as a guard & in building fortifications & this deponent knows that said Beckwith served in that Company & during the time above mentioned, because he saw him there & further the deponent says not
        [Signed]   Ebenezer Holmes
      
Subscribed & sworn before me this 1st day of June 1833 & I certify that the said Ebenezer Holmes is a man of credibility whose testimony is entitled to belief
      [Signed]  Ozias Holmes  Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Middlesex County Js: Personally appeared before me Ozias Holmes the Justice of the Peace above mentioned Elijah Hungerford who being by me duly sworn says that he is 77 years of age - that he was acquainted with Job Beckwith during the Revolutionary War [last word inserted] - that the deponent & the said Job Beckwith enlisted about the first of June 1776 under Colonel Erastus Wolcott Captain Eliphalet Buckley & served seven months until the first day if January 1777 - that the deponent has heard the above affidavit of Ebenezer Holmes read to him & that the same is true according to his best recollection & belief & further says not
        [Signed] Elijah Hungerford
Subscribed & sworn this 4th
day of June 1833 before me & I 
certify  that the said Elijah Hungerford
is a man of credibility whose testimony is
entitled to belief
    [Signed]  Ozias Holmes Justice of Peace 

State of Connecticut
Middlesex County Js:  I John Fisk  Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that Ozias Holmes Esq before whom the above affidavits of Ebenezer Holmes & Elijah Hungerford were taken was at the time of taking the same respectively a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid duly qualified - that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe the signatures of "[illegible initials] Ozias Holmes" above to be his proper hand writing 
Witness my hand & seal of Office this 
6th day of June 1833
            [Signed] Jno. Fisk   Clk